WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED - Disclosure of significant holding of Woolworths Holdings ordinary shares

Disclosure of significant holding of Woolworths Holdings ordinary shares

Woolworths Holdings Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1929/001986/06)
Share code: WHL
ISIN: ZAE000063863
("Woolworths Holdings" or the company")

DISCLOSURE OF SIGNIFICANT HOLDING OF WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS ORDINARY
SHARES

In accordance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and
Section 122 of the Companies Act 2008, shareholders are advised of
the following:

Lazard Asset Management has notified the company that accounts
under its management has increased its holding in the company,
such that its total interest in the company now amounts to 5.14%
of the total issued shares of the company. Accordingly, Lazard
Asset Management represents 5.14% of the voting rights in the
company.


Cape Town
21 May 2013

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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