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Sonae SGPS

Annual / Quarterly Financial Statement Mar 19, 2014

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Sonae reached outstanding results through the maintenance of a very good performance in food retail, a solid recovery in non-food retail, while enhancing its core partnerships and reinforcing its financial strength

Sonae MC continued proving its strength by

  • reinforcing its market leadership with a sales growth of 4.1%
  • achieving a benchmark EBITDA margin of 7.6%

Sonae SR posted results of a very successful recovery by:

  • generating a 4Q13 turnover growth of 11.9%
  • reaching positive underlying EBITDA

Sonae Sierra continues to have success with its strategy of recycling capital

Sonaecom achieved its strategic objective with the completion of the merger between Optimus and Zon

Sonae generated enough cash flow to further reduce its financial debt, thus further strengthening its capital structure

2 CEO MESSAGE

"Overall in 2013, the macroeconomic situation in the Iberian Peninsula, was extremely challenging. Private consumption did, however, improve significantly, during the year, achieving positive figures in the last quarter both in Portugal and Spain. These improving figures are consistent with confidence ratings, improvement in employment and improvement in family net debt.

In this environment, Sonae MC proved the strength and sustainability of its business by achieving a 4% turnover growth and the consequent strengthening of its leadership position, which demonstrates the confidence of our customers in the quality and variety of products and services that we offer at the best price. Even in a highly competitive environment, with sharply increasing promotional activity during the year, we managed to maintain the level of EBITDA, thanks to the continuous improvement of our processes, which enhanced productivity and efficiency gains. In the case of Sonae SR, the results of the turnaround measures implemented were clearly evident, both before the improvement in consumer spending and thereafter. Changes in store concepts implemented at Worten, Sport Zone and MO have shown results that proved to be successful. Moreover, Zippy continues to show signs of success in its internationalization through franchising agreements. We would like to highlight the investments that we have been making in E-commerce both in food and non food area. We launched new sites in Sports and in Electronics in Spain and reinforced our leadership in food and electronics in Portugal.

For Sonaecom, this year we accomplished the merger between Optimus and Zon, an operation that has been pursued for a long time. This merger has created a player with increased competitive strengths and ambition that, despite being in the first phases of integration, is already successfully introducing convergent products. We are confident that ZON OPTIMUS is on track to meet all challenges proposed, and the telecommunications sector will continue to be a key market segment for us. Following this merger, the Board of Directors of Sonaecom decided to launch a voluntary tender offer for the acquisition of Sonaecom shares, by exchanging the shares directly hold at ZON OPTIMUS, which not being necessary to the pursuit of Sonaecom's business purposes, thus allowing minority shareholders to have a direct exposure to ZON OPTIMUS. Following this tender offer Sonae holds, since February 20th, a direct participation of 89% in Sonaecom and Sonaecom holds a direct participation of 2% in ZON OPTIMUS' capital.

Sonae Sierra followed its strategy of recycling capital by selling mature assets and investing in attractive markets. During 2013, we inaugurated the shopping malls Boulevard Londrina and Passeio das Águas in Brazil and Solingen in Germany and we sold Parque Principado in Spain, as well as Valecenter and Airone in Italy. Already in November, we started the development of the ParkLake in Romania. In parallel, we signed 59 service contracts in 13 countries, which demonstrates the efforts that have been oriented to this area, where we want to grow. The indirect contribution of Sonae Sierra to the consolidated results of Sonae has been affected by the yields increase, which seems now to be reaching a point of stability or even reversal. In the operational part of the business, the resilience of the results proves the quality of the assets.

This year, we further strengthened our capital structure, sustained by a strong EBITDA generation, but also through the merger of Optimus and Zon, reaching a considerable net debt reduction amounting to 597 million euros. Direct net income increased compared to 2012 as a result of a higher EBIT and financial results generation. Given these results, we will propose to shareholders the increase of the dividend payment to 3.48 cents per share."

Paulo Azevedo, CEO Sonae

Following the merger between Zon and Optimus and its report using the equity method, we decided to change the way we report our results to the market by separating each business, in order to obtain more transparency between the segments: 1) Sonae Retail (Sonae MC, SR and RP); 2) Investment Management, including Software and Systems Information and Online & Media businesses from Sonaecom; 3) Sonae Sierra and 4) ZON OPTIMUS. 2012 P&L figures were restated and are designated as "2012PF" and "4Q12PF", respectively.

3 SONAE RETAIL RESULTS

Sonae MC: Turnover and EBITDA yearly trend

Sonae MC: Turnover and EBITDA quarterly trend

In 2013 Sonae MC turnover totalled 3,415 M€, 4.1% above 2012. This increase reflects, not only the selective expansion of its sales area (including 17 new Continente stores), but also the 1.4% growth in sales on a "like-forlike"1 basis. This growth is even more remarkable if we take into account the macroeconomic environment and the adjustment process which Portugal is still exposed to, with GDP falling by 1.4%2 . In 4Q13, Sonae MC sales on a "likefor-like" basis increased by 1.1%, which combined with the opening of 7 Continente stores, led to a turnover increase of 5.5% compared to 4Q12.

