Notified on 2 August 2006, this merger consists of the creation of a joint undertaking by the undertakings PTG - Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais SA ("PTG") and ARCOLGESTE " Gestão de Participações e Investimentos Imobiliários SA ("ARCOLGESTE"), through which they will effect the transfer of the activities carried out by the companies in which they have holdings, in the areas of liquid fuel and lubricant distribution and gaseous fuel distribution.