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The Board of Directors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras hereby calls the shareholders of the Company to attend the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders on May 25th, 2015, at 3:00 p.m., at the auditorium of the registered office, at Avenida República do Chile 65, 1st floor, in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), in order to resolve the following matters:
I. The Management Report, Financial Statements and Fiscal Board's Report of Fiscal Year of 2014.
Any person present at the meeting must evidence his/her status of shareholder, under article 126 of Law No. 6.404, of 12-15-1976. If any shareholder wishes to be represented, he/she must comply with the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 126 of the referred Law and article 13 of the Articles of Incorporation of Petrobras, upon presentation of the following documents:
i) Representative’s identity card;
ii) A power of attorney providing for the principal’s special powers, the signature of which must be certified in a notary public’s office (original or authenticated copy);
iii) Copy of the articles of organization/incorporation of the principal or bylaws of the fund, if applicable;
iv) Copy of the investiture instrument or an equivalent document evidencing the powers of the grantor of the power of attorney, if applicable.
It is requested that the shareholders represented by attorneys file, within at least two days in advance, the documents listed above in room 1002 (Shareholder Service Center) of the registered office. For those who will present the documentation on the day of the meeting, the Company hereby informs that it is able to receive them from 11:00 a.m. at the place where the meeting will be held.
In the event of stock loan, the borrower will be in charge of exercising the voting right, except as otherwise provided in the agreement entered into between the parties.
Furthermore, the shareholders may choose to vote the matters contained in this Notice of Meeting upon use of the public power of attorney request, as per CVM Instruction No. 481, of December 17th, 2009.
Electronic powers of attorney will be received upon platform Online Meetings, on the website http://www.assembleiasonline.com.br. For such purpose, shareholders must register in such platform.
All documents concerning the matters to be resolved at the Extraordinary Meeting of Shareholders will be available, from April 24th, 2015 in room 1002 (Shareholder Service Center) of the registered office of the Company, and on the websites of the Company (http://www.petrobras.com.br/ri) and the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission - CVM (http://www.cvm.gov.br).
Rio de Janeiro, April, 22nd, 2015.
Luciano Galvão Coutinho
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A--PETROBRAS | ||
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/S/ Ivan de Souza Monteiro
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Ivan de Souza Monteiro
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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