PHAROL, SGPS, S.A.

Major Shareholding Notification • Dec 16, 2020

Announcement | Lisbon | 16 December 2020

Qualified Holding – Real Vida Seguros S.A.

PHAROL, SGPS S.A. ("PHAROL") hereby informs, pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of articles 16 of the Portuguese Securities Code and 2 of the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, that received a communication from Real Vida Seguros S.A., attached hereto.

NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR HOLDINGS (to be sent to the relevant issuer and to the competent authority)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached": PHAROL SGPS SA
	2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[X] An acquisition or disposal of voting rights [ ] An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments [ ] An event changing the breakdown of voting rights [ ] Other (please specify)™:
	3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation™:
Name: REAL VIDA SEGUROS SA City and country of registered office (if applicable): Avenida de França, 316, 5º Edifício Capitólio 4050-276 Porto, Portugal
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See Note 10.
5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached : 12/11/2020
6. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:
	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 7.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 7.B.1 + 7.B.2)	Total of both in % (7.A + 7.B)	Total number of voting rights of issuervii
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	10,000,000		1.12%	896,512,500
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	18,000,000

PHAROL, SGPS S.A.

Public Company Share capital Euro 26,895,375 Registered in the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon and Corporation no. 503 215 058

PHAROL is listed on the Euronext Luis Sousa de Macedo (PHR).

Information may be accessed on ir@pharol.pt Bloomberg under the symbol PHR Tel.: +351 212 697 698 PL.

Investor Relations Director Fax: +351 212 697 649

pharol.pt

7. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reachedviii:

A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of shares ISIN code (if possible) Number of voting rightsix % of voting rights Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) Direct (Art 9 of Directive 2004/109/EC) Indirect (Art 10 of Directive 2004/109/EC) PTPTC0AM0009 10,000,000 1.12% O% SUBTOTAL A 10,000,000 1.12%

B 1: Financial Instruments according to Art. 13(1)(a) of Directive 2004/109/EC
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Periodxi	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
				%
		SUBTOTAL B.1		%

2004/109/EC			B 2: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to Art. 13(1)(b) of Directive
Type of financial instrument	Expiration datex	Exercise/ Conversion Period x i	Physical or cash settlementxii	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
			SUBTOTAL B.2

8. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation (please tick the applicable box):

[ ] Person subject to the notification obligation is not controlled by any natural person or legal entity and does not control any other undertaking(s) holding directly or indirectly an interest in the (underlying) issuer.xiii

[X] Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entityxiv:

Namexv	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
Patris Investimentos SGPS SA	1.12 %		1.12 %
Gonçalo Pereira Coutinho	Holds 60.58 of Patris Investimentos SGPS SA

9. In case of proxy voting: [name of the proxy holder] will cease to hold [% and number] voting rights as of [date]

10. Additional informationxvi:

Real Vida Seguros SA is wholly owned by Patris Investimentos SGPS SA which is a listed company on the unregulated Euronext market

Done at Porto on 12/14/2020