Petrobras (PBR)

24.1.1 Splitting of shares

On March 3, 2008, the Board of Directors approved the proposal for splitting the Petrobras shares and, consequently, the amendment of article 4 of the Bylaws.

On March 24, 2008, the General Shareholders’' Meeting approved the splitting of the Petrobras shares. The date for the consummation of the transaction was April 25, 2008 onwards.

Each share, both common and preferred, will be represented by two split shares. Consequently, the capital of Petrobras is now composed of 8.774.076.740 (eight billion, seven hundred and seventy-four million, seventy-six thousand, seven hundred and forty) shares with no par value, of which 5.073.347.344 (five billion, seventy-three million, three hundred and forty-seven thousand, three hundred and forty-four) are ordinary shares and 3.700.729.396 (three billion, seven hundred million, seven hundred and twenty-nine thousand, three hundred and ninety-six) are preferred shares. Therefore, the shareholders received 1 (one) new share for each share they already held of the same species.

For the investors holding American Depositary Receipts (ADR), after approval of the splitting of the shares, the exchange ratio of two shares for each ADR of Petrobras traded on the New York Stock Exchange (Nyse) was maintained.