BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO RELEASE
BANCO ESPÍRITO SANTO, S.A.
RELEASE CONCERNING THE DISPOSAL OF QUALIFYING HOLDING
Pursuant to and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code, Banco Espírito Santo, SA (BES) informs that it has received a notification from Citigroup Global Markets Limited regarding the disposal of voting rights which resulted in the relevant threshold having gone below 2%.
The disposal results from a transaction occurred on the 2nd of June 2015, pursuant to which 3.747.053 shares of BES were transferred.
As a result of the triggering transaction, the percentage of the voting rights and of the share capital held by Citigroup Global Markets Limited is as follows:
- Voting rights attached to shares:
No. of shares | No. of voting rights | % of voting rights and share capital |
109,514,848 | 1,095,148 | 1,9469% |
- Financial instruments:
Type of financial instrument | No. of voting rights | % of voting rights |
Swap | 53 | 0,0001% |
- Total:
No. of voting rights | % of voting rights |
1.095.201 | 1,9470% |
Information is also provided concerning the chain of controlled undertakings through
which the holding is held:
Banco Espírito Santo S.A. - Public Traded Company -
Head Office: Rua Barata Salgueiro, no. 28, 6th floor, 1250-044 Lisbon Portugal
Registered at Lisbon's Commercial Registry Office and Tax Identification number 500 852 367
Share Capital: 6.084.695.651,06 euros
RELEASE
- the parent company of Citigroup Global Markets Limited is Citigroup Global Markets
Europe Limited;
- the parent company of Citigroup Global Markets Europe Limited is Citigroup Financial
Products Inc;
- the parent company of Citigroup Financial Products Inc. is Citigroup Global Market
Holdings Inc.
- the parent company of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc. is Citigroup Inc.
Contacts
Representative for the relations with the market and with CMVM
Francisco Boavida Salavessa
E-mail: investor.relations@bes.pt
Lisbon, 9 June 2015
BANCO ESPÍRITO SANTO, S.A.
Banco Espírito Santo S.A. - Public Traded Company -
Head Office: Rua Barata Salgueiro, no. 28, 6th floor, 1250-044 Lisbon Portugal
Registered at Lisbon's Commercial Registry Office and Tax Identification number 500 852 367
Share Capital: 6.084.695.651,06 euros
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