Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 244 of the Portuguese Securities code and of the CMVM Regulation 5/2008, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. ("EDP") is providing the following information to the market:

On April 7th, 2016, Norges Bank notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 73,217,712 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.002% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights. The 2.00% of EDP's share capital were reached on April 5th, 2016.

Of the 73,217,712 shares held by Norges Bank, 73,161,024 are held directly, while the remaining 56,688 shares are attributable to Norges Bank through financial instruments, namely through a "shares on loan (right to call)" instrument.

EDP – Energias de Portugal. S.A.