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20031-912 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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This report on Form 6-K is incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form F-3 of Petróleo Brasileiro -- Petrobras (No. 333-163665).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Form 6-K/A is being filed solely to replace the Company’s Report on Form 6-K originally filed on September 20, 2010 (the “Original 6-K”). The Company is replacing the Original 6-K with this report on Form 6-K/A in order to conform the Company’s filing under cover of Form 6-K to the press release distributed in English by the Company on September 17, 2010 entitled “Increase in Maximum Size of Additional Lot of Shares for Petrobras’ Global Offering under Brazilian Law.”
This Amended Report on Form 6-K/A is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form F-3 of Petróleo Brasileiro -- Petrobras (No. 333-163665).
Increase in Maximum Size of Additional Lot of Shares for Petrobras’ Global Offering under Brazilian Law
Rio de Janeiro, September 17, 2010 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras today announces that, pursuant to Brazilian law, Petrobras’ board of directors has approved an increase in the maximum number of common shares and preferred shares (collectively, the “Shares”), including Shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), that may be issued by the Company in addition to the Shares initially offered in its public equity offering in Brazil (the “Brazilian Offering”) and outside of Brazil (the ”International Offering” and, together with the Brazilian Offering, the “Global Offering”) (the “Additional Lot”).
As a result, the maximum size of the Additional Lot under Brazilian law has been increased from up to 10% to up to 20% of the Shares initially offered in the Global Offering.
Investing in our Shares and ADSs involves risks. See the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
This announcement is not an offer of Petrobras shares. Petrobras shares may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration. Petrobras has registered the offering in the United States. The public offering of Petrobras shares is being made by means of a prospectus filed with the SEC containing detailed information about Petrobras and the offering.
www.petrobras.com.br/ri/english
Contacts: PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S. A. – PETROBRAS
Investor Relations Department I E-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br / acionistas@petrobras.com.br
Av. República do Chile, 65 – 22nd floor - 20031-912 - Rio de Janeiro, RJ I Tel.: 55 (21) 3224-1510 / 9947
This document may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Exchange Act) that merely reflect the expectations of the Company’s management. Such terms as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “forecast”, “intend”, “plan”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, along with similar or analogous expressions, are used to identify such forecasts. These predictions evidently involve risks and uncertainties, whether foreseen or not by the Company. Therefore, the future results of operations may differ from current expectations, and readers must not base their expectations exclusively on the information presented herein.
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