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pbraPublicly Traded Company
CNPJ/MF 33.000.167/0001-01
NIRE 33300032061
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
The board of directors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (the “Company”), in accordance with article 40 of the Company’s bylaws, hereby gives notice of an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting of the Company, to be held on August 12, 2010 at 3:00 pm, at its head offices at Avenida República do Chile 65, 1st floor, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, for the purpose of:
(a) Ratifying the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance & Recovery Ltda. (“PwC”), to prepare a valuation report of 4 (four) Letras Financeiras do Tesouro (federal treasury bills) issued by the Brazilian Federal Government (the “Valuation Report”), maturing on September 7, 2014; March 7, 2015; September 7, 2015 and September 7, 2016 (“LFTs”), to be optionally used by the Company’s shareholders to pay for the shares subscribed in the Company’s primary public offering, to be held in accordance with article 62 of Company’s bylaws and in accordance with CVM Instruction No. 400 (Instrução CVM Nº 400), of December 29, 2003, as amended;
(b) Approving the criteria and methodology to establish the value of the LFTs, as proposed by PwC in the Valuation Report (the “Valuation Criteria”); and
(c) Delegating authority to the board of directors of the Company to ratify the final value of each of the LFTs series, as appear in the Valuation Report pursuant to the Valuation Criteria.
Shareholders may choose to be represented by a representative at such extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, provided that such representative must (1) have been appointed less than one year ago; and (2) be a shareholder, board member, executive officer, lawyer or financial institution in accordance with article 126, first paragraph of the Brazilian Corporate Law, and article 13 of the bylaws of the Company. Such representative should present the power of attorney he, she or it was granted at the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting or, preferably, in advance, jointly with the documents that evidence that the power of attorney was duly granted, at room 2202-B (Assistance to Shareholders Department) at the Company’s head office no later than 3:00 pm of August 10, 2010.
In addition, shareholders may also chose to vote at such extraordinary shareholders’ meeting by means of proxy voting, in accordance with CVM Instruction No. 481 (Instrução CVM nº 481), of December 17, 2009.
Electronic powers of attorney should be delivered through the platform “Assembléias Online” (Online Shareholders’ Meeting) at www.assembleiasonline.com.br. For this purpose, the shareholder must register at such platform.
All documents relating to the agenda of the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting are available to shareholders at the Company’s head office at room 2202-B (Assistance to Shareholders Department), the Company’s website (http://www.petrobras.com.br/ri) and the website of the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (http://www.cvm.gov.br), in accordance with article 135, third paragraph of the Brazilian Corporate Law, and article 21 of CVM Instruction No. 481 (Instrução CVM nº 481), of December 17, 2009.
Rio de Janeiro, July 27, 2010.
Guido Mantega
President of the Board of Directors
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/S/ Almir Guilherme Barbassa
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Almir Guilherme Barbassa
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