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NOS SGPS

Audit Report / Information Apr 6, 2016

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Shareholders,

According to the articles of association, the supervision of the Company is committed to a Fiscal Board, comprised of three full members and one alternate member, elected by the General Meeting, as well as to a Statutory Auditor or Firm of Chartered Accountants.

In these circumstances, as set forth in paragraph 1, sub-paragraph g), of Article 420º of the Portuguese Companies Code, we hereby submit our Report on our Supervision Activity and our Opinion on the Individual and Consolidated Annual Report and Accounts of NOS, SGPS, S.A. ("Company") for the financial year ended on 31 December 2015.

The Fiscal Board has regularly accompanied the evolution of the activities of the Company and of its main subsidiaries, monitoring the compliance with the law and with the articles of association, supervising the Company's management, the effectiveness of its risk management systems, internal control and internal auditing and the preparation and disclosure of individual and consolidated financial information. Moreover, the Fiscal Board verified the regularity of the accounting records, the accuracy of the individual and consolidated financial statements and the accounting policies and valuation criteria adopted by the Company in order to ensure that they lead to a correct appraisal of its assets and individual and consolidated profits, as well as its cash flow statements.

As part of its duties, the Fiscal Board met with the Statutory Auditor and External Auditors in order to monitor their audits and learn their conclusions, supervising the works performed by the Statutory Auditor and External Auditors and their independence and competence. The Fiscal Board also met on a regularly basis with the heads of the Internal Audit Department and Legal Department, and the Board Member responsible for the financial area whenever was deemed fit and appropriate. The Fiscal Board received full cooperation from all at all times.

The Fiscal Board monitored the whistleblowing system. This system is available to all shareholders, employees and to the general public. All reports received were duly analyzed.

As for the Corporate Governance report, it is the duty of the Fiscal Board to merely verify that it includes the elements referred to in Article 245-A of the Securities Code, which the Fiscal Board did.

The Fiscal Board also received from the Statutory Auditor a letter confirming its independence in relation to the Company.

As such, the Fiscal Board issues the following:

Opinion:

The Fiscal Board was informed about the conclusions of the work of the examination of the Company´s accounts and external auditing on the Individual and Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year of 2015, which include the individual and consolidated financial position in 31 December 2015, the individual and consolidated Statements by nature, the individual and consolidated Statements of comprehensive income, the individual and consolidated Statement of changes in equity, the individual and consolidated cash flow Statement and its

respective Annexes. The Fiscal Board scrutinized the Audit Report from the Statutory Auditor and External Auditors on these documents which express no reservations.

Within its powers, and according to article 245.º, paragraph 1, subparagraph c), the Fiscal Board verified that, to its knowledge, the Management Report, and the Individual and Consolidated Financial Statements for the financial year ended on 31 December 2015 were drawn up in accordance with the applicable accounting standards, reflecting a true and fair view of the assets and liabilities, financial position and results of NOS, SGPS, S.A. and the companies included in the consolidation as a whole. Additionally, the Management Report faithfully states the businesses' evolution, and the performance and position of the company and of the Group. It also complies with the applicable legal requirements and accounting standards as well as with the articles of association and contains a description of the principal risks and uncertainties faced. The Fiscal Board also ensures that the Company's Corporate Governance Report, which will be announced at the same time as the Management Report, includes the elements referred to in Article 245-A of the Portuguese Securities Code.

In view of the above, taking into account the opinion and the information received from the Board of Directors, the Company's departments, the Statutory Auditor and the External Auditor, the Fiscal Board opinion is as follows:

i) The Management Report for 2015 may be approved;

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ii) The Individual and Consolidated Financial Statements for 2015 may be approved;

iii) The Proposal for the Application and Distribution of Profits presented by the Board of Directors, namely taking into account Article 32 of the Portuguese Companies Code, as per the Law Decree nr. 185/2009 of 12th of August, may be approved.

Lisbon, 06 April 2016

The Fiscal Board

Paulo Mota Pinto

Eugénio Ferreira

Nuno Sousa Pereira

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