Thus, during this period, Sonae MC is estimated to have continued strengthening its leading market share in the Portuguese food retail sector 3 on the back of:

  • 1) Continuous improvement of the quality of products, with Continente being voted in 2013 for the 11 th consecutive year, as a brand of confidence4 . In 2014, we have already received the same recognition for the 12 th consecutive year
  • 2) The strategy of having a high variety of products available to consumers, which enables us to react quickly to changes in customer habits (in both phases of trading down and trading up). This was achieved by having the highest variety of private label references as well as other supplier brands The portfolio of Continente own brands was kept in 2013 at approximately 31% of the turnover of FMCG categories
  • 3) 8% yoy growth in online sales, supported by the new e-commerce platform
  • 4) Selective opening of stores as detailed in the following pages of this document
  • In 2013 Sonae MC reached an EBITDA margin of 7.6%, despite the highly competitive environment that led us to a strong promotional effort, particularly in the last quarter of the year, causing an internal deflation of 0.8% and a negative effect on the EBITDA. This promotional activity continued to be supported by the Continente loyalty card (which was the basis of more than 90% of sales in the period). This profitability is only possible with a strict cost control and additional productivity gains, sustained by the success of continuous improvement programmes implemented with the unique dedication of our teams.

1 Like for like sales = Sales made by stores that operated in both periods under the same conditions. Excludes stores opened, closed or which suffered major upgrade works in one of the periods considered 2 National Institute of Statistics - Estimativa Rápida, February 2014

3 For example, A.C.Nielsen's Homescan survey YTD up until 29th December: +0.4pp market share for Sonae MC 4

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3 SONAE RETAIL RESULTS (cont.)

Sonae SR: Turnover and EBITDA

yearly trend

Sonae SR: Turnover and EBITDA

quarterly trend

Sonae SR reached 1,210M€ turnover. Despite the reduction of 13 thousand m 2 and the impact of the negative macroeconomic evolution on the levels of consumption, particularly for the more discretionary products, sales performance ended up slightly above last year. Private consumption levels in Portugal and Spain continued to be negatively impacted by economic adjustment processes. Nevertheless, in the case of Portugal, it is estimated that the decline of consumption pace was slower, when compared to 20125 . In 4Q13, Sonae SR turnover in Portugal grew by 9% yoy (and 5% LfL), which was the result of some combined factors: 1) better signs from the GDP evolution in the 2nd half of the year; 2) the refund of holiday allowance to civil workers; 3) measures taken to reposition Sonae SR 4 main brands and 4) the strengthening of Worten6 and Sport Zone leadership position together with a double digit growth from MO turnover.

Internationally, turnover increased 5% on a LfL basis. The positive performance of the international market was driven by 1) wholesale and franchising businesses evolution and, 2) the fine tuning in businesses models and value proposals of all brands, with a special focus in the Spanish market (4Q13 was the 3 rd quarter in a row of positive LfL growth for Sport Zone in Spain). These results can be perceived as the reversal of the negative market trend for the most discretionary categories.

Sonae SR per country 4012 4013 U.0.4 $2012^{(1)}$ 2013 4.0.4
Turnover (million $\epsilon$ ) 343 383 11.9% 1,209 1,210 0.1%
Portugal 256 279 8.9% 874 877 0.3%
International (2) 86 104 20.8% 335 333 $-0.5%$
EBITDA (million $\epsilon$ ) $-1$ 16 ÷ $-25$ $-1$ 94%
Portugal 14 26 90.1% 27 39 40.6%
International (2) $-14$ $-10$ 28.5% $-52$ $-40$ 23.7%
EBITDA margin 0 % 4% 4.3 p.p $-2%$ 0% 1.9 p.p
Portugal 5% 9% 3.9 p.p 3% 4% 1.3 p.p
International (2) $-17%$ $-10%$ 6.7 p.p $-16%$ $-12\%$ 3.6 p.p

Sonae SR reached a positive underlying EBITDA in 2013 which is remarkable particularly if we consider the prevailing crisis in the Iberian Peninsula. In the 4Q13, compared to the 4Q12 EBITDA recovered by 17M€, and reached 16M€. This was the result of the stronger sales evolution combined with the turnaround measures implemented, particularly the new Worten and Sport Zone concepts in Spain, the rebranding of MO with a completely new collection, as well as the product improvement of Zippy. It is also worth highlighting the successful implementation of the Omni-channel strategy at Worten, where we are integrating online and store businesses. This include the possibility of having a kiosk in the store to access the online range or to use the (reserve and) pick up service in the store.

5 Source Bank of Portugal: Boletim Económico - winter 2013

6 Source: GfK, YTD evolution until the end of November 2013 - estimated market share gain of 1pp

3 SONAE RETAIL RESULTS (cont.)

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Million euros 2012 2013 % of
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urnover
Sonae Retail 127 164 4%
Sonae MC 78 103 3%
Sonae SR 34 32 3%
Sonae RP 16 29 23%
Underlying EBITDA - capex 206 209

The investment for Retail business carried out in 2013 was essentially distributed among the following projects:

1) Opening of Sonae MC stores, including 1 Continente store in Portimão, which replaces the one that suffered from a fire in the Algarve; 11 Continente Modelo stores including 8 on Madeira Island; and 5 Continente Bom Dia stores.

