COMPANHIA ENERGÉTICA DE MINAS GERAIS - CEMIG

LISTED COMPANY - CNPJ 17.155.730/0001-64 - NIRE 31300040127

MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT Notification of preliminary agreement between FIP Coliseu and EPM

In accordance with CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, as amended, Cemig (Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais), a listed company with securities traded on the stock exchanges of São Paulo, New York and Madrid, hereby reports to the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM), the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BM&F Bovespa S.A.) and the market in general, as follows:

Cemig has become aware that the equity investment fund Fundo de Investimento em Participações Coliseu ('FIP Coliseu') has reached a preliminary agreement with Empresas Públicas de Medellín ('EPM') on terms for the sale of 35.71% of the common shares, comprising 22.14% of the total stock, of Transmissora Aliança de Energia Elétrica S.A. ("Taesa"), a Cemig affiliated company.
No share purchase agreement has, however, been signed or completed. Completion of such an agreement requires compliance with a series of conditions precedent. One of these conditions precedent would be completion by Cemig, at all its levels of corporate governance, of the process of consent to and approval of any such agreement.
Cemig reiterates its commitment to timely publication of all and any material information related to this subject.
Belo Horizonte, April 17, 2015
Fabiano Maia Pereira

Chief Finance and Investor Relations Officer

Av. Barbacena 1200 Santo Agostinho 30190-131 Belo Horizonte, MG Brazil Tel.: +55 31 3506-5024 Fax +55 31 3506-5025

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