Petrobras would like to inform the market regarding the independent internal investigations into “Lava Jato Operation”.

Petrobras hired independent law firms Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP to assess the nature, extent and impact of the actions that may have been committed within the context of the claims made by former Director Paulo Roberto Costa, as well as facts and correlated circumstances that have a relevant impact on the company’s business.

On 12/19/2014, the investigations under way at Petrobras, conducted by the referred to firms, were expanded to include the Petrobras Social Security Foundation – PETROS, as approved by the Foundation’s Advisory Committee.