Real, supermarket chain

History

2022: SCP Group sold Real

On October 19, 2022, it became known that Sistema Capital Partners (SCP Group, a former structure) AFK Sistema sold the the German Real hypermarket chain. According to data to the Federal Antimonopoly Committee, Germany local retailers became buyers of its facilities. Other details of the deal are unknown.

According to Vedomosti, until February 2022, the son of Vladimir Yevtushenkov, the largest shareholder of AFK Sistema, Felix, remained the executive director of SCP Group. By October 2022, according to the representative of the holding, the Yevtushenkovs have nothing to do with the SCP Group. The investment company itself did not respond to the publication's request.

The structure created by AFK Sistema sold the German chain of hypermarkets Real

The first Russian deal of SCP Group was the acquisition of the Arista fund, whose portfolio included the Global City, KitchenPark shopping centers, as well as the Country Park business center^[1]

2019-2020: Yevtushenkov's family decided to buy Real hypermarkets

A consortium of investors from companies specializing in European commercial real estate - Luxembourg SCP Group and German X + Bricks, plans to complete negotiations by January 31, 2020 and sign an agreement on the purchase of the Real network operating business from German Metro AG. The memorandum of intent of potential buyers and the seller signed in December 2019, follows from the message of SCP Group. Metro itself made a corresponding notification to investors at the same time.

For 100% of the operating business, Real SCP Group and x + bricks will pay Metro about €500 million. In addition to stores, investors get an online store real.de and 80 properties. By 2020, the Real chain has 276 hypermarkets, all of them are located in Germany, stores bring the entire Metro, as indicated in its annual statements, more than €7 billion in revenue.

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