Sale of Sponda’s stake in Certeum concluded

Sponda Plc            Stock Exchange Release 16 December 2015, 12:20 pm

Sale of Sponda’s stake in Certeum concluded

Sponda Plc has today concluded the sale of all its shares in Certeum Ltd to Space (Logistics) Pledgeco S.à.r.l., a company affiliated to Blackstone Real Estate Partners Europe IV. The purchase price, after the equity repayment and customary adjustments, was approximately EUR 181 million. Sponda will record a profit of approximately EUR 6 million from the transaction. Sponda first issued a stock exchange release on the sale on 14 October 2015.

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Kari Inkinen, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 402 653
Pia Arrhenius, SVP, Corporate Planning and IR, tel. +358 40 527 4462

Sponda Plc is a property investment company specializing in commercial properties in the largest cities in Finland. Sponda's business concept is to own, lease and develop retail and office properties and shopping centres into environments that promote the business success of its clients. The fair value of Sponda's investment properties is approximately EUR 3.2 billion and the leasable area is around 1.2 million m².