PETROBRAS - PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA (Form: F-3ASR, Received: 08/29/2018 06:06:06)

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2018

Registration No. 333-

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM F-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras		Petrobras Global Finance B.V.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)		(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Brazilian Petroleum Corporation—Petrobras		Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)		(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

The Federative Republic of Brazil		The Netherlands
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Not Applicable		Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)		(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)		(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras

570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2401

New York, NY 10022

(212) 829-1517

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

Copy to:

Francesca L. Odell, Esq.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

One Liberty Plaza

New York, New York 10006

(212) 225-2000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public : From time to time after this registration statement becomes effective.

If only securities being registered on this Form are to be offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: ☐

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box: ☑

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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box: ☑

If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box: ☐

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.

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered	Amount to be Registered	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit	Proposed Maximum Aggregate Offering Price	Amount of Registration Fee
Debt Securities	See Note (1)
Debt Warrants
Preferred Shares, without par value, which may be represented by American Depositary Shares (2)
Common Shares, without par value, which may be represented by American Depositary Shares (3)
Equity Warrants for Common Shares or Preferred Shares, which may be represented by American Depositary Shares (2)(3)
Mandatory Convertible Securities and Guaranties (4)

(1)

The registrants are registering an indeterminate amount of securities for offer and sale from time to time at indeterminate offering prices. In reliance on Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrants are deferring payment of all of the registration fee relating to the registration of securities hereby.

(2)	ADSs, each representing two preferred shares, issuable upon deposit of the preferred shares being registered hereby, have been or will be registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6.

(3)	ADSs, each representing two common shares, issuable upon deposit of the preferred shares being registered hereby, have been or will be registered under a separate registration statement on Form F-6.

(4)

No separate consideration will be received for the guaranties or for the debt securities, warrants, preferred shares, common shares and mandatory convertible securities issuable upon the exercise or conversion of, or in exchange for, debt securities, warrants, preferred shares, common shares or mandatory convertible securities.

P R O S P E C T U S

LOGO

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

Debt Securities, Warrants,

Preferred Shares,

Preferred Shares represented by American Depositary Shares,

Common Shares,

Common Shares represented by American Depositary Shares,

Mandatory Convertible Securities and

Guaranties

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Debt Securities, accompanied by Guaranties of Petrobras and

Debt Warrants, accompanied by Guaranties of Petrobras

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras may from time to time offer debt securities, warrants, preferred shares, common shares, mandatory convertible securities and guaranties, and Petrobras Global Finance B.V. may issue debt securities accompanied by guaranties of Petrobras and debt warrants accompanied by guaranties of Petrobras. This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may apply to these securities and the general manner in which they may be offered. When we offer securities, the specific terms of the securities, including the offering price, and the specific manner in which they may be offered, will be described in supplements to this prospectus.

Investing in our securities involves risks. See the “Risk Factors” section set forth in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F, which is incorporated by reference herein, and, if any, in the relevant prospectus supplement.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

August 28, 2018

Table of Contents


About this Prospectus			2
Forward-Looking Statements			3
Petrobras			5
PGF			5
Use of Proceeds			6
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges			7
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges and Preferred Dividends			8
The Securities			9
Legal Ownership			10
Description of Debt Securities			13
Description of Mandatory Convertible Securities			30
Description of Warrants			31
Description of the Guaranties			37
Description of American Depositary Receipts			38
Form of Securities, Clearing and Settlement			45
Plan of Distribution			50
Experts			52
Validity of Securities			53
Difficulties of Enforcing Civil Liabilities Against Non-U.S. Persons			54
Where You Can Find More Information			56
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference			57

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

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

This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (which we refer to as the SEC) utilizing a “shelf” registration process. Under this shelf process, Petrobras may sell any combination of debt securities, warrants, preferred shares, common shares and securities mandatorily convertible into its preferred or common shares, and PGF may sell debt securities accompanied by guaranties of Petrobras and debt warrants accompanied by guaranties of Petrobras in one or more offerings. Any preferred shares or common shares of Petrobras, in one or more offerings, may be in the form of American depositary shares (which we refer to as ADSs) evidenced by American depositary receipts (which we refer to as ADRs).

This prospectus only provides a general description of the securities that we may offer. Each time we offer securities, we will prepare a prospectus supplement containing specific information about the particular offering and the terms of those securities. We may also add, update or change other information contained in this prospectus by means of a prospectus supplement or by incorporating by reference information we file with the SEC. The registration statement that we filed with the SEC includes exhibits that provide more detail on the matters discussed in this prospectus. Before you invest in any securities offered by this prospectus, you should read this prospectus, any related prospectus supplement and the related exhibits filed with the SEC, together with the additional information described under the headings “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.”

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the information contained or incorporated by reference in this prospectus are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or Exchange Act, that are not based on historical facts and are not assurances of future results. The forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus, which address our expected business and financial performance, among other matters, contain 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:

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our marketing and expansion strategy;

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our exploration and production activities, including drilling;

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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;

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

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our liquidity and sources of funding;

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our pricing strategy and development of additional revenue sources;

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

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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:

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our ability to obtain financing;

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

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global economic conditions;

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

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

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competition;

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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;

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receipt of governmental approvals and licenses;

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international and Brazilian political, economic and social developments;

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

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the cost and availability of adequate insurance coverage;

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

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

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

For additional information on factors that could cause our actual results to differ from expectations reflected in forward-looking statements, please see “Risk Factors” as set forth in our most recent annual report on Form 20-F, which is incorporated by reference herein, and in any prospectus supplement.

All forward-looking statements attributed to us or a person acting on our behalf are 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.

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:

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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;

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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;

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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

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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 Petrobras Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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.

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.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Unless otherwise disclosed in connection with a particular offering of securities, we intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities for general corporate purposes.

RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

The following table contains the consolidated ratios of earnings to fixed charges of Petrobras for the six-month periods ended June 30, 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 International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or “IFRS.”


	Six-month period ended June 30,				Year ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2017		2016		2015		2014		2013
	(U.S.$ million)				(U.S.$ million)
Net income (loss) before income taxes		7,389		4,370		1,997		(3,665)		(9,748)		(8,824)		13,410
Share of results in equity-accounted investments		(244)		(386)		(673)		218		177		(218)		(507)
Dividend income on equity-accounted investments		486		180		452		473		259		387		146
Add fixed charges as adjusted (set forth below)		5,040		5,685		10,797		11,071		10,157		10,285		9,331
Adjustment of capitalized borrowing costs		(755)		(690)		(1,392)		(1,729)		(1,773)		(3,600)		(3,921)

Earnings		11,916		9,159		11,181		6,368		(928)		(1,970)		18,459
Interest expense:
Debt interest and charges		3,611		3,931		7,388		7,764		6,858		6,734		5,491
Rental interest expense ⁽¹⁾		1,429		1,754		3,409		3,307		3,299		3,551		3,840

Fixed charges		5,040		5,685		10,797		11,071		10,157		10,285		9,331

Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges) ⁽²⁾		2.36		1.61		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.

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 six-month periods ended June 30, 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.


	Six-month period ended June 30,				Year ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2017		2016		2015		2014		2013
	(U.S.$ million)				(U.S.$ million)
Net income (loss) before income taxes		7,389		4,370		1,997		(3,665)		(9,748)		(8,824)		13,410
Share of results of equity-accounted investments		(244)		(386)		(673)		218		177		(218)		(507)
Dividend income on equity-accounted investments		486		180		452		473		259		387		146
Add fixed charges as adjusted (set forth below)		5,040		5,685		10,797		11,071		10,157		10,285		9,331
Adjustment of capitalized borrowing costs		(755)		(690)		(1,392)		(1,729)		(1,773)		(3,600)		(3,921)

Earnings		11,916		9,159		11,181		6,368		(928)		(1,970)		18,459
Interest expense:
Debt interest and charges		3,611		3,931		7,388		7,764		6,858		6,734		5,491
Rental interest expense ⁽¹⁾		1,429		1,754		3,409		3,307		3,299		3,551		3,840

Fixed charges		5,040		5,685		10,797		11,071		10,157		10,285		9,331
Dividends declared on preferred shares		78		-		–		–		–		–		2,313

Fixed charges and preferred dividends		5,118		5,685		10,797		11,071		10,157		10,285		11,644

Ratio (earnings divided by fixed charges and preferred dividends) ⁽²⁾		2.33		1.61		1.04		0.58		(0.09)		(0.19)		1.59

(1)	One third of operating lease expenses.

(2)

THE SECURITIES

Petrobras may from time to time offer under this prospectus, separately or together:

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senior or subordinated debt securities, including debt securities that may be convertible into Petrobras’s common shares or preferred shares, which may be in the form of ADSs and evidenced by ADRs;

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securities that are mandatorily convertible into preferred or common shares (or ADSs representing Petrobras’s preferred or common shares);

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common shares, which may be represented by ADSs;

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preferred shares, which may be represented by ADSs;

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warrants to purchase common shares, which may be represented by ADSs;

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warrants to purchase preferred shares, which may be represented by ADSs;

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warrants to purchase debt securities; and

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guaranties accompanying debt securities, including debt warrants, of PGF.

PGF may from time to time offer under this prospectus:

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senior or subordinated debt securities, accompanied by full and unconditional guaranties of Petrobras; and

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warrants to purchase debt securities, accompanied by full and unconditional guaranties of Petrobras.

LEGAL OWNERSHIP

In this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement, when we refer to the “holders” of securities as being entitled to specified rights or payments, we mean only the actual legal holders of the securities. While you will be the holder if you hold a security registered in your name, more often than not the registered holder will actually be either a broker, bank, other financial institution or, in the case of a global security, a depositary. Our obligations, as well as the obligations of the trustee, any warrant agent, any transfer agent, any registrar, any depositary and any third parties employed by us or the other entities listed above, run only to persons who are registered as holders of our securities, except as may be specifically provided for in a contract governing the securities. For example, once we make payment to the registered holder, we have no further responsibility for the payment even if that registered holder is legally required to pass the payment along to you as a street name customer but does not do so.

If we choose to issue preferred shares or common shares, they may be evidenced by ADRs and you will hold them indirectly through ADSs. The underlying preferred shares or common shares will be directly held by a depositary. Your rights and obligations will be determined by reference to the terms of the relevant deposit agreement. A copy of the deposit agreements, as amended from time to time, with respect to Petrobras’s preferred shares and common shares is on file with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You may obtain copies of the deposit agreements from the SEC’s Public Reference Room. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Street Name and Other Indirect Holders

Holding securities in accounts at banks or brokers is called holding in “street name.” If you hold our securities in street name, we will recognize only the bank or broker, or the financial institution that the bank or broker uses to hold the securities, as a holder. These intermediary banks, brokers, other financial institutions and depositaries pass along principal, interest, dividends and other payments, if any, on the securities, either because they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they are legally required to do so. This means that if you are an indirect holder, you will need to coordinate with the institution through which you hold your interest in a security in order to determine how the provisions involving holders described in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement will actually apply to you. For example, if the debt security in which you hold a beneficial interest in street name can be repaid at the option of the holder, you cannot redeem it yourself by following the procedures described in the prospectus supplement relating to that security. Instead, you would need to cause the institution through which you hold your interest to take those actions on your behalf. Your institution may have procedures and deadlines different from or additional to those described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

If you hold our securities in street name or through other indirect means, you should check with the institution through which you hold your interest in a security to find out, among other things:

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how it handles payments and notices with respect to the debt securities;

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whether it imposes fees or charges;

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how it handles voting, if applicable;

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how and when you should notify it to exercise on your behalf any rights or options that may exist under the debt securities;

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whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities registered in your own name so you can be a direct holder as described below; and

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how it would pursue rights under the debt securities if there were a default or other event triggering the need for holders to act to protect their interests.

Global Securities

A global security is a special type of indirectly held security. If we choose to issue our debt securities, in whole or in part, in the form of global securities, the ultimate beneficial owners can only be indirect holders. We do this by requiring that the global security be registered in the name of a financial institution we select and by requiring that the debt securities included in the global security not be transferred to the name of any other direct holder unless the special circumstances described below occur. The financial institution that acts as the sole direct holder of the global security is called the “depositary.” Any person wishing to own a security issued in global form must do so indirectly through an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has an account with the depositary. The relevant prospectus supplement will indicate whether the securities will be issued only as global securities.

As an indirect holder, your rights relating to a global security will be governed by the account rules of your financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general laws relating to securities transfers. We will not recognize you as a holder of the debt securities and instead deal only with the depositary that holds the global security.

You should be aware that if our debt securities are issued only in the form of global securities:

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you cannot have the securities registered in your own name;

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you cannot receive physical certificates for your interest in the securities;

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you will be a street name holder and must look to your own bank or broker for payments on the debt securities and protection of your legal rights relating to the debt securities;

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you may not be able to sell interests in the debt securities to some insurance companies and other institutions that are required by law to own their securities in the form of physical certificates;

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the depositary’s policies will govern payments, dividends, transfers, exchange and other matters relating to your interest in the global security. We, the trustee, any warrant agent, any transfer agent and any registrar have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositary’s actions or for its records of ownership interests in the global security. We, the trustee, any warrant agent, any transfer agent and any registrar also do not supervise the depositary in any way; and

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the depositary will require that interests in a global security be purchased or sold within its system using same-day funds for settlement.

In a few special situations described below, a global security representing our debt securities will terminate and interests in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing the 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.

Unless we specify otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the special situations for termination of a global security representing our debt securities are:

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when the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such global security 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;

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when we notify the trustee that we wish to terminate the global security; or

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when an event of default on debt securities has occurred and has not been cured. (Defaults are discussed later under “Description of Debt Securities—Events of Default.”)

The prospectus supplement may also list additional situations for terminating a global security that would apply to the particular series of securities covered by the prospectus supplement. 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.

In the remainder of this document, “you” means direct holders and not street name or other indirect holders of securities. Indirect holders should read the previous subsection starting on page 10 entitled “Street Name and Other Indirect Holders.”

DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

The following briefly summarizes the material provisions of the debt securities and the Petrobras or PGF indenture that will govern the debt securities, other than pricing and related terms disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement. You should read the more detailed provisions of the applicable indenture, including the defined terms, for provisions that may be important to you. You should also read the particular terms of a series of debt securities, which will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. This summary is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the provisions of such indenture, the debt securities and the prospectus supplement relating to each series of debt securities.

Indenture

Any debt securities that we issue will be governed by a document called an indenture. The indenture is a contract entered into between any one of us and a trustee, currently The Bank of New York Mellon. The trustee has two main roles:

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first, the trustee can enforce your rights against us if we default, although there are some limitations on the extent to which the trustee acts on your behalf that are described under “Default and Related Matters—Events of Default—Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs”; and

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second, the trustee performs administrative duties for us, such as sending interest payments to you, transferring your debt securities to a new buyer if you sell and sending notices to you.

Each of the Petrobras and PGF indentures and their associated documents contain the full legal text of the matters described in this section. We have agreed that New York law governs the indentures and the debt securities. We have filed a copy of the Petrobras and PGF indentures with the SEC as exhibits to our registration statement. We have 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 .

Types of Debt Securities

Together or separately, we may issue as many distinct series of debt securities under our indentures as are authorized by the corporate bodies that are required under applicable law and our corporate organizational documents to authorize the issuance of debt securities. Specific issuances of debt securities will also be governed by a supplemental indenture, an officer’s certificate or a document evidencing the authorization of any such corporate body. This section summarizes material terms of the debt securities that are common to all series and to each of the Petrobras and PGF indentures, unless otherwise indicated in this section and in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular series.

Because this section is a summary, it does not describe every aspect of the debt securities. This summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to all the provisions of the indentures, including the definition of various terms used in the indentures. For example, we describe the meanings for only the more important terms that have been given special meanings in the indentures. We also include references in parentheses to some sections of the indentures. Whenever we refer to particular sections or defined terms of our indentures in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement, those sections or defined terms are incorporated by reference herein or in such prospectus supplement.

We may issue the debt securities at par, at a premium or as original issue discount securities, which are debt securities that are offered and sold at a substantial discount to their stated principal amount. We may also issue the debt securities as indexed securities or securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, currency units or composite currencies, as described in more detail in the prospectus supplement relating to any such debt securities. We will describe the U.S. federal income tax consequences and any other special considerations applicable to original issue discount, indexed or foreign currency debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement(s).

In addition, the material financial, legal and other terms particular to a series of debt securities will be described in the prospectus supplement(s) relating to that series. Those terms may vary from the terms described here. Accordingly, this summary also is subject to and qualified by reference to the description of the terms of the series described in the applicable prospectus supplement(s).

The prospectus supplement relating to a series of debt securities will describe the following terms of the series:

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the title of the debt securities of the series;

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any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities of the series (including any provision for the future offering of additional debt securities of the series beyond any such limit);

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whether the debt securities will be issued in registered form;

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whether the debt securities will be accompanied by a guaranty or other credit enhancements, including letters of credit, political risk insurance or other similar instruments;

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the date or dates on which the debt securities of the series will mature and any other date or dates on which we will pay the principal of the debt securities of the series;

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the annual rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the debt securities will bear interest, if any, and the date or dates from which that interest will accrue;

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the date or dates on which any interest on the debt securities of the series will be payable and the regular record date or dates we will use to determine who is entitled to receive interest payments;

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the place or places where the principal and any premium and interest in respect of the debt securities of the series will be payable;

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any period or periods during which, and the price or prices at which, we will have the option to redeem or repurchase the debt securities of the series and the other material terms and provisions applicable to our redemption or repurchase rights;

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whether the debt securities will be senior or subordinated securities;

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whether the debt securities will be our secured or unsecured obligations;

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any obligation we will have to redeem or repurchase the debt securities of the series, including any sinking fund or analogous provision, the period or periods during which, and the price or prices at which, we would be required to redeem or repurchase the debt securities of the series and the other material terms and provisions applicable to our redemption or repurchase obligations;

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if other than U.S.$1,000 or an even multiple of U.S.$1,000, the denominations in which the series of debt securities will be issuable;

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if other than U.S. dollars, the currency in which the debt securities of the series will be denominated or in which the principal of or any premium or interest on the debt securities of the series will be payable;

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if we or you have a right to choose the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which payments on any of the debt securities of the series will be made, the currency, currency unit or composite currency that we or you may elect, the period during which we or you must make the election and the other material terms applicable to the right to make such elections;

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if other than the full principal amount, the portion of the principal amount of the debt securities of the series that will be payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the debt securities of the series;

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any index or other special method we will use to determine the amount of principal or any premium or interest on the debt securities of the series;

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the applicability of the provisions described under “Defeasance and Discharge”;

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if we issue the debt securities of the series in whole or part in the form of global securities as described under “Legal Ownership—Global Securities”, the name of the depositary with respect to the debt securities of the series, and the circumstances under which the global securities may be registered in the name of a person other than the depositary or its nominee if other than those described under “Legal Ownership—Global Securities”;

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whether the debt securities will be convertible or exchangeable at your option or at our option into equity securities, and, if so, the terms and conditions of conversion or exchange;

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any covenants to which we will be subject with respect to the debt securities of the series; and

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any other special features of the debt securities of the series that are not inconsistent with the provisions of the indentures.

In addition, the prospectus supplement will state whether we will list the debt securities of the series on any stock exchange(s) and, if so, which one(s).

Additional Mechanics

Form, Exchange and Transfer

The debt securities will be issued, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, in minimum denominations of U.S.$1,000 and denominations that are even multiples of U.S.$1,000, and in global registered form. ( Petrobras Section 3.02; PGF Section 3.02 )

You may have your debt securities broken into more debt securities of smaller denominations or combined into fewer debt securities of larger denominations, as long as the total principal amount is not changed. This is called an exchange. ( Petrobras Section 3.05; PGF Section 3.05 )

You may exchange or transfer your registered debt securities at the office of the trustee. The trustee will maintain an office in New York, New York. The trustee acts as our agent for registering debt securities in the names of holders and transferring registered debt securities. We may change this appointment to another entity or perform the service ourselves. The entity performing the role of maintaining the list of registered holders is called the “security registrar.” It will also register transfers of the registered debt securities. ( Petrobras Section 3.05; PGF Section 3.05 )

You will not be required to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange debt securities, but you may be required to pay any tax or other governmental charge associated with the exchange or transfer. The transfer or exchange of a registered debt security will only be made if the security registrar is satisfied with your proof of ownership.

If we designate additional transfer agents, they will be named in the prospectus supplement. We may cancel the designation of any particular transfer agent. We may also approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts. ( Petrobras Section 10.02; PGF Section 10.03 )

If the debt securities are redeemable and we redeem less than all of the debt securities of a particular series, we may block the transfer or exchange of debt securities in order to freeze the list of holders to prepare the mailing during the period beginning 15 days before the day we mail the notice of redemption and ending on the day of that mailing. We may also refuse to register transfers or exchanges of debt securities selected for redemption. However, we will continue to permit transfers and exchanges of the unredeemed portion of any debt security being partially redeemed. ( Petrobras Section 3.05; PGF Section 3.05 )

Payment and Paying Agents

If your debt securities are in registered form, we will pay interest to you if you are a direct holder listed in the trustee’s records at the close of business on a particular day in advance of each due date for interest, even if you no longer own the security on the interest due date. That particular day, usually about a day in advance of the interest due date, is called the “regular record date” and will be stated in the prospectus supplement. ( Petrobras Section 3.07; PGF Section 3.07 )

We will pay interest, principal, additional amounts and any other money due on the registered debt securities at the corporate trust office of the trustee in New York City (which is currently located at 240 Greenwich Street, 7E, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Global Trust Services – Americas). You must make arrangements to have your payments picked up at or wired from that office. We may also choose to pay interest by mailing checks. Interest on global securities will be paid to the holder thereof by wire transfer of same-day funds.

Holders buying and selling debt securities must work out between themselves how to compensate for the fact that we will pay all the interest for an interest period to, in the case of registered debt securities, the one who is the registered holder on the regular record date. The most common manner is to adjust the sales price of the debt securities to pro-rate interest fairly between the buyer and seller. This pro-rated interest amount is called “accrued interest.”

Street name and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how they will receive payments.

We may also arrange for additional payment offices, and may cancel or change these offices, including our use of the trustee’s corporate trust office. These offices are called “paying agents.” We may appoint paying agents outside the United States for a specific issuance of securities. We may also choose to act as our own paying agent. We must notify you of changes in the paying agents for the debt securities of any series that you hold. ( Petrobras Section 10.02; PGF Section 10.03 )

Notices

We and the trustee will send notices only to direct holders, using their addresses as listed in the registrar’s records. ( Petrobras Section 1.06; PGF Section 1.06 )

Regardless of who acts as paying agent, all money that we pay to a paying agent that remains unclaimed at the end of two years after the amount is due to direct holders will be repaid to us. After that two-year period, direct holders may look only to us for payment and not to the trustee, any other paying agent or anyone else. ( Petrobras Section 10.03, PGF Section 10.08 )

Special Situations

Mergers and Similar Events

Under the indentures, except as described below, we are generally permitted to consolidate, spin off, or merge with another entity. We are also permitted to sell or lease substantially all of our assets to another entity or to buy or lease substantially all of the assets of another entity. No vote by holders of debt securities approving any of these actions is required, unless as part of the transaction we make changes to the indentures requiring your approval, as described later under “—Modification and Waiver.” We may take these actions as part of a transaction involving outside third parties or as part of an internal corporate reorganization. We may take these actions even if they result in:

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a lower credit rating being assigned to the debt securities; or

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additional amounts becoming payable in respect of withholding tax, and the debt securities thus being subject to redemption at our option, as described later under “—Optional Tax Redemption.”

We have no obligation under the indentures to seek to avoid these results, or any other legal or financial effects that are disadvantageous to you, in connection with a merger, spin off, consolidation or sale or lease of assets that is permitted under the indenture.

Petrobras

Petrobras may merge into or consolidate with or convey, transfer or lease its property to another entity, provided that it may not take any of these actions unless all the following conditions are met:

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If Petrobras merges out of existence or sell or lease its assets, the other entity must unconditionally assume its obligations on the debt securities, including the obligation to pay the additional amounts described under “Payment of Additional Amounts.” This assumption may be by way of a full and unconditional guaranty in the case of a sale or lease of substantially all of its assets.

