Colruyt Group Increases Stake in Holding That Includes Fashion Retailer ZEB
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PRESS RELEASE - Halle (Belgium) – 3 September 2020 (17h45 CET) Colruyt Group increases stake in holding that includes fashion retailer ZEB On 3 September 2020 Colruyt Group increased its stake in Fraluc Group from 68% to over 96%. Fraluc is the holding that includes the fashion retail chains ZEB, PointCarré, The Fashion Store and ZEB For Stars. The management teams of the respective companies remain unchanged. On 21 June 2014 Colruyt Group acquired a 50% stake in the Belgian fashion retailer ZEB through the company Fraluc NV. As part of the agreement, the management agreed to grant put and call options, enabling Colruyt Group to gain control over ZEB via Fraluc NV. In the meantime, ZEB has continued to develop within the Fraluc Group, which also comprises PointCarré, The Fashion Store and ZEB For Stars. At the end of the financial year 2019/20, Colruyt Group held 68% of the Fraluc Group shares. On 3 September 2020, Colruyt Group and Fraluc Group's management entered into an agreement to increase Colruyt Group's stake in Fraluc Group to over 96%. The management remains on board in its current composition. The parties agreed not to disclose any details on the terms of the transaction. The transaction is subject to approval by the Belgian Competition Authority (BCA), which is expected to be obtained in the coming weeks. Following approval by the BCA, the stake held in Fraluc Group will be fully consolidated as a subsidiary of Colruyt Group and no longer be accounted for as a joint venture using the equity method. Contacts For questions on this press release or for further information, please contact us as follows: Journalists: Silja Decock (Press Officer) Tel. +32 2 363 51 11 or email: [email protected] Financial journalists and analysts: Stefaan Vandamme (CFO) Tel. +32 2 363 51 11 or email: [email protected] About Fraluc Group Fraluc is a multi-brand fashion chain that evolved from ZEB and today comprises four chains: ZEB, ZEB for Stars, The Fashion Store and PointCarré. The group owns a total of 114 stores, 1 of which is based in France. Fraluc recorded a EUR 166 million revenue in the financial year 2019/20. For more information we refer to Colruyt Group’s annual report of the financial year 2019/20 (pages 65 and 276). About Colruyt Group Colruyt Group operates in the food and non-food distribution sector in Belgium, France and Luxembourg with approximately 600 own stores and 580 affiliated stores. In Belgium, this includes Colruyt, OKay, Bio-Planet, Cru, Dreamland, Dreambaby, Fiets! 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 30.000 employees and recorded a EUR 9,5 billion revenue in 2019/20. Colruyt is listed on Euronext Brussels (COLR) under ISIN code BE0974256852. Colruyt Group increases stake in holding that includes fashion retailer ZEB pag. 1 / 1 https://w ww.colruytgroup.com/wps/portal/cg/en/home/investors .