Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras : Relevant Fact - Sale of Tumarin 07.25.2016.pdf

FAX PARA AS BOLSAS RELEVANT FACT CENTRAIS ELETRICAS BRASILEIRAS S/A

CNPJ: 00.001.180/0001-26

Public Traded Company

Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A ("Company" or "Eletrobras"), hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on July 22, 2016, Centrales Hidrelectricas de Centroamerica (hereinafter "CHC"), in which Eletrobras holds 50% of its share capital, sold all the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary Centrales Hidrelectricas de Nicaragua (hereinafter "CHN" ), which holds the concession of the hidrelectrico project Tumarin, located in Nicaragua, with installed capacity of 253 MW ("project"), by the total amount of US$ 44.2 million ("Price").

The sale was made to the Empresa Nicaraguense de Eletricidad - ENEL, a Nicaraguan state-owned energy company and the Distribuidora de Electricidad del Norte S.A. - Disnorte, which will be the buyer of the electric energy to be generated, which will enable the continuation of the project.

Considering that, the project was the only one developed by CHC through the wholly owned subsidiary CHN, which was sold, steps will also be adopted to end the participation of Eletrobras in CHC.

The Eletrobras investment in CHC, registered in financial statements for the first quarter of 2016 was R$ 87,8 million, and there, however, provision for losses on investment in the same amount invested.

Rio de Janeiro, July 25, 2016. Armando Casado de Araujo

CFO and Investor Relations Officer

ELET3 & ELET6

2015