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 provisions of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and Section 122(1) of the Companies Act 71 of 2008, as amended ("the Companies Act") shareholders are advised of the following: On 16 November 2015 we announced that Lazard Asset Management’s ("Lazard") accounts under management had increased its holding in the company to 5.35% of the total issued shares. During the same month, Lazard disposed of a portion of its holding, which reduced its shareholding to 4.92%. As the disposal was less than 1% of the total issued ordinary shares, the reduction in shareholding was not required to be announced on the Stock Exchange News Service in accordance with the Companies Act. Shareholders are now advised that Lazard has once again increased its holding in the company, such that it now holds 5.13% of the total issued shares in the company. Cape Town 9 February 2016 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Date: 09/02/2016 05:20:00 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.