MEDIA ADVISORY - Empire Company Limited Advisory of Fiscal 2024 Annual General Meeting and Q1 Fiscal 2025 Results Conference Call

STELLARTON, NS, Aug. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - Empire Company Limited ("Empire" or the "Company") (TSX: EMP.A) will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders ("AGM" or the "Meeting") on Thursday, September 12, 2024 at Cineplex Cinemas, Aberdeen Mall, 612 East River Road, New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time).

Webcast of AGM

The event will be available live on the internet via webcast. To access the webcast, please visit the events and presentations section of our website at https://www.empireco.ca/events-and-presentations. The webcast will be archived and available on the Empire website following the event.

Q1 Fiscal 2025 Results Conference Call

Empire will release its first quarter fiscal 2025 results on September 12, 2024 at 6:30 a.m. (Eastern Daylight Time). The release will be followed by a conference call beginning at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) with senior management.

To join the conference call without operator assistance, you may register and enter your phone number at https://emportal.ink/3yFZHon to receive an instant automated call back.

The dial-in numbers for the conference call are:
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To secure a line, please call 10 minutes prior to the conference call. You will be placed on hold until the conference call begins. The media and investing public may access this conference call via a listen mode only. You may also listen to a live audiocast of the conference call by visiting the "Quick Links" section of the Company's website located at www.empireco.ca, and then navigating to the "Empire Company Limited Quarterly Results Call" link.

Replay will be available until midnight, September 26, 2024, or on the Company's website for 90 days following the conference call. To access the archived conference call, please dial [phone] and enter access code 52159.

ABOUT EMPIRE

Empire Company Limited (TSX: EMP.A) is a Canadian company headquartered in Stellarton, Nova Scotia. Empire's key businesses are food retailing, through wholly-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc., and related real estate. With approximately $30.7 billion in annual sales and $16.8 billion in assets, Empire and its subsidiaries, franchisees and affiliates employ approximately 128,000 people.

SOURCE Empire Company Limited

For further information, please contact: Investor Contact, Katie Brine, Vice President, Investor Relations, Treasury & Pensions, Sobeys Inc., [phone] ext. 2092; Media Contact: Karen White-Boswell, Director, External Communications, Sobeys Inc., [phone]