Trading update: 26 weeks to 29 December 2013 Woolworths Holdings Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number 1929/001986/06 Share code: WHL ISIN: ZAE000063863 (“the Group”) TRADING UPDATE: 26 WEEKS TO 29 DECEMBER 2013 Clothing sales in South Africa increased by 10.7% for the first 26 weeks of the 2014 financial year over the comparable 26 week period in 2013, with price movement of 5.0%. Sales in comparable stores grew by 8.8%. Retail space including stores in the rest of Africa, grew by 4.2% (net of closures) since December 2012. Food sales grew by 15.3% with a price movement of 7.2%. Sales in comparable stores grew by 11.8%. Retail space including stores in the rest of Africa grew by 5.9% (net of closures) since December 2012. General merchandise grew by 6.9% and by 5.1% in comparable stores. Woolworths stores were closed on 15 December for the funeral of Nelson Mandela. Sales in Australia and New Zealand, including the Witchery group, increased by 28.9%, in Australian dollar terms. Sales in comparable stores increased by 5.5% and net space, excluding the Witchery group acquisition, grew 4.2%. Country Road’s South African sales are included in the South African clothing figures. The Woolworths Financial Services debtors’ book reflected year on year growth of 13.8% at the end of December 2013, with the annualised impairment rate, inclusive of collection costs, for the six months to December 2013 at 4.3% (six months to December 2012: 2.7% restated to include collection costs). Shareholders are advised that the financial information contained in this announcement has not been audited, reviewed or reported upon by the Group’s external auditors. The Group’s interim results for the 26 week period to 29 December 2013 are scheduled to be announced on or about 13 February 2014. Contact: Ian Moir (Group chief executive officer) on 021 407 2809 Reeza Isaacs (Group finance director) on 021 407 2464 InvestorRelations@woolworths.co.za Cape Town 15 January 2014 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 15/01/2014 04:21:00 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.