Maio 2013

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 26th, 2013 (“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 23:59 hours (GMT) of the negotiation day prior to the Registration Date, ie, April 25th, 2013. 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 23:59 hours (GMT) of the Registration Date, ie, April 26th, 2013, 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

m) Under article 23-A of the Portuguese Securities Code, Shareholder(s) that hold shares correspondent to, at least, 2% of the share capital, may request to add certain items to the Agenda, through the presentation of a writing requirement addressed to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting, in the 5 days following the publication of this notice to convene meeting, which shall be accompanied by a resolution proposal for each item requested to be included in the Agenda.

n) The amendment to the notice to convene meeting and the resolution proposals for each additional item are disclosed to the Shareholders by the same way used to disclose this notice to convene meeting, until 00:00 hours (GMT) of the 5th negotiation day prior to the date of the General Shareholders' Meeting, ie, April 12th, 2016.

o) In accordance to article 23-B of the Portuguese Securities Code, Shareholder(s) that hold shares correspondent to, at least, 2% of the share capital, may request the inclusion of resolution proposals regarding subjects referred to in the Agenda or in amendments to the Agenda, through the presentation of a written requirement addressed to the Chairman of the General Shareholders' Meeting on the 5 days following the publication of this notice to convene meeting or respective amendment, jointly with the information which shall accompanied the resolution proposal. These resolution proposals and respective information are disclosed to the Shareholders as soon as possible, by the same way used to disclose this notice to convene meeting, until ten days before the date of the General Shareholders' Meeting.

p) If the requirements for the inclusion of items in the Agenda or resolution proposals are not satisfied, the interested may judicially require convening a new general shareholders' meeting to resolve on those items or proposals.

The documents and information concerning the Items of the Agenda, as well as the information foreseen in no. 1 of article 289 of the Portuguese Companies Code and in no. 1 of article 21-C of the Portuguese Securities Code, will be made available to the Shareholders, for consultation at the head office, at EDP’s website (www.edp.pt) and at the Portuguese Securities Market Commission’s website (www.cmvm.pt), from the date this notice to convene meeting is published.

At the General Shareholders' Meeting, Shareholders may require the clarification of some information, in order to allow them to have a founded opinion on the items subject to resolution. The disclosure of information that may cause serious damages to the company or to an associated company or that violates confidential information imposed by law may be declined.

Considering that the matters of the resolutions to be taken under Items Three and Eight of the Agenda refer to different subjects, the Shareholders are hereby informed that the votes in relation to each of them shall be separately cast at the Annual General Shareholders Meeting. Accordingly, in relation to Item Three in the Agenda the votes shall be separately cast regarding the general appraisal of the Executive Board of Directors, the General and Supervisory Board and the Statutory Auditor. Concerning the Item Eight on the Agenda votes shall be separately cast for each of the corporate bodies to which it refers to, as well as for the remuneration of the members of the Remunerations Committee to be elected by the General Shareholders Meeting.