Company Empire Company Limited

EMP.A

CA2918434077

Food Retail & Distribution

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51.48 ^CAD	+1.26%		+0.06%	+17.29%

11-16	Atlas Technology Inc announced that it has received $10 million in funding from W23 Global Manager Pty Ltd, Shoprite Holdings Ltd, Empire Company Limited, Woolworths Group Limited, Tesco PLC, Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize N.V.	CI
11-05	Empire Company Names Pierre St-Laurent as President & CEO	MT

Business description: Empire Company Limited

Empire Company Limited is a Canadian company, which is engaged in the business of food retailing, through wholly owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc. (Sobeys), and related real estate. The Company's segments include Food retailing, and Investments and other operations. Sobeys owns, affiliates or franchises more than 1,600 stores in all 10 provinces under retail banners that include Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's and Lawtons Drugs, operates grocery e-commerce under the banners Voila, Voila par IGA and ThriftyFoods.com, and operates and/or supplies more than 350 retail fuel locations. Investments and other operations segment consists of investments in Crombie REIT, real estate partnerships and various other corporate operations. Crombie REIT is focused on owning, operating and developing a portfolio of grocery and pharmacy-anchored shopping centers, freestanding stores and mixed-use developments primarily in Canada's urban and suburban markets.

Number of employees: 129,000

Sales by Activity: Empire Company Limited

Fiscal Period: May	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Food Retailing	28.27B	30.16B	30.48B	30.73B	31.28B

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Executive Committee: Empire Company Limited

Manager	Title	Age	Since
Pierre St. Laurent CEO	Chief Executive Officer	-	2025-11-04
Constantine Pefanis DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	-	2025-04-30
Julia Knox CTO	Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	-	2023-07-12
Clinton Keay DFI	Director of Finance/CFO	61	2016-07-07
Sarah Joyce PRN	Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

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Composition of the Board of Directors: Empire Company Limited

Director	Title	Age	Since
Karl Sobey BRD	Director/Board Member	70	2000-12-31
Paul Sobey BRD	Director/Board Member	68	1992-12-31
Robert Sobey BRD	Director/Board Member	58	1997-12-31
Frank Sobey BRD	Director/Board Member	72	2006-12-31
Martine Turcotte BRD	Director/Board Member	64	2011-12-31
Cynthia Devine BRD	Director/Board Member	61	2012-12-31
William Linton BRD	Director/Board Member	68	2014-12-31
Jim Dickson CHM	Chairman	67	2016-09-30
Gregory Josefowicz BRD	Director/Board Member	72	2016-05-31
Martine Reardon BRD	Director/Board Member	63	2016-12-31

Composition of the Board of Directors

Shareholders: Empire Company Limited

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Frank Sobey 1.033 %	1,363,985	1.033 %	46 M $
Paul Sobey 0.7025 %	927,393	0.7025 %	31 M $
Robert Sobey 0.4235 %	559,064	0.4235 %	19 M $
Kent Sobey 0.4157 %	548,742	0.4157 %	19 M $
Sjunde AP-fonden 0.4044 %	533,870	0.4044 %	18 M $

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
Donald Sobey 33.24 %	32,620,457	33.24 %	1 107 M $
Dunvegan Holdings Ltd. 31.3 %	30,720,071	31.3 %	1 043 M $
David Sobey 30.14 %	29,582,564	30.14 %	1 004 M $
Paul Sobey 3.185 %	3,125,400	3.185 %	106 M $
Kent Sobey 3.092 %	3,034,539	3.092 %	103 M $

List of EMPIRE COMPANY LIMITED shareholders

Holdings: Empire Company Limited

Name	Equities	%	Valuation
CROMBIE REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST 0.83%	909,090	0.83%	9,627,263 $

Company details: Empire Company Limited

Empire Co. Ltd.

115 King Street

B0K 1S0, Stellarton

+902 752 8371

http://www.empireco.ca

Group companies: Empire Company Limited

Name	Category and Sector
Sobeys Capital, Inc. Sobeys Capital, Inc. Wholesales and distributes food and grocery items
Pension Plan for Employees of Sobeys, Inc. Pension Plan for Employees of Sobeys, Inc. Functions as a pension/retirement fund
Sobeys, Inc. Sobeys, Inc. Food RetailRetail Trade Retails food and grocery items	Food Retail
Sobeys, Inc. Sobeys, Inc. Food RetailRetail Trade Retails food and grocery items	Food Retail

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Weighted average by Cap.	+0.77%	+2.35%	+21.90%	+112.52%