Earnings Release • Oct 17, 2019
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Group net sales up +2.4%1 on an organic basis and +1.5%1 on a same-store basis Net sales in France up +0.2%1 on a same-store basis (up +0.4%1 excluding Vindémia) Strong growth in Brazil (up +10.3%2 on an organic basis) Launch in August of a new €2bn asset disposal plan
In France, the group continued to develop commercial innovations in physical banners, while accelerating in digital and e-commerce and in new B2B activities, which constitute its complementary growth drivers
Disposal plans: The Group completed the sale of store real estate to Apollo for €327m. In August, the Group announced a new €2bn asset disposal plan to be carried out by Q1 2021 hence increasing focus on buoyant formats. In addition, the Group takes note of the good progress in the sale process of its subsidiary Vindemia, GBH having announced today that it has initiated the prenotification procedure with the Competition Authority.
Cost savings plan in France: actions plans are progressing at the expected rate in line with the annual target of €130m.
In Latin America, the Group continued to see a good performance in Brazil (up +10.3%2 on an organic basis), with good growth of Cash&Carry, refurbished supermarkets and proximity; In Colombia, sequential acceleration of growth with the success of new formats.
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1 Excluding fuel and calendar effects (gross sales under banner excluding calendar effects). Net sales and total / organic growth are impacted by the Rocade plan
2 Organic growth published by GPA 3 Unaudited data published by Cnova. The organic changes include showroom sales and services but exclude technical goods and home category sales made in the Casino Group's hypermarkets and supermarkets, and 1001Pneus and Stootie (acquired in Q4 2018). Revenue was impacted by the transfer of part of direct sales to the marketplace

| Q3 2019 | Total net sales Organic net sales |
Same-store sales | Same-store sales | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET SALES (in €m) | growth | growth1 | growth1 | growth1 over 2 years | ||
| France Retail | 4,591 | -5.0% | -3.0% | +0.2% | +2.1% | |
| Cdiscount | 461 | +1.9% | -0.3% | -0.3% | -3.4% | |
| Total France | 5,052 | -4.4% | -2.7% | +0.2% | +1.6% | |
| Latam Retail | 4,002 | +11.0% | +9.6% | +3.0% | +8.6% | |
| TOTAL GROUP | 9,053 | +1.8% | +2.4% | +1.5% | +4.8% |
In third-quarter 2019, the currency effect was a positive +0.8% and the fuel effect came to +0.1%. Changes in scope of consolidation had a negative impact of -1.2%, mainly due to the disposal of loss-making stores in France (the Rocade plan). The calendar effect was -0.2%.
| Q2 2019/Q2 2018 change | Q3 2019/Q3 2018 change | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NET SALES BY BANNER |
Q2 2019 |
Total growth | Organic growth2 |
Same-store growth1 |
Same-store growth1 over 2 years |
Q3 2019 |
Total growth | Organic growth1 |
Same-store growth1 |
Same-store growth1 over 2 years |
| Monoprix | 1,143 | +1.3% | +0.5% | +0.2% | +1.6% | 1,054 | +0.5% | +0.1% | +0.3% | +1.7% |
| Supermarkets | 790 | -1.8% | -1.1% | +1.2% | +2.7% | 853 | -2.9% | -2.7% | +0.4% | +2.1% |
| o/w SM Casino3 | 746 | -2.1% | -1.3% | +1.4% | +2.8% | 793 | -3.0% | -2.7% | +0.6% | +2.1% |
| Franprix | 399 | -4.1% | -2.2% | +0.1% | +1.4% | 359 | -5.7% | -3.4% | -0.3% | +2.4% |
| Convenience & Other4 |
595 | +0.3% | +0.5% | +1.7% | +2.4% | 623 | -6.6% | -2.9% | -0.9% | +2.6% |
| o/w Convenience5 |
325 | +2.1% | +3.4% | +2.5% | +2.7% | 385 | -1.1% | -1.0% | +0.7% | +3.9% |
| Hypermarkets | 1,164 | -0.9% | +2.2% | +1.4% | +3.9% | 1,175 | -6.5% | -0.1% | +0.7% | +2.5% |
| o/w Géant2 | 1,112 | -0.5% | +3.0% | +1.6% | +4.4% | 1,113 | -6.5% | +0.4% | +1.1% | +3.9% |
| o/w food | 741 | -4.0% | -4.1% | +0.5% | +4.8% | 737 | -10.2% | n.a. | +2.1% | +6.7% |
| o/w non-food | 104 | +5.0% | +4.9% | +5.3% | -0.2% | 143 | -3.9% | n.a. | -6.7% | -10.7% |
| Leader Price | 551 | -14.1% | -13.7% | -1.6% | +0.6% | 528 | -12.3% | -14.4% | -1.1% | +0.8% |
| FRANCE RETAIL | 4,643 | -2.4% | -1.8% | +0.7% | +2.5% | 4,591 | -5.0% | -3.0% | +0.2% | +2.1% |
Sales were up +0.2% year-on-year on a same-store basis (up +0.4% excluding Vindémia) and up +2.1% over two years, reflecting a strong third quarter in 2018. The total growth figures for hypermarkets, supermarkets and Leader Price were impacted by the Rocade plan. The Group continued to grow rapidly in buoyant segments, with food e-commerce net sales up +16.3% over the quarter, led by the extension of the partnership with Amazon, and increases of +8,8% in the catering segment and +8.2% in organic products.
The Group strengthened the portfolio of digital solutions to support increased customer traffic. The innovative subscription-based Casino Max Extra loyalty programme6 launched in June 2019 has been highly successful, with more than 110,000 members already signed up in September. The Group plans to pursue the model's development by doubling the total number of subscribers by the end of the year. Following the extension of the partnership with Amazon which was signed in April 2019, 371 lockers have already been installed by the Group in its stores and more than
6 Subscribers to the Casino Max à Volonté programme receive an immediate 10% discount on all purchases, for a monthly subscription payment of €10.
1 The 2019 financial statements reflect the limited retrospective application of IAS 29 (see appendices)
2 Excluding fuel and calendar effects 3 Excluding Codim stores in Corsica: 8 supermarkets and 4 hypermarkets
4 Other: mainly Vindémia and Cafeterias
5 Convenience stores excluding Leader Price Express. Net sales on a same-store basis include the same-store performance of franchised stores.

