UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2015
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Commission File Number 001-15106 | |
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PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS
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BRAZILIAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION — PETROBRAS
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Avenida República do Chile, 65
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F þ Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Note: Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a Form 6-K if submitted to furnish a report or other document that the registrant foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws of the jurisdiction in which the registrant is incorporated, domiciled or legally organized (the registrant’s “home country”), or under the rules of the home country exchange on which the registrant’s securities are traded, as long as the report or other document is not a press release, is not required to be and has not been distributed to the registrant’s security holders, and, if discussing a material event, has already been the subject of a Form 6-K submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ¨ No þ
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-
This report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form of F-3 of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (“Petrobras”) (No. 333-183618) and Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) (No. 333-183618-01) and its accompanying prospectus supplement dated as of June 1, 2015.
Exhibits
Exhibit 4.2 — Twentieth Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit 4.3 — Form of 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 (included in Exhibit 4.2)
Exhibit 5.1 — Opinion of internal counsel to Petrobras
Exhibit 5.2 — Opinion of Hogan Lovells International LLP, Dutch counsel to PGF and Petrobras
Exhibit 5.3 — Opinion of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, U.S. counsel to PGF and Petrobras
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. — PETROBRAS
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/s/ Larry Carris Cardoso
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Date: June 5 , 2015
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Exhibit 4.1
GUARANTY
Dated as of June 5, 2015
between
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS,
as Guarantor,
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON , as
Trustee for the Noteholders
Referred to Herein
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GUARANTY
GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of June 5, 2015 , between PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS (the “ Guarantor ”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“ Brazil ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee for the holders of the 2115 Notes (as defined below) issued pursuant to the Indenture (as defined below) (the “ Trustee ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “ Issuer ”), has entered into an Indenture dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “ Original Indenture ”) with the Trustee, as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ”). The Original Indenture, as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture and as amended or supplemented from time to time with respect to the 2115 Notes, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Indenture ”;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of its notes in such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the Indenture and is, on the date hereof, issuing U.S.$2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 under the Indenture (the “ 2115 Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is willing to enter into this Guaranty in order to provide the holders of the 2115 Notes (the “ Noteholders ”) with an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty that, if the Issuer shall fail to make any required payments of principal, interest or other amounts due in respect of the 2115 Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will pay any such amounts whether at stated maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the 2115 Notes by the Issuer;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the 2115 Notes that the Guarantor shall have executed this Guaranty.
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto is entering into this Guaranty for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions (a) All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture. All such definitions shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Guaranty.
(b) As used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Affiliate , ” with respect to any Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; it being understood that for purposes of this definition, the term “ control ” (including the terms “ controlling , ” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) of a Person shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 25 % or more of the equity or similar voting interests of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities , by contract or otherwise.
“ Authorized Representative ” of the Guarantor or any other Person means the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of such entity by its chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or any vice president or its Board of Directors or any other governing body of such entity.
“ Board of Directors ”, when used with respect to a corporation, means either the board of directors of such corporation or any committee of that board duly authorized to act for it, and when used with respect to a limited liability company, partnership or other entity other than a corporation, any Person or body authorized by the organizational documents or by the voting equity owners of such entity to act for them .
“ Denomination Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14 (b).
“ Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.
“ Indebtedness ” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any Guarantee) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under generally accepted accounting principles in the country of incorporation of the relevant obligor, would constitute a capital lease obligation).
“ Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14 (b).
“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or, results of operation, of the Guarantor together with its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document or (c) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, or (d) the material rights or benefits available to the Noteholders or the Trustee, as representative of the Noteholders under the Indenture, this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents.
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“ Material Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP (or if Petrobras does not prepare financial statements in Reporting GAAP, consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian generally accepted accounting principles).
“ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the Guarantor.
“ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel from any Person either expressly referred to herein or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which may include, without limitation, counsel for the Guarantor, whether or not such counsel is an employee of the Guarantor.
“ Permitted Lien ” means a:
(i) Lien granted in respect of Indebtedness owed to the Brazilian government, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social or any official government agency or department of the government of Brazil or of any state or region thereof;
(ii) Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Guarantor’s ordinary course of business or that of any Subsidiary or Lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(iii) Lien arising from the Guarantor’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Guarantor’s past practice;
(iv) Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;
(v) Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;
(vi) Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Guarantor or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(vii) Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary as long as such Lien is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;
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(viii) Lien over any Qualifying Asset relating to a project financed by, and securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with, the Project Financing of such project by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;
(ix) Lien existing as of the date of the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture;
(x) Lien resulting from the Transaction Documents;
(xi) Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Guarantor, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time;
(xii) Lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in paragraphs (i) through (xi) above (but not paragraph (iv)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (vii), the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs and in the case of paragraph (viii), the Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Project Financing by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary have any ownership or other similar interests; and
(xiii) Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Guarantor’s Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Guarantor’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Guarantor’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.
“ Process Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 15(c).
“ Project Financing ” of any project means the incurrence of Indebtedness relating to the exploration, development, expansion, renovation, upgrade or other modification or construction of such project pursuant to which the providers of such Indebtedness or any trustee or other intermediary on their behalf or beneficiaries designated by any such provider, trustee or other intermediary are granted security over one or more Qualifying Assets relating to such project for repayment of principal, premium and interest or any other amount in respect of such Indebtedness.
“ Qualifying Asset ” in relation to any Project Financing means:
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consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;
“ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission .
“ Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e)(A).
“ Termination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.
“ Transaction Documents ” means, collectively, the Indenture, the 2115 Notes and this Guaranty.
(c) Construction . The parties agree that items (1) through (5) of Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture shall apply to this Guaranty, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires.
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SECTION 2. Guaranty . (a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, as a guaranty of payment and not of collection, whether at the Stated Maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer now or hereafter existing under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, Additional Amounts, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), and the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Noteholder in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Issuer to the Trustee or any Noteholder under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Issuer.
(b) In the event that the Issuer does not make payments to the Trustee of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, upon receipt of notice of such non-payment from the Trustee, the Guarantor will make immediate payment to the Trustee of any such amount or portion of the Guaranteed Obligations owing or payable under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes. Such notice shall specify the amount or amounts under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes that were not paid on the date that such amounts were required to be paid under the terms of the Indenture and the 2115 Notes.
(c) The obligation of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional upon receipt by it of the notice contemplated herein absent manifest error. The Guarantor shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have indefeasibly received all amounts required to be paid by the Guarantor hereunder (and any Event of Default under the Indenture has been cured, it being understood that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall terminate following payment by the Issuer and/or the Guarantor of the entire principal, all accrued interest and all other amounts due and owing in respect of the 2115 Notes and the Indenture. All amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds to the Trustee.
All payments actually received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2 after 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day will be deemed, for purposes of this Guaranty, to have been received by the Trustee on the next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 3. Guaranty Absolute (a) The Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Noteholder under its 2115 Notes or the Indenture. The obligations of the Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of the Issuer, the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or the Guarantor ’s Subsidiaries under or in respect of the Indenture and the 2115 Notes or any other document or agreement, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty ,
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(b) This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Noteholder or any other person or entity upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or the Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 4. Independent Obligation The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Issuer’s obligations under the 2115 Notes and the Indenture. The Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, may neglect or forbear to enforce payment under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes, without in any way affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Trustee shall not be obligated to exhaust recourse or remedies against the Issuer to recover payments required to be made under the Indenture nor take any other action against the Issuer before being entitled to payment from the Guarantor of all amounts contemplated in Section 2 hereof owed hereunder or proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Trustee in favor of the Issuer or in favor of the Guarantor . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the right to bring a suit directly against the Guarantor , either prior or subsequent to or concurrently with any lawsuit against, or without bringing suit against, the Issuer.
SECTION 5. Waivers and Acknowledgments (a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Issuer or any other Person.
(b) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether the same are existing now or in the future.
(c) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Noteholder or the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Guarantor or other rights of the Guarantor to proceed against the Issuer or any other person or entity and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
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(d) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder to disclose to the Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer now or hereafter known by the Trustee or any Noteholder, as applicable.
(f) The recitals contained in this Guaranty shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guaranty , of any offering materials, the Indenture or of the 2115 Notes.
(g) The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Brazilian law, any benefit it may be entitled to under Articles 827, 834, 835, 838 and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code, and under Article 595, caput, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.
SECTION 6. Claims Against the Issuer The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Issuer or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification, or to participate in any claim or remedy of the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, against the Issuer or any other person, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer or any other person, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the date on which all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes have been discharged in full (the later of such dates being the “ Termination Date ”), such amount shall be paid over to and received and held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Trustee in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. If (i) the Guarantor shall make payment to any Noteholder or the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall have occurred, then the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will, at the Guarantor’s written request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents,
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SECTION 7. Covenants For so long as the 2115 Notes remain outstanding or any amount remains unpaid on the 2115 Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply with the terms and covenants set forth below (except as otherwise provided in a duly authorized amendment to this Guaranty as provided herein):
(a) Performance of Obligations . The Guarantor shall pay all amounts owed by it and comply with all its other obligations under the terms of this Guaranty and the Indenture in accordance with the terms thereof.
