MSM - Massmart - Sales Update For The 26 Weeks To 28 December 2008

MSM - Massmart - Sales Update For The 26 Weeks To 28 December 2008              
Massmart Holdings Limited                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration Number: 1940/014066/05)                                           
Share code: MSM                                                                 
ISIN:  ZAE000029534                                                             
("Massmart" or "the Company")                                                   
Sales update for the 26 weeks to 28 December 2008                               
For the 26 weeks to 28 December 2008 Massmart Group`s total sales increased     
13.2% over the prior period to R22.8 billion, with 12-month rolling inflation   
estimated at 9.9%. Comparable-store sales increased 11.9%.                      
Total sales growth for each Division for the 26-week period was as follows:     
-    Massdiscounters increased 12.9% with inflation of 1.8%;                    
-    Masswarehouse increased 14.8% with inflation of 11.9%;                     
-    Massbuild increased 1.4% with inflation of 10.6%; and                      
-    Masscash increased 17.3% with inflation of 15.9%.                          
Massmart`s reviewed interim results for the six months ended December 2008 will 
be published on 26 February 2009.                                               
The above information has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company`s     
auditors.                                                                       
Johannesburg                                                                    
8 January 2009                                                                  
Sponsor:                                                                        
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
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