HRT Participacoes em Petroleo S.A. announced to its shareholders and to the market that, as early stated in the minutes of the board of directors' meeting, held on March 20, 2014 the new board deliberated on the need of increasing the number of officers from three to five, to strengthen activities such as Business Management, Corporate Governance and Business Development. In this regard, at the board of directors' meeting that took place on the present date, Mr. Eduardo Larangeira Jacome was appointed to the position of Organizational Management and Investor Relations Officer, and Mr. Jose Carlos de Araujo Pedrosa to the position of Business Development Officer of the company. From this date on, Mr. Ricardo Bottas Dourado will be dedicating himself exclusively to the position of Chief Financial Officer, such a position he has been vigorously serving since June 2013, and ceases accumulating the position of the company's Investor Relations Officer.

Mr. Eduardo Jacome has 40-year experience in Business Management and Human Resources, and a great part of this experience serving in managerial positions at IBM (23 years), Coca Cola Andina (3 years), Telemar/Oi (5 years) and at Cia. Brasileira de Multimidia (3.5 years). Mr. Jose Carlos Pedrosa, appointed to serve at the position of Business Development Officer, has been working at HRT since 2011, as President and Financial Officer of Air Amazonia, from 2011 to 2012, and as Financial Executive Manager, from 2013 at present.

He has served in key positions in several national and multinational companies, such as Souza Cruz, Kimberly Clark, SWM International, Costa do Sauipe, LBR - Lacteos Brasil and Universal Corporation.