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SHAREHOLDER฀PROPOSALS฀–฀2014฀ANNUAL฀MEETING.฀Shareholder฀proposals฀intended฀for฀inclusion฀in฀
our proxy material relating to Kroger’s annual meeting in June 2014 should be addressed to the Secretary of
Kroger and must be received at our executive offices not later than January 14, 2014. These proposals must
comply with the proxy rules established by the SEC. In addition, the proxy solicited by the Board of Directors
for the 2014 annual meeting of shareholders will confer discretionary authority to vote on any shareholder
proposal฀presented฀at฀the฀meeting฀unless฀we฀are฀provided฀with฀notice฀of฀the฀proposal฀on฀or฀before฀March฀28,฀
2014. Please note, however, that Kroger’s Regulations require a minimum of 45 days’ advance notice to Kroger
in order for a matter to be brought before shareholders at the annual meeting. As a result, any attempt to present
a฀proposal฀without฀notifying฀Kroger฀on฀or฀before฀March฀28,฀2014,฀will฀be฀ruled฀out฀of฀order฀and฀will฀not฀be฀
permitted.
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Attached to this Proxy Statement is Kroger’s 2012 Annual Report which includes a brief description of
Kroger’s business, including the general scope and nature thereof during 2012, together with the audited
financial information contained in our 2012 report to the SEC on Form 10-K. A copy of that report is
available to shareholders on request without charge by writing to: Scott M. Henderson, Treasurer,
The Kroger Co., 1014 Vine Street, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-1100 or by calling 1-513-762-1220. Our SEC
filings are available to the public from the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.
The฀management฀knows฀of฀no฀other฀matters฀that฀are฀to฀be฀presented฀at฀the฀meeting฀but,฀if฀any฀should฀be฀
presented, the Proxy Committee expects to vote thereon according to its best judgment.
By order of the Board of Directors,
Paul W. Heldman, Secretary