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Registration No. 333-

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM F-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras   Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

(Exact name of each registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Brazilian Petroleum Corporation – Petrobras   Not Applicable

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

The Federative Republic of Brazil   The Netherlands

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

1311   1311

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)

 

Not Applicable   Not Applicable

(I.R.S. employer identification number)

 

Avenida República do Chile, 65

20031-912 – Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil

+(55-21) 3224-4477

 

Weena 762

3014 DA – Rotterdam – The Netherlands

+31 (0) 10 206-7000

(Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices)

 

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2401

New York, New York 10022

+1 (212) 829-1517

(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

 

 

With a copy to:

 

Francesca L. Odell, Esq.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

+1 (212) 225-2000

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If this Form is filed to register additional securities of an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ☐

If applicable, place an X in the box to designate the appropriate rule provision relied upon in conducting this transaction:

Exchange Act Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer)                                                 ☐

Exchange Act Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third-Party Tender Offer)                                      ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.

              Emerging growth company  ☐

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.                                                                                                                                                                                  ☐

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.


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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered

  Amount to be
Registered
 

  Proposed Maximum  
Offering Price

Per Unit(1)

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)
 

Amount of
Registration

Fee(2)

  5.299% Global Notes Due 2025

 

 

  U.S.$3,759,866,000  

 

 

100%

 

 

  U.S.$3,759,866,000  

 

 

  U.S.$468,103.32  

 

  Guarantee of 5.299% Global Notes Due 2025

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

  5.999% Global Notes Due 2028

 

 

  U.S.$5,836,134,000  

 

 

100%

 

 

  U.S.$5,836,134,000  

 

 

  U.S.$726,598.68  

 

  Guarantee of 5.999% Global Notes Due 2028

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

 

(3)

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

The securities being registered hereby are offered (i) in exchange for the securities described in this prospectus, previously sold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the “Securities Act” and (ii) upon certain resales of the securities by broker-dealers. The registration fee has been computed based on the face value of the securities solely for the purpose of calculating the amount of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act.

 

(2)

Calculated pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act. The total registration fee due is U.S.$1,194,702.

 

(3)

Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate fee is payable with respect to the guarantees.

The Registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the Registrants shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

 

 


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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities or consummate the exchange offers until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY 26, 2018

PROSPECTUS

 

LOGO

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Offers to Exchange

U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.299% Global Notes Due 2025

U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.999% Global Notes Due 2028

Unconditionally guaranteed by

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras

(Brazilian Petroleum Corporation— Petrobras)

Terms of the exchange offers:

 

   

We are offering to exchange securities that we sold in private offerings, or the “Old Securities,” for an equal principal amount of new registered securities, or the “New Securities.”

 

   

The exchange offers commence on                , 2018 and expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                , 2018, unless we extend them.

 

   

You may withdraw a tender of Old Securities at any time prior to the expiration of the exchange offers.

 

   

Subject to the conditions described herein, all Old Securities that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged.

 

   

The exchange of Old Securities should not be a taxable exchange for United States federal income tax purposes. See “Taxation—United States Federal Income Taxation.” For a discussion of certain Dutch and Brazilian tax considerations, see “Taxation—Dutch Tax Considerations” and “Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations,” respectively.

 

   

We will not receive any proceeds from the exchange offers. The Old Securities surrendered and exchanged for New Securities will be retired and canceled. Accordingly, the issuance of the New Securities will not result in any increase in our outstanding indebtedness.

 

   

The terms of the New Securities to be issued are identical to the Old Securities issued by Petrobras Global Finance B.V., except for terms with respect to additional interest payments, registration rights and legends reflecting transfer restrictions.

 

   

The New Securities will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras.

The New Securities are expected to be listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trade on the EuroMTF Market of such exchange. Application will be made to the Luxembourg Stock Exchange for listing of the New Securities. We also intend to apply to have the New Securities approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, or the “NYSE.”


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Each broker-dealer participating in the exchange offers must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. By acknowledging this obligation and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. A broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities where the broker-dealer acquired the Old Securities as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed to make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for up to 180 days after the registration statement is declared effective (subject to extension under certain circumstances) for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

We are not making an offer to exchange securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

Investing in the New Securities issued in the exchange offers involves certain risks. See “ Risk Factors ” beginning on page 13.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the “SEC,” nor any state securities commission in the United States of America, or the “United States,” has approved or disapproved the securities to be distributed in the exchange offers, nor have they determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

            , 2018


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About this Prospectus

     ii  

Forward-Looking Statements

     iii  

Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference

     v  

Where You Can Find More Information

     vi  

Electronic Delivery of Documents

     vi  

Prospectus Summary

     1  

Summary of the Exchange Offers

     3  

Summary of the Terms of the New Securities

     8  

Risk Factors

     13  

Use of Proceeds

     16  

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

     17  

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends

     18  

Selected Financial and Operating Information

     19  

Capitalization

     21  

The Exchange Offers

     22  

Description of the New Securities

     32  

Description of the Guaranties

     46  

Book Entry; Delivery and Form

     53  

Taxation

     56  

Plan of Distribution

     65  

Difficulties of Enforcing Civil Liabilities Against Non U.S. Persons

     66  

Validity of Securities

     68  

Experts

     69  

Listing and General Information

     70  

 

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

In this prospectus, unless the context otherwise requires or as otherwise indicated, references to “Petrobras” mean Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras and its consolidated subsidiaries taken as a whole, and references to “PGF” mean Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petrobras. Terms such as “we,” “us” and “our” generally refer to both Petrobras and PGF, unless the context requires otherwise or as otherwise indicated.

We are responsible for the information contained and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. PGF and Petrobras have not authorized anyone to give you any other information, and we take no responsibility for any other information that others may give you. Neither PGF nor Petrobras is making an offer of the New Securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or any document incorporated by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date of the relevant document.

References herein to “ reais ” or “R$” are to the lawful currency of Brazil. References herein to “U.S. dollars” or “U.S.$” are to the lawful currency of the United States.

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus are forward-looking statements that are not based on historical facts and are not assurances of future results. Many of the forward-looking statements contained, or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may be identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as “believe,” “expect,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “aim,” “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “likely,” “potential” and similar expressions.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. There is no assurance that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur.

We have made forward-looking statements that address, among other things:

 

   

our marketing and expansion strategy;

 

   

our exploration and production activities, including drilling;

 

   

our activities related to refining, import, export, transportation of oil, natural gas and oil products, petrochemicals, power generation, biofuels and other sources of renewable energy;

 

   

our projected and targeted capital expenditures and other costs, commitments and revenues;

 

   

our liquidity and sources of funding;

 

   

our pricing strategy and development of additional revenue sources;

 

   

the impact, including cost, of acquisitions and divestments; and

 

   

the proposed settlement of pending litigation.

Our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to assumptions that may prove incorrect and to risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Our actual results could differ materially from those expressed or forecast in any forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of assumptions and factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

our ability to obtain financing;

 

   

general economic and business conditions, including crude oil and other commodity prices, refining margins and prevailing exchange rates;

 

   

global economic conditions;

 

   

our ability to find, acquire or gain access to additional reserves and to develop our current reserves successfully;

 

   

uncertainties inherent in making estimates of our oil and gas reserves, including recently discovered oil and gas reserves;

 

   

competition;

 

   

technical difficulties in the operation of our equipment and the provision of our services;

 

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changes in, or failure to comply with, laws or regulations, including with respect to fraudulent activity, corruption and bribery;

 

   

receipt of governmental approvals and licenses;

 

   

international and Brazilian political, economic and social developments;

 

   

natural disasters, accidents, military operations, acts of sabotage, wars or embargoes;

 

   

the cost and availability of adequate insurance coverage;

 

   

our ability to successfully implement assets sales under our divestment program;

 

   

the outcome of ongoing corruption investigations and any new facts or information that may arise in relation to the “Lava Jato investigation;”

 

   

the effectiveness of our risk management policies and procedures, including operational risks;

 

   

litigation, such as class actions or enforcement or other proceedings brought by governmental and regulatory agencies; and

 

   

other factors discussed below under “Risk Factors.”

For additional information on factors that could cause our actual results to differ from expectations reflected in forward-looking statements, please see “Risk Factors” in this prospectus and in documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

All forward-looking statements attributed to us or a person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statement included in this prospectus. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information or future events or for any other reason.

 

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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE

The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we file with it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is considered to be part of this prospectus, and certain later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update and supersede earlier information filed with the SEC or included in this prospectus. Petrobras is incorporating by reference into this prospectus the following documents that it has filed with the SEC:

 

  1.

The Petrobras Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “2017 Form 20-F”) filed with the SEC on April 18, 2018.

 

  2.

The Petrobras Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on May 8, 2018, containing Petrobras’s financial statements and financial information and results in U.S. dollars as of March 31, 2018 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or “IFRS.”

 

  3.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on May 17, 2018, regarding Petrobras’s oil and natural gas production for the month of April, 2018.

 

  4.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on May 22, 2018, announcing the election of Mr. Rafael Mendes Gomes as Chief Governance and Compliance Executive Officer of Petrobras.

 

  5.

The Petrobras Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on May 24, May 28 and June 1, 2018, relating to the reductions of the price of diesel.

 

  6.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on June 1, 2018, announcing the resignation of Mr. Pedro Parente as Chief Executive Officer of Petrobras.

 

  7.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on June 4, 2018, announcing the election of Mr. Ivan de Souza Monteiro as Chief Executive Officer of Petrobras.

 

  8.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on June 18, 2018, regarding Petrobras’s oil and natural gas production for the month of May 2018.

 

  9.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on June 25, 2018, announcing the final approval of the agreement to settle the class action in the United States.

 

  10.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on June 27, 2018, announcing the election of Mr. Rafael Salvador Grisolia as Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer of Petrobras.

 

  11.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on July 17, 2018, regarding Petrobras’s oil and natural gas production for the month of June, 2018.

 

  12.

Any future annual reports of Petrobras on Form 20-F filed with, and all reports on Form 6-K that are designated in such reports as being incorporated by reference into this prospectus furnished to, the SEC after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the exchange offers.

We will provide without charge to any person to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, upon the written or oral request of any such person, a copy of any or all of the documents referred to above which have been or may be incorporated herein by reference, other than exhibits to such documents (unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such documents). Requests should be directed to Petrobras’s Investor Relations Department located at Avenida República do Chile, 65 — 13 th Floor, 20031-912—Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, Attn: Larry Carris Cardoso, Finance Department, Loans and Financing Administration General Manager (telephone: +55 (21) 3224-1510/3224-9947; fax: +55 (21) 3224-1401; e-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br ).

 

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed a registration statement with the SEC on Form F-4 under the Securities Act relating to the New Securities offered by this prospectus. This prospectus, which is a part of that registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement. For more information with respect to our company and the securities offered by this prospectus, you should refer to the registration statement and to the exhibits filed with it. Statements contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus regarding the contents of any contract or other document are not necessarily complete, and, where the contract or other document is an exhibit to the registration statement or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference, each of these statements is qualified in all respects by the provisions of the actual contract or other document.

We are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act, applicable to a foreign private issuer, and accordingly file or furnish reports, including annual reports on Form 20-F, reports on Form 6-K, and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any materials filed with the SEC at its Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Any filings we make electronically will be available to the public over the Internet at the SEC’s web site at http://www.sec.gov . These reports and other information may also be inspected and copied at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 11 Wall St, New York, NY 10005.

ELECTRONIC DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS

We are delivering copies of this prospectus in electronic form through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company, or “DTC.” You may obtain paper copies of the prospectus by contacting the Luxembourg listing agent at its address specified on the inside back cover of this prospectus. By participating in the exchange offers, you will be consenting to electronic delivery of these documents.

 

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights key information described in greater detail elsewhere, or incorporated by reference, in this prospectus. This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information you should consider before participating in the exchange offers. You should read carefully the entire prospectus, including “Risk Factors” and the documents incorporated by reference herein, which are described under “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference” and “Where You Can Find More Information.”

PGF

PGF is a wholly-owned finance subsidiary of Petrobras, incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability on August 2, 2012. PGF is an indirect subsidiary of Petrobras, and all of PGF’s shares are held by Petrobras’s Dutch subsidiary Petrobras International Braspetro B.V. PGF’s business is to issue debt securities in the international capital markets to finance Petrobras’s operations. PGF does not currently have any operations, revenues or assets other than those related to the issuance, administration and repayment of its debt securities. All debt securities issued by PGF are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras. PGF was incorporated for an indefinite period of time.

Petrobras uses PGF as its main vehicle to issue securities in the international capital markets. PGF’s first offering of notes fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras occurred in September 2012. In December 2014, PGF assumed the obligations of Petrobras’s former finance subsidiary Petrobras International Finance Company S.A. (“PifCo”) under all then outstanding notes originally issued by PifCo, which continue to benefit from Petrobras’s full and unconditional guarantee.

PGF’s registered office is located at Weena 762, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and our telephone number is +31 (0) 10 206-7000.

Petrobras

Petrobras is one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas companies, engaging in a broad range of oil and gas activities. Petrobras is a sociedade de economia mista , organized and existing under the laws of Brazil. For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, Petrobras had sales revenues of U.S.$88.8 billion and U.S.$81.4 billion, gross profit of U.S.$28.7 billion and U.S.$26.0 billion, and net loss attributable to shareholders of Petrobras of U.S.$91.0 million and U.S.$4.8 billion, respectively. In 2017, Petrobras’s average domestic daily oil production was 2.15 mmbbl/d, which represented 82% of Brazil’s total oil production (based on production data issued by the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency). Petrobras engages in a broad range of activities, which cover the following segments of its operations:

 

   

Exploration and Production : this segment covers the activities of exploration, development and production of crude oil, LNG (liquefied natural gas) and natural gas in Brazil and abroad, for the primary purpose of supplying our domestic refineries and selling surplus crude oil and oil products produced in the natural gas processing plants to the domestic and foreign markets. Our exploration and production segment also operates through partnerships with other companies;

 

   

Refining, Transportation and Marketing : this segment covers the activities of refining, logistics, transport and trading of crude oil and oil products in Brazil and abroad, exports of ethanol, extraction and processing of shale, as well as holding interests in petrochemical companies in Brazil;

 

   

Gas and Power : this segment covers the activities of transportation and trading of natural gas produced in Brazil and abroad, imported natural gas, transportation and trading of LNG, generation and trading of electricity, as well as holding interests in transporters and distributors of natural gas and in thermoelectric power plants in Brazil, in addition to being responsible for the fertilizer business;



 

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Distribution : this segment covers the activities of Petrobras Distribuidora S.A., which sells oil products, ethanol and vehicle natural gas in Brazil. This segment also includes distribution of oil products operations abroad (South America); and

 

   

Biofuel : this business segment covers the activities of production of biodiesel and its co-products, as well as ethanol-related activities such as equity investments, production and trading of ethanol, sugar and the surplus electric power generated from sugarcane bagasse.

Additionally, we have a Corporate segment that has activities that are not attributed to the other business segments, notably those related to corporate financial management, corporate overhead and other expenses, including actuarial expenses related to the pension and medical benefits for retired employees and their dependents. For further information regarding our business segments, see Notes 4.2. and 29 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2017 Form 20-F incorporated by reference herein.

Petrobras’s principal executive office is located at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20031-912 – Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil, its telephone number is +(55-21) 3224-4477, and our website is www.petrobras.com.br . The information on our website, which might be accessible through a hyperlink resulting from this URL, is not and shall not be deemed to be incorporated into this prospectus.



 

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SUMMARY OF THE EXCHANGE OFFERS

 

Old Securities

  

On September 27, 2017, PGF issued (i) U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.299% Global Notes due 2025, or the “2025 Old Notes,” and (ii) U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.999% Global Notes due 2028, or the “2028 Old Notes” and, together with the 2025 Old Notes, the “Old Securities.”

  

The 2025 Old Notes and the 2028 Old Notes are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Petrobras.

  

The 2025 Old Notes and the 2028 Old Notes are unregistered and were issued by PGF as follows:

  

•  U.S.$1,000,000,000 principal amount of 2025 Old Notes and U.S.$1,000,000,000 principal amount of 2028 Old Notes were issued by PGF in private placements to certain initial purchasers, who resold such 2025 Old Notes and 2028 Old Notes in offshore transactions and to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and

  

•  U.S.$2,759,866,000 principal amount of 2025 Old Notes and U.S.$4,836,134,000 principal amount of 2028 Old Notes were issued by PGF as consideration in a private exchange offer conducted in reliance upon exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

New Securities

  

We are offering new, registered 5.299% Global Notes due 2025, or the “2025 New Notes” in exchange for the 2025 Old Notes, and new, registered 5.999% Global Notes due 2028, or the “2028 New Notes” and, together with the 2025 New Notes, the “New Securities,” in exchange for the 2028 Old Notes.

  

The New Securities will be unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Petrobras.

Registration Rights Agreements

  

When PGF issued the two series of Old Securities, PGF and Petrobras entered into an exchange and registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers named therein, in which they agreed to use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete exchange offers of those Old Securities on or prior to a particular date.



 

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The Exchange Offers

  

Under the terms of the exchange offers, holders of each series of Old Securities are entitled to exchange Old Securities for an equal principal amount of New Securities with substantially identical terms, except for terms with respect to additional interest payments, registration rights and legends reflecting transfer restrictions.

  

The series of New Securities that PGF will issue in exchange for Old Securities will correspond to the series of Old Securities tendered as follows:

 

    

New Securities

  

Old Securities

  

CUSIP / ISIN

Restricted Global Note

  

CUSIP / ISIN

Regulation S Global Note

   2025 New Notes    2025 Old Notes    71647N AT6 / US71647NAT63    N6945A AJ6 / USN6945AAJ62
   2028 New Notes    2028 Old Notes    71647N AW9 / US71647NAW92    N6945A AK3 / USN6945AAK36

 

  

You should read the discussion under the heading “Description of the New Securities” for further information about the New Securities and the discussion under the heading “The Exchange Offers” for more information about the exchange process.

Minimum Denomination

  

The Old Securities may be tendered only in a principal amount of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

Principal Amount Outstanding

  

As of the date of this prospectus, the following amounts of each series are outstanding:

  

•  U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of 2025 Old Notes; and

  

•  U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of 2028 Old Notes.



 

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Resale of New Securities

  

Based on an interpretation by the SEC staff set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that you may offer the New Securities issued in the exchange offers for resale, resell them or otherwise transfer them without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, as long as:

  

•  you are not a broker-dealer who purchased the Old Securities directly from us for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act;

  

•  you are not an “affiliate” of PGF or of Petrobras, as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and

  

•  you are acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of your business, you are not participating in, and do not intend to participate in, a distribution of the New Securities and you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities.

  

If any statement above is not true and you transfer any New Security without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. We do not assume responsibility for or indemnify you against this liability.

  

If you are a broker-dealer and receive New Securities for your own account in exchange for Old Securities that you acquired as a result of market making or other trading activities, you must acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the New Securities. We will make this prospectus available to broker-dealers for use in resales for 180 days after the expiration date of the exchange offers.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange Old Securities

  

If you do not exchange your Old Securities for New Securities, you will continue to hold your Old Securities. You will no longer be able to require that we register the Old Securities under the Securities Act. In addition, you will not be able to offer or sell the Old Securities unless:

  

•  they are registered under the Securities Act; or

  

•  you offer or sell them under an exemption from the requirements of, or in a transaction not subject to, the Securities Act.

Expiration Date

  

The exchange offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on ,                    2018, unless we decide to extend the expiration date.

 



 

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Conditions to the Exchange Offers

  

We may terminate the exchange offers and refuse to accept any Old Securities for exchange if:

  

•  there has been a change in applicable law or the SEC staff’s interpretation of applicable law, and the exchange offers are not permitted under applicable law or applicable SEC staff interpretations of law; or

  

•  there is a stop order in effect or threatened with respect to the exchange offers or the indenture governing those securities.

  

We have not made the exchange offers contingent on holders tendering any minimum principal amount of Old Securities for exchange.

Certain Deemed Representations,
    Warranties and Undertakings
  

If you participate in the exchange offers, you will be deemed to have made certain acknowledgments, representations, warranties and undertakings. See “The Exchange Offers—Holders’ Deemed Representations, Warranties and Undertakings.”

Procedure for Tendering Old Securities

  

If you wish to participate in the exchange offers, you must deliver electronically your acceptance together with your Old Securities through DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program, or “ATOP,” system.

  

If you are not a direct participant in DTC, you must, in accordance with the rules of the DTC participant who holds your securities, arrange for a direct participant in DTC to submit your acceptance to DTC electronically

Withdrawal Rights

  

You may withdraw the tender of your Old Securities at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date, unless we have already accepted your Old Securities. To withdraw, you must send a written notice of withdrawal to the exchange agent through the electronic submission of a message in accordance with the procedures of DTC’s ATOP system by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the scheduled expiration date. We may extend the expiration date without extending withdrawal rights.

  

If you are not a direct participant in DTC, you must, in accordance with the rules of the DTC participant who holds your securities, arrange for a direct participant in DTC to submit your written notice of withdrawal to DTC electronically by 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date.

Acceptance of Old Securities and
    Delivery of New Securities

  

If all of the conditions to the exchange offers are satisfied or waived, we will accept any and all Old Securities that are properly tendered in the exchange offers prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. We will deliver the New Securities promptly after the expiration of the exchange offers.



 

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Tax Considerations

  

The exchange of Old Securities for New Securities should not be a taxable exchange for United States federal income tax purposes. See “Taxation—United States Federal Income Taxation.” For a discussion of certain Dutch and Brazilian tax considerations, see “Taxation—Dutch Tax Considerations” and “Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations,” respectively.

 

You should consult your tax advisor about the tax consequences of the exchange offers as they apply to your individual circumstances.

Fees and Expenses

  

We will bear all expenses related to consummating the exchange offers and complying with the exchange and registration rights agreement.

Exchange Agent

  

The Bank of New York Mellon is serving as the exchange agent for the exchange offers. The exchange agent’s address, telephone number and facsimile number are included under the heading “The Exchange Offers—The Exchange Agent; Luxembourg Listing Agent.”

Risk Factors

  

Holders of Old Securities that do not exchange their Old Securities for New Securities will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer that are listed on the legends of those Old Securities. These restrictions will make the Old Securities less liquid. To the extent that Old Securities are tendered and accepted in the exchange offers, the trading market, if any, for the Old Securities would be reduced.

 

We cannot promise that a market for the New Securities will be liquid or will continue to exist. Prevailing interest rates and general market conditions could affect the price of the New Securities. This could cause the New Securities to trade at prices that may be lower than their principal amount or their initial offering price.

 

In addition to these risks, there are additional risk factors beginning on page 13.



 

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SUMMARY OF THE TERMS OF THE NEW SECURITIES

 

Issuer

  

Petrobras Global Finance B.V., or “PGF.”

2025 New Notes Offered

  

U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.299% Global Notes due 2025, or the “2025 New Notes.”

2028 New Notes Offered

  

U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.999% Global Notes due 2028, or the “2028 New Notes.”

Form and Terms

  

The form and terms of each series of New Securities are the same as the form and terms of the Old Securities of the corresponding series, except that:

 

•  the New Securities will be registered under the Securities Act and therefore will not bear legends restricting their transfer; and

 

•  holders of the New Securities will not be entitled to some of the benefits of the exchange and registration rights agreement.

 

The New Securities will evidence the same debt as the Old Securities.

Maturity Date

  

For the 2025 New Notes: January 27, 2025.

For the 2028 New Notes: January 27, 2028.

Interest

  

For the 2025 New Notes: The 2025 New Notes will bear interest from July 27, 2018, at the rate of 5.299% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on each interest payment date.

 

For the 2028 New Notes: The 2028 New Notes will bear interest from July 27, 2018, at the rate of 5.999% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears on each interest payment date.

 

If your Old Securities are accepted for exchange, you will receive interest on the corresponding New Securities and not on such Old Securities. Any Old Securities not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest according to their terms.

Interest Payment Dates

  

January 27 and July 27 of each year, commencing on January 27, 2019.

Denominations

  

PGF will issue the New Securities only in denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

  

The Bank of New York Mellon.

Luxembourg Paying Agent, Transfer Agent and Listing Agent

  

The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch.

Codes

  

(a) CUSIP

  

For the 2025 New Notes: 71647NAV1

For the 2028 New Notes: 71647NAY5

(b) ISIN

  

For the 2025 New Notes: US71647NAV10

For the 2028 New Notes: US71647NAY58



 

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Use of Proceeds

  

PGF will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the New Securities.

Indentures

  

The 2025 New Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated September 27, 2017, among PGF, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg transfer agent and paying agent.

 

The 2028 New Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated September 27, 2017, among PGF, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg transfer agent and paying agent.

Guaranties

  

The New Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras under the guaranties. See “Description of the Guaranties.”

Ranking

  

The New Securities constitute general senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of PGF that will at all times rank pari passu among themselves and with all other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness issued from time to time by PGF.

 

The obligations of Petrobras under the guaranties constitute general senior unsecured obligations of Petrobras that will at all times rank pari passu among themselves and with all other senior unsecured obligations of Petrobras that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranties.

Optional Redemption

  

PGF may redeem the New Securities of each series at any time in whole or in part by paying the greater of the principal amount of the New Securities of a series and the relevant “make-whole” amount, plus, in each case, accrued interest, as described under “Description of the New Securities—Optional Redemption—Optional Redemption With ‘Make-Whole’ Amount for the New Securities.”

Early Redemption at PGF’s Option
    Solely for Tax Reasons

  

The New Securities will be redeemable in whole at their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the relevant date of redemption, at PGF’s option at any time only in the event of certain changes affecting taxation. See “Description of the New Securities—Optional Redemption—Redemption for Taxation Reasons.”

Covenants

  

    (a) PGF

  

The terms of the indentures will require PGF, among other things, to:

 

•  pay all amounts owed by it under the indentures and the New Securities when such amounts are due;

  

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•  ensure that the New Securities continue to be senior obligations of PGF;

  

•  use proceeds from the issuance of the New Securities for specified purposes; and

  

•  replace the trustee upon any resignation or removal of the trustee.

 

In addition, the terms of the indentures will restrict the ability of PGF and its subsidiaries, among other things, to:

  

•  undertake certain mergers, consolidations or similar transactions; and

  

•  create certain liens on its assets or pledge its assets.

  

PGF’s covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. See “Description of the New Securities—Covenants.”

    (b) Petrobras

  

The terms of the guaranties will require Petrobras, among other things, to:

  

•  pay all amounts owed by it in accordance with the terms of the guaranties and the indentures;

  

•  maintain an office or agent in New York for the purpose of service of process;

  

•  ensure that its obligations under the guaranties will continue to be senior obligations of Petrobras; and

  

•  make available certain financial statements to the trustee.

 

In addition, the terms of the guaranties will restrict the ability of Petrobras and its subsidiaries, among other things, to:

  

•  undertake certain mergers, consolidations or similar transactions; and

  

•  create certain liens on its assets or pledge its assets.

  

Petrobras’s covenants are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions. See “Description of the Guaranties—Covenants.”

Events of Default

  

The following events of default will be events of default with respect to each series of the New Securities:

  

•  failure to pay principal on the New Securities of such series within seven calendar days of its due date;

  

•  failure to pay interest on the New Securities of such series within 30 calendar days of any interest payment date;

  

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Securities if not remedied within 60 calendar days;

 

•  acceleration of a payment on the indebtedness of PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary that equals or exceeds U.S.$200 million;

  

•  certain events of bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, insolvency, moratorium or intervention law or law with similar effect of PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary;

  

•  certain events relating to the unenforceability of the New Securities, the indentures or the guaranties of the New Securities against PGF or Petrobras; and

  

•  Petrobras ceasing to own at least 51% of PGF’s outstanding voting shares.

  

The events of default are subject to a number of important qualifications and limitations. See “Description of the New Securities—Events of Default.”

Further Issuances

  

PGF reserves the right, from time to time, without the consent of the holders of the New Securities, to issue additional New Securities on terms and conditions identical to those of the New Securities, which additional New Securities shall increase the aggregate principal amount of, and shall be consolidated and form a single series with, the series of New Securities offered hereby. See “Description of the New Securities.”

Modification of Notes, Indentures and

    Guaranties

  

The terms of the indentures may be modified by PGF and the trustee, and the terms of the guaranties may be modified by Petrobras and the trustee, in some cases without the consent of the holders of the New Securities. See “Description of the New Securities—Modification and Waiver” and “Description of the Guaranties—Amendments.”

Book Entry; Delivery and Form

  

The New Securities will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC for the accounts of its direct and indirect participants, including Clearstream Banking, société anonyme , and Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, and will trade in DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement System. Beneficial interests in New Securities held in book-entry form will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated New Securities except in certain limited circumstances. See “Book Entry; Delivery and Form.”

Withholding Taxes; Additional Amounts

  

Any and all payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the New Securities will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, any taxes, duties, assessments, levies, imposts or charges whatsoever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by Brazil, the jurisdiction of PGF’s incorporation (currently The Netherlands) or any other jurisdiction in which PGF appoints a paying agent under the indentures, or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or therein, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. If PGF is required by law to make such withholding or deduction, it will pay such additional amounts as are necessary to ensure that the holders receive the same amount as they would have received



 

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without such withholding or deduction, subject to certain exceptions. In the event Petrobras is obligated to make payments to the holders under the guaranties, Petrobras will pay such additional amounts as are necessary to ensure that the holders receive the same amount as they would have received without such withholding or deduction, subject to certain exceptions. See “Description of the New Securities-Covenants-Additional Amounts.”

Governing Law

  

The indentures governing the New Securities, the New Securities and the guaranties will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Listing

  

PGF intends to have the New Securities approved for listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trade on the EuroMTF Market of such exchange. PGF also intends to apply to have the New Securities approved for listing on the NYSE. We cannot assure you that these applications will be accepted.

Risk Factors

  

You should carefully consider the risk factors discussed beginning on page 13 the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Petrobras’s 2017 Form 20-F, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus, and the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before deciding to invest in the New Securities.



 

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RISK FACTORS

Our 2017 Form 20-F includes extensive risk factors relating to our operations, our compliance and control risks (including those related to material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting identified in prior years, the ongoing Lava Jato investigation and uncertainty relating to our methodology to estimate the incorrectly capitalized overpayments uncovered in the context of the Lava Jato investigation), our relationship with the Brazilian federal government, and to Brazil. You should carefully consider those risks and the risks described below, as well as the other information included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, before making a decision to participate in the exchange offers and invest in the New Securities .

Risks Relating to the Exchange Offers

If holders of Old Securities do not participate in the exchange offers, the Old Securities will continue to be subject to transfer restrictions.

Holders of Old Securities that are not registered under the Securities Act who do not exchange their unregistered Old Securities for New Securities will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer that are listed on the legends of those Old Securities. These restrictions will make the Old Securities less liquid. To the extent that Old Securities are tendered and accepted in the exchange offers, the trading market, if any, for the Old Securities would be reduced.

Risks Relating to the New Securities

The market for the New Securities may not be liquid.

The New Securities are an issuance of new securities with no established trading market. PGF intends to have the New Securities approved for listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trade on the EuroMTF Market of such exchange. PGF also intends to apply to have the New Securities approved for listing on the NYSE. We can provide no assurance as to the liquidity of or trading markets for the New Securities. We cannot guarantee that holders of the New Securities will be able to sell their New Securities in the future. If a market for the New Securities does not develop, holders of the New Securities may not be able to resell the New Securities for an extended period of time, if at all.

Restrictions on the movement of capital out of Brazil may impair your ability to receive payments on the guaranties and restrict Petrobras’s ability to make payments to PGF in U.S. dollars.

In the past, the Brazilian economy has experienced balance of payment deficits and shortages in foreign exchange reserves, and the government has responded by restricting the ability of Brazilian or foreign persons or entities to convert reais into foreign currencies. The government may institute a restrictive exchange control policy in the future. Any restrictive exchange control policy could prevent or restrict our access to U.S. dollars, and consequently our ability to meet our U.S. dollar obligations under the guaranties and could also have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We cannot predict the impact of any such measures on the Brazilian economy. In the event that any such restrictive exchange control policies were instituted by the Brazilian government, we may face adverse regulatory consequences in The Netherlands that may lead us to redeem the New Securities prior to their maturity.

In addition, payments by Petrobras under the guaranties in connection with PGF’s New Securities do not currently require approval by or registration with the Central Bank of Brazil. The Central Bank of Brazil may nonetheless impose prior approval requirements on the remittance of U.S. dollars, which could cause delays in such payments.

 

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Petrobras would be required to pay judgments of Brazilian courts enforcing its obligations under the guaranties only in reais.

If proceedings were brought in Brazil seeking to enforce Petrobras’s obligations in respect of the guaranties, Petrobras would be required to discharge its obligations only in reais . Under Brazilian exchange controls, an obligation to pay amounts denominated in a currency other than reais , which is payable in Brazil pursuant to a decision of a Brazilian court, will be satisfied in reais at the rate of exchange in effect on the date of payment, as determined by the Central Bank of Brazil.

A finding that Petrobras is subject to U.S. bankruptcy laws and that any of the guaranties executed by it was a fraudulent conveyance could result in the relevant PGF holders losing their legal claim against Petrobras.

PGF’s obligation to make payments on the New Securities is supported by Petrobras’s obligation under the corresponding guaranty. Petrobras has been advised by our external U.S. counsel that the guaranty is valid and enforceable in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and the United States. In addition, Petrobras has been advised by our general counsel that the laws of Brazil do not prevent the guaranty from being valid, binding and enforceable against Petrobras in accordance with its terms.

In the event that U.S. federal fraudulent conveyance or similar laws are applied to the guaranty, and Petrobras, at the time it entered into the relevant guaranty:

 

   

was or is insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of our entry into such guaranty;

 

   

was or is engaged in business or transactions for which the assets remaining with Petrobras constituted unreasonably small capital; or

 

   

intended to incur or incurred, or believed or believe that Petrobras would incur, debts beyond Petrobras’s ability to pay such debts as they mature; and

 

   

in each case, intended to receive or received less than reasonable equivalent value or fair consideration therefor,

then Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranty could be avoided, or claims with respect to that agreement could be subordinated to the claims of other creditors. Among other things, a legal challenge to the guaranty on fraudulent conveyance grounds may focus on the benefits, if any, realized by Petrobras as a result of the issuance of the New Securities. To the extent that the guaranty is held to be a fraudulent conveyance or unenforceable for any other reason, the holders of the New Securities would not have a claim against Petrobras under the relevant guaranty and would solely have a claim against PGF. Petrobras cannot ensure that, after providing for all prior claims, there will be sufficient assets to satisfy the claims of the noteholders relating to any avoided portion of the guaranty.

We cannot assure you that the credit ratings for the New Securities will not be lowered, suspended or withdrawn by the rating agencies.

The credit ratings of the New Securities may change after issuance. Such ratings are limited in scope, and do not address all material risks relating to an investment in the New Securities, but rather reflect only the views of the rating agencies at the time the ratings are issued. An explanation of the significance of such ratings may be obtained from the rating agencies. We cannot assure you that such credit ratings will remain in effect for any given period of time or that such ratings will not be lowered, suspended or withdrawn entirely by the rating agencies, if, in the judgment of such rating agencies, circumstances so warrant. Any lowering, suspension or withdrawal of such ratings may have an adverse effect on the market price and marketability of the New Securities.

 

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Dutch withholding tax risks related to the announced tax initiatives of the newly elected Dutch government

The Dutch government has recently announced a number of tax initiatives, including its intention to introduce a withholding tax on payments on interest commencing on January 1, 2021. Although no further details of this initiative have been announced (except that the bill of law is expected in September 2018), the Dutch government’s announcements suggest that such withholding tax would be limited to payments on interest made, directly or indirectly, to recipients that (i) are affiliates of the person making the interest payments, and (ii) reside in a country with a low statutory tax rate or a country included on the EU list of non-cooperative countries.

Many aspects of this policy remain unclear, including the scope of any legislative proposal, which would likely be subject to long political debate in the Dutch parliament. We cannot provide any assurance on whether a wider application of the withholding tax would be introduced by the Dutch government, or if such withholding tax would apply to interest payments on the New Securities. If PGF is required to withhold taxes on payments of interest on the New Securities, PGF may be required to pay additional amounts to holders of the New Securities to account for such withholding taxes. Subject to certain conditions, if PGF is required to pay such additional amounts to holders of the New Securities, PGF would be permitted to redeem the New Securities at par prior to their stated maturity. If the New Securities are so redeemed, the yield on the New Securities would be lower than original expected. See “Description of the New Securities—Covenants—Additional Amounts,” and “Description of the New Securities—Optional Redemption—Redemption for Taxation Reasons.”

Risks Relating to PGF and Petrobras

PGF’s operations and debt servicing capabilities are dependent on Petrobras.

PGF’s financial position and results of operations are directly affected by Petrobras’s decisions. PGF is an indirect, wholly-owned finance subsidiary of Petrobras incorporated in The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability. PGF does not currently have any operations, revenues or assets other than those related to its primary business of raising money for the purpose of on-lending to Petrobras and other subsidiaries of Petrobras. PGF’s ability to satisfy its obligations under the New Securities will depend on payments made to PGF by Petrobras and other subsidiaries of Petrobras under the loans made by PGF. The New Securities and all debt securities issued by PGF will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras. Petrobras’s financial condition as well as Petrobras’s financial support of PGF, directly affect PGF’s operational results and debt servicing capabilities.

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We will not receive any cash proceeds from the issuance of the New Securities under the exchange offers.

In consideration for issuing the New Securities as contemplated in this prospectus, we will receive in exchange an equal principal amount of Old Securities, which will be cancelled. Accordingly, the exchange offers will not result in any increase in our indebtedness.

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table contains the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges of Petrobras for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, calculated using values derived from our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 

     Three-month
period ended
March 31,
     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2017      2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
     (U.S.$ million)      (U.S.$ million)  

Net income (loss) before income taxes

     3,415        2,268        1,997        (3,665)        (9,748)        (8,824)        13,410  

Share of results in equity-accounted investments

     (158)        (195)        (673)        218        177        (218)        (507)  

Dividend income on equity-accounted investments

     221        64        452        473        259        387        146  

Add fixed charges as adjusted (set forth below)

     2.765        3.006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  

Adjustment of capitalized borrowing costs

     (376)        (355)        (1,392)        (1,729)        (1,773)        (3,600)        (3,921)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings

     5,867        4,788        11,181        6,368        (928)        (1,970)        18,459  

Interest expense:

                    

Debt interest and charges

     2,016        2,112        7,388        7,764        6,858        6,734        5,491  

Rental interest expense (1)

     749        894        3,409        3,307        3,299        3,551        3,840  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     2,765        3,006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges) (2)

     2.12        1.59        1.04        0.58        (0.09)        (0.19)        1.98  

 

(1)

One third of operating lease expenses.

(2)

This calculation indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 Earnings available for fixed charges were inadequate to cover total fixed charges for these years. The deficient amounts for the ratio were U.S.$4,703 million, U.S.$11,085 million and U.S.$12,255 million for 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS

The following table contains the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividends of Petrobras for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, calculated using values derived from our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 

     Three-month period
ended March 31,
     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2017      2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
     (U.S.$ million)      (U.S.$ million)  

Net income (loss) before income taxes

     3,415        2,268        1,997        (3,665)        (9,748)        (8,824)        13,410  

Share of results of equity-accounted investments

     (158)        (195)        (673)        218        177        (218)        (507)  

Dividend income on equity-accounted investments

     221        64        452        473        259        387        146  

Add fixed charges as adjusted (set forth below) )

     2.765        3.006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  

Adjustment of capitalized borrowing costs

     (376)        (355)        (1,392)        (1,729)        (1,773)        (3,600)        (3,921)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings

     5,867        4,788        10,181        6,368        (928)        (1,970)        18,459  

Interest expense:

                    

Debt interest and charges

     2,016        2,112        7,388        7,764        6,858        6,734        5,491  

Rental interest expense (1)

     749        894        3,409        3,307        3,299        3,551        3,840  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     2,765        3,006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  

Dividends declared on preferred shares

     -        -                                    2,313  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges and preferred dividends

     2,765        3,006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        11,644  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges and preferred dividends) (2)

     2.12        1.59        1.04        0.58        (0.09)        (0.19)        1.59  

 

(1)

One third of operating lease expenses.

(2)

This calculation indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 Earnings available for fixed charges were inadequate to cover total fixed charges for these years. The deficient amounts for the ratio were U.S.$4,703 million, U.S.$11,085 million and U.S.$12,255 million for 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

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SELECTED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING INFORMATION

This prospectus incorporates by reference (i) our unaudited interim financial statements as of March 31, 2018 and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and (ii) our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The selected financial and operating information as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, presented in the tables below have been derived from Petrobras’s audited consolidated financial statements. Petrobras’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017 were audited by KPMG Auditores Independentes. Petrobras’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes. The selected financial data and operating information as of March 31, 2018 and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 have been derived from Petrobras’s unaudited interim financial statements, which in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair presentation of the results for such periods. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the entire year. The selected consolidated financial data should be read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, Petrobras’s financial statements and the accompanying notes incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

Balance Sheet Data

 

    As of March 31,     As of December 31,  
    2018     2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  
    (U.S.$ million)     (U.S.$ million)  

Assets:

   

Cash and cash equivalents

    19,966       22,519       21,205       25,058       16,655       15,868  

Marketable securities

    1,175       1,885       784       780       9,323       3,885  

Trade and other receivables, net

    4,703       4,972       4,769       5,554       7,969       9,670  

Inventories

    8,834       8,489       8,475       7,441       11,466       14,225  

Assets classified as held for sale

    3,504       5,318       5,728       152       5       2,407  

Other current assets

    5,568       3,948       3,808       4,194       5,414       6,600  

Long-term receivables

    21,756       21,450       20,420       19,426       18,863       18,782  

Investments

    3,813       3,795       3,052       3,527       5,753       6,666  

Property, plant and equipment

    176,288       176,650       175,470       161,297       218,730       227,901  

Intangible assets

    2,349       2,340       3,272       3,092       4,509       15,419  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

    247,956       251,366       246,983       230,521       298,687       321,423  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity:

           

Total current liabilities

    23,504       24,948       24,903       28,573       31,118       35,226  

Non-current liabilities (1)

    43,157       42,871       36,159       24,411       30,373       30,839  

Long-term debt (2)

    97,730       102,045       108,371       111,482       120,218       106,235  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    164,391       169,864       169,433       164,466       181,709       172,300  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity

           

Share capital (net of share issuance costs)

    107,101       107,101       107,101       107,101       107,101       107,092  

Reserves and other comprehensive income (deficit) (3)

    (25,278)       (27,299)       (30,322)       (41,865)       9,171       41,435  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity attributable to the shareholders of Petrobras

    81,823       79,802       76,779       65,236       116,272       148,527  

Non-controlling interests

    1,742       1,700       771       819       706       596  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

    83,565       81,502       77,550       66,055       116,978       149,123  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

    247,956       251,366       246,983       230,521       298,687       321,423  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Excludes non-current finance debt.

(2)

Excludes current portion of long-term finance debt.

(3)

Capital transactions, profit reserve and accumulated other comprehensive income (deficit).

 

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Income Statement Data

 

    For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
    For the Year Ended December 31,  
    2018     2017     2017 (1)     2016 (1)     2015 (1)     2014 (1)     2013  
   

(U.S.$ million,

except for share and per share data)

    (U.S.$ million, except for share and per share data)  

Sales revenues

    22,958       21,737       88,827       81,405       97,314       143,657       141,462  

Net income (loss) before finance income (expense), results in equity-accounted investments and income taxes

    5,492       4,538       11,219       4,308       (1,130)       (7,407)       16,214  

Net income (loss) attributable to the shareholders of Petrobras

    2,145       1,417       (91)       (4,838)       (8,450)       (7,367)       11,094  

Weighted average number of shares outstanding:

             

Common

    7,442,454,142       7,442,454,142       7,442,454,142       7,442,454,142       7,442,454,142       7,442,454,142       7,442,454,142  

Preferred

    5,602,042,788       5,602,042,788       5,602,042,788       5,602,042,788       5,602,042,788       5,602,042,788       5,602,042,788  

Net income (loss) before financial results and income taxes per:

             

Common and Preferred shares

    0.42       0.35       0.86       0.33       (0.09)       (0.57)       1.24  

Common and Preferred ADS

    0.84       0.70       1.72       0.66       (0.18)       (1.14)       2.48  

Basic and diluted earnings (losses) per:

             

Common and Preferred shares

    0.16       0.11       (0.01)       (0.37)       (0.65)       (0.56)       0.85  

Common and Preferred ADS

    0.32       0.22       (0.02)       (0.74)       (1.30)       (1.12)       1.70  

Cash dividends per (2) :

             

Common shares

                                        0.22  

Preferred shares

                                        0.41  

Common ADS

                                        0.44  

Preferred ADS

                                        0.82  

 

 

(1)

In 2014, we wrote off US$2,527 million of incorrectly capitalized overpayments. In 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014, we recognized impairment losses of US$1,191 million, US$6,193 million, US$12,299 million and US$16,823 million, respectively. See Notes 3 and 14 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2017 Form 20-F incorporated by reference herein for further information. In 2017, we recognized US$3,449 million as other expenses, due to the provision for legal proceedings relating to the agreement to settle our consolidated securities class action before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. For further information regarding our consolidated securities class action and other related provisions, see Note 30.4 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in the 2017 Form 20-F incorporated by reference herein.

(2)

Pre-tax interest on capital and/or dividends proposed for the year. Amounts were translated from the original amounts in reais considering the balance sheet date exchange rate.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets out the consolidated debt and capitalization of Petrobras as of March 31, 2018, including accrued interest.

 

             March 31, 2018          
     (U.S.$ million)  

Finance lease obligations:

  

Current portion of finance lease obligations

     26  

Non-current portion

     202  
  

 

 

 

Total finance lease obligations

     228  
  

 

 

 

Total debt:

  

Current portion of total debt

     4,630  

Non-current portion of total debt

     97,730  
  

 

 

 

Total debt:

     102,360  

Foreign currency denominated

     81,601  

Local currency denominated

     20,759  
  

 

 

 

Total debt

     102,360  

Non-controlling interest

     1,742  

Petrobras’s shareholders’ equity (1)

     81,823  
  

 

 

 

Total capitalization

     186,153  
  

 

 

 

 

(1)

Comprising (a) 7,442,454,142 shares of common stock and (b) 5,602,042,788 shares of preferred stock, in each case with no par value and in each case which have been authorized and issued.

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFERS

This is a summary of the exchange offers and the material provisions of the exchange and registration rights agreement that we entered into on September  27, 2017 with the initial purchasers of the 2025 Old Notes and 2028 Old Notes. This section may not contain all the information that you should consider regarding the exchange offers and the exchange and registration rights agreement before participating in the exchange offers. For more detail, you should refer to the exchange and registration rights agreement, which we have filed with the SEC as an exhibit to the registration statement. You can obtain a copy of other documents by following the instructions under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information .”

Background and Purpose of the Exchange Offers

On September 27, 2017, PGF issued (i) U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.299% Global Notes due 2025, or the “2025 Old Notes,” and (ii) U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.999% Global Notes due 2028, or the “2028 Old Notes” and, together with the 2025 Old Notes, the “Old Securities.”

The 2025 Old Notes and the 2028 Old Notes are unregistered and were issued by PGF as follows:

 

   

U.S.$1,000,000,000 principal amount of 2025 Old Notes and U.S.$1,000,000,000 principal amount of 2028 Old Notes were issued by PGF in private placements to certain initial purchasers, who resold such 2025 Old Notes and 2028 Old Notes in offshore transactions and to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and

 

   

U.S.$2,759,866,000 principal amount of 2025 Old Notes and U.S.$4,836,134,000 principal amount of 2028 Old Notes were issued by PGF as consideration in a private exchange offer conducted in reliance upon exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

As long as we determine that applicable law permits us to make the exchange offers, the exchange and registration rights agreement require that we use our commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

Action

                  Date required for           
the Old Securities
 

1.

 

File, or cause to be filed, a registration statement for a registered exchange offer relating to new securities with terms substantially similar to the relevant series of Old Securities.

 

  

    July 31, 2018  

2.

 

Cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC and promptly begin the exchange offer after the registration statement is declared effective.

      August 31, 2018  

3.

 

Issue the New Securities in exchange for Old Securities of the relevant series tendered in the exchange offers.

      September 30, 2018  

The exchange offers described in this prospectus will satisfy our obligations under the exchange and registration rights agreement relating to the Old Securities.

 

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General Terms of the Exchange Offers

We are offering, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, to exchange the Old Securities for New Securities.

 

New Securities

   Corresponding Old Securities

 

5.299% G LOBAL N OTES DUE 2025

 

  

 

5.299% G LOBAL N OTES DUE 2025

 

New Securities

   Corresponding Old Securities

5.999% G LOBAL N OTES DUE 2028

   5.999% G LOBAL N OTES DUE 2028

As of the date of this prospectus, the following amounts of each series are outstanding:

 

   

U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of 2025 Old Notes; and

 

   

U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of 2028 Old Notes.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus, we will accept for exchange all Old Securities that are validly tendered and not withdrawn before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. We will issue New Securities of each series in exchange for an equal principal amount of outstanding Old Securities of the corresponding series accepted in the exchange offers. Holders may tender their Old Securities only in a principal amount of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. Subject to these requirements, you may tender less than the aggregate principal amount of any series of Old Securities you hold, as long as you appropriately indicate this fact in your acceptance of the exchange offers.

We are sending this prospectus to all holders of record of the 2025 Old Notes and the 2028 Old Notes as of                 , 2018. However, we have chosen this date solely for administrative purposes, and there is no fixed record date for determining which holders of Old Securities are entitled to participate in the exchange offers. Only holders of Old Securities, their legal representatives or their attorneys-in-fact may participate in the exchange offers.

The exchange offers are not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of Old Securities being tendered for exchange. However, our obligation to accept Old Securities for exchange is subject to certain conditions as set forth below under “—Conditions to the Exchange Offers.”

Any holder of Old Securities that is an “affiliate” of PGF or an “affiliate” of Petrobras may not participate in the exchange offers. We use the term “affiliate” as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

We will have formally accepted validly tendered Old Securities when we give written notice of our acceptance to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as our agent for the purpose of receiving Old Securities from holders and delivering New Securities to them in exchange.

