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Annual Report Apr 13, 2010

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Subject to the approval of Shareholders in the Annual General Meeting

REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

31 DECEMBER 2009

(Translation from the Portuguese Original)

Index

I. Report of the Board of Directors

1.
The Group
4
2.
Executive
Summary
6
3.
Macroeconomic
Environment
7
4.
Main
Events
9
5.
Consolidated
Financial Statements
Review
10
6.
Business
Review
16
7.
Share
Price
Performance
33
8.
Human Resources
33
9.
Sustainability
33
10. Individual Financial Statements 34
11. Activity
carried
out by
Non Executive
Board
Members
35
12. Profit Appropriation
Proposal
35
13. Acknowledgments 35
- Glossary 37
II.
Appendix
to
the
Report
of
the
Board
of
Directors
38
III.
Corporate
Governance
Report
44
IV.
Consolidated
Financial
Statements
99
V.
Individual
Financial
Statements
170
VI.
Report
Opinion
of
the
Fiscal
Board
and
194
VII.
Statutory
Audit
Auditors'
Report
and
197

REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

31 DECEMBER 2009

(Translation from the Portuguese Original)

Report of the Board of Directors For the Year 2009

Disclaimer:

Unless otherwise stated, comparable figures (presented within brackets), percent or absolute changes mentioned in this announcement refer to the comparable period of the previous year for performance figures and to the year end 2008 for financial position figures.

Like for like comparisons exclude contributions of the Plysorol Group and Elmo (discontinued operations) to 2009 consolidated financial statements, as explained in chapter 5 of the current report.

1. The Group

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA (Sonae Capital) is a holding company which was incorporated on 14 December 2007 through the spin‐off of the shareholding of Sonae, SGPS, SA, equal to the entire share capital and voting rights of the company previously named Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA (currently SC, SGPS, SA). The 250,000,000 shares representing Sonae Capital's share capital have been listed on Euronext Lisbon since 28 January 2008.

During the year, Sonae Capital continued to take a number of actions towards the effective implementation of its business strategy, as well as divestment from non strategic business areas, through the sale of businesses in which Sonae Capital is not the majority shareholder, or whose size does not fit into the objective of becoming a reference player in the market.

The sale of the shareholding in Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA and the sale of Elmo, SGPS, SA (sole shareholder of Plysorol) are examples of this strategy.

On the other hand, the acquisition of Ecociclo II, Energias, SA, in 2009, allowed Sonae Capital to strengthen its presence in the emerging business of Energy and Environment and clearly establish this as one of the growth and value creation drivers within Sonae Capital's business portfolio.

During 2009, Sonae Capital's business portfolio continued to be grouped into two different business areas: Sonae Turismo and Spred.

Major organizational changes occurred at the beginning of 2010, aimed at focusing the business portfolio, improving human resource skills and encouraging the development of businesses, in a clear effort to improve overall performance.

Sonae Capital's rearranged business portfolio is aimed at ensuring that the company's strategic goals are achieved. In Tourism Resorts, the focus is to create a pipeline of projects at different stages of development and become a macro developer of resorts. In the Hotel business, the goal is to maximize value created by assets in operation. In Health & Fitness, the aim is to maintain business profitability while promoting organic growth. In the Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Maintenance business, Sonae Capital aims at maintaining its leadership in the Portuguese market and expand operations in international markets. In the Energy and Environment business area, the objective is to identify new cogeneration projects and increase building sustainability services.

As part of the reorganization process, the Ownership and Management of Real Estate Assets were grouped into the new sub‐holding SC Assets, reflecting the internal organisation of Sonae Capital and aiming to maximize the value created by its assets, with an investment perspective.

SONAETURISMO HOSPITALITY SCASSETS OTHERASSETS SPRED ENERGYAND ENVIRONMENT Development andmanagement of tourismresorts Ownership andmanagementofreal estate assetsforthe development of tourismresorts Engineering projects and commercial refrigeration solutions Design, coordination and implementation of air conditioning, ventilation facilities and related electricalfacilities Maintenance and technicalservices Distribution ofrefrigeration, air conditioning and heating equipment RESORTS TOURISTIC ASSETS REFRIGERATION,AIR CONDITIONING ANDMAINTENANCE Management of Hotelswith an integrated offerofservices(SPA, Congress Centre and food court) Ownership andmanagementofreal estate assetsforresidentialprojects Servicesregarding land and buildings, amongwhich: ‐ management of leased buildings ‐technical management of buildings ‐ condominiummanagement. Engineering servicesrelated to buildingssustainability (energy efficiency, airquality control, building materials, etc.) Energy servicesto industries, namely the development andmanagement of energy production facilities (cogeneration) Management of Health Clubs Interestsinwholly owned companies ofsmallersize Interestsin relevant companies (financialshareholdings) HEALTH & FITNESS FINANCIALSHAREHOLDINGS

SONAE CAPITAL, SGPS, SA

Consequently, from 2010 onwards, Sonae Capital's portfolio is as follows:

2. Executive Summary

  • On a like for like basis, consolidated turnover increased 18% to 272.2 million euro, mostly driven by the 147 sales deeds signed for residential units at the troiaresort. Consolidated turnover for 2009 has also benefited from the first full year of operation of Troia hotels.
  • Consolidated operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) amounted to 51.5 million euro (13.6 million euro), largely due to the sale of troiaresort residential units. Operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) was positively impacted by 7.5 million euro of down payments retained from the termination of the promissory agreement for the sale of the parcel of land on which the Troia Hotel Resort will be built.
  • Net profit for the year fell by 7.8% to 26.2 million euro (28.4 million euro), reflecting a significant change in its structure with a higher contribution arising from operational results and a lower contribution from investment income. In 2009, investment income includes 8.7 million euro arising from the sale of the entire shareholding in Sonae Indústria and 1.4 million euro gain as a result of the increase in the share capital and reduction in the shareholding in the Imosede Fund. In 2008, investment income included gains on the sale of Contacto Construções (46.4 million euro) and Choice Car (9.1 million euro) and the estimated negative impact of the deconsolidation of the Plywood business (negative 9.3 million euro).
Values in 106
Selected Financial data
euro
4Q FY
2009 1
2008 1
% Var.
2009 1 2008 1 % Var.
Turnover 52.3 87.0 ‐39.9% 272.2 230.5 +18.1%
EBITDA 1.9 15.6 ‐87.6% 51.5 13.6 >100%
EBIT ‐4.5 3.1 32.6 ‐7.8
Net Financial Expenses ‐0.3 ‐2.3 +88.2% ‐7.4 ‐11.0 +33.0%
Investment Income ‐0.1 ‐6.6 +97.7% 10.0 53.1 ‐81.1%
Net Profit ‐5.4 ‐8.1 +33.5% 26.2 28.4 ‐7.8%

1 Continued Opera tions.

31.12.09 31.12.08 % Chg.
Capex2 46.6 119.6 ‐61.1%
Net Debt2 277.9 273.8 +1.5%

2 Total Opera tions.

Selected Operational Data (23 March 2010) Sales informa tion
Total # Units
(Sold + Pre Sold)
Total # Available Units
Total troiaresort 209 412
City Flats/Lofts ‐ Building E 13 93
City Flats/Lofts ‐ Building F 87 19
Efanor ‐ Building Delfim Pereira da Costa 0 40

3. Macroeconomic Environment

In 2009, the performance of the World Economy was strongly marked by the international financial crisis. However, it was a year of contrasts: the threat of economic depression in the first half of the year, which was fuelled by the interaction of financial and economic factors which amplified each other, contrasted with the vitality of the recovery in the economy and in financial markets in the last months of the year, mostly driven by the emerging economies, namely Asian economies, and a smoother recovery in the remaining economic areas, such as the United States, the European Union and Japan.

Throughout the year, international organisations revised their economic forecast for 2009 upwards, although moderately. According to the most recent projections of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), disclosed in the World Economic Outlook Update, dated January 2010, 2009 worldwide GDP contracted ‐0.8% (3.0% in 2008), with developed economies contracting ‐3.2% (0.5% in 2008) and developing economies growing 2.1% (6.1% in 2008).

The beginning of the year was marked by economic recession, driven (since 2007) by the subprime real estate crisis and worsened by the financial crisis which began with the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank. The reasons behind the economic recovery in the last months of 2009 lie in the support given through monetary and budgetary policy stimulus to stabilize the financial sector launched by major economies, which helped to encourage demand and contributed towards increased confidence of economic agents. Governments launched investment tax benefits and Central Banks lowered reference interest rates. Conversely, interest rates at minimum historical levels and successive liquidity injections stabilized the financial system. And, albeit the unemployment growth trend over the last few months, private consumption indicators have been moving positively (with the United States outperforming Europe). Against this background of low growth and increasing available production capacity, inflation rates have dropped on a worldwide basis during the year. For 2009, IMF forecasts that inflation will fall in developed economies from 3.4% to 0.1% and in emerging and development countries from 9.2% last year to 5.2% in 2009. Due to improved expectations regarding short term economic performance and to increased demand, most raw materials average prices increased slightly from the second half of the year onwards. This trend is illustrated by oil prices, which reached 150 dollars per barrel by mid 2008, to fall significantly in the second half of 2008, recording an average monthly price in December of that year of 42 dollars per barrel. In 2009, oil prices went up, recording an average monthly price of 61.9 dollars per barrel in December. When considering year averages, oil prices reduced from 97.7 dollars per barrel in 2008 to 62 dollars per barrel in 2009. Non energy raw materials prices have also been rising steadily, based on forecasts of increased consumption and increases in stocks (most visible after the production fall in 2008).

The year of 2010 will see, on one hand, a continued recovery in major economic areas (although at different rates) and, on the other, the continuation of some risk factors that should overall lead to moderate growth. In fact, the sustainability of the recovery which started in the end of 2009 is questionable: unemployment remains high, credit restrictions remain, real estate assets remain undervalued and there is an increased budgetary control which will affect consumption.

IMF projections point to a 3.9% increase in worldwide GDP in 2010, with developed economies growing at modest 2.1% rates, while developing economies should grow at a faster rate of 6.0%. Once more, the difference between recovery paces in developed and emerging economies is expected to widen. In developed economies, economic growth in 2010 will be restricted by a surge in unemployment that will discourage private consumption and by the inevitable elimination of government incentives. In emerging economies, the lack of significant macroeconomic imbalances and buoyant internal demand will lead to a faster economic recovery.

The worldwide economic crisis has severely affected the Portuguese Economy, due to its high dependence on foreign trade and to the strong integration of global production chains. In fact, due to the spread of the crisis, significantly impacting Portugal's main trading partners (Spain, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom), demand for Portuguese exports has decreased significantly, which, coupled with the negative prospects regarding investment, have hindered the performance of the Portuguese economy during 2009.

According to the annual national statistics report (preliminary figures), published by Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) on 11 March 2010, GDP fell 2.7% in 2009 (0.0% in 2008). This performance is explained by both, the negative impact of internal demand (‐2.8 p.p.) and by the marginal positive impact (0.1 p.p.) of net external demand, as a consequence of a greater fall in imports compared to that of exports. Internal demand decreased 2.5% in 2009, a reversal of the growth trend that took place from 2006 to 2008 (1.2% on average), with its major components having performed differently: investment fell sharply, private consumption fell slightly and public consumption grew. Investment fell ‐12.6% in 2009 (‐1.3% in 2008), as a result of lower confidence from economic agents and of the poor outlook for external demand. Private consumption decreased 0.8% (1.7% growth last year), as a result of a strong decrease regarding long lasting goods (‐12.9% in 2009 and 0.0% 2008). In contrast, public consumption increased 3.5% (1.1% in 2008), as a result of growth in the acquisition of goods and services and in social benefits paid in kind, which contributed to a significant increase in the public deficit in 2009 to 9.3% of GDP (2.7% in 2008). As a result of the recession and of the reduction in international demand, the contribution of net external demand to GDP was marked by a lower level of exports (‐11.6% in 2009 compared to ‐0.5% in 2008), coupled with an unfavourable evolution of imports (‐9.2% in 2009 against 2.7% in 2008). As for prices, the inflation rate in 2009 was of ‐0.8% (2.7% last year). In 2009, unemployment rate rose to a new historical maximum of 10.1% in the fourth quarter (7.8% in the same period last year).

Forecasts for the Portuguese economy in 2010, reflecting recovery signs of worldwide demand, although at a slow pace, are more favourable compared to 2009. The economy is expected to grow by 0.7% in 2010, as a result of higher external demand. This positive trend should continue to be backed by increased private consumption, with investment being less negative. The increase in unemployment, which should continue until the end of 2010, is the main obstacle to the recovery of the Portuguese economy and may harm consumer confidence. Despite signs of improvement in economic indicators and sustained positive growth, this does not guarantee the sustained generation of wealth in the Portuguese economy. Portugal continues to face serious imbalances and long term challenges persist. In face of these imbalances, which include low productivity, weak competitiveness and high debt, improving these vulnerabilities will be essential to the long term growth potential of the Portuguese economy.

4. Main events

Asset disposals

22 May 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA informs that its subsidiary S.I.I. – Soberana – Investimentos Turísticos, SA, wholly owned by Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA notified the promissory purchaser Empire House – Investimentos Imobiliários, SA of the termination of the promissory purchase agreement, signed on 14 May 2008, for the sale of the parcel of land where the Tróia Hotel Resort will be built, with the resulting consequences.

28 May 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA began the sale of its shareholding in Sonae Indústria.

Up to 13 August 2009, Sonae Capital had sold 10,984,164 shares, equal to 7.846% of the share capital of Sonae Indústria, with an 8.7 million euro positive impact on consolidated results.

3 June 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA informs that its subsidiaries SC, SGPS, SA and Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA did not subscribe the share capital increase of Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Fechado IMOSEDE which occurred on 29 May 2009, and was fully subscribed by Sonae Distribuição, SGPS, SA. Sonae Capital's shareholding changed from 51% to 45.45%, with a positive impact of 1.4 million euro in consolidated results.

30 December 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA informs that it has successfully concluded the negotiations for the completion of the agreement for the sale of Elmo, SGPS, SA, signed on 27 June 2007, and referred to in the announcements dated 5 May and 11 June 2008. As a result, the financial investment and loans to Elmo were sold for 61 euro to companies held by Mr. Jaime Teixeira, and Sonae Capital no longer holds investments in or loans to Elmo.

Acquisitions

16 September 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA informs that its wholly owned subsidiary SPRED, SGPS, SA acquired, 100% of the share capital of Ecociclo II – Energias, SA from Ecociclo – Energia e Ambiente, SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA, for a total price of circa 7 million euro.

Financing

26 August 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA informs that it has completed the refinancing of its € 110.000.000 debt facilities maturing on 29 August 2009, by issuing three Commercial Paper Programmes of € 36.600.000 each, with a maturity of two years.

5. Consolidated Financial Statements Review

  • The consolidated financial statements of Sonae Capital as at 31 December 2009 include a 12 month contribution from Elmo (sole shareholder of Plysorol), under discontinued operations.
  • Following the sale, on 30 December 2009, of the shareholding in Elmo (sole shareholder of Plysorol) and the subsequent loss of control over the Plysorol Group (Plywood business) these businesses no longer contribute to the consolidated financial position of Sonae Capital as at 31 December 2009.
  • The consolidated financial statements of Sonae Capital as at 31 December 2008, include the following contributions from Plysorol Group (Plywood unit) and Elmo (sole shareholder of Plysorol), under discontinued operations:
  • the consolidated income statement includes 3 months (third quarter of 2008) contribution from Plysorol (and affiliates) and 6 months (second half of 2008) contribution from Elmo;
  • the consolidated financial position includes the financial position of Elmo as at 31 December 2008 and that of Plysorol as at 30 September 2008 (last available financial information, considering that as at that date rehabilitation proceedings were initiated regarding the company).

In view of the above considerations, like for like comparisons regarding consolidated financial statements do not take into account discontinued operations (in the consolidated profit and loss statement) and are used consistently throughout the report when applicable.

5.1. Consolidated Profit and Loss Statement

5.1.1. Consolidated Quarterly Profit and Loss Statement

Values in 103 euro

4Q 09 4Q 09 4Q 09 4Q 08 4Q 08 4Q 08
Total Discontinued Continued Total Discontinued Continued ∆ (A/B)
Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations
(A) (B)
Turnover 52,318.9 0.0 52,318.9 87,039.4 0.0 87,039.4 ‐39.9%
Other Operational Income 5,113.5 0.0 5,113.5 3,341.1 0.0 3,341.1 +53.0%
Total Operational Income 57,432.5 0.0 57,432.5 90,380.5 0.0 90,380.5 ‐36.5%
Cost of Goods Sold ‐11,941.2 0.0 ‐11,941.2 ‐17,064.4 0.0 ‐17,064.4 +30.0%
Change in Stocks of Finished Goods ‐145.3 0.0 ‐145.3 9,861.9 0.0 9,861.9
External Supplies and Services ‐28,638.6 ‐1.7 ‐28,636.9 ‐53,304.7 ‐4.8 ‐53,299.9 +46.3%
Staff Costs ‐12,076.2 0.0 ‐12,076.2 ‐12,323.0 0.0 ‐12,323.0 +2.0%
Other Operational Expenses ‐1,872.1 ‐0.3 ‐1,871.8 ‐3,689.0 5.8 ‐3,694.8 +49.3%
Total Operational Expenses ‐54,673.4 ‐2.0 ‐54,671.4 ‐76,519.3 0.9 ‐76,520.3 +28.6%
Operational Cash‐Flow (EBITDA) 1,922.7 ‐2.0 1,924.7 15,557.8 0.9 15,556.9 ‐87.6%
Amortisation and Depreciation ‐4,213.9 0.0 ‐4,213.9 ‐2,896.3 0.0 ‐2,896.3 ‐45.5%
Provisions and Impairment Losses ‐3,079.7 0.0 ‐3,079.7 ‐7,846.3 0.0 ‐7,846.3 +60.8%
Operational Profit/(Loss) (EBIT) ‐4,534.4 ‐2.0 ‐4,532.5 3,118.6 0.9 3,117.7
Net Financial Expenses ‐648.3 ‐375.4 ‐272.9 ‐2,354.6 ‐46.1 ‐2,308.5 +88.2%
Share of Results of Associated Undertakings 894.8 0.0 894.8 961.2 0.0 961.2 ‐6.9%
Investment Income ‐148.2 0.0 ‐148.2 ‐6,553.6 0.0 ‐6,553.6 +97.7%
Profit before Taxation ‐4,436.2 ‐377.4 ‐4,058.8 ‐4,828.5 ‐45.2 ‐4,783.3 +15.1%
Taxation ‐1,352.6 ‐2.4 ‐1,350.3 ‐3,348.9 0.7 ‐3,349.6 +59.7%
Net Profit ‐5,788.8 ‐379.8 ‐5,409.1 ‐8,177.3 ‐44.5 ‐8,132.8 +33.5%
Attributable to Equity Holders of Sonae Capital ‐5,962.4 ‐379.8 ‐5,582.6 ‐10,774.9 ‐44.2 ‐10,730.7 +48.0%
Attributable to Minority Interests 173.5 0.0 173.5 2,597.6 ‐0.3 2,597.8 ‐93.3%

The 40% fall in turnover to 52.3 million euro is due to the lower number of sales deeds completed for residential units at troiaresort signed during the fourth quarter (4 sales deeds compared to 52 deeds in the fourth quarter of the previous year). The pace of new sales remains slow and most promissory purchase agreements have already been converted into sales deeds. Last year's final quarter was also positively impacted by the signature of 6 City Flats sales deeds.

Quarterly operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) amounted to circa 2 million euro (15.5 million euro). This decrease is also due to the lower level of sales deeds for residential units at troiaresort compared to 2008. It is also worth mentioning the 1.3 million euro improvement in the contribution of the hotel business to negative 1.1 million euro, explained by stronger activity at Troia.

Amortisation and depreciation rose by around 45% to 4.2 million euro as a result of the start up of operations at the hotel units in Troia in the last quarter of 2008 and first quarter of 2009. This increase partially offsets the decrease in impairment losses. Last year impairment losses included around 6.2 million euro in relation to real estate properties.

FY 09 FY 09 FY 09 FY 08 FY 08 FY 08
Total Discontinued Continued Total Discontinued Continued ∆ (A/B)
Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations Operations
(A) (B)
Turnover 272,237.1 0.0 272,237.1 250,845.3 20,307.7 230,537.6 +18.1%
Other Operational Income 21,685.5 0.0 21,685.5 8,763.7 513.5 8,250.2 >100%
Total Operational Income 293,922.5 0.0 293,922.5 259,609.0 20,821.2 238,787.8 +23.1%
Cost of Goods Sold ‐49,364.3 0.0 ‐49,364.3 ‐66,745.9 ‐11,150.9 ‐55,595.0 +11.2%
Change in Stocks of Finished Goods ‐9,718.3 0.0 ‐9,718.3 57,293.7 ‐703.5 57,997.2
External Supplies and Services ‐129,459.5 ‐5.4 ‐129,454.1 ‐181,586.9 ‐6,534.1 ‐175,052.7 +26.0%
Staff Costs ‐47,952.7 0.0 ‐47,952.7 ‐50,256.5 ‐4,857.6 ‐45,398.9 ‐5.6%
Other Operational Expenses ‐4,628.2 ‐1.1 ‐4,627.2 ‐8,919.7 ‐907.0 ‐8,012.7 +42.3%
Total Operational Expenses ‐241,123.0 ‐6.4 ‐241,116.5 ‐250,215.2 ‐24,153.1 ‐226,062.1 ‐6.7%
Operational Cash‐Flow (EBITDA) 51,533.3 ‐6.4 51,539.7 10,235.0 ‐3,404.8 13,639.8 >100%
Amortisation and Depreciation ‐13,268.6 0.0 ‐13,268.6 ‐10,941.4 ‐1,104.1 ‐9,837.4 ‐34.9%
Provisions and Impairment Losses ‐6,898.9 0.0 ‐6,898.9 ‐10,694.8 4.6 ‐10,699.4 +35.5%
Operational Profit/(Loss) (EBIT) 32,632.1 ‐6.4 32,638.6 ‐12,242.4 ‐4,431.3 ‐7,811.1
Net Financial Expenses ‐9,117.1 ‐1,734.3 ‐7,382.8 ‐11,948.6 ‐932.0 ‐11,016.6 +33.0%
Share of Results of Associated Undertakings 2,608.5 0.0 2,608.5 ‐2,099.8 0.0 ‐2,099.8
Investment Income 10,033.1 0.0 10,033.1 53,084.7 0.0 53,084.7 ‐81.1%
Profit before Taxation 36,156.6 ‐1,740.7 37,897.4 26,793.9 ‐5,363.3 32,157.2 +17.9%
Taxation ‐11,735.0 ‐3.4 ‐11,731.6 ‐3,842.2 ‐77.5 ‐3,764.7 <‐100%
Net Profit 24,421.6 ‐1,744.1 26,165.7 22,951.7 ‐5,440.8 28,392.5 ‐7.8%
Attributable to Equity Holders of Sonae Capital 23,074.3 ‐1,744.1 24,818.4 21,393.6 ‐3,274.5 24,668.1 +0.6%
Attributable to Minority Interests 1,347.4 0.0 1,347.4 1,558.1 ‐2,166.2 3,724.3 ‐63.8%

5.1.2. Consolidated Year to Date Profit and Loss Statement

Values in 103 euro

Turnover for the year totalled 272.2 million euro (230.5 million euro), an increase of 18%, driven mainly by the 147 sales deeds signed for troiaresort residential units and 3 sales deeds for City Flats apartments.

Major contributions to consolidated turnover in 2009 were as follows:

The contribution of Resorts and Residential Development to 2009 consolidated turnover was 82.6 million euro. Last year, this business area contributed 33.4 million euro, of which 30.7 million euro relate to 52 sales deeds for residential units at troiaresort which were included in the accounts in the last quarter.

Tourism Operations contributed 39.5 million euro to consolidated turnover (34.9 million euro), equal to an increase of 13%. The contribution of the hotel business grew 24% to 16.9 million euro, mainly explained by the 5.2 million euro contribution of hotel operations at troiaresort. 2009 was the first full year of operation of the troiaresort facilities, including the three hotels and other support activities. Fitness contributed 18.0 million euro to consolidated turnover, in line with 2008.

Selfrio Group's contribution to 2009 consolidated turnover amounted to 86.7 million euro, a 2% increase explained by the positive performance of the commercial and industrial Refrigeration business segment, which more than offset the lower turnover of the HVAC business, in a year of reduced construction activity.

Box Lines contributed 39.2 million euro to consolidated turnover, a 6.4 milion euro decrease mostly explained by lower cargo volume (transported TEUS fell by 4%) in the Azores and Madeira cabotage routes and by the closure of the international operations business area.

Consolidated operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) for the year amounted to 51.5 million euro (13.6 million euro), made up of the following:

The Resort and Residential Development business continued to be the most significant contributor to consolidated operational cash‐flow (EBITDA), driven by the sale of residential units at troiaresort. This contribution also includes 7.5 million euro of down payments retained from the termination of the promissory agreement for the sale of the parcel of land on which the Tróia Hotel Resort will be built.

The contribution of Tourism Operations to consolidated operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) was negative 1.6 million euro, at a level in line with that of 2008. The hotel business posted a negative 4.0 million euro contribution, with improvements in troiaresort operations offsetting the weaker contribution of Porto Palácio Hotel. Fitness contributed 3.4 million euro, a 23% fall compared to last year, as a result of higher membership retention costs.

The Selfrio Group contributed 7.8 million euro to consolidated operational cash‐flow (EBITDA), a fall of 3% compared to last year.

Amortization and depreciation increased 35% to 13.3 million euro, since new assets came into service: the troiaresort complex (opened in September 2008, January and March 2009) and the two Atlantic Ferries catamarans (which started operations in the end of July).

Provisions and impairment losses for the period include costs relating to the overall upgrading of troiaresort and infrastructures built during the development phase, and assigned to real estate projects for sale in the Central and Beach areas (UNOP's 1 and 2), which will be expensed as the revenue from the sales of those residential units is recorded. The amount of provisions and impairment losses for 2009 includes 4.1 million euro expensed as a result of the sale of 208 units in troiaresort up to the end of 2009.

The share of results of associated undertakings, amounting to 2.6 million euro, include 1.8 million euro from TP and 1.3 million euro from the Imosede Fund.

Consolidated net financial expenses improved by 33% to 7.4 million euro (11.0 million euro) as a result of the decrease in Refi interest rates set by the European Central Bank which led to a fall in average cost of debt.

Investment income for 2009 was 10.0 million euro, compared to 53.1 million euro last year. The 8.7 million euro capital gain from the sale of the entire shareholding in Sonae Indústria was the most significant contributor to this amount. In 2008, investment income included, in particular, the gain of 46.4 million euro on the sale of Contacto – Sociedade de Construções, SA, the gain of 9.1 million euro on the sale of Choice Car, SGPS, SA and the estimated negative impact from the deconsolidation of the plywood business (negative 9.3 million euro).

Profit before taxation in 2009 was 37.9 million euro, an 18% increase over 32.2 million euro last year, explained by improved operational performance which more than offset the fall in investment income.

Consolidated net profit for the year totalled 26.2 million euro, down 2.2 million euro compared to 2008 also explained by the increase in taxation on profits. This increase was mostly due to the full usage of tax losses carried forward at troiaresort, which were insufficient to offset gains on sale of apartments and plots of land.

5.2. Consolidated Balance Sheet

Values in 103 euro
31.12.2009 31.12.2008 31.12.2008
Total Total Continued
Operations Operations Operations
Tangible and Intangible Assets 291,421.5 415,181.7 386,237.3
Goodwill 61,350.0 61,766.6 61,766.6
Non‐Current Investments 71,837.9 44,230.6 44,229.1
Other Non‐Current Assets 36,243.0 39,590.0 39,246.1
Stocks 227,548.6 241,382.4 222,719.3
Trade Debtors and Other Current Assets 78,560.6 106,803.4 80,111.2
Cash and Cash Equivalents 2,805.3 19,317.0 17,933.4
Total Assets 769,766.7 928,271.7 852,243.1
Total Equity attributable to Equity Holders of Sonae
Capital 333,620.1 306,845.8 319,662.7
Total Equity attributable to Minority Interests 11,319.2 49,319.4 57,939.2
Total Equity 344,939.4 356,165.2 377,601.9
Non‐Current Borrowings 235,922.5 151,811.1 150,232.3
Other Non‐Current Liabilities 39,963.3 69,381.3 28,343.1
Provisions 3,995.4 23,456.8 19,025.5
Non‐Current Liabilities 279,881.1 244,649.2 197,600.9
Current Borrowings 44,800.6 141,262.5 129,111.4
Trade Creditors and Other Current Liabilities 97,766.6 184,896.6 146,630.6
Provisions 2,379.0 1,298.2 1,298.2
Current Liabilities 144,946.2 327,457.3 277,040.3
Total Liabilities 424,827.3 572,106.5 474,641.2
Total Equity and Liabilities 769,766.7 928,271.7 852,243.1

Sonae Capital's financial position as at 31 December 2009 includes the impact of:

  • a reduction in the percentage of capital held in the Imosede Fund, from 51% to 45.45%, as announced on 3 June 2009. From that date onwards, the Fund has been accounted for using the equity method, which had the following impacts in the consolidated balance sheet: 110.2 million euro reduction in Fixed Assets; 51.6 million euro increase in Non‐Current Investments; and 47.9 million euro reduction in Equity attributable to Minority Interests.
  • the sale, on 30 December 2009, of the financial shareholding in Elmo and resulting loss of control over the Plysorol Group, which as at 31 December 2008 was reported as discontinued operations.

Capex for the year amounted to 46.6 million euro, of which 16.4 million euro at troiaresort and 25.2 million euro at the Sonae Business Park (Maia), attributable to the Imosede Fund until the date its consolidation method changed from full consolidation to equity accounting. In addition to capex, it is also worth mentioning the 7 million euro financial investment in the acquisition of 100% of Ecociclo II.

Real estate projects under development also required investment of 32.7 million euro, recorded as changes in work in progress for the period (30.7 million euro for troiaresort and 2.0 million euro for the Efanor project).

As at 31 December 2009 net debt stood at 277.9 million euro, a 4.1 million euro increase compared to 31 December 2008 and a 10.8 million euro increase compared to 30 September 2009.

As at 31 December 2009, the debt maturity profile was as follows:

N: Reporting Date

Gearing reached 80.6% (76.9% as at 31 December 2008) and interest cover was 5.6 (1.0 as at 31 December 2008).

N+1 N+2 N+3 N+4 N+5 AfterN+5

6. Business Review

Note: Financial figures included in this chapter always refer to contributions to Sonae Capital's consolidated results.

6.1. Main highlights

On a like for like basis, the total contributions of Turismo and Spred to consolidated turnover and operational cash‐flow (EBITDA), can be detailed as follows, and are explained in detail below:

Turnover 4Q 09 4Q 08 FY
09
FY 08
Resort & Residential Development 3,478.5 31,016.5 ‐88.8% 82,614.4 33,375.3 >100%
Real Estate Asset Management 977.1 3,428.9 ‐71.5% 6,679.3 9,700.5 ‐31.1%
Tourism Operations 8,770.2 8,913.5 ‐1.6% 39,473.3 34,852.9 +13.3%
Hotels 3,426.2 3,590.3 ‐4.6% 16,895.1 13,632.0 +23.9%
Fitness 4,485.4 4,474.3 +0.2% 18,017.6 17,799.5 +1.2%
Other 858.6 848.9 +1.1% 4,560.5 3,421.4 +33.3%
Other 0.3 0.1 >100% 5.1 9.0 ‐42.8%
Turismo's contribution 13,226.2 43,359.1 ‐69.5% 128,772.1 77,937.7 65.2%
Selfrio Group 25,263.1 27,389.7 ‐7.8% 86,674.6 84,720.6 +2.3%
Box Lines 10,021.1 10,851.0 ‐7.6% 39,159.5 45,596.3 ‐14.1%
Atlantic Ferries 654.8 896.3 ‐26.9% 4,781.3 4,849.8 ‐1.4%
Other 3,076.1 4,334.1 ‐29.0% 12,603.3 17,309.2 ‐27.2%
Spred's contribution 39,015.0 43,471.2 ‐10.3% 143,218.7 152,476.0 ‐6.1%

Values in 103 euro

Values in 103 euro

Operational Cash‐Flow (EBITDA) 4Q 09 4Q 08 FY 09 FY 08
Resort & Residential Development 1,413.6 13,032.1
89.2%
44,580.8 4,781.8 >100%
Real Estate Asset Management 214.1 1,240.4
82.7%
3,574.9 3,631.0
1.5%
Tourism Operations (451.9) (1,828.2) +75.3% (1,632.2) (1,559.9)
4.6%
Hotels (1,114.8) (2,370.7) +53.0% (4,001.8) (5,347.7) +25.2%
Fitness 981.2 878.0 +11.8% 3,380.3 4,401.0
23.2%
Other (318.3) (335.4) +5.1% (1,010.8) ‐ (613.3) 64.8%
Other 282.5 (478.6) 243.0 (770.2)
Turismo's contribution 1,458.3 11,965.7 ‐87.8% 46,766.5 6,082.7 >100%
Selfrio Group 2,258.8 2,803.0
19.4%
7,835.6 8,073.4
2.9%
Box Lines 321.0 (106.9) 696.9 1,487.7
53.2%
Atlantic Ferries (407.8) ‐ (268.2) 52.1% (242.4) 157.1
Other (538.0) 213.0 (1,503.8) (161.0) <‐100%
Spred's contribution 1,634.0 2,641.0 ‐38.1% 6,786.4 9,557.2 ‐29.0%

6.2. Resort and Residential Development

troiaresort is Sonae Turismo's flagship project in the resort development business area.

The project is being developed in the northern tip of the Tróia Peninsula, 45 minutes from Lisbon International airport, between the Sado Estuary Natural Reserve and the Serra da Arrábida Natural Park. The market positioning of the project is as a family oriented resort, offering a wide range of products and services throughout the year, taking advantage of the outstanding environmental and cultural heritage of the Peninsula.

The project is being developed in an area of 486 hectares with 380 thousand m2 of construction area, of which 170 thousand m2 are for 650 apartments and 330 villas, comprising 7,430 beds, of which 2,200 are in hotels.

troiaresort is divided into four operational planning units (UNOP's):

  • Central Area (UNOP 1) this is the "heart" of the project comprising 43 hectares and offers all the facilities of a modern resort, including three 4 stars aparthotels, a 5 stars hotel with congress centre and casino (with expected opening at the beginning of 2011), Marina, Beach, Lagoa and Ácala Buildings tourism apartments, shops and marina with a capacity for 184 boats;
  • Beach Area (UNOP 2) includes, in a 78 hectares area, 96 villas to be built on large plots of land near the beach, lake and golf, 90 town houses, one beach club and one country club;
  • Golf and Hotel Resort (UNOP 3) set within a 100 hectares area, includes a par 72 golf course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Senior, ranked number 20 in the best golf courses in Europe, and a 17.7 hectares area for the construction of a five star Hotel Resort;
  • Eco Resort (UNOP 4) to be developed in the Caldeira area, offering a privileged contact with nature in a total area of 264 hectares. It includes the roman ruins, a national heritage site, and the master plan involves the construction of a tourism village with 125 villas, an equestrian centre, an archaeological and environmental centre and a small boutique hotel.

In relation to residential developments, the project currently underway is the Efanor project, in Matosinhos. The project involves the construction of 700 high quality apartments, divided among 7 buildings, covering a land area of 12 hectares, with a gross construction area of 104 thousand m2 . Included in the project are large gardens and leisure areas, a school already operating and an extension of the Serralves Museum.

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 3,478.5 31,016.5 ‐88.8% 82,614.4 33,375.3 > 100%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
1,413.6 13,032.1 ‐89.2% 44,580.8 4,781.8 > 100%
2009 2008
82,614.4 33,375.3 $>100\%$
44,580.8 4,781.8 $>100\%$

Contribution to consolidated figures Unit: 103 Euro

Turnover in 2009, was 82.6 million euro, arising from the 147 sales deeds signed regarding Beach and Marina tourism apartments, and Beach, Lake and Golf villa plots at troiaresort. During the year, 3 sales deeds were signed regarding City Flats apartments, against 16 in the previous year, and 23 rental contracts were signed.

The significant growth in operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) in 2009 is also explained by the sale of tourism apartments and villa plots, as well as by 7.5 million euro of down payments retained from the termination of the promissory agreement for the sale of the parcel of land on which the Tróia Hotel Resort will be built.

6.2.1. Resort Development

On 8 September 2008 the troiaresort was officially opened, three years after the implosion of the towers that marked the beginning of construction works on the Peninsula. The year 2009 was the first full year of operations at troiaresort.

The several projects and construction works at troiaresort, progressed as follows during 2009:

  • Aqualuz Tróia Rio and Tróia Lagoa aparthotels opened in January and March 2009, respectively (Aqualuz Tróia Mar opened in September 2008);
  • Construction of the Ácala building, included in the Central Area, was concluded in the first quarter of 2009, with its 71 tourism apartments available for sale and 14 shops to let;
  • In the Beach area, the construction of Troia Village's 90 touristic villas and of 5 Beach, Lake and Golf showcase villas was concluded;
  • General infrastructures and urban, landscape and environmental upgrade and refurbishment works of the Peninsula in the Central and Beach areas were also completed, and were formally handed over to the Grândola Municipal Council on 25 November 2009. The Council is now responsible for the maintenance and operation of this infrastructure (through the municipal company Infratróia).

With the conclusion of the first investment phase, projects still to complete the works at Troia Peninsula are the following:

  • Lagoa apartment units, within the Central area, made up of 275 apartments and a gross construction area of 47,000 m2 , for which projects are concluded;
  • Ecoresort (included in UNOP 4), which includes a tourism village of 125 small residential units built above ground level, was given a positive environmental impact assessment during the year;
  • Hotel Resort, included in UNOP 3, a 5 star unit with 600 beds and 34,400 m2 of GCA above ground.

During 2009, troiaresort continued to promote its projects, both in Portugal and abroad, attending industry related events, among which:

  • Presence at international tourism and real estate fairs (FITUR in Madrid, SIL in Lisbon and UCI in London);
  • Promotion of a weekend at troiaresort with CEO's of Spanish companies;
  • Presentation of troiaresort aimed at Private Banking clients of several banks;
  • Open House events;
  • Sponsorship of several international reference sports events, in particular the Estoril Open;
  • Troiadecor, an event for the launch of three showcase villas in the Beach area.

In addition to these actions, marketing at troiaresort remained active during the year 2009, despite the downward pressures felt due to the adverse macroeconomic environment in residential tourism, affecting sales.

Since the last reporting date (11 November 2009) and up to 23 March 2010, 9 sales deeds for Beach apartments and 1 sales deed for Beach, Lake and Golf villa plots were signed. Over this period, customer preferences led customers to exchange between different residential units. At the date of this report the total number of residential units sold (sales deeds + promissory purchase agreements) at troiaresort is 209 units.

troiaresort sales information as at 23 March 2010
Operational data
Promissory Purchase
Agreements
# Deeds Total # Units % of
1
Area2
Price3
#
# Area2 Price3 (Sold + Pre Sold) Total
Beach Apartments [211 uni ts ] 3 135.2 4,060 127 125.8 4,064 130 62%
Marina Apartments [78 uni ts ] 1 103.1 3,870 45 83.8 3,886 46 59%
Beach, Lake and Golf Land Plots4
[96 uni ts ]
0 0.0 0 31 2,038.5 544 31 32%
Aqualuz Troia Mar [35 uni ts ] 0 0.0 0 1 87.7 4,002 1 3%
Aqualuz Troia Lagoa [40 uni ts ] 0 0.0 0 1 171.0 4,678 1 3%
troiaresort Village [90 uni ts ] 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0%
Ácala Building [71 uni ts ] 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0%

1 Number of pre sold units (Promissory Purchase Agreement) net of units with deeds already signed.

2 Average areas (m2 ), including indoor areas as well as balcony and terrace areas.

3 Average sales price (€/m2 ).

4 All plots have GCA of 343.8 m2 . Up to 31 December 2009, total investment in troiaresort amounted to 276.7 million euro (including VAT), broken down as follows:

Values in 106 euro
Estimated
investment
Amount already
invested
Real Estate projects currently for sale 135.0 129.1
Real Estate projects to be developed 118.2 6.7
Other projects (works in Tróia aparthotels, marina and car parks) 77.3 87.3
Infrastructures (general and speci fic infrastructures of the di fferent
UNOPs and cost of licenses related with Detailed Plans)
58.4 53.7
Total 389.0 276.7

In addition to troiaresort, Sonae Turismo has an area of 195 hectares, south of Troia Peninsula (UNOP 7 and 8), where a new resort should be developed, as well as two projects in the Douro region: Quinta da Azenha and Vistas do Freixo, which are in the Detailed Planning stage and have total plot areas of around 46 hectares and 8 hectares, respectively.

In 2010, it is not expected that there will be major improvements as far as sale of units of tourism real estate projects are concerned, in view of the macroeconomic background. Nonetheless, in line with previous years, the sales effort will continue and the commercial approach will be fine tuned, in particular in relation to traditional foreign markets.

6.2.2. Residential Property Development

Efanor Residential Condominium is a project developed by Praedium, a company focused in the promotion of residential real estate, and is being developed in a phased approach on land of the former Empresa Fabril do Norte (Efanor).

In 2009, the first stage of construction, involving the structure and exterior walls of the first building, Delfim Pereira da Costa, was completed. This building has 40 apartments on a gross construction area of around 12,600 m2 .

The showcase apartment was inaugurated on 26 November 2009, thus enabling the company to promote the differentiating features of the project to specialist media and potential buyers. Despite the current adverse macroeconomic environment, with the postponement of investment decisions by potential buyers, increased difficulties of access to bank credit and some excess supply in this segment in the Greater Porto area, the inauguration of the showcase apartment marked an important step in the commercial strategy, which aims to win apartment reservations before the second stage of construction works (finishing) begins.

Operational data Residential Development sales information as at 23 March 2010
Apartments
Sold1
Average
Area (m2
2
)
Average sales
price (€/m2
)
Rentals3
City Flats / Lofts ‐ Building E [106 uni ts ] 13 57.0 1,979 31
City Flats / Lofts ‐ Building F [106 uni ts ] 87 49.5 2,017 0
Efanor ‐ Building Delfim Pereira da Costa [40 uni ts ] 0 0 0 n.a.

1 98 sales deeds already signed.

2 Includes indoor area as well as balcony and terrace areas.

3 4 of these rental contracts have an embedded purchase option.

n.a. ‐ not applicable.

6.3. Real Estate Asset Management

The real estate asset management area is responsible for property ownwership and management, procurement services, sales, building technical management and condominium management of real estate assets owned by Sonae Capital.

During 2009 internal processes, procedures and systems were developed with the objective of improving the organization of real estate asset management.

At the end of the year the real estate asset portfolio was reconfigured: SC Assets, SGPS, SA was made independent from Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA at the beginning of 2010, and is now responsible for real estate investments and for property management of real estate assets.

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 977.1 3,428.9 ‐71.5% 6,679.3 9,700.5 ‐31.1%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
214.1 1,240.4 ‐82.7% 3,574.9 3,631.0 ‐1.5%

Contribution to consolidated figures Unit: 103 Euro

2009 2008
Turnover by Type Value Weight Value Weight
Sales of Real Estate Assets 824.7 12% 2,902.8 30% ‐72%
Rents 4,600.5 69% 5,603.8 58% ‐18%
Car Parks 324.5 5% 459.6 5% ‐29%
Condominium Management 811.2 12% 729.3 7% +11%
Management Services 118.4 2% 5.0 0% >100%
Total 6,679.3 100% 9,700.5 100% ‐31.1%
Unit: 103 Euro

Turnover in the period can be broken down as follows:

The year 2009 was marked by a lower level of assets sales, compared to the previous year, reflecting low activity in the Portuguese real estate market, particularly in the first nine months of the year, due to a negative macroeconomic environment. However, turnover in 2009 included 0.8 million euro from the sale of assets (2.9 million euro in 2008) and 4.6 million euro of rents from the 120 rental contracts with third parties.

On 3 June 2009, Sonae Capital reduced its percentage of capital held in the Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Fechado Imosede from 51% to 45.45%. Henceforth, this shareholding was accounted for using the equity method and not the full consolidation method, which contributed to the decrease in revenues arising from rents. Rental turnover in 2009, excluding those of the Imosede Fund, was 1.9 million euro, equal to a change of 12%.

In 2009, the condominium management area began to manage the tourism real estate at troiaresort.

During 2009, in order to maximize the value of assets owned, studies and projects regarding several real estate assets were worked on, namely:

  • Quarteirão Duque de Loulé, in Lisbon;
  • Project for a plot of land with infrastructure on the site of the former Fábrica do Cobre, in Porto;
  • Plot of land with infrastructure in Ramalde, in Porto;
  • Plot of land with infraestructure in Quinta da Malata, Portimão;
  • Residential project D. João V, in Lisbon;
  • Project in Praia da Rocha, Portimão;
  • Project for Residential and Retail premises, in Lagos;
  • Project for a plot of land adjacent to GaiaShopping, in Gaia.

Also in 2009, significant upgrade works of the facades of buildings located in Avenida da Boavista (Porto), which had been rented in 2008 for the set up of a Medical Clinic, were concluded.

Real Estate Asset Management is made up of a range of assets, which can be grouped into the following categories:

Assets in Operation Sonae Business Park Projects under development
and for sale
Land
with
no
construction
viability
Other Rented and
For Sale Assets
 Boavista Complex:
Hotel Porto Palácio and
Congress
Centre
with
GCA of 23,266 m2 and 2
Buildings for
trade
and
services,
Health
Club,
SPA,
Restaurants
and
Car
park
with
GCA
of
23,157 m2;
 Lagos Complex:
Aqualuz
Lagos
Suite
Hotel Apartments, Health
Club and
adjacent
land
with GCA of 30,567 m2;
 troiaresort
Aqualuz
Aparthotels:
Tróia Mar,
Tróia
Rio,
and
Tróia
Lagoa
and
common
support
structure
with
reception,
bar,
lounge,
indoor pool and SPA with
GCA of 33,739m2;
 Troia Shopping:
33 shops at Marina
and
Ácala buildings with GCA
of 4,114 m2.
 The
Sonae
Business
Centre
(Imosede
Real
Estate
Fund)
comprises
offices and services areas,
industry
and
retail
logistics.
In
total,
the
complex is located in a
326 thousand m2 plot of
land,
with GCA
of
193
thousand m2, of which 126
thousand m2 are already
built.
Projects in the design and
licensing stage:
 Residential project D. João V,
in Lisbon (GCA of 34,300 m2);
 Project for infrastructured land
plot of the former Fábrica do
Cobre, in Porto (GCA of 44,613
m2);
 Quarteirão Duque de Loulé, in
Lisbon (GCA of 9,398 m2);
 Project
for
Residential
and
Retail premises, in Lagos (GCA
of 3,815 m2).
Projects for sale:
 Infrastructured land plots for
residential purposes in Marco
de Canaveses (GCA of 47,448
m2);
 16
land
plots
in
Santarém
(GCA of 26,010 m2);
 9 land plots in São João da
Madeira (GCA of 30,840 m2);
 3 plots of land in Matosinhos
(GCA of 33,717 m2) for future
construction of an office building
and hotels.
 Monsanto S. João: Rural plot
of
land
in
Beja
with
529
hectares,
presently
with
no
construction viability;
 Rural
plot
of
land
in
Mourão: Rural plot of land in
the Alqueva region with 195.2
hectares, for future development
of real estate projects.
 Housing,
offices,
retail
premises,
industrial
buildings
and car parks.

