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Frequent Questions


1. How and when does EDP Energias do Brasil disclose its information?


A. EDP Energias do Brasil publishes its information through notices to the market, material facts, releases of results, and quarterly and annual financial statements. This information is forwarded to CVM/Bovespa and is automatically available in the investor relations area of the Company's website (www.energiasdobrasil.com.br), and sent later by email to people registered to receive this information.

Complete financial statements are published annually by the newspapers "Valor Econômico" and by the "Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo". Quarterly financial statements, press releases, presentations, material facts and notices to shareholders are available in the investor relations area of EDP Energias do Brasil's website (www.energiasdobrasil.com.br). Other information about the Company may be obtained on the website of São Paulo Stock Exchange (www.bovespa.com.br) and at the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil - CVM (www.cvm.gov.br).


2. What's the difference between material fact and press release?


R. A material fact is any decision taken by the controller shareholder, any deliberation from the Board of Director's meeting or the management or any other fact which nature is political-administrative, technical, business or economical-financial, and can influence in the value of the securities (shares) issued by the company; (II) on investor's decisions about buying, selling or holding the securities or to them referred. (iii) In investor's decisions to use the intrinsic rights of the ownership's condition of respective securities. The Company is obliged by the regulatory organs (in Brazil by the CVM) to publicly disclose the fact considered "material fact", simultaneously to all markets in which the securities are negotiated.

A press release is any information delivered by the management in order to increase the transparency in the company's policy with no significant impact on the value of the securities; in the decision to buy, sell or hold the securities; in investor's decisions to use the intrinsic rights of the ownership's condition of respective securities. The disclosure of timely and transparent information to the market is part of good Corporate Governance practices.


3. What are the Annual Shareholder Meeting and Special Shareholders Meeting?


A. The Annual Shareholders Meeting is a meeting called by the Board of directors aiming at (i) taking the accounts of the management, analyze and vote the financial statements; (ii) deliberate about the destination of the net profits and the distribution of dividends; (iii) elect the management and the members of Fiscal Council , if the case. It shall occur annually, within the first four months followed by the end of calendar year.

The Special Shareholder Meeting is convened to discuss and decide on matters of corporate interest with the exception of those questions, which are the exclusive prerogative of the (ASM).


4. Which rights are granted to the minority shareholders with the Company's inclusion on Bovespa's Novo Mercado?



A. The Company when entering the Bovespa's Novo Mercado, it joins the consolidated rules contained in the Novo Mercado which includes the expansion of shareholder rights, the improvement in the quality of information and offers the alternative of arbitrage chamber mediation in the resolution of conflicts allowing a more agile and specialized resolution. Additionally, EDP Energias do Brasil´s Board of Directors is composed by nine members, including two independents and two indicated by minority shareholders. It also counts on 3 supporting committees: Audit (headed by one of the independent members), Remuneration and Supervision.

Moreover, it is granted the Tag Along right to all shareholders, which means the extension to all shareholders of the same conditions given to the controller shareholders in case of selling the company's control.


5. Where EDP Energias do Brasil shares are traded? What is its symbol/ticker?


A. EDP Energias do Brasil' shares are traded in Bovespa (São Paulo Stock Exchange) and its symbol is ENBR3.


6. How can I be updated as to my shareholding rights and dividend payments?


A. The shareholders shall maintain their records updated with Banco Itaú (depositary bank); in order to ensure a full exercise of their rights and they are only required to go to any Itaú's branch when submitting the appropriate documentation. The investors who keep their data updated in the records, whether they are Itaú's account holders or of other Banks, they automatically receive the dividends decided on the start date of payment set forth by the company. They are also notified via "Book-Entry Dividends Credit Notice", which specifies all the data of the event credited. If the shareholders do not have banking data, the dividends shall be available from the start date of payment established by the company, and the investor shall go to an Itaú's branch in order to receive them, accompanied by all identification documents and of "Receipt Notice of Book-Entry Share Dividends", opportunely notified.


7. What is the policy of EDP Energias do Brasil's for the Payment of Dividends?


A. The Company's bylaws, according to the Law No. 6404/76 (the /Brazilian public-held corporate law), determine that at least 25% of the net income recorded in the year will be distributed to shareholders as minimal annual dividend payment. Nevertheless, the dividend shall not be mandatory in case it is incompatible with the company's financial status. EDP Energias do Brasil intends to declare and pay dividends and/or interest on own capital, assessed in semi-annual balance sheets of, at least, 40% of the respective adjusted net income. The amount of these distributions shall depend on various factors, such as the Company's financial status, its future prospects, macroeconomic conditions, readjustments and tariff reviews, regulatory changes, growth strategies and other factors deemed relevant by the Board of Directors of EDP Energias do Brasil and respective shareholders.