The New Securities issued pursuant to the exchange offers will be delivered as promptly as practicable following the expiration date. If we do not extend the expiration date, then we would expect to deliver the New Securities on or about                 , 2018.

Resale of New Securities

Based on an interpretation by the SEC staff set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties, we believe that you may offer the New Securities issued in the exchange offers for resale, resell them or otherwise transfer them without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, as long as:

 

   

you are not a broker-dealer who purchased the Old Securities directly from us for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other available exemption under the Securities Act;

 

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you are not an “affiliate” of PGF or of Petrobras, as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act; and

 

   

you are acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of your business, you are not participating in, and do not intend to participate in, a distribution of the New Securities and you have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities.

If you acquire New Securities in the exchange offers for the purpose of distributing or participating in a distribution of the New Securities or you have any arrangement or understanding with respect to the distribution of the New Securities, you may not rely on the position of the staff of the SEC enunciated in the no-action letters to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available April 13, 1988), or interpreted in the SEC interpretative letter to Shearman & Sterling LLP (available July 2, 1993), or similar no-action or interpretative letters, and you must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction.

Each broker-dealer participating in the exchange offers must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of the New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. By acknowledging this obligation and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

A broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities where the broker-dealer acquired the Old Securities as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed to make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for up to 180 days after the registration statement is declared effective (subject to extension under certain circumstances) for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendments

The exchange offers will expire on                 , 2018, at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, unless we extend the exchange offers. If we extend them, the exchange offers will expire on the latest date and time to which they are extended.

If we elect to extend the expiration date, we will notify the exchange agent of the extension by written notice and will make a public announcement regarding the extension prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.

We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to:

 

   

delay accepting any Old Securities tendered,

 

   

extend the exchange offers, and

 

   

amend the terms of the exchange offers in any manner.

If we amend the terms of the exchange offers, we will promptly disclose the amendments in a new prospectus that we will distribute to the registered holders of the Old Securities. The term “registered holder” as used in this prospectus with respect to the Old Securities means any person in whose name the Old Securities are registered on the books of the trustee.

 

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Holders’ Deemed Representations, Warranties and Undertakings

By tendering your Old Securities pursuant to the terms of the exchange offers, you are deemed to make certain acknowledgments, representations, warranties and undertakings to the issuer and the exchange agent, including that, as of the time of your tender and on the settlement date:

 

  1.

any New Securities you receive in exchange for Old Securities tendered by you in the exchange offers will be acquired in the ordinary course of business by you;

 

  2.

you own, or have confirmed that the party on whose behalf you are acting owns, the Old Securities being offered, and have the full power and authority to offer for exchange the Old Securities offered by you, and that if the same are accepted for exchange by the issuer pursuant to the exchange offers, the issuer will acquire good and marketable title thereto on the settlement date, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims, encumbrances, interests and restrictions of any kind;

 

  3.

if you or any such other holder of Old Securities is not a broker-dealer, neither you nor such other person is engaged in, or intends to engage in, a distribution of the New Securities;

 

  4.

neither you nor any person who will receive the New Securities has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in a distribution of the New Securities;

 

  5.

you are not an “affiliate” of PGF or of Petrobras, as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act;

 

  6.

if you or any such other holder of Old Securities is a broker-dealer, you will receive New Securities for your own account in exchange for Old Securities that were acquired by you as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. However, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you or such other person will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

  7.

the exchange offers are being made in reliance upon existing interpretations by the staff of the SEC set forth in interpretive letters issued to parties unrelated to the issuer that the New Securities issued in exchange for the Old Securities pursuant to the exchange offers may be offered for sale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than any such holder that is an “affiliate” of the issuer or of the guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such New Securities are acquired in the ordinary course of such holder’s business and such holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Securities;

 

  8.

you acknowledge that your exchange offer constitutes an irrevocable offer to exchange the Old Securities specified therein for New Securities, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offers (and subject to the issuer’s right to terminate or amend the exchange offers and to your right to withdraw your acceptance prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date, in either case in the manner specified in this prospectus);

 

  9.

all questions as to the form of all documents and the validity (including time of receipt) and acceptance of tenders will be determined by the issuer, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding;

 

  10.

you will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the exchange agent or the issuer to be necessary or desirable to complete such exchange;

 

  11.

(a) if your Old Securities are held through an account at DTC, you have (1) delivered your Old Securities by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the exchange agent at the book-entry

 

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transfer facility maintained by DTC and (2) you have transmitted your acceptance of the exchange offers to DTC electronically through DTC’s ATOP system in accordance with DTC’s normal procedures; or (b) if your Old Securities are held through an account at Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (Clearstream, Luxembourg), you have delivered or caused to be delivered instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, in accordance with their normal procedures, to take the steps referred to in clause (a) above with respect to your Old Securities; and

 

  12.

you authorize the exchange agent, DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, to take those actions specified in this prospectus with respect to the Old Securities that are the subject of the exchange offers.

Procedures for Tendering Old Securities

Old Securities can only be tendered by a financial institution that is a participant in the book-entry transfer system of DTC. All of the Old Securities are issued in the form of global securities that trade in the book-entry systems of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg.

If you are a DTC participant and you wish to tender your Old Securities in the exchange offers, you must:

 

  1.

transmit your Old Securities by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the exchange agent at the book-entry transfer facility system maintained by DTC before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date; and

 

  2.

acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms set forth under “—Holders’ Deemed Representations, Warranties and Undertakings” through the electronic transmission of an agent’s message via DTC’s ATOP system.

The term “agent’s message” means a computer-generated message that DTC’s book-entry transfer facility has transmitted to the exchange agent and that the exchange agent has received. The agent’s message forms part of a book-entry transfer confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from you as the participating holder tendering Old Securities. We may enforce this agreement against you.

If you are not a direct participant in DTC and hold your Old Securities through a DTC participant or the facilities of Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, you or the custodian through which you hold your Old Securities must submit, in accordance with the procedures of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg computerized instructions to DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg to transfer your Old Securities to the exchange agent’s account at DTC and make, on your behalf, the acknowledgments, representations, warranties and undertakings set forth under “—Holders’ Deemed Representations, Warranties and Undertakings” through the electronic submission of an agent’s message via DTC’s ATOP system.

You must be sure to take these steps sufficiently in advance of the expiration date to allow enough time for any DTC participant or custodian through which you hold your Old Securities, Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as applicable, to arrange for the timely electronic delivery of your Old Securities and submission of an agent’s message through DTC’s ATOP system.

Delivery of instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, Luxembourg does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent through DTC’s ATOP system. You may not send any Old Securities or other documents to us.

If you are a beneficial owner whose Old Securities are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender Old Securities in the exchange offers, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf.

 

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Your tender of Old Securities and our acceptance of them as part of the exchange offers will constitute an agreement between you, PGF and Petrobras under which all of us accept the terms and conditions contained in this prospectus.

We will determine in our sole discretion all questions as to the validity, form, eligibility, time of receipt, acceptance and withdrawal of Old Securities tendered for exchange, and our determinations will be final and binding. We reserve the absolute right to reject any and all Old Securities that are not properly tendered or any Old Securities which we cannot, in our opinion or that of our counsel, lawfully accept. We also reserve the absolute right to waive any defects or irregularities or conditions of the exchange offers as to particular Old Securities or particular holders of Old Securities either before or after the expiration date.

Our interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offers will be final and binding on all parties. Unless we waive them, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Securities for exchange must be cured within a period of time that we will determine. While we will use reasonable efforts to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Old Securities for exchange, we will not incur any liability for failure to give notification. We will not consider Old Securities to have been tendered until any defects or irregularities have been cured or waived.

Acceptance of Old Securities for Exchange; Delivery of New Securities

After all the conditions to the exchange offers have been satisfied or waived, we will accept any and all Old Securities that are properly tendered before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the expiration date. We will deliver the New Securities that we issue in the exchange offers promptly after expiration of the exchange offers. For purposes of the exchange offers, we will have formally accepted validly tendered Old Securities when we give written notice of acceptance to the exchange agent.

We will issue New Securities in exchange for Old Securities only after the exchange agent’s timely receipt of:

 

   

a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of the Old Securities into the exchange agent’s DTC account; and

 

   

an agent’s message transmitted through DTC’s ATOP system in which the tendering holder acknowledges and agrees to be bound by the terms set forth under “—Holders’ Deemed Representations, Warranties and Undertakings.”

However, we reserve the absolute right to waive any defects or irregularities in any tenders of Old Securities for exchange. If we do not accept any tendered Old Securities for any reason, they will be returned, without expense to the tendering holder, as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offers.

Withdrawal of Tenders

Unless we have already accepted the Old Securities under the exchange offers, you may withdraw your tendered Old Securities at any time before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the scheduled expiration date. We may extend the expiration date without extending withdrawal rights.

For a withdrawal to be effective, the exchange agent must receive a written notice through the electronic submission of an agent’s message through, and in accordance with, the withdrawal procedures applicable to DTC’s ATOP system, before we have accepted the Old Securities for exchange and before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the scheduled expiration date. Notices of withdrawal must:

 

  1.

specify the name of the person who deposited the Old Securities to be withdrawn;

 

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  2.

identify the series of Old Securities to be withdrawn, including the principal amount of such Old Securities; and

 

  3.

be signed electronically by the holder in the same manner as the original signature by which the holder tendered the Old Securities.

We will determine in our sole discretion all questions relating to the validity, form, eligibility and time of receipt of withdrawal notices. We will consider Old Securities that are properly withdrawn as not validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the exchange offers. Any Old Securities that are tendered for exchange but are withdrawn will be returned to their holder, without cost, as soon as practicable after their valid withdrawal. You may retender any Old Securities that have been properly withdrawn at any time on or before the expiration date by following the procedures described under “—Procedures for Tendering Old Securities” above.

If you are not a direct participant in DTC, you must, in accordance with the rules of the DTC participant who holds your Old Securities, arrange for a direct participant in DTC to submit your written notice of withdrawal to DTC electronically.

Conditions to the Exchange Offers

Notwithstanding any other terms of the exchange offers or any extension of the exchange offers, there are some circumstances in which we are not required to accept Old Securities for exchange or issue New Securities in exchange for them. In these circumstances, we may terminate or amend the exchange offers as described above before accepting Old Securities. We may take these steps if:

 

   

we determine that we are not permitted to effect the exchange offers because of any change in law or applicable interpretations by the SEC;

 

   

a stop order is in effect or has been threatened with respect to the exchange offers or the qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or the “Trust Indenture Act;” provided that we use our commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the stop order from being issued, or if it has been issued, to have it withdrawn as promptly as practicable; or

 

   

we determine in our reasonable judgment that our ability to proceed with the exchange offers may be materially impaired because of changes in the SEC staff’s interpretations.

If we determine, in good faith, that any of the foregoing conditions are not satisfied, we have the right to:

 

   

refuse to accept any Old Securities and return all tendered securities to the tendering holders;

 

   

extend the exchange offers and retain all Old Securities that were tendered prior to the expiration date, unless the holders exercise their right to withdraw them (see “—Withdrawal of Tenders”); or

 

   

waive the unsatisfied conditions of the exchange offers and accept all validly tendered Old Securities that have not been withdrawn. If a waiver of this type constitutes a material change to the exchange offers, we will promptly disclose the waiver in a supplement to this prospectus that will be distributed to the registered holders. We may also extend the exchange offers for a period of time, depending on the waiver’s significance and the manner in which it was disclosed to the registered holders, if the exchange offers would otherwise expire during that period.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

You will not be able to exchange Old Securities for New Securities under the exchange offers if you do not tender your Old Securities by the expiration date. After the exchange offers expire, holders may not offer or sell their untendered Old Securities in the United States except in accordance with an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. However, subject to some conditions, we have an obligation to file a shelf registration statement covering resales of untendered Old Securities, as discussed below under “—Shelf Registration Statement.”

 

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The Exchange Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon is serving as the exchange agent for the exchange offers. All tendered Old Securities and other related documents should be directed to the exchange agent, by book-entry transfer as detailed under “—Procedures for Tendering Old Securities.” You should address questions, requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this prospectus and other related documents to the exchange agent as follows:

The Bank of New York Mellon

101 Barclay Street, 7E,

New York, New York 10286

United States of America

Attention: Global Finance Americas

Phone: +1 (212) 815-4259

Fees and Expenses

We will pay all expenses related to our performance of the exchange offers, including:

 

   

all SEC registration and filing fees and expenses;

 

   

all costs related to compliance with federal securities and state “blue sky” laws;

 

   

all printing expenses;

 

   

all fees and disbursements of our attorneys; and

 

   

all fees and disbursements of our independent certified public accountants.

We will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or other persons soliciting acceptances of the exchange offers. However, we will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse it for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the exchange offers.

Transfer Taxes

We will pay all transfer taxes incurred by you as a holder tendering your Old Securities for exchange under the exchange offers. However, you will be responsible for paying any applicable transfer taxes on those transactions if:

 

   

you instruct us to register the New Securities in someone else’s name; or

 

   

you request that we return untendered or withdrawn Old Securities or Old Securities not accepted in the exchange offers to someone else.

Shelf Registration Statement

Under the exchange and registration rights agreement, we are obligated in some situations to file a shelf registration statement under the Securities Act covering holders’ resales of those Old Securities. We have agreed to use our commercially reasonable efforts to cause a shelf registration statement to become effective if:

 

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we cannot file the exchange offer registration statement or issue the New Securities because the applicable exchange offers are no longer permitted by applicable law or applicable SEC policy;

 

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for any other reason, we fail to complete the exchange offers within the time period set forth in the exchange and registration rights agreement; or

 

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any holder of the Old Securities notifies us less than 20 days after the exchange offers are completed that:

 

   

a change in applicable law or SEC policy prevents it from reselling the New Securities to the public without delivering a prospectus, and this prospectus is not appropriate or available for such resales;

 

   

it is an initial purchaser and owns Old Securities purchased directly from us or an affiliate of ours; or

 

   

a change in applicable law or SEC policy prevents the holders of a majority of the relevant series of Old Securities to resell to the public the New Securities acquired in the exchange offers without restriction under the Securities Act or applicable “blue sky” or state securities laws.

If we are obligated to file a shelf registration statement, we will at our own expense use our commercially reasonable efforts to file it, or cause it to be filed or amend or supplement an existing “shelf” registration statement under the Securities Act, no later than September 30, 2018 or within 30 days after the filing obligation arises; provided, however, that we will not be required to file a shelf registration statement or amend or supplement an existing shelf registration statement during any statutory or self-imposed blackout period.

We will use our commercially reasonable efforts to have the SEC declare the shelf registration statement effective within 60 days after we are required to file the shelf registration statement, and to keep the shelf registration statement effective and to amend and supplement the prospectus contained in it to permit any holder of securities covered by it to deliver that prospectus for use in connection with any resale until the earlier of one year after the effective date of the registration statement or such time as all of the securities covered by the shelf registration statement have been sold pursuant thereto or may be sold pursuant to Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act if held by a non-affiliate of the issuer. Nonetheless, we will not be required to cause the shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC or keep it effective, supplemented or amended during any statutory or self-imposed blackout period.

In the event that a shelf registration statement is filed, we will provide each holder of Old Securities that cannot be transferred freely with copies of the prospectus that is part of the shelf registration statement, notify each holder when the shelf registration statement has become effective and take certain other actions that are required to permit unrestricted resales of the New Securities. A holder that sells Old Securities pursuant to the shelf registration statement will be required to be named as a selling security holder in the related prospectus and to deliver a prospectus to purchasers, will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with its sales and will be bound by the provisions of the exchange and registration rights agreement that are applicable to that holder (including certain indemnification rights and obligations).

In order to be eligible to sell its securities pursuant to the shelf registration statement, a holder must comply with our request for information about the holder which we may, as required by the SEC, include in the shelf registration statement within 15 calendar days after receiving our request.

Additional Interest

Under the exchange and registration rights agreement that we entered into on September 27, 2017, we must pay additional interest as liquidated damages to holders of Old Securities of the relevant series in the event of any of the following registration defaults:

 

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we do not file the exchange offer registration statement or shelf registration statement in lieu thereof, on or before July 31, 2018;

 

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the exchange offer registration statement or shelf registration statement in lieu thereof is not declared effective by the SEC on or before August 31, 2018;

 

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we fail to consummate the exchange offer by September 30, 2018;

 

  4.

a shelf registration statement required to be filed pursuant to the exchange and registration rights agreement is not filed on or before the date specified for its filing;

 

  5.

a shelf registration statement otherwise required to be filed is not declared effective on or before the date specified in the exchange and registration rights agreement; or

 

  6.

the shelf registration statement is declared effective but subsequently, subject to certain limited exceptions, ceases to be effective at any time that we and the guarantor are obligated to maintain its effectiveness.

After a registration default occurs, we will increase the interest rate on the 2025 Old Notes and the 2028 Old Notes, as applicable, by 0.25% per year over the rate stated on the face of the Old Securities for each 90-day period during which the registration default continues, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per year over the original rate; provided that such additional interest will cease to accrue on the later of (i) the date on which the Old Securities of the relevant series become freely transferable pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act and (ii) the date on which the the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI) is modified to permit the inclusion of freely transferable securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act. We call this increase in the interest rate “additional interest.” Our obligation to pay additional interest will cease once we have cured the registration defaults and the applicable interest rate on each affected series of Old Securities will revert to the original rate.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW SECURITIES

This section of this prospectus summarizes the material terms of the indentures governing the New Securities and the New Securities of each series. It does not, however, describe all of the terms of the indentures and the New Securities of each series and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the indentures and the New Securities of each series. We urge you to read the indentures in connection with the New Securities, because they will define your rights as holders of the New Securities. You may obtain copies of the indentures upon written request to the trustee and, for so long as the New Securities are admitted to listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trading on the EuroMTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, at the office of the paying agent in Luxembourg .

The Indentures

The 2025 New Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated September 27, 2017, among PGF, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg transfer agent and paying agent.

The 2028 New Notes will be issued pursuant to an indenture, dated September 27, 2017, among PGF, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg transfer agent and paying agent.

Each indenture provides the specific terms of the New Securities of each series, including granting holders rights against Petrobras under the guaranties.

The 2025 New Notes

The 2025 New Notes will be general, senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of PGF having the following basic terms:

The title of the 2025 New Notes will be the 5.299% Global Notes due 2025;

The 2025 New Notes will:

 

   

be issued in an aggregate principal amount of up to U.S.$3,759,866,000;

 

   

mature on January 27, 2025;

 

   

bear interest at a rate of 5.299% per annum from July 27, 2018, until maturity or early redemption and until all required amounts due in respect of the 2025 New Notes have been paid;

 

   

be issued in global registered form without interest coupons attached;

 

   

be issued and may be transferred only in principal amounts of U.S.$2,000 and in integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

   

be unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras pursuant to a guaranty described below under “—Guaranties.”

All payments of principal and interest on the 2025 New Notes will be paid in U.S. dollars;

Interest on the 2025 New Notes will be paid semi-annually on January 27 and July 27 of each year (each of which we refer to as an “interest payment date”), commencing on January 27, 2019 and the regular record date for any interest payment date will be the business day preceding that date; and

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0.5% in excess of the interest rate on the 2025 New Notes, from and including the date when such amounts were due and owing and through and excluding the date of payment of such amounts by PGF or Petrobras.

Despite the Brazilian government’s ownership interest in Petrobras, the Brazilian government is not responsible in any manner for PGF’s obligations under the 2025 New Notes or Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranty for the 2025 New Notes.

The 2028 New Notes

The 2028 New Notes will be general, senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of PGF having the following basic terms:

The title of the 2028 New Notes will be the 5.999% Global Notes due 2028;

The 2028 New Notes will:

 

   

be issued in an aggregate principal amount of up to U.S.$5,836,134,000;

 

   

mature on January 27, 2028;

 

   

bear interest at a rate of 5.999% per annum from July 27, 2018, until maturity or early redemption and until all required amounts due in respect of the 2028 New Notes have been paid;

 

   

be issued in global registered form without interest coupons attached;

 

   

be issued and may be transferred only in principal amounts of U.S.$2,000 and in integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

   

be unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras pursuant to a guaranty described below under “—Guaranties.”

All payments of principal and interest on the 2028 New Notes will be paid in U.S. dollars;

Interest on the 2028 New Notes will be paid semi-annually on January 27 and July 27 of each year (each of which we refer to as an “interest payment date”), commencing on January 27, 2019 and the regular record date for any interest payment date will be the business day preceding that date; and

In the case of amounts not paid by PGF under the indenture and the 2028 New Notes (or Petrobras under the guaranty for the 2028 New Notes), interest will continue to accrue on such amounts at a default rate equal to 0.5% in excess of the interest rate on the 2028 New Notes, from and including the date when such amounts were due and owing and through and excluding the date of payment of such amounts by PGF or Petrobras.

Despite the Brazilian government’s ownership interest in Petrobras, the Brazilian government is not responsible in any manner for PGF’s obligations under the 2028 New Notes or Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranty for the 2028 New Notes.

Guaranties

Petrobras will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at the maturity date of the New Securities, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all of PGF’s obligations now or hereafter existing under the indentures and the New Securities, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise. The guaranties will be unsecured and will rank equally with all of Petrobras’s other existing and future unsecured and unsubordinated debt including guaranties previously issued by Petrobras in connection with prior issuances of indebtedness. See “Description of the Guaranties.”

 

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Depositary with Respect to Global Notes

The New Securities will be issued in global registered form with the Depository Trust Company, or “DTC,” as depositary. For further information in this regard, see “Book Entry; Delivery and Form.”

Events of Default

The following events will be events of default with respect to each series of the New Securities:

 

   

PGF does not pay the principal on the New Securities of such series within seven calendar days of its due date and the trustee has not received such amounts from Petrobras under the relevant guaranty by the end of that seven-day period.

 

   

PGF does not pay interest or other amounts, including any additional amounts, on the New Securities of such series within 30 calendar days of their due date and the trustee has not received such amounts from Petrobras under the relevant guaranties by the end of that 30-day period.

 

   

PGF or Petrobras remains in breach of any covenant or any other term in respect of the New Securities of such series issued under the indentures or guaranties for 60 calendar days after receiving a notice of default stating that it is in breach. The notice must be sent by either the trustee or holders of 25% of the principal amount of the New Securities.

 

   

The maturity of any indebtedness of PGF or Petrobras or a material subsidiary in a total aggregate principal amount of U.S.$200,000,000 (or its equivalent in another currency) or more is accelerated in accordance with the terms of that indebtedness, it being understood that prepayment or redemption by us or a material subsidiary of any indebtedness is not acceleration for this purpose.

 

   

PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary stops paying or is generally unable to pay its debts as they become due, except in the case of a winding-up, dissolution or liquidation for the purpose of and followed by a consolidation, spin-off, merger, conveyance or transfer duly approved by the note holders of that series.

 

   

In the case PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary, if proceedings are initiated against it under any applicable liquidation, insolvency, composition, reorganization, winding up or any other similar laws, or under any other law for the relief of, or relating to, debtors, and such proceeding is not dismissed or stayed within 90 calendar days.

 

   

An administrative or other receiver, manager or administrator, or any such or other similar official is appointed in relation to, or a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other process is levied or put in force against, the whole or a substantial part of the undertakings or assets of PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary and is not discharged or removed within 90 calendar days.

 

   

PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary voluntarily commences proceedings under any applicable liquidation, insolvency, composition, reorganization or any other similar laws, PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary enters into any composition or other similar arrangement with our creditors under applicable Brazilian law (such as a recuperação judicial or extrajudicial , which is a type of liquidation agreement).

 

   

PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary files an application for the appointment of an administrative or other receiver, manager or administrator, or any such or other similar official, in relation to PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary, or PGF or Petrobras or any material subsidiary takes legal action for a readjustment or deferment of any part of our indebtedness.

 

   

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liquidation, except for the purpose of and followed by a consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer duly approved by the note holders of that series.

 

   

The New Securities of such series, the indenture, the relevant guaranty or any part of those documents cease to be in full force and effect or binding and enforceable against PGF or Petrobras, or it becomes unlawful for PGF or Petrobras to perform any material obligation under any of the foregoing documents to which it is a party.

 

   

PGF or Petrobras contests the enforceability of the New Securities of such series, the indenture or the relevant guaranty, or denies that it has liability under any of the foregoing documents to which it is a party.

 

   

Petrobras fails to retain at least 51% direct or indirect ownership of the outstanding voting and economic interests (equity or otherwise) of and in PGF.

For purposes of the events of default:

 

   

“indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including any guaranties) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under IFRS, would be a capital lease obligation).

 

   

“material subsidiary” means a subsidiary of Petrobras which on any given date of determination accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’s total consolidated assets (as set forth on Petrobras’s most recent balance sheet prepared in accordance with IFRS).

Covenants

PGF will be subject to the following covenants with respect to the New Securities:

Payment of Principal and Interest

PGF will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest and other amounts (including any additional amounts in the event withholding and other taxes are imposed in Brazil or the jurisdiction of incorporation of PGF) on the New Securities in accordance with the New Securities and the indentures.

Maintenance of Corporate Existence

PGF will maintain its corporate existence and take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights, privileges and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of business, activities or operations, unless PGF’s board of directors determines that maintaining such rights and privileges is no longer desirable in the conduct of PGF’s business and is not disadvantageous in any material respect to holders.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

So long as New Securities are outstanding, PGF will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, an office or agency where notices to and demands upon it in respect of the indentures and the New Securities may be served.

Initially, this office will be located at 570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10022-6837. PGF will not change the designation of the office without prior written notice to the trustee and designating a replacement office in the same general location.

 

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Ranking

PGF will ensure that the New Securities will at all times constitute its general senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank pari passu , without any preferences among themselves, with all of its other present and future unsecured and unsubordinated obligations (other than obligations preferred by statute or by operation of law).

Statement by Managing Directors as to Default

PGF will deliver to the trustee, within 90 calendar days after the end of its fiscal year, a directors’ certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of its signers thereof there is an event of default in connection with the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the indentures or the New Securities and, if there is such an event of default by PGF, specifying all such events of default and their nature and status of which the signers may have knowledge.

Provision of Financial Statements and Reports

In the event that PGF files any financial statements or reports with the SEC or publishes or otherwise makes such statements or reports publicly available in The Netherlands, the United States or elsewhere, PGF will furnish a copy of the statements or reports to the trustee within 15 calendar days of the date of filing or the date the information is published or otherwise made publicly available. As long as the financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically by the trustee, the filing or electronic publication of such financial statements or reports will comply with PGF’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the trustee. PGF will provide to the trustee with prompt written notification at such time that PGF becomes or ceases to be a reporting company. The trustee will have no obligation to determine if and when PGF’s financial statements or reports, if any, are publicity available and accessible electronically.

Along with each such financial statement or report, if any, PGF will provide a directors’ certificate stating (i) that a review of PGF’s activities has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether PGF has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its covenants and agreements under the indentures; and (ii) that no event of default, has occurred during that period or, if one or more have actually occurred, specifying all those events and what actions have been taken and will be taken with respect to that event of default.

Delivery of these reports, information and documents to the trustee is for informational purposes only and the trustee’s receipt of any of those will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained in them or determinable from information contained in them, including PGF’s compliance with any of its covenants under the indentures (as to which the trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on directors’ certificates).

Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee

PGF, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of trustee, will appoint a successor trustee in the manner provided in the indentures so that there will at all times be a trustee with respect to the New Securities.

Payments and Paying Agents

PGF will, prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day preceding any payment date of the principal of or interest on the New Securities or other amounts (including additional amounts), deposit with the trustee a sum sufficient to pay such principal, interest or other amounts (including additional amounts) so becoming due.

For long as the New Securities are listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and trade on the EuroMTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, PGF will also maintain a paying agent and a transfer agent in Luxembourg.

All payments on the New Securities will be subject in all cases to any applicable tax, fiscal or other laws and regulations in any jurisdictions, but without prejudice to the provisions of “—Additional Amounts.” For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the phrase “applicable tax, fiscal or other laws and regulations” will include any obligation on us to withhold or deduct from a payment pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of

 

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1986, as amended (the “Code”), or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, any regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto (collectively, “FATCA”).

Additional Amounts

Except as provided below, PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, will make all payments of amounts due under the New Securities and the indentures and each other document entered into in connection with the New Securities and the indentures without withholding or deducting any present or future taxes, levies, deductions or other governmental charges of any nature imposed by Brazil, the jurisdiction of PGF’s incorporation (currently The Netherlands) or any jurisdiction in which PGF appoints a paying agent under the indentures, or any political subdivision of such jurisdictions (the “taxing jurisdictions”). If PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, is required by law to withhold or deduct any taxes, levies, deductions or other governmental charges, PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, will make such deduction or withholding, make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and pay the holders any additional amounts necessary to ensure that they receive the same amount as they would have received without such withholding or deduction. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing obligations shall extend to payments under the guaranties.

All references to principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the New Securities will be deemed to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable as set forth in the indentures or in the New Securities.

PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, will not, however, pay any additional amounts in connection with any tax, levy, deduction or other governmental charge that is imposed due to any of the following (“excluded additional amounts”):

 

   

the holder has a connection with the taxing jurisdiction other than merely holding the New Securities or receiving principal or interest payments on the New Securities (such as citizenship, nationality, residence, domicile, or existence of a business, a permanent establishment, a dependent agent, a place of business or a place of management, present or deemed present within the taxing jurisdiction);

 

   

any tax imposed on, or measured by, net income;

 

   

the holder fails to comply with any certification, identification or other reporting requirements concerning its nationality, residence, identity or connection with the taxing jurisdiction, if (i) such compliance is required by applicable law, regulation, administrative practice or treaty as a precondition to exemption from all or a part of the tax, levy, deduction or other governmental charge, (ii) the holder is able to comply with such requirements without undue hardship and (iii) at least 30 calendar days prior to the first payment date with respect to which such requirements under the applicable law, regulation, administrative practice or treaty will apply, PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, has notified all holders or the trustee that they will be required to comply with such requirements;

 

   

the holder fails to present (where presentation is required) its New Securities within 30 calendar days after PGF has made available to the holder a payment under the New Securities and the indentures, provided that PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, will pay additional amounts which a holder would have been entitled to had the New Securities owned by such holder been presented on any day (including the last day) within such 30 calendar day period;

 

   

any estate, inheritance, gift, value added, Financial Transactions Tax (“FTT”), use or sales taxes or any similar taxes, assessments or other governmental charges; or

 

   

where the holder would have been able to avoid the tax, levy, deduction or other governmental charge by taking reasonable measures available to such holder.

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the New Securities or under any other document or instrument referred to in the indentures or from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the New Securities or any other document or instrument referred to in the indentures. PGF shall indemnify and make whole the holders of the New Securities for any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies payable by PGF as provided in this paragraph paid by such holder. As provided in “—Payments and Paying Agents,” all payments in respect of the New Securities will be made subject to any withholding or deduction required pursuant to FATCA, and we will not be required to pay any additional amounts on account of any such deduction or withholding required pursuant to FATCA.

Negative Pledge

So long as any New Securities of a series remains outstanding, PGF will not create or permit any lien, other than a PGF permitted lien, on any of its assets to secure (i) any of its indebtedness or (ii) the indebtedness of any other person, unless PGF contemporaneously creates or permits such lien to secure equally and ratably its obligations under such series of the New Securities as is duly approved by a resolution of the holders of such series of the New Securities in accordance with the indentures. In addition, PGF will not allow any of its material subsidiaries, if any, to create or permit any lien, other than a PGF permitted lien, on any of its assets to secure (i) any of its indebtedness; (ii) any of the material subsidiary’s indebtedness or (iii) the indebtedness of any other person, unless it contemporaneously creates or permits the lien to secure equally and ratably its obligations under each series of the New Securities and the indentures or PGF provides such other security for such series of the New Securities and the indentures as is duly approved by a resolution of the holders of such series of the New Securities in accordance with the indentures. This covenant is subject to a number of important exceptions, including an exception that permits PGF to grant liens in respect of indebtedness the principal amount of which, in the aggregate, together with all other liens not otherwise described in a specific exception, does not exceed 20% of PGF’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with IFRS) at any time as at which PGF’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable law.

Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance

PGF will not, in one or a series of transactions, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any corporation or convey, lease, spin-off or transfer substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to any person or entity (other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras) or permit any person (other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of PGF) to merge with or into it unless such consolidation, amalgamation, merger, lease, spin-off or transfer of properties, assets or revenues does not violate any provision of Dutch financial regulatory laws and:

 

   

either PGF is the continuing entity or the person (the “successor company”) formed by the consolidation or into which PGF is merged or that acquired (through a transfer of assets, a spin-off or otherwise) or leased the property or assets of PGF will assume (jointly and severally with PGF unless PGF will have ceased to exist as a result of that merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by supplemental indentures, all of PGF’s obligations under the indentures and the New Securities;

 

   

the successor company (jointly and severally with PGF unless PGF will have ceased to exist as part of the merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each holder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on the holder solely as a consequence of the consolidation, merger, conveyance, spin-off, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the New Securities;

 

   

immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, and no default has occurred and is continuing;

 

   

PGF has delivered to the trustee a directors’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the transaction, and each supplemental indenture relating to the transaction, comply with the terms of the indentures, and that all conditions precedent provided for in the indentures and relating to the transaction have been complied with; and

 

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PGF has delivered notice of any such transaction to the trustee.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no default or event of default under the indentures or the New Securities will have occurred and be continuing at the time of the proposed transaction or would result from the transaction:

 

   

PGF may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, spin-off, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect subsidiary of PGF or Petrobras in cases when PGF is the surviving entity in the transaction and the transaction would not have a material adverse effect on PGF and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, it being understood that if PGF is not the surviving entity, PGF will be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph; or

 

   

any direct or indirect subsidiary of PGF may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, spin-off, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than PGF or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) in cases when the transaction would not have a material adverse effect on PGF and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

 

   

any direct or indirect subsidiary of PGF may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, spin-off, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to, any other direct or indirect subsidiary of PGF or Petrobras; or

 

   

any direct or indirect subsidiary of PGF may liquidate or dissolve if PGF determines in good faith that the liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of Petrobras, and would not result in a material adverse effect on PGF and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and if the liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of PGF or Petrobras.

PGF may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in certain covenants applicable to a series of the New Securities or any term, provision or condition of the indentures, if before the time for the compliance the holders of at least a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding New Securities of such series waive the compliance, but no waiver can operate except to the extent expressly waived, and, until a waiver becomes effective, PGF’s obligations and the duties of the trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition will remain in full force and effect.

As used above, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

“indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including any guaranties) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under IFRS, would be a capital lease obligation).

A “guaranty” means an obligation of a person to pay the indebtedness of another person including, without limitation:

 

   

an obligation to pay or purchase such indebtedness;

 

   

an obligation to lend money or to purchase or subscribe for shares or other securities or to purchase assets or services in order to provide funds for the payment of such indebtedness;

 

   

an indemnity against the consequences of a default in the payment of such indebtedness; or

 

   

any other agreement to be responsible for such indebtedness.

A “lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other charge or encumbrance on any property or asset including, without limitation, any equivalent created or arising under applicable law.

 

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A “PGF permitted lien” means any:

 

  (a)

lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar liens arising in PGF’s ordinary course of business or that of any subsidiary or lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

  (b)

lien arising from PGF’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with PGF’s past practice;

 

  (c)

lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which that indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;

 

  (d)

lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by PGF or any subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of those assets or to secure indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of those assets, including any lien existing at the time of the acquisition of those assets, so long as the maximum amount so secured does not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of those assets, as the case may be;

 

  (e)

lien granted in connection with indebtedness of a wholly-owned subsidiary owing to PGF or another wholly-owned subsidiary;

 

  (f)

lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by PGF or any subsidiary, so long as the lien is not created in anticipation of that acquisition;

 

  (g)

lien existing as of the date of the indentures;

 

  (h)

lien resulting from the indentures or the guaranties, if any;

 

  (i)

lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by PGF, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on those securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any rating agency as a condition to the rating agency rating those securities as investment grade;

 

  (j)

lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any indebtedness secured by liens referred to in paragraphs (a) through (i) above (but not paragraph (c)), so long as the lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the indebtedness secured by the lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (a), (b) and (f), the obligees meet the requirements of the applicable paragraph; and

 

  (k)

lien in respect of indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all other liens not otherwise qualifying as PGF permitted liens pursuant to another part of this definition of PGF permitted liens, does not exceed 20% of PGF’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with IFRS) at any date as at which PGF’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable law.

A “wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any corporate entity, any person of which 100% of the outstanding capital stock (other than qualifying shares, if any) having by its terms ordinary voting power (not dependent on the happening of a contingency) to elect the board of directors (or equivalent controlling governing body) of that person, is at the time owned or controlled directly or indirectly by that corporate entity, by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of that corporate entity or by that corporate entity and one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries.

 

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Notices

For so long as New Securities in global form are outstanding, notices to be given to holders will be given to the trustee in accordance with its applicable policies in effect from time to time. If New Securities are issued in individual definitive form, notices to be given to holders will be deemed to have been given upon the mailing by first class mail of such notices to holders of the New Securities at their registered addresses as they appear in the registrar’s records.

From and after the date the New Securities are admitted to listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trading on the EuroMTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and so long as it is required by the rules of such exchange, all notices to holders of New Securities will be published in English:

 

  (1)

in a leading newspaper having a general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort );

 

  (2)

if such Luxembourg publication in not practicable, in one other leading English language newspaper being published on each day in morning editions, whether or not it shall be published in Saturday, Sunday or holiday editions; or

 

  (3)

on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, www.bourse.lu .

Notices shall be deemed to have been given on the date of publication as aforesaid or, if published on different dates, on the date of the first such publication. In addition, notices will be mailed to holders of New Securities at their registered addresses.

Optional Redemption

PGF will not be permitted to redeem the New Securities before their stated maturity, except as set forth below. The New Securities will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund (we will not deposit money on a regular basis into any separate account to repay your New Securities). In addition, you will not be entitled to require us to repurchase your New Securities from you before the stated maturity.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the New Securities or any portion of the New Securities called for redemption (unless we default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the business day prior to any redemption date, we will deposit with the trustee money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and (unless the redemption date shall be an interest payment date) accrued interest to the redemption date on the New Securities to be redeemed on such date. If less than all of the New Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the New Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the trustee by such method as set forth in the indentures.

Optional Redemption With “Make-Whole” Amount for the New Securities

PGF will have the right at our option to redeem the New Securities, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time prior to their maturity, on at least 30 days’ but not more than 60 days’ notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of such New Securities and (ii) the sum of the present values of each remaining scheduled payment of principal and interest thereon (exclusive of interest accrued to the date of redemption) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points with respect to the 2025 New Notes, and 50 basis points with respect to the 2028 New Notes, plus in each case accrued interest on the principal amount of such New Securities to the date of redemption.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.

“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the New Securities to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such New Securities.

“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by us.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any redemption date (i) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation or (ii) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, or their respective affiliates, which are primary United States government securities dealers, and two other leading primary United States

 

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government securities dealers in New York City reasonably designated by us in writing; provided , however , that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), we will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Independent Investment Banker by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 3:30 p.m., New York City time on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

On and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the New Securities or any portion of the New Securities called for redemption (unless we default in the payment of the redemption price and accrued interest). On or before the redemption date, we will deposit with the trustee money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and (unless the redemption date shall be an interest payment date) accrued interest to the redemption date on the New Securities to be redeemed on such date. If less than all of the New Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the New Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the trustee by such method as set forth in the indentures.

Redemption for Taxation Reasons

We have the option, subject to certain conditions, to redeem each series of the New Securities in whole at their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant date of redemption, if and when, as a result of a change in, execution of, or amendment to, any laws or treaties or the official application or interpretation of any laws or treaties applicable to PGF or Petrobras, we would be required to pay additional amounts related to the deduction of certain withholding taxes in respect of certain payments on such series of the New Securities. See “-Covenants—Additional Amounts.”

The optional tax redemption set forth in this prospectus shall apply with the reincorporation of PGF being treated as the adoption of a successor entity. Such redemption shall not be available if the reincorporation was performed in anticipation of a change in, execution of or amendment to any laws or treaties or the official application or interpretation of any laws or treaties in such new jurisdiction of incorporation that would result in the obligation to pay additional amounts.

Further Issuances

Each indenture by its terms does not limit the aggregate principal amount of securities that may be issued under it and permits the issuance, from time to time, of additional notes (also referred to as add-on New Securities) of the same series as those offered under this prospectus. The ability to issue add-on New Securities is subject to several requirements, however, including that (i) no event of default under such indenture or event that with the passage of time or other action may become an event of default (such event being a “default”) will have occurred and then be continuing or will occur as a result of that additional issuance, (ii) the add-on New Securities will rank pari passu and have equivalent terms and benefits as the New Securities of such series offered under this prospectus except for the price to the public and the issue date. and (iii) any add-on New Securities shall be issued under a separate CUSIP or ISIN number unless the add-on New Securities are issued pursuant to a “qualified reopening” of the original series, are otherwise treated as part of the same “issue” of debt instruments as the original series or are issued with no more than a de minimis amount of original discount, in each case for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Any add-on New Securities with respect to any series of the New Securities will be part of the same series as such New Securities that PGF is currently offering and the holders will vote on all matters in relation to the applicable New Securities as a single series.

Covenant Defeasance

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protection of those restrictive covenants but would gain the protection of having money and securities set aside in trust to repay the New Securities of a series. In order to achieve covenant defeasance, we must do the following:

 

   

We must irrevocably deposit in trust for the benefit of all direct holders of the New Securities of a series a combination of money and non-callable U.S. government or U.S. government agency debt securities or bonds that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants, will generate enough cash without reinvestment to make interest, principal and any other payments, including additional amounts, on the New Securities of such series on their various due dates.

 

   

We must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming that under then current U.S. federal income tax law we may make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the New Securities of such series any differently than if we did not make the deposit and just repaid the New Securities of such series ourselves.

 

   

If the New Securities of a series are listed on any securities exchange, we must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel confirming that the deposit, defeasance and discharge will not cause the New Securities of such series to be delisted.

If we accomplish covenant defeasance, the following provisions of the relevant indenture and/or the New Securities of a series would no longer apply:

 

   

Any of the covenants applicable to the series of New Securities described under “—Covenants.”.

 

   

The events of default relating to breach of those covenants being defeased and acceleration of the maturity of other debt, described under “—Events of Default.”

If we accomplish covenant defeasance, you can still look to us for repayment of the New Securities if there were a shortfall in the trust deposit. In fact, if any event of default occurred (such as our bankruptcy) and the New Securities become immediately due and payable, there may be such a shortfall. Depending on the event causing the default, you may not be able to obtain payment of the shortfall.

Modification and Waiver

There are three types of changes we can make to the indentures and the New Securities.

Changes Requiring Your Approval. These are changes that cannot be made to the New Securities without the specific approval of each holder of New Securities of a series. These are the following types of changes:

 

   

change the stated maturity of the principal, interest or premium on the New Securities of a series;

 

   

reduce any amounts due on the New Securities of a series;

 

   

change any obligation to pay the additional amounts described under “—Covenants—Additional Amounts;”

 

   

reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of the New Securities of a series following a default;

 

   

change the place or currency of payment on the New Securities of a series;

 

   

impair any of the conversion or exchange rights of the New Securities of a series;

 

   

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reduce the percentage of holders of New Securities of a series whose consent is needed to modify or amend the relevant indenture;

 

   

reduce the percentage of holders of New Securities of a series whose consent is needed to waive compliance with various provisions of the relevant indenture or to waive specified defaults; and

 

   

modify any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification and waiver of the relevant indenture.

Changes Requiring a Majority Vote. These are changes to the indentures and the New Securities of a series that require a vote of approval by the holders of New Securities that together represent a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the particular series affected. Most changes fall into this category, except for clarifying changes, amendments, supplements and other changes that would not adversely affect holders of the New Securities in any material respect. For example, this vote would be required for us to obtain a waiver of all or part of any covenants applicable to the New Securities or a waiver of a past default.

Changes Not Requiring Approval. These changes do not require any vote by holders of New Securities. This type is limited to clarifications of ambiguities, omissions, defects and inconsistencies, amendments, supplements and other changes that would not adversely affect holders of the New Securities of a series in any material respect, such as adding covenants, additional events of default or successor trustees.

When taking a vote and deciding how much principal amount to attribute to the New Securities of a series that we, any of our affiliates and any other obligor under the New Securities acquire or hold, will not be counted as outstanding when determining voting rights. In addition, New Securities will not be considered outstanding, and therefore will not be eligible to vote, if we have deposited or set aside in trust for you money for their payment or redemption.

We will generally be entitled to set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of outstanding New Securities that are entitled to vote or take other action under the indentures. In limited circumstances, the trustee will be entitled to set a record date for action by holders. If we or the trustee set a record date for a vote or other action to be taken by holders of a particular series, that vote or action may be taken only by persons who are holders of outstanding New Securities of that series on the record date and must be taken within 180 days following the record date or another period that we or, if it sets the record date, the trustee may specify. We may shorten or lengthen (but not beyond 180 days) this period from time to time.

Street name and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how approval may be granted or denied if we seek to change the indentures or the New Securities of a series or request a waiver.

Conversion

The New Securities will not be convertible into, or exchangeable for, any other securities.

Listing

PGF intends to apply to have the New Securities listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trading on the EuroMTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. We cannot assure you that this application will be accepted. Following the issuance of the New Securities, PGF will use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain such admission to listing and trading; provided that if PGF is unable to list the New Securities on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and/or the New Securities do not trade on the EuroMTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, or if as a result of any applicable rule, requirement or legislation, PGF would be required to publish financial information either more regularly than it otherwise would be required to or according to accounting principles which are materially different from the accounting principles which Petrobras would otherwise use to prepare its published financial information, PGF may delist the New Securities in accordance with the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and it will use its commercially

 

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reasonable efforts to list and maintain a listing of the New Securities on a different section of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or on such other listing authority, stock exchange and/or quotation system inside or outside the European Union as PGF may decide.

Currency Rate Indemnity

PGF has agreed that, if a judgment or order made by any court for the payment of any amount in respect of any New Securities is expressed in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than U.S. dollars (the “denomination currency”), PGF will indemnify the relevant holder and the trustee against any deficiency arising from any variation in rates of exchange between the date as of which the denomination currency is notionally converted into the judgment currency for the purposes of the judgment or order and the date of actual payment. This indemnity will constitute a separate and independent obligation from PGF’s other obligations under the indentures, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted from time to time and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due in respect of the relevant Note or under any judgment or order described above.

The Trustee, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, is the trustee under the indentures and has been appointed by PGF as registrar, paying agent and transfer agent with respect to the New Securities. The address of the trustee is 101 Barclay Street, 7E, New York, New York 10286. PGF will at all times maintain a paying agent in New York City until the New Securities are paid. The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. has been designated paying agent in Luxembourg with respect to the New Securities.

Any corporation or association into which the trustee or any agent named above may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the trustee or any agent shall be a party, or any corporation or association to which all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the trustee or any agent may be sold or otherwise transferred, shall be the successor trustee or relevant agent, as applicable, hereunder without any further act.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTIES

General

Petrobras will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the New Securities (the “guaranties”) for the benefit of the holders on the terms and conditions described below.

The following summary describes the material provisions of the guaranties. You should read the more detailed provisions of the guaranties, including the defined terms, for provisions that may be important to you. This summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of the applicable guaranties.

Despite the Brazilian government’s ownership interest in Petrobras, the Brazilian government is not responsible in any manner for PGF’s obligations under the New Securities, or Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranties.

Ranking

The obligations of Petrobras under the guaranties will constitute general unsecured obligations of Petrobras which at all times will rank pari passu with all other senior unsecured obligations of Petrobras that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of Petrobras under the guaranties.

In addition, Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranties of the New Securities rank, and will rank, pari passu with its obligations in respect of outstanding and future guaranties of indebtedness issued by PGF.

Nature of Obligation

Petrobras will unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee (by way of a first demand guarantee) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at the maturity date of the New Securities, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all of PGF’s obligations now or hereafter existing under the indentures and the New Securities, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses, tax payments or otherwise (such obligations being referred to as the “guaranteed obligations”).

The obligation of Petrobras to pay amounts in respect of the guaranteed obligations will be absolute and unconditional (thus waiving any benefits of order set forth under Brazilian law, including those established in articles 827, 834, 835, 838 and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code, under article 794, caput, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code) upon failure of PGF to make, at the maturity date of the New Securities or earlier upon any acceleration or otherwise of the applicable New Securities in accordance with the terms of the indentures, any payment in respect of principal, interest or other amounts due under the indentures and the applicable series of the New Securities on the date any such payment is due. If PGF fails to make payments to the trustee in respect of the guaranteed obligations, Petrobras will, upon notice from the trustee, immediately pay to the trustee such amount of the guaranteed obligations payable under the indentures and the New Securities. All amounts payable by Petrobras under the guaranties will be payable in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds to the trustee. Petrobras will not be relieved of its obligations under any guaranties unless and until the trustee receives all amounts required to be paid by Petrobras under such guaranties (and any related event of default under the indentures has been cured), including payment of the total non-payment overdue interest.

Events of Default

There are no events of default under the guaranties. The indentures, however, contain events of default relating to Petrobras that may trigger an event of default and acceleration of the New Securities. See “Description of the New Securities—Events of Default.” Upon any such acceleration (including any acceleration arising out of the insolvency or similar events relating to Petrobras), if PGF fails to pay all amounts then due under the New Securities and the indentures, Petrobras will be obligated to make such payments pursuant to the guaranties.

 

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Covenants

For so long as any of the New Securities, as applicable, are outstanding and Petrobras has obligations under the guaranties, Petrobras will, and will cause each of its subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply with the terms of the following covenants:

Performance Obligations under the Guaranties and Indentures

Petrobras will pay all amounts owed by it and comply with all its other obligations under the terms of the relevant guaranty and the indentures in accordance with the terms of those agreements.

