Share ownership Empire Company Limited

EMP.A

CA2918434077

Food Retail & Distribution

Market Closed - Toronto S.E. Other stock markets 04:00:00 2026-04-21 pm EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
47.95 ^CAD	+1.10%		+1.03%	+0.48%

Apr. 09	Empire announces agreement to acquire Montreal's Mayrand Food Group	RE
Apr. 09	Empire to Acquire Montreal's Mayrand Food Group	MT

Share class: Empire Company Limited

	Vote	Quantity	Free-Float	Company-owned shares	Total Float
Stock A	1	98,138,079	0	0	57.44 %
Stock B	1	138,362,168	135,834,219 ( 98.17 %)	0

Major shareholders: Empire Company Limited

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Frank Sobey 1.061 %	1,363,985	1.061 %	49 M $
Paul Sobey 0.7216 %	927,393	0.7216 %	33 M $
Sjunde AP-fonden 0.5171 %	664,601	0.5171 %	24 M $
Robert Sobey 0.435 %	559,064	0.435 %	20 M $
Kent Sobey 0.427 %	548,742	0.427 %	20 M $
SEI Investments Canada Co. 0.3055 %	392,600	0.3055 %	14 M $
Kingwest & Co. 0.2807 %	360,783	0.2807 %	13 M $
Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation 0.2656 %	341,301	0.2656 %	12 M $
SLGI Asset Management, Inc. 0.1699 %	218,325	0.1699 %	8 M $
Michael Medline 0.1468 %	188,734	0.1468 %	7 M $
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Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Donald Sobey 33.24 %	32,620,457	33.24 %	1 169 M $
Dunvegan Holdings Ltd. 31.3 %	30,720,071	31.3 %	1 101 M $
David Sobey 30.14 %	29,582,564	30.14 %	1 060 M $
Paul Sobey 3.185 %	3,125,400	3.185 %	112 M $
Kent Sobey 3.092 %	3,034,539	3.092 %	109 M $
Frank Sobey 0.007942 %	7,794	0.007942 %	279 259 $
Karl Sobey 0.007006 %	6,876	0.007006 %	246 367 $
State Street Global Advisors France SA 0.003159 %	3,100	0.003159 %	111 073 $
Lisa Lisson 0.000001 %	1	0.000001 %	36 $
Michelle Banik 0.000001 %	1	0.000001 %	36 $
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Breakdown by shareholder type

Individuals	56.09%
Other	23.9%
Institutional	2.7%
Unknown	17.31%

Based on 1000 largest holdings

Geographical origin of shareholders

Individuals	56.08%
New Zealand	24.17%
Canada	1.06%
Sweden	0.53%
Germany	0.21%
United Kingdom	0.17%
Netherlands	0.15%
United States	0.13%
Ireland	0.06%
Austria	0.06%
Norway	0.04%
Japan	0.01%
Australia	0.01%
Denmark	0.01%

Based on 1000 largest holdings

Empire Company Limited is a Canadian company, which is engaged in the business of food retailing, through wholly owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc. (Sobeys), and related real estate. The Company's segments include Food retailing, and Investments and other operations. Sobeys owns, affiliates or franchises more than 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's and Lawtons Drugs, operates grocery e-commerce under the banners Voila, Voila par IGA and ThriftyFoods.com, and operates and/or supplies more than 350 retail fuel locations. Investments and other operations segment consists of investments in Crombie REIT, real estate partnerships and various other corporate operations. Crombie REIT is focused on owning, operating and developing a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores and mixed-use developments primarily in Canada's urban and suburban markets.

Employees

129,000

Sector

Food Retail & Distribution

Calendar

Jun. 17 - Earnings release - Q4 2026

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