MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A

CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26 COMPANHIA ABERTA

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A ("Companhia" ou "Eletrobras) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that its subsidiary, Eletrobras Termonuclear

S.A ("Eletronuclear"), filed a legal claim on September 19, 2017 aiming to interrupt the statute of limitations regarding compensation rights against the companies that formed part of the Angramon consortium (Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S/A, UTC Engenharia S/A, Techint Engenharia e Construção S/A, Construtora Andrade Gutierrez S/A, Empresa Brasileira de Engenharia S/A - EBE, Construtora Queiroz Galvão S/A e Contruções e Comércio Camargo Correa S/A), in order to preserve Eletronuclear's compensation rights in respect of the potential damages caused by denunciations and investigations originating from "Operação Lava Jato".

Rio de Janeiro, September 26, 2017.

Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

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