FAX PARA AS BOLSAS LISTED

Further to the fato relevante published on May 11, 2016, we hereby inform our shareholders and the market in general that, despite our best efforts and resources dedicated, we are not in a position to file our annual reports on Form 20-F for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 by May 18, 2016, as the independent internal investigation conducted by Hogan Lovells US LLP is still not substantially complete.

In respect of the annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2014, there are no further extensions which may be granted pursuant to section 802.01E of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") Listed Company Manual.

Accordingly, the NYSE will suspend the trading of the American Depository Shares ("ADS") issued by us and listed on the NYSE (tickets EBR and EBR-B) in the coming days, while the delisting process begins.

Once the NYSE determines that our ADS will be delisted, we intend to appeall the delisting and continue to work to finalize our annual reports on Form 20-F for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015.

During the suspension period, EBR and EBR-B ADS holders may request that the depository bank, JP Morgan, cancel their ADS or provide the underlying ordinary shares (ELET3) or class B preferred shares (ELET6), which are traded on the

BM&FBovespa stock exchange in São Paulo, Brazil.

LISTED

Further, we are taking all necessary measures to ensure that during the suspension period, or even in case of a delisting, our ADS may be traded on the over-the-counter ("OTC") market. Accordingly, we will announce the OTC tickers as soon as they are made available.

Below are the contact details for our ADS depository bank, JP Morgan. ADS holders may discuss this matter further with the people listed below. In addition, the Eletrobras investor relations team is also available to assist.

JP Morgan Contacts

55 11 4950 3650 (Andrea Krongold) - Portuguese, Spanish and English 212 552 8925 (Andrea Krongold) - Portuguese, Spanish and English 212 552 8926 (Karina Fridman) - English

Eletrobras Investor Relations Team 55 21 2514 6333

55 21 2514 4627

We will continue to work to ensure that the ongoing independent investigation is concluded so that we may file our annual reports on Form 20-F, as required by applicable U.S. laws.

Finally, we clarify that the loans and financing entered into by Eletrobras, as well as the bonds issued in the international capital markets, were entered into on market standard terms. The covenants in these agreements were consistent with the market standard for companies of similar credit ratings at the time that these agreements

were entered into.

Pursuant to these agreements, we are subject to certain clauses such as, corporate guarantee clauses, change of control covenants, provisions regarding the furnishing of financial information, prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP, compliance with licences and authorizations and asset sale covenants. There are no covenants in respect of us mainting our ADS listed on the NYSE or the filing of our annual reports on Form 20-F.

Rio de Janeiro, May 17, 2016. Armando Casado de Araujo

LISTED CFO and Investor Relation Officer

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