Petrobras, following the press releases of 02/28/2023 and 03/01/2023, informs that it has received an official letter from the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) requesting rectification of the nominations of candidates who will compose the slate of the Federal Government, as the controlling shareholder, of the eight vacancies of the Board of Directors (BoD) whose elections will take place in the next General Meeting of Shareholders of Petrobras.
In place of Mr. Carlos Eduardo Turchetto Santos, the controlling shareholder is appointing Mr. Efrain Pereira da Cruz.
This appointment, as well as the others, will be submitted to the Company's internal governance procedures, observing the Policy for Appointing Senior Management Members, for the analysis of legal and management and integrity requirements and subsequent manifestation by the People Committee, under the terms of article 21, paragraph 4, of Decree 8945/2016, amended by Decree 11048/2022.
Efrain Pereira da Cruz. Mr. Efrain Pereira da Cruz is a former Director of the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL), former President of the Association of Energy Regulators of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (RELOP), professor at the Brazilian Institute of Teaching, Development and Research (IDP) and member of the National Council for Consumer Defense (CNDC) with the Ministry of Justice. He is a lawyer, specialist in Energy Law, with a post-graduate degree in Public Law and a master's degree in Law and Development. He was Director of Centrais Elétricas de Rondōnia (Ceron), of Companhia de Eletricidade do Acre (Eletroacre) and consulting member of the Special Commission on Energy of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) in 2015 and 2016.
