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Ordinary Shareholder Meeting May 26, 2016

Mats Jansson Chairman of the Board of Directors

Ahold Delhaize

• June 24, 2015:

announcement of intended merger

• March 14, 2016:

merger plans approved at Extraordinary shareholders’ Meeting

• Completion of the

intended merger on track

... bringing shareholder value and ensure that Delhaize has a bright future for many years to come

Ahold Delhaize

Ahold Delhaize: growth and sustainable future

• Creating a stronger, international

food retailer and delivering value for all stakeholders

• A superior customer offering
• Attractive opportunities for our

associates

• Better serving our communities
• A compelling value proposition for

shareholders

Delhaize 2015... Making significant progress

• Simplifying our business
• Increasing our focus
• Customer Centricity…key part of our

strategy…

Significant progress leading to a solid operational and financial performance strengthening our position

Ahold Delhaize: Leadership team

Frans Muller President & CEO

2015... A very intense, but great year

• ... thanks to dedicated teamwork
• of our associates in stores
• in distribution centers
• in support functions across the

company

...responding to the expectations of all our stakeholders, and most importantly our customers

Ahold Delhaize... a strong business case

• To form a large, more innovative company

with market-leading retail offerings and strong, trusted local brands

• Two companies with complementary cultures,

similar values and neighboring geographies

• A superior customer offering with enhanced choices in products, services
• Shopping in stores and online in an omni-channel environment
• Offer an even better place to work
• A strong financial profile will enable Ahold Delhaize to fund continued

innovation, investment in future growth and to deliver attractive returns to shareholders

Ahold Delhaize

• Over 6 500 multi-format

stores

• Leading positions in key

regions

• Over 50 millions

customers in U.S and Europe per week

• €62,2 billion aggregated

sales 2015

Note: Sales, Underlying Operating Income, Stores and Employees 2015 excludes JVs; i.e. JMR for Ahold in Portugal and SuperIndo for delhaize in Indonesia.

Delhaize Group – 2015 highlights

• 18% UOP growth at actual rates (4% at

identical rates)

• Free Cash Flow (excl. one-time elements) of

€646m (€586m in 2014)

• 12.5% increase in gross dividend to

€1.80 per share

• Dow Jones Sustainability Index inclusion

Delhaize Group - 2015 highlights - US

• CSS growth of 2.2% with solid 2.5% real

sales growth

• 4.0% underlying operating margin
• Relaunched 162 Food Lion stores in

Raleigh mid-October

Delhaize Group - 2015 highlights - Belgium

• 0.9% CSS growth with positive market

share growth in H2

• 2.1% underlying operating margin
• Departure of 2,100 store employees

impacted operating standards in Q4

• Implemented New Store Organisation in

53 stores

1867-20 2017

Delhaize Group - 2015 highlights - SEE

• 9.5% overall revenues growth with

solid 3.5% CSS growth

• Market share gains in the 3

countries

• Maintained high profitability as a

result of good cost control

Thank you.