edp announcement

Qualified shareholding in EDP - Intra-group transaction

Friday, 23 January 2015

On January 22th, 2015, Senfora S.AR.L. notified EDP that transmitted, on January 21, 2015, over the counter, to Senfora BV, 148,431,999 ordinary shares, representing 4.06% of the share capital and voting rights of EDP.

Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code and article 2 of CMVM Regulation no. 5/2008, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. ("EDP") provides the following information to the market:

On January 22th, 2015, Senfora S.AR.L. ("Senfora Sarl"), a company incorporated under Luxembourg law, notified EDP that transmitted, on January 21, 2015, over the counter, to Senfora BV ("Senfora BV), a company incorporated under the law of Netherlands, 148,431,999 ordinary shares, representing 4.06% of the share capital and voting rights of EDP.

As a result of the above, Senfora Sarl no longer holds any participation in share capital and voting rights of EDP, and Senfora BV now holds a direct interest in the share capital of EDP.

Senfora BV is fully owned by the International Petroleum Investment Company ("IPIC"), a company wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi Government.

The reporting of these transactions is also made pursuant to and for the purposes of Article 248-B of the Portuguese Securities Code, since Senfora Sarl is member of General and Supervisory board and is therefore, considered a person discharging managerial responsibilities in EDP.


EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.