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RNS Number : 0456N  Ocado Group PLC  30 December 2025

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT RELATES TO THE DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION THAT QUALIFIED OR
MAY HAVE QUALIFIED AS INSIDE INFORMATION WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7(1) OF
THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (EU) 596/2014, AS AMENDED (AND INCLUDING AS IT
FORMS PART OF UNITED KINGDOM DOMESTIC LAW BY VIRTUE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
(WITHDRAWAL) ACT 2018, AS AMENDED).

Ocado Group plc

30 December 2025

 

Ocado Group plc

Exclusivity with International Partners

 

Ocado Group plc ("Ocado" or the "Company") has announced that mutual
exclusivity has now ended with retailers in the majority of markets where
Ocado's technology is currently live, including the USA with Kroger.

 

As the Company announced at its Half Year 2025 results in July, it expected to
roll off exclusivity arrangements by the end of the year in the majority of
markets. This enables Ocado to bring its proven and much evolved technology
offering back to market in many of the world's largest grocery markets.

 

Ocado continues to work closely with its grocery retail partners across the
world and will continue to build on the positive progress it is making with
partners. The Company now also expects to commence new commercial activity in
multiple international grocery markets.

 

Tim Steiner, CEO of Ocado Group, said:

 

"As we continue to support all of our partners to improve and grow their
online businesses, we will also now bring the full range of Ocado's AI-powered
and robotic solutions back to multiple markets. In the five years since our
first international CFCs went live we have substantially evolved our
market-leading solutions and broadened our offering to meet retailers wherever
they are on their online journey"

 

"Today, our fulfilment solutions span Store-Based Automation, AI-powered
manual fulfilment in stores and dark stores, and automated CFCs of all sizes,
ranging from micro-fulfillment to larger facilities. Together, they enable our
partners to deliver a world-leading customer experience, including delivery
options from immediacy to same-day, next day, and click-and-collect. As we
enter 2026, Ocado is well positioned to help more retailers capture market
share in the world's fastest-growing grocery channel."

 

Contacts

 

Tim Steiner, Chief Executive Officer on +44 (0)1707 228 000

Stephen Daintith, Chief Financial Officer on +44 (0)1707 228 000

Nick Coulter, VP of Group Capital Markets and FP&A, on +44 (0)1707 228 000

Jamie Kerr, Director of Communications, on +44 (0)1707 228 000

Lucy Legh, Matt Denham, Dan Mahoney, Headland Consultancy -
ocadogroup@headlandconsultancy.com, on +44 (0)20 3805 4822

 

Person responsible for arranging the release of this announcement:

 

Mollie Stoker

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Ocado Group plc

Buildings One & Two, Trident Place, Mosquito Way,

Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9UL

email: company.secretary@ocado.com (mailto:company.secretary@ocado.com)

 

Ocado Group plc LEI: 213800LO8F61YB8MBC74

 

Further information about Ocado is available on its website at
www.ocadogroup.com (http://www.ocadogroup.com) .

 

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