Norges Bank qualified shareholding – amendment of title of imputation
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 March 31st, 2017, Norges Bank notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it amended its title of imputation on its qualifying shareholding of 83,720,474 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.29% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights.
Of the 83,720,474 shares held by Norges Bank, 81,179,499 (corresponding to 2.22% of the share capital) are held directly, while the remaining 2,540,975 shares (corresponding to 0.07% of the share capital) are attributable to Norges Bank through financial instruments, namely through a "shares on loan (right to call)" instrument, exercisable at any moment.
The total of shares and voting rights held by Norges Bank increased above the 2.00% level of EDP's share capital on March 28th, 2017.
EDP – Energias de Portugal. S.A.
Note: This communication rectifies and substitutes the communication yesterday submitted, which wrongly stated that the 81,179,499 shares held directly by Norges Bank corresponded to 2.01% of the share capital.
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