Sligro Food Group announces a "block trade" under the buyback program

Sligro Food Group announces a ‘block trade’ under the buyback program

Sligro Food Group announces that it has reached agreement with a shareholder about the purchase of 127,192 shares. The price of the shares to be purchased will be EUR 39.73 per share.

The above-mentioned transaction will contribute to the share buyback program in order to avoid Sligro Food Group’s earnings being diluted by the stock dividend for the year 2005, as announced in the press release of March 2, 2006.

Veghel, 23 March 2006

On behalf of the Management Board of Sligro Food Group N.V.

A.J.L. Slippens

H.L. van Rozendaal

Tel: 0413 / 34 35 00