FRH and Casino request exemption/extension under Dutch Financial Supervision Act
Paris, 7 May 2024
Casino Guichard-Perrachon S.A. ("Casino"; Euronext Paris: CO; ISIN: FR0000125585) hereby informs as follows: also on behalf of France Retail Holdings S.à r.l. (an entity ultimately controlled by Mr. Daniel Kretínský) ("FRH"), it is hereby announced that FRH and Casino have today jointly submitted a petition to the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal, the Netherlands, ("Enterprise Chamber") pursuant to Article 5:72(3) and/or Article 5:71(1) of the Dutch Financial Supervision Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht, "FMSA") for an exemption of the obligation to make a mandatory tender offer as referred to in Article 5:70 FMSA. If the exemption is granted, Casino will within three months initiate a buy-out procedure (uitkoopprocedure) in accordance with Article 2:92a of the Dutch Civil Code (Burgerlijk Wetboek) in which the Enterprise Chamber will determine the price to be paid for shares of minority shareholders of Cnova N.V., whereby Casino will claim a buy-out price similar to the price that would be paid in a mandatory tender offer. Today's petition also includes a request for a further extension of the period provided in Article 5:72(1) FMSA. The Enterprise Chamber previously extended this period by thirty days in its judgment of 25 April 2024. Reference is also made to the announcement on 28 March 2024 of FRH's acquisition of predominant control over Cnova N.V. resulting from the completion of Casino's financial restructuring and to the press releases of 19 and 29 April 2024 published by Casino on behalf of FRH in this respect.
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