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Today, EDP informs the trade unions that integrate employees of its group companies, that are parties of the Collective Labour Agreement (CLA), that these companies will terminate the CLA in force since year 2000 and present a proposal for a new collective labour agreement.

China Development Bank Corporation approved today the terms of a loan to be provided to EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. and EDP Finance BV for a total of €1,000 million. The loan is senior and unsecured, with a 5 year tenor and a margin of 480 bps over 6-month Euribor.

Today, Fitch Ratings ("Fitch") downgraded EDP - Energias de Portugal SA ("EDP"), its finance subsidiary EDP Finance BV ("EDP Finance") and its Spanish subsidiary, Hidroelectrica del Cantabrico ("HC Energia") long-term Issuer Default Ratings to "BBB-" from "BBB+", with negative outlook. Fitch has also downgraded EDP's and HC Energia short-term Issuer Default Ratings to "F3" from "F2" with outlook negative. EDP and HC Energia's ratings have been removed from Rating Watch Negative.

On May 21, 2012, Barclays Plc notified EDP regarding the decrease of a qualifying holding of 2.06% to 1.82% of the EDP share capital.

On June 29, 2012, Massachusetts Financial Services Company notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it came to hold 73,495,461 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.01% of EDP's share capital and 2.01% of the respective voting rights. The qualified shareholding resulted from the acquisition through NYSE Euronext Lisbon of 825,268 shares by on June 26, 2012.

On May 23, 2012, JP Morgan Chase & Co. notified EDP regarding the decrease of a qualifying holding of 2.45% to 1.43% of the EDP share capital.