The bond public tender offer launched on Monday June 10th, 2016 allows Casino to buyback respectively €134.2M, €158.2M and €245.0M of bonds maturing in January 2023, February 2025 and August 2026, i.e. a cumulated nominal amount of €537.4M.
Bonds purchased by Casino in the context of this transaction will be cancelled on June 15th, 2016. Nominal amounts will then be reduced to €858.7M for bonds maturing in January 2023, €449.9M for bonds maturing in February 2025 and €613.5M for bonds maturing in August 2026.
This transaction will allow the Group to reduce its gross debt and its financial costs in France as soon as 2016.
BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank, Mitsubishi IFJ Securities International, RBS, Santander and Société Générale acted as deal managers of this transaction.