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

Delhaize Group has recently acquired 254 830 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 17, 2016 Euronext Brussels 34 772 91.45 91.32 93.11
May 17, 2016 Chi-X 28 631 91.79 91.28 92.90
May 18, 2016 Euronext Brussels 24 727 90.63 90.27 91.30
May 18, 2016 Chi-X 34 660 90.50 90.22 91.00
May 19, 2016 Euronext Brussels 25 683 90.05 89.12 90.92
May 19, 2016 Chi-X 8 317 89.49 89.60 90.14
May 20, 2016 Euronext Brussels 30 000 91.81 91.00 92.19
May 23, 2016 Euronext Brussels 48 687 92.21 91.48 92.46
May 23, 2016 Chi-X 19 353 92.06 91.49 92.39


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).