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7
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
Thursday, June 25, 2015
11:00 a.m., eastern time
To฀All฀Shareholders฀of฀The฀Kroger฀Co.:
You฀ are฀ invited฀ to฀ the฀ 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฀25,฀2015,฀at฀11:00฀a.m.,฀
eastern฀time,฀for฀the฀following฀purposes:
1.฀ To฀elect฀eleven฀directors฀for฀the฀ensuing฀year;
2.฀ To฀approve,฀on฀an฀advisory฀basis,฀our฀executive฀compensation;
3.฀ To฀ratify฀the฀selection฀of฀our฀independent฀auditor฀for฀fiscal฀year฀2015;
4.฀ To฀vote฀on฀three฀shareholder฀proposals,฀if฀properly฀presented฀at฀the฀meeting;฀and
5.฀ 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฀30,฀2015,฀will฀be฀entitled฀to฀notice฀
of and to vote at the meeting.
AT T E N D A N C E
Only฀shareholders฀holding฀shares฀at฀the฀close฀of฀business฀on฀the฀record฀date,฀or฀their฀duly฀appointed฀
proxies,฀may฀attend฀the฀meeting.฀If you plan to attend the meeting, you must 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฀11:00฀a.m.,฀eastern฀time.
By฀the฀order฀of฀the฀Board฀of฀Directors,
Christine฀S.฀Wheatley,฀Secretary
May฀13,฀2015
Cincinnati,฀OH