Sligro Food Group completes the buyback program

Sligro Food Group completes the buyback program

Sligro Food Group announces that it has repurchased a total of 190,739 shares at a weighted average price per share of EUR 39.78 in several transactions during the period from 17 March 2006, up to and including 23 March 2006.

With the above-mentioned transactions Sligro Food Group fulfils its intention to repurchase a total of 250,000 shares and therefore finishes the buyback program. This buyback program avoids Sligro Food Group’s earnings being diluted by the stock dividend for the year 2005, as announced in the press release of 2 March 2006.

Veghel, 24 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