RNS Number:0162K
Signet Group PLC
14 April 2003

                                  SCHEDULE 10

                   NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1) Name of company

SIGNET GROUP plc

2) Name of shareholder having a major interest

HARRIS ASSOCIATES L.P.

3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of
holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a
non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

AS IN 2 ABOVE

4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them

Oakmark International Fund                                          28,446,100
Harris International LP                                              6,744,000
SMG Foundation                                                       5,043,000
IL Teachers Retirement System                                        4,370,000
MetLife Concentrated International                                   1,495,000
MMIF Overseas                                                        1,470,000
Schwab International MarketMasters Fund                              1,300,000
Met Investors - Harris Oakmark International Fund                      699,000
Levi Strauss & Co US Pension                                           665,100
CDC Nvest Star International                                           422,000
AGF Harmony Fund                                                       413,000
Boise Cascade                                                          400,000


5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired

112,000

6) Percentage of issued class

0.0065

7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

N/A

8) Percentage of issued class

N/A

9) Class of security

0.5P ORDINARY SHARES

10) Date of transaction

08.04.03

11) Date company informed

14.04.03

12) Total holding following this notification

51,467,200


13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

3.00%

14) Any additional information

-

15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries

ANNE KEATES

0870 909 0301

16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification

Date of notification ..14 APRIL 2003..



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