Capital Research notifies qualified shareholding in EDP

Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 248 of the Portuguese Securities code, EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. ("EDP") is providing the following information to the market:

On January 24, 2013, Capital Research and Management Company ("Capital Research") notified EDP that, in accordance with article 20 of the Portuguese Securities Code, it holds a qualifying shareholding of 73,625,043 ordinary shares of EDP, which corresponds to 2.0135% of EDP's share capital and 2.0135% of the respective voting rights.

The significant shareholding resulted from the acquisition, on 23 January 2013, of 2,104,500 shares which corresponds to 0.06% of EDP's voting rights.

Capital Research is "a U.S.-based investment adviser that manages the American Funds family of mutual funds". The shares reported are owned by mutual funds under the discretionary investment management of Capital Research.

EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A.