According to the release sent by the company to CMVM, the company gained a surplus of around 12.2 million euro with the operation. «With this operation, Soane MC’s freehold is now 45%», explains the company in the same release.
The document also states that «this operation is in line with the strategy announced by Sonae, to monetize its real estate assets, keeping, at the same time, an appropriate level of operational flexibility».
It should be reminded that at the end of November Sonae MC closed a similar operation involving 5 food retail assets in Portugal, for 55 million euro and with a 25.3 million euro surplus.