(b) Maintenance of Corporate Existence . The Guarantor will (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor except as otherwise permitted by Section 7(e) and (ii) take all actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises, concessions and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; provided , however, that this Section 7(b) shall not require the Guarantor to maintain any such right, privilege, title to property or franchise if the failure to do so does not, and will not, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(A) either the Guarantor is the continuing entity or the person (the “ Successor Company ”) formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or that acquired or leased such property or assets of the Guarantor will assume (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as a result of
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such merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by an amendment to this Guaranty (the form and substance of which shall be previously approved by the Trustee), all of the Guarantor ’s obligations under this Guaranty;
(B) the Successor Company (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as part of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each Noteholder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on such Noteholder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the 2115 Notes pursuant to this Guaranty ;
(C) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(D) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger consolidation, sale, transfer or other conveyance or disposition and the amendment to this Guaranty comply with the terms of this Guaranty and that all conditions precedent provided for herein and relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom and the Guarantor has delivered written notice of any such transaction to the Trustee (which notice shall contain a description of such merger, consolidation or conveyance) :
(A) the Guarantor may merge , amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor in cases when the Guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction and such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, it being understood that if the Guarantor is not the surviving entity, the Guarantor shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph ; or
(B) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in cases when such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(C) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor ; or
(D) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve if the Guarantor determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Guarantor , and would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on
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the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and if such liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of the Guarantor .
(ii) The Guarantor will provide, together with each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7(g)(i)(A) and (B), an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Guarantor and the Issuer has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Guarantor and the Issuer have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their covenants and agreements under this Guaranty and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period or, if one or more have actually occurred, specifying all such events and what actions have been taken and will be taken with respect to such Default or Event of Default.
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SECTION 8. Amendments, Etc . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee and the Guarantor , and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. For the avoidance of doubt, Article IX of the Indenture shall apply to an amendment to this Guaranty to determine whether the consent of Holders is required for an amendment and if so, the required percentage of Holders of the 2115 Notes required to approve the amendment.
SECTION 9. Indemnity The Guarantor agrees to fully indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the performance of its duties under this Guaranty, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 10. Notices, Etc (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic or telecopy) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20035-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil, Telephone: (55-21) 3224-4079, Telecopier: (55-21) 3224-6197, Attention: Sonia Tereza Terra Figueiredo Vasconcellos, Corporate Finance & Treasury/Debt Control, if to the Trustee, at The Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, 4E, New York, New York, 10286, USA, Telephone: (1-212) 815-4259, Telecopier: (1-212) 815-5603, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when telecopied, be effective when transmitted. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.
(b) All payments made by the Guarantor to the Trustee hereunder shall be made to the Payment Account (as defined in the Indenture).
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SECTION 11. Survival Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents, the agreements and obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 2 (with respect to the payment of all other amounts owed under the Indenture), Section 9 and Section 14 shall survive the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts payable under this Guaranty, the termination of this Guaranty and/or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 12. No Waiver; Remedies . No failure on the part of the Trustee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 13. Continuing Agreement; Assignment of Rights Under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the repayment in full by the Issuer of all amounts due and owing under the Indenture with respect to the 2115 Notes and (ii) the repayment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty , (b) be binding upon the Guarantor , its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, on behalf of Noteholders, and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Noteholder may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the 2043 Note held by it) to any other person or entity, and such other person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Noteholder herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. The Guarantor shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Noteholders.
SECTION 14. Currency Rate Indemnity (a) The Guarantor shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Noteholders and keep them indemnified against:
(i) in the case of nonpayment by the Guarantor of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, under this Guaranty any loss or damage incurred by any of them arising by reason of any variation between the rates of exchange used for the purposes of calculating the amount due under a judgment or order in respect thereof and those prevailing at the date of actual payment by the Guarantor ; and
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(ii) any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (a) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under this Guaranty or in respect of the 2115 Notes is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor , and ( b ) the final date for ascertaining the amount of claims in such bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation. The amount of such deficiency shall be deemed not to be increased or reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any distribution of assets in connection therewith.
SECTION 15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity, Etc.
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SECTION 16. Execution in Counterparts This Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty .
SECTION 17. Entire Agreement This Guaranty , together with the Indenture and the 2115 Notes, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
SECTION 18. The Trustee In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS
By: /s/ Larry Carris Cardoso
Name: Larry Carris Cardoso
Title: General Manager
Corporate Finance
WITNESSES:
1. /s/ Guilherme Rajime T. Saraiva
Name: Guilherme Rajime T. Saraiva
2. /s/ Renan Feuchard Pinto
Name: Renan Feuchard Pinto
ACKNOWLEDGED:
THE
BANK
OF NEW YORK MELLON
, as Trustee and not
in its individual capacity
By: /s/ Catherine F. Donohue
Name: Catherine F. Donohue
Title: Vice President
WITNESSES:
1. /s/ Francine Kincaid
Name: Francine Kincaid
Vice President
2. /s/ Chris Grose
Name: Chris Grose
Vice President
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On this 3 rd day of June 2015, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Catherine F. Donohue, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
On this 3 rd day of June 2015, before me personally came Chris Grose and Francine Kincaid to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.
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/s/ Christopher J. Traina
Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
Exhibit 4.2
TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TWENTIETH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, effective as of June 5, 2015, by and among 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 Weenapoint Toren A, Weena 722, 3014 DA Rotterdam, The Netherlands, PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – Petrobras, a mixed capital company ( sociedade de economia mista ) organized under the laws of Brazil, having its principal office at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20035-900 Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil (“ Petrobras ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee hereunder (the “ Trustee ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS , the Company and the Trustee previously have entered into an indenture, dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “ Original Indenture ”), as supplemented by this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 5, 2015 (the “ Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ”, and together with the Original Indenture and any further supplements thereto, the “ Indenture ”) providing for the issuance from time to time of debt securities and debt warrants of the Company to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture;
WHEREAS , Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture provides that, subsequent to the execution of the Original Indenture and subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, the Company and the Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of the Original Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities (as defined in the Original Indenture);
WHEREAS , on the date hereof the Company intends to issue pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-183618-01) (the “ Registration Statement ”), dated August 29, 2012, the Prospectus Supplement dated June 1, 2015 and related Base Prospectus dated August 29, 2012 (collectively, the “ Offering Document ”) and the Indenture, U.S.$2,500,000,000 of its 6.850% Global Notes due 2115, in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “ Notes ”), having the terms and conditions contemplated in the Offering Document as provided for in the Original Indenture, as supplemented by this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS , as contemplated in the Offering Document, Petrobras and the Trustee intend, in connection with the issuance of the Notes, to enter into a guaranty, dated as of the date hereof in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “ Guaranty ”), to provide for an unconditional and irrevocable guaranty of the Notes by Petrobras;
WHEREAS , the Trustee has provided to the Company and Petrobras Statements of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, with respect to each of the Companies which have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement;
WHEREAS , the Company and Petrobras confirm that any and all conditions and requirements necessary to make this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture a valid, binding, and legal instrument in accordance with the terms of the Indenture have been performed and fulfilled and the execution and delivery of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture has been in all respects duly authorized;
WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Original Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS , the Company and Petrobras have requested that the Trustee execute and deliver this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture;
NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and in the Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are herein acknowledged, the Company, Petrobras, and the Trustee hereby agree, for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders, as follows:
Section 1.01. Defined Terms . All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended hereby. All definitions in the Original Indenture shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture.
Section 1.02. Additional Definitions . (a) For the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture shall be amended by adding the following new definitions:
“Closing Date” means June 5, 2015.
“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation or (2) if the Independent Investment Banker obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
“Default Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(f) herein.
“Denomination Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03 herein.
“Independent Investment Banker” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company.
“Interest Period” means the period beginning on an Interest Payment Date and ending on the day before the next Interest Payment Date, except that the first Interest Period shall be the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the day before the next Interest Payment Date.
“Judgment Currency” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03 herein.
“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.
“Make Whole Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(k) herein.
“Material Subsidiary” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP.
“Offering Document” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture.
“Payment Account” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(g) herein.
“Permitted Lien” means a:
(a) 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;
(b) 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;
(c) Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;
(d) Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such
assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;
(e) Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Wholly-Owned 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 as long as such Lien is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;
(g) Lien existing as of the date of this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture;
(h) Lien resulting from the Indenture or the Guaranty;
(i) 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 such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time, as such conditions are satisfactorily demonstrated to the Trustee;
(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 Lien 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 such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (a), (b) and (f) the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs; and
(k) Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Company’s 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 Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Company’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.
“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, and, in each case, their affiliates, which are primary United States government securities dealers and two other leading primary United States government securities dealers in New York City reasonably designated by the Company; provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary United States government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), the Company shall substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.
“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Independent Investment Banker, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in
“Regular Record Date” means one Business Day prior to any Interest Payment Date.
“Reporting GAAP” means (i) generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America applied on a basis consistent with the principles, methods, procedures and practices in effect from time to time or (ii) International Financial Reporting Standards (“ IFRS ”) as adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board (“ IASB ”) as from the date the Guarantor adopts IFRS as its primary reporting or accounting standard in its reports filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated maturity (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
Section 2.02. Amendments to Article Five Relating to Events of Default As it applies to the Notes, Section 5.01 of the Original Indenture shall be amended to include (i) the term “or any Material Subsidiary thereof” after “Petrobras” in items 4, 6, 7 and 8 and (ii) the term “or any Material Subsidiary thereof” after “Petrobras” in the first line of item 5.