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Petrobras must indemnify you against any tax, assessment or governmental charge or other cost resulting from the transaction. This indemnification obligation only arises if the other entity is organized under the laws of a country other than the United States, a state thereof or Brazil.

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Petrobras must not be in default on the debt securities immediately prior to such action and such action must not cause a default. For purposes of this no-default test, a default would include an event of default that has occurred and not been cured, as described later under “Default and Related Matters—Events of Default” A default for this purpose would also include any event that would be an event of default if the requirements for notice of default or existence of defaults for a specified period of time were disregarded.

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The entity to which Petrobras sells or leases such assets guaranties our obligations or the entity into which it merges or consolidates with must execute a supplement to the indenture, known as a supplemental indenture. In the supplemental indenture, the entity must promise to be bound by every obligation in the indenture. Furthermore, in this case, the trustee must receive an opinion of counsel stating that the entity’s guaranties are valid, that certain registration requirements applicable to the guaranties have been fulfilled and that the supplemental indenture complies with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. The entity that guarantees our obligations must also deliver certain certificates and other documents to the trustee.

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Petrobras must deliver to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the transaction complies with the terms of the indenture and that all conditions precedent provided for in the indenture and relating to the transaction have been complied with.

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Petrobras must satisfy any other requirements specified in the prospectus supplement. ( Petrobras Section 8.01 )

PGF

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 assets does not violate any provision of Dutch financial regulatory laws, and:

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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 a supplemental indenture, all of PGF’s obligations under the indenture and the debt securities of a series;

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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 securities of a series;

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

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PGF has delivered to the trustee a directors’ certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the transaction and the supplemental indenture relating to the transaction comply with the terms of the indenture, and that all conditions precedent provided for in the indenture 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 indenture or the securities of a series will have occurred and be continuing at the time of the proposed transaction or would result from the transaction:

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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

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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

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

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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.

It is possible that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service may deem a merger or other similar transaction to cause for U.S. federal income tax purposes an exchange of debt securities for new securities by the holders of the debt securities. This could result in the recognition of taxable gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes and possible other adverse tax consequences.

Modification and Waiver

There are three types of changes we can make to the indenture and the debt securities.

Changes Requiring Your Approval. First, there are changes that cannot be made to your debt securities without your specific approval. These are the following types of changes:

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change the stated maturity of the principal, interest or premium on a debt security;

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reduce any amounts due on a debt security;

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change any obligation to pay the additional amounts described under “Payment of Additional Amounts”;

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reduce the amount of principal payable upon acceleration of the maturity of a debt security following a default;

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change the place or currency of payment on a debt security;

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impair any of the conversion or exchange rights of your debt security;

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impair your right to sue for payment, conversion or exchange;

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reduce the percentage of holders of debt securities whose consent is needed to modify or amend the indenture;

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reduce the percentage of holders of debt securities whose consent is needed to waive compliance with various provisions of the indenture or to waive specified defaults; and

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modify any other aspect of the provisions dealing with modification and waiver of the indenture. ( Petrobras Section 9.02; PGF Section 9.02 )

Changes Requiring a Majority Vote. The second type of change to the indenture and the debt securities is the kind that requires a vote of approval by the holders of debt 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 debt 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 described in an applicable prospectus supplement or a waiver of a past default. However, we cannot obtain a waiver of a payment default or any other aspect of the indenture or the debt securities listed in the first category described previously beginning above under “Changes Requiring Your Approval” unless we obtain your individual consent to the waiver. ( Petrobras Sections 5.13 and 9.02; PGF Section 9.02 )

Changes Not Requiring Approval. The third type of change does not require any vote by holders of debt securities. This type is limited to curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, making changes to conform the provisions contained in the indentures to the description of the notes and the guarantee contained in this prospectus or an applicable prospectus supplement and making changes that do not adversely affect the rights of holders of the debt securities in any material respect, such as adding covenants, additional events of default or successor trustees. ( Petrobras Section 9.01; PGF Section 9.01 )

Further Details Concerning Voting . When taking a vote, we will use the following rules to decide how much principal amount to attribute to a security:

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For original issue discount securities, we will use the principal amount that would be due and payable on the voting date if the maturity of the debt securities were accelerated to that date because of a default.

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Debt securities that we, any of our affiliates and any other obligor under the debt securities acquire or hold will not be counted as outstanding when determining voting rights.

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For debt securities whose principal amount is not known (for example, because it is based on an index), we will use a special rule for that security described in the prospectus supplement for that security.

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For debt securities denominated in one or more foreign currencies, currency units or composite currencies, we will use the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date on which such debt securities were originally issued.

Debt 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. Debt securities will also not be eligible to vote if they have been fully defeased as described under “Defeasance and Discharge.” ( Petrobras Section 14.02; PGF Section 14.02 )

We will generally be entitled to set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the holders of outstanding debt securities that are entitled to vote or take other action under the indenture. 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 debt 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. ( Petrobras Section 1.04; PGF Section 1.04 )

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 indenture or the debt securities or request a waiver.

Redemption and Repayment

Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, your debt security will not be entitled to the benefit of any sinking fund; that is, we will not deposit money on a regular basis into any separate custodial account to repay your debt securities. In addition, other than as set forth in “Optional Tax Redemption” below, we will not be entitled to redeem your debt security before its stated maturity unless the applicable prospectus supplement specifies a redemption commencement date. You will not be entitled to require us to buy your debt security from you, before its stated maturity, unless the applicable prospectus supplement specifies one or more repayment dates.

If the applicable prospectus supplement specifies a redemption commencement date or a repayment date, it will also specify one or more redemption prices or repayment prices, which may be expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of your debt security or by reference to one or more formulae used to determine the redemption price(s). It may also specify one or more redemption periods during which the redemption prices relating to a redemption of debt securities during those periods will apply.

If the applicable prospectus supplement specifies a redemption commencement date, we may redeem your debt security at our option at any time on or after that date. If we redeem your debt security, we will do so at the specified redemption price, together with interest accrued to, but excluding, the redemption date. If different prices are specified for different redemption periods, the price we pay will be the price that applies to the redemption period during which your debt security is redeemed. If less than all of the debt securities are redeemed, the trustee will choose the debt securities to be redeemed by lot, or of any method deemed fair and appropriate to the trustee, pro rata, subject to the current rules and procedures of the applicable depositary. ( Petrobras Section 11.03; PGF Section 11.03 )

If the applicable prospectus supplement specifies a repayment date, your debt security will be repayable by us at your option on the specified repayment date(s) at the specified repayment price(s), together with interest accrued and any additional amounts to, but excluding, the repayment date. ( Petrobras Section 11.04; PGF Section 11.04 )

In the event that we exercise an option to redeem any debt security, we will give to the trustee and the holder written notice of the principal amount of the debt security to be redeemed, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days before the applicable redemption date. Such notice may at our option be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, and it may be rescinded or the applicable redemption date delayed in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the applicable redemption date. Any conditions precedent shall be described in such notice. We will give the notice in the manner described above under “Additional Mechanics—Notices.”

If a debt security represented by a global security is subject to repayment at the holder’s option, the depositary or its nominee, as the holder, will be the only person that can exercise the right to repayment. Any indirect holders who own beneficial interests in the global security and wish to exercise a repayment right must give proper and timely instructions to their banks or brokers through which they hold their interests, requesting that they notify the depositary to exercise the repayment right on their behalf. Different firms have different deadlines for accepting instructions from their customers, and you should take care to act promptly enough to ensure that your request is given effect by the depositary before the applicable deadline for exercise.

Street name and other indirect holders should contact their banks or brokers for information about how to exercise a repayment right in a timely manner.

In the event that the option of the holder to elect repayment as described above is deemed to be a “tender offer” within the meaning of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, we will comply with Rule 14e-1 as then in effect to the extent it is applicable to us and the transaction.

Subject to any restrictions that will be described in the prospectus supplement, we or our affiliates may purchase debt securities from investors who are willing to sell from time to time, either in the open market at prevailing prices or in private transactions at negotiated prices. Debt securities that we or they purchase may, in our discretion, be held, resold or canceled.

Optional Tax Redemption

Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, we may have the option to redeem, in whole but not in part, the debt securities where, 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, we would be required to pay additional amounts as described later under “Payment of Additional Amounts.” This applies only in the case of changes, executions or amendments that occur on or after the date specified in the prospectus supplement for the applicable series of debt securities and in the jurisdiction where we are incorporated or organized. If succeeded by another entity, the applicable jurisdiction will be the jurisdiction in which such successor entity is incorporated or organized, and the applicable date will be the date the entity became a successor. ( Petrobras Section 11.08; PGF Section 11.08 )

If the debt securities are redeemed, the redemption price for debt securities (other than original issue discount debt securities) will be equal to the principal amount of the debt securities being redeemed plus accrued interest and any additional amounts due on the date fixed for redemption. The redemption price for original issue discount debt securities will be specified in the prospectus supplement for such securities. Furthermore, we must give you between 30 and 60 days’ notice before redeeming the debt securities.

Conversion

Your debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for shares of Petrobras’s capital stock at your option or at our option, which may be represented by ADSs, or other securities if the applicable prospectus supplement so provides. If your debt securities are convertible or exchangeable, the prospectus supplement will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is at your option or at our option. The prospectus supplement would also include provisions regarding the adjustment of the number of securities to be received by you upon conversion or exchange.

Payment of Additional Amounts

Except as provided below and under the applicable prospectus supplement, PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, will make all payments of amounts due under the debt securities and the indenture and each other document entered into in connection with the debt securities and the indenture 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 indenture, 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 guaranty. In the case if payments by Petrobras, in order for a holder to be entitled to receive the additional amount, the holder must not be a resident of Brazil.

All references to principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the debt securities will be deemed to refer to any additional amounts which may be payable as set forth in the indenture or in the debt 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”):

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the holder has a connection with the taxing jurisdiction other than merely holding the debt securities or receiving principal or interest payments on the debt 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);

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

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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 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;

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

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

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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.

PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, shall promptly pay when due any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that are imposed by a taxing jurisdiction from any payment under the debt securities or under any other document or instrument referred to in the indenture or from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the debt securities or any other document or instrument referred to in the indenture. PGF or Petrobras, as applicable, shall indemnify and make whole the holders of the debt 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 or Petrobras as provided in this paragraph paid by such holder. All payments in respect of the debt 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 Section 1471(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 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”).

Restrictive Covenants

Petrobras

The Petrobras indenture does not contain any covenants restricting the ability of Petrobras to make payments, incur indebtedness, dispose of assets, enter into sale and leaseback transactions, issue and sell capital stock, enter into transactions with affiliates, create or incur liens on Petrobras’s property or engage in business other than its present business. Restrictive covenants, if any, with respect to any securities of Petrobras will be contained in the applicable supplemental indenture and described in the applicable prospectus supplement with respect to those securities. ( Petrobras Section 10 )

PGF

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, PGF will be subject to the following covenants with respect to its debt 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 debt securities of a series in accordance with such securities and the indenture. (PGF Section 10.01)

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. (PGF Section 10.02)

Maintenance of Office or Agency

So long as debt securities of a series 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 indenture and the debt securities of a series 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. (PGF Section 10.03)

Ranking

PGF will ensure that its debt 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). ( PGF Section 10.04 )

Statement by Managing Directors as to Default

PGF (and each other obligor on the debt securities of any series) 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 indenture or the debt securities of any series and, if there is such an event of default by PGF (or any obligor), specifying all such events of default and their nature and status of which the signers may have knowledge. ( PGF Section 10.05 )

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 Brazil, 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 complies with PGF’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the trustee. The trustee does not have an obligation to determine if and when PGF’s financial statements or reports are publicly 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 this indenture; 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 indenture (as to which the trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on directors’ certificates). ( PGF Section 10.06 )

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 indenture so that there will at all times be a trustee with respect to the debt securities of any series. (PGF Section 10.07)

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 debt securities of any series 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.

All payments on the debt securities of any series 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 under “—Payment 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 FATCA. (PGF Section 10.08)

Negative Pledge

PGF will not create, incur or assume any lien securing its indebtedness for borrowed money, other than a PGF Permitted Lien, on any of its assets to secure (i) any of its indebtedness for borrowed money or (ii) the indebtedness of any other person for borrowed money, unless PGF contemporaneously creates or permits such lien to secure equally and ratably its obligations under the debt securities of a series or PGF provides such other security for the debt securities of a series as is duly approved by a resolution of the holders of such debt securities in accordance with the indenture. 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 PGF contemporaneously creates or permits such lien to secure equally and ratably its obligations under the debt securities of any series to which the covenant applies or PGF provides such other security for the debt securities of a series as is duly approved by a resolution of the holders of such debt securities in accordance with the indenture. (PGF Section 10.11)

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 guaranty) 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:

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an obligation to pay or purchase such indebtedness;

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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;

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

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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.

A “PGF permitted lien” with respect to any series of debt securities issued means any:

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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;

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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;

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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;

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

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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;

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lien existing as of the date of the issuance of debt securities of such series;

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lien resulting from the indenture or the guaranty, if any, with respect to the debt securities of such series;

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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;

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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

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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.

PGF may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in certain covenants applicable to the debt securities of a series or any term, provision or condition of the indenture, if before the time for the compliance the holders of at least a majority of the principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a 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. (PGF Section 10.09)

Additional restrictive covenants with respect to securities of PGF may be contained in the applicable supplemental indenture and described in the applicable prospectus supplement with respect to those securities.

Defeasance and Discharge

The following discussion of full defeasance and discharge and covenant defeasance and discharge will only be applicable to your series of debt securities if we choose to apply them to that series, in which case we will state that in the prospectus supplement. ( Petrobras Section 14.01; PGF Section 14.01 )

Full Defeasance

If the applicable prospectus supplement states that full defeasance will apply to a particular series of debt securities, we will be legally released from any payment and other obligations on such debt securities, except for various obligations described below (called “full defeasance”), provided that we, in addition to other actions, put in place the following arrangements for you to be repaid:

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We must irrevocably deposit in trust for your benefit and the benefit of all other direct holders of the debt securities of such 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 firm of nationally recognized independent public accountants, will generate enough cash without reinvestment to make interest, principal and any other payments, including additional amounts, on such debt securities on their various due dates.

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We must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our counsel, based upon a ruling by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or upon a change in applicable U.S. federal income tax law, confirming that under then current U.S. federal income tax law we may make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on such debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and just repaid such debt securities ourselves.

If we ever did accomplish full defeasance as described above, you would have to rely solely on the trust deposit for repayment on the debt securities. You could not look to us for repayment in the unlikely event of any shortfall. Conversely, the trust deposit would most likely be protected from claims of our lenders and other creditors if we ever become bankrupt or insolvent. However, even if we take these actions, a number of our obligations relating to the debt securities will remain. These include the following obligations:

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to register the transfer and exchange of debt securities;

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to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt securities;

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to maintain paying agencies;

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to hold money for payment in trust; and

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to indemnify the trustee according to the terms of the indenture.

Covenant Defeasance

If the applicable prospectus supplement states that covenant defeasance will apply to a particular series of debt securities, we can make the same type of deposit described above and be released from all or some of the restrictive covenants (if any) that apply to such debt securities. This is called “covenant defeasance.” In that event, you would lose the protection of those restrictive covenants but would gain the protection of having money and securities set aside in trust to repay the debt securities. In order to achieve covenant defeasance, we must do the following:

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We must irrevocably deposit in trust for your benefit and the benefit of all other direct holders of such debt securities 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 such debt securities on their various due dates.

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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 such debt securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and just repaid the debt securities ourselves.

If we accomplish covenant defeasance, the following provisions of the indenture as it applies to the debt securities of a series and/or such debt securities would no longer apply:

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Any covenants applicable to the series of debt securities and described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

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

If we accomplish covenant defeasance, you can still look to us for repayment of the debt securities if there were a shortfall in the trust deposit. In fact, if any event of default occurred (such as our bankruptcy) and the debt 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. ( Petrobras Sections 14.03 and 14.04; PGF Section 14.04 )

Default and Related Matters

Ranking

The applicable prospectus supplement will indicate whether the debt securities are subordinated to any of our other debt obligations and whether they will be secured by any of our assets. If they are not subordinated, they will rank equally with all our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. If they are not secured, the securities will effectively be subordinate to our secured indebtedness.

Events of Default

You will have special rights if an event of default occurs and is not cured, as described later in this subsection.

The term event of default means any of the following:

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We do not pay the principal on a debt security of a series within seven calendar days of its due date and, in the case of PGF, the trustee has not received such amounts from Petrobras under a guaranty by the end of that seven-day period.

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We do not pay interest or other amounts, including any additional amounts, on a debt security of a series within 30 calendar days of its due date and, in the case of PGF, the trustee has not received such amounts from Petrobras under a guaranty by the end of that 30-day period.

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We remain in breach of any covenant or any other term in respect of a debt security of a series issued under the indenture, or in a supplemental indenture, or, if applicable, under a guaranty for 60 calendar days after we receive a notice of default stating that we are in breach. The notice must be sent by either the trustee or holders of 25% of the principal amount of debt securities of the affected series.

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In the case of any convertible security of Petrobras, it remains in default in the conversion of any security of such series for 30 days after it receives a notice of default stating that it is in default. The notice must be sent by either the trustee or the holders of 25% of the principal amount of debt securities of the affected series.

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The maturity of any indebtedness of PGF, 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.

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In the case of Petrobras, if it is adjudicated or found bankrupt or insolvent or it is ordered by a court or pass a resolution to dissolve.

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PGF, 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 debt security holders of a series.

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if proceedings are initiated against PGF, Petrobras or any material subsidiary 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.

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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 our undertakings or assets of PGF, Petrobras or any material subsidiary and is not discharged or removed within 90 calendar days.

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

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PGF, 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, Petrobras or any material subsidiary, or PGF, Petrobras or any material subsidiary takes legal action for a readjustment or deferment of any part of our indebtedness.

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An effective resolution is passed, or any authorized action is taken by any court of competent jurisdiction, directing PGF’s, Petrobras’s or any material subsidiary’s winding-up, dissolution or liquidation, except for the purpose of and followed by a consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer duly approved by the debt security holders of a series.

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In the case of PGF, if any event occurs that under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction has substantially the same effect as the events referred to in the six immediately preceding paragraphs.

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The debt securities of a series, the relevant indenture or, in the case of PGF, the related Petrobras guaranty, 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.

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

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In the case of PGF, if 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.

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Any other event of default described in the applicable prospectus supplement occurs. ( Petrobras Section 5.01; PGF Section 5.01 )

For these purposes, “indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any guaranty) for payment on or repayment of money that has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under IFRS, would constitute a capital lease obligation).

An event of default for a particular series of debt securities does not necessarily constitute an event of default for any other series of debt securities issued under the indenture, although the default and acceleration of one series of debt securities may trigger a default and acceleration of another series of debt securities.

Remedies if an Event of Default Occurs. If an event of default has occurred and has not been cured, the trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount of the debt securities of the affected series may declare the entire principal amount of all the debt securities of that series to be due and immediately payable. This is called a declaration of acceleration of maturity. If an event of default occurs because of certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or an equivalent proceeding under the applicable law, the principal amount of all the debt securities of that series will be automatically accelerated without any action by the trustee, any holder or any other person. A declaration of acceleration of maturity may be canceled by the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the debt securities of the affected series. ( Petrobras Section 5.02; PGF Section 5.02 )

Except in cases of default, where the trustee has some special duties, the trustee is not required to take any action under the indenture at the request of any holders unless the holders offer the trustee satisfactory security or indemnity from expenses and liability. ( Petrobras Section 6.03; PGF Section 6.03 ) If satisfactory indemnity is provided, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of the relevant series may direct the time, method and place of conducting any lawsuit or

other formal legal action seeking any remedy available to the trustee. These same holders may also direct the trustee in performing any other action under the indenture. ( Petrobras Section 5.12; PGF Section 5.12 ) Before you bypass the trustee and bring your own lawsuit or other formal legal action or take other steps to enforce your rights or protect your interests relating to the debt securities, the following must occur:

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You must give the trustee written notice that an event of default has occurred and remains uncured.

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The holders of 25% in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the relevant series must make a written request that the trustee take action because of the default, and must offer satisfactory indemnity or security to the trustee against the cost and other liabilities of taking that action.

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The trustee must have not taken action for 60 days after receipt of the above notice and offer of indemnity or security.

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The holders of a majority in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities of the relevant series must not have given the trustee a direction during the sixty-day period that is inconsistent with the above notice. ( Petrobras Section 5.07; PGF Section 5.07 )

However, you are entitled at any time to bring a lawsuit for the payment of money due on your debt security on or after its due date and if your debt security is convertible or exchangeable into another security to bring a lawsuit for the enforcement of your right to convert or exchange your debt security or to receive securities upon conversion or exchange. ( Petrobras Section 5.08; PGF Section 5.08 )

Street name and other indirect holders should consult their banks or brokers for information on how to give notice or direction to or make a request of the trustee and to make or cancel a declaration of acceleration.

We will furnish to the trustee within 90 days after the end of our fiscal year every year a written statement of certain of our officers that will either certify that, to the best of their knowledge, we are in compliance with the indenture and the debt securities or specify any default. ( Petrobras Section 10.05; PGF Section 10.05 )

Regarding the Trustee

We and some of our subsidiaries maintain banking relations with the trustee in the ordinary course of our business.

If an event of default occurs, or an event occurs that would be an event of default if the requirements for giving us default notice or our default having to exist for a specified period of time were disregarded, the trustee may be considered to have a conflicting interest with respect to the debt securities or the indenture for purposes of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. In that case, the trustee may be required to resign as trustee under the applicable indenture and we would be required to appoint a successor trustee.

DESCRIPTION OF MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES

Petrobras may issue mandatorily convertible securities under which holders receive a specified number of its common shares or preferred shares at a future date or dates. The price per mandatory convertible security and the number of common shares or preferred shares, as the case may be, that holders receive at maturity may be fixed at the time mandatory convertible securities are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula set forth in the mandatory convertible security. The mandatory convertible securities also may require Petrobras to make periodic payments to the holders of the mandatory convertible securities, and such payments may be secured.

The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the material terms of the mandatory convertible securities. Reference will be made in the applicable prospectus supplement to the mandatory convertible securities, and, if applicable, collateral, depositary or custodial arrangements, relating to the mandatory convertible securities. Material U.S. and Brazilian federal income tax considerations applicable to the holders of the mandatory convertible securities will also be discussed in the applicable prospectus supplement.

DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

We may issue warrants to purchase our debt securities and Petrobras may issue warrants to purchase preferred shares (which may be in the form of ADSs) or common shares (which may be in the form of ADSs). Warrants may be issued independently or together with any securities and may be attached to or separate from those securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into by us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent, all as will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Debt Warrants

The following briefly summarizes the material terms that will generally be included in a debt warrant agreement. However, we may include different terms in the debt warrant agreement for any particular series of debt warrants and such other terms and all pricing and related terms will be disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement. You should read the particular terms of any debt warrants that are offered by us and the related debt warrant agreement which will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will also state whether any of the generalized provisions summarized below do not apply to the debt warrants being offered.

General

We may issue warrants for the purchase of our debt securities. As explained below, each debt warrant will entitle its holder to purchase debt securities at an exercise price set forth in, or to be determined as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Debt warrants may be issued separately or together with debt securities.

The debt warrants are to be issued under debt warrant agreements to be entered into by us and one or more banks or trust companies, as debt warrant agent, all as will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. At or around the time of an offering of debt warrants, a form of debt warrant agreement, including a form of debt warrant certificate representing the debt warrants, reflecting the alternative provisions that may be included in the debt warrant agreements to be entered into with respect to particular offerings of debt warrants, will be filed by amendment as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Terms of the Debt Warrants to Be Described In the Prospectus Supplement

The particular terms of each issue of debt warrants, the debt warrant agreement relating to such debt warrants and such debt warrant certificates representing debt warrants will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. This description will include:

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the initial offering price;

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the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the exercise price for the debt warrants is payable;

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the title, aggregate principal amount and terms of the debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise of the debt warrants;

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the title, aggregate principal amount and terms of any related debt securities with which the debt warrants are issued and the number of the debt warrants issued with each debt security;

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if applicable, whether and when the debt warrants and the related debt securities will be separately transferable;

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the principal amount of debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise of each debt warrant and the exercise price;

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the date on or after which the debt warrants may be exercised and any date or dates on which this right will expire in whole or in part;

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if applicable, a discussion of material U.S. federal and Brazilian income tax, accounting or other considerations applicable to the debt warrants;

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whether the debt warrants will be issued in registered form, and, if registered, where they may be transferred and registered;

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the maximum or minimum number of debt warrants that you may exercise at any time; and

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any other terms of the debt warrants.

