edp announcement

JP Morgan chase decreases its ownership interest in the share capital of EDP

Thursday, 30 May 2013

On May 29, 2013, JP Morgan Chase & Co. ("JP Morgan") notified EDP regarding the decrease of a qualifying holding of 2.02% to 1.57% of the EDP share capital.

Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 16 and 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code and article 12 of the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, EDP - Energias de Portugal SA ("EDP") has provided the following information to the market:

On May 29, 2013, JP Morgan Chase & Co. ("JP Morgan") notified EDP regarding the decrease of a qualifying holding of 2.02% to 1.57% of the EDP share capital. The change of the participation was due to an off-market transaction, as a result of the disposal of 37,500,000 shares (1.03% of EDP's share capital) on May 24, 2013.

As a result of this transaction, JP Morgan currently holds 57,469,611 shares, representing 1.57% of EDP share capital and 1.57% of its voting rights.

EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A