WOOLWORTHS GROUP LIMITED — M&A Activity 2009

Nov 15, 2009

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16 November 2009

Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange

Dear Sir or Madam

Carboxy Pty Ltd ("Carboxy") takeover offer for Danks Holdings Limited ("Danks") - compulsory acquisition notice

Pursuant to section 661B of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), we enclose, on behalf of Carboxy, a copy of a compulsory acquisition notice which will be given to Danks shareholders who have not accepted Carboxy's takeover offer for Danks. A copy was given to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission today.

Yours faithfully

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Peter Horton Company Secretary

Enclosure

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6021 page 1/1 15 July 2001

ASIC registered agent number lodging party or agent name Clayton Utz office, level, building name or PO Box no Levels 19-35 street number & name 1 O'Connell Street suburb/city Sydney state/territory NSW postcode 2000 telephone (02) 9353 4833 facsimile (02) 8220 6700 ASS. � REQ-A � DX number 370 suburb/city Sydney CASH. � REQ-P � Ref 172/13637 PROC � Australian Securities & Investments Commission form 6021 Notice of compulsory acquisition Corporations Act 2001 661B(1)(a) following takeover bid

• To (1)

• Securities of Danks Holdings Limited ACN 004 295 532 (2) (“the Company”) 1. Under an Off Market Bid offers were made by Carboxy Pty Ltd ACN 138 990 584 (3) in respect of the acquisition of ordinary shares (4) in the Company. The offers are scheduled to close close on 19 November 2009 (5).

• 1. You are, or are entitled to be, registered as the holder of securities in respect of which an offer was made, but have not accepted the takeover offer.

• The bidder hereby gives you notice under subsection 661B(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (“the Act”) that the bidder has become entitled pursuant to subsection 661A(1) of the Act to compulsorily acquire your securities and desires to acquire those securities.

• Under section 661D of the Act, you have the right, by notice in writing given to the bidder within one month after this notice is lodged with ASIC, to ask the bidder for a written statement of the names and addresses of everyone else the bidder has given this notice to.

• Under section 661E of the Act, you have the right, within one month after being given this notice or within 14 days after being given a statement requested under section 661D of the Act (as referred to in paragraph 4 of this notice), whichever is the later, to apply to the Court for an order that the securities not be compulsorily acquired.

• The bidder is entitled and bound to acquire the securities on the terms that applied under the takeover bid immediately before this notice was given.

• Unless on application made by you under section 661E within one month after being given this notice (as referred to in paragraph 5 of the notice) or within 14 days after being given a statement under section 661D of the Act (as referred to in paragraph 4 of this notice), whichever is the later, the Court otherwise orders, the bidder must comply with paragraph 6 of this notice.

Signature

print	name	Peter	Horton	capacity	Company Secretary, Carboxy Pty Ltd
sign	here			date	16/11/2009

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