Participation in the Shareholders' Meetings

According to article 14/1 of the Articles of Association of EDP, only shareholders with voting right may attend the General Shareholders’ Meeting, as well as the persons whose presence is considered as justified by the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting.

To each share corresponds one vote.

Shareholders may only participate at the General Shareholders’ Meeting, in person or through a representative, or exercise its voting rights by correspondence, by post or electronically, if such Shareholders own, at least, one share since 00:00 hours (GMT) of the 5th negotiation day prior to the date of General Shareholders’ Meeting (“Registration Date”).

Shareholders that intend to participate at the General Shareholders’ Meeting must declare previously and in writing such intention, (i) to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting and (ii) to the financial intermediary to which the book-entry registry of the shares has been entrusted, until 23:59 hours (GMT) of the day prior to the Registration date. For this effect, Shareholders may use the automatic formulary of statement available on this website or the formulary available in paper at EDP’s registered seat, from the date the notice to convene the meeting is disclosed.

Shareholders who have declared their intention to participate in the General Shareholders’ Meeting in the terms above referred and transfer ownership of their shares between Registration Date and the General Shareholders’ Meeting must communicate it immediately to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting and to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission. 

The documents and information concerning the items of the Agenda, as well as the information foreseen on number 1 of article 289 of the Portuguese Companies Code and on number 1 of article 21-C of the Portuguese Securities Code, will be made available for consultation at the head office and at this website, from the date the notice to convene meeting is published.

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Shareholders may be represented by any person with full legal capacity appointed for that purpose.

The representation of a Shareholder is made, through letter, duly signed, until 17 hours of the second day before the date scheduled for the general shareholders’ meeting, delivered to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting to the head office located at Praça Marquês de Pombal, no. 12, 1250 - 162 Lisbon.

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The shareholders qualified to participate in the shareholders meeting may exercise their voting right by electronic means, pursuant to requirements that assure their authenticity, which shall be defined by the chairman of the general shareholders’ meeting board and included in the notice of the respective general shareholders’ meeting.

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Under article 22 of the Portuguese Securities Code and article 14 of the Articles of Association, Shareholders that may attend to the General Shareholders’ Meeting may also exercise their voting right by correspondence in relation to any items in the Agenda, by letter, bearing a signature similar to the one on the identification card, addressed to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting and sent by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt, which must be received at the head office of the company three business days in advance. The same envelope shall contain a legible copy of the identification card of the signer. To the Shareholders is disclosed a formulary of voting right letter, available at this website and at the company’s registered site.

 

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The holders of ADR have equivalent rights to the holders of ordinary shares. The voting rights of the holders of ADS are calculated considering that each ADR represents 10 ordinary shares. The holders of ADR may instruct the depositary bank to exercise their voting rights or give that power to a representative designated by EDP to that purpose, according to the applicable legal and statutory dispositions; the deposit contract regulates the timing and fashion for the exercise of voting instructions, as well as the absence of instructions.

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Financial intermediaries who are informed of their clients intention in participating in the General Shareholders’ Meeting must send to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, until 23:59 hours (GMT) of the Registration Date, information regarding the number of shares registered on behalf of each of its clients with reference to the 00:00 hours of the Registration Date, being able, for that effect, of using the e-mail address edp.ag@edp.pt.

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Under article 23-A of the Portuguese Securities Code, Shareholder(s) that hold shares correspondent to, at least, 2% of the share capital, may request to add certain items in the Agenda or in amendments to the Agenda, through the presentation of requirement addressed, in writing, to the Chairman of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, on the 5 subsequent days after the publication of the notice to convene meeting or respective amendment; the requirement shall be accompanied by the information related with the resolution proposal.

These resolution proposals and respective information are disclosed to the Shareholders as soon as possible, by the same way used to disclose the notice to convene meeting, until ten days before the General Shareholders’ Meeting.

If the requirements for addition of items in the Agenda or for resolution proposals are not satisfied, the interested may judicially require to convene a new general shareholders’ meeting to resolve on those items or proposals.
 

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De acordo com o disposto no número 1 do artigo 14.º do Contrato de Sociedade, às reuniões da Assembleia Geral só podem assistir Accionistas com direito de voto, bem como as demais pessoas cuja presença seja considerada como justificada pelo Presidente da Mesa.

A cada acção corresponde um voto.

Os Accionistas apenas podem participar e votar na Assembleia Geral, pessoalmente ou por representação, ou exercer o seu direito de voto por correspondência, por via postal ou electrónica, se forem titulares de, pelo menos, uma acção às 00:00 horas (GMT) do quinto dia de negociação anterior à data da realização da Assembleia Geral (“Data de Registo”).

Os Accionistas que pretendam participar ou fazer-se representar na Assembleia Geral devem ainda declarar previamente essa intenção, por escrito, (i) ao Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral e (ii) ao intermediário financeiro junto do qual se encontre aberta a conta de registo individualizado de valores mobiliários, o mais tardar, até às 23:59 horas (GMT) do dia anterior à Data de Registo. Para o efeito de comunicar a intenção de participação ao Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral, os Accionistas podem recorrer ao formulário automático de declaração ou ao formulário em suporte papel que estará disponível neste site e na sede social, a partir da data de divulgação da convocatória.

Os Accionistas que tenham declarado a intenção de participar na Assembleia Geral, nos termos acima referidos, e transmitam a titularidade de acções entre a Data de Registo e o fim da Assembleia Geral, devem comunicá-lo imediatamente ao Presidente da Mesa da Assembleia Geral e à Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários. 

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