OREANDA-NEWS. November 1, 2011. PORTO SEGURO S.A. informs its shareholders that the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on October 28, 2011 approved the payment of interest on equity (“IOE”) amounting to BRL  190,000,000.00 for the period from January 1, 2011 through September 30, 2011, to be imputed to the dividends for the fiscal year 2011, under the following terms:

The IOE amount corresponds to BRL  0.58497514 for each of the 324,800,130 shares, with the exclusion of those shares held in treasury on this date. This amount will be subject to withholding income tax of 15%, except for shareholders that prove their exemption status. IOE net of withholding income tax amounts to BRL  0.49722887 per share.

The credit will be made on October 28, 2011, based on the shareholding position on that date. As of October 29, 2011, shares will be traded “ex-rights” for said IOE.

The IOE will be paid after approval by the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting to be held by April 30, 2012.