COMPANHIA ENERGÉTICA DE MINAS GERAIS - CEMIG LISTED COMPANY - CNPJ 17.155.730/0001-64 - NIRE 31300040127
In accordance with CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, as amended, Cemig (Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais), a listed company with securities traded on the stock exchanges of São Paulo, New York and Madrid, hereby informs the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&F Bovespa S.A.) and the market in general, as follows:
Cemig has received correspondence from BNDES Participações S.A. - BNDESPar ('BNDESPar') with the following content:
"1. In accordance with Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02 ("the CVM Instruction") as amended, and CVM Official Circular CVM/SEP/N°002/2015, BNDES Participações S.A. - BNDESPar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Brazilian Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social - BNDES), registered in the CNPJ/MF under Nº 00.383.281/0001-09; with head office in Brasília, Federal District, at Centro Empresarial Parque Cidade, Setor Comercial Sul - SCS, Quadra 9, Torre C, 12th Floor, and offices in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, at Avenida República do Chile 100, hereby informs you as follows:
On March 3, 2016, BNDESPar exchanged the totality of its holding of debentures issued under the Deed of the First Private Issue by AGC Energia of Non-convertible Permanent Asset- guaranteed Exchangeable Shareholders' Debentures, in a Single Series, dated February 28, 2011 and amended January 17, 2012, for 54,342,992 common shares and 16,718,797 preferred shares in Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais ("Cemig"), owned by AGC Energia.
After the exchange, the equity interest held by BNDESPar in Cemig - which on March 2, 2016 totaled 0% of the common shares and 1.13% of the preferred shares - increased to 12.9% of the common shares and 3.13% of the preferred shares. Under Article 12, §1º, of CVM Instruction 358/02, this characterizes a material transaction in the stock of Cemig.
On March 2, 2016 BNDESPar held an equity interest of 0.75% in the total capital of Cemig. This total equity interest has now increased to 6.4%.
We request you to transmit this information to the market, in accordance with the CVM Instruction.
Cemig will keep stockholders and the market duly informed of all new information on this subject.
Belo Horizonte, March 3, 2016.
Fabiano Maia Pereira
Chief Finance and Investor Relations Officer
Av. Barbacena 1200 Santo Agostinho 30190-131 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil Tel.: +55 31 3506-5024 Fax +55 31 3506-5025
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