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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT |
We hereby inform our shareholders and the market in general that the Board of Directors of our subsidiary Companhia Hidrelétrica do São Francisco (“CHESF”), at a meeting held on October 10, 2014 decided for the convening of a Shareholder Extraordinary General Meeting in order to deliberate on the cancellation of the proposed of the Public Offering for Acquisition of Shares - "OPA" which aimed to transform CHESF into a privately held company, as Market Announcement released by Eletrobras, on September 23th, 2013.
We clarify the market that the OPA instrument had not yet been published. Therefore does not apply the provisions of Article 5th of CVM Instruction 361, of March 5, 2002.
We will keep the market informed about the decision taken by the Extraordinary General Meeting of CHESF.
Rio de Janeiro, October 15, 2014.
Armando Casado de Araújo
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
CENTRAIS ELÉTRICAS BRASILEIRAS S.A. - ELETROBRÁS | ||
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/S/ Armando Casado de Araujo
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Armando Casado de Araujo
Chief Financial and Investor Relation Officer |
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