Re Agreement

Banco Comercial Portugues S.A. 3 April 2002 Banco Comercial Portugues reaches an agreement to sell its economic interests in Grupo Financiero Bital. (Lisbon, April 3, 2002)- Banco Comercial Portugues (BCP; NYSE: BPC;LSE: BCG) has reached an agreement with Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A. for the sale of all its economic interests in Grupo Financiero Bital S.A. of Mexico, for a total consideration of US $85,000,000, corresponding to 42,650,000 series 'O' shares, representing 8,276% of the share capital of the company, and 66,666,000 convertible bonds. This transaction , whose execution is pending authorization from the relevant authorities, although having a minor positive impact on BCP's profit and loss account, will have a favourable effect in the capital base of Banco Comercial Portugues. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange