Delhaize Group S.A.

Pierre-Olivier Beckers has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Group since January 1, 1999. Mr. Beckers earned a Master’s degree in applied economics at I.A.G., Louvain-La-Neuve and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He began working in the food retail industry in 1982 as a store manager for a bakery chain in Belgium. Mr. Beckers joined Delhaize Group in 1983, to work initially for three years in the U.S. operations of Delhaize Group as a store manager. After his return to Belgium, he broadened his retail experience as a buyer, director of purchasing, member of the Executive Committee and Executive Vice President in charge of international activities. In January 2000, Mr. Beckers was named Manager of the Year by the leading Belgian business magazine Trends/Tendances. He is on the Board of Directors of the Food Marketing Institute and of CIES – The Food Business Forum (an international food business network serving as interface between more than 400 retailers and suppliers from 50 countries). In 2002-2004, he served as Chairman of CIES, and will again serve as Chairman of CIES in 2008-2010. In December 2004, he was elected to a four-year term as President of the BOIC (Belgian Olympic Committee). Mr. Beckers is also Board member of Guberna and The Belgian Corporate Governance Committee.

Renaud Cogels (1949) is an Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group, Head of Global Sourcing and Chief Executive Officer Southeastern Europe. Mr. Cogels was from 1991 till 2001 General Manager of Delhaize Belgium and Chief Executive Officer of Delhaize Europe from 2001 till 2005. After starting his career in the banking industry, Mr. Cogels joined Delhaize Group in 1977. Mr. Cogels became successively buyer and buying director of perishable products. He also became successively responsible for marketing, non-food buying, logistics and information technology. From 1987, Mr. Cogels worked on the founding of the European buying group SED. In 1988, Mr. Cogels was appointed as a member of the Executive Committee of Delhaize Group. Mr. Cogels received a Master's degree in economics at the University of Louvain.

Rick Anicetti (1957) is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer of Food Lion since August 2002. Mr. Anicetti began his food industry career at sister banner Hannaford Bros. Co. in 1980. After completing the company's retail management training program, he held a progression of roles of increasing responsibility and was ultimately named head of the southeastern operations of Hannaford. Mr. Anicetti joined Food Lion in August 2000 as Chief Operating Officer and was promoted to President in September 2001. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, the North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry and is Past President of the North Carolina Food Dealers Association. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Carolinas Food Industry Council. He earned his Master's degree in Political Science from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

Ronald C. Hodge (1948) is Executive Vice President of Delhaize Group and Chief Executive Officer of Hannaford. He joined Hannaford in 1980 and has served in various executive roles, including Vice President and General Manager of Hannaford's New York Division, Senior Vice President of Retail Operations, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing, and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He has been named President of Hannaford Bros. Co. in December 2000 and Chief Executive Officer in 2001. While leading the start-up of Hannaford's entry into upstate New York, Mr. Hodge was elected Chairman of the New York State Food Merchant's Association, and served on several Community Agency Boards' of Directors. He chaired the Northeastern New York United Way Campaign in 1995 and was selected as the New York Capital Region's Citizen of the Year in 1996.

Michael Waller (1953) is Executive Vice President, General Counsel and General Secretary of Delhaize Group, as well as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Delhaize America. Mr. Waller has been Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Delhaize America since July 2000. Previously, Mr. Waller was a partner in the international law firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. In the years prior to joining Delhaize America, Mr. Waller served as Managing Partner of Akin Gump's Moscow and London offices, and maintained an international corporate practice. Mr. Waller earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Auburn University and a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Houston, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Houston Law Review. Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Waller served as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Robert O'Conor, Jr. in the Southern District of Texas.

Georges Jacobs de Hagen has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delhaize Group since January 1, 2005. He started his career as an economist with the IMF in Washington in 1966. He joined the UCB Group (a biopharmaceutical group based in Belgium) in 1970 and has been Chairman of its Executive Committee from 1987 until the end of 2004. Mr. Jacobs serves on the Board of Directors of Belgacom and Brussels Airlines. He has been President of BUSINESSEUROPE (formerly UNICE, Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe) between 1998 and 2003. He is member of the Management Committee and Honorary Chairman of the Federation of Belgian Companies. Mr. Jacobs is a Doctor at Laws (UCL, Belgium), holds a Master's degree in Economic Sciences (UCL, Belgium), and a Master's degree in Economics (University of California, Berkeley, US).

Didier Smits received a Master's degree in economic and financial sciences at I.C.H.E.C. in Brussels. In 1996, he was elected Director of Delhaize Group and he still serves as a non-executive director of Delhaize Group. From 1986 to 1991, Mr. Smits was a Manager at Advanced Technics Company. In 1991, Mr. Smits became Managing Director of Papeteries Aubry SPRL.

Mr. Stahl has served as a director since May 2008 and serves as chairman of the compensation committee. Mr. Stahl served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Revlon, Inc. from February 2002 until his retirement in September 2006. From February 2000 to March 2001, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Coca-Cola Company and previously served as Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company's North America Group and Senior Vice President of The Coca-Cola Company's Americas Group. Mr. Stahl currently serves on the board of directors of Schering-Plough Corporation.

Jacques de Vaucleroy is member of the Executive Board of ING Group and CEO of ING Insurance Europe. He has over 20 years of experience in the financial services sector. Jacques de Vaucleroy obtained a law degree (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium) and a Master in Business Law (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium).

Luc Vansteenkiste is Chief Executive Officer of the Belgian foam production company Recticel. He is President of the Board of Directors of the Belgian photo-finishing company Spector Photo Group and of Telindus Group and member of the Board of the Belgian companies Sioen, Ter Beke Vleeswaren, Compagnie du Bois Sauvage and Fortis Bank. Mr. Vansteenkiste is Board member of Guberna. Mr. Vansteenkiste earned his degree in civil engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Richard Goblet d'Alviella has been the Chief Executive Officer of Sofina S.A., a Belgian financial holding company, since 1989. Mr. Goblet d'Alviella is a member of the board of directors of Sofina as well as a number of the companies in which Sofina has interests or is affiliated, such as Suez, Eurazeo, Danone and Caledonia Investments. Prior to joining Sofina, Mr. Goblet d'Alviella was a Managing Director of the Paine Webber Group and he has a 15-year background in international investment banking in London and New York. Mr. Goblet d'Alviella holds a Commercial Engineer's degree from Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, and a Master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. Mr. Goblet d'Alviella was elected to the Board of Directors of Delhaize Group in 2001.

Robert J. Murray has been Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of New England Business Service, Inc. from 1995 to 2004. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Murray was a member of the Board of Directors of Hannaford. Mr. Murray retired from The Gillette Company in 1995, having been with Gillette for more than 34 years. From 1991 until his retirement in 1995, Mr. Murray was Executive Vice President, North Atlantic Group of Gillette. Mr. Murray is a director of LoJack Corporation, The Hannover Insurance Group, Tupperware Brands and the IDEXX Corp. Mr. Murray is a graduate of Boston College and holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University. Mr. Murray was elected to the Board of Directors of Delhaize Group in 2001.