• The plan enters into force in April and will be effective for 4 years.
• The agreement reiterates Mercadona’s ongoing commitment to promoting equality throughout the company in all processes and for all the people who make up Mercadona.
• The company remains focused on achieving good results in terms of Equality.

• The company ended 2023 with a total workforce of 104,000 people - 98,700 in Spain and 5,300 in Portugal - having created 5,000 new jobs over the last year.
• Since the start of Mercadona’s brutal transformation, announced at the end of 2016, the company has created 25,000 new jobs, representing a 32% increase in the workforce.
• The company is strengthening its firm commitment to acquiring talent as a key factor in tackling the challenges posed by a sector as competitive as the distribution sector.

• Thanks to the commitment of the company’s more than 100,000 employees to improving operations and efficiency, more and more customers are choosing to shop at Mercadona and the company’s market share is constantly increasing.
• Since this pioneering initiative was introduced by the company’s shareholders in 2001, a total of more than 5,580 million euros have been paid out.
• In line with the company’s profit-sharing policy, the Management Committee has decided to include an additional half bonus alongside the standard objective bonus awarded each year.

• The base salary increase is linked to the CPI, up to 2.5%, and in case of being greater, this increase will be supplemented up to a maximum of 6%, linked with the profit targets of the company.
• The Company Collective Agreement will come into effect on the 1st of January 2024 and will be valid for five years, until it ends in 2028.
• It guarantees a minimum starting base salary of 1,507 gross euros/month, 20% more than the interprofessional minimum wage.
• In addition to this salary, among other supplements are those of its Remuneration Policy, entailing annual increases of 11% up to tranche 5, which is 60% more than the interprofessional minimum wage.
• The company continues to advance in its weekly rest application policies, pioneering in the sector, with rest of at least 8 weekends per year now extending to employees of Hives and logistics centres.

• This measure will enter into force starting from the January payslips of the more than 96,000 employees in Spain and Portugal, in line with the CPI (Consumer Price Index) in December in each country.

• By the end of 2025, this space will accommodate a total of 2,600 people who will be progressively transferred there over the next three years.
• The new offices, designed by the ERRE Arquitectura studio, have been envisaged as an environment that encourages collaboration and knowledge exchange between the different parts of the process, improving agility and execution in the decision-making process.
• As well as being designed for and by people, the new offices are a sustainable space designed to minimise their environmental impact through measures including the use of local production materials (0 kilometre), innovative solutions to reduce energy consumption, and the construction of large internal courtyard gardens to make the most of natural light.
• The project, which began with the inauguration of the Data Process Centre (CPD) and the Service Centre in 2014, is planned to be finished in 2025 with a total investment of €200m.

• This measure applies to its more than 93,300 staff members in Spain and it aims to guarantee the purchasing power of its employees.

• The new Equality Plan will enter into force on 1 January 2022 and will remain in place for two years, until 2023, coinciding with the renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• The new Equality Plan updates the previous plan, which was agreed in 2019, adapting it to the recent changes in equality legislation and renewing the company’s commitment to equal pay.

• The company is replacing the single-use hygienic face mask with a new corporate one that is more practical, modern and sustainable, in order to improve the provision of protective equipment at workstations and strengthen its commitment to the environment.
• This change, which began gradually in late 2020, is expected to have been implemented across the entire chain before the end of May.
• The Totaler Supplier Cambrass, specialised in textiles for babies, is making these items at its facilities in Ontinyent (Valencia) for the company's more than 95,000 employees working throughout Spain and Portugal.

• The company recognises the great work carried out by all its employees during 2020 because, thanks to them, Mercadona has achieved the best management of its business in its history, having guaranteed the daily supply and opening of more than 1,600 stores in Spain and Portugal.
• This pioneering initiative to share profits with the people responsible for generating them was launched over 20 years ago, and since then, the shareholders of the company have distributed more than €4.2 billion among its employees.
• €366 million as a target bonus and €43 million in recognition of the commitment made during the health crisis.

Its goal is to continue to improve its work-life balance measures, an area in which Mercadona already leads the way, and this new initiative has been trialled in 31 of its stores.

• This measure, which will enter into effect as of the 3rd of August, is a milestone for the company and for the distribution sector as a whole, as workers will now have 2 full days off a week and they will also enjoy 8 long weekends a year.
• The work that has been carried out by the Collective Agreement Observatory, which was created by the company alongside union representatives in 2019 to promote these kinds of measures, has played an essential role in streamlining the implementation of this initiative.

• The two entities will partner on joint actions around employment, universal accessibility, and design aimed at improving the quality of life of workers with disabilities.
• The two entities have signed a partnership agreement.