Major Shareholding Notification • Oct 29, 2024
Major Shareholding Notification
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Limited liability company Edingensesteenweg 196 – 1500 Halle Company number: 0400.378.485
(article 14, first paragraph, of the Law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings)
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 28 October 2024 shows that, by virtue of an acquisition of Colruyt Group shares by Korys NV, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives, and Colruyt Group together have exceeded the notification threshold of 75%.
On 22 October 2024, the shareholders acting in concert Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives, and Colruyt Group together hold a total of 96.015.638 Colruyt Group shares which together represent 75,40% 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.
The notification dated 28/10/2024 contains the following information:
• Reason for the notification:
Acquisition or transfer of voting securities or voting rights Crossing of the threshold by persons acting in concert

| A. Voting rights |
Previous notification |
After the notification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # of voting rights |
# of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||
| Holders of voting rights |
Linked to securities |
Not linked to securities |
Linked to securities |
Not linked to securities |
||
| Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0,00 % | 0 | |
| Korys NV | 78.110.483 | 82.065.193 | 0 | 64,44 % | 0 | |
| Korys Investments NV | 1.241.605 | 1.241.605 | 0 | 0,97 % | 0 | |
| Korys Management Investments BV |
193.915 | 193.915 | 0 | 0,15 % | 0 | |
| Korys Business Services I NV |
1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0,001 % | 0 | |
| Korys Business Services II NV |
1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0,001 % | 0 | |
| Korys Business Services III NV |
1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0,001 % | 0 |

| Colruyt Group NV | 1.990.695 | 3.590.989 | 0 | 2,82 % | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CGMI BV | 212.673 | 212.673 | 0 | 0,17 % | 0 |
| Subtotal | 81.752.371 | 87.307.375 | 68,56% | ||
| Impact Capital NV | 60.000 | 60.000 | 0 | 0,05 % | 0 |
| Stichting Pro Creatura | 146.755 | 144.255 | 0 | 0,11 % | 0 |
| Colruyt family | 8.615.948 | 8.504.008 | 0 | 6,68 % | 0 |
| TOTAL | 90.575.074 | 96.015.638 | 0 | 75,40 % | 0 % |
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.
This press release may be consulted on the website of Colruyt Group via the link https://www.colruytgroup.com/en/invest/stakeholder-information/notifications.
For questions on this press release or for further information, please send an email to [email protected].

Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with more than 700 own stores and over 1.000 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt Lowest Prices, Okay, Comarkt, Bio-Planet, Cru, 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, Épi Service, VivÉco and PointCarré stores. Jims operates fitness clubs in Belgium and Luxembourg. Newpharma is the Belgian online pharmacy of Colruyt Group. Solucious and Culinoa deliver foodservice and retail products to professional customers in Belgium (hospitals, SMEs, hospitality industry, 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), Dreamland and Smartmat (known from Foodbag). The group employs more than 33.000 employees and recorded a EUR 10,8 billion revenue in 2023/24. Colruyt Group NV is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.
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