Major Shareholding Notification • Mar 27, 2023
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 24 March 2023 shows a change in the mutual consert between Korys, the Colruyt family and relatives and Colruyt Group: Korys Investments has transferred shares to a new company Korys Management Investments, which is also part of the mutual consultation. This change does not give rise to a threshold over or under.
The mutually acting shareholders Korys, Colruyt family and relatives together with Colruyt Group hold a total of 89.657.320 Colruyt shares on 21 March 2023, representing 66,87% of the total number of shares issued by the company (134.077.688).
The company has no knowledge of other agreements between shareholders. The statutory thresholds per 5% bracket apply.
The notification dated 24/03/2023 contains the following information:

| 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 Administratie-kantoor Cozin |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Korys NV | 73.268.770 | 72.758.801 | 0 | 54,27 % |
0 | ||
| Korys Investments NV | 1.435.520 | 1.241.605 | 0 | 0,93 % |
0 | ||
| Korys Management Investments BV |
0 | 193.915 | 0 | 0,145 % | 0 | ||
| Korys Business Services I NV |
1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0,0007 % | 0 | ||
| Korys Business Services II NV |
1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0,0007 % | 0 | ||
| Korys Business Services III NV |
1.000 | 1.000 | 0 | 0,0007 % | 0 | ||
| Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV | 6.687.980 | 6.687.980 | 0 | 4,99 % |
0 | ||
| Impact Capital NV | 60.000 | 60.000 | 0 | 0,04 % | |||
| Stiftung Pro Creatura | 146.755 | 146.755 | 0 | 0,11 % |

| Family shareholders Colruyt |
8.532.134 | 8.565.264 | 0 | 6,39 % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 90.134.159 | 89.657.320 | 0 | 66,87 % | 0 % |
Korys Investments NV has transferred shares to a new company Korys Management Investments BV, which is also part of the shareholders acting in consert.
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.
This press release may be consulted on the website of Colruyt Group via the link https://www.colruytgroup.com/en/invest/stakeholder-information
Kris Castelein, Secretary to the board of Directors T +32 2 363 55 45 [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 580 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt Lowest Prices, OKay, Bio-Planet, Cru, Dreamland, Dreambaby, Bike Republic, ZEB, PointCarré, The Fashion Store and the affiliated stores Spar and PointCarré. In France, in addition to Colruyt stores, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, CocciMarket, Panier Sympa and PointCarré stores. 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), and printing and document management solutions (Symeta Hybrid). The group employs nearly 33.000 employees and recorded a EUR 10,0 billion revenue in 2021/22. Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.
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