RELEVANT FACT CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A

CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26 PUBLIC COMPANY

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A ("Company" or "Eletrobras") informs its shareholders and the market in general that, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on this date, Ms. Elena Landau resigned as a Board Member and Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors, for personal reasons.

As new Chairman of the Board of Directors was elected Mr. José Guimarães Monforte, who has large experience in several companies, is economist graduated at Universidade Católica de Santos, member of the Consultive Council of the Escola Britânica de Artes Criativas, member of the Board of Directors of OTP S.A., President of the Consultive Council of Premix, President of the Consultive Council of Instituto Elos, member of the Corporate Governance Committee of State-owned Companies of BM&FBovespa - B3, member of the Deliberative Board of IDIS - Institute for the Development of Social Investment and member of the Editorial Board of Harvard Business Review Brazil. Mr. Monforte, between 1998 and 2011, was in the Board and in the Risk Committee Coordination of Natura Cosméticos. Until 2011, he was part of the Board of Vivo. He also was Member of the Boards of Petrobras, BR Distribuidora, Rossi Residencial, Promon, Droga Raia, SABESP, Claro, Banco Nossa Caixa, Banco Tribanco, Canbrás, Pini Editora, Caramuru Alimentos, Klicknet, JHSF and Agrenco Ltd. He was Member of the IBRI Ethics Committee and the ABERJE Consultive Council, as well as of the OECD Advisory Panel on the Efficiency of Board of Directors, and of the Advisory Board- Americas Cabinet of the Graduate School of Business of Chicago. He had a participation in Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance, as board member in 2002, Vice President of the Board in 2003 and President of the Board from 2004 to 2008. Coordinated the Bovespa's Capital Opening Committee, was Vice-President of ANBID and of the Board of the Settlement Fund of the Stock Exchange. He served as an executive at several banks and companies such as BANESPA, Merrill Lynch Bank, Citibank, VBC Energia S/A and Janos Comércio, Administração e Participações LTDA, holding positions in Brazil and abroad.

The Board of Directors of Eletrobras, today, despite the above changes, reiterated its commitment to the implementation of the Business and Management Master Plan 2017- 2021 that is in progress and with the improvement of the Company's governance process.

Rio de Janeiro, July 28, 2017. Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

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