Close of Buy Back Offer

RNS Number:3140M
Shoprite Group PLC
17 November 2006

SHOPRITE GROUP P.L.C.

CLOSE OF OFFER

Shoprite Group P.L.C. announces that the Offer to Buy Back up to 15,229,821
Ordinary Shares of 5p at a price of 11.55 pence in cash per Ordinary Share,
which was announced on October 16th, closed at 3 p.m. yesterday, Thursday
November 16th 2006. Acceptances were received in respect of 1,866,697 Ordinary
Shares of 5p, representing 2.45% of the current issued share capital.

The shares which have been accepted in the Offer will be cancelled and following
the cancellation, there will be 74,282,409 Ordinary Shares of 5p in issue. The
effect of the cancellation on the Directors interests and holdings of more than
3% that have been notified to Shoprite Group P.L.C. is as follows:

Number of Ordinary Pre cancellation Post cancellation
Shares

Nicholson Investments Limited * 40,309,905 52.93 % 54.27 %
South Quay Estates Limited 6,631,890 8.71 % 8.93 %
H.T. Davis 2,850,000 3.74 % 3.84 %
Beedon Limited * 1,872,795 2.46 % 2.52 %
G.F. Karran 434,995 0.57 % 0.59 %
D.K.B. Nicholson * 275,695 0.36 % 0.37 %
I.A.R. Nicholson * 275,695 0.36 % 0.37 %

* In addition, D.K.B. Nicholson and I.A.R. Nicholson are beneficially interested
in the share capital of Nicholson Investments Limited, Investment and Overseas
Management Limited and Beedon Limited, each of which is a shareholder of the
company.

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