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6
NO T I C E O F A N N U A L M E E T I N G O F S H A R E H O L D E R S
Cincinnati,฀Ohio,฀May฀14,฀2013
To฀All฀Shareholders฀of฀The฀Kroger฀Co.:
The฀annual฀meeting฀of฀shareholders฀of฀The฀Kroger฀Co.฀will฀be฀held฀at฀the฀MUSIC฀HALL฀BALLROOM,฀
MUSIC฀ HALL,฀1241฀Elm฀Street,฀Cincinnati,฀Ohio฀45202,฀ on฀June฀27,฀ 2013,฀at฀11฀ a.m.,฀eastern฀time,฀for฀the฀
following฀purposes:
1. To elect the directors for the ensuing year;
2. To consider and act upon an advisory vote to approve executive compensation;
3. To consider and act upon a proposal to ratify the selection of independent public accountants for
the year 2013;
4. To act upon four shareholder proposals, if properly presented at the annual meeting; and
5. To transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting;
all as set forth in the Proxy Statement accompanying this Notice. Holders of common shares of record at the
close of business on April 30, 2013, will be entitled to vote at the meeting.
AT T E N D A N C E
Only shareholders and persons holding proxies from shareholders may attend the meeting. If you are
attending the meeting, please bring the notice of the meeting that was separately mailed to you or
the top portion of your proxy card, either of which will serve as your admission ticket.
YOUR฀ MANAGEMENT฀ DESIRES฀ TO฀ HAVE฀ A฀ LARGE฀ NUMBER฀ OF฀ SHAREHOLDERS฀ REPRESENTED฀
AT฀ THE฀MEETING,฀ IN฀ PERSON฀OR฀BY฀ PROXY.฀ PLEASE฀VOTE฀ YOUR฀ PROXY฀ELECTRONICALLY฀ VIA฀ THE฀
INTERNET฀OR฀BY฀TELEPHONE.฀IF฀YOU฀HAVE฀ELECTED฀TO฀RECEIVE฀PRINTED฀MATERIALS,฀YOU฀MAY฀SIGN฀
AND฀DATE฀THE฀PROXY฀AND฀MAIL฀IT฀IN฀THE฀SELF-ADDRESSED฀ENVELOPE฀PROVIDED.฀NO฀POSTAGE฀IS฀
REQUIRED฀IF฀MAILED฀WITHIN฀THE฀UNITED฀STATES.
If you are unable to attend the annual meeting, you may listen to a live webcast of the meeting, which
will฀be฀accessible฀through฀our฀website,฀ir.kroger.com,฀at฀11฀a.m.,฀eastern฀time.
By order of the Board of Directors,
Paul W. Heldman, Secretary