Maintenance of Corporate Existence

Petrobras will maintain in effect its corporate existence and all necessary registrations and take all actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises, concessions and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations. However, this covenant will not require Petrobras to maintain any such right, privilege, title to property or franchise if the failure to do so does not, and will not, have a material adverse effect on Petrobras taken as a whole or have a materially adverse effect on the rights of the holders of the New Securities.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

Petrobras will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where notices to and demands upon Petrobras in respect of the guaranty of such series may be served. Initially this office will be located at Petrobras’s existing principal U.S. office at 570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10022-6837. Petrobras will agree not to change the designation of their office without prior written notice to the trustee and designation of a replacement office in the same general location.

Ranking

Petrobras will ensure at all times that its obligations under the guaranties will be its general senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations and will rank pari passu , without any preferences among themselves, with all other present and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of Petrobras (other than obligations preferred by statute or by operation of law) that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of Petrobras under the guaranties.

Provision of Financial Statements and Reports

Petrobras will provide to the trustee, in English or accompanied by a certified English translation thereof, (i) within 90 calendar days after the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth quarter), its unaudited and consolidated statement of financial position and statement of income prepared in accordance with IFRS, and (ii) within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal year, its audited and consolidated statement of financial position and statement of income prepared in accordance with IFRS. As long as the financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically by the trustee, the filing or electronic publication of such financial statements or reports will comply with the Petrobras’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the trustee. The trustee will have no obligation to determine if and when Petrobras’s financial statements or reports, if any, are publicity available and accessible electronically.

Along with each such financial statement or report, if any, Petrobras will provide an officers’ certificate stating that a review of Petrobras’s and PGF’s activities has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether Petrobras and PGF have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their covenants and agreements under the guaranties and the indentures, as applicable, and that no event of default has occurred during such period.

 

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In addition, whether or not Petrobras is required to file reports with the SEC, Petrobras will file with the SEC and deliver to the trustee (for redelivery to all holders of the New Securities, upon written request) all reports and other information it would be required to file with the SEC under the Exchange Act if it were subject to those regulations. If the SEC does not permit the filing described above, Petrobras will provide annual and interim reports and other information to the trustee within the same time periods that would be applicable if Petrobras were required and permitted to file these reports with the SEC.

Delivery of these reports, information and documents to the trustee is for informational purposes only and the trustee’s receipt of any of those shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained in them or determinable from information contained therein, including Petrobras’s compliance with any of its covenants in the guaranties (as to which the trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on officer’s certificates).

Negative Pledge

Petrobras will not create or permit any lien, other than a Petrobras permitted lien, on any of its assets to secure (i) any of its indebtedness or (ii) the indebtedness of any other person, unless Petrobras contemporaneously creates or permits the lien to secure equally and ratably its obligations under the guaranties or Petrobras provides other security for its obligations under the guaranties as is duly approved by a resolution of the holders of each series of New Securities in accordance with the indentures. In addition, Petrobras will not allow any of its material subsidiaries to create or permit any lien, other than a Petrobras permitted lien, on any of Petrobras’s assets to secure (i) any of its indebtedness, (ii) any of the material subsidiary’s indebtedness or (iii) the indebtedness of any other person, unless Petrobras contemporaneously creates or permits the lien to secure equally and ratably Petrobras’s obligations under the guaranties or Petrobras provides such other security for its obligations under the guaranties as is duly approved by a resolution of the holders of each series of New Securities in accordance with the indentures.

As used in this “Negative Pledge” section, the following terms have the respective meanings set forth below:

A “guaranty” means an obligation of a person to pay the indebtedness of another person including without limitation:

 

   

an obligation to pay or purchase such indebtedness;

 

   

an obligation to lend money, to purchase or subscribe for shares or other securities or to purchase assets or services in order to provide funds for the payment of such indebtedness;

 

   

an indemnity against the consequences of a default in the payment of such indebtedness; or

 

   

any other agreement to be responsible for such indebtedness.

“indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any guaranties) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under generally accepted accounting principles in the country of incorporation of the relevant obligor, would constitute a capital lease obligation).

A “lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other charge or encumbrance on any property or asset including, without limitation, any equivalent created or arising under applicable law.

A “project financing” of any project means the incurrence of indebtedness relating to the exploration, development, expansion, renovation, upgrade or other modification or construction of such project pursuant to which the providers of such indebtedness or any trustee or other intermediary on their behalf or beneficiaries designated by any such provider, trustee or other intermediary are granted security over one or more qualifying assets relating to such project for repayment of principal, premium and interest or any other amount in respect of such indebtedness.

 

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A “qualifying asset” in relation to any project means:

 

   

any concession, authorization or other legal right granted by any governmental authority to Petrobras or any of Petrobras’s subsidiaries, or any consortium or other venture in which Petrobras or any subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

 

   

any drilling or other rig, any drilling or production platform, pipeline, marine vessel, vehicle or other equipment or any refinery, oil or gas field, processing plant, real property (whether leased or owned), right of way or plant or other fixtures or equipment;

 

   

any revenues or claims that arise from the operation, failure to meet specifications, failure to complete, exploitation, sale, loss or damage to, such concession, authorization or other legal right or such drilling or other rig, drilling or production platform, pipeline, marine vessel, vehicle or other equipment or refinery, oil or gas field, processing plant, real property, right of way, plant or other fixtures or equipment or any contract or agreement relating to any of the foregoing or the project financing of any of the foregoing (including insurance policies, credit support arrangements and other similar contracts) or any rights under any performance bond, letter of credit or similar instrument issued in connection therewith;

 

   

any oil, gas, petrochemical or other hydrocarbon-based products produced or processed by such project, including any receivables or contract rights arising therefrom or relating thereto and any such product (and such receivables or contract rights) produced or processed by other projects, fields or assets to which the lenders providing the project financing required, as a condition therefore, recourse as security in addition to that produced or processed by such project; and

 

   

shares or other ownership interest in, and any subordinated debt rights owing to Petrobras by, a special purpose company formed solely for the development of a project, and whose principal assets and business are constituted by such project and whose liabilities solely relate to such project.

A “Petrobras permitted lien” means a:

 

  (a)

lien granted in respect of indebtedness owed to the Brazilian government, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social or any official government agency or department of Brazil or of any state or region of Brazil;

 

  (b)

lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar liens arising in Petrobras’s ordinary course of business or that of any subsidiary or lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

  (c)

lien arising from Petrobras’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with Petrobras’s past practice;

 

  (d)

lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which that indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;

 

  (e)

lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by Petrobras or any subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of those assets or to secure indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of those assets, including any lien existing at the time of the acquisition of those assets, so long as the maximum amount so secured will not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of those assets, as the case may be;

 

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  (f)

lien granted in connection with the indebtedness of a wholly-owned subsidiary owing to Petrobras or another wholly-owned subsidiary;

 

  (g)

lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any subsidiary prior to its acquisition by Petrobras or any subsidiary so long as that lien is not created in anticipation of that acquisition;

 

  (h)

lien over any qualifying asset relating to a project financed by, and securing indebtedness incurred in connection with, the project financing of that project by Petrobras, any of Petrobras’s subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which Petrobras or any subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

 

  (i)

lien existing as of the date of the indentures;

 

  (j)

lien resulting from the indentures, the New Securities and the guaranties, if any;

 

  (k)

lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by Petrobras, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any rating agency as a condition to such rating agency rating such securities investment grade, or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time;

 

  (l)

lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any indebtedness secured by any lien referred to in paragraphs (a) through (k) above (but not paragraph (d)), provided that such lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the indebtedness secured by the lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (g), the obligees meet the requirements of that paragraph, and in the case of paragraph (h), the indebtedness is incurred in connection with a project financing by Petrobras, any of Petrobras’s subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which Petrobras or any subsidiary have any ownership or other similar interest; and

 

  (m)

lien in respect of indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all liens not otherwise qualifying as Petrobras permitted liens pursuant to another part of this definition of Petrobras permitted liens, does not exceed 20% of Petrobras’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with IFRS) at any date as at which Petrobras’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable law.

A “wholly-owned subsidiary” means, with respect to any corporate entity, any person of which 100% of the outstanding capital stock (other than qualifying shares, if any) having by its terms ordinary voting power (not dependent on the happening of a contingency) to elect the board of directors (or equivalent controlling governing body) of that person is at the time owned or controlled directly or indirectly by that corporate entity, by one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries of that corporate entity or by that corporate entity and one or more wholly-owned subsidiaries.

A “material subsidiary” means a subsidiary of Petrobras which on any given date of determination accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’s total consolidated assets (as set forth on Petrobras’s most recent statement of financial position prepared in accordance with IFRS).

 

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Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance

Petrobras will not, in one or a series of transactions, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any corporation or convey, lease, spin-off or transfer substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to any person or entity (other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras) or permit any person (other than a direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras) to merge with or into it unless:

 

   

either Petrobras is the continuing entity or the person (the “successor company”) formed by such consolidation or into which Petrobras is merged or that acquired (through a transfer of assets, a spin-off or otherwise) or leased such property or assets of Petrobras will assume (jointly and severally with Petrobras unless Petrobras will have ceased to exist as a result of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by an amendment to the applicable guaranties, all of Petrobras’s obligations under such guaranties;

 

   

the successor company (jointly and severally with Petrobras unless Petrobras will have ceased to exist as part of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each holder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on such holder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, spin-off, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the New Securities;

 

   

immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no event of default, and no default has occurred and is continuing; and

 

   

Petrobras has delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that that such merger, consolidation, sale, spin-off, transfer or other conveyance or disposition and the amendment to the applicable guaranty comply with the terms of the applicable guaranty and that all conditions precedent provided for in such guaranty and relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no default or event of default under the indentures or the New Securities has occurred and is continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom and Petrobras has delivered notice of any such transaction to the trustee:

 

   

Petrobras may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, spin-off, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras in cases when Petrobras is the surviving entity in such transaction and such transaction would not have a material adverse effect on Petrobras and its subsidiaries taken as whole, it being understood that if Petrobras is not the surviving entity, Petrobras will be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph;

 

   

any direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, spin-off, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than Petrobras or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates) in cases when such transaction would not have a material adverse effect on Petrobras and its subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

   

any direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of assets to, any other direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras; or

 

   

any direct or indirect subsidiary of Petrobras may liquidate or dissolve if Petrobras determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of Petrobras, and would not result in a material adverse effect on Petrobras and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and if such liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of Petrobras.

 

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Amendments

The guaranties may only be amended or waived in accordance with their terms pursuant to a written document which has been duly executed and delivered by Petrobras and the trustee, acting on behalf of the holders of the New Securities of each series, as applicable. Because the guaranties form part of the indentures, they may be amended by Petrobras and the trustee, in some cases without the consent of the holders of the applicable New Securities. See “Description of the New Securities—Modification and Waiver.”

Except as contemplated above, the indentures will provide that the trustee may execute and deliver any other amendment to the guaranties or grant any waiver thereof only with the consent of the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the New Securities of each series then outstanding.

Governing Law

The guaranties will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Jurisdiction

Petrobras has consented to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any court of the State of New York or any U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, United States and any appellate court from any thereof. Service of process in any action or proceeding brought in such New York State federal court sitting in New York City may be served upon Petrobras at Petrobras’s New York office located at 570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10022-6837. The guaranties provide that if Petrobras no longer maintains an office in New York City, then it will appoint a replacement process agent within New York City as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any action or proceeding.

Waiver of Immunities

To the extent that Petrobras may in any jurisdiction claim for itself or its assets immunity from a suit, execution, attachment, whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise, or other legal process in connection with the guaranties (or any document delivered pursuant thereto) and to the extent that in any jurisdiction there may be immunity attributed to Petrobras, PGF or their assets, whether or not claimed, Petrobras has irrevocably agreed with the trustee, for the benefit of the holders, not to claim, and to irrevocably waive, the immunity to the full extent permitted by law.

Currency Rate Indemnity

Petrobras has agreed that, if a judgment or order made by any court for the payment of any amount in respect of any of its obligations under the guaranties is expressed in a currency (the “judgment currency”) other than U.S. dollars (the “denomination currency”), Petrobras will indemnify the relevant holder and the trustee against any deficiency arising from any variation in rates of exchange between the date as of which the denomination currency is notionally converted into the judgment currency for the purposes of the judgment or order and the date of actual payment. This indemnity will constitute a separate and independent obligation from Petrobras’s other obligations under the guaranties, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted from time to time and will continue in full force and effect.

 

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BOOK ENTRY; DELIVERY AND FORM

Book-Entry Issuance

Except under limited circumstances, all New Securities will be book-entry notes. This means that holders of Old Securities participating in the exchange offers will not be entitled to have the New Securities registered in their names and will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of the New Securities in definitive (paper) form. Instead, upon issuance, all the New Securities will be represented by one or more fully registered global notes. When we issue the global notes, DTC will use its book-entry registration and transfer system to credit the respective principal amounts of the New Securities represented by the global notes to the accounts of the participants designated by the holders of the Old Securities participating in the exchange offers.

Each global note will be deposited directly with The Depository Trust Company, a securities depositary, and will be registered in the name of DTC’s nominee. Global notes may also be deposited indirectly with Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear, as indirect participants of DTC. For background information regarding DTC and Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear, see “—The Depository Trust Company” and “—Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear” below. No global note representing book-entry notes may be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to another nominee of DTC. Thus, DTC will be the only registered holder of the New Securities and will be considered the sole representative of the beneficial owners of the New Securities for purposes of the indentures. In a few special situations described below, a global note will terminate and interests in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing the New Securities. After that exchange, the choice of whether to hold securities directly or in street name will be up to you. You must consult your bank or broker to find out how to have your interests in the securities transferred to your name, so that you will be a direct holder.

The special situations for termination of a global security representing the New Securities are:

 

   

when the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such global note or the depositary ceases to be a clearing agent registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when such depositary is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and, in each case, we do not or cannot appoint a successor depositary within 90 days;

 

   

when we notify the trustee that we wish to terminate the global note upon a change in tax law that would be adverse to us but for the termination of the global note; or

 

   

when an event of default on the New Securities has occurred and has not been cured.

When a global security terminates, the depositary (and not us, the trustee, any warrant agent, any transfer agent or any registrar) is responsible for deciding the names of the institutions that will be the initial direct holders.

The registration of the global notes in the name of DTC’s nominee will not affect beneficial ownership and is performed merely to facilitate subsequent transfers. The book-entry system, which is also the system through which most publicly traded common stock is held in the United States, is used because it eliminates the need for physical movement of securities certificates. The laws of some jurisdictions, however, may require some purchasers to take physical delivery of their New Securities in definitive form. These laws may impair the ability of beneficial holders to transfer the New Securities.

In this prospectus, unless and until definitive (paper) notes are issued to the beneficial owners, all references to “registered holders” of New Securities shall mean DTC. PGF, Petrobras, the trustee and any paying agent, transfer agent, registrar or other agent may treat DTC as the absolute owner of the New Securities for all purposes.

 

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The Depository Trust Company

The policies of DTC will govern payments, transfers, exchange and other matters relating to the beneficial owner’s interest in the New Securities held by that owner. Neither the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent nor we have any responsibility for any aspect of the actions of DTC or any of their direct or indirect participants. Neither the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent nor we have any responsibility for any aspect of the records kept by DTC or any of their direct or indirect participants. In addition, neither the Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent nor we supervise DTC in any way. DTC and their participants perform these clearance and settlement functions under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers. Investors should be aware that DTC and its participants are not obligated to perform these procedures and may modify them or discontinue them at any time. The description of the clearing systems in this section reflects our understanding of the rules and procedures of DTC as they are currently in effect. DTC could change its rules and procedures at any time.

DTC has advised us as follows:

 

   

DTC is:

 

   

a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York;

 

   

a member of the Federal Reserve System;

 

   

a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code; and

 

   

a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act.

 

   

DTC was created to hold securities for its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions between participants through electronic book-entry changes to accounts of its participants. This eliminates the need for physical movement of certificates.

 

   

Participants in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations and may include certain other organizations. DTC is partially owned by some of these participants or their representatives.

 

   

Indirect access to the DTC system is also available to banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that have relationships with participants.

 

   

The rules applicable to DTC and DTC participants are on file with the SEC.

Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear

Clearstream, Luxembourg has advised that: it is a duly licensed bank organized as a société anonyme incorporated under the laws of Luxembourg and is subject to regulation by the Luxembourg Commission for the supervision of the financial sector ( Commission de surveillance du secteur financier ); it holds securities for its customers and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among them, and does so through electronic book-entry transfers between the accounts of its customers, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates; it provides other services to its customers, including safekeeping, administration, clearance and settlement of internationally traded securities and lending and borrowing of securities; it interfaces with the domestic markets in over 30 countries through established depositary and custodial relationships; its customers include worldwide securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations and may include certain other professional financial intermediaries; its U.S. customers are limited to securities brokers and dealers and banks; and indirect access to the Clearstream, Luxembourg system is also available to others that clear through Clearstream, Luxembourg customers or that have custodial relationships with its customers, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies.

 

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Euroclear has advised that: it is incorporated under the laws of Belgium as a bank and is subject to regulation by the Belgian Banking and Finance Commission ( Commission Bancaire et Financière ) and the National Bank of Belgium ( Banque Nationale de Belgique ); it holds securities for its participants and facilitates the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among them; it does so through simultaneous electronic book-entry delivery against payments, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of certificates; it provides other services to its participants, including credit, custody, lending and borrowing of securities and tri-party collateral management; it interfaces with the domestic markets of several countries; its customers include banks, including central banks, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies and clearing corporations and certain other professional financial intermediaries; indirect access to the Euroclear system is also available to others that clear through Euroclear customers or that have custodial relationships with Euroclear customers; and all securities in Euroclear are held on a fungible basis, which means that specific certificates are not matched to specific securities clearance accounts.

 

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TAXATION

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income, Brazilian and Dutch tax considerations that may be relevant to the exchange of Old Securities and ownership and disposition of the New Securities. This summary is based on the U.S. federal, Brazilian and Dutch tax laws in effect on the date of this prospectus. These laws are subject to change. Any change could apply retroactively and could affect the continued validity of the summary. This summary does not describe any tax consequences arising under the laws of any state, locality or taxing jurisdiction other than Brazil, The Netherlands and the United States.

This summary does not describe all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to your situation, particularly if you are subject to special tax rules. Each holder or beneficial owner of Old Securities considering an exchange of Old Securities for New Securities should consult its own tax advisor as to the Brazilian, Dutch, U.S. or other tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of New Securities and the exchange of Old Securities for New Securities, including the effect of any foreign, state or local tax laws.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to investors considering the exchange offers. This summary addresses only investors that hold the New Securities as capital assets. The summary does not address tax considerations applicable to investors that may be subject to special tax rules, such as banks or other financial institutions, tax-exempt entities, partnerships (or entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or partners therein, insurance companies, dealers in securities or currencies, traders in securities electing to mark to market, persons that will hold the New Securities as a position in a “straddle” or conversion transaction, or as part of a “synthetic security” or other integrated financial transaction or persons that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar. In addition, the discussion does not address the alternative minimum tax, the U.S. federal estate and gift tax, the Medicare tax on net investment income or other aspects of U.S. federal income or state and local taxation that may be relevant to an investor. For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a New Security that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a citizen or resident of the United States, a domestic corporation or an entity otherwise subject to U.S. federal income taxation on a net income basis in respect of the New Security. A “Non-U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of a New Security that is not a U.S. Holder.

This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, existing, proposed and temporary U.S. Treasury regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, in each case as of the date hereof. All of the foregoing are subject to change (possibly with retroactive effect) or to differing interpretations, which could affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences described herein.

U.S. Holders that use an accrual method of accounting for tax purposes (“accrual method holders”) generally are required to include certain amounts in income no later than the time such amounts are reflected on certain financial statements (the “book/tax conformity rule”). The application of the book/tax conformity rule thus may require the accrual of income earlier than would be the case under the general tax rules described below, although it is not clear to what types of income the book/tax conformity rule applies. Accrual method holders should consult with their tax advisors regarding the potential applicability of the book/tax conformity rule to their particular situation.

INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS REGARDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE ACQUISITION, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE NEW SECURITIES, INCLUDING THE APPLICATION TO THEIR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS DISCUSSED BELOW, AS WELL AS THE APPLICATION OF U.S. FEDERAL ESTATE, GIFT AND ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX LAWS, THE MEDICARE TAX ON NET INVESTMENT INCOME, U.S. STATE AND LOCAL TAX LAWS AND FOREIGN TAX LAWS .

Exchange of Old Securities and New Securities

A U.S. Holder will not realize any gain or loss upon the exchange of its Old Securities for New Securities. The U.S. Holder’s tax basis and holding period in the New Securities will be the same as its tax basis and holding period in the Old Securities.

 

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Payments of Interest and Additional Amounts

Payments of interest on a New Security (which may include additional amounts) generally will be taxable to a U.S. Holder as ordinary interest income when such interest is accrued or received, in accordance with the U.S. Holder’s regular method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Interest income (including additional amounts) in respect of the New Security generally will constitute foreign-source income for purposes of computing the foreign tax credit allowable under the U.S. federal income tax laws. The limitation on foreign income taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of income. Such income generally will constitute “passive category income” for foreign tax credit purposes for most U.S. Holders. The calculation and availability of foreign tax credits and, in the case of a U.S. Holder that elects to deduct all foreign income taxes for that taxable year, the availability of such deduction involves the application of complex rules that depend on the U.S. Holder’s particular circumstances. In addition, foreign tax credits generally will not be allowed for certain short-term or hedged positions in the New Securities. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of foreign tax credits or deductions in respect of foreign taxes and the treatment of additional amounts.

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on interest income earned in respect of New Securities.

Amortizable Premium

If a U.S. Holder purchased an Old Security for an amount that was greater than the principal amount of the Old Security, the U.S. Holder will be considered to have purchased the security with amortizable bond premium. With some exceptions, the U.S. Holder may elect to amortize this premium (as an offset to interest income) over the remaining term of the New Security. If the U.S. Holder elects to amortize bond premium with respect to a New Security, the U.S. Holder must reduce its tax basis in the security by the amounts of the premium amortized in any year. If the U.S. Holder does not elect to amortize such premium, the amount of any premium will be included in the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the security when the security is disposed of. An election to amortize bond premium applies to all taxable debt obligations then owned and thereafter acquired by a U.S. Holder, and such election may be revoked only with the consent of the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”).

Market Discount

If a U.S. Holder purchased an Old Security at a price that is lower than its remaining redemption amount by at least 0.25% of its remaining redemption amount multiplied by the number of remaining whole years to maturity, the New Security will be considered to have market discount. In such case, gain realized by the U.S. Holder on the disposition of the New Security generally will be treated as ordinary income to the extent of the market discount that accrued on both the Old Security and the New Security, treated as a single instrument, while held by the U.S. Holder. In addition, the U.S. Holder could be required to defer the deduction of a portion of the interest paid on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to purchase or carry the security. In general terms, market discount on a security will be treated as accruing ratably over the term of such security, or, at the U.S. Holder’s election, under a constant-yield method.

A U.S. Holder may elect to include market discount in income on a current basis as it accrues (on either a ratable or constant-yield basis) in lieu of treating a portion of any gain realized on a disposition as ordinary income. If the U.S. Holder elects to include market discount on a current basis, the interest deduction deferral rule described above will not apply. Any such election, if made, applies to all market discount bonds acquired by the U.S. Holder on or after the first day of the taxable year to which such election applies and is revocable only with the consent of the IRS.

Sale or Disposition of New Securities

A U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon the sale, exchange, retirement or other taxable disposition of a New Security in an amount equal to the difference between the amount realized upon such disposition (not including any amounts attributable to accrued and unpaid interest, which will be taxable as such) and such U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the New Security. As discussed above, a U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the New Security will equal the U.S. Holder’s basis in the Old Security, which generally will equal such U.S. Holder’s

 

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purchase price of the Old Security, reduced by any bond premium that the U.S. Holder amortized and increased by any market discount that the U.S. Holder previously included in income. Except as described under “Market Discount” above, gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder on the disposition of a New Security generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if, at the time of the disposition, the New Security has been held for more than one year (taking into account the holding period for the Old Security, as discussed above). The net amount of long-term capital gain recognized by an individual U.S. Holder generally is subject to tax at a reduced rate. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

Capital gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder generally will be U.S.-source gain or loss. Consequently, if any such gain is subject to foreign withholding tax, a U.S. Holder may not be able to credit the tax against its U.S. federal income tax liability unless such credit can be applied (subject to the applicable limitation) against tax due on other income treated as derived from foreign sources. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors as to the foreign tax credit implications of a disposition of the New Securities.

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on gain realized on the sale or other taxable disposition of New Securities.

Specified Foreign Financial Assets

Certain U.S. Holders that own “specified foreign financial assets” with an aggregate value in excess of US$50,000 are generally required to file an information statement along with their tax returns, currently on Form 8938, with respect to such assets. “Specified foreign financial assets” include any financial accounts held at a non-U.S. financial institution, as well as securities issued by a non-U.S. issuer (which would include the New Securities) that are not held in accounts maintained by financial institutions. Higher reporting thresholds apply to certain individuals living abroad and to certain married individuals. Regulations extend this reporting requirement to certain entities that are treated as formed or availed of to hold direct or indirect interests in specified foreign financial assets based on certain objective criteria. U.S. Holders who fail to report the required information could be subject to substantial penalties. In addition, the statute of limitations for assessment of tax would be suspended, in whole or in part. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors concerning the application of these rules to their investment in the New Securities, including the application of the rules to their particular circumstances.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

Payments in respect of the New Securities that are paid within the United States or through certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries are subject to information reporting, and may be subject to backup withholding, unless the U.S. Holder (i) is a corporation (other than an S corporation) or other exempt recipient, and demonstrates this fact when so required, or (ii) provides a correct taxpayer identification number, certifies that it is not subject to backup withholding and otherwise complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. The amount of any backup withholding collected from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, and may entitle the U.S. Holder to a refund, provided that certain required information is timely furnished to the IRS.

Although Non-U.S. Holders generally are exempt from backup withholding, a Non-U.S. Holder may, in certain circumstances, be required to comply with certification procedures to prove entitlement to this exemption.

Brazilian Tax Considerations

The following discussion is a summary of the Brazilian tax considerations relating to an investment in the New Securities by a non-resident of Brazil. This discussion is based on the tax laws of Brazil as in effect on the date of this prospectus and is subject to any change in Brazilian law that may come into effect after such date. The information set forth below is intended to be a general discussion only and does not address all possible tax consequences relating to an investment in the New Securities.

 

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PROSPECTIVE HOLDERS OF NEW SECURITIES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING THE NEW SECURITIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECEIPT OF INTEREST AND THE SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE NEW SECURITIES OR COUPONS.

Payments in Respect of the New Securities, and Sale or Other Disposition of New Securities

Generally, an individual, entity, trust or organization that is domiciled for tax purposes outside Brazil (a “Non-Resident”) is subject to income tax in Brazil only when income is derived from a Brazilian source or when the transaction giving rise to such earnings involves assets located in Brazil. Therefore, based on the fact that PGF is considered to be domiciled abroad for tax purposes, any interest, gains, fees, commissions, expenses and any other income paid by PGF in respect of the New Securities it issues to Non-Resident holders should not be subject to withholding or deduction in respect of Brazilian income tax or any other taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in Brazil, provided that such payments are made by PGF with funds held outside of Brazil.

Any capital gains generated outside Brazil as a result of a transaction between two Non-Resident holders with respect to assets not located in Brazil are generally not subject to tax in Brazil. If the assets are located in Brazil, then capital gains realized thereon are subject to income tax, according to Law No. 10,833, enacted on December 29, 2003. Since the New Securities will be issued by a legal entity incorporated outside of Brazil and registered abroad, the New Securities should not fall within the definition of assets located in Brazil for purposes of Law No. 10,833, gains realized on the sale or other disposition of the New Securities made outside Brazil by a Non-Resident holder to another

Non-Resident should not be subject to Brazilian taxes. However, considering the general and unclear scope of this legislation and the absence of judicial guidance in respect thereof, we cannot assure prospective investors that such interpretation of this law will prevail in the courts of Brazil. If the income tax is deemed to be due, the gains may be subject to income tax in Brazil, effective as from January 1, 2017, (as confirmed by Declaratory Act No. 3, of April 27, 2016), at progressive rates as follows: (i) 15% for the part of the gain that does not exceed R$5 million, (ii) 17.5% for the part of the gain that exceeds R$5 million but does not exceed R$10 million, (iii) 20% for the part of the gain that exceeds R$10 million but does not exceed R$30 million and (iv) 22.5% for the part of the gain that exceeds R$30 million; or 25.0% if such Non-Resident holder is located in a Low or nil tax jurisdiction as it will be further detailed below. A lower rate, however, may apply under an applicable tax treaty between Brazil and the country where the Non-Resident holder has its domicile.

Payments Made by Petrobras as Guarantor

In the event the issuer fails to timely pay any due amount, including any payment of principal, interest or any other amount that may be due and payable in respect of the New Securities, the guarantor will be required to assume the obligation to pay such due amounts. As there is no specific legal provision dealing with the imposition of withholding income tax on payments made by Brazilian sources to Non-Resident beneficiaries under guarantees and no uniform decision from the Brazilian courts, there is a risk that tax authorities will take the position that the funds remitted by the guarantor to the Non-Resident holders may be subject to the imposition of withholding income tax at a general 15% rate, or at a 25% rate, if the Non-Resident holder is located in a Low or nil tax jurisdiction.

Arguments exist to sustain that (a) payments made under the guarantee structure should be subject to imposition of withholding income tax according to the nature of the guaranteed payment, in which case only interest and fees should be subject to taxation at a rate of 15%, or 25%, in cases of beneficiaries located in Low or nil tax jurisdictions, as defined by the Brazilian legislation; or (b) payments made under guarantee by Brazilian sources to Non-Resident beneficiaries should not be subject to the imposition of withholding income tax, to the extent that they should qualify as a credit transaction by the Brazilian party to the borrower. The imposition of withholding income tax under these circumstances has not been settled by the Brazilian courts.

If the payments with respect to the New Securities are made by Petrobras as a guarantor, then Non-Resident holders will be indemnified so that, after payment of applicable Brazilian taxes imposed by deductions or withholding with respect to principal or interest payable with respect to the New Securities, subject to certain exceptions, as mentioned in “Description of the New Securities,” a Non-Resident holder will receive an amount

 

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equal to the amount that such Non-Resident holder would have received if no such taxes were imposed. See “Description of the New Securities.”

Discussion on Low or nil tax jurisdictions

According to Law No. 9,430, dated December 27, 1996, as amended, a Low or nil tax jurisdiction is a country or location that (i) does not impose taxation on income, (ii) imposes income tax at a maximum rate lower than 20% or (iii) imposes restrictions on the disclosure of shareholding composition or the ownership of the investment.

Additionally, on June 24, 2008, Law No. 11,727/08 created the concept of privileged tax regimes, which encompasses the countries and jurisdictions that (i) do not tax income or tax it at a maximum rate lower than 20%; (ii) grant tax advantages to a Non-Resident entity or individual (a) without the need to carry out a substantial economic activity in the country or a said territory or (b) conditioned to the non-exercise of a substantial economic activity in the country or a said territory; (iii) do not tax proceeds generated abroad or tax them at a maximum rate lower than 20% or (iv) restrict disclosure about the ownership of assets and ownership rights or restrict disclosure about economic transactions carried out.

On November 28, 2014, the Brazilian tax authorities issued Ordinance 488, which decreased, from 20% to 17%, the minimum threshold for certain specific cases. The reduced 17% threshold applies only to countries and regimes aligned with international standards of fiscal transparency in accordance with rules to be established by the Brazilian tax authorities.

We consider that the best interpretation of the current Brazilian tax legislation, especially in regard to the abovementioned Law 11,727/08, should lead to the conclusion that the concept of privileged tax regimes should only apply for certain Brazilian tax purposes, such as transfer pricing and thin capitalization rules. According to this interpretation, the concept of privileged tax regimes should not be applied in connection with the taxation of payments related to the New Securities to Non-Residents. Regulations and non-binding tax rulings issued by Brazilian federal tax authorities seem to confirm this interpretation.

Notwithstanding the fact that such “privileged tax regime” concept was enacted in connection with transfer pricing rules and is also applicable to thin capitalization and cross-border interest deductibility rules, Brazilian tax authorities may take the position that such Privileged Tax Regime definition also applies to other types of transactions.

In the event that the privileged tax regime concept is interpreted to be applicable to transactions such as payments related to the New Securities to Non-Residents, this tax law would accordingly result in the imposition of taxation to a Non-Resident that meets the privileged tax regime requirements in the same way applicable to a resident located in a Low or nil tax jurisdiction. Prospective investors should therefore consult with their own tax advisors regarding the consequences of the implementation of Law No. 11,727, Normative Instruction No. 1,037/2010, as amended, and of any related Brazilian tax laws or regulations concerning Low or nil tax jurisdictions and privileged tax regimes.

Other Tax Considerations

Brazilian law imposes a Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions ( Imposto sobre Operações de Crédito, Câmbio e Seguro, ou relativas a Títulos e Valores Mobiliários), or IOF/Exchange, due on the conversion of reais into foreign currency and on the conversion of foreign currency into reais . Currently, the IOF/Exchange rate for almost all foreign currency exchange transactions is 0.38%. According to Section 15-B of the Decree No. 6,306, as amended, the settlement of exchange transactions in connection with foreign financing or loans, for both inflow and outflow of proceeds into and from Brazil, are subject to IOF/Exchange at a 0% rate. Currently, in the case of the settlement of foreign exchange transactions (including simultaneous foreign exchange transactions), in connection with the inflow of proceeds to Brazil deriving from foreign loans, including those obtained through the issuance of securities in the international market, with the minimum average term not exceeding 180 days, the IOF/Exchange tax rate is 6% (this rate of 6% will be levied with penalties and interest in the case of financings or international

 

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bonds with a minimum average term longer than 180 days in which an early redemption occurs in the first 180 days). The Brazilian federal government is permitted to increase this rate at any time up to 25.0%. Any such increase in rates may only apply to future transactions.

In addition, the Brazilian tax authorities could argue that a Tax on Loan Transactions ( Imposto sobre Operações de Crédito, Câmbio e Seguro, ou relativas a Títulos e Valores Mobiliários ), or IOF/Credit, due on loan transactions could be imposed upon any amount paid in respect of the New Securities by the guarantor under the guarantee given at a rate of up to 1.88% of the total amount paid.

Generally, there are no inheritance, gift, succession, stamp, or other similar taxes in Brazil with respect to the ownership, transfer, assignment or other disposition of the New Securities by a Non-Resident, except for gift and inheritance taxes imposed by some Brazilian states on gifts or bequests by individuals or entities not domiciled or residing in Brazil to individuals or entities domiciled or residing within such states.

Dutch Tax Considerations

The following describes certain Dutch tax consequences for a holder who is neither a resident nor deemed to be a resident of The Netherlands for Dutch tax purposes in respect of the ownership, acquisition and disposal of the New Securities.

For the purpose of this section, “Dutch Taxes” shall mean taxes of whatever nature levied by or on behalf of The Netherlands or any of its subdivisions or taxing authorities. The Netherlands means the part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands located in Europe.

This section is intended as general information only, does not constitute tax or legal advice and it does not purport to describe all possible Dutch tax considerations or consequences that may be relevant to a holder and therefore should be treated with appropriate caution. This overview is based on the laws of The Netherlands currently in force and as applied on the date of this prospectus, which are subject to change, possibly also with retroactive or retrospective effect. PGF has not sought any ruling from the Dutch tax authorities ( belastingdienst ) with respect to the statements made and the conclusions reached in this discussion, and there can be no assurance that the Dutch tax authorities will agree with such statements and conclusions.

PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS AS TO THE CONSEQUENCES OF PURCHASING THE NEW SECURITIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE RECEIPT OF INTEREST AND THE SALE OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE NEW SECURITIES OR COUPONS.

For Dutch tax purposes, a holder of New Securities may include, without limitation:

 

   

an owner of one or more New Securities who, in addition to the title to such New Securities, has an economic interest in such New Securities;

 

   

a person or an entity that holds the entire economic interest in one or more New Securities;

 

   

a person or an entity that holds an interest in an entity, such as a partnership or a mutual fund, that is transparent for Dutch tax purposes, the assets of which comprise one or more New Securities; and

 

   

a person who is deemed to hold an interest in New Securities, as referred to under any of the above, pursuant to the attribution rules of article 2.14a, of the Dutch Income Tax Act 2001, with respect to property that has been segregated, for example, in a trust or a foundation.

This section does not describe all the possible Dutch tax consequences that may be relevant to the holder of the New Securities who receives or has received any benefits from these New Securities as employment income, deemed employment income or otherwise as compensation.

 

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Dutch Individual and Corporate Income Tax

A holder of New Securities will not be treated as a resident of The Netherlands by reason only of the holding of a new security or the execution, performance, delivery and/or enforcement of the New Securities.

A holder who is not a resident of The Netherlands, nor deemed to be a resident, is not taxable on income derived from the New Securities and capital gains realized upon the disposal or redemption of the New Securities, except if:

 

  (i)

such holder derives profits from an enterprise, whether as entrepreneur ( ondernemer) or pursuant to a co-entitlement to the net worth of the enterprise, other than as an entrepreneur or a shareholder, which enterprise is, in whole or in part, carried on through a (deemed) permanent establishment ( vaste inrichting ) or a permanent representative ( vaste vertegenwoordiger ) that is taxable in The Netherlands to which the New Securities are attributable;

 

  (ii)

the holder is an individual and derives benefits from miscellaneous activities ( overage werkzaamheden ) carried out in The Netherlands in respect of the New Securities, including without limitation activities which are beyond the scope of active portfolio investment activities;

 

  (iii)

the holder is not an individual and is entitled to a share in the profits of an enterprise or a co-entitlement to the net worth of an enterprise, which is effectively managed in The Netherlands, other than by way of securities, and to which enterprise the New Securities are attributable; or

 

  (iv)

the holder is an individual and is entitled to a share in the profits of an enterprise that is effectively managed in The Netherlands, other than by way of securities, and to which enterprise the New Securities are attributable.

Dutch Withholding Tax

All payments of interest and principal by PGF under the New Securities can be made free of withholding or deduction for any taxes of any nature imposed, levied, withheld or assessed by The Netherlands or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, except where New Securities (i) are issued under such terms and conditions that such New Securities are capable of being classified as equity of PGF for Dutch tax purposes; (ii) actually function as equity of PGF within the meaning of article 10, paragraph 1, letter d, of the Dutch Corporate Income Tax Act 1969 or (iii) are redeemable in exchange for, convertible into or linked to shares or other equity instruments issued or to be issued by PGF or by any entity related to PGF. The New Securities are not capable of being classified as equity of PGF for Dutch tax purposes if these New Securities have a maturity of less than 50 years, do not constitute obligations of PGF that are subordinated to the obligations of PGF vis-à-vis all its ordinary creditors or carry an interest that is not legally or factually dependent on the profits of PGF.

If withholding is required by law, additional amounts may be payable. See “Description of the New Securities—Additional Amounts.”

Dutch Gift and Inheritance Taxes

No Dutch gift or inheritance taxes are due in respect of any gift of New Securities by, or inheritance of the New Securities on the death of a holder, except if:

 

  (i)

at the time of the gift or death of the holder, the holder is a resident, or is deemed to be a resident, of The Netherlands;

 

  (ii)

the holder dies within 180 days after the date of the gift of the New Securities and is not, or not deemed to be, at the time of the gift, but is, or deemed to be, at the time of his death, a resident of The Netherlands; or

 

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  (iii)

the gift of the New Securities is made under a condition precedent and the holder is a resident.

For purposes of Dutch gift and inheritance taxes, among others, a person that holds Dutch nationality will be deemed to be resident in The Netherlands if such person has been resident in The Netherlands at any time during the 10 years preceding the date of the gift or his/her death. Additionally, for purposes of Dutch gift tax, among others, a person not holding Dutch nationality will be deemed to be resident in The Netherlands if such person has been resident in The Netherlands at any time during the 12 months preceding the date of the gift. Applicable tax treaties may override deemed residency

Other Taxes and Duties

No other Dutch taxes, including turnover tax and taxes of a documentary nature, such as capital tax, stamp or registration tax or duty, are payable in The Netherlands by or on behalf of a holder of the New Securities by reason only of the purchase, ownership and disposal of the New Securities.

Common Reporting Standard

The common reporting standard framework was first released by the OECD in February 2014 as a result of the G20 members endorsing a global model of automatic exchange of information in order to increase international tax transparency. On July 21, 2014, the Standard for Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information in Tax Matters was published by the OECD and this includes the Common Reporting Standard (the “CRS”).

As of June 26, 2018, 102 jurisdictions, including The Netherlands, have signed the multilateral competent authority agreement, which is a multilateral framework agreement to automatically exchange financial and personal information, with the subsequent bilateral exchanges coming into effect between those signatories that file the subsequent notifications. More than 40 jurisdictions, including The Netherlands, have committed to a specific and ambitious timetable leading to the first automatic exchanges in 2017 (early adopters). Under CRS, financial institutions resident in a CRS country would be required to report, according to a due diligence standard, account balance or value, income from certain insurance products, sales proceeds from financial assets and other income generated with respect to assets held in the account or payments made with respect to the account. Reportable accounts include accounts held by individuals and entities (which include trusts and foundations) with tax residency in another CRS country. CRS includes a requirement to look through passive entities to report on the relevant controlling persons.

As of January 1, 2016, CRS and European Union Council Directive 2014/107/EU have been implemented in Dutch law. As a result, PGF will be required to comply with identification obligations (if any) starting in 2016, with reporting set to begin in 2017. Holders of New Securities may be required to provide additional information to PGF to enable it to satisfy any identification obligations under the Dutch implementation of the CRS. Prospective holders of the New Securities are advised to seek their own professional advice in relation to the CRS and European Union Council Directive 2014/107/EU.

The Proposed Financial Transactions Tax (FTT)

On February 14, 2013, the European Commission published a proposal (the “Commission’s Proposal”) for a Directive for a common FTT in Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Spain, or the participating Member States. However, Estonia has since stated that it will not participate.

The Commission’s Proposal has a very broad scope and could, if introduced in its current form, apply to certain dealings in the New Securities in certain circumstances. This could, accordingly, affect the market value of your New Securities and/or limit your ability to resell your New Securities.

Under the Commission’s Proposal, the FTT could apply in certain circumstances to persons both within and outside of the participating Member states. Generally, it would apply to certain dealings in the New Securities where at least one party is a financial institution, and at least one party is established in a participating Member State. A financial institution may be, or be deemed to be, “established” in a participating Member

 

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State in a broad range of circumstances, including (1) by transacting with a person established in a participating Member State or (2) where the financial instrument which is subject to the dealings is issued in a participating Member State.

However, the FTT remains subject to negotiation between the participating Member states and the legality of the proposal is uncertain. The FTT may therefore be altered prior to any implementation, the timing of which remains unclear. Additional European Union Member states may decide to participate and/or certain of the participating Member states may decide to withdraw.

Prospective holders of the New Securities are advised to seek their own professional advice in relation to the FTT.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer participating in the exchange offers must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable (European) prospectus legislation in connection with any resale of the New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. By acknowledging this obligation and delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

A broker-dealer may use this prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities where the broker-dealer acquired the Old Securities as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed to make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for up to 180 days after the registration statement is declared effective (subject to extension under certain circumstances) for use in connection with any such resale.

Neither PGF nor Petrobras will receive any proceeds from any sale of New Securities by broker-dealers. New Securities that broker-dealers receive for their own account pursuant to the exchange offers may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the New Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale. These transactions may be at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such New Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells New Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange offers and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of New Securities and any commission or concessions that any such persons receive may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. However, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

We have agreed to pay all expenses incidental to the exchange offers, but we will not pay any broker-dealer commissions or concessions. We will indemnify the holders of the Old Securities, including any broker-dealers, against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

By accepting the exchange offers, each broker-dealer that receives New Securities in the exchange offers agrees that it will stop using the prospectus if it receives notice from us of any event which makes any statement in this prospectus false in any material respect or which requires any changes in this prospectus in order to make the statements true.

We are delivering copies of this prospectus in electronic form through the facilities of DTC. You may obtain paper copies of the prospectus by contacting the Luxembourg listing agent at its address specified on the inside back cover of this prospectus. By participating in the exchange offers, you will be consenting to electronic delivery of these documents.

The New Securities are new issues of securities with no established trading market. PGF intends to have the New Securities approved for listing on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trade on the EuroMTF Market of such exchange. PGF also intends to apply to have the New Securities approved for listing on the NYSE. We cannot assure you that these applications will be accepted or that an active market for the New Securities will exist at any time and, if any such market develops, we cannot assure you as to the liquidity of such a market.

 

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DIFFICULTIES OF ENFORCING CIVIL LIABILITIES AGAINST NON U.S. PERSONS

Petrobras

Petrobras is a sociedade de economia mista (mixed-capital company), a public sector company with some private sector ownership, established under the laws of Brazil. All of its executive officers and directors and certain advisors named herein reside in Brazil. In addition, substantially all of its assets and those of its executive officers, directors and certain advisors named herein are located in Brazil. As a result, it may not be possible for investors to effect service of process upon Petrobras or its executive officers, directors and advisors named herein within the United States or other jurisdictions outside Brazil or to enforce against Petrobras or its executive officers, directors and advisers named herein judgments obtained in the United States or other jurisdictions outside Brazil. In addition, it may not be possible for you to enforce a judgment of a United States court for civil liability based upon the United States federal securities laws against any of those persons outside the United States.

Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel, Petrobras’s general counsel, has advised Petrobras that, subject to the requirements described below, judgments of United States courts for civil liabilities based upon the United States federal securities laws may be enforced in Brazil. A judgment against Petrobras or the other persons described above obtained outside Brazil would be enforceable in Brazil, without reconsideration of the merits, only if the judgment satisfies certain requirements and receives confirmation from the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice ( Superior Tribunal de Justiça ). The foreign judgment will only be confirmed if:

 

   

it fulfills all formalities required for its enforceability under the laws of the country where the foreign judgment is granted;

 

   

it is for the payment of a sum certain of money;

 

   

it was issued by a competent court in the jurisdiction where the judgment was awarded after service of process was properly made in accordance with applicable law;

 

   

it is not subject to appeal;

 

   

it must be apostilled by a competent authority of the State from which the document emanates according to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents or, if such State is not signatory of the Hague Convention, it must be duly authenticated by a competent Brazilian consulate;

 

   

it is authenticated by a Brazilian consular office in the country where it was issued, and is accompanied by a sworn translation into Portuguese, unless an exemption is provided by an international treaty to which Brazil is a signatory; and

 

   

it is not contrary to Brazilian national sovereignty, public policy or good morals.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no assurance can be given that such confirmation would be obtained, that the process described above could be conducted in a timely manner or that a Brazilian court would enforce a monetary judgment for violation of the U.S. securities laws with respect to any securities issued by Petrobras.

Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel has also advised Petrobras that:

 

   

original actions based on the U.S. federal securities laws may be brought in Brazilian courts and that, subject to Brazilian public policy and national sovereignty, Brazilian courts may enforce liabilities in such actions against Petrobras, certain of its directors and officers and the advisors named herein;

 

   

if an investor resides outside Brazil and owns no real property in Brazil, he or she must provide a bond sufficient to guarantee court costs and legal fees, including the defendant’s attorneys’ fees, as determined by the Brazilian court, in connection with litigation in Brazil, except: (1) when an

 

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exemption is provided by an international agreement or treaty that Brazil is a signatory; (2) in the case of claims for collection on a título executivo extrajudicial (an instrument which may be enforced in Brazilian courts without a review on the merits), in the case of the enforcement of a foreign judgment which has been confirmed by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice; or (3) counterclaims as established, according to Article 83 of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure ( Código de Processo Civil );

 

   

Brazilian law limits an investor’s ability as a judgment creditor of Petrobras to satisfy a judgment against Petrobras by attaching its gas and oil reserves, as Petrobras does not own any of the crude oil and natural gas reserves in Brazil. Under Brazilian law, the Brazilian government owns all crude oil and natural gas reserves in Brazil;

 

   

a law has been enacted in Brazil to regulate judicial and extrajudicial reorganization and liquidation of business companies. Such law revoked the previous Brazilian Bankruptcy law. The new law is not applicable to mixed capital companies, such as Petrobras, and does not provide whether the federal government of Brazil is liable for Petrobras’s obligations in the event of bankruptcy; and

 

   

certain of Petrobras’s exploration and production assets may be subject to reversion to the Brazilian government under Petrobras’s concession agreements. Such assets, under certain circumstances, may not be subject to attachment or execution.

PGF

PGF is duly incorporated as a private limited liability company ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) under the laws of The Netherlands. All of the directors of PGF reside outside the United States. PGF has no assets and all or a substantial portion of the assets of PGF’s directors are located outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon PGF or such persons or to enforce, in the United States courts, judgment against PGF or such persons or judgments obtained in such courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States.

PGF has been advised by its special Dutch counsel, Hogan Lovells International LLP, that a judgment rendered by a court in New York, or a “Foreign Court,” will not be recognized and enforced by the courts of The Netherlands for the reason that the United States and The Netherlands currently do not have a treaty providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments (other than arbitration awards) in civil and commercial matters. If a person has obtained a final and conclusive judgment for the payment of money rendered by the Foreign Court which is enforceable in the United States, or a “Foreign Judgment,” the person will be required to file its claim with the court of competent jurisdiction in The Netherlands. Such party may submit to the Dutch court the final judgement rendered by the U.S. court. The Dutch court will have discretion to attach such weight to this final judgment as it deems appropriate. The Dutch court can be expected to adjudicate substantial importance to such judgment without full re-examination or full re-litigation of the substantive matters adjudicated thereby ( marginale toetsing ), to the extent (i) the U.S. court had jurisdiction in the matter in accordance with standards which are generally accepted internationally, (ii) the proceedings before such court have complied with the principles proper procedure and fair trail, (iii) the judgment is final and conclusive in such a way that all appeals have been exhausted and no other remedy could be obtained from a competent judicial body and (iv) such judgment does not conflict with the public policy ( openbare orde ) of The Netherlands. The enforcement in a Dutch court of judgments rendered by a court in The United States is subject to the Dutch rules of civil procedure. Judgments may be rendered in a foreign currency but enforcement is executed in Euro at the applicable rate of exchange. Enforcement of obligations in The Netherlands will be subject to the nature of remedies available in the Dutch courts. The taking of current proceedings in more than one jurisdiction may be disallowed by the Dutch courts, but such courts have the power to stay proceedings if concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.

