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 May 18th, 2015, JP Morgan Chase & Co. ("JP Morgan") notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 105,747,025 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.89% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights. The 2.00% of EDP's share capital were reached on May 12th, 2015.

JP Morgan also informed about the chain of entities relevant for the calculation of the significant shareholding in accordance with number 1 of article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code. All shares are held by J.P. Morgan Securities, Plc, which is fully owned by JP Morgan.

Of the 105,747,025 ordinary shares of EDP, 49,649,536 are held through financial instruments.

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.

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