Company operated MC Stores

At the end of 2013, Sonae MC operated 465 stores (583,000 m 2 ) plus 83 stores (30,000 m 2 ) under franchising agreements, including 70 "Meu Super" stores. This type of franchising store has been growing very rapidly since 2011, when we started with 9 stores. By the end of 2013 we had 70 stores and for 2014 we are expecting to have 100 stores.

2) Selective opening of Sonae SR stores

3) Further consolidation of Sonae SR's store network in the international markets

SR STORES Stores m 2 /Store
2012 2013 2012 2013
Electronics 182 179 698 706
Portugal Sports 82 76 799 838
мп 107 108 520 509
Zippy 40 38 343 328
Flectronics 42 44 2204 1912
Spain Sports 37 34 1225 1174
Zippy 45 40 324 308
Turkey Zippy 2 2 340 340
Portugal 411 401 637 642
International 126 120 1216 1142
Company Operated 537 521 773 757
Franchising 31 58 311 294
Total SR Stores 568 579 748 711

At the end of 2013, Sonae SR operated 521 (395,000 m 2 ) stores, including 120 outside Portugal. It should be noted that the average number of m2 in Worten in Spain has been reduced as a result of the implementation of the new concept, with smaller stores supported by the Omnichannel strategy.

SR Stores M 2 /Store
FRANCHISING STORES 2012 2013 2012 2013
Electronics 4 4 433 433
Portugal Sports 2 2 623 623
МO 5 5 299 299
мo 9 402
Spain Zippy 1 157
Malta мo 3 254
Zippy 3 3 203 203
Saudi Arabia 7 10 355 312
Turkey 4 4 133 96
Egypt 1 1 370 370
Kazakhstan 1 1 308 308
Azerbaijan $\mathbf{1}$ 1 331 331
Dominican $\mathbf{1}$ 2 173 218
Venezuela Zippy $\overline{1}$ 3 213 172
USA 4 231
Lebanon 2 151
Morocco $\mathbf{1}$ 205
Qatar $\mathbf{1}$ 232
St. Maarten $\mathbf{1}$ 92
Jordan $\mathbf{1}$ 363
Portugal 11 $\overline{11}$ 407 407
International 20 47 259 268
Total Franchising 31 58 311 294

At the end of 2013, Sonae SR operated 58 stores under franchising agreements, including 47 outside of Portugal. It is worth highlighting the new countries reached this year with Zippy in USA, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, St. Maarten and Jordan, as well as the opening of MO in Spain and Malta, further strengthening the international expansion.

3 SONAE RETAIL RESULTS (cont.)

Sonae RP
Million euros 2012 2013 U.0.U. 4012 4013 U.0.U.
Turnover 12N 124 3% 30 3%
Underlying EBITDA 107 115 7% 26 31 22%
Underlying EBITDA margin 89.4% 92.4% 3.1 p.p 83.9% 99.0% 15.1 p.p
  • Sonae RP reached an EBITDA of 115 M€, 7M€ above the value reached in the previous year, which translates into a margin of 92% over 124M€ sales and an EBIT ROCE of 7%.
  • The net book value of the capital invested in retail real estate assets amounted at the end of 2013 to 1.25 billion € and the portfolio comprises 33 Continente stores, 80 Continente Modelo stores and 18 Continente Bom Dia stores. Sonae currently maintains a freehold level of approximately 74% of its food retail selling area and 28% of its non-food retail space.

During 2013 there were no sale and leaseback transactions.

Sonae RP Portfolio

4 INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

Investment Management
Million euros 2012PF 2013 U.0.U. 4012PF 4013 U.0.U.
Turnover 209 223 6% 53 59 11%
Underlying EBITDA 15. -
Underlying EBITDA margin 0.2% 6.6% 6.4 D.D 1.1% 12.0% 10.9 p.p
  • From 3Q13 onwards, following the merger between Zon and Optimus, it was decided to report Software and Systems Information as well as Online & Media businesses from Sonaecom, under Investment Management. Thus, this unit combines not only the businesses from MDS, Maxmat, Geostar7 , as well as Wedo Technologies, Saphety, Mainroad, Bizdirect and Público. This business unit also has the responsibility of supporting management on M&A activities as well as E-ventures, a new initiative launched this year.
  • Investment Management turnover, reached 223 M€, 6% above 2012, also benefitting from the increase of 6% of the SSI business, supported by the stronger service revenues.

Investment Management underlying EBITDA totalled 15 M€ in 2013 (+15 M€), corresponding to an underlying EBITDA margin of 6.6% (6.4pp above 2012). This improvement is mainly driven by the increased weight of service revenues in total turnover of the Software and Systems Information business.

  • WeDo Technologies, the worldwide market leader in providing revenue assurance and fraud management solutions to telecom operators, continued to expand its international footprint ending 2013 with over 200 customers across 90 countries in five continents. By the end of the year, international revenues accounted for 77.4% of its turnover, up 16.3% compared to 2012.
  • Maxmat detains a leading position in the Portuguese DIY market and holds a portfolio of 30 stores with a distinctive discount positioning. In 2013, the company presented a like-for-like growth of 4% and substantially improved its operational profitability.