You may exchange your debt warrant certificates for new debt warrant certificates of different denominations but they must be exercisable for the same aggregate principal amount of debt securities. If your debt warrant certificates are in registered form, you may present them for registration of transfer at the corporate trust office of the debt warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, before the exercise of debt warrants, holders of debt warrants will not be entitled to payments of principal or any premium or interest on the debt securities that can be purchased upon such exercise, or to enforce any of the covenants in the indenture relating to the debt securities that may be purchased upon such exercise.

Exercise of Debt Warrants

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, each debt warrant will entitle the holder to purchase a principal amount of debt securities for cash at an exercise price in each case that will be set forth in, or to be determined as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Debt warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date or any later date to which we extend the expiration date, unexercised debt warrants will become void.

Debt warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement applicable to the particular debt warrants. Upon delivery of payment of the exercise price and the debt warrant certificate properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the debt warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the debt securities that can be purchased upon such exercise of the debt warrants to the person entitled to them. If fewer than all of the debt warrants represented by the debt warrant certificate are exercised, a new debt warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining unexercised debt warrants. Holders of debt warrants will be required to pay any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with transferring the underlying debt securities in connection with the exercise of the debt warrants.

Street name and other indirect holders of debt warrants should consult their bank or brokers for information on how to exercise their debt warrants.

Modification and Waiver

There are three types of changes we can make to the debt warrant agreement and the debt warrants of any series.

Changes Requiring Your Approval . First, there are changes that cannot be made to your debt warrants or the debt warrant agreement under which they were issued without your specific approval. These are the following types of changes:

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any increase in the exercise price;

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any impairment of your ability to exercise the warrant;

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any decrease in the principal amount of debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise of any debt warrant;

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any reduction of the period of time during which the debt warrants may be exercised;

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any other change that materially and adversely affects the exercise rights of a holder of debt warrant certificates or the debt securities that can be purchased upon such exercise; and

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any reduction in the number of outstanding unexercised debt warrants whose consent is required for any modification or amendment described under “Changes Requiring a Majority Vote.”

Changes Requiring a Majority Vote . The second type of change to the debt warrant agreement or debt warrants of any series is the kind that requires a vote of approval by the holders of not less than a majority in number of the then outstanding unexercised debt warrants of that series. This category includes all changes other than those listed above under “Changes Requiring Your Approval” or changes that would not adversely affect holders of debt warrants or debt securities in any material respect.

Changes Not Requiring Approval . The third type of change to the debt warrant agreement or debt warrants of any series does not require any vote or consent by the holders of debt warrant certificates. This type is limited to curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, making changes to conform the provisions contained in the debt warrant agreement to the description of the debt warrants contained in this prospectus or an applicable prospectus supplement and making changes that do not adversely affect the rights of holders of the debt warrant certificates in any material respect.

Street name and other indirect holders of debt warrants should consult their bank or brokers for information on how approval may be granted or denied if we seek to change your debt warrants or the debt warrant agreement under which they were issued or request a waiver.

Merger, Consolidation, Sale or Other Dispositions

Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, under the debt warrant agreement for each series of debt warrants, we may consolidate with, spin off or sell, convey or lease all or substantially all of our assets to, or merge with or into, any other corporation or firm to the extent permitted by the indenture for the debt securities that can be purchased upon exercise of such debt warrants. If we consolidate with or merge into, or sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets to, another corporation or firm, that corporation or firm must become legally responsible for our obligations under the debt warrant agreements and debt warrants. If we sell or lease substantially all of our assets, one way the other firm or company can become legally responsible for our obligations is by way of a full and unconditional guaranty of our obligations. If the other company becomes legally responsible by a means other than a guaranty, we will be relieved from all such obligations.

Enforceability of Rights; Governing Law

The debt warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the issuance and exercise of debt warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holder of a debt warrant certificate or any owner of a beneficial interest in debt warrants. The holders of debt warrant certificates, without the consent of the debt warrant agent, the trustee, the holder of any debt securities issued upon exercise of debt warrants or the holder of any other debt warrant certificates, may, on their own behalf and for their own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against us to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, their rights to exercise debt warrants evidenced by their debt warrant certificates. Except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, each issue of debt warrants and the related debt warrant agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Additional Terms of the PGF Debt Warrants

Debt securities to be issued by PGF under the debt warrants and the PGF debt warrant agreement will be guaranteed by Petrobras. See “Description of the Guaranties.”

Equity Warrants

The following briefly summarizes the material terms that will generally be included in an equity warrant agreement. However, we may include different terms in the equity warrant agreement for any particular series of equity warrants and such other terms and all pricing and related terms will be disclosed in the applicable prospectus supplement. You should read the particular terms of any equity warrants that are offered by us and the related equity warrant agreement which will be described in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will also state whether any of the general provisions summarized below do not apply to the equity warrants being offered.

General

Petrobras may issue warrants for the purchase of its equity securities ( i.e. , our common shares and preferred shares, which may be in the form of ADSs). As explained below, each equity warrant will entitle its holder to purchase equity securities at an exercise price set forth in, or to be determined as set forth in, the applicable prospectus supplement. Equity warrants may be issued separately or together with equity securities.

Petrobras may issue equity warrants in connection with preemptive rights of its shareholders in connection with any capital increase, and in those circumstances we may choose to issue equity warrants in uncertificated form to the extent permitted by Brazilian law. In addition, if any equity warrants are offered in connection with preemptive rights, Petrobras may exclude holders resident in the United States from that offering to the extent permitted by Brazilian law. Equity warrants (other than equity warrants issued in connection with preemptive rights) are to be issued under equity warrant agreements to be entered into by Petrobras and one or more banks or trust companies, as equity warrant agent, all as will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. At or around the time of an offering of equity warrants, a form of equity warrant agreement, including a form of equity warrant certificate representing the equity warrants, reflecting the alternative provisions that may be included in the equity warrant agreements to be entered into with respect to particular offerings of equity warrants, will be filed by amendment as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Terms of the Equity Warrants to Be Described in the Prospectus Supplement

The particular terms of each issue of equity warrants, the equity warrant agreement (if any) relating to such equity warrants and the equity warrant certificates (if any) representing such equity warrants will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. This description will include:

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the initial offering price;

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the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the exercise price for the equity warrants is payable;

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the designation and terms of the equity securities ( i.e., preferred shares or common shares) that can be purchased upon exercise of the equity warrants;

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the total number of preferred shares or common shares that can be purchased upon exercise of each equity warrant and the exercise price;

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the date or dates on or after which the equity warrants may be exercised and any date or dates on which this right will expire in whole or in part;

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the designation and terms of any related preferred shares or common shares with which the equity warrants are issued and the number of the equity warrants issued with each preferred share or common share;

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if applicable, whether and when the equity warrants and the related preferred shares or common shares will be separately transferable;

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whether the equity warrants will be in registered form;

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if applicable, a discussion of material U.S. federal and Brazilian income tax, accounting or other considerations applicable to the equity warrants; and

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any other terms of the equity warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations relating to the exchange and exercise of the equity warrants.

You may exchange your equity warrant certificates for new equity warrant certificates of different denominations but they must be exercisable for the same aggregate principal amount of equity securities. If your equity warrant certificates are in registered form, you may present them for registration of transfer and exercise them at the corporate trust office of the equity warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, before the

exercise of equity warrants, holders of equity warrants will not be entitled to receive dividends or exercise voting rights with respect to the equity securities that can be purchased upon such exercise, to receive notice as shareholders with respect to any meeting of shareholders for the election of our directors or any other matter, or to exercise any rights whatsoever as a shareholder.

Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, the exercise price payable and the number of common shares or preferred shares that can be purchased upon the exercise of each equity warrant (other than equity warrants issued in connection with preemptive rights) will be subject to adjustment in certain events, including the issuance of a stock dividend to holders of common shares or preferred shares or a stock split, reverse stock split, combination, subdivision or reclassification of common shares or preferred shares. Instead of adjusting the number of common shares or preferred shares that can be purchased upon exercise of each equity warrant, we may elect to adjust the number of equity warrants. No adjustments in the number of shares that can be purchased upon exercise of the equity warrants will be required until cumulative adjustments require an adjustment of at least 1% of those shares. We may, at our option, reduce the exercise price at any time. We will not issue fractional shares or ADSs upon exercise of equity warrants, but we will pay the cash value of any fractional shares otherwise issuable.

Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, if there is a consolidation, merger or sale or conveyance of substantially all of our property, the holder of each outstanding equity warrant will have the right to the kind and amount of shares and other securities and property (including cash) receivable by a holder of the number of common shares or preferred shares into which that equity warrant was exercisable immediately prior to the consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.

Exercise of Equity Warrants

Unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, each equity warrant will entitle the holder to purchase a number of equity securities for cash at an exercise price in each case that will be set forth in, or to be determined as set forth in, the prospectus supplement. Equity warrants may be exercised at any time up to the close of business on the expiration date specified in the applicable prospectus supplement. After the close of business on the expiration date or any later date to which we extend the expiration date, unexercised equity warrants will become void. Equity warrants for the purchase of preferred shares or common shares may be issued in the form of ADSs.

Equity warrants may be exercised as set forth in the prospectus supplement applicable to the particular equity warrants. Upon delivery of payment of the exercise price, delivery of the equity warrant certificate (if any) properly completed and duly executed at the corporate trust office of the equity warrant agent or any other office indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement and satisfaction of any other applicable requirements specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will, as soon as practicable, forward the equity securities that can be purchased upon such exercise of the equity warrants to the person entitled to them. If fewer than all of the equity warrants represented by the equity warrant certificate are exercised, a new equity warrant certificate will be issued for the remaining equity warrants. Holders of equity warrants will be required to pay any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with transferring the underlying equity securities in connection with the exercise of the equity warrants.

Street name and other indirect holders of equity warrants should consult their bank or brokers for information on how to exercise their equity warrants.

Modification and Waiver

There are three types of changes we can make to the equity warrant agreement and the equity warrants of any series.

Changes Requiring Your Approval. First, there are changes that cannot be made to your equity warrants or the equity warrant agreement under which they were issued without your specific approval. These are the following types of changes:

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any increase in the exercise price;

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any impairment of your ability to exercise the warrant;

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any decrease in the total number of preferred shares or common shares that can be purchased upon exercise of any equity warrant;

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any reduction of the period of time during which the equity warrants may be exercised;

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any other change that materially and adversely affects the exercise rights of a holder of equity warrant certificates or the equity securities that can be purchased upon such exercise; and

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any reduction in the number of outstanding unexercised equity warrants whose consent is required for any modification or amendment described under “—Changes Requiring a Majority Vote.”

Changes Requiring a Majority Vote. The second type of change to the equity warrant agreement or equity warrants of any series is the kind that requires a vote of approval by the holders of not less than a majority in number of the then outstanding unexercised equity warrants of that series. This category includes all changes other than those listed above under “—Changes Requiring Your Approval” or changes that would not adversely affect holders of equity warrants in any material respect.

Changes Not Requiring Approval. The third type of change to the equity warrant agreement or equity warrants of any series does not require any vote or consent by the holders of equity warrant certificates. This type is limited to curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, making changes to conform the provisions contained in the equity warrant agreement to the description of the equity warrants contained in this prospectus or an applicable prospectus supplement and making changes that do not adversely affect the rights of holders of the equity warrant certificates in any material respect.

Street name and other indirect holders of equity warrants should consult their bank or brokers for information on how approval may be granted or denied if we seek to change your equity warrants or the equity warrant agreement under which they were issued or request a waiver.

Merger, Consolidation, Sale or Other Dispositions

Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, under the equity warrant agreement for each series of equity warrants, we may consolidate with, or sell, convey or lease all or substantially all of our assets to, or merge with or into, or spin off, any other corporation or firm to the extent permitted by the terms of the equity securities that can be purchased upon exercise of such equity warrants. If we consolidate with or merge into, or sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our assets to, another corporation or firm, that corporation or firm must become legally responsible for our obligations under the equity warrant agreements and equity warrants and we will be relieved from all such obligations.

Enforceability of Rights; Governing Law

The equity warrant agent will act solely as our agent in connection with the issuance and exercise of equity warrants and will not assume any obligation or relationship of agency or trust for or with any holder of an equity warrant certificate or any owner of a beneficial interest in equity warrants. The holders of equity warrant certificates, without the consent of the equity warrant agent, the holder of any equity securities issued upon exercise of equity warrants or the holder of any other equity warrant certificates, may, on their own behalf and for their own benefit, enforce, and may institute and maintain any suit, action or proceeding against us to enforce, or otherwise in respect of, their rights to exercise equity warrants evidenced by their equity warrant certificates. Except as may otherwise be provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, each issue of equity warrants and the related equity warrant agreement will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

DESCRIPTION OF THE GUARANTIES

The following description of the terms and provisions of the guaranties summarizes the general terms that will apply to each guaranty that Petrobras will deliver in connection with an issuance of debt securities or debt warrants by PGF. When PGF sells a series of its debt securities or debt warrants, Petrobras will execute and deliver a full and unconditional guaranty of that series of debt securities or debt warrants for the benefit of the holders of that series of debt securities or debt warrants. You should read the more detailed provisions of the applicable guaranty, 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 such guaranty.

Pursuant to any guaranty, Petrobras will agree, from time to time upon the receipt of notice from the trustee that PGF has failed to make the required payments under a series of debt securities and the PGF indenture or under the debt warrants and the PGF debt warrant agreement, to indemnify you for unpaid claims against PGF, whether those claims are in respect of principal, interest or any other amounts. The amount to be paid by Petrobras under the guaranty will be an amount equal to the amount of those claims plus interest and any applicable premium and additional amounts thereon from the date PGF was otherwise obligated to make its payments under the PGF indenture to the date Petrobras actually makes payment under the guaranty. Petrobras will be obligated to make these payments by the expiration of any applicable grace periods under the PGF indenture and the applicable terms of the debt securities or debt warrants. Petrobras may have the right to defer its obligation under the guaranty to make payments under certain circumstances described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

Only one guaranty will be issued by Petrobras in connection with the issuance of a series of debt securities or debt warrants by PGF. Unless the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, The Bank of New York Mellon will act as guaranty trustee under each guaranty.

A guaranty may include certain covenants and other provisions relating to Petrobras. The description of the applicable guaranty in the prospectus supplement will summarize the material provisions thereof and reference will be made to the guaranty.

DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY RECEIPTS

American Depositary Shares

Petrobras has listed on the New York Stock Exchange American Depositary Shares, also referred to as ADSs, representing Petrobras’s preferred shares and ADSs representing Petrobras’s common shares. The terms of the preferred shares ADSs and the common share ADSs are substantially identical, except for the class of underlying shares they represent. The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary, will register and deliver the ADSs. Each ADS will represent two shares (or a right to receive two shares) deposited with the principal São Paulo office of Itau Unibanco S.A., as custodian for the depositary. Each ADS will also represent any other securities, cash or other property which may be held by the depositary. The depositary’s corporate trust office at which the ADSs will be administered is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286. The Bank of New York Mellon’s principal executive office is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286.

You may hold ADSs either (A) directly (i) by having an American Depositary Receipt, also referred to as an ADR, which is a certificate evidencing a specific number of ADSs, registered in your name, or (ii) by having ADSs registered in your name in the Direct Registration System, or (B) indirectly by holding a security entitlement in ADSs through your broker or other financial institution. If you hold ADSs directly, you are a registered ADS holder, also referred to as an ADS holder. This description assumes you are an ADS holder. If you hold the ADSs indirectly, you must rely on the procedures of your broker or other financial institution to assert the rights of ADS holders described in this section. You should consult with your broker or financial institution to find out what those procedures are.

The Direct Registration System, or DRS, is a system administered by The Depository Trust Company, also referred to as DTC, pursuant to which the depositary may register the ownership of uncertificated ADSs, which ownership is confirmed by periodic statements sent by the depositary to the registered holders of uncertificated ADSs.

As an ADS holder, Petrobras will not treat you as one of its shareholders and you will not have shareholder rights. Brazilian law governs shareholder rights. The depositary will be the holder of the shares underlying your ADSs. As a registered holder of ADSs, you will have ADS holder rights. A deposit agreement relating to the relevant class of ADSs among Petrobras, the depositary and you, as an ADS holder, and all other persons indirectly holding ADSs sets out ADS holder rights as well as the rights and obligations of the depositary. New York law governs the deposit agreement and the ADSs.

The following is a summary of the material provisions of the deposit agreement. For more complete information, you should read the entire relevant deposit agreement and the form of ADR. Directions on how to obtain copies of those documents are provided under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Dividends and Other Distributions

How will you receive dividends and other distributions on the shares?

The depositary has agreed to pay to ADS holders the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on shares or other deposited securities, after deducting its fees and expenses. You will receive these distributions in proportion to the number of Shares your ADSs represent.

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Cash . The depositary will convert any cash dividend or other cash distribution Petrobras pays on the shares into U.S. dollars, if it can do so on a reasonable basis and can transfer the U.S. dollars to the United States. If that is not possible or if any government approval is needed and cannot be obtained, the deposit agreement allows the depositary to distribute the foreign currency only to those ADS holders to whom it is possible to do so. It will hold the foreign currency it cannot convert for the account of the ADS holders who have not been paid. It will not invest the foreign currency and it will not be liable for any interest.

Before making a distribution, any withholding taxes, or other governmental charges that must be paid will be deducted. See “—Payment of Taxes” below. It will distribute only whole U.S. dollars and cents and will round fractional cents to the nearest whole cent. If the exchange rates fluctuate during a time when the depositary cannot convert the foreign currency, you may lose some or all of the value of the distribution.

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Shares . The depositary may distribute additional ADSs representing any shares Petrobras distributes as a dividend or free distribution. The depositary will only distribute whole ADSs. It will sell shares which would require it to deliver a fractional ADS and distribute the net proceeds in the same way as it does with cash. If the depositary does not distribute additional ADSs, the outstanding ADSs will also represent the new shares. The depositary may sell a portion of the distributed shares sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in connection with that distribution.

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Rights to Purchase Additional Shares . If Petrobras offers holders of our securities any rights to subscribe for additional shares or any other rights, the depositary may make these rights available to ADS holders. If the depositary decides it is not legal and practical to make the rights available but that it is practical to sell the rights, the depositary will use reasonable efforts to sell the rights and distribute the proceeds in the same way as it does with cash. The depositary will allow rights that are not distributed or sold to lapse. In that case, you will receive no value for them.

If the depositary makes rights available to ADS holders, it will exercise the rights and purchase the shares on your behalf. The depositary will then deposit the shares and deliver ADSs to the persons entitled to them. It will only exercise rights if you pay it the exercise price and any other charges the rights require you to pay.

U.S. securities laws may restrict transfers and cancellation of the ADSs represented by shares purchased upon exercise of rights. For example, you may not be able to trade these ADSs freely in the United States. In this case, the depositary may deliver restricted depositary shares that have the same terms as the ADSs described in this section except for changes needed to put the necessary restrictions in place.

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Other Distributions . The depositary will send to ADS holders anything else Petrobras distributes on deposited securities by any means it thinks is legal, fair and practical. If it cannot make the distribution in that way, the depositary has a choice. It may decide to sell what Petrobras distributed and distribute the net proceeds, in the same way as it does with cash. Or, it may decide to hold what Petrobras distributed, in which case ADSs will also represent the newly distributed property. However, the depositary is not required to distribute any securities (other than ADSs) to ADS holders unless it receives satisfactory evidence from us that it is legal to make that distribution. The depositary may sell a portion of the distributed securities or property sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in connection with that distribution.

The depositary is not responsible if it decides that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to any ADS holders. Petrobras has no obligation to register ADSs, shares, rights or other securities under the Securities Act. Petrobras also has no obligation to take any other action to permit the distribution of ADSs, shares, rights or anything else to ADS holders. This means that you may not receive the distributions Petrobras makes on our shares or any value for them if it is illegal or impractical for us to make them available to you.

Deposit, Withdrawal and Cancellation

How are ADSs issued?

The depositary will deliver ADSs if you or your broker deposit shares or evidence of rights to receive shares with the custodian. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock transfer taxes or fees, the depositary will register the appropriate number of ADSs in the names you request and will deliver the ADSs to or upon the order of the person or persons that made the deposit.

How can ADS holders withdraw the deposited securities?

You may surrender your ADSs at the depositary’s corporate trust office. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock transfer taxes or fees, the depositary will deliver the shares and any other deposited securities underlying the ADSs to the ADS holder or a person the ADS holder designates at the office of the custodian. Or, at your request, risk and expense, the depositary will deliver the deposited securities at its corporate trust office, if feasible.

How do ADS holders interchange between certificated ADSs and uncertificated ADSs?

You may surrender your ADR to the depositary for the purpose of exchanging your ADR for uncertificated ADSs. The depositary will cancel that ADR and will send to the ADS holder a statement confirming that the ADS holder is the registered holder of uncertificated ADSs. Alternatively, upon receipt by the depositary of a proper instruction from a registered holder of uncertificated ADSs requesting the exchange of uncertificated ADSs for certificated ADSs, the depositary will execute and deliver to the ADS holder an ADR evidencing those ADSs.

Voting Rights

How do you vote?

In a situation where the underlying shares carry a right to vote, ADS holders may instruct the depositary to vote the number of deposited shares their ADSs represent. The depositary will notify ADS holders of shareholders’ meetings and arrange to deliver our voting materials to them if Petrobras asks it to. Those materials will describe the matters to be voted on and explain how ADS holders may instruct the depositary how to vote. For instructions to be valid, they much reach the depositary by a date set by the depositary.

Otherwise, you won’t be able to exercise your right to vote unless you withdraw the shares. However, you may not know about the meeting enough in advance to withdraw the shares.

The depositary will try, as far as practical, subject to the laws of Brazil and of our articles of association or similar documents, to vote or to have its agents vote the shares or other deposited securities as instructed by ADS holders. The depositary will only vote or attempt to vote as instructed.

Petrobras cannot assure you that you will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the depositary to vote your shares. In addition, the depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions or for the manner of carrying out voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exercise your right to vote and there may be nothing you can do if your shares are not voted as you requested.

In order to give you a reasonable opportunity to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to Deposited Securities, if Petrobras requests the Depositary to act, Petrobras agrees to give the Depositary notice of any such meeting and details concerning the matters to be voted upon at least 45 days in advance of the meeting date.

Fees and Expenses


*Persons depositing or withdrawing shares or ADS holders must pay* :		*For* :
U.S.$5.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion of 100 ADSs)	•	Issuance of ADSs, including issuances resulting from a distribution of shares or rights or other property

	•	Cancellation of ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal, including if the deposit agreement terminates

U.S.$.02 (or less) per ADS	•	Any cash distribution to ADS holders

A fee equivalent to the fee that would be payable if securities distributed to you had been shares and the shares had been deposited for issuance of ADSs	•	Distribution of securities distributed to holders of deposited securities which are distributed by the depositary to ADS holders

U.S.$.02 (or less) per ADSs per calendar year	•	Depositary services

Registration or transfer fees	•	Transfer and registration of shares on our share register to or from the name of the depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw shares

Expenses of the depositary	•	Cable, telex and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the deposit agreement)

	•	converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars

Taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian have to pay on any ADS or share underlying an ADS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes	•	As necessary

Any charges incurred by the depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities	•	As necessary

The depositary collects its fees for delivery and surrender of ADSs directly from investors depositing shares or surrendering ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal or from intermediaries acting for them. The depositary collects fees for making distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. The depositary may collect its annual fee for depositary services by deduction from cash distributions or by directly billing investors or by charging the book-entry system accounts of participants acting for them. The depositary may generally refuse to provide fee-attracting services until its fees for those services are paid.

From time to time, the depositary may make payments to the Company to reimburse and / or share revenue from the fees collected from ADS holders, or waive fees and expenses for services provided, generally relating to costs and expenses arising out of establishment and maintenance of the ADS program. In performing its duties under the deposit agreement, the depositary may use brokers, dealers or other service providers that are affiliates of the depositary.

