BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited notified Delhaize Group that it now owns 4.86% of Delhaize Group’s voting rights

Brussels, Belgium, 7-2-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Pursuant to the Belgian Law of May 2, 2007 relating to the publication of major shareholdings in listed companies, Delhaize Group (Euronext Brussels: DELB – NYSE: DEG), the Belgian international food retailer, has received a notification of the threshold 5% being crossed downwards by BlackRock which now owns 4.86% of Delhaize Group’s voting rights as follows:

On February 3, 2014, BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited notified Delhaize Group that as of January 28, 2014 BlackRock owned 4 979 338 Delhaize Group shares, representing 4.86% of its voting rights. The denominator is 102 449 570 shares.

According to the notification that Delhaize Group received from BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited on February 3, 2014 BlackRock, Inc. is the ultimate controller of the legal entities listed above. The latter, however, are the discretionary investment managers that hold the Delhaize Group shares and exercise the voting rights.

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