RONA Continues to Increase Leadership Position and Share of Market Set to Enter a Period of Sustained Growth

Press Release - May 2011

Canada’s largest retailer and distributor of hardware, home renovation and gardening products, continues to strengthen its leadership position in a market that will sooner or later enter a phase of sustained growth. That’s the opinion expressed by Robert Dutton, President and CEO of Canada’s renovation-construction leader, speaking at the Corporation’s annual general meeting today. Recalling that RONA grew its share of the Canadian renovation-construction market from 17.5% to 19% in 2010, Dutton pointed out that RONA has been more successful than other companies at weathering a challenging year.