“Section 10.11 Use of Proceeds .
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes for general corporate purposes.
Section 10.12 Negative Pledge
So long as any Note remains Outstanding, the Company will not create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of the Company’s assets to secure (a) any of the Company’s Indebtedness or (b) the Indebtedness of any other Person, unless the Company contemporaneously creates or permits such Lien to secure equally and ratably the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture or the Company provides
such other security for the Notes as is duly approved by a resolution of the Holders of the Notes in accordance with this Indenture. In addition, the Company will not allow any of the Company’s Material Subsidiaries to create or permit any Lien, other than a Permitted Lien, on any of its assets to secure (a) any of the Company’s Indebtedness, (b) any of its own Indebtedness or (c) the Indebtedness of any other Person, unless it contemporaneously creates or permits the Lien to secure equally and ratably the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture or the Company provides such other security for the Notes as is duly approved by a resolution of the Holders of the Notes in accordance with the Indenture.
Section 10.13 Currency Rate Indemnity . (a) The Company shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes 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 the Notes, 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 the Notes 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 U.S. dollars (the “ Denomination Currency ”), it will indemnify the relevant Holder and the Trustee against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between the date at which the amount in the Denomination Currency is notionally converted into the amount in the Judgment Currency for the purposes of such judgment or order and the date of actual payment thereof.
(c) The above indemnities shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the 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 Notes.”
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Twentieth Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
By:
/s/ Gustavo Tardin Barbosa
Name: Gustavo Tardin Barbosa
Title: Managing Director A
By:
/s/ Alexandre Quintão Fernandes
Name: Alexandre Quintão Fernandes
Title: Managing Director B
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS
By:
/s/ Larry Carris Cardoso
Name: Larry Carris Cardoso
Title: General Manager
Corporate Finance
WITNESSES:
1.
/s/ Guilherme Rajime T. Saraiva
Name: Guilherme Rajime T. Saraiva
2.
/s/ Renan Feuchard Pinto
Name: Renan Feuchard Pinto
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Trustee
By:
/s/ Catherine F. Donohue
Name: Catherine F. Donohue
Title: Vice President
WITNESSES:
1.
/s/ Francine Kincaid
Name: Francine Kincaid
Vice President
2.
/s/ Chris Grose
Name: Chris Grose
Vice President
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On this 5 th day of June 2015, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Catherine F. Donohue, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
On this 5 th day of June 2015, before me personally came Francine Kincaid and Chris Grose to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.
[Notarial Seal]
/s/ Rafael Bar
Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
Exhibit A
Form of 6.850% Global Note due 2115
GLOBAL NOTE
THIS CERTIFICATE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR THE TRUSTEE FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IN RESPECT THEREOF IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED HOLDER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HEREIN AND IT IS A VIOLATION OF ITS RIGHTS FOR ANOTHER PERSON TO HOLD, TRANSFER OR DEAL WITH THIS CERTIFICATE.
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
6.850% Global Notes due 2115
No. __________________
CUSIP No.: 71647N AN9
ISIN No.: US71647NAN93
Principal Amount: U.S.$____________
Initial Issuance Date: June 5, 2015
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands (the “ Issuer ”), designated as its 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 (the “ Notes ”), issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of (U.S.$ ____________) under the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture (the “ Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ”), effective as of June 5, 2015, by and among the Issuer, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, a mixed capital company ( sociedade de economia mista ) organized under the laws of Brazil (“ Petrobras ”), and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), to the Indenture, dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “ Original Indenture ”, and as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture and any further supplements thereto with respect to the Notes, 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 Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All capitalized terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
The Issuer, for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”), and as the Holder of record of this Note, the principal amount specified above in U.S. dollars on June 5, 2115 (or earlier as provided for in the Indenture) upon presentation and surrender hereof, at the office or agency of the Trustee referred to below.
As provided for in the Indenture, the Issuer promises to pay interest on the outstanding principal amount hereof, from the Closing Date, semi-annually in arrears on June 5 and December 5 of each year, (each such date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing December 5, 2015 at a rate equal to 6.850% per annum, and will initially accrue from the date of issuance and thereafter from the last Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid. Interest payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on this Note on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Indenture, be paid in U.S. dollars to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Business Day preceding such interest payment.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be payable by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the Holder of this Note as reflected in the Security Register of the Trustee. In the event the date for any payment of the principal of or
interest on any Note is not a Business Day, then payment will be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the nominal date of any such date for such payment and no additional interest will accrue on such payment as a result of such payment being made on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest shall accrue on the Notes at the rate of 6.850% per annum until all required amounts due in respect of the Notes have been paid. Interest accrued with respect to this Note shall be calculated based on a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The Notes are subject to redemption by the Issuer on the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.
This Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture, and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the respective rights, limitations of interests, benefits, obligations and duties thereunder of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders.
If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the outstanding principal amount of all the Notes may become or may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
Modifications of the Indenture may be made by the Issuer and the Trustee only to the extent and in the circumstances permitted by the Indenture.
The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form, without coupons. Notes shall be issued in the form of beneficial interests in one or more global securities in denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.
Prior to and at the time of due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note is overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustee nor any agent thereof shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.
PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V.
By: ________________________
Name:
Title: Managing Director A
By: ________________________
Name:
Title: Managing Director B
WITNESSES:
1. ________________________
Name:
2. ________________________
Name:
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.
Dated: June 5, 2015
The Bank of New York Mellon
As Trustee
By: ________________________
Name:
Title: Authorized Officer
ASSIGNMENT FORM
For value received
hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto
(Please insert social security or
other identifying number of assignee)
(Please print or type name and address,
including zip code, of assignee:)
the within Note and does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the Note on the books of the Note Registrar with full power of substitution in the premises.
Date: Your Signature:
(Sign exactly as your name
appears on the face of this Note)
Exhibit B
GUARANTY
Dated as of June 5, 2015
between
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS,
as Guarantor,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON , as
Trustee for the Noteholders
Referred to Herein
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GUARANTY
GUARANTY (this “ Guaranty ”), dated as of June 5, 2015 , between PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A.—PETROBRAS (the “ Guarantor ”), a sociedade de economia mista organized and existing under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“ Brazil ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York banking corporation, as trustee for the holders of the 2115 Notes (as defined below) issued pursuant to the Indenture (as defined below) (the “ Trustee ”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a private company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of The Netherlands and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Guarantor (the “ Issuer ”), has entered into an Indenture dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “ Original Indenture ”) with the Trustee, as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ”). The Original Indenture, as supplemented by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture and as amended or supplemented from time to time with respect to the 2115 Notes, is hereinafter referred to as the “ Indenture ”;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the issuance of its notes in such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the Indenture and is, on the date hereof, issuing U.S.$2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 under the Indenture (the “ 2115 Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is willing to enter into this Guaranty in order to provide the holders of the 2115 Notes (the “ Noteholders ”) with an irrevocable and unconditional guaranty that, if the Issuer shall fail to make any required payments of principal, interest or other amounts due in respect of the 2115 Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will pay any such amounts whether at stated maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor agrees that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of the 2115 Notes by the Issuer;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the issuance of the 2115 Notes that the Guarantor shall have executed this Guaranty.
WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto is entering into this Guaranty for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Noteholders.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Guarantor and the Trustee hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions (a) All capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Indenture, as supplemented and amended by the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture. All such definitions shall be read in a manner consistent with the terms of this Guaranty.
(b) As used herein, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Affiliate , ” with respect to any Person, means any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person; it being understood that for purposes of this definition, the term “ control ” (including the terms “ controlling , ” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”) of a Person shall mean the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to vote 25 % or more of the equity or similar voting interests of such Person or to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities , by contract or otherwise.
“ Authorized Representative ” of the Guarantor or any other Person means the person or persons authorized to act on behalf of such entity by its chief executive officer, president, chief operating officer, chief financial officer or any vice president or its Board of Directors or any other governing body of such entity.
“ Board of Directors ”, when used with respect to a corporation, means either the board of directors of such corporation or any committee of that board duly authorized to act for it, and when used with respect to a limited liability company, partnership or other entity other than a corporation, any Person or body authorized by the organizational documents or by the voting equity owners of such entity to act for them .
“ Denomination Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14 (b).
“ Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.
“ Indebtedness ” means any obligation (whether present or future, actual or contingent and including, without limitation, any Guarantee) for the payment or repayment of money which has been borrowed or raised (including money raised by acceptances and all leases which, under generally accepted accounting principles in the country of incorporation of the relevant obligor, would constitute a capital lease obligation).
“ Judgment Currency ” has the meaning specified in Section 14 (b).
“ Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, assets, property, condition (financial or otherwise) or, results of operation, of the Guarantor together with its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document or (c) the ability of the Guarantor to perform its obligations under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, or (d) the material rights or benefits available to the Noteholders or the Trustee, as representative of the Noteholders under the Indenture, this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents.
