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Australia's David Jones shareholders back South African Woolworths bid


    SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shareholders of David Jones Ltd , Australia's No. 2 department store by sales, on Monday voted in favor of $2 billion takeover bid from South Africa's Woolworths Holdings Ltd .

    The vote cements Woolworth's largest ever deal and marks a new era for the 176-year-old Sydney-based firm, which has languished for half a decade as online retail ravaged its traditional store-based model.

    David Jones said 96.8 percent of shareholders had voted in favor of the deal at a special meeting on Monday.

    (Reporting by Byron Kaye; Editing by Stephen Coates)