edp announcement

Barclays decreases its ownership interest in the share capital of EDP

Thursday, 21 May 2015

On May 20th, 2015, Barclays, Plc. notified EDP regarding the decrease of a qualifying holding from 2.71% to 1.09% of EDP's share capital.

 

Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 244 of the Portuguese Securities code and of the CMVM Regulation 5/2008, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. ("EDP") is providing the following information to the market:

On May 20th, 2015, Barclays, Plc. ("Barclays") notified EDP regarding the decrease of a qualifying holding from 2.71% to 1.09% of EDP's share capital. The holding decreased below 2.00% of EDP's share capital on May 18th, 2015, due to the sale of 30,500,000 by Barclays Merchant Bank (Singapore) Ltd..

As a result, Barclays currently holds 33,664,411 shares, representing 1.09% of EDP's share capital and 1.09% of the respective voting rights.

Barclays also informed about the chain of entities relevant for the calculation of the significant shareholding in accordance with number 1 of article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code.

EDP – Energias de Portugal. S.A.