Sonae : SGPS, SA informs on the announcement made by its subsidiary Sonae Sierra Brasil S.A.

Maia, 22nd March 2019

(Translation from the Portuguese original)

Sonae hereby informs on the announcement made yesterday by its subsidiary Sonae Sierra Brasil S.A.:

"Sonae Sierra Brasil S.A. ("Company") (B3: SSBR3): Pursuant to the terms of CVM Ruling No. 358/02, as amended, and continuing the material facts disclosed on July 4 and December 3, 2018, discloses to its shareholders and to the market in general, within the context of the news named "Aliansce e Sonae

estão perto de fechar acordo para fusão" ("Aliansce and Sonae are close to a merge deal") published at "ValorPRO" website on March 21, 2019, that its controlling shareholders: Sierra Investments Holdings B.V. ("SIH"), Alexander Otto ("Otto"), Arosa Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft M.B.H. ("Arosa") and Cura Beteiligungsgesellschaft Brasilien M.B.H. ("Cura" and, together with Otto and Arosa, "OFO" and, together with SIH, "Sonae Sierra Brasil's Controlling Shareholders") have informed the

Company that they have been maintaining negotiations with the controlling shareholders of Aliansce

Shopping Centers S.A. (B3: ALSC3) ("Aliansce"), namely: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ("CPPIB"), Renato Feitosa Rique ("Renato Rique"), Rique Empreendimentos e Participações Ltda. ("REP") and RFR Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. ("RFR" and, together with Renato Rique, and REP, "RR", and, together with CPPIB, "Aliansce's Controlling Shareholders"), for a potential combination of the businesses of the Company with the businesses of Aliansce ("Transaction"). Nevertheless, the Company's Controlling Shareholders have informed that, up to the present date,

there is only a non-binding term of understanding comprised of preliminary agreements between the parties, which do not include the selection of executives who will be part of the management of the

For further information, please contact the Investor Relations Department at Sonae:

Head Office

Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, Maia Share Capital: €2.000.000.000,00

Maia Commercial Registry and Fiscal Number 500273170 Sociedade Aberta

PATRÍCIA VIEIRA PINTO

Head of Investor Relations / Sonae

T. [phone] // [e-mail]

potential combined company, and the definitive terms of the Transaction remain subject to negotiations between the parties and their proper formalization.

The Company shall keep its shareholders and the market informed and shall further comment on the matter in the event of any fact that should be disclosed pursuant to the law and CVM regulations."

The Market Relations Representative,

For further information, please contact the Investor Relations Department at Sonae:

Head Office

PATRÍCIA VIEIRA PINTO

Lugar do Espido, Via Norte, Maia Share Capital: €2.000.000.000,00

Head of Investor Relations / Sonae

Maia Commercial Registry and Fiscal Number 500273170 Sociedade Aberta

T. [phone] // [e-mail]