WOOLWORTHS : TRP121: Disclosure of a decrease in significant holding of Woolworths Holdings ordinary shares (WHL)
February 02, 2016 at 06:50 am EST
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WHL: WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED - TRP121: Disclosure of a decrease in significant holding of Woolworths Holdings ordinary shares
WHL: WOOLWORTHS HOLDINGS LIMITED - TRP121: Disclosure of a decrease in significant holding of Woolworths Holdings ordinary shares
TRP121: Disclosure of a decrease in 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')
TRP121: DISCLOSURE OF A DECREASE IN 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, shareholders are advised of the
following:
The Capital Group Companies Inc. has notified the company that accounts under its
management have decreased from approximately 6.42% as at 31 December 2015
(6% announced on 7 September 2015) to 4.75% of the total issued shares in the company.
Cape Town
2 February 2016
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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WoolWorths Holdings Limited is one of the South African leaders in retailing. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- distribution of clothes and consumer products (49.3%): clothes for men, women and children, shoes, beauty products, accessories and homeware;
- distribution of food products (47.3%);
- other (3.4%): primarily financial services.
At the end of June 2021, the group had a network of 1,279 stores broken down by name into WoolWorths (545), Country Road (689) and David Jones (45).
Net sales break down geographically as follows: South Africa (61.4%), Africa (2.5%), Australia and New Zealand (36.1%).