Barclays notifies significant shareholding in EDP
On September 4, 2009, Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings Ltd (Barclays) notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it came to hold 74,159,316 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.03% of EDP's share capital and 2.05% of the respective voting rights. The significant shareholding resulted from the acquisition of 212,932 shares by Barclays Global Investors Ltd, 397,402 shares by Barclays Global Investors NA and 5,727 shares by Barclays Global Fund Advisors, which were performed in the stock exchange on September 2, 2009.