12,000 parcels have been picked up from there. In addition, the range of Casino and Monoprix products distributed by Amazon has been extended, with the opening of the Naturalia shop in August.
The roll-out of autonomous stores continued during the quarter, with extended opening hours introduced across all banners. The Group now has a total of 240 autonomous stores and plans to accelerate the roll-out in the fourth quarter.

The Leader Price network has been streamlined over the past 12 months, with the closure of 121 stores. The roll-out of autonomous stores was initiated in the network, with 16 new stores offering extended opening hours. The LP Max app has now been deployed across the network and its users already represent 6.3% of the banner's net sales.
GreenYellow pursued its growth strategy based on international expansion and the development of new clients. In the photovoltaic segment, it has strengthened its positions in Latin America and Africa, notably thanks to the launch of a solar power plant linked to storage batteries system at the Nouakchott airport in Mauritania. It has also acquired new customers in France for energy performance contracts of which Maisons du Monde (228,000-square-metre logistics warehouse). Lastly, the Reservoir Sun joint venture launched with Engie in October 2018 enjoys very high visibility in the solar market and, in less than one year, has become a reference in self-consumption for businesses and regional bodies. At end-September, GreenYellow's pipeline represented more than 350MWp with an objective of 450MWp by the end of the year.
The data and advertising business with 3W-relevanC continued to accelerate sharply with YTD net sales totalling €40m1, up +52% from 2018. This enabled 3W-relevanC to strengthen its position among France's Top 10 online advertising companies2. 3W-relevanC and Orange Advertising recently joined forces to launch an innovative solution for measuring the impact of televised campaigns on in-store sales, using data from a sample of consumers who subscribe to Orange and shop in Casino Group stores.
ScaleMax has pushed ahead with its development plan with now two CAC 40 companies among its clients. Its installed capacity doubled during the quarter to represent more than 20,000 cores.
1 Including intragroup revenues 2 Source: Syndicat des Régies Internet (SRI) – August 2019

