statement on Schedule 14D-9, with respect to the U.S. Offer. Casino and the Company intend to mail these documents to the shareholders of the Company. The tender offer statement (including the offer to purchase, the 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 the tender offer. Those materials, as amended from time to time, will be made available to the Companys shareholders at no expense to them at www.cnova.com. In addition, the tender offer materials and other documents that Casino may file with the SEC will be made available to all shareholders of the Company free of charge at www.groupe-casino.fr. All of those materials (and all other offer documents filed with the SEC) will be available at no charge on the SECs website: www.sec.gov. Documents may also be obtained from the Company 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.
Item 16. Exhibits
Regulation M-A Item 1016
(a)(1) Cnova N.V. Shareholders Circular, dated September 15, 2016*
(a)(2) Supplemental Information Statement Relating to the Reorganization of the Brazilian Activities of Cnova N.V. within Via Varejo S.A.*
(a)(3) Press release of Cnova N.V., dated September 15, 2016, titled “CNOVA N.V. Publishes Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders” (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Report on Form 6-K of Cnova N.V., filed with the SEC on September 15, 2016)
(a)(4) Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Cnova N.V. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Report on Form 6-K of Cnova N.V., filed with the SEC on September 15, 2016)
(a)(5) Form of Proxy Card for Holders of Cnova N.V. Ordinary Shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to the Report on Form 6-K of Cnova N.V., filed with the SEC on September 15, 2016)
(a)(6) Form of Voting Proxy for Cnova N.V. Special Voting Shares (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.5 to the Report on Form 6-K of Cnova N.V., filed with the SEC on September 15, 2016)
(a)(7) Form of Voting Proxy for Certain Registered Shareholders of Cnova N.V. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to the Report on Form 6-K of Cnova N.V., filed with the SEC on September 15, 2016)
(a)(8) Press release of Cnova N.V., dated October 31, 2016, titled “CNOVA N.V. Announces Completion of the Reorganization of its Brazilian Activities within Via Varejo” (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Report on Form 6-K of Cnova N.V., filed with the SEC on October 31, 2016)
(a)(9) Draft French Offer Document, dated December 6, 2016.
(a)(10) Draft French Response Document, dated December 6, 2016.
(b) None.
(c)(1) Opinion of Eight Advisory France S.A.S., dated August 8, 2016*
(c)(2) Valuation Report of BNP Paribas Corporate Finance, dated August 8, 2016*
(c)(3) Valuation Report of Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank and Rothschild & Cie, dated May 9, 2016*
(c)(4) Report of Messier Maris & Associés, dated May 10, 2016*
(c)(5) Valuation Report of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A., dated August 5, 2015*
(c)(6) Valuation Analysis of Eight Advisory France S.A.S., dated May 11, 2016*
(c)(7) Valuation Analysis Update of Eight Advisory France S.A.S., dated July 30, 2016*
(c)(8) Draft Valuation Report of BNP Paribas Corporate Finance, dated March 23 2016*
(c)(9) Draft Valuation Report of BNP Paribas Corporate Finance, dated April 13, 2016*