7 Geostar its reported using the equity method

MDS is the leader in the Portuguese insurance brokerage market and a top-3 player in Brazilian market. The company offers a fully integrated service and provides customized and state of the art solutions to its customers. As a member of Brokerslink, MDS integrates one of the largest groups of independent insurance brokerage firms in the world. In 2013, both the Portuguese and the Brazilian operations reinforced its operational performance and despite the unfavourable BRL-EUR exchange rate, MDS accomplished to improve its turnover and EBITDA.

5 SONAE SIERRA RESULTS

Sonae Sierra - Operational data
2012 2013 y.o.y.
Footfall (million visitors) 426 406
Europe 318 303
Brazil 107 10 2
Ocuppancy rate (%) 96.0% 94.4% $-1.5$ p.p
Europe 95.8% 95.2% $-0.6 p.p$
Brazil 97.0% 92.1% -4.9 p.p
Tenant sales (million euros) 5.114 4,623 $-9.6%$
Europe (million euros) 3,365 3.217 $-4.4%$
Brazil (million euros) 1.749 1,406 $-19.6%$
Brazil (million reais) 4.367 4,009 $-8.2%$
$No$ of shopping centres owned/co-owned (EOP) 47 47 0
Europe 39 37 -2
Brazil 8 10 $\overline{z}$
GLA owned in operating centres ('000 m2) 1,893 1,896 0%
Europe 1,553 1,430 -8%
Brazil 341 467 37%
Sonae Sierra - Financial
2012 2013 y.o.y. 4012 4013 y.o.y.
Turnover 227 228 0% 59 62 5%
EBITDA 116 113 $-2%$ 30 30 0%
EBITDA margin 51.2% 49.7% $-1.4 p.p$ 50.4% 47.7% $-2.7 p.p$
Direct result 63 58 -8% 16 15 -9%
Indirect result $-108$ -54 50% $-79$ -16 79%
Net results -46 4 ٠ -63 $-1$ 98%
atributable to Sonae $-23$ 2 - $-31$ -1 98%
OMV 2.152 2.083 -3%
NAV 1.050 1,000 $-5%$
  • The benchmark quality of Sonae Sierra assets was once again demonstrated by achieving an average occupancy rate of 95.2% in Europe, despite the depressed macroeconomic environment during the first half of the year, especially in the Iberian Peninsula. In Brazil, this rate was affected by the opening of 2 shopping malls (Boulevard Londrina on May, 5th 2013 and Passeio das Águas on October, 30th 2013), which at the date of their inaugurations were not fully occupied. In the overall portfolio under management, tenant sales in 2013, when compared to the previous year, decreased particularly driven by the sale of Munster Arkaden in Germany in November, 19th 2012, and the stakes in 3 non-strategic shopping malls in Brazil (Penha, Tivoli and Patio Shopping centres in November, 5th 2012). LfL tenant sales in Europe declined by 1.5% which was partially compensated by the 5.1% growth reached in Brazil (in local currency).
  • In 2013 Turnover was kept at the same level, when compared to the previous year, because the higher consumer confidence from May onwards and a monthon-month turnover growth across the majority of the portfolio since October, more than compensated for the depressed macroeconomic environment at the beginning of the year.
  • Sonae Sierra recorded net results of 3.6M€ in 2013, which compares with the negative result of 45.9M€ in 2012. This strong set of results was particularly influenced by a better market environment in the second half of the year, combined with a stabilisation of yields, particularly in Portugal and Spain. The lower direct result was impacted by the sale of assets already mentioned. On a like-for-like basis, the direct net profit and EBITDA remained stable. Indirect result in 2013 amounted to negative 54M€ (50% better than 2012) as a consequence of a less unfavourable evolution of the yields, when compared to 2012.
  • Regarding the value of its assets, on 31 st December 2013 the OMV (Open Market Value) attributable to Sonae Sierra was 2,083 bn€, 68 M€ below 2012 year-end, basically as a result of the sale of Parque Principado Shopping centre in Spain, Valecenter and Airone Shopping centres in Italy and the adverse exchange rate effect in the Brazilian assets. These effects more than offset the conclusion of the Boulevard Londrina and Passeio das Águas Shopping centres in Brazil, as well as Solingen in Germany and the acquisition of an additional stake in Cascaishopping. NAV (Net Asset Value) was negatively impacted for the same reasons as OMV, reaching at the end of 2013 1,000 bn€, 50 M€ below December 2012.

Despite the increase on average yields, the "Loan-tovalue" ratio remains at a conservative level of 44% at the end of December 2013.

6 ZON OPTIMUS RESULTS

At ZON OPTIMUS we have a co-controlling influence through ZOPT.