Cdiscount generated gross merchandise volume (GMV) of €940m during the quarter, an organic increase of +9.0%2 driven by ongoing marketplace expansion, monetisation revenues related to B2C services and the Cdiscount corners.
The marketplace contribution continued to grow rapidly to represent 39.4%3 of GMV, up +3.2pts versus last year. The associated Fulfilment service followed the same trend with +78% growth in GMV, and now represents one-third of marketplace GMV, up +14pts versus last year.
Monetisation revenues increased by +33%, primarily thanks to B2C services, notably Cdiscount Voyages, Cdiscount Energie and financial services.
The banner has significantly expanded its Cdiscount à Volonté product offering, to more than 1.1 million items. The number of subscribers exceeds 2 million, up +19% compared with last year.
Cdiscount accelerated to achieve a new dimension in Europe by taking part in the creation of a European marketplace alliance, the International Marketplace Network (IMN), with three leaders in Europe – eMag (Romania), ePrice (Italy) and Real (Germany). The alliance will serve a market of more than 230 million customers.
| Key figures | Q3 2018 | Q3 2019 | Reported growth1 |
Organic growth2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GMV total including tax3 | 872 | 940 | +7.9% | +9.0% |
| o/w direct sales | 493 | 485 | -1.5% | |
| o/w marketplace sales | 277 | 310 | +11.9% | |
| Marketplace contribution4 (%) |
36.3% | 39.4% | +3.2pts | |
| Net sales (in €m) | 503 | 522 | +3.8% | +5.1% |
| Traffic (millions of visits) | 227 | 245 | +8.1% | |
| Mobile traffic contribution (%) | 65.1% | 73.1% | +8.0pts | |
| Active customers (in millions) | 8.8 | 9.2 | +5.0% |
Cnova provided a detailed report on its Q3 net sales on 11 October 2019.
1 Unaudited data published by Cnova NV. The reported figures present all revenues generated by Cdiscount, including its technical goods sales in the Casino Group's hypermarkets and supermarkets 2 The organic changes include showroom sales and services but exclude technical goods and home category sales made in the Casino Group's hypermarkets and supermarkets, and 1001Pneus and Stootie (acquired in Q4 2018)
3 Gross merchandise volume (GMV) includes sales of merchandise, other revenues and the marketplace's sales volume based on confirmed and shipped orders, including tax, and the sales volume of services
4 The marketplace's contribution to GMV has been adjusted to take into account discount coupons and guarantees and exclude CDAV subscription fees. Consequently, the contribution to GMV in third-quarter 2018 has been adjusted by +0.3pts for purposes of comparison.

Sales at the Group's businesses in Latin America (Éxito Group and GPA Food) rose by +3.0% on a same-store basis and +9.6% on an organic basis this quarter. Consolidated net sales benefited from a favourable currency effect of +2.1%.
This quarter, Assaí opened 5 stores and plans to open more than 10 additional in the fourth quarter, bringing the total number of openings close to 20 over a year. In line with its expansion strategy, 6 stores are under construction for a planned opening in 2020.
The Group continued to implement its digital transformation strategy and recorded growth of more than +30%1 in its e-commerce business. Express and click & collect delivery formats are now available in 107 and 113 stores respectively and the growth generated by these services has doubled compared with last year. The James Delivery service, which is now available in 35 stores located in 12 cities, already represents 50% of online orders.
2 Pão de Açúcar were renovated this quarter and 20 additional stores will be renovated by the end of the year, bringing the total number of renovated stores to nearly 50 and the banner's share of turnover to around 40%.
39 supermarkets were converted to Mercado Extra this quarter. In the fourth quarter, 20 stores will be transformed into Mercado Extra and 15 into Compre Bem. These formats will represent approximately 70% of the banner's network. 1 Minuto Pão de Açúcar opened this quarter and 9 currently under construction will open in the 4th quarter.
Éxito Group (excluding GPA Food) recorded a further acceleration in sales growth in Colombia.
GPA published detailed Q3 net sales on 16 October 2019. Éxito Group will provide a detailed report on its results on 14 November 2019.
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1 Data published by the subsidiary. Comparable growth rates of Hypermarkets and Proximity banners (Multivarejo) correspond to gross sales growth 2 July 2019 market share

Impact of the Rocade plan to dispose of loss-making stores under the Géant Hypermarkets, Casino Supermarkets and Leader Price banners.
| AVERAGE EXCHANGE RATES | Q3 2018 | Q3 2019 | Currency effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil (EUR/BRL) | 4.5974 | 4.4080 | +4.3% |
| Colombia (EUR/COP) (x 1000) | 3.4409 | 3.7133 | -7.3% |
| Uruguay (EUR/UYP) | 36.9326 | 39.8042 | -7.2% |
| Argentina1 (EUR/ARS) |
37.1183 | 55.9430 | -33.6% |
IAS 29, which relates to the accounting treatment of hyperinflation in Argentina, was applied for the accounts closing process at 30 September 2019 (Latam Retail). To permit meaningful comparisons between the 2019 and 2018 data, the net sales figures for Argentina over the first three trimesters have been restated in line with IAS 29.
| Q3 2018 (YTD) | Q3 2019 (YTD) | Change | Annual target 2021 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mix | ||||
| Net sales of organic products | €643m | €697m | +8.3% | €1.5bn |
| 2. E-commerce | ||||
| E-commerce (share of total)2 | 14% | 16% | +167 bps | 30% |
| E-commerce gross food sales under banner3 |
€227m | €264m | +16.3% | €1bn |
| Cdiscount GMV | €2,485m | €2,691m | +10.3%4 | €5bn |
| 3. Digitalisation | ||||
| Scan & Go deployment5 | 0% | 50% | n.a. | 100% (end 2019) |
1 Pursuant to the application of IAS 29, the exchange rate used to convert the Argentina figures corresponds to the rate at the reporting date
2 Online sales under the banners and Cdiscount's GMV 3 E-commerce food sales = France e-commerce excluding Cdiscount
4 On an organic basis
5 Hypermarkets and Supermarkets

