FAX PARA AS BOLSAS



MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT



We hereby inform our shareholders and the market in general that the Board of Directors of Eletrobras approved on this date, the inflow of funds in the Company, in the amount of R$ 1 billion, through advance for futuramento capital increase - AFAC to be made by the shareholder controller, Federal Government.


These resources will be allocated to capital expenditure for the year 2016, included in the budget of the Eletrobras holding, being prohibited the use of these resources by transfer, in any way, for the distribution companies subsidiary of Eletrobras.


The Company clarifies that the said AFAC is necessary to complete the sources of necessary resources for the Global Spending Program (PDG) 2016, approved by Decree No. 8,632 of December 30, 2015, due to the frustration of some resources provided originally in Company's capital budget, such as: (i) non-receipt of expected dividends of some investees due to the losses recorded in the 2015 financial year; (Ii) non-receipt, to date, the amounts of indemnities relating to the renew of generation and transmission concessions in accordance with Law 12,783/2013, awaiting regulation by the Grantor regarding the conditions for the payment; and (iii) difficulty of access at this time, the debt market due to the macroeconomic and current sector conditions.


The Company will keep the market informed about the future capitalization of mentioned AFAC, and should be observed on this occasion, all the formalities established in the applicable legislation.

Rio de Janeiro, April 6, 2016. Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer



ELET3 & ELET6

LISTED LISTED

2015

EBR & EBR.B

NYSE

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