As at 31 December 2009, the property portfolio of Sonae Capital was reviewed by Cushman & Wakefield who issued a Valuation Report which is published separately on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt). The total value of properties was put at 873.1 million euro (607.5 million correspond to the market value of properties and 265.6 million euro to an opinion of value). The main differences compared to last year's valuation are summarised in the graph below:

Expectations for 2010 are of a positive, yet modest, recovery, in view of the slight economic recovery forecast for the year. The sale of non strategic assets will continue to be one of the main goals, as part of an ongoing strategy to maximize value creation.

6.4. Tourism Operations

Sonae Turismo runs tourism operations in hotels and fitness, including:

  • Porto Palácio Congress Hotel & SPA ‐ this is a 5 star hotel with 251 rooms in Porto. Member of "The Leading Hotels of the World", the Porto Palácio Congress Hotel & SPA is mainly focused on business and leisure tourism. It has an integrated service offer, namely, a Congress Centre with 11 meeting rooms and capacity for 600 people, a health club, a VIP Lounge and a restaurant area with 4 restaurants (Food Court).
  • Aqualuz Lagos Suite Hotel Apartments ‐ 4 star hotel located in Lagos, Algarve. The tourism offer includes 163 tourism apartments, 5 meeting rooms, a restaurant and bar area, health club and agreements with golf courses in the region.
  • troiaresort:
  • o Aqualuz Troia Mar, Troia Rio and Troia Lagoa Suite Hotel Apartments, located in Troia Peninsula's Central Area. After a period of significant refurbishment as part of the upgrade of the Troia Peninsula, the aparthotels opened to the public in September 2008, January and March 2009, respectively, and are currently in operation, with 300 suite apartments and studios and an integrated offer of services including a Wellness Centre, restaurant and bar area.
  • o Troia Marina, located in the Northern tip of the Troia Peninsula, adjacent to the Sado river and occupying a total area of around 2.7 hectares built for leisure boats. It has a total of 184 berths, comprising five length categories, ranging from 8 to 18 metres.
  • o Troia Golf Course, designed by Robert Trent Jones Senior and opened in 1980, is an important feature of the Troia Peninsula. It has 18 holes covering 6,320 metres, and an outstanding Clubhouse, which offers a wide range of services: reception, pro‐shop, bar, restaurant and a driving range with two putting greens. In 2009, the Golf World magazine voted Troia Golf Course as the 20th best golf course in Europe. The ABTA Golf 2010 magazine ranked it in third place among the TOP 5 best golf courses in Portugal.
  • o Troia Market, a supermarket located in the central area of the resort.
  • Solinca chain of health clubs – Health & Fitness ‐ was launched in 1995 with the opening of the first unit in the Porto Palácio Hotel, and has expanded since 1997, currently operating 10 units (9 in Portugal and 1 in Spain).
4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 8,770.2 8,913.5 ‐1.6% 39,473.3 34,852.9 +13.3%
‐ Hotels 3,426.2 3,590.3 ‐4.6% 16,895.1 13,632.0 +23.9%
‐ Fitness 4,485.4 4,474.3 +0.2% 18,071.6 17,799.5 +1.2%
‐ Others 858.6 848.9 +1.1% 4,560.5 3,421.4 +33.3%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
(451.9) (1,828.2) +75.3% (1,632.2) (1,559.9) ‐4.6%
‐ Hotels (1,114.8) (2,370.7) +53.0% (4,001.8) (5,347.7) +25.2%
‐ Fitness 981.2 878.0 +11.8% 3,380.3 4,401.0 ‐23.2%
2009 2008 Δ
39,473.3 34,852.9 +13.3%
16,895.1 13,632.0 $+23.9%$
18,071.6 17,799.5 $+1.2%$
4,560.5 3,421.4 +33.3%
(1,632.2) (1,559.9) $-4.6%$
(4,001.8) (5, 347.7) $+25.2%$
3,380.3 4,401.0 $-23.2%$

Contribution to consolidated figures Unit: 103 Euro

Hotels

The key tourism indicators confirm that there was a fall in tourism activity in 2009, reflecting the difficult macroeconomic environment and financial crisis, with foreign tourists, mainly British, reducing spending.

In 2009, the turnover of the Porto Palácio Congress Hotel & SPA fell. RevPar dropped by 18% compared to last year, to 34.3 euro, and average daily revenue per room was 94.0 euro, a 7% fall on the 2008 figures, as a result of the overall reduction in business tourism. In this scenario, a significant effort was made to adapt the cost structure to the new reality, which led to a cost reduction of circa 1.7 million euro.

Operational indicators for the Aqualuz Lagos Suite Hotel Apartments remained above those of 2008. RevPar increased 9% to 21.8 euro, while average daily revenue per room at 81.8 euro decreased 5% compared to last year. Despite lower demand in the Algarve, during 2009, occupancy rates improved, contributing to an increase in GOP by around 5% to 27% of sales.

Aqualuz Troia Mar, Troia Rio and Troia Lagoa Suite Hotel Apartments performed positively during their first full year of operations, with the summer months, in particular August, posting a very positive contribution to this performance.

Consolidated turnover for 2009 was 16.9 million euro, up 24% compared to last year, mainly explained by the first full year of operations of hotel units in troiaresort. Aparthotels Aqualuz Troia Mar, Troia Rio and Troia Lagoa made a 5.2 million euro contribution (0.4 million euro). The contribution of the Porto Palácio Hotel was 10.2 million euro, a 14% fall, as a result of lower revenues from room sales. Aparthotel Aqualuz Lagos, in the Algarve, contributed 1.6 million euro to consolidated turnover, up 11%.

Consolidated operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) for the year was negative 4.0 million euro, a significant 25% improvement compared to the previous year, mostly explained by the positive performance of hotel operations in troiaresort (negative 2.7 million euro in 2009 compared to negative 4.6 million euro in 2008), which more than offset the fall in operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) of the Porto Palácio Hotel.

Forecast of a slight economic recovery in 2010 should translate into increased activity in the hotel industry, as a result of which a positive but modest improvement is expected, with an increase in the number of foreign tourists.

Fitness

Turnover grew 1.2% in 2009 to 18.1 million euro, due to an increase in revenues from value added services (personal trainer, Day Spa, among others), which more than compensated for the 1% reduction in the number of active members (28,146 members in 2009 compared to 28,400 members in 2008).

Operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) amounted to 3.4 million euro, down from 4.4 million euro in 2008, explained by increased costs regarding customer retention and to the lower performance of the Malaga health club which contributed to the fall in EBITDA margin, from 24% in 2008 to 19%.

In 2010, Solinca Health & Fitness intends to pursue its expansion plan, including the opening of a new unit with around 2,300 m2 , in Vila Nova de Gaia.

6.5. Selfrio Group(70% Sonae Capital)

The activity of the Selfrio Group is divided into four major areas:

  • Selfrio ‐ Engineering projects and solutions in refrigeration for commercial and industrial facilities and hotels;
  • Sistavac ‐ Design, coordination and execution of air conditioning, ventilation and management and control systems of electrical installations;
  • SMP ‐ Maintenance and technical services;
  • SKK ‐ Distribution of refrigeration, air conditioning and heating equipment.

The contribution of the Selfrio Group to the consolidated figures of Sonae Capital can be summarized as follows:

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 25,263.1 27,389.7 ‐7.8% 86,674.6 84,720.6 +2.3%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
2,258.8 2,803.0 ‐19.4% 7,835.6 8,073.4 ‐2.9%
2,258.8 2,803.0 ‐19.4% 7,835.6 8,073.4 ‐2.9%

Contribution to consolidated figures Unit: 103 Euro

In 2009, Selfrio performed very positively, largely due to the recovery of its market share in the food retail segment which strengthened its leadership in the Portuguese market. At the same time, the maintenance business became an autonomous business unit, which, together with the launch, at the beginning of the year, of a Technical Call Centre located in Bragança, have enabled Selfrio to improve the quality and efficiency of the services provided to its customers.

The separation of the maintenance activity has also contributed to a more focused approach of Sistavac's business which, in 2009, implemented a reorganisation and centralization of purchase management, leading to improved profitability in this business unit.

The maintenance and technical assistance area, SMP, posted improved profitability in 2009, due in particular to the reorganization and consolidation of the Technical Call Centre, improved processes and systems, and an exclusive focus on the maintenance business.

Despite strong competition from Iberian operators, SKK opened its first store in Vigo (Spain) in 2009, and began providing coverage of adjacent sales territories thus strengthening the network effect of the 4 stores located in Portugal. Turnover decreased 15% to 5.3 million euro, against a background of a tight credit policy which has hindered potential growth, but has enabled levels of profitability in line with those of last year.

Regarding Sopair, 2009 was a year in which the operation was adapted to the more adverse market conditions in Spain. Contrarily to the refrigeration business, the air conditioning business has shown strong growth in 2009.

In 2009, Friengineering's performance remained below expectations. In 2010, Selfrio's strategy in the Brazilian market is going to be re‐assessed.

In 2009, the major contributor to consolidated turnover growth was Selfrio, driven by new sales contracts won for projects of a significant size. Its contribution amounted to 38,1 million euro, a 26% increase over last year, offsetting the 14% reduction to 31.0 million euro of Sistavac's contribution to consolidated turnover, explained by its greater exposure to the construction sector.

Operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) amounted to 7.8 million euro, a fall of 2.9%, delivering a 9.0% EBITDA margin (9.5% in 2008). The positive performance of the HVAC business area, with Sistavac posting an increase of 8% to 3.5 million euro (3.2 million euro), was not enough to offset the fall in the Refrigeration business which, despite the 3% increase in Selfrio to 3.5 million euro, was negatively impacted by the less favourable performance of Friengineering which made a negative 0.3 million euro contribution (nil contribution in 2008).

6.6. Atlantic Ferries (80% Sonae Capital)

Since 14 February 2005, Atlantic Ferries was granted the concession for the river public transport of passengers, light and heavy vehicles, between Setúbal and the Tróia Peninsula, following the public tender offer launched, for that purpose, by APSS – Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra, SA. The concession contract runs for 15 years and is renewable for two successive periods of 5 years. The transport service started on 8 October 2007, with four chartered ferries owned by APSS. Currently, transport is provided by 2 ferries, in operation since 14 July 2008, with a capacity for 60 light vehicles and 500 passengers each, and 2 catamarans, in operation since 28 July 2009, each with a capacity for 350 passengers.

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 654.8 896.3 ‐26.9% 4,781.3 4,849.8 ‐1.4%
Operational Cash‐
Flow (EBITDA)
(407.8) (268.2) ‐52.1% (242.4) 157.1

Contribution to consolidated figures Unit: 103 Euro

In 2009, total traffic, measured by the number of tickets sold, fell by 26% compared to the same period last year. 2008 traffic flows were still being impacted by vehicle and passenger traffic related to construction works underway, at the Troia Peninsula, which explains the decrease in traffic in 2009.

In 2009, 1,245,311 tickets were sold, with the corresponding quarterly distribution by tariffs:

Passengers Vehicles
1Q 2009 120,870 65,675
2Q 2009 201,122 94,631
3Q 2009 461,381 150,553
4Q 2009 100,109 50,970
Total 2009 883,482 361,829

Operational performance during 2009 was impacted by the start up of operations of the two catamarans, with occupancy rates below those expected, and operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) remaining at negative 0.2 million euro.

During 2010, Atlantic Ferries will try to implement measures, such as a more suitable transport timetable, which will lead to adapt operations to demand for its services, while also ensuring the sustainability of the public service rendered.

6.7. Box Lines

Box Lines is the Sonae Capital business focused on sea transportation, in particular a cabotage service to and from the Portuguese mainland to the islands of the Azores and Madeira, coastal cabotage, long route navigation, ship chartering, as well as being a shipping agent and logistics operator specialised in groupage cargo.

The cabotage market, which makes up the bulk of Box Line's revenues, experienced a fall in both volume and turnover in 2009. This trend was mainly due to the decrease in the volume of cargo of non food goods transported to customers in the Azores and Madeira, as a result of the macroeconomic environment, namely the slowdown in consumption and investment.

The size of the Azores cabotage market is around 55 to 60 thousand TEUS. Box Lines, which operates this route with two leased ships, under a bareboat charter, each with a 270 TEUS container capacity, transported, in 2009, 17,575 TEUS, a 3% fall compared to last year.

The Madeira cabotage market is between 50 to 55 thousand TEUS. Box Lines operates this route with one leased ship, also under a bareboat charter, with a container capacity of 270 TEUS. During 2009, Box Lines transported around 12,558 TEUS, a 5% fall compared to the previous year.

Despite a 4% decrease in the total volume of TEUS transported between the Portuguese mainland and Azores and Madeira, Box Lines' average boat capacity utilization fell by only around 2% compared to 2008, thus outperforming its competitors.

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 10,021.1 10,851.0 ‐7.6% 39,159.5 45,596.3 ‐14.1%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
321.0 (106.9) 696.9 1,487.7 ‐53.2%

Contribution to consolidated figures Unit: 103 Euro

Box Lines turnover amounted to 39.2 million euro, down 14% compared to 2008, due to the fall in activity in the cabotage market, which represents 86% of total turnover, and to the fall in international shipping. In relation to air cargo, Box Lines had a positive performance in 2009, with an 11% growth in turnover to 1.6 million euro.

Operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) was 0.7 million euro, a 53% fall compared to last year. This significant decrease was mainly driven by adjustments in staff numbers with non recurrent costs of around 0.5 million euro. EBITDA margin was 1.8%, 1.5 p.p. lower than in 2008. The decrease in freight costs of ships and the renegotiation of container leases was not enough to compensate for the decrease in margins arising from the fiercer competition in this period marked by a reduction in market size.

For 2010, a gradual market recovery is expected from the less positive performance in 2009.

6.8. TP (50% Sonae Capital)

[Company accounted for using the Equity Method]

TP – Sociedade Térmica Portuguesa is focused on promoting projects to build decentralised electrical energy production plants, carrying out its activity mostly in the area of energy production through cogeneration and wind power.

The cogeneration business is developed through partnerships with a range of industrial companies, on whose premises the power plants are located. Currently, TP manages an energy production capacity of around 62 MW, distributed among 13 projects.

In the wind power business, TP has the following interests:

  • 50% stake in a 10 MW wind farm in Serra da Capucha (Torres Vedras), in operation since 2005;
  • 52% stake in a 20 MW wind farm in Serra do Sicó (Pombal and Soure), in operation since 5 June 2009;
  • 20% stake in Éolicas de Portugal Consortium (ENEOP), authorized by the Portuguese government to inject 1,000 MW of energy into the Portuguese Electrical System and to set up 49 wind farms.

ENEOP currently manages an energy production capacity of 156 MW, distributed among 12 wind farms. The investment schedule is progressing according to plan. As far as the current pipeline of projects is concerned, besides wind farm projects in operation, there are 10 additional projects with environmental permits issued, with a 390 MW capacity, and 24 projects with reception point already attributed, with a 598 MW capacity. An additional 10 projects are under construction, involving a 254 MW capacity, some of which already have equipment in operation.

The financing of the first set of projects (corresponding to 480 MW) was concluded in early 2010 and involves around 500 million euro.

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 8,071.2 10,599.8 ‐23.9% 28,898.2 35,053.8 ‐17.6%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
2,135.4 3,686.0 ‐42.1% 8,872.8 8,655.0 +2.5%
Operating Profit (EBIT) 1,207.8 1,782.2 ‐32.2% 5,537.4 4,824.0 +14.8%
Net Profit 874.0 981.9 ‐11.0% 3,480.9 2,862.2 +21.6%

Consolidated Accounts Unit: 103 euro

Turnover for 2009 fell by around 18% to 28.9 million euro, as a result of the fall in the sales price of energy and the breakdown in two cogeneration power plants, which led to production shutdowns. It should be noted that TP's turnover does not include the cogeneration activity of three plants (with a total 14 MW capacity) and the contribution of the wind farm in Serra da Capucha, since they are accounted for using the equity method.

Operational cash‐flow (EBITDA) in 2009 improved 2.5% to 8.9 million euro mostly due to savings in maintenance costs.

In addition to operational improvements, TP's net profit in 2009 was also positively impacted by the contribution of projects accounted for using the equity method, which offset the increase in financial costs arising from the financing needs of the ENEOP project.

6.9. Norscut (36% Sonae Capital) [Company accounted for using the Equity Method]

In 2000, NORSCUT won the DFBOT shadow toll concession for the A24 Motorway for a 30 year period. The motorway connects the towns of Viseu and Chaves (all the way to the border with Spain), in the North of Portugal, with a total extension of 156.4 km.

During the initial period of the concession, from 2001 until 2007, the multiple stretches of the motorway were built. This phase continued for two more years than initially expected due to the unilateral decision of the grantor (the Portuguese State) to change the original motorway layout, which also resulted in increased construction costs.

In September 2007, two months after completion of the motorway construction, the full extension of the motorway effectively entered into service. From that moment on and until the end of the concession period, revenues of the concession will depend on actual vehicle traffic on the various stretches of the motorway under concession.

In 2009, 3 of the 4 sub‐concessions for petrol stations on the A24 opened to the public:

  • March 09 Castro Daire;
  • August 09 Vila Real;
  • December 09 Viseu.

During 2009, traffic grew 4.4% compared to the previous year, mainly due to the decrease in fuel costs compared to the mid 2008 peak.

4Q 2009 4Q 2008 2009 2008
Turnover 24,101.9 21,887.9 +10% 93,128.2 92,536.5 +1%
Operational Cash‐Flow
(EBITDA)
27,184.7 38,063.3 ‐29% 104,875.6 105,983.3 ‐1%
Depreciation 15,798.7 23,978.5 ‐34% 61,020.9 60,152.9 +1%
Net Financial Charges 11,623.6 12,008.7 +3% 47,216.4 52,219.3 +10%
Net Profit (178.9) 1,555.5 (2,522.7) (4,774.6) +47%
2009 2008 Δ
93,128.2 92,536.5 $+1%$
104,875.6 105,983.3 $-1%$
61,020.9 60,152.9 $+1%$
47,216.4 52,219.3 $+10%$
(2,522.7) (4,774.6) $+47%$

Statutory Accounts Unit: 103 euro

The trend of traffic growth in 2009 should continue in 2010, mainly due to three positive factors:

  • Steady average fuel prices (compared to 2009 average values);
  • Improved road network surrounding A24 (namely the opening of the connection to the Spanish border during the first half of 2010);
  • Availability of all petrol stations for users, by the end of 2010.

7. Share Price Performance

For information on Sonae Capital's share price performance during the year 2009, please refer to paragraph III.4 of the Company's 2009 Corporate Governance Report.

8. Human Resources

As at 31 December 2009, Sonae Capital had 1,652 employees, in line with the previous year. Personnel costs amounted to 47.9 million euro, representing 17.6% of Sonae Capital's Group consolidated turnover.

In 2009, investment in human resources training translated into 33,468 hours of training.

9. Sustainability

Sonae Capital intends to present in 2010 its first sustainability report, regarding the year of 2009.

Due to its significance within the context of Sonae Capital's Sustainability practices, this chapter will only include a description of troiaresort's approach to this area, during the year 2009. This is by far the most visible and significant demonstration of the importance of sustainable development to Sonae Capital and its businesses.

The environmental and social performance of troiaresort improved in the year 2009, with the implementation of new environmental requirements and additional safety measures in the several business units. Environmental awareness activities were increased and several actions concerning the preservation and recognition of Troia's archeological site were promoted.

In 2009, the Troia Golf Championship Course obtained the Eco‐Golf certification, a specific award to golf courses that comply with the environmental and safety requirements of the Eco‐Golf programme, thus joining an exclusive group of golf courses that have been awarded such certification in Portugal. This certification represents the acknowledgement of the important efforts made to improve resources management, such as water and energy, hazardous substances management (fuel, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides) and emergency management.

Thus, in addition to ISO 14001 certification, obtained in 2005, and being registered with the EU's Eco‐Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), since 2008, the Troia Golf Championship Course is now certified by Eco‐Golf, and is the only golf course in Portugal to have these three certifications, an important factor of differentiation in the international golf destination market.

Several activities continued to be undertaken regarding environmental education, which have once again resulted in strong ties being made with the local community, involving more than 650 people, most of whom were children and young people from neighbouring councils.

Regarding environmental concerns, highlight to the presence at the "7th European Forum on Eco‐ innovation", sponsored by the European Commission, which took place in Copenhagen, as part of preparatory work for the Climate Summit, in which troiaresort was presented as a case study for the management of coastal dynamics and water, among a range of measures to adapt to climate change.

During 2009, several actions were taken as part of the protocol signed in 2005 with the Instituto Português de Arqueologia (Portuguese Archaeology Institute) and the Instituto Português do Património Arquitectónico (Portuguese Architectural Heritage Institute), aimed at protecting and increasing awareness of the value of Troia's Archeological site, a National Monument since 1910.

These actions consisted, namely, in preservation works, cleaning and upgrading of archaeological structures; recording, investigation and interpretation of these structures, namely of the ancient facilities for salting fish and the Paleochristian Basilica; the study of findings by previous excavations, kept in the National Archaeology Museum; promotion of training actions and the archaeological follow up of works within the protected site area.

10. Individual Financial Statements

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA was incorporated on 14 December 2007 and, as the holding company of the Group, is focused on the management of its shareholding in its affiliated company SC, SGPS, SA (which holds 100% of the sub‐holdings Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA and Spred, SGPS, SA), allocating funds according to the investment and treasury requirements of its affiliated company.

The net profit for 2009 was 163,822,537 euro (848,271 euro net loss). Operational costs include mainly salaries (1.2 million euro) and services acquired from third parties (0.5 million euro). Net financial income totalled 3.5 million euro.

Investment income for the year includes 162.5 million euro of dividends from SC, SGPS, SA in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders General Meeting held on 30 March 2009.

Non‐current loans include four Commercial Paper Programmes, with guaranteed subscription, one of which launched on 14 March 2008, with a maximum amount of 30,000,000 euro and valid for a period of 5 years and three others launched on 26 and 28 August 2009 with a maximum amount of 36,600,000 euro each and valid for a period of 2 years.

Current loans include two issues of a Commercial Paper Programme. One, with a maximum limit of 60,000,000 euro, without subscription guarantee, launched on 28 March 2008, and valid for a 10 year period, which can be extended at Sonae Capital's request, and another, with a maximum limit of 15,000,000 euro, with subscription guarantee, launched on 22 December 2008, valid for a 1 year period, extendable for two annual periods, which may not be renewed by both parties.

11. Activity carried out by Non Executive Board Members

During 2009, Non‐Executive Directors have followed specific matters in relation to certain business areas together with the Directors of the Group's sub‐holdings and business managers, attending meetings, sometimes in presence of external entities. Additionally, they have cooperated in the definition of each business strategy, challenging pre‐defined premises and discussing different options. Apart from their duties as Board members, each Non‐Executive Director is a member of one of the Company's Board Committees (Board Audit and Finance Committee and Board Nomination and Remunerations Committee). For details on the activities of Board members and of the Company's Board Committees please refer to chapter II of the Company's Corporate Governance Report.

12. Profit Appropriation Proposal

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, as the holding company of the Group, recorded a net profit of 163,822,536.53 euro for the year 2009. The Board of Directors proposes to the Shareholders' General Meeting that this amount should be transferred to Legal Reserve (8,191,126.83 euro), to Free Reserves (154,781,630.19 euro) and to Retained Earnings (849,779.51 euro).

13. Acknowledgements

The Board of Directors would like to thank all its stakeholders for their support and confidence, with special thanks to the Fiscal Board and the Statutory Auditor for their cooperation and work. Finally, we express our thanks and recognition to our employees for their efforts and dedication during the year.

Maia, 24 March 2010

The Board of Directors,

Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo

José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim

Mário Pereira Pinto

Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez

Rafael Cerezo Laporta

Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho

Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende

Glossary

  • Average Daily Revenue = Lodging Revenues / Number of rooms sold.
  • Bareboat charter = Renewable 3 years leasing contracts of ships without crew, with a call option at its term.
  • Capex = Investment in Tangible and Intangible Assets.
  • DFBOT = Design, Finance, Build, Operate and Transfer.
  • GCA (Gross Construction Area) = Area measured by the exterior perimeter of the exterior walls.
  • Gearing = Net Debt / Equity.
  • GOP (Gross Operating Profit) = Total Revenues Total Operating Costs (excluding rents)
  • Interest Cover Ratio = EBITDA (last 12 months) / Financial Charges.
  • Net Debt = Non Current Loans + Current Loans Cash and Cash Equivalents Current Investments.
  • Operational Cash‐Flow (EBITDA) = Operational Profit (EBIT) + Amortisation and Depreciation + Provisions and Impairment Losses + Impairment Losses of Real Estate Assets in Stocks (included in Cost of Goods Sold) – Reversal of Impairment Losses and Provisions (included in Other Operating Income).
  • RevPar = Revenue per Available Room.
  • TEUS = Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit Container.
  • UNOP (Operational Planning Unit) = Planning and management operational units as set out by the Tróia Urbanisation Plan through Cabinet Resolution nr. 23/2000.

APPENDIX TO THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

31 DECEMBER 2009

Statement Under the terms of Article 245, paragraph 1, c) of the Portuguese Securities Code

(Translation of a Statement originally issued in Portuguese)

The signatories individually declare that, to their knowledge, the Report of the Board of Directors, the Consolidated and Individual Financial Statements and other accounting documents required by law or regulation were prepared in accordance with applicable International Financial Reporting Standards, and give a true and fair view, in all material respects, of the assets and liabilities, financial position and the consolidated and individual results of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, and of the companies included in the consolidation perimeter, where appropriate, and that the Report of the Board of Directors faithfully describes major events that occurred during the year 2009 and their impacts, if any, in the business performance and financial position of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA and of the companies included in the consolidation perimeter, and contains an appropriate description of the major risks and uncertainties that they face.

Maia, 24 March 2010

Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo Rafael Cerezo Laporta Chairman of the Board of Directors Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors Member of the Board of Directors

Member of the Board of Directors Member of the Board of Directors

José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho

Mário Pereira Pinto Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende

Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez Member of the Board of Directors

Appendix to the Report of the Board of Directors as at 31 December 2009 required by Article 447 of the Portuguese Companies Act

Disclosure of shares and other securities held by Members of the Board of Directors and Fiscal Board and of transactions during the year involving shares and other securities:

Purchases Sales Balance as at
31.12.2009
Date Quantity Aver. Price € Quantity Aver. Price € Quantity
Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo
Efanor Investimentos, SGPS, SA (1) 49,999,997
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA (a) 838,862
José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim (b)
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA
8,125
Mário Pereira Pinto (c)
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA 8,125
Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA
12,650
Purchases Sales Balance as at
31.12.2009
Date Quantity Aver. Price € Quantity Aver. Price € Quantity
(1) Efanor Investimentos, SGPS, SA
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA
Pareuro, BV (2)
88,859,200
2,000,000
(2) Pareuro, BV
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA
50,000,000

(a) Includes 1,862 shares owned by the spouse.

(b) Through Change Partners, SCR, S.A., company of which he is a Member of the Board of Directors.

(c) Through Change Partners, SCR, S.A., company of which he is the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Appendix to the Report of the Board of Directors as at 31 December 2009 required by Article 448 of the Portuguese Companies Act

Number of shares held by shareholders owning more than 10%, 33% or 50% of the company's share capital:

Number of shares as at 31.12.2009

Efanor Investimentos, SGPS, SA Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA 88,859,200 Pareuro, BV 2,000,000

Pareuro, BV Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA 50,000,000

Qualified Shareholdings

As required by number 1, b) of article 8 of CMVM Regulation Nr. 05/2008, the following shareholders held more than 2% of the company's share capital, as at 31 December 2009:

Shareholder Nr. of Shares % of Share
Capital
% of Voting
Rights
Efanor Investimentos, SGPS, S.A.
Directly Owned 88,859,200 35.544% 35.544%
Through Pareuro, BV (controlled by Efanor) 50,000,000 20.000% 20.000%
Through Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo (Chairman of the Board of Directors of Efanor) 837,000 0.335% 0.335%
Through Maria Margarida Carvalhais Teixeira de Azevedo (Member of the Board of
Directors of Efanor)
1,862 0.001% 0.001%
Through Linhacom, SGPS, S.A. (controlled by the Member of the Board of Directors of
Efanor Maria Cláudia Teixeira de Azevedo)
43,912 0.018% 0.018%
Through Migracom, SGPS, S.A. (controled by the Member of the Board of Directors of
Efanor Duarte Paulo Teixeira de Azevedo)
161,250 0.065% 0.065%
Through descendents of Duarte Paulo Teixeira de Azevedo (Member of the Board of
Directors of Efanor)
411 0.000% 0.000%
Through descendents of Nuno Miguel Teixeira de Azevedo (Member of the Board of
Directors of Efanor)
1,312 0.001% 0.001%
Total attributable 139,904,947 55.962% 55.962%
Banco BPI, S.A.
Directly Owned 16,888,797 6.756% 6.756%
Through Banco Português de Investimento, S.A. (controlled by Banco BPI) 53,409 0.021% 0.021%
Through Fundos de Pensões do Banco BPI (controlled by Banco BPI) 5,008,922 2.004% 2.004%
Through BPI Vida - Companhia de Seguros de Vida, S.A. (controlled by Banco BPI) 638,576 0.255% 0.255%
Total attributable 22,589,704 9.036% 9.036%
Mohnish Pabrai
Through Pabrai Investment Fund II, L.P. (controlled by Mohnish Pabrai) 3,957,000 1.583% 1.583%
Through Pabrai Investment Fund 3, L.P. (controlled by Mohnish Pabrai) 5,624,000 2.250% 2.250%
Through Pabrai Investment Fund IV, L.P. (controlled by Mohnish Pabrai) 7,422,315 2.969% 2.969%
Through Dalal Street, L.L.C. (controlled by Mohnish Pabrai) 28,000 0.011% 0.011%
Through Dakshana Foundation (controlled by Mohnish Pabrai) 132,625 0.053% 0.053%
Through Harina Kapoor (spouse of Mohnish Pabrai) 2,500 0.001% 0.001%
Total attributable 17,166,440 6.867% 6.867%

Transactions of Securities made by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities and their connected Persons during the 2 nd Quarter of 2009

As required by number 6 article 14 of CMVM Regulation Nr. 5/2008, we inform that no person discharging managerial responsibilities and their connected person has carried out transactions of Sonae Capital's securities during the 2nd Quarter of 2009.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE REPORT

31 DECEMBER 2009

Corporate Governance Report

(Translation from the Portuguese Original)

0. Statement of Compliance

The corporate governance policy of Sonae Capital SGPS S.A. (hereinafter Sonae Capital or Company) aims, among other objectives, to implement transparency procedures in its relationship with both investors and markets. The corporate governance structure of Sonae Capital is built upon the maximization of shareholders' interests and the satisfaction of their legal and regulatory rights.

0.1 Corporate Governance Guidelines

Sonae Capital, as a public listed company, is regulated by Regulation 1/2010 of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (Comissão de Mercado de Valores Mobiliários and hereinafter CMVM) issued on 7 January 2010 but applicable to the financial year 2009.

Furthermore, Sonae Capital bases its corporate governance practices on the Corporate Governance Code of CMVM, the latest version of which was issued on 8 January 2010 (available at www.cmvm.pt).

0.2 Compliance with the Corporate Governance Code

Recommendation* Compliance
Reference in
this report
General Meeting
I.1 General Meeting Board
I.1.1 The Presiding Board of the General Meeting shall be equipped with the necessary and adequate human Yes
resources and logistic support, taking the financial position of the company into consideration I.1
I.1.2 The remuneration of the Presiding Board of the General Meeting shall be disclosed in the Annual Report Yes
on Corporate Governance I.1
I.2 Participation at the Meeting
I.2.1 The requirement for the Board to receive statements for share deposit or blocking for participation at the Yes
general meeting shall not exceed 5 working days I.2
I.2.2 Should the general meeting be suspended, the company shall not compel share blocking during the Yes
interim period until the meeting is resumed and shall then prepare itself in advance as required for the I.2
first session
I.3 Voting and Exercising Voting Rights
I.3.1 Companies shall not impose any statutory restriction on postal voting and whenever adopted or No
admissible, on electronic voting 0.3 (1); I.3
I.3.2 The statutory deadline for receiving early voting ballots by mail may not exceed three working days Yes
I.3
I.3.3 Companies shall ensure the level of voting rights and the shareholder's participation is proportional, Yes
ideally through the statutory provision that obliges the one share‐one vote principal. The companies that: I.3
i) hold shares that do not confer voting right; ii) establish non‐casting of voting rights above a certain
number, when issued solely by a shareholder or by shareholders related to former, do not comply with
the proportionality principle
* Transcription of the original text of the English version of the CMVM corporate governance code (2010). Where applicable the

term Supervisory Board has been replaced by Fiscal Board (Sonae Capital's Governing Bodies do not include a Supervisory Board but include instead a Fiscal Board).

Recommendation Compliance
Reference in
this report
I.4 Resolution‐Fixing Quorum
I.4.1 Companies shall not set a resolution‐fixing quorum that outnumbers that which is prescribed by law Yes
I.4
I.5 Minutes and Information on Resolutions Passed
I.5.1 Extracts from the minutes of the general meetings or documents with corresponding content must be Yes
made available to shareholders on the company's website within a five day period after the General I.5
Meeting has been held, irrespective of the fact that such information may not be classified as material
information. The information disclosed shall cover the resolutions passed, the represented capital and
the voting results. Said information shall be kept on file on the company's website for no less than a 3
year period
I.6 Measures on Corporate Control
I.6.1 Measures aimed at preventing successful takeover bids, shall respect both the company's and the Yes
shareholders' interests. The company's articles of association that by complying with said principal, I.6
provide for the restriction of the number of votes that may be held or exercised by a sole shareholder,
either individually or in concert with other shareholders, shall also foresee for a resolution by the
General Assembly (5 year intervals), on whether that statutory provision is to be amended or prevails –
without super quorum requirements as to the one legally in force – and that in said resolution, all votes
issued be counted, without applying said restriction
I.6.2 In cases such as change of control or changes to the composition of the Board of Directors, defensive Yes
measures shall not be adopted that instigate an immediate and serious asset erosion in the company, I.6
and further disturb the free transmission of shares and voluntary performance assessment by the
shareholders of the members of the Board of Directors
II. Board of Directors and Fiscal Board
II.1 General Points
II.1.1 Structure and Duties
II.1.1.1 The Board of Directors shall assess the adopted model in its Annual Report on Corporate Governance Yes
and pin‐point possible hold‐ups to its functioning and shall propose measures that it deems fit for II.0
surpassing such obstacles
II.1.1.2 Companies shall set up internal control and risk management systems in order to safeguard the Yes
company's worth and which will identify and manage the risk. Said systems shall include at least the
following components: i) setting of the company's strategic objectives as regards risk assumption; ii)
II.8
identifying the main risks associated to the company's activity and any events that might generate
risks; iii) analyse and determine the extent of the impact and the likelihood that each of said potential
risks will occur; iv) risk management aimed at aligning those actual incurred risks with the company's
strategic options for risk assumption; v) control mechanisms for executing measures for adopted risk
management and its effectiveness; vi) adoption of internal mechanisms for information and
communication on several components of the system and of risk‐warning ; vii) periodic assessment of
the implemented system and the adoption of the amendments that are deemed necessary
II.1.1.3 The Board of Directors shall ensure the establishment and functioning of the internal control and risk Yes
management systems. The Fiscal Board shall be responsible for assessing the functioning of said II.8
systems and proposing the relevant adjustment to the company's needs
II.1.1.4 The companies shall: i) identify the main economic, financial and legal risk that the company is exposed Yes
to during the exercise of its activity; ii) describe the performance and efficiency of the risk management II.11
system, in its Annual Report on Corporate Governance
II.1.1.5 The Board of Directors and the Fiscal Board shall establish internal regulations and shall have these
disclosed on the company's website
Yes
II.2; II.5
II.1.2 Governance Incompatibility and Independence
II.1.2.1 The Board of Directors shall include a number of non‐executive members that ensure the efficient Yes
supervision, auditing and assessment of the executive members' activity II.2
II.1.2.2 Non‐executive members must include an adequate number of independent members. The size of the Yes
company and its shareholder structure must be taken into account when devising this number and may II.2
II.1.2.3 never be less than a fourth of the total number of Board Directors
The independency assessment of its non‐executive members carried out by the Board of Directors shall
Yes
take into account the legal and regulatory rules in force concerning the independency requirements II.2
and the incompatibility framework applicable to members of other corporate boards, which ensure
orderly and sequential coherence in applying independency criteria to all the company. An
independent executive member shall not be considered as such, if in another corporate board and by
force of applicable rules, may not be an independent executive member
II.1.3.1 II.1.3 Eligibility and Appointment Criteria
Depending on the applicable model, the Chair of the Fiscal Board and of the Auditing and Financial
Yes
Matters Committees, shall be independent and adequately competent to carry out his/her duties II.5
II.1.3.2 The selection process of candidates for non‐executive members shall be conjured so as prevent Yes
interference by executive members II.2
Recommendation Compliance
Reference in
this report
II.1.4 Policy on the Reporting of Irregularities
II.1.4.1 The company shall adopt a policy whereby irregularities occurring within the company are reported. Yes
Such reports shall contain the following information: i) the means be which such irregularities may be II.9
reported internally, including the persons that are entitled to receive the reports; ii) how the report is
to be handled, including confidential treatment, should it be required by the reporter
II.1.4.2 The general guidelines on this policy shall be disclosed in the Annual Report of Corporate Governance Yes
II.9
II.1.5 Remuneration
II.1.5.1 The remuneration of the Members of the Board of Directors shall be structured so that the formers' Yes
interests are capable of being aligned with the long‐term interests of the company. Furthermore, the II.2
remuneration shall be based on performance assessment and shall discourage taking on extreme risk.
Thus, remunerations shall be structured as follows:
II.10
III.6
i) The remuneration of the Board of Directors carrying out executive duties shall include a variable
element which is determined by a performance assessment carried out by the company's competent
bodies according to pre‐established quantifiable criteria. Said criteria shall take into consideration the
company's real growth and the actual growth generated for the shareholders, its long‐term
sustainability and the risks taken on, as well as compliance with the rules applicable to the company's
activity.
ii) The variable component of the remuneration shall be reasonable overall as regard the fixed
component of the remuneration and maximum limits shall be set for all components.
iii) A significant part of the variable remuneration shall be deferred for a period not less than three
years and its payment shall depend of the company's steady positive performance during said period.
(iv) Members of the Board of Directors shall not enter into contracts with the company or third parties
that will have the effect of mitigating the risk inherent in the variability of the remuneration
established by the company.
(v) The Executive Directors shall hold, up to twice the value of the total annual remuneration, the
company shares that were allotted by virtue of the variable remuneration schemes, with the exception
of those shares that are required to be sold for the payment of taxes on the gains of said shares.
(vi) When the variable remuneration includes stock options, the period for exercising same shall be
deferred for a period of not less than three years;
(vii) The appropriate legal instruments shall be established so that in the event of a Director's dismissal
without due cause, the envisaged compensation shall not be paid out if the dismissal or termination by
agreement is due to the Director's inadequate performance.
(viii) The remuneration of Non‐Executive Board Members shall not include any component the value of
which is subject to the performance or the value of the company
II.1.5.2 A statement on the remuneration policy of the Board of Directors and Fiscal Board referred to in Article Yes
2 of Law No. 28/2009 of 19 June, shall contain, in addition to the content therein stated, adequate II.10
information on: i) which groups of companies the remuneration policy and practices of which were
taken as a baseline for setting the remuneration ii) the payments for the dismissal or termination by
agreement of the Directors' duties
II.1.5.3 The remuneration policy statement referred to in Article 2 of Law No. 28/2009 shall also include the Yes
directors' remunerations which contain an important variable component, within the meaning of II.10
Article 248‐B/3 of the Securities Code. The statement shall be detailed and the policy presented shall
particularly take the long‐term performance of the company, compliance with the rules applicable to
its business and restraint in taking risks into account
II.1.5.4 A proposal shall be submitted at the General Meeting on the approval of plans for the allotment of Yes
shares and/or options for share purchase or further yet on the variations in share prices, to members I.7
of the Board of Directors and Fiscal Board and other managers within the context of Article 248/3/B of II.10
the Securities Code. The proposal shall mention all the necessary information for its correct III.6
assessment. The proposal shall contain the regulation plan or in its absence, the plan's conditions. The
main characteristics of the retirement benefit plans established for members of the Board of Directors
and Fiscal Board and other managers within the context of Article 248/3/B of the Securities Code, shall
II.1.5.62 also be approved at the General Meeting
At least one of the Remuneration Committee's representatives shall be present at the Annual General
Meeting for Shareholders
Yes
I.7
II.1.5.7 The amount of remuneration received, as a whole and individually, in other companies of the group Yes
and the pension rights acquired during the financial year in question shall be disclosed in the Annual II.2
Report on Corporate Governance1
1 This Recommendation shall remain in force until the duty to provide information envisaged in Article 3/c) and /d) of
CMVM Regulation No. 1/2010 is enacted.
2 The CMVM Corporate Governance Code does not include any recommendation with number II.1.5.5
this report
II.2 Board of Directors
II.2.1
Within the limits established by law for each management and supervisory structure, and unless the
Yes
company is of a reduced size, the Board of Directors shall delegate the day‐to‐day running and the
II.2
delegated duties shall be identified in the Annual Corporate Governance Report
II.3
II.2.2
The Board of Directors must ensure that the company acts in accordance with its goals, and shall not
Yes
delegate its duties, namely in what concerns: i) definition of the company's strategy and general
II.2
policies; ii) definition of the corporate structure of the group; iii) decisions taken that are considered to
II.3
be strategic due to the amounts, risk and particular characteristics involved
II.2.3
Should the Chair of the Board of Directors carry out executive duties, the Board of Directors shall set up
Yes
efficient mechanisms for coordinating non‐executive members that can ensure that these may decide
II.2
upon, in an independent and informed manner, and furthermore shall explain these mechanisms to
II.3
the shareholders in the corporate governance report
II.2.4
The annual management report shall include a description of the activity carried out by the Non‐
Yes
Executive Board Members and shall mention any restraints encountered
II.2.5
The company shall expound its policy of portfolio rotation on the Board of Directors, including the
Yes
person responsible for the financial portfolio, and report on same in the Annual Corporate Governance
II.2
Report
II.3 Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Executive Committee and Executive Board of Directors
II.3.1
When Managing Directors that carry out executive duties are requested by other Board Members to
Yes
supply information, the former must do so in a timely manner and the information supplied must
adequately suffice the request made
II.3.2
The Chair of the Executive Committee shall send the convening notices and minutes of the meetings to
Yes
the Chair of the Board of the Directors and, as applicable, to the Chair of the Fiscal Board or the
II.3
Auditing Committee, respectively
II.3.3
The Chair of the Board of Directors shall send the convening notices and minutes of the meetings to
Not
the Chair of the General and Supervisory Board and the Chair of the Financial Matters Committee
Applicable
0.3 (5)
II.4 General and Supervisory Board, Financial Matters Committee, Audit Committee and Fiscal Board
II.4.1
Besides carrying out its supervisory duties, the General and Supervisory Board shall advise, follow‐up
Not
and carry out an on‐going assessment on the management of the company by the Executive Board of
Applicable
Directors. Besides other subject matters, the General and Supervisory Board shall decide on: i) the
0.3 (6)
definition of the strategy and general policies of the company; ii) the corporate structure of the group;
and iii) decisions taken that are considered to be strategic due to the amounts, risk and particular
characteristics involved
II.4.2
The annual reports and financial information on the activity carried out by the General and Supervisory
Yes
Committee, the Financial Matters Committee, the Audit Committee and Fiscal Board1 must be
II.5
disclosed on the company's website
II.4.3
The annual reports on the activity carried out by the General and Supervisory Board, the Financial
Yes
Matters Committee, the Audit Committee and the Fiscal Board must include a description on the
II.5
supervisory activity and shall mention any restraints that they may have come up against
II.4.4
The General and Supervisory Board, the Auditing Committee and the Fiscal Board (depending on the
Yes
applicable model) shall represent the company for all purposes at the external auditor, and shall
II.5
propose the services supplier, the respective remuneration, ensure that adequate conditions for the
supply of these services are in place within the company, as well as being the liaison officer between
the company and the first recipient of the reports
II.4.5
According to the applicable model, the General and Supervisory Board, Auditing Committee and Fiscal
Yes
Board shall assess the external auditor on an annual basis and advise the General Meeting that he/she
II.5
be discharged whenever justifiable grounds are present
II.4.6
The internal audit services and those that ensure compliance with the rules applicable to the company
Yes
(compliance services) shall functionally report to the Audit Committee, the General and Supervisory
II.8
Board or in the case of companies adopting the Latin model, an independent director or Fiscal Board,
regardless of the hierarchical relationship that these services have with the executive management of
the company
Recommendation Compliance
Reference in

1 Original text does not mention the Fiscal Board

Recommendation Compliance
Reference in
this report
II.5 Special Committees
II.5.1 Unless the company is of a reduced size and depending on the adopted model, the Board of Directors
and the General and Supervisory Committees, shall set up the necessary Committees in order to: i)
ensure that a competent and independent assessment of the Executive Directors' performance is
carried out, as well as its own overall performance and further yet, the performance of all existing
committees; ii) study the adopted governance system and verify its efficiency and propose to the
competent bodies, measures to be carried out with a view to its improvements; iii) in due time identify
potential candidates with the high profile required for the performance of director's duties
Yes
II.4
II.5.2 Members of the Remuneration Committee or alike shall be independent from the Members of the
Board of Directors and include at least one member with knowledge and experience in matters of
remuneration policy
Yes
II.4
II.5.3 Any natural or legal person which provides or has provided, over the past three years, services to any
structure subject to the Board of Directors, to the Board of Directors of the company or that has to do
with the current consultant to the company shall not be recruited to assist the Remuneration
committee. This recommendation also applies to any natural or legal person who has an employment
contract or provides services
Yes
II.5.4 All the Committees shall draw up minutes of the meetings held Yes
II.4
III. Information and Auditing
III.1 General Disclosure Duties
III.1.1 Companies shall maintain permanent contact with the market thus upholding the principle of equality
for shareholders and ensure that investors are able to access information in a uniform fashion. To this
end, the company shall create an Investor Assistance Unit
Yes
III.8
III.1.2 The following information that is made available on the company's Internet website shall be disclosed
in the English language:
a) The company, public company status, headquarters and remaining data provided for in Article 171 of
the Commercial Companies Code;
b) Articles of Association;
c) Credentials of the Members of the Board of Directors and the Market Liaison Officer;
d) Investor Assistance Unit – its functions and access means;
e) Accounts Reporting documents;
f) Half‐Yearly Calendar on Company Events;
g) Proposals sent through for discussion and voting during the General Meeting;
h) Notices convening meetings
Yes
III.8
III.1.3 Companies shall advocate the rotation of auditors after two or three terms in accordance with four or
three years respectively. Their continuance beyond this period must be based on a specific opinion for
the Fiscal Board to formally consider the conditions of auditor independence and the benefits and
costs of replacement
Yes
II.6
III.1.4 The external auditor must, within its powers, verify the implementation of remuneration policies and
systems, the efficiency and functioning of internal control mechanisms and report any shortcomings to
the company's Fiscal Board
No
0.3 (2)
III.1.5 The company shall not recruit the external auditor for services other than audit services, nor any
entities with which same takes part or incorporates the same network. Where recruiting such services
is called for, said services should not be greater than 30% of the total value of services rendered to the
company. The hiring of these services must be approved by the Fiscal Board and must be expounded in
the Annual Corporate Governance Report
IV. Conflicts of Interest
No
0.3 (3)
IV.1 Shareholder Relationship
IV.1 Where deals are concluded between the company and shareholders with qualifying holdings, or
entities with which same are linked in accordance with Article 20 of the Securities Code, such deals
shall be carried out in normal market conditions
Yes
III.7
IV.1.2 Where deals of significant importance are undertaken with holders of qualifying holdings, or entities
with which same are linked in accordance with Article 20 of the Securities Code, such deals shall be
subject to a preliminary opinion from the Fiscal Board. The procedures and criteria required to define
the relevant level of significance of these deals and other conditions shall be established by the Fiscal
Board
No
0.3 (4)

0.3 Reasons for non compliance or non applicability of the Corporate Governance Code

This section lays out the reasons for the non compliance or non applicability for each individual recommendation and should be read in conjunction with the table in the previous section.

