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annual฀meeting,฀a฀shareholder’s฀notice฀in฀order฀to฀be฀timely฀must฀be฀delivered฀in฀writing฀to฀the฀Secretary฀
of฀the฀Company,฀at฀its฀principal฀executive฀office,฀not฀later฀45฀calendar฀days฀prior฀to฀the฀date฀on฀which฀the฀
Company’s proxy statement for the prior year’s annual meeting of shareholders was mailed to shareholders. If
a shareholder’s nomination or proposal is not in compliance with the procedures set forth in the Regulations,
the฀Company฀may฀disregard฀such฀nomination฀or฀proposal.฀Accordingly,฀if฀a฀shareholder฀intends,฀at฀the฀2015฀
annual฀meeting,฀to฀nominate฀a฀person฀for฀election฀to฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors฀or฀to฀propose฀other฀business,฀
the฀shareholder฀must฀deliver฀a฀notice฀of฀such฀nomination฀or฀proposal฀to฀the฀Company’s฀Secretary฀not฀later฀
March฀30,฀2015,฀and฀comply฀with฀the฀requirements฀of฀the฀Regulations.฀If฀a฀shareholder฀submits฀a฀proposal฀
outside฀of฀Rule฀14a-8฀for฀the฀Company’s฀2015฀annual฀meeting฀of฀shareholder฀and฀such฀proposal฀is฀not฀delivered฀
within the time frame specified in the Regulations, the Company’s proxy may confer discretionary authority
on฀persons฀being฀appointed฀as฀proxies฀on฀behalf฀of฀the฀Company฀to฀vote฀on฀such฀proposal.฀Notices฀should฀be฀
addressed฀in฀writing฀to:฀Secretary,฀The฀Kroger฀Co.,฀1014฀Vine฀Street,฀Cincinnati,฀Ohio฀45202-1100.
Attached฀to฀this฀Proxy฀Statement฀is฀Kroger’s฀2013฀Annual฀Report฀which฀includes฀a฀brief฀description฀of฀
Kroger’s฀ business,฀including฀ the฀ general฀scope฀ and฀nature฀thereof฀during฀ 2013,฀ together฀with฀ the฀audited฀
financial฀ information฀ contained฀ in฀ our฀ 2013฀ report฀ to฀ the฀ SEC฀ on฀ Form฀ 10-K.฀ A copy of that report is
available to shareholders on request without charge by writing to: Todd A. Foley, 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.
HO U S E H O L D I N G O F P R O X Y M A T E R I A L S
We฀ have฀ adopted฀ a฀ procedure฀ approved฀ by฀ the฀ SEC฀ called฀ “householding.”฀ Under฀ this฀ procedure,฀
shareholders of record who have the same address and last name will receive only one copy of the Notice
of฀Internet฀Availability฀of฀Proxy฀Materials฀(or฀proxy฀materials฀in฀the฀case฀of฀shareholders฀who฀receive฀paper฀
copies฀ of฀ such฀ materials)฀unless฀one฀ or฀ more฀of฀these฀shareholders฀notifies฀us฀ that฀they฀ wish฀to฀continue฀
receiving฀individual฀copies.฀This฀procedure฀will฀reduce฀our฀printing฀costs฀and฀postage฀fees.฀Householding฀will฀
not฀in฀any฀way฀affect฀dividend฀check฀mailings.
If฀you฀are฀eligible฀for฀householding,฀but฀you฀and฀other฀shareholders฀of฀record฀with฀whom฀you฀share฀an฀
address฀currently฀receive฀multiple฀copies฀of฀our฀Notice฀of฀Internet฀Availability฀of฀Proxy฀Materials฀(or฀proxy฀
materials฀in฀the฀case฀of฀shareholders฀who฀receive฀paper฀copies฀of฀such฀materials),฀or฀if฀you฀hold฀in฀more฀than฀
one account, and in either case you wish to receive only a single copy for your household or if you prefer
to฀receive฀separate฀copies฀of฀our฀documents฀ in฀the฀future,฀please฀contact฀your฀bank฀or฀broker,฀or฀contact฀
Kroger’s฀Secretary฀at฀1014฀Vine฀Street,฀Cincinnati,฀Ohio฀45202-1100฀or฀via฀telephone฀at฀513-762-4000.
Beneficial฀shareholders฀can฀request฀information฀about฀householding฀from฀their฀banks,฀brokers฀or฀other฀
holders of record.
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