Aviso aos Acionistas EQTL - Dividendos 2016 ENG



Equatorial Energia S/A

Publicly-Held Company

Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 03.220.438/0001-73 Company Registry ID (NIRE): 2130000938-8


NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS


We hereby inform our shareholders that the Annual General Meeting ("AGM") held today approved the payment of dividends in the total amount of R$ 129,082,503.55, which represents R$0.6500000 per share.


The dividends will be paid to the shareholders registered as such on 04/15/2016. The shares will be trading ex-dividends as from 04/18/2016.


Also, the Board of Directors in a meeting held on December 23, 2015 ("BoD") approved the payment of Interest on Equity ("IoE") in the total amount of R$ 69,505,573.20, gross of Income Tax, equivalent to R$ 0.35000000 per share.


The IoE will be paid to shareholders registered as such on December 23, 2015, and the shares have been trading ex-IoE since the following trading day.


The dividends and the IoE will be paid until December 31, 2016, without any monetary restatement or any other kind of compensation.


Event

Base Date

Total Amount

Amount per share

Dividends Interest on Equity

04/15/2016


12/23/2015

129,082,503.55


69,505,573.20

0.6500000


0.3500000


Rio de Janeiro, April 15, 2016


Eduardo Haiama


Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer Equatorial Energia S/A

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