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Equatorial Energia S.A.

Publicly-held Company

Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF) nº 03.220.438/0001-73


NOTICE TO THE MARKET


Equatorial Energia S.A. ("Company"), pursuant article 12 of CVM Instruction 358, from January 3, 2002, and as required by International Finance Corporation ("IFC"), informs the market the following:


On April 07, 2016, IFC's holding in the Company's shares fell below the 5% threshold and amounted to 9,861,600 shares or 4.97% of the total shares outstanding.


On April 05, 2016, before falling below the 5% threshold, IFC held 10,042,800 shares in the Company, equal to 5.06% of the total shares outstanding.


Rio de Janeiro, April 08, 2016


Eduardo Haiama

Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer Equatorial Energia S.A.

Equatorial Energia SA issued this content on 08 April 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 08 April 2016 14:34:23 UTC

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