Subject to the foregoing and service of process in accordance with applicable treaties and rules, investors may be able to enforce in The Netherlands judgments in civil and commercial matters obtained from U.S. federal or state courts. However, no assurance can be given that those judgments will be enforceable and, in particular, awards of punitive damages in actions brought in the United States or elsewhere may be unenforceable in the Netherlands. In addition, there can be no assurance that a Dutch court would accept jurisdiction and impose civil liability in an original action commenced in The Netherlands and predicated solely upon U.S. federal securities laws.

 

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VALIDITY OF SECURITIES

Hogan Lovells International LLP, special Dutch counsel for PGF, will pass upon the validity of the New Securities and the indentures for PGF as to certain matters of Dutch law. Ms. Taísa Maciel, Petrobras’s general counsel, will pass upon, for PGF and Petrobras, certain matters of Brazilian law relating to the New Securities, the indentures and the guaranties. The validity of the New Securities, the indentures and the guaranties will be passed upon for PGF and Petrobras by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as to certain matters of New York law.

 

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EXPERTS

With respect to the unaudited interim financial information of Petrobras as of March 31, 2018 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, incorporated by reference herein, KPMG Auditores Independentes reported that they have applied limited procedures in accordance with professional standards for a review of such information. However, their separate report included in the Petrobras Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on May 8, 2018, and incorporated by reference herein, states that they did not audit and they do not express an opinion on that unaudited interim financial information. Accordingly, the degree of reliance on their report on such information should be restricted in light of the limited nature of the review procedures applied. The accountants are not subject to the liability provisions of Section 11 of the Securities Act for their report on the unaudited interim financial information because that report is not a “report” or a “part” of the registration statement prepared or certified by the accountants within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Securities Act.

The consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2017, and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017 (which is included in Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting) incorporated herein by reference to the 2017 Form 20-F have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of KPMG Auditores Independentes, an independent registered public accounting firm given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

The consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 incorporated herein by reference to the 2017 Form 20-F have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

Certain oil and gas reserve data incorporated by reference in this prospectus and the registration statement by reference to the 2017 Form 20-F were reviewed by DeGolyer and MacNaughton as indicated therein, in reliance upon the authority of such firm as expert in estimating proved oil and gas reserves.

 

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LISTING AND GENERAL INFORMATION

 

1.

PGF intends to apply to have the New Securities listed on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trading on the EuroMTF Market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. We cannot assure you that this application will be accepted.

 

2.

PGF expects the New Securities to be accepted for clearance and settlement through DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream at or prior to the settlement date of the exchange offers. The CUSIP and ISIN numbers for the New Securities are as follows:

 

     Global Note  

2025 Notes

  

CUSIP

     71647N AV1  

ISIN

     US71647NAV10  

2028 Notes

  

CUSIP

     71647N AY5  

ISIN

     US71647NAY58  

 

3.

We have obtained all necessary consents, approvals and authorizations in connection with the issuance and performance of the New Securities. Resolutions of PGF’s board of managing directors, dated July 13, 2018, authorized the issuance of the New Securities. Resolutions of Petrobras’s board of directors, dated July 26, 2018, authorized the execution and delivery of the guarantees.

 

4.

Except as disclosed in this prospectus, since March 31, 2018, there has been no material adverse change (or any development or event involving a prospective change of which we are or might reasonably be expected to be aware) which is materially adverse to Petrobras’s financial condition and that of its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

5.

Except as described in this prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference herein, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings against or affecting Petrobras or any of its subsidiaries or any of its respective properties, which, if determined adversely to Petrobras or any such subsidiary, would individually or in the aggregate have an adverse effect on its financial condition and that of its subsidiaries taken as a whole or would adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the New Securities or which are otherwise material in the context of the issue of the New Securities, and, to the best of our knowledge, no such actions, suits or proceedings are threatened.

 

6.

The New Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Petrobras.

 

7.

PGF’s registered office is located at Weena 762, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and our telephone number is 31 (0) 10 206-7000. Petrobras’ principal executive office is located at Avenida República do Chile, 65 — 10th Floor, 20031-912—Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil (telephones: 55-21-3224-1510 or 55-21-3224-9947).

 

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Issuer

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Weena 762, 3014 DA

Rotterdam

The Netherlands

GUARANTOR

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile, 65

20031-912 — Rio de Janeiro

RJ, Brazil

 

INDENTURE TRUSTEE, REGISTRAR, PRINCIPAL PAYING AND TRANSFER AGENT

The Bank of New Mellon

101 Barclay Street, 7E,

New York, New York 10286

United States of America

 

LUXEMBOURG LISTING AGENT

The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch

Vertigo Building-Polaris

2-4 rue Eugène Ruppert, L-2453

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

 

EXCHANGE AGENT

The Bank of New Mellon

101 Barclay Street, 7E,

New York, New York 10286

United States of America

 

LEGAL ADVISORS

To the Issuer and Guarantor as to

 

U.S. Federal and New York Law:

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

 

United States of America

  

Dutch Law:

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Atrium – North Tower

Strawinskylaan 4129

1077 ZX Amsterdam

The Netherlands


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Article 23, Section 1 of Petrobras’s by-laws requires it to defend its senior management in administrative and legal proceedings and maintain insurance coverage to protect senior management from liability arising from the performance of the senior manager’s functions. Petrobras maintains an insurance policy covering losses and expenses arising from management actions taken by the directors and officers of Petrobras and its subsidiaries, including PGF, in their capacity as such.

Neither PGF’s Articles of Association nor the laws of The Netherlands provide for indemnification of directors or officers.

 

Item 21. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

(a) Exhibits

 

3.1*   

Amended Bylaws of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras, dated as of April 26, 2018.

4.1   

Indenture, dated as of July  19, 2002, between Petrobras International Finance Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 of the Registration Statement of Petrobras International Finance Company and Petrobras on Form F-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 5, 2002, and amendments to which were filed on July 19, 2002 and August  14, 2002 (File Nos. 333-92044 and 333-92044-01))

4.2   

Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2006, between Petrobras International Finance Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.9 to the Registration Statement of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company on Form F-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2006 (File Nos. 333-139459 and 333-139459-01))

4.3   

Amended and Restated Fifth Supplemental Indenture, initially dated as of October 6, 2006, as amended and restated as of February 7, 2007, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2010, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as Trustee, relating to the 6.125% Global Notes due 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.14 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2010 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.6   

Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2009, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 5.75% Global Notes due 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.35 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2010 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.7   

Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2009, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 6.875% Global Notes due 2040 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.36 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2010 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.8   

Guaranty for the 5.75% Global Notes due 2020, dated as of October 30, 2009, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.37 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2010 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.9   

Guaranty for the 6.875% Global Notes due 2040, dated as of October 30, 2009, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.38 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2010 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

 

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4.10   

Amended and Restated First Supplemental Indenture, initially dated as of November 1, 2007, as amended and restated as of January 11, 2008, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2010, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 5.875% Global Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.15 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2010 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.11   

Assignment Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2010, among Petrobras, the Brazilian federal government and the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.47 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 26, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.12   

Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2011, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Principal Paying Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent, relating to the 4.875% Global Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.13   

Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 9, 2011, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Principal Paying Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent, relating to the 5.875% Global Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.14   

Guaranty for the 4.875% Global Notes due 2018, dated as of December 9, 2011, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.15   

Guaranty for the 5.875% Global Notes due 2022, dated as of December 9, 2011, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.16   

Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 12, 2011, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as Principal Paying Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent, relating to the 6.250% Global Notes due 2026 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.17   

Guaranty for the 6.250% Global Notes due 2026, dated as of December 12, 2011, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2011 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.18   

Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2012, among Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and registered holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADSs, representing the common shares of Petrobras, and Form of ADR evidencing ADSs representing the common shares of Petrobras (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.19   

Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2012, among Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, and registered holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the ADSs, representing the preferred shares of Petrobras, and Form of ADR evidencing ADSs representing the preferred shares of Petrobras (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.20   

Amended and Restated Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2012, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 5.375% Global Notes due 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.21   

Amended and Restated Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2012, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 6.750% Global Notes due 2041 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

 

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4.22   

Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 6, 2012, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 3.500% Global Notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.23   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 5.375% Global Notes due 2021, dated as of February 6, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.24   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 6.750% Global Notes due 2041, dated as of February 6, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.25   

Guaranty for the 3.500% Global Notes due 2017, dated as of February 6, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Form 6-K of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 6, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.26   

Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2012, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.11 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.27   

Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 10, 2012, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.60 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.28   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 6.125% Global Notes due 2016, dated as of February 10, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.31 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.29   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 8.375% Global Notes due 2018, dated as of February 10, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.16 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.30   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 5.875% Global Notes due 2018, dated as of February 10, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.33 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras and Petrobras International Finance Company, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2012 (File Nos. 001-15106 and 001-33121))

4.31   

Indenture, dated as of August 29, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement of Petrobras, Petrobras International Finance Company and Petrobras Global Finance B.V. on Form F-3, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2012 (File Nos. 333-183618, 333-183618-01 and 333-183618-02))

4.32   

Indenture, dated as of August 29, 2012, between Petrobras Global Finance B.V. and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of Petrobras, Petrobras International Finance Company and Petrobras Global Finance B.V., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2012 (File Nos. 333-183618, 333-183618-01 and 333-183618-02))

4.33   

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2012, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent, relating to the 4.25% Global Notes due 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2012 (File No. 001-15106))

4.34   

Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 1, 2012, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent, relating to the 5.375% Global Notes due 2029 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2012 (File No. 001-15106))

4.35   

Guaranty for the 4.25% Global Notes due 2023, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2012 (File No. 001-15106))

 

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4.36   

Guaranty for the 5.375% Global Notes due 2029, dated as of October 1, 2012, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 1, 2012 (File No. 001-15106))

4.37   

Amended and Restated Third Supplemental Indenture, initially dated as of December 10, 2003, as amended and restated as of March 31, 2010, and as further amended and restated as of March 25, 2013, among Petrobras International Finance Company, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to JPMorgan Chase Bank), as Trustee, relating to the 8.375% Global Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.41 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2013 (File No. 001-15106)

4.38   

Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 2.000% Global Notes due 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.39   

Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 4.375% Global Notes due 2023 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.40   

Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 5.625% Global Notes due 2043 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.41   

Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.42   

Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2019 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.43   

Guaranty for the 2.000% Global Notes due 2016, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.44   

Guaranty for the 4.375% Global Notes due 2023, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.45   

Guaranty for the 5.625% Global Notes due 2043, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.46   

Guaranty for the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2016, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.47   

Guaranty for the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2019, dated as of May 20, 2013, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 20, 2013 (File No. 001-15106))

4.48   

Production Sharing Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2013, among Petrobras, Shell Brasil Petróleo Ltda., Total E&P do Brasil Ltda., CNODC Brasil Petróleo e Gás Ltda. and CNOOC Petroleum Brasil Ltda., the Brazilian federal government, Pré-Sal Petróleo S.A. - PPSA and the National Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (incorporated by reference to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

 

 

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4.49   

Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent, relating to the 2.750% Global Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.50   

Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent, relating to the 3.750% Global Notes due 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.51   

Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent, relating to the 4.750% Global Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.52   

Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 14, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, London Branch, as principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent, relating to the 6.625% Global Notes due 2034 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.53   

Guaranty for the 2.750% Global Notes due 2018, dated as of January 14, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.54   

Guaranty for the 3.750% Global Notes due 2021, dated as of January 14, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.55   

Guaranty for the 4.750% Global Notes due 2025, dated as of January 14, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.56   

Guaranty for the 6.625% Global Notes due 2034, dated as of January 14, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 14, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.57   

Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 3.250% Global Notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.58   

Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 4.875% Global Notes due 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.59   

Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 6.250% Global Notes due 2024 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.60   

Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 7.250% Global Notes due 2044 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.61   

Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2017 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.14 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.62   

Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 17, 2014, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.17 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

 

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4.63   

Guaranty for the 3.250% Global Notes due 2017, dated as of March 17, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.64   

Guaranty for the 4.875% Global Notes due 2020, dated as of March 17, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.65   

Guaranty for the 6.250% Global Notes due 2024, dated as of March 17, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.66   

Guaranty for the 7.250% Global Notes due 2044, dated as of March 17, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.10 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.67   

Guaranty for the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2017, dated as of March 17, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.68   

Guaranty for the Floating Rate Global Notes due 2020, dated as of March 17, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2014 (File No. 001-15106))

4.69   

Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 28, 2014, among Petrobras International Finance Company S.A., Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 2015 (File No. 001-15106))

4.70   

Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 28, 2014, among Petrobras International Finance Company S.A., Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 2015 (File No. 001-15106))

4.71   

First Amendment to the Guaranties, dated as of December 28, 2014, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 15, 2015 (File No. 001-15106))

4.72   

Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2015 (File No. 001-15106))

4.73   

Guaranty for the 6.850% Global Notes due 2115, dated as of June 5, 2015, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 5, 2015 (File No. 001-15106))

4.74   

Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2016, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 8.375% Global Notes due 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.75   

Amended and Restated Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2016, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 8.375% Global Notes due 2021 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.76   

Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 23, 2016, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 8.750% Global Notes due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.77   

Amended and Restated Twenty-Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2016, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 8.750% Global Notes due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

 

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4.78   

Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 6.125% Global Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.79   

Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 7.375% Global Notes due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.80   

Guaranty for the 8.375% Global Notes due 2021, dated as of May 23, 2016, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.81   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 8.375% Global Notes due 2021, dated as of July 13, 2016, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.82   

Guaranty for the 8.750% Global Notes due 2026, dated as of May 23, 2016, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.83   

Amended and Restated Guaranty for the 8.750% Global Notes due 2026, dated as of July 13, 2016, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 13, 2016 (File No. 01-15106))

4.84   

Guaranty for the 6.125% Global Notes due 2022, dated as of January 17, 2017, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.85   

Guaranty for the 7.375% Global Notes due 2027, dated as of January 17, 2017, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 17, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.86   

Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 13, 2016, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 8.375% Global Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.90 to Form 20-F, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2017 (File No. 001-15106))

4.87   

Second Amendment to the Guaranty, dated as of July 13, 2016, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 8.375% Global Notes due 2018 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.91 to Form 20-F of Petrobras, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 27, 2017 (File No. 001-15106))

4.88   

Amended and Restated Twenty-Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 17, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 6.125% Global Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.89   

Amended and Restated Twenty-Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 7.375% Global Notes due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.90   

Amended and Restated Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 22, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, relating to the 7.250% Global Notes due 2044 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.8 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 22, 2017 (File No. 01-15106))

4.91   

Indenture, dated as of September, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, relating to the 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.91 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2018 (File No. 001-15106))

4.92   

Indenture, dated as of September 27, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, relating to the 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.92 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of Petrobras, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 18, 2018 (File No. 001-15106))

 

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4.93*   

Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September  27, 2017, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras, BB Securities Limited, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner  & Smith Incorporated and Santander Investment Securities Inc.

4.94   

Twenty-Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2018, among Petrobras Global Finance B.V., Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, relating to the 5.750%Global Notes due 2029 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2018 (File No. 001-15106))

4.95   

Guaranty for the 5.750% Global Notes due 2029, dated as of February 1, 2018, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form 6-K of Petrobras, furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 1, 2018 (File No. 001-15106))

4.96*   

Guaranty for the 5.299% Global Notes Due 2025, dated as of September  27, 2017, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.

4.97*   

Guaranty for the 5.999% Global Notes Due 2028, dated as of September  27, 2017, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee.

4.98*   

Form of 5.299% Global Notes due 2025.

4.99*   

Form of 5.999% Global Notes due 2028.

5.1*   

Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen  & Hamilton LLP, special New York counsel to Petrobras Global Finance B.V. and Petrobras.

5.2*   

Opinion of Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel, General Counsel of Petrobras.

5.3*   

Opinion of Hogan Lovells International LLP, special Dutch counsel to Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

10.1 P   

Form of Concession Agreement for Exploration, Development and Production of crude oil and natural gas executed between Petrobras and the ANP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Petrobras’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2000 (File No. 333-12298)). This was a paper filing, and is not available on the SEC website.

10.2 P   

Purchase and Sale Agreement of natural gas, executed between Petrobras and Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales Bolivianos-YPFB (together with and English version) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to Petrobras’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 14, 2000 (File No. 333-12298)). This was a paper filing, and is not available on the SEC website.

12.1*    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
12.2*    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends.
15.1*    Letter of KPMG Auditores Independentes concerning unaudited interim financial information of Petrobras.
21.1*    List of Subsidiaries of Petrobras.
23.1*    Consent of KPMG Auditores Independentes.
23.2*    Consent of Pricewaterhousecoopers Auditores Independentes
23.3    Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
23.4    Consent of Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel, Petrobras’s general counsel (included in Exhibit 5.2).
23.5    Consent of Hogan Lovells International LLP (included as Exhibit 5.3).
23.6*    Consent of DeGolyer and MacNaughton.
24.1    Powers of Attorney (included in the signature pages of this registration statement).
25.1*    Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.
99.1*    Form of Letter to Brokers.
99.2*    Form of Letter to Clients.

 

* Filed herewith.

 

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(b) Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules have been omitted because they are not required or are not applicable, or the information is included in the financial statements or notes thereto.

(c) Not applicable.

 

Item 22. Undertakings

(a) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

 

  1.

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

 

  (i)

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”);

 

  (ii)

To reflect in the prospectus any facts arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

 

  (iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information set forth in the registration statement.

provided, however , that the undertakings set forth in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Petrobras pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this registration statement.

 

  2.

That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  3.

To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

 

  4.

In the case of Petrobras, to file a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished; provided that Petrobras includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (a)(4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least current as the date of those financial statements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a post-effective amendment need not be filed to include financial statements and information required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933 or Item 8.A. of Form 20-F if such financial statements and information are contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by Petrobras pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.

 

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  5.

That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser

 

  (i)

Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

  (ii)

Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5) or (b)(7) as part of the registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii) or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in this registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date.

 

  6.

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

 

  (i)

Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

 

  (ii)

Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;

 

  (iii)

The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or their securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

 

  (iv)

Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.

 

  7.

That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of Petrobras’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  8.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the

 

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registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

  9.

(i) To respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Items 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means, and (ii) to arrange or provide for a facility in the United States for the purpose of responding to such requests. The undertaking in subparagraph (i) above includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of this registration statement through the date of responding to the request.

 

  10.

To supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE OF PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 26, 2018.

 

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

 

By:  /s/ Guilherme Rajime Takhashi Saraiva        

Name: G UILHERME  R AJIME  T AKHASHI   S ARAIVA

 

Title:   Managing Director A

 

By: /s/ Eduardo Cavalcanti Guimarães        

 

Name: E DUARDO  C AVALCANTI  G UIMARÃES

 

Title:   Managing Director B

 


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Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Bianca Nasser Patrocinio, Larry Carris Cardoso, Guilherme Rajime Takahashi Saraiva, Renan Feuchard Pinto and João Eduardo Jost Magalhães his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, acting individually, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement on Form F-4, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the indicated capacities as indicated below on July 26, 2018, in respect of Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ Guilherme Rajime Takahashi Saraiva

 
G UILHERME R AJIME T AKAHASHI S ARAIVA   Managing Director A

/s/ Eduardo Cavalcanti Guimarães

 
E DUARDO C AVALCANTI G UIMARÃES   Managing Director B

/s/ João Eduardo Jost Magalhães

 
J OÃO E DUARDO J OST M AGALHÃES   Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative of Petrobras Global Finance B.V., has signed this registration statement in City of New York, State of New York, on July 26, 2018.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ João Eduardo Jost Magalhães

  
J OÃO E DUARDO J OST M AGALHÃES    Authorized Representative in the United States


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SIGNATURE PAGE OF PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 26, 2018.

 

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS

By:    

 
 

/s/ Ivan de Souza Monteiro

  IVAN DE SOUZA MONTEIRO
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS
By:  
 

/s/ Rafael Salvador Grisolia

  RAFAEL SALVADOR GRISOLIA
 

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND CHIEF

INVESTOR RELATIONS OFFICER


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Power of Attorney

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Bianca Nasser Patrocinio, Larry Carris Cardoso, Guilherme Rajime Takahashi Saraiva, Renan Feuchard Pinto and João Eduardo Jost Magalhães his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, acting individually, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the registration statement on Form F-4, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any of his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated below on July 26, 2018, in respect of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras.

 

Signature

 

Title

   /s/ Ivan de Souza Monteiro

 
I VAN DE S OUZA M ONTEIRO  

Chief Executive Officer and

Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Rafael Salvador Grisolia

 
R AFAEL S ALVADOR G RISOLIA  

Chief Financial Officer and

Chief Investor Relations Officer

   /s/ Rafael Mendes Gomes

 
R AFAEL M ENDES G OMES   Chief Governance and Compliance Officer

   /s/ Rodrigo Araujo Alves

 
R ODRIGO A RAÚJO A LVES   Chief Accounting and Tax Officer

   /s/ Luiz Nelson Guedes de Carvalho

 
L UIZ N ELSON G UEDES DE C ARVALHO   Chairman of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Jerônimo Antunes

 
J ERÔNIMO A NTUNES   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Segen Farid Estefen

 
S EGEN F ARID E STEFEN   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Francisco Petros Oliveira Lima Papathanasiadis

 
F RANCISCO P ETROS O LIVEIRA L IMA P APATHANASIADIS   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Ana Lúcia Poças Zambelli

 
A NA L ÚCIA P OÇAS Z AMBELLI   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Clarissa de Araújo Lins

 
C LARISSA DE A RAÚJO L INS   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Marcelo Mesquita de Siqueira Filho

 
M ARCELO M ESQUITA DE S IQUEIRA F ILHO   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Sônia Júlia Sulzbeck Villalobos

 
S ÔNIA J ÚLIA S ULZBECK V ILLALOBOS   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Christian Alejandro Queipo

 
C HRISTIAN ALEJANDRO Q UEIPO   Member of the Board of Directors

   /s/ Durval José Soledade Santos

 
D URVAL J OSÉ S OLEDADE S ANTOS   Member of the Board of Directors


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SIGNATURE OF AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS

Pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned, the duly authorized representative in the United States of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.— Petrobras, has signed this registration statement in the City of New York, State of New York, on July 26, 2018.

 

Signature

 

Title

/s/ João Eduardo Jost Magalhães

 

 
J OÃO E DUARDO J OST M AGALHÃES   Authorized Representative in the United States

Exhibit 3.1

 

LOGO

 

BYLAWS OF PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS

As approved at the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 26, 2018,

held in conjunction with the Annual General Meeting of April 26, 2018 (AGM-E)

BYLAWS OF PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS

Chapter I – Nature, Headquarters and Purpose of the Company

Art. 1º – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, hereinafter referred to as “Petrobras” or “Company”, is a mixed capital company, under control of the Federal Government, for an indefinite term, which shall be governed by the rules of private law - in general - and specifically, by the Corporation Law (Law 6,404 of December 15, 1976), by Law Nº 13.303, of June 30, 2016, by Decree Nº 8.945, of December 27, 2016, and by this Bylaws.

§1 – Federal Government control shall be exercised through the ownership and possession of at least 50% (fifty per cent) plus 1 (one) share, of the voting capital of the Company.

§2 – Upon the adherence of Petrobras to B3’s Level 2 Corporate Governance special listing segment, the Company, its shareholders, officers and Board of Auditors members became subject to the provisions of Corporate Governance Level 2 Listing Regulation of Brasil Bolsa Balcão - B3 (Level 2 Regulation).

§3 – The provisions of Level 2 Regulation shall prevail over the statutory provisions in such event of loss of rights affecting the beneficiaries of such public offerings included in this Bylaws, except for the provisions of articles 30, §§4 and 5, 40, §§3 and 4, and 58, sole paragraph of this Bylaws.

Art. 2 – Petrobras is based in and subject to the jurisdiction of the city of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, whereas it may establish subsidiaries, agencies, branches and offices both in Brazil and abroad.

Art. 3 – The purpose of the Company is the research, extraction, refining, processing, trading, and transport of oil from wells, shale or other rocks, its products, natural gas, and other hydrocarbon fluids, in addition to energy-related activities, whereas it may promote the research, development, production, transport, distribution, and trading of all forms of energy and any other related activities or the like.

§ 1- The economic activities linked to its business purpose shall be developed by the Company as free competition with other companies according to market conditions, in compliance with the other principles and guidelines of Law no. 9,478, of August 6, 1997 and Law no. 10,438, of April 26, 2002.

§ 2- Petrobras, either directly or through its whole-owned subsidiaries and controlled companies, whether or not associated to a third party, may exercise any of the activities under its business purpose in the Country or outside the national territory.

§3 - Petrobras may have its activities, provided in compliance with its corporate purpose, guided by the Federal Government to contribute to the public interest that justified its creation, aiming at meeting the objective of the national energy policy as set forth in article 1, section V, of Law Nº 9,478 of August 6, 1997.

 

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§4 - In exercising the attribution referred to in paragraph 3 above, the Federal Government may only guide the Company to assume obligations or responsibilities, including the implementation of investment projects and the assumption of specific operating costs/results, such as those relating to the sale of fuels, as well as any other related activities, under conditions different from those of any other private sector company operating in the same market, when:

I – stipulated by a law or regulation, as well as provided for under a contract, covenant, or adjustment agreed upon with a public entity that is competent to establish such obligation, abiding by the broad publicity of such instruments; and

II – the cost and revenues thereof have been broken down and disseminated in a transparent manner, including in the accounting plan.

§5 - In the event of paragraphs 3 and 4 above, the Financial Committee and the Minority Committee, exercising their advisory role to the Board of Directors, shall evaluate and measure, based on such technical-economic evaluation criteria for investment projects and for specific operating costs/results practiced by the Company’s management, if such obligations and liabilities to be assumed are different from those of any other private sector company operating in the same market.

§6 - When directed by the Federal Government to contribute to the public interest, the Company shall only assume such obligations or responsibilities:

I – that abide by such market conditions stipulated in §5 above; or

II – that comply with the provisions of sections I and II of paragraph 4 above, abiding by such criteria set forth in §5 above, and in this case, the Federal Government shall previously compensate the Company for the difference between such market conditions defined in §5 above and the operating result or economic return of the assumed obligation.

§7 - The exercise of such attribution referred to in paragraph 3 above shall be the subject of the annual chart subscribed by the members of the Board of Directors, as referred to in article 13, section I, of Decree nº 8.945, of December 27, 2016.

Chapter II – Capital, Shares and Shareholders

Art. 4 - Share Capital is R$ 205,431,960,490.52 (two hundred five billion, four hundred thirty-one million, nine hundred sixty thousand, four hundred ninety reais and fifty-two cents), divided into 13,044,496,930 (thirteen billion, forty-four million, four hundred ninety-six thousand, nine hundred thirty) shares without nominal value, 7,442,454,142 (seven billion, four hundred forty-two million, four hundred fifty-four thousand, one hundred forty-two) of which are common shares and 5,602,042,788 (five billion, six hundred two million, forty-two thousand, seven hundred eighty-eight) of which are preferred shares.

§1- Capital increases through the issuance of shares shall be submitted in advance to the decision of the General Meeting.

§2- The Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may acquire its own shares to be held as treasury stock, for cancellation or subsequent sale, up to the amount of the balance of profit and reserves available, except for the legal balance, without reduction of capital stock, pursuant to the legislation in force.

 

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§3- Capital stock may be increased with the issuance of preferred shares, without maintaining the ratio to common shares, in compliance with the legal limit of two-thirds of the capital stock and the preemptive right of all shareholders.

§4- The controlling shareholder shall implement such measures designed to keep outstanding a minimum of 25% (twenty five percent) of the shares issued by the Company.

Art. 5 - Company shares shall be common shares, with the right to vote, and preferred shares, the latter always without the right to vote.

§1 - Preferred shares shall be non-convertible into common shares and vice versa.

§2 - Preferred shares shall have priority in the event of repayment of capital and the receipt of dividends, of at least 5% (five per cent) as calculated on the part of the capital represented by this kind of shares, or 3% (three percent) of the net equity value of the share, whichever the greater, participating on equal terms with common shares in capital increases arising from the capitalization of reserves and profits.

§3 - Preferred shares shall non-cumulatively participate in equal conditions with common shares in the distribution of dividends, when in excess to the minimum percentage they are afforded under the preceding paragraph.

§4 - Preferred shares shall be entitled to be included in a public offering for the sale of equity shares as a result of the sale of Company control at the same price and under the same conditions offered to the selling controlling shareholder.

Art. 6 - The payment of shares shall conform to the standards established by the General Assembly. In the event of late payment of the shareholder, and irrespective of challenges, the Company may promote the execution or determine the sale of shares, on account and risk of said shareholder.

Art. 7 - All Company shares shall be book-entry shares, and shall be maintained in the name of their holders, in a deposit account at a financial institution authorized by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil - CVM, without issue of certificate.

Art. 8 - Shareholders shall be entitled at each financial year to dividends and/or interest on own capital, which may not be lower than 25% (twenty-five per cent) of adjusted net income, pursuant to the Brazilian Corporate Act, prorated by the shares to which the capital of the Company is to be divided.

Art. 9 - Unless the General Meeting decides otherwise, the Company shall make the payment of dividends and interest on own capital due to the shareholders within 60 (sixty) days from the date on which they are declared, and in any event within the corresponding accounting period, observing the relevant legal standards.

Sole paragraph. The Company may, by resolution of its Board of Directors, advance values to its shareholders as dividends or interest on own capital, whereas such advances shall be adjusted at the SELIC rate from the date of actual payment to the end of the respective fiscal period, pursuant to art. 204 of the Corporate Law.

Art. 10- Dividends not claimed by shareholders within 3 (three) years from the date on which they have been made available to shareholders shall expire in favor of the Company.

Art. 11- The values of dividends and interest as payment on own capital due to the National Treasury and other shareholders shall be subject to financial charges equivalent to the SELIC rate from the end of the fiscal period until the actual day of payment,

 

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notwithstanding the applicability of default interest when such payment does not occur on the date fixed by the General Assembly.

Art. 12- In addition to the Federal Government, as controlling shareholder of the Company, shareholders may be individuals or legal entities, both Brazilian or foreign, whether or not resident in the country.

Art. 13- Shareholders may be represented at General Meetings in the manner provided for in art. 126 of the Corporate Law, showing, in the act, or depositing, in advance, the receipt issued by the depositary financial institution, along with the document of identification or power of attorney with special powers.

§1- The representation of the Federal Government at General Meetings of the Company shall occur in accordance with the specific federal legislation.

§2- At the General Shareholders Meeting which decides on the election of Board of Directors members, the right to vote of preferred shareholders is subject to the satisfaction of the condition defined in § 6 of the art. 141 of the Corporate Law, of proven uninterrupted ownership of equity during the period of 3 (three) months, at least, immediately prior to the staging of the Meeting.

Chapter III – Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, Controlled Companies, and Affiliates

Art. 14- For the strict fulfillment of activities linked to its purpose, Petrobras may, pursuant to the authorization conferred by Law no. 9,478, of August 6, 1997, constitute, and, pursuant to the legislation in force, extinguish wholly-owned subsidiaries, companies whose business purpose is to participate in other companies, pursuant to art. 8, § 2 of Decree no. 8,945, of December 27, 2016, as well as join other companies, either as majority or minority shareholder.

Art. 15- In observance of the provisions of Law no. 9,478, of August 6, 1997, Petrobras and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, controlled companies, and affiliates may acquire shares or quotas in other companies, participate in special-purpose companies, as well as join Brazilian and foreign companies, and form with them consortia, whether or not as the leading company, aiming to expand activities, gather technologies and expand investments applied to activities linked to its purpose.

Art. 16- The rules of governance of Petrobras, as well as common corporate rules set by Petrobras, by means of guidance of technical, administrative, accounting, financial and legal nature, fully apply to all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and controlled societies, and to the extent possible, affiliated companies, pursuant to the deliberations of the management bodies of each company and the strategic plan approved by the Board of Directors of Petrobras.

Sole paragraph. Any appointments to an officer position or Board of Auditors member that are incumbent on the Company in its subsidiaries, controlled and affiliated companies, even if such appointment results of a nomination by the Federal Government under the current legislation, shall fully comply with such requirements and prohibitions imposed by the Corporation Law, as well as those provided for in arts.21, §§1, 2 and 3 and 43 and paragraphs thereof of these Bylaws, Law 13.303 of June 30, 2016, and Decree Nº 8.945 of December 27, 2016.

 

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Chapter IV - Company Administration

Section I - Board Members and Executive Officers

Art. 17 – Petrobras shall be run by a Board of Directors, with deliberative functions, and an Executive Office .

Art.18 – The Board of Directors shall be composed of at least 7 (seven) and at most 11 (eleven) members, whereas the General Shareholders Meeting shall appoint among them the Chair of the Board, all of whom with a unified term of office that may not be greater than 2 (two) years, whereas reelection is permitted.

§1– Once the unified management term of its members is respected, the composition of the Board of Directors shall be alternated in order to allow constant renewal of the body, without compromising history and experience regarding the Company’s business, subject to the following rules:

I – The Company’s president, as well as members elected by the minority shareholders, the preferred shareholders and the employees shall not participate in the rotation;

II 20% (twenty percent) of the remaining board members shall be renewed every 4 (four) years. If this results in a fractional number of members, it will be rounded to the next higher integer.

§2 – In the case of vacancy in the post of CEO of the Board, the substitute shall be elected at the first ordinary meeting of the Board of Directors until the next General Assembly.

§3 – The member of the Board of Directors appointed in the manner of the caption of this article may be re-elected at most 3 (three) consecutive times.

§4 – In the case of a member of the Board of Directors elected by the employees, the limit for reelection shall comply with current laws and regulations.

§5 – The Board of Directors shall be comprised of at least forty percent (40%) of independent members, this percentage being applied to the total number of Directors, and the independence criteria shall comply with the terms of art. 22, paragraph 1, of Law 13,303 of June 30, 2016 of art. 36, paragraph 1 of Decree No. 8,945, of December 27, 2016, the Rules of Procedure of the Highlight Program on State Governance of B3 and the Level 2 Regulation, respecting the more stringent criterion in case of divergence between the rules.

§6 – The members of the Board of Directors to be nominated by the Federal government to meet the minimum number of independents set forth in §5 of this article will be selected in a triple list drawn up by a specialized company with proven experience, not being allowed to interfere in the indication of this list, which will be the sole responsibility of the specialized company.

§7 – Such functions as Chairman of the Board of Directors and chief executive shall not be held by the same individual.

§8– The qualification as Independent Board Member shall be expressly declared in the minutes of the general meeting that elects them.

§9– When, as a result of compliance with the percentage referred to in paragraph 5 of this article, a fractional number of directors results, rounding up to the next higher number, when the fraction is equal to or greater than 0.5.

 

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§10– The reelection of the Board of Directors member who does not participate in any annual training provided by the Company in the last 2 (two) years is prohibited.

§11– Once the upper period of reelection is reached, the return of the Board of Directors member to the Company may only occur after the expiry of a period equivalent to 1 (one) term of office.

Art. 19- In the process of electing members of the Board of Directors by the General Shareholders Meeting, the following rules shall be followed:

I- Minority shareholders are entitled to elect 1 (one) Board member, if a greater number does not correspond to them through the multiple vote process;

II- Preferred shares who collectively represent at least 10% (ten percent) of the capital stock, excluding the controlling shareholder, are entitled to elect and dismiss 1 (one) member of the Board of Directors, in a separate voting from the General Meeting.

III- Whenever, cumulatively, the election of the Board of Directors occurs by multiple voting system, and common or preferred shareholders exercise the right to elect Board members, the Federal Government shall be ensured the right to elect Board members in equal number to those elected by the remaining shareholders and by employees, plus 1 (one), irrespective of the number of Board members set out in art. 18 of this Statute;

IV- Employees shall be entitled to nominate one (1) member of the Board of Directors in a separate vote, by direct vote of their peers, according to paragraph 1 of art. 2 of Law Nº 12.353 of December

V- Subject to the provisions of applicable law, the Ministry of Planning, Development and Management is guaranteed the right to nominate one member of the Board of Directors.

Art. 20- The Executive Office shall be composed of 1 (one) President, chosen by the Board of Directors from among its members, and seven (7) Executive Officers, elected by the Board of Directors, among Brazilians resident in the country, with unified term of office which may be no greater than 2 (two) years, whereas at most 3 (three) consecutive reelections allowed, and may be removed at any time.

§1 - The Board of Directors shall observe, in the selection and election of Executive Office members, their professional capacity, notorious knowledge and expertise in their respective areas of contact in which such officers shall act, in compliance to the Basic Plan of Organization.

§2 - Executive Office members shall exercise their posts in a regime of full time and exclusive dedication to the service of Petrobras, nevertheless, it is permitted, after justification and approval by the Board of Directors, the concomitant exercise of officer posts at wholly-owned subsidiaries, controlled companies or affiliates of the Company and, exceptionally, at the Board of Directors of other companies.

§3 - Executive Office members, in addition to the requirements of Board of Directors members, pursuant to art. 21 below, shall meet the requirement of 10 (ten) years of experience in leadership, preferably, in the business or in a related area, as specified in the Nomination Policy of the Company.

§4 - The reelection of the Executive Office member who does not participate in any annual training provided by the Company in the last 2 (two) years is prohibited.

 

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§5 - Once the upper period of reelection is reached, the return of the Executive Officer to the Petrobras may only occur after the expiry of a period equivalent to 1 (one) term of office.

Art. 21- The investiture in any administration position in the Company shall abide by such conditions set forth by article 147 and complemented by those provided for in article 162 of the Corporate Law, as well as those set forth in the Nomination Policy, Law 13.303 of June 30, 2016 and Decree Nº 8.945 of December 27, 2016.

§1- For purposes of compliance with legal requirements and prohibitions, the Company shall furthermore consider the following conditions for the characterization of irreproachable reputation of the nominee to the post of administration, which shall be detailed in the Nomination Policy:

I- not be the defendant in legal or administrative proceedings with an unfavorable ruling to the nominee by appellate courts, observing the activity to be performed;

II- not have commercial or financial pending issues which have been the object of protest or inclusion in official registers of defaulters, whereas clarification to the Company on such facts is possible;

III demonstrate the diligence adopted in the resolution of notes indicated in reports of internal or external control bodies in processes and/or activities under their management, when applicable;

IV - not have serious fault related to breach of the Code of Ethics, Code of Conduct, Manual of the Petrobras Program for Corruption Prevention or other internal rules, when applicable;

V- not have been included in the system of disciplinary consequence in the context of any subsidiary, controlled or affiliated company of Petrobras, nor have been subject to labor or administrative penalty in another legal entity of public or private law in the last 3 (three) years as a result of internal investigation, when applicable.

§2- The nominee to the office post shall not have any form of conflict of interest with the Company.

§3- The nominee shall not accumulate more than 2 (two) paid positions on boards of directors or audit committees in the Company or any subsidiary, controlled or affiliated company of Petrobras.

§4- The legal and integrity requirements shall be analyzed by the Committee on Nomination, Remuneration and Succession, within 8 (eight) business days from the delivery of information by the candidate or the party who nominates such candidate, whereas such a term may be extended by a further 8 (eight) days at the request of the Committee. In the event of an objectively proven reason, the period of analysis may be suspended by a formal act of the Committee.

§5- The investiture in officer posts of persons with ascendants, descendants or collateral relatives in positions on the Board of Directors, the Executive Office or the Audit Committee of the Company shall be prohibited.

§6- The investiture of employees’ representatives on the Board of Directors shall be subject to such requirements and impediments set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law, Law Nº 13.303, dated June 30, 2016, in Decree Nº 8.945, dated December 27, 2016, in the Nomination Policy and in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this article.

 

 

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§7- The Committee on Nomination, Remuneration and Succession may request from the nominee to the post to attend an interview for clarification on the requirements of this article, whereas the acceptance of the invitation shall obey the will of the nominee.

Art. 22- The members of the Board of Directors and Executive Office shall be invested in their positions upon signing the statements of inauguration in the book of minutes of the Board of Directors and the Executive Office, respectively.

§1 - The term of investiture shall include, under penalty of nullity: (i) the indication of at least 1 (one) domicile in which the administrator will receive summons and subpoenas in administrative and judicial proceedings related to such acts during his/her term in office, which shall be considered fulfilled by delivery at such indicated address, which can only be changed by means of written communication to the Company; (ii) adherence to the Instrument of Agreement of the Administrators pursuant to the provisions of Level 2’s Regulation, as well as compliance with applicable legal requirements, and (iii) consent to the terms of the arbitration clause dealt with in article 58 of these Bylaws and other terms established by law and by the Company.

§2- the inauguration of a board member resident or domiciled abroad shall be subject to the engagement of a representative resident in the country, with powers to receive summons in lawsuits against said member that are filed based on corporate law, upon a power of attorney with a period of validity to extend for at least 3 (three) years after the expiration of the term of office of said member.

§3- Prior to inauguration, and upon departure of office, the members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Office shall submit a statement of assets, which will be filed with the Company.

Art. 23- The members of the Board of Directors and of the Executive Office shall be accountable, pursuant to article 158, of the Corporate Law severally and jointly, for such acts they perform and for such losses resulting therefrom for the Company, and they shall not be allowed to participate in such decisions on operations involving companies in which they hold interest of more than 10% (ten percent ), or have held administration positions in a period immediately prior to the investiture in the Company.

§1- The Company shall ensure the defense in legal and administrative proceedings to its administrators, both present and past, in addition to maintain permanent insurance contract in favor of such administrators, to protect them of liabilities for acts arising from the exercise of the office or function, covering the entire period of exercise of their respective terms of office.

§2- The guarantee referred to in the previous paragraph extends to the members of the Audit Committee, as well as to all employees and agents who legally act by delegation of administrators of the Company.

Art. 24- The member who fails to participate in 3 (three) consecutive ordinary meetings, without good reason or leave granted by the Board of Directors, shall lose office.

Art. 25- In case of vacancy of the position of Board Member, the substitute shall be appointed by the remaining Members and shall serve until the first General Meeting, as provided for in article 150 of the Corporate Law.

 

 

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§1- The member of the Board of Directors or Executive Office who is elected in replacement, shall complete the term of office of the replaced member and, at the end of the term of office, shall remain in office until the investiture of the successor.

§2- If the board member who represents the employees does not complete the term of office, the following shall be observed:

I- the second most voted candidate shall take office, if more than half the term of office has not elapsed;

II- new elections shall be called, if more than half the term of office has elapsed.

§3- In the event referred to in § 2 above, the substitute member shall complete the term of office of the replaced member.

Art. 26- The Company shall be represented both in and out of courts, individually, by its CEO or by at least 2 (two) Executive Officers together, whereas it may appoint attorneys or representatives.

Art. 27- The CEO and Executive Directors may not be absent from office, annually, for more than 30 (thirty) days, whether or not consecutive, without leave of absence or authorization of the Board of Directors.

§1- The CEO and Executive Directors shall be entitled, annually, to 30 (thirty) days of paid license upon prior authorization of the Board of Executive Directors, whereas the payment in double of the remuneration for the license not enjoyed in the previous year shall be prohibited.

§2- The CEO shall appoint, from among the Executive Officers, his possible substitute.

§3- In case of vacancy of the position of CEO, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall appoint the substitute from among the other members of the Executive Office until the election of the new CEO in compliance with art 20 of these Bylaws.

§4- In case of absence or impediment of an Executive Officer, such an officer’s duties shall be assumed by a substitute chosen by the said officer, among the other members of the Executive Office or one of their direct subordinates, the latter for up to a maximum period of 30 (thirty) days.

§5- In case the indication is made to a subordinate, subject to approval of the CEO, said substitute shall participate in all the routine activities of an Executive Officer, including the presence at meetings of Officers, to inform matter in the the contact area of the respective Executive Officer, without, however, exercising the right to vote.

Art. 28- After the end of the term in office, the former members of the Executive Office, the Board of Directors and the Board of Auditors shall be impeded over a period of 6 (six) months counted from the end of their term in office, if a longer term is not set up in the regulations, from:

I- accepting administrator or audit committee posts, exercising activities, or providing any service to competitors of the Company;

II- accepting a position as administrator or board of auditors’ member, or establishing any professional relationship with any individual or legal entity with whom they have had a direct and relevant official relationship over the 6 (six) months prior to the end of their term in office, if a longer term is not set up in the regulations; and

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direct and relevant official relationship over the 6 (six) months prior to the end of their term in office, if a longer term is not set up in the regulatory standards.

§1- The period referred to in the caption of this article includes any periods of paid annual leave not enjoyed.

§2- During the period of the impediment, the former members of the Executive Office, the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee shall be entitled to remuneration allowance equivalent only to the monthly fee of the post they occupied.

§3- The former members of the Executive Office, the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee who choose to return before the end of the impediment period, to the performance of the actual of higher post or position, which, prior to their appointment, was occupied in public or private administration, shall not be entitled to remuneration allowance.

§4- Failure to comply with such 6 (six) months impediment shall imply, in addition to the loss of compensatory remuneration, the refund of any amount already received in this title plus the payment of a 20% (twenty percent) fine on the total compensatory remuneration that would be due in the period, without detriment to the reimbursement of losses and damages that may be caused.

§5- The former member of the Executive Office, of the Board of Directors and the Board of Auditors shall cease to be paid such compensatory remuneration, without detriment to other applicable sanctions and restitution of amounts already received, who:

I- incurs any of the assumptions that make up a conflict of interest as referred to in article 5 of Law Nº 12,813 of Thursday, May 16, 2013;

II- is judicially convicted, final and unappealable sentence, of crimes against the public administration;

III- is judicially convicted, final and unappealable sentence, of administrative impropriety; or

IV- undergoes retirement annulment, dismissal or conversion of exemption in dismissal of the position of trust.

§6- The beginning of the payment of such compensatory remuneration shall be preceded by a formal consultation with the Ethics Committee of the Presidency of the Republic, pursuant to article 8 of Law Nº 12,813, of May 16, 2013.

Section II – Board of Directors

Art. 29 - The Board of Directors is the higher body of guidance and management of Petrobras, and is responsible for:

I- setting the general guidance of the business of the Company, defining its mission, strategic objectives and guidelines;

II- approving, on the proposal of the Executive Office, the strategic plan, the respective multi-annual plans, as well as annual plans and programs of expenditure and investments, promoting annual analysis regarding the fulfillment of goals and results in the execution of said plans, whereas it shall publish its conclusions and report them to the National Congress and the Federal Court of Accounts;

 

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III- inspecting the administration by the Executive Office and its members, and set their duties, by examining, at any time, the books and records of the Company;

IV- evaluating, annually, the individual and collective performance results of officers and members of Board Committees, with the methodological and procedural support of the Committee on Nominations, Remuneration and Succession, in compliance with the following minimum requirements: a) exposure of the acts of management practiced regarding the lawfulness and effectiveness of managerial and administrative action; b) contribution to the result of the period; and c) achievement of the objectives set out in the business plan and satisfaction to the long-term strategy referred to in art. 37, § 1 of Decree no. 8,945, of December 27, 2016;

V- approving, annually, the value above which the acts, contracts or operations, although of competence of the Executive Office or its members, shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors;

VI- deliberating on the issue of simple, unsecured debentures non-convertible into shares;

VII- setting the overall policies of the Company, including strategic commercial, financial, risk, investment, environment, information disclosure, dividend distribution, transactions with related parties, spokespersons, human resources, and minority shareholders management policies, in compliance with the provisions set forth in art. 9, § 1 of Decree no. 8,945, of December 27, 2016;

VIII- approving the transfer of ownership of Company assets, including concession contracts and permits for oil refining, natural gas processing, transport, import and export of crude oil, its derivates and natural gas, whereas it may set limits in terms of value for the practice of these acts by the Executive Office or its members;

IX- approving the Electoral Rules for selecting the member of the Board of Directors elected by employees;

X- approving the plans governing the admission, career, succession, benefits and disciplinary regime of Petrobras employees;

XI- approving the Nomination Policy that contains the minimum requirements for the nomination of members of the Board of Directors and its Committees, the Audit Committee and the Executive Office, to be widely available to shareholders and the market, within the limits of applicable legislation;

XII- approving and disclosing the Annual Chart and Corporate Governance Chart, as provided for in Law 13.303, of June 30, 2016;

XIII- implementing, either directly or through other bodies of the Company, and overseeing the risk management and internal control systems established for the prevention and mitigation of major risks, including risks related to the integrity of financial and accounting information and those related to the occurrence of corruption and fraud;

XIV- formally making statements in such public offering for the sale of equity shares issued by the Company;

XV- setting a triple list of companies specializing in economic evaluation of companies for the preparation of the appraisal report of Company’s shares, in the cases of public offering for cancellation of registration as a publicly-held company or for quitting from Corporate Governance Level 2.

 

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§1- The fixing of human resources policy referred to in item VII may not count with the participation of the Board Member representing employees, if the discussions and deliberations on the agenda involve matters of trade union relations, remuneration, benefits and advantages, including matters of supplementary pensions and healthcare, cases in which conflict of interest is configured.

§2 - Whenever the Nomination Policy intends to impose additional requirements to those included in the applicable legislation to Board of Directors and Audit Committee members, such requirements shall be forwarded for decision of shareholders in a General Meeting.

§3- Such formal statement, either favorable or contrary, dealt with in section XIV shall be made by means of a prior informed opinion, disclosed within 15 (fifteen) days of the publication of such public offer announcement, addressing at least: (i) the convenience and the opportunity of such public offering of shares regarding the interest of all shareholders and in relation to the liquidity of such securities held by them; (ii) the repercussions of such public offer of sale of equity shares on Petrobras interests; (iii) such strategic plans disclosed by the offeror in relation to Petrobras; (iv) such other points that the Board of Directors deems pertinent, as well as any information required by such applicable rules issued by CVM.

