/SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
/2009
/VOTE BY CORRESPONDENCE
Vote by Correspondence
All shareholders who own shares with voting rights have the right to attend the General Meeting and to take part in its deliberations and votes. In order to attend the meeting, shareholders’ shares must be entered in the share register five (5) days before the date of the General Meeting on the first or second call. This must be accredited by presenting an attendance card or certificate of ownership issued by the entity or entities in charge of the book entries or an equivalent certificate (referred to in this Shareholders’ Guide as “certificate of ownership”) by the Company’s control system or any other format allowed by law. The said certificate of ownership must refer to the shareholder’s position as at 9 April 2009 (for the date of the meeting on second call, it must refer to the shareholder’s position as at 16 April).
In order to identify the shareholders or their proxies as they enter the General Meeting, attendees may be asked to present their national ID cards or any other official document generally accepted for these purposes, along with their certificates of ownership.
Representation
According to the terms of article 15 of the Articles of Association, shareholders may be represented at the General Meeting by a proxy (who need not be a shareholder). The proxy must be granted in writing or by post and must be in the Company’s possession at least two (2) days before the scheduled date of the General Meeting on first call, indicating the name of the proxy
Vote by correspondence - Postal vote
In order to vote by post, shareholders may request the mail-in voting documentation from the Company by telephone at 34 902 830 700 or by fax 34 914 238 410. The request, which must include the shareholder’s address, must be received by the Company no later than fifteen (15) days before the scheduled date of the General Meeting on first call. The documentation needed to vote by post will be sent to the shareholders at his/her address and will include a ballot and a postage-paid return envelope. The shareholder must the corresponding box on the ballot with an X to indicate his/her vote in favour or against the resolutions or to abstain.
The completed and signed ballot must be sent to the Company (Plaza de la Gesta nº 2, 33007 Oviedo, Spain) or to the post office box in Lisbon PO Box n.º 15005 EC Campolide, 1074-003 (it is recommended that shareholders residing in Portugal use the post office box). The certificate of share ownership should be included along with the ballot or delivered to the Company when it becomes available to the shareholders, but in any case no later than midnight (2400 h) on 13 April 2009.
Vote by correspondence - Electronic vote
Shareholders who are entitled to attend the General Meeting may vote electronically. To this end, they must express their intention to do so using the link on the Company’s website (www.edprenovaveis.com), The shareholder’s notice, which must include an email address, must be received by the Company at least five days in advance of the General Meeting (by the 9th April for the meeting held on first call). The shareholder will then receive an email with a password and username which the shareholder must then insert in the appropriate places on the link contained on the Company’s website in order to vote electronically.
The certificate of share ownership should be sent electronically along with the electronic ballot or delivered to the Company when it becomes available to the shareholder, but in any case no later than midnight (2400 h) on 13 April 2009.
Electronic Vote