Notified on 4 January 2010, this merger operation consists of the acquisition, by Mr José Joaquim Morais Rocha (Mr Morais Rocha), of exclusive control of Terminal Multiusos do Beato - Operações Portuárias SA (TMB), by means of an addition to the minority shareholding that, directly and indirectly, he already possesses in this company; he now holds a majority of the shares representing its registered capital.