Announcement • Oct 03
Auchan Retail International S.A. and Rocca Group completed the acquisition of Codim 2 SA from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO). Auchan Retail International S.A. and Rocca Group has signed a unilateral purchase agreement to acquire Codim 2 SA from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) on June 22, 2024. The transaction of completion of the sale is expected to take place after consultation with employee representative bodies and subject to clearance by the competent competition authorities. For the period ending December 31, 2023, Codim 2 SA reported total revenue of €332 million.
Auchan Retail International S.A. and Rocca Group completed the acquisition of Codim 2 SA from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) on October 1, 2024. Codim 2 which employs all the employees of the stores sold, which will operate under the Auchan banner, and which also owns the head office of Codim 2. Announcement • May 30
Ardian and Bpifrance Investissement SAS acquired 10.15% stake in Greenyellow Vente d Energie S.A.S.U from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. Ardian and Bpifrance Investissement SAS reached an agreement to acquire 10.15% stake in Greenyellow Vente d Energie S.A.S.U from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. for approximately €46 million on May 13, 2024. As an essential and decisive condition of this transaction, all amounts owed between the Casino Group and GreenYellow, resulting notably from the sale of hypermarkets and supermarkets to Groupement Les Mousquetaires and Auchan, which had been authorized under the accelerated safeguard procedure, will be settled. The net proceeds from this sale, which will be effectively received by Casino, will amount to approximately €46 million. The Group will no longer hold any stake in GreenYellow following this transaction, which is expected to be completed by the end of May 2024.Ardian and Bpifrance Investissement SAS completed the acquisition of 10.15% stake in Greenyellow Vente d Energie S.A.S.U from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. on May 28, 2024. Announcement • May 15
Ardian and Bpifrance Investissement SAS reached an agreement to acquire 10.15% stake in Greenyellow Vente d Energie S.A.S.U from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. for approximately €46 million. Ardian and Bpifrance Investissement SAS reached an agreement to acquire 10.15% stake in Greenyellow Vente d Energie S.A.S.U from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. for approximately €46 million on May 13, 2024. As an essential and decisive condition of this transaction, all amounts owed between the Casino Group and GreenYellow, resulting notably from the sale of hypermarkets and supermarkets to Groupement Les Mousquetaires and Auchan, which had been authorized under the accelerated safeguard procedure, will be settled. The net proceeds from this sale, which will be effectively received by Casino, will amount to approximately €46 million. The Group will no longer hold any stake in GreenYellow following this transaction, which is expected to be completed by the end of May 2024. Announcement • Mar 28
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., Annual General Meeting, Jun 11, 2024 Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A., Annual General Meeting, Jun 11, 2024. Agenda: To ratify these appointments, which will be made on a provisional basis by co-option in accordance with Casino's bylaws. Announcement • Mar 13
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of €1.2 billion. Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. has filed a Follow-on Equity Offering in the amount of €1.2 billion.
Security Name: Shares
Security Type: Common Stock
Securities Offered: 21,264,367,816
Price\Range: €0.0435
Security Name: Shares
Security Type: Common Stock
Securities Offered: 5,965,292,841
Price\Range: €0.0461 Announcement • Dec 19
Casino Guichard-Perrachon Enters into Exclusive Negotiations with Groupement Les Mousquetaires and Auchan Retail to Sell Almost All of its Hypermarkets and Supermarkets Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) entered into exclusive negotiations with Groupement Les Mousquetaires and Auchan Retail International S.A. to sell almost all of its hypermarkets and supermarkets for EUR 1.35 billion ($1.47 billion), excluding real estate. The embattled French supermarkets owner said December 18, 2023 that talks covered more than 300 stores that represented sales of around EUR 3.6 billion in 2022, excluding value-added tax and petrol. Negotiations exclude hypermarkets and supermarkets in Corsica. The value of the planned transaction excludes real estate for now, though Casino said some real-estate assets could be included in a potential deal. The group said it plans to channel proceeds to support its financial restructuring plan. Casino shares will resume trading on December 19, 2023. Announcement • Dec 07
Auchan, Intermarche in Buying Alliance Talks to Buy Casino Auchan (ELO S.A.) and Intermarche (Intermarché SAS) said on December 5, 2023 they have entered talks to form a joint purchasing alliance, a week after submitting a joint bid to buy the French hypermarket and supermarket stores that debt-laden rival Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) is seeking to offload. The long-term alliance would cover the purchase of food products from national brands as well as the purchase of non-food products, Auchan and Intermarche said in a joint statement. Casino said last week it has received 'preliminary indicative offers from several purchasers' for an unspecified number of hypermarket and supermarkets it had put up for sale. Intermarche had already agreed to buy about 61 stores from Casino in May. It has a call option, exercisable within three years, for a second group of 72 stores. A source close to the matter told Reuters on December 5, 2023 that at this stage "most players on the French retail market", including Leclerc (E.Leclerc S.A.), had expressed interest in the sale process. Potential candidates for Casino's stores also include German discount group Lidl (Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG). "The idea is to try to have something done in 2023," the source said of the timetable for bids. Last week, Auchan Retail board member Serge Papin told BFM Business that Auchan and Intermarche had submitted a joint bid for all the stores Casino is looking to sell to raise cash. Announcement • Dec 01
