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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A

CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26

PUBLIC COMPANY

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A (“Company” or “Eletrobras”) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, in addition to the Relevant Fact published on November 9, 2017 and the Market Announcement released on November 23, 2017, the Investment Partnership Program Council of the Presidency of the Republic (CPPI), through Resolution 29 of the Investment Partnership Program Council ("CPPI Resolution 29"), released on December 28, 2017 amended Resolution No. 20, dated November 8, 2017, of the Investment Partnership Program Council of the Presidency of the Republic ("CPPI Resolution 20") which approved the conditions for the transfer of shareholding control of Eletrobras held in the following companies: Companhia Boa Vista Energia S.A., Companhia Energética de Alagoas, Companhia Energética do Piauí, Centrais Elétricas de Rondônia S.A., Companhia de Eletricidade do Acre S.A. and Amazonas Distribuidora de Energia S.A and revoked the art 1 of Resolution 28, of November 22, 2017, of the Investment Partnership Program Council of the Presidency of the Republic, the section that changes the art 3, paragraph 3, of Resolution 20.

The purpose of CPPI Resolution 29 is to extend until February 8, 2018, the deadline for holding the Eletrobras General Meeting, which shall deliberate on the specific conditions of sale of the share control referred to in Resolution CPPI 20. This General Meeting will be timely called by Eletrobras to comply with this deadline.

The full CPPI Resolution number 29, dated December 28, 2017, is available for consultation, as of this date, on the Eletrobras website (www.eletrobras.com/ri) and was published in the Official Gazette of the Federal Government.

The Company clarifies that the extension referred to in Resolution CPPI 29 does not change the object and deadlines set forth in the agenda of the 169th Extraordinary General Meeting, already called, and to be held today.

Rio de Janeiro, December 28, 2017.

Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

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CENTRAIS ELÉTRICAS BRASILEIRAS S.A. - ELETROBRÁS

By:	/S/ Armando Casado de Araujo
	Armando Casado de Araujo Chief Financial and Investor Relation Officer