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A Publicly Held Company
CNPJ/MF no 33.000.167/0001-01
NIRE no 33300032061
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
CONVENING NOTICE
The Board of Directors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - PETROBRAS,
Considering the change to take place in the federal administration after the recently elected President of the Republic takes office on January 1, 2003;
Considering that the members of the Board of Directors were elected by the controlling shareholder on the indication of the federal administration;
Considering that the members of the Board of Directors were elected at the General Shareholders Meeting of March 22, 2002 by multiple voting, thereby implying compliance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 141 of the Corporate Law;
Convenes shareholders to an Extraordinary General Meeting, to be held on January
2, 2003 at 3.00 p.m., in the auditorium of the Company's Head Office at Avenida
República do Chile, 65, 1st floor, Rio de Janeiro (RJ), to decide upon the
following agenda:
I. Pursuant to section II of Article 122 of the Corporate Law, to decide on the election of the members of the Company's Board of Directors;
II. To decide on the appointment of the President of the Board of Directors, pursuant to Article 18 of the Company's Bylaws.
2. The minimum percentage of voting capital required for exercising multiple
voting rights in the election of members of the Board of Directors at the
General Shareholders Meeting is 5% (five per cent), pursuant to CVM Instruction
282 of June 26, 1998. Applications for exercising multiple voting rights must be
made by or prior to 3.00 p.m. on December 30, 2002.
3. Shareholders wishing to be represented at the Meeting must comply with the
prerequisites of Article 126 of the Corporate Law and Article 13 of the
Company's Bylaws, by presenting a power of attorney at the time of the meeting
or delivering it, with specific powers, to Room 401-E (Shareholder Support
Services) at the Company's Head Office by 3.00 p.m. on December 30, 2002.
Pedro Pullen Parente
President of the Board of Directors
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PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO
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By: |
/S/ João Pinheiro Nogueira Batista
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João Pinheiro
Nogueira Batista
Chief Financial
Officer and Investor Relations Director
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