Payment of Taxes

You will be responsible for any taxes or other governmental charges payable on your ADSs or on the deposited securities represented by any of your ADSs. The depositary may refuse to register any transfer of your ADSs or allow you to withdraw the deposited securities represented by your ADSs until such taxes or other charges are paid. It may apply payments owed to you or sell deposited securities represented by your ADSs to pay any taxes owed and you will remain liable for any deficiency. If the depositary sells deposited securities, it will, if appropriate, reduce the number of ADSs to reflect the sale and pay to ADS holders any proceeds, or send to ADS holders any property, remaining after it has paid the taxes.

Reclassifications, Recapitalizations and Mergers



*If Petrobras:*				*Then:*
● Change the nominal or par value of our shares ● Reclassify, split up or consolidate any of the deposited securities ● Distribute securities on the shares that are not distributed to you ● Recapitalize, reorganize, merge, liquidate, sell all or substantially all of our assets, or take any similar action				The cash, shares or other securities received by the depositary will become deposited securities. Each ADS will automatically represent its equal share of the new deposited securities. The depositary may, and will if Petrobras asks it to, distribute some or all of the cash, shares or other securities it received. It may also deliver new ADRs or ask you to surrender your outstanding ADRs in exchange for new ADRs identifying the new deposited securities.

Amendment and Termination

How may the deposit agreement be amended?

Petrobras may agree with the depositary to amend the deposit agreement and the ADRs without your consent for any reason. If an amendment adds or increases fees or charges, except for taxes and other governmental charges or expenses of the depositary for registration fees, facsimile costs, delivery charges or similar items, or prejudices a substantial right of ADS holders, it will not become effective for outstanding ADSs until 30 days after the depositary notifies ADS holders of the amendment. At the time an amendment becomes effective, you are considered, by continuing to hold your ADSs, to agree to the amendment and to be bound by the ADRs and the deposit agreement as amended.

How may the deposit agreement be terminated?

The depositary will terminate the deposit agreement at our direction by mailing notice of termination to the ADS holders then outstanding at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination. The depositary may also terminate the deposit agreement by mailing notice of termination to us and the ADS holders if 60 days have passed since the depositary told us it wants to resign but a successor depositary has not been appointed and accepted its appointment. In addition, the depositary may terminate the deposit agreement upon at least 30 days’ prior notice if it has been advised that it or its custodian may face liability because Petrobras failed to provide required information relating to the ADS program to Brazilian regulators.

After termination, the depositary and its agents will do the following under the deposit agreement but nothing else: collect distributions on the deposited securities, sell rights and other property, and deliver shares and other deposited securities upon cancellation of ADSs. Four months after termination, the depositary may sell any remaining deposited securities by public or private sale. After that, the depositary will hold the money it received on the sale, as well as any other cash it is holding under the deposit agreement for the pro rata benefit of the ADS holders that have not surrendered their ADSs. It will not invest the money and has no liability for interest. The depositary’s only obligations will be to account for the money and other cash. After termination our only obligations will be to indemnify the depositary and to pay fees and expenses of the depositary that Petrobras agreed to pay.

Limitations on Obligations and Liability

Limits on our Obligations and the Obligations of the Depositary; Limits on Liability to Holders of ADSs

The deposit agreement expressly limits our obligations and the obligations of the depositary. It also limits our liability and the liability of the depositary. Petrobras and the depositary:

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are only obligated to take the actions specifically set forth in the deposit agreement without negligence or bad faith;

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are not liable if Petrobras is or it is prevented or delayed by law or circumstances beyond our control from performing our or its obligations under the deposit agreement;

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are not liable if Petrobras or it exercises discretion permitted under the deposit agreement;

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are not liable for the inability of any holder of ADSs to benefit from any distribution on deposited securities that is not made available to holders of ADSs under the terms of the deposit agreement, or for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the deposit agreement;

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have no obligation to become involved in a lawsuit or other proceeding related to the ADSs or the deposit agreement on your behalf or on behalf of any other person;

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may rely upon any documents Petrobras believes or it believes in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person.

In the deposit agreement, Petrobras and the depositary agree to indemnify each other under certain circumstances.

Requirements for Depositary Actions

Before the depositary will deliver or register a transfer of an ADS, make a distribution on an ADS, or permit withdrawal of shares, the depositary may require:

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payment of stock transfer or other taxes or other governmental charges and transfer or registration fees charged by third parties for the transfer of any shares or other deposited securities;

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satisfactory proof of the identity and genuineness of any signature or other information it deems necessary; and

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compliance with regulations it may establish, from time to time, consistent with the deposit agreement, including presentation of transfer documents.

The depositary may refuse to deliver ADSs or register transfers of ADSs generally when the transfer books of the depositary or our transfer books are closed or at any time if the depositary or Petrobras thinks it advisable to do so.

Your Right to Receive the Shares Underlying your ADSs

ADS holders have the right to cancel their ADSs and withdraw the underlying shares at any time except:

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When temporary delays arise because: (i) the depositary has closed its transfer books or Petrobras has closed our transfer books; (ii) the transfer of shares is blocked to permit voting at a shareholders’ meeting; or (iii) Petrobras is paying a dividend on our shares.

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When you owe money to pay fees, taxes and similar charges.

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When it is necessary to prohibit withdrawals in order to comply with any laws or governmental regulations that apply to ADSs or to the withdrawal of shares or other deposited securities.

This right of withdrawal may not be limited by any other provision of the deposit agreement.

Pre-release of ADSs

Unless Petrobras has requested the depositary to cease doing so, the deposit agreement permits the depositary to deliver ADSs before deposit of the underlying shares. This is called a pre-release of the ADSs. The depositary may also deliver shares upon cancellation of pre-released ADSs (even if the ADSs are canceled before the pre-release transaction has been closed out). A pre-release is closed out as soon as the underlying shares are delivered to the depositary. The depositary may receive ADSs instead of shares to close out a pre-release. The depositary may pre-release ADSs only under the following conditions: (1) before or at the time of the pre-release, the person to whom the pre-release is being made represents to the depositary in writing that it or its customer owns the shares or ADSs to be deposited; (2) the pre-release is fully collateralized with cash or other collateral that the depositary considers appropriate; and (3) the depositary must be able to close out the pre-release on not more than five business days’ notice. In addition, the depositary will limit the number of ADSs that may be outstanding at any time as a result of pre-release, although the depositary may disregard the limit from time to time, if it thinks it is appropriate to do so.

Direct Registration System

In the deposit agreement, all parties to the deposit agreement acknowledge that the DRS and Profile Modification System, or Profile, will apply to uncertificated ADSs upon acceptance thereof to DRS by DTC. DRS is the system administered by DTC under which the depositary may register the ownership of uncertificated ADSs, which ownership will be evidenced by periodic statements sent by the depositary to the registered holders of uncertificated ADSs. Profile is a required feature of DRS that allows a DTC participant, claiming to act on behalf of a registered holder of ADSs, to direct the depositary to register a transfer of those ADSs to DTC or its nominee and to deliver those ADSs to the DTC account of that DTC participant without receipt by the depositary of prior authorization from the ADS holder to register that transfer.

In connection with and in accordance with the arrangements and procedures relating to DRS/Profile, the parties to the deposit agreement understand that the depositary will not determine whether the DTC participant that is claiming to be acting on behalf of an ADS holder in requesting registration of transfer and delivery described in the paragraph above has the actual authority to act on behalf of the ADS holder (notwithstanding any requirements under the Uniform Commercial Code). In the deposit agreement, the parties agree that the depositary’s reliance on and compliance with instructions received by the depositary through the DRS/Profile System and in accordance with the deposit agreement will not constitute negligence or bad faith on the part of the depositary.

Shareholder communications; inspection of register of holders of ADSs

The depositary will make available for your inspection at its office all communications that it receives from us as a holder of deposited securities that Petrobras makes generally available to holders of deposited securities. The depositary will send you copies of those communications if Petrobras asks it to. You have a right to inspect the register of holders of ADSs, but not for the purpose of contacting those holders about a matter unrelated to our business or the ADSs.

FORM OF SECURITIES, CLEARING AND SETTLEMENT

Global Securities

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following information relates to the form, clearing and settlement of U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities.

We will issue the securities in global form. Securities issued in global form will be represented, at least initially, by one or more global debt securities. Upon issuance, global securities will be deposited with the trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as DTC’s partnership nominee. Ownership of beneficial interests in each global security will be limited to persons who have accounts with DTC, whom we refer to as DTC participants, or persons who hold interests through DTC participants. We expect that, under procedures established by DTC, ownership of beneficial interests in each global security will be shown on, and transfer of ownership of those interests will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC (with respect to interests of DTC participants) and the records of DTC participants (with respect to other owners of beneficial interests in the global securities).

Beneficial interests in the global securities may be credited within DTC to Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”) and Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”) on behalf of the owners of such interests.

Investors may hold their interests in the global securities directly through DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream, if they are participants in those systems, or indirectly through organizations that are participants in those systems.

Beneficial interests in the global securities may not be exchanged for securities in physical, certificated form except in the limited circumstances described below.

Book-Entry Procedures for Global Securities

Interests in the global securities will be subject to the operations and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream. We provide the following summaries of those operations and procedures solely for the convenience of investors. The operations and procedures of each settlement system are controlled by that settlement system and may be changed at any time. We are not responsible for those operations or procedures.

DTC has advised us that it is:

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

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a member of the Federal Reserve System;

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

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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 its participants through electronic computerized book-entry changes to the accounts of its participants. DTC’s participants include securities brokers and dealers; banks and trust companies; clearing corporations; and certain other organizations. Indirect access to DTC’s system is also available to others such as securities brokers and dealers; banks and trust companies; these indirect participants clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a DTC participant, either directly or indirectly. Investors who are not DTC participants may beneficially own securities held by or on behalf of DTC only through DTC participants or indirect participants in DTC. The rules applicable to DTC and DTC participants are on file with the SEC.

So long as DTC or its nominee is the registered owner of a global security, DTC or its nominee will be considered the sole owner or holder of the securities represented by that global security for all purposes under the indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a global security:

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will not be entitled to have securities represented by the global security registered in their names;

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will not receive or be entitled to receive physical, certificated securities; and

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will not be considered the registered owners or holders of the securities under the indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any direction, instruction or approval to the trustee under the indenture.

As a result, each investor who owns a beneficial interest in a global security must rely on the procedures of DTC to exercise any rights of a holder of securities under the indenture (and, if the investor is not a participant or an indirect participant in DTC, on the procedures of the DTC participant through which the investor owns its interest).

Payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest with respect to the securities represented by a global security will be made by the issuer to the trustee and by the trustee (to the extent funded by the issuer) to DTC’s nominee as the registered holder of the global security. Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility or liability for the payment of amounts to owners of beneficial interests in a global security, for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of those interests by DTC, or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of DTC relating to those interests.

Payments by participants and indirect participants in DTC to the owners of beneficial interests in a global security will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices and will be the responsibility of those participants or indirect participants and not of DTC, its nominee or us.

Transfers between participants in DTC will be effected under DTC’s procedures and will be settled in same-day funds. Transfers between participants in Euroclear or Clearstream will be effected in the ordinary way under the rules and operating procedures of those systems.

Cross-market transfers between DTC participants, on the one hand, and Euroclear or Clearstream participants, on the other hand, will be effected within DTC through the DTC participants that are acting as depositaries for Euroclear and Clearstream. To deliver or receive an interest in a global security held in a Euroclear or Clearstream account, an investor must send transfer instructions to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, under the rules and procedures of that system and within the established deadlines of that system. If the transaction meets its settlement requirements, Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, will send instructions to its DTC depositary to take action to effect final settlement by delivering or receiving interests in the relevant global securities in DTC, and making or receiving payment under normal procedures for same-day funds settlement applicable to DTC. Euroclear and Clearstream participants may not deliver instructions directly to the DTC depositaries that are acting for Euroclear or Clearstream.

Because of time zone differences, the securities account of a Euroclear or Clearstream participant that purchases an interest in a global security from a DTC participant will be credited on the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream immediately following the DTC settlement date. Cash received in Euroclear or Clearstream from the sale of an interest in a global security to a DTC participant will be received with value on the DTC settlement date but will be available in the relevant Euroclear or Clearstream cash account as of the business day for Euroclear or Clearstream following the DTC settlement date.

DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream have agreed to the above procedures to facilitate transfers of interests in the global securities among participants in those settlement systems. However, the settlement systems are not obligated to perform these procedures and may discontinue or change these procedures at any time. Neither we nor the trustee, registrar, transfer agent or any paying agent have any responsibility for the performance by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or their participants or indirect participants of their obligations under the rules and procedures governing their operations.

Certificated Securities

Beneficial interests in the global securities may not be exchanged for securities in physical, certificated form unless:

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DTC notifies us at any time that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for the global securities and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days;

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DTC ceases to be registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days;

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we, at our option, notify the trustee that we elect to cause the issuance of certificated securities; or

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certain other events provided in the indenture should occur, including the occurrence and continuance of an event of default with respect to the securities.

In all cases, certificated securities delivered in exchange for any global security will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by the depository.

For information concerning paying agents for any securities in certificated form, see “Description of Debt Securities—Additional Mechanics—Payment and Paying Agents.”

Debt Securities Denominated in a Currency other than U.S. Dollars

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following information relates to the form, clearing and settlement of debt securities denominated in a currency other than the U.S. dollar.

We will issue the debt securities as one or more global securities registered in the name of a common depositary for Clearstream and Euroclear. Investors may hold book-entry interests in the global securities through organizations that participate, directly or indirectly, in Clearstream and/or Euroclear. Book-entry interests in the debt securities and all transfers relating to the debt securities will be reflected in the book-entry records of Clearstream and Euroclear.

The distribution of the debt securities will be carried through Clearstream and Euroclear. Any secondary market trading of book-entry interests in the debt securities will take place through participants in Clearstream and Euroclear and will settle in same-day funds. Owners of book-entry interests in the debt securities will receive payments relating to their debt securities in U.S. dollars or such other currency in which the debt securities are denominated, as applicable. Clearstream and Euroclear have established electronic securities and payment transfer, processing, depositary and custodial links among themselves and others, either directly or through custodians and depositaries. These links allow securities to be issued, held and transferred among the clearing systems without the physical transfer of certificates. Special procedures to facilitate clearance and settlement have been established among these clearing systems to trade securities across borders in the secondary market.

The policies of Clearstream and Euroclear will govern payments, transfers, exchange and other matters relating to the investor’s interest in securities held by them. We have no responsibility for any aspect of the records kept by Clearstream or Euroclear or any of their direct or indirect participants. We do not supervise these systems in any way.

Clearstream and Euroclear and their participants perform these clearance and settlement functions under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers. You should be aware that they are not obligated to perform or continue to perform these procedures and may modify them or discontinue them at any time.

Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interest in the debt securities will not be entitled to have the debt securities registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the debt securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders of the debt securities under the indenture governing the debt securities, including for purposes of receiving any reports delivered by us or the trustee pursuant to the indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a debt security must rely on the procedures of the Clearstream and Euroclear and, if that person is not a participant, on the procedures of the participant through which that person owns its interest, in order to exercise any rights of a holder of debt securities.

This description of the clearing systems reflects our understanding of the rules and procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear as they are currently in effect. These systems could change their rules and procedures at any time. We have obtained the information in this section concerning Clearstream and Euroclear and their book-entry systems and procedures from sources that we believe to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information.

Clearstream and Euroclear

Clearstream 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 system is also available to others that clear through Clearstream customers or that have custodial relationships with its customers, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies.

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 Financiére ) 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.

Clearance and Settlement Procedures

We understand that investors that hold their debt securities through Clearstream or Euroclear accounts will follow the settlement procedures that are applicable to securities in registered form. Debt securities will be credited to the securities custody accounts of Clearstream and Euroclear participants on the business day following the settlement date for value on the settlement date. They will be credited either free of payment or against payment for value on the settlement date.

We understand that secondary market trading between Clearstream and/or Euroclear participants will occur in the ordinary way following the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear. Secondary market trading will be settled using procedures applicable to securities in registered form.

You should be aware that investors will only be able to make and receive deliveries, payments and other communications involving the debt securities through Clearstream and Euroclear on business days. Those systems may not be open for business on days when banks, brokers and other institutions are open for business in the United States or Brazil.

In addition, because of time zone differences, there may be problems with completing transactions involving Clearstream and Euroclear on the same business day as in the United States or Brazil. U.S. and Brazilian investors who wish to transfer their interests in the debt securities, or to make or receive a payment or delivery of the debt securities on a particular day may find that the transactions will not be performed until the next business day in Luxembourg or Brussels, depending on whether Clearstream or Euroclear is used.

Clearstream or Euroclear will credit payments to the cash accounts of participants in Clearstream or Euroclear in accordance with the relevant systemic rules and procedures, to the extent received by its depositary. Clearstream or Euroclear, as the case may be, will take any other action permitted to be taken by a holder under the indenture on behalf of a Clearstream or Euroclear participant only in accordance with its relevant rules and procedures.

Clearstream and Euroclear have agreed to the foregoing procedures in order to facilitate transfers of the debt securities among participants of Clearstream and Euroclear. However, they are under no obligation to perform or continue to perform those procedures, and they may discontinue those procedures at any time.

Same-Day Settlement and Payment

The underwriters will settle the debt securities in immediately available funds. We will make all payments of principal and interest on the debt securities in immediately available funds. Secondary market trading between participants in Clearstream and Euroclear will occur in accordance with the applicable rules and operating procedures of Clearstream and Euroclear and will be settled using the procedures applicable to securities in immediately available funds. See “—Clearstream and Euroclear.”

Certificated Debt Securities

We will issue debt securities to you in certificated registered form only if:

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Clearstream or Euroclear is no longer willing or able to discharge its responsibilities properly, and neither the trustee nor we have appointed a qualified successor within 90 days; or

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we, at our option, notify the trustee that we elect to cause the issuance of certificated debt securities; or

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certain other events provided in the indenture should occur, including the occurrence and continuance of an event of default with respect to the debt securities.

If any of these three events occurs, the trustee will reissue the debt securities in fully certificated registered form and will recognize the registered holders of the certificated debt securities as holders under the indenture.

In the event that we issue certificated securities under the limited circumstances described above, then holders of certificated securities may transfer their debt securities in whole or in part upon the surrender of the certificate to be transferred, together with a completed and executed assignment form endorsed on the definitive debt security, at the offices of the transfer agent in New York City. Copies of this assignment form may be obtained at the offices of the transfer agent in New York City. Each time that we transfer or exchange a new debt security in certificated form for another debt security in certificated form, and after the transfer agent receives a properly completed assignment form, we will make available for delivery the new definitive debt security at the offices of the transfer agent in New York City. Alternatively, at the option of the person requesting the transfer or exchange, we will mail, at that person’s risk, the new definitive debt security to the address of that person that is specified in the assignment form. In addition, if we issue debt securities in certificated form, then we will make payments interest on and any other amounts payable under the debt securities to holders in whose names the debt securities in certificated form are registered at the close of business on the record date for these payments. If the debt securities are issued in certificated form, we will make payments of principal and any redemption payments against the surrender of these certificated debt securities at the offices of the paying agent in New York City.

Unless and until we issue the debt securities in fully-certificated, registered form,

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you will not be entitled to receive a certificate representing our interest in the debt securities;

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all references in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement to actions by holders will refer to actions taken by a depositary upon instructions from their direct participants; and

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all references in this prospectus or in any prospectus supplement to payments and notices to holders will refer to payments and notices to the depositary as the registered holder of the debt securities, for distribution to you in accordance with its policies and procedures.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

At the time of offering any securities, we will supplement the following summary of the plan of distribution with a description of the offering, including the particular terms and conditions thereof, set forth in a prospectus supplement relating to those securities.

Each prospectus supplement with respect to a series of securities will set forth the terms of the offering of those securities, including the name or names of any underwriters or agents, the price of such securities and the net proceeds to us from such sale, any underwriting discounts, commissions or other items constituting underwriters’ or agents’ compensation, any discount or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers and any securities exchanges on which those securities may be listed.

We may sell the securities from time to time in their initial offering as follows:

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through agents;

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to dealers or underwriters for resale;

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directly to purchasers; or

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through a combination of any of these methods of sale.

In addition, we may issue the securities as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders. In some cases, we or dealers acting with us or on our behalf may also purchase securities and reoffer them to the public by one or more of the methods described above. This prospectus may be used in connection with any offering of our securities through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

The securities we distribute by any of these methods may be sold to the public, in one or more transactions, either:

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at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed;

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at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;

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at prices related to prevailing market prices; or

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at negotiated prices.

We may solicit offers to purchase securities directly from the public from time to time. We may also designate agents from time to time to solicit offers to purchase securities from the public on our behalf. The prospectus supplement relating to any particular offering of securities will name any agents designated to solicit offers, and will include information about any commissions we may pay the agents, in that offering. Agents may be deemed to be “underwriters” as that term is defined in the Securities Act.

From time to time, we may sell securities to one or more dealers acting as principals. The dealers, who may be deemed to be “underwriters” as that term is defined in the Securities Act, may then resell those securities to the public.

We may sell securities from time to time to one or more underwriters, who would purchase the securities as principal for resale to the public, either on a firm-commitment or best-efforts basis. If we sell securities to underwriters, we may execute an underwriting agreement with them at the time of sale and will name them in the applicable prospectus supplement. In connection with those sales, underwriters may be deemed to have received compensation from us in the form of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from purchasers of the securities for whom they may act as agents. Underwriters may resell the securities to or through dealers, and those dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from purchasers for whom they may act as agents. The applicable prospectus supplement will include any required information about underwriting compensation we pay to underwriters, and any discounts, concessions or commissions underwriters allow to participating dealers, in connection with an offering of securities.

If we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders, we may enter into a standby underwriting agreement with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities they commit to purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager to manage a subscription rights offering for us.

We may authorize underwriters, dealers and agents to solicit from third parties offers to purchase securities under contracts providing for payment and delivery on future dates. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the material terms of these contracts, including any conditions to the purchasers’ obligations, and will include any required information about commissions we may pay for soliciting these contracts.

Underwriters, dealers, agents and other persons may be entitled, under agreements that they may enter into with us, to indemnification by us against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

Each series of securities will be a new issue, and there will be no established trading market for any security prior to its original issue date. We may not list any particular series of securities on a securities exchange or quotation system. No assurance can be given as to the liquidity or trading market for any of the securities.

EXPERTS

With respect to the unaudited interim financial information of Petrobras as of June 30, 2018 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 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 August 3, 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 Petrobras Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 (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 herein 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.

VALIDITY OF SECURITIES

Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel, Petrobras’s general counsel, will pass upon the validity of the debt securities, warrants, preferred shares, common shares, mandatory convertible securities and guaranties for Petrobras as to certain matters of Brazilian law. Hogan Lovells International LLP, special Dutch counsel to PGF or any other law firm named in the applicable prospectus supplement, will pass upon the validity of the debt securities and debt warrants issued by PGF as to certain matters of Dutch law. The validity of the debt securities, warrants, guaranties and mandatory convertible securities will be passed upon by Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP or any other law firm named in the applicable prospectus supplement as to certain matters of New York law.

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:

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

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

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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;

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it is not subject to appeal;

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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;

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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

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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:

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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;

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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 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 );

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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;

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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

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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.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed a registration statement with the SEC on Form F-3 under the Securities Act relating to the 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, New York 10005.

Preferred shares and common shares of Petrobras, each represented by ADSs, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “PBRA” and “PBR,” respectively. Additional information concerning us and our securities may be available through the New York Stock Exchange.

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 or a prospectus supplement. We incorporate by reference the following documents:

Petrobras is incorporating by reference into this prospectus the following documents that it has filed with the SEC:

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

The Petrobras Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on August 3, 2018, containing Petrobras’s financial statements and financial information and results in U.S. dollars as of June 30, 2018 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, prepared in accordance with IFRS.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K/A furnished to the SEC on August 20, 2018, containing Petrobras’s Interactive Data File relating to its financial statements and financial information as of June 30, 2018 and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

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.

The Petrobras Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on May 24, May 28, June 1 and August 7, 2018, relating to the reductions of the price of diesel.

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.

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.

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.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on August 6, 2018, regarding Petrobras’s pre-payment of bank debts.

