MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A

CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26 COMPANHIA ABERTA

CENTRAIS ELÉTRICAS BRASILEIRAS S.A. - ELETROBRAS ("Company" or

"Eletrobras"), in addition to market announcements of September 11, 2013 and August 9, 2016, hereby informs to shareholders and the market in general that due to the non- renewal of the concession of Companhia Energética de Roraima - CERR, the shareholders' agreement dealed between Eletrobras and the State of Roraima, on September 12, 2013, to CERR for shared management lost its validity in accordance with the provisions in the referred instrument.

Notwithstanding the mentioned above, according to market announcement of August 9, 2016, the Ministry of Mines and Energy appointed the Eletrobras subsidiary Boa Vista Energia S.A ("Boa Vista"), responsible for providing the electric energy distribution service of the area related to then granted to CERR, in the countryside of Roraima state, until there is new dealer assumption in re-bidding to be held or until December 31, 2017, whichever occurs in first.

Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 2016.

Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer ELET3 & ELET6

2015

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