The contracts were signed at Lusa news agency's offices in Lisbon between the deputy director of the Directorate-General for Treasury and Finance, Lurdes Castro, representing the State, Marco Galinha, representing Páginas Civilizadas, and Vitor Coutinho, Diogo Queirós de Andrade and Mafalda Campos Forte, representing the Global Media group.

With this decision, the State now holds 95.86% of the capital of the Portuguese news agency, which has minority shares in NP - Notícias de Portugal (2.72%), Público (1.38%), RTP (0.03%) and O Primeiro de Janeiro, SA and Empresa do Diário do Minho, Lda, each with 0.01%. Global Media held a 23.36% stake in Lusa and its shareholder Páginas Civilizadas 22.35%.