Sonae Capital has not complied in 2009 with the following recommendations:

  • (1) Recommendation I.3.1 ‐ Under number 3 of Article 23 of the Articles of Association of Sonae Capital, votes in writing are exclusively admissible for General Meeting resolutions on amendments to the Articles of Association of the Company or on the appointment of the governing bodies. The Board of Directors will present an amended version of the Articles of Association of the Company to the next Shareholders' General Meeting, proposing among others, to extend voting in writing to all matters.
  • (2) Recommendation III.1.4 ‐ The external auditor has not verified the implementation of remuneration policies and systems and has reported on the effectiveness and functioning of internal control mechanisms. The implementation of remunerations policies and systems is the responsibility of the Remuneration Committee and the verification of the effectiveness and functioning of internal control mechanisms is part of the powers attributed to the Fiscal Board.
  • (3) Recommendation III.1.5 ‐ The Company has recruited services other than audit from its External Auditor. These services represent 21.6% of total fees paid in 2009. These services were not presented to the Fiscal Board. The Company believes that the amounts involved for these services are not significant enough to affect the Auditor's independence. The Fiscal Board is informed annually of the services provided, the amounts involved and makes its judgment on the independence of the External Auditors. The Fiscal Board receives, on an annual basis, under the terms of Article 62‐B of Decree‐Law nr. 487/99, of 16 November (changed by Decree‐Law nr. 224/2008, of 20 November), the statement of independence of the Auditor, which details services rendered by the latter and by entities from the same network, fees paid, possible threats to its independence and respective safeguard measures.
  • (4) Recommendation IV.1.2 A procedure for approval of transactions with qualified shareholders is to be implemented by the Fiscal Board in 2010, as explained in section III.7 of this report.

The following recommendations are not applicable to Sonae Capital:

  • (5) Recommendation II.3.3 ‐ This recommendation relates to a corporate governance model not adopted by Sonae Capital, and for this reason is not considered to be applicable. Under the terms and conditions of article 278 of the Portuguese Companies Code, Sonae Capital structured its corporate governance model with a Board of Directors, a Fiscal Board and a Statutory Auditor.
  • (6) Recommendation II.4.1 ‐ This recommendation related to a corporate governance model not adopted by Sonae Capital, and for this reason is not considered to be applicable. Under the terms and conditions of article 278 of the Portuguese Companies Code, Sonae

Capital structured its corporate governance model with a Board of Directors, a Fiscal Board and a Statutory Auditor.

I. Shareholders' General Meeting

I.1 Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting

As at 31 December 2009, the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting had the following members, mandated for the four year period 2007‐2010:

‐ António Agostinho Cardoso da Conceição Guedes (Chairman);

‐ Maria Daniela Farto Baptista Passos (Secretary).

In addition to the support provided by the Company Secretary, during the preparatory stages of the Shareholders' General Meeting, its Board members are given assistance by the Corporate Legal department, namely to prepare support documents and files.

The remuneration of the Chairman of the Board of the General Shareholders' Meeting is made up of a fixed amount, based on the Company's situation and market practices, and amounted to a total of 3,000 euro for the year.

I.2 Presence at the Shareholders' General Meeting

According to the Company's Articles of Association only those shareholders with voting rights, who own shares or subscription rights, can attend the Shareholders' General Meeting, provided that they can prove to the Company, ownership of such shares or subscription rights under the terms of the law, up to five business days prior to the Shareholders' General Meeting. This proof of title must be issued by a financial institution in which records of title are kept by the shareholders.

The proof of title can be made, within the period mentioned above, by letter, fax or e‐mail, and in relation to the last two the original document must be received at the Company's registered office up to the business day prior to the Shareholders' General Meeting.

The Articles of Association of the Company do not provide for the eventuality of suspension and this situation has never occurred in the past. However, the Company's Articles of Association do not impose the blocking of shares during the suspension period and thus, to be present at the continuation of the Shareholders' General Meeting, the shareholder has to comply with the five business days prior notice as required for the first meeting. Furthermore, the Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting considers that if the suspension period does not exceed five working days, the blocking of shares should be maintained until the meeting is resumed, as it is not possible to require that shareholders comply with a new five working day blocking period; if the suspension period exceeds five working days, only a five work day‐period of share‐blocking will be required.

The Company has not issued non‐voting preference shares. In any event, the Articles of Association contemplate the presence at a Shareholders' General Meeting of shareholders holding non‐voting preference shares, and their presence at the discussion of the points on the agenda for the Shareholders' General Meeting will depend on the authorisation of the Shareholders' General Meeting.

An individual shareholder may be represented at the Meeting by means of a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting, indicating the name and address of the representative nominated, as well as the date of the meeting. Corporate shareholders may be represented at the meeting by means of a letter addressed to the Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting, the authenticity of which will be considered by the Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting.

I.3 Voting and Exercising Voting Rights

Under the terms of the Company's Articles of Association, each share is entitled to one vote. Additionally, no limit is established to the number of votes that can be held or exercised by a sole shareholder or group of shareholders.

The Articles of Association of the Company only allow votes in writing in respect of alterations to the Articles of Association and the election of members to the statutory bodies. A proposal will be presented at the next Shareholders' General Meeting to extend voting in writing to all matters. Written voting papers shall only be considered valid if they are received at the Company's registered office at least three days before the date of the Shareholders' General Meeting, and must be sent by registered post with signature confirmation on delivery addressed to the Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting. This does not dispense with the need to comply with the procedures set out in the Articles of Association, to be registered as a valid shareholder for the Shareholders' General Meeting. Written voting papers must be signed by shareholders or by their legal representatives. Individual shareholders must attach a certified copy of their identity card and, for corporate shareholders, the signature must be authenticated confirming that the signatory is duly authorised and mandated for the purpose.

In addition to the above mentioned, to be considered valid, written voting papers also have to set out clearly, in an unambiguous manner: (i) the agenda item or items to which they refer; (ii) the specific proposal to which they relate, indicating the respective proposer or proposers, and; (iii) the precise and unconditional voting intention on each proposal. Notwithstanding the content of (ii), a shareholder is permitted to include in a written voting paper, in relation to an identified proposal, the intention to vote against all alternative proposals, in relation to the same item on the agenda, without further specification. It is assumed that shareholders have abstained from any proposals that are not specifically included in their written voting papers. Written voting papers shall be deemed as votes against any proposals presented after the issuance of such written voting papers. The Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting, or his or her substitute, is responsible for verifying that written voting papers comply with all the above requirements and, those that are not accepted, will be considered as null and void.

The Company makes available to shareholders minutes of written voting papers and representation letters on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt), after notice has been given of the Shareholders' General Meeting.

Electronic voting is not contemplated under the Company's Articles of Association.

I.4 Quorum and resolutions

The Shareholders' General Meeting shall meet ordinarily, within the timing established by law for the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting, or extraordinarily, whenever the Board of Directors or the Fiscal Board or shareholders representing more than 5% of the voting share capital (minimum required for this purpose by law), request one.

The Shareholders General Meeting can meet, in the first instance, as long as shareholders holding over fifty percent of the share capital are present or represented.

Under the terms of the Company's Articles of Association, resolutions at the Shareholders' General Meeting shall be taken by simple majority, unless otherwise determined by law.

I.5 Minutes and information on the resolutions of the Shareholders' General Meeting

The notice of the Shareholders' General Meeting and the proposals and respective appendices required by law, addressed to the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting, are made publicly available to all shareholders, for consultation, at the registered office during office hours, on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt) and on the Information Disclosure System of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (www.cmvm.pt), at least fifteen days prior to the Shareholders' General Meeting.

The Company intends to keep a record, on its website (www.sonaecapital.pt), of the attendance lists, agenda and decisions of the Shareholders' General Meetings of the previous three years. At present, this information is only available for the two Shareholders' General Meeting that have taken place since the Company was incorporated in December 2007. Information on the decisions of the Shareholders' General Meetings has been disclosed on the same date of the meeting.

Besides access to information on the above mentioned disclosure systems, shareholders can request specific information or explanations on any matter related to the Shareholders' General Meeting through the Investor Relations Office.

I.6 Measures regarding Control of the Company

The Company has not taken measures of any kind that would hinder the success of a public tender offer for the purchase of its shares, nor has the Board of Directors knowledge of any special rights or shareholders agreements in which the Company or its shareholders are involved.

The Company's Articles of Association do not foresee any defensive practices that automatically and significantly erode the Company's assets in the event of a change in control or change in the composition of the management body.

Additionally, there are no agreements between the Company and its board members or other senior managers that foresee indemnities or penalty payments in any case of termination of their existing contracts as a result of a change in control of the Company.

I.7 Remuneration policy and performance assessment

The remuneration of members of the statutory bodies of the Company is fixed by the Shareholders' General Meeting, which has appointed a Shareholders' Remuneration Committee to set and propose the compensation and performance assessment policies and respective guidelines.

In accordance with Law nr 28/2009 the Remuneration Committee or the Board of Directors must submit, annually, the remuneration policy of the statutory bodies to the Shareholders' General Meeting. The remuneration policy and the required disclosures are laid out in section II.10 of this report.

The Shareholders' Remuneration Committee has two members, Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo (Chairman) and Bruno Walter Lehmann. Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo is also Chairman and CEO of Sonae Capital.

The table below summarizes the attendance of members of the Shareholders' Remuneration Committee and of the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee (BNRC) at the Shareholders' General Meetings since the incorporation of Sonae Capital.

Governing Body Shareholders' General Meetings
09 April 2008 28 April 2009
Remuneration Committee Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo
BNRC (the Board was appointed at
this meeting)
Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes
Rezende

II. Governing Bodies

II.0 Assessment of the Corporate Governance Model

Sonae Capital was incorporated in December 2007.

During 2008, significant changes were made to the corporate governance structure of Sonae Capital to respond to the strategic and management needs of the Company's business portfolio. The new governance structure proposed by the Board of Directors and approved at the Shareholders' General Meeting of 9 April 2008 envisaged strengthening strategy formulation of the Company and the independent appraisal of the execution of strategy by Executive Directors.

With the implementation of the current governance structure, there was a clear intent of complying with best practices in terms of Corporate Governance.

At the date of its incorporation, Sonae Capital adopted a model based on a Board of Directors, a Fiscal Board and a Statutory Auditor. The Board of Directors has the responsibility of management while the remaining two bodies have supervisory responsibility.

The significant changes introduced just months after its incorporation strengthened and enlarged the supervision of the Company mainly through the creation of an Executive Committee to which the day‐to‐day management was delegated and the creation of two boards, made up only of independent non executive directors, with the responsibility of supervising and appraising the Company's and management's activities and performance. Details of the new structure, its different bodies, roles and responsibilities are presented in the following sections.

For the time being the Board of Directors believes the existing model is the most suitable for Sonae Capital. In order to strengthen its commitment to evaluate the existing governance model, the Board of Directors initiated a formal self assessment process for its first full year of activity (2009). The Board of Directors will use the conclusions from the self assessment, during the current year to reflect on the existing structure and if deemed necessary fine tune procedures and policies.

II.1 Governing bodies and functional structure

SC Assets is the result of the separation of the asset management business from Sonae Turismo. Implementation to be completed in 2010.

Under the current governance structure, the Board of Directors is responsible for business portfolio strategic decisions and respective implementation. The Board of Directors delegates to the Executive Committee the management of day‐to‐day operations, with the exception of matters highlighted in section II.3 of the current report. The members of the Company's Executive Committee are also members of the Board of Directors of Sonae Turismo, SC Assets and Spred, which also include experienced managers, thus aligning the strategy of the Company with that of each of its business segments. In addition to the Executive Committee, the Board has also appointed specialised advisory committees, namely the Board Audit and Finance Committee and the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee, aimed at strengthening the decision making process at Board level.

The supervision of the Company is carried out by the Fiscal Board and by the Statutory Auditor, both elected at the Shareholders' General Meeting. For more information on these statutory bodies, please refer to sections II.5 and II.6, respectively.

The Corporate Centre comprises six functional departments, which provide support and advice to the governing bodies and business segments and, in some cases ensure co‐ordination of policies and procedures within the Company.

Functional departments are the following:

Functional department Reports to
Human Resources Executive Committee
Internal Audit & Risk Management Executive Committee
Portfolio Management Executive Committee
Administrative Services Chief Financial Officer
Finance & Treasury Chief Financial Officer
Reporting & Investor Relations Chief Financial Officer

The Human Resources department is responsible for proposing and implementing the Group's human resources policy and for managing senior managers' careers.

The Internal Audit & Risk Management department main responsibilities include definition and execution of internal audits and risk management activities in Group companies.

The Portfolio Management competencies comprise the following: portfolio configuration and capital allocation between existing businesses and new business opportunities, mergers and acquisitions, legal support, corporate internal and external communication. It also has the responsibility for the coordination of sustainability best practices.

Administrative Services comprise a number of different services, namely consolidation, shared service centre, information systems and tax support. The shared service centre provides accounting, administrative, treasury and payroll services to Group companies.

The Finance and Treasury department has a leading role concerning internal and external financing operations, treasury management and liaison with financial institutions. This department is also responsible for financial risk management at Group level and for the preparation and follow‐up of the Group's financial plan.

The Reporting and Investor Relations department plays a role in: corporate planning and reporting activities; consolidated reporting both internally and externally; and ensures a permanent contact with institutional investors, shareholders and analysts through the Investor Relations Office.

The Chief Financial Officer is responsible for the operational co‐ordination of all functional departments within the Corporate Centre, meeting regularly with their respective managers.

II.2 Board of Directors

Under the Company's Articles of Association, the Board of Directors can be made up of an odd or even number of members, with a minimum of three members and a maximum of eleven members, elected at the Shareholders' General Meeting.

The election of one member of the Board of Directors takes place independently from the remaining elections, under the terms of the law, among persons listed in proposals subscribed by groups of shareholders, provided that such groups of shareholders hold shares that represent more than ten and less than twenty percent of the share capital. The same shareholder cannot subscribe to more than one proposal, and each proposal must contain the identification of at least two persons eligible for each of the positions to be filled. If proposals are presented by more than one group of shareholders, voting will be based on all of these proposals.

The Board of Directors appoints a substitute in case of death, resignation or temporary or permanent incapacity or unavailability of any member. If a Director fails to be present at any two meetings without providing a justification for such absence which is accepted by the Board of Directors, such a Director will be deemed permanently unavailable. A substitute is elected to the Board of Directors in the case of permanent unavailability of the member of the Board elected under the provisions set in the previous paragraph.

The Board of Directors is currently made up of three executive members and four non executive independent Directors, mandated until the end of 2010:

Name Position First appointment on
Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo Chairman and CEO December 2007
José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim Executive December 2007
Mário Pereira Pinto Executive December 2007
Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez Non Executive April 2008
Rafael Cerezo Laporta Non Executive April 2008
Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho Non Executive April 2008
Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende Non Executive April 2008

Non executive members were appointed based on their reputation in business, finance, academia and consultancy areas, to strengthen the skills of the Board of Directors, namely in relation to the approval of the portfolio configuration strategy and of the annual business plan and any significant changes to it.

All of the non executive members of the Board of Directors are considered independent under the terms of number 5 article 414 of the Portuguese Company Law, and comply with incompatibility rules under the terms of number 1 (except paragraph b, which is not applicable to members of the Board) of Article 414 of the Portuguese Company Law.

Independent Non Executive Directors have to disclose immediately to the Company any event that, in the course of their mandate, might lead to conflicts of interest or loss of independence under the terms of legal requirements.

In ascertaining conflict of interest rules applicable to the members of the Board of Directors, the Company relies solely on criteria established in paragraph 1 of Article 414‐A of the Portuguese Company Law, and has not defined, internally, any other assessment criteria.

The current composition of the Board of Directors, especially the number of Non Executive and independent members (4 from a total of 7 members), ensure the necessary supervision of the activities performed by Executive Directors. The Report of the Board of Directors contains a section with a description of the activities carried out by Non Executive board members.

In view of Sonae Capital's size, the Company believes there is no need for a formal candidate selection process regarding Non Executive Directors. The interference of Executive Directors in that selection process is inevitable considering that, under the model adopted by the Company, the Board of Directors appoints, with the intervention of all its members, an Executive Committee. Thus, under the terms of the law, there is an effective participation of all Board members in the selection of its Executive and Non Executive members.

Under the Company's Articles of Association and the Board of Directors' Terms of Reference, there are no restrictions as to the maximum number of positions that Board members can hold simultaneously.

The Board of Directors is responsible for the management of the business and for carrying out all operations related to fulfilling the Company's objectives, and for that purpose, the Board is given the widest powers, including:

  • To approve the Company's annual budget;
  • To decide to associate the Company with any other person or entity under the terms of Article five of the Company's Articles of Association;
  • To appoint third parties, individuals or corporate entities, to exercise office in other companies;
  • To decide to issue bonds and to contract loans in national and/or international financial markets;
  • To decide on the technical and financial assistance that the Company may give to affiliated or associated companies;
  • To represent the Company, in or outside court, proposing or contesting any legal procedures, deciding to continue and abandon legal actions, and deciding on their settlement through arbitration proceedings. To that end, the Board of Directors can delegate its powers to a sole mandated person.

Under the terms of the Company's Articles of Association, the Board of Directors may also deliberate on share capital increases, through new entries in cash, up to one thousand million euro, in one or more stages. The Board of Directors determines, in accordance with the law, the conditions of subscription and the categories of shares to be issued, based on the existing ones at the time.

No specific responsibilities are assigned to each member of the Board, within the Company's business segments. With the exception of the responsibility of financial matters assigned to the Chief Financial Officer, no specific functional responsibilities are assigned to each member of the Board. Therefore the Board of Directors has not considered necessary the definition of a rotation policy of responsibilities in addition to the fact that a limitation of mandates may not be in the best interests of the Company. The Board of Directors has the powers to replace any of its members if at a particular time it judges it to be in the best interests of the Company to do so.

The Company's Articles of Association establish that the Board of Directors appoints, if it so decides, one or more Managing Directors or an Executive Committee from amongst its members, to which it shall delegate the powers to manage the businesses that the Board may determine. The Board of Directors appointed an Executive Committee in 2008. Information on the Executive Committee can be found in section II.3 of this report.

The Board of Directors may also create specialised committees to ensure the effectiveness of the Non Executive Directors and of the main Board Meetings. Those currently created are the Board Audit and Finance Committee and the Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The creation and activity of such specialised committees, composed solely of Non‐Executive Directors, and the access to all available information under the terms of section II.3 allow, in the opinion of the Board of Directors, independent and well‐informed decisions by Non‐ Executive Directors. Please refer to section II.4 for information on these committees.

According to the Company's Articles of Association, the Board of Directors meets at least once every quarter and, in addition, whenever the Chairman or two Board Directors convene a meeting. During 2009, the Board of Directors held five meetings, with a 100% attendance rate.

The Board of Directors may only deliberate if a majority of their members is present or represented, and decisions will be taken by a majority of votes cast by members present, represented or voting in writing.

The functioning and other logistic issues are dealt with by the Board's Secretary, which also ensures that records of decisions taken are kept in minutes of meetings and provides Board members with support information for the proposed agenda at least five days in advance and always leaving a weekend between distribution and the respective meeting.

The Board of Directors approved and enacted its Terms of Reference, which are available for consultation on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt).

During 2009, members of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA were paid the following remuneration and other compensation, exclusively at Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA level (Directors are not paid in any other Group company):

Values in Euro
Name Fixed
Remuneration
Performance
Bonus Paid
Deferred
Performance
Bonus Paid
Total
Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo1 253,900 93,900 347,800
José Luis dos Santos Lima Amorim 183,900 57,500 17,534 258,934
Mário Pereira Pinto 138,400 29,000 167,400
Sub‐total Executive Directors 576,200 180,400 17,534 774,134
Francisco de La Fuente Shánchez2 22,300 22,300
Rafael Cerezo Laporta2 22,300 22,300
Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho2 22,300 22,300
Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende2 22,300 22,300
Sub‐total Non executive Directors 89,200 89,200
Total 665,400 180,400 17,534 863,334

1 Previous year deferred performance bonuses were attributed to the Chairman and CEO by Sonae, SGPS, SA. These bonuses were paid in cash at year end 2007 by Sonae, SGPS, SA and the net proceeds were used to buy shares in Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, thus exposing the Chairman and CEO to fluctuations in the value of the Company to best align his interests with the interests of the Company and of its shareholders.

2 Part of this remuneration (10,000 euro) was only paid in March 2010.

During 2009, no compensation to former Executive Directors was paid in relation to early contract termination nor was any compensation paid to the Company's Directors, on any basis, by other group companies. The Company has no supplementary pension retirement scheme set up for its Directors.

Executive Directors are included in the deferred performance bonuses plans based on shares, which are described in section III.6 of this report.

The Company has not defined any rules regarding compensation payments in the case of termination of duties during the respective mandate. In 2009, no such instances occurred and as a result no such payments were made. Any compensation occurring in the future will be that which results from applicable law.

Information on other offices held by the Company's Directors, qualifications and experience can be found in the curricula vitae included as an appendix to this report.

II.3 Executive Committee

The Board of Directors delegates to the Executive Committee the powers to manage the day‐ to‐day operations of the Company and, regulates how the Executive Committee operates and how the delegated powers can be exercised. The Board of Directors does not delegate the following powers:

  • To appoint the Chairman of the Board;
  • To co‐opt a member to the Board;
  • To convene Shareholders' General Meetings;
  • To approve the Annual Report and Accounts;
  • To grant any pledges, guarantees or charges over the assets of the Company;
  • To decide to change the Company's registered office or to approve any share capital increases;
  • To decide on mergers, de‐mergers, modifications to the corporate structure of the Company;
  • To approve the portfolio management strategy;
  • To approve the financial plan and any significant changes thereto.

The existing Executive Committee was appointed on 9 April 2008, and its term of office ceases with that of the Board (2010), and has the following members:

Name Position
Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo Chief Executive Officer
José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim Chief Financial Officer
Mário Pereira Pinto Director

The Company's Executive Committee meets once a month and whenever the Chief Executive Officer or the majority of its members convenes it, in writing, at least 3 days before the meeting is held. There were thirteen meetings during the year 2009 with all of its members present in all meetings.

The Executive Committee may only deliberate if a majority of its members is present or represented, and decisions are taken by a majority of votes cast by members present, represented or voting in writing.

The Executive Committee meetings may also be attended by members of the corporate team, at a Director's request, for assistance and advice on specific issues.

The functioning of the Committee and other logistic issues are ensured by the Executive Committee's Secretary (who is also the Board of Directors' Secretary), who also ensures records of decisions taken are kept in minutes of the meetings and provides Committee members with support information for the proposed agenda at least five days in advance and always leaving a weekend between distribution and the respective meeting. The existence of a common Secretary to both governing bodies, ensuring information flows between them, contributes to the timely supply of information and reduces misinterpretation of information requests, thus leading to more efficiency and effectiveness in the process. During the year 2009, the approved minutes of the Executive Committee meetings were made available to Non Executive Board members and Fiscal Board members.

II.4 Internal Committees

On 9 April 2008, the Board of Directors decided to appoint a Board Audit and Finance Committee (BAFC) and a Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee (BNRC), with their office ceasing with the Board's term of office.

The BAFC is composed of two Non Executive independent Directors, Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez (Chairman) and Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho.

The BAFC reviews Company's reports, financial information and financial statements, before they are approved by the Board, advises the Board on reports to shareholders and financial markets, on the adequacy and appropriateness of internal information provided by the Executive Committee, including internal business controls, and on compliance with best practices in corporate governance, and evaluates risks associated with the Company's activities on behalf of the Board. The BAFC meets directly with the Statutory External Auditors and the Internal Audit team.

The BAFC shall meet at least six times a year before the disclosure of the annual and interim results, once before the approval of the annual consolidated budget, once to evaluate the effectiveness of corporate governance policies and practices of the Company and whenever it is convened by its Chairman, or the Board's Chairman or the Chief Executive Officer. During 2009, the BAFC held five meetings (it did not convene before the approval of the annual consolidated budget), with 100% attendance by its members.

The Secretary of the BAFC circulates required agendas and support documents to the members of the BAFC at least five days in advance and always leaving a weekend between distribution and the respective meeting, also ensuring records of decisions taken are kept in minutes of the meetings.

The Board Nomination and Remuneration Committee (BNRC) is composed of two Non Executive independent Directors, Rafael Cerezo Laporta (Chairman) and Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende.

The BNRC reports and proposes to the Board of Directors on nomination processes and remuneration systems of Executive and Non Executive Directors. To that end, it may take advice from external experts. This Committee also liaises with the Shareholders' Remuneration Committee, mentioned in section I.7 of this report.

The BNRC meets at least once a year, before the annual meeting of the Shareholders' Remuneration Committee. During the year of 2009, the BNRC held one meeting, with all members.

The Chairman of the BNRC has considerable experience in matters relating to remuneration, having in the past been a member of worldwide committees responsible for remuneration and career management in a prominent company.

As already mentioned in section II.2, members of the abovementioned committees are considered independent.

Specialised committees may only deliberate if a majority of their members is present or represented, and decisions will be taken by a majority of votes cast by members present, represented or voting in writing. The deliberations of the specialised committees are taken into consideration on an advisory basis in support of decisions by the Board of Directors.

II.5 Fiscal Board

In accordance with the Company's Articles of Association, the Fiscal Board shall be made of an odd or even number of members, with a minimum number of three members and a maximum number of five members, being the number of members decided upon by the Shareholders' General Meeting of the Company. One or two substitutes shall be appointed if the Fiscal Board is made up of three or more members, respectively.

The Fiscal Board appoints its Chairman if the Shareholders' General Meeting has not made such an appointment. If the Chairman ceases his/her functions before the end of his/her mandate, the remaining members shall choose amongst themselves who will perform those duties until the end of the mandate. Substitute member(s) shall replace effective member(s) who are unable or have ceased to exercise their functions, and shall remain member(s) until the next Shareholders' General Meeting which will appoint new members to fill any vacancy(ies). If there are no substitute members available, the Shareholders' General Meeting shall appoint new members.

As at 31 December 2009, the Fiscal Board, with a mandate until the end of 2010, had the following members:

Name Position First Appointment on
Manuel Heleno Sismeiro Chairman April 2009
Armando Luís Vieira de Magalhães Member December 2007
Jorge Manuel Felizes Morgado Member December 2007

On 28 April 2009, the Shareholders' General Meeting approved the election of Manuel Heleno Sismeiro to fill the vacant position in the Fiscal Board (temporarily occupied by the substitute member of this Board, Carlos Manuel Pereira da Silva) until the end of the current mandate. At a meeting of the Fiscal Board held on the same date, Armando Luís Vieira de Magalhães resigned as Chairman of the Fiscal Board, remaining member of the Fiscal Board, and Manuel Heleno Sismeiro was elected Chairman.

The members of the Fiscal Board are of the opinion that they can all be considered independent under the terms of number five article 414 of the Portuguese Company Law and that they comply with all incompatibility rules mentioned in number 1 article 414‐A of the Portuguese Company Law.

In ascertaining incompatibility rules applicable to the members of the Fiscal Board, the Company relies solely on criteria established in number one Article 414‐A of the Portuguese Company Law, and has not defined, internally, any other assessment criteria.

Under the Company's Articles of Association and the Fiscal Board's Terms of Reference, there are no restrictions as to the maximum number of positions that Fiscal Board members can hold simultaneously. The limitation specified in Portuguese Company Law that limits the number of positions that Fiscal Board members can hold simultaneously to five, is not applicable to law firms, statutory audit firms and individual statutory auditors. All the members of the Fiscal Board of the Company are individual statutory auditors.

The duties of the Fiscal Board are those determined by law, which include amongst others:

  • Overseeing the Company's Board of Directors;
  • Overseeing compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the Company's Articles of Association;
  • Overseeing the preparation and disclosure of financial information;
  • Convening the Shareholders' General Meeting, whenever the Chairman of the General Meeting fails to do so;
  • Proposing the appointment of the Statutory Auditor to the Shareholders' General Meeting and overseeing the work performed by the Statutory Auditor on the Company's financial statements;
  • Considering and overseeing the independence of the Statutory Auditor, namely in relation to additional services provided.

The Fiscal Board establishes, in the first meeting of each year, a work plan and timetable for the year.

To carry out its duties, the Fiscal Board:

  • Obtains from the Board of Directors, namely through the Board Audit and Finance Committee, all the necessary information to carry out its duties, namely relating to the operational and financial performance of the Company, changes to its business portfolio, the terms of any transactions that have occurred and the details of decisions taken;
  • Reviews and monitors, during the year, the work of the internal and external auditors, and informs the Board of Directors of its recommendations;
  • Monitors the risk management system, and, if there are any material issues, prepares an annual report of its assessment and recommendations to the Board of Directors;
  • Receives from the Board of Directors, at least two days before the date of the meeting, the annual consolidated and individual financial statements and the Report of the Board of Directors and reviews in particular the main changes, relevant transactions and the corresponding accounting treatment applied;
  • Receives from the Statutory Auditor, the statutory audit report on the financial statements, and reports its opinions and decisions taken;
  • Records in writing communications of alleged irregularities that have been addressed to it, requesting information and clarification through the Board of Directors, and internal and/or external auditors, and prepares a report on its conclusions;
  • Informs the Board of Directors about the procedures and checks carried out and the results thereof;
  • Attends Shareholders' General Meetings;
  • Carries out any other supervisory duties required by law.

The Fiscal Board issues an annual report on the supervisory work performed including the annual assessment of the Statutory External Auditor, as well as an opinion on the report of the Board of Directors, consolidated and individual financial statements presented by the Board of Directors, in order to meet the legal deadlines for presentation of those documents to the annual Shareholders' General Meeting. The Fiscal Board's report on annual activity is included in the annual reports made available on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt).

The Fiscal Board's Terms of Reference are available for consultation on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt).

During 2009, members of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA were paid the following fixed remuneration (no other remuneration was paid):

Values in Euro
Fixed Remuneration
Manuel Heleno Sismeiro 6,767
Armando Luís Vieira de Magalhães 6,800
Jorge Manuel Felizes Morgado 6,300
Carlos
Manuel
Pereira
da
Silva
1,333
Total 21,200

During 2009, the changes in the composition of the Fiscal Board, mentioned above, had an impact on each member's remuneration.

Information on other offices held by members of the Fiscal Board, their qualifications and experience can be found in the curricula vitae included in an appendix to this report. For the number of company's shares held by Fiscal Board members, see section III.3.

II.6 Statutory External Auditor

The Company's Statutory External Auditor for the period 2007 to 2010 is Deloitte & Associados, SROC, represented by António Marques Dias or by António Manuel Martins Amaral, serving its first mandate. The Statutory External Auditor was elected by the Shareholders' General Meeting, following approval of a proposal put forward by the Fiscal Board.

During 2009, the total remuneration paid to the Company's external auditors was 202,292 euro, corresponding to the following services provided:

Values in Euro
2009 % 2008 %
Statutory Audit1
Other Assurance2
Tax Consultancy2
Other Services2
158,542

10,000
33,750
78.4
0.0
4.9
16.7
154,387
8,500
45,000
74.3
4.1
21.6
0.0
Total
1 Fees agreed for the year.
2 Amounts invoiced.
202,292 100.0 207,887 100.0

In order to ensure the External Auditor independence, tax consultancy services and other services (mostly related with the implementation of enterprise resource planning systems) are provided by different teams than those involved in audit services.

The Company has not defined and implemented a rotation policy for the Statutory External Auditor. It is the Board of Directors judgment that the replacement of the auditor or partner responsible for auditing services every seven years, currently imposed by law, is more than adequate to ensure the independence of the Statutory External Auditor together with the powers given to the Fiscal Board to oversee the independence of the Statutory External Auditor.

II.7 Company Secretary

The Board of Directors appointed Anabela Nogueira Matos and André Pinto Rocha as Company's Secretary and respective substitute, whose offices cease with the term of office of the members of the Board of Directors. The Company's Secretary's duties are those determined by law, among which are:

  • Providing support to the Shareholders' General Meeting and meetings of the Board of Directors;
  • Keeping the formal minute books, the attendance lists and the share registration book;
  • Forwarding legal notices for all statutory bodies meetings;
  • Certifying signatures made by members of the statutory bodies in Company's documents;
  • Certifying the total or partial content of the Company's Articles of Association, as well as the identity of the members of the various statutory bodies and respective competences;
  • Requesting legal registration of any act of the statutory bodies in the Commercial Registry.

II.8 Internal Control and Risk Management

One of the most important objectives of Sonae Capital is to ensure the implementation of internal control and risk management principles, that are appropriate to the Group's activities. Market visibility, exposure and diversification of the businesses' risks and the increasing speed of information transmission, makes the implementation of these principles crucial to value creation and compliance with ethical and social responsibility values. These objectives are pursued through coordinated plans and systems aimed at controlling uncertainties, preventing errors and irregularities from occurring, minimizing their consequences and maximizing the organisation's performance and the reliability of its information. It is made up of the following activities:

  • Internal control policies and procedures;
  • Risk management and internal audit;
  • External audit.

Internal control policies and procedures are set at both corporate and business levels, with the goal of ensuring:

Adequate segregation of functions and duties;

  • Definition of authority and responsibility limits;
  • Safeguarding the Group's assets;
  • Control, legal compliance and appropriateness of operations;
  • Execution of corporate plans and policies;
  • Integrity and accuracy of accounting records;
  • Effectiveness of management and quality of information produced.

Risk management, as a support to Sonae Capital's corporate culture and objectives, is inherent in all management processes and is a permanent concern of all Group managers and employees. Risk management aims to create value and is one of the main components of the sustainable development of companies through the identification, understanding, management and mitigation of uncertainties and threats that may affect their different businesses, in order to increase the probability of their success and reduce the likelihood of failure.

Internal Audit assists the Group in accomplishing its objectives, through a systematic and structured approach to evaluate and improve effectiveness of risk management, controls and governance processes.

The Risk Management and Internal Audit functions are coordinated by a single manager at Sonae Capital's corporate centre level, and its activities are coordinated, reported and followed up by the Board Audit and Finance Committee. Additionally, the internal audit and risk management annual programme as well as biannual activity reports are submitted to the Fiscal Board. The implemented reporting system ensures regular feedback, adequate review of activities carried out and the possibility to adjust the plan of activities to emerging needs.

The Internal Audit function promoted activities according to an annual plan previously approved and based on an evaluation of business risks. During 2009, the plan included work on business processes, compliance and information systems, especially in Sonae Turismo's businesses, including the following:

Processes

Troiaresort: Real estate sales, project management and contract negotiation; Sonae Turismo's businesses: Invoicing, collection and cash management; Selfrio Group: Purchasing; Box Lines: Invoicing and collection.

Compliance

Health & Fitness: Activity monitoring.

Information systems

Sonae Turismo's businesses: Software licensing, wireless networks and front office systems; Sonae Capital: Software licensing and network security.

Sonae Capital encourages continuous education and the adoption of best international methodologies and practices in Risk Management and Internal Audit. To that end, the Group supports attendance at training and knowledge update programmes, which include the international professional certification in Internal Audit promoted by the IIA – The Institute of Internal Auditors – the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). The Internal Audit team members are Certified Internal Auditors.

The risk management function promotes, coordinates, facilitates and supports the development of risk management processes. In 2008, the Group launched a process relying on an uniform and systematic methodology based on the international model of Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework of COSO (The Committee of Sponsoring Organisations of the Treadway Commission), which includes, amongst others, the following:

  • Identification and classification of risks that affect the organization (common language);
  • Definition and grouping of risks (dictionary and risk matrix);
  • Evaluation and attribution of the significance and priority of risks, according to the impact on businesses objectives and probability of occurrence;
  • Identification of the causes of the most important risks (critical);
  • Evaluation of risk management's strategies (options);
  • Development of risk management's plan of actions and integration into the planning and management processes of each business unit and functions;
  • Monitoring and reporting of progress on the implementation of the plan of actions.

In view of the wide range of businesses and risks, this approach was firstly applied, in 2008, to the Fitness business, and was followed by the implementation, in 2009, of the resulting plan of actions, with particular focus on Health & Safety, Cleanliness and availability of Information Systems risks. This approach, initially expected to be applied in 2009 to the entire Troiaresort project (including the implementation of a plan of actions, which will be followed by the implementation of this framework to all Sonae Turismo's affiliates) was rescheduled to 2010 due to the need to develop and implement Influenza Type A (H1N1) contingency plans across the organization. The coordination and writing up of the contingency manuals required the identification of critical businesses, scenario development and definition of action and contingency plans. The main objective was to minimize impacts of the pandemic threat and to assure minimum services during the various crisis scenarios. Action plans were developed across four different areas: communication with most important stakeholders, treatment of suspect cases either among employees or customers, reducing the impact of absenteeism and supply chain management.

At Sonae Capital, the integrity and reliability of financial information is achieved by the existence of a clear distinction between producers and users of such information and also by performing several validation procedures throughout the process of its production and disclosure.

At the business level (individual companies), accounting processes and financial statement preparation are assured by the administrative services of Sonae Capital. These statements are also reviewed by the Chief Financial Officer of each business area.

Sonae Capital's consolidated financial statements are prepared on a quarterly basis by the consolidation department, within the administrative services of the Company's corporate centre. This represents an additional validation level of the integrity and reliability of the financial information, namely by ensuring the uniform application of accounting principles and standards across the individual companies.

The Statutory Auditors perform an annual audit and half year limited review of individual and consolidated financial statements. In performing their examination, in accordance with the Auditing Standards issued by the Portuguese Institute of Statutory Auditors, they are required to obtain a reasonable assurance, in the annual audit, and a moderate assurance, in the half year limited review, that financial statements are free from material misstatement. Such examination includes verifying, on a test basis, evidence relevant to the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Significant estimates and judgements made by management in their preparation are also assessed. Verification is also made of whether the accounting policies are appropriate, are consistently applied and adequately disclosed.

The Reporting and Investor Relations department is responsible for preparing the Report of the Board of Directors. The Statutory Auditors also review the content of this report (annual and semi‐annual versions) and its conformity with supporting financial information.

In addition, in relation to the preparation of consolidated financial information and the Report of the Board of Directors, the whole process is overseen by the Fiscal Board and the Board Audit and Finance Committee. On a quarterly basis, these Bodies meet and review the consolidated financial statements and Report of the Board of Directors. Supporting information for the discussion of these issues is distributed in advance of the meetings. The Chief Financial Officer and supporting staff also attend these meetings, on request, to provide any clarification required.

The Statutory Auditors also present to the Fiscal Board and the Board Audit and Finance Committee, a summary of the main findings resulting from their examination of the Company's financial information.

Sonae Capital is exposed to a variety of financial risks namely interest rates, transaction and translation foreign currency exchange rates, liquidity, counterpart and credit risk, commodity and raw material prices, and debt and equity financial market fluctuations. Sonae Capital's financial risk management policy seeks to minimize potential adverse effects of the volatility of financial markets.

The current situation of financial markets places liquidity risk management at the forefront of companies' concerns. To that end, a comprehensive set of systems implemented in Sonae Capital ensures compliance with its payment obligations and the funding of its businesses and strategy.

The abovementioned systems, centralised in the Company's corporate headquarters, ensure liquidity management, financial planning based on cash flow forecasts, treasury and cash management control instruments, a variety of sources of and counterparts to funding, the adjustment of debt maturity profiles to cash flow generation and an adequate level of liquidity through contractual arrangements with relationship banks.

Sonae Capital's attitude towards financial market risk management is conservative and cautious, sometimes using derivative instruments to hedge certain exposures related to its operating businesses. The Company does not therefore enter into derivatives or other financial instruments that are unrelated to its operating businesses.

Management of financial risks is performed and monitored by the corporate finance function. The activity of the finance function is also reported to, coordinated and followed up by the Board Audit and Finance Committee.

II.9 Whistle Blowing Policy

The main features of the whistle blowing policy currently in place are:

  • The definition of irregularities, which for the purpose of the Company's Policies and Procedures for the Communication of Irregularities are facts that infringe or severely damage:
  • o Compliance with legal, regulatory or ethical principles by members of the Company's statutory bodies and staff or of its affiliated companies, in the course of their professional activity;
  • o Assets of the Company and of its affiliated companies, as well as assets of clients, shareholders, suppliers and commercial partners of the Company or any of its affiliated companies;
  • o Good management practices and the image or reputation of the Company or of any of its affiliated companies;
  • The procedures for communicating irregularities, namely the envisaged means to address the Chairman of the Fiscal Board, the procedures to ensure that communication reaches the recipient without being breached or read in advance and the need for the explicit and clear identification of the whistle blower (even if his/her identity is to be kept confidential and only known to the Chairman of the Fiscal Board);
  • To ensure a thorough, rigorous and impartial review process, means the access of the Fiscal Board to all the relevant documentation that can be provided by the Company to fully investigate the reported irregularities and the prevention from access to the review process of any individual who, even indirectly, may have a conflict of interest with the disclosure of the review process;
  • The handling of irregularities, particularly the fast and effective treatment of such communications, the implementation of corrective measures when necessary and the need to inform the whistle blower of such facts;
  • The proposal of the Fiscal Board to the statutory bodies of the Company or to the statutory bodies of any affiliated company, when deemed necessary, for the adoption of measures considered necessary to solve the irregularities investigated;
  • Prevent the potential occurrence of reprisals as a consequence of the whistle blowing activity as long as the whistle blower has not shown bad faith or participated in any irregularity.

The Company's Policy and Procedures, the main features of which are summarized above, are available for consultation on the Company's website (www.sonaecapital.pt).

During 2009, the Fiscal Board received two communications. After careful review those communications have been considered as customer complaints, related to service levels, and were forwarded to the respective businesses for appropriate treatment. Both complaints were addressed promptly.

II.10 Remuneration and Other Compensation

The compensation policy of the members of the Statutory Governing Bodies of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA was approved at the Shareholder's General Meeting held on 9 April 2008.

The proposed policy is based on the understanding that initiative, effort and commitment are essential foundations for delivering good performance. It also aims at aligning individual contributions with the Company's strategic objectives, focussing primarily on performance compensation. Therefore, the contribution of individual actions, performance and efforts towards the company's overall performance should be annually evaluated and should impact the fixed and variable compensation to be attributed.

Under these guidelines, fixed remuneration is primarily linked to personal skills and the responsibility level inherent to each function, while variable remuneration is linked to the level of success achieved by the Company as well as by the companies managed by each individual.

The Company's remuneration policy does not foresee any compensation for ending the mandate of any Board member before its completion. In these cases, compensation will be made in accordance with applicable law.

The compensation policy approved by the Shareholders' General Meeting for the period from 2007 to 2010 follows these guiding principles:

Executive Directors

a) the compensation policy for Executive Directors includes three components: (i) a Fixed Remuneration, established on an annual basis, (ii) a Short Term Variable Bonus, established during the first quarter of the year following that to which it relates, and (iii) a Medium/Long Term Variable Bonus, with the aim of aligning Executive Directors interests with those of all shareholders, attributed annually, and which is discretionary and subject to deferred payment; b) Individual compensation takes into consideration that (i) the definition of each Executive Director's fixed remuneration is based on personal skills and the responsibility level inherent in each function. This remuneration will be based on the Company's situation and market practices; (ii) the Short Term Variable Bonus is based on the achievement of predefined objectives, based on performance indicators of the business and of the teams under their responsibility, as well as to individual performance indicators; (iii) the Medium/Long Term Variable Bonus is based on the responsibility inherent in each function and on individual skills, and on the achievement of predefined objectives, which are linked to performance indicators, and may be converted into Sonae Capital shares or its equivalent in cash on the date of payment, calculated using the share market price on the due date.

For additional information on the share based payments of Sonae Capital please refer to section III.6 of this report.

Non Executive Directors

The remuneration of Non Executive Directors is made up of a fixed amount which is based on the Company's situation and market practices.

Fiscal Board

The remuneration of members of the Fiscal Board is made up of a fixed amount which is based on the Company's situation and market practices.

Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting

The remuneration of the members of the Board of the General Shareholders Meeting, if it exists, shall be made up of a fixed amount based on the Company's situation and market practices.

For the consideration paid as remuneration to each of the statutory bodies, please refer to the corresponding sections in this report.

For details of deferred performance bonuses please refer to section III.6 of this report.

II.11 Main Risks to which the Company and its affiliates are exposed

In carrying out its activity Sonae Capital and its affiliates are exposed to several risks, of which the most relevant can be identified as follows:

Sonae Capital's main assets, in its capacity as an investment holding company, are shareholdings. Sonae Capital is therefore dependent upon the possible distribution of dividends by its affiliated companies, the payment of interest, the repayment of loans granted and other cash flows distributed by those companies. The ability of affiliated companies to make funds available to Sonae Capital will depend in part on their capacity to generate positive cash flows. The ability of those companies to, on the one hand, distribute dividends, and on the other, pay interest and repay loans granted by Sonae Capital, is subject to, in particular, statutory and tax restrictions, their financial results, available reserves, financial structure and compliance with any contractual obligations duly undertaken.

Some of the Sonae Capital Group's business areas have recorded losses and there may be businesses conducted by the companies held by Sonae Capital which may require additional investment to expand their business operations through organic growth or future acquisitions. The additional investment by Sonae Capital may be raised through shareholders' equity or external debt. Sonae Capital cannot guarantee whether these funds, if necessary, will be obtained or that they will be obtained under the desired conditions. If Sonae Capital or its affiliated companies involved in those investments, do not obtain the necessary funds, the operating objectives or plans for business expansion may have to be altered or postponed.

In carrying out its business activities, Sonae Capital and its affiliated companies are exposed to financial market risks, especially variations in market interest rates. If the latter increase, and given that part of the external debt of Sonae Capital and of its affiliated companies bears interest at variable rates indexed to market rates, future cash flows and the results of their operations may be adversely affected. In order to reduce the risk of interest rate increases, Sonae Capital may contract certain derivative instruments, but Sonae Capital cannot guarantee that these instruments will fully cover such risks.

Sonae Capital's ability to successfully implement its strategy depends on the ability to recruit and retain the most qualified and competent employees for each function. Despite Sonae Capital's human resources policy being oriented towards attaining those goals, it is not possible to guarantee that there will be no limitations in this area in the future.

Sonae Capital has a diversified business portfolio, hence major risks to which its affiliates are exposed may be sector specific. Most relevant risks are identified below:

The hospitality business of Sonae Turismo has posted operating and net losses over the last few years, mostly resulting from its repositioning strategy of its hotel operations. The hotel assets Porto Palácio Hotel, Aqualuz Lagos, Tróia Mar, Tróia Rio and Tróia Lagoa were subject to a large‐scale refurbishment, upgrading and enlargement process initiated in the middle of 2005 and which continued until 2007 (Porto and Lagos) and terminated in early 2009 (the three aparthotels in Tróia). During the course of these works, the relevant units were totally or partially closed, with a consequent impact on earnings. Sonae Turismo expects that, in view of the quality of the facilities and services achieved as a consequence of the upgrade work carried out, it will strengthen its competitive position and, by acting to improve and rationalise critical business processes, it will improve the performance of this business.

Sonae Turismo's businesses are subject to economic cycles and dependent on the growth of tourism activity and real estate in Portugal. Its tourism operations are dependent on tourist demand which, in turn, is linked to economic trends, both nationally and internationally. Any negative developments in the Portuguese economy or in the main countries feeding tourist visitors to the Portuguese market can have an adverse impact on its business performance. Similarly, leisure activity (health clubs and recreational facilities) can be affected by the economy's behaviour, notably, through a drop in consumer confidence, higher interest rates and the consequent impact on household disposable income.

The successful marketing of high‐quality tourism and residential property developments depends on the state of the real estate sector in Portugal and in major European countries (in view of the fact that a significant part of the tourism property developments is targeted at foreign investors) at the time that a group of property units is put on the market. A less favourable economic environment than expected can put at risk current business expectations, namely in relation to selling prices and marketing periods, with a potentially negative impact on the company's financial position.

It is also worth mentioning that the value of the asset management business and the portfolio of land held by Sonae Capital's subsidiaries are equally dependent on the state of the property market.

The business carried on by Sonae Turismo as a tourism and hotel operator is subject to supervision by the Directorate‐General for Tourism and compliance with specific legislation for this activity. Any breach, or any alteration to the broad ranging legal framework applicable to the sector, could entail major risks for the business and for its operating performance.

The activity carried out by Atlantic Ferries and by the Tróia Marina is subject to the terms and periods referred to in the concessionary contracts signed, as follows: (i) Atlantic Ferries entered into, with APSS (Associação dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra), in 2005, a concessionary contract for the river crossing public transport service of passenger, light and heavy vehicles between Setúbal and the Tróia Peninsula. The concession was granted for a period of 15 years extendable for successive periods of 5 years, if both parties agree; (ii) the Tróia Marina entered into, with the APSS, in 2001, a concessionary contract for the operation of the Tróia Marina for a period of 50 years. Any breach of the contractual obligations could entail major risks for the activity and have an impact on the companies' earnings.

The level of Sonae Turismo's business can depend on the intensity of competition – both regional and global – from the tourism destinations in which they operate. As a consequence of growth in demand, massive use of air transport and the emergence of new destinations, competition between tourism destinations is becoming increasingly more aggressive. However, over and above the convenience of the location, the brand's widespread awareness and the quality of the property development, in particular the offer of complementary facilities (restaurants, Golf, SPA and other leisure activities), are important competitive advantages in this sector.

As far as the Tróia Peninsula is concerned, tourism real estate developments may also be affected by competition from other developments, in particular, on the Alentejo coast, the Algarve and southern Spain. However, it is important to point out that the troiaresort project is being developed in an area where the existing biodiversity and cultural heritage are considered to be the factors which differentiate the project, and can be capitalised on with new tourism services and products with a positive impact on the project.

In the leisure sector, namely in the health & fitness segment where Sonae Turismo operates through Solinca Health & Fitness (health clubs), competition is based on the price and quality of the services provided. The response to increased competition both as a result of the entry of new operators into the market, from their increased size due to mergers and acquisitions, and the decision to try to increase the number of customers/members, could force a reduction in prices charged or the application of promotional discounts.

Some of the businesses carried out by Sonae Turismo are seasonal, with the result that abnormally adverse conditions during these periods could negatively affect the level of activity and operating results. These activities are subject to fluctuations in demand associated with natural disasters, as well as to factors of a social or political nature which could have an impact on the inflow of tourists and consequently on occupancy rates.

The possibility of the occurrence of risks to public health in the restaurant and health club activities and of accidents that may put at risk the safety and health of customers at the respective premises, may result in Sonae Turismo being held liable for damages, which could have an adverse effect on the company's earnings and financial position. However, any possible risks for the restaurant and other businesses, arising from situations that could lead to public health risks are minimised by the implementation of a rigorous quality control and food safety system for processes and products, which is regularly audited by external companies with a view to continuous improvement. In this respect, Sonae Turismo uses tools such as HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points) defined in the "Codex Alimentarius" – Annex to CAC/RCP 1‐1969, Rev. 4 (2003), undertaking to comply with the requirements specified therein, as well as with prevailing legislation, namely with Regulation (EC) nr. 852/2004 of the European Parliament and Council of 29 April 2004, relating to food hygiene.

Praedium is responsible for the development of high quality residential property developments, with its portfolio including the City Flats building and the Efanor Project, in Matosinhos. The profitability of the real estate activity of Praedium is very dependent on the signing of purchase and final sale contracts, given that the associated revenues and costs are only recognized at this point in the development process. Consequently, the business is strongly dependent on the speed with which housing permits are issued, without which it is not possible to sign purchase and sale contracts.

The success of the marketing and sale of Praedium's assets is strongly dependent on macroeconomic performance to the extent that there is an immediate and direct correlation between it and the demand for new housing.

The real estate sector in Portugal is marked by the very high number of parties involved, especially developers, resulting in extremely aggressive competition.

Praedium believes in the sustainable development of its assets environmentally, and thus has sought environmental certification for the management of the Efanor Project. In addition to a number of obligations in the construction stage, this involves the use of renewable energy sources within the complex. These practices aim to anticipate and deal with the associated environmental risks.

Activities related to refrigeration, air conditioning and related maintenance services (Selfrio Group) have specific risks, the majority of which are related to competition from other companies operating in the same markets and to the economic situation. The following major risks have been identified:

  • SKK's (retail of equipment) growth may be limited by pressure from Spanish rivals which are beginning to start up business in Portugal;
  • Engineering services in the refrigeration area (Selfrio SA, Sistavac and Sopair) may suffer a slowdown in their growth and profitability rates due to cuts in capital expenditure by the large food retailers and in the property sector, although new opportunities exist in alternative energies which could compensate for this reduction;
  • Maintenance, technical assistance and planning services in the electricity, electromechanical and air conditioning and ventilation areas (SMP) are dependent on a limited number of customers, as a result of which cancellation of a contract may lead to excess capacity which must be managed, not only by increasing the customer base, but also by diversifying the range of services provided, allowing staff to be relocated if one of these contracts is lost.

Box Lines is the Sonae Capital's business area which specialises in coastal cabotage and international shipping. The main risks associated with the cabotage business are the following:

  • Entry of a new operator in the Azores market and/or operating agreements in shipping to Madeira;
  • Heavy dependence on a single customer in the Madeira market;

  • Financial instability of forwarding‐agent customers who represent a large part of this activity;

  • Monopoly in port operations on the mainland (Leixões and Lisbon) contributing to higher costs and operational inefficiency;
  • Environmental risk of a fuel spill at sea, which is the responsibility of the ship owners but affects the company's image;
  • Non ownership of the vessels, leading to a dependence of ship owners who have ships with the features required for this market. Although there are many vessels, the market is global and there is a risk of it not being possible to negotiate a competitive price.

TP ‐ Sociedade Térmica Portuguesa, S.A. (TP) carries out its activity in partnership with other companies in the wind‐power and cogeneration business. Although this form of electric power production is a more efficient alternative and "environmental friendly", it nonetheless entails certain risks that could have an impact on the earnings of the companies concerned.

In Portugal, the development of wind power in the next few years will be closely linked to the "Eólicas de Portugal" consortium that won a concession to produce wind power of up to 1,200 MW for installation by 2013, through a public tender offer by the Portuguese Government. Sonae Capital, via TP, forms part of this consortium which includes other wind power developers, such as Enernova (EDP Group), Finerge, held by Endesa, and Generg. Another partner is the German manufacturer and world leader in aero generators, Enercon, which has developed an industrial project aimed at creating a wind farm manufacturing cluster in Portugal. The risks associated with the production of wind power are related to obtaining environmental approval, which is essential for the licensing of wind farms. Cogeneration is a form of rationalising the consumption of energy, given that the production of electric energy based on the energy released at the moment of combustion, is synonymous with the most efficient use of fuel (natural gas or fuel oil in the case of TP). A cogeneration power plant uses less fuel compared to that used in separate production of the same quantities of thermal and electric power. Related risks concern the award of CO2 emission licences. Up to 2012, licences for the emission of CO2 were issued free of charge, but after that date nothing has yet been defined regarding new licences to be attributed. However, it is important that the limits on greenhouse gas emissions that Portugal has committed to under the Kyoto Protocol are not exceeded.

Both businesses – wind power generation and cogeneration – have predefined tariffs set by the State, which thus encourages the production of this alternative form of electric power generation, since it is more efficient and less polluting. Thus, the risks relating to the selling price of energy are substantially reduced. In cogeneration projects, thermal energy is sold for industrial use, with the relevant price indexed to the price of fuel. Electric power is sold at the price set by the State for a protracted period of time (12 years). In the case of wind power projects, tariffs are also set by the State for a period of 15 years. Since the average duration of a wind farm is roughly 20 years, this risk is thus minimal.

The wind power business carried out by TP is subject to weather conditions, i.e. the wind, which could have a negative effect on activity and the company's operating results. In any event, this risk is mitigated, given that before the construction of a wind farm, a wind study is conducted over a minimum period of 2 years (study period which is consensually accepted as sufficient for correctly assessing the availability of wind resources at a specific location).

TP's business as a company operating in the wind power and cogeneration sector, is subject to supervision by the Directorate‐General for Geology and Energy (DGGE) and by the Energy Services Regulator (ERSE) ‐ the entities responsible for regulating the electricity sector in Portugal ‐, and to compliance with specific legislation dealing with this sector. Any non‐ compliance, as well as any alteration to this wide ranging legal regime applicable to the sector could imply major risks for the activity and for its operating performance.

Norscut holds the concession for the operation and maintenance under the shadow toll regime (portagem sem cobrança aos utilizadores ‐ SCUT) of the A24 motorway and associated roads (motorway which links Viseu to the Chaves border). The concession is operated under a contract signed with the State on 30 December 2000 for a period of 30 years. Any breach of the contract's conditions could entail major risks for Norscut's activity and its operating performance.

III. Information disclosure

III.1 Share Capital structure

Sonae Capital was incorporated on 14 December 2007 with a fully subscribed and paid up share capital of 250,000,000 euro, made up of 250,000,000 ordinary shares, bearer and non‐ titled, each with a nominal value of 1 euro.

All shares of Sonae Capital were admitted to trading on Euronext Lisbon regulated market on 28 January 2008.

According to the Company's Articles of Association, shares can be titled or non‐titled shares, nominal or bearer, freely interchangeable, according to the terms of the law. Preferential shares without voting rights may be issued, which can be redeemable, at nominal value, with or without the addition of a premium, if the Shareholders' General Meeting so decides. If this is the case, the meeting shall determine the method of calculation of any redemption premium. The Company may issue autonomous warrants, under the terms of the law, and with conditions that are determined by resolution of the shareholders or of the Board of Directors, under the terms specified in the Articles of Association.

Sonae Capital's shareholders have, under the terms of the law, the right to share in profits, the right to attend the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting and exercise their right to vote, the right to a share of the net assets of the Company in case of liquidation, the right to convert shares, the right to information and preference rights in offers for subscribing shares of the same category.

As far as the Company is aware, there are no shareholders with special voting rights, nor are there limitations, restrictions or shareholders' agreements in place regarding the transfer, control or sale of shares or voting rights.

Resolutions at the Shareholders' General Meeting regarding changes to the Articles of Association can only be taken, at the first instance, as long as shareholders representing over fifty percent of the share capital are present or represented (the law establishes a threshold of one third of the share capital). The resolution must be approved by two thirds of the votes cast, whether the meeting is held at first or second instance. The Articles of Association of the Company only allow votes in writing in respect of alterations to the Articles of Association and the election of members to the statutory bodies. The Board of Directors will propose to the next Shareholders' General Meeting the extension of the possibility of voting in writing to all matters.

Sonae Capital does not have an employee shareholder system in place, hence there are no control mechanisms for such systems in which the voting rights are not directly exercised by them.

III.2. Qualifying Shareholdings

As at 31 December 2009, those shareholders, who in accordance with article 20 of the Securities Code, held qualifying shareholdings representing at least 2% of the share capital of Sonae Capital, were the following:

Shareholder Nr. Shares Held % Share
Capital
% Voting Rights
Efanor Investimentos, SGPS, S.A. 139,904,947 55.962% 55.962%
Banco BPI, S.A. 22,589,704 9.036% 9.036%
Mohnish Pabrai 17,166,440 6.867% 6.867%

During the year, the Company has not been informed of any changes to qualifying shareholdings.

III.3 Shares held by members of Governing Bodies

In accordance with and for the purposes of article 447 of the Portuguese Company Law, the number of shares held by members of the Governing Bodies as at 31 December 2009 was as follows:

Governing Bodies Nr. Shares Held
Board of Directors
Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo 838,862
José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim 8,1251
Mário Pereira Pinto 8,1251
Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez
Rafael Cerezo Laporta
Paulo José Soares Jubilado de Pinho 12,650
Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende
Fiscal Board
Armando Luís Vieira de Magalhães
José Manuel Felizes Morgado
Carlos Manuel Pereira da Silva
1 Shares
held indirectly by companies in which the Director is a member of the governing bodies.

During 2009, no transactions of Sonae Capital's shares, attributable to members of the Governing Bodies, occurred.

III.4 Sonae Capital Shares

Sonae Capital's share information:
Name: Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA ISIN code:
PTSNP0AE0008
Security's issuer: Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA NYSE Euronext:
SONC
Listing date: 28 January 2008 Reuters:
SONAC LS
Share capital: 250,000,000 € Bloomberg:
SONC.PL
Listed amount: 250,000,000 shares

Treasury stock: The Company does not own treasury stock

During 2009, Sonae Capital's share price increased 89%. In the same period, the Portuguese Stock Market reference index (PSI20) increased 33%.

The following table and chart summarizes the most relevant information on the Sonae Capital shares traded in Euronext Lisbon.

Euronext Lisbon 2009
Closing prices
31 December 2008 0.44 €
Maximum price (21 Ago.09) 0.97 €
Minimum price (06 Mar.09) 0.42 €
31 December 2009 0.83 €
Transactions
Average daily quantity 453,992
Total shares traded 116,221,841
Turnover
Total (million euro) 82.1
Average daily turnover (million euro) 0.32

Market Capitalisation (a)

Year end (31 December 2009) 207,500,000 €

(a) Market capitalisation was calculated using the total number of shares.

During 2009, and further to the earnings disclosure highlighted in the previous graph, the following corporate events were announced to the market.

List of material events

25 February 2009

The Commercial Court of Lisieux ("Tribunal de Commerce de Lisieux") decided to renew the "observation period" of the rehabilitation proceedings ("Redressement Judiciaire") for Plysorol until the end of May.

1 April 2009

The Commercial Court of Lisieux ("Tribunal de Commerce de Lisieux") decided, on 31 March 2009, to adopt a plan for the sale of Plysorol's assets, as a going concern, to two Chinese companies.

22 May 2009

S.I.I. – Soberana – Investimentos Turísticos, SA, a company wholly owned by Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA notified the promissory purchaser Empire House – Investimentos Imobiliários, SA of the termination of the promissory purchase agreement, signed on 14 May 2008, for the sale of the parcel of land where the Tróia Hotel Resort will be built, with the resulting consequences.

28 May 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA began the sale of its shareholding in Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA on this date. Until 13 August 2009, Sonae Capital sold 10,984,164 shares, equal to 7.846% of the share capital of Sonae Indústria, with an 8.7 million euro positive impact on consolidated results. Following these transactions, Sonae Capital no longer holds, directly or indirectly, any shares in Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA and for that matter any qualified shareholding in this company.

3 June 2009

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA through two subsidiaries did not subscribe the share capital increase of Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Fechado IMOSEDE (IMOSEDE) which occurred on 29 May 2009, and was fully subscribed by Sonae Distribuição, SGPS, SA. As a result 45.45% of the fund is indirectly attributable to Sonae Capital and will be accounted henceforth using the equity method.

4 June 2009

Sonae Financial Participations, BV, a wholly owned affiliated company of Sonae Capital, sold, between 28 May and 3 June 2009, 172,500 shares in Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA.

16 July 2009

Predisedas – Predial das Sedas, SA, a company wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Sonae Capital, has signed, in a partnership with RAR Imobiliária, SA, a contract with the Porto City Council and third parties through which the company is granted a right to acquire a parcel or parcels of land in the Operational Planning Unit of Avenida Nun'Alvares, in Porto, within a three years period, with a possible extension for two years.

26 August 2009

Completion of the refinancing of € 110.000.000 debt facilities maturing on 29 August 2009, through the issuance of three Commercial Paper Programmes of € 36.600.000 each, with a maturity of two years.

16 September 2009

Acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Ecociclo II – Energias, SA from Ecociclo – Energia e Ambiente, SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA, for a total price of circa 7 million euro.

30 December 2009

Conclusion of the negotiations for the completion of the agreement for the sale of ELMO, SGPS, S.A. (Elmo).

III.5 Dividend Distribution

The Company was incorporated in December 2007 and has no history of dividend distribution.

The Board of Directors will not propose a dividend distribution in the next Shareholders' General Meeting.

In the future, the Board of Directors may submit proposed dividend distributions for approval by the Shareholders' Annual General Meeting, after taking into consideration the Company's performance, its investment plans and business environment.

III.6 Share Plans and Stock Option Plans

During the 2009 financial year, the Company did not adopt any share allotment plans or stock option plans.

In 2007 and previous years, the Sonae Capital Group granted deferred performance bonuses, based on shares of Sonae SGPS, SA to be acquired at nil cost, three years after they were attributed. The acquisition can be exercised during the period commencing on the third anniversary of the grant date and the end of that year. The Company has the choice to settle in cash instead of shares, and the option can only be exercised if the employee still works for the Sonae Capital Group on the vesting date. On 28 January 2008, existing liabilities based on Sonae SGPS, SA's shares have been recalculated to reflect liabilities based on Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA's shares. Closing share prices as at that date were used in the recalculation.

In 2008 and 2009, the Group has granted deferred performance bonuses based on shares of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, under terms similar to those described in the previous paragraph. The Group believes that exposing Directors to share price fluctuations is the most appropriate form of aligning Directors with shareholders interests.

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, the market value of total liabilities arising from share‐based payments, which have not yet vested, may be summarized as follows:

Year of grant Vesting year Number of Fair value
participants 31 Dec.09 31 Dec.08
2006 2009 4 73,981
2007 2010 4 75,080 49,081
2008 2011 6 207,760 120,607
2009 2012 7 420,165
Total 703,005 243,669

III.7 Related Party Transactions

Business dealings or transactions with members of the Board of Directors or holders of qualified shareholdings, are part of the day to day activity of Sonae Capital affiliated companies and made on an arm's length basis. The amounts involved, essentially from rents charged, are not material.

There were no business dealings with Fiscal Board members.

Transactions with the Statutory Auditor were solely those related to his official duties, and the fees paid are described in section II.6 of the current report.

Transactions with holding companies, affiliates or group companies were not material and were made on an arm's length basis as part of the normal business activity of the Company and, as such, do not require further disclosure.

During 2010, the Fiscal Board will establish procedures and criteria required to define the relevant level of significance of transactions with related parties and other conditions.

III.8 Investor Relations Office

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, via its Investor Relations Office maintains constant contact with investors and analysts by providing up to date information. In addition, on request, it provides clarification of relevant facts about the Company's activities, as already disclosed under the terms of law.

The objective of the Investor Relations Office of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA is to ensure adequate relations with shareholders, investors, analysts, as well as with financial markets, particularly, with Euronext Lisbon and with the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM).

In addition to the information about the Company available on the Company's official website, the Investor Relations Office of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, supplies, whenever necessary, all relevant information related to material events and answers queries from shareholders, investors, analysts and general public about financial indicators and different business areas' information available to the public.

In strict compliance with law and regulations, the Company informs expeditiously its shareholders and the capital markets in general of all relevant facts concerning its activities, avoiding delays between their occurrence and disclosure.

Information is made publicly available through the Information Disclosure System of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (www.cmvm.pt) and on the Company's own website (www.sonaecapital.pt).

The Investor Relations Office can be contacted at: Telephone: +351 22 010 79 03; Fax: +351 22 010 79 35; E‐mail: [email protected]; Address: Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, Apartado 3053, 4471‐909 Maia. The Investor Relations Manager is Pedro Capitão, who can be contacted using the above numbers and address.

The Legal Representative for Capital Market Relations is José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim (Telephone: +351 22 010 79 03; Fax: + 351 22 010 79 35; E‐mail: [email protected]).

Sonae Capital makes available a website for disclosing corporate information about the Company. The website address is: http://www.sonaecapital.pt

In order to create greater interaction with shareholders and investors, the website contains a section entirely devoted to Investor Relations and information available includes:

  • Corporate Details – General information about the Company;
  • Articles of Association;
  • Corporate Governance – Members of the Corporate Bodies, Terms of Reference of the Board of Directors and of the Fiscal Board, Corporate Governance Reports and Whistle Blowing Policy;
  • Capital Market Relations – Contacts of the Representative for Capital Market Relations;
  • Investor Relations Office – Contacts of the Office;
  • Investor Calendar – Key dates for earnings announcements;
  • General Meetings – Describes all procedures and includes all related documents (notices, proposals, participation and voting conditions and decisions);
  • Market Information – Sonae Capital share price, tracked against PSI20 and downloadable historical data;
  • Announcements – All press‐releases disclosed to the market (CMVM site);
  • Report & Accounts – Annual Report & Accounts since the Company's incorporation;
  • Other Reports & Presentations – Institutional Presentation (updated every 6 months), Cushman & Wakefield Property Valuation Report and the Prospectus for the Listing;
  • Analysts – List of equity analysts covering Sonae Capital.

The Company believes that through these procedures it ensures permanent contact with the market and respect for the principles of equal treatment of shareholders and equal access to information by investors.

Maia, 24 March 2010

The Board of Directors

Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo

José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim

Mário Pereira Pinto

Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez

Rafael Cerezo Laporta

Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho

Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende

Appendix to the Corporate Governance Report

Curricula Vitae of the Members of the Governing Bodies

Belmiro Mendes de Azevedo Chairman and CEO of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Graduation in Chemical Engineering ‐ Porto University (1963)

PMD (Programme for Management Development) ‐ Harvard Business School (1973)

Financial Management Programme ‐ Stanford University (1985)

Strategic Management ‐ Wharton University (1987)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the following companies:

SC, SGPS, SA

Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA

Spred, SGPS, SA

Selfrio, SGPS, SA
Positions held in Other
Companies:

Member of the EGP‐UPBS (University of Porto Business School) General Board

Member of the Management Board of COTEC – Portugal

Chairman of INSEAD Portuguese Council

Founding Member of Manufuture Portugal Forum

Member of the European Advisory Board of Harvard Business School

Member of WBCSD ‐ Order of Outstanding Contributors to Sustainable Development

Member of the International Advisory Board of Allianz AG

Member of the European Union Hong‐Kong Business Cooperation Committee
Main Professional
activities in the last five
years:

1999‐2007 ‐ Chairman and CEO of Sonae, SGPS, SA

Since 2003 ‐ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA

Since 2007 ‐ Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sonae, SGPS, SA
Chairman and CEO of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

José Luís dos Santos Lima Amorim Executive Director of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Graduation in Economics ‐ Faculdade de Economia, Porto University (1978)

Member of the Statutory Auditors Institute (since 1982)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Chairman
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
following
companies:

Bloco Q ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA

Bloco W ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA

Casa da Ribeira ‐ Hotelaria e Turismo, SA

Centro Residencial da Maia, Urbanismo, SA

Country Club da Maia ‐ Imobiliária, SA

Empreendimentos Imobiliários Quinta da Azenha, SA

Golf Time ‐ Golfe e Investimentos Turísticos, SA

Imoareia ‐ Investimentos Turísticos, SGPS, SA

Imoclub ‐ Serviços Imobiliários, SA

Imoferro ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA

Imohotel ‐ Empreendimentos Turísticos Imobiliários, SA

Imoresort ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA

Imosedas ‐ Imobiliárias e Serviços, SA

Marimo ‐ Exploração Hoteleira e Imobiliária, SA

Marina de Tróia, SA

Marmagno ‐Exploração Hoteleira e Imobiliária, SA

Marvero ‐ Exploração Hoteleira e Imobiliária, SA

Modus Faciendi ‐ Gestão e Serviços, SA

Praedium ‐ SGPS, SA

Praedium II ‐ Imobiliária, SA

Praedium ‐ Serviços, SA

Prédios Privados ‐ Imobiliária, SA

Predisedas ‐ Predial das Sedas, SA

S.I.I ‐ Soberana ‐ Investimentos Imobiliários, SA

SC, Assets, SA

SC ‐ Engenharia e Promoção Imobiliária, SGPS, SA

Sodesa ‐ Comercialização de Energia, SA

Solinca ‐ Investimentos Turísticos, SA

Solinca ‐ Health and Fitness, SA

Soltróia ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária de Urbanização e Turismo de Tróia, SA

Torre São Gabriel, Imobiliária, SA

Tróia Market ‐ Supermercados, SA

Troiaresort ‐ Investimentos Turísticos, SA
  • Troiaverde ‐ Exploração Hoteleira e Imobiliária, SA
  • Tulipamar ‐ Exploração Hoteleira e Imobiliária, SA
  • Urbisedas ‐ Imobiliária das Sedas, SA
  • Venda Aluga ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA
  • World Trade Center Porto, SA

Member of the Board of Directors of the following companies:

  • Change, SGPS, SA
  • Contacto Concessões, SGPS, SA
  • Imopenínsula ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA
  • Imoponte ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA
  • Inparvi, SGPS, SA
  • Interlog, SGPS, SA
  • Investalentejo, SGPS, SA
  • Norscut ‐ Concessionária de Auto Estradas, SA
  • Promessa ‐ Sociedade Imobiliária, SA
  • SC ‐ Sociedade de Consultadoria, SA
  • SC, SGPS, SA
  • Sete e Meio ‐ Investimentos e Consultadoria, SA
  • Sete e Meio Herdades ‐ Investimentos Agrícolas e Turismo, SA
  • Solinfitness Club Málaga, SL
  • SC Finance, BV
  • Sonae Turismo ‐ SGPS, SA
  • Sontur, BV
  • Sopair, SA
  • Spred ‐ SGPS, SA
  • TP ‐ Sociedade Térmica Portuguesa, SA
  • Vistas do Freixo ‐ Empreendimentos Turísticos e Imobiliários, SA

Member of the Management Board of the following companies:

  • Aqualuz ‐ Turismo e Lazer, Lda
  • Marinamagic ‐ Exploração de Centros Lúdicos e Marítimos, Lda

Mário Pereira Pinto Executive Director of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Graduation in Economics ‐ Faculdade de Economia, Porto University (1975)

Advanced Management Programme ‐ INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1989)
Positions held in Group Chairman
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
following
companies:
Companies:
Change, SGPS, SA

Atlantic Ferries ‐ Tráfego Local, Fluvial e Marítimo, SA

Edíficios Saudáveis Consultores ‐ Ambiente e Energia em Edifícios, SA
Member
of
the
Board
of
Directors
of
the
following
companies:

Box Lines ‐ Navegação, SA

Cronosaúde ‐ Gestão Hospitalar, SA

Inparvi ‐ SGPS, SA

Integrum ‐ Serviços Partilhados, SA

Interlog ‐ SGPS, SA

Invesaúde ‐ Gestão Hospitalar, SA

Lidergraf ‐ Artes Gráficas, SA

Saúde Atlântica ‐ Gestão Hospitalar, SA

SC, SGPS, SA

SC ‐ Sociedade de Consultadoria, SA

Selfrio ‐ Engenharia do Frio, SA

Selfrio ‐ SGPS, SA

Sistavac ‐ Sistemas de Aquecimento e Ventilação e Ar Condicionado, SA

SKK ‐ Central de Distribuição para Refrigeração e Climatização, SA

SMP ‐ Serviços de Manutenção e Planeamento, SA

Sociedade Europeia de Arroz ‐ SEAR, SA

Sodesa ‐ Comercialização de Energia, SA

Sopair, SA

Spred, SGPS, SA

TP ‐ Sociedade Térmica Portuguesa, SA

Norscut ‐ Concessionária de Auto Estradas, SA
Member of the Management Board of the following companies:

Emfísio Boavista ‐ Cuidados Médicos, Lda

Paulo Jorge Pacheco ‐ Equipamentos de Refrigeração, Lda

SKKFOR ‐ Serviços de Formação e Desenvolvimento de Recursos Humanos, Lda
Main Professional Since 2002 ‐ Chairman of Change Partners, SCR, SA
activities in the last five Since 2007 ‐ Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA
years:

Francisco de La Fuente Sánchez Non Executive Director of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Age: 68

Nationality: Portuguese


Co‐option member of Instituto Superior Técnico School Council

Non Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Efacec
‐ Member of Conselho Nacional da Água
‐ Chairman of the General Council of PROFORUM
‐ Member of the Consultative Council of the Department of Electro technical and
Computer Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico
‐ Chairman of the National Council of the Electro technical Engineering Board of
the Engineers Institute

Member of the Patronage of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico Foundation
‐ Member of the Consulting Council of the Competitiveness Forum
‐ Honorary Chairman of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, SA

Member of the Curators Council of the Luso‐Brazilian Foundation
‐ Member of the Consultative Council of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate
Governance

Member of the Ibero American Forum

Member of the Curators Council of the Luso‐Spanish Foundation

Member of the Consulting Council of APDC – Associação Portuguesa para o
Desenvolvimento das Comunicações

Non executive Director of the Portugal‐Africa Foundation
In the EDP Group and Electrical Sector in Portugal:

2005 ‐ 2009 ‐ Chairman of EDP Foundation

2006 ‐ 2007 ‐ Member of the Board of Directors of EDP – Electricidade de Portugal, SA

2004 ‐ 2006 – Chairman of ELECPOR – Associação Portuguesa das Empresas do Sector
Eléctrico

2003 ‐ 2006 ‐ Chairman of the Board of Directors of EDP – Electricidade de Portugal, SA
In the Electrical Sector outside Portugal:

Since 2005 ‐ Honorary Chairman of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, SA

2002 ‐ 2005 ‐ Member of the Board of Directors of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico, SA
  • Since 2009 ‐ Co‐option member of Instituto Superior Técnico School Council
  • Since 2007 ‐ Non Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Efacec
  • ‐ Member of Conselho Nacional da Água
  • ‐ Chairman of the General Council of PROFORUM
    • ‐ Member of the Consultative Council of the Department of Electro technical
    • and Computer Engineering of Instituto Superior Técnico
    • ‐ Chairman of the National Council of the Electro technical Engineering Board of the Engineers Institute
  • Since 2005 ‐ Member of the Patronage of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico Foundation ‐ Member of the Consulting Council of the Competitiveness Forum
  • Since 2004 ‐ Member of the Curators Council of the Luso‐Brazilian Foundation ‐ Member of the Consultative Council of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance
  • Since 2003 ‐ Member of the Ibero American Forum
  • Since 2002 ‐ Member of the Curators Council of the Luso‐Spanish Foundation
  • Since 2001 ‐ Member of the Consulting Council of APDC Associação Portuguesa para o Desenvolvimento das Comunicações
  • Since 2000 ‐ Non executive Director of the Portugal‐Africa Foundation
  • 2007 ‐ 2009 ‐ Chairman of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Supervisory Board of Millennium BCP –Banco Comercial Português
  • 2006 ‐ 2009 ‐ Member of Supervisory Board of Millennium BCP Banco Comercial Português
  • 2006 ‐ 2007 ‐ Non Executive Vice‐Chairman of the Board of Directors of Efacec
  • 2004 ‐ 2007 ‐ Chairman of BCSD Portugal Business Council for Sustainable Development ‐ Chairman of PROFORUM – Associação para o Desenvolvimento da Engenharia
  • 2003 ‐ 2005 ‐ Director of the Competitiveness Forum
  • 2000 ‐ 2006 ‐ Member of the Superior Council of BCP Banco Comercial Português ‐ Non Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of ONI
  • ‐ Member of the General Council of AIP Associação Industrial Portuguesa

Rafael Cerezo Laporta Non Executive Director of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Graduation in Economics ‐ London School of Economics (1970 ‐ 1974)

Master in Business Administration ‐ Columbia University (1975 ‐ 1977)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Positions held in Other
Companies:

Member of the Consulting Board of the Exea Group (Family Corporation of the Puig
Family)

Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Puig Beauty
and Fashion

Member of the Board of Directors of Flamagas, SA

Member of the Board of Directors of ISDIN, SA
Main Professional
activities in the last five
years:

2002‐2008 ‐ At the Boston Consulting Group: leaves the European Chief Executive Office
to be fully dedicated to clients in Spain and Portugal, (together with Russia and Eastern
European Countries during 2002‐2003). Mostly focused in the retail and financial services
industries

Since 2007 ‐ Member of the Consulting Board of the Exea Group (Family Corporation of
the Puig Family)

Since 2007 ‐ Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit Committee of
Puig Beauty and Fashion

Since 2007 ‐ Member of the Board of Directors of Flamagas, SA

Since 2007 ‐ Member of the Board of Directors of ISDIN, SA

Since 2007 ‐ Non Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Paulo José Jubilado Soares de Pinho Non Executive Director of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Age: 47

Nationality: Portuguese

Education:
Graduation in Economics ‐ Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (1985)

MBA ‐ Master in Business Administration ‐ Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova
de Lisboa (1989)

PhD in Banking and Finance ‐ City University Business School, London (1994)

Negotiation Analysis ‐ Amsterdam Institute of Finance (2005)

Advanced Course ‐ European Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (2006)

Valuation
Guidelines
Masterclass ‐ European
Venture
Capital
and
Private
Equity
Association (2007)

Private Equity and Venture Capital Programme ‐ Harvard Business School (2007)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Positions held in Other
Companies:

Member of the Advisory and Strategic Board of Fundo Fast Change Venture Capital

Senior Advisor for Iberia of Profit Technologies, USA

Senior Advisor of New Next Moves Consultants, Portugal

Director of Venture Valuation, Switzerland (Representative for Portugal)

Non Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London
Main Professional
activities in the last five
years:

2004‐2007 ‐ Executive Director and Member of the Board of Directors of REN ‐ Redes
Energéticas Nacionais, SA

Since 2005 ‐ Member of the Advisory and Strategic Board of Fundo Fast Change Venture
Capital

2007‐2008 ‐ Member of the Board of Directors of Xis Vending ‐ Serviços de Vending, SA

Since 2007 ‐ Senior Advisor for Iberia of Profit Technologies, USA

Since 2007 ‐ Senior Advisor of New Next Moves Consultants, Portugal

Since 2007 ‐ Director of Venture Valuation, Switzerland (Representative for Portugal)

Since 2007 ‐ Non Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Since 2008 ‐ Visiting Professor at Cass Business School, London

Pedro Manuel Bastos Mendes Rezende Non Executive Director of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Age: 48

Nationality: Portuguese and Spanish

Education:
ICAI ‐ Industrial Mechanical Engineer, Madrid (1979 ‐ 1985)

Master in Business Administration ‐ INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1989 ‐ 1990)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Positions held in Other
Companies:

Hyperion Energy Investments ‐ Founding Partner and CEO
Main Professional 2003‐2006 ‐ EDP, Energias de Portugal, SA
activities in the last five
Member of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Committee
years:
CEO of EDP Produção and of Companhia Portuguesa de Produção de Electricidade (CPPE)

Member of the Board of Directors and Executive Director of Hidroeléctrica del Cantábrico
(HC Energia)

Chairman of the Board of Directors of EDP Engenharia e Manutenção, EDP Energia Ibérica
and Tergen

Member of the Board of Directors of other group companies

Responsible for Corporate areas and Strategic Planning, Trading, Regulation, Sustainability
and Environment, Community Interconnects and Systems
Since 2006 ‐ Hyperion Energy Investments

Founding Partner and CEO
Since 2007 ‐ Non Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Manuel Heleno Sismeiro Chairman of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Bachelor degree in Accounting ‐ ICL, Lisbon (1964)

Graduation in Finance ‐ ISCEF, Lisbon (1971)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Positions held in Other
Companies:
Chairman of the Fiscal Board of the following companies:

OCP Portugal Produtos Farmacêuticos, SA

Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA
Chairman of the Board of the Shareholders' General Meeting of Segafredo Zanetti (Portugal),
SA
Main Professional
activities in the last five
years:

1980‐2008 ‐ Partner of Coopers & Lybrand and of Bernardes, Sismeiro & Associados

Since 2008 ‐ Advisor, namely on matters of internal audit and internal control

Since 2009 ‐ Chairman of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Armando Luís Vieira de Magalhães Member of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Bachelor degree in Accounting, ISCAP (1972)

Graduation in Economics ‐ Faculdade de Economia, Porto University (1978)

Executive MBA ‐ European Management, IESF/IFG (1996)
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Positions held in Other
Companies:
Member of the Fiscal Board of the following companies:

Sonaecom, SGPS, SA

Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA

Futebol Clube do Porto ‐ Futebol SAD

Eça de Queiroz Foundation
Main Professional
activities in the last five
years:

Since
1989 ‐
Statutory
Auditor
and
Managing
Partner
of
Santos
Carvalho
&
Associados, SROC, SA

Since 2007 ‐ Member of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Member of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

Education:
Graduation in Management ‐ ISEG, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

MBA in Finance ‐ IEDE, Madrid

MBA in Management and Information Systems ‐ Faculdade de Economia e Gestão,
Universidade Católica
Positions held in Group
Companies:
Positions held in Other
Companies:
Member of the Fiscal Board of the following companies:

Sonae, SGPS, SA

Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA

Sonae Distribuição, SGPS, SA
Main Professional
activities in the last five
years:

Since 2004 ‐ Statutory Auditor
Partner of Horwath Parsus ‐ Consultoria e Gestão, Lda

Since 2007 ‐ Member of the Fiscal Board of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31 DECEMBER 2009

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 31 DECEMBER 2008

(Amounts expressed in euro)

31.12.2009 31.12.2008
ASSETS Notes Total Operations Continued
Operations
Total Operations
NON-CURRENT ASSETS:
Tangible assets 10 283,922,679 385,114,064 413,691,033
Intangible assets 11 7,498,780 1,123,263 1,490,665
Goodwill 12 61,349,970 61,766,621 61,766,621
Investments in associated companies 6 69,233,729 14,882,648 14,882,648
Other investments 7, 9 and 13 2,604,144 29,346,460 29,347,984
Deferred tax assets 20 10,643,346 15,757,915 15,757,915
Other non-current assets 9 and 14 25,599,607 23,488,146 23,832,047
Total non-current assets 460,852,255 531,479,117 560,768,913
CURRENT ASSETS:
Stocks 15 227,548,617 222,719,311 241,382,414
Trade account receivables 9 and 16 42,856,703 43,111,902 60,816,452
Other debtors 9 and 17 18,930,328 15,634,558 20,818,049
Taxes recoverable 18 13,276,150 15,551,428 16,833,257
Other current assets 19 3,497,395 5,813,308 8,335,621
Investments held for trading 9 - 499 499
Cash and cash equivalents 9 and 21 2,805,280 17,932,940 19,316,486
Total current assets 308,914,473 320,763,946 367,502,778
TOTAL ASSETS 769,766,728 852,243,063 928,271,691
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
EQUITY:
Share capital 22 250,000,000 250,000,000 250,000,000
Reserves and retained earnings 60,545,880 44,994,532 35,452,156
Profit/(Loss) for the year attributable to the equity holders of Sonae Capital 23,074,268 24,668,135 21,393,605
Equity attributable to the equity holders of Sonae Capital 333,620,148 319,662,667 306,845,761
Equity attributable to minority interests
TOTAL EQUITY
23 11,319,241
344,939,389
57,939,191
377,601,858
49,319,413
356,165,174
LIABILITIES:
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Bank Loans 9 and 24 104,850,107 33,934,516 35,513,299
Bonds 9 and 24 99,243,255 99,080,105 99,080,105
Obligation under finance leases 9, 24 and 25 28,842,697 16,814,552 16,814,552
Other loans 9 and 24 2,986,459 403,176 403,176
Other non-current liabilities 9 and 27 36,820,270 25,178,880 66,217,083
Deferred tax liabilities 20 3,142,990 3,164,170 3,164,170
Provisions 32 3,995,369 19,025,544 23,456,843
Total non-current liabilities 279,881,147 197,600,943 244,649,228
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Bank Loans 9 and 24 41,362,257 126,713,960 138,865,035
Bonds - - -
Obligation under finance leases 9, 24 and 25 3,306,770 1,957,324 1,957,324
Other loans 9 and 24 131,532 440,145 440,145
Trade creditors 9 and 29 50,444,177 40,686,908 52,979,478
Other creditors 9 and 30 11,416,285 60,221,366 79,339,000
Taxes and contributions payable 18 10,622,710 11,281,723 12,610,226
Other current liabilities 31 25,283,459 34,440,636 39,967,881
Provisions 32 2,379,002 1,298,200 1,298,200
Total current liabilities 144,946,192 277,040,262 327,457,289
TOTAL LIABILITIES 424,827,339 474,641,205 572,106,517
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 769,766,728 852,243,063 928,271,691

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS BY NATURE

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Amounts expressed in euro)

31.12.2009 31.12.2008
Notes Total Operations Discontinued
Operations
Continued
Operations
Total Operations Discontinued
Operations
Continued
Operations
Operational income
Sales 35 166,984,457 - 166,984,457 142,760,686 20,297,949 122,462,737
Services rendered 35 105,252,609 - 105,252,609 108,084,584 9,751 108,074,833
Other operational income 36 21,685,455 - 21,685,455 8,763,734 513,532 8,250,202
Total operational income 293,922,521 - 293,922,521 259,609,004 20,821,232 238,787,772
Operational expenses
Cost of goods sold and materials consumed 15 (49,364,278) - (49,364,278) (66,745,851) (11,150,858) (55,594,993)
Changes in stocks of finished goods and work in progress 37 (9,718,300) - (9,718,300) 57,293,719 (703,500) 57,997,219
External supplies and services 38 (129,459,459) (5,377) (129,454,082) (181,586,889) (6,534,148) (175,052,741)
Staff costs 39 (47,952,695) - (47,952,695) (50,256,467) (4,857,596) (45,398,871)
Depreciation and amortisation (13,268,575) - (13,268,575) (10,941,437) (1,104,062) (9,837,375)
Provisions and impairment losses (6,898,852) - (6,898,852) (10,694,800) 4,594 (10,699,394)
Other operational expenses 40 (4,628,227) (1,064) (4,627,163) (8,919,714) (906,981) (8,012,733)
Total operational expenses (261,290,386) (6,441) (261,283,945) (271,851,439) (25,252,551) (246,598,888)
Operational profit/(loss) 32,632,135 (6,441) 32,638,576 (12,242,435) (4,431,319) (7,811,116)
Financial expenses 41 (11,757,054) (1,734,300) (10,022,754) (16,467,881) (1,102,065) (15,365,816)
Financial income 41 2,639,905 - 2,639,905 4,519,318 170,078 4,349,240
Net financial expenses (9,117,149) (1,734,300) (7,382,849) (11,948,563) (931,987) (11,016,576)
Share of results of associated undertakings 6 2,608,502 - 2,608,502 (2,099,789) - (2,099,789)
Investment income 42 10,033,137 - 10,033,137 53,084,662 - 53,084,662
Profit/(Loss) before taxation 36,156,625 (1,740,741) 37,897,366 26,793,875 (5,363,306) 32,157,181
Taxation 43 (11,734,985) (3,356) (11,731,629) (3,842,186) (77,470) (3,764,716)
Profit/(Loss) for the year 44 24,421,640 (1,744,097) 26,165,737 22,951,689 (5,440,776) 28,392,465
Attributable to:
Equity holders of Sonae Capital 23,074,268 (1,744,097) 24,818,365 21,393,605 (3,274,529) 24,668,134
Minority interests 23 1,347,372 - 1,347,372 1,558,084 (2,166,247) 3,724,331
Profit/(Loss) per share
Basic 46 0.092297 (0.006976) 0.099273 0.085574 (0.013098) 0.098673
Diluted 46 0.092297 (0.006976) 0.099273 0.085574 (0.013098) 0.098673

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS BY NATURE

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Amounts expressed in euro)

Continued Operations Total Operations
Notes 4th Quarter 09
(Unaudited)
4th Quarter 08
(Unaudited)
4th Quarter 09
(Unaudited)
4th Quarter 08
(Unaudited)
Operational income
Sales 27,961,878 62,095,875 27,961,878 62,095,875
Services rendered 24,357,057 24,943,541 24,357,057 24,943,541
Other operational income 5,113,525 3,341,096 5,113,525 3,341,096
Total operational income 57,432,460 90,380,512 57,432,460 90,380,512
Operational expenses
Cost of goods sold and materials consumed (11,941,215) (17,064,417) (11,941,215) (17,064,417)
Changes in stocks of finished goods and work in progress (145,328) 9,861,870 (145,328) 9,861,870
External supplies and services (28,636,900) (53,299,897) (28,638,559) (53,304,734)
Staff costs (12,076,176) (12,323,040) (12,076,176) (12,323,040)
Depreciation and amortisation (4,213,851) (2,896,316) (4,213,851) (2,896,316)
Provisions and impairment losses (3,079,657) (7,846,277) (3,079,657) (7,846,277)
Other operational expenses (1,871,799) (3,694,770) (1,872,118) (3,689,005)
Total operational expenses (61,964,926) (87,262,847) (61,966,904) (87,261,919)
Operational profit/(loss) (4,532,466) 3,117,665 (4,534,444) 3,118,593
Financial expenses (800,630) (4,233,511) (1,176,056) (4,279,618)
Financial income 527,709 1,924,964 527,709 1,924,970
Net financial expenses (272,921) (2,308,547) (648,347) (2,354,648)
Share of results of associated undertakings 894,751 961,200 894,751 961,200
Investment income (148,182) (6,553,600) (148,182) (6,553,600)
Profit/(Loss) before taxation (4,058,818) (4,783,282) (4,436,222) (4,828,455)
Taxation (1,350,258) (3,349,566) (1,352,619) (3,348,888)
Profit/(Loss) for the year (5,409,076) (8,132,848) (5,788,841) (8,177,343)
Attributable to:
Equity holders of Sonae Capital (5,582,602) (10,730,689) (5,962,364) (10,774,925)
Minority interests 173,523 2,597,841 173,523 2,597,582
Profit/(Loss) per share
Basic (0.022330) (0.042923) (0.023849) (0.043100)
Diluted (0.022330) (0.042923) (0.023849) (0.043100)