Art. 30- The Board of Directors shall further decide on the following matters:

I- Basic Plan of Organization and its amendments, respecting the burden of each member of the Executive Office, as established in article 36 of these Bylaws;

II- nomination and dismissal of the holders of the general structure of the Company, as proposed by the Executive Office, as defined on Basic Plan of Organization, based on the criteria set forth by the Board of Directors itself;

III- authorization for the acquisition of shares issued by the Company to be held in treasury or for cancellation, as well as subsequent disposal of these actions, except in cases of competence of the General Meeting, pursuant to legal, regulatory and statutory provisions;

IV- exchange of securities it has issued;

V- election and dismissal of the members of the Executive Board;

VI- constitution of wholly-owned subsidiaries or affiliated companies, the transfer or termination of such participation, as well as the acquisition of shares or quotas other companies;

VII- convocation of the General Shareholders Meeting, in the cases provided for by law, by publishing the notice of convocation at least 15 (fifteen) days in advance;

VIII- Code of Ethics, Code of Best Practices and Internal Rules of the Board of Directors and Code of Conduct of the Petrobras System;

IX- Corporate Governance Policy and Guidelines of Petrobras;

X- selection and dismissal of independent auditors, which may not provide consulting services to the Company during the term of the contract;

XI- administration and accounts report of the Executive Board;

XII- selection of Board Committee members from among its members and/or from among persons in the market of notorious experience and technical capacity in relation to the expertise of the respective Committee, and approval of the duties and rules of operation of the Committees;

 

 

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XIII- matters that, by virtue of a legal provision or by determination of the General Meeting, depend on its deliberation;

XIV- integrity and compliance criteria, as well as the other pertinent criteria and requirements applicable to the election of the members of holders of the general structure appointment of the Executive Managers, who shall meet, as a minimum, those set forth in art. 21, paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of these Articles of Incorporation;

XV- omissive cases of these Bylaws.

§1 - The Board of Directors shall have 6 (six) advisory committees with specific powers of analysis and recommendation on certain matters, linked directly to the Board: Strategic Committee; Finance Committee; Audit Committee; Health Committee, Safety and Environment Committee; Nominating, Compensation and Succession Committee; and Minority Shareholders Committee.

I- The opinions of the Committees are not a necessary condition for submitting matters to the examination and deliberation of the Board of Directors, except for the hypothesis provided for in paragraph 4 of this article, when the opinion of the Minority Committee shall be mandatory;

II- Committee members may participate as guests of all meetings of the Board of Directors;

III- The composition and rules of operation of the Committees shall be disciplined in regiments to be approved by the Board of Directors, and the CEO, Executive Directors and employees are forbidden from participating, whether as a member or as a permanent guest of these committees, except, in the latter case, the holders of the organizational units directly linked to the Board of Directors.

§2 - The Nomination, Compensation and Succession Committee shall have the attributions provided for in articles 21 to 23 of Decree Nº 8.945, of December 27, 2016, as well as to analyze the integrity requirements set forth in art. 21 of these Bylaws for the investiture in the position of management and fiscal councilor of the Company.

§3 - Whenever there is a need to evaluate operations with the Government, its municipalities and foundations and federal state enterprises, provided it is outside the normal course of business of the Company, and that it is within the purview of the Board of Directors’ approval, the Minority Committee shall render prior advice, issuing its opinion on the intended transaction.

§ 4- To allow the representation of the preferred shareholders, the Minority Committee will also carry out the previous advisory to the shareholders, issuing its opinion on the following transactions, in a meeting that must necessarily count on the participation of the board member elected by the preferred shareholders. that the opinion of the Committee shall be included in full, including the full content of the divergent statements, of the Assembly Manual that is convened to deliberate on:

I- transformation, incorporation, merger or spin-off of the Company;

II- approval of contracts between the Company and the controlling shareholder, directly or through third parties, as well as other companies in which the controlling shareholder has an interest, whenever, by legal or statutory provision, they are deliberated at a General Meeting;

III- valuation of assets intended to the payment of capital increase of the Company;

 

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IV- choice of specialized institution or company to determine the Company’s economic value, pursuant to Article 40, XI of these Bylaws; and

V- alteration or revocation of statutory provisions that modify or alter any of the requirements set forth in item 4.1 of the Level 2 Regulation, while the Contract of Participation is in force in Level 2 of Corporate Governance.

§5- If the final decision of the Board of Directors differs from the Minority Committee’s opinion indicated in the previous paragraph, the Board’s manifestation, including all the dissenting statements, should also be included in the Assembly Manual that is called to deliberate on the operations, to better instruct the shareholders’ vote.

§6 - The aforementioned Minority Committee will be formed by 2 (two) members of the Board of Directors pointed out by minority common shareholders and preferred shareholders, as well as 1 (one) third independent member, according to Regulation Article 18, §5 of these Bylaws, chosen by the other members of the Committee, which shall or not be a member of the Board of Directors.

Art. 31 - The Board of Directors may determine the performance of inspections, audits or statements of accounts in the Company, as well as the hiring of experts or external auditors, to better instruct the matters subject to its deliberation.

Art. 32 - The Board of Directors shall meet with the presence of the majority of its members, convened by its Chairman or a majority of the Members, ordinarily, at least every 30 days, and extraordinarily whenever necessary.

§1- It is hereby provided, if necessary, the participation of Members at the meeting by telephone, videoconferencing, or other means of communication that can ensure effective participation and the authenticity of their vote. In such a case, the Board Member shall be considered present at the meeting, and their vote shall be considered valid for all legal effects and incorporated in the minutes of said meeting.

§2- The materials submitted to evaluation by the Board of Directors shall be appraised with the decision of the Executive Office, the manifestations of the technical area or competent Committee, and furthermore the legal opinion, when necessary for the examination of the matter.

§3- The Chairman of the Board may, on their own initiative or at the request of any Board Member, summon members of the Executive Office of the Company to attend meetings and provide clarifications or information on matters under consideration.

§4- The deliberations of the Board of Directors shall be taken by majority vote of the attending members and shall be recorded in the specific book of Minutes.

§5- The operations provided for in §§ 3 and 4 of art. 30 of these Bylaws, shall be approved by the vote of 2/3 (two thirds) of the Directors present

§6 - In the event of a tie, the Chairman of the Board shall have the casting vote.

Section III - Executive Office

Art. 33- The Executive Office and its members shall be responsible for exercising the management of the Company business, pursuant to the mission, objectives, strategies and guidelines set forth by the Board of Directors.

 

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§1- The Executive Director of Governance and Compliance is assured, in the exercise of its duties, the possibility of reporting directly to the Board of Directors in the hypotheses of art. 9, paragraph 4 of Law 13303, of June 30, 2016.

§2- The Board of Directors may delegate powers to the Executive Office, except for those expressly provided for in corporate law and in compliance to the levels of authority established in such delegations.

Art. 34- The Executive Office shall be responsible for:

I- Evaluating, approving and submitting to the approval of the Board of Directors:

a) the bases and guidelines for the preparation of the strategic plan, as well as the annual and multi-annual plans;

b) the strategic plan, the corresponding multi-annual plans, as well as annual plans and programs of expenditure and investments of the Company with the respective projects;

c) the budgets of expenditures and investments of the Company;

d) the result of the performance of the Company’s activities.

e) the indication of the holders of the general structure of the Company, based on the criteria established by the Board of Directors.

f) the plans governing the admission, career, succession, benefits and disciplinary regime of Petrobras employees.

II- approving:

a) the technical and economical evaluation criteria for investment projects, with the corresponding plans for delegation of responsibility for their execution and implementation;

b) the criteria for the economic exploitation of production areas and minimum coefficient of oil and gas reserves, pursuant to the specific legislation;

c) the pricing policy and basic price structures of the Company’s products;

d) the charts of accounts, basic criteria for determination of results, amortization and depreciation of capital invested, and changes in accounting practices;

e) the corporate manuals and standards of governance, accounting, finance, personnel management, procurement and execution of works and services, supply and sale of materials and equipment, operation and other corporate rules necessary for the guidance of the operation of the Company;

f) the rules for the assignment of use, rental or lease of fixed assets owned by the Company;

g) the basic and supplemental structure of the Company, considering the definitions of the Basic Plan of Organization, with their respective responsibilities, as well as create, transform or extinguish Operation Units, agencies, subsidiaries, branches and offices in the country and abroad;

h) the creation and extinction of non-statutory Committees, linked to the Executive Office or its members, approving the corresponding rules of operation, duties and levels of authority for action;

i) the value above which the acts, contracts or operations, although of competence of the CEO or the Executive Officers, shall be submitted for approval of the Executive Office, in compliance with the level of authority defined by the Board of Directors;

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l) conventions or collective labor agreements, as well as the proposition of collective labor agreements;

m) the provision of real or fiduciary guarantees, observing the pertinent legal and contractual provisions.

III- ensuring the implementation of the Strategic Plan and the multi-annual plans and annual programs of expenditure and investments of the Company with the respective projects, in compliance with the budget limits approved;

IV- deliberating on trademarks and patents, names and insignia.

Art. 35 - The Executive Board shall meet ordinarily once a week with most of its members, including the Chairman or his/her substitute, and, extraordinarily by convening the Chairman or 2/3 (two-thirds) of the Executive Directors..

§1- The Executive Office shall be advised by the Statutory Technical Committee on Investment and Disinvestment.

§2 - The members of the Executive Board will have 7 (seven) Statutory Advisory Technical Committees composed of the general structure of the Company, with specific attributions of analysis and recommendation on certain matters, in compliance with the provisions of article 160 Corporate Law Statutory Technical Committee for Production and Technology Development; Upstream Statutory Technical Committee; Statutory Technical Committee for Refining and Natural Gas; Technical Statutory Financial and Investor Relations Committee; Statutory Technical Committee on Corporate Affairs; Statutory Technical Committee on Governance and Compliance; and Statutory Technical Committee of Strategy, Organization and Management System.

§3- The advice of the Statutory Technical Committees is not binding on the Executive Office or its members, as the case may be, however, they shall be a necessary condition for the examination and deliberation of the matter within the scope of their respective powers.

§4- The composition, rules of operation and duties of the Statutory Technical Committees shall be disciplined in Internal Rules to be approved by the Board of Directors.

Art. 36 - It is incumbent, individually:

§ 1- To the CEO:

I- convene, preside over and coordinate the work of Executive Office meetings;

II- propose to the Board of Directors, the nomination of Executive Officers;

III- provide information to the Board of Directors, the Minister of State to which the company is subordinate, and the control organs of the Federal Government, as well as the Federal Court of Accounts and the National Congress;

IV- ensure the mobilization of resources to cope with situations of severe risk to health, safety and the environment;

V- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§2 - To the Executive Officer for Production Development & Technology:

I- ensure the development of production system projects on E&P, Refining, Natural Gas and Energy;

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III- manage and develop projects for the construction, maintenance and abandonment of wells, installation of subsea systems, offshore production surface, industrial plants and onshore pipelines, among others;

IV- develop and provide technological solutions that facilitate the strategic plan of the Company;

V- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§3 - To the Executive Officer for Exploration & Production:

I- coordinate asset optimization projects in Onshore, Shallow Water, Deep Water, Ultra-Deep Water Fields;

II- manage exploration assets, as well as implement the unfolding of corporate strategy, operational planning and evaluation of the performance of operational nature;

III- approve and manage partnerships and participations in exploration blocks;

IV- ensure the interests of the Company before the regulatory bodies related to their area of operation;

V- manage the logistics services to support the operations and investments of the Company related to their area of operation;

VI - define the strategy and guidelines for decommission, maintenance of wells and subsea systems;

VII- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§4 -To the Executive Officer for Refining and Natural Gas:

I- manage industrial, logistics and trading operations of products derived from oil, natural gas, electricity, and nitrogenous fertilizers;

II- coordinate the implementation of the unfolding of the corporate strategy, definitions of portfolio, operational planning and evaluation of the performance of operational nature;

III- approve and manage partnerships related to their area of operation;

IV- ensure the interests of the Company before the regulatory bodies related to their area of operation;

V- manage the offer of products derived from oil, natural gas, electricity, and nitrogenous fertilizers;

VI- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§5- To the Executive Officer for Finance and Investor Relations:

I- provide the financial resources necessary to the operation of the Company, conducting the the procurement processes of loans and financing, as well as related services;

II- move the monetary resources of the company, always in conjunction with another Executive Officer;

III- be responsible for providing information to the investing public, to the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil - CVM and the stock exchanges or over-the-counter markets, both national and international, as well as to the corresponding regulation and oversight entities, and keep the records of the Company in these institutions up to date;

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V- promote the financial management of the Company and monitor the financial management of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, controlled and affiliated companies, and consortia;

VI- coordinate the processes of acquisition and disposal of corporate stake held by the Company, pursuant to the provisions in the laws and regulations in force;

VII- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§6 - To the Executive Officer of Corporate Affairs:

I- propose to the Executive Office the plans governing the admission, career, succession, benefits and disciplinary regime of Petrobras employees;

II- approve the allocation of staff to the units of the Company;

III- guide and promote the application of human resources policies and guidelines of the Company;

IV- propose, implement and maintain the telecommunications and informatics systems of the Company;

V- provide the Company with shared resources and services of infrastructure and administrative support;

VI- coordinate the planning and procurement process of goods and services and of acquisition and disposal of materials and property;

VII- guide and promote the application of the Company’s policies, guidelines and standards on Health, Safety and the Environment;

VIII- guide and promote the application of the Company’s policies , guidelines and standards on Social Responsibility;

IX- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§7 -To the Executive Officer for Governance and Compliance:

I- guide and promote the application of the Company’s norms, guidelines and standards on governance and compliance;

II- coordinate the management of compliance and internal controls necessary, including the aspects of fraud and corruption;

III- monitor the developments relating to the reporting channel of the Company, and ensure the reporting of violations identified and their results to the Executive Office and the Board of Directors;

IV- exercise other powers conferred by the Board of Directors.

§8 - To the Executive Officer of Strategy, Organization and Management System:

I- propose the bases and guidelines for the preparation of the strategic plan, as well as the annual programs and multi-annual plans;

II- coordinate the preparation of the strategic plan, as well as the corresponding multi-annual plans and annual programs of expenditure and investments of the Company with the respective projects;

III- submit to the approval of the Executive Office the criteria of technical and economical evaluation for investment projects and the delegation of responsibility for their executions and implementations;

IV- monitor and report to the Executive Office the economical and financial performance of investment projects, according to targets and results approved by the Executive Office and the Board of Directors;

 

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V- coordinate the preparation of the Basic Plan of Organization, containing, among other things, the general structure of the Company and its general powers, as well as the organization model of Petrobras;

VI- ensure the execution of strategies with greater dynamism in the decisions, defining action plans with goals and targets of costs, risks, business performance and investments;

VII- guide and promote the application of risk management policies pursuant to the legislation in force;

VIII- coordinate the integrated vision of business risks, incorporating risk management in strategic decisions, contributing to the preparation of the business risk matrix of all kinds, and report to the Executive Office and the Board of Directors the main effects of risks on the results of Petrobras;

IX- propose the establishment of a management system that:

a) modernizes management, improving the monitoring and control of the company’s performance with the use of internal and external benchmarks and risk analysis to support decision-making;

b) unfolds goals and objectives up to the level of supervision;

c) indicates the respective responsible parties;

d) enables the timely monitoring of compliance with such targets and risks associated thereto, with the respective mitigation plans, in an articulate manner with the executive offices in charge;

e) establishes a consequences system aligned to its completion, according to meritocracy criteria.

§9 - To the CEO and each Executive Officer, among the contact areas described in the Basic Plan of Organization:

I- implement the strategic plan and budget approved by the Board of Directors, using the management system of the Company;

II- hire and dismiss employees and formalize the designations to managerial posts and functions;

III- designate employees for missions abroad;

IV- monitor, control and report to the Executive Office on technical and operational activities of wholly-owned subsidiaries and companies in which Petrobras participates or with which it is associated;

V- designate and instruct the Company’s representatives at General Meetings of wholly-owned subsidiaries, controlled and affiliated companies, pursuant to the guidelines set forth by the Board of Directors, as well as the applicable corporate guidelines;

VI- manage, supervise and evaluate the performance of the activities of the units under their direct responsibility, as defined in the Basic Plan of Organization, as well as practice acts of management correlated to such activities, whereas they may set value limits for the delegation of the practice of these acts, in compliance with the corporate rules adopted by the Executive Office;

VII- approve the rules and procedures for the performance of the activities of the units under their direct responsibility, as defined in the Basic Plan of Organization.

Art. 37- The deliberations of the Executive Office shall be taken by majority vote of the attending members and shall recorded in the specific book of minutes.

 

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Sole paragraph. In the event of a tie, the CEO shall have the casting vote.

Art. 38- The Executive Office shall forward to the Board of Directors copies of the minutes of its meetings and provide the information needed to evaluate the performance of the Company’s activities.

Chapter V - General Meeting

Art. 39- The Ordinary General Meeting shall be held annually within the period established in art. 132 of the Corporate Law, in a place, date and time previously set by the Board of Directors, to deliberate on matters within its competence, especially:

I- rendering of the administrators’ accounts, examine, discuss and vote the financial statements;

II- decide on the allocation of net profit for the year and the distribution of dividends;

III- elect the members of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.

Art. 40- The Extraordinary General Meeting, in addition to the cases provided for by law, shall be convened by a call of the Board of Directors, the latter preceded by advice from the Minority Committee, pursuant to art. 30, §4 and 5 of these Articles of Incorporation, when appropriate, to deliberate on matters of interest to the Company, especially:

I- reform of the Bylaws;

II- modification in social capital;

III - evaluation of assets which the shareholder contributes for capital increase;

IV- issuance of debentures convertible into shares or their sale when in treasury;

V- incorporation of the Company to another company, its dissolution, transformation, demerger, merger;

VI- participation of the Company in a group of companies;

VII- sale of the control of the capital of wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company;

VIII- dismissal of members of the Board of Directors;

IX- sale of debentures convertible into shares held the Company and issuance of its wholly-owned subsidiaries and controlled companies;

X- cancellation of the open Company registration;

XI- selection of a specialized company, based on the presentation by the Board of Directors of a triple list of specialized companies, with proven experience and independence as to the decision-making power of the Company, its administrators and / or controlling shareholder, and requirements and responsibilities of §§ 1 and 6 of art. 8 of the Business Corporate Act, for the preparation of an appraisal report of its shares for the respective economic value, to be used in the event of cancellation of the registration as a publicly-held company or Level 2;

XII- waiver to the right to subscription of shares or debentures convertible into shares of wholly-owned subsidiaries, controlled or affiliated companies;

XIII- approval of the requirements of the Nomination Policy which are additional to those included in the applicable legislation to members of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee.

§1- The deliberation on the matter referred to in item XI of this Article shall be taken by an absolute majority of the votes of common shares in circulation, not computing blank votes.

 

 

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§2 - In the event of a public offer made by the controlling shareholder, said shareholder shall bear the costs of preparation of the appraisal report.

§3- In the hypotheses of art. 30, §4 and 5, the opinion of the Minority Committee and the manifestation of the Board of Directors, when it differs from the opinion of the Minority Committee, shall be included in the management proposal that will instruct the vote of the Ordinary Shareholders at the General Meeting.

§4- The controlling shareholder may express an opinion contrary to the advice of the Minority Committee and may provide reasons for which it considers that such recommendations should not be followed.

Art. 41- The General Meeting shall set, annually, the overall or individual amount of the remuneration of officers, as well as the limits of their profit shares, pursuant to the norms of specific legislation, and that of the members of the Advisory Committees to the Board of Directors.

Art. 42 - The General Meetings shall be chaired by the CEO of the Company or a substitute designated by the latter, whereas, in the absence of both, by 1 (one) shareholder chosen by the majority of votes of those present.

Chapter VI - Audit Committee

Art. 43- The permanent Audit Committee consists of up to five (5) members and their respective alternates, elected by the Ordinary General Meeting, all resident in the Country, subject to the requirements and impediments set forth in the Brazilian Corporation Law, in the Indication Policy, in the Decree Nº 8.945, dated December 27, 2016 and in art. 21, paragraph 1, 2 and 3 of these Articles of Incorporation, shareholders or not, of which one (1) will be elected by the holders of the minority common shares and another by the holders of the preferred shares, in a separate vote.

§1- Among the members of the Audit Committee, one (1) will be appointed by the Minister of Finance, as representative of the National Treasury.

§2- In the event of vacancy, resignation, impediment or unjustified absence to two (2)  consecutive meetings, the member of the Audit Committee shall be replaced, until the end of the term of office, by the respective alternate.

§3- The members of the Audit Committee will be invested in their positions by signing the declaration of acceptance of office in the book of minutes and opinions of the Audit Committee, which will include: (i) the subscription to the Instrument of Consent of the Members of the Fiscal Council pursuant to the provisions of the Level 2 Regulation, as well as compliance with legal requirements applicable, and (ii) consent to the terms of the arbitration clause dealt with in art. 58 of these Bylaws.

§4- The procedure set forth in art. 21, §4, 5 and 7 of these Bylaws to the nominations for members of the Audit Committee.

§5 - The members of the Audit Committee must also declare if they meet the independence criteria set forth in art. 18, § 5 of these Bylaws.

Art. 44- The term of office of Audit Committee members is 1 (one) year, whereas 2 (two) consecutive reelections are permitted.

 

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§1 - The reelection of the Audit Committee member who does not participate in any annual training provided by the Company in the last 2 (two) years is prohibited.

§2- Once the maximum renewal period has expired, the return of the Audit Committee Member to Petrobras can only occur after a period equivalent to one (1) term of performance.

Art. 45- The remuneration of the members of the Audit Committee, in addition to the compulsory reimbursement of travel and stay expenses necessary for the performance of the function, shall be fixed by the General Meeting that elects them, subject to the limit established in Act N. 9.292 of July 12, 1996.

Art. 46 - It competes to the Audit Committee, without prejudice to other powers which are conferred on it by virtue of legal provision or by determination of the General Meeting:

I- inspect, by any of its members, the acts of officers and verify the fulfillment of their legal and statutory duties;

II- opine on the annual report of management, ensuring the inclusion in its opinion of the additional information it deems necessary or useful to the deliberation of the General Meeting;

III- opine on the proposals of officers, to be submitted to the General Management, concerning the modification of the social capital, issuance of debentures or subscription bonus, investment plans or capital budgets, distribution of dividends, transformation, incorporation, merger or division of the Company;

IV- denounce, by any of its members, to the management bodies and, if such bodies do not take the necessary measures to protect the interests of the Company, to the General Meeting, the errors, frauds or crimes that they discover, and suggest actions useful to the Company;

V- to call the Ordinary General Meeting if the directors delay the call for more than one (1)  month, and the Extraordinary Meeting whenever there are serious or urgent reasons, including in the agenda of the meetings the matters they deem necessary;

VI - analyze, at least on a quarterly basis, the balance sheet and other financial statements prepared periodically by the Executive Office;

VII- examine the financial statements of the fiscal period and opine on them; VIII- exercise these attributions during liquidation.

Sole paragraph. The members of the Audit Committee shall participate, compulsorily, in the meetings of the Board of Directors which evaluate the matters referred to in items II, III and VII of this article.

Chapter VII - Company Employees

Art. 47- The employees of Petrobras are subject to labor legislation and the internal rules of the Company, in compliance to the legal standards applicable to employees of mixed-capital companies.

Art. 48- The admission of employees by Petrobras and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and controlled companies shall obey a public selection process, in accordance with the terms approved by the Executive Office.

 

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Art. 49- The functions of the Senior Administration and the responsibilities of the respective holders shall be defined in the Basic Organizational Plan of the Company.

§1- The positions referred to in the caput of this article, linked to the Board of Directors, may exceptionally, and at the discretion of the Board of Directors, be attributed to technicians or specialists who are not part of the Company’s permanent staff, by means of positions in commission of free provision.

§2- The functions referred to in the caput of this article, linked to the Executive Board or its members, may, on a proposal and justification of the Board of Executive Officers and approval of the Board of Directors, exceptionally be assigned to technicians or specialists who are not part of the Board of Directors. Company’s permanent staff, by means of positions in commission of free provision.

§3- The managerial functions that are part of the organizational framework of the Company, in the other levels, shall have the responsibilities of holders as defined in the rules of the respective bodies.

Art. 50- Notwithstanding the requisitions provided by law, the transfer of employees of Petrobras and its wholly-owned subsidiaries or controlled companies shall depend on the approval, in each case, of the Executive Office and shall be made whenever possible, through the reimbursement of the corresponding costs.

Art. 51- The Company shall allocate a portion of the yearly results to be distributed among its employees, pursuant to the criteria approved by the Board of Directors, in compliance with the legislation in force.

Chapter VIII - General Provisions

Art. 52- The activities of Petrobras shall obey the Basic Plan of Organization, approved by the Board of Directors, which shall contain, among others, the organization model and define the nature and responsibilities of each unit of the general structure and the subordination relations necessary to the operation of Petrobras, pursuant to these Bylaws.

Art. 53 - The fiscal year shall coincide with the calendar year, ending on December 31 of each year, when the balance sheet and other financial statements shall be prepared and shall meet the applicable legal provisions.

§1 - Subject to legal provisions The Company shall prepare quarterly balance sheets, making interim dividend payments based on earnings or interest on own capital verified in such balance sheets, by resolution of the Board of Directors, subject to legal provisions.

§2 - The Board of Directors may approve the payment of intermediate dividends to the profit reserve account existing in the last balance sheet approved at the General Meeting.

§3 - Intermediate and interim dividends and interest on equity shall be allocated to the minimum mandatory dividend.

Art. 54- On the funds transferred by the Federal Government or deposited by minority shareholders, for the purpose of increasing the capital of the Company, financial charges equivalent to the SELIC rate from the day of transfer to the date of capitalization shall apply.

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special reserve intended to the costing of research and technological development programs of the Company.

Sole paragraph. The accrued balance of the reserve provided for in this article shall not exceed 5% (five percent) of paid-in capital.

Art. 56- Once the distribution of the minimum dividend referred to in art. 8 of these Bylaws is decided, the General Meeting, in compliance with the terms of corporate legislation and specific federal norms, may assign specific percentages or gratuity to the members of the Executive Office of the Company, as variable remuneration.

Art. 57- The Executive Board may authorize the practice of reasonable gratuitous acts for the benefit of employees or the community in which the company participates, including the donation of non-existent goods, in view of their social responsibilities, as provided in § 4 of art. 154 of the Corporate Law.

Art. 58 - The Company, shareholders, administrators and members of the Fiscal Council undertake to resolve, through arbitration, before the Market Arbitration Chamber, any dispute or controversies that may arise among them, related to or arising, in particular, from the application, validity, effectiveness, interpretation, violation and effects of the provisions contained in the Brazilian Corporation Law, Law 13303, of June 30, 2016, in the Company’s Bylaws, in the rules issued by the National Monetary Council, Banco Central do Brasil and the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as in other rules applicable to the operation of the general stock market, in addition to those contained in the Level 2 Regulation, Arbitration Regulation, Participation Agreement and Level 2 Sanctions Regulation.

Sole Paragraph. The provisions of the main section do not apply to disputes or controversies relating to Petrobras’ activities based on article 1 of law No. 9,478, of August 6, 1997, and subject to the provisions of these Bylaws with respect to the public interest, which justified the creation of the company, as well as to disputes or controversies involving unavailable rights.

Art. 59- Contracts entered into by Petrobras for the acquisition of goods and services shall be preceded by a bidding procedure, in accordance with the applicable legislation

Art. 60- To compose its proposals to participate in bids prior to the concessions dealt with in Act 9,478 of August 6th, 1997, Petrobras may sign pre-contracts, by issuing letters of invitation, assuring prices and commitments for the supply of goods and services.

Sole paragraph. The pre-contracts shall contain a resolution clause in its own right, to be exercised without penalty or indemnity of any kind in the event another bidder is declared the winner, and shall be later submitted to the appreciation of external control and monitoring bodies.

Art. 61- The sale of the shareholding control of Petrobras, either through a single operation or through successive operations, may only be contracted under the condition, suspensive or resolving, that the acquirer undertakes, observing the conditions and the terms established in current legislation and in the Level 2 Regulation, make a public offer for the acquisition of the shares of the other shareholders, to assure them equal treatment to that given to the selling controlling shareholder.

§1- The public offering, provided for in the caput of this article, shall also be carried out when there is (i) onerous assignment of subscription rights for shares and other securities

 

 

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or rights related to securities convertible into shares, resulting in the sale of the control of the Company; or (ii) in case of sale of control of a company that holds control of Petrobras, in which case the selling controlling shareholder will be obliged to declare to B3 the amount attributed to Petrobras in said sale and attach documentation proving that value.

§2- Any person who acquires control by virtue of a private share purchase agreement entered into with the controlling shareholder, involving any number of shares, shall be bound to: (i) execute the public offering referred to in the caput of this article, and (ii) to pay, in the following terms, an amount equal to the difference between the price of the public offering and the amount paid per share, months prior to the date of acquisition of control, duly updated up to the date of payment. The said amount shall be distributed among all persons who sold Petrobras shares at the trading sessions in which the buyer made the acquisitions, in proportion to the daily net selling balance of each one, and B3 is responsible for operating the distribution, in compliance with its regulations.

§3 - The selling controlling shareholder will only transfer ownership of its shares if the buyer subscribes the Instrument of Consent of the Controlling Shareholders. The Company will only register the transfer of shares to the buyer, or to those who come to hold the power of control, if they subscribe to the Instrument of Consent of the Controllers referred to in Level 2 Regulation.

§4- Petrobras will only register a shareholder’s agreement that provides for the exercise of control power if its signatories subscribe the Instrument of Consent of the Controllers.

Art. 62 - In the event of cancellation of Petrobras’ public company registration and consequent egress from Level 2, a minimum price must be offered to the shares, corresponding to the economic value determined by a specialized company chosen by the General Meeting, pursuant to the Business Corporation Act, and as provided in art. 40, item XI of these Bylaws.

Sole paragraph. The costs of hiring a specialized company covered by this article will be borne by the controlling shareholder.

Art. 63- In case the Company’s egress from Level 2 is deliberated so that the securities issued by it will be admitted to trading outside Level 2, or by virtue of a corporate reorganization operation, in which the company resulting from such reorganization does not has its securities admitted to trading on Level 2 within a period of 120 (one hundred and twenty) days from the date of the general meeting that approved said transaction, the controlling shareholder shall make a public offer for the acquisition of the shares belonging to the other shareholders of the Company, at least, by the respective economic value, to be determined in an appraisal report prepared pursuant to art. 40, item XI of these Bylaws, respecting the applicable legal and regulatory rules.

§1- The controlling shareholder will be exempt from proceeding to the public offer for acquisition of shares referred to in this article if the Company egresses Level 2 of Corporate Governance due to the conclusion of the agreement of the Company’s participation in the special segment of B3 denominated New Market (“New Market”) or if the company resulting from a corporate reorganization obtains authorization to trade securities on the New Market within a period of 120 (one hundred and twenty) days from the date of the general meeting that approved said transaction.

 

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Art. 64- In the event that there is no controlling shareholder, in case the Company’s egress from Level 2 of Corporate Governance is deliberated so that the securities issued by it will be admitted to trading outside Level 2 of Corporate Governance, or by virtue of a reorganization operation in which the company resulting from such reorganization does not have its securities admitted to trading on Level 2 of Corporate Governance or New Market within a period of 120 (one hundred and twenty) days as of the date of the general meeting that approved said transaction, the egress will be conditional on the realization of a public offering for the acquisition of shares under the same conditions set forth in art. 63 of these Articles of Incorporation.

§1- The said general meeting shall define the person (s) responsible for conducting the public tender offer, the person(s) present at the meeting shall expressly assume the obligation to perform the offer.

§2- In the absence of a definition of those responsible for conducting the public offering for the acquisition of shares, in the event of a corporate reorganization operation, in which the company resulting from such reorganization does not have its securities admitted for trading in Level 2 of Corporate Governance, voted in favor of the corporate reorganization to make such offer.

Art. 65- The egress of Petrobras from Level 2 of Corporate Governance due to noncompliance with the obligations contained in the Level 2 Regulation is conditioned to the effectiveness of a public offering for the acquisition of shares, at least by the Economic Value of the shares, to be determined in an appraisal report dealt with in art. 40, item XI of these Bylaws, respecting the applicable legal and regulatory rules.

§1- The controlling shareholder shall carry out the public offering for acquisition of shares provided for in the caput of this article.

§2- If there is no controlling shareholder and egress from Level 2 of Corporate Governance referred to in the caput results of a resolution of the general meeting, the shareholders who voted in favor of the resolution that implied the respective noncompliance shall carry out the tender offer in the caput.

§3- If there is no controlling shareholder and the egress of Level 2 of Corporate Governance referred to in the caput occurs due to an act or fact of management, the Company’s Managers shall call a general meeting of shareholders whose agenda will be the resolution on how to remedy noncompliance with the obligations contained in the Level 2 Regulation or, if applicable, resolve on the Company’s egress from Level 2 of Corporate Governance.

§4- If the general meeting referred to in § 3 above decides for the Company’s egress from Level 2 of Corporate Governance, said general meeting shall define the person(s) responsible for conducting the public tender offer provided for in the caput, who, present at the meeting, must expressly assume the obligation to make the offer.

 

 

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Exhibit 4.93

EXECUTION VERSION

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

September 27, 2017

BB Securities Limited

4th Floor, Pinners Hall

105-108 Old Broad Street

London, EC2N 1ER

United Kingdom

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10013

United States of America

Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

United States of America

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

452 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10018

United States of America

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

United States of America

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

Incorporated

One Bryant Park

New York, NY 10036

United States of America

Santander Investment Securities Inc.

45 East 53rd Street

New York, NY 10022

United States of America


EXECUTION VERSION

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Petrobras Global Finance B.V., incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability (the “ Issuer ”) proposes to issue and sell to BB Securities Limited; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.; HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; and Santander Investment Securities Inc. as the initial purchasers (each an “ Initial Purchaser ” and, collectively, the “ Initial Purchasers ”) upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement (as defined herein) its 5.299% Global Notes Due 2025 (the “ Series 1 Notes ”) and its 5.999% Global Notes Due 2028 (the “ Series 2 Notes ”), which are jointly and severally guaranteed by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (the “ Guarantor ”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“ Brazil ”) (such transaction, the “ New Money Offering ”).

Concurrently with the New Money Offering, the Issuer is offering to exchange any and all of its outstanding 4.875% Global Notes due 2020 and 5.375% Global Notes due 2021 for Series 1 Notes (the “ Series 1 Notes Exchange Offers ”) and any and all of its outstanding 7.875% Global Notes due 2019, 5.75% Global Notes due 2020 and 8.375% Global Notes due 2021 for the Series 2 Notes (the “ Series 2 Notes Exchange Offers ” and together with the Series 1 Notes Exchange Offers, the “ Initial Exchange Offers ”) upon the terms set forth in the Dealer Manager Agreement (as defined herein) by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and BB Securities Limited; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.; HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.; J.P. Morgan Securities LLC; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated; and Santander Investment Securities Inc. as the dealer managers (each a “ Dealer Manager ” and, collectively, the “ Dealer Managers ”).

The Series 1 Notes to be offered in the New Money Offering and to be issued in connection with the Series 1 Exchange Offers will be issued under an indenture (the “ Series 1 Indenture ”), dated as of September 27, 2017, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent (the “ Luxembourg Paying Agent ”). The Series 2 Notes to be offered in the New Money Offering and to be issued in connection with the Series 2 Exchange Offers will be issued under a separate indenture (the “ Series 2 Indenture ”), dated as of September 27, 2017, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Luxembourg Paying Agent.

As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to the Dealer Managers to enter into the Dealer Manager Agreement and in satisfaction of certain conditions to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers and the Dealer Managers thereunder, the Issuer agrees with the Initial Purchasers and the Dealer Managers for the benefit of holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Registrable Securities (as defined herein) as follows:

1.       Certain Definitions . For purposes of this Registration Rights Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.


A/B Exchange Offers ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.

A/B Exchange Registration ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(c) hereof.

A/B Exchange Securities ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.

Additional Interest ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof.

Advice ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(h) hereof.

Agreement ” shall mean this Registration Rights Agreement.

Authorized Agent ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 9(j) hereof.

Brazil ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the first paragraph hereof.

broker-dealer ” shall mean any broker or dealer registered with the Commission under the Exchange Act.

Commission ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.

Dealer Managers ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the second paragraph hereof.

Dealer Manager Agreement ” shall mean the Dealer Manager Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017, among the Dealer Managers, the Issuer and the Guarantor relating to the Initial Exchange Offers.

Effective Time ” in the case of (i) an A/B Exchange Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective or as of which the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective and (ii) a Shelf Registration, shall mean the time and date as of which the Commission declares the Shelf Registration Statement effective or as of which the Shelf Registration Statement otherwise becomes effective.

Electing Holder ” shall mean any holder of Registrable Securities who has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuer in accordance with Section 3(d)(ii) hereof.

Event Date ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.

 

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Guaranties ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of “Securities” in this Section 1.

Guarantor ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the first paragraph hereof.

holder ” shall mean any person who beneficially owns Registrable Securities from time to time (including any successors or assigns).

Indenture ” shall mean, collectively, the Series 1 Indenture and the Series 2 Indenture.

Initial Exchange Offers ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the second paragraph hereof.

Initial Purchasers ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the first paragraph hereof.

Issuer ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the first paragraph hereof.

New Money Offering ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the first paragraph

hereof.

Notice and Questionnaire ” shall mean a Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

person ” shall mean a corporation, association, partnership, organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.

Purchase Agreement ” shall mean the Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2017, among the Initial Purchasers, the Issuer and the Guarantor relating to the New Money Offering.

Registrable Securities ” shall mean the Securities; provided , however , that a Security shall cease to be a Registrable Security when: (i) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(a) hereof, the Security has been exchanged for an Exchange Security in an Exchange Offer as contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof ( provided further , however , that any Exchange Security that, pursuant to the last two sentences of Section 2(a), is included in a prospectus for use in connection with resales by broker-dealers shall be deemed to be a Registrable Security with respect to Sections 5, 6 and 9 until the earlier of the resale of such Registrable Security or the expiration of the 180-day period referred to in Section 2(a)); (ii) in the circumstances contemplated by Section 2(b) hereof, a Shelf Registration Statement registering such Security under the Securities Act has been declared or becomes effective, and such Security has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) such Security is sold pursuant to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by such Security relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Issuer or pursuant to the Indenture; (iv) such Security is freely transferable pursuant to Rule 144; or (v) such Security shall cease to be outstanding.

 

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Registration Default ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(c) hereof.

Registration Expenses ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4 hereof.

Resale Period ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a) hereof.

Restricted Holder ” shall mean (i) a holder that is an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of Rule 405 that has not agreed that it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable in connection with the resale of the A/B Exchange Securities, (ii) a holder who acquires A/B Exchange Securities outside the ordinary course of such holder’s business or (iii) a holder who is engaged in, or intends to engage in, or has arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in, the A/B Exchange Offers for the purpose of distributing A/B Exchange Securities.

Rule 144 ,” “ Rule 405” and “ Rule 415 ” shall mean, in each case, such rule promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as the same shall be amended from time to time.

Securities ” shall mean, collectively, the Series 1 Notes (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AT6 and N6945A AJ6) and the Series 2 Notes (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AW9 and N6945A AK3) to be issued in the New Money Offering and in connection with the Initial Exchange Offers pursuant to the Indenture. Each Security is entitled to the benefit of the guaranties provided for in the Guaranty for the Series 1 Notes, dated as of September 27, 2017, entered into by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, and the Guaranty for the Series 2 Notes, dated as of September 27, 2017, entered into by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee (collectively, the “ Guaranties ”) and, unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to “Securities,” “A/B Exchange Securities” or “Registrable Securities” shall include a reference to the related Guaranties.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, or any successor thereto, as the same shall be amended from time to time.

Series 1 Notes Exchange Offers ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the second paragraph hereof.

Series 2 Notes Exchange Offers ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the second paragraph hereof.

Settlement Date ” shall mean the date on which the Registrable Securities are last issued.

Shelf Registration ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

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Trust Indenture Act ” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.

Trustee ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the third paragraph hereof.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Section” or “clause” refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Agreement, and the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision.

2.   Registration Under the Securities Act.

(a)      Except as set forth in Section 2(b) below, the Issuer agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to file or cause to be filed under the Securities Act, as soon as practicable, but no later than on or before July 31, 2018, a registration statement relating to offers to exchange (such registration statement, the “ A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement ”, and such offers, the “ A/B Exchange Offers ”) any and all of the Registrable Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of debt securities issued by the Issuer and guaranteed by the Guarantor, which debt securities and guaranties will be substantially identical to the Securities and the related Guaranties, respectively (and are entitled to the benefits of a trust indenture which is substantially identical to the Indenture or is the Indenture and which has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act), except that they have been registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and do not contain provisions for the additional interest contemplated in Section 2(c) below (such new debt securities hereinafter called, collectively, the “ A/B Exchange Securities ”). The Issuer agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective by the Commission under the Securities Act as soon as practicable, but no later than August 31, 2018. The A/B Exchange Offers will be registered under the Securities Act on the appropriate form and will comply with all applicable rules and regulations under the Exchange Act. The Issuer further agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to commence the A/B Exchange Offers promptly after such declaration of effectiveness, and in any case issue, on or before September 30, 2018, A/B Exchange Securities in exchange for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn on or prior to the expiration of the A/B Exchange Offers. Each holder of Registrable Securities who wishes to exchange such Registrable Securities for A/B Exchange Securities in, and in accordance with the terms of, the A/B Exchange Offers will be required to make certain customary representations in connection therewith, including representations that such holder is not a Restricted Holder. Upon the effectiveness of the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuer shall promptly commence the A/B Exchange Offers, it being the objective of such A/B Exchange Offers that each holder (other than a Restricted Holder) electing to participate in the A/B Exchange Offers will receive A/B Exchange Securities that are, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and without material restrictions under the blue sky or securities laws of a substantial majority of the states of the United States of America. The A/B Exchange Offers shall be deemed to have been completed upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Issuer having exchanged the A/B Exchange Securities for all

 

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outstanding Registrable Securities pursuant to the A/B Exchange Offers and (ii) the Issuer having exchanged, pursuant to the A/B Exchange Offers, A/B Exchange Securities for all Registrable Securities that have been properly tendered and not withdrawn before the expiration of the A/B Exchange Offers, which shall be on a date that is at least 30 days following the commencement of the A/B Exchange Offers. The Issuer agrees (x) to include in the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement a prospectus for use in any resales by any holder of A/B Exchange Securities that is a broker-dealer and (y) to keep such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective for a period (the “ Resale Period ”) beginning when A/B Exchange Securities are first issued in the A/B Exchange Offers and ending upon the earlier of the expiration of the 180th day after the A/B Exchange Offers have been completed or such time as such broker-dealers no longer own any Registrable Securities. With respect to such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, such holders shall have the benefit of the rights of indemnification and contribution set forth in Sections 6(a), (c), (d) and (e) hereof.

(b)      If (i) on or prior to the time the A/B Exchange Offers are completed, existing Commission interpretations are changed such that the debt securities or the related guaranties received by holders other than Restricted Holders in the A/B Exchange Offers for Registrable Securities are not or would not be, upon receipt, transferable by each such holder without restriction under the Securities Act, (ii) the A/B Exchange Offers have not been completed on or before September 30, 2018 or (iii) any holder notifies the Issuer prior to 20 days after the consummation of the A/B Exchange Offers that (A) based on the advice of counsel, due to a change in law or Commission policy it may not resell the A/B Exchange Securities acquired by it in the A/B Exchange Offers to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained in the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such holder or (B) it is a purchaser and owns Registrable Securities acquired directly from the Issuer or an affiliate of the Issuer or (C) on or prior to the consummation of the A/B Exchange Offers existing laws, regulations and/or applicable Commission interpretations have been changed such that the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities would not be able to resell the A/B Exchange Securities acquired by them in, and in accordance with the terms of, the A/B Exchange Offers to the public without restriction under the Securities Act and without restriction under applicable blue sky or state securities laws, the Issuer shall, in lieu of (or, in the case of clause (iii), in addition to) conducting the A/B Exchange Offers contemplated by Section 2(a), use its commercially reasonable efforts to file or cause to be filed or amend or supplement an existing “shelf” registration statement under the Securities Act providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, pursuant to Rule 415 or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission (such filing, the “ Shelf Registration ” and such registration statement, the “ Shelf Registration Statement ”) no later than September 30, 2018 or 30 days after such obligation to file arises; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to file a Shelf Registration Statement or amend or supplement an existing Shelf Registration Statement during any statutory or self-imposed blackout period.

The Issuer agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts (x) to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective on or prior to 60 days after such filing was required to be made hereunder and (y) to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of one year (or, if shorter, the period after which Rule 144(d)

 

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generally becomes available to non-affiliates of the Issuer) from the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement (subject to extension pursuant to Sections 2(d) and 3(h)); provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be obligated to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during any statutory or self-imposed blackout period; provided further , however , that no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities unless such holder is an Electing Holder. The Issuer further agrees to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement, as and when required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Issuer for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration, and the Issuer agrees to furnish to each Electing Holder copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or promptly following its filing with the Commission.

(c)      If (i) the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement (or a Shelf Registration Statement in lieu thereof) is not filed on or before July 31, 2018, (ii) the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement (or a Shelf Registration Statement in lieu thereof) is not declared effective by the Commission on or before August 31, 2018, (iii) the A/B Exchange Offers are not completed on or before September 30, 2018, (iv) a Shelf Registration Statement, or an amendment or supplement thereof, required to be filed is not filed on or before the date specified above for such filing, (v) a Shelf Registration Statement, or an amendment or supplement thereof, otherwise required to be filed is not declared effective on or before the date specified above for effectiveness thereof or (vi) a Shelf Registration Statement, or an amendment or supplement thereof, is declared effective but thereafter, subject to certain exceptions, ceases to be effective or usable (whether due to a stop order or otherwise) in connection with resales of Registrable Securities during the period specified in Section 2(b) above (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) above, a “ Registration Default ”), then, in the case of a Registration Default referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above, the interest rate on all Registrable Securities or, in the case of a Registration Default referred to in clause (iv), (v) or (vi) above, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities to which such Registration Default relates, will increase by 0.25% per annum with respect to each 90-day period that passes until all such Registration Defaults have been cured, up to a maximum amount of 1.00% per annum (“ Additional Interest ”); provided , however , that such Additional Interest will cease to accrue at the later of (i) the date on which the Securities become freely transferable pursuant to Rule 144 and (ii) the date on which the J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Markets Bond Index (CEMBI) is modified to permit the inclusion of freely transferable securities that have not been registered under the Securities Act. Upon the cure of any such Registration Default, the interest rate borne by the Registrable Securities shall be reduced thereafter by the full amount of any such increase or increases that resulted from such Registration Default.

The Issuer shall notify the Trustee within three business days after each and every date on which an event occurs in respect of which Additional Interest is required to be paid (an “ Event Date ”). Additional Interest shall be paid by depositing with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the holders, on or before the applicable semiannual interest payment date, immediately available funds in sums sufficient to pay the Additional Interest then due. The Additional Interest due shall be payable on each interest payment date to the record holder entitled to receive the interest payment to be paid on such date as set forth in the Indenture. Each obligation

 

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to pay Additional Interest shall be deemed to accrue from and including the day following the applicable Event Date.

(d)      Any A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) and any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the Commission; provided , however , that, if after it has been declared effective, the offering of Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is subject to any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the Commission or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to have been effective for such Securities during the period it was so subject, until the offering of such Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume.

In no event shall the Issuer be deemed to be in breach of its obligations under the second paragraph of Section 2(b) nor shall a Registration Default described in Section 2(c)(vi) be deemed to have occurred (i) as a result of any action required by applicable law which renders the Issuer unable to comply with the Commission disclosure requirements or (ii) if compliance with its obligations under this Agreement to maintain the effectiveness of, supplement or amend any Registration Statement, upon advice of U.S. counsel to the Issuer, would require additional disclosure of material non-public information by the Issuer or its subsidiaries as to which, and so long as, the Issuer or its subsidiaries has a bona fide business purpose in preserving its confidentiality; provided , however , that the maximum period of time during which the Issuer shall be entitled to postpone the effectiveness, supplementing or amending of any Registration Statement pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph shall be 45 calendar days; provided , further , that (x) upon the exercise of its right under clause (ii) of this paragraph to postpone the effectiveness, supplementing or amending of any such Registration Statement, the Issuer shall give the holders prompt written notice of such exercise and an approximation of the anticipated length of such postponement and (y) after the exercise of its right under clause (ii) of this paragraph to postpone the effectiveness, supplementing or amending of any such Registration Statement, the Issuer shall not, within six months of the expiration of any such postponement, exercise again its right of postponement under clause (ii) of this paragraph. The holders hereby acknowledge that any notice given by the Issuer pursuant to this paragraph may constitute material non-public information and that the United States securities laws prohibit any person who has material non-public information about a company from purchasing or selling securities of the company or from communicating such information to any other person under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that such person is likely to purchase or sell such securities.

(e)      The Issuer shall take all actions necessary or advisable to cause the Guaranties to be registered under the registration statement contemplated in Section 2(a) or 2(b) hereof, as applicable.

(f)      Any reference herein to a registration statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time and any reference herein to any post-effective amendment to a registration statement as of any time shall be deemed to include any document incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, therein by reference as of such time.

 

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3.   Registration Procedures .

If the Issuer files a registration statement pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), the following provisions shall apply:

(a)      At or before the Effective Time of the A/B Exchange Offers or the Shelf Registration, as the case may be, the Issuer shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

(b)      In the event that such qualification would require the appointment of a new trustee under the Indenture, the Issuer shall appoint a new trustee thereunder pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture.