Zon optimus Indicators - Pro-forma Results
Million euros
2012PF 2013PF u.o.u. 4012PF 4013PF y.o.y.
Operating revenues 1.474 1,427 $-3%$ 370 356 $-4%$
FBITDA 541 537 $-1%$ 128 118 $-8%$
EBITDA margin 36.7% 37.6% 0.9 p.p 34.6% 33.2% $-14$ p.p
Net results 114 63 $-45%$ 22 $-13$ ٠
Recurrent CAPEX 297 261 $-12%$ 81 77 $-4%$
EBITDA-Recurrent CAPEX 244 275 13% 47 41 $-13%$
  • There was a very high customer enthusiasm for convergent offer with ZON4i reaching 300 thousand RGUs just 3 months after launch;
  • These results confirm that customers have been waiting for the merger to happen to be able to benefit from this strong fixed and mobile value proposition combining the best TV interface in the market, IRIS, the highest broadband speeds with the best network coverage and unlimited all-net mobile services.
  • The merger by incorporation of OPTIMUS into ZON that led to the creation of ZON OPTIMUS was completed on August 27th 2013. As from this quarter, ZON OPTIMUS' statutory financial statements at December 31st 2013 reflect the financial consolidation of 12 months of ZON and 4 months of OPTIMUS. To facilitate comparison between current and prior period results for the new ZON OPTIMUS, pro-forma accounts were prepared to reflect consolidation of Optimus for 12 months and the restatement of statutory accounts to reflect changes to accounting policies (as explained in detail in ZON OPTIMUS' report to the market).

The 4Q13 was the first full quarter of operations after the ZON OPTIMUS merger was completed at the end of August and led by the new management team as from October 1st.

  • The quarter was market by significant internal reorganisations to reflect a new integrated company, driven by a convergent strategy and built around 2 main segments: Consumer and Business.
  • Net Income was negatively impacted by 26.8 M€ non-recurrent expenses in 4Q13, which incorporates a combination of
  • 1) Costs resulting from the merger of approximately 9 M€ that reflect primarily the cash out and provisions for curtailment costs, and 2) one-off non-cash accounting adjustments such as the impairment of some technical and IT equipment and platforms that have become obsolete through the integration process
  • ZON OPTIMUS operating revenues reached 1,427 M€ in 2013, decreasing 3.2% when compared to 2012.
  • EBITDA stood at 537 M€, decreasing 0.9% when compared to 2012.
  • Recurrent CAPEX decreased from 297M€ to 261M€, less 12%. As a consequence of EBITDA and Recurrent CAPEX evolution, EBITDA-Recurrent CAPEX grew 13% y.o.y., to 275M€.
  • Net Financial Debt to EBITDA stood at 1.8x at the end of 2013.
  • ZON OPTIMUS is now financed until 1Q15 and the average maturity of its Net Financial Debt is now 2 years.
  • ZON OPTIMUS published its 2013 results on February 27th, 2014, which are available at www.zonoptimus.pt.

7 OVERALL PERFORMANCE

Consolidated results
Million euros
2012PF 2013 Var 4Q12PF 4013 y.o.y.
Sonae MC 3,281 3.415 4% 876 924 5%
Sonae SR 1,209 1,210 0% 343 383 12%
Sonae RP 120 124 3% 30 31 3%
Investment manag. 209 223 6% 53 59 11%
E&A 1 $-150$ $-151$ $-1%$ $-37$ $-43$ $-16%$
Turnover 4,670 4,821 3% 1,265 1,354 7%
Sonae MC 250 258 3% 81 75 $-7%$
Sonae SR $-25$ 0 $-1$ 17
Sonae RP 107 115 7% 26 31 22%
Investment manag. 0 15 1 7
E&A 1 $-2$ $-10$ -9 $-11$ $-25%$
Underlying EBITDA 330 378 14% 98 120 22%
Underlying EBITDA margin 7.1% 7.8% 0.8 p.p 7.8% 8.8% 1.1 p.p
Equity method results 2 31 28 $-9%$ 6 4 $-35%$
Disc.operations' results 5 101 71 $-29%$ 20 0
Non-recurrent items 7 $-2$ 12 $-2$
EBITDA 469 475 1% 137 122 $-11%$
EBITDA margin 10.0% 9.8% $-0.2 p.p$ 10.8% 9.0% $-1.8$ p.p
D&A 4 $-209$ $-188$ 10% -56 $-42$ 25%
EBIT 260 286 10% 81 80 $-1%$
Net financial activity -94 $-82$ 13% $-24$ $-17$ 28%
EBT 166 205 23% 57 63 11%
Taxes $-22$ -30 $-32%$ -20 $-18$ 9%
Direct Results 5 144 175 22% 37 45 21%
Indirect results 6 $-72$ 289 -58 0
Net income 72 464 - $-21$ 45
Non-controll. interests -39 $-145$ $-12$ -8 29%
Net income group share 33 319 $-32$ 36

(1) Eliminations & adjustments

(2) Equity method results: includes direct income related to investments consolidated by the equity method (mainly Sonae Sierra and Zon Optimus)

(3) impact of discontinued operations of Optimus (4) Depreciations & amortizations including provisions & impairments

(5) Direct results before non-controlling interests

(6) Includes: (i) Sonae's Sierra indirect income contribution; (ii) the non-cash capital gain with zon-optimus merger; (iii) other asset provisions for possible future liabilities in non-core operations and (iv) non-cash impairments for operational assets.

Net income attributable to the Group reached 319 M€, significantly above 2012, mostly as a consequence of the Indirect Results registered, which were strongly impacted by the non-cash gain of the merger between Zon and Optimus.

