Zaandam, The Netherlands, December 18, 2001 - Bompreço S.A. Supermercados do Nordeste, Ahold's wholly-owned Brazilian subsidiary, has been successfully delisted from the São Paulo, New York and Luxembourg stock exchanges. The remaining non-voting preferred shares outstanding have been obtained by Ahold. Since June 2000 Ahold has been owner of all the voting shares.
Bompreço operates 111 supermarkets and hypermarkets in northeastern Brazil, where it is market leader with sales in 2000 of approximately Euro 1.5 billion.
Delisting by Ahold of Bompreço S.A. Supermercados do Nordeste in Brazil
| Source: Ahold Delhaize
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