Permanent contract for the acquisition of Contacto Sociedade de Construções, SA GRUPO SOARES DA COSTA, S.G.P.S., S.A. Public Company SHARE CAPITAL: 160,000,000.00 Euros REGISTERED OFFICE – RUA DE SANTOS POUSADA 220 – PORTO OPORTO COMPANIES REGISTRATION OFFICE CORPORATE BODY: 500 265 763 MATERIAL INFORMATION COMMUNIQUÉ GRUPO SOARES DA COSTA, SGPS, SA, hereby reports that its subsidiary SOARES DA COSTA CONSTRUÇÃO, SGPS, SA, has settled today with SC – ENGENHARIA E PROMOÇÃO IMOBILIÁRIA, SGPS, SA, integrated in SONAE CAPITAL, SGPS, SA, the contract for the permanent purchase of the shares representing the whole share capital of Contacto – Sociedade de Construções, S.A., after the approval of the Competition Authority as properly stated last 3 January. The total value, cash and cash equivalents included, amounts to 81,5 million euros. Porto, 21 February 2008