REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE ANNUAL GENERAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
a) According to article 14/1 of the by-laws of EDP, only Shareholders with the right to vote may attend the General Shareholders’ Meeting, without prejudice of the right of joining votes as provided for in the law;
b) To each share corresponds one vote;
c) Shareholders can only intervene in the General Meeting, in person or through a representative, or exercise their voting rights by correspondence, by courier or by electronic means, if such Shareholders hold shares in EDP since, at least, the fifth business day prior to the date of the General Meeting and provided that they keep such capacity until the term of said General Meeting;
d) The representation of a Shareholder is made through a letter – the draft available at EDP’s website (www.edp.pt) may be used - duly signed, delivered to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, by no later than 5 p.m. of the day before the day preceding the date scheduled for the General Meeting, and mailed to the head office located at Praça Marquês de Pombal, no. 12, 1250-162 Lisbon;
e) Evidence of the ownership of the shares must be delivered to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, at the head office, at least five business days in advance of the date of the General Meeting, by means of a statement issued and certified by the financial intermediary responsible for the registry of the shares, which must mention that the relevant shares are registered in the account of the relevant Shareholder since, at least, the fifth business day prior to the date of the General Meeting and that such shares are blocked until the term of the General Meeting.
f) Bearing in mind that the General Shareholder’s Meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m., it is recommended that the Shareholders who intend to be present at the referred meeting arrive with an antecedence of one hour in order to allow full compliance of required formalities.
EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS BY CORRESPONDENCE
g) Pursuant to article 22 of the Portuguese Securities Code and to article 14 of the by-laws of EDP, Shareholders entitled to intervene in the General Meeting may also exercise their voting rights by correspondence on each of the points of the Agenda, through a letter signed with a signature identical to that contained in the Identification Card, addressed to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, by registered courier with acknowledgment of receipt, and mailed to the head office by no later than April 3rd, 2008. In the same envelop the Shareholder should include a legible copy of the Identification Card of the signatory.
h) Shareholders entitled to intervene in the General Meeting may also exercise their voting rights by correspondence through electronic means; for such purpose, Shareholders must express such intention to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, at the head office or through EDP’s website (www.edp.pt), by no later than April 3rd, 2008; subsequently, Shareholders will receive a registered letter, mailed to the address included in the statement of the financial intermediary responsible for the registry of the securities, incorporating the e-mail address to use for the exercise of their voting rights and a password which must be mentioned in the e-mail message through which each Shareholder may exercise, by no later than April 3rd, 2008, its voting right.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO SHAREHOLDERS AT THE HEAD OFFICE
The relevant documents and information with respect to the points of the Agenda will be made available to Shareholders for consultation purposes by March 26th, 2008, at EDP’s head office and website (www.edp.pt), with exception of the ones related to point seven of the Agenda which will be made available for that effect on the publication date of the present notice. The individual and consolidated accounts’ reporting documents are also available at the information diffusion system of CMVM (Portuguese Securities Market Commission).
Lisbon, March 6th, 2008
The Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting
(Dr. Rui Pena)
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