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Amounts expressed in euro)

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ued
Op
tion
era
s
Co
lida
ted
rofi
t/(
los
s)
for
the
t p
nso
ne
ye
ar
24,
421
,64
0
(
1,7
44,
097
)
26,
165
,73
7
22,
951
,68
9
(
5,4
40,
776
)
28,
392
,46
5
Exc
han
diff
lati
fore
ign
tion
n tr
ge
ere
nce
s o
ans
ng
op
era
s
664
,98
3
- 664
,98
3
(
1,8
49,
140
)
- (
1,8
49,
140
)
Sh
of
oth
hen
sive
inc
f as
iate
nd
jo
int
ture
are
er c
om
pre
om
e o
soc
s a
ven
s
ted
for
by
the
uity
tho
d
acc
oun
eq
me
- - - (
)
7,0
65,
343
- (
)
7,0
65,
343
Ch
fai
of
for
e in
the
lue
ets
aila
ble
le
ang
r va
ass
av
sa
(
)
1,9
52,
931
- (
)
1,9
52,
931
(
7)
50,
016
,54
- (
7)
50,
016
,54
Ch
e in
the
fai
lue
of
h fl
hed
ing
de
riva
tive
ang
r va
cas
ow
g
s
304
,74
9
- 304
,74
9
(
9)
304
,74
- (
9)
304
,74
Ga
ins
lua
tion
ty
on
pro
per
reva
- - - - - -
Oth
han
er c
ges
- - - (
2,3
66,
083
)
- (
2,3
66,
083
)
Oth
hen
sive
inc
e fo
r th
erio
d
er c
om
pre
om
e p
(
983
,19
9)
- (
983
,19
9)
(
61,
601
,86
2)
- (
61,
601
,86
2)
Tot
al c
hen
sive
inc
e fo
r th
erio
d
om
pre
om
e p
23,
438
,44
1
(
)
1,7
44,
097
25,
182
,53
8
(
3)
38,
650
,17
(
)
5,4
40,
776
(
7)
33,
209
,39
Att
ribu
tab
le t
o:
Eq
uity
ho
lde
f S
e C
ital
rs o
ona
ap
Min
orit
Inte
ts
res
y
21,
988
,96
8
1,4
49,
473
(
1,7
44,
097
)
-
23,
733
,06
5
1,4
49,
473
(
40,
113
,79
9)
1,4
63,
626
(
5,4
40,
776
)
-
(
34,
673
,02
3)
1,4
63,
626

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Amounts expressed in euro)

4th
20
09
(
Una
udi
ted
)
rter
qua
4th
20
08
(
Una
udi
ted
)
rter
qua
Not
es
Tot
al O
atio
per
ns
Dis
ed Op
tinu
con
tion
era
s
Co
ntin
ued
Op
tion
era
s
Tot
al O
atio
per
ns
Dis
ed Op
tinu
con
tion
era
s
Co
ntin
ued
Op
tion
era
s
Co
rofi
t/(
s)
for
lida
ted
t p
los
the
nso
ne
ye
ar
(
)
5,7
88,
841
(
4)
379
,76
(
)
5,4
09,
077
(
)
8,1
77,
343
(
)
44,
495
(
)
8,1
32,
848
Exc
han
diff
lati
fore
ign
tion
n tr
ge
ere
nce
s o
ans
ng
op
era
s
48,
013
- 48,
013
(
1,2
84,
492
)
- (
1,2
84,
492
)
Sh
of
oth
hen
sive
inc
f as
iate
nd
jo
int
ture
are
er c
om
pre
om
e o
soc
s a
ven
s
for
ted
by
the
uity
tho
d
acc
oun
eq
me
- - - (
800
,98
8)
- (
800
,98
8)
Ch
e in
the
fai
lue
of
aila
ble
for
le
ets
ang
r va
ass
av
sa
- - - (
)
7,2
56,
324
- (
)
7,2
56,
324
Ch
e in
the
fai
lue
of
h fl
hed
ing
de
riva
tive
ang
r va
cas
ow
g
s
- - - (
2)
580
,77
- (
2)
580
,77
Ga
ins
lua
tion
ty
on
pro
per
reva
- - - - - -
Oth
han
er c
ges
- - - (
2,3
66,
083
)
- (
2,3
66,
083
)
Oth
hen
sive
inc
e fo
r th
erio
d
er c
om
pre
om
e p
48,
013
- 48,
013
(
12,
288
,65
9)
- (
12,
288
,65
9)
Tot
al c
hen
sive
inc
e fo
r th
erio
d
om
pre
om
e p
(
5,7
40,
828
)
(
379
,76
4)
(
5,3
61,
064
)
(
20,
466
,00
2)
(
44,
495
)
(
20,
421
,50
7)
Att
ribu
tab
le t
o:
Eq
uity
ho
lde
f S
e C
ital
rs o
ona
ap
Min
orit
Inte
ts
y
res
(
5,9
28,
919
)
188
,09
1
(
379
,76
4)
-
(
5,5
49,
155
)
188
,09
1
(
22,
995
,95
4)
2,5
29,
952
(
2,2
10,
483
)
2,1
65,
988
(
20,
785
,47
1)
363
,96
4

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2008 AND 31 DECEMBER 2007

(Amounts expressed in euro)

Att
ribu
tab
le
E
qui
ty H
old
of S
e C
api
tal
to
ers
ona
Not
es
Sha
re
Cap
ital
Dem
erge
Res
erve
Cur
renc
y
Tra
nsla
tion
Res
erve
Fai
r
Val
ue
Res
erve
s
Hed
ge
Res
erve
Oth
er R
ese
rves
and
Re
tain
ed
Ear
ning
s
Sub
al
tot
Net
Pro
fit/(
Los
s)
Tot
al
Min
ority
Inte
rest
s
Tot
al
Equ
ity
Bal
Ja
1
ry 2
008
s at
anc
a
e
nua
250
,000
,000
132
,638
,253
(47
,253
)
51,
969
,478
- (92
,706
,236
) 3
41,8
54,2
42
14,
994
,319
356
,848
,56
1
36,
758
,832
393
,607
,393
al
reh
ive
inco
for
the
iod
Tot
co
mp
ens
me
per
- - (1,7
54,6
82)
(50
,016
,547
)
(30
4,74
9)
(9,4
31,4
26)
(61
,507
,404
)
21,
393
,605
(40
,113
,799
)
1,4
63,6
26
(38
,650
,173
)
of p
rofi
t of
App
riat
ion
200
7:
rop
nsf
le
gal
nd
d e
Tra
ine
ing
to
reta
er
res
erv
es a
arn
s
ide
nds
di
but
ed
Div
stri
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
8,5
79,4
31
-
8,5
79,4
31
-
(8,5
31)
79,4
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sale
f af
filia
ted
nd
ocia
ted
und
king
erta
o
a
ass
s
Acq
uisi
tion
and
sha
api
tal
incr
f af
filia
ted
and
ocia
ted
und
kin
erta
re c
eas
e o
ass
gs
Oth
ch
er
ang
es
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
5,7
58,0
19
(9,5
15,8
85)
283
,753
5,7
58,0
19
(9,5
15,8
85)
283
,753
(6,4
14,8
88)
-
-
(65
6,86
9)
(9,5
15,8
85)
283
,753
4,3
75,4
85
6,7
10,5
27
10,
943
3,7
18,6
16
(2,8
05,3
58)
294
,696
Bal
31
mb
er 2
008
s at
D
anc
a
e
ece
250
,000
,000
132
,638
,253
(1,8
01,9
35)
1,9
52,9
31
(30
4,74
9)
(97
,032
,344
) 2
85,4
52,
156
21,
393
,605
306
,845
,76
1
49,
319
,413
356
,165
,174
Bal
Ja
1
ry 2
009
s at
anc
a
e
nua
250
,000
,000
132
,638
,253
(1,8
35)
01,9
1,9
52,9
31
(30
9)
4,74
(97
,032
,344
) 2
85,4
52,
156
21,
393
,605
306
,845
,76
1
49,
319
,413
356
,165
,174
Tot
al
reh
ive
inco
for
the
iod
co
mp
ens
me
per
- - 562
,882
(1,9
52,9
31)
304
,749
- (1,0
85,3
00)
23,
074
,268
21,
988
,968
1,4
49,4
73
23,
438
,44
1
of p
rofi
t of
App
riat
ion
200
8:
rop
nsf
le
gal
nd
ine
d e
ing
Tra
to
reta
er
res
erv
es a
arn
s
- - - - - 21,
393
,605
21,
393
,605
(21
,393
,605
)
- - -
Div
ide
nds
di
stri
but
ed
Sale
f af
filia
ted
nd
ted
und
king
ocia
erta
o
a
ass
s
Oth
ch
er
ang
es
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
4,6
57,6
97
127
,722
-
4,6
57,6
97
127
,722
-
-
-
-
4,6
57,6
97
127
,722
-
(39
2)
,68
1,63
231
,987
-
(35
)
,023
,935
359
,709
Bal
31
D
mb
er 2
009
s at
anc
a
e
ece
250
,000
,000
132
,638
,253
(1,2
39,0
53)
- - (70
,853
,320
) 3
10,5
45,8
80
23,
074
,268
333
,620
,148
11,
319
,24
1
344
,939
,389

Theaccompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS AND THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Amounts expressed in euro)

Notes 31.12.2009 31.12.2008 4th Quarter 2009 4th Quarter 2008
OPERATING ACTIVITIES (Unaudited) (Unaudited)
Cash receipts from trade debtors 253,483,681 238,291,437 49,254,775 76,582,133
Cash paid to trade creditors (175,954,872) (226,349,902) (47,608,493) (59,323,036)
Cash paid to employees (47,397,969) (49,528,678) (12,646,156) (12,545,172)
Cash flow generated by operations 30,130,840 (37,587,143) (10,999,874) 4,713,925
Income taxes (paid) / received (4,049,777) (4,896,544) (1,363,174) (1,584,121)
Other cash receipts and (payments) relating to operating activities (3,626,814) (5,796,838) 1,747,767 (4,726,881)
Net cash flow from operating activities (1) 22,454,249 (48,280,525) (10,615,281) (1,597,077)
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
Cash receipts arising from:
Investments 47 27,887,514 115,837,437 4,349,452 12,337,474
Tangible assets 1,253,067 10,463,055 519,301 6,282,037
Intangible assets 277 8,906 160 -
Deferred income grants 1,254,610 - (1,094,748) -
Interest and similar income 603,462 1,752,573 (519,953) 173,438
Loans granted 250,000 1,936,891 236,641 72,499
Dividends 233,223 2,898,787 - 68,947
Others 536,622 - 536,574 -
32,018,775 132,897,649 4,027,427 18,934,395
Cash Payments arising from:
Investments 47 (8,002,255) (8,130,199) (354,720) (612,655)
Tangible assets (35,790,976) (86,701,965) (3,911,694) (16,839,197)
Intangible assets (170,351) (673,057) (8,089) (347,573)
Loans granted (4,109,500) (12,590,161) (2,099,751) (448,500)
Others (625,454) (229,539) (52) (128,470)
(48,698,536) (108,324,921) (6,374,306) (18,376,395)
Net cash used in investment activities (2) (16,679,761) 24,572,728 (2,346,879) 558,000
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash receipts arising from:
Loans obtained 108,805,940 105,962,976 12,176,530 (95,261,752)
Capital increases, additional paid in capital and share premiums 132,531 15,090,881 - 14,878,381
Others - 200,000 - -
108,938,471 121,253,857 12,176,530 (80,383,371)
Cash Payments arising from:
Loans obtained (116,435,403) (104,859,372) (700,000) 101,899,990
Interest and similar charges (10,846,206) (14,694,751) 1,124,732 (3,192,221)
Others (2,573,080) (1,814,989) (683,243) (1,814,989)
(129,854,689) (121,369,112) (258,511) 96,892,780
Net cash used in financing activities (3) (20,916,218) (115,255) 11,918,019 16,509,409
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents (4) = (1) + (2) + (3) (15,141,730) (23,823,052) (1,044,141) 15,470,332
Effect of foreign exchange rate (124,190) 599,527 (12,770) 190,274
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 21 16,960,563 41,383,143 2,974,394 1,680,506
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 21 1,943,023 16,960,564 1,943,023 16,960,564

The Board of Directors

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts express in Euro)

1. INTRODUCTION

SONAE CAPITAL, SGPS, SA ("Company", "Goup" or "Sonae Capital") whose head-office is at Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, Apartado 3053, 4471-907 Maia, Portugal, is the parent company of a group of companies, as detailed in Notes 5 to 7 ("Sonae Capital Group") and was set up on 14 December 2007 as a result of the demerger of the shareholding in SC, SGPS, SA (previously named Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA) from Sonae, SGPS, SA, which was approved by the Board of Directors on 8 November 2007 and by the Shareholder's General Meeting held on 14 December 2007.

Sonae Capital's business portfolio is organized according to its strategic objective, set on the development of two business areas:

  • The first business area, led by Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA, includes businesses in tourism, through development, management and sale of tourism resorts, real estate, through development and sale of high quality residential buildings, in hotels, through ownership and management of hotels, and in services, through activities such as restaurants and health and fitness;
  • The second business area, led by Spred, SGPS, SA, includes businesses in three segments: mature businesses with generation of steady cash-flows, businesses in renewable energies, energy efficiency and sustainable buildings; identifying new business opportunities in emerging sectors or sectors undergoing restructuring and management of a financial portfolio.

2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The principal accounting policies adopted in preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements are as follows:

2.1 Basis of preparation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS" – previously named International Accounting Standards – "IAS"), issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and Interpretations issued by the "International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee" ("IFRIC"), previously named "Standing Interpretations Committee" ("SIC"), beginning on 1 January 2009.

Interim financial statements were presented quarterly, in accordance with IAS 34 – "Interim Financial Reporting".

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared from the books and accounting records of the Company and of its affiliated undertakings, on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention, except for derivative financial instruments which are stated at fair value.

As at the date of approval of these consolidated financial statements, the following standards have been endorsed by the European Union, and some of them are already effective for 2009:

Effective Date
With mandatory adoption in 2009: (Started on or after)
IFRS 1 / IAS 27 – Amendments (Cost of an Investment in a Subsidiary, Jointly Controlled Entity or Associate) 01-01-2009
IAS 39 – Amendments (Reclassification of Financial Assets) 01-07-2008
IFRS 2 – Share-based Payment - Amendments (Vesting Conditions and Cancellations) 01-01-2009
IAS 23 – Borrowing Costs (revised) 01-01-2009
IAS 32 / IAS 1 – Amendments (Puttable Financial Instruments and Obligations Arising on Liquidation) 01-01-2009
IAS 1 – First- time adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (revised) 01-01-2009
IFRIC 13 – Customer Loyalty Programmes 01-07-2008
IFRS 8 – Operating Segments 01-01-2009
IFRS 7 – Amendments (Improving disclosures about fair value measurements and liquidity risk) 01-01-2009
Annual improvements to International Financial Reporting Standards (2007) Several (in generally
01-01-2009)

During 2009, the adoption of the above mentioned standards has not led to material impacts on the consolidated financial statements of Sonae Capital, with the exception of presentation and disclosure improvements as a result of the application of amendments to IAS 1 and of IFRS 8, as accounting policies adopted by Sonae Capital are already consistent with some of the new standards.

IAS 1 has introduced changes in terminology as well as changes to the format and content of financial statements. IFRS 8 replaces the previous IAS 14 and led to a redefinition of Group reporting segments and of information to be reported, requiring that segments are reported using internal management information, and not necessarily at a geographical or business level, as previously required by IAS 14.

Effective Date
With mandatory adoption after 2009: (Started on or after)
IFRS 3 – Business Combinations and IAS 27 – Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements (revised 2008) 01-07-2009
IFRS 1 (revised) – First-time adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards 01-01-2010
IFRIC 12 – Service Concession Arrangements 01-01-2010
IFRIC 15 – Agreements for the Construction of Real Estate 01-01-2010
IFRIC 16 – Hedges of a Net Investment in a Foreign Operation 01-07-2009
IFRIC 9 and IAS 39 – Amendments (reassessment of Embedded Derivatives) Financial periods
finish or started after
30-06-09
IAS 39 – Amendments (Qualifying Hedging Instruments) 01-07-2009
IFRIC 17 – Distributions of Non-Cash Assets to Owners 01-07-2009
IFRIC 18 – Transfer of Assets from Customers Transfers made on or
after 01-07-09

Standards mentioned above, with the exception of IFRIC 12 – Service Concession Arrangements, although approved by the European Union, were not adopted by Sonae Capital in 2009 because their application is not yet mandatory, and Sonae Capital has decided not to engage in their early adoption.

No significant impacts in the financial statements are expected to arise from the adoption of these standards, with the exception of amendments to IFRS 3 and consequent amendments to IAS 27.

Changes to IFRS 3 and IAS 27 relate to business combinations, namelly: (a) goodwill calculation; (b) measurement of noncontrolling interests (formerly known as minority interests); (c) recognition and subsequent measurement of contingent consideration; (d) treatment of acquisition-related costs; (e) accounting for acquisitions in entities already controlled and for changes in a parent's ownership interests that result in the loss of control and (f) calculation of the result of changes in a parent's ownership interests that result in loss of control and need to remeasure remaining controlling interests.

The following accounting standards, interpretations, amendments and revisions have been issued before the date of this report, but have not yet been endorsed by the European Union:

Effective date
(Financial periods
ended on or started
after)
IFRS 1 – Amendments (Addicional exceptions in the first-time adoption of IFRS´s) 01-01-2010
IFRS 2 – Amendments (Accounting for Share-based Payments, Settled in Cash, in Intra-group Transactions) 01-01-2010
IAS 39 – Amendments (Qualifying Hedging Instruments) 01-07-2009
IFRS 9 – Financial Instruments 01-01-2013
Revision of IAS 24 (Related Parties Disclosures) 01-01-2011
IFRIC 14 – Amendments (Prepayment of a Minimum Funding Requirement) 01-01-2011
IFRIC 19 (Extinguishing Financial Liabilities with Equity Instruments) 01-07-2010
Improvements to International Financial Reporting Standards Several (the nearest
01-01-2009)

No material impacts on consolidated financial statements are estimated from future adoption of the above mentioned standards, which have not yet been endorsed by the European Union, with the exception of IFRS 9, the impact of which is nevertheless considered immaterial to these consolidated financial statements.

2.2 Consolidation principles

The consolidation methods adopted by the Group are as follows:

a) Investments in Group companies

Investments in companies in which the Group owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting rights at Shareholders' General Meetings or is able to establish financial and operational policies so as to benefit from its activities (definition of control normally used by the Group), are included in the consolidated financial statements using the full consolidation method. Equity and net profit attributable to minority shareholders are shown separately, under the caption Minority interests, in the consolidated balance sheet and in the consolidated income statement, respectively. Companies included in the consolidated financial statements are listed in Note 5.

When losses attributable to minority interests exceed the minority interest in the equity of the Group company, the excess, and any further losses attributable to minority interests, are charged against the equity holders of Sonae Capital except to the extent that minority shareholders have a binding obligation and are able to cover such losses. If the Group company subsequently reports profits, such profits are allocated to the equity holders of Sonae Capital until the minority's share of losses previously absorbed by the equity holders of Sonae Capital has been recovered.

Assets and liabilities of each Group company are measured at their fair value at the date of acquisition and this measurement may be adjusted within 12 months from the date of acquisition. Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Group's interest in the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recognised as goodwill (Note 2.2.c)). Any excess of the Group's share in the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired over cost, is recognised as income in profit or loss for the period of acquisition, after reassessment of the estimated fair value of net assets acquired. Minority interests include their proportion of the fair value of net identifiable assets and liabilities recognised on acquisition of Group companies.

The results of affiliated companies acquired/sold during the period are included in the income statement since the date of acquisition or until the date of sale.

Adjustments to the financial statements of Group companies are performed, whenever necessary, in order to adapt accounting policies to those used by the Group. All intra-group transactions, balances, income and expenses and distributed dividends are eliminated on consolidation.

Financial investments in companies excluded from consolidation are recorded at acquisition cost net of impairment losses (Note 7).

Whenever the Group has, in substance, control over other entities created for a specific purpose, even if no share capital interest is directly held in those entities, these are consolidated by the full consolidation method. Such entities, when applicable, are disclosed in Note 5.

b) Investments in associated and in jointly controlled companies

Investments in associated companies (companies where the Group exercises significant influence but does not establish financial and operational policies – usually corresponding to holdings between 20% and 50% in a company's share capital) and in jointly controlled companies are accounted for in accordance with the equity method.

Under the equity method, investments are recorded at cost, adjusted by the amount corresponding to the Group's share of changes in equity (including net profit) of associated and jointly controlled companies and by dividends received.

Any excess of the cost of acquisition over the Group's share in the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is recognised as goodwill (Note 2.2.c)), which is included in the caption Investment in associated and jointly controlled companies. Any excess of the Group's share in the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired over cost is recognised as income in the profit or loss for the period of acquisition, after reassessment of the estimated fair value of the net assets acquired.

An assessment of investments in associated and jointly controlled companies is performed when there is an indication that the asset might be impaired. Any impairment loss is disclosed in the income statement. Impairment losses recorded in prior years that are no longer justifiable, are reversed.

When the Group's share of losses exceeds the carrying amount of the investment, this is reported at nil value and recognition of losses is discontinued, unless the Group is committed beyond the value of its investment.

The Group's share in unrealized gains arising from transactions with associated and jointly controlled companies is eliminated. Unrealized losses are eliminated, but only to the extent that there is no evidence of impairment of the asset transferred.

Investments in associated and jointly controlled companies are disclosed in Note 6.

c) Goodwill

The excess of the cost of acquisition of investments in group, jointly controlled and associated companies over the Group's share in the fair value of the assets and liabilities of those companies at the date of acquisition is shown as Goodwill (Note 12) or as Investments in associated and jointly controlled companies (Note 6).

The excess of the cost of acquisition of investments in foreign companies over the fair value of their identifiable assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition is calculated using the functional currency of each of those companies. Translation to the Group's currency (Euro) is made using the closing exchange rate. Exchange rate differences arising from this translation are disclosed in Currency Translation Reserves.

Goodwill is not amortised, but is subject to impairment tests on an annual basis. The recoverable amount is determined based on the business plans used in the management of the Group or on valuation reports prepared by independent entities.

Impairment losses identified in the period are disclosed in the income statement under Provisions and impairment losses, and may not be reversed.

Any excess of the Group's share in the fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities in Group, jointly controlled and associated companies over costs, is recognised as income in the profit and loss for the period, at the date of acquisition, after reassessment of the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired.

d) Translation of financial statements of foreign companies

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies in the individual financial statements of foreign companies are translated to euro using exchange rates at the balance sheet date. Profit and loss and cash flows are converted to euro using the average exchange rate for the period. Exchange rate differences originated after 1 January 2004 are recorded as equity under Currency Translation Reserves. Exchange rate differences that originated prior to 1 January 2004 (date of transition to IFRS) were written-off through Retained earnings.

Goodwill and fair value adjustments arising from the acquisition of foreign companies are recorded as assets and liabilities of those companies and translated to euro using exchange rates at the balance sheet date.

Whenever a foreign company is sold (in whole or in part), the share of the corresponding accumulated exchange rate differences is recorded in the income statement as a gain or loss on the disposal, in the caption Investment income.

Exchange rates used on translation of foreign group, jointly controlled and associated companies are listed below:

31.12.2009 31.12.2008
End of Period Average of Period End of Period Average of Period
Pound Sterling 1.12600 1.12324 1.04987 1.25890
Brazilian Real 0.39820 0.36282 0.30830 0.37657

Source: Bloomberg

2.3 Tangible assets

Tangible assets acquired up to 1 January 2004 (transition date to IFRS) are recorded at acquisition cost, or revalued acquisition cost, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in Portugal until that date, net of depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Tangible assets acquired after that date are recorded at acquisition cost, net of depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Depreciation is calculated on a straight line basis, as from the date the asset is first used, over the expected useful life for each class of assets and disclosed in Amortisation and depreciation in the consolidated profit and loss account.

Impairment losses in tangible assets are accounted for in the year when they are estimated, and are disclosed in Impairmant losses in the consolidated profit and loss account, except for those relating to stocks whose impairment is recorded in Cost of goods sold and materials consumed.

The depreciation rates used correspond to the following estimated useful lives:

Years
Buildings 10 to 50
Plant and machinery 10 to 20
Vehicles 4 to 5
Tools 4 to 8
Fixture and fittings 3 to 10
Other tangible assets 4 to 8

Maintenance and repair costs related to tangible assets are recorded directly as expenses in the year they are incurred.

Tangible assets in progress represent fixed assets still under construction/development and are stated at acquisition cost net of impairment losses. These assets are depreciated from the date they are completed or start being used.

Gains or losses on sale or disposal of tangible assets are calculated as the difference between the selling price and the carrying amount of the asset at the date of its sale/disposal. These are recorded in the income statement under either Other operational income or Other operational expenses.

2.4 Intangible assets

Intangible assets are stated at acquisition cost, net of depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. Intangible assets are only recognised if it is probable that future economic benefits will flow from them, if they are controlled by the Group and if their cost can be reliably measured.

Expenditure on research associated with new technical know-how is recognised as an expense recorded in the income statement when it is incurred.

Expenditure on development is recognised as an intangible asset if the Group demonstrates the technical feasibility and its intention to complete the asset, its ability to sell or use it and the probability that the asset will generate future economic benefits. Expenditure on development which does not fulfil these conditions is recorded as an expense in the period in which it is incurred.

Internal costs associated with maintenance and development of software are recorded as an expense in the period in which they are incurred. Only costs directly attributable to projects for which the generation of future economic benefits is probable are capitalized as intangible assets.

The Group adopted IFRIC 12 – Service Concession Arrangements from 2009 onwards whenever an affiliated undertaking enters into a service concession arrangement with a public sector entity to provide services to the public. The Troia Marina is the sole service concession arrangement to which this interpretation is applicable. In this case, costs incurred with building the infrastructure for the marina were recorded as an intangible asset which is amortised, on a straight line, over the period of the arrangement, because the affiliated undertaking was given rights to charge users of the public service but has no unconditional contractual right to receive cash from the grantor.

Amortisation is calculated on a straight line basis, as from the date the asset is first used, over the expected useful life which normally is between 3 and 6 years, and are disclosed in Amortisation and Depreciation in the consolidated profit and loss account, except for Troia Marina assets, recorded as Intangible assets under IFRIC 12 - Service Concession Arrangements, which are amortised over the period of the arrangement (50 years).

2.5 Accounting for leases

Lease contracts are classified as (i) a finance lease if the risks and rewards incidental to ownership lie with the lessee and (ii) as an operating lease if the risks and rewards incidental to ownership do not lie with the lessee.

Whether a lease is classified as a finance or an operating lease depends on the substance of the transaction rather than the form of the contract.

Accounting for leases where the Group is the lessee

Tangible assets acquired through finance lease contracts are recorded as assets and corresponding obligations as liabilities in the balance sheet. Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charge and the reduction of the outstanding liability, at the lower of fair value and present value of minimum lease payments up to the end of the lease. Both the finance charge and the depreciation expense for depreciable assets are taken to the income statement in the period in which they are incurred.

Lease payments under operating lease contracts are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis over the lease term.

Accounting for leases where the Group is lessor

Where the Group acts as a lessor in operating leases, the value of assets leased is maintained in the Group's balance sheet and related rents are taken to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

2.6 Government grants

Government grants are recognised at fair value when there is reasonable assurance that they will be received and that the Group will comply with the conditions attaching to them.

Investment subsidies related to the acquisition of fixed assets are recognised as Deferred income under Other current liabilities, that are taken to the income statement, under Other operating profit, on a systematic basis over the estimated useful life of the asset.

2.7 Impairment of non-current assets, except goodwill

Assets are assessed for impairment at each balance sheet date whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.

Whenever the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, an impairment loss is recognised in the income statement under Provisions and impairment losses.

The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's fair value less costs to sell and its value in use. Fair value less costs to sell is the amount obtainable from the sale of an asset in an arm's length transaction less the costs of disposal. Value in use is the present value of estimated future cash flows expected to arise from the continuing use of an asset and from its disposal at the end of its useful life. Recoverable amounts are estimated for individual assets or, if this is not possible, for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Reversal of impairment losses recognised in prior years is only recorded when it is concluded that the impairment losses recognised for the asset no longer exist or have decreased. This analysis is performed whenever there is an indication that the impairment loss previously recognised has been reversed. The reversal is recorded in the income statement as Operational income. However, the increased carrying amount of an asset due to a reversal of an impairment loss is recognised to the extent it does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined (net of depreciation) had no impairment loss been recognised for that asset in prior years.

2.8 Borrowing costs

Borrowing costs are normally recognised as an expense in the period in which they are incurred.

Borrowing costs directly attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of tangible and real estate projects included under stocks are capitalised as part of the cost of the qualifying asset. Borrowing costs are capitalised from the time of preparation of the activities to construct or develop the asset up to the time the production or construction is complete or when asset development is interrupted. Any income earned on funds temporarily invested pending their expenditure on the qualifying asset, is deducted from the borrowing costs that qualify for capitalisation.

2.9 Non-current assets held for sale

Non-current assets (or disposal groups) are classified as held for sale if the carrying amount will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use. For this to be the case the sale must be highly probable and the asset or disposal group is available for immediate sale in its present condition. In addition, the sale should be expected to occur within 12 months from the date of classification.

Non-current assets (or disposal groups) classified as held for sale are measured at the lower of their carrying amount and fair value less costs to sell. These assets are not depreciated since the date they were classified as available for sale.

2.10 Stocks

Goods for sale and raw materials are stated at the lower of cost, net of discounts obtained or estimated, and net realisable value. Cost is determined on a weighted average basis. Goods for sale include mostly land for real estate developments.

Finished goods and work in progress are stated at the lower of the weighted average production cost or net realisable value. Production cost includes cost of raw materials, labour costs and overheads (including depreciation of production equipment based on normal levels of activity). Work in progress includes mostly resorts and real estate developments for sale in the normal course of business.

Net realisable value is the estimated selling price less estimated costs of completion and estimated costs necessary to make the sale.

Differences between cost and net realisable value, if negative, are shown as operating expenses under Cost of sales or Changes in stocks of finished goods and work in progress, depending on whether they refer to goods for sale and raw materials or finished goods and work in progress.

2.11 Provisions

Provisions are recognised when, and only when, the Group has an obligation (legal or constructive) resulting from a past event, it is probable that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made of that obligation. Provisions are reviewed and adjusted at the balance sheet date to reflect the best estimate as of that date.

Restructuring provisions are recorded by the Group whenever a formal and detailed restructuring plan exists and that plan has been communicated to the parties involved.

2.12 Financial instruments

Financial instruments were classified in the categories presented in the consolidated balance sheet as detailed in Note 9.

a) Investments

Investments are classified into the following categories:

  • Held to maturity
  • Investments measured at fair value through profit or loss
  • Available for sale

Held to maturity investments are classified as non-current assets unless they mature within 12 months of the balance sheet date. Investments classified as held to maturity have defined maturities and the Group has the intention and ability to hold them until the maturity date.

Investments measured at fair value through profit or loss include investments held for negotiation, which the Group acquires with a view to their disposal within a short time period. They are shown in the consolidated balance sheet as Current Investments.

The Group classifies as investments available for sale, those which are not considered as investments measured at fair value through profit or loss nor as investments held to maturity. These assets are classified as noncurrent assets, unless there is an intention to dispose of them in a period of less than 12 months from the balance sheet date.

All purchases and sales of investments are recognised on the trade date, independently of the settlement date.

Investments are initially measured at cost, which is the fair value of the consideration paid for them, including transaction costs.

Available-for-sale investments and investments measured at fair value through profit or loss are subsequently carried at fair value, without any deduction for transaction costs which may be incurred on sale, by reference to their quoted market price at the balance sheet date. Investments in equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured, are stated at cost, less impairment losses.

Gains or losses arising from a change in fair value of available-for-sale investments are recognised directly in equity, under Fair value reserve, included in Reserves and retained earnings until the investment is sold or otherwise disposed of, or until it is determined to be impaired, at which time the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in equity is transferred to net profit or loss for the period.

Changes in the fair value of investments measured at fair value through profit or loss are included in the consolidated income statement for the period.

Held to maturity investments are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate, net of capital reimbursements and interest income received.

b) Non-current loans and accounts receivable

Loans and accounts receivable are booked at amortised cost using the effective interest method less any impairment losses.

Financial income is calculated using the effective interest rate, except for amounts receivable within a very short time period, for which the income receivable is immaterial.

These financial investments arise when the Group supplies money, goods or services directly to a debtor without the intention to negotiate the debt involved.

Loans and accounts receivable are classified as current assets, expect in cases where the maturity date is more than 12 months from the date of the balance sheet, when they are classified as non-current assets. These financial investments are included in the classes identified in Note 9.

c) Customers and other third party debts

Amounts owing from "Customers" and "other third party debts" are booked at their nominal value and shown in the consolidated balance sheet less any impairment losses, recognised in the caption Losses due to impairment in receivables in order to reflect their net realisable value. These captions, when current, do not include interest, since the discount impact is considered immaterial.

Impairment losses are booked following the events that have taken place, which indicate objectively and in a quantifiable manner that the whole or a part of the debt will not be received. For this, each Group company takes into consideration market information which demonstrates that:

  • the entity involved has significant financial difficulties;
  • significant delays have taken place in payments by the entity involved;
  • there is a probability that the debtor will go into liquidation or financial restructuring.

Recognised impairment losses equal the difference between the amount receivable in the accounts and the related present value of future estimated cash flows, discounted at the initial effective interest rate, which is considered to be zero, since the discount impact is considered immaterial, in those cases where a receipt is expected within less than a year.

d) Classification as equity or liability

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified and accounted for based on their contractual substance, independently from the legal form they assume.

e) Loans

Loans are recorded as liabilities at their nominal value, net of up-front fees and commissions related to the issuance of those instruments. Financial expenses are calculated based on the effective interest rate and are recorded in the income statement on an accruals basis, in accordance with the accounting policy defined in Note 2.16.. The portion of the effective interest charge relating to up-front fees and commissions, if not paid in the period, is added to the book value of the loan.

f) Trade accounts payable

Accounts payable are stated at their nominal value, since they do not bear interest and the discount impact is considered immaterial.

g) Derivatives

The Group uses derivatives in the management of its financial risks, only to hedge such risks and/or to optimise funding costs.

Derivatives classified as cash flow hedge instruments are used by the Group mainly to hedge interest rate risks on loans obtained. Conditions established for these cash flow hedge instruments are identical to those of the corresponding loans in terms of base rates, calculation rules, rate setting dates and repayment schedules of the loans and for these reasons they qualify as perfect hedges. Inefficiencies that may exist are shown in the caption Net Financial Income/Expenses in the consolidated income statement.

The Group's criteria for classifying a derivative instrument as a cash-flow hedge instrument include:

  • the hedge transaction is expected to be highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows attributable to the hedged risk;

  • the effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured;

  • there is adequate documentation of the hedging relationships at the inception of the hedge;
  • the forecasted transaction that is being hedged is highly probable.

Cash-flow hedge instruments used by the Group to hedge the exposure to changes in interest rate of its loans are initially accounted for at cost and subsequently adjusted to their corresponding fair value. Changes in fair value of these cash flow hedge instruments are recorded in equity under the caption Hedging reserves, and then recognised in net financial income/expenses in the income statement over the same period in which the hedged instrument affects income statement.

Hedge accounting of derivative instruments is discontinued when the instrument matures or is sold. Whenever a derivative instrument can no longer be qualified as a hedging instrument, the fair value differences recorded in equity under the caption Hedging reserve are transferred to profit or loss of the period or to the carrying amount of the asset that resulted from the hedged forecast transaction. Subsequent changes in fair value are recorded in the income statement.

In those cases in which derivative instruments, in spite of having been negotiated with the abovementioned objectives (essentially derivatives in the form of interest rate options), in relation to which the company did not apply hedge accounting, are initially recorded at cost, if any, and subsequently measured at fair value. The changes in value resulting from the measurement at fair value, calculated using especially designed software tools, are included in Net financial charges in the consolidated income statement.

When embedded derivatives exist, they are accounted for as separate derivatives when the risks and the characteristics are not closely related to economic risks and characteristics of the host contract, and this is not stated at fair value, and unrealised gains or losses recorded in the consolidated income statement.

In specific situations, the Group may use interest rate derivatives with the goal of obtaining fair value cover. In these situations, derivatives are booked at their fair value in the consolidated financial statements. In situations in which the derivative involved is not measured at fair value (in particular borrowings that are measured at amortised cost), the effective share of cover will be adjusted to the accounting value of the derivative covered through the profit and loss account.

h) Equity instruments

Equity instruments are those that represent a residual interest on the Group's net assets and are recorded at the amount received, net of costs incurred with their issuance.

i) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash at banks, term deposits and other treasury applications which mature in less than three months and are subject to insignificant risk of change in value.

In the consolidated statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents also include bank overdrafts, which are included in the balance sheet caption current bank loans.

2.13 Share-based payments

Share-based payments result from Deferred Performance Bonus Plans that are referenced to the Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA share price and vest within a period of 3 years after being granted.

Share-based payment liabilities are measured at fair value on the date they are granted (normally in March of each year) and are subsequently remeasured at the end of each reporting period, based on the number of shares or share options granted and the corresponding fair value at the closing date. These obligations are stated as Staff costs and Other liabilities, and are recorded on a straight-line basis, between the date the shares are granted and their vesting date, taking into consideration the time elapsed between these dates, when the Group has the choice to settle the transaction in cash.

2.14 Contingent assets and liabilities

Contingent liabilities are not recorded in the consolidated financial statements. Instead they are disclosed in the notes to the financial statements, unless the probability of a cash outflow is remote, in which case, no disclosure is made.

Contingent assets are not recorded in the consolidated financial statements but disclosed when future economic benefits are probable.

2.15 Income tax

The tax charge for the year is determined based on the taxable income of companies included on consolidation and considers deferred taxation.

Current income tax is determined based on the taxable income of companies included on consolidation or of groups of companies included in tax consolidations, in accordance with the tax rules in force in the respective country of incorporation.

Deferred taxes are calculated using the balance sheet liability method, reflecting the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated and annually remeasured using the tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted and therefore are expected to apply in the periods when the temporary differences are expected to reverse.

Deferred tax assets are recognised only when it is probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available against which the deferred tax assets can be used, or when taxable temporary differences are recognised and expected to reverse in the same period. At each balance sheet date a review is made of the deferred tax assets recognised, which are reduced whenever their future use is no longer probable.

Deferred taxes are recorded in the income statement, except if they relate to items directly recorded in equity. In these cases the corresponding deferred tax is recorded in equity.

2.16 Revenue recognition and accrual basis

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised in the income statement when the risks and benefits have been transferred to the buyer and the amount of the revenue can be measured reasonably. Sales are recognised net of sales taxes and discounts and other expenses arising from the sale, and are measured as the fair value of the amount received or receivable.

Revenue from services rendered is recognised in the income statement taking into consideration the stage of completion of the transaction at the balance sheet date.

Revenue associated with work in progress is recognized at the end of each year as follows: when total amounts invoiced are higher than corresponding costs, the excess is recorded in Other current liabilities; and when costs are higher than corresponding amounts invoiced the excess is recorded in Work in progress.

Revenue arising from contract variations, claims and completion premiums is recorded when these are agreed with the customer, or when negotiations are at an advanced stage and it is probable that these will be favourable to the Group.

Dividends are recognised as income in the year they are attributed to the shareholders.

Income and expenses are recorded in the year to which they relate, independently of the date of the corresponding payment or receipt. Income and expenses for which their real amount is not known are estimated.

Other current assets and Other current liabilities include income and expenses of the reporting year which will only be invoiced in the future. Those captions also include receipts and payments that have already occurred but will only correspond to income or expenses of future years, when they will be recognised in the income statement.

2.17 Balances and transactions expressed in foreign currencies

Transactions in currencies other than the Euro, are translated to Euro using the exchange rate as at the transaction date.

At each balance sheet date, all monetary assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are translated to the functional currency of each foreign company at the exchange rates as at that date. All non-monetary assets and liabilities recorded at fair value and stated in foreign currencies are converted to the functional currency of each company, using the exchange rate at the date the fair value was determined.

Exchange gains and losses arising from differences between historical exchange rates and those prevailing at the date of collection, payment or the date of the balance sheet, are recorded as income or expenses of the period, except for those related to nonmonetary assets or liabilities, for which adjustments to fair value are directly recorded under equity.

2.18 Subsequent events

Events after the balance sheet date that provide additional information about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date (adjusting events), are reflected in the consolidated financial statements. Events after the balance sheet date that are non-adjusting events are disclosed in the notes when material.

2.19 Judgements and estimates

The most significant accounting estimates reflected in the financial statements are as follows:

  • a) Useful lives of tangible and intangible assets;
  • b) Analysis of the impairment of goodwill and other tangible and intangible assets;
  • c) Adjustments to the values of assets and provisions;
  • d) Estimates of future income tax;
  • e) Calculation of the fair value of derivatives.

Estimates were based on the best information available at the date of the preparation of the financial statements and on the best knowledge and experience of past and/or current events. These estimates may, however, be affected by subsequent events which are not foreseeable at the present date. Changes to these estimates, which take place after the date of the financial statements, will be recognised prospectively in the income statement, in accordance with IAS 8.

The main estimates and assumptions used relating to future events included in the consolidated financial statements are described in the corresponding notes attached.

2.20 Segment information

Financial information regarding business segments is included in Note 48.

3. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

3.1 Market risks

a) Interest rate risk - POLICY

As a result of maintaining its debt in the consolidated balance sheet at variable rates, and the resulting cash flows from interest payments, the Group is exposed to an Euro interest rate risk.

In view of the fact that:

  • the volatility of Group results does not depend only on the volatility of its financial results linked to the volatility of interest rates;

  • under normal market conditions, there is a correlation between the levels of interest rates and economic growth, with the expectation being that the impact of movements in interest rates (and the respective volatility of cash flows to service the debt) can to some extent be compensated by movements in the remaining lines of the profit and loss account, in particular by operational profits or losses;

  • the setting up of any form of risk cover structure has an implicit opportunity cost associated with it,

the Group policy concerning the mitigation of this risk does not establish the maintenance of any minimum proportion of fixed interest rate debt (converted to fixed rate through use of derivatives), but rather has opted for a dynamic approach to monitoring exposure, which aligns market conditions to the real exposure of the Group, in order to avoid the possibility of exposure that could have a real impact on the consolidated results of the Group.

In view of the above, the Group policy concerning this issue defines a case by case review of each potential transaction, such that any contract for derivatives must follow the following principles:

  • derivatives are not used for trading or speculation;

  • derivatives to be contracted must match exactly the underlying exposures in relation to indices to be used, refixing dates for interest rates and dates for payment of interest, and the amortisation profile of the underlying debt;

  • the maximum financial cost of the entire derivative and underlying exposure must always be known and limited from the date of the derivative contract, with the aim that the resulting level of costs are within the cost of funds considered in the business plans;

  • derivative contracts are only agreed with authorised entities, specifically Financial Institutions with a minimum Investment Grade rating, giving preference to Banking Relationship Institutions of the Group;

  • all transactions must be the object of competitive bids, involving at least two financial institutions;

  • all transactions are entered into by using market standard contracts (ISDA - International Swaps and Derivatives Association), with schedules negotiated with each one of the Institutions;

  • to determine the fair value of the hedging transactions, the Group uses a range of methods in accordance with market practices, namely option valuation models and discounted future cash flow models, with specific market assumptions (interest and exchange rates, volatilities, etc.) prevailing at the Balance Sheet date. Comparative quotes provided by financial institutions are also used as a valuation benchmark;

  • any transaction that does not comply with all of the above principles must be individually approved by the Board of Directors.

b) Interest rate risk – SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Interest rate sensitivity is based on the following assumptions:

  • Changes in interest rates affect interest receivable and payable of financial instruments indexed to variable rates (interest payments, related to financial instruments not defined as hedging instruments for interest rate cash flow hedges). As a result, these instruments are included in the calculation of financial results sensitivity analysis;

  • Changes in market interest rates affect income and expenses related to fixed interest rate financial instruments, in cases in which these are recognised at fair value. As such, all financial instruments with fixed interest rates booked at amortised cost, are not subject to interest rate risk, as defined in IFRS 7;

  • In the case of instruments designated as fair value hedges of interest rate risk, when changes to the fair value of the hedging instrument, which are attributable to movements in interest rates, are almost completely compensated in the financial results in the same period, these financial instruments are also considered not to be exposed to interest rate risks;

  • Changes in market interest rates of financial instruments which were designated as cash flow hedging instruments to cover fluctuations in payments resulting from changes in interest rates, are recorded in reserves, and are thus included in the sensitivity analysis calculation of shareholders' funds (other reserves);

  • Changes in market interest rates of interest rate derivatives, which are specified as being part of hedging relationships as defined in IAS 39, affect the results of the company (net gain/loss resulting from the revaluation of the fair value of financial instruments), and are thus included in the calculation of profit and loss sensitivity;

  • Changes in the fair value of derivatives and other financial assets and liabilities are estimated by calculating the discounted present value of future cash flows at existing market interest rates at the end of each year, and assuming a parallel variation in interest rate trends;

  • The sensitivity analysis is applied to all financial instruments existing at the end of the period.

Given the above mentioned assumptions, if interest rates of financial instruments denominated in euro had been 0.75 percentage points higher/lower, the consolidated net profit before tax of the Group as at 31 December 2009 would have been higher/lower by 1,347,677 euro (as at 31 December 2008 they would have been lower by 1,385,930 euro and higher by 1,428,477 euro). The impact in equity (excluding the impact on net profit) of the interest rate sensitivity analysis as at 31 December 2009 would have been lower/higher by around 0 euro (as at 31 December 2008 the impact would have been lower/higher by around 0 euro).

c) Exchange rate risk

The Sonae Capital Group, as a Group mainly operating in the Iberian peninsula, has an immaterial exposure to exchange rate risk.