(c)      In connection with the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the registration of A/B Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 2(a) (the “ A/B Exchange Registration ”), if applicable, the Issuer shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise specified):

(i)      prepare and file with the Commission, as soon as practicable but no later than July 31, 2018, an A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement on any form which may be utilized by the Issuer and which shall permit the A/B Exchange Offers and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective as soon as practicable thereafter, but no later than August 31, 2018;

(ii)      prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement for the periods and purposes contemplated in Section 2(a) hereof and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and promptly provide each broker-dealer holding A/B Exchange Securities that has identified itself to the Issuer as such with such number of copies of the prospectus included therein (as then amended or supplemented), in conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, as such broker-dealer reasonably may request prior to the expiration of the Resale Period, for use in connection with resales of A/B Exchange Securities;

(iii)      promptly notify each broker-dealer that has identified itself to the Issuer as such and requested copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement, and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission or by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state for amendments or supplements to such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information after

 

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such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement has become effective, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuer contemplated by Section 5 cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the A/B Exchange Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (F) at any time during the Resale Period when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective prospectus amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing; and each such broker-dealer agrees to suspend use of such prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment until the Issuer has amended or supplemented the prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;

(iv)      in the event that the Issuer would be required, pursuant to Section 3(c)(iii)(F) above, to notify each broker-dealer holding A/B Exchange Securities that has identified itself to the Issuer as such, without delay prepare and furnish to each such holder a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of such A/B Exchange Securities during the Resale Period, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(v)      use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto at the earliest practicable date;

(vi)      use its commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the A/B Exchange Securities under the securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as are contemplated by Section 2(a) no later than the commencement of the A/B Exchange Offers, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions until the expiration of the Resale Period and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each broker-dealer holding A/B Exchange Securities that has identified itself to the Issuer as such to consummate the disposition thereof in such jurisdictions; provided , however , that the Issuer shall not be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(c)(vi), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or

 

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(3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its stockholders; and

(vii)      comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders, as soon as practicable but no later than 24 months after the effective date of such A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Issuer and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Issuer, Rule 158 thereunder) (it being understood that the Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this clause through the filing of its annual report on Form 20-F after such effective date).

(d)      In connection with the Issuer’s obligations with respect to the Shelf Registration, if applicable, the Issuer shall, as soon as practicable (or as otherwise specified):

(i)      prepare and file with the Commission, as soon as practicable but in any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b), a Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to an existing Shelf Registration Statement, on any form which may be utilized by the Issuer and which shall register all of the Registrable Securities for resale by the Electing Holders in accordance with such method or methods of disposition as may be specified by such Electing Holders and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement, or such amended or supplemented Shelf Registration Statement, to become effective as soon as practicable but in any case within the time periods specified in Section 2(b);

(ii)      not less than 15 calendar days prior to the Effective Time of the Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to an existing Shelf Registration Statement, mail the Notice and Questionnaire to the holders of Registrable Securities; no holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement, and no holder shall be entitled to use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities at any time, unless such holder has returned a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuer by the deadline for response set forth therein (each such holder and “ Electing Holder ”); provided , however , that holders of Registrable Securities shall have at least 15 calendar days from the date on which the Notice and Questionnaire is first mailed to such holders to return a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Issuer;

(iii)      prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement and the prospectus included therein as may be necessary to effect and maintain the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement for the period specified in Section 2(b) hereof and as may be required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and the instructions applicable to the form of such Shelf Registration Statement, and furnish to the Electing Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment simultaneously with or promptly after its being used or filed with the Commission;

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underwriters (which term, for purposes of this Agreement, shall include a person deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Section 2(a)(11) of the Securities Act), if any, thereof, (C) counsel for any such managing underwriter or agent and (D) not more than one counsel for all Electing Holders or managing underwriters, the opportunity to participate in the preparation of such Shelf Registration Statement, each prospectus included therein filed with the Commission and each amendment or supplement thereto;

(v)      for a reasonable period prior to the filing of such Shelf Registration Statement, and throughout the period specified in Section 2(b), make available at reasonable times at the Issuer’s principal place of business or such other reasonable place for inspection by the persons referred to in Section 3(d)(iv) above who shall certify to the Issuer that they have a current intention to sell the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration such financial and other information and books and records of the Issuer, and cause the officers, employees, counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Issuer to respond to such inquiries, as shall be reasonably necessary, in the reasonable judgment of the respective counsel referred to in such Section, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act; provided , however , that each such party shall be required to maintain in confidence and not to disclose to any other person any information or records reasonably designated by the Issuer as being confidential, until such time as (A) such information becomes a matter of public record (whether by virtue of its inclusion in such registration statement or otherwise), (B) such person shall be required so to disclose such information pursuant to a subpoena or order of any court or other governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the matter (subject to the requirements of such order, and only after such person shall have given the Issuer prompt prior written notice of such requirement) unless such release is against Brazilian law, or (C) in an opinion addressed to the Issuer of counsel experienced in such matters and approved by the Issuer, such information is required to be set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or in an amendment or supplement to such Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to such prospectus in order that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement, as the case may be, complies with applicable requirements of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Commission and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(vi)      promptly notify each of the Electing Holders, any sales or placement agent therefor and any underwriter thereof (which notification may be made through any managing underwriter that is a representative of such underwriter for such purpose) and confirm such advice in writing, (A) when such Shelf Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or any prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request by the Commission and by the blue sky or securities commissioner or regulator of any state for amendments or supplements to such Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus or for additional information after such Shelf Registration has become effective, (C) of the

 

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issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) if at any time the representations and warranties of the Issuer contemplated by Section 3(d)(xiii) or Section 5 or contained in any underwriting agreement or similar agreement relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (E) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, or (F) if at any time when a prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that such Shelf Registration Statement, prospectus, prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing;

(vii)      use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto at the earliest practicable date;

(viii)      if requested by any managing underwriter or underwriters, or any Electing Holder, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as is required by the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and as such managing underwriter or underwriters, or such Electing Holder specifies should be included therein relating to the terms of the sale of such Registrable Securities, including information with respect to the principal amount of Registrable Securities being sold by such Electing Holder or to any underwriters, the name and description of such Electing Holder or underwriter, the offering price of such Registrable Securities and any discount, commission or other compensation payable in respect thereof, the purchase price being paid therefor by such underwriters and with respect to any other terms of the offering of the Registrable Securities to be sold by such Electing Holder or to such underwriters; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment promptly after notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;

(ix)      furnish to each Electing Holder, therefor, each underwriter, if any, thereof and the respective counsel referred to in Section 3(d)(iv) an executed copy (or, in the case of an Electing Holder, a conformed copy) of such Shelf Registration Statement, each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto (in the case of an Electing Holder of Registrable Securities, upon request) and documents incorporated by reference therein) and such number of copies of such Shelf Registration Statement (excluding exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein unless reasonably so requested by such Electing Holder, agent or underwriter, as the case may be) and of the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement (including each preliminary prospectus and any summary prospectus), in conformity in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture

 

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Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and such other documents, as such Electing Holder, agent, if any, and underwriter, if any, may reasonably request in order to facilitate the offering and disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Electing Holder, offered or sold by such agent or underwritten by such underwriter and to permit such Electing Holder, agent and underwriter to satisfy the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act; and the Issuer hereby consents (subject to Section 3(h)) to the use of such prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto by each such Electing Holder and by any such agent and underwriter, in each case in the form most recently provided to such person by the Issuer, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by the prospectus (including such preliminary and summary prospectus) or any supplement or amendment thereto;

(x)      use commercially reasonable efforts to (A) register or qualify the Registrable Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration Statement under such securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Electing Holder and each underwriter, if any, thereof shall reasonably request, (B) keep such registrations or qualifications in effect and comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of offers, sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions during the period the Shelf Registration is required to remain effective under Section 2(b) and (C) take any and all other actions as may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each such Electing Holder, agent, if any, and underwriter, if any, to consummate the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities; provided , however , that the Issuer shall not be required for any such purpose to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction wherein it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for the requirements of this Section 3(d)(x), (2) consent to general service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) make any changes to its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or any agreement between it and its stockholders;

(xi)      unless any Registrable Securities shall be in book-entry only form, cooperate with the Electing Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold, and, in the case of an underwritten offering, enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request at least two business days prior to any sale of the Registrable Securities;

(xii)      enter into one or more underwriting agreements, engagement letters, agency agreements, “best efforts” underwriting agreements or similar agreements, as appropriate, including customary provisions relating to indemnification and contribution, and take such other actions in connection therewith as any Electing Holders aggregating at least 20% in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding shall request in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

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Shelf Registration is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent or any other entity, (A) make such representations and warranties to the Electing Holders and the underwriters, if any, thereof in form, substance and scope as are customarily made in connection with an offering of debt securities pursuant to any appropriate agreement or to a registration statement filed on the form applicable to the Shelf Registration; (B) obtain opinions of counsel customary for a public offering of Securities of the Issuer in customary form and covering such matters, of the type customarily covered by such an opinion, as the managing underwriters, if any, or, in the event there are no managing underwriters, the Electing Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding may reasonably request, addressed to the managing underwriters (if any) or such Electing Holder or Electing Holders and dated the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement; (C) obtain a “cold comfort” letter or letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer addressed to the managing underwriters (if any) or, in the event there are no managing underwriters, use reasonable efforts to have such letters addressed to the selling Electing Holders, dated (i) the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) the effective date of any prospectus supplement to the prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement which includes unaudited or audited financial statements as of a date or for a period subsequent to that of the latest such statements included in such prospectus, such letter or letters to be in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by letters of such type, provided that such letters need not be addressed to any Electing Holders to whom, in the reasonable opinion of the Company’s independent public accountants, addressing such letter is not permissible under applicable accounting standards; (D) deliver such documents and certificates, including officers’ certificates, as may be reasonably requested by any Electing Holders of at least 20% in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities at the time outstanding or the managing underwriters, if any, thereof to evidence the accuracy of the representations and warranties made pursuant to clause (A) above or those contained in Section 5 hereof and the compliance with or satisfaction of any agreements or conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuer; and (E) undertake such obligations relating to expense reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as are provided in Section 6 hereof;

(xiv)      notify in writing the Trustee of any proposal by the Issuer to amend or waive any provision of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9(g) hereof and of any amendment or waiver effected pursuant thereto, each of which notices shall contain the text of the amendment or waiver proposed or effected, as the case may be;

(xv)      in the event that any broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act shall underwrite any Registrable Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the Conduct Rules (the “ Conduct Rules ”) of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”) or any successor thereto, as amended from time to time) thereof, whether as a holder of such Registrable Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a

 

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broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, assist such broker-dealer in complying with the requirements of such Conduct Rules, including by (A) if such Conduct Rules shall so require, engaging a “qualified independent underwriter” (as defined in such Conduct Rules) to participate in the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement relating to such Registrable Securities, to exercise usual standards of due diligence in respect thereto and, if any portion of the offering contemplated by such Shelf Registration Statement is an underwritten offering or is made through a placement or sales agent, to recommend the yield of such Registrable Securities, (B) indemnifying any such qualified independent underwriter to the extent of the indemnification of underwriters provided in Section 6 hereof (or to such other customary extent as may be requested by such underwriter), and (C) providing such information to such broker-dealer as may be required in order for such broker-dealer to comply with the requirements of the Conduct Rules; and

(xvi)      comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission, and make generally available to its securityholders as soon as practicable but, in any event, not later than 24 months after the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement, an earnings statement of the Issuer and its subsidiaries complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act (including, at the option of the Issuer, Rule 158 thereunder) (it being understood that the Issuer may satisfy its obligations under this clause through the filing of its annual report on Form 20-F after such effective date).

(e)      In the event that the Issuer would be required, pursuant to Section 3(d)(vi)(F) above, to notify the Electing Holders and the managing underwriters, if any, thereof, the Issuer shall without delay prepare and furnish to each of the Electing Holders and to each such underwriter, if any, a reasonable number of copies of a prospectus supplemented or amended so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of Registrable Securities, such prospectus shall conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and shall not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing. Each Electing Holder agrees that upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer pursuant to Section 3(d)(vi)(F) above, such Electing Holder shall forthwith discontinue the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement applicable to such Registrable Securities until such Electing Holder shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented prospectus, and if so directed by the Issuer, such Electing Holder shall deliver to the Issuer (at the Issuer’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Electing Holder’s possession of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.

(f)      In the event of a Shelf Registration, in addition to the information required to be provided by each Electing Holder in its Notice Questionnaire, the Issuer may require such Electing Holder to furnish to the Issuer such additional information regarding such Electing Holder and such Electing Holder’s intended method of distribution of Registrable Securities as the Issuer may, after consulting with counsel, determine is required in order to comply with the Securities Act. Each such Electing Holder agrees to notify the Issuer as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished by such Electing Holder to the

 

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Issuer or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any prospectus relating to such Shelf Registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such Electing Holder or such Electing Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing, and promptly to furnish to the Issuer any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Electing Holder or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances then existing.

(g)      Until the expiration of one year after the Settlement Date, the Issuer will not, and will not permit any of the Issuer’s direct and indirect subsidiaries or the Guarantor to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or in accordance with Regulation S.

(h)      In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement or the notification of the Issuer by broker-dealers seeking to sell A/B Exchange Securities and required to deliver prospectuses that will be utilizing the prospectus contained in the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, each holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer of (i) the happening of any event of the kind described in any of clauses (B) – (F) of Section 3(d)(vi) or (ii) the exercise of the Issuer’s right, under clause (ii) of the second paragraph of Section 2(d), to postpone the effectiveness, supplementing or amending of any such Registration Statement, such holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Securities pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement until such holder receives the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 3(c)(iv) or Section 3(e) or until such holder is advised in writing (the “ Advice ”) by the Issuer that the use of the applicable prospectus may be resumed, and, if so directed by the Issuer, such holder will deliver to the Issuer (at the Issuer’s expense) all copies in such holder’s possession, other than permanent file copies, of the prospectus covering such Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Issuer shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of any Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Issuer shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file a supplement or an amendment to the Registration Statement and, in the case of an amendment, have such amendment declared effective as soon as practicable and shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days in the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Issuer shall have made available to the holders (i) copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions or (ii) the Advice.

4.   Registration Expenses.

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(including Brazilian, Dutch and United States counsel); (b) all Commission and any FINRA registration, filing and review fees and other expenses in connection with the registration of the Securities with the Commission in connection with such registration, filing and review; (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, production, distribution and reproduction of each registration statement required to be filed hereunder, each prospectus included therein or prepared for distribution pursuant hereto, each amendment or supplement to the foregoing (including the cost of preparing such registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement for filing with the Commission in electronic format), the expenses of preparing the Securities for delivery and the expenses of printing or producing any underwriting agreements, agreements among underwriters, selling agreements and blue sky or legal investment memoranda and all other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of Securities to be disposed of (including certificates representing the Securities); (d) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under the state securities and blue sky laws referred to in Section 3(d)(x) hereof and determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as any managing underwriters or the Electing Holders may designate, including any fees and disbursements of counsel for the Electing Holders or underwriters in connection with such qualification; (e) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any agent of the Trustee and any counsel for the Trustee and of any collateral agent or custodian; (f) fees, expenses and disbursements of any other persons, including special experts, retained by the Issuer in connection with such registration; (g) reasonable and documented fees and disbursements and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” engaged pursuant to Section 3(d)(xv) hereof; (h) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; and (i) all other reasonable and documented costs and expenses incident to the performance by the Issuer and the Guarantor of their obligations hereunder and under any of the various transaction documents entered into in connection with this Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “ Registration Expenses ”); it being understood and agreed that all amounts payable hereunder shall be paid in U.S. dollars and free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any current or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or other deductions or withholdings levied in any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made, unless such deduction or withholding is required by applicable law, in which event the Issuer and the Guarantor will pay additional amounts so that the persons entitled to such payments will receive the amount that such persons would otherwise have received but for such deduction or withholding. To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any holder of Registrable Securities therefor or underwriter thereof, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall reimburse such person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all agency fees and commissions and underwriting discounts and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above.

 

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5.   Representations and Warranties.

The Issuer represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Initial Purchasers, the Dealer Managers and each of the holders from time to time of Registrable Securities that:

(a)      The compliance by the Issuer with the provisions of this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or material instrument to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or the Guarantor is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Issuer or the Guarantor is subject, nor will such action result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Issuer or the Guarantor or any of its or their respective properties;

(b)     This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Issuer.

6.   Indemnification .

(a)       Indemnification by the Issuer . The Issuer will indemnify and hold harmless (i)  each holder of Registrable Securities seeking to sell A/B Exchange Securities and required to deliver prospectuses that will be utilizing the prospectus contained in the A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (ii) each of the Electing Holders of Registrable Securities included in a Shelf Registration Statement and (iii) each person who participates as an underwriter in any offering or sale of such Registrable Securities against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such holder or underwriter may become subject under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any A/B Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be (or any amendment or supplement thereto), under which such Registrable Securities were registered under the Securities Act, including all exhibits therein and documents incorporated by reference thereto, or any preliminary or final prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Issuer to any such holder, Electing Holder or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) prepared by or on behalf of the Issuer or used or referred to by the Issuer in connection with the A/B Exchange Offers or the Shelf Registration, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse such holder, Electing Holder and such underwriter for any reasonable and duly documented legal or other expenses incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Issuer shall not be liable to any such person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such registration statement, or preliminary, final or summary prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by such person expressly for use therein.

 

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(b)       Indemnification by the Holders and Underwriters . The Issuer may require, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any registration statement filed pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof and to entering into any underwriting agreement with respect thereto, that the Issuer shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from the Electing Holder of such Registrable Securities and from each underwriter named in any such underwriting agreement, severally and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer and all other holders of Registrable Securities, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuer or such other holders of Registrable Securities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Issuer to any such Electing Holder or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by such Electing Holder or underwriter expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Issuer for any reasonable and duly documented legal or other expenses incurred by the Issuer in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that no such Electing Holder shall be required to undertake liability to any person under this Section 6(b) for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such Electing Holder from the sale of such Electing Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.

(c)       Notices of Claims , Etc . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) above of written notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party pursuant to the indemnification provisions of or contemplated by this Section 6, notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement of such action; but the failure to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a) or (b) above. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest,

 

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(ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless (x) such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, investigation, action or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or any failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party, and (y) the indemnifying party confirms in writing its indemnification obligations hereunder with respect to such settlement, compromise or judgment.

(d)       Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provisions contemplated by Section 6(a) or Section 6(b) are unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein although applicable in accordance with their terms, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by such indemnifying party or by such indemnified party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the holders or any underwriters or all of them were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 6(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above shall be deemed to include any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6(d), no holder shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such holder from the sale of any Registrable Securities (after deducting any fees, discounts and commissions applicable thereto) exceeds the amount of any damages which such holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and no underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total

 

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price at which the Registrable Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The holders’ and any underwriters’ obligations in this Section 6(d) to contribute shall be several in proportion to the principal amount of Registrable Securities registered or underwritten, as the case may be, by them and not joint.

(e)      The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the Issuer may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer, director and partner of each holder and underwriter and each person, if any, who controls any holder, agent or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the obligations of the holders and any agents or underwriters contemplated by this Section 6 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective holder, agent or underwriter may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Issuer (including any person who, with his consent, is named in any registration statement as about to become a director of the Issuer) and to each person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of the Securities Act.

7.   Underwritten Offerings .

(a)       Selection of Underwriters . If any of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration are to be sold pursuant to an underwritten offering, the managing underwriter or underwriters thereof shall be designated by Electing Holders holding at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities to be included in such offering, provided , however , that such designated managing underwriter or underwriters is or are acceptable to the Issuer.

(b)       Participation by Holders . Each holder of Registrable Securities hereby agrees with each other such holder that no such holder may participate in any underwritten offering hereunder unless such holder (i) agrees to sell such holder’s Registrable Securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

8.   Rule 144 .

The Issuer covenants to the holders of Registrable Securities that to the extent it shall be required to do so under the Exchange Act, the Issuer shall timely file the reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act (including the reports under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act referred to in subparagraph (c)(1) of Rule 144 adopted by the Commission under the Securities Act) and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder, and shall take such further action as any holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Securities Act within the limitations of the

 

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exemption provided by Rule 144, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar or successor rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. Upon the request of any holder of Registrable Securities in connection with that holder’s sale pursuant to Rule 144, the Issuer shall deliver to such holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

9.   Miscellaneous .

(a)       No Inconsistent Agreements . The Issuer represents, warrants, covenants and agrees that it has not granted, and shall not grant, registration rights with respect to Registrable Securities or any other securities which would be inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Registrable Securities in this Agreement.

(b)       Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands, waivers and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand, if delivered personally or by courier, as follows: If to the Issuer, to it at Weena 762, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Attn: Alexandre Quintão, and if to a holder, to the address of such holder set forth in the security register or other records of the Issuer, or to such other address as the Issuer or any such holder may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notices of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

(c)       Parties in Interest . All the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and the holders from time to time of the Registrable Securities and the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto and such holders. In the event that any transferee of any holder of Registrable Securities shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by gift, bequest, purchase, operation of law or otherwise, such transferee shall, without any further writing or action of any kind, be deemed a beneficiary hereof for all purposes, and such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement; and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such transferee shall be entitled to receive the benefits of, and be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by, all of the applicable terms and provisions of this Agreement. If the Issuer shall so request, any such successor, assign or transferee shall agree in writing to acquire and hold the Registrable Securities subject to all of the applicable terms hereof.

(d)       Survival . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any holder of Registrable Securities, the Issuer, any director, officer or partner of such holder or the Issuer, any agent or underwriter or any director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive the transfer and registration of Registrable Securities by such holder and the consummation of an Exchange Offer.

(e)       Governing Law . This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute relating to or arising out of this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

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(f)       Headings . The descriptive headings of the several Sections and paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

(g)       Entire Agreement; Amendments . This Agreement and the other writings referred to herein (including the Indenture and the form of Securities) or delivered pursuant hereto which form a part hereof contain the entire understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the parties with respect to its subject matter. This Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) only by a written instrument duly executed by the Issuer and the Trustee acting on behalf of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities then outstanding; provided, however , that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser or Dealer Manager hereunder in their capacity as such, the Issuer shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser or Dealer Manager with respect to which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver, consent or departure is to be effective. Each holder of any Registrable Securities at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any amendment or waiver effected pursuant to this Section 9(g), whether or not any notice, writing or marking indicating such amendment or waiver appears on such Registrable Securities or is delivered to such holder.

(h)       Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by the parties in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

(i)       Waiver of Immunity . This Agreement and any other documents delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, and any actions taken hereunder or thereunder, constitute commercial acts by each of the Issuer and the Guarantor. Each of the Issuer and the Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally and to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) for itself or any of its property, assets or revenues wherever located with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any document delivered pursuant hereto, in each case for the benefit of each assigns, it being intended that the foregoing waiver and agreement will be effective, irrevocable and not subject to withdrawal in any and all jurisdiction, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section 9(i) shall have the fullest scope permitted under the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 and are intended to be irrevocable for the purposes of such act.

(j)       Jurisdiction . Each of the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Initial Purchasers and the Dealer Managers agrees that any suit, action or proceeding against them, arising out of or based upon this Registration Rights Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may be instituted in any state or federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, or in the competent courts of their own corporate domiciles with respect to actions brought against any of them as a defendant, and waive any objection which they may now or hereafter

 

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have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding and any right to which any of them may be entitled on account of places of residence or domicile, and irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts in any suit, action or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantor have appointed the New York office of Petrobras, located at 570 Lexington Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10022 as its authorized agent (the “ Authorized Agent ”) upon whom process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Registration Rights Agreement or the transactions contemplated herein which may be instituted in any state or federal court in the City of New York, New York, by any Initial Purchaser or Dealer Manager, the directors, officers, employees and agents of any Initial Purchaser or Dealer Manager, or by any person who controls any Initial Purchaser or Dealer Manager, and expressly accepts the jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding. The Issuer and the Guarantor hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant that the Authorized Agent has accepted such appointments and has agreed to act as said agent for service of process, and the Issuer and the Guarantor agree to take any and all action, including the filing of any and all documents that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Subject to applicable law, service of process upon the Authorized Agent shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon each of the Issuer and the Guarantor.

(k)       Currency . Each reference in this Agreement to U.S. dollars is of the essence. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantor in respect of any amount due under this Agreement will, notwithstanding any payment in any other currency (whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise), be discharged only to the extent of the amount in U.S. dollars that the party entitled to receive such payment may, in accordance with its normal procedures, purchase with the sum paid in such other currency (after any premium and costs of exchange) on the business day immediately following the day on which such party receives such payment. If the amount in U.S. dollars that may be so purchased for any reason falls short of the amount originally due, the Issuer and the Guarantor will pay such additional amounts, in U.S. dollars as may be necessary to compensate for the shortfall. Any obligation of the Issuer or the Guarantor not discharged by such payment will, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be due as a separate and independent obligation and, until discharged as provided herein, will continue in full force and effect.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Registration Rights Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Initial Purchasers and the Dealer Managers.

 

Very truly yours,   
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.   
By:   

/s/ GUILHERME RAJIME SARAIVA

  
   Name: GUILHERME RAJIME SARAIVA   
   Title: Gerente em Exercicio   
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETRO BRAS   
By:   

/s/ LARRY CARRIS CARDOSO

  
   Name: LARRY CARRIS CARDOSO   
   Title: Acting Financial Executive Manager   

 

 

WITNESSES

 

/s/ PEDRO FONSECA KNOEDT

Name: PEDRO FONSECA KNOEDT

            CPF: 078976227-70

/s/ Daniel Pereira de A. Gnnes

Name: Daniel Pereira de A. Gnnes

            CPF: 086809227-08

[Signature Page Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

 

BB SECURITIES LIMITED

 

     

By:

  

/s/ Admilson Garcia

  

/s/ Selma Cristina da Silva

  
  

Name: Admilson Garcia

  

Selma Cristina da Silva

  
   Title: Managing Director   

Deputy Managing Director

  

 

 

[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Adam D. Bordner

 

Name: Adam D. Bordner

Title:  Vice President

[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

CREDIT AGRICOLE SECURITIES (USA) INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Gordon Kingsley

 

Name: Gordon Kingsley

Title: Managing Director

[Signature Page - Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

HSBC SECURITIES (USA) INC.

By:  

/s/ Luiz Lanfredi

 

Name: Luiz Lanfredi

Title: Vice President

[ Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

 

By:  

/s/ Ana Silva-Klarish

 

Name: Ana Silva-Klarish

Title: Executive Director

 

[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

                         INCORPORATED

 

By:

 

/s/ Maxim Volkov

Name:

 

Maxim Volkov

Title:

 

Managing Director

[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]


Accepted as of the date

first set forth above:

SANTANDER INVESTMENT SECURITIES INC.

 

By:  

/s/ Conor Nugent

 

Name: Conor Nugent

Title: Executive Director

By:  

/s/ Cristina Schulman

 

Name: Cristina Schulman

Title:  Managing Director

[Signature Page – Registration Rights Agreement]


Exhibit A

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

INSTRUCTION TO DTC PARTICIPANTS

(Date of Mailing)

URGENT - IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED

DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE: [DATE] *

The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) has identified you as a DTC Participant through which beneficial interests in the 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AT6 and N6945A AJ6) and the 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AW9 and N6945A AK3) (the “ Securities ”) of Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (the “ Issuer ”) are held.

The Issuer is in the process of registering the Securities under the Securities Act of 1933 for resale by the beneficial owners thereof. In order to have their Securities included in the registration statement, beneficial owners must complete and return the enclosed Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire.

It is important that beneficial owners of the Securities receive a copy of the enclosed materials as soon as possible as their rights to have the Securities included in the registration statement depend upon their returning the Notice and Questionnaire by [Deadline For Response] . Please forward a copy of the enclosed documents to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Securities through you. If you require more copies of the enclosed materials or have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact:

[Investor Relations Department

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile, 65 — 13 th Floor

20031-912 — Rio de Janeiro — RJ, Brazil

Attn: Larry Carris Cardoso, Finance Department, General Manager of Corporate Finance

Telephone: +55 (21) 3224-1510/3224-9947

Fax: +55 (21) 3224-1401

E-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br]

 

 

*

Not less than 28 calendar days from date of mailing.

 


Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Notice of Registration Statement

and

Selling Securityholder Questionnaire

(Date)

Reference is hereby made to the Registration Rights Agreement dated September 27, 2017 (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) among Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (the “ Issuer ”), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (the “ Guarantor ”), the Initial Purchasers and the Dealer Managers named therein. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer intends to file with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement on Form [__] (the “ Shelf Registration Statement ”) for the registration and resale under Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), of the Issuer’s 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AT6 and N6945A AJ6) and the 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AW9 and N6945A AK3) (the “ Securities ”). A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is attached hereto. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Each beneficial owner of Registrable Securities is entitled to have the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it included in the Shelf Registration Statement. In order to have Registrable Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement, this Notice of Registration Statement and Selling Securityholder Questionnaire (“ Notice and Questionnaire ”) must be completed, executed and delivered to the Issuer’s counsel at the address set forth herein for receipt ON OR BEFORE [Deadline for Response] . Beneficial owners of Registrable Securities who do not complete, execute and return this Notice and Questionnaire by such date (i) will not be named as selling securityholders in the Shelf Registration Statement and (ii) may not use the prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of Registrable Securities.

Certain legal consequences arise from being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus. Accordingly, holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Securities are advised to consult their own securities law counsel regarding the consequences of being named or not being named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus.


ELECTION

The undersigned holder (the “ Selling Securityholder ”) of Registrable Securities hereby elects to include in the Shelf Registration Statement the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by it and listed below in Item (3). The undersigned, by signing and returning this Notice and Questionnaire, agrees to be bound with respect to such Registrable Securities by the terms and conditions of this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement. Such holder agrees severally and not jointly, to (i) indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer and all other holders of Registrable Securities, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuer or such other holders of Registrable Securities may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, or any preliminary, final or summary prospectus contained therein or furnished by the Issuer to any such holder or underwriter, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Issuer by such holder expressly for use therein, and (ii) reimburse the Issuer for any reasonable and duly documented legal or other expenses incurred by the Issuer in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that no such holder shall be required to undertake liability to any person hereunder for any amounts in excess of the dollar amount of the proceeds to be received by such holder from the sale of such holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration.

Upon any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder will be required to deliver to the Issuer and the Trustee the Notice of Transfer set forth in Appendix A to the Prospectus and as Exhibit B to the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Selling Securityholder hereby provides the following information to the Issuer and represents and warrants that such information is accurate and complete:


QUESTIONNAIRE

(1)      (a)       Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder:

 

 

(b)              Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as in (a) above) of Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below:

 

 

(c)              Full Legal Name of DTC Participant (if applicable and if not the same as (b) above) Through Which Registrable Securities Listed in Item (3) below are Held:

 

 

(2)              Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder:

  

 

  
  

 

  
  

 

  

Telephone:

  

 

  

Fax:

  

 

  

Contact Person:  

  

 

  

 

(3)               Beneficial Ownership of Securities:

Except as set forth below in this Item (3) , the undersigned does not beneficially own any Securities.

(a)              Principal amount of Registrable Securities beneficially owned: ____________

CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities: ____________________________

(b)              Principal amount of Securities other than Registrable Securities beneficially owned:_______________________________________________________

CUSIP No(s). of such other Securities: _________________________________

(c)              Principal amount of Registrable Securities that the undersigned wishes to be included      in the Shelf Registration Statement:_________________________

CUSIP No(s). of such Registrable Securities to be included in the Shelf Registration Statement:

 

(4)     Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Issuer and Guarantor:

Except as set forth below in this Item (4) , the undersigned Selling Securityholder is not the beneficial or registered owner of any other securities of the Issuer or the Guarantor other than the Securities listed above in Item (3).


State any exceptions here:                                                                                                                            

 

(5)

Relationships with the Issuer and Guarantor:

Except as set forth below , neither the Selling Securityholder nor any of its affiliates , officers , directors or principal equity holders (5% or more) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Issuer or the Guarantor (or their respective predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years .

State any exceptions here:                                                                                                                                            

 

(6)

Plan of Distribution:

Except as set forth below , the undersigned Selling Securityholder intends to distribute the Registrable Securities listed above in Item (3)  only as follows (if at all): Such Registrable Securities may be sold from time to time directly by the undersigned Selling Securityholder or , alternatively , through underwriters , broker-dealers or agents. Such Registrable Securities may be sold in one or more transactions at fixed prices , at prevailing market prices at the time of sale , at varying prices determined at the time of sale , or at negotiated prices. Such sales may be effected in transactions (which may involve crosses or block transactions)  (i) on any national securities exchange or quotation service on which the Registered Securities may be listed or quoted at the time of sale , (ii)  in the over-the-counter market , (iii)  in transactions otherwise than on such exchanges or services or in the over-the-counter market or (iv)  through the writing of options. In connection with sales of the Registrable Securities or otherwise , the Selling Securityholder may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers , which may in turn engage in short sales of the Registrable Securities in the course of hedging the positions they assume. The Selling Securityholder may also sell Registrable Securities short and deliver Registrable Securities to close out such short positions , or loan or pledge Registrable Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such securities.

State any exceptions here:                                                                                                                                        

By signing below, the Selling Securityholder acknowledges that it understands its obligation to comply, and agrees that it will comply, with the provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, particularly Regulation M.

In the event that the Selling Securityholder transfers all or any portion of the Registrable Securities listed in Item (3) above after the date on which such information is provided to the Issuer, the Selling Securityholder agrees to notify the transferee(s) at the time of the transfer of its rights and obligations under this Notice and Questionnaire and the Registration Rights Agreement.

By signing below, the Selling Securityholder consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items (1) through (6) above and the inclusion of such information in the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus. The Selling Securityholder understands that such information will be relied upon by the Issuer in connection with the preparation of the Shelf Registration Statement and related prospectus.


In accordance with the Selling Securityholder’s obligation under Section 3(e) of the Registration Rights Agreement to provide such information as may be required by law for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement, the Selling Securityholder agrees to promptly notify the Issuer of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein which may occur subsequent to the date hereof at any time while the Shelf Registration Statement remains in effect. All notices hereunder and pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement shall be made in writing, by hand-delivery or air courier guarantying overnight delivery as follows:

To the Issuer:

[Investor Relations Department

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile, 65 — 13 th Floor

20031-912 — Rio de Janeiro — RJ, Brazil

Attn: Larry Carris Cardoso, Finance Department, General Manager of Corporate Finance

Telephone: +55 (21) 3224-1510/3224-9947

Fax: +55 (21) 3224-1401

E-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br]

Once this Notice and Questionnaire is executed by the Selling Securityholder and received by the Issuer’s counsel, the terms of this Notice and Questionnaire, and the representations and warranties contained herein, shall be binding on, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the respective successors, heirs, personal representatives, and assigns of the Issuer and the Selling Securityholder (with respect to the Registrable Securities beneficially owned by such Selling Securityholder and listed in Item (3) above). This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York.

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.

Dated: ______________

 

 

Selling Securityholder

(Print/type full legal name of beneficial owner of Registrable Securities)

By: __________________________________________________________

Name:

Title:

PLEASE RETURN THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE FOR RECEIPT ON OR BEFORE [DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE] TO THE ISSUER’S COUNSEL AT:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Exhibit B

NOTICE OF TRANSFER PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT

The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee

101 Barclay Street, 4E

New York, New York 10286

Attention: Global Finance Americas

 

Re:

Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (the “ Issuer ”)

5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AT6 and N6945A AJ6) and

5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (CUSIP Nos.: 71647N AW9 and N6945A AK3)

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Please be advised that _________________ has transferred U.S.$_________________ aggregate principal amount of the above referenced Securities pursuant to an effective Registration Statement on Form [_____] (File No. 333- ______) filed by the Issuer and the guarantor named therein.

We hereby certify that the prospectus delivery requirements, if any, of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, have been satisfied and that the above-named beneficial owner of the Securities is named as a “Selling Holder” in the Prospectus dated [date] or in supplements thereto, and that the aggregate principal amount of the Securities transferred are the Securities listed in such prospectus opposite such owner’s name.

Dated:

 

     

Very truly yours,

  
     

 

  
     

(Name)

 

  
  

By:

  

 

  
     

(Authorized Signature)

  
        

 

Exhibit 4.96

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

GUARANTY

Dated as of September 27, 2017

between

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS,

as Guarantor,

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as

Trustee for the Noteholders

Referred to Herein


Table of Contents

 

        Page  

SECTION 1.

  

Definitions

     2  

SECTION 2.

  

Guaranty

     6  

SECTION 3.

  

Guaranty Absolute

     6  

SECTION 4.

  

Independent Obligation

     8  

SECTION 5.

  

Waivers and Acknowledgments

     8  

SECTION 6.

  

Claims Against the Issuer

     9  

SECTION 7.

  

Covenants

     10  

SECTION 8.

  

Amendments, Etc.

     13  

SECTION 9.

  

Indemnity

     13  

SECTION 10.

  

Notices, Etc.

     13  

SECTION 11.

  

Survival

     14  

SECTION 12.

  

No Waiver; Remedies

     14  

SECTION 13.

   Continuing Agreement; Assignment of Rights Under the Indenture and the 2025 Notes      14  

SECTION 14.

  

Currency Rate Indemnity

     14  

SECTION 15.

  

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity, Etc.

     15  

SECTION 16.

  

Execution in Counterparts

     17  

SECTION 17.

  

Entire Agreement

     17  

SECTION 18.        

  

The Trustee

     17  

 

 

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GUARANTY

GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of September 27, 2017 between PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS (the “ Guarantor ”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“ Brazil ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) (the “ Trustee ”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “ Issuer ”) and the Guarantor have entered into an Indenture dated as of September 27, 2017 with the Trustee and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SA/NV, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH (the “ Luxembourg Agent ”), as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time with respect to the 2025 Notes, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Indenture ”;

WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of its notes in such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the Indenture and is, on the date hereof, issuing U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 under the Indenture (the “ 2025 Notes ”);

WHEREAS, the Guarantor is willing to enter into this Guaranty in order to provide the holders of the 2025 Notes (the “ Noteholders ”) with an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty that, if the Issuer shall fail to make any required payments of principal, interest or other amounts due in respect of the 2025 Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will pay any such amounts whether at stated maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the 2025 Notes by the Issuer;

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the 2025 Notes that the Guarantor shall have executed this Guaranty;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty’s obligations shall also extend to the Exchange Securities (as defined in the Indenture) if and when issued;

WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto is entering into this Guaranty for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions (a) All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. All such definitions shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Guaranty.

(b) As used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate ,” with respect to any Person, means any other Person that, directly or

indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; it being

understood that for purposes of this definition, the term “ control ” (including the terms

controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) of a Person shall mean the

possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 25% or more of the equity or similar voting

interests of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of

such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Authorized Representative ” of the Guarantor or any other Person means the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of such entity by its chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or any vice president or its Board of Directors or any other governing body of such entity.

Board of Directors ”, when used with respect to a corporation, means either the board of directors of such corporation or any committee of that board duly authorized to act for it, and when used with respect to a limited liability company, partnership or other entity other than a corporation, any Person or body authorized by the organizational documents or by the voting equity owners of such entity to act for them .

Denomination Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14(b).

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.

Indebtedness ” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any Guarantee) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under generally accepted accounting principles in the country of incorporation of the relevant obligor, would constitute a capital lease obligation).

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14(b).

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or, results of operation, of the Guarantor together with its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document or (c) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, or (d) the material rights or benefits available to the Noteholders or the Trustee, as representative of the Noteholders under the Indenture, this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

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Material Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP (or if Petrobras does not prepare financial statements in Reporting GAAP, consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian generally accepted accounting principles).

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the

Guarantor.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel from any Person either expressly referred to herein or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which may include, without limitation, counsel for the Guarantor, whether or not such counsel is an employee of the Guarantor.

Permitted Lien ” means a:

(i)  Lien granted in respect of Indebtedness owed to the Brazilian government, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social or any official government agency or department of the government of Brazil or of any state or region thereof;

(ii)  Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Guarantor’s ordinary course of business or that of any Subsidiary or Lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(iii)  Lien arising from the Guarantor’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Guarantor’s past practice;

(iv)  Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;

(v)  Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;

(vi)  Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Guarantor or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;

(vii)  Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary as long as such Lien is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;

 

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(viii)  Lien over any Qualifying Asset relating to a project financed by, and securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with, the Project Financing of such project by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

(ix)  Lien existing as of the date of the Indenture;

(x)  Lien resulting from the Transaction Documents;

(xi)  Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Guarantor, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time;

(xii)  Lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in paragraphs (i) through (xi) above (but not paragraph (iv)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (vii), the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs and in the case of paragraph (viii), the Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Project Financing by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary have any ownership or other similar interests; and

(xiii)  Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Guarantor’s Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Guarantor’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Guarantor’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.

Process Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 15(c).

Project Financing ” of any project means the incurrence of Indebtedness relating to the exploration, development, expansion, renovation, upgrade or other modification or construction of such project pursuant to which the providers of such Indebtedness or any trustee or other intermediary on their behalf or beneficiaries designated by any such provider, trustee or other intermediary are granted security over one or more Qualifying Assets relating to such project for repayment of principal, premium and interest or any other amount in respect of such Indebtedness.

Qualifying Asset ” in relation to any Project Financing means:

(i)      any concession, authorization or other legal right granted by any Governmental Authority to the Guarantor or any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries, or any

 

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consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

(ii)      any drilling or other rig, any drilling or production platform, pipeline, marine vessel, vehicle or other equipment or any refinery, oil or gas field, processing plant, real property (whether leased or owned), right of way or plant or other fixtures or equipment;

(iii)      any revenues or claims which arise from the operation, failure to meet specifications, failure to complete, exploitation, sale, loss or damage to, such concession, authorization or other legal right or such drilling or other rig, drilling or production platform, pipeline, marine vessel, vehicle or other equipment or refinery, oil or gas field, processing plant, real property, right of way, plant or other fixtures or equipment or any contract or agreement relating to any of the foregoing or the Project Financing of any of the foregoing (including insurance policies, credit support arrangements and other similar contracts) or any rights under any performance bond, letter of credit or similar instrument issued in connection therewith;

(iv)      any oil, gas, petrochemical or other hydrocarbon-based products produced or processed by such project, including any receivables or contract rights arising therefrom or relating thereto and any such product (and such receivables or contract rights) produced or processed by other projects, fields or assets to which the lenders providing the Project Financing required, as a condition therefor, recourse as security in addition to that produced or processed by such project; and

(v)      shares or other ownership interest in, and any subordinated debt rights owing to the Guarantor by, a special purpose company formed solely for the development of a project, and whose principal assets and business are constituted by such project and whose liabilities solely relate to such project.

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e)(A).

Termination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.

Transaction Documents ” means, collectively, the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and this Guaranty.

(c) Construction . The parties agree that items (1) through (5) of Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall apply to this Guaranty, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires.

 

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SECTION 2. Guaranty .(a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, as a guaranty of payment and not of collection, whether at the Stated Maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer now or hereafter existing under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, Additional Amounts, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), and the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Noteholder in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Issuer to the Trustee or any Noteholder under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Issuer.

(b)      In the event that the Issuer does not make payments to the Trustee of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, upon receipt of notice of such non-payment from the Trustee, the Guarantor will make immediate payment to the Trustee of any such amount or portion of the Guaranteed Obligations owing or payable under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities. Such notice shall specify the amount or amounts under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities that were not paid on the date that such amounts were required to be paid under the terms of the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities.

(c)      The obligation of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional upon receipt by it of the notice contemplated herein absent manifest error. The Guarantor shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have indefeasibly received all amounts required to be paid by the Guarantor hereunder (and any Event of Default under the Indenture has been cured, it being understood that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall terminate following payment by the Issuer and/or the Guarantor of the entire principal, all accrued interest and all other amounts due and owing in respect of the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities and the Indenture. All amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds to the Trustee.

All payments actually received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2 after 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day will be deemed, for purposes of this Guaranty, to have been received by the Trustee on the next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 3. Guaranty Absolute (a) The Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Noteholder under the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities or the Indenture. The obligations of the Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of the Issuer, the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries under or in respect of the Indenture, the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities or any other document or agreement, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Issuer or whether the Issuer is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Guarantor

 

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under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

(i)        any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents;

(ii)       any provision of applicable Law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Issuer of any amount payable by it under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities;

(iii)      any provision of applicable Law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Guarantor of any amount payable by it under this Guaranty;

(iv)      any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any other person or entity under or in respect of the Transaction Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities as a result of any rescheduling of the Issuer’s obligations under the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities, the Indenture or otherwise;

(v)       any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty or agreement similar in function to this Guaranty, for all or any of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities;

(vi)      any manner of sale or other disposition of any assets of any Noteholder;

(vii)    any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of the Issuer or the Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof or any change in the name, purposes, business, capital stock (including ownership thereof) or constitutive documents of the Issuer or the Guarantor;

(viii)   any failure of the Trustee to disclose to the Guarantor any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (the Guarantor hereby waiving any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholders to disclose such information);

(ix)  the failure of any other person or entity to execute or deliver any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any other guarantor or surety with respect to the Indenture;

(x)      any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Trustee or any

 

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Noteholder that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Issuer or the Guarantor or any other party; or

(xi)      any claim of set-off or other right which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Issuer or the Trustee, whether in connection with this transaction or with any unrelated transaction.

(b)      This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Noteholder or any other person or entity upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or the Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

SECTION 4. Independent Obligation The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Issuer’s obligations under the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities and the Indenture. The Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, may neglect or forbear to enforce payment under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities, without in any way affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Trustee shall not be obligated to exhaust recourse or remedies against the Issuer to recover payments required to be made under the Indenture nor take any other action against the Issuer before being entitled to payment from the Guarantor of all amounts contemplated in Section 2 hereof owed hereunder or proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Trustee in favor of the Issuer or in favor of the Guarantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the right to bring a suit directly against the Guarantor, either prior or subsequent to or concurrently with any lawsuit against, or without bringing suit against, the Issuer.

SECTION 5. Waivers and Acknowledgments (a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Issuer or any other Person.

(b)      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether the same are existing now or in the future.

(c)      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Noteholder or the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Guarantor or other rights of the Guarantor to proceed against the Issuer or any other person or entity and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.

 

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(d)      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder to disclose to the Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer now or hereafter known by the Trustee or any Noteholder, as applicable.

(e)      The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Section 5 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(f)      The recitals contained in this Guaranty shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guaranty, of any offering materials, the Indenture, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities.

(g)      The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Brazilian law, any benefit it may be entitled to under Articles 827, 834, 835, 838 and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code, and under Article 794, caput, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

SECTION 6. Claims Against the Issuer The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Issuer or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification, or to participate in any claim or remedy of the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, against the Issuer or any other person, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer or any other person, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the date on which all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities have been discharged in full (the later of such dates being the “ Termination Date ”), such amount shall be paid over to and received and held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Trustee in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. If (i) the Guarantor shall make payment to any Noteholder or the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall have occurred, then the Trustee, on behalf of the

 

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Noteholders, will, at the Guarantor’s written request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by the Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.

SECTION 7. Covenants For so long as the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities remain outstanding or any amount remains unpaid on the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities or the Indenture, the Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply with the terms and covenants set forth below (except as otherwise provided in a duly authorized amendment to this Guaranty as provided herein):

(a)       Performance of Obligations . The Guarantor shall pay all amounts owed by it and comply with all its other obligations under the terms of this Guaranty and the Indenture in accordance with the terms thereof.

(b)       Maintenance of Corporate Existence . The Guarantor will (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor except as otherwise permitted by Section 7(e) and (ii) take all actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises, concessions and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; provided, however, that this Section 7(b) shall not require the Guarantor to maintain any such right, privilege, title to property or franchise if the failure to do so does not, and will not, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)       Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Guarantor will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where notices to and demands upon the Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty may be served, and the Guarantor will not change the designation of such office without prior written notice to the Trustee and designation of a replacement office in the same general location.

(d)       Ranking . The Guarantor will ensure at all times that its obligations under this Guaranty will constitute the general, senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor and will rank pari passu , without any preferences among themselves, with all other present and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor (other than obligations preferred by statute or by operation of law) that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

(e)       Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance . (i) The Guarantor will not, in one or a series of transactions, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any corporation or convey, lease, spin-off or transfer substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to any person or entity (other than a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor) or permit any person or entity (other than a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor) to merge with or into it, unless:

(A)      either the Guarantor is the continuing entity or the person (the “ Successor Company ”) formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or that acquired or leased such property or assets of the Guarantor will assume (jointly and

 

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severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as a result of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by an amendment to this Guaranty (the form and substance of which shall be previously approved by the Trustee), all of the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty;

(B)      the Successor Company (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as part of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each Noteholder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on such Noteholder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities pursuant to this Guaranty;

(C)      immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(D)      the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger consolidation, sale, transfer or other conveyance or disposition and the amendment to this Guaranty comply with the terms of this Guaranty and that all conditions precedent provided for herein and relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(ii)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom and the Guarantor has delivered written notice of any such transaction to the Trustee (which notice shall contain a description of such merger, consolidation or conveyance):

(A)      the Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor in cases when the Guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction and such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, it being understood that if the Guarantor is not the surviving entity, the Guarantor shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph; or

(B)      any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in cases when such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

(C)      any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor; or

(D)      any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve if the Guarantor determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in

 

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the best interests of the Guarantor, and would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and if such liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of the Guarantor.

(f)       Negative Pledge . The Guarantor will not create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Guarantor’s assets to secure (i) any of the Guarantor’s Indebtedness or (ii) the Indebtedness of any other person, unless the Guarantor contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty or the Guarantor provides such other security for the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities as is duly approved by the Trustee, at the direction of the Noteholders, in accordance with the Indenture. In addition, the Guarantor will not allow any of the Guarantor’s Material Subsidiaries to create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Guarantor’s assets to secure (i) any of the Guarantor’s Indebtedness, (ii) any of the Indebtedness of the Guarantor’s Material Subsidiaries or (iii) the Indebtedness of any other person, unless it contemporaneously creates or permits the Lien to secure equally and ratably the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty or the Guarantor or such Material Subsidiary provides such other security for the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities as is duly approved by the Trustee, at the direction of the Noteholders, in accordance with the Indenture.

(g)       Provision of Financial Statements and Reports . (i) The Guarantor will provide to the Trustee, in English or accompanied by a certified English translation thereof, (A) within 90 calendar days after the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth quarter), its unaudited and consolidated balance sheet and statement of income calculated in accordance with Reporting GAAP and (B) within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal year, its audited and consolidated balance sheet and statement of income calculated in accordance with Reporting GAAP. For purposes of this Section 7(g), as long as the financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically by the Trustee, the filing or electronic publication of such financial statements or reports shall comply with the Guarantor’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the Trustee hereunder. The Guarantor shall provide the Trustee with prompt written notification at such time that the Guarantor ceases to be a reporting company. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine if and when the Guarantor’s financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically.

