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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,฀2014
To฀All฀Shareholders฀of฀The฀Kroger฀Co.:
You฀are฀invited฀to฀our฀annual฀meeting฀of฀shareholders฀of฀The฀Kroger฀Co.฀which฀will฀be฀held฀at฀the฀MUSIC฀
HALL฀BALLROOM,฀MUSIC฀HALL,฀1241฀Elm฀Street,฀Cincinnati,฀Ohio฀45202,฀on฀June฀26,฀2014,฀at฀11฀a.m.,฀eastern฀
time, for the following purposes:
1.฀ To฀elect฀thirteen฀directors฀for฀the฀ensuing฀year;฀
2.฀ To฀consider฀and฀act฀upon฀a฀proposal฀to฀approve฀the฀2014฀Long-Term฀Incentive฀and฀Cash฀Bonus฀Plan;฀
3.฀ To฀consider฀and฀act฀upon฀an฀advisory฀vote฀to฀approve฀executive฀compensation;
4.฀ To฀ consider฀ and฀ act฀ upon฀ a฀ proposal฀ to฀ ratify฀ the฀ selection฀ of฀ independent฀ registered฀ public฀
accountants฀for฀the฀year฀2014;
5.฀ To฀act฀upon฀two฀shareholder฀proposals,฀if฀properly฀presented฀at฀the฀annual฀meeting;฀and
6.฀ To฀transact฀such฀other฀business฀as฀may฀properly฀be฀brought฀before฀the฀meeting;
Holders฀of฀common฀shares฀of฀record฀at฀the฀close฀of฀business฀on฀April฀29,฀2014,฀will฀be฀entitled฀to฀notice฀
of and 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