CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A

CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26 PUBLIC COMPANY

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A ("Company" or "Eletrobras") hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that pursuant to Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/2002, as amended and currently in force, received correspondence NORGES BANK ("Shareholder") through which informs who sold class B preferred shares and, on 14/10/2016, reached its holdings, in aggregate 13,165,079 class B preferred shares, representing approximately 4.96% of the class B preferred shares issued by the Company.

In its correspondence the shareholder also said that the purpose of that participation is strictly for investment, not intended to promote shareholder control change or the Company's management structure; and which were not concluded any instruments governing the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company and their ownership.

The full correspondence received by the Company is attached in the end of this press release.

Rio de Janeiro, october 17, 2016.

Armando Casado de Araujo

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CFO and Investor Relations Officer

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