EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

05/11/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/11/2021 09:52

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited reached qualified shareholding in EDP

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited reached qualified shareholding in EDP

Tuesday11, May 2021

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited reached qualified shareholding in EDP

Lisbon, May 11th, 2021:Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of articles 17 and 244 of the Portuguese Securities Code and of the CMVM Regulation no. 5/2008, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. (EDP) is providing the following information to the market:

On May 7th, 2021, BlackRock, Inc. ('BlackRock') notified EDP, in accordance with article 16 of the Portuguese Securities Code, that its subsidiary BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limitedhad reached a qualified shareholding correspondent to 2.02% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights, directly held. The 2% threshold was crossed by such company on May 6th, 2021. On such date, BlackRock's overall position was 7.12%, which represents an increase from the previous position of 7.09% disclosed to the market on May 3rd, 2021.

Information regarding the chain of controlled undertakings and voting rights is disclosed in the attachment.

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.