Declarations Introduction Declarations Overview Business review Governance Financials Investors Ahold Delhaize Annual Report 2016 Management Board Dick Boer Frans Muller Kevin Holt For the consolidated and the parent company’s 2016 financial statements “jaarrekening” within the meaning of section 2:361 of the Dutch Civil Code, please refer to Financials. The members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board have signed the 2016 financial statements pursuant to their obligation under section 2:101, paragraph 2 of the Dutch Civil Code. The following sections of this Annual Report together form the management report, or the “bestuursverslag” within the meaning of section 2:391 of the Dutch Civil Code: Overview, Business Review, Our Management Board and Executive Committee, Supervisory Board, Corporate governance, How we manage risk, Remuneration and the subsection Remuneration included in the Supervisory Board report. For other information, or “overige gegevens” within the meaning of section 2:392 of the Dutch Civil Code, please refer to subsection Other information under Financials, and to the section Investors. The 2016 financial statements included in this Annual Report give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole. The management report included in this Annual Report gives a true and fair view of the position of the Company and the undertakings included in the consolidation taken as a whole as of January 1, 2017, and of the development and performance of the business for the financial year then ended. The management report includes a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that the Company faces. This Annual Report, including the 2016 financial statements, which are audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers Accountants N.V., has been presented to the Supervisory Board. The 2016 financial statements and the independent auditor’s report relating to the audit of the 2016 financial statements were discussed with the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee in the presence of the Management Board and the external auditor. The Supervisory Board recommends that the General Meeting of Shareholders adopts the 2016 financial statements included in this Annual Report and recommends the proposal to pay a cash dividend for the financial year 2016 of €0.57 per common share. Supervisory Board Mats Jansson (Chairman) Jan Hommen (Vice Chairman) Jacques de Vaucleroy (Vice Chairman) Jack Stahl Ben Noteboom Bill McEwan Rob van den Bergh Stephanie Shern Mark McGrath René Hooft Graafland Mary Anne Citrino Johnny Thijs Patrick De Maeseneire Dominique Leroy This 2016 Ahold Delhaize Annual Report dated February 28, 2017, (the Annual Report) comprises regulated information within the meaning of sections 1:1 and 5:25c of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision “Wet op het financieel toezicht.” The members of the Management Board as required by section 5:25c, paragraph 2, under c of the Dutch Act on Financial Supervision confirm that to the best of their knowledge: Jeff Carr Pierre Bouchut President and Chief Executive Officer Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Integration Officer Chief Financial Officer Chief Operating Officer Europe and Indonesia Chief Operating Officer Ahold USA

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