In relation to translation risks, given that almost all of shareholders' funds and loans to affiliates are denominated in euro, there is no significant exposure to this risk.

In relation to transaction risks, whenever exposure arises in this area, the risk is mainly managed through forward exchange rate contracts, in order to eliminate the volatility of forward exchange rate fluctuations, and thus increase cash flow certainty. From time to time, and if the amounts involved and degree of uncertainty are relevant, the Company, with approval from the Board of Directors, may use other options.

In view of the low volume of balances in foreign currency, no exchange rate sensitivity analysis was carried out.

d) Other price risks

The Group is exposed to risks arising from the value of investments made in financial shareholdings. However, these investments are in general made with strategic objectives in mind and not for current trading.

3.2 Credit Risk

Credit risks at Sonae Capital arise mainly from (i) debts from customers relating to operational activity, (ii) its relationships with financial institutions in the course of its day to day business activity, and (iii) the risk of non compliance by business counterparts in portfolio transactions.

Customer Credit: The management of credit risk at Sonae Capital is structured to the specific needs of the businesses of the Group, always taking into consideration:

  • the specific profiles of customers of each business;

  • the careful determination of appropriate credit limits, based on the one hand on the customer's profile and on the other on the nature of business, avoiding excessive concentration of credit, and thus minimising its exposure to this risk;

  • regular follow up of customers' accounts;

  • the setting up of devolved processes of granting credit, and the segregation of administrative procedures from decision making processes;
  • the use of legal means necessary to recover debts.

Financial Institutions: The credit risk is linked to possible non compliance by Financial Institutions, to which the Group is contractually bound, in its normal operational activity, term deposits, cash balances and derivatives.

To mitigate this risk, the Group:

  • Only executes transactions with counterparts with an Investment Grade minimum grading;
  • Diversifies its counterparts, in order to avoid an excessive concentration of credit risk;
  • Defines a restricted range of chosen instruments (aimed at not contracting complex instruments, the structure of which is not entirely known);
  • Regularly monitors total exposures with each counterpart, in order to guarantee compliance with the policy established.

Shareholding Buy/Sale transactions: In the course of its business, the Group is exposed to the credit risk of counterparts with whom it agrees transactions concerning investments in shareholdings. In these cases, the means used to mitigate risks are determined on a one on one basis, in order to take into account the specifics of the transaction, with the constant supervision of the Board of Directors. Despite the variability of the means used, there exists always the possibility of using normal market methods, namely carrying out due diligences, obtaining financial information concerning the counterpart in question, or the pledging of an asset which is released when the financial transaction has been completed, requesting bank guarantees, setting up escrow accounts, obtaining collateral, among others.

3.3 Liquidity Risk

The objective of liquidity risk management is to ensure at any given moment that the Group has the financial capability under favourable market conditions to: (i) comply with its payment obligations when these fall due and (ii) ensure in a timely manner the appropriate financing for the development of its businesses and strategy.

To that end, the Group aims at maintaining a flexible financial structure, so that the process of managing liquidity within the Group includes the following key aspects:

  • Centralised liquidity management (cash surpluses and needs) at the holding company level, seeking to optimise the finance function in the Group;

  • Financial planning based on cash flow forecasts, both at an individual company and consolidated levels, and for different time periods (weekly, monthly, annual and multiyear);

  • Short and long term financial control systems (based on Treasury and Cash Management systems), which allow in a timely manner to identify variances, anticipate financing needs and identify refinancing opportunities;

  • Diversification of sources of financing and counterparts;

  • Spread of debt maturity dates, aiming at avoiding excessive concentration, at specific points in time, of debt repayments;

  • Contracts with relationship Banks, of committed credit lines (of at least six months) and Commercial Paper Programmes, with cancellation clauses which are sufficiently comfortable and prudent, seeking to obtain an appropriate level of liquidity while optimising the amount of commitment commissions payable.

4. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS

As mentioned in Note 2 changes to international financial reporting standards did not result in material changes to accounting policies. There were no corrections of material errors from previous periods.

5. GROUP COMPANIES INCLUDED IN THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Group companies included in the consolidated financial statements, their head offices and percentage of share capital held by the Group as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

Percentage of capital held
31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Company Head Office Direct Total Direct Total
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA Maia Holding Holding Holding Holding
Tourism
Aqualuz – Turismo e Lazer, Lda a) Lagos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
1) Aquapraia-Investimentos Turísticos, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Bloco Q-Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Bloco W-Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Casa da Ribeira – Hotelaria e Turismo, SA a) Marco de
Canaveses
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Centro Residencial da Maia,Urban., SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Cinclus Imobiliária, SA a) Porto 100.00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
Country Club da Maia-Imobiliaria, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Empreend.Imob.Quinta da Azenha, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
2) Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Fechado
Imosede
a) Maia 45.45% 45.45% 51.00% 51.00%
Golf Time – Golfe e Inv.Turisticos, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 75.00% 75.00%
Imoareia Investimentos Turísticos, SGPS, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imobiliária da Cacela, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
Imoclub – Serviços Imobiliários, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imodivor – Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
Imoferro-Soc.Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imohotel-Emp.Turist.Imobiliários, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imopenínsula – Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imoponte-Soc.Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imoresort – Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Imosedas-Imobiliária e Serviços, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Implantação – Imobiliária, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
1) Insulatroia – Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Investalentejo, SGPS, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Marimo –Exploração Hoteleira Imobiliária, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Marina de Tróia, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Marina Magic – Exploração de Centros Lúd, SA a) Lisbon 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Marmagno-Expl.Hoteleira Imob., SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Martimope – Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Marvero-Expl.Hoteleira Imob., SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
3) Modus Faciendi – Gestão e Serviços, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Porturbe-Edificios e Urbanizações, SA a) Maia 100,00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
Praedium II-Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
4) Praedium – Serviços, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Praedium, SGPS, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Prédios Privados Imobiliária, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Predisedas-Predial das Sedas, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Promessa Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
5) SC Assets, SGPS, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% - -
Sete e Meio – Investimentos e Consultadoria,
SA
a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Sete e Meio Herdades – Investimentos
Agrícolas e Turismo, SA
a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
SII – Soberana Investimentos Imobiliários, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Soconstrução, BV a) Amesterdam (The
Netherlands)
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Soira-Soc.Imobiliária de Ramalde, SA a) Porto 100.00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
6) Solinca Health & Fitness, SA a) Lisbon 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Solinca-Investimentos Turísticos, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Solinfitness – Club Malaga, SL a) Malaga (Spain) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Soltroia-Imob.de Urb.Turismo de Tróia, SA a) Lisbon 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Sontur, BV a) Amesterdam (The
Netherlands)
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Sótaqua – Soc. De Empreendimentos
Turísticos, SA
a) Maia 100.00% 87.74% 100.00% 87.74%
Spinveste – Promoção Imobiliária, SA a) Porto 87.74% 87.74% 87.74% 87.74%
Spinveste-Gestão Imobiliária SGII, SA a) Porto 87.74% 87.74% 87.74% 87.74%
Torre São Gabriel-Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Tróia Market, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Tróia Natura, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Troiaresort – Investimentos Turísticos, SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Troiaverde – Expl.Hoteleira Imob., SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Tulipamar – Expl.Hoteleira Imob., SA a) Grândola 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Urbisedas – Imobiliária das Sedas, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Venda Aluga – Sociedade Imobiliária, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Vistas do Freixo – Emp.Tur.imobiliários,SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
World Trade Center Porto, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Spred
Atlantic Ferries – Traf.Loc.Flu.e Marit., SA a) Grândola 80.00% 80.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Box Lines Navegação, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Contacto Concessões, SGPS, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Cronosaúde – Gestão Hospitalar, SA a) Porto 100.00% 50.00% 100.00% 50.00%
7) Ecociclo II – Energias, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% - -
Edifícios Saudáveis Consultores – Ambiente e
Energia em Edifícios, SA
a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
9) Elmo SGPS, SA a) Maia 60.00% 60.00% 60.00% 60.00%
Friengineering, SA a) São Paulo (Brazil) 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
Inparvi, SGPS, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
8) Integrum – Energia, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Integrum-Serviços Partilhados, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Invsaúde – Gestão Hospitalar, SA a) Maia 100.00% 50.00% 100.00% 50.00%
9) Leroy Gabon, SA a) Libreville (Gabon) 99.99% 59.99% 99.99% 59.99%
PJP – Equipamento de Refrigeração, Lda a) Matosinhos 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
9) Placage d'Okoumé du Gabon, SA a) Libreville (Gabon) 99.88% 59.93% 99.88% 59.93%
9) Plysorol, SAS a) Niort (France) 100.00% 60.00% 100.00% 60.00%
Saúde Atlântica – Gestão Hospitalar, SA a) Maia 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00%
12) SC – Engenharia e Promoção Imobiliária,
SGPS, SA
a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
1) SC Insurance Risk Services, SGPS, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Selfrio, SGPS, SA a) Matosinhos 70.00% 70.00% 70.00% 70.00%
Selfrio-Engenharia do Frio, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
Sistavac-Sist.Aquecimento,V.Ar C., SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
10) SKK Distribucion de Refrigeración, S.R.L. a) Spain 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
SKK-Central de Distr., SA a) Porto 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
SKKFOR – Ser. For. E Desen. De Recursos, SA a) Maia 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
SMP-Serv. De Manutenção Planeamento, SA a) Matosinhos 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
Société de Tranchage Isoroy SAS a) Honfleur (France) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Société des Essences Fines Isoroy a) Honfleur (France) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Sopair, SA a) Madrid (Spain) 100.00% 70.00% 100.00% 70.00%
1) Spinarq, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Spred SGPS, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
9) Têxtil do Marco, SA a) Marco de
Canaveses
90.37% 90.37% 90.37% 90.37%
Other
11) DMJB, SGPS, SA a) Maia 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Interlog-SGPS, SA a) Lisbon 98.98% 98.98% 98.98% 98.98%
1) Pargeste SGPS, SA a) Maia 89.99% 89.99% 89.99% 89.99%
Rochester Real Estate, Ltd a) Kent (U.K.) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
SC – Consultadoria, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
SC, SGPS, SA a) Porto 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
Sonae Financial Participations, BV a) Amesterdam (The
Netherlands)
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
1) Sonae International, Ltd a) London (U.K.) 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
  • a) Majority of voting rights.
  • 1) Company dissolved in the period;
  • 2) Company consolidated as an associated company after the reduction in the percentage of capital held (Note 5);
  • 3) Former Sonae Turismo Gestão e Serviços, SA;
  • 4) Former Praedium III Serviços Imobiliários, SA;
  • 5) Company incorporated in the period;
  • 6) Former Solinca III Desporto e Saúde, SA;
  • 7) Company acquired in the period;
  • 8) Former Integrum Edifícios Sustentáveis, SA;
  • 9) Company sold in the period;
  • 10) Company incorporated in 2008. Operational activities started in the current period;
  • 11) Company merged in the period;
  • 12) Company incorporated in the Tourism segment in 2008.

These group companies are consolidated using the full consolidation method as described in Note 2.2.a).

6. INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATED AND JOINTLY CONTROLLED COMPANIES

Associated and jointly controlled companies included in the consolidated financial statements, their head offices and the percentage of share capital held by the Group as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

Percentage of capital held
31 December 2009 31 December 2008 Book Value
Company Head
Office
Direct Total Direct Total 31 December
2009
31 December
2008
Tourism
Andar – Sociedade Imobiliária,
SA
Maia 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 1,023,043 902,597
Sociedade de Construções do
Chile, SA
Lisbon 100.00% 50.00% 100.00% 50.00% - -
2) Fundo de Investimento
Imobiliário Fechado Imosede
Maia 45.45% 45.45% 51.00% 51.00% 52,802,751 -
Sociedade Imobiliária Tróia – B3,
SA
Grândola 20.00% 20.00% 20.00% 20.00% 440,476 448,236
Vastgoed One – Sociedade
Imobiliária, SA
Maia 100.00% 50.00% 100.00% 50.00% - -
Vastgoed Sun – Sociedade
Imobiliária, SA
Maia 100.00% 50.00% 100.00% 50.00% - -
Spred
Cinclus-Plan. E Gestão de
Projectos, SA
Porto 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 25.00% 662,209 622,210
Change, SGPS, SA Porto 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 1,186,964 1,698,566
Etablissement A. Mathe, SA France 27.74% 27.74% 27.74% 27.74% - -
Lidergraf – Artes Gráficas, Lda Vila de
Conde
24.50% 24.50% 24.50% 24.50% 597,067 475,434
Norscut – Concessionária de
Scut Interior Norte, SA
Lisboa 36.00% 36.00% 36.00% 36.00% - -
Operscut – Operação e
Manutenção de Auto-estradas,
SA
Lisboa 15.00% 15.00% 15.00% 15.00% 24,000 24,000
Sodesa, SA Lisboa 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 24,890 -
TP – Sociedade Térmica, SA Porto 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 50.00% 12,472,327 10,711,605

Total 69,233,729 14,882,648

1) Associated company liquidated in the period;

2) Company accounted for using the equity method since May 2009, following a share capital increase not subscribed by the Group (Notes 5 and 8).

Nil balances shown result from the reduction to acquisition cost of amounts determined by the equity method, discontinuing the recognition of its part of aditional losses under the terms of IAS 28.

Associated and jointly controlled companies are consolidated using the equity method.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, aggregate values of main financial indicators of associated and jointly controlled companies can be analysed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Total Assets 1,650,136,557 1,475,404,966
Total Liabilities 1,468,288,692 1,413,132,523
Income 182,413,148 200,894,684
Expenses 190,184,798 202,257,996

During the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008, movements in investments in associated companies may be summarised as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Opening balance as at 1 January 14,882,648 18,985,662
Acquisitions in the period 381,120 4,938,936
Disposals in the period - (3,140,129)
Method change during the period (Notes 5 and 8) 51,468,593 -
Equity method effect (Notes 43 and 44) 2,608,501 (9,239,994)
Dividends received (Note 44) (107,133) -
Transfers - 3,338,173
Closing balance as at 31 December 69,233,729 14,882,648
Goodw ill transferred to investments - -
69,233,729 14,882,648

The use of the equity method had the following impacts: 2,608,502 euro are recorded in Share of results of associated undertakings (-2.099.789 euro at 31 December 2008) and no changes in Reserves (-7,065,343 euro at 31 December 2008).

7. GROUP COMPANIES, JOINTLY CONTROLLED COMPANIES AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES EXCLUDED FROM CONSOLIDATION AND INVESTMENTS HELD FOR SALE

Group companies, jointly controlled companies and associated companies excluded from consolidation, their head offices, percentage of share capital held and book value as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 are made up as follows:

Percentage of capital held
31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Company Reason
for
exclusion
Head
Office
Direct Total Direct Total 31 December
2009
31 December
2008
Tourism
Delphinus – Soc. De Tur. E
Div. De Tróia, SA
a) Grândola 79.00% 79.00% 79.00% 79.00% - -
Infratroia – Emp. De Infraest.
De Troia, E.N.
a) Grândola 25.90% 25.90% 25.90% 25.90% 64,747 64,747
Spidouro S.P.E.I. Douro e
Trás-os-Montes, SA
Vila Real 8.30% 8.30% 8.30% 8.30% - -
1) Star-Viagens e Turismo, SA Lisbon - - 1.00% 1.00% - 1
Spred
1) Arbiworld BV Porto - - 100.00% 100.00% - 9,988,577
Net, SA Lisbon 2.80% 2.80% 2.80% 2.80% 11,132 11,132
Sear – Sociedade Europeia
de Arroz, SA
Santiago
do Cacém
15.00% 15.00% 15.00% 15.00% 150,031 150,031
1) 2) Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA Maia - - 7.85% 7.85% - 16,750,852
Real Change FCR – Fundo Porto 13.33% 13.33% 13.33% 13.33% 1,706,667 1,800,000
Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA Report and Accounts
2009
127
Fundo de Capital de Risco
F-HITEC
Lisbon 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 7.14% 250,000 250,000
Other investments 421,567 332,644
Total (Note 13) 2,604,144 29,347,984

a) Group company, jointly controlled company or associated company for which, at the date of the issuance of these financial statements, complete financial information was not available.

1) Shareholding disposed of in the period;

2) Investment measured at fair value.

Nil balances shown above result from deduction of impairment losses from related investments.

8. CHANGES TO THE CONSOLIDATION PERIMETER

Main changes to the consolidation perimeter over the twelve months period ended 31 December 2009 are as follows:

Percentage of capital held
31 December 2009
Company Head Office Direct Total
Ecociclo II – Energias, SA Maia 100.00% 100.00%

The above acquisition had the following impacto n the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2009:

reduction/disposal of
shareholding
31 December 2009
Net assets disposed of
Tangible and intangible assets (Notes 10 and 11) 138,164,466 84,943,837
Other Assets 76,325,944 82,333,659
Cash and cash equivalents 1,394,131 11,512,198
Other liabilities (194,563,149) (100,309,394)
21,321,392 78,480,300
Minority Interests (Note 23) (40,797,487) (38,624,417)
Impairment for assets 59,682,124
Goodw ill (Note 12) 1,332,955
Equity 9,694,859
Equity method assets (Note 6) (51,468,593)
(234,750)
Gains/(Loss) on disposal 529,760
295,010 39,855,883

The main disposals of companies over the year ended at 31 December 2009 were as follows:

Percentage of capital held
Na data da redução da
participação
Company Head Office Direct Total
Elmo SGPS, SA Maia 60.00% 60.00%
Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário Fechado
Imosede
Maia 45.45% 45.45%
Leroy Gabon, SA Libreville (Gabon) 99.99% 59.99%
Placage d'Okoumé du Gabon, SA Libreville (Gabon) 99.88% 59.93%
Plysorol, SAS Niort (France) 100.00% 60,00%
Têxtil do Marco, SA Marco de
Canaveses
90.37% 90.37%

The exclusion of Fundo de Investimento Imosede is the outcome of a share capital increase occured in the period, not subscribed by the Group, having the attributable share capital been reduced from 51.00% to 45.45% (Notes 5 and 6).

Sales mentioned above had the following impact in the consolidated financial statements as at 31 December 2009:

Date of
reduction/disposal of
shareholding
31 December 2009
Net assets disposed of
Tangible and intangible assets (Notes 10 and 11) 138.164.466 84.943.837
Other Assets 76.325.944 82.333.659
Cash and cash equivalents 1.394.131 11.512.198
Other liabilities (194.563.149) (100.309.394)
21.321.392 78.480.300
Minority Interests (Note 23) (40.797.487) (38.624.417)
Impairment for assets 59.682.124
Goodw ill (Note 12) 1.332.955
Equity 9.694.859
Equity method assets (Note 6) (51.468.593)
(234.750)
Gains/(Loss) on disposal 529.760
295.010 39.855.883

Impacts in the consolidated profit and loss at the exclusion date were as follows:

Date of
reduction/disposal of
shareholding
31 December 2008
Sales and services rendered 6,508,546 28,861,770
Other operational costs (5,316,050) (31,736,328)
Net financial income/(expenses) (1,766,706) (534,406)
Profit before taxation (574,210) (3,408,964)
Taxation (451,537) (1,047,241)
Net profit for the period (1,025,747) (4,456,205)

9. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Financial Instruments, in accordance with the policies decribed in Note 2.12, were classified as follows:

Financial Instruments
Financial Assets Note Borrow ings and
accounts
receivable
Available for sale Investments held
to maturity
Sub-total Assets not
covered by
IFRS 7
Total
As at 31 December 2009
Non-Current Assets
Other Investments 13 - 2,604,144 - 2,604,144 - 2,604,144
Other non-current assets 14 25,599,607 - - 25,599,607 - 25,599,607
25,599,607 2,604,144 - 28,203,751 - 28,203,751
Current assets
Trade account receivables 16 42,856,703 - - 42,856,703 - 42,856,703
Other debtors 17 18,930,328 - - 18,930,328 - 18,930,328
Cash and cash equivalents 21 2,805,280 - - 2,805,280 - 2,805,280
64,592,311 - - 64,592,311 - 64,592,311
90,191,918 2,604,144 - 92,796,062 - 92,796,062
As at 31 December 2008
Non-Current Assets
Other Investments 13 - 29,346,460 - 29,346,460 - 29,346,460
Other non-current assets 14 23,488,146 - - 23,488,146 - 23,488,146
23,488,146 29,346,460 - 52,834,606 - 52,834,606
Current assets
Trade account receivables 16 43,111,902 - - 43,111,902 - 43,111,902
Other debtors 17 15,634,558 - - 15,634,558 - 15,634,558
Investments held for trading 13 - 499 - 499 - 499
Cash and cash equivalents 21 17,932,940 - - 17,932,940 - 17,932,940
76,679,400 499 - 76,679,899 - 76,679,899
100,167,546 29,346,959 - 129,514,505 - 129,514,505
Financial Liabilities Note Financial liabilities
recorded at
amortised cost
Liabilities not
covered by IFRS 7
Total
As at 31 December 2009
Non-Current Liabilities
Bank Loans 24 104,850,107 - 104,850,107
Bonds 24 99,243,255 - 99,243,255
Other loans 24 31,974,039 - 31,974,039
Other non-current liabilities 27 33,
402,463
3,417,807 36,820,270
269,469,864 3,417,807 272,887,671
Current Liabilities
Bank Loans 21 and 24 41,362,257 - 41,362,257
Other loans 24 3,438,302 - 3,438,302
Trade creditors 29 50,444,177 - 50,444,177
Other current liabilities 30 6,
125,577
5,290,708 11,416,285
101,370,313 5,290,708 106,661,021
370,840,177 8,708,515 379,548,692
Financial Liabilities Note Financial liabilities
recorded at
amortised cost
Liabilities not
covered by IFRS 7
Total
As at 31 December 2008
Non-Current Liabilities
Bank Loans 24 33,934,516 - 33,934,516
Bonds 24 99,080,105 - 99,080,105
Other loans 24 17,217,728 - 17,217,728
Other non-current liabilities 27 25,062,343 116,537 25,178,880
175,294,692 116,537 175,411,229
Current Liabilities
Bank Loans 24 126,713,960 - 126,713,960
Other loans 24 2,397,469 - 2,397,469
Trade creditors 29 40,686,908 - 40,686,908
Other current liabilities 30 22,919,592 37,301,774 60,221,366
192,717,929 37,301,774 230,019,703
368,012,621 37,418,311 405,430,932

10. TANGIBLE ASSETS

During the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008, movements in Tangible assets as well as in depreciation and accumulated impairment losses, are made up as follows:

Tangible Assets
Land and
Buildings
Plant and
Machinery
Vehicles Fixtures and
Fittings
Others Tangible Assets in
progress
Total Tangible
Assets
Gross cost:
Opening balance as at 1 January 2008 243,070,156 63,328,365 1,792,876 8,691,024 4,358,727 78,619,871 399,861,019
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) 25,639,505 44,169,128 4,604,870 2,776,460 7,454,547 662,438 85,306,948
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (546,763) (3,863,705) (51,204) (1,457,386) (468,783) (333,387) (6,721,228)
Capital expenditure 28,643,889 358,614 175,938 142,872 32,873 89,690,250 119,044,436
Disposals (3,275,033) (5,102,134) (175,789) (712,631) (140,211) (1,428,697) (10,834,495)
Exchange rate effect (63,356) (2,815) - (6,075) (10,176) - (82,422)
Transfers (3,050,317) 31,462,202 13,991 54,220 (2,888,830) (65,501,746) (39,910,480)
Opening balance as at 1 January 2009 290,418,081 130,349,655 6,360,682 9,488,484 8,338,147 101,708,729 546,663,778
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) - 732,719 - - - 6,629,228 7,361,947
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (86,234,851) (52,066,229) (4,594,693) (3,129,937) (4,688,629) (52,696,009) (203,410,348)
Capital expenditure 1,334,102 370,298 93,989 97,400 46,649 44,485,714 46,428,152
Disposals (286,640) (435,134) (215,109) (71,114) (66,229) (842,097) (1,916,323)
Exchange rate effect 74,105 3,459 - 7,266 12,206 - 97,036
Transfers 817,462 38,528,765 134,361 434,315 122,182 (68,760,408) (28,723,323)
Closing balance as at 31 December 2009 206,122,259 117,483,533 1,779,230 6,826,414 3,764,326 30,525,157 366,500,919
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
losses
Opening balance as at 1 January 2008 34,337,745 25,709,910 1,318,859 6,409,412 3,055,187 - 70,831,113
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) 16,054,207 28,698,269 4,400,715 1,643,611 5,465,999 - 56,262,801
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (109,841) (3,825,311) (39,742) (1,257,575) (454,546) - (5,687,015)
Charge for the period 9,976,997 6,091,153 383,767 3,543,761 (3,154,729) - 16,840,949
Disposals (807,107) (4,003,197) (168,945) (611,849) (123,990) - (5,715,088)
Exchange rate effect (10,200) (1,244) - (4,463) (7,267) - (23,174)
Transfers 113,384 1,791,862 (151,431) (2,927,929) 1,637,273 - 463,159
Opening balance as at 1 January 2009 59,555,185 54,461,442 5,743,223 6,794,968 6,417,927 - 132,972,745
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) - 77,071 - - - - 77,071
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (21,056,326) (33,937,862) (4,398,984) (2,290,734) (3,932,966) - (65,616,872)
Charge for the period 7,784,489 8,188,051 205,870 544,915 271,804 - 16,995,129
Disposals (19,139) (337,708) (187,030) (37,488) (56,652) - (638,017)
Exchange rate effect 14,598 1,775 - 6,138 7,211 - 29,722
Transfers (734,311) (449,939) (46,353) (10,403) (532) - (1,241,538)
Closing balance as at 31 December 2009 45,544,496 28,002,830 1,316,726 5,007,396 2,706,792 - 82,578,240
Carrying amount
As at 31 December 2008 230,862,896 75,888,213 617,459 2,693,516 1,920,220 101,708,729 413,691,033
As at 31 December 2009 160,577,763 89,480,703 462,504 1,819,018 1,057,534 30,525,157 283,922,679

Transfers from Tangible assets in progress include transfers to stocks of amounts related with real estate projects in commercialization at Troia, in the amount of 14,879,257 euros (Note 37).

The acquisition cost of Tangible assets held by the Group under finance lease contracts amounted to 39,380,487 euro and 23,281,476 euro as at 31 December 2009 and 2008, respectively, and their net book value as of those dates amounted to 36,285,242 euro and 21,791,402 euro, respectively (Note 25).

Major amounts included in the caption Tangible assets in progress, refer to the following projects:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Troia 22,177,355 30,599,577
Aparthotel Aqualuz refurbishment - 3,852,380
Ferry boat construction - 11,699,558
Infrastructure in Setubal pier and others related to the
river crossing to Troia
400,968 -
Boavista Complex refurbishment 3,106,765 2,633,744
Troia Hotels refurbishment 3,945,078 23,136,340
Work in progress at Maia (Business Park) - 26,398,201
Others 894,991 3,388,929
30,525,157 101,708,729

Depreciation charge for the period includes impairment losses on tangible assets amounting to 4,078,521 euro (6,193,176 euro as at 31 December 2008).

11. INTANGIBLE ASSETS

During the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008, movements in Intangible assets as well as in amortisation and accumulated impairment losses, are made up as follows:

Intangible Assets
Patents and other
similar rights
Softw are Others Intangible Assets
in progress
Total Intangible
Assets
Gross cost:
Opening balance as at 1 January 2008 691,162 2,459,297 36,583 57,341 3,244,383
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) 7,071,048 11,970 - - 7,083,018
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (8,757) - - - (8,757)
Capital expenditure 272,590 24,452 680 247,538 545,260
Disposals (24,362) (203,845) - (2,185) (230,392)
Exchange rate effect - (3,263) - - (3,263)
Transfers (4,598,746) 93,445 - (218,967) (4,724,268)
Opening balance as at 1 January 2009 3,402,935 2,382,056 37,263 83,727 5,905,981
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) - - - - -
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (2,527,760) - - - (2,527,760)
Capital expenditure 2,250 40,085 - 96,049 138,384
Disposals (22,370) (131) - - (22,501)
Exchange rate effect - 4,296 - - 4,296
Transfers 6,591,788 290,463 (1) (78,861) 6,803,389
Closing balance as at 31 December 2009 7,446,843 2,716,769 37,262 100,915 10,301,789
Accumulated depreciation and impairment
losses
Opening balance as at 1 January 2008 386,649 2,009,058 36,582 - 2,432,289
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) 6,135,009 2,992 - - 6,138,001
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) - - - - -
Charge for the period 89,640 179,063 227 - 268,930
Disposals (24,362) (197,116) - - (221,478)
Exchange rate effect - (1,744) - - (1,744)
Transfers (4,112,469) (88,214) 1 - (4,200,682)
Opening balance as at 1 January 2009 2,474,467 1,904,039 36,810 - 4,415,316
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies in) - - - - -
Changes in consolidation perimeter (companies out) (2,156,769) - (1) - (2,156,770)
Charge for the period 181,721 170,019 227 - 351,967
Disposals (6,249) (9) - - (6,258)
Exchange rate effect - 2,349 - - 2,349
Transfers 199,429 (3,022) (2) - 196,405
Closing balance as at 31 December 2009 692,599 2,073,376 37,034 - 2,803,009
Carrying amount
As at 31 December 2008 928,468 478,017 453 83,727 1,490,665
As at 31 December 2009 6,754,244 643,393 228 100,915 7,498,780

Transfers of intangible assets in the period include a net amount of 6,602,772 euro related to Troia Marina, which were transferred from tangible assets in accordance with IFRIC 12 – Service Concession Arrangements (Note 10).

APSS – Administração dos Portos de Setúbal e Sesimbra, SA (APSS) signed in 2007 with an affiliated company a service concession arrangement to build and operate, in the public interest, a marina and support services in Troia, during a period of 50 years from the date of entry into operation. This period may be extended a maximum of 10 years if agreed between the parties. At the end of the service concession arrangement the concession will revert to APSS at no consideration, with some exceptions in the arrangement.

The Group has the right to charge fees for services to be provided under the concession. Maximum fee limits must be approved by the grantor based on a proposal submitted by the Group.

During the concession period the Group has a contractual obligation to maintain the infrastructure in a specific level of serviceability and pays the grantor a fixed fee and a variable fee, the latter based on revenues charged for the service provided.

The grantor may cancel the service concession arrangement whenever public interest is affected, provided that at least the contractual period is over and with at least 1 year notice, in which case the Group is entitled to compensation equal to the net book value of the infrastructure plus lost revenue calculated in accordance with the terms of the contract.

12. GOODWILL

During the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008, movements in goodwill, as well as in corresponding impairment losses, are as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Gross Value:
Opening balance 63,068,217 65,098,050
Acquisitions w ith increase in percentage ow nership 301,506 -
Increases - Acquisition of affiliated companies (Note 8) 614,798 39,869
Decreases - Disposals of affiliated companies (Nota 8) (1,332,955) (1,278,898)
Decreases of percentage held - (790,804)
Closing balance 62,651,566 63,068,217
Accumulated impairment losses:
Opening balance 1,301,596 1,301,596
Increases - -
Decreases - -
Closing balance 1,301,596 1,301,596
61,349,970 61,766,621

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Goodwill may be split as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Tourism 35,874,326 35,923,497
Spred 25,443,563 25,811,043
Holding and Others 32,081 32,081
61,349,970 61,766,621

A significant part of goodwill in Tourism relates to real estate assets, which have been valued by an external independent valuer. This valuation has not revealed impairment issues.

13. INVESTMENTS

During the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008, movements in investments, were as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Non current Current Non current Current
Investments in group companies, jointly controlled
companies or associated companies excluded from
consolidation
Opening balance as at 1 January 8,217,052 - 9,631,930 -
Acquisitions in the period 70,863 - 30,000 -
Disposals in the period (106,098) - (1,444,878) -
Transfers 1 - - -
Changes in consolidation perimeter 47,460 - - -
Closing balance as at 31 December 8,229,277 - 8,217,052 -
Accumulated impairment losses (Note 32) (7,785,395) - (7,814,035) -
443,883 - 403,017 -
Investments held for sale
Fair value as at 1 January 29,369,294 - 96,274,392 499
Acquisitions in the period 50,700 - 3,697,828 -
Disposals in the period (33,809,947) - (37,000) -
Increase/(Decrease) in fair value 6,679,214 - (50,016,547) -
Transfers - - (20,549,379) -
Fair value as at 31 December 2,289,261 - 29,369,294 499
Accumulated impairment losses (Note 32) (128,999) - (424,327) -
Fair value (net of impairment losses) as at 31 December 2,160,262 - 28,944,967 499
Other Investments (Note 7) 2,604,144 - 29,347,984 499

Investments in group companies, jointly controlled companies or associated companies excluded from consolidation are recorded at acquisition cost less impairment losses. The Group considers that it is not reasonable to estimate a fair value for these investments as there is no visible market data. The amount of Investments held for sale is related to investments recorded at cost net of impairment losses for the reason mentioned above (11,788,637 euro as at 31 December 2008).

14. OTHER NON CURRENT ASSETS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Other non current assets are detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Loans granted to related parties
Norscut - Concessionária de Scut Interior Norte, SA 23,837,775 22,126,938
Others 238,225 628,104
24,076,000 22,755,042
Impairment losses (Note 32) (34,916) (270,489)
24,041,084 22,484,553
Trade accounts receivable and other debtors 1,558,523 1,057,092
Impairment losses (Note 32) - (53,499)
1,558,523 1,003,593
Total financial instruments (Note 9) 25,599,607 23,488,146
Continued Operations 25,599,607 23,488,146
Discontinued Operations - 343,901
Total Operations 25,599,607 23,832,047

Generally, values included in Other non current assets bear interest at market rates, and it is estimated that their fair value does not significantly differ from amounts in the balance sheet.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the ageing of Other non current assets can be detailed as follows:

Trade accounts receivable and other debto
31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Not due 170,097 33,693
Due but not impaired
< 6 months 409,053 -
6 - 12 months - 161,722
> 1 year 979,374 808,178
1,388,427 969,900
Due and impaired
> 1 year - 53,499
- 53,499
1,558,524 1,057,092

Loans granted to related parties do not have a defined maturity, and therefore are not due.

15. STOCKS

Stocks as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 can be detailed as follows, highlighting the value attributable to real estate developments:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
of which of which
Total Real Estate Total Real Estate
Developments Developments
Raw materials, by‐products and consumables 2,371,413 12,156,868
Goods forsale 45,133,938 42,966,231 45,391,034 42,860,346
Finished goods 104,620,642 104,502,986 100,779,675 90,734,831
Work in progress 83,212,538 76,428,112 92,738,229 83,053,574
Payments on account 68,459 193,459
235,406,990 223,897,329 251,259,265 216,648,751
Accumulated impairment losses on stocks ‐7,858,372 ‐7,674,640 ‐9,876,851 ‐8,527,130
Stocks 227,548,618 216,222,689 241,382,414 208,121,621

Cost of goods sold as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 amounted to 49,364,278 euro and 66,745,851 euro, respectively, and may be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Opening Stocks 48,345,151 52,654,203
Exchange rate effect 27,135 (21,864)
Changes in consolidation perimeter (478,165) (5,154,950)
Purchases 49,826,168 57,891,517
Adjustments (1,005) (1,974,696)
Closing Stocks 47,505,351 48,345,151
50,213,933 55,049,059
Impairment losses (Note 32) 100,413 2,040,188
Reversion of impairment losses (950,068) (1,494,253)
Continued Operations 49,364,278 55,594,994
Discontinued Operations - 11,150,857
Total Operations 49,364,278 66,745,851

16. TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

As at 31 December 2008 and 2007, Trade accounts receivable are detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Trade accounts receivable
Turismo 4,211,353 3,471,057
Spred 36,427,473 38,921,105
Holding and Others 522,955 605,554
41,161,781 42,997,715
Trade Debtors, bills receivable 2,262,346 620,350
Doubtful debtors 4,505,703 5,203,438
47,929,830 48,821,503
Accumulated impairment losses on Trade Debtors (Note 32) (5,073,127) (5,709,601)
Continued Operations 42,856,703 43,111,902
Trade accounts receivable - 17,710,539
Accumulated impairment losses on Trade Debtors (Note 32) - (5,989)
Discontinued Operations - 17,704,550
Total Operations 42,856,703 60,816,452

To determine the recoverability of Trade accounts receivable, the Group reviews all changes to the credit quality of its counterparties since the date of the credit to the date of reporting consolidated financial statements. Credit risk is not concentrated because of the significant number of trade debtors. The Group thus believes that credit risk does not exceed recorded impairment losses for trade accounts receivable doubtful accounts.

As at 31 December 2009 we do not have any reason to believe that normal collection times regarding trade accounts receivable not due for which there are no impairment losses will not be met.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the ageing of Trade Accounts Receivables can be detailed as follows:

Trade Accounts Receivable
31 December 2009 Spred Tourism Holding and Others Total
Not Due 24,697,854 1,315,043 176,726 26,189,623
Due but not impaired
0 - 30 days 9,312,197 539,379 63,985 9,915,561
30 - 90 days 2,813,500 1,007,135 80,739 3,901,374
+ 90 days 1,916,781 731,860 201,505 2,850,146
Total 14,042,478 2,278,373 346,229 16,667,080
Due and impaired
0 - 90 days 54,135 95,005 - 149,140
90 - 180 days 74,002 119,670 - 193,672
180 - 360 days 856 103,928 - 104,784
+ 360 days 1,792,993 2,199,031 633,507 4,625,531
Total 1,921,986 2,517,634 633,507 5,073,127
Continued Operations before impairments 40,662,318 6,111,050 1,156,462 47,929,830
Spred Tourism Holding and Others Total
22,494,422 1,215,948 305,910 24,016,280
10,531,261 813,779 92,651 11,437,691
4,245,838 325,184 9,147 4,580,169
2,225,633 412,271 197,846 2,835,750
17,002,732 1,551,234 299,644 18,853,610
458,273 - - 458,273
550,209 61,662 - 611,871
26,306 113,574 - 139,880
942,218 2,496,492 1,302,879 4,741,589
1,977,006 2,671,728 1,302,879 5,951,613
41,474,160 5,438,910 1,908,433 48,821,503

To determine the recoverability of Trade accounts receivable, the Group reviews all changes to the credit quality of its counterparties since the date of the credit to the date of reporting consolidated financial statements. Credit risk is not concentrated because of the significant number of trade debtors. The Group thus believes that credit risk does not exceed recorded impairment losses for trade accounts receivable doubtful accounts.

In addition, the Group considers that maximum exposure to credit risk corresponds to the total of trade accounts receivable disclosed in the consolidated balance sheet.

17. OTHER DEBTORS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Other debtors are made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
2,559,886
-
-
66,721
6,842,267 2,626,607
1,137,398 1,343,494
124,232 28,257
27,041,349 27,256,338
12,746,812 13,662,675
41,049,791 42,290,764
47,892,058 44,917,371
(28,961,730) (29,282,813)
18,930,328 15,634,558
18,930,328 15,634,558
- 5,286,999
- (103,508)
- 5,183,491
18,930,328 20,818,049
2,559,886
2,000,000
2,052,000
230,381

Loans granted to related parties bear interest at market rates and do not have a defined maturity, not exceeding however twelve months.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, ageing of Other debtors can be summarised as follows:

Other Debtors
31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Not Due 6,890,742 9,976,516
Due but not impaired
0 - 30 days 387,555 558,147
30 - 90 days 1,422,764 199,949
+ 90 days 3,295,910 2,238,415
Total 5,106,229 2,996,511
Due and impaired
0 - 90 days 2,599 6,047
90 - 180 days 36,396 2,659
180 - 360 days 62,141 84,136
+ 360 days 28,951,684 29,224,895
Total 29,052,820 29,317,737
Continued Operations before impairment 41,049,791 42,290,764

As at 31 December 2009 we do not have any reason to believe that normal collection times regarding other debtors not due, and for which there are no impairment losses, will not be met.

Values included in Other debtors are close to their fair value.

18. TAXES RECOVERABLE AND TAXES AND CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Taxes recoverable and taxes and contributions payable are made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Tax recoverable
Income taxation - payments on account and amounts w ithheld 4,598,029 6,415,647
VAT 8,160,878 6,696,567
Other taxes 517,243 2,439,214
Continued Operations 13,276,150 15,551,428
Discontinued Operations - 1,281,829
Total Operations 13,276,150 16,833,257

Taxes and contributions payable

Income taxation 6,989,486 6,069,803
VAT 2,153,709 3,395,423
Staff income tax w ithheld 315,351 439,664
Social security contributions 926,659 998,722
Other taxes 237,505 378,111
Continued Operations 10,622,710 11,281,723
Discontinued Operations - 1,328,503
Total Operations 10,622,710 12,610,226

19. OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Other current assets are made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Interest receivable 18,716 37,952
Deferred costs - External supplies and services 1,688,111 4,626,563
Deferred costs - Rents 256,528 222,003
Other current assets 1,534,040 926,790
Continued Operations 3,497,395 5,813,308
Discontinued Operations - 2,522,313
Total Operations 3,497,395 8,335,621

20. DEFERRED TAXES

Deferred tax assets and liabilities as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 can be detailed as follows, split between the different types of temporary differences:

Deferred tax assets Deferred tax liabilities
31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009
31 December 2008
Amortisation and Depreciation harmonisation adjustments 1,249,564 1,356,090 1,031,460 863,368
Write off of tangible and intangible assets 1,446,714 1,370,641 - -
Write-off of accruals 636,463 929,379 - -
Revaluation of tangible assets - - 741,120 780,104
Tax losses carried forw ard 7,305,682 12,101,380 - -
Write off of stocks - - 1,138,330 1,274,018
Others 4,923 425 232,080 246,680
10,643,346 15,757,915 3,142,990 3,164,170

During the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008, movements in Deferred tax are as follows:

Deferred tax assets Deferred tax liabilities
31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Opening balance 15,757,915 14,320,920 3,164,170 7,526,370
Effect in results (Note 43):
Amortisation and Depreciation harmonisation adjustments (106,527) (16,625) 168,092 85,405
Write-off of tangible and intangible assets 76,074 39,546 - -
Write-off of accruals (292,916) 575,607 - -
Revaluation of tangible assets - - (36,196) (12,828)
Tax losses carried forw ard (4,687,200) 469,119 - -
Others 4,496 427 (150,289) (52,885)
(5,006,073) 1,068,074 (18,393) 19,692
Effect in reserves: - 572,101 (2,787) 837,396
Changes in consolidation perimeter (108,497) (203,180) - (5,219,288)
Closing balance 10,643,345 15,757,915 3,142,990 3,164,170

In accordance with the tax statements presented by companies that recorded deferred tax assets arising from tax losses carried forward, as at 31 December 2009 and 2008, and using exchange rates effective at that time, tax losses carried forward can be summarised as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Tax losses carried
forw ard
Deferred tax
assets
Time limit Tax losses carried
forw ard
Deferred tax assets Time limit
With limited time use
Generated in 2003 - - 2009 1,698,457 424,614 2009
Generated in 2004 317,411 79,353 2010 3,379,654 844,914 2010
Generated in 2005 4,289,549 1,072,387 2011 5,012,344 1,253,086 2011
Generated in 2006 7,098,052 1,774,513 2012 11,671,794 2,917,948 2012
Generated in 2007 2,851,068 712,767 2013 7,454,598 1,863,649 2013
Generated in 2008 6,940,535 1,735,134 2014 17,206,043 4,316,695 2014
Generated in 2009 7,770,683 1,906,161 2015 - 2015
29,267,298 7,280,315 46,422,890 11,620,906
With a time limit different from the above
mentioned
101,535 25,367 1,453,780 480,474
29,368,833 7,305,682 47,876,670 12,101,380

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Deferred tax assets resulting from tax losses carried forward were re-assessed against each company's business plans, which are regularly updated, and available tax planning opportunities. Deferred tax assets have only been recorded to the extent that future profits will arise which may be offset against available tax losses or against deductible temporary differences.

As at 31 December 2009, tax losses carried forward amounting to 150,762,305 euro (115,561,909 euro as at 31 December 2008), have not originated deferred tax assets for prudential reasons.

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Tax losses carried
forw ard
Tax Credit Time limit Tax losses carried
forw ard
Tax Credit Time limit
With limited time use
Generated in 2003 - - 2009 10,708,823 2,677,206 2009
Generated in 2004 2,905,101 712,395 2010 4,833,350 1,208,338 2010
Generated in 2005 5,733,190 1,370,204 2011 8,106,023 2,026,505 2011
Generated in 2006 11,126,174 2,605,166 2012 13,526,865 3,381,682 2012
Generated in 2007 21,669,751 5,305,437 2013 21,860,604 5,465,150 2013
Generated in 2008 31,452,496 7,630,728 2014 39,345,143 9,836,287 2014
Generated in 2009 53,480,303 13,256,163 2015 - - 2015
126,367,015 30,880,093 98,380,808 24,595,168
Without limited time use 5,607,982 1,869,140 4,660,539 1,553,472
With a time limit different from the above
mentioned
18,787,308 5,418,039 12,520,562 3,575,667
24,395,290 7,287,179 17,181,101 5,129,139
150,762,305 38,167,272 115,561,909 29,724,307

21. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Cash and cash equivalents can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Cash at hand 202,538 164,398
Bank deposits 2,196,282 17,318,099
Treasury applications 406,460 450,443
Cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet - Continued operations 2,805,280 17,932,940
Bank overdrafts - Continued Operations (Note 24) (362,257) (315,693)
Depósito caução - Continuadas (500,000) -
Cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet - Discontinued operations - (656,683)
Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash-flow s 1,943,023 16,960,564
Cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet - Continued operations 2,805,280 17,932,940
Cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet - Discontinued oprations - 1,383,546
Cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet 2,805,280 19,316,486

Bank overdrafts include creditor balances of current accounts in financial institutions, and are disclosed in the balance sheet under Current bank loans (Note 24).

22. SHARE CAPITAL

The share capital of Sonae Capital SGPS, SA is represented by 250,000,000 ordinary shares, which do not have the right to a fixed remuneration, with a nominal value of 1 euro each.

The demerger originated a reserve in the amount of 132,638,253 euro, which has a treatment similar to that of a Legal Reserve. According to Company Law, it cannot be distributed to shareholders, unless the company is liquidated, but can be used to make good prior year losses, once other reserves have been used fully, or for capital increases.

