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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 the Decree that includes Eletrobras in the National Privatization Plan (“PND”) was signed on April 19, 2018 and published in the today’s edition of Official Gazette ("DOU").

The mentioned Decree is attached to this Relevant Fact.

Rio de Janeiro, April 20 2018.

Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

DECREE No  9,351 - April, 19, 2018.

Approves the recommendations established in Resolution 13 of August 23, 2017 and Resolution 30 of March 19, 2018, of the Investment Partnerships Program Council of the Presidency of the Republic, to initiate the procedures necessary for the contracting of relevant studies.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the attribution conferred by art. 84, caput, item IV and VI, item "a", of the Constitution, and in view of the provisions of Law No. 9,491 of September 9, 1997 and Law 13,334 of September 13, 2016, and Resolutions 13 of August 23, 2017 and Resolution 30 of March 19, 2018, of the Investment Partnerships Program Council of the Presidency of the Republic,

DECREES:

Art 1 - Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA - Eletrobras is hereby qualified under the Investment Partnerships Program (PPI) and included in the National Privatization Program (PND), in order to initiate the necessary procedures to contract the pertinent studies, as soon as it is approved by the National Congress, Bill No. 9,463, of 2018.

Art 2. The recommendations set forth in Resolution No. 30, dated March 19, 2018, of the Investment Partnerships Program Council of the Presidency of the Republic (CPPI), regarding the attributions of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) are approved,  carrying out of the studies referred to in art. 1.

Article 3 The recommendations established in Resolution 30 of 2018 of the CPPI regarding the duties of the Ministry of Mines and Energy, which will be responsible for setting up and coordinating the working groups referred to in paragraph 1 of art. 4 of the referred Resolution.

Art. 4 This Decree shall enter into force on the date of its publication.

Brasília, April, 19, 2018; 197th of Independence and 130th of the Republic.                                                                                                                                                  

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