The Brazilian state energy firm has finally released its 3Q 2014 earnings following months of delays due to an ongoing corruption scandal within the company that led to an overvaluation of a number of downstream and midstream assets. Petrobras said 3Q net profit was down 9.1% from year-ago levels to 3.09B reais ($1.20B), though these earnings results were not certified by independent third-party PricewaterhouseCooopers (PwC) due to the corruption allegations as the earnings did not include a write down related to the corruption scandal. CEO Maria das Gracas Foster added that it is currently "impractical" to estimate the full financial extent of the scandal though previous reports said the company may need to take a charge of approximately 10B BRL (J3.9B) on its 3Q earnings as a result of the scandal. A write-down related to the scandal is now anticipated as part of Petrobras's 4Q- earnings which are expected by the end of April, but analysts anticipate that the unaudited 3Q results will result in Petrobras facing problems in raising new capital. The company now also risks triggering a technical default due to violations of terms of some of its existing debt by releasing unaudited earnings results.
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机译：这家巴西国有能源公司终于因公司内部持续发生的腐败丑闻而导致数月的拖延，最终公布了其2014年第三季度的收益，该丑闻导致许多下游和中游资产被高估。巴西国家石油公司（Petrobras）表示，第三季度净利润比去年同期下降9.1％至3.09B雷亚尔（$ 1.20B），尽管由于腐败指控，这些收益结果未获得独立第三方普华永道会计师事务所（PwC）的认证，因为该收益未包括在内与腐败丑闻有关的减记。首席执行官玛丽亚·达斯·格拉卡斯·福斯特（Maria das Gracas Foster）补充说，目前估计丑闻的全部财务状况是“不切实际的”，尽管先前的报道称，该公司可能需要为此收取约10B巴西雷亚尔（J3.9B）的费用。丑闻。现在预计与该丑闻有关的减记将作为巴西国家石油公司4Q收益的一部分，该收益预计将在4月底公布，但分析师预计，未经审计的第三季度业绩将导致巴西石油公司在筹集新资金方面面临问题。由于违反了一些现有债务条款，该公司现在还可能通过发布未经审计的收益结果而引发技术性违约。
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