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MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras SA - Eletrobras ("Company") informs its shareholders and the market in general that, in the judicial proceedings in progress at the 12th Civil Court of Recife Municipality, involving the subsidiary Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco – Chesf, below mentioned, there was a new judicial lock, on this date, as pawn, the amount of approximately R$ 125.5 million.

This is a judicial process whose claim Chesf is the partial annulment of an amendment (K Factor for analytical restatement of prices) to the contract of civil works of Hydroelectric Plant Xingó, signed with the Xingó Consortium composed by Companhia Brasileira de Projetos e Obras - CBPO, CONSTRAN SA - Construções e Comércio e Mendes Júnior Engenharia S.A., and the consequent return of amounts paid under the name of "K factor", as disclosed in item 4.3 of the Company's Reference Form.

The mentioned process is provisioned in the Eletrobras consolidated financial statements, for the 1st quarter of 2016 in the amount of approximately R$ 1.1 billion.

The referred judicial lock may impact the financial capacity of Chesf and their business in the short term, especially considering its status as a public utility company in electric service concession, however, Chesf is taking the appropriate legal measures to equalize the situation.

The Eletrobras will keep the market informed about the matter referred to in this Notice to the Market.

Rio de Janeiro, May 31, 2016.

Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 31, 2016

CENTRAIS ELÉTRICAS BRASILEIRAS S.A. - ELETROBRAS

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

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