BlackRock, acting on behalf of clients and funds, has notified the AMF that it crossed above the 5% voting rights threshold in Carrefour on April 8. The asset manager now holds 41,624,864 shares, representing 5.65% of the capital and 5.04% of the voting rights of the retail giant.
The U.S. asset management behemoth specified that this threshold breach resulted from an acquisition of Carrefour shares on the open market and an increase in shares held as collateral.
Carrefour is the No. 1 distribution group in Europe and No. 2 in the world. The group's activity is organized into 3 types of stores:
- hypermarkets: at the end of 2025, owns 1,189 stores under the Carrefour and Atacadão names;
- supermarkets: owns 4,107 stores under the Carrefour Market name;
- other : operates a network of 9,563 local stores (Carrefour Express, Carrefour City, Carrefour Contact, So.Bio, etc. names), 663 Cash & Carry stores, 197 stores (Soft discount and Sam's Club), as well as e-commerce sites (Carrefour, Ooshop, etc.).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (50.9%), Europe (24.2%) and Latin America (24.9%).
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