MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT

We announce to shareholders and the market in general that Eletrobras will a acquire 50% (fifty percent) participation in Rouar S.A., represented by 12,500 bearer shares with voting rights, currently held by the Administración Nacional y Transmisiones Eléctricas - UTE for the amount of $ 172.50 (one hundred seventy-two Uruguayan Pesos and fifty cents) equivalent, on this date, to R$ (17.65 real).
Rouar is a company based in Montevideo, Uruguay, created under Uruguayan law, to act in the area of wind power generation through the installation and development of wind farms.
Following the above purchase, the company, Rouar S.A., will have the following shareholding structure: 50% (fifty percent) of the bearer shares with voting rights owned by Eletrobras and
50% (fifty percent) of the bearer shares with voting rights owned by UTE.
On the same date, a Shareholders Agreement will be signed to regulate the shared management of the company between the shareholders Eletrobras and UTE.
The project will include a capital contribution by Eletrobras limited to U.S.$ 23,500,000 (twenty three million, five hundred thousand U.S. dollars).
Finally, please note that this acquisition does not constitute a right of withdrawal for the shareholders of Eletrobras, as it does not constitute acquisition of control of a company, nor does the price exceed the limits stated in section II, and the second paragraph of Article 256 of Law 6,404 / 76.
Rio de Janeiro, October 02, 2013

Armando Casado de Araujo CFO and Investor Relations Officer

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