Notified on 01April 2005, this merger consists of the acquisition by INVESCAIMA - Investimentos e Participações, SGPS, SA of sole control of PORTUCEL TEJO, SA, under the first phase of its reprivatization. This involves the sale by open invitation to tender of an indivisible block of 7 125 000 shares representing 95% of PORTUCEL TEJO´s registered capital, in accordance with the tender document annexed to Decree-Law No. 9/2005 of 6 January. The latter legislation approved the reprivatization of one more of the enterprises created by means of a split-off from Portucel SGPS SA.