| UNDER BANNER (in €m, excluding fuel) | Q3 2019 | Change (excl. calendar effects) |
|---|---|---|
| Monoprix | 1,076 | -1.3% |
| Franprix | 417 | -3.0% |
| Supermarkets | 782 | -5.3% |
| Hypermarkets | 876 | -1.4% |
| Convenience & Other | 727 | -6.4% |
| o/w Convenience | 474 | -1.3% |
| Leader Price | 645 | -11.0% |
| TOTAL FOOD | 4,523 | -4.3% |
| UNDER BANNER (in €m, excluding fuel) | Q3 2019 | Change (excl. calendar effects) |
|---|---|---|
| Hypermarkets | 147 | -9.9% |
| Cdiscount | 707 | +8.5% |
| TOTAL NON-FOOD | 854 | +4.8% |
| (in €m, excluding fuel) | Q3 2019 | Change (excl. calendar effects) |
|---|---|---|
| TOTAL FRANCE AND CDISCOUNT | 5,377 | -3.0% |

| FRANCE | 31 Dec 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
30 June 2019 |
30 Sep 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Géant Casino Hypermarkets | 122 | 122 | 113 | 110 |
| o/w French franchised affiliates | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| International affiliates | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Casino Supermarkets | 442 | 439 | 420 | 421 |
| o/w French affiliates | 104 | 104 | 92 | 91 |
| International affiliates | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Monoprix | 795 | 765 | 771 | 778 |
| o/w franchised affiliates | 203 | 174 | 178 | 180 |
| Naturalia | 175 | 177 | 179 | 181 |
| Naturalia franchises | 13 | 14 | 16 | 19 |
| Franprix | 894 | 892 | 888 | 881 |
| o/w franchised | 433 | 435 | 443 | 448 |
| Leader Price | 726 | 689 | 665 | 657 |
| o/w franchised | 394 | 342 | 330 | 325 |
| Convenience | 5,153 | 5,139 | 5,142 | 5,142 |
| Other businesses (Cafeterias, Drive, etc.) | 591 | 579 | 395 | 394 |
| Indian Ocean | 239 | 243 | 246 | 254 |
| TOTAL France | 8,962 | 8,868 | 8,640 | 8,637 |
| INTERNATIONAL | 31 Dec 2018 |
31 March 2019 |
30 June 2019 |
30 Sep 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARGENTINA | 27 | 26 | 24 | 25 |
| Libertad Hypermarkets | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Mini Libertad and Petit Libertad mini-supermarkets | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| URUGUAY | 89 | 91 | 91 | 91 |
| Géant Hypermarkets | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Disco Supermarkets | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| Devoto Supermarkets | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Devoto Express mini-supermarkets | 34 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| BRAZIL | 1,057 | 1,059 | 1,059 | 1,054 |
| Extra Hypermarkets | 112 | 112 | 112 | 112 |
| Pão de Açúcar Supermarkets | 186 | 186 | 185 | 185 |
| Extra Supermarkets | 173 | 173 | 171 | 161 |
| Compre Bem | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Assaí (cash & carry) | 144 | 145 | 148 | 153 |
| Mini Mercado Extra & Minuto Pão de Açúcar mini-supermarkets | 235 | 235 | 235 | 236 |
| Drugstores | 123 | 124 | 124 | 123 |
| + Service stations | 71 | 71 | 71 | 71 |
| COLOMBIA | 1,973 | 1,959 | 2,000 | 1,980 |
| Éxito Hypermarkets | 92 | 92 | 92 | 92 |
| Éxito and Carulla Supermarkets | 161 | 161 | 158 | 158 |
| Super Inter Supermarkets | 73 | 70 | 70 | 70 |
| Surtimax (discount) | 1,531 | 1,520 | 1,561 | 1,537 |
| o/w "Aliados" | 1,419 | 1,419 | 1,469 | 1,445 |
| B2B | 18 | 20 | 25 | 30 |
| Éxito Express and Carulla Express mini-supermarkets | 98 | 96 | 94 | 93 |
| CAMEROON | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cash & carry | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL International | 3,147 | 3,136 | 3,175 | 3,151 |

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