FAX PARA AS BOLSAS MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

The Company informs its shareholders and the market in general that received, on July 30, 2015, the letter of the Comissão de ValoresMobiliários ("CVM") No. 298/2015/CVM/SEP/GEA-1, requesting clarification regarding the news published by the news real-time service estadão.com.br, under the heading "Eletrobras will call former minister of the Supreme Court to compose the commission", as transcribed by the end of this Announcement.

In response to the mentioned letter, the Company hereby clarifies to its shareholders and market in general the following:

1. The Board of Directors, during the meeting held on this date, approved the creation of the Investigation Management Comission ("Commission"), which will monitored the investigation (in progress) that has conducted by Hogan Lovells, as mentioned in the Market Announcement of July 9,

2015;

2. The Board of Directors also approved today, hiring of two (2) notorious experts to compose the mentioned Commission, who, as members, shall be independent in relation to the management of the Company and its controlling shareholder. The members approved were: Dr. Ellen Gracie Northfleet and and Dr. Durval José Soledade Santos;

3. Due to de fact that Eletrobras needs to observe legal procedures for hiring of the aforementioned members to this Commission, the contracts haven't been signed yet;

4. At the end of this day, the executives Valter Luiz Cardeal de Souza, Chief Generation Officer of Eletrobras, and AdhemarPalocci, Chief Planning and Engineering Officer of Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S.A ("Eletronorte"), requested license of their respective positions;

5. The Company reaffirms that is monitoring the news that have being published in the local press and the events that occurred in recent days, as well as the evolution of the investigation in progress by Hogan Lovells;

6. The Company will adopt the necessary measures to defend the Company's interests, as well as has been keeping the market informed timely.

Rio de Janeiro, July 31, 2015. Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

ELET3 & ELET6



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Transcription of letter of the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários ("CVM") No. 298/2015/CVM/SEP/GEA-1.

Subject: Clarification regarding the news published by the local press
Mr Director,
1. We refer to the article published today in midia estadão.com.br, section "notícias", under the heading "Eletrobras will call former minister of the Supreme Court to compose the commission" whose text referring to the work of the KPMG audit follows transcribed below:
There are rumors that the KPMG audit intends to keep away two other executives mentioned in the plea bargaining of the operation Lava Jato: the Chief Generation Officer of Eletrobrás, Valter Luiz Cardeal de Souza, and the Chief Planning and Engineering Officer at Eletronorte, Adhemar Palocci, brother of former Finance Minister Antonio Palocci.
2. In this regard, we request information about the veracity of statements disclosed in the news and, if confirmed, also clarify the reasons why the company decided not to address as a Material Fact pursuant to CVM Instruction No.358/02.
3. This information must take place through the Empresa.NET System category: Comunicado ao Mercado,type: EsclarecimentossobreConsultasCVM/BOVESPA, subject: NotíciaDivulgadanaMídia, which will include a transcript of this letter.
4. We emphasize that, pursuant to art. 3 of CVM Instruction No.358/02, it is the responsibility of the Investor Relations Officer to disclose and communicate to CVM and, if applicable, the Stock Exchange and OTCentity on which the securities issued by the company are traded, any act or fact occurred or related to the Company business and ensure its wide and immediate dissemination, simultaneously in all markets where such securities are traded.
5. We also recall the obligation referred to in the sole paragraph of art. 4 of CVM Instruction No.358/02, to inquire managers and controlling shareholders, in order to ascertain whether they have knowledge of information that should be disclosed to the market.
6. Finally, we clarify that the CVM understands that, in the case of leak information or if the company's issued securities present an unusually variation, the material facts must be immediately reported, although this informs refers to operation under negotiating (did not concluded), initial negotiations, feasibility studies or the mere intention of conducts of business (CIRCULAR LETTER/CVM/SEP/No.02/2015).
7. We confirm, for appropriate legal purposes, the noncompliance with the information request within 1 business day will subject the Company, based on section II of Article 9 of Law No.6,385/1976 and Article 7 combined with Article 9 of CVM Instruction No.452/2007, application of punitive fine in the amount of R$
1,000.00 (one thousand reais). Regards,
Nilza Maria Silva de oliveira
Management of Comissão de Valores Mobiliários

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