BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited reached qualified shareholding in EDP
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited reached qualified shareholding in EDP
Lisbon, March 18th, 2021:Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of articles 17 and 244 of the Portuguese Securities Code and of the CMVM Regulation no. 5/2008, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. (EDP) is providing the following information to the market:
On March 15th, 2021, BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) notified EDP, in accordance with article 16 of the Portuguese Securities Code, that its subsidiary BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited had reached a qualified shareholding correspondent to 2.06% of EDP’s share capital and of the respective voting rights. The 2% threshold was crossed by on March 12th, 2021. On this date BlackRock’s overall position was 5.71%, which represents an increase from the previous position of 5.06% disclosed to the market on December 9th, 2020.
Information regarding the chain of controlled undertakings and voting rights is disclosed in the attachment.
EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.