PORTUGAL TELECOM : Qualified Holding - Visabeira

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On 27 December 2013, Visabeira Investimentos Financeiros, SGPS, S.A., was merged into Visabeira Estudos e Investimentos, S.A.. As a result of said merger, 12,119,672 ordinary shares representing 1.352% of PT's share capital and corresponding voting rights which were held directly by Visabeira Investimentos Financeiros, SGPS, S.A. are now held directly by Visabeira Estudos e Investimentos, S.A..

Visabeira Estudos e Investimentos, S.A., is 100% owned by Visabeira Participações Financeiras, SGPS, S.A., which is 100% owned by Visabeira Group, which also holds directly 11,523,213 ordinary shares representing 1.285% of PT's share capital and corresponding voting rights.

Therefore, a qualified holding corresponding to 23,642,885 ordinary shares representing 2.637% of PT's share capital and corresponding voting rights is attributed to the Visabeira Group. This qualified holding remained above the 2% threshold as was previously disclosed.

PT was further informed that a holding corresponding to 78.2642% of the share capital of Visabeira Group and corresponding voting rights is directly held by the company NCFGEST, SGPS, S.A., which in turn is 100% owned by Mr Fernando Campos Nunes. Therefore, Visabeira Group's qualified holding in also attributed to these entities.

It was also communicated that, in addition to his duties as non-executive director of PT, Mr Paulo José Lopes Varela is also a director of the Visabeira Group.

This statement is pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of articles 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code and 2 of the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, following a communication received from Visabeira Investimentos Financeiros, SGPS, S.A., with registered office at Lugar de Repeses, parish of Repeses, Viseu.

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