10.

The Petrobras Reports on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on August 9 and 28, 2018, regarding amounts recovered by Petrobras in connection with Operation Car Wash.

11.

The Petrobras Report on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC on August 23, 2018, regarding the payment of interest on capital.

12.

Any future filings of Petrobras on Form 20-F made with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of the offering of the securities offered by this prospectus, and any future reports of Petrobras on Form 6-K furnished to the SEC during that period that are identified in those forms as being incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

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 — 13th 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).

PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 8. 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 9. Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description

1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities. †

1.2		Form of Underwriting Agreement for Warrants.†

1.3		Form of Underwriting Agreement for Preferred Shares, Common Shares and Mandatory Convertible Securities.†

4.1		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 (previously filed as Exhibit 2.1 of the combined Petrobras and PifCo Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011 (File No. 001-15106) as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2012 and incorporated by reference herein).

4.2		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 (previously filed as Exhibit 2.2 of the combined Petrobras and PifCo Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2011 (File No. 001-15106) as filed with the SEC on March 30, 2012 and incorporated by reference herein).

4.3		Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2018, between Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

4.4		Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2018, between PGF and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee.

4.5		Form of Debt Security (included in Exhibits 4.3 and 4.4 ).

4.6		Form of Mandatory Convertible Security.†

4.7		Form of Debt Warrant Agreement between Petrobras and the Debt Warrant Agent, including a form of Debt Warrant Certificate.†

4.8		Form of Equity Warrant Agreement between Petrobras and the Equity Warrant Agent, including a form of Equity Warrant Certificate.†

4.9		Form of Petrobras Guaranty (included in Exhibit 4.4 ).

5.1		Opinion of Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel, Petrobras’s general counsel, as to matters of Brazilian law relating to the debt securities, warrants, preferred shares, common shares, mandatory convertible securities and guaranties.

5.2		Opinion of Hogan Lovells International LLP, as to matters of Dutch law relating to the debt securities and debt warrants of PGF.

5.3		Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, as to matters of New York law relating to the debt securities, warrants, guaranties and mandatory convertible securities.

15.1		Letter of KPMG Auditores Independentes concerning unaudited interim financial information of Petrobras.

23.1		Consent of KPMG Auditores Independentes.

23.2		Consent of PriceWaterHouseCoopers Auditores Independentes

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23.3		Consent of Ms. Taísa Oliveira Maciel, Petrobras’s general counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.4		Consent of Hogan Lovells International LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2).

23.5		Consent of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.3).

23.6		Consent of DeGolyer and MacNaughton.

24.1		Power of Attorney (included in pages II-5 and II-8 of this Registration Statement).

25.1		Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of The Bank of New York Mellon with respect to the Petrobras and the PGF Indentures.

†	To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference. Petrobras will file as an Exhibit to a report on Form 6-K that is incorporated by reference into this registration statement any related form utilized in the future and not previously filed by means of an amendment or incorporated by reference.

Item 10. Undertakings.

(a)

Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes:

(1)

To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

ii.

To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events 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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;

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 in the registration statement;

provided, however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(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 SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 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 of 1933, 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)

To file a post-effective amendment to the 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 of 1933 need not be furnished, provided, that the registrant 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 as 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 SEC by the registrant 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 of 1933 to any purchaser:

(A)

Each prospectus filed by the registrant 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

(B)

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 of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the 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 the 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; and

(6)

That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the registrant 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, such registrant 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 registrant 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 registrant or used or referred to by the registrant; (iii) the portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the registrant; and (iv) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the registrant to the purchaser.

(b) Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 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.

(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of each of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each of the registrants has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of such registrant 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, such registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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SIGNATURES OF PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 28, 2018.


PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS

By:	/s/ I VAN DE SOUZA MONTEIRO
	Name:	I VAN DE SOUZA MONTEIRO
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS

By:	/s/ R AFAEL SALVADOR GRISOLIA
	Name:	R AFAEL SALVADOR GRISOLIA
	Title:	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-3, 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 August 28, 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 SALVADOR GRISOLIA				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 Araújo 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 A LEJANDRO 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 August 28, 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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SIGNATURES OF PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on August 28, 2018.


		PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

		By: /s/ Guilherme Rajime Takahashi 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, 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-3, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents 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 attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of their or 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 August 28, 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 the City of New York, State of New York, on August 28, 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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Exhibit 4.3

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

Company

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 28, 2018

Debt Securities

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 3.10 through 3.18, inclusive, of the

Trust Indenture Act of 1939:


Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section
(S) 3.10 (a) (1)		6.09
(a) (2)		6.09
(a) (3)		Not Applicable
(a) (4)		Not Applicable
(b)		6.08
		6.10
(S) 3.11 (a)		6.13
(b)		6.13
(S) 3.12 (a)		7.01
		7.02
(b)		7.02
(c)		7.02
(S) 3.13 (a)		7.03
(b)		7.03
(c)		7.03
(d)		7.03
(S) 3.14 (a)		7.04
(a) (4)		1.01
		10.05
(b)		Not Applicable
(c) (1)		1.02
(c) (2)		1.02
(c) (3)		Not Applicable
(d)		Not Applicable
(e)		1.02
(S) 3.15 (a)		6.01
(b)		6.02
(c)		6.01
(d)		6.01
(e)		5.14
(S) 3.16 (a)		1.01
(a) (1) (A)		5.02
		5.12
(a) (1) (B)		5.13
(a) (2)		Not Applicable
		5.08
(c)		1.04
(S) 3.17 (a) (1)		5.03
(a) (2)		5.04
(S) 3.18 (a)		1.07

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page

ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01.	Definitions		1
Section 1.02.	Compliance Certificates and Opinions		13
Section 1.03.	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee		14
Section 1.04.	Acts of Holders of Securities; Record Dates		14
Section 1.05.	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company		17
Section 1.06.	Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver		17
Section 1.07.	Language of Notices, Etc.		18
Section 1.08.	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act		18
Section 1.09.	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents		18
Section 1.10.	Successors and Assigns		18
Section 1.11.	Separability Clause		18
Section 1.12.	Benefits of Indenture		18
Section 1.13.	Governing Law		18
Section 1.14.	Saturday, Sundays and Legal Holidays		19
Section 1.15.	Appointment of Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity		19
Section 1.16.	Waiver of Jury Trial		19

ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01.	Forms Generally		20
Section 2.02.	Form of Global Security		21
Section 2.03.	Form of Legend for Global Securities		32
Section 2.04.	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication		33

ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES

Section 3.01.	Amount Unlimited: Issuable in Series		33
Section 3.02.	Denominations		37
Section 3.03.	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating		38
Section 3.04.	Temporary Securities		39
Section 3.05.	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange		41
Section 3.06.	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities		46
Section 3.07.	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved		47
Section 3.08.	Persons Deemed Owners		48
Section 3.09.	Cancellation		48
Section 3.10.	Computation of Interest		49
Section 3.11.	CUSIP or ISIN Numbers		49

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Section 3.12.	Add On Notes	49
Section 3.13.	Forms of Certification	49

ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01.	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	54
Section 4.02.	Application of Trust Money	55

ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES

Section 5.01.	Events of Default	55
Section 5.02.	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	57
Section 5.03.	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	58
Section 5.04.	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	59
Section 5.05.	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	59
Section 5.06.	Application of Money Collected	59
Section 5.07.	Limitation on Suits	60
Section 5.08.	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert	61
Section 5.09.	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	61
Section 5.10.	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	61
Section 5.11.	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	61
Section 5.12.	Control by Holders of Securities	62
Section 5.13.	Waiver of Past Defaults	62
Section 5.14.	Undertaking for Costs	63
Section 5.15.	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws	63

ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01.	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	63
Section 6.02.	Notice of Defaults	64
Section 6.03.	Certain Rights of Trustee	64
Section 6.04.	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	66
Section 6.05.	May Hold Securities	66
Section 6.06.	Money Held in Trust	66
Section 6.07.	Compensation and Reimbursement	66
Section 6.08.	Conflicting Interests	67
Section 6.09.	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	67
Section 6.10.	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	67
Section 6.11.	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	69
Section 6.12.	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	70

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Section 6.13.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	70
Section 6.14.	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	70

ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.01.	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	72
Section 7.02.	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	72
Section 7.03.	Reports by Trustee	73
Section 7.04.	Reports by Company	73
Section 7.05.	Calculation of Original Issue Discount	74

ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 8.01.	Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms	74
Section 8.02.	Successor Substituted	76

ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01.	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	76
Section 9.02.	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	78
Section 9.03.	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	79
Section 9.04.	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	79
Section 9.05.	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	79
Section 9.06.	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	79

ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS

Section 10.01.	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	80
Section 10.02.	Maintenance of Office or Agency	80
Section 10.03.	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust	81
Section 10.04.	Additional Amounts	82
Section 10.05.	Statement by Officers as to Default	83
Section 10.06.	Existence	84
Section 10.07.	Negative Pledge	84
Section 10.08.	Currency Rate Indemnity	84
Section 10.09.	Waiver of Certain Covenants	85

ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.01.	Applicability of Article	86
Section 11.02.	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	86

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Section 11.03.	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed	86
Section 11.04.	Notice of Redemption	87
Section 11.05.	Deposit of Redemption Price	88
Section 11.06.	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	88
Section 11.07.	Securities Redeemed in Part	88
Section 11.08.	Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment	88

ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS

Section 12.01.	Applicability of Article	89
Section 12.02.	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	89
Section 12.03.	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	90

ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Section 13.01.	Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called	90
Section 13.02.	Call, Notice and Place of Meetings	90
Section 13.03.	Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings	91
Section 13.04.	Quorum; Action	91
Section 13.05.	Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings	92
Section 13.06.	Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings	92

ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 14.01.	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	93
Section 14.02.	Defeasance and Discharge	93
Section 14.03.	Covenant Defeasance	93
Section 14.04.	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	94
Section 14.05.	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions	96
Section 14.06.	Reinstatement	96

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INDENTURE, dated as of August 28, 2018, between PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS, a mixed capital company ( sociedade do economia mista ) organized under the laws of Brazil (the “Company”), having its principal office at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20031-912 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil, and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its secured or unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person, to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of Securities or any series thereof, as follows:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions .

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with IFRS, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are consistent with IFRS at the date of such computation; and

(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” a “Section” or an “Annex” refers to an Article, a Section or an Annex, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

(5) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

“Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.

“Add-On Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(1).

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of any depository for such Security, DTC, the Euroclear system and Clearstream, Luxembourg, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

“Authorization,” with respect to any creation or issuance of a series of Securities by the Company and any actions taken by the Company in connection with such issuance, means the authorization of such issuance and actions by the Board of Directors, the Board of Executive Officers or any other corporate body of the Company required pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents and Brazilian law to authorize such issuance and actions.

“Authorized Representative” means any person duly authorized by the Company to represent the Company in accordance with the Company’s by-laws, each Officer of the Company and any other person duly appointed by the Company pursuant to a power of attorney with specific powers to perform such act on behalf of the Company; provided, however, that such power of attorney is granted in a legal and valid manner pursuant to the Company’s by-laws, and provided further that the Company may only appoint attorneys-in-fact who, in the judgment of the Company, have positions and responsibilities compatible with the powers granted.

“Board of Directors,” when used with reference to the Company, means the Conselho de Administração , or any committee of such board of the Company, duly authorized to act for such board hereunder.

“Board of Executive Officers” means the Diretoria of the Company.

“Board Resolution” means, when used with reference to the Company, a copy of a resolution certified by the secretary or the assistant secretary of the Company, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and in each case delivered to the Trustee.

“Brazil” means the Federative Republic of Brazil.

“Business Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, unless otherwise specified with respect to such series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01, a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that (i) in the Place of Payment (or in any of the Places of Payment, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such series of Securities and (ii) in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close (and for purposes of the sending of notices only, is not a day on which banking institutions in Brazil are authorized or required by law or regulation to close).

“Certificated Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(1).

“Certification Date” means, with respect to Securities of any series, (i) if Securities of such series are not to be initially represented by a Temporary Regulation S Security, the date of delivery of the definitive Regulation S Security and (ii) if Securities of such series are initially represented by a Temporary Regulation S Security, the earlier of (A) the Exchange Date with respect to Securities of such series and (B) if the first Interest Payment Date with respect to Securities of such series is prior to such Exchange Date, such Interest Payment Date.

“Clearstream, Luxembourg” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme , Luxembourg, and its successors.

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument the United States Securities and Exchange Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“Common Depositary” means the common depositary, if any, for Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person, as described further in Section 9.01(1). Company shall also mean any new issuer of future issuances of Securities under this Indenture as contemplated by Section 9.01(1).

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10286, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by written notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.03.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.

“Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, and its successors.

“Euroclear Operator” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., a bank organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium, as operator of the Euroclear system (or any successor securities clearing system).

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any statute successor thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.

“Exchange Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

“Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.

“Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the form of the face of the Global Security set forth in Section 2.02.

“Exchange Security” means any Security issued by the Company (i) pursuant to the Exchange Offer, (ii) upon the registration of transfer of a Security registered for resale on a Resale Registration Statement or (iii) upon the transfer of, or in exchange for, Securities which are Exchange Securities.

“Global Security” means any Security or series of Security issued in the form set forth in Section 2.02 or established pursuant to Section 2.01 which is registered in the Security Register in the name of a Depositary and bears the legend set forth in Section 2.03 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities).

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).

“Indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any guarantee) for payment on or the repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptance and all leases which, under IFRS, would constitute a capital lease obligation).

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Initial Regulation S Securities” means any Securities sold by the purchasers thereof in an initial offering contemplated by a Purchase Agreement in reliance on Regulation S and which are Temporary Regulation S Securities.

“Interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

“Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 (or any statute successor thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.

“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.

“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 such Person’s total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of such Person prepared in accordance with IFRS.

“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind set forth in Section 5.01(3).

“Officer” means, with respect to the Company, any member of its Board of Executive Officers. Such Board of Executive Officers includes, on the date hereof, the following positions, which are subject to change in the future: president; chief financial officer; manager of

corporate services; manager of exploration and production; manager of refining, transportation and mining; manager of gas and power; and manager of international activities.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of the chief financial officer and any other Officer of the Company given pursuant to Section 10.05.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

“Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by one or more of its Authorized Representatives, in each case delivered to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.

“Original Securities” means Securities of any series that are not Exchange Securities.

“Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefore satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 14.02; and

(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, (ii) the principal amount of a Security

denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, (iii) if the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity of any Security is not determinable upon original issuance, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on its behalf, which at the date of this Indenture includes the Trustee.

“Permanent Regulation S Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

“Permitted Lien” means, with respect to any series of Securities issued for which Section 10.07 applies, any:

(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 the government of Brazil or of any state or region thereof;

(b)

Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Company’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 the Company’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 Company’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 the Company 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 (including transaction costs related to such acquisition) of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of those assets, as the case may be;

(f)

Lien granted in connection with Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owing to the Company or another such Subsidiary;

(g)

Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary, so long as the 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 such project by the Company, any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Company or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;

(i)

Lien existing as of the date of the issuance of Securities of such series;

(j)

Lien resulting from the Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series;

(k)

Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Company, 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 such rating agency rating such securities as 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 Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) through (i) above (but not paragraph (c)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by the Lien is not increased (except to the extent attributable to accrued interest, the repayment of tender premiums or expenses incurred in respect of Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or exchanged), and in the case of paragraphs (a), (b) and (f), the obligees meet the requirements of the applicable paragraph; and

(m)

Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (a) through (j) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Company’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with IFRS) at any date as at which the Company’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization, other entity or any government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Purchase Agreement” means any purchase agreement entered into to issue Securities under this Indenture.

“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 Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries, or any consortium or other venture in which the Company 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;

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 Company 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.

“Redemption Date,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Registered Security,” means any Security issued in registered form that is registered in the Security Register. Registered Securities shall include Global Securities and Certificated Securities.

“Registration Default” has the meaning set forth in the form of face of Global Security in Section 2.02.

“Registration Default Period” has the meaning set forth in the form of face of the Global Security in Section 2.02.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means an agreement entered into by the Company contemplating the registration under the Securities Act of a series of Securities issued under this Indenture subsequent to the initial date of issuance of such series of Securities.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.01.

“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

“Regulation S Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Annex A.

“Regulation S Global Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01.

“Regulation S Legend” means a legend substantially in the form of the legend required in the forms of face of Security set forth in Section 2.02 to be placed upon a Regulation S Global Security.

“Regulation S Securities” means all Securities required pursuant to Section 3.05(3) to bear a Regulation S Legend. Such term includes a Regulation S Global Security.

“Reorganization” means the conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person that guarantees the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities in accordance with Section 8.01.

“Resale Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement under the Securities Act registering the Securities for resale pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Responsible Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department (or similar group) of the Trustee, with direct responsibility for the administration of the Indenture, and any officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Restricted Global Security” means any Global Security required pursuant to Section 3.05(3) to bear a Restricted Securities Legend.

“Restricted Period” means, with respect to any series of Regulation S Securities, the period of 41 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (i) the day on which Securities of such series are first offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S) in reliance on Regulation S and (ii) the day on which the closing of the offering of Securities of such series pursuant to a Purchase Agreement occurs.

“Restricted Security” means all Securities required pursuant to Section 3.05(3) to bear a Restricted Securities Legend. Such term includes a Restricted Global Security.

“Restricted Securities Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Annex B.

“Restricted Securities Legend” means a legend substantially in the form of the legend required in the form of face of Securities set forth in Section 2.02 to be placed upon a Restricted Security.

“Rule l44A” means Rule l44A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), as it may be amended from time to time.

“Rule 144A Securities” means all Securities initially distributed in connection with the offering of the Securities by the Purchasers in reliance upon Rule 144A.

“SEC Registered Securities” means the Exchange Securities and all other Securities sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, together with their respective Successor Securities.

“Securities” has the meaning set forth in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933 (or any statute successor thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.05.

“Special Interest” has the meaning set forth in the form of face of the Global Security in Section 2.02. Unless the context otherwise requires, references herein to “interest” on the Securities shall include Special Interest.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.07.

“Stated Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

“Step-Down Date” has the meaning set forth in the form of face of the Global Security in Section 2.02.

“Step-Up” has the meaning set forth in the form of face of the Global Security in Section 2.02.

“Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, a corporation, company, partnership or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Indenture shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

“Successor Security” of any particular Security means every Security issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same debt (subject to provisions, if any, in the Predecessor Security regarding payment of Special Interest) as that evidenced by, such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.06 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Taxing Jurisdiction” shall mean Brazil or any other jurisdiction in which the Company appoints a paying agent hereunder or any political subdivision or any taxing authority thereof or therein.

“Temporary Regulation S Security” means a temporary Security issued in global registered form.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the United States Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed (except as provided in Section 9.05); provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.

“United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its possessions (including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands).

“Unrestricted Securities Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Annex C.

“U.S. Person” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 902 of Regulation S.

“U.S. Government Obligations” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.04.

Section 1.02. Compliance Certificates and Opinions .

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act with respect to compliance with conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by an Authorized Representative, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture, except that in the event of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provisions of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion, whether required to be provided pursuant to this Section 1.02 or elsewhere, with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 1.03. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee .

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an Authorized Representative may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Person know, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Authorized Representative stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 1.04. Acts of Holders of Securities; Record Dates .

thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders of Securities signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent or proxy, or of the holding by any Person of a Security shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 13.06.

(2) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(3) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders, or duly designated proxies, of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders, or their duly designated proxies, of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.

5.12, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders, or their duly designated proxies, of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders, or their duly designated proxies, of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06.

With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party or parties hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180 ^th day after the applicable record date and, if an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party or parties hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents or proxies each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

(4) The principal amount and serial numbers of Global Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

(5) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

(6) The provisions of this Section 1.04 are subject to the provisions of Section 13.05.

Section 1.05. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company .

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders of Securities or other document provided for or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1) the Trustee by any Holder of Securities or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (or sent by facsimile and confirmed in writing) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Institutional Trust Services, or

(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder of Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed (or sent by facsimile and confirmed in writing) international air mail postage prepaid and addressed to its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument to the attention of its Secretary, or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

Section 1.06. Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver .

Unless otherwise herein expressly provided, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Securities if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or delivered by hand or overnight courier to each Holder of a Security affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders of Securities by mail, then such notification as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. In any case where notice to Holders of Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities.

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

The Trustee may rely upon and comply with instructions or directions sent via unsecured facsimile or email transmission and the Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with instructions or directions given by unsecured facsimile or email transmission; provided, however, that such losses have not arisen from the negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee, it being understood that the failure of the Trustee to verify or confirm that the person delivering the email or the fax in which the instructions or direction, are

contained is, in fact, authorized to deliver such email or facsimile is authorized to do so does not constitute negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 1.07. Language of Notices, Etc .

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language.

Section 1.08. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act .

The Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the provision of such Act shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the provision of such Act shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

Section 1.09. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents .

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

Section 1.10. Successors and Assigns .

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

Section 1.11. Separability Clause .

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 1.12. Benefits of Indenture .

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 1.13. Governing Law .

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Section 1.14. Saturday, Sundays and Legal Holidays .

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last day on which Holders have the right to convert or exchange their Securities shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment or place of conversion or exchange, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) or conversion or exchange need not be made at such Place of Payment or place of conversion or exchange on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment or place of conversion or exchange with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity or on such last day for conversion or exchange.

Section 1.15. Appointment of Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity .

By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company hereby appoints the New York office of the Company as its agent upon which process may be served in any legal action or proceeding which may be instituted in any state or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York, arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture, but for that purpose only. Service of process upon such agent at the office of the Company at 570 Lexington Avenue, Suite 2401, New York, New York 10022, and written notice of said service to the Company by the Person servicing the same addressed as provided by Section 1.05, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such legal action or proceeding. The Company 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 agent; should such agent become unavailable for this purpose for any reason, the Company will promptly and irrevocably designate a new agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York, which will agree to act as such for powers and for the purposes set forth in this Section 1.15. The Company hereby (i) irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any state or Federal court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York in any legal action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture, (ii) to the extent it may effectively do so, irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection that it may have now or hereafter to the laying of the venue of any such legal action or proceeding and (iii) to the extent the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture and the Securities to the fullest extent permitted by law. Such appointment shall be irrevocable so long as the Holders of Securities shall have any rights pursuant to the terms thereof or of this Indenture until the appointment of a successor by the Company with written notice thereof to the Trustee and such successor’s acceptance of such appointment. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of such agent or successor.

Section 1.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. .

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01. Forms Generally .

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form (including temporary or permanent global form) as shall be established by or pursuant to an Authorization of the Company or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by an Authorized Representative executing such Securities pursuant to this Indenture, as evidenced by its execution thereof. If the forms of Securities of any series are established by action taken pursuant to an Authorization, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by any Authorized Representative or the secretary or assistant secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Order contemplated by Section 3.03 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board Resolution or other document evidencing an Authorization shall have addressed thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to such Authorization.

The definitive Securities may be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Authorized Representative executing such Securities, as evidenced by its execution of such Securities.

Upon their original issuance, any Rule 144A Securities and any Initial Regulation S Securities of any series shall be issued in the form of separate Global Securities. The Global Securities representing Rule 144A Securities, together with their Successor Securities which are Global Securities other than Regulation S Global Securities and SEC Registered Securities, are collectively herein called the “Restricted Global Securities”. The Global Securities representing Initial Regulation S Securities, together with their Successor Securities which are Global Securities other than Restricted Global Securities and SEC Registered Securities, are collectively herein called the “Regulation S Global Securities.”

Section 2.02. Form of Global Security .

[Form of Face of Global Security]

[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code

and the regulations thereunder.]

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

[Title of Security]


Date: ___________		CUSIP NO.____________
No.________		ISIN NO.______________

[Legend if the Security is a Restricted Security:

“THE GLOBAL NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS GLOBAL NOTE, AGREES THAT THIS GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1) TO PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS (2) SO LONG AS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A) IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144A, (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 903 OR 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE) OR (5) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH OF SUCH CASES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS GLOBAL NOTE, REPRESENTS AND AGREES THAT IT WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION” AND “UNITED STATES” HAVE THE RESPECTIVE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”]

[Legend if the Security is a Regulation S Security:

THIS GLOBAL NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS GLOBAL NOTE, AGREES THAT NEITHER THIS GLOBAL NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE

TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.

THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS GLOBAL NOTE AFTER 40 DAYS BEGINNING ON AND INCLUDING THE LATER OF (I) THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES ARE OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (II) THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE.]

[Legend if the Security is a Temporary Regulation S Security:

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS A TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE FOR PURPOSES OF REGULATION S UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “1933 ACT”). NEITHER THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD OR DELIVERED, EXCEPT AS PERMITTED ABOVE.

NO BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF THIS TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PAYMENT OF PRINCIPAL HEREOF OR INTEREST HEREON UNLESS THE REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE INDENTURE.]

[Legend if the Security benefits from a Registration Rights Agreement:

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO, AND ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF, THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF [date of agreement], AMONG PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS AND THE OTHER PARTIES REFERRED TO THEREIN.]

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS, a mixed capital company ( sociedade de economia mista ) organized under the laws of Brazil (the “Issuer”), designated as its __________ (the “Securities”), issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of ________________ as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreased attached hereto, [If applicable, insert - - under the ___________ Supplemental Indenture (the “__________ Supplemental Indenture”), effective as of ___________, by and among the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “Trustee”), to the Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2018 (the “Original Indenture”, and as supplemented by the ____________ Supplemental Indenture and any further supplements thereto with respect to the Securities, the “Indenture”), by and among the Issuer and the Trustee. 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 Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms used in this Securities 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 ______________, or its registered assigns [If applicable, insert - - as nominee of __________________], and as the Holder of record of this Security the principal amount specified above in _________ on __________ (or earlier as provided for in the Indenture) upon presentation and surrender hereof, at the office or agency of the Trustee referred to below.

[If the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert --, As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer promises to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof, from ____________, [semi-annually in arrears on ______________ and ______________ of each year] [annually in arrears on __________ in each year] (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing _____________ at a rate equal to _____% 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 Security on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid in ___________ to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day preceding such interest payment.

Payment of the principal of and interest on this Security will be payable by wire transfer to a _______ account maintained by the Holder of this Security 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 Security 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. [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert --, Interest shall accrue on the Securities at the rate of _____% per annum until all required amounts due in respect of the Securities have been paid. Interest accrued with respect to this Security shall be calculated based on ____________.]

[If applicable, insert -- However, if (i) a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), registering a security substantially identical to this Security (except that such Security will not contain terms with respect to the Special Interest payments described below or legends reflecting transfer restrictions) pursuant to an exchange offer (the “Exchange Offer”) (the “Exchange Registration Statement”) (or, if applicable, a registration statement registering this Security for resale (a “Shelf Registration Statement”)) has not become or been declared effective on or before the date on which such registration statement is required to become or be declared effective pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [date of agreement] (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Issuer and the other parties referred to therein, or (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been completed within the number of days specified by the Registration Rights Agreement after the initial effective date of the Exchange Registration Statement (if the Exchange Offer is then required to be made) or a Shelf Registration Statement has not become or been declared effective on or before the date on which it is required to become or be declared effective pursuant to the Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, or (iii) any Exchange Registration Statement or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement is filed and declared effective but shall thereafter cease to be effective (except as specifically permitted pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement) without being succeeded immediately (except as specifically permitted pursuant to

the Registration Rights Agreement) by an additional registration statement filed and declared effective, in each case in Clauses (i) through (iii) upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement (each such event referred to in Clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration Default” and each period during which a Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, a “Registration Default Period”), then interest will accrue (in addition to any stated interest on the Securities) (the “Step-Up”) at a per annum rate of _____% for such Registration Default Period from and including the date on which a Registration Default first occurs to but excluding the first date (the “Step-Down Date”) that no Registration Default is in effect. Interest accruing as a result of the Step-Up is referred to herein as “Special Interest.” Accrued Special Interest, if any, shall be paid semi-annually on ______ and ______ in each year; and the amount of accrued Special Interest shall be determined on the basis of the number of days during which such Registration Default is in effect. The Issuer shall provide the Trustee with written notice of the date of any Registration Default and the Step-Down Date. Any accrued and unpaid interest (including Special Interest) on this Security upon the issuance of an Exchange Security (as defined in the Indenture) in exchange for this Security shall cease to be payable to the Holder hereof but such accrued and unpaid interest (including Special interest) shall be payable on the next Interest Payment Date for such Exchange Security.]

[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert -- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity, and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal or premium which is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on overdue interest shall be payable on demand.)

[If the Securities are subject to redemption, insert - - The Securities are subject to redemption by the Issuer on the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.]

This Security 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.

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of all the Securities 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.

[If applicable, insert - - The Securities shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons. Securities shall be issued in the form of beneficial interests in one or more global securities in denominations of _________and integral multiples of _________ in excess thereof.

Prior to and at the time of due presentment of this Security 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 Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security is overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Security to be duly executed.

[Form of Reverse of Global Security]

This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Issuer (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2018 (herein called the “Indenture” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any other successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert, limited in aggregate principal amount to U.S.$__________].

[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 15 days’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert -- (1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year ____ and ending with the year _________ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to [insert formula for determining amount] (with the amount in excess of 100% of the principal amount being additional interest), and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert -- on or after ________, _____], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert -- on or before ____________, ____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning _________ of the years indicated,


Redemption		Redemption
Year	Price	Year	Price

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert -- (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 15 days’ notice by mail, (1) on ___________ in any year commencing with the year -- and ending with the year _____, through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert -- on or after __________, ___________], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount, with the amount in excess of 100% of the principal amount being additional interest) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning_____________ of the years indicated,

Year

Redemption Price For

Redemption Through

Operation of the Sinking Fund

Redemption Price For

Redemption Otherwise Than

Through Operation of the

Sinking Fund

and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [If applicable, insert -- Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ____% per annum.]

[If applicable, insert -- The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on ________ in each year beginning with the year and ending with the year _____ and ending with the year _______ of [if applicable, insert -- not less than U.S.$________ (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than U.S.$________] aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert - mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited

against subsequent [if applicable, insert -- mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert -- in the inverse order in which they become due].]

[If applicable, insert -- The Securities of this series may be redeemed at the option of the Company, in whole but not in part, upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ notice given as provided in the Indenture, at any time at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption if as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder of the jurisdiction (or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company is incorporated (or in the case of a successor Person to the Company, of the jurisdiction in which such successor Person is organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, or any change in the official application or interpretation of, or any execution of or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which such jurisdiction or such political subdivision or taxing authority (or such other jurisdiction or political subdivision or taxing authority) is a party, which change, execution or amendment becomes effective on or after ____________ (or, in the case of a successor Person to the Company, the date on which such successor Person became such pursuant to the applicable provision of the Indenture).]

[If applicable, insert -- The Securities may also be redeemed in whole but not in part upon not less than 15 nor more than 60 days’ notice given as provided in the Indenture at any time at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption if the Person formed by a consolidation of the Company or into which the Company is merged or to which the Company conveys, transfers or leases its properties and assets substantially as an entirety is required to pay a Holder Additional Amounts in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on any such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to such Holder as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease.]

[If applicable, insert -- the Redemption Price of the Securities of this series shall be equal to the applicable percentage of the principal amount at Stated Maturity set forth below:

If Redemption During the 12-Month

Period Commencing

Redemption

Price

together with, in each case (except if the Redemption Date shall be a __________), an amount equal to the applicable Redemption Price multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days from but not including the preceding _______________ to and including the Redemption Date multiplied by the difference between the Redemption Price applicable during the 12 months beginning on the _________________ following the Redemption Date (or, in the case of a Redemption Date after ___________, 100%) and the Redemption Price applicable on the Redemption Date and the denominator of which is the total number of days from but not including the _________________ preceding the Redemption Date to and including the next succeeding ____________. The Company will also pay to each eligible Holder, or make

available for payment to each such Holder, on the Redemption Date any additional interest (as set forth on the face hereof) resulting from the payment of such Redemption Price.]

[If applicable insert -- The Redemption Price of the Securities of this series either in the event of certain changes in the tax treatment or in an event of default would include, in addition to the face amount of the Security, an amount equal to the Original Issue Discount accrued since the issue date. Original Issue Discount (the difference between the Issue Price and the Principal Amount at Maturity of the Security), in the period during which a Security of this series remains outstanding, shall accrue at __% per annum, on a semi-annual bond equivalent basis using a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months, commencing on the Issue Date of this Security.]

[If applicable, insert -- Notice of redemption will be given by mail to Holders of Securities of this series, not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption, all as provided in the Indenture. Such notice may at the Company’s option be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, and it may be rescinded or the applicable redemption date delayed in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the applicable redemption date. Any conditions precedent shall be described in such notice.]

[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert -- In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

[If applicable insert: The Securities are the Company’s unsecured obligations [and will be subordinated in right of payment to all of the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness (as such term is defined in the [supplemental indenture] [Board Resolution or other document evidencing an Authorization] authorizing this series of Securities)] and effectively subordinated to all existing and future Indebtedness and other liabilities of its subsidiaries.]

[If applicable, insert -- The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness on this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case,] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]

[If applicable, insert -- Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security is entitled, at his option, at any time after ________________, to [convert] [exchange] this Security into [Describe Securities and conversion mechanics].]

[If applicable, insert -- In the event of conversion of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unconverted portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]

[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the

Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]

[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert -- If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to -- insert formula for determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the applicable issuer’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]

[If applicable, insert -- If any deduction or withholding for any present or future taxes, assessments or other governmental charges of Brazil (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) shall at any time be required by Brazil (or any such political subdivision or taxing authority) in respect of any amounts to be paid by the Company under the Securities, the Company will pay to the Holder of this Security such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to such Holder of such Security who, with respect to any such tax, assessment or other governmental charge, is not resident in Brazil, after such deduction or withholding, shall be not less than the amounts specified in such Security to which such Holder is entitled (“Additional Amounts”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts for or on account of:

(a) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which would not have been imposed but for (i) the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security of such series (or between a fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of a power over, such Holder or beneficial owner, if such Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, trust, partnership or corporation) and Brazil or any political subdivision or territory or possession thereof or area subject to its jurisdiction other than the mere holding of a Security or receipt of payment in respect thereto, including, without limitation, such Holder or beneficial owner (or such fiduciary, settler, beneficiary, member, shareholder or possessor) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been present or engaged in trade or business therein or having or having had a permanent establishment therein or (ii) the presentation of a Security of such series (where presentation is required) for payment on a date more than 30 days after the date on which such payment became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever occurs later;

(b) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(c) any amount required to be deducted or withheld by any Paying Agent from a payment on or in respect of the Security, if such payment can be made without such deduction or withholding by any other Paying Agent and we duly provide for such other Paying Agent to make such payment;

(d) withholding for any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges that are payable otherwise than by deduction or withholding from payments on the Security;

(e) any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that is imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of the Security of such series with a request of the Company addressed to the Holder (i) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence or identity of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (ii) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any information or reporting requirements, which, in the case of (i) or (ii), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of Brazil as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such tax, assessment or other governmental charge;

(f) 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; or

(f) any combination of items (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) above.

nor shall Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment in respect of any Security to any Holder or beneficial owner who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of Brazil (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) to be included in the income for tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to such Additional Amounts had it been the Holder or beneficial owner, as the case may be, of such Security.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the Original Securities (as defined in the Indenture) of this series and the Exchange Securities (as defined in the Indenture) of this series shall constitute one series for all purposes under the Indenture, including without limitation, amendments, waivers and redemptions.

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of any Security of this series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture, this Security or for any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of this series shall have made written request, and offered indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal of the Outstanding Securities of this series a direction inconsistent with such request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of payment of the principal [(and premium, if any)], interest or any Additional Amount on this Security on or after the respective due dates expressed herein [If applicable insert -- or to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of the right to convert this Security or receive Securities upon conversion or exchange in accordance with the Indenture].

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed or to convert or exchange this Security as provided in the Indenture.

The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of _________ and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.

Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company or the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

[If applicable, insert --

SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT

The initial principal amount of this Security shall be U.S.$ . The following decreases/increases in the principal amount of this Security have been made:


Date of Decrease/Increase	Decrease in Principal Amount	Increase in Principal Amount	Total Principal Amount Following such Decrease/Increase	Notation Made by or on Behalf of Trustee

Section 2.03. Form of Legend for Global Securities .

Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. [If applicable, insert -- 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 [name of registered holder ], OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO [name of registered holder], 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, [name of registered holder], 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.

Section 2.04. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication .

The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated:


The Bank of New York Mellon As Trustee

By:
		Authorized Officer

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

Section 3.01. Amount Unlimited: Issuable in Series .

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or other document evidencing an Authorization of the Company and, subject to Section 3.03, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, the terms of the Securities of such series, including (as applicable) and without limitation:

(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.03, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder) (including any provision for the offering of additional Securities of the series beyond any such limit upon the aggregate principal amount of Securities of such series);

(3) whether the Securities of the series will be issued at par, at a premium or at discount or as an Original Issue Discount Security;

(4) whether the Securities will constitute subordinated obligations of the Company and, if so, the terms of such subordination;

(5) whether the Securities will be secured obligations of the Company;

(6) whether Securities of the series in a form other than as Global Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially as Temporary Regulation S Securities and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable as Permanent Regulation S Securities and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such Permanent Regulation S Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 3.05;

(7) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest the manner in which, any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if other than by wire transfer in same-day funds to the Holder;

(8) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

(9) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest or the method by which such rate shall be determined, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any interest payable on any Global Securities on any Interest Payment Date;

(10) the place or places where, subject to the provisions of Section 10.02, the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of the series shall be payable, any Global Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange or conversion and notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

(11) other than with respect to any redemption of Securities pursuant to Section 11.08, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company (including the period following the date referred to in Section 11.08) and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

(12) other than with respect to any redemption of Securities pursuant to Section 11.08, the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(13) the terms and conditions for conversion or exchange of Securities into equity securities of the Company (including, if applicable, the rights, preferences and privileges of such equity securities), and the terms of any additional redemption rights of the Company relating to such terms and conditions for conversion or exchange, whether any such equity securities may be evidenced by American Depositary Receipts and whether such security is convertible or exchangeable into another security;

(14) the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable if other than denominations of U.S.$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;

(15) the applicable rate on Defaulted Interest;

(16) the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable if other than the currency of the United States of America and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01;

(17) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(18) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the Securities of such series are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of and any premium and interest on Securities of such series as to which such election is made shall be payable, and the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

(19) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02;

(20) the application, if any, of Sections 14.01, 14.02 or 14.03 or both such Sections to the Securities of the series and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

(21) if Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.04 will not be payable by the Company;

(22) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series is not determinable as of one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any other purpose hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such principal amount shall be determined);

(23) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 2.03 and, if different from those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 3.05, any circumstances in which Securities issued upon any exchange may be registered in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;

(24) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 5.02;

(25) any addition to, removal of or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series;

(26) whether the Securities of the series may be exchanged for Exchange Securities pursuant to an Exchange Offer or otherwise in authorized denominations in exchange for a like principal amount of Original Securities of the same series, all in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the terms of such security; and

(27) whether the Securities are Restricted Securities and Regulation S Securities, or SEC Registered Securities;

(28) whether Add On Notes will be permitted; and

(29) any other terms of the Securities of such series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.01(5)).

Unless the context otherwise requires, any Original Securities of a series and any Exchange Securities of such series shall constitute one series for all purposes under this Indenture, including without limitation, amendments, waivers or redemptions.

If any of the terms of the Securities of a series are established by action taken pursuant to an Authorization of the Company, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by any Authorized Representative, as the case may be, each delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

Section 3.02. Denominations .

Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, any Securities of a series shall be issuable in minimum denominations of U.S.$1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

Section 3.03. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating .

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Authorized Representative. The signature of any such Authorized Representative may be manual or facsimile.

Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time a proper Authorized Representative shall bind the Company notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such positions prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such positions at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with an Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities.

If the forms or terms of the Securities of the series have been established in or pursuant to one or more Authorizations as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel and Officers’ Certificate stating,

(1) that such forms or terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(2) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised in writing by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability based upon the written advice of counsel.

The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate the Securities of any series if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.01 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.01 or the Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the time of authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 3.09, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 3.04. Temporary Securities .

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. A Temporary Regulation S Security shall be delivered only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 3.03 and this Section 3.04.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.

If Temporary Regulation S Securities of any series are issued, any such Temporary Regulation S Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to DTC or its nominee or the Common Depositary, in each case, for the benefit of the Euroclear Operator and Clearstream, Luxembourg, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).

Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such Temporary Regulation S Security of a series (the “Exchange Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of that series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Temporary Regulation S Security executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, such Temporary Regulation S Security shall be surrendered by DTC or its nominee or the Common Depositary, as the case may be, to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities of that series without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such Temporary Regulation S Security a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such Temporary Regulation S Security to be exchanged; provided however, that upon such presentation by DTC or its nominee or the Common Depositary, such Temporary Regulation S Security must be accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by the Euroclear Operator as to the portion of such Temporary Regulation S Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream, Luxembourg as to the portion of such Temporary Regulation S Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Section 3.12(2). The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such Temporary Regulation S Security shall, unless otherwise specified in the Temporary Regulation S Security, be in or in the form of Permanent Regulation S Securities.

Unless otherwise specified in the Temporary Regulation S Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a Temporary Regulation S Security shall be exchanged on the Exchange Date for interest in a permanent global registered Security (a “Permanent Regulation S Security”) of the same series and of like tenor unless, on or prior to the Exchange Date, such beneficial owner has not delivered to the Euroclear Operator or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Section 3.12(1) dated no earlier than the Certification Date, copies of which certificate shall be available from the office of the Euroclear Operator and Clearstream, Luxembourg, the Trustee, and any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent and after the Exchange Date, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a Temporary Regulation S Security shall be exchanged for an interest in a Permanent Regulation S Security of the same series and of like tenor following such beneficial owner’s delivery to the Euroclear Operator or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, of a certificate in the form set forth in Section 3.12(1) dated no earlier than the Certification Date. Unless otherwise specified in such Temporary Regulation S Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such Temporary Regulation S Security.

Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, interest payable on a Temporary Regulation S Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series shall be payable to the Euroclear Operator and Clearstream, Luxembourg on such Interest Payment Date only upon delivery by the Euroclear Operator or Clearstream, Luxembourg to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Section 3.12(2), for credit without further interest on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such Temporary Regulation S Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to the Euroclear Operator or Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Section 3.12(1). Any interest so received by the Euroclear Operator and Clearstream, Luxembourg and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 10.03.

Section 3.05. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange .

(1) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Registered Securities and transfers of Registered Securities as herein provided. Such Security Register shall distinguish between Original Securities and Exchange Securities.

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3.05(1), upon surrender for registration of transfer of a Registered Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

Subject to Section 3.05(2), at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company evidencing the same debt (subject to the provisions, if any, in the Original Securities regarding payment of Special Interest) and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

In the event that the Company delivers to the Trustee a copy of an Officer’s Certificate certifying that a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an Exchange Offer relating to a particular series of Securities, if any such Exchange Offer is contemplated for such series, has been declared effective by the Commission and that the Company has offered Exchange Securities of such series to the Holders in accordance with the Exchange Offer, the Trustee shall exchange, upon request of any Holder, such Holder’s Securities for Exchange Securities upon the terms set forth in the Exchange Offer.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company and the Trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 3.04, 9.06 or 11.07 not involving any transfer.

The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Registered Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities of that series to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

The provisions of Clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) below shall apply only to Global Registered Securities:

(a) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

(b) Subject to Clause (d) below, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

(c) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Sections 3.04, 3.06, 9.06 or 11.07 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

(d) Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities will not be entitled to receive Registered Securities in their names (“Certificated Securities”). Certificated Securities shall be issued to all owners of beneficial interests in a Global Note in exchange for such interests if:

(i) The Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note or the Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency 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, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice,

(ii) The Depositary executes and delivers to the Trustee and the Security Registrar a written notice stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable, or

(iii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Security Registrar has received a request from the Depositary or the Security Registrar and the Company have received a request from the Trustee.

In connection with the exchange of an entire Global Security for Certificated Securities pursuant to this Clause (d), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and upon receipt of an Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of Certificated Securities of authorized denominations.

(e) Members of, or participants in, DTC or Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg, as the case may be (“Agent Members”), shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by DTC or by the Common Depositary under such Global Security, and DTC or the Common Depositary, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Security Registrar and any of their agents as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Security Registrar or any of their agents from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or the Common Depositary or impair, as between DTC or Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg and their respective Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of an owner of a beneficial interest in any Global Security. The registered Holder of a Global Security may grant

proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(2) Certain Transfers and Exchanges.

(a) The following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of an interest in a Restricted Global Security: If (i) the owner of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security wishes to transfer such interest (or portion thereof) to a Non-U.S. Person pursuant to Regulation S and (ii) such Non-U.S. Person wishes to hold its interest in the Security through a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security, (x) upon receipt by the Depositary and Security Registrar of:

(i) instructions from the Holder of the Restricted Global Note directing the Depositary and Security Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Security to be transferred, and

(ii) a Restricted Securities Certificate in the form of Annex B from the transferor,

and (y) subject to the rules and procedures of the Depositary, the Depositary and Security Registrar shall increase the Regulation S Global Security and decrease the Restricted Global Security by such amount in accordance with the foregoing.

(b) If the owner of an interest in a Regulation S Global Security wishes to transfer such interest (or any portion thereof) to a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined by and pursuant to Rule 144A prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period therefor, (x) upon receipt by the Depositary and Security Registrar of:

(i) instructions from the Holder of the Regulation S Global Security directing the Depositary and Security Registrar to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Security to be transferred, and

(ii) a Restricted Securities Certificate in the form of Annex B duly executed by the transferor,

and (y) in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, the Depositary and Security Registrar shall increase the Restricted Global Security and decrease the Regulation S Global Security by such amount in accordance with the foregoing.

procedure required by this Indenture) shall be made only upon receipt by the Security Registrar of such opinions of counsel, certificates and/or other information reasonably required by and satisfactory to it in order to ensure compliance with the Securities Act or in accordance with paragraph (3) of this Section 3.05.

(3) Securities Act Legends. Rule 144A Securities and their Successor Securities shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend, and Initial Regulation S Securities and their Successor Securities shall bear a Regulation S Legend, subject to the following:

(a) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 3.05(3), a Security or any portion thereof which is exchanged, upon registration of transfer or otherwise, for a Registered Global Security or any portion thereof shall bear the Securities Act legend borne by such Registered Global Security while represented thereby;

(b) subject to the following Clauses of this Section 3.05(3), a new Registered Security which is issued in exchange for another Security or any portion thereof, upon registration of transfer or otherwise, shall bear the Securities Act legend borne by such other Security, provided that, if such new Registered Security is required to be issued in the form of a Restricted Security, it shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend and, if such new Registered Security is so required to be issued in the form of a Regulation S Security, it shall bear a Regulation S Legend;

(d) after the applicable restricted period prescribed by Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act, a new Registered Security which does not bear a Securities Act legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Registered Security or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if the Trustee has received an Unrestricted Securities Certificate, satisfactory to the Trustee and duly executed by the Holder of such legended Security or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and after such date and receipt of such certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver such a new Registered Security in exchange for or in lieu of such other Registered Security as provided in this Article Three,

(e) a new Registered Security which does not bear a Securities Act legend may be issued in exchange for or in lieu of a Registered Security or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if, in the Company’s judgment, placing such a legend upon such new Security is not necessary to ensure compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver such a new Security as provided in this Article Three, and

(f) notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.05(3), a Successor Security of a Security that does not bear a particular form of Securities Act legend shall not bear such form of legend unless the Company has reasonable cause to believe that such Successor Security is a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, in which case the Trustee, at the direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver a new Security bearing a Restricted Securities Legend in exchange for such Successor Security as provided in this Article Three.

Section 3.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities .

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, appertaining to the surrendered Security.

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee connected therewith).

Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and any such new Security shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 3.07. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved .

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid, in the case of definitive Registered Securities, to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest and, at the option of the Company, may be paid by check mailed to the address of the Person as it appears in the Security Register or, in the case of Global Securities, by wire transfer of same-day funds to the Holder.

Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:

proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.06, not less than ten days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).

(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 3.05, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such predecessor Security.

Section 3.08. Persons Deemed Owners .

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.07) any interest on such Security, and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

Section 3.09. Cancellation .

