Petrobras Issues US$ 2 billion in Global Notes

Rio de Janeiro, February 1, 2018 – Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras announces that it has closed today a US$ 2 billion issuance of 2029 notes in the international capital markets. The notes were issued by Petrobras’ wholly-owned subsidiary Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (“PGF”) and constitute general senior unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of PGF that are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Petrobras. Pricing occurred on January 25, 2018 and the terms of the notes are as follows:

2029 Notes

Amount

US$ 2 billion

Coupon

5.750%

Issue Price

98.402%

Yield to Investors

5.950%

Maturity

02/01/2029

1st Interest Payment Date

08/01/2018

Interest Payment Dates

February 1 and August 1 of each year

Ratings

Ba3 (Moody’s) / BB- (S&P) / BB (Fitch)

Joint Bookrunners

BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Banco Bradesco BBI S.A, Citigroup Global Markets Inc, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Itau BBA USA Securities, Inc. e  Mizuho Securities USA LLC

 

The demand was 5x oversubscribed, with more than 300 orders originated by investors coming from United States, Europe and Latin America.

PGF will use the net proceeds from the sale of the new 2029 Notes towards the redemption price of the following Notes:

–  3.000% Global Notes due January 2019, in USD
–  7.875% Global Notes due March 2019, in USD
–  3.250% Global Notes due April 2019, in EUR

Petrobras will continue to evaluate market opportunities with the intention to reduce costs and to extend the average duration of its debt portfolio towards the leverage target of the Company’s Business and Management Plan 2018-2022.

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