Executive Office for Governance and Compliance


Rio de Janeiro, August 23, 2017 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras reports
that its Board of Directors, in a meeting held today, analyzed the decision by
the  Public Ethics Committee of the President of the Brazilian Republic (“CEP”)
to issue a warning to the Chief Governance and Compliance Executive Officer
(“GCEO”), João Adalberto Elek Júnior.

After analyzing the subject, the Board of Directors has adopted the following
decisions:

A)	Officer João Elek shall be temporarily removed from the post effective today
until the appeal he will file with CEP is ruled by said Committee;
B)	the Deputy Officer shall answer for GCEO work.

The Board took its decisions based on the following considerations:

1)	Officer João Elek’s daughter was hired by an audit firm for a starting
position through a competitive recruitment process that lasted from September
2015 to March 2016, and was based on resume submission, interviews, and various
tests. At no time did her duties involve matters connected to Petrobras. On the
same month of March, the Officer informed the Petrobras Ethics Committee that
his daughter had been hired.

2)	On the other hand, GCEO decided to hire an expert audit firm, under bidding
process waiver, to provide investigation services for accusations received by
our Reporting Channel. Bidding process waiver was justified considering the
risks that could be generated to the company, such as delays and/or interruption
of such works, including the weakening of governance within Petrobras. This
procurement method received favorable opinions from internal audit and the legal
department and occurred on a later date to the start of the recruitment process
in which Officer João Elek’s daughter participated. The contract between
Petrobras with the audit firm was signed on 12/18/2015.

3)	A questioning received by the Reporting Channel in September 2016 pointed to
a possible conflict of interest as GCEO had hired the company where Officer João
Elek’s daughter worked. The Petrobras Ethics Committee forwarded the subject to
CEP, pursuant to current law.

4)	Additionally, and in fulfilling its diligence duty, the Board of Directors
created a special committee composed of board members led by the Audit Committee
Chair, who is an independent Board member. This committee thoroughly examined
the subject, and requested the internal audit area to carry out additional
investigation on the procurement process. The Board Committee concluded that the
procurement process was justified and compliant, whereas urgency was
demonstrated and all other requirements from our governance were met, including
cross-signature procurement. The Committee, based on the evidence found and its
best judgement, also understood that Officer João Elek had not breached conflict
of interest standards.

5)	Nevertheless, CEP, in its report on the case, disagreed with part of the
Special Committee’s understanding, considering that there was conflict of
interest due to the fact that Officer João Elek should not have participated in
the procurement process, “since his daughter already participated at the time of
the recruitment process for this company, and at that time was already
considered apt to being hired.” This situation in itself, in the opinion of the
Public Ethics Committee, constitutes conflict of interest. On the other hand,
CEP confirms the understanding of the aforementioned Committee that it is
possible to conclude that “there are no elements suggesting undue influence as
described by the anonymous accusation to Mr. João Elek” in his daughter’s
hiring, that the bidding process waiver procurement complied with the relevant
applicable internal procedures and standards, and the contractor company was
selected due to its advising expertise in the areas of interest of Petrobras.

6)	Given the warning penalty issued by CEP, and the nature of the position held
by Mr. João Elek, the Board has decided to temporarily remove him from office
until his appeal is ruled.



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