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or conversion or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures unless otherwise directed by an Order.

Section 3.10. Computation of Interest .

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 3.11. CUSIP or ISIN Numbers .

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

Section 3.12. Add On Notes .

Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company may, from time to time, subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional notes (“Add On Notes”) having terms and conditions identical to those of any other series of Outstanding Securities issued under this Indenture, except that Add On Notes:

(1) may have a different issue date from such other series of Outstanding Securities;

(2) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such other series of Outstanding Securities;

(3) may have terms specified pursuant to the Board Resolution or other document evidencing an Authorization or in a supplemental indenture for such Add On Notes making appropriate adjustments to the terms of this Indenture applicable to such Add On Notes in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or other applicable securities laws) and any Registration Rights Agreement applicable to such Add On Notes, which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any such series of Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Notes); and

(4) may be entitled to Step-Up interest not applicable to such other series of Outstanding Securities and may not be entitled to such Step-Up interest applicable to such other series of Outstanding Securities.

Section 3.13. Forms of Certification .

(1) Whenever any provision of this Indenture contemplates that certification be given by a beneficial owner of a portion of the Temporary Regulation S Security, such

certification shall be provided substantially in the form of the following certificate, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company:

CERTIFICATE

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

Company

[Title of Securities]

This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that (a) are foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-l2(c)(l)(v)) (“financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise the Company or its agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, in addition, if the owner of the Securities is a United States or foreign financial institution described in Clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in Clause (i) or (ii)) this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

We undertake to advise you by tested telex if the above statement is not correct on the date on which you intend to submit your certificate relating to such Securities to the Trustee, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certificate applies as of such date.

This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S.$ ___of which interest in the above Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we understand exchange and delivery of definitive Securities cannot be made until we do so certify.

We understand that this certificate is required in connection with certain tax laws of the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate to any interested party in such proceedings.


Dated:


By:
		As, or as agent for, the beneficial owner(s) of the Securities to which this certificate relates”;

(2) Whenever any provision of this Indenture contemplates that certification be given by DTC (or its nominee), the Euroclear Operator or Clearstream, Luxembourg in connection with the exchange of a Temporary Regulation S Security for a Permanent Regulation S Security, such certification shall be provided substantially in the form of the following certificate, with only such changes as shall be approved by the Company:

CERTIFICATION

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

Company

[Title of Securities]

(the “Securities”)

This is to certify that, based solely on certifications we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from member organizations appearing in our records as persons being entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially to the effect set forth in the Indenture dated as of , ______ principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by Persons that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United States persons”), (ii) is owned by United States persons that (a) are foreign branches of United States financial institutions (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section l.165-12(c)(1)(v) (“financial institutions”)) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise the Company or its agent that it will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institutions for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7))), and to the further effect that United States or foreign financial institutions described in Clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in Clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a Person within the United States or its possessions.

We further certify (i) that we are not making available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any interest) any portion of the Temporary Regulation S Security excepted in such certifications and (ii) that as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, exercise of any rights or collection of any Interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax laws and, if applicable, certain securities laws in the United States. In connection therewith, if administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certification to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated:__________


						Yours faithfully,

						THE DEPOSITARY TRUST COMPANY

						or

						EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear
						System

						or

						CLEARSTREAM BANKING, societe anonyme, Luxembourg

				By:
						Name:
						Title:

ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

This Indenture and the Securities of any series shall upon Order of the Company cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange or conversion of such Securities herein expressly provided for, and any right to receive Additional Amounts as provided in Section 10.10) with respect to any series of Securities, and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities and the Securities of such series, when

(1) either

(a) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.06 and (ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 10.08) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(b) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i) have become due and payable, or

(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

and the Company in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 6.07, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 6.14 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Subclause (B) of Clause (l) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.02 and the last paragraph of Section 10.08 shall survive.

Section 4.02. Application of Trust Money .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01 shall be held in trust (without liability to the Holders for interest or investment) and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee.

ARTICLE FIVE

REMEDIES

Section 5.01. Events of Default .

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):

1. The Company shall fail to make any payment in respect of principal on any of the Securities of the series whether on the Stated Maturity (as the same may be extended as permitted hereunder), upon redemption or prior to the Maturity or otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Securities of the series and this Indenture, non-payment of which shall continue for a period of 7 calendar days and the Trustee shall not have otherwise received such amounts from amounts on deposit or otherwise by the end of such 7 calendar day period;

2. The Company shall fail to make any payment in respect of any interest or other amounts due on or with respect to the Securities of the series (including Additional Amounts, if any) in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and this Indenture, non-payment of which shall continue for a period of 30 calendar days and the Trustee shall not have otherwise received such amounts from amounts on deposit or otherwise by the end of such 30 calendar day period;

3. The Company shall fail to perform, or breach, any term, covenant, agreement or obligation in respect of the Securities of the series issued under this Indenture or in a Supplemental Indenture, and such failure is either incapable of remedy or continues for a period of 60 calendar days after there has been received by the Company from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

4. The maturity of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof in a total aggregate principal amount of U.S.$200,000,000 or more is accelerated in accordance with the terms of that Indebtedness, it being understood that prepayment or redemption by the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof of any Indebtedness is not acceleration for this purpose;

5. The Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof stops payment of, or is generally unable to pay, its debts as and when they become due except (i) as is otherwise expressly provided under this Indenture or (ii) in the case of a winding-up, dissolution or liquidation for the purpose of and followed by a consolidation, merger, spin off, conveyance or transfer, the terms of which shall have been approved by a resolution of a meeting of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

6. Proceedings are initiated against the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or intervention law or law with similar effect, or under any other law for the relief of, or relating to, debtors, and any such proceeding is not dismissed or stayed within 90 days after the entering of such proceeding, or an administrator, receiver, trustee, manager, fiduciary, statutory manager, intervener or assignee for the benefit of creditors (or other similar official) is appointed to take possession or control of, or a distress, execution, attachment or sequestration or other process is levied, enforced upon, sued out or put in force against, all or any material part of the undertaking, property, assets or revenues of the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof and is not dismissed or stayed within 90 days;

7. The Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof commences voluntarily or consents to judicial, administrative or other proceedings relating to it under any applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or intervention law or law with similar effect, or under any other law for the relief of, or relating to, debtors, or makes or enters into any composition, recuperação judicial or extrajudicial or other similar arrangement with its creditors, or appoints or applies for the appointment of an administrator, receiver, trustee, manager, fiduciary, statutory manager, intervener or assignee for the benefit of creditors (or other similar official) to take possession or control of the whole or any material part of its undertaking, property, assets or revenues, or takes any judicial, administrative or other similar proceeding under any law for a readjustment or deferment of its Indebtedness or any part of it;

8. An effective resolution is passed for, or any authorized action is taken by any court of competent jurisdiction, directing the winding-up, dissolution or liquidation of the Company or any Material Subsidiary thereof (other than in any of the circumstances referred to as exceptions in paragraph (5) above);

9. Any event occurs that under the laws of any relevant jurisdiction has substantially the same effect as any of the events referred to in any of paragraphs (5), (6), (7) or (8) of this Section 5.01;

10. This Indenture or any part thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect or binding and enforceable against the Company, as applicable, it becomes unlawful for the Company to perform any material obligation under this Indenture or the Guaranty related to the series of the Securities, or the Company shall contest the enforceability of this Indenture or deny that it has liability under this Indenture; and

11. In the case of any Security convertible or exchangeable into another Security of the Company, the Company remains in default in the conversion of any Security of such series for 30 days after there has been received by the Company from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

Section 5.02. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment .

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6), 5.01(7), 5.01(8) or 5.01(9)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may declare the principal amount (or, if any of the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all of the Securities of such series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 5.01(6), 5.01(7), 5.01(8) or 5.01(9) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

(a) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,

(b) the principal of (and premium and Additional Amounts, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

(c) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

(d) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and all other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.07; and

(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.03. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee .

The Company covenants that if:

(1) default is made in the payment of any interest or payment of any additional interest or Additional Amounts on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof and such default continues for a period of 7 days,

the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable, including Additional Amounts, on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific

enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 5.04. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders of that series of Securities and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of that series of Securities to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders of that series of Securities, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.07.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security in any such proceeding provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of Securities, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

Section 5.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities .

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 6.07, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 5.06. Application of Money Collected .

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.07;

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest and any Additional Amounts on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively; and

THIRD: To the payment of the balance, if any, to the Company.

Section 5.07. Limitation on Suits .

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, the Securities or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series;

(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

Section 5.08. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert .

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Sections 3.04, 3.05 and 3.07) interest and any Additional Amounts on such Security on the respective Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and, if such Security is convertible or exchangeable, to convert or exchange such Security in accordance with this Indenture and to institute suit for the enforcement of such right to convert or to receive Securities upon conversion and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 5.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies .

If the Trustee or any Holder of any Security has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities, as the case may be.

Section 5.12. Control by Holders of Securities .

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that

(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed necessary by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

(3) the Trustee need not follow any such direction if doing so would in its reasonable discretion either involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to Holders of Securities not joining in such direction.

Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults .

Subject to Section 5.02, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series of the Company and its consequences, except a default

(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium, interest or Additional Amounts on any Security of such series of the Company, or

(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected, or

(3) in the conversion or exchange of any Security of such series of such Company and the delivery of Securities upon conversion.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 5.14. Undertaking for Costs .

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company, in any suit instituted by the Trustee, in any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or in any suit instituted by any Holder of any Security for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) or for the enforcement of any right to convert such Security pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws .

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture. The Company hereby expressly waives (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities .

The duties, responsibilities, rights, benefits and protections of the Trustee shall be as specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee, except as otherwise required by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate security or indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

Section 6.02. Notice of Defaults .

If the Trustee has actual written notice of an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such Event of Default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.01(3) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to such Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

Section 6.03. Certain Rights of Trustee .

Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01:

(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely and be fully protected for such reliance upon an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel;

(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney (and the Company shall reimburse the Trustee for reasonable expenses in connection with such inquiry or investigation); provided that the Trustee shall not be entitled to such information which the Company is prevented from disclosing as a matter of law or contract;

(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default (as defined in Section 6.02) or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of any event which is in fact such a default at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;

(10) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;

(11) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties;

(12) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever including but not limited to loss of profit irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(13) notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary neither the Trustee nor any of its the agents shall incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee or its respective agent as applicable including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority any act of God or war civil unrest local or national disturbance or disaster any act of terrorism fire riot strikes or work stoppages for any reason embargos government action or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility;

(14) the Trustee may act at the direction of the requisite holders without incurring any liability; and

(15) the Trustee shall not be liable for errors in judgment made in good faith unless it was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

Section 6.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities .

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds thereof.

Section 6.05. May Hold Securities .

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.08 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

Section 6.06. Money Held in Trust .

Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on or investment of any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.

Section 6.07. Compensation and Reimbursement .

The Company agrees:

(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing from time to time for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its written request for all reasonable fees, costs, indemnities, expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except to the extent that any such fees, costs, indemnities, expenses, disbursements or advances may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; 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.

The Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Holders of Securities to payment of amounts due it under this Section 6.07 from funds held by the Trustee hereunder. “Trustee” for purposes hereof includes any predecessor trustee, but the negligence or bad faith of any trustee shall not affect the rights of any other trustee hereunder.

If the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 5.01(6), 5.01(7), 5.01(8) or 5.01(9), the reasonable expenses and the compensation for the services will be intended to constitute expenses of administration under Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the repayment of the Notes and the termination of this Indenture.

Section 6.08. Conflicting Interests .

If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. For this purpose, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by reason of being Trustee for the Securities of any series and Trustee for the Securities of any other series.

Section 6.09. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility .

There shall at all times be one and only one Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$50,000,000 and its Corporate Trust Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor .

(1) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.

(2) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(3) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee so removed may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee if no successor Trustee has been appointed within 30 days of such removal.

(4) If at any time:

(a) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.08 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or

(b) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.09 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(c) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company may remove by Board Resolution the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

(5) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company shall by Board Resolution promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith

upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(6) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.06. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor .

(1) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to each of the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(2) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series of the Company, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series of the Company shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-

trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(3) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (1) and (2) of this Section, as the case may be.

(4) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

Section 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business .

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company .

The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent indicated.

Section 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent .

valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee and a copy of which shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than U.S.$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.06 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within - mentioned Indenture.


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON As Trustee

By
		As Authenticating Agent

By
		As Authorized Signatory

If all of the Securities of a series may not be originally issued at one time, and if the Trustee does not have an office capable of authenticating Securities upon original issuance located in a Place of Payment where the Company wishes to have Securities of such series authenticated upon original issuance, the Trustee, if so requested by the Company in writing (which writing need not comply with Section 1.02 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), shall appoint in accordance with this Section an Authenticating Agent having an office in the Place of Payment designated by the Company with respect of such series of Securities.

ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.01. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders .

The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(1) semi-annually, if interest is paid semi-annually, or quarterly, if interest is paid quarterly, not later than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in each year or, if interest is paid annually, not later than 15 days after each Regular Record Date and the date six months subsequent to such Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities as of such Regular Record Date, and

(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; provided, that, for so long as the Trustee shall be Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.

Section 7.02. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders .

(1) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 7.01 and the names and addresses of Holders of

Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

(2) The rights of the Holders of Securities to communicate with other Holders of Securities with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

(3) Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable solely by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders of Securities made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 7.03. Reports by Trustee .

(1) On or about each July 15 following the date hereof, the Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Securities such reports, if any, dated as of the preceding May 15 is concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to Section 3.13(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the manner provided pursuant to Section 3.13(c) thereof. The Trustee shall also transmit to Holders of Securities such reports, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 3.13(b) of the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto and to Section 3.13(c) thereof.

(2) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Securities, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.04. Reports by Company .

The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders of Securities, such information, documents and other reports, including financial information and statements and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. For purposes of this Section 7.04, 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 Company’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the Trustee hereunder. For purposes of this Section 7.04, 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 Company’s obligation to deliver such statements and reports to the Trustee hereunder. The Company shall provide the Trustee with prompt written notification at such time that the Company becomes or ceases to be a reporting company. The Trustee shall have no obligation to determine if and when the Company’s financial statements or reports are publicly available and accessible electronically.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice (other than with respect to notice of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 10.05 hereof) of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

Section 7.05. Calculation of Original Issue Discount .

The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount, if any, of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities of each series as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information, if any, relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. The Trustee shall not be obligated to recalculate, recompute or reconfirm such calculation.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 8.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms .

The Company may consolidate with or merge (which term shall include for the avoidance of doubt a scheme of arrangement) into any other Person or convey, transfer, lease or spin off its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the Company may permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, provided that:

(1) if the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer, spin off or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance, spin-off or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing, under the laws of any applicable jurisdiction and shall unconditionally and expressly assume (including, in the case of a Reorganization, by way of a full and unconditional guarantee subject to the proviso to this subsection), by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 10.04 and subsection (3) below) on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed; provided, however, that,

(a) such assumption shall be effected by means of a supplemental indenture executed by such Person in which

(i) such Person covenants to Holders of the Securities of each series to guarantee irrevocably and unconditionally, on a senior unsubordinated basis

where the obligations of the Company hereunder are senior and unsubordinated obligations, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including all Additional Amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 10.04 and subsection (3) below) on all the Securities, and to the Trustee the full and prompt payment of all amounts due by the Company hereunder, which guarantee shall not be subject to any requirement for presentment or demand and shall not be affected, modified or impaired upon the happening from time to time of any event, including without limitation (x) the waiver, surrender, compromise, settlement, release, termination or modification of any or all of the obligations, covenants or agreements of the Company hereunder or under the Securities, provided however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, no such waiver, surrender, compromise, settlement, release, termination or modification shall, without the consent of such Person, increase the principal amount of such securities, or increase the interest rate thereon, or increase any premium payable upon redemption thereof, or alter the stated maturity thereof; (y) the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company; and (z) to the extent permitted by law, the release or discharge by operation of law of the Company from the performance or observance of any obligation, covenant or agreement contained herein or in the Securities; and

(ii) such Person covenants to be bound by each and every obligation of the Company contained herein or in the Securities, including without limitation the obligation to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment made under the guarantee, and to be subject to each Event of Default specified In Section 5.01 hereof or in any Securities and to each default which, after notice or the lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, as though in each case, each reference to the Company in connection with such obligations or Events of Default were to such Person, provided, however, that the reference to specific statutes in the Events of Default set forth in Sections 5.01(4), 5.01(5) and 5.01(6) shall be modified to reflect the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of such Person and such Events of Default shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction of incorporation of Person; and

(b) the Trustee shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (which may be an employee of such Person), in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that (i) such guarantee is the valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Person; (ii) no registration of the guarantee under the Securities Act, and no registration of the Company or such Person under the Investment Company Act, is required in connection with the guarantee made by such Person (or if registration under the Securities Act is required a registration statement relating thereto shall have been declared effective by the Commission); and (iii) the Indenture, as supplemented by such supplemental indenture, conforms to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act;

(2) immediately prior to and after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company at the time of such transaction,

no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;

(3) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to whom the Company has conveyed, transferred, spun off or leased its properties or assets (if such Person is organized and validly existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State thereof, or the District of Columbia, or Brazil) agrees to indemnify the Trustee and the Holder of each Security against (i) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on the Trustee and any such Holder or required to be withheld or deducted from any payment to the Trustee and such Holder as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease; and (ii) any fees, costs, indemnities or expenses of the act of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease; and

(4) the Company (and, in the case of a guarantee made in accordance with this Section 8.01, such Person) has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section 8.02. Successor Substituted .

Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to and be substituted for and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, as the case may be, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders .

Without the consent of any Holders of Securities, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities, to evidence the full and unconditional guarantee by another Person, as

provided in Section 8.01 hereof, or to add another Company to this Indenture for future issuances;

(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);

(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the Interest of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect;

(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;

(6) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series, each as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 3.01;

(7) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 6.11(2);

(8) to reduce the conversion price of the Securities of any series other than pursuant to this Indenture;

(9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

(10) to make any change to conform the provisions contained herein, in any supplemental indenture or in the Securities of any series, to the description of the notes contained in the related prospectus, prospectus supplement or similar offering document; or

(11) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect.

Section 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders .

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of principal of or interest or premium on any Security or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 10.04 (except as contemplated by Section 8.01(1) and permitted by Section 9.01(1)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or modify or affect in any manner adverse to the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series the conversion or exchange rights of such Securities, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date) or of any such right of conversion or exchange, or

(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or

(3) change any obligation of the Company to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes specified in Section 10.02, or

(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 5.13 or Section 10.07, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this Clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder of a Security with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 10.07, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(2) and 9.01(7), or

respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the right under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders of Securities under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

Section 9.03. Execution of Supplemental Indentures .

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and that all conditions precedent herein and in the Securities to such execution have been satisfied. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Section 9.04. Effect of Supplemental Indentures .

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby, except as otherwise expressed therein.

Section 9.05. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act .

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

Section 9.06. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures .

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities at any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and such securities may be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

Section 10.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest .

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of Holders of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest and other amounts (including any Additional Amounts) on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of that series and this Indenture.

Prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day preceding any payment date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay such principal, premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, payable on such payment date.

All payments 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 Section 10.09. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the phrase “applicable tax, fiscal or other laws and regulations” will include any obligation on the Company to withhold or deduct from a payment pursuant to Section 1471(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or otherwise imposed pursuant to Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, any regulations thereunder or official interpretations thereof or any law implementing an intergovernmental approach thereto (collectively, “FATCA”).

Section 10.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency .

If Securities of a series are issuable only as Global Securities, the Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for such series an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange or conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall also maintain, with respect to such series of Securities, such an office or agency in any place required by any exchange, if any, on which such series of Securities is listed.

The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive all respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to

maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency upon receiving notice of any such change.

Section 10.03. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust .

If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to act.

The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, and upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums are held by the Company or such Paying Agent and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Subject to any applicable unclaimed property laws or regulations, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its Order, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 10.04. Additional Amounts .

Unless otherwise specified in any Board Resolution of the Company or indenture supplemental hereto establishing the terms of Securities of a series in accordance with Section 3.01, if any deduction or withholding for any present or future taxes, levies, assessments or other governmental charges of the Taxing Jurisdiction (or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) shall at any time be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction (or any such political subdivision or taxing authority) in respect of any amounts to be paid by the Company of principal of or interest on a Security of any series, the Company will pay to the Holder of a Security of such series such additional amounts as may be necessary in order that the net amounts paid to such Holder of such Security after such deduction or withholding, shall be not less than the amounts specified in such Security to which such Holder is entitled (“Additional Amounts”); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to make any payment of Additional Amounts in connection with any tax, levy, deduction or other governmental charge that is imposed due to any of the following:

(1) such Holder has a connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction other than merely holding the Securities or receiving principal or interest payments on the 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);

(2) any tax imposed on, or measured by, net income;

(3) such Holder fails to comply with any certification, identification or other reporting requirements concerning its nationality, residence, identity or connection with the Taxing Jurisdiction, if 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;

(4) such Holder fails to present (where presentation is required) its Security within 30 calendar days after the Company has made available to such Holder a payment under the Securities and this Indenture, provided that the Company will pay Additional Amounts which a Holder would have been entitled to had the Security owned by such Holder been presented on any day (including the last day) within such 30 calendar day period;

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

(6) 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; or

(7) any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) above;

Subject to the foregoing provisions, whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on, or in

respect of, any Security of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

If the terms of the Securities of a series established as contemplated by Section 3.01 do not specify that Additional Amounts pursuant to the Section will not be payable by the Company, at least ten days prior to the first Interest Payment Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series will not bear interest on or prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made), and at least ten days prior to each date of payment of principal and any premium or interest if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officer’s Certificate, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Company’s principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with an Officer’s Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such Officer’s Certificate shall specify the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent or Paying Agents the Additional Amounts required by this Section. The Company covenants to indemnify each of the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any reasonable loss, liability or expense arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officer’s Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section, except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense is due to its own negligence or bad faith.

The Company shall promptly pay when due any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that are imposed by a Taxing Jurisdiction that arise from any payment under the Securities or under any other document or instrument referred herein or therein or from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of each Security or any other document or instrument referred to herein or therein. The Company shall indemnify and make whole the Holders of the Securities for any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies payable by the Issuer as provided in this paragraph paid by such Holder of the Securities. As provided in Section 10.04, all payments in respect of any Securities of a series 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.

Section 10.05. Statement by Officers as to Default .

Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof there is an Event of Default in connection with the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture and, if there is such an Event of Default by the Company (or any such obligor), specifying all such Events of Default and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

Section 10.06. Existence .

Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (by-laws ( estatuto social ) and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if its Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

Section 10.07. Negative Pledge

Unless otherwise specified in any Board Resolution of the Company or indenture supplemental hereto establishing the terms of Securities of a series in accordance with Section 3.01, so long as any relevant Security of a series remains Outstanding, the Company will not create, incur or assume any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Company’s assets to secure (i) any of the Company’s Indebtedness for borrowed money or (ii) the Indebtedness for borrowed money of any other person, unless the Company contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Company’s obligations under the such Securities and this Indenture or the Company provides such other security for such Securities as is duly approved by a resolution of the Holders of such Securities in accordance with this Indenture. In addition, the Company will not allow any of its Material Subsidiaries, if any, to create, incur or assume any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of its assets to secure (i) any of the Company’s Indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) any of the Material Subsidiary’s Indebtedness for borrowed money or (iii) the Indebtedness for borrowed money of any other Person, unless the Company contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Company’s obligations under such Securities and this Indenture or the Company or such Material Subsidiary provides such other security for such Securities as is duly approved by a resolution of the Holders of such Securities in accordance with the Indenture.

Of Section 10.08. Currency Rate Indemnity .

(a) Unless otherwise specified in any Board Resolution of the Company or indenture supplemental hereto establishing the terms of Securities of a series in accordance with Section 3.01, the Company shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Holders of such Securities and keep them indemnified against:

(i) in the case of nonpayment by the Company of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Holders of such Securities, under the Indenture 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 Company; and

(ii) any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (i) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under the Indenture or in respect of such Securities is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Company, and (ii) 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 Company 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 thee currency in which any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable (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 Company from its obligations under the Indenture, 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 Company for a liquidated sum or sums in respect of amounts due under the Indenture or the Securities of a series.

