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ANSWER TO CVM
OFFICIAL LETTER SEP/GEA-1/N.º 019/2015
AS OF JANUARY 30, 2015
Rio de Janeiro, February 4th, 2015 - PetroRio1, new brand of HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A., hereby provides clarifications, as requested by CVM on the referred Official Letter, regarding the content of the news published by Valor Econômico newspaper, on January 21, 2015, under the title "HRT turns into PetroRio and expands its assets" regarding the change of the Company's name.
The Company clarifies that, according to the Material Fact released on January 21, 2015, from that day on the Company began to use the new brand PetroRio.
Additionally, as informed on the referred Material Fact, the Company's corporate name will remain HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A., until the modification is approved at the Shareholders' Meeting, in accordance with proposal to be submitted by Management. The Company's shares and Global Depositary Shares ("GDS") will continue to be traded under the tickers HRTP3 on the BM&FBOVESPA and HRP on TSX-V until the new corporate name is approved and the request to change the tickers is authorized by BM&FBOVESPA, CVM and TSX-V. The Company will keep its shareholders and the market in general informed of the progress of this process.