NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS: DIVIDEND PAYMENTS
Announces to its shareholders that it will pay, on June 3 2008, Dividends and Interest on Own Capital to shareholders who owned ordinary or preferred shares on the base date of April 4, 2008, in accordance to the amount approved at the Company’s Ordinary General Meeting hold on April 04 2008, as follows:
| Value in Reais (R$) |
| Per share ON and PN |
| Dividends |
0,0500 |
| Interest on own capital |
0,1500 |
| Restatement at the SELIC Rate |
0,0090 |
| Total Gross Value |
0,2090 |
Income tax will incur at a rate of 15% on the value of R$0.15 of interest on own capital, while it will incur at the rate of 22.5% on the value of R$0.0090, which corresponds to the update of the Selic rate in the period ranging from 12/31/2007 to 6/3/2008. The above-mentioned income tax withholding will not apply to immune or exempt shareholders.
1. INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREDITING
The payment will be made via the Banco do Brasil S.A., the institution that is the depositary of the book-entry shares.
Banco do Brasil S.A. account holders, or those who have accounts at other banks and inform this condition, will have their rights credited automatically on the payment date.
For shareholders whose reference file record does not show the “Bank/Branch/Current Account” data, rights will only be credited on the date such records are updated in the electronic files at the Banco do Brasil S.A., via its Branches.
This installment corresponding to the shares deposited at Stock Exchange Fungible Custodies will be credited to the respective Exchanges which, via the depositing BROKERAGE FIRMS, will be in charge of passing them on to the shareholders.
Shareholders who have bearer shares must appear at any branch of the Banco do Brasil S.A., with their Taxpayer’s ID, ID Card, proof of residence, and their certificates and the respective coupons at hand to have the shares converted to the book-entry form in order to receive the earnings. At that moment, they may inform their banking data so the earnings can be credited to their current accounts.
Payments for the American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) traded at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will be made via JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., the depository bank for the ADRs. Payment data and other information may be obtained at www.adr.com.
2. SHAREHOLDER SERVICES
More information is available via the BB Customer Service, at 4004-0001 (Capitals and metropolitan areas) and 0800-7290001 (other locations) or at any branch of the Banco do Brasil S.A.
3. FINAL INFORMATION
Interest on Own Capital that remains unclaimed for a period of 3 (three) years, beginning on the payment date (04/30/2008), will prescribe and revert in favor of the company (Law 6404/76, art. 287, subparagraph II, item a).
Shareholders must be aware of the importance of keeping their reference file data updated, since proceed payment may only be made to those whose data are updated or to those who hold current accounts at any bank registered at the Banco do Brasil S.A. (the institution that administers Petrobras’ Book Entry Share System). To update your data, please go to any branch of the Banco do Brasil S.A. with your personal documents at hand.
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