BLACKROCK INFORMS ON QUALIFIED SHAREHOLDING IN EDP

Investors &

Analysts'

Briefing

Reuters: EDP.LS Bloomberg: EDP PL

Lisbon, April 25th, 2022: Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 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 April 25th, 2022, BlackRock, Inc. notified EDP, in accordance with article 16 of the Portuguese Securities Code, that it had reduced its shareholding to 9.37% of EDP's share capital and of the respective voting rights. The 10% threshold was crossed by such company on April 22nd, 2022.

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

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.

Investor Relations

Department

phone +351 21 001 2834ir@edp.com

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.

Issuer of shares admitted to trading on a regulated market Head Office: Av. 24 de Julho, 12 1249-300 Lisboa Portugal

Share Capital 3 965 681 012

Registered at the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon under no. 500697256 Company Tax Number 500697256

Date:22 October 2015

ESMA/2015/1597

Standard form for notification of major holdings

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the competent authority)i

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are at-tachedii:

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.

2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

[X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

[X] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ] Other (please specify)iii:

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligationiv :

Name: BlackRock, Inc.

City and country of registered office (if applicable):

Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)v:

  • 5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedvi: 22nd April 2022

  • 6. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

% of voting rights through financial instru-ments

Total of both in %

(7.A + 7.B)

(total of 7.B.1 + 7.B.2)Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached Position of previous notification (if appli-cable)

0.50%

9.37%

9.62%

0.39%

10.01%

1

7. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

ISIN code (if possi-ble)

Number of voting rightsix

% of voting rights

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC)

Direct

(Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC)

Indirect

(Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC)

PTEDP0AM0009

352,106,981

8.88%

SUBTOTAL A

352,106,981

8.88%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC

Type of financial in-strument

Securities LentDepositary Receipt (US2683531097)

B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive 2004/109/EC

Type of financial instrument

CFD

Expiration datexExercise/ Conversion Periodxi

N/A

N/A

N/A

Expiration datex

N/A

N/A

17,715,968

Number of voting rightsthat may be acquired if the instrument is exer-cised/ converted.

5,321,991

12,393,977

Exercise/ Conversion Pe-riod xi

N/A

Physical or cash settlementxiiNumber of voting rights

Cash Settlement

1,924,742

% of voting rights

0.13% 0.31%

% of voting rights

0.05%

SUBTOTAL B.2

1,924,742

0.05%

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applica-ble box):

[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal en-tity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii

[X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or le-gal entityxiv:

Namexv

% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

% of voting rights through financial in-struments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable thresholdTotal of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold

See Attachment

9. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

Attachment to box 8:

II.8. Full chain of controlled undertakings starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entity

Name

% of voting rights (if at least held 2% or more)

% of voting rights through instruments (if at least held 2% or more)

Total of both (if at least held 2% or more)

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock (Singapore) Holdco Pte. Ltd.

BlackRock HK Holdco Limited

BlackRock Lux Finco S.a.r.l.

BlackRock Japan Holdings GK

BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd.

BlackRock, Inc.

Trident Merger, LLC

BlackRock Investment Management, LLC

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.

BlackRock International Holdings, Inc.

BR Jersey International Holdings L.P.

BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC

BlackRock Cayman 1 LP

BlackRock Cayman West Bay Finco Limited

BlackRock Cayman West Bay IV Limited

BlackRock Group Limited

BlackRock Finance Europe Limited

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited

BlackRock, Inc.

BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc.

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