Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 248 of the Portuguese Securities code, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. ("EDP") is providing the following information to the market:

On April 1, 2013, Capital Income Builder ("CIB") notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 75,401,327 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.0621% of EDP's share capital and 2.0621% of the respective voting rights.

The significant shareholding resulted from the acquisition, on 28 March 2013, of 2,376,527 shares which corresponds to 0.065% of EDP's voting rights.

CIB is "a mutual fund registered in the United States under the investment Company Act 1940". CIB is the legal owner of the shares reported.

EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.