Section 10.09 Waiver of Certain Covenants .

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 3.01(23), 9.01(2) or 9.01(6) for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such series or any term, provision or condition set forth in an indenture supplemental hereto, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect. The Company shall provide the Trustee with written notification upon the waiver of any covenant.

ARTICLE ELEVEN

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.01. Applicability of Article .

Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.

Section 11.02. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee .

The election of the Company to redeem any Securities of any series or issuance shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of all or less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 30 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities (i) prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture or (ii) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject to a condition specified in the terms of the Securities, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

Section 11.03. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed .

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all of the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected less than 61 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by lot or on a pro rata basis, or any method deemed fair and appropriate to the Trustee (subject to the then current rules and procedures of the applicable Depositary), provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination for such Security. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amounts thereof to be redeemed.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities

redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

Section 11.04. Notice of Redemption .

Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 1.06 to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed (with a copy to the Trustee) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date. Such notice may at the Company’s option be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, and such notice may be rescinded or the applicable Redemption Date delayed in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the applicable Redemption Date.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(1) the Redemption Date,

(2) the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any,

(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,

(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest, if any, will become due and payable upon each Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(5) the place or places where each Security to be redeemed is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, plus accrued interest and Additional Amounts, if any,

(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,

(7) the current conversion price and the date on which the right to convert such Securities or portions thereof will expire,

(8) the conditions precedent, if any, to which such notice is subject; and

(9) the CUSIP or ISIN number or numbers, if any, with respect to each Security to be redeemed.

A notice of redemption published as contemplated by Section 1.06 need not identify particular Global Securities to be redeemed.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, and shall be irrevocable.

Section 11.05. Deposit of Redemption Price .

Prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day preceding any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.03) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed (other than those theretofore surrendered for conversion) on that date.

Section 11.06. Securities Payable on Redemption Date .

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, subject to the satisfaction of any conditions precedent ,become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided however, that unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.01, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.07.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

Section 11.07. Securities Redeemed in Part .

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, only in the case of Registered Securities, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transference satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

Section 11.08. Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment .

Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution or an indenture supplemental hereto, each series of Securities contained in one or more particular issues may be redeemed at

the option of the Company, in whole but not in part, at any time (except in the case of Securities that have a variable rate of interest, which may be redeemed on any Interest Payment Date) at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption (except in the case of Outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities which may be redeemed at the Redemption Price specified by the terms of such series of Securities) if as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder of the jurisdiction (or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Company is incorporated (or, in the case of a successor Person to the Company, of the jurisdiction in which such successor Person is organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein) or any change in the official application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings, or any change in the official application or interpretation of, or any execution of or amendment to, any treaty or treaties affecting taxation to which such jurisdiction or such political subdivision or taxing authority (or such other jurisdiction or political subdivision or taxing authority) is a party, which change, execution or amendment becomes effective on or after the date specified for such series pursuant to the terms of the Security or Section 3.01(10) (or in the case of a successor Person to the Company, the date on which such successor Person became such pursuant to Sections 8.01 and 8.02).

ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

Section 12.01. Applicability of Article .

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 12.02. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

Section 12.02. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities .

The Company (i) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (ii) may apply as credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the

Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

Section 12.03. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund .

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.02 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 50 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.03 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expenses of the Company in the manner provided in Section 11.04. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner specified in Sections 11.06 and 11.07.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Section 13.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called .

A meeting of Holders of Securities of a series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

Section 13.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings .

(1) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 13.01, to be held at such time and at such place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 1.06, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(2) In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 13.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount specified above, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York for such meeting and

may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (1) of this Section.

Section 13.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings .

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (i) a Holder on a record date established pursuant to Section 1.04(3) of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (ii) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

Section 13.04. Quorum; Action .

The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series. In the absence of a quorum within 15 minutes (or such longer period not exceeding 30 minutes as the chairman may decide) of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall if convened upon the requisition of Holders be dissolved. In any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week (or if such day is not a business day the next succeeding business day) at the same time and place. If within 15 minutes (or such longer period not exceeding 30 minutes as the chairman may decide) after the time appointed for any adjourned meeting a quorum is not present for the transaction of any particular business, then, subject and without prejudice to the transaction of the business (if any) for which a quorum is present, the chairman may either (with the approval of the Trustee) dissolve such meeting or adjourn the same for such period, being not less than ten calendar days (but without any maximum number of calendar days), and to such place as may be appointed by the chairman either at or subsequent to such adjourned meeting and approved by the Trustee, and the provisions of this sentence shall apply to all further adjourned such meetings.

Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 13.02(1), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened. Notice of a reconvening of an adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series, whether or not presented or represented at the meeting. However, for the avoidance of doubt, no actions taken at such meeting shall be binding on all Holders of Securities unless such actions were approved by the minimum percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the series as required elsewhere in this Indenture or under the Trust Indenture Act with respect to such actions.

Section 13.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings .

(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.04 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.04. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.04 or other proof.

(2) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 13.02(2), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

(3) At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each U.S.$1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

(4) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 13.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 13.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings .

the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 13.02 and, if applicable, Section 13.04. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE FOURTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 14.01. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities designated pursuant to Section 3.01 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 14.02 or 14.03, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.01 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.01 for such Securities.

Section 14.02. Defeasance and Discharge .

Upon the Company’s exercise of its option to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities or series of Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (i) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 14.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (ii) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.04, 3.05, 3.06, 10.02 and 10.03, (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties, protections, indemnities and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iv) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option to have this Section 14.02 applied to any Securities of a series notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option to have Section 14.03 applied to such Securities.

Section 14.03. Covenant Defeasance .

Upon the Company’s exercise of its option to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case maybe, (i) the Company shall be released from

any covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.01(23), 9.01(2) or 9.0l(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, and (ii) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 5.01(3) and 5.01(11) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.04 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 5.01(3)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

Section 14.04. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 14.02 or Section 14.03 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (i) money in an amount, or (ii) non-callable U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, without reinvestment, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (iii) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of an internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, without reinvestment and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium, interest and Additional Amounts on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (A) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (B) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case (A) or (B), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principle or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.

(2) In the event of any election to have Section 14.02 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (ii) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. Federal income tax law, in either case (i) or (ii) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

(3) In the event of an election to have Section 14.03 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to the effected with respect to such Security and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

(4) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 5.01(6), 5.01(7), 5.01(8) and 5.01(9), at any time on or prior to the day which is 90 days after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such day which is 90 days after the date of such deposit).

(5) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).

(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.

(8) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 14.05. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions .

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.03, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 14.04 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 14.04, or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Order any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 14.04 with respect to any Securities of any series that, in the opinion of an internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

Section 14.06. Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities of any series by reason of any order of judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 14.02 or 14.03 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed on their respective behalves, all as of the day and year first above written.


				PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. - PETROBRAS

				By:		/s/ Larry Carris Cardoso
				Name:		Larry Carris Cardoso
				Title:		Attorney In Fact

				THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee

				By:		/s/ Wanda Camacho
				Name:		Wanda Camacho
				Title:		Vice President


STATE OF NEW YORK	)
	)	ss:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK	)

On this 28 ^th day of August 2018, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Wanda Camacho, 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.

[Notarial Seal]

/s/ Bret S. Derman

Notary Public

COMMISSION EXPIRES 11/17/2020

BRET S. DERMAN

NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF NEW YORK

KINGS COUNTY

LIC. #02DE6196933

COMM. EXP. 11/17/2020

ANNEX A -- Form of

Regulation S Certificate

REGULATION S CERTIFICATE

(For transfers pursuant to (S) 3.05(c)(i) and (iii)

of this Indenture)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

240 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Global Trust Services - Americas

Re: [%] Notes due [ ] of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (the “Securities”)

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of (the “Indenture”), between Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) are used herein as so defined.

This certificate relates to [U.S.$____________] principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”):

[CUSIP No(s).__________________________]

[COMMON CODE No(s).____________________]

ISIN No(s).____________________________

CERTIFICATE No(s)._____________________

The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the “Undersigned”) hereby certifies that either (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities, (ii) it is acting on behalf of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so or (iii) it is the Holder of a Global Security and has received a certification to the effect set forth below. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner”. If the Specified Securities are not represented by a Global Security, they are registered in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.

The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a person (the “Transferee”) who will take delivery in the form of a Regulation S Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies or has certified that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies or has certified as follows:

(1)

Rule 904 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 904 of Regulation S:

A-1

(A)

the Owner is not a distributor of the Securities, an affiliate of the Company or any such distributor or a person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing;

(B)

the offer of the Specified Securities was not made to a person in the United States or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person;

(i) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believed that the Transferee was outside the United States, or

(ii) the transaction is being executed in, on or through the facilities of the Eurobond market, as regulated by the International Securities Market Association or another designated offshore securities market and neither the Owner nor any person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction has been prearranged with a buyer in the United States;

(D)

no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States by or on behalf of the Owner or any affiliate thereof;

(E)

if the Owner is a dealer in securities or has received a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Specified Securities, and the transfer is to occur during the Restricted Period, then the requirements of Rule 904(c)(1) have been satisfied; and

(F)

the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act

(2)

Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to Rule 144:

(A)

the transfer is occurring after [insert date six months from date of issuance] and is being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of Rule 144; or

(B)

the transfer is occurring after [insert date one year from date of issuance] and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the Company.

A-2

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Purchasers.

Dated:________________________

(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is

defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.)

By:

Name:

Title:

(if the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or

fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf

of the Undersigned must be stated.)

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 17Ad-15.

A-3

ANNEX B -- Form of

Restricted Securities Certificate

RESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE

(For transfers pursuant to (S) 3.05(c)(ii),

(iii), (iv) and (v) of this Indenture)

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

240 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Global Trust Services – Americas

Re: [%] Notes due [ ] of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (the “Securities”)

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of [ ](the “Indenture”), between Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Relation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) are used herein as so defined.

This certificate relates to [U.S.$_____________] principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”):

[CUSIP No(s)._________________________________________]

[COMMON CODE No(s).___________________________________]

ISIN No(s).___________________________________________

CERTIFICATE No(s).____________________________________

The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a person (the “Transferee”) who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted Security. In connection with such transfer, the Owner hereby certifies or has certified that, unless such transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, it is being effected in accordance with Rule l44A or Rule 144 under the Securities Act and all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies or has certified that:

(1)

Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 144A:

B-1

(A)

the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person that the Owner and any person acting on its behalf reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer; and

(B)

the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the Transferee is aware that the Owner may be relying on Rule l44A in connection with the transfer.

(2)

Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to Rule 144:

(A)

the transfer is occurring after [insert date six months after initial date of issuance] and is being effected in accordance with the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of Rule 144;

(B)

the transfer is occurring after [insert date one year after initial date of issuance] and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the Company.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Purchasers.

Dated:________________________

(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is

defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.)

By:

Name:

Title:

(if the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or

fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf

of the Undersigned must be stated.)

B-2

ANNEX C -- Form of Unrestricted

Securities Certificate

UNRESTRICTED SECURITIES CERTIFICATE

(For removal of Securities Act legends pursuant to (S) 3.05(d))

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

240 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Global Trust Services - Americas

Re: [%] Notes due . of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (the “Securities”)

Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of [ ] (the “Indenture”), between Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee. Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Regulation S or Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) are used herein as so defined.

This certificate relates to [U.S.$____________] principal amount of Securities, which are evidenced by the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”):

[CUSIP No(s).__________________________]

[COMMON CODE No(s).____________________]

ISIN No(s).____________________________

CERTIFICATE No(s)._____________________

The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be exchanged for Securities bearing no Securities Act legend pursuant to Section 3.05(d) of the Indenture. In connection with such exchange, the Owner hereby certifies or has certified that the exchange is occurring after [insert applicable date] and the Owner is not, and during the preceding three months has not been, an affiliate of the Company. The Owner also acknowledges or has acknowledged that any future transfers of the Specified Securities must comply with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.

C-1

This certificate and the statements contained herein we made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company and the Purchasers.

Dated:________________________

(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is

defined in the second paragraph of this certificate.)

By:

Name:

Title:

(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or

fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf

of the Undersigned must be stated.)

C-2

Exhibit 4.4

PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.

Company

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of August 28, 2018

Debt Securities

Petrobras Global Finance B.V.

Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 3.10 through 3.18, inclusive, of the

Trust Indenture Act of 1939:


Trust Indenture Act Section		Indenture Section

(S)3.10(a)(1)		6.09
(a)(2)		6.09
(a)(3)		Not Applicable
(a)(4)		Not Applicable
(b)		6.08
		6.10
(S)3.11(a)		6.13
(b)		6.13
(S)3.12(a)		7.01
		7.02
(b)		7.02
(c)		7.02
(S)3.13(a)		7.03
(b)		7.03
(c)		7.03
(d)		7.03
(S)3.14(a)		7.04
(a)(4)		1.01
		10.05
(b)		Not Applicable
(c)(l)		1.02
(c)(2)		1.02
(c)(3)		Not Applicable
(d)		Not Applicable
(e)		1.02
(S)3.15(a)		6.01
(b)		6.02
(c)		6.01
(d)		6.01
(e)		5.14
(S)3.16(a)		1.01
(a)(1)(A)		5.02
		5.12
(a)(1)(B)		5.13
(a)(2)		Not Applicable
		5.08
(c)		1.04
(S)3.17(a)(l)		5.03
(a)(2)		5.04
(S)3.18(a)		1.07

NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION



Section 1.01.	Definitions	1
Section 1.02.	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	13
Section 1.03.	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee	15
Section 1.04.	Acts of Holders of Securities; Record Dates	15
Section 1.05.	Notices, Etc., to Trustee and the Company	18
Section 1.06.	Notice to Holders of Securities; Waiver	18
Section 1.07.	Language of Notices, Etc.	19
Section 1.08.	Conflict with Trust Indenture Act	19
Section 1.09.	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	19
Section 1.10.	Successors and Assigns	19
Section 1.11.	Separability Clause	19
Section 1.12.	Benefits of Indenture	20
Section 1.13.	Governing Law	20
Section 1.14.	Saturday, Sundays and Legal Holidays	20
Section 1.15.	Appointment of Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity	20
Section 1.16.	Waiver of Jury Trial	21

ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS

Section 2.01.	Forms Generally	21
Section 2.02.	Form of Global Security	22
Section 2.03.	Form of Legend for Global Securities	33
Section 2.04.	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	34
Section 2.05.	Guarantee by Guarantor; Form of Guarantee	34

ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES

Section 3.01.	Amount Unlimited: Issuable in Series	35
Section 3.02.	Denominations	38
Section 3.03.	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	38
Section 3.04.	Temporary Securities	40
Section 3.05.	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	41
Section 3.06.	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	46
Section 3.07.	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	47
Section 3.08.	Persons Deemed Owners	48
Section 3.09.	Cancellation	48
Section 3.10.	Computation of Interest	48
Section 3.11.	CUSIP or ISIN Numbers	48
Section 3.12.	Add On Notes	49
Section 3.13.	Forms of Certification	49

NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)


ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 4.01.	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	53
Section 4.02.	Application of Trust Money	54

ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES

Section 5.01.	Events of Default	54
Section 5.02.	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	56
Section 5.03.	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee	57
Section 5.04.	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	58
Section 5.05.	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	58
Section 5.06.	Application of Money Collected	58
Section 5.07.	Limitation on Suits	59
Section 5.08.	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert	59
Section 5.09.	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	60
Section 5.10.	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	60
Section 5.11.	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	60
Section 5.12.	Control by Holders of Securities	60
Section 5.13.	Waiver of Past Defaults	61
Section 5.14.	Undertaking for Costs	61
Section 5.15.	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws	61

ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE

Section 6.01.	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	62
Section 6.02.	Notice of Defaults	62
Section 6.03.	Certain Rights of Trustee	62
Section 6.04.	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	65
Section 6.05.	May Hold Securities	65
Section 6.06.	Money Held in Trust	65
Section 6.07.	Compensation and Reimbursement	65
Section 6.08.	Conflicting Interests	66
Section 6.09.	Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility	66
Section 6.10.	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	66
Section 6.11.	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	68
Section 6.12.	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	69
Section 6.13.	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	69
Section 6.14.	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	69

ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

Section 7.01.	Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders	71

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Section 7.02.	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	71
Section 7.03.	Reports by Trustee	72
Section 7.04.	Reports by Company	72
Section 7.05.	Calculation of Original Issue Discount	73

ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 8.01.	Limitation on Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Conveyance	73
Section 8.02.	Successor Substituted	74

ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01.	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	75
Section 9.02.	Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders	76
Section 9.03.	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	77
Section 9.04.	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	77
Section 9.05.	Conformity with Trust Indenture Act	77
Section 9.06.	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	77

ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS

Section 10.01.	Payment of Principal and Interest	78
Section 10.02.	Maintenance of Corporate Existence	78
Section 10.03.	Maintenance of Office or Agency	78
Section 10.04.	Ranking	78
Section 10.05.	Statement by Managing Directors as to Default	79
Section 10.06.	Provision of Financial Statements and Reports	79
Section 10.07.	Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee	79
Section 10.08.	Payments and Paying Agents	80
Section 10.09.	Waiver of Certain Covenants	81
Section 10.10.	Additional Amounts	81
Section 10.11.	Negative Pledge	83
Section 10.12.	Currency Rate Indemnity	83

ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

Section 11.01.	Applicability of Article	84
Section 11.02.	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee	85
Section 11.03.	Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed	85
Section 11.04.	Notice of Redemption	85
Section 11.05.	Deposit of Redemption Price	86
Section 11.06.	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	87
Section 11.07.	Securities Redeemed in Part	87
Section 11.08.	Optional Redemption Due to Changes in Tax Treatment	87

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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS

Section 12.01.	Applicability of Article	88
Section 12.02.	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	88
Section 12.03.	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	88

ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

Section 13.01.	Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called	89
Section 13.02.	Call, Notice and Place of Meetings	89
Section 13.03.	Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings	89
Section 13.04.	Quorum; Action	90
Section 13.05.	Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings	90
Section 13.06.	Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings	91

ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 14.01.	Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	92
Section 14.02.	Defeasance and Discharge	92
Section 14.03.	Covenant Defeasance	92
Section 14.04.	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	93
Section 14.05.	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions	94
Section 14.06.	Reinstatement	95

TESTIMONIUM

SIGNATURES AND SEALS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NOTE: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of this Indenture.

INDENTURE, dated as of August 28, 2018, between PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (the “Company”), having its corporate seat at Rotterdam, The Netherlands and its principal office at Weena 762, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the “Trustee”).

RECITALS

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its secured or unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.

The Company is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (“Petrobras”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Brazil”).

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

ARTICLE ONE

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions .

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(4) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” a “Section” or an “Annex” refers to an Article, a Section or an Annex, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

(5) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

“Act,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.10.

“Add On Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.12.

“Agent Members” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(1).

“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.14 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

“Authorization,” with respect to any creation or issuance of a series of Securities by the Company and any actions taken by the Company in connection with such issuance, means the authorization of such issuance and actions by the Board of Directors or any other corporate body of the Company required pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents and Dutch law to authorize such issuance and actions.

“Authorized Representative” means a managing director A and a managing director B of the Company, acting jointly, any person duly authorized by the Company to represent the Company in accordance with the articles of association of the Company and any other person duly authorized by the Company pursuant to a power of attorney with specific powers to perform such act on behalf of the Company provided, however, that such power of attorney is granted in a legal and valid manner pursuant to the Company’s articles of association, and provided further that the Company may only appoint attorneys-in-fact who, in the judgment of the Company, have positions and responsibilities compatible with the powers granted.

“Board of Directors,” when used with reference to the Company, means the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to act for such board hereunder.

“Board Resolution” means, when used with reference to the Company, a copy of a resolution certified by any managing director of the Company, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and in each case delivered to the Trustee.

“Brazil” has the meaning set forth in the first recital of this Indenture.

“Business Day” means, with respect to any series of Securities, unless otherwise specified with respect to such series of Securities as contemplated by Section 3.01, a day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that (a) in the Place of Payment (or in any of the Places of Payment, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such series of Securities and (b) in the city in which the Corporate Trust Office is located, is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close (and for purposes of the sending of notices only, is not a day on which banking institutions in The Netherlands are authorized or required by law or regulation to close).

“Certificated Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.05(1).

“Clearstream, Luxembourg” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme , Luxembourg, and its successors.

“Common Depositary” means the common depositary, if any, for Clearstream, Luxembourg and Euroclear.

Company shall also mean any new issuer of future issuances of Securities under this Indenture as contemplated by Section 9.01(1).

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.03.

“Default” means an event or condition with respect to a series of Securities that, with the giving of notice, lapse of time or failure to satisfy certain specified conditions, or any combination thereof, would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series if not cured or remedied.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.07.

“Defeasance” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.02.

“Directors’ Certificate” means a certificate of a managing director A and a managing director B of the Company, acting jointly, or of one or more Authorized Representatives; provided however, that a Directors’ Certificate of the Company pursuant to Section 10.05 shall be signed by a managing director A and a managing director B pursuant to the requirements of Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, and its successors.

“Environmental Laws” means all applicable federal, state and local statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, decrees and common law, including any of the forgoing in any foreign jurisdiction, relating in any manner to contamination, pollution or protection of human health or the environment.

“Euroclear Operator” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., a bank organized under the laws of the Kingdom of Belgium, as operator of the Euroclear system (or any successor securities clearing system).

“Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01.

“Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (or any statute successor thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.

“Exchange Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

“Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.04.

“Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth in the form of the face of the Global Security set forth in Section 2.02.

“Governmental Authority” means any regulatory, administrative or other legal body, any court, tribunal or authority or any public legal entity or public agency of The Netherlands, Brazil or the United States or any other jurisdiction whether created by federal, provincial or local government, or any other legal entity now existing or hereafter created, or now or hereafter controlled, directly or indirectly, by any public legal entity or public agency of any of the foregoing.

“Guarantee” means an obligation of a person to pay the Indebtedness of another person including, without limitation:

(1) an obligation to pay or purchase such Indebtedness;

(2) 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;

(3) an indemnity against the consequences of a default in the payment of such Indebtedness; or

(4) any other agreement to be responsible for such Indebtedness.

“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.

“Guarantor” means Petrobras until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and the Guaranty, and thereafter “Guarantor” shall mean such Person.

“Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Securities by the Guarantor.

“IFRS” means International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”).

“Indebtedness” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any guarantee) for payment on or the repayment of

money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptance and all leases which, under IFRS, would constitute a capital lease obligation).

“Interest,” when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

“Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940 (or any statute successor thereto), as it may be amended from time to time.

“Law” means any constitutional provision, law, statute, rule, regulation, ordinance, treaty, order, decree, judgment, decision, certificate, holding, injunction, enforceable at law or in equity, along with the interpretation and administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof.

“Majority Holders” means the holders of more than 50% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then Outstanding at any time.

“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the validity or enforceability of this Indenture, or (iii) the ability of the Company to perform its obligations under this Indenture, or the material rights of or benefits available to the Holders or the Trustee, as representative of the Holders under this Indenture.

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind set forth in Section 5.01(3).

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

“Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Representative, in each case delivered to the Trustee.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02.

“Original Securities” means Securities of any series that are not Exchange Securities.

“Outstanding,” when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 14.02; and

thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.02, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.01 on the date of original issuance of such Security, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, (iii) if the principal amount payable at Stated Maturity of any Security is not determinable upon original issuance, the principal amount of such Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.01, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.

“Permanent Regulation S Security” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.04.

“Permitted Lien” means, with respect to any Securities of a series issued for which Section 10.11 applies, any:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Company 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 (including transaction costs related to such acquisition) 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 the Company or any of its Subsidiaries owing to the Company or another such Subsidiary;

(f)

Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Company 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 issuance of the Securities of such series;

(h)

Lien resulting from the Indenture or the Guaranty, if any, with respect to the Securities of such series;

(i)

(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)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by the Lien is not increased (except to the extent attributable to accrued interest, the repayment of tender premiums or expenses incurred in respect of Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refinanced, refunded or exchanged), and in the case of paragraphs (a), (b) and (f), the obligees meet the requirements of the applicable paragraph; and

(k)

“Petrobras” has the meaning set forth in the second recital of this Indenture.