Casino Confirms Receival of "Several" Bids for Hypermarkets Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) on November 30, 2023 confirmed it has received 'preliminary indicative offers from several purchasers' for an unspecified number of its hypermarket and supermarkets it had put up for sale to raise cash. "The group will not give any details on content of offers currently being examined", Casino added in a statement. France's BFM TV earlier reported Auchan (ELO S.A.) and Intermarche (Intermarché SAS) were among the bidders. Potential other candidates also include Carrefour SA (ENXTPA:CA) and German discount group Lidl (Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG). Announcement • Oct 17
Super Selectos El Salvador made an offer to acquire Almacenes Éxito S.A. (BVC:EXITO) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO), Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao (BOVESPA:PCAR3) and others for $1.2 billion. Super Selectos El Salvador made an offer to acquire Almacenes Éxito S.A. (BVC:EXITO) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO), Companhia Brasileira De Distribuicao (BOVESPA:PCAR3) and others for $1.2 billion on October 13, 2023. Under the terms of agreement, the value of the TO, considering all shares of Éxito, is of $1.175 billion, equivalent to $0.9053 per share, of which $156 million (corresponding to R$790 million on this date) corresponds to GPA’s equity interest. The price per share will be reduced by any extraordinary distribution of dividends or any other distribution, payment, transfer of assets or similar transaction made by Éxito, except for the ordinary dividends, between the date of the Pre-Agreement and the date that the TO documents are filed with the Financial Superintendency of Colombia (“SFC”). The price per share will be paid by the Buyer in cash. The tender offer is subject to the acquisition of at least 51% of the shares (“TO”). Companies of the Casino group, which are holders of 34.05% of Éxito’s capital stock, are also parties to the Pre-Agreement and agreed to sell their equity interest in the tender offer. The launching of the TO is subject to SFC’s approval and the necessary filings before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. GPA believes that the settlement of the TO should occur around year end. Announcement • Jul 07
French Casino Attracts Two Equity Investment Offers French retailer Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) has attracted two separate equity investment proposals to strengthen the debt-burdened group's capital, including an increased offer from an investment vehicle controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky and another one from a consortium of three French business executives. Kretinsky’s EP Global Commerce A.S. in partnership with Marc Ladreit de Lacharrisre’s holding company Fimalac is offering EUR 1.35 billion (USD 1.46bn) in cash. Kretinsky in April announced he was seeking to invest EUR 1.1 billion in a deal that could potentially result in a change of control at the indebted French retailer. The other offer comes from investment vehicle 3F holding which is led by telecommunications entrepreneur Xavier Niel, investment banker Matthieu Pigasse and businessman Moez-Alexandre Zouari. Ite envisages an investment of EUR 900 million. The two proposals will be analysed and presented to the ad hoc committee of Casino's board as well as to the company’s creditors, the French firm said. In any event, the current shareholders will be massively diluted and Casino'c CEO and chairman Jean-Charles Naouri’s listed holding company Rallye SA will no longer control Casino, the statement said further. Announcement • Jul 04
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. to Report First Half, 2023 Results on Jul 27, 2023 Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. announced that they will report first half, 2023 results on Jul 27, 2023 Announcement • Jun 16
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. announced that it expects to receive €1.1 billion in funding Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. announced a private placement of common shares for the gross proceeds of €1,100 million in funding on June 15, 2023. The transaction will include participation from new investors Xavier Niel, Mathieu Pigasse and Moez-Alexandre Zouari. Announcement • May 30
Groupement Les Mousquetaires agreed to acquire Certain Stores in France from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO). Groupement Les Mousquetaires agreed to acquire Certain Stores in France from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. (ENXTPA:CO) on May 29, 2023. Stores has annual sales of about €1 billion. Announcement • Feb 12
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. to Report Fiscal Year 2022 Results on Mar 10, 2023 Casino, Guichard-Perrachon S.A. announced that they will report fiscal year 2022 results Pre-Market on Mar 10, 2023 Announcement • Dec 11
An unknown buyer acquired 3% stake in Mercialys (ENXTPA:MERY) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for €24 million. An unknown buyer acquired 3% stake in Mercialys (ENXTPA:MERY) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for €24 million on December 9, 2021. Casino stake in Mercialys in terms of voting rights reduced from 19.9% to 16.9%.
An unknown buyer completed the acquisition of 3% stake in Mercialys (ENXTPA:MERY) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) on December 9, 2021. Announcement • Aug 25
An undisclosed buyer acquired 5% stake in Mercialys (ENXTPA:MERY) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for €26 million. An undisclosed buyer acquired 5% stake in Mercialys (ENXTPA:MERY) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for €26 million on August 21, 2020. Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme will use proceeds from the transaction which will be paid into the escrow account dedicated to the repayment of the gross debt.
An undisclosed buyer completed the acquisition of 5% stake in Mercialys (ENXTPA:MERY) from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) on August 21, 2020. Announcement • Aug 10
An undisclosed buyer cancelled the acquisition of Hypermarket in Marmande from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO). An undisclosed buyer signed an agreement to acquire Hypermarket in Marmande from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) on July 24, 2019. In a related transactions, an associate of the Système U network signed an agreement to acquire hypermarket in Onet-le-Chateau from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme and Leclerc member signed an agreement to acquire hypermarket in Béziers from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme. Total consideration for all three hypermarkets is €42 million. Three hypermarkets reported net sales of approximately €76 million in 2018. The transaction is subject to fulfilment of customary conditions precedent and is expected to complete by the end of 2019.
An undisclosed buyer cancelled the acquisition of Hypermarket in Marmande from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) on July 24, 2020. Announcement • Aug 06
An undisclosed buyer cancelled the acquisition of Hypermarket in Béziers from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme. An undisclosed buyer signed a purchase agreement to acquire Hypermarket in Béziers from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme on July 24, 2019. In related agreements, Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme is also selling a hypermarket in Marmande and a hypermarket in Onet-le-Chateau. The total proceeds from the disposal of all these three assets represent €42 million. Three hypermarkets reported net sales of approximately €76 million in 2018. The transaction will be completed after the prior consultation of employee representatives and fulfilment of the customary conditions precedent and is expected to complete at the end of 2019.
An undisclosed buyer cancelled the acquisition of Hypermarket in Béziers from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme on July 24, 2020. Announcement • Jul 30
Groupe Bernard Hayot SAS completed the acquisition of Vindemia SAS from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for approximately €210 million. Groupe Bernard Hayot SAS signed an agreement to acquire Vindemia SAS from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for an enterprise value of approximately €220 million on July 22, 2019. Post acquisition, Vindémia's activities will continue and develop within GBH's Retail division. The completion of this disposal will be achieved after consultation with employee representative bodies and subject to approval by the French Competition Authority. The Competition Authority approval was received on May 25, 2020 and Autorité de la concurrence approved the transaction on May 26, 2020. COMESA Competition Commission also provided clearance to the transaction.
Stéphanie Hamis of Arsène-Cabinet d'Avocats, Yann Utzschneider and Mickael Rivollier of White & Case, Alain Sauty de Chalon, Hugo Sanchez de la Espada, Elsa Lesclide, Noémie Devico, Fabrice Varandas, Léna Sersiron, Nathalie Marchand and Antoine Caillard of Baker & McKenzie acted as the legal advisors and Societe Generale Prime Services acted as the financial advisor to Casino. Philippe Guibert, Sofia El Hariri, Chimène Faurant, Anthony Gioe 'de Stefano and Antoine Guérin, Eric Muller and Claire Garcia of De Pardieu Brocas Maffei acted as the legal advisors to Groupe Bernard Hayot. Karin-Amélie Jouvensal of Jouvensal, Alexis Dargent, Linda Boudouaouir, Chucri Serhal, Carole Geara and Stanislas Pannetier of Cards, Antoine Gendreau of Osmose acted for Make Distribution, Valérie Ledoux of Racine acted as legal advisors and Augustin Triguéro acted as advisor for The TAK Group.
Groupe Bernard Hayot SAS completed the acquisition of Vindemia SAS from Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme (ENXTPA:CO) for approximately €210 million on June 30, 2020. Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme received €186 million as a part of the transaction. Announcement • Jul 17
Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme to Report First Half, 2020 Results on Jul 30, 2020 Casino, Guichard-Perrachon Société Anonyme announced that they will report first half, 2020 results on Jul 30, 2020 