SHP - Shoprite Holdings Limited - Disclosure of acquisition of securities

SHP - Shoprite Holdings Limited - Disclosure of acquisition of securities       
Shoprite Holdings Limited                                                       
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1936/007721/06)                                            
ISIN no:   ZAE 000012084                                                        
JSE share code:  SHP                                                            
("Shoprite Holdings" or "the Company")                                          
DISCLOSURE OF ACQUISITION OF SECURITIES                                         
In accordance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and Section 122(1) of  
the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008, shareholders are advised that The Capital     
Group Companies, Inc. ("CGC") has notified Shoprite Holdings that it has        
acquired a beneficial interest in securities of the Company, such that the      
total beneficial interest of Shoprite Holdings securities held by CGC is now    
11.59% of the total issued Shoprite Holdings securities.                        
Cape Town                                                                       
27 March 2012                                                                   
Sponsor                                                                         
Nedbank Capital                                                                 
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