EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.
Praça Marquês de Pombal, nr 12 - 1250-162 Lisbon
NIPC 500697256, Registered with nr.1805 at CPR of Lisbon
Share Capital: EUR 3.656.537.715 - Listed Public Company

In accordance with the law and the Articles of Association, following the request of the General and Supervisory Board and of the Executive Board of Directors, I hereby convene all Shareholders of EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. (“EDP”), a listed company, with head office at Praça Marquês de Pombal, no. 12, 1250-162 Lisbon, with the sole number of registration with the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon and with the tax authorities 500.697.256, with the share capital 3,656,537,715 Euros, to meet at the Annual General Shareholders' Meeting, which will take place at Auditório I of Centro de Reuniões of FIL, at Rua do Bojador, Parque das Nações, Lisbon, on April 16th, 2010, at 15 pm.

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Requirements of Participation

The representation of a Shareholder is made, through letter, delivered to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting, until 17 hours of the second last day prior to the meeting and addressed to the head office located at Praça Marquês de Pombal, no. 12, 1250 - 162 Lisbon.

 

Specimen Proxy Form
Vote by correspondence by post

Shareholders that may attend to the General Shareholders' Meeting may also exercise their voting right by correspondence in relation to any items in the agenda, by letter, bearing a signature similar to the one on the identification card, addressed to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting and sent by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, which must be received at the head office of the company until April 13th, 2010. The same envelope shall contain a legible copy of the identification card of the signer.

 

Ballot Paper
Vote by Correspondence by Email

The Shareholders that may attend the general Shareholders' Meeting may also exercise its voting right by correspondence; for that purpose the referred Shareholders shall express such intention in the head office to the Chairman of the General Shareholders Meeting or to the latter through EDP’s website (www.edp.pt), with the necessary prior notice in order to permit its exercise until April 13th, 2010; following this procedure the Shareholders will receive a registered letter, addressed to the address indicated in the declaration of the financial intermediary to which the registry of the shares an account has been entrusted, which contains the electronic address to used for purposes of exercising voting rights and a identifying code (password) mentioning the e-mail with which the Shareholder may exercise, until, April 13th, 2010, its voting rights.

 

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Requirements for Participation in the General Shareholders' Meeting

a) According to number 1 of article 14 of the Articles of Association of EDP, only shareholders with voting right may attend the General Shareholders' Meetings, as well as the persons whose presence is considered as justified by the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting.



b) To each share corresponds one vote.



c) Shareholders may only participate and vote at the General Shareholders' Meeting, in person or through a representative, or exercise its voting rights by correspondence, by post or electronically, if such Shareholders own, at least, one share as of 00:00 hours (GMT) of the fifth negotiation day prior to the date of General Shareholders' Meeting, ie, April 12th, 2016 (“Registration Date”).



d) The exercise of participating and voting rights at the General Shareholders' Meeting is not prejudiced by the transfer of shares after the Registration Date, nor is dependent from the respective block between the Registration Date and the date of the General Shareholders' Meeting.



e) Shareholders that intend to participate at the General Shareholders' Meeting must declare previously and in writing such intention, (i) to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting and (ii) to the financial intermediary to which the book-entry registry of the shares has been entrusted, at the latest, until 11:59 pm (GMT) of the negotiation day prior to the Registration Date, ie, April 11th, 2016. For this effect, Shareholders may use the automatic statement form that will be available at EDP’s website (www.edp.pt) or the available paper form at the referred Internet website and at EDP’s registered office, from the date this notice to convene meeting is disclosed.



f) Financial intermediaries who are informed of their clients' intention in participating in the General Shareholders' Meeting must send to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting, until 11:59 pm (GMT) of the Registration Date, ie, April 12th, 2016, information regarding the number of shares registered on behalf of each one of its clients with reference to 00:00 hours of the Registration Date, and may, for that purpose, use the e-mail address edp.ag@edp.pt.



g) Shareholders who, by professional title, own shares on its own name, but on behalf of clients, may vote on a different way with their shares, as long as, in addition to the participation statement and the sending, by the respective financial intermediary, of the information above referred, they present to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting, until 11:59 pm (GMT) of the day prior to the Registration Date, ie, April 11th, 2016, sufficient and proportional evidence, of (i) identification of each client (it is understood that the indication of the legal entity number issued by the competent authority at the country of origin will constitute a sufficient and proportional evidence of such identification), (ii) number of shares to vote on each client’s account and (ii) vote instructions, specific for each item of the Agenda, given by each client.


