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This excerpt taken from the PBR 6-K filed Jun 5, 2008. Fitch upgrades Petrobras’ rating (Rio de Janeiro, June 4, 2008). – PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa: PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex: XPBR/XPBRA, BCBA: APBR/APBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, announces that Fitch Ratings (“Fitch”) has upgraded the foreign currency debt rating of Petrobras and of its wholly-owned subsidiary PfiCo (Petrobras International Finance Co.) from BBB- to BBB with a stable outlook. According to Fitch, the upgrade in Petrobras’ risk rating reflects its improved operating and financial performance and the strengthening of Brazil’s macroeconomic and fiscal policy fundamentals. The rating reflects the material reserve volume, leadership position in the industry, greater transparency with the market, and improved corporate governance practices of Petrobras, in addition to the favorable oil and oil products prices in the international market. Furthermore, the agency states that the recent discoveries made in the pre-salt exploratory frontier, over and beyond the company’s new position as a net oil and oil products exporter, a shift that took place in 2005, will reinforce Petrobras’ position even more in the global oil and gas industry.
www.petrobras.com.br/ri/english  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 04, 2008
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