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PBR » Topics » Board of Directors Decided to Send the Proposal for a Share Split to the Extraordinary Shareholders MeetingThis excerpt taken from the PBR 6-K filed Jun 20, 2005. Board of Directors Decided to Send the Proposal for a Share Split to the (Rio de Janeiro, June 17, 2005) - PETRÓLEO
BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa: PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex:
XPBR/XPBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, announces to shareholders and
investors in general that the Board of Directors, meeting today, decided to send a
Proposal for a Share Split of PETROBRAS shares and an amendment to article 4 of the
Bylaws, for resolution by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting (ESM) to be convened
for July 22, 2005.
If this proposal is approved by the ESM, each existing share, both common and preferred, will be represented by four shares after the split. Consequently, PETROBRAS' corporate capital will be divided into 4,386,151,700 (four billion three hundred eighty-six million one hundred fifty-one thousand seven hundred) shares, of which 2,536,673,672 (two billion five hundred thirty-six million six hundred seventy-three thousand six hundred seventy-two) common shares and 1,849,478,028 (one billion eight hundred forty-nine million four hundred seventy-eight thousand twenty-eight) preferred shares. Therefore the shareholders will receive 3 (three) new shares for each share held of the same class. For investors holding American Depository Receipts - (ADRs), their correspondence will simultaneously be changed to 1 (one) ADR for every 4 shares of the same class. With this operation no change in the value of the corporate capital is proposed. The purpose of the share split is to facilitate the purchase of Petrobras shares by small investors in the Brazilian market and consequently expand the shareholder base. It is also a demonstration of the Company's confidence in its future results. José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo http: //www.petrobras.com.br/ri/english
Contacts:
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A – PETROBRAS
Investor
Relations Department
Raul Adalberto de Campos– Executive Manager E-mail: petroinvest@petrobras.com.br Av. República do Chile, 65 - 4th floor 20031-912 – Rio de Janeiro, RJ (55-21) 3224-1510 / 9947 
This document may contain forecasts that merely reflect the expectations of the Company’s management. Such terms
as “anticipate”, “believe”, “expect”, “forecast”, “intend”, “plan”, “project”, “seek”, “should”, along with
similar or analogous expressions, are used to identify such forecasts. These predictions evidently involve risks
and uncertainties, whether foreseen or not by the Company. Therefore, the future results of operations may differ
from current expectations, and readers must not base their expectations exclusively on the information presented
herein.
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: June 17, 2005
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