HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. - Notice of partial lack of quorum of the Special Shareholders' Meeting called for April 27, 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 3, 2012 /CNW/ - HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. (the "Company" or "HRT") (BM&FBOVESPA: HRTP3, TSX-V: HRP) today announced that on April 27, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at the head offices of HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. located in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro at Avenida Atlântica, nº 1.130, with supplementary entrance at Avenida Princesa Isabel, 10º andar (parte), Copacabana, CEP 22021-000, it was determined that the minimum quorum legally required to convene the Special Shareholders' Meeting in connection to the items (e) and (g) to (p) of the Announcement of Convocation related to the By_laws amendment, in accordance with Article 135 of Federal Law 6,404 of Dec. 15, 1976 ("Law of Corporations"), was not obtained.
Therefore, in accordance with Article 124 of the Law of Corporations, the meeting will be held on second call on May 11, 2012 at 3:00 p.m., and the respective second call announcement of convocation will be published in the Brazilian newspapers Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Brasil Econômico on May 03, 04 and 05, 2012.
Rio de Janeiro, May 02, 2012.
MARCIO ROCHA MELLO
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Sedar Profile # 00031536
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About HRT
HRT Participações holds one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in Brazil. The HRT Group comprises seven main subsidiaries: IPEX (Integrated Petroleum Expertise Company Serviços em Petróleo Ltda.), HRT O&G Exploração e Produção de Petróleo Ltda., HRT Netherlands B.V., HRT África Petróleo S.A., HRT América Inc., Air Amazonia Serviços Aéreos Ltda. and HRT Canada Inc.. The Company retains a 55% interest in 21 exploratory blocks in the Solimões Basin. HRT also operates ten exploratory blocks off the Namibian coast: eight blocks in the Orange Sub-basin and two blocks in the Walvis Sub-basin. HRT's team includes PHDs and masters in geochemistry, geophysics, biology and engineering, most of them former employees of Petrobras and ANP (Brazil petroleum agency). HRT is committed to minimizing any possible environmental impacts in the sites where it acts. Our commitment to the local communities is towards health conditions, security and quality of life. For more information, please visit the Company's website: www.hrt.com.br/ir
For further information:
Francisco Lourenço Bastos-Tigre - CFO and Investor Relations Officer
+55 21 2105-9700
[email protected]
Fábio Bueno - IR Manager
+55 21 2105-9745
[email protected]
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