23. MINORITY INTERESTS

Movements in minority interests in the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 are as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Opening balance as at 1 January 49,319,413 36,758,832
Changes in consolidation method (Note 8) (47,911,935) -
Changes in percentage by acquisition / increase capital 14,006 6,663,422
Changes by disposals (Note 8) 7,135,202 -
Changes in percentage by sale of shares 1,115,855 4,375,485
Changes resulting from currency translation 102,101 (94,458)
Others 197,227 58,048
Profit for the period attributable to minority interests 1,347,372 1,558,084
Closing balance as at 31 December 11,319,241 49,319,413

24. BORROWINGS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Borrowings are made up as follows:

31 December 2009
Oustanding amount
31 December 2008
Oustanding amount Repayable on
Current Non Current Current Non Current
Bank loans
Sonae Capital SGPS - commercial paper a) - 30,000,000 - 30,000,000 Mar/2013
Sonae Capital SGPS - commercial paper b) e) 39,100,000 - 21,850,000 - Mar/2018
Sonae Capital SGPS - commercial paper c) d) - 48,550,000 102,599,990 - Aug/2011
Sonae Capital SGPS - commercial paper d) - 24,250,000 - - Aug/2011
Invesaúde 500,000 - 500,000 500,000 Aug/2010
Selfrio Engenharia - commercial paper 1,400,000 2,100,000 1,400,000 3,500,000 May/2012
Up-front fees - (49,893) - (65,484)
Others - - 48,277 1,578,783
41,000,000 104,850,107 126,398,267 35,513,299
Bank overdrafts (Note 21) 362,257 - 12,466,768 -
Bank loans 41,362,257 104,850,107 138,865,035 35,513,299
Bond Loans
Sonae Capital 2007/2012 Bonds - 20,000,000 - 20,000,000 Dec/2012
Sonae Capital 2007/2012 Bonds - 30,000,000 - 30,000,000 Dec/2012
SC, SGPS, S.A. 2008/2018 Bonds - 50,000,000 - 50,000,000 Mar/2018
Up-front fees - (756,745) - (919,895)
Bond Loans - 99,243,255 - 99,080,105
Other loans 131,532 2,986,459 133,696 403,176
Derivatives (Note 26) - - 306,449 -
Obligations under finance leases (Note 25) 3,306,770 28,987,580 1,957,324 16,814,552
Up-front fees on finance leases - (144,883) - -
44,800,559 235,922,518 141,262,504 151,811,132

a) Commercial paper programme, with subscription guarantee, issued on 14 March 2008 and valid for a 5 year period.

b) Short term commercial paper programme, issued on 28 March 2008 and valid for a 10 year period.

c) Sonae Turismo, SGPS, SA is a co-guarantor in this loan.

d) Commercial paper programme, issued on 29 August 2006 and valid up to 29 August 2009; this programme has been refinanced for an additional period ending 29 August 2011.

e) Commercial paper programme, with subscription guarantee, issued on 22 December 2008, with annual renewals up to a maximum of 3 years.

As at 31 December 2009, Borrowings of the Group was as follows:

  • Sonae Capital SGPS 2007/2012 Bond loan 1st emission in the amount of 20,000,000 euro, with a 5 year maturity, and a sole reimbursement on 31 December 2012, except if the reimbursement is anticipated, fully or partially, which can happen on 31 December 2010.
  • Sonae Capital SGPS 2007/2012 Bond loan 2nd emission in the amount of 30,000,000 euro, with a 5 year maturity, and a sole reimbursement on 31 December 2012.
  • SC, SGPS, SA, 2008/2018 Bond loan in the amount of 50,000,000 euro, with a 10 year maturity, and a sole reimbursement on 3 March 2018, except if the reimbursement is anticipated, fully or partially, which can happen on 3 March 2016.

These bond loans bear interest every six months at 6 months Euribor interest rates plus spreads that range between 0.50% and 0.95%.

In spite of Bond loans in the amount of 20,000,000 euro containing call / put options, they are disclosed at the latest maturity date on the assumption that the Group will be able to refinance those loans if the options are exercised, thus maintaining its capital structure.

Other loans include reimbursable grants to affiliated undertakings, which do not bear interest.

The repayment schedule of the nominal value of borrowings may be summarised as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Capital Interest Capital Interest
N+1 a) 44,800,560 6,395,144 140,956,055 9,538,183
N+2 77,707,365 4,052,843 25,569,642 4,879,463
N+3 53,447,792 3,133,980 3,526,491 4,710,393
N+4 32,986,141 1,869,353 31,621,778 4,608,497
N+5 3,034,952 1,373,606 30,961,854 2,138,519
After N+5 69,697,789 4,944,349 61,116,744 9,140,875
281,674,599 21,769,275 293,752,566 35,015,931

a) Includes amounts drawn under commercial paper programmes.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, available credit lines may be summarised as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Commitments
< 1 year
Commitments
> 1 year
Commitments
< 1 year
Commitments
> 1 year
Value of available lines
Spred 3,679,571 - 6,122,383 -
Tourism 967,859 - 12,276,213 -
Holding and Others 28,600,000 37,000,000 31,550,010 15,000,000
33,247,430 37,000,000 49,948,607 15,000,000
Value of contracted lines
Spred 4,000,000 3,500,000 19,449,398 3,500,000
Tourism 1,000,000 - 12,346,754 -
Holding and Others 54,600,000 139,800,000 156,000,000 15,000,000
59,600,000 143,300,000 187,796,152 18,500,000

25. OBLIGATIONS UNDER FINANCE LEASES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Obligations under finance leases are made up as follows:

Obligations under finance leases
Minimum finance lease payments
Present value of minimum finance lease
payments
Amounts under finance leases: 31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
N+1 3,970,072 2,920,970 3,306,770 1,957,324
N+2 4,047,469 2,785,982 3,497,493 1,932,271
N+3 2,762,267 2,844,623 2,248,022 2,102,575
N+4 2,762,267 1,497,815 2,296,850 841,395
N+5 2,762,267 1,497,815 2,346,980 886,577
After N+5 20,181,962 14,072,970 18,589,312 11,051,734
36,486,304 25,620,175 32,285,427 18,771,876
Future Interest (4,200,877) (6,848,299)
32,285,427 18,771,876
Up-front fees (135,960) -
Current obligations under finance leases 3,306,770 1,957,324
Obligations under finance leases - net of current obligations 28,842,697 16,814,552

Finance leases are contracted at market interest rates, have defined useful lives and include an option for the acquisition of the related assets at the end of the period of the contract.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the fair value of finance leases is close to their book value.

Obligations under finance leases are guaranteed by related assets.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the book value of assets acquired under finance leases can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Assets acquired under finance leases
Land and Buildings 3,950,101 3,950,101
Plant and machinery 32,182,175 17,638,796
Vehicles 921 32,400
Tools 17,649 31,518
Fixtures and Fittings 134,396 138,587
Total tangible assets (Note 10) 36,285,242 21,791,402

26. DERIVATIVES

Interest rate derivatives

As at 31 December 2009, the Group had no derivative instruments in place. Previously contracted instruments have matured

Fair value of derivatives

The fair value of derivatives is as follows:

Assets Liabilities
31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Non-Hedge accounting derivatives
Interest rate - - - -
Hedge accounting derivatives
Interest rate (Note 24) - - - (306,449)
Other derivatives - - - -
- - - (306,449)

27. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 Other current liabilities can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Loans and other amounts payable to related parties
Plaza Mayor Parque de Ocio, SA 2,288,446 2,317,828
Intragroup elimination w ith discontinued operations - (9,443,000)
Others 960,000 700,000
3,248,448 (6,425,172)
Other creditors
Creditors in the restructuring process of Torralta 30,141,462 30,141,462
Fixed assets suppliers - 1,337,500
Others 12,553 8,553
30,154,015 31,487,515
Deferred Income
Gains deferred 3,003,042
Obligations by share-based payments (Note 28) 278,562
3,281,604 -
Pension fund responsabilities 136,203 116,537
Continued Operations 36,820,270 25,178,880
Discontinued Operations - 41,038,203
Total Operations 36,820,270 66,217,083

Other creditors include 30,141,462 euro payable to creditors of an affiliated undertaking under the terms of a judicial restructuring process. The court decision dated 27 November 1997 (which confirms the terms approved in the creditors meeting of 23 September 1997) states that these credits will be payable 50 years from the date that the decision was confirmed (30 January 2003).

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Other creditors balances maturity can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 N+1 N+2 N+3 N+4 N+5 Total
Fixed assets suppliers - - - - - -
Other non current creditors - - - - 30,154,015 30,154,015
Total - - - - 30,154,015 30,154,015
31 December 2008 N+1 N+2 N+3 N+4 N+5 Total
Fixed assets suppliers 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 1,137,500 1,337,500
Other non current creditors - - - - 30,150,015 30,150,015
Continued Operations 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 31,287,515 31,487,515

28. SHARE-BASED PAYMENTS

In 2009 and in previous years, the Sonae Capital Group granted deferred performance bonuses to employees, based on shares of Sonae SGPS, SA to be acquired at nil cost, three years after they were attributed to the employee. In any case, the acquisition can be exercised during the period commencing on the third anniversary of the grant date and the end of that year. The company has the choice to settle in cash instead of shares. The option can only be exercised if the employee still works for the Sonae Capital Group on the vesting date. On 28 January 2008 existing liabilities based on Sonae, SGPS, SA's shares have been recalculated to reflect liabilities based on Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA's shares. Closing share prices as at that date were used in this recalculation.

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the market value of total liabilities arising from share-based payments, which have not yet vested, may be summarised as follows:

Year of grant Vesting year Number of Fair Value
participants 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Shares
2006 2009 4 - 73,981
2007 2010 4 75,080 49,081
2008 2011 6 207,760 120,607
2009 2012 7 420,165 -
Total 703,005 243,669

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the financial statements include the following amounts corresponding to the period elapsed between the date of granting and those dates for each deferred bonus plan, which have not yet vested:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Other non current liabilities (Note 27) 278,562 146,904
Other current liabilities 75,080 -
Reserves 37,509 464,971
Staff Costs 316,133 (318,068)

29. TRADE ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 Trade accounts payable can be detailed as follows:

Payable
31 December 2009 Less than 90 days 90 to 180 days More than 180 days
Trade creditors current account
Turismo 26,616,506 9,011,368 7,946,013 9,659,125
Spred 21,186,670 20,035,440 687,732 463,498
Holding and Others 500,200 409,857 48,492 41,851
48,303,376 29,456,665 8,682,237 10,164,474
Trade creditors - Invoices Accruals 2,140,801 2,043,961 1,682 95,158
Total 50,444,177 31,500,626 8,683,919 10,259,632
Payable
31 December 2008 Less than 90 days 90 to 180 days More than 180 days
Trade creditors current account
Turismo 11,222,670 9,713,773 1,396,723 112,174
Spred 26,657,618 25,823,140 742,951 91,527
Holding and Others 616,293 436,082 133,466 46,745
38,496,581 35,972,995 2,273,140 250,446
Trade creditors - Invoices Accruals 2,190,326 2,180,215 6,805 3,306
Continued Operations 40,686,908 38,153,210 2,279,945 253,752
Discontinued Operations 12,292,570
Total Operations 52,979,478

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, this caption relates only to trade payables due in the normal course of Group companies activities. The Board of Directors believes that the fair market value of these payables is approximately their book value, and that the effect of discounting these balances is immaterial.

30. OTHER CREDITORS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 Other creditors can be detailed as follows:

Payable
31 December 2009 Less than 90 days 90 to 180 days More than 180 days
Other creditors
Fixed assets suppliers 2,553,533 1,423,774 397,507 732,252
Others 3,572,044 2,997,223 14,593 560,230
6,125,577 4,420,997 412,100 1,292,482
Advances from customers and dow n payments 5,081,527
11,207,104
Related parties 209,181
Total 11,416,285
Payable
31 December 2008 Less than 90 days 90 to 180 days More than 180 days
Other creditors
Fixed assets suppliers 13,679,803 13,661,668 145 17,990
Others 9,239,789 7,412,226 1,293,548 534,015
22,919,592 21,073,894 1,293,693 552,005
Advances from customers and dow n payments 36,972,893
59,892,485
Related parties 328,881
Other liabilities
Continued Operations 60,221,366
Discontinued Operations 19,117,634
Total Operations 79,339,000

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, this caption includes balances payable to other creditors and fixed assets suppliers that do not include interest. The caption includes also advances from customers on promissory sales of stocks and tangible assets and down payments from financial institutions regarding the discount of letters of credit over customers. The Board of Directors believes that the fair market value of these payables is approximately their book value, and that effects of discounting these balances are immaterial.

31. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 Other current liabilities can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Staff Costs 6,975,657 6,895,030
Amounts invoiced for w orks not yet completed 6,821,540 3,818,919
Other external supplies and services 1,143,909 908,497
Interest payable 1,329,796 2,444,463
Expenses w ith contruction contracts 1,534,444 11,855,567
Investment aid 3,686,149 -
Others 3,791,964 8,518,160
Continued Operations 25,283,459 34,440,636
Discontinued Operations - 5,527,248
Total Operations 25,283,459 39,967,884

32. PROVISIONS AND ACCUMULATED IMPAIRMENT LOSSES

Movements in provisions and accumulated impairment losses over the period ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 were as follows:

Balance as at Balance as at
Captions 1 January 2009 Increase Decrease 31 December 2009
Accumulated impairment losses on:
Other Investments (Note 13) 8,270,356 234,699 (558,718) 7,946,337
Other non-current assets (Note 14) 323,988 - (289,072) 34,916
Trade accounts receivable (Note 16) 5,715,588 530,477 (1,172,938) 5,073,127
Other current debtors (Note 17) 29,386,321 88,953 (513,544) 28,961,730
Stocks (Note 15) 9,876,851 115,274 (2,133,752) 7,858,373
Non-current provisions 23,456,843 902,387 (20,363,861) 3,995,369
Current provisions 1,298,200 1,300,000 (219,198) 2,379,002
78,328,147 3,171,790 (25,251,083) 56,248,854
Captions Balance as at
1 January 2009
Increase Decrease Discontinued
Operations
Balance as at
31 December 2009
Accumulated impairment losses on:
Other Investments (Note 13) 28,720,049 138,091 - (20,587,784) 8,270,356
Other non-current assets (Note 14) 790,840 - (466,852) - 323,988
Trade accounts receivable (Note 16) 7,294,172 595,823 (2,180,396) 5,989 5,715,588
Other current debtors (Note 17) 23,634,981 5,920,663 (272,831) 103,508 29,386,321
Stocks (Note 15) 7,474,353 2,899,163 (1,523,522) 1,026,857 9,876,851
Non-current provisions 16,654,464 16,850,846 (14,479,766) 4,431,299 23,456,843
Current provisions 3,815,464 330,000 (2,847,264) - 1,298,200
88,384,323 26,734,586 (21,770,631) (15,020,131) 78,328,147

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 increases in provisions and impairment losses can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Provisions and impairment losses 6,898,852 10,694,800
Impairment losses not included in this note
Tangible assets (4,078,521) (2,989,895)
Financial Investments - 15,925,722
Provisions for impairment losses recorded in cost
of goods sold (Note 15)
100,413 2,040,188
Others 251,046 1,063,771
3,171,790 26,734,586

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 detail of other provisions was as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Judicial claims 2,709,600 5,340,899
Risks associated w ith Elmo and its affiliates - 15,925,722
Others 3,664,771 3,488,422
6,374,371 24,755,043

Impairment losses are deducted from the book value of the corresponding asset.

33. CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008 the most important contingent liabilities referred to guarantees given and were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Guarantees given:
on tax claims 3,238,961 4,213,279
on judicial claims 1,897,406 309,450
on municipal claims 3,175,167 5,964,208
Others 46,176,125 59,341,316

Others include the following guarantees:

  • 7,019,255 euro (5,989,454 euro as at 31 December 2008) of guarantees on construction works given to clients;
  • 37,406,741 euro (37,417,063 euro as at 31 December 2008) of guarantees given concerning building permits in the Tourism business.

The Group has not registered provisions for the events/disagreements for which these guarantees were given since the Group believes that the above mentioned events will not result in a loss for the group.

34. OPERATIONAL LEASES

Minimum lease payments (fixed income) arising from operational leases, in which the Group acts as a lessor, recognized as income during the period ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 amounted to 5,549,533 euro and 5,601,173 euro, respectively.

Additionally, as at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the Group had operational lease contracts, as a lessor, whose minimum lease payments (fixed income) had the following payment schedule:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Due in:
N+1 automatically renew ed 2,210,683 6,217,740
N+1 311,312 343,440
N+2 305,552 343,150
N+3 313,129 351,127
N+4 320,958 359,305
N+5 328,982 343,631
After N+5 - -
3,790,616 7,958,393

Lease payments arising from operational leases, in which the Group acts as a lessee, recognized as an expense during the period ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 amounted to 6,366,163 euro and 6,931,875 euro, respectively.

Additionally, as at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the Group had operational lease contracts, as a lessee, whose minimum lease payments (fixed income) had the following payment schedule:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
N+1 automatically renew ed 2,241,642 2,334,225
N+1 3,834,219 4,976,679
N+2 1,253,668 1,200,424
N+3 1,140,263 1,123,087
N+4 1,034,472 1,036,381
N+5 955,233 974,351
After N+5 4,468,031 4,628,585
14,927,528 16,273,732

35. TURNOVER

Due in:

Turnover for the year ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 was as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Sale of goods 11,806,199 12,038,649
Sale of products 155,178,258 110,424,088
166,984,457 122,462,737
Services Rendered 105,252,609 108,074,833
Continued Operations 272,237,066 230,537,570
Discontinued Operations - 20,307,700
Total Operations 272,237,066 250,845,270

36. OTHER OPERATIONAL INCOME

Other operational income for the year ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 was as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Ow n w ork capitalised 1,544,183 2,074,344
Gains on sales of assets 3,902,662 739,172
Reversal of impairment losses 1,266,270 954,284
Supplementary income 3,289,456 2,732,217
Others 11,682,884 1,750,185
Continued Operations 21,685,455 8,250,202
Discontinued Operations - 513,532
Total Operations 21,685,455 8,763,734

As at 31 December 2009 Others include 7,500,000 euro regarding advance payments which were retained as a result of the termination of the promissory purchase agreement for the parcel of land where the Hotel Resort will be built.

37. CHANGES IN STOCKS

Changes in stocks for the years ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 was as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Finished goods 85,927,463
Work in progress (27,944,159)
Impairment losses on goods and w ork in progress 13,915
Continued Operations - 57,997,219
Discontinued Operations - (703,500)
Total Operations (9,718,300) 57,293,719

Changes in stocks were calculated as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Opening stocks 183,030,695 96,318,341
Change in perimeter (349,109) -
Stock adjustments 14,879,257 (28,729,050)
Closing stocks (Note 15) 187,833,180 183,030,695
(9,727,663) 57,983,304
Impairment losses (14,861) (15,354)
Reversion of impairment losses 24,224 29,269
Continued Operations (9,718,300) 57,997,219
Discontinued Operations - (703,500)
Total Operations (9,718,300) 57,293,719

Stock adjustments are mostly related to the transfer from tangible assets of amounts regarding real estate projects in Troia (Note 10).

38. EXTERNAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, external supplies and services were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Subcontracts 84,583,406 130,721,699
Services 6,476,061 9,660,484
Rents 8,634,413 8,151,524
Fees 2,952,249 2,981,695
Maintenance 3,261,957 2,532,567
Cleaning, health and safety 3,679,200 2,762,655
Electricity 3,257,426 2,836,480
Travelling expenses 1,234,055 1,444,960
Publicity 939,659 2,353,020
Fuel 1,745,291 1,376,396
Security 1,023,384 868,654
Communication 1,236,404 1,097,117
Comissions 3,696,283 1,390,764
Other fluids 1,714,782 1,766,853
Insurance 1,141,592 1,410,063
Others 3,877,920 3,697,810
Continued Operations 129,454,082 175,052,741
Discontinued Operations 5,377 6,534,148
Total Operations 129,459,459 181,586,889

39. STAFF COSTS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, staff costs were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Salaries 37,577,826 35,824,542
Social security contributions 7,238,293 6,685,509
Insurance 702,247 584,859
Welfare 151,426 629,106
Other staff costs 2,282,903 1,674,855
Continued Operations 47,952,695 45,398,871
Discontinued Operations - 4,857,596
Total Operations 47,952,695 50,256,467

40. OTHER OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Other operational expenses were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Losses on sales of assets 70,211 2,099,571
Other taxes 1,227,583 2,123,760
Property tax 597,011 1,345,163
Doubtful debts w ritten-off 688,317 65,087
Others 2,044,041 2,379,152
Continued Operations 4,627,163 8,012,733
Discontinued Operations 1,064 906,981
Total Operations 4,628,227 8,919,714

41. NET FINANCIAL EXPENSES

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Net financial expenses were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Expenses:
Interest payable
related w ith bank loans and overdrafts (3,909,293) (6,373,557)
related w ith non convertible bonds (2,966,614) (5,189,564)
related w ith finance leases (534,584) (1,015,203)
others - (757,172)
(7,410,491) (13,335,496)
Exchange losses (1,133,843) (269,353)
Payment discounts given (3,446) (10,427)
Up front fees - (257,287)
Other financial expenses (1,474,974) (1,493,253)
(10,022,754) (15,365,816)
Income
Interest receivable 2,009,549 2,886,460
Exchange gains 380,229 1,271,775
Payment discounts received 43,591 84,255
Other financial income 206,536 106,750
2,639,905 4,349,240
Net financial expenses
Continued Operations (7,382,849) (11,016,576)
Discontinued Operations (1,734,300) (931,987)
Total Operations (9,117,149) (11,948,563)

42. INVESTMENT INCOME

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Investment income was made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Dividends - 126,090 - 2,829,840
Sale of Sonae Indústria's shares 8,690,139 - - -
Sale of Textil do Marco (843,081) - - -
Partial sale (20%) of Atlantic Ferries 687,145 - - -
Increase in the share capital and reduction in the shareholding in the
Imosede Fund
1,365,089 - - -
Sale of Contacto - Soc. Construções - - 46,361,584 -
Sale of Águas Furtadas Imobiliária - - 103,763 -
Sale of Azulino Imobiliária - - 880,728 -
Partial sale (12.25%) of Spinveste - Promoção Imobiliária - - 639,175 -
Partial sale (12.25%) of Spinveste - Gestão Imobiliária - - (875,009) -
Others 7,755 - - -
Gains on disposal of investments in group companies 9,907,047 47,110,241
Sale of Choice Car SGPS - - 9,059,871 -
Gains on disposal in associated and in jointly controlled
companies
- 9,059,871
Sale of 9% from the 10% ow ned in STAR - Viagens e Turismo - - 1,589,025 -
Gains/(Losses) on sale of investments in assets available for
sale
- 1,589,025
Impairment losses on investments - (9,325,722)
Others - 1,821,407
Investment Income
Continued Operations - 10,033,137 - 53,084,662
Discontinued Operations - - - -
Total Operations - 10,033,137 - 53,084,662

43. TAXATION

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, Taxation was made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Current tax 6,743,949 4,813,098
Deferred tax (Note 20) 4,987,680 (1,048,382)
Taxation
Continued Operations 11,731,629 3,764,716
Discontinued Operations 3,356 77,470
Total Operations 11,734,985 3,842,186

The reconciliation between the profit before taxation and the tax charge for the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 may be summarised as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Profit before income tax 36,156,625 26,793,875
Difference betw een accounting and tax treatment of capital gains/(losses) (49,829,824) (53,361,657)
Share of gains/(losses) of associated undertakings (Note 6) (2,608,502) 2,099,784
Provisions and impairment losses not accepted for tax purposes 2,997,697 11,486,334
Other permanent differences (3,959,938) 7,130,188
Taxable Profit (17,243,942) (5,851,476)
Use of tax losses carried forw ard (2,633,920) (24,827,132)
Recognition of tax losses that have not originated deferred tax assets 58,780,267 46,669,123
38,902,405 15,990,515
Income tax rate in Portugal 25.00% 25.00%
9,725,601 3,997,629
Effect of different income tax rates in other countries (132,120) (677,548)
Effect of increases or decreases in deferred taxes 1,093,507 (579,263)
Municipality tax 820,131 760,028
Under / (over) taxation estimates 57,518 98,728
Autonomous taxes and tax benefits 170,348 242,612
Taxation 11,734,985 3,842,186

44. RECONCILIATION OF CONSOLIDATED NET PROFIT

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, the reconciliation of consolidated net profit can be analysed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Aggregate net profit 70,441,445 91,693,541
Harmonisation adjustments 11,357,034 (28,505,553)
Elimination of intragroup dividends (179,009,882) (40,464,917)
Share of gains/(losses) of associated undertakings (Note 6) 2,501,370 (2,099,789)
Elimination of intragroup capital gains/(losses) 512,581 (7,205,026)
Elimination of intragroup provisions 21,319,636 9,701,449
Adjustments of gains/(losses) on assets disposals 3,604,311 -
Adjustments of gains/(losses) of financial shareholdings sale 95,423,494 5,302,465
Others 15,748 (29,705)
Consolidated net profit for the year
Continued Operations 26,165,737 28,392,465
Discontinued Operations (1,744,097) (5,440,776)
Total Operations 24,421,640 22,951,689

45. RELATED PARTIES

Balances and transactions during the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 with related parties are detailed as follows:

Sales and services rendered Purchases and services obtained
Transactions 31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Parent company and group companies excluded from
consolidation (a)
- 341,622 - 393,615
Associated companies - 3,876 109,750 162,093
Other partners in Group companies 74,505,387 81,130,202 9,778,336 8,435,016
74,505,387 81,475,700 9,888,086 8,990,724
Interest income Interest expenses
Transactions 31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Parent company and group companies excluded from
consolidation (a)
- - - -
Associated companies 1,802,034 1,497,726 - -
Other partners in Group companies - 18,059 155,542 182,468
1,802,034 1,515,785 155,542 182,468
Accounts receivable Accounts payable
Balances 31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Parent company and group companies excluded from
consolidation (a)
- 208,004 115 119,339
Associated companies 954,616 24,123 39,774 176,157
Other partners in Group companies 14,076,242 19,760,304 4,391,160 5,948,939
15,030,858 19,992,431 4,431,049 6,244,435
Loans obtained Loans granted
Balances 31 December 2009 31 December 2008 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Parent company and group companies excluded from
consolidation (a)
- - - -
Associated companies - - 28,262,784 22,451,938
Other partners in Group companies 2,288,445 2,317,826 1 -
2,288,445 2,317,826 28,262,785 22,451,938

a) The parent company is Efanor Investimentos, SGPS, SA; balances and transactions with Sonae, SGPS, SA and Sonae Indústria, SGPS, SA are included under Other partners in Group companies..

Remunerations attributed in 2009 to key management staff of main companies of the Sonae Capital Group (excluding members of the Board of Directors of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA) amounted to 1,324,347 (1,465,578 euro in 2008), of which 976,500 euro (976,500 euro in 2008) are fixed remunerations and 347,847 euro (489,078 euro) are performance bonuses.

46. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Earnings per share for the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 were calculated taking into consideration the following amounts:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Net profit continued operations
Net profit taken into consideration to calculate basic earnings per share
(Net profit for the period )
24,818,365 24,668,135
Effect of dilutive potential shares - -
Interest related to convertible bonds (net of tax) - -
Net profit taken into consideration to calculate diluted earnings per share 24,818,365 24,668,135
Number of shares
Weighted average number of shares used to calculated basic earnings
per share
250,000,000 250,000,000
Effect of dilutive potential ordinary shares from convertible bonds - -
Weighted average number of shares used to calculated diluted earnings
per share
250,000,000 250,000,000
Earnings per share (basic and diluted):
Continued Operations 0.099273 0.098673
Discontinued Operations (0.006976) (0.013099)
Total Operations 0.092297 0.085574

There are no convertible instruments included in Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA's shares, hence there is no dilutive effect.

47. CASH RECEIPTS/PAYMENTS RELATED TO INVESTMENTS

As at 31 December 2009 and 2008, cash receipts and cash payments related to investments can be analysed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Amount received Amount paid Amount received Amount paid
Sale of Sonae Indústria SGPS shares 23,488,062 - - -
Sale of 20% of Atlantic Ferries 1,803,000 - - -
Sale of Contacto Soc. Construções - - 81,500,000 -
Sale of Previciclo 800,000 - - -
Partial sale of Spinveste Promoção Imobliária - - 2,700,000 -
Partial sale of Spinveste Gestão Imobliária - - 2,300,000 -
Sale of Choice Car SGPS - - 12,500,000 -
Sale of Star Viagens - - 3,140,000 -
Sale of Granosalis - - 11,000,000 -
Purchase of Ecociclo II - 7,247,935 - -
Purchase of Norscut shares - - - 603,050
Purchase of additional paid-in capital in Norscut - - - 3,973,736
Purchase of Sonae Indústria SGPS shares - - - 3,447,328
Others 1,796,452 754,320 2,697,437 106,085
Continued Operations 27,887,514 8,002,255 115,837,437 8,130,199
Discontinued Operations - - - -
Total Operations 27,887,514 8,002,255 115,837,437 8,130,199

48. SEGMENT INFORMATION

In 31 December 2009 and 2008, the following were identified as segments:

  • Sonae Turismo:
  • Resort & Residential Development
  • Real Estate Asset Management
  • Tourism Operations
  • Other
  • Spred:
  • Atlantic Ferries
  • Box Lines
  • Selfrio Group
  • Other
  • Holding & Others

The contribution of the business segments to the income statement of the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 can be detailed as follows:

31 D
mb
ece
er 2
009
Tot
al O
atio
per
ns
Res
ort &
Res
iden
tial
Dev
elop
t
men
Rea
l Est
ate
Ass
et
Man
t
age
men
Tou
rism
Ope
ratio
ns
Othe
r
Adju
stme
nts
Tot
al T
ism
our
Atla
ntic Ferr
ies
Box
Lin
es
Self
rio Gro
up
Othe
r
Adju
stme
nts
Tot
al S
d
pre
Hold
ing &
Othe
rs
Adju
stme
nts
Tot
al
Hold
ing
&
Oth
ers
Con
sol
idat
ed
Ope
ratio
nal
Inco
me
Sale
s
82,1
42,0
81
824
,650
1,64
1,60
9
- - 84,6
08,3
40
- - 74,4
44,6
88
7,93
1,42
9
- 82,3
76,1
17
- - - 166
,984
,457
Serv
ices
dere
d
ren
472
,327
5,85
4,61
4
37,8
31,7
03
5,12
4
- 44,1
63,7
68
4,78
1,25
3
39,1
59,4
70
12,2
29,9
54
4,67
1,90
4
- 60,8
42,5
81
246
,261
- 246
,261
105
,252
,609
Othe
iona
l inc
erat
r op
ome
13,1
74,2
37
543
,598
2,32
6,85
2
57,5
54
(3,5
89,6
16)
12,5
12,6
25
67,5
17
300
,617
2,50
5,56
9
1,65
0,60
5
(579
,525
)
3,94
4,78
3
1,06
5,61
0
4,16
2,43
8
5,22
8,04
8
21,6
85,4
55
95,7
88,6
44
7,22
2,86
2
41,8
00,1
64
62,6
78
(3,5
16)
89,6
141
,284
,732
4,84
8,77
0
39,4
60,0
87
89,1
80,2
11
14,2
53,9
38
(579
)
,525
147
,163
,480
1,31
1,87
1
4,16
2,43
8
5,47
4,30
9
293
,922
,521
Inter
t inc
-seg
men
ome
599
,104
2,08
9,58
0
2,50
8,76
2
3,30
1,47
8
- 81,7
98
988
,567
212
,672
4,58
6,48
0
96,3
87,7
49
9,31
2,44
1
44,3
08,9
26
3,36
4,15
6
4,84
8,77
0
39,5
41,8
86
90,1
68,7
78
14,4
66,6
10
5,89
8,35
1
Ope
ratio
nal c
ash
-flow
(EB
ITDA
)
44,5
80,8
48
3,57
4,92
9
(1,6
32,2
47)
243
,006
- 46,7
66,5
36
(242
,365
)
696
,949
7,83
5,58
8
(1,5
10,2
13)
- 6,77
9,95
9
(2,0
13,2
04)
- (2,0
04)
13,2
51,5
33,2
92
Dep
reci
atio
d am
ortis
atio
n an
n
Prov
ision
d im
pair
t los
s an
men
ses
1
Rev
l of
ision
d im
pair
t los
ersa
prov
s an
men
ses
(1,2
89)
15,6
(1,0
78,0
40)
84,1
11
(1,6
28)
31,2
36,5
32
1,30
3
(7,7
24)
06,0
(3,2
23,1
76)
351
,062
(228
)
,997
(50
,730
)
5,62
5
-
-
-
(10,
781
,939
)
(4,3
15,4
13)
442
,102
(1,3
50)
64,9
-
-
(215
)
,433
(52
,725
)
-
(230
)
,308
(125
,262
)
13,7
07
(628
)
,187
(1,5
05,4
52)
50,9
53
-
-
-
(2,4
38,8
78)
(1,6
39)
83,4
64,6
60
(47,
)
758
(900
,000
)
759
,508
-
-
-
(47,
758
)
(900
)
,000
759
,508
(13,
268
,575
)
(6,8
52)
98,8
1,26
6,27
0
Ope
ratio
nal p
rofit
(EB
IT)
41,7
80,8
47
Info
tion
rma
1,98
1,53
6
not
d by
use
ma
(11
,620
,001
)
nt fo
r inte
nag
eme
(31
,097
)
diate
rme
seg
-
ts.
men
32,1
11,2
86
(1,6
07,3
14)
Info
428
,791
tion
not
rma
use
7,49
3,72
5
d by
ma
nag
ts.
seg
men
(3,5
92,8
99)
nt fo
r inte
eme
rme
diate
-
2,72
2,30
3
Info
rma
(2,2
01,4
54)
by m
ana
inte
tion
not
d
use
-
for
ent
gem
diat
rme
e
(2,2
01,4
54)
32,6
32,1
35
Ne
t fin
ial e
anc
xpe
nse
s
(3,8
54,6
98)
(2,5
27,2
86)
(4,9
38,4
95)
(8,3
55,4
38)
- (19,
675
)
,918
(506
,026
)
41,5
17
(115
,841
)
(775
,541
)
- (1,3
55,8
91)
11,9
14,6
60
seg
ts.
men
-
11,9
14,6
60
(9,1
49)
17,1
Sh
of re
sults
of a
ciate
d un
dert
akin
are
sso
gs
(7,7
59)
(260
,674
)
- - - (268
,433
)
- - - 146
,523
- 146
,523
2,73
0,41
2
- 2,73
0,41
2
2,60
8,50
2
Inv
inco
estm
ent
me
687
,145
- - - - 687
,145
- - - (716
,990
)
- (716
,990
)
10,0
62,9
82
- 10,0
62,9
82
10,0
33,1
37
Prof
it be
fore
tax
atio
n
38,6
05,5
35
(806
,424
)
(16
,558
,496
) (
8,38
6,53
5)
- 12,8
54,0
80
(2,1
13,3
40)
470
,308
7,37
7,88
5
(4,9
38,9
08)
- 795
,944
22,5
06,6
01
- 22,5
06,6
01
36,1
56,6
25
Ta
xatio
n
(10,
)
024
,614
(53
)
,495
546
,566
70,9
75
- (9,4
60,5
69)
547
,947
221
,726
(2,0
04)
04,5
(369
)
,112
- (1,6
03,9
43)
(670
)
,473
- (670
,473
)
(11,
734
,985
)
Net
prof
it fo
r the
iod
per
28,5
80,9
21
(859
,919
)
(16
,011
,930
) (
8,31
5,56
0)
- 3,39
3,51
1
(1,5
65,3
93)
692
,034
5,37
3,38
0
(5,3
08,0
19)
- (807
)
,999
21,8
36,1
28
- 21,8
36,1
28
24,4
21,6
39
ttrib
utab
le to
ity h
olde
f So
Cap
ital
- a
equ
rs o
nae
23,0
74,2
68
ttrib
utab
le to
min
ority
inte
rest
- a
s
1,34
7,37
2

1 Amount included in the caption Other operational income but added back in the calculation of Operational Cash-flow (EBITDA).

31 D
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008
Tot
al O
atio
per
ns
Res
ort &
Res
iden
tial
Dev
elop
t
men
Rea
l Est
ate
Ass
et
Man
t
age
men
Tou
rism
Ope
ratio
ns
Othe
r
Adju
stme
nts
Tot
al T
ism
our
Atla
ntic Ferr
ies
Box
Lin
es
Self
rio
Gro
up
Othe
r
Adju
stme
nts
Tot
al S
d
pre
Hold
ing &
Othe
rs
Adju
stme
nts
al Hold
Tot
& Oth
ing
ers
Con
sol
idat
ed
Ope
ratio
nal I
nco
me
Sale
s
33,2
30,6
52
2,90
2,82
5
651
,112
- - 36,7
84,5
89
- - 73,7
22,2
31
32,2
53,8
66
- 105
,976
,097
- - - 142
,760
,686
Serv
ices
dere
d
ren
144
,610
6,79
7,72
2
34,2
01,8
07
8,96
0
- 41,1
53,0
99
4,84
9,81
2
45,5
96,3
42
10,9
98,3
64
5,12
9,32
4
- 66,5
73,8
42
357
,643
- 357
,643
108
,084
,584
Othe
erat
iona
l inc
r op
ome
1,74
8,21
1
1,19
9,66
3
1,14
6,10
3
352
,526
(2,4
97,6
56)
1,94
8,84
6
346
,158
218
,062
2,69
8,05
9
807
,379
121
,316
4,19
0,97
4
259
,947
2,36
3,96
7
2,62
3,91
4
8,76
3,73
4
35,1
23,4
73
10,9
00,2
10
35,9
99,0
22
361
,486
(2,4
97,6
56)
79,8
86,5
34
5,19
5,97
0
45,8
14,4
04
87,4
18,6
54
38,1
90,5
68
121
,316
176
,740
,912
617
,589
2,36
3,96
7
2,98
1,55
7
259
,609
,005
Inter
t inc
-seg
men
ome
1,60
2,40
7
1,75
6,87
3
865
,149
1,32
3,45
9
1,83
6
164
,204
1,06
3,98
8
281
,351
2,60
8,79
9
36,7
25,8
80
12,6
57,0
83
36,8
64,1
71
1,68
4,94
5
5,19
7,80
7
45,9
78,6
08
88,4
82,6
41
38,4
71,9
19
3,22
6,38
9
Ope
ratio
nal c
ash
-flow
(EB
ITDA
)
4,78
1,77
7
3,63
1,01
1
(1,5
59,9
36)
(770
,161
)
- 6,08
2,69
1
157
,137
1,48
7,70
8
8,07
3,38
0
(3,5
65,7
57)
- 6,15
2,46
8
(2,0
00,1
59)
- (2,0
00,1
59)
10,2
35,0
00
Dep
reci
atio
d am
ortis
atio
n an
n
Prov
ision
d im
pair
t los
s an
men
ses
1
Rev
l of
ision
d im
pair
t los
ersa
prov
s an
men
ses
(159
,989
)
(6,6
78)
04,2
684
,250
(1,9
13,1
98)
(1,4
13)
82,4
(1,8
64,0
71)
(6,0
89,5
48)
(775
)
,600
140
,523
(167
,880
)
(532
)
,871
-
-
-
-
(8,3
30,6
15)
(9,3
95,1
62)
(1,0
39,2
98)
(405
,046
)
-
-
(328
,787
)
(2,6
35)
-
(265
,515
)
(21,
)
404
4,83
5
(1,5
79,0
47)
(1,2
00)
75,6
93,2
65
-
-
-
(2,5
78,3
95)
(1,2
99,6
38)
98,0
99
(32,
428
)
-
100
,000
-
-
-
(32,
428
)
-
100
,000
(10,
941
,437
)
(10,
694
,800
)
(841
,198
)
Ope
ratio
nal p
rofit
(EB
IT)
(1,2
98,2
40)
Info
tion
rma
(1,6
28,6
70)
not
d by
use
ma
(8,2
84,5
61)
nt fo
r inte
nag
eme
(1,4
70,9
12)
diate
rme
seg
-
ts.
men
(12,
)
682
,383
(247
,910
Info
)
1,15
tion
6,28
not
7
rma
use
d by
7,79
1,29
6
ma
nag
ts.
seg
men
(6,3
nt fo
27,1
r inte
38)
eme
diate
rme
-
2,37
2,53
4
Info
rma
(1,9
32,5
87)
by m
ana
inte
tion
not
d
use
for
ent
gem
-
diat
rme
e
(1,9
87)
32,5
(12,
)
242
,436
Ne
t fin
ial e
anc
xpe
nse
s
(5,0
93,6
06)
(3,7
26,5
03)
(5,4
86,5
09)
(12
,001
,336
)
- (26,
)
307
,953
(869
,523
)
97,5
55
(225
,384
)
(1,1
02,2
41)
- (2,0
93)
99,5
16,4
58,9
seg
83
ts.
men
-
16,4
58,9
83
(11,
)
948
,564
Sh
of re
sults
of a
ciate
d un
dert
akin
are
sso
gs
(2,3
95)
(425
,874
)
- - - (428
,269
)
- - - (2,2
77,7
86)
- (2,2
77,7
86)
606
,266
- 606
,266
(2,0
99,7
89)
Inv
inco
estm
ent
me
1,58
9,02
8
1,65
8,59
3
- 942
,148
- 4,18
9,77
0
- - - 46,2
28,7
84
- 46,2
28,7
84
2,66
6,10
8
- 2,66
6,10
8
53,0
84,6
62
Prof
it be
fore
atio
tax
n
(4,8
05,2
12)
(4,1
22,4
54)
(13
,771
,070
) (1
2,53
0,09
9)
- (35,
228
,835
)
(1,1
17,4
33)
1,25
3,84
2
7,56
5,91
2
36,5
21,6
19
- 44,2
23,9
39
17,7
98,7
70
- 17,7
98,7
70
26,7
93,8
73
Ta
xatio
n
(1,7
39)
58,3
39,5
95
810
,525
(91
)
,513
- (999
,732
)
512
,652
(357
)
,363
(1,8
36)
24,5
(677
)
,216
- (2,3
46,4
64)
(495
)
,990
- (495
,990
)
(3,8
42,1
86)
Net
prof
it fo
r the
iod
per
ttrib
utab
le to
olde
f So
(6,5
63,5
52)
(4,0
82,8
59)
(12
,960
,545
) (1
2,62
1,61
2)
- (36,
)
228
,567
(604
,781
)
896
,478
5,74
1,37
6
35,8
44,4
02
- 41,8
77,4
76
17,3
02,7
80
- 17,3
02,7
80
22,9
51,6
88
ity h
Cap
ital
- a
equ
rs o
nae
ttrib
utab
le to
min
inte
21,3
93,6
05
ority
rest
- a
s
1,55
8,08
4

1 Amount included in the caption Other operational income but added back in the calculation of Operational Cash-flow (EBITDA).