  • In 2013, consolidated turnover grew 3% to 4,821 M€, and underlying EBITDA reached 378 M€, 47 M€ above the same period of the previous year. This result is completely explained by the improved operational performance of the retail, particularly nonfood, and Software and Systems Information businesses. It is worth noting the positive underlying EBITDA reached at Sonae SR.
  • In 2013 EBITDA amounted to 475 M € and is comprised of the contributions (i) of the above mentioned underlying EBITDA of 378 M€; (ii) equity method results of 28 M€ (Sonae Sierra direct results, ZON OPTIMUS and Geostar); (iii) the impact of discontinued operations of Optimus amounting to 71 M€; and (iv) non-recurrent items.
  • Net financial results totalled negative 82 M€ in 2013, 13% below the figure registered in 2012, supported by a much lower level of net debt. The average interest rate of outstanding credit facilities at the end of 2013 was slightly above 3%. These financial results are only related to Retail and Investment Management businesses.
  • In 2013 Taxes amounted to 30M€, 7M€ above the same period of the previous year.
  • In 2013, Direct Results reached 175 M€, 31 M€ above the figure registered in the same period of the previous year, with the strong underlying EBITDA improvement (+47M€ vs. 2012), lower depreciations & amortizations (-21 M€ vs. 2012) and financial costs (-12 M€ vs. 2012) more than compensating for the lower results from discontinued operations (-30 M€ vs. 2012) and higher taxes (+7M€ vs. 2012).
  • In 2013 Indirect Results amounted to 289 M€ as it includes 443 M€ gain related to the ZON OPTIMUS merger and Sonae Sierra indirect income contribution. This item also includes other non-cash movements, namely those impairments related to revaluations of retail properties registered in 3Q13, as well as identification of new concepts in the SR formats that required strong investments and accelerated depreciations.
  • Non-controlling interests were 145M€, including 111 M€ related to the non-cash capital gain considered in the ZON OPTIMUS merger process.

8 CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Net invested capital
Million euros
2012 2013 4.0.4.
Net invested capital 3.485 3.127 -358
Investment properties Ω
Technical investment (1) 3.166 2.030 $-1.136$
Financial investment 483 1.364 881
Goodwill 658 610 -48
Working capital $-822$ $-878$ $-55$
Total shareholders funds 1,669 1.908 240
Total net debt (2) 1,816 1,219 $-597$
Net debt / Invested capital 52% 39% $-13.1 p.p$

In 2013, total shareholders' funds were 240 M€ above the same period of last year.

Net debt
Million euros
2012 2013 y.o.y.
Net financial debt 1,802 1,214 $-587$
Retail units 796 763 $-34$
Sonaecom Group (1) 361 $-361$
Investment management (1) 27 30 3
Holding & other 618 421 $-196$
Total net debt 1.816 1219 -597
  • Until December, 31st 2013, total net debt was reduced to 1,219 M€, 597 M€ below the same date in 2012, driven by the deconsolidation of Optimus, but also due to sustainable cash flow generation over the last 12 months. The company thus continued to strengthen its capital structure, with total net debt reaching 39% of invested capital at the end of 2013.
  • It is worth highlighting that net debt reduction was achieved despite the impact resulting from the total dividends distributed by Sonae (199 M€) between 2011 and 2013.
  • The 2013 Net debt of Sonaecom, totalling negative 162 M€, was allocated in the amount of 13 M€ to Investment management unit and the remainder value to the Holding.
  • In 2013, retail net debt was reduced to 763 M€, 34 M€ below 2012, driven by sustainable cash flow generation over the last 12 months. The company thus continued to strengthen its capital structure, with total net debt to EBITDA reaching 2.0x at the end of 2013.
  • The holding net debt was reduced to 421 M€ at the end of December 2013. The "loan-to-value" ratio of the holding remains at conservative levels and registered a strong improvement from 17% in December 2012 to 10% in December 2013.
  • In relation to the debt maturity profile, it is important to note that a series of transactions were concluded, which enabled Sonae to increase the average maturity of debt whilst optimizing its cost of funding, strengthening its capital structure and diversifying its financing sources.

9 CORPORATE INFORMATION

Main corporate events in 4Q13

On October 7 th, Sierra Fund (a pan-European retail fund in which Sonae Sierra has a stake of 50.1%) and CBRE Iberian Value Added Fund sold Parque Principado Shopping Centre (Paredes Lugones, Asturias) to a company owned by INTU Properties PLC and Canada Pension Plan (CPP), for 141.5 M€.

On October 23rd, Sonae Sierra and MAB Development inaugurated Hofgarten Solingen Shopping Centre, located in the German city of Solingen. On the following day, October 24th, the centre opened its doors to 270,000 potential customers from Solingen and its surroundings. The new shopping centre will offer a wide selection of retail, service and gastronomy venues from 86 popular brands. The shops are spread over 29,000 m 2 of GLA on three levels.

On October 29th , Sonaecom announced the decision taken by its Board of Directors to make a partial and voluntary tender offer for the acquisition of a maximum of 88,479,803 shares, representing 24.16% of its own share capital. Sonaecom's shareholders were given the option to sell, in equal standing conditions, their Sonaecom shares for consideration of the directly held 37,489,324 ZON OPTIMUS shares, which are not necessary to the pursuit of Sonaecom's business purposes, thereby giving Sonaecom shareholders direct exposure to ZON OPTIMUS. Sonaecom offered an overall price equivalent to 2.45 euros per Sonaecom share, to be composed of ZON OPTIMUS shares and, where applicable, a remaining cash amount. To determine the Sonaecom/ZON OPTIMUS share trade ratio, a ZON OPTIMUS price of 5.08 euros was considered.

