Caixa Económica de Cabo Verde (CECV), acting as a Financial Intermediary, wishes to notify the shareholders of Sociedade Cabo-verdeana de Tabacos, SA (SCT), Enacol, S.A, and the wider public that, in collaboration with the General Auditor of the Securities Market (AGMVM), the Stock Exchange of Cape Verde (BVC) has decided, as of August 28th of the current year, to temporarily halt the trading of SCT and Enacol shares.