NEWS RELEASE
ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL EQUITY INTEREST
Rio de Janeiro, August 8, 2014 - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A.(the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP), in compliance with the provisions of Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358/02, announces that it received yesterday a letter from Aventti Strategic Partners LLP ("Aventti") informing that, on August 6, 2014, it reached a total amount of 1,906,190 common shares issued by HRT (on a post-reverse split basis or 19,061,900 pre-reverse split basis), equivalent to 6.41% of the total capital stock of the Company.
Aventti announces that such increase in the equity interest does not represent the purpose of altering the control composition or managing structure of the Company at this moment, and that does not hold nor acknowledge linked people as holder of convertible debentures into shares, subscription bonus, rights to subscribe to shares and stock options issued by the Company, as well as it states that has not entered into any contract or agreement regulating the right to vote or purchase and sale of securities issued by HRT.
For additional information, please contact HRT`s Investor Relations Department.
Ph: +55 21 2105-9700 | Fax: +55 21 2105-9713
Av. Atlântica 1130 | 10º andar | Copacabana | Rio de Janeiro | RJ | Zip: 22021-000
email: ri@hrt.com.br | website: www.hrt.com.br/ir
IR Contacts
Eduardo Jácome
ri@hrt.com.br
Sandra Calcado
sandra.calcado@hrt.com.br
Tainah Costa
tainah.costa@hrt.com.br
