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This excerpt taken from the PBR 6-K filed Jul 26, 2006.


Results of Debt Tender Offers


(Rio de Janeiro, July 25, 2006). – PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S/A - PETROBRAS, [Bovespa: PETR3/PETR4, NYSE: PBR/PBRA, Latibex: XPBR/XPBRA, BCBA: APBR/APBRA], a Brazilian international energy company, reports that, as a result of its debt repurchase offer announced on July 18, 2006, the amount of notes tendered for the five series issued by its wholly owned subsidiary Petrobras International Finance Company (PIFCo), listed in the table below, was US$ 888.26 million. considering the notes previously purchased by Petrobras and its affiliates, also included in the tender, the total value reached US$ 1,215.66 million.

As a result, the principal amount outstanding of the notes will be changed from to US$ 2,950.00 million to US$ 1,734.34 million, reducing and simplifying the debt profile of the company. The offers expired at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on Monday, July 24, 2006, as originally scheduled.

The purchase price for each US$ 1,000 principal amount of notes is listed in the table below for each series. This amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest payment date to, but excluding, the settlement date, will be paid by PIFCo on the settlement date, which will be July 27, 2006.

 
Title of
 Security 
  CUSIP/ISIN Number    Purchase Price per U.S.$1,000 Principal Amount of Notes    Principal Amount Outstanding Before Tender Offer (Millions)   Amount of Notes Tendered** Excluding Petrobras or Affiliates (Millions)   Amount of Notes Tendered by Petrobras and Affiliates (Millions)   Principal Amount Outstanding After Tender Offer (Millions)
           
           
           
 
PIFCo 12.375%                         
Global Step-Up    71645WAF8 /                     
Notes due 2008    US71645WAF86    U.S.$1,109.37    U.S.$400    U.S.$54.92    U.S.$210.46    U.S.$134.62 
(“Step-Up                         
Notes”)                        
 
PIFCo 9.875%    EC3844981 /                     
Senior Notes    USG7028BAA91*;    U.S.$1,074.36    U.S.$450    U.S.$170.21    U.S.$41.54    U.S.$238.25 
due 2008    71646FAA5 / US71646FAA57;                     
(“2008 Notes”)   71646FAB3 / US71646FAB31*                     
 
    71645WAB7 /                     
PIFCo 9.750%    US71645WAB72*;                     
Senior Notes    EC4142831 /    U.S.$1,173.36    U.S.$600    U.S.$310.64    U.S.$3.00    U.S.$286.36 
due 2011    USG7028BAB74*;                     
(“2011 Notes”)   71645WAA9 /                     
    US71645WAA99                     
 
PIFCo 9.125%                         
Global Notes    71645WAG6 /    U.S.$1,160.01    U.S.$750    U.S.$198.87    U.S.$52.80    U.S.$498.33 
due 2013    US71645WAG69                     
(“2013 Notes”)                        
 
PIFCo 8.375%                         
Global Notes    71645WAH4 /    U.S.$1,119.13    U.S.$750    U.S.$153.62    U.S.$19.60    U.S.$576.78 
due 2018    US71645WAH43                     
(“2018 Notes”)                        
 
* These Notes are admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
** All notes validly tendered and not withdrawn in the tender offers were accepted by PIFCo.

PIFCo retained Morgan Stanley & Co., Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC to serve as dealer managers for the offers, The Bank of New York to serve as depositary for the offers, The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. to serve as Luxembourg agent for the offers and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to serve as information agent for the offers.

This announcement does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. The offers were made solely by the offer to purchase and related letter of transmittal. The offers were made only in the jurisdictions in which they were permitted to be made under applicable law.

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