Petrobras - 2009 Sustainability Report

• Independent Auditors’ Report
• Balance Sheets

• Statements of Income

• Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
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  Statements of Cash Flows

• Statement of Added Value
• Statement of Business Segmentation (Consolidated)
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  Social Balance

Independent Auditors’ Report

To The Board of Directors and Shareholders of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Rio de Janeiro - RJ

1. We have examined the accompanying balance sheets of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (“the Company”) and the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the related statements of income, changes in shareholders’ equity, cash flows and added value for the years then ended, which are the responsibility of its management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements.
2. Our examinations were conducted in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in Brazil and included: a) planning of the audit work, considering the materiality of the balances, the volume of transactions and the accounting systems and internal controls of the Company and its subsidiaries; b) verification, on a test basis, of the evidence and records which support the amounts and accounting information disclosed; and c) evaluation of the most significant accounting policies and estimates adopted by Company management and its subsidiaries, as well as the presentation of financial statements taken as a whole.
3. In our opinion, the aforementioned financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras and the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, the results of its operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, cash flows and added value for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting practices adopted in Brazil.
4. Our examinations were performed with the objective of expressing an opinion on the aforementioned financial statements, taken as a whole. The statements of segmentation of business and the accounting information included on social balance sheet, for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, are supplementary to the aforementioned financial statements, are not required by accounting practices adopted in Brazil and have been included to facilitate additional analysis. These supplementary information were subject to the same audit procedures applied to the financial statements and in our opinion are presented fairly, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements referred to in the first paragraph, taken as a whole.