(ii)      The Guarantor will provide, together with each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7(g)(i)(A) and (B), an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Guarantor and the Issuer has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Guarantor and the Issuer have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their covenants and agreements under this Guaranty and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period or, if one or more have actually occurred, specifying all such events and what actions have been taken and will be taken with respect to such Default or Event of Default.

(iii)      The Guarantor shall, whether or not it is required to file reports with the SEC, file with the SEC and deliver to the Trustee (for redelivery to all Noteholders) all reports and other information as it would be required to file with the SEC under the Exchange Act if it were subject to those regulations; provided, however , that if the SEC does not permit the filing described in the first sentence of this Section 7(g)(iii), the Guarantor will provide annual and

 

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interim reports and other information to the Trustee within the same time periods that would be applicable if the Guarantor were required and permitted to file these reports with the SEC.

(iv)      Delivery of the above reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants in the Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

SECTION 8. Amendments, Etc . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee and the Guarantor, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. For the avoidance of doubt, Article IX of the Indenture shall apply to an amendment to this Guaranty to determine whether the consent of Holders is required for an amendment and if so, the required percentage of Holders of the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities required to approve the amendment.

SECTION 9. Indemnity The Guarantor agrees to fully indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the performance of its duties under this Guaranty, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.

SECTION 10. Notices, Etc (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic or telecopy) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it at Avenida República do Chile 65, 13 th Floor, 20031-912 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil, Telephone: +55 (21) 3224-1510/3224-9947, Telecopier: +55 (21) 3224-1401, Attention: Larry Carris Cardoso, Finance Department, General Manager of Corporate Finance, if to the Trustee, at The Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, 4E, New York, New York, 10286, USA, Telephone: +1 (212) 815-4259, Telecopier: +1 (212) 815-5603, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when telecopied, be effective when transmitted. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.

(b)      All payments made by the Guarantor to the Trustee hereunder shall be made to the Payment Account (as defined in the Indenture).

 

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SECTION 11. Survival Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents, the agreements and obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 2 (with respect to the payment of all other amounts owed under the Indenture), Section 9 and Section 14 shall survive the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts payable under this Guaranty, the termination of this Guaranty and/or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 12. No Waiver; Remedies . No failure on the part of the Trustee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 13. Continuing Agreement; Assignment of Rights Under the Indenture and the 2025 Notes . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the repayment in full by the Issuer of all amounts due and owing under the Indenture with respect to the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities and (ii) the repayment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, on behalf of Noteholders, and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Noteholder may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the 2025 Note or Exchange Security held by it) to any other person or entity, and such other person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Noteholder herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. The Guarantor shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Noteholders.

SECTION 14. Currency Rate Indemnity (a) The Guarantor shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Noteholders and keep them indemnified against:

(i)      in the case of nonpayment by the Guarantor of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, under this Guaranty any loss or damage incurred by any of them arising by reason of any variation between the rates of exchange used for the purposes of calculating the amount due under a judgment or order in respect thereof and those prevailing at the date of actual payment by the Guarantor; and

 

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(ii)      any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (a) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under this Guaranty or in respect of the 2025 Notes or the Exchange Securities is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor, and (b) the final date for ascertaining the amount of claims in such bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation. The amount of such deficiency shall be deemed not to be increased or reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any distribution of assets in connection therewith.

(b)      The Guarantor agrees that, if a judgment or order given or made by any court for the payment of any amount in respect of its obligations hereunder is expressed in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than U.S. dollars (the “ Denomination Currency ”), it will indemnify the relevant Holder and the Trustee against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between the date at which the amount in the Denomination Currency is notionally converted into the amount in the Judgment Currency for the purposes of such judgment or order and the date of actual payment thereof.

(c)      The above indemnities shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the Guarantor from its obligations hereunder, will give rise to separate and independent causes of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted from time to time and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or the filing of any proof or proofs in any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due under this Guaranty, or under the Indenture, the 2025 Notes, the Exchange Securities or under any judgment or order.

SECTION 15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity, Etc.

(a)      This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(b)      The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or is to be a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding against the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, relating to this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

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(c)      The Guarantor hereby irrevocably appoints and empowers the New York office of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., located at 570 Lexington Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10022 as its authorized agent (the “ Process Agent ”) to accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf and on behalf of its property service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents which may be served in any such suit, action or proceedings in any New York State court or United States federal court sitting in the State of New York in the Borough of Manhattan and any appellate court from any thereof, which service may be made on such designee, appointee and agent in accordance with legal procedures prescribed for such courts. The Guarantor will take any and all action necessary to continue such designation in full force and effect and to advise the Trustee of any change of address of such Process Agent and; should such Process Agent become unavailable for this purpose for any reason, the Guarantor will promptly and irrevocably designate a new Process Agent within New York, New York, which will agree to act as such, with the powers and for the purposes specified in this subsection (c). The Guarantor irrevocably consents and agrees to the service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents out of any of the aforesaid courts in any such action, suit or proceeding by hand delivery, to it at its address set forth in Section 10 or to any other address of which it shall have given notice pursuant to Section 10 or to its Process Agent. Service upon the Guarantor or the Process Agent as provided for herein will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, constitute valid and effective personal service upon it and the failure of the Process Agent to give any notice of such service to the Guarantor shall not impair or affect in any way the validity of such service or any judgment rendered in any action or proceeding based thereon.

(d)      The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or is to be a party in any New York State or federal court. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(e)      THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, THE ADVANCES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY NOTEHOLDER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

 

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(f)      This Guaranty and any other documents delivered pursuant hereto, and any actions taken hereunder, constitute commercial acts by the Guarantor. The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally and to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) for itself, the Issuer or any of their property, assets or revenues wherever located with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Guaranty, any of the Transaction Documents or any document delivered pursuant hereto, in each case for the benefit of each assigns, it being intended that the foregoing waiver and agreement will be effective, irrevocable and not subject to withdrawal in any and all jurisdictions, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agrees that the waivers set forth in this subsection (f) shall have the fullest scope permitted under the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 and are intended to be irrevocable for the purposes of such act.

SECTION 16. Execution in Counterparts This Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty.

SECTION 17. Entire Agreement This Guaranty, together with the Indenture, the 2025 Notes and the Exchange Securities, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 18. The Trustee

In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

   PETRÓLEO BRASILEITO S.A. – PETROBRAS
   By:  

/s/ LARRY CARRIS CARDOSO

     Name:   

LARRY CARRIS CARDOSO

     Title:   

Administration General Manager

 

   WITNESSES:   
   1.   

/s/ RODRIGO COIMBRA

  
      Name:   

RODRIGO COIMBRA

  
   2.   

/s/ Flavia Dias Delos

  
      Name:   

Flavia Dias Delos

  

 

[Signature Page – Guaranty]


ACKNOWLEDGED:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee and not

in its individual capacity

 

   By:  

/s/ Catherine F. Donohue

  
     Name:    Catherine F. Donohue   
     Title:    Vice President   

 

   WITNESSES:   
   1.   

/s/ Bret S Derman

  
      Name:    Bret S Derman   
   2.   

/s/ Elizabeth A. Stern

  
      Name:    Elizabeth A. Stern   

 

 

Signature page to Guaranty


STATE OF NEW YORK    )   
   )        ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )   

On this 27 th day of September 2017, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Catherine F. Donohue to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

On this 27 t h day of September 2017, before me personally came Briet Derman and Elizabeth Stern to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.

[Notarial Seal]

 

/s/ KAITLYN F. MCEVOY

Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
KAITLYN F. MCEVOY
NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York
No. 01MC6216741
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires Jan. 25 2018

Exhibit 4.97

EXECUTION VERSION

GUARANTY

Dated as of September 27, 2017

between

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS,

as Guarantor,

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as

Trustee for the Noteholders

Referred to Herein


Table of Contents

 

         Page  
SECTION 1.           Definitions      2  
SECTION 2.   Guaranty      6  
SECTION 3.   Guaranty Absolute      6  
SECTION 4.   Independent Obligation      8  
SECTION 5.   Waivers and Acknowledgments      8  
SECTION 6.   Claims Against the Issuer      9  
SECTION 7.   Covenants      10  
SECTION 8.   Amendments, Etc.      13  
SECTION 9.   Indemnity      13  
SECTION 10.   Notices, Etc.      13  
SECTION 11.   Survival      14  
SECTION 12.   No Waiver; Remedies      14  
SECTION 13.   Continuing Agreement; Assignment of Rights Under the Indenture and the 2028 Notes      14  
SECTION 14.   Currency Rate Indemnity      14  
SECTION 15.   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity, Etc.      15  
SECTION 16.   Execution in Counterparts      17  
SECTION 17.   Entire Agreement      17  
SECTION 18.   The Trustee      17  

 

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GUARANTY

GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of September 27, 2017 between PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS (the “ Guarantor ”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“ Brazil ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee under the Indenture (as defined below) (the “ Trustee ”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “ Issuer ”) and the Guarantor have entered into an Indenture dated as of September 27, 2017 with the Trustee and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON SA/NV, LUXEMBOURG BRANCH (the “ Luxembourg Agent ”), as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time with respect to the 2028 Notes, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Indenture ”;

WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of its notes in such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the Indenture and is, on the date hereof, issuing U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 under the Indenture (the “ 2028 Notes ”);

WHEREAS, the Guarantor is willing to enter into this Guaranty in order to provide the holders of the 2028 Notes (the “ Noteholders ”) with an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty that, if the Issuer shall fail to make any required payments of principal, interest or other amounts due in respect of the 2028 Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will pay any such amounts whether at stated maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the 2028 Notes by the Issuer;

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the 2028 Notes that the Guarantor shall have executed this Guaranty;

WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that this Guaranty’s obligations shall also extend to the Exchange Securities (as defined in the Indenture) if and when issued;

WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto is entering into this Guaranty for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions (a) All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture. All such definitions shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Guaranty.

(b) As used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Affiliate ,” with respect to any Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; it being understood that for purposes of this definition, the term “ control ” (including the terms “ controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) of a Person shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 25% or more of the equity or similar voting interests of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Authorized Representative ” of the Guarantor or any other Person means the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of such entity by its chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or any vice president or its Board of Directors or any other governing body of such entity.

Board of Directors ”, when used with respect to a corporation, means either the board of directors of such corporation or any committee of that board duly authorized to act for it, and when used with respect to a limited liability company, partnership or other entity other than a corporation, any Person or body authorized by the organizational documents or by the voting equity owners of such entity to act for them .

Denomination Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14(b).

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.

Indebtedness ” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any Guarantee) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under generally accepted accounting principles in the country of incorporation of the relevant obligor, would constitute a capital lease obligation).

Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14(b).

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or, results of operation, of the Guarantor together with its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document or (c) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, or (d) the material rights or benefits available to the Noteholders or the Trustee, as representative of the Noteholders under the Indenture, this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents.

 

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Material Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP (or if Petrobras does not prepare financial statements in Reporting GAAP, consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian generally accepted accounting principles).

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the

Guarantor.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel from any Person either expressly referred to herein or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which may include, without limitation, counsel for the Guarantor, whether or not such counsel is an employee of the Guarantor.

Permitted Lien ” means a:

(i)  Lien granted in respect of Indebtedness owed to the Brazilian government, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social or any official government agency or department of the government of Brazil or of any state or region thereof;

(ii)  Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Guarantor’s ordinary course of business or that of any Subsidiary or Lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(iii)  Lien arising from the Guarantor’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Guarantor’s past practice;

(iv)  Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;

(v)  Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;

(vi)  Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Guarantor or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;

(vii)  Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary as long as such Lien is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;

 

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(viii)  Lien over any Qualifying Asset relating to a project financed by, and securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with, the Project Financing of such project by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

(ix) Lien existing as of the date of the Indenture;

(x) Lien resulting from the Transaction Documents;

(xi)  Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Guarantor, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time;

(xii)  Lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in paragraphs (i) through (xi) above (but not paragraph (iv)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (vii), the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs and in the case of paragraph (viii), the Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Project Financing by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary have any ownership or other similar interests; and

(xiii)  Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Guarantor’s Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Guarantor’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Guarantor’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.

Process Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 15(c).

Project Financing ” of any project means the incurrence of Indebtedness relating to the exploration, development, expansion, renovation, upgrade or other modification or construction of such project pursuant to which the providers of such Indebtedness or any trustee or other intermediary on their behalf or beneficiaries designated by any such provider, trustee or other intermediary are granted security over one or more Qualifying Assets relating to such project for repayment of principal, premium and interest or any other amount in respect of such Indebtedness.

Qualifying Asset ” in relation to any Project Financing means:

(i)      any concession, authorization or other legal right granted by any Governmental Authority to the Guarantor or any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries, or any

 

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consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

(ii)      any drilling or other rig, any drilling or production platform, pipeline, marine vessel, vehicle or other equipment or any refinery, oil or gas field, processing plant, real property (whether leased or owned), right of way or plant or other fixtures or equipment;

(iii)      any revenues or claims which arise from the operation, failure to meet specifications, failure to complete, exploitation, sale, loss or damage to, such concession, authorization or other legal right or such drilling or other rig, drilling or production platform, pipeline, marine vessel, vehicle or other equipment or refinery, oil or gas field, processing plant, real property, right of way, plant or other fixtures or equipment or any contract or agreement relating to any of the foregoing or the Project Financing of any of the foregoing (including insurance policies, credit support arrangements and other similar contracts) or any rights under any performance bond, letter of credit or similar instrument issued in connection therewith;

(iv)      any oil, gas, petrochemical or other hydrocarbon-based products produced or processed by such project, including any receivables or contract rights arising therefrom or relating thereto and any such product (and such receivables or contract rights) produced or processed by other projects, fields or assets to which the lenders providing the Project Financing required, as a condition therefor, recourse as security in addition to that produced or processed by such project; and

(v)      shares or other ownership interest in, and any subordinated debt rights owing to the Guarantor by, a special purpose company formed solely for the development of a project, and whose principal assets and business are constituted by such project and whose liabilities solely relate to such project.

SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e)(A).

Termination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.

Transaction Documents ” means, collectively, the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and this Guaranty.

(c)   Construction . The parties agree that items (1) through (5) of Section 1.01 of the Indenture shall apply to this Guaranty, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires.

 

 

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SECTION 2.     Guaranty .(a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, as a guaranty of payment and not of collection, whether at the Stated Maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer now or hereafter existing under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, Additional Amounts, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), and the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Noteholder in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Issuer to the Trustee or any Noteholder under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Issuer.

(b)      In the event that the Issuer does not make payments to the Trustee of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, upon receipt of notice of such non-payment from the Trustee, the Guarantor will make immediate payment to the Trustee of any such amount or portion of the Guaranteed Obligations owing or payable under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities. Such notice shall specify the amount or amounts under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities that were not paid on the date that such amounts were required to be paid under the terms of the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities.

(c)      The obligation of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional upon receipt by it of the notice contemplated herein absent manifest error. The Guarantor shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have indefeasibly received all amounts required to be paid by the Guarantor hereunder (and any Event of Default under the Indenture has been cured, it being understood that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall terminate following payment by the Issuer and/or the Guarantor of the entire principal, all accrued interest and all other amounts due and owing in respect of the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities and the Indenture. All amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds to the Trustee.

All payments actually received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2 after 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day will be deemed, for purposes of this Guaranty, to have been received by the Trustee on the next succeeding Business Day.

SECTION 3. Guaranty Absolute (a) The Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Noteholder under the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities or the Indenture. The obligations of the Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of the Issuer, the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries under or in respect of the Indenture, the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities or any other document or agreement, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Issuer or whether the Issuer is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of the Guarantor

 

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under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents;

(ii)      any provision of applicable Law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Issuer of any amount payable by it under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities;

(iii)      any provision of applicable Law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Guarantor of any amount payable by it under this Guaranty;

(iv)    any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of any other person or entity under or in respect of the Transaction Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities as a result of any rescheduling of the Issuer’s obligations under the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities, the Indenture or otherwise;

(v)      any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty or agreement similar in function to this Guaranty, for all or any of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities;

(vi)      any manner of sale or other disposition of any assets of any Noteholder;

(vii)      any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of the Issuer or the Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof or any change in the name, purposes, business, capital stock (including ownership thereof) or constitutive documents of the Issuer or the Guarantor;

(viii)    any failure of the Trustee to disclose to the Guarantor any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries (the Guarantor hereby waiving any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholders to disclose such information);

(ix)    the failure of any other person or entity to execute or deliver any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any other guarantor or surety with respect to the Indenture;

(x)    any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by the Trustee or any

 

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Noteholder that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Issuer or the Guarantor or any other party; or

(xi)    any claim of set-off or other right which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Issuer or the Trustee, whether in connection with this transaction or with any unrelated transaction.

(b)      This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Noteholder or any other person or entity upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or the Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

SECTION 4. Independent Obligation The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Issuer’s obligations under the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities and the Indenture. The Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, may neglect or forbear to enforce payment under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities, without in any way affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Trustee shall not be obligated to exhaust recourse or remedies against the Issuer to recover payments required to be made under the Indenture nor take any other action against the Issuer before being entitled to payment from the Guarantor of all amounts contemplated in Section 2 hereof owed hereunder or proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Trustee in favor of the Issuer or in favor of the Guarantor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the right to bring a suit directly against the Guarantor, either prior or subsequent to or concurrently with any lawsuit against, or without bringing suit against, the Issuer.

SECTION 5. Waivers and Acknowledgments (a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Issuer or any other Person.

(b)      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether the same are existing now or in the future.

(c)      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Noteholder or the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Guarantor or other rights of the Guarantor to proceed against the Issuer or any other person or entity and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.

 

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(d)      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder to disclose to the Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer now or hereafter known by the Trustee or any Noteholder, as applicable.

(e)      The Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Transaction Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Section 5 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(f)      The recitals contained in this Guaranty shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guaranty, of any offering materials, the Indenture, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities.

(g)      The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Brazilian law, any benefit it may be entitled to under Articles 827, 834, 835, 838 and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code, and under Article 794, caput, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

SECTION 6. Claims Against the Issuer The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Issuer or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification, or to participate in any claim or remedy of the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, against the Issuer or any other person, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer or any other person, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the date on which all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities have been discharged in full (the later of such dates being the “ Termination Date ”), such amount shall be paid over to and received and held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Trustee in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. If (i) the Guarantor shall make payment to any Noteholder or the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall have occurred, then the Trustee, on behalf of the

 

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Noteholders, will, at the Guarantor’s written request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by the Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.

SECTION 7. Covenants For so long as the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities remain outstanding or any amount remains unpaid on the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities or the Indenture, the Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply with the terms and covenants set forth below (except as otherwise provided in a duly authorized amendment to this Guaranty as provided herein):

(a)       Performance of Obligations . The Guarantor shall pay all amounts owed by it and comply with all its other obligations under the terms of this Guaranty and the Indenture in accordance with the terms thereof.

(b)       Maintenance of Corporate Existence . The Guarantor will (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor except as otherwise permitted by Section 7(e) and (ii) take all actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises, concessions and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; provided, however, that this Section 7(b) shall not require the Guarantor to maintain any such right, privilege, title to property or franchise if the failure to do so does not, and will not, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c)       Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Guarantor will maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency where notices to and demands upon the Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty may be served, and the Guarantor will not change the designation of such office without prior written notice to the Trustee and designation of a replacement office in the same general location.

(d)       Ranking . The Guarantor will ensure at all times that its obligations under this Guaranty will constitute the general, senior, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor and will rank pari passu , without any preferences among themselves, with all other present and future senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Guarantor (other than obligations preferred by statute or by operation of law) that are not, by their terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of the Guarantor under this Guaranty.

(e)       Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance . (i) The Guarantor will not, in one or a series of transactions, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any corporation or convey, lease, spin-off or transfer substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to any person or entity (other than a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor) or permit any person or entity (other than a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor) to merge with or into it, unless:

(A)      either the Guarantor is the continuing entity or the person (the “ Successor Company ”) formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or that acquired or leased such property or assets of the Guarantor will assume (jointly and

 

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severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as a result of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by an amendment to this Guaranty (the form and substance of which shall be previously approved by the Trustee), all of the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty;

(B)      the Successor Company (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as part of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each Noteholder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on such Noteholder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities pursuant to this Guaranty;

(C)      immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default has occurred and is continuing; and

(D)      the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger consolidation, sale, transfer or other conveyance or disposition and the amendment to this Guaranty comply with the terms of this Guaranty and that all conditions precedent provided for herein and relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(ii)      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom and the Guarantor has delivered written notice of any such transaction to the Trustee (which notice shall contain a description of such merger, consolidation or conveyance):

(A)      the Guarantor may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor in cases when the Guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction and such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, it being understood that if the Guarantor is not the surviving entity, the Guarantor shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph; or

(B)      any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in cases when such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or

(C)      any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor; or

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the best interests of the Guarantor, and would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and if such liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of the Guarantor.

(f)       Negative Pledge . The Guarantor will not create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Guarantor’s assets to secure (i) any of the Guarantor’s Indebtedness or (ii) the Indebtedness of any other person, unless the Guarantor contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty or the Guarantor provides such other security for the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities as is duly approved by the Trustee, at the direction of the Noteholders, in accordance with the Indenture. In addition, the Guarantor will not allow any of the Guarantor’s Material Subsidiaries to create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Guarantor’s assets to secure (i) any of the Guarantor’s Indebtedness, (ii) any of the Indebtedness of the Guarantor’s Material Subsidiaries or (iii) the Indebtedness of any other person, unless it contemporaneously creates or permits the Lien to secure equally and ratably the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty or the Guarantor or such Material Subsidiary provides such other security for the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities as is duly approved by the Trustee, at the direction of the Noteholders, in accordance with the Indenture.

(g)       Provision of Financial Statements and Reports . (i) The Guarantor will provide to the Trustee, in English or accompanied by a certified English translation thereof, (A) within 90 calendar days after the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth quarter), its unaudited and consolidated balance sheet and statement of income calculated in accordance with Reporting GAAP and (B) within 120 calendar days after the end of each fiscal year, its audited and consolidated balance sheet and statement of income calculated in accordance with Reporting GAAP. For purposes of this Section 7(g), as long as the financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically by the Trustee, the filing or electronic publication of such financial statements or reports shall comply with the Guarantor’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the Trustee hereunder. The Guarantor shall provide the Trustee with prompt written notification at such time that the Guarantor ceases to be a reporting company. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine if and when the Guarantor’s financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically.

(ii)      The Guarantor will provide, together with each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7(g)(i)(A) and (B), an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Guarantor and the Issuer has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Guarantor and the Issuer have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their covenants and agreements under this Guaranty and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period or, if one or more have actually occurred, specifying all such events and what actions have been taken and will be taken with respect to such Default or Event of Default.

(iii)      The Guarantor shall, whether or not it is required to file reports with the SEC, file with the SEC and deliver to the Trustee (for redelivery to all Noteholders) all reports and other information as it would be required to file with the SEC under the Exchange Act if it were subject to those regulations; provided, however , that if the SEC does not permit the filing described in the first sentence of this Section 7(g)(iii), the Guarantor will provide annual and

 

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interim reports and other information to the Trustee within the same time periods that would be applicable if the Guarantor were required and permitted to file these reports with the SEC.

(iv)      Delivery of the above reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Guarantor’s compliance with any of its covenants in the Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

SECTION 8. Amendments, Etc . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee and the Guarantor, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. For the avoidance of doubt, Article IX of the Indenture shall apply to an amendment to this Guaranty to determine whether the consent of Holders is required for an amendment and if so, the required percentage of Holders of the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities required to approve the amendment.

SECTION 9. Indemnity The Guarantor agrees to fully indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the performance of its duties under this Guaranty, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.

SECTION 10. Notices, Etc (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic or telecopy) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it at Avenida República do Chile 65, 13 th Floor, 20031-912 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil, Telephone: +55 (21) 3224-1510/3224-9947, Telecopier: +55 (21) 3224-1401, Attention: Larry Carris Cardoso, Finance Department, General Manager of Corporate Finance, if to the Trustee, at The Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, 4E, New York, New York, 10286, USA, Telephone: +1 (212) 815-4259, Telecopier: +1 (212) 815-5603, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when telecopied, be effective when transmitted. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.

(b)      All payments made by the Guarantor to the Trustee hereunder shall be made to the Payment Account (as defined in the Indenture).

 

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SECTION 11. Survival Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents, the agreements and obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 2 (with respect to the payment of all other amounts owed under the Indenture), Section 9 and Section 14 shall survive the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts payable under this Guaranty, the termination of this Guaranty and/or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

SECTION 12. No Waiver; Remedies . No failure on the part of the Trustee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

SECTION 13. Continuing Agreement; Assignment of Rights Under the Indenture and the 2028 Notes . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the repayment in full by the Issuer of all amounts due and owing under the Indenture with respect to the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities and (ii) the repayment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, on behalf of Noteholders, and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Noteholder may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the 2028 Note or Exchange Security held by it) to any other person or entity, and such other person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Noteholder herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. The Guarantor shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Noteholders.

SECTION 14. Currency Rate Indemnity (a) The Guarantor shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Noteholders and keep them indemnified against:

(i)      in the case of nonpayment by the Guarantor of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, under this Guaranty any loss or damage incurred by any of them arising by reason of any variation between the rates of exchange used for the purposes of calculating the amount due under a judgment or order in respect thereof and those prevailing at the date of actual payment by the Guarantor; and

 

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(ii)      any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (a) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under this Guaranty or in respect of the 2028 Notes or the Exchange Securities is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor, and (b) the final date for ascertaining the amount of claims in such bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation. The amount of such deficiency shall be deemed not to be increased or reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any distribution of assets in connection therewith.

(b)      The Guarantor agrees that, if a judgment or order given or made by any court for the payment of any amount in respect of its obligations hereunder is expressed in a currency (the “ Judgment Currency ”) other than U.S. dollars (the “ Denomination Currency ”), it will indemnify the relevant Holder and the Trustee against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between the date at which the amount in the Denomination Currency is notionally converted into the amount in the Judgment Currency for the purposes of such judgment or order and the date of actual payment thereof.

(c)      The above indemnities shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the Guarantor from its obligations hereunder, will give rise to separate and independent causes of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted from time to time and will continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or the filing of any proof or proofs in any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due under this Guaranty, or under the Indenture, the 2028 Notes, the Exchange Securities or under any judgment or order.

SECTION 15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity, Etc.

(a)      This Guaranty shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

(b)      The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or is to be a party, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding against the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, relating to this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

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(c)      The Guarantor hereby irrevocably appoints and empowers the New York office of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., located at 570 Lexington Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10022 as its authorized agent (the “ Process Agent ”) to accept and acknowledge for and on its behalf and on behalf of its property service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents which may be served in any such suit, action or proceedings in any New York State court or United States federal court sitting in the State of New York in the Borough of Manhattan and any appellate court from any thereof, which service may be made on such designee, appointee and agent in accordance with legal procedures prescribed for such courts. The Guarantor will take any and all action necessary to continue such designation in full force and effect and to advise the Trustee of any change of address of such Process Agent and; should such Process Agent become unavailable for this purpose for any reason, the Guarantor will promptly and irrevocably designate a new Process Agent within New York, New York, which will agree to act as such, with the powers and for the purposes specified in this subsection (c). The Guarantor irrevocably consents and agrees to the service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and documents out of any of the aforesaid courts in any such action, suit or proceeding by hand delivery, to it at its address set forth in Section 10 or to any other address of which it shall have given notice pursuant to Section 10 or to its Process Agent. Service upon the Guarantor or the Process Agent as provided for herein will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, constitute valid and effective personal service upon it and the failure of the Process Agent to give any notice of such service to the Guarantor shall not impair or affect in any way the validity of such service or any judgment rendered in any action or proceeding based thereon.

(d)      The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is or is to be a party in any New York State or federal court. The Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(e)      THE GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY, ANY OF THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, THE ADVANCES OR THE ACTIONS OF ANY NOTEHOLDER IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT THEREOF.

 

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(f)      This Guaranty and any other documents delivered pursuant hereto, and any actions taken hereunder, constitute commercial acts by the Guarantor. The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally and to the fullest extent permitted by law, waives, and agrees not to plead or claim, any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) for itself, the Issuer or any of their property, assets or revenues wherever located with respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter under or arising out of or in connection with this Guaranty, any of the Transaction Documents or any document delivered pursuant hereto, in each case for the benefit of each assigns, it being intended that the foregoing waiver and agreement will be effective, irrevocable and not subject to withdrawal in any and all jurisdictions, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, agrees that the waivers set forth in this subsection (f) shall have the fullest scope permitted under the United States Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 and are intended to be irrevocable for the purposes of such act.

SECTION 16. Execution in Counterparts This Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty.

SECTION 17. Entire Agreement This Guaranty, together with the Indenture, the 2028 Notes and the Exchange Securities, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

SECTION 18. The Trustee

In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.

[ Signature page follows ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

   PETRÓLEO BRASILEITO S.A. – PETROBRAS
   By:  

/s/ LARRY CARRIS CARDOSO

     Name:   

LARRY CARRIS CARDOSO

     Title:   

Administration General Manager

 

   WITNESSES:   
   1.   

/s/ RODRIGO COIMBRA

  
      Name:   

RODRIGO COIMBRA

  
   2.   

/s/ Flavia Dias Delos

  
      Name:   

Flavia Dias Delos

  

 

[Signature Page – Guaranty]


ACKNOWLEDGED:

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee and not

in its individual capacity

 

   By:  

/s/ Catherine F. Donohue

  
     Name:    Catherine F. Donohue   
     Title:    Vice President   

 

   WITNESSES:   
   1.   

/s/ Bret S. Derman

  
      Name:    Bret S. Derman   
   2.   

/s/ Elizabeth A. Stern

  
      Name:    Elizabeth A. Stern   

 

Signature page to Guaranty


STATE OF NEW YORK    )   
   )        ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK    )   

On this 27 th day of September 2017, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Catherine F. Donohue to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.

On this 27 t h day of September 2017, before me personally came Biet Derman and Elizabeth Stern to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.

[Notarial Seal]

 

/s/ KAITLYN F. MCEVOY

Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
KAITLYN F. MCEVOY
NOTARY PUBLIC, State of New York
No. 01MC6216741
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires Jan. 25 2018

Exhibit 4.98

 

GLOBAL NOTE

5.299% Global Note due 2025

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“ DTC ”) TO THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.


PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

5.299% Global Notes due 2025

No. [•]

CUSIP No.: 71647NAV1

ISIN No.: US71647NAV10

Principal Amount: U.S.$ [•]

Initial Issuance Date: [•], 2018

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (the “ Issuer ”), designated as its 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (the “ Notes ”), issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of U.S.$[•] under the Indenture (the “ Indenture ”), dated as of September 27, 2017, by and among the Issuer, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, a mixed capital company ( sociedade de economia mista ) organized under the laws of Brazil (“ Petrobras ”), The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, paying agent, security registrar and transfer agent (the “ Trustee ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Luxembourg Transfer Agent. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), and as the Holder of record of this Note, the principal amount specified above in U.S. dollars on January 27, 2025 (or earlier as provided for in the Indenture) upon presentation and surrender hereof, at the office or agency of the Trustee referred to below.

As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer promises to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof, from July 27, 2018, semi-annually in arrears on January 27 and July 27 of each year, (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing January 27, 2019 at a rate equal to 5.299% per annum, and will initially accrue from the date of issuance and thereafter from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid.

Interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on this Note on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid in U.S. dollars to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day preceding such interest payment.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be payable by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the Holder of this Note as reflected in the Security Register of the Trustee. In the event the date for any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note is not a Business Day, then payment will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such date for such payment


and no additional interest will accrue on such payment as a result of such payment being made on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest shall accrue on the Notes at the rate of 5.299% per annum until all required amounts due in respect of the Notes have been paid. Interest accrued with respect to this Note shall be calculated based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Notes are subject to redemption by the Issuer on the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.

This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture, and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders.

The Indenture, the Guaranties or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided by the Indenture.

The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes may become or may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Modifications of the Indenture may be made by the Issuer and the Trustee only to the extent and in the circumstances permitted by the Indenture.

The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons. Notes shall be issued in the form of beneficial interests in one or more global securities in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

Prior to and at the time of due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTIES.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title: Managing Director A
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title: Managing Director B

 

 

WITNESSES:

 

 

1.                                                              

Name:

2.                                                              

Name:


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

Dated: [•], 2018

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as

Trustee

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title: Authorized Officer


ASSIGNMENT FORM

For value received

hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Please insert social security or

other identifying number of assignee)

 

(Please print or type name and address,

including zip code, of assignee:)

the within Note and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the Note on the books of the Note Registrar with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Date:

  

Your Signature:

 
    

(Sign exactly as your name

    

appears on the face of this Note)


SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is U.S.$[●]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of decrease

in Principal Amount
of this Global Note

 

Amount of increase

in Principal Amount

of this Global Note

  

Principal amount of

this Global Note

following such

decrease or increase

  

Signature of

authorized signatory

of Trustee or Note
Custodian

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

Exhibit 4.99

GLOBAL NOTE

5.999% Global Note due 2028

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“ DTC ”) TO THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.


PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

5.999% Global Notes due 2028

No. [•]

CUSIP No.: 71647NAY5

ISIN No.: US71647NAY58

Principal Amount: U.S.$[•]

Initial Issuance Date: [•], 2018

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (the “ Issuer ”), designated as its 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (the “ Notes ”), issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of U.S.$[•] under the Indenture (the “ Indenture ”), dated as of September 27, 2017, by and among the Issuer, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, a mixed capital company ( sociedade de economia mista ) organized under the laws of Brazil (“ Petrobras ”), The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee, paying agent, security registrar and transfer agent (the “ Trustee ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Luxembourg Transfer Agent. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders, and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), and as the Holder of record of this Note, the principal amount specified above in U.S. dollars on January 27, 2028 (or earlier as provided for in the Indenture) upon presentation and surrender hereof, at the office or agency of the Trustee referred to below.

As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer promises to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof, from July 27, 2018, semi-annually in arrears on January 27 and July 27 of each year, (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing January 27, 2019 at a rate equal to 5.999% per annum, and will initially accrue from the date of issuance and thereafter from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid. Interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on this Note on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid in U.S. dollars to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day preceding such interest payment.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be payable by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the Holder of this Note as reflected in the Security Register of the Trustee. In the event the date for any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note is not a Business Day, then payment will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such date for such payment and no additional interest will accrue on such payment as a result of such payment being made on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest shall accrue on the Notes at the rate of 5.999% per annum until all required amounts due in


respect of the Notes have been paid. Interest accrued with respect to this Note shall be calculated based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Notes are subject to redemption by the Issuer on the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.

This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture, and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders.

The Indenture, the Guaranties or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided by the Indenture.

The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 5.01 of the Indenture. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes may become or may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

Modifications of the Indenture may be made by the Issuer and the Trustee only to the extent and in the circumstances permitted by the Indenture.

The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons. Notes shall be issued in the form of beneficial interests in one or more global securities in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

Prior to and at the time of due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTIES.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

  

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

 

  

By:

  

 

Name:

Title: Managing Director A

 

  

By:

  

 

Name:

Title: Managing Director B

WITNESSES:

1.                                                      

Name:

2.                                                      

Name:


CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

Dated: [•], 2018

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

 

 

By:

 

 

   

Name:

Title: Authorized Officer


ASSIGNMENT FORM

For value received

hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(Please insert social security or

other identifying number of assignee)

(Please print or type name and address,

including zip code, of assignee:)

the within Note and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the Note on the books of the Note Registrar with full power of substitution in the premises.

Date:                                         Your Signature:

(Sign exactly as your name

appears on the face of this Note)


SCHEDULE OF INCREASES AND DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is U.S.$[•]. The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

 

Amount of

decrease in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

 

Amount of

increase in

Principal Amount

of this Global

Note

  

Principal amount

of this Global

Note following

such decrease or

increase

  

Signature of

authorized

signatory of

Trustee or Note

Custodian

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

                   
 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

Exhibit 5.1

July 26, 2018

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile, 65

20035-900 Rio de Janeiro – RJ

Brazil

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Weena 762

3014 DA Rotterdam

The Netherlands    

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special United States counsel to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, a Brazilian corporation ( sociedade de economia mista ) (“ Petrobras ”), and Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a Dutch private company (“ PGF ” and, together with Petrobras, the “ Companies ”), in connection with the registration statement on Form F-4 (such registration statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “ Registration Statement ”) filed on the date hereof with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offers by the Companies to exchange up to U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of PGF’s newly issued 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 New Notes ”) and U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of PGF’s newly issued 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (the “ 2028 New Notes ” and, together with the 2025 New Notes, the “ New Notes ”) to be registered under the Securities Act, for an equal principal amount of PGF’s issued and outstanding 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Old Notes ”) and 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Old Notes” and, together with the 2025 Old Notes, the “ Old Notes ”).


Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

Petrobras Global Finance B.V., p. 2

 

The 2025 New Notes are to be issued under an indenture dated September 27, 2017 (the “2025 Notes Indenture”) among the Companies, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch. The 2028 New Notes are to be issued under an indenture dated September 27, 2017 (the “ 2028 Notes Indenture ” and, together with the 2025 Notes Indenture, the “Indentures”), among the Companies, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch. The 2025 New Notes will have the benefit of a guaranty (the “ 2025 Guaranty ”), and the 2028 New Notes will have the benefit of a guaranty (the “ 2028 Guaranty ” and, together with the 2025 Guaranty, the “ Guaranties ” and, together with the New Notes, the “ Securities ”), in each case, between Petrobras and the Trustee.

In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the following documents:

 

  (a) the Registration Statement;

 

  (b) executed copies of the Indentures;

 

  (c) the forms of the New Notes attached as exhibits to the Registration Statement; and

 

  (d) executed copies of the Guaranties.

In addition, we have reviewed originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified (i) the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed and (ii) that the New Notes will conform to the forms thereof that we have reviewed and will be duly authenticated in accordance with the Indentures.

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that, when the 2025 New Notes and 2028 New Notes have been duly executed by PGF and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indentures, and duly issued and delivered by PGF in exchange for an equal principal amount of 2025 Old Notes and 2028 Old Notes, respectively, (a) the New Notes will be valid, binding and enforceable obligations of PGF, entitled to the benefits of the Indentures, and (b) the Guaranties will be valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Petrobras.

Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of PGF or Petrobras, (a) we have assumed that each of Petrobras and PGF and each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to PGF or Petrobras regarding matters of the federal law of the United States of America or the law of the


Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

Petrobras Global Finance B.V., p. 3

 

State of New York that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities in relation to transactions of the type contemplated in the Indentures and the New Notes), (b) such opinion is subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, and (c) such opinion is subject to the effect of judicial application of foreign laws or foreign governmental actions affecting creditors’ rights.

We express no opinion as to the subject matter jurisdiction of any U.S. federal court to adjudicate any action relating to the Guaranties, the Indentures or the New Notes where jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 does not exist.

We note that the enforceability of the waiver in Section 15 of the Guaranties and Section 1.15 of the Indentures, as the case may be, by each of Petrobras and PGF of any immunities from court jurisdiction and from legal process is subject to the limitations imposed by the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.

We note that the designation in Section 15 of the Guaranties and Section 1.15 of the Indentures of any federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York, as the venue for actions or proceedings relating to the Guaranties, the Indentures and the New Notes, are (notwithstanding the waiver in Section 15 of the Guaranties and Section 1.15 of the Indentures) subject to the power of such courts to transfer actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1404(a) or to dismiss such actions or proceedings on the grounds that such a federal court is an inconvenient forum for such actions or proceedings.

We express no opinion as to the enforceability of Section 14 of the Guaranties relating to currency indemnity.

We note that the waiver of defenses in Sections 3 and 5 of the Guaranties may be ineffective to the extent that any such defense involves a matter of public policy in the State of New York.

The foregoing opinions are limited to the federal law of the United States of America and the law of the state of New York.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement under the heading “Validity of Securities”. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The opinions expressed herein are rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.


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Very truly yours,
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
By:     /s/ Francesca L. Odell                                    
              Francesca L. Odell, a Partner

Exhibit 5.2

 

LOGO

July 26, 2018

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.— Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile, 65

20031-912 Rio de Janeiro—RJ

Brazil

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Weena 762

3014 DA Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Ladies and Gentlemen:

I am the General Counsel of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (“Petrobras”), a sociedade de economia mista organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Brazil”). This opinion is being furnished to you in connection with the preparation and filing by Petrobras and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (“PGF”), of a registration statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) with respect to the guaranty (the “Guaranty for the 2025 Notes”) for the 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”), and the guaranty (the “Guaranty for the 2028 Notes” and, together with the Guaranty for the 2025 Notes, the “Guaranties”) for the 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (the “2028 Notes” and, together with the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”), in each case dated September 27, 2017, by and between Petrobras, as the guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The 2025 Notes are to be issued by PGF on the settlement date of the exchange offers described in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement (the “Exchange Offers”) under the indenture, dated September 27, 2017, by and among PGF, Petrobras, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch (the “2025 Notes Indenture”). The 2028 Notes are to be issued by PGF on the settlement date of the Exchange Offers, under the indenture, dated September 27, 2017, by and among PGF, Petrobras, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch (the “2028 Notes Indenture” and, together with the 2025 Notes Indenture, the “Indentures” and, together with the Guaranties, the “Transaction Documents”).


For the purpose of rendering this opinion, I have examined the execution copies or copies certified to my satisfaction of the following documents:

 

  (i)

the Indentures;

 

  (ii)

the Guaranties;

 

  (iii)

the Estatuto Social of Petrobras;

 

  (iv)

resolutions of the board of directors and board of executive officers of Petrobras authorizing the signing of each Transaction Document to which Petrobras is a party; and

 

  (v)

such other documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary;

In rendering the foregoing opinions, I have assumed the authenticity of all documents represented to me to be originals, the conformity to original documents of all copies of documents submitted to me, the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to me and the genuineness of all signatures that purport to have been made in a corporate, governmental, fiduciary or other capacity, and that the persons who affixed such signatures had authority to do so.

Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and limitations hereinafter specified, I am of the opinion that:

 

  (i)

Petrobras has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation ( sociedade de economia mista ) under the laws of Brazil.

 

  (ii)

Petrobras has all power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Guaranties.

 

  (iii)

The execution, delivery and performance of the Guaranties have been duly authorized by the board of executive officers of Petrobras and, when the Notes have been duly executed by PGF and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the Indentures, and duly issued and delivered by PGF in exchange for the securities subject to the Exchange Offers, the Guaranties will be valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Petrobras.

I express no opinion as to any matter which may be, or which purports to be, governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of Brazil.

This opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.


I hereby consent to the use of my name in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement, and in any amendments and prospectus supplements related thereto, under the heading “Validity of Securities” as counsel who has passed on specific opinions based on Brazilian law and relating to the Notes, the Indentures and the Guaranties, and to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act , or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.

 

Very truly yours,

/s/ Taísa Oliveira Maciel

Taísa Oliveira Maciel

General Counsel of Petrobras

Exhibit 5.3

 

  

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Atrium Building – North Tower

Strawinskylaan 4129
1077 ZX Amsterdam
PO 545

1000 AM Amsterdam

T +31 20 55 33 600

F +31 20 55 33 777

www.hoganlovells.com

 

Trade Register number 34360441

VAT number NL8100.60.255.B.01

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
Weena 762
3014 DA Rotterdam
The Netherlands

 

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS
Avenida República do Chile, 65
20031-912 Rio de Janeiro
Brazil

 

(together, the ‘ ‘Addressees ’’ and each an ‘’ Addressee ’’)

  

Our ref 1W0338.000194/2321063

 

26 July 2018

  

Dear Sirs,

D UTCH LEGAL OPINION / P ETROBRAS G LOBAL F INANCE B.V. - R EGISTRATION S TATEMENT (F ORM F-4)

 

1.

I NTRODUCTION

 

1.1

General

We have acted as special Dutch legal adviser ( advocaat ) to the Issuer (as defined in Appendix 1 below) for the sole purpose of rendering this opinion on certain matters of Dutch law in connection with the Registration Statement (as defined in Appendix 1 below) filed on the date hereof with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in connection with the proposed offers to exchange by the Issuer and the Guarantor (as defined in Appendix 1 below) up to U.S.$3,759,866,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 New Notes ”) and U.S.$5,836,134,000 aggregate principal amount of the Issuer’s 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (the “ 2028 New Notes ” and, together with the 2025 New Notes, the “ New Notes ”) to be registered under the Securities Act, for an equal principal amount of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 (the “ 2025 Old Notes ”) and 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (the “ 2028 Old Notes ” and, together with the 2025 Old Notes, the “ Old Notes ”).

Hogan Lovells International LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC323639. Registered office and principal place of business: Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG.

“Hogan Lovells” is an international legal practice that includes Hogan Lovells International LLP and Hogan Lovells US LLP, with offices in: Alicante Amsterdam Baltimore Beijing Birmingham Boston Brussels Colorado Springs Denver Dubai Dusseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Hanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Houston Johannesburg London Los Angeles Luxembourg Madrid Mexico City Miami Milan Minneapolis Monterrey Moscow Munich New York Northern Virginia Paris Perth Philadelphia Rio de Janeiro Rome San Francisco São Paulo Shanghai Silicon Valley Singapore Sydney Tokyo Warsaw Washington, D.C.    Associated Offices: Budapest Jakarta Shanghai FTZ Ulaanbaatar Zagreb.    Business Service Centers: Johannesburg Louisville.

The word “partner” is used to describe a partner or member of Hogan Lovells International LLP, Hogan Lovells US LLP or any of their affiliated entities or any employee or consultant with equivalent standing. Certain individuals, who are designated as partners, but who are not members of Hogan Lovells International LLP, do not hold qualifications equivalent to members. For more information about Hogan Lovells, the partners and their qualifications, see www.hoganlovells.com.

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1.2

Scope of certain defined terms used in this opinion letter

This opinion is given only with respect to Dutch law in force at the date of this letter as applied by the Dutch Courts (excluding unpublished case law).

No opinion is expressed or implied as to Out of Scope Matters.

As Dutch lawyers we are not qualified to assess the meaning and consequences of the terms of the Transaction Documents and we have made no investigation into the laws of any jurisdiction other than The Netherlands as a basis for this opinion. Our review of the Transaction Documents has been limited to the terms of the Transaction Documents as they appear on the face thereof without reference to (i) the general body of law incorporated into or made applicable to such document by the choice of law contained therein or (ii) any other laws, rules or regulations which may apply thereto by incorporation, reference or operation of law.

 

1.3

Defined terms

Capitalised words and expressions used in this opinion letter have, unless stated otherwise in this opinion letter, the respective meanings given to them in Appendix 1 or Appendix 4 or if not defined in Appendix 1 or Appendix 4 (or elsewhere in this opinion letter), the meanings given to them in the Indentures.

 

1.4

Relevance of this opinion letter

This opinion letter is provided further to your request.

 

2.

D OCUMENTS EXAMINED AND RELIED ON

 

2.1

Documents examined and relied on

For the purposes of this opinion letter, we have only examined and relied solely on the Documents, listed in Appendix 1.

 

2.2

Documents excluded from our examination

Except for the Documents, we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, examined any contracts or other documents entered into by, or affecting, the Issuer or any corporate records of the Issuer.

 

2.3

Adequacy of documentation

As Dutch counsel we have been solely involved for the purpose of attributing suggestions for references to the laws of The Netherlands in order to issue this opinion letter. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility for the adequacy of the Documents.

 

3.

S EARCHES

 

3.1

Enquiry Trade Register

We made a telephone enquiry with the Trade Register ( Handelsregister ) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce ( Kamer van Koophandel ) (the “ Trade Register ”) today at approximately 09.07 hours (CET) and were informed that the Extract has not changed since its date.

 

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3.2

Enquiry Bankruptcy Registry

We made a telephone enquiry with the Bankruptcy Registry ( faillissementsgriffie ) of the district court ( rechtbank ) of Rotterdam, The Netherlands today at approximately 09.14 hours (CET) and were informed as to the Issuer that:

 

  (a) it has not been declared bankrupt ( failliet ); and

 

  (b) it has not been granted a provisional or final moratorium of payments ( surseance van betaling ).

 

3.3

Central Insolvency Register

We made an online enquiry with the Central Insolvency Register ( Centraal Insolventieregister ) today at approximately 09.16 hours (CET) whilst searching against the Trade Register number of the Issuer which resulted in the search outcome: ‘no results’, meaning that the Issuer is not registered in such register as being subject to any of the insolvency proceedings listed in annex A of the Insolvency Regulation.

 

3.4

Insolvency Confirmations and Insolvency Proceedings

The confirmations under paragraph 3.2 and 3.3 above will together be referred to as the “ Insolvency Confirmations ”.

 

4.

S COPE OF OPINION

 

4.1

Matters not investigated

We have not investigated:

 

  (a) the financial affairs of the Issuer or its financial position or status or the ability of the Issuer to comply with its financial or other obligations under the Documents; and

 

  (b) any of the assets sold, transferred, assigned or encumbered under or pursuant to the Documents,

and no opinion is expressed or implied in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

4.2

Financial merits and feasibility

This opinion letter does not discuss or confirm in any way the financial merits or financial feasibility of the Documents or the transactions envisaged by them.

 

4.3

Foreign jurisdictions

The Transaction Documents are expressed to be governed by or assumed to be governed by the laws of the State of New York (the “ Foreign Jurisdiction ”).

Our review of the Transaction Documents has been limited to the terms of the Transaction Documents as they appear on the face thereof without reference to (i) the general body of law incorporated into or made applicable to such documents by the choice of law contained therein or (ii) any other laws (other than Dutch law), rules or regulations which may apply thereto by incorporation, reference or operation of law.