On October 30th , Sonae Sierra, through its subsidiary, Sonae Sierra Brasil, opened Passeio das Águas Shopping, the largest centre in the Central-Western region of Brazil, strengthening its presence in Brazil. The new centre is located in the city of Goiânia (Goiás state), has 78,000 m2 of Gross Lettable Area (GLA), with an investment of about 150M€ (466M R\$).

On December 20th, Sierra Fund, a pan-European retail fund in which Sonae Sierra has a stake of 50.1%, sold Valecenter Shopping Centre (Marcon, Venice) and Airone Shopping Centre (Monselice, Padua) to Blackstone Group, one of the largest real estate private equity firms worldwide, for 144.5 M€, a value in line with the latest independent valuation of the properties.

Subsequent information

On February 5th 2014, following CMVM approvals, Sonaecom announced the launch of the tender offer for the acquisition of a maximum of 88,479,227 shares, representing 24.16% of its share capital. The period of the offer, during which sales orders were received, ran for two weeks, beginning on February 6 th and ending on February 19th 2014.

On February 20th 2014, the results of the offer were released. The level of acceptance reached 62%, corresponding to 54,906,831 Sonaecom shares and Euronext announced Sonaecom exclusion from the PSI-20, from February 24th 2014 onwards. Following the offer, Sonae's participation in Sonaecom increased from 74.32% to 89.02% and Sonaecom's direct participation in ZON OPTIMUS was reduced from 7.28% to 2.14%.

On March 10 th 2014, Sonae announced that it has completed, directly and through its subsidiaries, a number of financing transactions with maturities between 5 and 7 years for the total amount of 240 M€, with several financial institutions. These operations enabled Sonae to anticipate under favorable conditions a significant part of the refinancing programme of its medium and long-term credit facilities maturing up to the end of 2015.

10 OUTLOOK AND DIVIDEND PROPOSAL

Outlook for 2014

We are cautiously optimistic regarding the macroeconomic situation in the Iberian Peninsula in 2014, for the development of our retail and shopping mall businesses. We remain, however, prudent as some of the recent macroeconomic risks have not yet been completely eliminated in Iberia. In other countries where we operate, namely, Germany, Brazil and Italy, we expect stable market conditions.

The increasingly competitive food market in Portugal, together with our resolute will to strengthen our leadership position would likely produce lower EBITDA margins, although we are confident that they will be kept at benchmark levels due to our cost efficiency competitive advantage.

In the case of Sonae SR businesses, we expect to further consolidate the turnaround, with positive effects following the ones already registered in 4Q13. We will grow into new geographies mainly through franchising agreements and continue to develop our business models with an Omni-channel strategy.

In what concerns our core partnerships, Sonae Sierra will probably benefit from a better market environment and stronger consumer confidence, which is expected to have a positive impact in the yields evolution as well as in the operational results. In the telecommunications area, we are confident that in 2014 we will progressively whiteness the positive impact of the merger process between Zon and Optimus.

As a group, we will continue to be focused on the sustainability of our core businesses, by keeping our market leadership positions in Portugal, consolidating turnaround results in Spain and enhancing our growing international avenues, which will further improve our capacity to generate cash flow, thus strengthening our balance sheet, despite the investments to be carried out and the dividends to be distributed.

Proposed distribution of dividends

In view of the net results for the financial year 2013, the Board of Directors will propose at the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting the payment of a gross dividend of 0.0348 euros per share, around 5% above the dividend distributed in the previous year. This dividend corresponds to a dividend yield of 3.3%, based on the closing price as at December 31st 2013, and to a payout ratio of 46% of the consolidated direct income attributable to equity holders of Sonae.

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11 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Methodological notes

The consolidated financial information contained in this report was prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), as adopted by the European Union. The financial information regarding quarterly and semiannual figures was not subject to audit procedures.

The accounting standard IFRS 11 - Joint Arrangements changes the accounting method of joint-controlled investments, namely eliminating the possibility of proportional consolidation of entities that fall under the concept of joint-ventures, as is the case of Sonae Sierra and Geostar. Under these terms, Sonae has decided, as it is already possible under the current standards, in anticipation of the requirement for this change to be implemented for annual reporting periods beginning on 1st January 2014 and in order to facilitate a future comparison of its financial reporting, to start reporting Sonae Sierra and Geostar according to the Equity Method (the only possible method according to this new standard) from 1 st January 2012.

Accordingly, the 2012 results of Sonae were restated to reflect these accounting changes and to provide a better understanding of the portfolio evolution.

