Completion Of Acquisition Of Witchery By Country Road (Australia) And Appointment Of New Members To The Country Road Woolworths Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number: 1929/001986/06 Share code: WHL ISIN: ZAE000063863 (“WHL” or “the company”) COMPLETION OF ACQUISITION OF WITCHERY BY COUNTRY ROAD (AUSTRALIA) AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW MEMBERS TO THE COUNTRY ROAD BOARD Further to the announcement released by WHL on SENS on 1 August 2012 regarding the acquisition by Country Road Limited ("Country Road"), an 88% indirectly owned subsidiary of WHL and listed on the Australian Securities Exchange ("ASX"), of Witchery Group from Gresham Private Equity (“the acquisition”), WHL shareholders are advised that: - the acquisition has now been completed; and - as a result of the acquisition, the appointment of Iain Nairn as the Chief Executive Officer of Country Road and the other senior executive and board appointments detailed in the announcement on 1 August 2012 are effective immediately. Shareholders should refer to the announcement on 1 August 2012 for full details on the rationale and funding of the acquisition and are further alerted to an announcement released by Country Road on the ASX today, 2 October 2012. Thobeka Sishuba-Mashego Group Secretary Cape Town 02 October 2012 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 02/10/2012 03:13:00 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.