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Transparency notification

COLRUYT GROUP NV

Limited liability company

Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle

Company number: 0400.378.485

Publication of a transparency notification

(article 14, first paragraph, of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)

Summary of the notification

Pursuant to article 14 of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings, Colruyt Group and its controlling shareholder Korys, together with the Colruyt family and relatives, have submitted a notification to the FSMA.

This transparency notification dated 5 March 2024 shows that, by virtue of an acquisition of Colruyt Group shares and equivalent financial instruments by Korys NV, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives, and Colruyt Group together have exceeded the notification threshold of 70%.

On 5 March 2024, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives, and Colruyt Group together hold a total of 90.575.074 Colruyt Group shares and 3.031.010 equivalent financial instruments, which together represent 73,50% of the total number of shares issued by the company (127.348.890).

The company has no knowledge of other agreements between shareholders. The statutory thresholds per 5% bracket apply.

Content of the notification

The notification dated 05/03/2024 contains the following information:

  • Reason for the notification:

Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights

Acquisition or transfer of financial instruments treated as equivalent to voting rights

Crossing of the threshold by persons acting in concert

  • Notification by: Persons acting in concert
  • Person(s) subject to the notification requirement:
  1. Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin, Hoogoorddreef 15, 1101 BA Amsterdam
  1. Korys NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle
  1. Korys Investments NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle
  1. Korys Management Investments BV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle
  1. Korys Business Services I NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle

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  1. Korys Business Services II NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle
  1. Korys Business Services III NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle
  1. Impact Capital NV, Gemeentehuisstraat 6, 3078 Everberg
  1. Stiftung Pro Creatura, Oberer Flooz 2579 - 9620 Lichtensteig (CH)
  1. Family shareholders Colruyt
  1. Colruyt Group NV, Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle
    1. CGMI BV, Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle
  • Transaction date: 28/02/2024
  • Threshold that is crossed (in %): 70%
  • Denominator: 127.348.890
  • Notified details:

A. Voting rights

Previous

After the notification

notification

# of voting

# of voting rights

% of voting rights

rights

Holders of voting

Linked to

Not linked to

Linked to

Not linked to

rights

securities

securities

securities

securities

Stichting

0

0

0

0,00 %

0

Administratiekantoor

Cozin

Korys NV

76.218.801

78.110.483

0

61,34 %

0

Korys Investments NV

1.241.605

1.241.605

0

0,97 %

0

Korys Management

193.915

193.915

0

0,15 %

0

Investments BV

Korys Business

1.000

1.000

0

0,001 %

0

Services I NV

Korys Business

1.000

1.000

0

0,001 %

0

Services II NV

Korys Business

1.000

1.000

0

0,001 %

0

Services III NV

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Colruyt Group NV

1.728.148

1.990.695

0

1,56 %

0

CGMI BV

0

212.673

0

0,17 %

0

Impact Capital NV

60.000

60.000

0

0,05 %

0

Stichting Pro Creatura

146.755

146.755

0

0,12 %

0

Colruyt family

8.589.098

8.615.948

0

6,77 %

0

TOTAL

88.181.322

90.575.074

0

71,12 %

0

%

B. Equivalent

After the notification

financial

instruments

Holders of equivalent

Type

Date

Date

# of voting

% of voting

Settlement

financial instruments

of financial

of expiry

of exercise

rights

rights

instrument

Korys NV

other

24/07/2024

1.632.082

1,28 %

Physical

agreement

with

similar

economic

effects

which

may be settled

physically

Korys NV

other

26/09/2024

1.398.928

1,10 %

Physical

agreement

with

similar

economic

effects

which

may be settled

physically

TOTAL

3.031.010

2,38 %

TOTAL A + B

# of voting rights

% of voting rights

93.606.084

73,50 %

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  • Entire chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held:
  1. Colruyt Group NV and its subsidiary CGMI BV are controlled by Korys NV, which in turn is controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.
  1. Korys Investments NV and Korys Management Investments BV are controlled by Korys NV.
  1. Korys Business Services I NV, Korys Business Services II NV and Korys Business Services III NV are controlled by Korys NV.
    1. Stiftung Pro Creatura, foundation under Swiss law, and Impact Capital NV are controlled by natural persons (who directly or indirectly hold less than 3% of the securities with voting rights of the Company).
  • Additional information:
    Although Colruyt Group NV and its subsidiary CGMI BV are no party to the agreements to act in concert, those treasury shares are included given their capacity of subsidiaries of Korys NV (Art. 6, §5, 3° Transparency Law); Korys NV is indeed deemed to hold these shares indirectly.

Miscellaneous

This press release may be consulted on the website of Colruyt Group via the link https://www.colruytgroup.com/en/invest/stakeholder-information/notifications.

Contact

For questions on this press release or for further information, please send an email to investor@colruytgroup.com.

About Colruyt Group

Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with more than 700 own stores and approximately 580 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt Lowest Prices, Okay, Bio-Planet, Cru, Dreambaby, Bike Republic, Zeb, PointCarré, The Fashion Store and the affiliated stores Spar and PointCarré. In France, in addition to Colruyt stores and DATS 24 filling stations, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, Coccimarket, Panier Sympa and PointCarré stores. Jims operates fitness clubs in Belgium and Luxembourg. Newpharma is the Belgian online pharmacy of Colruyt Group. Solucious and Culinoa deliver food service and retail products to professional customers in Belgium (hospitals, SMEs, hospitality sector, etc.). The activities of Colruyt Group also comprise printing and document management solutions (Symeta Hybrid). Colruyt Group also holds interests, including in Virya Energy (to which DATS 24 belongs since June 2023) and in Dreamland. The group has more than 32.000 employees and recorded EUR 10,8 billion in revenue in 2022/23. Colruyt Group NV is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.

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