– NET SALES TOTALED R$16.1 BILLION, UP 6.0%, OR 6.6% ADJUSTED FOR THE CALENDAR EFFECT. FOOD SEGMENT GREW 7.6% AND NON-FOOD SEGMENT GREW 5.3%;

– FOOD BUSINESS (MULTIVAREJO + ASSAÍ): NET SAME-STORE SALES GREW 3.0%, SIMILAR TO IN 1Q15, DESPITE THE 2Q14 STRONG COMPARISON BASE AND DETERIORATION OF THE MACRO SCENARIO;

– IMPORTANT RECOVERY OF CUSTOMER TRAFFIC AT MULTIVAREJO COMPARED TO PREVIOUS QUARTERS, MAINLY DUE TO EFFORTS TO DRIVE COMPETITIVENESS AND STORE REFURBISHMENTS;

– 24 REFURBISHED EXTRA STORES SHOWED FIRST SIGNS OF RECOVERY IN SAME-STORE SALES AND ARE BEING MONITORED TO EVALUATE THE ROLL OUT OF THE CONCEPT;

– ASSAÍ RECORDED SIGNIFICANT SALES GROWTH OF 25.7%, WITH SAME-STORE-SALES OUTPERFORMING INFLATION, AND GAINED MARKET SHARE;

– CNOVA REGISTERED 122.0% SALES GROWTH. CLICK & COLLECT WITH 20,493 PICK-UP POINTS AROUND THE WORLD, MORE THAN 400 ADDED IN BRAZIL IN 2015;

– VIA VAREJO CONTINUED TO GAIN MARKET SHARE IN THE SPECIALIZED SEGMENT;

– INAUGURATION OF 50 NEW STORES IN THE QUARTER, FOR A TOTAL OF 70 NEW STORES IN THE 1ST HALF OF 2015.

São Paulo, Brazil, July 13, 2015 – GPA [BM&FBOVESPA: PCAR4 (PN); NYSE: CBD] and Via Varejo S.A. [BM&FBOVESPA: VVAR3 and VVAR11] announce their sales performance in the second quarter of 2015.

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