JP Morgan chase notifies qualifying holding in EDP
As a result of the increase JP Morgan holds 76,621,628 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.10% of EDP's share capital and 2.10% of the respective voting rights.
On May 19th, 2014, JP Morgan Chase & Co. ("JP Morgan") notified EDP - Energias de Portugal,S.A. ("EDP"), in accordance with article 16 and 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code and article 2 of CMVM Regulation 5/2008, about an increase of its participation in the EDP share capital. As a result of the increase JP Morgan holds 76,621,628 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.10% of EDP's share capital and 2.10% of the respective voting rights.
The qualifying holding resulted from an off-exchange purchase, on May 13th, totaling 22,500,000 shares which correspond to 0.62% of the share capital and voting rights in EDP by JP Morgan Securities plc.
In accordance with number 1 of article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, JP Morgan also informed that JP Morgan Securities plc is a subsidiary.
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