Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentación, S.A. ("DIA" or the "Company"), in accordance with Articles 228 of the consolidated wording of the Securities Markets Law and 17 of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse, hereby announces the following

RELEVANT FACT

I.

Resolutions adopted by the General Shareholders' Meeting

The Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting of DIA, held today on second call, has approved each proposed resolution under each of the items included in the Agenda and which were notified to the National Securities Market Commission by the corresponding Relevant Fact, dated 17 March 2018 and with registry number 263,042.

The adopted resolutions and the voting results will be published in DIA's corporate website within the following five days.

II.

Composition of the Committees

In addition to the appointment of two new directors (as external proprietary directors) approved today by the General Shareholders' Meeting (Mr Stephan DuCharme and Mr Karl-Heinz Holland), the Board of Directors has also adopted the following appointment resolutions regarding two of the Board's Committees:

  • Appointment of Mr Stephan DuCharme, external proprietary director, as a member of the Audit and Compliance Committee; and

  • Appointment of Mr Karl-Heinz Holland, external proprietary director, as a member of the Strategy Committee.

Thus, the composition of the three current Board Committees is as follows:

AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE

Name of the director

Title in the Committee

Type of director

Mr Borja de la Cierva

Chairman

Independent

Mr Julián Díaz

Member

Independent

Mr Stephan DuCharme

Member

External proprietary

Ms María Garaña

Member

Independent

Mr Juan María Nin

Member

Other external

NOMINATION AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE

Name of the director

Title in the Committee

Type of director

Mr Mariano Martín

Chairman

Independent

Ms Angela Spindler

Member

Independent

Mr Antonio Urcelay

Member

Other external

STRATEGY COMMITTEE

Name of the director

Title in the Committee

Type of director

Mr Richard Golding

Chairman

Independent

Mr Borja de la Cierva

Member

Independent

Mr Karl-Heinz Holland

Member

External proprietary

Mr Mariano Martín

Member

Independent

Mr Antonio Urcelay

Member

Other external

III.

Board Chairperson Succession Plan

Ms Ana María Llopis, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Company, has announced at the General Shareholders' Meeting that the relevant steps included in the Succession Plan will be put in place shortly with a view to select, in the following months, a new Chairperson of the Board who will take over the position.

In Madrid, 20 April 2018

DISTRIBUIDORA INTERNACIONAL DE ALIMENTACIÓN, S.A.

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Mr Miguel Ángel Iglesias Peinado Vice-Secretary of the Board of Directors

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