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“ Material Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person which, on any given date of determination, accounts for more than 15% of Petrobras’ total consolidated assets, as such total assets are set forth on the most recent consolidated financial statements of Petrobras prepared in accordance with Reporting GAAP (or if Petrobras does not prepare financial statements in Reporting GAAP, consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian generally accepted accounting principles).
“ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate of an Authorized Representative of the Guarantor.
“ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel from any Person either expressly referred to herein or otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee which may include, without limitation, counsel for the Guarantor, whether or not such counsel is an employee of the Guarantor.
“ Permitted Lien ” means a:
(i) Lien granted in respect of Indebtedness owed to the Brazilian government, Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social or any official government agency or department of the government of Brazil or of any state or region thereof;
(ii) Lien arising by operation of law, such as merchants’, maritime or other similar Liens arising in the Guarantor’s ordinary course of business or that of any Subsidiary or Lien in respect of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;
(iii) Lien arising from the Guarantor’s obligations under performance bonds or surety bonds and appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the Guarantor’s past practice;
(iv) Lien arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with Indebtedness maturing not more than one year after the date on which such Indebtedness was originally incurred and which is related to the financing of export, import or other trade transactions;
(v) Lien granted upon or with respect to any assets hereafter acquired by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary to secure the acquisition costs of such assets or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such assets, including any Lien existing at the time of the acquisition of such assets as long as the maximum amount so secured shall not exceed the aggregate acquisition costs of all such assets or the aggregate Indebtedness incurred solely for the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be;
(vi) Lien granted in connection with the Indebtedness of a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary owing to the Guarantor or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(vii) Lien existing on any asset or on any stock of any Subsidiary prior to the acquisition thereof by the Guarantor or any Subsidiary as long as such Lien is not created in anticipation of such acquisition;
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(viii) Lien over any Qualifying Asset relating to a project financed by, and securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with, the Project Financing of such project by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;
(ix) Lien existing as of the date of the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture;
(x) Lien resulting from the Transaction Documents;
(xi) Lien incurred in connection with the issuance of debt or similar securities of a type comparable to those already issued by the Guarantor, on amounts of cash or cash equivalents on deposit in any reserve or similar account to pay interest on such securities for a period of up to 24 months as required by any Rating Agency as a condition to such Rating Agency rating such securities investment grade or as is otherwise consistent with market conditions at such time;
(xii) Lien granted or incurred to secure any extension, renewal, refinancing, refunding or exchange (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, refundings or exchanges), in whole or in part, of or for any Indebtedness secured by a Lien referred to in paragraphs (i) through (xi) above (but not paragraph (iv)), provided that such Lien does not extend to any other property, the principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by such Lien is not increased, and in the case of paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii) and (vii), the obligees meet the requirements of such paragraphs and in the case of paragraph (viii), the Indebtedness is incurred in connection with a Project Financing by the Guarantor, any of the Guarantor’s Subsidiaries or any consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary have any ownership or other similar interests; and
(xiii) Lien in respect of Indebtedness the principal amount of which in the aggregate, together with all Liens not otherwise qualifying as the Guarantor’s Permitted Liens pursuant to clauses (i) through (xii) of this definition, does not exceed 20% of the Guarantor’s consolidated total assets (as determined in accordance with Reporting GAAP) at any date as at which the Guarantor’s balance sheet is prepared and published in accordance with applicable Law.
“ Process Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 15(c).
“ Project Financing ” of any project means the incurrence of Indebtedness relating to the exploration, development, expansion, renovation, upgrade or other modification or construction of such project pursuant to which the providers of such Indebtedness or any trustee or other intermediary on their behalf or beneficiaries designated by any such provider, trustee or other intermediary are granted security over one or more Qualifying Assets relating to such project for repayment of principal, premium and interest or any other amount in respect of such Indebtedness.
“ Qualifying Asset ” in relation to any Project Financing means:
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consortium or other venture in which the Guarantor or any Subsidiary has any ownership or other similar interest;
“ SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission .
“ Successor Company ” has the meaning specified in Section 7(e)(A).
“ Termination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.
“ Transaction Documents ” means, collectively, the Indenture, the 2115 Notes and this Guaranty.
(c) Construction . The parties agree that items (1) through (5) of Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture shall apply to this Guaranty, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires.
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SECTION 2. Guaranty . (a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and punctual payment when due, as a guaranty of payment and not of collection, whether at the Stated Maturity, or earlier or later by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer now or hereafter existing under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes, whether for principal, interest, make-whole premium, Additional Amounts, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (such obligations being the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), and the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all expenses (including reasonable and documented counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Noteholder in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty with respect to such Guaranteed Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by the Issuer to the Trustee or any Noteholder under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving the Issuer.
(b) In the event that the Issuer does not make payments to the Trustee of all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, upon receipt of notice of such non-payment from the Trustee, the Guarantor will make immediate payment to the Trustee of any such amount or portion of the Guaranteed Obligations owing or payable under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes. Such notice shall specify the amount or amounts under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes that were not paid on the date that such amounts were required to be paid under the terms of the Indenture and the 2115 Notes.
(c) The obligation of the Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be absolute and unconditional upon receipt by it of the notice contemplated herein absent manifest error. The Guarantor shall not be relieved of its obligations hereunder unless and until the Trustee shall have indefeasibly received all amounts required to be paid by the Guarantor hereunder (and any Event of Default under the Indenture has been cured, it being understood that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall terminate following payment by the Issuer and/or the Guarantor of the entire principal, all accrued interest and all other amounts due and owing in respect of the 2115 Notes and the Indenture. All amounts payable by the Guarantor hereunder shall be payable in U.S. dollars and in immediately available funds to the Trustee.
All payments actually received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2 after 12:00 p.m. (New York time) on any Business Day will be deemed, for purposes of this Guaranty, to have been received by the Trustee on the next succeeding Business Day.
SECTION 3. Guaranty Absolute (a) The Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are absolute and unconditional regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Noteholder under its 2115 Notes or the Indenture. The obligations of the Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other obligations of the Issuer, the Issuer’s Subsidiaries or the Guarantor ’s Subsidiaries under or in respect of the Indenture and the 2115 Notes or any other document or agreement, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty ,
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(b) This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Noteholder or any other person or entity upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or the Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
SECTION 4. Independent Obligation The obligations of the Guarantor hereunder are independent of the Issuer’s obligations under the 2115 Notes and the Indenture. The Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, may neglect or forbear to enforce payment under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes, without in any way affecting or impairing the liability of the Guarantor hereunder. The Trustee shall not be obligated to exhaust recourse or remedies against the Issuer to recover payments required to be made under the Indenture nor take any other action against the Issuer before being entitled to payment from the Guarantor of all amounts contemplated in Section 2 hereof owed hereunder or proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Trustee in favor of the Issuer or in favor of the Guarantor . Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Trustee shall have the right to bring a suit directly against the Guarantor , either prior or subsequent to or concurrently with any lawsuit against, or without bringing suit against, the Issuer.
SECTION 5. Waivers and Acknowledgments (a) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against the Issuer or any other Person.
(b) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to the Guaranteed Obligations, whether the same are existing now or in the future.
(c) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Noteholder or the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of the Guarantor or other rights of the Guarantor to proceed against the Issuer or any other person or entity and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder.
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(d) The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder to disclose to the Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of the Issuer now or hereafter known by the Trustee or any Noteholder, as applicable.
(f) The recitals contained in this Guaranty shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Guarantor, as applicable, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Guaranty , of any offering materials, the Indenture or of the 2115 Notes.
(g) The Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted under Brazilian law, any benefit it may be entitled to under Articles 827, 834, 835, 838 and 839 of the Brazilian Civil Code, and under Article 595, caput, of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.
SECTION 6. Claims Against the Issuer The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Issuer or any other guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Guarantor’s obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, including, without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification, or to participate in any claim or remedy of the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, against the Issuer or any other person, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer or any other person, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash. If any amount shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the later of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty and (b) the date on which all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes have been discharged in full (the later of such dates being the “ Termination Date ”), such amount shall be paid over to and received and held by the Trustee in trust for the benefit of the Noteholders, shall be segregated from other property and funds of the Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Trustee in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. If (i) the Guarantor shall make payment to any Noteholder or the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash and (iii) the Termination Date shall have occurred, then the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, will, at the Guarantor’s written request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents,
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SECTION 7. Covenants For so long as the 2115 Notes remain outstanding or any amount remains unpaid on the 2115 Notes and the Indenture, the Guarantor will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply with the terms and covenants set forth below (except as otherwise provided in a duly authorized amendment to this Guaranty as provided herein):
(a) Performance of Obligations . The Guarantor shall pay all amounts owed by it and comply with all its other obligations under the terms of this Guaranty and the Indenture in accordance with the terms thereof.
