Colruyt N.V. — Major Shareholding Notification 2017

Dec 8, 2017

Etn. Fr. COLRUYT NV

Limited liability company Edingensesteenweg 196 – 1500 Halle Enterprise 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

With reference to article 14 of the law of 2 May 2007 on disclosure of major holdings, Colruyt Group and its supervisory shareholder Korys have submitted a notification to the FSMA.

This transparency notification, dated 7 December 2017, proves that, through the acquisition of own Colruyt shares, Colruyt Group holds a total of 5,04% of the voting rights of the company and has thus exceeded a statutory threshold of 5%.

On 4 December 2017, together with Korys, Korys Business Services I, II and III (excluding the Colruyt family and relatives and Sofina acting in concert), Colruyt Group holds a total of 76.284.583 Colruyt shares, together representing 50,88% of the total number of shares issued by the company.

This limited notification does not prejudice the existing mutual consultations between the Colruyt family and relatives, Korys, Colruyt Group and Sofina.

Content of the notification

The notification dated 7/12/2017 contains the following information:

• Reason for the notification: Crossing of the threshold by Colruyt Group
• Notification by: persons acting in concert
• Person(s) subject to the notification requirement:

Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV, Edingensesteenweg 196, 1500 Halle.

• Transaction date: 4/12/2017
• Threshold that is crossed (in %): a statutory threshold of 5%.
• Denominator: 149.935.894
• 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
Korys NV	68.728.746	68.731.046	0	45,84 %	0
Korys Business Services I NV	1	1000	0	0,001 %
Korys Business Services II NV	1	1000	0	0,001 %
Korys Business Services III NV	1	1000	0	0,001 %
Etn. Fr. Colruyt NV	6.298.147	7.550.537	0	5,04 %	0
TOTAL	75.026.896	76.284.583	0	50,88 %	0 %

Entire chain of controlled undertakings through which the holding is effectively held.

• o Etablissementen Fr. Colruyt NV is controlled by Korys NV.
• o Korys NV is controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin.
• o Korys Business Services I NV (the former Anima NV), Korys Business Services II NV (the former Farik NV) and Korys Business Services III NV (the former Herbeco NV) are controlled by Korys NV (itself being controlled by Stichting Administratiekantoor Cozin).
• Additional information:

Following the current programme for purchases of treasury shares, Colruyt Group has exceeded a 5% threshold.

Miscellaneous

This press release can be consulted on the Colruyt Group website at www.colruytgroup.com/investors/shareholders/notifications

Contact:

Kris Castelein, Secretary of the Board of Directors T +32 2 363 55 45 investor@colruytgroup.com

About Colruyt Group

Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with approximately 540 own stores and over 600 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 Colruyt stores, there are also affiliated Coccinelle, CocciMarket and Panier Sympa stores. The group is also actively involved in the foodservice business (supply of food products to hospitals, company canteens and catering businesses) in Belgium (Solucious). The other activities comprise the sale of fuel in Belgium (DATS 24), printing and document management solutions (Symeta) and the production of green energy (Eoly). The group employs over 29.000 employees and recorded a EUR 9,4 billion revenue in 2016/17. Colruyt is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852