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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT |
We hereby inform our shareholders and the market you in general that the subsidiary Eletrobras Termonuclear S.A “(Eletronuclear”) sent, on this date, to the companies of the Consortium ANGRAMON, responsible for implementing the electromechanical assembly of the nuclear power plant Angra 3, notification that decided to suspend, for a period of 60 (sixty) days, the execution of the contracts related to that service, according to article 78, item XIV, of Federal Law 8,666/93.
Eletronuclear received correspondence from the companies Techint Engenharia and Construção, Construtora Queiroz Galvão S.A. e Construtora Norberto Odebrecht, requesting permission to withdraw from the Consortium ANGRAMON and consequently from the electromechanical assembly contracts of the Nuclear Power Plant Angra 3. Eletronuclear also received a correspondence from the Consortium ANGRAMON, informing that it was received correspondence from Andrade Gutierrez Engenharia S.A. requesting permission to withdrawal from the Consortium.
Due to these facts, the suspension of electromechanical assembly contracts of the nuclear power plant Angra 3 aims: (i) verify that companies that did not require its withdrawal from the Consortium ANGRAMON meet the qualification requirements to keep hiring as consisted of the respective edicts of bids, and (ii) ascertain the real interest and economic-financial and technical capacity of these companies in the continuity of execution of the contracts in question.
The suspension of the contracts in question, by decision of Eletronuclear, does not imply any resolution or future consent regarding these contracts. It is merely a temporary measure justified by the exceptional situation.
The Company will keep the market informed about the subject matter of this Market Announcement.
Rio de Janeiro, September 2, 2015.
Armando Casado de Araujo
CFO 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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