(b) Maintenance of Corporate Existence . The Guarantor will (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor except as otherwise permitted by Section 7(e) and (ii) take all actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises, concessions and the like necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; provided , however, that this Section 7(b) shall not require the Guarantor to maintain any such right, privilege, title to property or franchise if the failure to do so does not, and will not, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(A) either the Guarantor is the continuing entity or the person (the “ Successor Company ”) formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or that acquired or leased such property or assets of the Guarantor will assume (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as a result of
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such merger, consolidation or amalgamation), by an amendment to this Guaranty (the form and substance of which shall be previously approved by the Trustee), all of the Guarantor ’s obligations under this Guaranty;
(B) the Successor Company (jointly and severally with the Guarantor unless the Guarantor shall have ceased to exist as part of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation) agrees to indemnify each Noteholder against any tax, assessment or governmental charge thereafter imposed on such Noteholder solely as a consequence of such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease with respect to the payment of principal of, or interest on, the 2115 Notes pursuant to this Guaranty ;
(C) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no Default has occurred and is continuing; and
(D) the Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger consolidation, sale, transfer or other conveyance or disposition and the amendment to this Guaranty comply with the terms of this Guaranty and that all conditions precedent provided for herein and relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such proposed transaction or would result therefrom and the Guarantor has delivered written notice of any such transaction to the Trustee (which notice shall contain a description of such merger, consolidation or conveyance) :
(A) the Guarantor may merge , amalgamate or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties, assets or revenues to a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor in cases when the Guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction and such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, it being understood that if the Guarantor is not the surviving entity, the Guarantor shall be required to comply with the requirements set forth in the previous paragraph ; or
(B) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any person (other than the Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in cases when such transaction would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole; or
(C) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease, spin-off or otherwise dispose of assets to, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor ; or
(D) any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Guarantor may liquidate or dissolve if the Guarantor determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Guarantor , and would not result in a Material Adverse Effect on
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the Guarantor and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and if such liquidation or dissolution is part of a corporate reorganization of the Guarantor .
(ii) The Guarantor will provide, together with each of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 7(g)(i)(A) and (B), an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Guarantor and the Issuer has been made during the period covered by such financial statements with a view to determining whether the Guarantor and the Issuer have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their covenants and agreements under this Guaranty and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred during such period or, if one or more have actually occurred, specifying all such events and what actions have been taken and will be taken with respect to such Default or Event of Default.
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SECTION 8. Amendments, Etc . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty and no consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee and the Guarantor , and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. For the avoidance of doubt, Article IX of the Indenture shall apply to an amendment to this Guaranty to determine whether the consent of Holders is required for an amendment and if so, the required percentage of Holders of the 2115 Notes required to approve the amendment.
SECTION 9. Indemnity The Guarantor agrees to fully indemnify the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and their agents for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the performance of its duties under this Guaranty, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder except to the extent that any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 10. Notices, Etc (a) All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic or telecopy) and mailed, telecopied or delivered by hand, if to the Guarantor, addressed to it at Avenida República do Chile, 65, 20035-900 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brazil, Telephone: (55-21) 3224-4079, Telecopier: (55-21) 3224-6197, Attention: Sonia Tereza Terra Figueiredo Vasconcellos, Corporate Finance & Treasury/Debt Control, if to the Trustee, at The Bank of New York Mellon, 101 Barclay Street, 4E, New York, New York, 10286, USA, Telephone: (1-212) 815-4259, Telecopier: (1-212) 815-5603, Attention: Corporate Trust Department or, as to any party, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party. All such notices and other communications shall, when telecopied, be effective when transmitted. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to any amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart thereof.
(b) All payments made by the Guarantor to the Trustee hereunder shall be made to the Payment Account (as defined in the Indenture).
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SECTION 11. Survival Without prejudice to the survival of any of the other agreements of the Guarantor under this Guaranty or any of the other Transaction Documents, the agreements and obligations of the Guarantor contained in Section 2 (with respect to the payment of all other amounts owed under the Indenture), Section 9 and Section 14 shall survive the payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations and all of the other amounts payable under this Guaranty, the termination of this Guaranty and/or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 12. No Waiver; Remedies . No failure on the part of the Trustee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
SECTION 13. Continuing Agreement; Assignment of Rights Under the Indenture and the 2115 Notes . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the later of (i) the repayment in full by the Issuer of all amounts due and owing under the Indenture with respect to the 2115 Notes and (ii) the repayment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty , (b) be binding upon the Guarantor , its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, on behalf of Noteholders, and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Noteholder may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations under the Indenture (including, without limitation, the 2043 Note held by it) to any other person or entity, and such other person or entity shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Noteholder herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in the Indenture. The Guarantor shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of all of the Noteholders.
SECTION 14. Currency Rate Indemnity (a) The Guarantor shall (to the extent lawful) indemnify the Trustee and the Noteholders and keep them indemnified against:
(i) in the case of nonpayment by the Guarantor of any amount due to the Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, under this Guaranty any loss or damage incurred by any of them arising by reason of any variation between the rates of exchange used for the purposes of calculating the amount due under a judgment or order in respect thereof and those prevailing at the date of actual payment by the Guarantor ; and
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(ii) any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (a) the date as of which the local currency equivalent of the amounts due or contingently due under this Guaranty or in respect of the 2115 Notes is calculated for the purposes of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation of the Guarantor , and ( b ) the final date for ascertaining the amount of claims in such bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation. The amount of such deficiency shall be deemed not to be increased or reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation or any distribution of assets in connection therewith.
SECTION 15. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunity, Etc.
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SECTION 16. Execution in Counterparts This Guaranty and each amendment, waiver and consent with respect hereto may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties thereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty .
SECTION 17. Entire Agreement This Guaranty , together with the Indenture and the 2115 Notes, sets forth the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
SECTION 18. The Trustee In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above written.
PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS
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On this 3 rd day of June 2015, before me, a notary public within and for said county, personally appeared Catherine F. Donohue, to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that she is a Vice President of The Bank of New York Mellon, one of the persons described in and which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said entity.
On this 3 rd day of June 2015, before me personally came Chris Grose and Francine Kincaid to me personally known, who being duly sworn, did say that they signed their names to the foregoing instrument as witnesses.
[Notarial Seal]
Notary Public
COMMISSION EXPIRES
Exhibit 5.1
June 5, 2015
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.— Petrobras
Avenida República do Chile, 65
20031-912 Rio de Janeiro—RJ
Brazil
Petrobras Global Finance B.V.
Weenapoint Toren A, Weena 722
3014 DA Rotterdam
The Netherlands
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am the General Counsel of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (“ Petrobras ”), a sociedade de economia mista organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“ Brazil ”). This opinion is being furnished to you in connection with the Guaranty (the “ Guaranty ”) dated as of June 5, 2015 for the U.S.$2,500,000,000 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 (the “ Notes ”), by and between Petrobras, as the Guarantor, and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the Indenture (the “ Original Indenture ”) dated as of August 29, 2012, by and between Petrobras’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“ PGF ”), and the Trustee. The Notes are to be issued by PGF under the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture (the “ Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Original Indenture, the “ Indenture ,” and together with the Guaranty, the “ Transaction Documents ”) dated as of June 5, 2015, by and among PGF, Petrobras and the Trustee.
For the purpose of rendering this opinion, I have examined the execution copies or copies certified to my satisfaction of the following documents:
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(i) the Original Indenture;
(ii) a form of the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture;
(iii) a form of the Guaranty;
(iv) the Estatuto Social of Petrobras;
(v) resolutions of the board of directors and board of executive officers of Petrobras authorizing the signing of each Transaction Document to which Petrobras is a party;
(vi) Corporate Finance Executive Manager’s Certificate stating that the issuance of the Notes is within the limits for net fundraising in 2015, as approved by Petrobras’ Board of Directors;
(vii) a Secretary’s Certificate of Petrobras;
(viii) an Officer’s Certificate of Petrobras; and
(ix) such other documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary;
In rendering the foregoing opinions, I have assumed the authenticity of all documents represented to me to be originals, the conformity to original documents of all copies of documents submitted to me, the accuracy and completeness of all corporate records made available to me and the genuineness of all signatures that purport to have been made in a corporate, governmental, fiduciary or other capacity, and that the persons who affixed such signatures had authority to do so.
Based on the foregoing and subject to the qualifications and limitations hereinafter specified, I am of the opinion that:
(i) Petrobras has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation ( sociedade de economia mista ) under the laws of Brazil.
(ii) Petrobras has all power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Guaranties.
(iii) The execution, delivery and performance of the Guaranties have been duly authorized by the board of executive officers of Petrobras.
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I express no opinion as to any matter which may be, or which purports to be, governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of Brazil.
This opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.
I hereby consent to the use of my name in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement, and in any prospectus supplements related thereto, under the heading “Legal Matters” as counsel who has passed on specific opinions based on Brazilian law and relating to the Notes, the Indenture and the Guaranty, and to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Taísa Oliveira Maciel
Taísa Oliveira Maciel
General Counsel of Petrobras
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Hogan Lovells International LLP Keizersgracht 555 Postbus 545 1000 AM Amsterdam T +31 20 55 33 600 F +31 20 55 33 777 www.hoganlovells.com
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The Issuer and the Guarantor (as defined in this letter) (the " Addressees " and each an " Addressee ") |
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Dear Sirs,
Dutch legal opinion as to the issue of U.S. of US$2,500,000,000 6.850% Global Notes, due 5 June 2115 by Petrobras Global Finance B.V.
