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Profile Management Awards Addresses Expedient

Independent auditors' report on the financial statements

(A translation of the original report in Portuguese as published in Brazil containing
financial statement prepared in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil)

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

1. We have examined the accompanying individual and consolidated financial statements of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras ("Company"), identified as Parent Company and Consolidated, respectively, which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 and the respective statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders' equity and cash flows for the year then ended, as well as a summary of significant accounting policies and other notes to the financial statements.

Management's responsibility for the financial statements

2. The Company's management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the individual financial statements in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil and of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil, as well as for the internal control as it considers necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements free of material misstatements, regardless of whether due to fraud or error.

Independent auditor's responsibility

3. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit, conducted in accordance with the Brazilian and International Standards on Auditing. These standards require compliance with ethical requirements by the auditor and that the audit is planned and performed for the purpose of obtaining reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement.
4. An audit involves performing selected procedures to obtain evidence with respect to the amounts and disclosures presented in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, and include the assessment of the risks of material misstatements of the financial statements, regardless of whether due to fraud or error. In the assessment of these risks, the auditor considers the relevant internal controls for the preparation and fair presentation of the Company's financial statements, in order to plan audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for purposes of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal controls. An audit also includes evaluating the adequacy of the accounting practices used and the reasonableness of the accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements taken as a whole.
5. We believe that the audit evidence obtained is sufficient and appropriate for expressing our opinion.

Opinion on the individual financial statements

6. In our opinion, the aforementioned individual financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras as of December 31, 2010, and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil.

Opinion on the consolidated financial statements

7. In our opinion, the aforementioned consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010, its consolidated financial performance and its consolidated cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and accounting practices adopted in Brazil.

Emphasis

8. As mentioned in Note 2, the Company's financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil. In the case of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras these practices differ from IFRS, applicable to the separate financial statements, only with respect to the valuation of the investments in subsidiaries, associated companies and jointly controlled subsidiaries by the equity accounting method, while for IFRS purposes it would be cost or fair value; and by the option for maintaining the balance of deferred assets, existing as of December 31, 2008, which is being amortized.

Other matters
Statements of added value, segment reporting and social balance

9. We have also examined the individual and consolidated statements of added value, segment reporting and accounting information contained in the social balance statement for the year ended December 31, 2010. These statements were submitted to the same audit procedures described above and, in our opinion, are presented fairly, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

Rio de Janeiro, February 25, 2011

KPMG Auditores Independentes
CRC SP-014428/O-6 F-RJ

Manuel Fernandes Rodrigues de Sousa
Accountant CRC-RJ-052428/O-2