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RESOLUTIONS OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS
Rio de Janeiro, August 12, 2010 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras announces that the Extraordinary General Meeting held today, at 3:00 pm in the auditorium of the Company's head office building at Av. República do Chile, nº 65, 1st floor, in the City of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), approved the following:
(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
(a) Delegating authority to the board of directors of the Company to ratify the final value of each series of the LFTs, in accordance with the Valuation Report pursuant to the Valuation Criteria.
The Company further informs that the Federal Government abstained from voting on the matters subject to this Extraordinary General Meeting. Additionally, the shareholders were informed during the Meeting that the Minority Shareholder's Committee, comprised of Mr. Fabio Colletti Barbosa, Representative director of the common minority shareholders, Mr. Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, Representative director of the preferred shareholders, and Mr. Ary Oswaldo Mattos Filho, external member and also independent, understands the LFT Valuation Criteria submitted for approval at the Meeting to be appropriate.
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Contacts: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S. A. – PETROBRAS
Investor Relations Department I E-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br / acionistas@petrobras.com.br
Av. República do Chile, 65 – 22nd floor - 20031-912 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ I Tel.: 55 (21) 3224-1510 / 9947
This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) that merely reflect the expectations of the Company’s management. Such terms as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “forecast”, “intend”, “plan”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, along with similar or analogous expressions, are used to identify such forecasts. These predictions evidently involve risks and uncertainties, whether foreseen or not by the Company. Therefore, the future results of operations may differ from current expectations, and readers must not base their expectations exclusively on the information presented herein.
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