Glossary

CAPEX Investments in tangible and intangible assets
and
investments in
acquisitions; Gross CAPEX, not including cash inflows from the sale of
assets
Direct income Results excluding contributions to indirect income
EBIT EBT + financial results + shopping centres' direct results + other items
EBITDA underlying EBITDA; + equity method results (Sonae Sierra direct results,
Zon Optimus and Geostar) + the impact of discontinued operations of
Optimus + non-recurrent items
EBITDA margin EBITDA / Turnover
EBT Direct results before non-controlling interests and taxes
Eliminations & adjustments Intra-groups + consolidation adjustments + contributions from other
companies not included in the identified segments
EOP End of period
Free Cash Flow (FCF) EBITDA -
operating CAPEX -
change in working capital
-financial
investments - financial results - income taxes
Financial net debt Total net debt excluding shareholders loans
FMCG Fast-moving Consumer Goods
GLAs Gross Lettable Area: equivalent to the total area available to be rented in
the shopping centres
Indirect income Includes Sonae Sierra's results, net of taxes, arising from: (i) investment
property valuations; (ii) capital gains (losses) on the sale of financial
investments, joint ventures or associates; (iii) impairment losses of non
current assets (including goodwill) and; (iv) provision for assets at risk.
Additionally and at Sonae portfolio, it incorporates: (i) impairments in retail
real estate properties, (ii) reductions in goodwill, (iii) provisions (net of
taxes) for possible future liabilities and impairments related with non-core
financial investments, businesses, assets that were discontinued (or in a
process of being discontinued/repositioned); (iv) results from "mark to
market" methodology of other current investments that will be sold or
exchanged in a near future; and (v) other non-relevant issues

Glossary (cont.)

Investment properties Shopping centres in operation owned by Sonae Sierra
Liquidity Cash & equivalents + current investments, excluding the 7.28%
participation at ZON OPTIMUS
Like for Like sales ("LfL") Sales made by stores that operated in both periods under the same
conditions. Excludes stores opened, closed or which suffered major
upgrade works in one of the periods
"Loan to value" (LTV) Holding Holding Net debt/ Investment Portfolio Gross Asset Value; gross asset
value based on Market multiples, real estate NAV and market
capitalization for listed companies
"Loan to value" Shopping Centres Net debt / (investment properties + properties under development)
Net asset value (NAV) Open market value attributable to Sonae Sierra - net debt - minorities +
deferred tax liabilities
Net debt Bonds + bank loans + other loans + financial leases + shareholder loans -
cash,
bank
deposits,
current
investments,
excluding
the
7.28%
participation at ZON OPTIMUS, and other long term financial applications
Net Invested capital Total net debt + total shareholder funds
Other income Share of results of associated undertakings + dividends
Other loans Bonds, leasing and derivatives
Open market value (OMV) Fair value of properties in operation and under development (100%),
provided by an independent entity
RoIC (Return on invested capital) EBIT(12 months) /Net invested capital
ROE (Return on equity) Total net income n (equity holders)/
Shareholders' Funds n-1 (equity holders)
Technical investment Tangible assets + intangible assets + other fixed assets - depreciations
and amortizations

Consolidated Profit and Loss Account


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(1) Includes provisions, impairments, reversion o
f impairments and negative goodwill; (2) Share o
f results o
f associated undertakings + dividends; (3) Includes:
(i) Sonae's Sierra indirect income contribution; (ii) the capital gain with zon-optimus merger; (iii) other asset provisions for possible future liabilities in non-core

(i) Sonae's Sierra indirect income contribution; (ii) the capital gain with zon-optimus merger; (iii) other asset provisions for possible future liabilities in non-core and/ordiscontinued operations and (iv)non-cash impairments for operational assets.

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated statement of financial position
Million euros
2012 2013 y.o.y.
TOTAL ASSETS 6,035 5,477 $-9.3%$
Non current assets 4,615 3,973 $-13.9%$
Tangible and intangible assets 3,166 2,030 $-35.9%$
Goodwill 658 610 $-7.3%$
Other investments 516 1,177 127.9%
Deferred tax assets 225 123 $-45.2%$
Others 50 32 $-35.5%$
Current assets 1,421 1,503 5.8%
Stocks 538 589 9.4%
Trade debtors 171 78 $-54.2%$
Liquidity 378 366 $-3.0%$
Others 334 470 40.9%
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 1,669 1,908 14.4%
Equity holders 1,319 1,564 18.6%
Attributable to minority interests 350 344 $-1.6%$
LIABILITIES 4,367 3,568 $-18.3%$
Non-current liabilities 2,026 1,586 $-21.7%$
Bank loans 364 241 $-33.8%$
Other loans 1,323 1,121 $-15.2%$
Deferred tax liabilities 137 121 $-11.6%$
Provisions 114 51 $-55.7%$
Others 88 51 $-41.7%$
Current liabilities 2,341 1,983 $-15.3%$
Bank loans 66 66 0.4%
Other loans 461 168 $-63.5%$
Trade creditors 1,222 1,162 $-4.9%$
Others 593 587 $-1.1%$
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS + LIABILITIES 6,035 5,477 $-9.3%$

SAFE HARBOUR

This document may contain forward-looking information and statements, based on management's current expectations or beliefs. Forward-looking statements are statements that should not be regarded as historical facts.

These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, changes in regulation, industry and economic conditions; and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "projects," "intends," "should," "seeks," "estimates," "future" or similar expressions.

Although these statements reflect our current expectations, which we believe are reasonable, investors and analysts, and generally all recipients of this document, are cautioned that forward-looking information and statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control, that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-looking information and statements. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on any forward-looking information or statements. We do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking information or statements.

Report available at Sonae's institutional website www.sonae.pt

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