sustainability

Sustainability

Foundations

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Investors

We promote value creation, meeting the highest ethical standards.

We expect confidence in the company's future.
 

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Telefone: +351 21 001 2834

The information on the Company’s business and strategy is one of the pillars of EDP’s communication policy and operations. In actual fact, a correct understanding of the strategy and the financial, accounting and assets situation and significant events in the life of the company is only possible through the fostering of information transparency and credibility and easy access to quality information.
 
EDP thus aims to guarantee, in a permanent and transparent manner, a close relationship with all market agents, providing investors with information that may help them in making decisions on investments (or divestments) in an informed, accurate, unambiguous and tangible fashion.
In short, EDP intends to create value for its shareholders in a sustainable manner.
 
 
How we relate
 
The main role of the Investor Relations Department is to act as a liaison between the Board of Directors of EDP and the financial markets in general. It is responsible for the publication of regular financial statements as well as the disclosure of privileged information and other announcements to the market.
 
EDP annually visits some of the major financial markets, in order to disclose the company's strategy as well as answer any doubts and concerns of the financial community.
 
 
Existing channels

EDP ensures a constant flow of communication with investors and financial analysts through its website, e-mail and telephone helpline (+351 21 001 2834).

 

The following table summarises the communication channels EDP makes available to its shareholders: 

 

Channels
 ChannelsIn Person  (1)EDP websiteE-mailInvestors Relations Phone Line(6)      By mail  (2)            CMVM website (5) Media
Elements required by law or regulation
 Notice of meetingXXXXXXX
 Board of Directors' proposalsXXX    
 Amendment of the Articles of AssociationXX            X X 
 Other proposalsXX X   
 2010 Annual Report (4)XXX XXX
 Management and supervisory positions
held in other Group companies by company
officers		X         X   
Additional information provided by EDP
 Ballots for voting by proxyXXXXX  
 Ballots for voting by mailXXXXX  
 Ballots for voting by e-mailX XXX  
 Clarification of any issuesXXXXX  
 EDP Articles of Association and RegulationsXXXXXX 
 Results of voting on proposalsX  XXX 

(1) At the EDP head office.
(2) Additionally, at EDP’s initiative: Information from the Chairman of the Board of Directors relating to participation in the General Meetings of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, press release from the Chairman of the Executive Board of Directors divulging information on the economic and financial activity and indicators at the end of each business year and press releases whenever important developments in the life of the company take place.
(3) Companies Code (Article 289) and CMVM Regulation no. 7/2001, as CMVM Regulations nos. 10/2005 and 3/2006.
(4) Annual report, individual and consolidated accounts, statutory auditing and opinion of the Statutory Auditor.
(5) www.cmvm.pt
(6) Investor Relations phone line: +351 21 001 28 34 

 

What we are told
 
EDP surveys the financial community’s perception every year by interviewing nearly 100 institutions that have been in contact with the company, in order to assess the quality of its work and aid the development of improvement strategies for the following year.
 
The external perception of EDP has improved since this study began to be carried out, especially in relation to the guidance of the key financial indicators and the availability of management.
 
 
We respond by

EDP has sought to respond to the concerns raised by the financial community, highlighting the low risk profile of the company and its focus on growth, based on a strong component of regulated activities in the business mix and investment in clean technologies, especially wind and hydro-power.
 
We have also sought to contact new investors in new geographical areas in order to make the worth of the company more sustainable, increase the international visibility of senior management and increase the visibility of middle management.
 
EDP has held an Investors Day every year, which brings together the financial analysts and investors that track EDP in the market so that the company’s strategic goals and investment plans can be presented to them.
 
The results of the external perception study and the awards received by the company in this field have demonstrated the market's recognition of EDP’s efforts to disclose credible and transparent information.