Colruyt N : Publication of a tranparancy notification - Colruyt Group and Colruyt Family

PRESS RELEASE - Halle (Belgium), 10/08/2022 - 17h45 CET - Regulated information -

Transparency notification

Etn. Fr. COLRUYT 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 8 August 2022 indicates that, by virtue of the acquisition of Colruyt treasury shares by Korys NV, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives and Colruyt Group together hold a total of more than 65% of the voting rights of the company. Korys, the Colruyt family and Colruyt Group have thus crossed a threshold of a multiple of 5%, compared to the previous transparency notifications dated 1 October 2021 and 3 January 2022.

As a result, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives and Colruyt Group together hold a total of 87.570.654 Colruyt shares that together represent 65,43 % of the total number of shares issued by the company (133.839.188) on 8 August 2022.

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

Content of the notification

The notification dated 08/08/2022 contains the following information:

• Reason for the notification: crossing of the threshold by persons of the shareholders acting in concert Korys, Colruyt family members and relatives and Colruyt Gorup
• Notification by: persons acting in concert
• Person(s) subject to the notification requirement:
  Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin, Claude Debussylaan 24 -1085 MD Amsterdam Korys NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle
  Korys Investments NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle Korys Business Services I NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle Korys Business Services II NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle Korys Business Services III NV, Villalaan 96 - 1500 Halle Impact Capital NV, Gemeentehuisstraat 6 - 3078 Everberg Stiftung Pro Creatura, Oberer Flooz 2579 - CH 9620 Lichtensteig Family shareholders Colruyt
  Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV, Edingensesteenweg 196 - 1500 Halle
• Transaction date: 04/08/2022

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Transparency notification

• Threshold that is crossed (in %): the statutory threshold of 65%.
• Denominator: 133.839.188
• Notified details:

Voting rights	Previous	After the notification
	notification
	# of voting rights	# of voting rights		% of voting rights
Holders of voting		Linked to securities		Not linked	Linked to	Not
rights				to	securities	linked to
				securities		securities
Stichting	0	0		0	0	0
Administratie-
kantoor Cozin
Korys NV	69.925.317	71.323.770		0	53,29 %	0
Korys	1.435.520	1.435.520		0	1,07 %	0
Investments NV
Korys Business	1.000	1.000		0	0,0007 %	0
Services I NV
Korys Business	1.000	1.000		0	0,0007 %	0
Services II NV
Korys Business	1.000	1.000		0	0,0007 %	0
Services III NV
Stiftung Pro	146.755	146.755		0	0,11 %
Creatura
Impact Capital	60.000	60.000		0	0,04 %
NV
Family	8.564.097	8.532.134		0	6,37 %
shareholders
Colruyt
Etn. Fr. Colruyt	2.300.187	6.069.475		0	4,53 % %	0
NV
TOTAL	82.434.876	87.570.654		0	65,43 %	0 %

• Entire chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held.

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Transparency notification

1. Etablissementen Fr. Colruyt NV is controlled by Korys NV, which in turn is controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.

1. Korys Investments NV is 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:
  Following recent acquisitions of treasury shares by Korys NV, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, Colruyt family and relatives and Colruyt Group have crossed a threshold of a multiple of 5%.
  Although Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV is no party to the agreements to act in concert, its treasury shares are included given its capacity of subsidiary 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/notifications

Contact details

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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 over 580 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt Lowest Prices, OKay, Bio-Planet, Cru, Dreamland, Dreambaby, Bike Republic and the affiliated Spar stores. In France, in addition to Colruyt stores, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, Coccimarket and Panier Sympa stores. The group is a majority shareholder of The Fashion Society, which includes the fashion retail chains ZEB, PointCarré and The Fashion Store. JIMS operates fitness clubs in Belgium and Luxembourg. 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 energy supply by DATS 24 in Belgium (fuels, natural gas and green energy) and France (fuels), printing and document management solutions (Symeta Hybrid). The group employs over 32.000 employees and recorded a EUR 10,0 billion revenue in 2021/22. Colruyt is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.