WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED — M&A Activity 2011

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19 December 2011

The Manager Companies Australian Securities Exchange Limited Company Announcements Office Level 4 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Dear Sir/Madam,

Re: ALH Group Acquires Hotels in NSW

Attached is a press release pertaining to the above acquisition. Yours sincerely,

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PETER J HORTON

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

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ABN 37 067 391 511

19th December 2011

PRESS RELEASE

ALH Group acquires Hotels in New South Wales

ALH Group is pleased to announce that it has signed long term leases, as well as acquiring the businesses and associated assets of 31 hotels and 1 detached bottle shop in NSW, from interests involved with the Laundy, Waugh and De Angelis Groups.

ALH Group currently operates 27 hotels in New South Wales, and the acquisition of these hotel leases will complement our existing properties.

ALH Group Chief Executive Officer Bruce Mathieson Jnr said “ALH considers that these hotels have the capacity to achieve good trading growth, utilising our capacity to inject further capital into the business and our management expertise”

Completion of the acquisition will occur once all applicable regulatory conditions have been met.

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ALH media contact: David Curry 0411 510 352

Ground Floor, 16 – 20 Claremont Street, South Yarra, VIC 3141 Locked Bag 4040, South Melbourne, VIC 3205 Telephone: 03 9829 1000 Facsimile: 03 9829 1094