1. Introduction
1.1 General
The Amsterdam office of Hogan Lovells International LLP (" Hogan Lovells " or " we ") has acted as Dutch special legal counsel ( advocaat ) to PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V. , for the sole purpose of rendering this letter on certain matters of the laws of The Netherlands in connection with the issuance of U.S. $2,500,000,000 6.850% global notes, due 5 June 2115, by PETROBRAS GLOBAL FINANCE B.V. , a private company with limited liability (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands, having its statutory seat (statutaire zetel) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, its principal place of business at Weena 722, 3014 DA Rotterdam, the Netherlands and registered with the Trade Register (Handelsregister) of the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel) for Rotterdam under number 55810322 (the " Issuer ").
1.2 Scope of certain defined terms used in this letter
(a) Dutch Law
This letter is issued only with respect to the laws of The Netherlands in force at the date of this letter as applied by Dutch Courts,
(i) including administrative rulings and notices of and communications with the DCB and the AFM (each term as defined in Appendix 4 ( Some Definitions and Interpretation ) (" Appendix 4 ")); and
(ii) excluding unpublished case law.
No opinion is expressed or implied as to:
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(i) the laws of any other territory than The Netherlands;
(ii) anti-trust and competition law; or
(iii) European Union law, except in as far as it affects the laws of The Netherlands.
The laws of The Netherlands which we do opine on will, subject to and with due observance of the items listed above in this paragraph 1.2, be referred to as " Dutch Law ".
(b) Dutch Courts
Where reference is made to " Dutch Courts " this is a reference to the civil and commercial court departments ( civiele‑ en handelskamers ) and tax departments ( belastingkamers ) of the Dutch district courts ( rechtbanken ), the Dutch courts of appeal ( gerechtshoven ) and the Dutch Supreme Court ( Hoge Raad der Nederlanden ) (specially excluding departments dealing with criminal and governmental and administrative matters), and " Dutch Court " will have to be construed accordingly.
1.3 Defined terms
Capitalised words and expressions used in this letter have, unless stated otherwise in this letter, the respective meanings given to them in Appendix 1 or (if not defined in Appendix 1, Appendix 4 or elsewhere in this letter or its other Appendices) the meanings given to them in the Underwriting Agreement).
2. Documents examined and relied on
2.1 Documents examined and relied on
For the purposes of this letter, we have only examined and relied solely on the Documents, listed in Appendix 1.
2.2 Documents excluded from our examination
Except for the Documents, we have not, for the purposes of this opinion, examined any contracts or other documents entered into by, or affecting, the Issuer or any corporate records of the Issuer.
2.3 Adequacy of documentation
As Dutch counsel we have been solely involved for the purpose of attributing suggestions for references to the laws of The Netherlands in order to issue this letter. Accordingly, we assume no responsibility for the adequacy of the Documents.
3. Searches
3.1 Enquiry Commercial Register
We made a telephone enquiry with the Commercial Register ( Handelsregister ) today at approximately 09:00 hours (CET) and were informed that the Extract has not changed since its date.
3.2 Enquiry Bankruptcy Registry
We made a telephone enquiry with the Bankruptcy Registry ( faillissementsgriffie ) of the district court ( rechtbank ) of Rotterdam, The Netherlands today at approximately 09:00 (CET) and were informed as to the Issuer that:
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(a) it has not been declared bankrupt ( failliet ); and
(b) it has not been granted a provisional or final moratorium of payments ( surseance van betaling ).
3.3 Central Insolvency Register
We made an online enquiry with the Central Insolvency Register ( Centraal Insolventieregister ) today at approximately 09:00 hours (CET) whilst searching against the Commercial Register number of the Issuer which resulted in the search outcome: 'no results', meaning that the Issuer is not registered in such register as being subject to any of the insolvency proceedings listed in Annex A or B of the "EU Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings" ( Insolventieverordening ).
3.4 Insolvency Confirmations and Insolvency Proceedings
The confirmations under paragraph 3.2 and 3.3 above will together be referred to as the " Insolvency Confirmations " and the insolvency proceedings to which they relate collectively the " Insolvency Proceedings ".
4. Scope of opinion
4.1 Matters not investigated
We have not investigated:
(a) the financial affairs of the Issuer or its financial position or status or the ability of the Issuer to comply with its financial or other obligations under the Documents; and
(b) any of the assets sold, transferred, assigned or encumbered under or pursuant to the Documents,
and no opinion is expressed or implied in respect of any of the foregoing.
4.2 Financial merits and feasibility
This letter does not discuss or confirm in any way the financial merits or financial feasibility of the Documents or the transactions envisaged by them.
4.3 Matters excluded
We neither express nor imply any opinion (or, where this would prove to be relevant, their impact on this letter) with regard to:
(a) any matter of tax law;
(b) any matter of trust;
(c) any matter of possession, title or title transfer;
(d) any person other than the Issuer;
(e) any listing of the 2115 Notes or an intention to do so; or
(f) any matter of fact.
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4.4 Express opinion only
(a) Our opinions are strictly limited to those expressly set out in paragraph 6 ( Opinion ) below, and no opinions or views are implied or may be implied from or deduced or concluded over or beyond those expressly set out in paragraph 6 ( Opinion ).
(b) We do not express any opinion on and no opinion may be assumed to be implied in this letter in respect of any notes other than the 2115 Notes.
5. Assumptions
5.1 This letter is based on the assumptions set out in Appendix 2 ( Assumptions ) to this letter (" Appendix 2 ").
6. Opinion
Based upon and subject to (i) the foregoing, (ii) the observations, qualifications, reservations and other matters set out in this letter (or its Appendices) and (iii) any matters not disclosed to us or not specifically listed as being taken into account, we express the opinions set out hereafter in this paragraph 6 ( Opinion ):
6.1 Corporate status
The Issuer has been incorporated and is existing as a legal entity ( rechtspersoon ) in the form of a private company with limited liability ( besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid ) under Dutch Law.
6.2 Power and capacity; corporate action; due execution
The Issuer has:
(a) the corporate power to enter into and perform the Opinion Agreements and to issue and perform its obligations under the 2115 Notes;
(b) taken all necessary corporate action to authorize its entry into and performance of the Opinion Agreements and the 2115 Notes; and
(c) validly entered into the Opinion Agreements and has validly issued the 2115 Notes.
6.3 No immunity
The Issuer is not entitled to claim immunity from suit, execution, attachment or other legal process in The Netherlands, provided however, that no attachment may be made on books and records required for the Issuer's business.
7. Qualifications
This letter is subject to the qualifications as set out in Appendix 3 ( Qualifications and Reservations ) (" Appendix 3 "), paragraph 1 ( Qualifications ).
8. Reservations
We also make the reservations as set out in Appendix 3, paragraph 2 ( Reservations ).
9. Interpretation
9.1 In this letter Dutch concepts and legal terms are expressed and described in English terms, not in the original Dutch terms. These Dutch concepts and terms may not be identical to the concepts described by the equivalent English concepts and terms as they
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exist in the laws of other jurisdictions. Where reference is made in this letter to terms or concepts of the laws of The Netherlands, the meaning of the concepts or terms in the Dutch language or under the laws of The Netherlands shall take precedence over their meaning in English and under foreign laws respectively.
9.2 This letter is given on the basis that it is to be governed by and construed in accordance with Dutch law and that we do not owe a duty of care to any other person than our client, no client attorney relationship exists between us and any other person other than our client and that any issues of interpretation or liability arising under this letter will be governed by the laws of The Netherlands and be brought before a Dutch Court.
9.3 Only Hogan Lovells International LLP may be held liable in respect of this letter (and not its members, partners or employees) and such liability in respect of this letter is limited to the assets of Hogan Lovells International LLP (including insurances but excluding the private assets of members, partners or employees).
10. Benefit and filing of opinion
(a) This letter is an exhibit to the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by the Addressees for the purpose of the issue of the 2115 Notes. This letter may not be supplied, and its contents or existence may not be disclosed, to any person other than as an exhibit to (and therefore together with) the Registration Statement and may not be relied upon for any purpose other than the issue of the 2115 Notes and the transactions to which the Documents relate. A copy may, however, be provided to your legal counsel solely for the purpose of the issue of the 2115 Notes and the transactions to which the Documents relate and subject to the same restrictions. The foregoing notwithstanding, to the extent this opinion relates to matters of Dutch law, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP may rely on this opinion in rendering their opinion to be filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement on the date hereof, provided that the full text of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP’s opinion letter states that this opinion speaks only as of the date hereof and that no such reliance will have any effect on the scope, phrasing or originally intended use of this opinion.
(b) We hereby consent to the filing with the SEC of this opinion as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement and to the reference to Hogan Lovells International LLP in the Prospectus Supplement relating to the offering of the 2115 Notes, under the heading "Legal Matters" as counsel for the Issuer who has passed on certain matters of Dutch law relating to the 2115 Notes being registered by the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under section 7 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
(c) In giving this consent, we do not imply that we are experts under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the rules or regulations of the SEC issued thereunder with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including this letter.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ Hogan Lovells International LLP
Hogan Lovells International LLP
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Appendix 1
(Documents)
1. The 2115 Notes
A registered global note for the US$ 2,500,000,000 6.850% Global Notes, due 5 June 2115 Global Notes, dated 5 June 2015, where we assume for the purpose of this letter that this global note:
(a) will be subject to the Indenture; and
(b) will be governed by the laws of the Foreign Jurisdiction,
such global note: the " 2115 Notes " (whereas opinions on execution of the 2115 Notes are opinions on the execution of the global note representing them).
