Annual general shareholders’ meeting of Grupo Herdez

Mexico City, Mexico, March 23, 2015 – Grupo Herdez, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Grupo Herdez” or the “Company”) (BMV: HERDEZ, OTC: GUZBY) announced to its shareholders the proposals that the Board of Directors will present at the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on April 23, 2015 at 17:30 hours (Mexico City time), at the Company’s headquarters located on 215 Monte Pelvoux, Lomas de Chapultepec, Zip Code 11000, Mexico City. The Record Date for the ADR holders in the United States will be on March 26, 2015.

DIVIDEND PAYMENT
The dividend payment to be proposed at this Shareholders’ Meeting will be at a rate of Ps. 0.90 per share, or one share for every forty (40) of tenure.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The re-lection of the Board of Directors and Non-Member Secretaries of the Board will be proposed as follows:

2020

  • 2020: We launched the first edition of Semillero Nutrisa. Together with Nutrisa and the Victoria147 business academy for women, we invited women entrepreneurs to participate in a training program to improve the management of their businesses and have the potential to become part of our supply chain.

We established our first technological alliance with Google, which will allow us to accelerate the digital transformation of Grupo Herdez through the use of Google Cloud Platform tools such as BigQuery ML, Looker, among others.

Through the Herdez® brand and Aires de Campo® we joined the “Sowing a New Normality” initiative, promoted by the civil society organizations Ríos Tarango and Ectágono, which aims to increase the vegetation cover of the environmentally valuable area Barranca de Tarango.

  • 2021: We developed the Group’s second proprietary e-commerce platform, with the Nutrisa® online store.

We updated the apps through which we manage the loyalty programs of our retail brands, Cielito Querido Café® and Nutrisa®, improving our customers’ in-store experience.

During the year, 15 formulas had their nutritional profile strengthened by reducing some critical added nutrients (sugars, sodium and saturated fats).

  • 2022: We expanded our capabilities into new categories through the acquisition of Interdeli and Deli, Dips & Snacks. Integrating brands such as Libanius, Flaveur, Liguria and Señor Cactus into our portfolio.

We Issued the first sustainability bond through which we
committed to a 25% reduction in our water consumption.

Together with our partner McCormick & Company, Inc. we
brought the most iconic Mexican cuisine to the tables of the United Kingdom
through meal kits, sauces and condiments under the Herdez® brand.
  In less than a year, we obtained a 5.5% shelf
share in the Tesco supermarket chain.

We consolidated the integration of Chilim Balam® into retail brands, a leading brand in the snack segment