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WHL - Woolworths Holdings Limited - Cash dividend declaration

Release Date: 02/04/2012 16:30
Code(s): WHL
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WHL - Woolworths Holdings Limited - Cash dividend declaration Woolworths Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number 1929/001986/06 Income tax number 9300/149/71/4 Share code: WHL ISIN: ZAE000063863 ("the company") CASH DIVIDEND DECLARATION Notice is hereby given that the directors have declared an interim cash dividend of 75.0 cents (63.75 cents net of dividend withholding tax) per ordinary share for the twenty six weeks ended 25 December 2011. The dividend has been declared from income reserves. The company has no secondary tax on companies credits available. The dividend withholding tax rate is 15%. The issued share capital at the declaration date is 835 378 333 ordinary shares and 89 400 000 preference shares. The salient dates for the dividend will be as follows: 2012 Last day of trade to receive a dividend (cum) Thursday, 19 April Shares commence trading "ex" dividend Friday, 20 April Record date Thursday, 26 April Payment date Monday, 30 April Share certificates may not be dematerialised or rematerialised between Friday 20 April 2012 and Thursday 26 April 2012, both days inclusive. In accordance with the company`s memorandum of incorporation, dividends amounting to less than R5.00 due to any one holder of the company`s ordinary shares held in certificated form will not be paid, unless otherwise requested in writing, but will be aggregated with other such amounts and be donated to a charity nominated by the directors. An interim cash dividend of 36.0 cents (30.6 cents net of dividend withholding tax) per preference share for the twenty six weeks ended 25 December 2011 will be paid to the beneficiaries of Woolworths Employee Share Ownership Scheme on Monday 30 April 2012. T Sishuba-Mashego Group secretary Cape Town 2 April 2012 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 02/04/2012 16:30:03 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.

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