2. Opinion Agreements
(a) a signed copy of the underwriting agreement dated 1 June 2015 made among the Issuer, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. — Petrobras (" Petrobras " or " Guarantor "), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the " Underwriting Agreement ");
(b) a signed copy of the twentienth supplemental indenture to the Original Indenture among the Issuer, Petrobras and The Bank of New York Mellon (the " Trustee ") (the " Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ") to the original indenture between the Trustee and the Issuer dated 29 August 2012 (as supplemented from time to time) (the ' 'Indenture ''),
The Underwriting Agreement and the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture are also collectively referred to as the " Opinion Agreements " and each an " Opinion Agreement ".
3. Prospectus
The prospectus supplement dated 1 June 2015 (the " Prospectus Supplement "), but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein and a copy of the base prospectus dated 29 August 2012 (the " Base Prospectus ") as included in the registration statement which the Issuer has filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission ('' SEC '') (the " Registration Statement "), but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein (the Prospectus Supplement and the Base Prospectus together, the " Prospectus ").
4. Corporate documents
The Documents listed in this paragraph 4 of Appendix 1 will be referred to as the " Corporate Documents " and each a " Corporate Document ".
(a) Extracts as to the Issuer
An extract from the Commercial Register ( Handelsregister ), dated 3 June 2015, in respect of the Issuer, as an online obtained extract (the " Extract ").
(b) Deed of Incorporation of the Issuer
A photocopy of the deed of incorporation ( akte van oprichting ) of the Issuer, executed on 2 August 2012 (the " Deed of Incorporation ").
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(c) Articles of Association of the Issuer
A photocopy of the articles of association ( statuten ) of the Issuer as contained in the Deed of Incorporation, being the most recent articles of association of the Issuer according to the Extract (the " Articles ").
(d) Corporate Resolutions - board of managing directors of the Issuer
An electronic copy of the executed written resolutions of the board of managing directors ( bestuur ) of the Issuer, dated 3 June 2015 (the " Board Resolutions ").
(e) Corporate Resolutions - general meeting of the Issuer
An electronic copy of the executed written resolutions of the general meeting ( algemene vergadering ) of the Issuer, dated 3 June 2015 (the " Shareholder Resolutions ").
The Board Resolutions and the Shareholder Resolutions are collectively referred to as the " Corporate Resolutions ".
5. Documents; Transaction Documents
5.1 Transaction Documents
The 2115 Notes, the Opinion Agreements and the Prospectus are together referred to as the " Transaction Documents " and each a " Transaction Document ".
5.2 Documents
All documents listed in paragraphs 1 up to and including 4 of Appendix 1 are collectively referred to as the " Documents " and each a " Document ".
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Appendix 2
(Assumptions)
In this letter, we have assumed that:
1. Documents
1.1 All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete and all signatures are genuine.
1.2 All Documents submitted to us as photocopies or facsimile or electronically transmitted copies or other copies conform to the originals.
1.3 All certified copies and all other documents on which we have relied, as well as any statements, resolutions and confirmations as contained therein were and remain, where relevant, accurate, complete and in full force and effect both (i) when the Documents were entered into and (ii) at the date of this letter, also in retrospect.
1.4 The Documents contain all relevant information which is material for the purposes of our opinion and accurately record all terms and conditions agreed between the parties and there is no other agreement, undertaking, representation or warranty (oral or written) and no other arrangement between all or any of the parties or any other matter which renders such information inaccurate, incomplete or misleading or which affects the conclusions stated in this letter, the Documents have not been terminated or varied, no obligation under any Document has been waived and there are no other terms and conditions that would render any of the opinions stated in this letter inaccurate or wrong.
2. Filings with Dutch public record
2.1 The content of the Extract is true and accurate at the date of this letter.
2.2 All documents, forms and notices which should have been delivered to the Commercial Register on behalf of, or relating to, the Issuer have been so delivered and the files of records maintained at the Commercial Register concerning the Issuer, and reproduced for public inspection, were complete, accurate and up-to-date at the time of the Extract, at the time of the searches referred to in paragraphs 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3 of this letter and at today's date.
3. Corporate benefit, voidable preference and arm's length; conflicts
3.1 The Issuer:
(a) has entered or will enter into the Opinion Agreements, as relevant; and
(b) will execute and issue the 2115 Notes,
in good faith for the purposes of its business.
3.2 As to each of the transactions contemplated in the Opinion Agreements and the application of proceeds of the 2115 Notes, the following applies:
(a) such transactions will benefit the Issuer;
(b) such transactions are entered into on at arm's length terms;
(c) such transactions will not be ultra vires; and
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(d) such transactions will not prejudice ( benadelen ) its creditors (present or future).
3.3 No member of the Issuer's board ( bestuur ) has a personal interest in the transactions contemplated by the Opinion Documents which is in conflict with the interest of the Issuer or its business.
4. Corporate Documents: Corporate authority and action
4.1 The Issuer does not have a (central or European) works council ( (centrale of Europese) ondernemingsraad ) with jurisdiction over the matters contemplated by the Documents nor is the Issuer under any obligation to constitute a works council under or pursuant to the WOR.
4.2 No proceedings have been instituted or injunction has been granted against the Issuer to restrain it from:
(a) entering into the Opinion Agreements;
(b) executing or issuing any 2115 Note; or
(c) performing any of its obligations under the Opinion Agreements, any 2115 Note or any other Document to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
4.3 No resolution has been adopted by the Issuer or any of its corporate bodies concerning:
(a) the statutory merger ( juridische fusie ) or demerger ( splitsing ) of the Issuer, in both cases involving the Issuer as disappearing entity;
(b) the (voluntary) winding-up ( ontbinding ) of the Issuer; and
(c) the application of any of the proceedings listed in annex A or B of Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings (OJ 2000, L160/1) in respect of the Issuer (each an " Insolvency Proceeding ").
4.4 No proceedings have been instituted or steps have been taken for the bankruptcy ( faillissement ), dissolution ( ontbinding en vereffening ) or moratorium of payments ( surseance van betaling ) of the Issuer (or – should the Issuer be deemed to be DFSA regulated in any way - emergency measures under the DFSA).
4.5 The Issuer is not subject to any Insolvency Proceeding and the assets of the Issuer are not intended for public use ( openbare dienst ).
4.6 No notice from the Chamber of Commerce has been received by the Issuer or issued in respect of the Issuer concerning its dissolution under section 2:19a DCC.
4.7 The Corporate Documents are and will remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded, revoked, superseded or amended in any way.
4.8 The Board Resolutions have been executed after the Shareholder Resolutions have been executed.
5. Foreign law
5.1 As a matter of the Foreign Jurisdiction (by which the Opinion Agreements and the 2115 Notes are expressed and assumed to be governed) and all other relevant jurisdictions, the obligations of each party under each Opinion Agreement and the 2115 Notes,
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including the issuance of such 2115 Notes, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of each such party enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than in respect of the Issuer as a matter of Dutch Law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion).
5.2 No law affects any of the conclusions stated in this letter (other than as a matter of Dutch Law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion).
6. Unlawful activities and sanctions
6.1 None of the Transaction Documents have been or will be entered into or (as to the 2115 Notes) purchased, subscribed or acquired otherwise by any party in connection with money laundering or any other unlawful activity.
6.2 No party to any of the Transaction Documents or entitled to any 2115 Note is resident in or connected with a territory which is subject to any embargo, sanction or similar restriction imposed by the United Nations, the Council of the European Union or The Netherlands or any person or body to whom their powers are delegated.
7. Other parties' capacity, power and authority
Each of the parties involved in the Documents has full corporate capacity, power, and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under the Documents (whether as a direct party, or as addressee/beneficiary) and the Documents have been duly accepted, authorised, executed and delivered by all parties as a matter of all relevant jurisdictions. This assumption does not apply to the Issuer in respect of Dutch Law in relation to the matters on which we render an express opinion.
8. Regulatory
8.1 The Issuer will comply and has at all times complied with relevant market abuse rules, insider trading rules and requirements; the same applies to relevant persons related to the Issuer.
8.2 All parties to the Transaction Documents will comply and has at all times complied with the DFSA in respect of its dealings and activities.
8.3 At the time of the offering of the 2115 Notes:
(a) the Base Prospectus, and any amendments thereto (including post-effective amendments) have been filed with the SEC and will have become effective;
(b) the Prospectus Supplement will have been prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission describing the 2115 Notes offered thereby; and
(c) the 2115 Notes will be issued and sold in compliance with all applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and all other applicable laws.
9. General
9.1 All documents and instruments envisaged to be notified, handed over, registered or deregistered, or transferred in giving effect to the Transaction Documents have been or will be duly notified, handed over, (de)registered or transferred (as relevant) and all relevant data protection, privacy and bank secrecy rules will be complied with.
