Holding in Company

Games Workshop Group PLC
3 January 2002



GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP HOLDING IN COMPANY



GAMES WORKSHOP GROUP PLC ('the Company')



The Company received notification on 2 January 2002 that Schroder Investment
Management Limited ('SIML'), have an interest in 3,923,294 Ordinary Shares
which are held in portfolios managed on a discretionary basis for clients of
SIML under investment management agreements.



SIML's aggregate interest represents 12.99% of the Company's issued share
capital.



Included in this figure are:-



(i)                  3,438,294 Ordinary Shares held in (a) unit trust(s)
operated and managed by another wholly-owned subsidiary nominee company,
Schroder Unit Trusts Limited, and registered or to be registered in the name
of Chase Nominees Limited;



(ii)        375,000 Ordinary Shares registered or to be registered in the name
of Imperial Pensions Nominees Ltd; and



(iii)               110,000 Ordinary Shares registered or to be registered in
the name of Network Nominees (Six) Limited.





An affiliated company, Schroder Investment Management North America Inc, is
managing (a) portfolio(s) on a similar basis holding a further 600,000
Ordinary Shares registered or to be registered in the name of Chase Nominees
Limited.



SIML and their affiliated companies are therefore interested in 4,523,294
Ordinary Shares in aggregate, representing 14.97% of the Company's issued
share capital.



3 January 2002



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