Colruyt N.V. — Major Shareholding Notification 2015

Dec 18, 2015

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Ets Fr. COLRUYT SA

Limited Liability Company Edingensesteenweg 196 – 1500 Halle Company number: 0400.378.485

Structure of the shareholdership of the Ets Fr. Colruyt S.A. according to the latest transparency notifications of 17/12/2015

In the framework of the law of 2 May 2007 and the Royal decree of 14 February 2008 (publication of the important participations in the companies listed on the stock exchange) we received an updated notification of the participation of the Colruyt family, Sofina Group and Colruyt Group on 17/12/2015.

On 13 July 2015 D.I.M. NV, H.I.M. NV, H.I.M. Drie NV, D.H.A.M. NV and KORYS NV were merged. As a result, all Colruyt shares held by these companies are now owned by KORYS NV and KORYS NV has crossed the 45% threshold .

7.500.000 treasury shares were cancelled on 17/12/2015. Hence, the 'Colruyt treasury shares purchased' rate was updated and the number of treasury shares purchased by Colruyt Group has dropped below the 5% threshold.

The new denominator of 149.609.386 shares takes into account the cancellation of 7.500.000 treasury shares and the capital increase reserved for employees, for which 472.883 new shares were issued on 17/12/2015.

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

I. Colruyt family and relatives

		Number	%
1.	Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin	0	0,00
2.	Colruyt family	9.127.879	6,10
3.	S.A. Korys	68.263.905	45,63
4.	S.A. H.I.M.	0	0,00
5.	S.A. D.I.M.	0	0,00
6 .	S.A. H.I.M. TWEE	0	0,00
7.	S.A. H.I.M. DRIE	0	0,00
8.	S.A. D.H.A.M.	0	0,00
9.	S.A. ANIMA	1	0,00
10.	S.A. HERBECO	1	0,00
11.	S.A. FARIK	1	0,00
12.	Stiftung Pro Creatura	149.605	0,10
13.	S.A. Impact Capital	70.000	0,05
	TOTAL COLRUYT FAMILY ACTING IN CONCERT	77.611.392	51,88

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II. Colruyt Group

Etn. Fr. Colruyt N.V.	2.243.808	1,50
(Treasury shares purchased)
TOTAL COLRUYT GROUP	2.243.808	1,50

III. Sofina Group

TOTAL SOFINA GROUP	8.150.000	5,45

TOTAL PERSONS ACTING IN CONCERT:	88.005.200	58,82
(Colruyt family + Colruyt Group + Sofina Group)

Denominator : 149.609.386 (situation 17/12/2015)

Chain of controlled undertakings:

• Etablissementen Fr. Colruyt N.V. is controlled by Korys N.V. which in turn is controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.
• Korys N.V. is controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.
• Stiftung Pro Creatura, a foundation under Swiss law and S.A. Impact Capital, are controlled by natural persons (directly or indirectly holding less than 3 % of the voting securities of the Company).
• S.A. Rebelco is a 100% subsidiary of S.A. Sofina.

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PRESS RELEASE - Halle (Belgium), 18/12/2015 - Regulated information – Declaration of transparency

Financial calendar

• Information to financial analysts 15/12/2015 (14:00h) • Publication annual results 2015/16 21/06/2016 (17:45h) • Information to financial analysts 22/06/2016 (14:00h) • Publication annual report 2015/16 29/07/2016 • General Assembly of Shareholders 28/09/2016 (16:00h)

Contacts

• Jean De Leu De Cecil +32 2 363 51 11

About Colruyt Group

Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with approximately 500 own stores and over 500 affiliated stores. In Belgium this includes Colruyt, OKay, Bio-Planet, CRU, Dreamland, Dreambaby and the affiliated stores Spar and Spar Compact. In France, in addition to approximately 70 Colruyt stores, there are also affiliated, independent Coccinelle, CocciMarket and Panier Sympa stores. The group is also active in the foodservice market (supplying food products to hospitals, company canteen kitchens and catering businesses) in France (Pro à Pro) and Belgium (Solucious). The other activities comprise the sale of fuel (DATS 24), digital printing and document management solutions (Symeta) and the production of green energy. The group employs over 28.000 employees and recorded a EUR 8,9 billion revenue in 2014/15. Colruyt is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852.