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Colruyt N.V. Director's Dealing 2023
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Director's Dealing
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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 16 May 2023, shows that, as a result of the acquisition of its own Colruyt shares, Colruyt Group holds a total of 5,09% of the company's voting rights, thus exceeding a legal threshold of 5%.
The mutually acting shareholders Korys, Colruyt family and relatives together with Colruyt Group hold a total of 90.491.672 Colruyt shares on 16 May 2023, representing 67,49% 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.
Content of the notification
The notification dated 16/05/2023 contains the following information:
- Reason for the notification: threshold crossing by Colruyt Group
- Notification by: persons acting in consert
- Person(s) subject to the notification requirement:
- o Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin, Claude Debussylaan 24 –1085 MD Amsterdam
- o Korys NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
- o Korys Investments NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
- o Korys Management Investments BV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
- o Korys Business Services I NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
- o Korys Business Services II NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
- o Korys Business Services III NV, Villalaan 96 1500 Halle
- o Impact Capital NV, Gemeentehuisstraat 6 3078 Everberg
- o Stiftung Pro Creatura, Oberer Flooz 2579 CH 9620 Lichtensteig
- o Family shareholders Colruyt
- o Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV, Edingensesteenweg 196 1500 Halle
- Transaction date: 16/05/2023
- Threshold that is crossed (in %): 5%
- Denominator: 134.077.688
- Notified details:
| 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 | 72.758.801 | 73.458.801 | 0 | 54,79 % |
0 | ||
| Korys Investments NV | 1.241.605 | 1.241.605 | 0 | 0,93 % |
0 | ||
| Korys Management Investments BV |
193.915 | 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 | 6.820.832 | 0 | 5,09 % |
0 | ||
| Impact Capital NV | 60.000 | 60.000 | 0 | 0,04 % | |||
| Stiftung Pro Creatura | 146.755 | 146.755 | 0 | 0,11 % |
| Family shareholders Colruyt |
8.565.264 | 8.566.764 | 0 | 6,39 % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 89.657.320 | 90.491.672 | 0 | 67,49 % | 0 % |
- Entire chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held.
- o Etablissementen Fr. Colruyt NV is controlled by Korys NV, which in turn is controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.
- o Korys Investments NV and Korys Management Investments BV are controlled by Korys NV.
- o Korys Business Services I NV, Korys Business Services II NV and Korys Business Services III NV are controlled by Korys NV.
- o 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 the buyback of its own shares, Colruyt Group exceeded a threshold 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/invest/stakeholder-information
Contact details
Kris Castelein, Secretary to the board of Directors T +32 2 363 55 45 [email protected]
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, 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.