Exercise of Voting Rights by Correspondence

h) Under article 22 of the Portuguese Securities Code and article 14 of the Articles of Association, Shareholders that may attend to the General Shareholders' Meeting may also exercise their voting right by correspondence in relation to any items in the agenda, by letter, bearing a signature similar to the one on the identification card, addressed to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting and sent by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, which must be received at the head office of the company until April 13th, 2010. The same envelope shall contain a legible copy of the identification card of the signer.



i) The Shareholders that may attend the general Shareholders' Meeting may also exercise its voting right by correspondence; for that purpose the referred Shareholders shall express such intention in the head office to the Chairman of the General Shareholders Meeting or to the latter through EDP’s website (www.edp.pt), with the necessary prior notice in order to permit its exercise until April 13th, 2010; following this procedure the Shareholders will receive a registered letter, addressed to the address indicated in the declaration of the financial intermediary to which the registry of the shares an account has been entrusted, which contains the electronic address to used for purposes of exercising voting rights and a identifying code (password) mentioning the e-mail with which the Shareholder may exercise, until, April 13th, 2010, its voting rights.



j) The Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting shall verify the authenticity and regularity of the votes issued by correspondence, post or electronically, as well as assure their confidentiality up to the moment of the casting of votes. Those votes are deemed negative votes in relation to proposals of resolutions presented after the date on which those votes have been issued.


Information Elements Available to Shareholders at the Head Office

The documents and information concerning the items of the Agenda will be made available to the Shareholders, for consultation at the head office and at EDP’s website (www.edp.pt), from April 1st, 2010.

Item One – Resolve on the individual and consolidated accounts' reporting documents for the 2009 financial year, including the sole management report (which includes a chapter regarding corporate governance), the individual accounts and consolidated accounts, the annual report and the opinion of the General and Supervisory Board and the legal certification of individual and consolidated accounts.

Item Two – Resolve on the proposal for the allocation of profits in relation to the 2009 financial year.

Item Three – Resolve on the general appraisal of the management and supervision of the company, in accordance with article 455 of the Portuguese Companies Code.

Item Four – Granting of authorization to the Executive Board of Directors for the acquisition and sale of treasury stock by EDP and subsidiaries of EDP.

Item Five – Granting of authorization to the Executive Board of Directors for the acquisition and sale of treasury bonds by EDP and subsidiaries of EDP.

Item Six – Resolve on the members of the Executive Board of Directors remuneration policy presented by the Remuneration Committee of the General and Supervisory Board.

Item Seven – Resolve on the remaining members of corporate bodies remuneration policy presented by the Remuneration Committee elected by the General Shareholders Meeting.

Item Eight - Resolve on the election of a General and Supervisory Board member.

Item 1 of the Agenda

Proposal of the Executive Board of Directors

Resolve on the individual and consolidated accounts' reporting documents for the 2009 financial year, including the sole management report (which includes a chapter regarding corporate governance), the individual accounts and consolidated accounts, the annual report and the opinion of the General and Supervisory Board and the legal certification of individual and consolidated accounts.

Item 2 of the Agenda
Proposal of the Executive Board of Directors

Resolve on the proposal for the allocation of profits in relation to the 2009 financial year.

Item 3 of the Agenda
Proposal of the General and Supervisory Board

Opinion of the General and Supervisory Board on the vote of confidence to the Executive Board of Directors for their work in 2009.

Proposal of the Shareholders

Resolve on the general appraisal of the management and supervision of the company, in accordance with article 455 of the Portuguese Companies Code.

Item 4 of the Agenda

Proposal of the Executive Board of Directors

Granting of authorization to the Executive Board of Directors for the acquisition and sale of treasury stock by EDP and subsidiaries of EDP

Item 5 of the Agenda

Proposal of the Executive Board of Directors

Granting of authorization to the Executive Board of Directors for the acquisition and sale of treasury bonds by EDP and subsidiaries of EDP

Item 6 of the Agenda

Resolve on the members of the Executive Board of Directors remuneration policy presented by the Remuneration Committee of the General and Supervisory Board

Item 7 of the Agenda

Resolve on the remaining members of corporate bodies remuneration policy presented by the Remuneration Committee elected by the General Shareholders Meeting

Item 8 of the Agenda

Proposal of the Shareholders

Orders of the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting

Extract of Minute of the EDP’s General Shareholders’ Meeting