8. What is the meaning of the expression "ex-dividend right"?


A. The expression "ex-dividend right" applies to the share negotiated after the Company's deliberation about the payment / distribution of dividends. Therefore, the dividends will be credited to the previous shareholder who had the right on the share until the date of the deliberation of the dividends.


9. What do I need to do to buy or sell EDP Energias do Brasil's shares?


A. To buy or sell shares it is necessary to contact a Brokerage firm, which will intermediate the trading through Stock Exchanges, by means of a registration form previously filled out and approved by the brokerage firm.

- The shares can be registered

  1. In the brokerage firm in which these shares were bought, which takes all the responsibility for the payment of Dividends/Interest on Own Capital and information necessary for the Income Tax return, as well as the events taking place or;

  2. In the book-entry share system of Banco Itaú, responsible to send information without any monthly cost. In this case, the shareholder will have the advantage of automatic credit of dividends in his/her checking account, in the bank and agency he/she chooses. Before contacting a brokerage firm, we suggest you to analyze this issue on Bovespa's Website. You should also see the presentation "Bovespa Vai até Você" at Bovespa (São Paulo Stock Exchange) website.

The brokerage firm, or any other financial intermediate, will prepare the process of buying and selling of shares as they have professionals focused on market, industry and company analysis.

You can contact them to get information on the right moment to buy and sell certain shares in order to obtain better results. Check on the brokerage firms mentioned at Bovespa's site. You can also trade shares via Internet. For that, it is necessary that you are a client of a Bovespa's brokerage firm with a Home Broker system, which enables you to trade shares via Internet.


10. How many shares does EDP Energias do Brasil have?


A. The capital stock of Energies do Brasil is composed by 165.016.614 ordinary shares.


11. What is the EDP Energias do Brasil free float?


A. At the present moment, EDP Energias do Brasil free float is 37,6%.


12. What is a custodian agent?


A. The custodian agent is an entity, generally a financial institution, which keeps and registers shares for other parties, including the compensation and liquidation of securities. EDP Energias do Brasil´s custodian agent is Banco Itaú S.A.


13. How does EDP Energias do Brasil's shareholder may check his/her holding?


A. The holding may be requested at the Investor Service Center or at any of the branches of Banco Itaú. This information will be provided exclusively:

To shareholder, himself/herself, by showing his/her identity card (RG) and individual taxpayer's register (CPF); or to the attorney-in-fact duly qualified, with Public Power of Attorney, Identity Card and CPF.

The nonexistence of balance of shares in the records of Banco Itaú may result from the fact that these shares have already been sold or transferred for custody of the stock exchanges /CBLC (Brazilian Clearing and Depositary Corporation). In this case, the shareholder must contact his/her securities broker. For further information or clarifications on the holding, the shareholder may contact the Shareholders Sector of EDP Energias do Brasil as follows:

E-mail: ri@energiasdobrasil.com.br


14. How can I follow the performance of EDP Energias do Brasil´s shares?


A. The performance of EDP Energias do Brasil's shares can be followed through the ticker tape available at the Investor Relations area at the EDP Energias do Brasil site site, with a delay of 15 minutes and also through the interactive charts available.


15. What indexes does EDP Energias do Brasil integrate?


A. EDP Energias do Brasil integrates the IGC, ITAG, MSCI, IBrX-100, IEE and IVBX-2 indexes.
IGC - Special Corporate Governance Stock Index - is designed to measure the return of a theoretical portfolio composed of shares of companies with a good level of corporate governance.
ITAG – Special Tag Along Stock Index - is designed to measure the return of a theoretical portfolio composed of shares of companies which offer, in case of control sale, better conditions to minority shareholders than those required by law.
IBrX-100 - The Brazil Index - is a price index which measures the return on a theoretical portfolio composed by 100 stocks selected among BOVESPA's most actively traded securities, in terms of number of trades and financial value.
MSCI - MSCI Brazil Index - is widely followed by the international investor community, being only one of a wide number of important indexes developed by the institution.
IEE - Electric Power Index - measures the performance of the electric power sector. In this sense, the index is an instrument that makes possible the performance analysis of portfolios specialized in the electric power sector.
IVBX-2 - Valor Bovespa Index - jointly developed by Bovespa and the newspaper Valor Econômico, is composed of 50 shares chosen from a list of stocks classified in descending liquidity order, according to the negotiability index as of the 11th position.


16. How can I contact the Investor Relations area?


A. We can be contacted through the email ri@energiasdobrasil.com.br or through the field Contact IR available in our website.