9.2 Where the envisaged effect of a Transaction Document or any provision of the Transaction Documents is subject to the performance of any further act, compliance with
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any condition or the occurrence of any such fact or circumstance, such act, condition, fact or circumstance has been performed, has occurred or is complied with (as relevant).
9.3 The binding effect of the Transaction Documents on the Issuer is not affected by threat ( bedreiging ), fraud ( bedrog ), abuse of circumstances ( misbruik van omstandigheden ), mistake (dwaling ) or equity principles (such as the Dutch principles of reasonableness and fairness).
9.4 No previous or future issue of notes by the Issuer will interfere with the 2115 Notes or affect the Transaction Documents.
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Appendix 3
(Qualifications and Reservations)
1. Qualifications
1.1 Enforceability
The opinions and statements expressed herein are subject to any limitations arising from or in connection with, and we do not express any opinion or statement as to the consequences of, any Insolvency Proceeding or emergency measures, a non-insolvency dissolution or liquidation, a statutory merger or demerger, fraudulent conveyance ( actio pauliana ) and other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors.
1.2 Insolvency Confirmations
The Insolvency Confirmations do not provide conclusive evidence that the Issuer is not subject to any Insolvency Proceedings and the Extract does not provide conclusive evidence that the matters set out therein are correct.
1.3 Powers of attorney, mandates, authorities granted
Under the laws of The Netherlands, a power of attorney ( volmacht ):
(a) will automatically, i.e. by operation of law ( van rechtswege ), terminate upon the bankruptcy of such entity or if such power of attorney is withdrawn by such entity;
(b) can only be made irrevocable ( onherroepelijk ) to the extent that it has been granted to perform legal acts ( rechtshandelingen ) which are in the interests of the representative appointed by the power of attorney, or of a third party; and
(c) an irrevocable power of attorney may, in certain circumstances, be amended or be declared ineffective by a court ( rechtbank ) for serious reasons ( gewichtige redenen ).
Similar observations apply to a mandate ( last ).
To the extent that, without limitation, the appointment of an agent for service of process or the authorisation to apply monies or granting delegation authority to sign or execute notes, orders and instructions and other elements of the Transaction Documents are to be considered as the granting of a power of attorney or mandate, the above may affect such appointment, authorisation, delegation or elements and if the appointment of an agent for service of process or such delegation is capable of being revoked, once the relevant principal has revoked such appointments or delegation, may not be valid against such principal. Similar considerations may be relevant for other appointments and acts of delegation such as the appointment of other agents, administrators, asset managers, etc.
1.4 Execution of 2115 Notes
In the event that 2115 Notes are executed on behalf of the Issuer by use of facsimile or electronically generated signatures (where such facsimile or relevant electronic document shows the signatures of authorised signatories of its sole managing director), this will only be binding on the Issuer if such facsimile or electronically generated signatures are printed or duplicated on such 2115 Notes by a person or entity duly authorised on behalf of the Issuer to do so and provided that any power of attorney or mandate granted by the Issuer in connection with the dating, authentication, completion and issue of such 2115
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Notes has not terminated as set out above. Enforcement of 2115 Notes may require presentation of the authorised use of facsimile or electronically generated signatures.
1.5 No update
This letter speaks as of its date as to the Documents as they currently stand. No undertaking or obligation is assumed on our part to revise, update or amend this letter in connection with, or to notify or inform you, of, any developments and/or changes under the laws of The Netherlands subsequent to its date that might render its contents untrue or inaccurate in whole or in part at such time.
1.6 Any matter qualified for in relation to the Issuer is equally qualified for as to other parties involved where we opine in relation to any other party.
2. Reservation
We express no opinion as to the correctness of any representations, warranties or statements given by the Issuer (expressly or impliedly) under or by virtue of the Documents, and we have relied on such representations, warranties and statements, save if and insofar as the matters warranted or stated are the subject-matter of specific opinions in this opinion letter.
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Appendix 4
(Some Definitions and Interpretation)
For the avoidance of doubt, hereafter references to acts, regulations, rules, guidelines etc. are a reference to such acts, regulations, rules, guidelines etc. as they currently stand - where relevant upon amendment or variation as per today - and any reference to such acts, regulations and rules includes a reference to the decrees and regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant thereto.
" AFM " |
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" DFSA " |
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" DCB " |
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" DCC " |
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" WOR " |
the Dutch Act on the Works Councils ( Wet op de ondernemingsraden ). |
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Exhibit 5.3
June 5, 2015
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.—Petrobras Avenida República do Chile, 65 20035-900 Rio de Janeiro – RJ Brazil
Petrobras Global Finance B.V. Weenapoint Toren A, Weena 722 3014 DA Rotterdam The Netherlands |
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special United States counsel to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras, a Brazilian corporation ( sociedade de economia mista ) (“ Petrobras ”), and Petrobras Global Finance B.V., a Dutch private company (“ PGF ” and, together with Petrobras, the “ Companies ”), in connection with PGF’s offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-183618-01) of U.S.$2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of PGF’s 6.850% Global Notes due 2115 (the “ Notes ”). The Notes are to be issued under an indenture dated as of August 29, 2012 (the “ Original Indenture ”) between PGF and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as supplemented by the twentieth supplemental indenture thereto dated as of June 5, 2015 (the “ Twentieth Supplemental Indenture ,” and together with the Original Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) among PGF, Petrobras and the Trustee. The Notes will have the benefit of a guaranty, dated as of June 5, 2015 (the “ Guaranty ”), between Petrobras and the Trustee. Such registration statement, as amended as of its most recent effective date (June 1, 2015), insofar as it relates to the Notes (as determined for purposes of Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”)), but excluding the documents incorporated by reference therein, is herein called the “ Registration Statement .”
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras
Petrobras International Finance Company, p. 2
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the following documents:
(a) an executed copy of the Original Indenture;
(b) a form of the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, including forms of global certificates representing the Notes as executed by PGF (the “ Global Notes ”); and
(c) a form of the Guaranty.
In addition, we have reviewed originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such other documents, and we have made such investigations of law, as we have deemed appropriate as a basis for the opinions expressed below.
In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies. In addition, we have assumed and have not verified the accuracy as to factual matters of each document we have reviewed.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the further assumptions and qualifications set forth below, it is our opinion that, when the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and the Guaranty have been duly executed and delivered by PGF and Petrobras, as applicable, in the forms thereof that we have examined, and the Global Notes have been duly delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof in the manner described in the Registration Statement and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Global Notes will be valid, binding and enforceable obligations of PGF, entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, and the Guaranty will be a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Petrobras.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras
Petrobras International Finance Company, p. 3
Insofar as the foregoing opinion relates to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any agreement or obligation of PGF or Petrobras, (a) we have assumed that each of Petrobras and PGF and each other party to such agreement or obligation has satisfied those legal requirements that are applicable to it to the extent necessary to make such agreement or obligation enforceable against it (except that no such assumption is made as to Petrobras and PGF regarding matters of the federal law of the United States of America or the law of the State of New York that in our experience normally would be applicable to general business entities in relation to transactions of the type contemplated in the Indenture and the Global Notes (b) such opinions are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity, and (c) such opinions are subject to the effect of judicial application of foreign laws or foreign governmental actions affecting creditors’ rights.
We express no opinion as to the subject matter jurisdiction of any United States federal court to adjudicate any action relating to the Indenture, the Guaranty or the Global Notes where jurisdiction based on diversity of citizenship under 28 U.S.C. § 1332 does not exist.
In addition, we note that (a) the enforceability in the United States of the waiver in Section 15(f) of the Guaranty and Section 1.15 of the Indenture by each of Petrobras and PGF of any immunities from court jurisdiction and from legal process, is subject to the limitations imposed by the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 and (b) the designation in Section 1.15 of the Indenture or Section 15(b) of the Guaranty of the U.S. federal courts located in the borough of Manhattan, city of New York, New York as the venue for actions or proceedings relating to the Indenture, the Global Notes and the Guaranty is (notwithstanding the waiver in Section 1.15 of the Indenture and Section 15(b) of the Guaranty) subject to the power of such courts to transfer actions pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) or to dismiss such actions or proceedings on the grounds that such a federal court is an inconvenient forum for such actions or proceedings.
We express no opinion as to the enforceability of Section 14 of the Guaranty and Section 10.13 of the Indenture relating to currency indemnity.
In addition, we note that the waiver of defenses in Section 5 of the Guaranty may be ineffective to the extent that any such defense involves a matter of public policy in New York.
The foregoing opinions are limited to the federal law of the United States of America and the law of the state of New York.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras
Petrobras International Finance Company, p. 4
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to this firm in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement under the heading “Validity of Securities” and in the prospectus supplement related thereto under the heading “Legal Matters” as counsel for Petrobras and PGF who have passed on the validity of the Securities being registered by the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. The opinions expressed herein are rendered on and as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to advise you or any other person, or to make any investigations, as to any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof that might affect the opinions expressed herein.
Very truly yours,
CLEARY GOTTLIEB STEEN & HAMILTON LLP
By: /s/ Francesca L. Odell
Francesca L. Odell