Qualified shareholding in EDP - BlackRock
On April 24th, 2014, BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 182,733,180 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 4.997% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights. The 5.00% of EDP's share capital was crossed on April 20th, 2015.
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 24th, 2014, BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 182,733,180 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 4.997% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights. The 5.00% of EDP's share capital was crossed on April 20th, 2015.
BlackRock also informed of the chain of entities relevant for the calculation of the significant shareholding in accordance with number 1 of article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code.
EDP – Energias de Portugal. S.A