The contribution of the business segments to the balance sheets as at 31 December 2009 and 2008 can be detailed as follows:

31 D
mbe
ece
r 20
09
Tota
l Op
erat
ions
Reso
ial Deve
rt &
Resi
dent
lopm
ent
Real
Esta
te A
sset
Man
ent
agem
ism Ope
Tour
ratio
ns
Othe
r
Elimi
natio
ns
Tota
l To
uris
m
Atla
ntic Ferr
ies
Box
Line
s
Self
rio Grou
p
Othe
r
Elimi
natio
ns
Tota
l Sp
red
Oth
Hold
ing &
ers
Elimi
natio
ns
Tota
l Ho
ldin
g &
Othe
rs
Con
soli
date
d
Fixe
d As
sets
Tang
ible
81,0
26,4
12
38,1
16,2
42
125
,746
,976
928
,864
- 245,
818,
494
27,3
29,8
28
490
,904
701
,851
9,50
2,24
2
- 38,0
24,8
25
79,3
60
- 79,3
60
283,
922,
679
Intan
gible
4,72
1
21,1
07
7,08
2,73
2
206
,485
- 5,04
5
7,31
83,1
09
25,5
15
14,5
56
9,65
3
- 132,
832
50,9
02
- 50,9
02
7,49
8,78
0
Goo
dw il
l
23,9
73,1
67
11,4
80,6
44
399
,249
21,2
66
- 35,8
74,3
26
- 216
,643
24,2
21,5
76
1,00
5,34
4
- 25,4
43,5
63
32,0
81
- 32,0
81
61,3
49,9
70
Inve
stme
nts
585
,044
1,02
3,04
3
50,0
00
18,7
74,0
78
- 20,4
32,1
65
- - 0 2,83
7,14
6
- 2,83
7,14
6
48,5
68,5
62
- 48,5
68,5
62
71,8
37,8
73
Defe
rred
tax a
sset
s
1,41
4,48
2
5,24
9,22
2
2,23
8,91
1
88,3
97
- 8,99
1,01
3
1,06
5,60
1
6,08
4
25,3
67
555
,281
- 1,65
2,33
3
- - - 10,6
43,3
46
Othe
ets
r ass
234
,866
,022
95,8
00,8
75
33,6
64,3
70
329
,275
,788
(455
)
,245
,795
238,
361,
260
2,18
5,67
7
11,4
44,5
64
60,2
80,9
91
16,9
46,5
44
(10,
877)
379,
80,4
77,9
00
581,
493,
823
(568
)
,624
,183
12,8
69,6
40
331,
708,
799
Cas
h, ca
sh e
quiv
alen
ts an
d cu
t inv
estm
ents
rren
72,8
51
540
,461
318
,508
16,2
93
- 948,
113
52,6
91
233
,532
1,09
4,32
9
58,1
17
- 1,43
8,66
9
418,
499
- 418,
499
2,80
5,28
0
Tota
l As
sets
341,
942,
697
152,
231,
596
169,
500,
747
349,
311,
171
(455
,245
,795
)
557,
740,
416
30,7
16,9
05
12,4
17,2
42
86,3
38,6
70
30,9
14,3
27
(10,
379,
877)
150,
007,
268
630,
643,
226
(568
,624
,183
)
62,0
19,0
44
769,
766,
728
Non-
ent L
iabili
ties
curr
Bank
Loa
ns
1,50
0,00
0
0 2,40
8,79
6
0 - 3,90
8,79
6
21,6
32,9
89
- 2,10
0,00
0
6,28
7,37
1
- 30,0
20,3
60
201,
993,
362
- 201,
993,
362
235,
922,
518
Defe
rred
tax l
iabili
ties
1,67
8,84
3
443
,923
714
,647
101
,591
- 2,93
9,00
3
480 1,86
7
- - - 2,34
6
201,
640
- 201,
640
3,14
2,99
0
Othe
liabil
ities
rent
r non
-cur
Curr
207
,184
,045
116
,597
,254
130
,848
,992
512
,835
,643
(931
,882
,688
)
35,5
83,2
46
- - - 38,9
39,6
66
(35,
971,
487)
2,96
8,17
9
2,26
4,21
4
- 2,26
4,21
4
40,8
15,6
39
ent L
iabili
ties
Bank
Loa
57 2 42 5 0 5 59
ns
Othe
liabil
ities
rent
89,8
16
(0)
4
1,28
2,39
23
23,6
54
- 5,89
1,39
1
1,47
4,65
4
- 1,40
3,36
1 2
1,41
6,99
3 1
9
- 5,01
4,29
0
39,1
09,6
1
- 59
39,1
09,6
6
00,5
59
44,8
r cur
Tota
l Lia
bilit
ies
44,9
07,2
255
5,29
3,05
122
22,5
43,2
050
38,6
85,8
551
(59,
307,
564)
52,1
21,7
84
20
2,02
9,50
27
8,39
1,93
7,79
0,58
8 3
4,57
2,88
3 6
0
(9,4
13,5
05)
43,3
71,4
02
96
4,93
9,71
587
(287
,265
)
4,65
2,44
322
100,
145,
634
,359
,961
,334
,231
157,
798,
,646
,730
(991
)
,190
,252
95,9
48,7
25,1
37,6
8,39
3,79
1,29
3,94
1,21
6,92
(45,
992)
384,
80,6
57,2
248,
508,
(287
)
,265
248,
221,
424,
827,
339
Tec
hnic
al in
tme
nt
ves
10,5
47,2
76
26,4
40,3
45
6,99
0,29
5
73,6
88
44,0
51,6
04
1,28
0,04
7
292,
710
132,
270
674,
605
2,37
9,63
3
135,
300
135,
300
46,5
66,5
37
- - -
Gro
ss D
ebt
1,58
9,85
7
0 3,69
1,18
9
23,6
42
- 5,30
4,68
8
23,1
07,6
44
- 3,50
3,36
0
7,70
4,36
7
- 34,3
15,3
71
241,
103,
022
- 241,
103,
022
280,
723,
077
Net
Deb
t
1,51
7,00
7
(540
,461
)
3,37
2,68
1
7,34
9
- 4,35
6,57
5
23,0
54,9
52
(233
,532
)
2,40
9,03
1
7,64
6,25
0
- 32,8
76,7
02
240,
684,
524
- 240,
684,
524
277,
917,
797
Self
Reso
ial Deve
rt &
Resi
dent
Real
Esta
te A
sset
ism Ope
Tour
Atla
ntic Ferr
rio Grou
Tota
g & Othe
l Ho
ldin
ions
Othe
Elim
inatio
uris
Box
Line
Othe
Elimi
natio
l Sp
Hold
ing &
Oth
Elim
inatio
Con
soli
Tota
l Op
erat
Man
Tota
l To
Tota
red
date
r
ns
m
s
r
ns
ers
ns
lopm
ent
ent
ratio
ies
agem
ns
p
rs
Fixe
d As
sets
Tang
ible
83,5
33,0
24
122
,556
,962
147
,034
,627
1,02
4,21
5
354,
148,
828
27,4
49,2
33
409
,066
759
,574
30,8
70,6
23
59,4
88,4
96
53,7
09
53,7
09
413
,691
-
-
-
Intan
gible
4,76
8,21
2
721
,054
263
,599
44,8
45
30,0
15,8
73
402
,240
0
7
997,
632
75
493,
033
0
1,49
0,66
5
-
-
-
Goo
dw il
l
23,9
73,1
67
11,4
80,6
44
97,7
43
372
,030
35,9
23,5
84
216
,643
24,2
21,5
76
1,37
2,73
7
25,8
10,9
56
32,0
81
32,0
81
61,7
66,6
21
-
-
-
-
Inve
stme
nts
592
,802
902
,597
(0)
217
,143
1,71
2,54
2
30,0
00
915
,815
945,
815
41,5
72,2
75
41,5
72,2
75
44,2
30,6
32
-
-
-
-
-
Defe
rred
tax
ts
6,75
0,27
7
4,31
0,06
5
3,23
8,22
1
14,2
98,5
63
513,
535
1,08
6
601
,993
1,11
6,61
4
342,
739
342,
739
15,7
57,9
15
asse
-
-
-
-
-
31 D
mbe
ece
r 20
08
d
,033
Othe
ets
242
,733
,434
145
,578
,434
72,3
19,0
84
605
,966
,598
(829
,749
,753
)
236,
847,
797
500,
208
12,7
45,5
01
53,8
49,7
20
199
,341
,582
(138
,029
,971
) 1
28,4
07,0
39
620,
384,
826
(613
,621
,822
)
6,76
3,00
4
372
,017
,841
r ass
Cas
h, ca
sh e
quiv
alen
d cu
t inv
1,04
5,65
4
10,0
16,1
01
253
,127
82,1
46
73,8
03
33,8
98
1,21
5,93
6
1,63
2,41
3
2,95
6,05
4,96
3,90
7
85
ts an
estm
ents
11,3
97,0
28
0
4,96
3,90
7
19,3
16,9
rren
-
-
-
Tota
l As
358
,125
,853
,857
,925
(829
,753
)
655
,325
28,5
235
(138
) 2
,538
(613
)
53,7
15
sets
,633
294
,016
223
,663
607
,730
,749
,974
81,6
23
13,4
36,2
69
80,0
92,6
79
,137
,402
,029
,971
19,2
18,0
02
667
,349
,621
,822
27,7
928
,271
,692
Non-
ent L
iabili
ties
curr
Ban
k Lo
86,6
70
0
2,76
5,15
1
23,6
18
2,87
5,43
9
14,3
36,0
43
3,50
0,00
0
2,08
5,02
8
19,9
21,0
71
129,
014,
621
129,
014,
621
151
,811
ans
-
-
-
-
,132
Defe
rred
tax
liabil
ities
1,75
7,35
7
497
,823
554
,702
107
,962
2,91
7,84
4
246,
326
246,
326
3,16
4,17
0
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Othe
liabil
ities
174
,053
,393
142
,509
,672
144
,101
,343
755
,404
,015
(1,1
82,2
63,0
79)
33,8
05,3
43
748
,798
131
,132
,128
(94,
061,
459)
37,8
19,4
67
18,0
46,3
70
2,74
5
18,0
49,1
15
89,6
73,9
26
rent
r non
-cur
-
-
Curr
ent L
iabili
ties
-
-
Ban
k Lo
95,0
80
7,93
4
1,27
3,61
1
31,4
24
1,40
8,04
8
719,
202
1,42
7,96
0
12,9
50,8
56
15,0
98,0
18
124,
756,
438
124,
756,
438
141
,262
ans
-
-
-
-
,504
Othe
(128
)
(89,
046)
(87,
039)
t liab
ilities
120
,353
,232
25,3
59,0
85
34,5
07,9
22
46,9
18,8
37
,265
,669
98,8
73,4
06
6,38
1,70
6
8,60
4,85
8
37,4
93,7
43
118
,770
,871
389,
81,8
62,1
33
92,8
84,2
84
425,
5,45
9,24
5
186
,194
r cu
rren
,785
Tota
l Lia
bilit
ies
296
,345
,731
168
,374
,514
183
,202
,728
802
,485
,855
(1,3
10,5
28,7
48)
139
,880
,080
21,4
36,9
51
8,60
4,85
8
43,1
70,5
01
264
,938
,884
(183
,450
,505
) 1
54,7
00,6
90
364
,948
,039
(87,
422,
294)
277
,525
,746
572
,106
,517
Tec
hnic
al in
48,3
69,0
20
27,1
12,4
84
38,2
44,9
83
9,89
2
113
,736
,379
5,36
0,77
8
160
,485
297
,770
(27,
949)
5,79
1,08
3
62,2
33
62,2
33
119
,589
tme
nt
ves
-
-
-
,696
Gro
ss D
ebt
181
,749
7,93
4
4,03
8,76
2
55,0
42
4,28
3,48
7
15,0
55,2
45
4,92
7,96
0
15,0
35,8
85
35,0
19,0
89
253
,771
,059
253
,771
,059
293
,073
-
-
-
-
,635
Net
Deb
t
(863
,905
)
(10,
008,
167)
3,78
5,63
5
(27,
104)
(7,1
13,5
41)
14,9
81,4
42
(33,
898)
3,71
2,02
4
13,4
03,4
72
32,0
63,0
40
248
,807
,152
248
,807
,152
273
,756
,651
-
-
-

The contribution of the main business segments to the cash-flow statement for the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009
Turismo Spred Holding and Others Consolidated
Operating activities 17,937,906 9,768,621 (5,252,278) 22,454,249
Investment activities (27,719,175) (8,831,697) 19,871,111 (16,679,761)
Financing activities 730,692 202,544 (21,849,454) (20,916,218)
Change in cash and cash equivalents
Total Operations (9,050,577) 1,139,468 (7,230,621) (15,141,730)
31 December 2008
Turismo Spred Holding and Others Consolidated
Operating activities (45,557,607) 529,504 (3,252,422) (48,280,525)
Investment activities 28,127,976 (13,050,302) 9,495,054 24,572,728
Financing activities (70,300,567) (21,913,831) 92,099,143 (115,255)
Change in cash and cash equivalents
Total Operations (87,730,198) (34,434,629) 98,341,775 (23,823,052)

Net debt of the Holding can be analysed as follows:

Inflows
Gross bank debt 241,103,021
Cash and cash equivalents 418,499
Net bank debt 240,684,523
Sonae Turismo 0
Spred 0
Intercompany ST Loans Obtained 0
Total Inflows 240,684,523
Outflows
Sonae Turismo 520,399,935
520,399,935
37,160,167
557,560,102

Sonae Capital's headcount can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Turismo 674 691
Spred 898 985
Holding and Others 80 66
Continued Operations 1,652 1,742
Discontinued Operations - 801
Total 1,652 2,543

49. COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS

Decree Law Nr. 185/09 article 11

During the years ended 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, the following amounts have been paid to the company's external auditor:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Audit and Statutory Audit 1 158,542 154,387
Other Assurance 2 - 8,500
Tax Consultancy 2 10,000 45,000
Other Services 2 33,750 -
Total 202,292 207,887

1 Fees agreed for the year.

2 Amounts already paid.

50. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

No significant events, requiring further disclosure, have occurred after 31 December 2009.

51. APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

These consolidated financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors on 24 March 2010 and are still subject to approval by the Shareholders General Meeting.

INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

31 DECEMBER 2009

INDIVIDUAL BALANCE SHEETS AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

ASSETS Notes 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
NON CURRENT ASSETS:
Tangible assets 2,643 5,285
Investments 382,639,453 382,638,753
Deferred tax assets - 342,739
Other non current assets 343,547,500 116,153,000
Total Non Current Assets 726,189,596 499,139,777
CURRENT ASSETS
Other current assets 12,860,560 44,731,586
Cash and cash equivalents 55,597 25,516
Total Current Assets 12,916,157 44,757,102
TOTAL ASSETS 739,105,753 543,896,879
EQUITY:
Share Capital 8 250,000,000 250,000,000
Translation and Fair Value Reserves - (304,749)
Other reserves 9 132,638,253 132,638,253
Retained earnings (849,780) (1,509)
Profit / (Loss) for the period 163,822,537 (848,271)
TOTAL EQUITY 545,611,010 381,483,724
LIABILITIES:
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
Bank loans 10 102,750,107 29,934,516
Bonds 10 49,884,766 49,825,545
Other non current liabilities 140,821 -
Deferred tax liabilities 41,282 59,985
4
5
6
7
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Total Non Current Liabilities
10
12
13
Total Current Liabilities
152,816,976 79,820,046
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Suppliers 54,384 22,134
Bank overdrafts 39,100,000 21,850,000
Other creditors 2,350 59,230,978
Other current liabilities 1,521,033 1,489,997
40,677,767 82,593,109
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 739,105,753 543,896,879

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENTS BY NATURE

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

Notes 31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Operational income:
Other operational income 12,918 10,055
Total operational income 12,918 10,055
Operational expenses:
External supplies and services 14 (543,426) (560,648)
Staff costs 16 (1,154,294) (1,167,426)
Depreciation and amortisation (2,642) (2,642)
Other operational expenses (56,999) (54,095)
Total operational expenses (1,757,361) (1,784,812)
Operational profit/(loss) (1,744,443) (1,774,757)
Financial income 17 10,604,607 5,544,698
Financial expenses 17 (7,055,350) (4,898,944)
Net financial income/(expenses) 3,549,257 645,754
Investment income 18 162,500,000 -
Profit/(loss) before taxation 164,304,814 (1,129,004)
Taxation 19 (482,277) 280,733
Profit/(loss) for the period 163,822,537 (848,271)
Profit/(loss) per share
Basic 20 0.655290 (0.003393)

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

INDIVIDUAL INCOME STATEMENTS BY NATURE

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

4th Quarter 2009 4th Quarter 2008
(Unaudited) (Unaudited)
Operational income:
Other operational income 4,987 (6,788)
Total operational income 4,987 (6,788)
Operational expenses:
External supplies and services (178,937) (239,193)
Staff costs (295,383) (295,388)
Depreciation and amortisation (661) (661)
Other operational expenses (5,747) (26,004)
Total operational expenses (480,728) (561,247)
Operational profit/(loss) (475,741) (568,034)
Financial income 3,529,262 2,016,509
Financial expenses (749,600) (1,731,146)
Net financial income/(expenses) 2,779,662 285,363
Investment income - -
Profit/(loss) before taxation 2,303,921 (282,673)
Taxation (536,121) 281,285
Profit/(loss) for the period 1,767,800 (1,388)
Profit/(loss) per share
Basic 0.0070712 (0.000006)

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Net profit for the period 163,822,537 (848,271)
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations - -
Share of other comprehensive income of associates and joint
ventures accounted for by the equity method - -
Change in the fair value of assets available for sale - -
Change in the fair value of cash flow hedging derivatives 304,749 (304,749)
Gains on property revaluation - -
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income - -
Other comprehensive income for the period 304,749 (304,749)
Total comprehensive income for the period 164,127,286 (1,153,020)

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

4th Quarter 2009
(Unaudited)
4th Quarter 2008
(Unaudited)
Net profit for the period
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations
Share of other comprehensive income of associates and joint
ventures accounted for by the equity method
Change in the fair value of assets available for sale
Change in the fair value of cash flow hedging derivatives
Gains on property revaluation
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income
1,767,800 (1,388)
- -
- -
- -
- (580,772)
- -
- -
Other comprehensive income for the period - (580,772)
Total comprehensive income for the period 1,767,800 (582,160)

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

INDIVIDUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Cash paid to trade creditors 533,438 504,945
Cash paid to employees 974,713 834,586
Cash flow generated by operations (1,508,151) (1,339,531)
Income taxes (paid)/received (26,338) 29,056
Other cash receipts/(payments) relating to operating activities (968,249) 85,435
Net cash flow from operating activities [1] (2,450,062) (1,283,152)
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
Cash receipts arising from:
Interest and similar income 7,774,409 2,217,250
Dividends 162,500,000 -
170,274,409 2,217,250
Cash payments arising from:
Investments 700 500
Tangible assets - 7,927
Loans granted 191,940,200 107,772,300
(191,940,900) (107,780,727)
Net cash flow from investment activities [2] (21,666,491) (105,563,476)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash receipts arising from:
Loans obtained 90,050,000 110,981,400
90,050,000 110,981,400
Cash Payments arising from:
Interest and similar costs 6,771,966 4,110,618
Loans obtained 59,131,400 -
(65,903,366) (4,110,618)
Net cash from financing activities [3] 24,146,634 106,870,782
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents [4] = [1]+[2]+[3] 30,081 24,154
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 25,516 1,363
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 55,597 25,516

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

INDIVIDUAL STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

4th Quarter 2009
(Unaudited)
4th Quarter 2008
(Unaudited)
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Cash paid to trade creditors 100,173 187,955
Cash paid to employees 229,413 207,906
Cash flow generated by operations (329,586) (395,861)
Income taxes (paid)/received 500 44,674
Other cash receipts/(payments) relating to operating activities (815,844) 76,569
Net cash flow from operating activities [1] (1,145,930) (332,730)
INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
Cash receipts arising from:
Interest and similar income 325,979 139,019
Dividends - -
325,979 139,019
Cash payments arising from:
Investments 700 500
Tangible assets - -
Loans granted (55,636,000) 70,048,300
55,635,300 (70,048,800)
Net cash flow from investment activities [2] 55,961,279 (69,909,780)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash receipts arising from:
Loans obtained 6,600,000 71,981,400
6,600,000 71,981,400
Cash Payments arising from:
Interest and similar costs 2,561,886 1,724,598
Loans obtained 58,823,200 -
(61,385,086) (1,724,598)
Net cash from financing activities [3] (54,785,086) 70,256,802
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents [4] = [1]+[2]+[3] 30,263 14,292
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 25,334 11,225
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period 55,597 25,516

The accompanying notes are part of these financial statements

NOTES TO THE INDIVIDUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2009 AND 2008

(Translation of the individual financial statements originally issued in Portuguese)

(Amounts expressed in euro)

1. INTRODUCTION

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA ("the Company" or "Sonae Capital") whose registered office is at Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, Apartado 3053, 4471-907 Maia, Portugal, was set up on 14 December 2007 by public deed, following the demerger from Sonae, SGPS, SA of the whole of the shareholding in the company formerly named Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA, now named SC, SGPS, SA, in compliance with paragraph a) of article 118 of the Commercial Companies Code.

The Company's financial statements are presented as required by the Commercial Companies Code. According to Decree-Law 35/2005 of 17 February 2007, the Company's financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The principal accounting policies adopted in preparing the accompanying individual financial statements are as follows:

2.1 Basis of preparation

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC") or by the previous Standing Interpretations Committee ("SIC"), applicable to financial years beginning on 1 January 2009.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared from the books and accounting records on a going concern basis and under the historical cost convention, except for financial instruments which are stated at fair value (Note 2.3).

2.2 Borrowing costs

Financial charges connected with loans contracted are generally recognised as a cost in accordance with the accruals principle, using for this purpose the effective interest rate method.

2.3 Financial instruments

a) Investments

Investments are classified into the following categories:

  • Held to maturity
  • Investments measured at fair value through profit or loss
  • Available-for-sale

Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA Report and Accounts 179

Held to maturity investments are classified as non-current assets unless they mature within 12 months of the balance sheet date. Investments classified as held to maturity have defined maturities and the Company has the intention and ability to hold them until the maturity date. Investments measured at fair value through profit or loss are classified as current investments. Available-for-sale investments are classified as non-current assets.

Investments measured at fair value through profit and loss include investments held for negotiation which the company acquires with a view to disposal within a reasonable period of time and are classified in the balance sheet as current investments.

The Company classifies as available for sale investments those which are not classified as investments measured at fair value through profit and loss nor as investments held to maturity. These investments are classified as non current assets, unless there is an intention to dispose of them within 12 months of the balance sheet date.

All purchases and sales of investments are recognised on the trade date, independently of the settlement date.

Investments are initially measured at cost, which is the fair value of the consideration paid for them, including transaction costs, in the case of available for sale investments.

Available-for-sale investments and investments measured at fair value through profit or loss are subsequently carried at fair value, without any deduction for transaction costs which may be incurred on sale, by reference to their quoted market price at the balance sheet date. Investments in equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price and whose fair value cannot be reliably measured are stated at cost, less impairment losses.

Gains or losses arising from a change in fair value of available-for-sale investments are recognised directly in equity, under Fair value reserve, until the investment is sold or otherwise disposed of, or until its fair value is lower than its carrying amount and that corresponds to an impairment loss, at which time the cumulative gain or loss previously recognised in equity is transferred to net profit or loss for the period.

The gains and losses resulting from changes to the fair value of derivatives valued at fair value are shown in the financial statements in the caption net financial charges/income.

Held to maturity investments are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate, net of capital reimbursements and interest income received.

In accordance with IAS 27, investments in affiliated and associated undertakings are stated at acquisition cost, less impairment losses.

b) Classification as Equity or Liability

Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified and accounted for based on their contractual substance, independently from the legal form they assume.

c) Loans

Loans are recorded as liabilities at their nominal value, net of up-front fees and commissions related to the issuance of those instruments. Financial expenses are calculated based on the effective interest rate and are recorded in the income statement on an accruals basis, in accordance with the accounting policy defined in Note 2.4. The portion of the effective interest charge relating to up-front fees and commissions, if not paid in the period, is added to the book value of the loan.

d) Trade accounts payable

Trade accounts payable are stated at their nominal value.

e) Derivatives

The Company uses derivatives in the management of its financial risks only to hedge such risks, and/or to optimize funding costs, in accordance with the interest rate risk policy stated in Note 3.1.

The derivatives used by the Company defined as cash-flow hedge instruments relate mainly to interest rate hedge instruments on loans contracted. The indices, calculation methods, dates for re-fixing interest rates and the reimbursement plans for the interest rate hedge instruments are all identical to the conditions established for the underlying contracted loans, and thus qualify as perfect hedges. Inefficiencies that may exist are shown in the caption Net financial income/expenses in the income statement.

The Company's criteria for classifying a derivative instrument as a cash-flow hedge instrument include:

  • the hedge transaction is expected to be highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows attributable to the hedged risk;
  • the effectiveness of the hedge can be reliably measured;
  • there is adequate documentation of the hedging relationships at the inception of the hedge;
  • the forecast transaction that is being hedged is highly probable.

Cash-flow hedge instruments used by the Company to hedge the exposure to changes in interest rates of its loans are initially accounted for at cost, if any, and subsequently adjusted to their corresponding fair value. Changes in fair value of these cash flow hedge instruments are recorded in equity, under the caption Hedging reserves, and then recognised in the income statement over the same period in which the hedged instrument affects profit or loss.

Hedge accounting of derivative instruments is discontinued when the instrument matures or is sold. Whenever a derivative instrument can no longer be qualified as a hedging instrument, the fair value differences recorded in equity, under the caption Hedging reserves, are transferred to profit or loss of the period or to the carrying amount of the asset that resulted from the hedged forecast transaction. Subsequent changes in fair value are recorded in the income statement.

In cases in which derivative instruments, in spite of having been negotiated in accordance with the interest rate risk policy stated in Note 3.1, in relation to which the Company did not apply hedge accounting, are initially recorded at cost, if any, and subsequently measured at fair value. Changes in value resulting from the measurement at fair value, calculated using especially designed software tools, are included in Net financial charges in the income statement.

When embedded derivatives exist, they are accounted for as separate derivatives when the risks and characteristics are not closely related to economic risks and characteristics of the host contract, and this is not stated at fair value, and unrealized gains or losses arising from these derivatives recorded in the income statement.

In specific situations, the Company may use interest rate derivatives with the goal of obtaining fair value hedging. In these situations, derivatives are booked at their fair value in the profit and loss account. In situations in which the derivative involved is not measured at fair value (in particular borrowings measured at amortised cost), the effective share of hedging will be adjusted to the accounting value of the derivative hedged through the profit and loss account.

f) Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash at banks, term deposits and other treasury applications which mature in less than three months and are subject to insignificant risk of change in value.

In the cash-flow statement, cash and cash equivalents also include bank overdrafts, which are included in the balance sheet caption current bank loans.

2.4 Revenue recognition and accrual basis

Income and expenses are recorded in the year to which they relate, independently of the date of the corresponding payment or receipt. Income and expenses for which their real amount is not known are estimated.

Other current assets and Other current liabilities include income and expenses of the reporting year which will only be invoiced in the future. Those captions also include receipts and payments that have already occurred but will only correspond to income or expenses of future years, when they will be recognised in the income statement.

2.5 Subsequent events

Events after the balance sheet date that provide additional information about conditions that existed at the balance sheet date (adjusting events) are reflected in the financial statements. Events after the balance sheet date that are non-adjusting events are disclosed in the notes, when material.

2.6 Judgements and estimates

The most significant accounting estimates reflected in the financial statements are as follows:

  • a) Useful lives of tangible and intangible assets;
  • b) Adjustments to the values of assets and provisions;
  • c) Analysis of the impairment of loans and investments;
  • d) Calculation of the fair value of derivatives.

Estimates were based on the best information available at the date of the preparation of the financial statements and on the best knowledge and experience of past and/or current events. These estimates may, however, be affected by subsequent events which are not foreseeable at the present day. Changes to these estimates, which take place after the date of the financial statements, will be recognized prospectively in the income statement, in accordance with IAS 8.

The main estimates and assumptions concerning future events included in the financial statements are described in the corresponding notes to the accounts, when applicable.

2.7 Income tax

Current income tax is determined in accordance with tax rules in force in Portugal, considering the profit for the period.

Deferred taxes are calculated using the balance sheet liability method. Deferred tax assets are recognised only when their use is probable.

    1. Financial risk management
  • 3.1 Market risks

a) Interest Rate risk - POLICY

As a result of maintaining its variable rate debt in the balance sheet, and the resulting cash flows from interest payments, the Company is exposed to the Euro interest rate risk.

In view of the fact that:

  • the volatility of Company's results does not depend only on the volatility of its financial results linked to the volatility of interest rates;
  • under normal market conditions, there is a correlation between the levels of interest rates and economic growth, with the expectation being that the impact of movements in interest rates (and the respective volatility of cash flows to service the debt) can to some extent be compensated by movements in the remaining lines of the profit and loss account, in particular by operational profits or losses;
  • the setting up of any form of risk hedging structure has an implicit opportunity cost associated with it,

the Company policy concerning the mitigation of this risk does not establish the maintenance of any minimum proportion of fixed interest rate debt (converted to fixed rate through use of derivatives), but rather has opted for a dynamic approach to monitoring exposure, which aligns market conditions to the real exposure of the Company, in order to avoid the possibility of exposure that could have a real impact on the Company's results.

In view of the above, the Company policy concerning this issue defines a case by case review of each potential transaction, such that any contract for derivatives must follow the following principles:

  • derivatives are not used for trading, profit making or speculation;
  • derivatives to be contracted must match exactly the underlying exposures in relation to indices to be used, refixing dates for interest rates and dates for payment of interest, and the amortisation profile of the underlying debt;
  • the maximum financial cost of the entire derivative and underlying exposure must always be known and limited from the date of the derivative contract, with the aim that the resulting level of costs are within the cost of funds considered in the business plans;
  • derivative contracts are only agreed with authorised entities, specifically Financial Institutions with a minimum Investment Grade rating, giving preference to Banking Relationship Institutions of the Company;
  • all transactions must be the object of competitive bids, involving at least two financial institutions;
  • all transactions are entered into by using market standard contracts (ISDA), with schedules negotiated with each of the Institutions;
  • to determine the fair value of hedging transactions, the Company uses a range of methods in accordance with market practices, namely option valuation models and discounted future cash flow models, with specific market assumptions (interest and exchange rates, volatilities, etc.) prevailing at the Balance Sheet date. Comparative quotes provided by financial institutions are also used as a valuation benchmark;
  • any transaction that does not comply with all of the above principles must be individually approved by the Board of Directors.

b) Interest Rate Risk - SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS

Interest rate sensitivity is based on the following assumptions:

  • changes in interest rates affect interest receivable and payable of financial instruments indexed to variable rates (interest payments, related to financial instruments not defined as hedging instruments for interest rate cash-flow hedges). As a result, these instruments are included in the calculation of financial results sensitivity analysis;
  • changes in market interest rates affect income and expenses related to fixed interest rate financial instruments, in cases in which these are recognised at fair value. As such, all financial instruments with fixed interest rates booked at amortised cost, are not subject to interest rate risk, as defined in IFRS 7;
  • in the case of instruments designated as fair value hedges of interest rate risk, when changes to the fair value of the hedging instrument, which are attributable to movements in interest rates, are almost completely compensated in the financial results in the same period, these financial instruments are also considered not to be exposed to interest rate risk;
  • changes in market interest rates of financial instruments which were designated as cash-flow hedging instruments to hedge fluctuations in payments resulting from changes in interest rates, are recorded in reserves, and are thus included in the sensitivity analysis calculation of shareholders' funds (other reserves);
  • changes in market interest rates of interest rate derivatives, which are not specified as being part of hedging relationships as defined in IAS 39, affect the results of the company (net gain/loss resulting from the revaluation of the fair value of financial instruments), and are thus included in the calculation of profit and loss sensitivity;
  • changes in the fair value of derivatives and other financial assets and liabilities are estimated by calculating the discounted present value of future cash flows at existing market interest rates at the end of each year, and assuming a parallel variation in interest rate trends;
  • the sensitivity analysis is applied to all financial instruments existing at the end of the period.

Given the above assumptions, if interest rates of financial instruments denominated in euro had been 0.75 percentage points higher/lower, the net profit before tax of the Company as at 31 December 2009 would have been lower or higher by 1,396,667.13 euro, respectively (as at 31 December 2008 they would have been lower by 278,111.02 euro or higher by 320,658.52 euro).

c) Exchange Rate Risk

The Company has no exposure to exchange rate risk.

d) Other Price Risks

The Company is exposed to risks arising from the value of investments made in financial shareholdings. However, these investments are in general made with strategic objectives in mind and not for current trading.

3.2 Credit Risk

Credit risks at Sonae Capital arise mainly from (i) its relationships with financial institutions in the course of its day to day business activity, and (ii) the risk of non compliance by business counterparts in portfolio transactions.

  • Financial Institutions: The credit risk is linked to possible non compliance by Financial Institutions, from which the Company, in its normal operational activity, contracted term deposits, cash balances and derivatives.

To mitigate this risk, the Company:

  • a) Only executes transactions with counterparts with an Investment Grade minimum rating;
  • b) Diversifies its counterparts, in order to avoid an excessive concentration of credit risk;
  • c) Defines a limited range of eligible instruments (aimed at not contracting complex instruments, the structure of which is not entirely known);
  • d) Regularly monitors total exposures with each counterpart, in order to guarantee compliance with the policy established.

  • Shareholding Buy/Sale transactions: In the course of its business, the Company is exposed to the credit risk of counterparts with whom it agrees transactions concerning investments in shareholdings. In these cases, the means used to mitigate risks are determined on a one on one basis, in order to take into account the specifics of the transaction, with the constant supervision of the Board of Directors. Despite the wide range of means used, there exists always the possibility of using normal market methods, namely carrying out due diligence, obtaining financial information concerning the counterpart in question, or the pledging of an asset which is released when the financial transaction has been completed.

3.3 Liquidity Risks

The objective of liquidity risk management is to ensure at any given moment that the Company has the financial capability under favourable market conditions to: (i) comply with its payment obligations when these fall due and (ii) ensure in a timely manner the appropriate financing for the development of its businesses and strategy.

To that end, the Company aims at maintaining a flexible financial structure, so that the process of managing liquidity within the Company includes the following key aspects:

  • Financial planning based on cash flow forecasts and for different time periods (weekly, monthly, annual and multi year);
  • Short and long term financial control systems (based on Treasury and Cash Management systems), which allow in a timely manner to identify variances, anticipate financing needs and identify refinancing opportunities;
  • Diversification of sources of financing and counterparts;
  • Spread of debt maturity dates, aiming at avoiding excessive concentration, at specific points in time, of debt repayments;
  • Contracts with relationship Banks, of committed credit lines (of at least one year) and Commercial Paper Programmes, with cancellation clauses which are sufficiently comfortable and prudent, seeking to obtain an appropriate level of liquidity while optimising the amount of commitment commissions payable.

4. INVESTMENTS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008 investments are detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Investments in affiliated and associated undertakings 382,638,253 382,638,253
Investments in other companies (Sonae RE - 0,04%) 1,200 500
382,639,453 382,638,753

4.1 Investments in affiliated and associated undertakings

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, the detail of investments in affiliated and associated companies, is as shown in the table below.

Investments carried at cost correspond to those in unlisted companies and for which a fair value cannot be reliably estimated.

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Company % Held Fair Value Book Fair Value % Held Fair Value Book Fair Value
Value Reserve Value Reserve
SC, SGPS, SA 100.00% - 382,638,253 - 100.00% - 382,638,253 -
Total - 382,638,253 - - 382,638,253 -

5. OTHER NON CURRENT ASSETS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008 other non current assets are detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Loans granted to group companies:
SC, SGPS, SA 343,547,500 116,153,000
343,547,500 116,153,000

This asset was not due or impaired as at 31 December 2009. The fair value of loans granted to group companies is basically the same as their book value.

6. OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008 other current assets can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Group companies - Short term loans:
Change, SGPS, SA 2,052,000 -
SC, SGPS, SA 3,862,000 40,133,300
SC - Sociedade de Consultadoria, SA - 1,235,000
Group companies - Interest:
SC, SGPS, SA 5,945,846 2,802,326
Income tax withheld 212,237 27,538
Other Debtors 2,632 -
Accrued income 9,063 533,422
Deferred costs 776,782 -
12,860,560 44,731,586

7. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008 cash and cash equivalents can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Cash 1,003 1,000
Bank deposits 54,594 24,516
Cash and cash equivalents in the balance sheet 55,597 25,516
Bank overdrafts - -
Cash and cash equivalents in the cash flow statement 55,597 25,516

8. SHARE CAPITAL

As at 31 December 2009 share capital consisted of 250,000,000 ordinary shares of 1 euro each.

9. OTHER RESERVES

As at 31 December 2009, the caption Other reserves relates to the overall value of the demerger reserve (Note 1), and corresponds to the difference between the book value of the shareholding in SC, SGPS, SA (382,638,253 Euros) which was spun off from Sonae, SGPS, SA to the Company, and the value of the share capital of the Company (250,000,000 Euros).

10. LOANS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008 this caption included the following loans:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Bank loans - Commercial paper 102,800,000 30,000,000
Up-front fees not yet charged to income statement (49,893) (65,484)
Bank loans - non current 102,750,107 29,934,516
Nominal value of bonds 50,000,000 50,000,000
Up-front fees not yet charged to income statement (115,234) (174,455)
Bonds 49,884,766 49,825,545
Non-current loans 152,634,873 79,760,061
Bank loans - Commercial paper 39,100,000 21,850,000
Current bank loans 39,100,000 21,850,000

Bonds Sonae Capital 2007/2012 1st Bond issue, amounting to 20,000,000 euro, repayable after 5 years, in one instalment, on 31 December 2012, except if total or partial early repayment occurs, which can happen on 31 December 2010.

Bonds Sonae Capital 2007/2012 2nd Bond issue, amounting to 30,000,000 euro, repayable after 5 years, in one instalment, on 31 December 2012.

These bond issues pay interest every six months at Euribor six month interest rates plus spreads which vary between 0.50% and 0.60%.

Bonds totalling 20,000,000 euro are included in the financial statements based on their full lives, although prior call/put options exist. In the case of early repayment, it is considered that the borrowing could be refinanced on a similar basis and the borrowing structure maintained.

The caption Non Current Bank Loans, relates to amounts issued under four Commercial Paper Programmes with guaranteed subscription, one of which launched on 14 March 2008 with the maximum amount of 30,000,000 euro and valid for a period of 5 years, and three other launched on 26 and 28 August 2009 with the maximum amount of 36,600,000 euro each and valid for a period of 2 years.

The caption Current Bank Loans includes two issues of commercial paper programmes. One, with a maximum limit of 60,000,000 euro, without subscription guarantee, launched on 28 March 2008, valid for a ten year period, which may be extended at the option of the Company, and another, with a maximum limit of 15,000,000 euro, with subscription guarantee, launched on 22 December 2008, valid for one year period, extendable for two annual periods, which may not be renewed at the discretion of both parties.

The above loans are not guaranteed, and their fair value is considered to be close to their book value, in view of the fact that interest payable on them is at variable market rates.

Derivatives are booked at fair value (Note 11).

The nominal value of loans and the estimated nominal values of interest to be paid on them have the following maturity dates:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Capital Interest Capital Interest
N+1 39,100,000 4,726,172 21,850,000 3,499,342
N+2 72,800,000 2,506,662 20,000,000 2,576,018
N+3 50,000,000 1,657,727 - 2,576,018
N+4 30,000,000 446,936 30,000,000 2,583,076
N+5 - - 30,000,000 155,046
After N+5 - - - -
191,900,000 9,337,497 101,850,000 11,389,500

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, available credit lines may be summarised as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Commitments Commitments
less than 1Y over 1 Y less than 1Y over 1 Y
Amounts of credit lines available 28,600,000 48,150,000 14,150,000 15,000,000
Amounts of credit lines contracted 43,350,000 120,950,000 36,000,000 15,000,000

11. DERIVATIVES

There are no Derivatives as at 31 December 2009.

12. OTHER CREDITORS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, these captions were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Other creditors
Group companies - Short term loans:
SC - Insurance and Risk Services, SGPS, SA - 38,793,000
Interlog, SGPS, SA - 20,289,000
Spinarq Arquitectura e Projectos, SA - 35,000
Pargeste, SGPS, SA - 14,400
Other creditors 2,350 99,578
2,350 59,230,978

Loans obtained from group companies bear interest at market rates and are repayable within one year.

13. OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, these captions were made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Other current liabilities
Taxes payable 185,865 28,326
Accruals:
Staff costs 344,130 314,842
Interest payable 977,733 800,023
Other accruals 6,947 33,569
Deferred income 6,358 6,788
Derivative hedging instruments (Note 11) - 306,449
1,521,033 1,489,997

14. EXTERNAL SUPPLIES AND SERVICES

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, External Supplies and Services can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Operational rents 19,195 12,864
Insurance costs 66,366 68,846
Travelling expenses 53,731 95,841
Fees - 11,020
Services obtained 391,013 361,433
Other services 13,120 10,644
543,426 560,648

15. OPERATIONAL LEASES

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, the Company had Operational Lease contracts, as a lessee, whose minimum lease payments (fixed income) had the following payment schedule:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
N+1 28,191 13,834
N+2 28,191 13,834
N+3 28,191 13,834
N+4 14,357 13,834
N+5 1,196 -
100,126 55,336

16. STAFF COSTS

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, Staff Costs are made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Governing bodies' remunerations 1,042,937 1,093,959
Social security contributions 65,919 59,876
Other staff costs 45,438 13,591
1,154,294 1,167,426

17. NET FINANCIAL EXPENSES

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, Net Financial Expenses can be detailed as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Interest payable and similar expenses
Interest arising from:
Bank loans (2,443,027) (1,588,348)
Bonds (1,388,268) (2,791,156)
Other (2,267,705) (271,563)
Other financial expenses (956,350) (247,877)
(7,055,350) (4,898,944)
Interest receivable and similar income
Interest income 10,604,607 5,544,698
10,604,607 5,544,698
Net financial expenses 3,549,257 645,754

18. INVESTMENT INCOME

As at 30 December 2009, the caption Investment Income refers to dividends attributed by SC, SGPS, SA, in accordance with the resolution of the Shareholders General Meeting held on 30 March 2009.

19. TAXATION

As at 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, Taxation is made up as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Total Total
Current tax 158,241 1,518
Deferred tax 324,036 (282,251)
482,277 (280,733)

19.1 Reconciliation of effective tax charge

The reconciliation between the profit before taxation and the tax charge for the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 as follows:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Total
Total
Profit before income tax 164,304,814 (1,129,004)
Difference between accounting and tax of capital gains/(losses) (162,419,613) 11,361
Taxable Profit 1,885,201 (1,117,643)
Recognition of tax losses originating deferred taxes (1,369,255) 1,117,643
Taxable Income 515,946 -
Tax Charge (24.70%) 127,423 -
Municipal surcharge 28,278 -
Autonomous taxes 2,540 1,518
Effect of increases or decreases in deferred taxes 324,036 (282,251)
Taxation 482,277 (280,733)
Effective tax rate 25.58% -

19.2 Tax losses carried forward

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Tax losses To be used until Tax losses To be used until
Generated in 2007 - - 251,612 2013
Generated in 2008 - - 1,117,643 2014

20. EARNINGS PER SHARE

Earnings per share for the periods ended 31 December 2009 and 2008 were calculated taking into consideration the following amounts:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Net profit
Net profit taken into consideration to calculate basic
earnings per share (Net profit for the period ) 163,822,537 (848,271)
Effect of dilutive potential shares
Net profit taken into consideration to calculate
diluted earnings per share 163,822,537 (848,271)
Number of shares
Weighted average number of shares used to calculate
basic earnings per share 250,000,000 250,000,000
Weighted average number of shares used to calculate
diluted earnings per share 250,000,000 250,000,000
Earnings per share (basic and diluted) 0.655290 (0.003393)

21. APPROVAL OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The accompanying financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorized for issue on 24 March 2010.

22. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY LAW

Decree-Law nr 318/94 art 5 nr 4

In the period ended 31 December 2009 shareholders' loan contracts were entered into with the following companies:

  • SC, SGPS, SA

In the period ended 31 December 2009 short-term loan contracts were entered into with the following companies:

  • SC, SGPS, SA
  • Change, SGPS, SA

As at 31 December 2009 amounts owed by affiliated undertakings can be summarized as follows:

Loans granted

Companies Closing Balance
SC, SGPS, SA 347,409,500
Change, SGPS, SA 2,052,000
349,461,500

As at 31 December 2009 there were no amounts owed to affiliated companies.

Decree-Law nr 185/09 art 11

In the 12 months ended 31 December 2009 and 31 December 2008, the following remunerations were paid to the external auditor of the company:

31 December 2009 31 December 2008
Audit and Statutory Audit1 27,786 27,084
Other Assurance - -
Tax Consultancy - -
27,786 27,084

1 Annual fees agreed.

REPORT AND OPINION OF THE FISCAL BOARD

31 DECEMBER 2009

Report and Opinion of the Fiscal Board

(Translation of a report originally issued in Portuguese)

To the Shareholders of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA

In accordance with applicable legislation and the mandate given to the Fiscal Board, we hereby submit our Report and Opinion which covers the report of the Board of Directors and the consolidated and individual Financial Statements of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA for the year ended 31 December 2009, which are the responsibility of the Company's Board of Directors.

Supervisory activities

During the year, we have monitored the management of the Company, reviewed the development of the operations of the Company and of its main affiliates, and held meetings whenever considered necessary and with the appropriate scope. In face of the subject under review, these meetings were attended by key staff of the finance department, namely the Chief Financial Officer, of the planning and control department and of internal audit and risk management. We have also followed up closely the work of the statutory auditor and external auditor of the Company who kept us informed of the scope and conclusions of the audit work performed. In performing these tasks, the Fiscal Board has obtained from the Board of Directors, Company staff and affiliated companies' staff and from the statutory auditor all the necessary information and explanations, for a proper understanding and assessment of business developments, financial performance and position, as well as of risk management and internal control systems.

We have also reviewed the preparation and disclosure of financial information, as well as the statutory audit performed on the individual and consolidated accounts of the Company, having obtained from the statutory auditor all information and explanations requested. Additionally, within the scope of the mandate given to the Fiscal Board, we examined the individual and consolidated balance sheets as at 31 December 2009, the individual and consolidated statements of profit and loss by nature, statements of cash flows, statements of comprehensive income and statements of changes in equity for the year ended on that date and related notes.

We have also reviewed the report of the Board of Directors for the year 2009 and the Statutory Auditor's Report issued by the External Auditor of the Company, whose content we agree with.

Considering the above, we are of the opinion that the consolidated and individual financial statements referred to above were prepared in accordance with applicable accounting, legal and statutory standards and give a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and results of Sonae Capital, SGPS, SA and of its main affiliates, and that the report of the Board of Directors faithfully describes business developments, performance and financial position of the Company and of its affiliates and the main risks and uncertainties they face.

We would like to express our gratitude to the Company's Board of Directors and staff.

Opinion

In face of the above mentioned, we are of the opinion that the Shareholders' General Meeting can approve:

  • a) The report of the Board of Directors, the individual and consolidated balance sheets as at 31 December 2009, the individual and consolidated financial statements of profit and loss by nature, of cash flows, of comprehensive income and of changes in equity for the year ended on that date and related notes;
  • b) The profit appropriation proposal of the Board of Directors.

Statement under the terms of Article 245, paragraph 1, c) of the Portuguese Securities Code

Under the terms of Article 245, paragraph 1, c) of the Portuguese Securities Code, the members of the Fiscal Board hereby declare that, to their knowledge, the information disclosed in the Report of the Board of Directors and other accounting documents, was prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards, and give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and results of the Company and of its affiliates. Moreover, members of the Fiscal Board consider that the Report of the Board of Directors

faithfully describes business developments, the performance and the position of the Company and of its affiliates and the main risks and uncertainties they face.

Maia, 24 March 2010

The Fiscal Board

Manuel Heleno Sismeiro

Armando Luis Vieira de Magalhães

Jorge Manuel Felizes Morgado

STATUTORY AUDIT AND AUDITORS' REPORT

31 DECEMBER 2009

STATUTORY AUDIT AND AUDITORS' REPORT

(This is a translation of a report originally issued in Portuguese. In the event of discrepancies, the Portuguese language version prevails.)

Introduction

  1. In compliance with applicable legislation, we hereby present our Statutory Audit and Auditors' Report on the consolidated and individual financial information contained in the Report of the Board of Directors, and the consolidated and individual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009 of Sonae Capital, S.G.P.S., S.A. (Company which resulted from the demerger of the whole share capital of the former Sonae Capital, S.G.P.S., S.A., currently SC, S.G.P.S., S.A. – Introduction Note), which comprise the consolidated and individual Balance Sheets (that present a total of 769,766,728 Euro and 739,105,753 Euro, respectively, and consolidated and individual equity of 344,939,389 Euro and 545,611,010 Euro, respectively, including consolidated net profit attributable to the Company's Equity Holders of 23,074,268 Euro and an individual net profit of 163,822,537 Euro), the Consolidated and Individual Statements of Profit and Loss, Comprehensive Income, Changes in Equity, and Cash flows for the year then ended and the corresponding notes.

Responsibilities

    1. The Company's Board of Directors is responsible for: (i) the preparation of consolidated and individual financial statements that present a true and fair view of the financial position of the Company and the companies included in the consolidation, the consolidated and individual results of their operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows; (ii) the preparation of historical financial information in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union that is complete, true, timely, clear, objective and licit, as required by the Portuguese Securities Market Code; (iii) the adoption of adequate accounting policies and criteria and the maintenance of an appropriate system of internal control; and (iv) informing any significant facts that have influenced the operations of the Company and companies included in the consolidation, their financial position, results of operations and comprehensive income.
    1. Our responsibility is to examine the individual and consolidated financial information contained in the documents referred to above, including verifying that, in all material respects, the information is complete, true, timely, clear, objective and licit, as required by the Portuguese Securities Market Code, and to issue a professional and independent report based on our examination.

Scope

  1. Our examination was performed in accordance with the Auditing Standards issued by the Portuguese Institute of Statutory Auditors, which require that the examination be planned and performed with the objective of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated and individual financial statements are free of material misstatement. Such an examination includes verifying, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated and individual financial statements and assessing the significant estimates, based on judgments and criteria defined by the Board of Directors, used in their preparation. Such an examination also includes verifying the consolidation procedures, the application of the equity method and that the financial statements of the companies included in the consolidation have been appropriately examined, assessing the adequacy of the accounting principles used and their uniform application and disclosure, taking into consideration the circumstances, verifying the applicability of the going concern concept, verifying the adequacy of the overall presentation of the consolidated and individual financial statements and assessing that, in all material respects, the consolidated and individual financial information is complete, true, timely, clear, objective and licit. Our examination also included verifying that the consolidated and individual financial information included in the Report of the Board of Directors is consistent with the consolidated and individual financial statements. We believe that our examination provides a reasonable basis for expressing our opinion.

Opinion

  1. In our opinion, the consolidated and individual financial statements referred to in paragraph 1 above, present fairly in all material respects, the consolidated and individual financial position of Sonae Capital, S.G.P.S., S.A. as of 31 December 2009, the consolidated and individual results of its operations, the consolidated and individual comprehensive income, changes in consolidated and individual equity and its consolidated and individual cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union and the information contained therein is, in terms of the definitions included in the auditing standards referred to in paragraph 4 above, complete, true, timely, clear, objective and licit.

Porto, 24 March 2010

DELOITTE & ASSOCIADOS, SROC S.A. Represented by António Manuel Martins Amaral

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