EMPIRE LIMITED

Empire Company Limited is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Its businesses operate primarily in the food-retailing and real estate sectors. Empire Company Limited is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: EMP.A). Sobeys Inc. is the wholly-owned subsidiary of Empire Company Limited and operates banners including Sobeys, Safeway, Foodland, FreshCo, IGA and more. Empire Company Limited also develops a range of commercial and residential properties throughout Canada in partnership with Crombie REIT and Genstar. Empire Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the food retail and related real estate businesses in Canada. It operates through two segments, Food Retailing, and Investments and Other Operations. The company owns, affiliates, and franchises retail stores under Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Farm Boy, Longo's, and Lawtons Drugs brands; and operates grocery e-commerce stores under the Voilà, Grocery Gateway, IGA.net, and ThriftyFoods.com brand names.