OREANDA-NEWS. Delhaize Group discloses information with respect to the acquisition of treasury shares in accordance with Belgian law.

Delhaize Group has recently acquired 142 692 shares pursuant to a share buy-back program with a Belgian credit institution for the purchase of Delhaize Group shares in order to satisfy exercises of stock options.

Purchase date Place of the transaction Number of shares purchased Average unit purchase price
(in €)		 Lowest unit purchase price
(in €)		 Highest unit purchase price
(in €)
May 24, 2016 Euronext Brussels 38 922 93.18 91.73 93.64
May 24, 2016 Chi-X 2 010 92.31 91.80 93.15
May 25, 2016 Euronext Brussels 45 779 93.46 92.84 94.05
May 25, 2016 Chi-X 23 981 93.31 92.84 93.80
May 26, 2016 Euronext Brussels 29 237 93.86 93.33 94.12
May 26, 2016 Chi-X 2 763 93.43 93.25 93.66

In addition, Delhaize Group acquired 81 118 shares in an off-exchange transaction pursuant to a share buy-back program managed by a credit institution for the purchase of Delhaize Group shares in order to satisfy exercises of stock options.

Purchase date Number of shares purchased Unit purchase price (EUR)
May 24, 2016 27 615 54.11
May 24, 2016 39 219 71.84
May 24, 2016 14 284 66.29

This credit institution makes its decisions to purchase Delhaize Group shares independently of, and without influence by, Delhaize Group with regard to the timing of the purchases.

Delhaize Group is a Belgian international food retailer present in seven countries on three continents. At the end of 2015, Delhaize Group's sales network consisted of 3 512 stores. In 2015, Delhaize Group posted €24.4 billion ($27.1 billion) in revenues. In 2015, Delhaize Group posted €366 million ($407 million) in net profit (Group share). At the end of 2015, Delhaize Group employed approximately 154 000 people. Delhaize Group's stock is listed on NYSE Euronext Brussels (DELB) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEG).