Regulatory News:
Rallye (Paris:RAL) announces today that it informed GPA that it increased its holding by 0.6 million preferred shares/ADRs* and 5 million call options giving it the right to acquire the same number of ADRs. Rallye's aggregate economic participation in GPA, including preferred shares/ADRs and the ADRs underlying call options, amounts to 5% of GPA's share capital.
As a result of these acquisitions, Rallye (majority shareholder of Casino) and Casino (number one shareholder of GPA) hold an aggregate economic participation in GPA (including ordinary shares, preferred shares/ADRs, and the ADRs underlying call options) amounting to 48.1% of GPA's share capital.
This acquisition reaffirms that Rallye is, as well as Casino, confident and committed towards Brazil and GPA.
* ADR: American Depositary Receipts listed on the New York Stock Exchange and representing preferred shares
Contacts:
Rallye
Didier CARLIER, +33 (0) 1 44 71 13 73
