RELEASE BANCO ESPÍRITO SANTO, S.A. RELEASE CONCERNING THE RENEWAL OF THE COMPANY’S SECRETARY MANDATE For the purposes of item b) of Article 3 of CMVM’s Regulation no. 5/2008, Banco Espírito Santo, SA (BES) informs that, since the mandate of the Company Secretary shall coincide with the mandate of the corporate body appointing the Company Secretary, which has been extended as per the release disclosed through the information disclosure system (http://web3.cmvm.pt/sdi/emitentes/docs/fsd78353.pdf ), BES’ Board of Directors has resolved to renew the mandate of the Company Secretary – Ana Mendes Martins – and of the Alternate Company Secretary – Francisco Boavida Salavessa - , until the date of the withdrawal of BES’ authorisation to pursue banking activity or until the maximum period of one year. Contacts Representative for the relations with the market and with CMVM Francisco Boavida Salavessa E-mail: [email protected] Lisbon, 4 August 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