 

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4.4

Out of Scope Matters

Out of Scope Matters means:

 

  (a) the laws of any other territory than the European part of The Netherlands, anti-trust law, data protection law and competition law;

 

  (b) European Union law, except in as far as it affects Dutch law;

 

  (c) tax law, IP ( intellectueel eigendom ) and tort ( onrechtmatige daad );

 

  (d) any matter of trust;

 

  (e) any matter of priority, ranking or subordination;

 

  (f) any matter of possession, title or title transfer;

 

  (g) any person other than the Issuer;

 

  (h) the binding effect of any choice of law provisions in any Transaction Document insofar as these relate to non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with such Transaction Document;

 

  (i) any listing or admittance to trading of the New Notes or an intention to do so;

 

  (j) the ability of the Issuer to comply with its financial or other obligations under the Transaction Documents;

 

  (k) any matter of fact or any commercial, accounting, capital adequacy or other non-legal matter; or

 

  (l) the financial affairs of the Issuer, the financial or regulatory position or status of the Issuer and the financial merits or financial feasibility of the Transaction Documents or the transactions envisaged by them, which we have also not investigated.

 

4.5

Express opinion only

 

  (a) Our opinions are strictly limited to those expressly set out in paragraph 6 ( Opinion ) below, and no opinions or views are implied or may be implied from or deduced or concluded over or beyond those expressly set out in paragraph 6 ( Opinion ).

 

  (b) We do not express any opinion on and no opinion may be assumed to be implied in this opinion letter in respect of any securities other than the New Notes.

 

5.

A SSUMPTIONS

This opinion letter is based on the assumptions set out in Appendix 2 ( Assumptions ) to this opinion letter (“ Appendix 2 ”).

 

6.

O PINION

Based upon and subject to (i) the foregoing, (ii) the observations, qualifications, reservations and other matters set out in this opinion letter (or its Appendices) and (iii) any matters not disclosed to us or not specifically listed as being taken into account, we express the opinions set out hereafter in this paragraph 6 ( Opinion ) as a matter of Dutch law:

 

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6.1

Corporate status

The Issuer has been incorporated and is existing as a legal entity ( rechtspersoon ) in the form of a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) under Dutch law.

 

6.2

Power and capacity; corporate action; due execution

The Issuer has:

 

  (a) the corporate power to enter into and perform the Indentures, to sign the Registration Statement and to issue and perform the obligations under the New Notes;

 

  (b) taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the signing of the Registration Statement, its entry into and performance of the Indentures and the issuance and performance of obligations under the New Notes; and

 

  (c) validly signed the Registration Statement and entered into the Indentures, and has validly authorised the issue of the New Notes.

 

6.3

No conflict

The entry into, the performance of its obligations under, and issuance of, the New Notes by the Issuer do not conflict with or violate any provision of Dutch law or the Articles in a manner which would affect the validity, binding effect and enforceability of the New Notes against the Issuer.

 

6.4

Choice of Law and enforceability

Under Dutch law, the choice of the laws of the Foreign Jurisdiction as the governing law of the Indentures and the New Notes is recognised as a valid choice of law and accordingly the laws of the Foreign Jurisdiction govern the validity, binding effect and enforceability of the Indentures and the New Notes against the Issuer.

 

6.5

Submission to jurisdiction

 

  (a) Subject to 6.4 ( Choice of Law and enforceability ) above, under Dutch law, the submission to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, State of New York (the “ Foreign Court ”), provided in the Indentures and the New Notes is valid and binding upon the Issuer.

 

  (b) There is no treaty between The Netherlands and the United States of America (“ USA ”) and accordingly a final judgment rendered by a court in the United States of America in an action brought in accordance with applicable law to enforce the obligations of the Issuer under the Indentures and the New Notes would require litigation in The Netherlands.

 

  (c) Based on case law, the Dutch courts may be expected to adjudicate substantial importance to a final, conclusive and enforceable judgment as to monetary obligations of a court of competent jurisdiction in the USA under the Indentures and the New Notes, without full re-examination or full re-litigation of the substantive matters adjudicated thereby ( marginale toetsing ), provided that:

 

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  (i)

the relevant court in the United States of America had jurisdiction in the matter in accordance with standards which are generally accepted internationally;

 

  (ii)

the proceedings before such court in the United States of America complied with principles of proper procedure and fair trial; and

 

  (iii)

such judgment does not conflict with the public policy ( openbare orde ) of The Netherlands.

 

6.6

No filings, registrations, approvals, consents, etc.

No approval, consent, licence, authorisation or exemption from any regulatory authority or governmental body in The Netherlands and no filings or registrations or similar formalities with any regulatory authority or governmental body in The Netherlands are necessary to ensure the validity, binding effect and legality of the Registration Statement, the Indentures or their enforceability against the Issuer or their admissibility in evidence in proceedings before a Dutch Court.

 

6.7

No immunity

The Issuer is not entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in The Netherlands, provided however, that to the extent that any asset owned by the Issuer has a public utility function, seizure of these assets is prohibited by virtue of sections 436 and 703 of the DCCP. Also, no attachment may be made on books and records required for the Issuer’s business.

 

7.

Q UALIFICATIONS

This opinion letter is subject to the qualifications as set out in Appendix 3 ( Qualifications and Reservation ) (“ Appendix  3 ”), paragraph 1 ( Qualifications ).

 

8.

R ESERVATION

We also make the reservations as set out in Appendix 3, paragraph 2 ( Reservation ).

 

9.

I NTERPRETATION

 

9.1

In this opinion letter Dutch concepts and legal terms are expressed and described in English terms, not in the original Dutch terms. These Dutch concepts and terms may not be identical to the concepts described by the equivalent English concepts and terms as they exist in the laws of other jurisdictions. Where reference is made in this opinion letter to concepts or terms of Dutch law, the meaning of the concepts or terms in the Dutch language or under Dutch law shall take precedence over their meaning in English and under foreign laws respectively.

 

9.2

This opinion speaks as of its date as to the Transaction Documents as they currently stand. No undertaking or obligation is assumed on our part to revise, update or amend this opinion in connection with, or to notify or inform the Addressees or other person, of, any developments and/or changes under the laws of The Netherlands subsequent to its date that might render its contents untrue or inaccurate in whole or in part at such time.

 

9.3

This opinion letter is given on the basis that it and all non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with it are to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Netherlands and that we do not owe a duty of care to any person other than our client, that no client/attorney relationship exists between us and any person other than

 

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our client and that any issues of interpretation or liability arising under this opinion letter will be governed by the laws of The Netherlands and be brought before a Dutch court.

 

9.4

Only Hogan Lovells International LLP may be held liable in respect of this opinion (and not its members, partners, consultants, employees or other staff).

 

10.

B ENEFIT OF OPINION

 

10.1

This opinion letter is addressed to each of the Addressees.

 

10.2

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement under the heading “Validity of Securities” and in any amendments or prospectus supplements related thereto as special counsel for the Issuer who has passed on the validity of the New Notes being registered by the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Yours sincerely,

 

/s/ Hogan Lovells International

H OGAN L OVELLS I NTERNATIONAL LLP

 

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A PPENDIX 1

(D OCUMENTS AND PARTIES )

 

1.

R EGISTRATION S TATEMENT

A copy received by us on the date hereof of a signed copy of a registration statement on Form F-4 under the Securities Act, of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (the “ Guarantor ”) and the Issuer dated July 26, 2018, but excluding any documents incorporated by reference in it and any exhibits to it (the “ Registration Statement ”).

 

2.

I NDENTURES

An electronic copy of:

(i) the indenture dated September 27, 2017 (the “ 2025 Notes Indenture ”) among the Issuer, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, entered into in connection with the issuance of the 2025 New Notes, and

(ii) the indenture dated September 27, 2017 (the “ 2028 Notes Indenture ” and, together with the 2025 Notes Indenture, the “ Indentures ”) among the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee, and The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV, Luxembourg Branch, entered into in connection with the issuance of the 2028 New Notes.

 

3.

T HE I SSUER

 

D ESCRIPTION

  

A BBREVIATION

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

 

a   private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its statutory seat ( statutaire zetel ) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, its principal place of business at Weena 762 9th floor, room A, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands and registered with the Trade Register ( Handelsregister ) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce ( Kamer van Koophandel ) under number 55810322.

   Issuer

C ORPORATE D OCUMENTS

A photocopy, faxed copy or PDF copy, as applicable, of:

 

3.1

Extract

An online excerpt from the Trade Register, dated 25 July 2018, regarding the Issuer (the “ Extract ”).

 

3.2

Deed of Incorporation

The deed of incorporation of the Issuer executed on 2 August 2012 (the “ Deed of Incorporation ”).

 

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3.3

Articles of Association

The articles of association ( statuten ) of the Issuer as contained in the Deed of Incorporation, being the most recent articles of association of the Issuer according to the Extract (the “ Articles ”), as filed with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce.

 

3.4

Corporate Resolutions – Board of Managing Directors

 

  (a) The resolutions of the board of managing directors ( bestuur ) of the Issuer, dated 13 July 2018, approving, among other things, the execution of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the New Notes in exchange for Old Notes (the “ 2018 Board Resolutions ”); and

 

  (b) the resolutions of the board of managing directors ( bestuur ) of the Issuer, dated 14 September 2017, approving, among other things, the terms of the Indentures (such resolutions, including the power(s) of attorney contained therein, the “ 2017 Board Resolutions ”),

together the “ Board Resolutions ”.

 

3.5

Corporate Resolutions – General meeting

 

  (a) The resolutions of the general meeting of the Issuer, dated 13 July 2018, approving, among other things, the 2018 Board Resolutions (the “ 2018 Shareholder Resolutions ”); and

 

  (b) the resolutions of the general meeting of the Issuer, dated 14 September 2017, approving, among other things, the 2017 Board Resolutions (the “ 2017 Shareholder Resolutions ”),

together the “ Shareholder Resolutions ”.

 

4.

C ORPORATE D OCUMENTS ; T RANSACTION D OCUMENTS ; D OCUMENTS

The Documents listed in paragraph 3 of this Appendix 1 are collectively referred to as the “ Corporate Documents ” and each a “ Corporate Document ”.

 

4.1

Transaction Documents

The form of New Notes, the Indentures and the Registration Statement are together referred to as the “ Transaction Documents ” and each a “ Transaction Document ”.

 

4.2

Documents

All documents listed in paragraphs 1 up to and including 4 of Appendix 1 are collectively referred to as the “ Documents ” and each a “ Document ”.

 

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A PPENDIX 2

(A SSUMPTIONS )

In this opinion letter, we have assumed that:

 

1.

D OCUMENTS

 

1.1

All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete and all signatures are genuine.

 

1.2

All Documents submitted to us as photocopies or facsimile or electronically transmitted copies or other copies conform to the originals.

 

1.3

All certified copies and all other Documents on which we have relied, as well as any statements, resolutions and confirmations as contained therein were and remain, where relevant, accurate, complete and in full force and effect both (i) when the Documents were entered into and (ii) at the date of this opinion letter, also in retrospect.

 

1.4

The Documents contain all relevant information which is material for the purposes of our opinion and accurately record all terms and conditions agreed between the parties and there is no other agreement, undertaking, representation or warranty (oral or written) and no other arrangement between all or any of the parties or any other matter which renders such information inaccurate, incomplete or misleading or which affects the conclusions stated in this opinion letter, the Documents have not been terminated or varied, no obligation under any Document has been waived and there are no other terms and conditions that would render any of the opinions stated in this opinion letter inaccurate or wrong.

 

2.

F ILINGS WITH D UTCH PUBLIC RECORD

 

2.1

The content of the Extract is true and accurate at the date of this opinion letter.

 

2.2

All documents, forms and notices which should have been delivered to the Trade Register on behalf of, or relating to, the Issuer have been so delivered and the files of records maintained at the Trade Register concerning the Issuer, and reproduced for public inspection, were complete, accurate and up-to-date at the time of the Extract and at today’s date.

 

3.

C ORPORATE BENEFIT , VOIDABLE PREFERENCE AND ARM S LENGTH ; CONFLICTS

 

3.1

The Issuer:

 

  (a)

has entered or will enter into the Transaction Documents, as relevant; and

 

  (b)

will execute and issue any New Notes,

in good faith for the purposes of its business.

 

3.2

As to each of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents and the application of proceeds of any New Notes, the following applies:

 

  (a)

such transactions will benefit the Issuer;

 

  (b)

such transactions are entered into on at arm’s length terms;

 

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  (c)

such transactions will not be ultra vires and do not prejudice its creditors (present or future); and

 

  (d)

such transactions will not prejudice ( benadelen ) its creditors (present or future).

 

3.3

No member of the Issuer’s board ( bestuur ) has a personal interest in the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents which is in conflict with the interest of the Issuer or its business.

 

3.4

No member of the Issuer’s board ( bestuur ) is subject to a civil law director disqualification ( civielrechtelijk bestuursverbod ) imposed by a court under sections 106a to 106e of the Bankruptcy Code (as amended by the Directors disqualification act ( Wet civielrechtelijk bestuursverbod )).

 

4.

C ORPORATE D OCUMENTS : C ORPORATE AUTHORITY AND ACTION

 

4.1

The Issuer does not have a (central or European) works council ( (centrale of Europese) ondernemingsraad ) with jurisdiction over the matters contemplated by the Documents nor is the Issuer under any obligation to constitute a works council under or pursuant to the WOR.

 

4.2

No proceedings have been instituted or injunction has been granted against the Issuer to restrain it from:

 

  (a)

entering into the Transaction Documents;

 

  (b)

executing or issuing any New Note; or

 

  (c)

performing any of its obligations under the Transaction Documents, any New Note or any other Document to which it is a party or by which it is bound.

 

4.3

No resolution has been adopted by the Issuer or any of its corporate bodies concerning:

 

  (a)

the conversion ( omzetting ), statutory merger ( juridische fusie ) or demerger ( splitsing ) of the Issuer, in both cases involving the Issuer as disappearing entity;

 

  (b)

the (voluntary) winding-up ( ontbinding ) of the Issuer; and

 

  (c)

the application of any of the proceedings listed in annex A of the Insolvency Regulation.

 

4.4

No proceedings have been instituted or steps have been taken for the bankruptcy ( faillissement ), dissolution ( ontbinding en vereffening ) or moratorium of payments ( surseance van betaling ) of the Issuer (or – should the Issuer be deemed to be DFSA regulated in any way – emergency measures under the DFSA) (any of the proceedings listed in this assumption 4.4 together with any proceedings listed in assumption 4.3(c), each an “ Insolvency Proceeding ”).

 

4.5

The Issuer is not subject to any Insolvency Proceeding and the assets of the Issuer are not intended for public use ( openbare dienst ).

 

4.6

No notice from the Dutch Chamber of Commerce has been received by the Issuer or issued in respect of the Issuer concerning its dissolution under section 2:19a DCC.

 

4.7

The Corporate Documents are and will remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded, revoked, superseded or amended in any way.

 

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4.8

The Board Resolutions have been executed after the respective Shareholder Resolutions have been executed.

 

5.

D ELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS ; GOOD STANDING ; FULL TITLE

 

5.1

‘Delivery of documents’ and ‘good standing’ are not concepts known to Dutch law, although we understand the same may be relevant under foreign law, and we have therefore assumed:

 

  (a)

the due delivery of the Transaction Documents by each of the parties thereto under any applicable law, if any, in which such a concept is relevant for this opinion letter; and

 

  (b)

the good standing of such parties under any applicable law, if any, in which such a concept is relevant for this opinion letter.

 

5.2

The ‘absolute ownership’ of a holder of a New Note may not in all circumstances be given effect to by a Dutch Court.

 

6.

F OREIGN LAW

 

6.1

The Transaction Documents are in a proper legal form under the Foreign Jurisdiction (by which the Transaction Documents are expressed and assumed to be governed) and all other relevant jurisdictions (other than in respect of the Issuer as a matter of Dutch law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion).

 

6.2

As a matter of the Foreign Jurisdiction (by which the Transaction Documents are expressed and assumed to be governed) and all other relevant jurisdictions, the obligations of each party under each Transaction Document constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each such party enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than in respect of the Issuer as a matter of Dutch law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion).

 

6.3

There is no reason under any foreign law applicable or relevant to the Transaction Documents or any other relevant law (other than Dutch law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion) why (i) the selection of the Foreign Jurisdiction as the governing law of the relevant Transaction Document and (ii) the submission to the Foreign Jurisdiction in relation to the Transaction Documents could be successfully challenged or held to be invalid.

 

6.4

All formalities and requirements of the laws of any relevant state (other than Dutch law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion), and of any regulatory authority therein, applicable to the execution, performance, delivery and enforceability of the Documents, have been or will be duly complied with.

 

6.5

No law affects any of the conclusions stated in this opinion letter (other than as a matter of Dutch law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion).

 

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6.6

As a matter of all relevant laws, other than Dutch law:

 

  (a)

the submission to jurisdiction as set out in paragraph 6.5 ( Submission to jurisdiction and enforcement ) above is valid and legally binding on all the parties to said documents which agreed to such submission and our opinion set out in such paragraph 6.5 ( Submission to jurisdiction and enforcement ) will not be affected by any law (other than Dutch law); and

 

  (b)

the choice of law reflected in paragraph 6.4 ( Choice of Law ) above is legally valid, binding and enforceable as to all relevant parties and our opinion as set out in such paragraph 6.4 ( Choice of Law ) as to recognition and giving effect will not be affected by any law (other than Dutch law).

 

7.

U NLAWFUL ACTIVITIES AND SANCTIONS

 

7.1

None of the Transaction Documents have been or will be entered into or (as to any New Notes) purchased, subscribed or acquired otherwise by any party in connection with money laundering or any other unlawful activity.

 

7.2

No party to any of the Transaction Documents or entitled to any New Note is resident in or connected with a territory which is subject to any embargo, sanction or similar restriction imposed by the United Nations, the Council of the European Union or The Netherlands, any other governmental body or organisation or otherwise, or any person or body to whom their powers are delegated.

 

8.

O THER PARTIES CAPACITY , POWER AND AUTHORITY

Each of the parties involved in the Documents has full capacity, power, and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Documents (whether as a direct party, or as addressee/beneficiary) and has taken all action in connection therewith and the same does not violate any provision of applicable law or constitutive documents and the Documents have been duly accepted, authorised, executed and delivered by all parties as a matter of all relevant jurisdictions. This assumption does not apply to the Issuer in respect of Dutch law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion.

 

9.

I NSOLVENCY REGULATION

The “centre of main interests” (as such term is used in the Insolvency Regulation) of the Issuer is and will remain in The Netherlands; the Issuer has no ‘establishment’ (as such term is used in the Insolvency Regulation) in a Member State other than The Netherlands.

 

10.

O FFERS , ADVERTISEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENTS , ISSUES , SALES AND TRANSFERS OF ANY N EW N OTES

 

10.1

All parties to the Transaction Documents will comply and has at all times complied with the DFSA in respect of its dealings and activities.

 

10.2

Any New Notes will at all times be offered, advertised, announced, issued, sold and transferred in accordance with the DFSA and all applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and all other applicable laws, including the Offer Regulations.

 

10.3

No New Notes have been, are or will be admitted to trading on a regulated market in The Netherlands.

 

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10.4

No New Note qualifies as a game or wager ( spel of weddingschap ) within the meaning of Section 7A:1825 DCC and no issue of New Notes falls within the scope of the Games of Chance Act ( Wet op de kansspelen ).

 

10.5

At the time when it disposed or disposes of any New Notes in the context of any offer of New Notes, the Issuer did or does not possess inside information ( voorwetenschap ) in respect of itself or the trade in the relevant New Notes.

 

10.6

The New Notes:

 

  (a)

will be issued, offered, sold and registered in the form and in the denominations set out in, and on the terms and in accordance with the provisions of, the relevant Transaction Documents and Offer Regulations; and

 

  (b)

will be issued, and the distribution (electronically or otherwise) of any circulars, documents or information relating to the Issuer, the Guarantor and/or the New Notes, and any and all invitations, offers, offer advertisements, publications and other documents, sales and deliveries of Notes have been and will continue to be made, in conformity with the provisions of the relevant Transaction Documents and Offer Regulations.

 

11.

R EGULATORY

The Issuer will comply and has at all times complied with relevant market abuse rules, insider trading rules and requirements; the same applies to relevant persons related to the Issuer.

 

12.

G ENERAL

 

12.1

All documents and instruments envisaged to be notified, handed over, registered or (de)registered, or transferred in giving effect to the Transaction Documents have been or will be duly notified, handed over, (de)registered or transferred (as relevant) and all relevant data protection, privacy and bank secrecy rules will be complied with.

 

12.2

Where the envisaged effect of a Transaction Document or any provision of the Transaction Documents is subject to the performance of any further act, compliance with any condition or the occurrence of any such fact or circumstance, such act, condition, fact or circumstance has been performed, has occurred or is complied with (as relevant).

 

12.3

The binding effect of the Transaction Documents on the Issuer is not affected by threat ( bedreiging ), fraud ( bedrog ), abuse of circumstances ( misbruik van omstandigheden ), mistake (dwaling ) or equity principles (such as the Dutch principles of reasonableness and fairness).

 

12.4

No previous or future issue of any securities whatsoever by the Issuer will interfere with the New Notes or affect the Transaction Documents.

 

12.5

All Transaction Documents submitted to us as drafts, when executed, will not differ in form and content from the drafts received by us (and any blanks in such drafts will have been duly completed consistent with their intended use).

 

12.6

Any matter assumed in relation to the Issuer is equally assumed as to other parties involved where we opine in relation to any other party.

 

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A PPENDIX 3

(Q UALIFICATIONS AND R ESERVATION )

 

1.

Q UALIFICATIONS

 

1.1

Enforceability

The opinions and statements expressed herein are subject to any limitations arising from or in connection with, and we do not express any opinion or statement as to the consequences of, any Insolvency Proceeding or emergency measures, a non-insolvency dissolution or liquidation, a statutory merger or demerger or conversion, fraudulent conveyance ( actio pauliana ) and other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors.

 

1.2

Specific performance

The power of a Dutch Court to order specific performance of an obligation, or to grant injunctive relief is discretionary and we express no opinion as to whether such remedies would be available in respect of any of the obligations of the Issuer under the Transaction Documents.

 

1.3

Damages and limitations of liability

A Dutch Court has the discretion to decrease the amount of damages, indemnities or penalties provided for in the (non-Dutch law governed) Transaction Documents if the laws of The Netherlands fall to be applied, to the extent it regards them as manifestly excessive.

 

1.4

As to agreed governing law and jurisdiction positions:

 

  (a)

agreed governing law positions may not be fully effective, because of overriding rules resulting from relevant treaties and doctrine, notably also the Rome I Regulation; and

 

  (b)

as to jurisdiction provisions the decision of the French Cour de Cassation in Mme X v Rothschild (Civil Division 1, 26 September 2012, case number: 11-26022) that a one-sided jurisdiction clause was ineffective as it was considered not to comply with the Brussels I Regulation (EC 44/2001) has raised questions about the validity of such clauses under Dutch law. It is possible that the question might be ruled on by a Dutch court or be referred by a Dutch court to the Court of Justice of the European Union. We cannot exclude the possibility that (on the basis of such Brussels I Regulation and, by extension, the Brussels I bis Regulation, which has replaced it, and the Lugano Convention 2007) any one-sided jurisdiction clause in the Indentures could be held to be ineffective by a Dutch court or by the Court of Justice of the European Union.

 

1.5

Procedural rules

The enforcement of the Transaction Documents in The Netherlands and the service of process relating to proceedings before a Dutch Court will be subject to certain procedural rules as laid down in the DCC, the DBA and the DCCP.

 

1.6

Insolvency Confirmations

 

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The Insolvency Confirmations do not provide conclusive evidence that the Issuer is not subject to any Insolvency Proceedings and the Extract does not provide conclusive evidence that the matters set out therein are correct.

 

1.7

Judgement in foreign currencies

Dutch Courts may render judgments for a monetary amount claimed in foreign currencies, but such foreign monetary amounts may be converted into Euros, for enforcement purposes. It is uncertain under the laws of The Netherlands whether, upon the enforcement of a judgment for a sum of money expressed in a foreign currency against the assets of the debtor situated in The Netherlands, proceeds can be obtained in the foreign currency or whether proceeds can only be obtained in Euros which subsequently have to be converted into the foreign currency.

 

1.8

Exchange rate

If a claim against a bankrupt estate, which is not enforced by the execution of collateral security, is not expressed in Euros, its value will be determined based on the exchange rate on the date of the bankruptcy.

 

1.9

Successor and assignees

Any provisions of the Transaction Documents stating that any rights and obligations under any of them shall bind successors and assignees of any party thereto may not be enforceable in the absence of further agreement and documentation.

 

1.10

Powers of attorney, mandates, authorities granted

Under the laws of The Netherlands, a power of attorney ( volmacht ):

 

  (a)

will automatically, i.e. by operation of law ( van rechtswege ), terminate upon the bankruptcy of such entity or if such power of attorney is withdrawn by such entity and may become ineffective upon its moratorium of payments ( surseance van betaling );

 

  (b)

can only be made irrevocable ( onherroepelijk ) to the extent that it has been granted to perform legal acts ( rechtshandelingen ) which are in the interests of the representative appointed by the power of attorney, or of a third party; and

 

  (c)

an irrevocable power of attorney may, in certain circumstances, be amended or be declared ineffective by a court ( rechtbank ) for serious reasons ( gewichtige redenen ).

Similar observations apply to a mandate ( last ).

To the extent that, without limitation, the appointment of an agent for service of process or the authorisation to apply monies or granting delegation authority to sign or execute notes, orders and instructions and other elements of the Transaction Documents are to be considered as the granting of a power of attorney or mandate, the above may affect such appointment, authorisation, delegation or elements and if the appointment of an agent for service of process or such delegation is capable of being revoked, once the relevant principal has revoked such appointments or delegation, may not be valid against such principal. Similar considerations may be relevant for other appointments and acts of delegation such as the appointment of other agents, administrators, asset managers, etc.

 

1.11

Execution of New Notes

 

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In the event that New Notes are executed on behalf of the Issuer by use of facsimile or electronically generated signatures (where such facsimile or relevant electronic document shows the signatures of authorised signatories of its sole managing director), this will only

be binding on the Issuer if such facsimile or electronically generated signatures are printed or duplicated on such New Notes by a person or entity duly authorised on behalf of the Issuer to do so and provided that any power of attorney or mandate granted by the Issuer in connection with the dating, authentication, completion and issue of such New Notes has not terminated as set out above. Enforcement of the New Notes may require presentation of the authorised use of facsimile or electronically generated signatures.

In respect of the New Notes and to the extent that Dutch law is applicable:

 

  (a)

the provision that any person registered as a holder of a registered New Note may be treated as the absolute owner of a New Note, may not be enforceable under all circumstances;

 

  (b)

owners of beneficial interests in a New Note in global form will not be considered to be the owners or holders of the relevant New Note;

 

  (c)

title to a New Note would pass upon delivery ( levering within the meaning of Dutch law) thereof, provided that: (i) the transferor is the owner of the New Note with power to pass on title ( beschikkingsbevoegdheid ) or may reasonably be held by the transferee to be the owner and (ii) the transfer is made pursuant to a valid agreement of transfer ( geldige titel );

 

  (d)

the Issuer’s obligations under a New Note may be extinguished by its acquisition of such New Note; and

 

  (e)

the Dutch courts may apply the laws of another jurisdiction, if questions of title to a New Note are submitted to them.

 

1.12

Trust and similar arrangements

Dutch law does not have a concept of doctrine identical to the Anglo-American concept of “trust”. Nevertheless, any trust validly created under its governing laws by the Transaction Documents will have to be recognised by the Dutch Courts in accordance with and subject to the limitations of the Trust Convention.

Also, Dutch law has no clear counterpart of concepts such as beneficial ownership, trust and similar concepts. This may have adverse consequences in relation to any provision in the Transaction Documents requiring any party thereto to hold property or money on trust or creating such an entitlement or interest, as well as in relation to other arrangements creating an entitlement to or beneficial interest in someone else’s assets.

Where provisions of the Transaction Documents envisage or are based on concepts as to creating an interest or entitlement for a certain person as to assets of another person, and the laws of The Netherlands would fall to be applied or relevant, such provisions may not be effective or fully effective.

 

1.13

Consents and registrations; violation of law

In respect of the composition of the Dutch foreign trade balance certain transactions and positions between a resident of The Netherlands (a “ Resident ”) and a non-resident of The Netherlands must be reported to the DCB in accordance with the Reporting Instructions regarding the RV 2003 issued by the DCB further to section 7 of the AEFR. These reports must be made by Residents, credit institutions or special financial

 

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institutions appointed by the DCB as reporters under the RV 2003. Failure to observe these notice requirements to the DCB will not adversely affect the validity and/or the enforceability of the Transaction Documents nor of the performance by the Issuer and any other party to the Transaction Documents of any of its respective obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

1.14

Any matter qualified for in relation to the Issuer is equally qualified for as to other parties involved where we opine in relation to any other party.

 

2.

R ESERVATION

We express no opinion as to the correctness of any representations, warranties or statements given by the Issuer or any of its directors, officers, attorneys or any of its other representatives (expressly or impliedly) under or by virtue of the Documents, and we have relied on such representations, warranties and statements, save if and insofar as the matters warranted or stated are the subject-matter of specific opinions in this opinion letter.

 

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A PPENDIX 4

(S OME D EFINITIONS AND I NTERPRETATION )

 

1.

I NTERPRETATION

A reference in this opinion to “Appendix” or “Appendices” is a reference to an Appendix or Appendices to this opinion, unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

Hogan Lovells ” and “ we ” refer to the Amsterdam office of Hogan Lovells International LLP.

Where reference is made to “ Dutch Courts ” this is a reference to the civil and commercial court departments ( civiele- en handelskamers ) and tax departments ( belastingkamers ) of the Dutch district courts ( rechtbanken ), the Dutch Courts of appeal ( gerechtshoven ) and the Dutch Supreme Court ( Hoge Raad der Nederlanden ) (specially excluding departments dealing with criminal and governmental and administrative matters), and “ Dutch Court ” will have to be construed accordingly.

For the avoidance of doubt, hereafter references to acts, regulations, rules, guidelines etc. are a reference to such acts, regulations, rules, guidelines etc. as they currently stand – where relevant upon amendment or variation as per today – and any reference to such acts, regulations and rules includes a reference to the decrees and regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto.

 

2. R EGULATORY ACTS C . A .

 

AFM

 

  

the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten ).

 

DFSA

 

  

the Dutch Act on Supervising Financial Services ( Wet op het financieel toezicht : “ Wft ”).

 

DCB   

the Dutch Central Bank ( De Nederlandsche Bank N.V. ).

 

 

3. O THER D UTCH ACTS C . A .

 

AEFR   

the Dutch Act on External Financial Relations 1994 ( Wet financiële betrekkingen buitenland 1994 ).

 

DBA   

the Dutch Bankruptcy Act ( Faillissementswet ).

 

DCC   

the Dutch Civil Code ( Burgerlijk Wetboek ).

 

DCCP   

the Dutch Code of Civil Procedures ( Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering ).

 

RV 2003   

the Reporting Instructions regarding Trade Balance Reports 2003 ( Rapportagevoorschriften betalingsbalansrapportages 2003 ) issued by the DCB further to section 7 of the AEFR.

 

 

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WOR

 

  

the Dutch Act on the Works Councils ( Wet op de ondernemingsraden ).

 

 

4. T REATIES AND REGULATIONS

 

Brussels I bis Regulation   

the “EU Council Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters” ( EU-executieverordening ).

 

Insolvency Regulation   

the “Regulation (EU) 2015/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings” which is a recast of the EC Council Regulation no. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 ( Insolventieverordening ).

 

Lugano Convention 2007   

the “Council Decision 2007/712/EC of 15 October 2007 on the signing, on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters” ( Verdrag van Lugano (2007) ).

 

Member State   

a member state of the European Union.

 

Rome I Regulation   

the “EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of 17 June 2008 on the law applicable to contractual obligations” ( Rome I Verordening ).

 

Rome II Regulation   

the “EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 of 11 July 2007 on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations” ( Rome II Verordening ).

 

Trust Convention   

the “The Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on their Recognition” ( Haags Trustverdrag ).

 

 

5. O THER D EFINITIONS

 

Offer Regulations

 

(a) Commission Regulation (EC) 809/2004 of 29 April 2004 implementing Directive 2003/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards information contained in prospectuses as well as the incorporation by reference and publication of such prospectuses and dissemination of advertisements, as amended and supplemented, including Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 486/2012 of 30 March 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 809/2004 as regards the format and the content of the prospectus, the base prospectus, the summary and the final terms and as regards the disclosure requirements, (b) Commission Regulation (EC) No 2273/2003 of 22 December 2003 implementing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European

 

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Parliament and of the Council as regards exemptions for buy-back programmes and stabilization of financial instruments and (c) Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71.

 

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Exhibit 12.1

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table contains the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges of Petrobras for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, calculated using values derived from our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 

     Three-month
period ended
March 31,
     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2017      2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
     (U.S.$ million)      (U.S.$ million)  

Net income (loss) before income taxes

     3,415        2,268        1,997        (3,665)        (9,748)        (8,824)        13,410  

Share of results in equity-accounted investments

     (158)        (195)        (673)        218        177        (218)        (507)  

Dividend income on equity-accounted investments

     221        64        452        473        259        387        146  

Add fixed charges as adjusted (set forth below)

     2.765        3.006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  

Adjustment of capitalized borrowing costs

     (376)        (355)        (1,392)        (1,729)        (1,773)        (3,600)        (3,921)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings

     5,867        4,788        11,181        6,368        (928)        (1,970)        18,459  

Interest expense:

                    

Debt interest and charges

     2,016        2,112        7,388        7,764        6,858        6,734        5,491  

Rental interest expense(1)

     749        894        3,409        3,307        3,299        3,551        3,840  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     2,765        3,006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges)(2)

     2.12        1.59        1.04        0.58        (0.09)        (0.19)        1.98  

 

(1) One third of operating lease expenses.
(2) This calculation indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014. Earnings available for fixed charges were inadequate to cover total fixed charges for these years. The deficient amounts for the ratio were U.S.$4,703 million, U.S.$11,085 million and U.S.$12,255 million for 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Exhibit 12.2

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED DIVIDENDS

The following table contains the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges and preferred dividends of Petrobras for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 and the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013, calculated using values derived from our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 

     Three-month period
ended March 31,
     Year ended December 31,  
     2018      2017      2017      2016      2015      2014      2013  
     (U.S.$ million)      (U.S.$ million)  

Net income (loss) before income taxes

     3,415        2,268        1,997        (3,665)        (9,748)        (8,824)        13,410  

Share of results of equity-accounted investments

     (158)        (195)        (673)        218        177        (218)        (507)  

Dividend income on equity-accounted investments

     221        64        452        473        259        387        146  

Add fixed charges as adjusted (set forth below)

     2.765        3.006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  

Adjustment of capitalized borrowing costs

     (376)        (355)        (1,392)        (1,729)        (1,773)        (3,600)        (3,921)  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings

     5,867        4,788        10,181        6,368        (928)        (1,970)        18,459  

Interest expense:

                    

Debt interest and charges

     2,016        2,112        7,388        7,764        6,858        6,734        5,491  

Rental interest expense(1)

     749        894        3,409        3,307        3,299        3,551        3,840  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges

     2,765        3,006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        9,331  

Dividends declared on preferred shares

                                               2,313  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Fixed charges and preferred dividends

     2,765        3,006        10,797        11,071        10,157        10,285        11,644  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges and preferred dividends)(2)

     2.12        1.59        1.04        0.58        (0.09)        (0.19)        1.59  

 

(1) One third of operating lease expenses.
(2) This calculation indicates a less than one-to-one coverage for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 Earnings available for fixed charges were inadequate to cover total fixed charges for these years. The deficient amounts for the ratio were U.S.$4,703 million, U.S.$11,085 million and U.S.$12,255 million for 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Exhibit 15.1

 

LOGO

KPMG Auditores Independentes

Rua do Passeio, 38, setor 2, 17º andar - Centro

20021-290 Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Caixa Postal 2888 - CEP 20001-970 - Rio de Janeiro/RJ - Brasil

Telefone +55 (21) 2207-9400, Fax +55 (21) 2207-9000

www.kpmg.com.br

July 26, 2018

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile 65

Rio de Janeiro – RJ

Petrobras Global Finance B.V. – PGF

Weena 762, 3014 DA

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Re: Registration Statement on Form F-4, dated July 26, 2018

With respect to the subject registration statement, we acknowledge our awareness of the use and incorporation by reference therein and in the related prospectus of our report dated May 7, 2018 related to our review of interim financial information of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras as of March 31, 2018 and for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, included in its Form 6-K furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 8, 2018.

Pursuant to Rule 436 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), such report is not considered part of a registration statement prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm, or a report prepared or certified by an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of the Act.

/s/ KPMG Auditores Independentes

KPMG Auditores Independentes

Exhibit 21.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF PETROBRAS

 

PETROBRAS

 

BRAZIL      ABROAD
Petrobras Distribuidora S.A.—BR      Petrobras Netherlands B.V.—PNBV
Petrobras Transporte S.A.—Transpetro      Petrobras International Braspetro—PIB BV
Petrobras Logística de Exploração e Produção S.A.—PB-LOG      Braspetro Oil Services Company—Brasoil
Transportadora Associada de Gás S.A.—TAG     
Petrobras Gás S.A.—Gaspetro     
Petrobras Biocombustível S.A.     
Petrobras Logística de Gás—Logigás     
Liquigás Distribuidora S.A.     
Araucária Nitrogenados S.A.     
Termomacaé Ltda.     
Breitener Energética S.A.     
Termobahia S.A.     
Baixada Santista Energia S.A.     
Petrobras Comercializadora de Energia Ltda.—PBEN     
Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário RB Logística—FII     
Petrobras Negócios Eletrônicos S.A.—E-Petro     
Termomacaé Comercializadora de Energia Ltda 5283 Participações Ltda.     
PDET Offshore S.A.     
Fábrica Carioca de Catalisadores S.A.—FCC (*)     
Ibiritermo S.A. (*)     

 

 

(*) Joint operations

Exhibit 23.1

 

LOGO

KPMG Auditores Independentes

Rua do Passeio, 38, setor 2, 17º andar – Centro

20021-290 Rio de Janeiro - RJ

Caixa Postal 2888 - CEP 20001-970 - Rio de Janeiro/RJ - Brasil

Telefone +55 (21) 2207-9400, Fax +55 (21) 2207-9000

www.kpmg.com.br

July 26, 2018

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras

Avenida República do Chile 65

Rio de Janeiro – RJ

Petrobras Global Finance B.V. – PGF

Weena 762, 3014 DA

Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Re: Consent for Registration Statements on Form F-4 dated July 26, 2018

We consent to the use and incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form F-4 of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (“Petrobras”) and Petrobras Global Finance B.V. – PGF, and in the related prospectus, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on July 26, 2018, of our report dated March 14, 2018, with respect to the consolidated statement of financial position of Petrobras as of December 31, 2017, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, which report appears in Petrobras’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 filed with the SEC on April 18, 2018. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus that forms part of such registrations statements.

 

/s/ KPMG Auditores Independentes
KPMG Auditores Independentes

Exhibit 23.2

 

LOGO

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form F-4 of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (“ Petrobras ”) and Petrobras Global Finance B.V. of our report dated April 26, 2017 relating to the financial statements, which appears in Petrobras’s Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” and “Selected Financial and Operating Information” in such Registration Statement.

Rio de Janeiro, July 26, 2018

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Auditores Independentes

 

 

 

 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, Rua do Russel 804, Edifício Manchete, 6º e 7º, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 22210-010, T: +55 (21) 3232 6112, www.pwc.com.br

 

Exhibit 23.6

DeGolyer and MacNaughton

5001 Spring Valley Road

Suite 800 East

Dallas, Texas 75244

July 26, 2018

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras

Av. República do Chile, 65

Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20031-912

Brazil

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We hereby consent to the references to DeGolyer and MacNaughton as set forth in the Registration Statement on Form F-4, filed on the date hereof by Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras and Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (together, the Registrants), under the heading “Experts,” and to the incorporation by reference of the other references to our firm contained under the headings “Glossary of Certain Terms Used in this Annual Report,” “Presentation of Information Concerning Reserves,” “Item 4. Information on the Company–Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry in Brazil–Assignment Agreement (Cessão Onerosa) and Global Offering,” “Item 4. Information on the Company–Internal Controls over Proved Reserves,” and “Item 19–Exhibits” and our two reports of third party dated February 28, 2018, as Exhibit No. 99.1 in the Annual Report on Form 20-F of the Registrants for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Very truly yours,

By: /s/ DeGolyer and MacNaughton

DeGOLYER and MacNAUGHTON

Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-716

Exhibit 25.1

= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)        |__|

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York

(Jurisdiction of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

  

13-5160382

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

10286

(Zip code)

 

 

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

The Netherlands

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

N/A

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Weena 762

3014 DA-Rotterdam-The Netherlands

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

N/A

 

(Zip code)

 

 

5.299% Global Notes Due 2025

5.999% Global Notes Due 2028

 

 

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.-PETROBRAS

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

The Federative Republic of Brazil

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

  

N/A

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Avenida Republica do Chile, 65

20031-912-Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil

(Address of principal executive offices)

  

N/A

 

(Zip code)

 

 

Guarantee of 5.299% Global Notes Due 2025

Guarantee of 5.999% Global Notes Due 2028

 

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Name    Address

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

Superintendent of the Department of

Financial Services of the State of New

York

  

One State Street, New York, N.Y.

10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y.

12223

Federal Reserve Bank of New York   

33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y.

10045

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation   

550 17 th Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20429

The Clearing House Association L.L.C.   

100 Broad Street

New York, N.Y. 10004

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

3-15. Not Applicable

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1.

A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York Mellon (formerly known as The Bank of New York, itself formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement

 

-2-


 

No. 333-121195 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152735).

 

  2. Included in 1 above.

 

  3. Included in 1 above.

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-207042).

 

  5. Not applicable.

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-188382).

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

  8. Not applicable.

 

  9. Not applicable.

 

-3-


SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon, a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 26 th day of July, 2018.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
By:   /s/ Bret Derman          
  Name:   Bret Derman
  Title:     Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

of 225 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business March 31, 2018, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

ASSETS    Dollar amounts in thousands  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

     3,962,000  

Interest-bearing balances

     105,314,000  

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

     36,947,000  

Available-for-sale securities

     78,525,000  

Equity securities with readily determinable fair values not held for trading

     31,000  

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

     0  

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

     15,492,000  

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

     0  

Loans and leases held for investment

     29,936,000  

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

     129,000  

Loans and leases held for investment, net of allowance

     29,807,000  

Trading assets

     3,201,000  

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

     1,458,000  

Other real estate owned

     4,000  

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

     576,000  


Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

     0  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

     6,445,000  

Other intangible assets

     809,000  

Other assets

     14,536,000  
  

 

 

 

Total assets

     297,107,000  
  

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

     124,470,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     70,622,000  

Interest-bearing

     53,848,000  

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

     119,549,000  

Noninterest-bearing

     6,301,000  

Interest-bearing

     113,248,000  

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic offices

     11,268,000  

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

     444,000  

Trading liabilities

     2,002,000  

Other borrowed money:

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

     6,379,000  

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

     515,000  

Other liabilities

     4,909,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     269,536,000  
  

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

     0  

Common stock

     1,135,000  

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

     10,888,000  

Retained earnings

     16,499,000  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     -1,301,000  

Other equity capital components

     0  

Total bank equity capital    

     27,221,000  

 

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Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

     350,000  

Total equity capital

     27,571,000  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

     297,107,000  
  

 

 

 

I, Michael Santomassimo, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Michael Santomassimo            

Chief Financial Officer            

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

 

Charles W. Scharf

Samuel C. Scott

Joseph J. Echevarria

 

       Directors   

 

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Exhibit 99.1

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V. - PGF

Offers to Exchange Securities

which have been

Registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

and which are

Guaranteed by

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras

for any and all of its Corresponding Outstanding Securities

 

 

CUSIP of Old Notes

 

 

ISIN of Old Notes

 

 

Old Notes

 

 

  CUSIP of New Notes  

 

 

  ISIN of New Notes  

 

 

New Notes

 

71647N AT6

(Rule 144A)

N6945A AJ6

(Reg. S)

 

US71647NAT63

(Rule 144A)

USN6945AAJ62

(Reg S)

 

U.S.$3,759,866,000

5.299% Notes due 2025

  71647NAV1   US71647NAV10  

 

Up to U.S.$3,759,866,000

5.299% Notes due 2025

71647N AW9

(Rule 144A)

N6945A AK3

(Reg. S)

 

US71647NAW92

(Rule 144A)

USN6945AAK36

(Reg S)

 

U.S.$5,836,134,000

5.999% Notes due 2028

  71647NAY5   US71647NAY58  

 

Up to U.S.$5,836,134,000

5.999% Notes due 2028

Pursuant to the Prospectus dated _____, 2018

 

To:

Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,

Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

Upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the prospectus, dated _____, 2018 (the “ Prospectus ”), Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (the “ Issuer ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (“ Petrobras ”), incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability, and Petrobras, a sociedade de economia mista organized under the laws of Brazil, are making offers to exchange (the “ Exchange Offers ”) registered 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 and registered 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (together, the “ New Securities ”) for any and all outstanding 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 and 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (together, the “ Old Securities ”) of the Issuer. The Exchange Offers are being made in order to satisfy certain of the Issuer’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in the Prospectus.

We are requesting that you contact your clients for whom you hold any Old Securities regarding the Exchange Offers. For your information and for forwarding to your clients for whom you hold Old Securities registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, or who hold any Old Securities registered in their own names, we are enclosing the following documents:

1.        Prospectus dated _____, 2018;

2.        A form letter that may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold any Old Securities registered in your name or the name of your nominee, with space provided for obtaining such clients’ instructions with regard to the Exchange Offers.


Your prompt action is requested. The Exchange Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on _____, 2018 (the “ Expiration Date ”), unless extended by the Issuer. Any Old Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offers may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date, unless previously accepted by the Issuer.

Tenders of any Old Securities for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offers may be made only by book-entry transfer of the Old Securities to the account established by the Exchange Agent referred to below at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility maintained by The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), together with a computer generated message, transmitted by means of DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program system and received by the Exchange Agent, in which the tendering holder agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offers as set forth in the Prospectus.

Additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from The Bank of New York Mellon, as Exchange Agent, 111 Sanders Creek Parkway, East Syracuse, New York 13057, Telephone: 315-414-3034.

Exhibit 99.2

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V. - PGF

Offers to Exchange Securities

which have been

Registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,

and which are

Guaranteed by

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras

for any and all of its Corresponding Outstanding Securities

 

           

CUSIP of Old Notes

 

  

ISIN of Old Notes

 

  

Old Notes

 

  

CUSIP of New Notes  

 

  

ISIN of New Notes  

 

  

New Notes

 

 

71647N AT6

(Rule 144A)

N6945A AJ6

(Reg. S)

 

  

 

US71647NAT63

(Rule 144A)

USN6945AAJ62

(Reg S)

 

  

U.S.$3,759,866,000

5.299% Notes due 2025

 

   71647NAV1      US71647NAV10     

Up to U.S.$3,759,866,000  

5.299% Notes due 2022  

 

 

71647N AW9

(Rule 144A)

N6945A AK3

(Reg. S)

 

  

 

US71647NAW92

(Rule 144A)

USN6945AAK36

(Reg S)

 

  

U.S.$5,836,134,000

5.999% Notes due 2028

 

   71647NAY5      US71647NAY58     

Up to U.S.$5,836,134,000  

5.999% Notes due 2028  

 

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration is a prospectus of Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (the “ Issuer ”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (“ Petrobras ”), incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability, and Petrobras, a sociedade de economia mista organized under the laws of Brazil, dated              , 2018 (the “ Prospectus ”), relating to the offers to exchange (the “ Exchange Offers ”) registered 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 and registered 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (together, the “ New Securities ”) for any and all outstanding 5.299% Global Notes due 2025 and 5.999% Global Notes due 2028 (together, the “ Old Securities ”) of the Issuer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Prospectus. The Exchange Offers are being made in order to satisfy certain of the Issuer’s obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in the Prospectus.

The material is being forwarded to you as the beneficial owner of the Old Securities carried by us in your account but not registered in your name. A tender of such Old Securities may only be made by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions.

Accordingly, we request instructions as to whether you wish us to tender on your behalf any Old Securities held by us for your account, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the enclosed Prospectus. We also request that you confirm that we may, on your behalf, make the representations and warranties contained in the Prospectus in the section captioned “The Exchange Offers—Holders’ Deemed Representations, Warranties and Undertakings.”

Your instructions should be forwarded to us as promptly as possible in order to permit us to tender the Old Securities on your behalf in accordance with the provisions of the Exchange Offers. The Exchange Offers will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on _____, 2018 (the “ Expiration Date ”), unless extended by the Issuer. The Old Securities tendered pursuant to the Exchange Offers may be withdrawn at any time before the Expiration Date, unless previously accepted by the Issuer.


Your attention is directed to the following:

1.        The Exchange Offers are for any and all Old Securities.

2.        The Exchange Offers are subject to certain conditions set forth in the Prospectus in the section captioned “The Exchange Offers—Conditions to the Exchange Offers.”

3.        Any transfer taxes incident to the transfer of Old Securities from the holder to the Issuer will be paid by the Issuer, except as otherwise provided in the Prospectus in the section captioned “The Exchange Offers—Transfer Taxes.”

4.        The Exchange Offers expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date, unless extended by the Issuer.

If you wish to have us tender any of your Old Securities, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction set forth below.

* * * *


Instructions with Respect to the Exchange Offers

The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter enclosing the Prospectus, dated              , 2018, of Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (“ Petrobras ”), incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands as a private company with limited liability, and Petrobras, a sociedade de economia mista organized under the laws of Brazil.

This will instruct you to tender the principal amount of Old Securities indicated below held by you for the account of the undersigned, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. (Check one).

 

Box 1       ☐          Please tender the Old Securities held by you for my account. If I do not wish to tender all of the Old Securities held by you for my account, I have identified on a signed schedule attached hereto the principal amount of Old Securities that I do not wish tendered.

 

Box 2       ☐          Please do not tender any Old Securities held by you for my account.

 

Date:   

 

   Signature
  
  

 

  
  

 

   Please print name(s) here
  
  

 

   Area Code and Telephone No.

Unless a specific contrary instruction is given in the space provided, your signature(s) hereon shall constitute an instruction to us to tender all Old Securities.