Cnova N.V. files Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
August 23 2016 - 5:35PM
Cnova N.V. files
Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3
with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
AMSTERDAM, August 23, 2016, 23:35
CEST - Cnova N.V. (NASDAQ and Euronext Paris: CNV; ISIN:
NL0010949392) ("Cnova" or the "Company") today filed a Transaction
Statement on Schedule 13E-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission in connection with the previously announced
reorganization of the Company's Brazilian subsidiary, Cnova
Comércio Eletrônico S.A., within Via Varejo S.A.
The Transaction Statement and the
exhibits to the Transaction Statement, including a preliminary
supplemental information statement, contain relevant information
about this reorganization.
The Transaction Statement and the
exhibits thereto are available to investors through the SEC's EDGAR
filing system, at www.sec.gov, and the
preliminary supplemental information statement is also available on
the website of Cnova, www.Cnova.com.
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Cnova Investor Relations
Contact:
Head of Investor Relations
investor@cnova.com
Tel: +31 20 795 06 71 |
Media contact:
Head of Communication
directiondelacommunication@cnovagroup.com
Tel: +31 20 795 06 76 |
About Cnova N.V.
Cnova N.V., one of the world's largest e-Commerce
companies, serves 14 million active customers via state-of-the-art
e-tail websites: Cdiscount in France, Brazil and the Ivory Coast;
Extra.com.br, Pontofrio.com and Casasbahia.com.br in Brazil. Cnova
N.V.'s product offering of close to 37 million items provides its
clients with a wide variety of very competitively priced goods,
several fast and customer-convenient delivery options as well as
practical payment solutions. Cnova N.V. is part of Groupe Casino, a
global diversified retailer. Cnova N.V.'s news releases are
available at www.cnova.com. Information available on, or accessible
through, the sites referenced above is not part of this press
release.
This press
release contains regulated information (gereglementeerde
informatie) within the meaning of the Dutch Financial Supervision
Act (Wet op het financieel toezicht) which must be made publicly
available pursuant to Dutch and French law. This press release is
intended for information purposes only.
Important
Information for Investors and Security Holders
This press release is neither an
offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell
securities. Investors are advised to read Casino's tender
offer statement if and when an offer is commenced because it will
contain important information.
The potential tender offer for Cnova's outstanding
ordinary shares, par value €0.05 per share, described in the
Transaction Statement has not commenced and may never commence. If
and when the offer is commenced, Casino will file a tender offer
statement on Schedule TO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), Cnova will timely file a
solicitation/recommendation statement on Schedule 14D-9, with
respect to the offer, Casino will file a draft tender offer
memorandum (projet de note d'information) with the French Autorité
des marchés financiers ("AMF") and Cnova will timely file a
draft memorandum in response (projet de note d'information en
réponse) including the recommendation of its board of directors,
with respect to the offer. Casino and Cnova intend to mail these
documents to the shareholders of Cnova. Any tender offer
document and any document containing a recommendation with respect
to the offer statement (including any offer to purchase, any
related letter of transmittal and other offer documents) and the
solicitation/recommendation statement will contain important
information that should be read carefully before any decision is
made with respect to any tender offer. Those materials, as
amended from time to time, will be made available to Cnova's
shareholders at no expense to them at www.cnova.com. In
addition, any tender offer materials and other documents that
Casino and/or Cnova may file with the SEC and the AMF will be made
available to all investors and shareholders of Cnova free of charge
at www.groupe-casino.fr and www.cnova.com. Unless otherwise
required by law, all of those materials (and all other offer
documents filed with the SEC and the AMF) will be available at no
charge on the SEC's website: www.sec.gov and on the AMF's
website: www.amf-france.org. Documents may also be obtained
from Cnova upon written request to the Investor Relations
Department, WTC Schiphol Airport, Tower D, 7th Floor, Schiphol
Boulevard 273, 1118 BH Schiphol, The Netherlands, telephone number
+31 20 795 06 71.
Cnova 13E-3 Filing
This
announcement is distributed by NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions on
behalf of NASDAQ OMX Corporate Solutions clients.
The issuer of this announcement warrants that they are solely
responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the
information contained therein.
Source: Cnova N.V. via Globenewswire
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