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BYLAWS
SARAIVA S/A LIVREIROS EDITORES
CNPJ/MF
60.500.139/0001-26
HELD ON APRIL 26, 2007.
CHAPTER I - Name, Head Office, Company Purpose and
Duration.
Art. 1) Saraiva S.A. Livreiros Editores is a
publicly-held corporation governed by these Bylaws and by the law in force in
the country.
Sole paragraph) The Company, which originally adopted the name “Saraiva
& Cia.”, was organized pursuant to articles of association filed in the
Board of Trade of the State of São Paulo, under no. 41.411, during the session
held on 01/24/1933, converted into a corporation, on 10/15/1947, through the
deed filed in the Board of Trade of the State of São Paulo, under no. 34.497,
during the session held on 10/21/1947.
Art. 2) The Company has its head office and
jurisdiction located at Av. Marquês de São Vicente, no. 1697, Barra Funda, CEP
[Zip Code] 01139-904, in the City of São Paulo - SP, Federative Republic of
Brazil.
Sole paragraph) At the discretion of the Executive Board, the Company
may open, maintain, transfer and close branches in any part of the national
territory and abroad.
Art. 3) The purpose of the Company
is:
I) the edition, manufacture and trade of books
and publications in general;
II) the purchase and sale of stationery, offices
supplies and materials, school products, toys and the like, CD-ROMs, audio and
video recordings, electronic equipment, computers and their programs, products
and equipment for photography, as well as the photographic material processing
service, in addition to cafeteria services;
III) the organization, systemization, reception
and transmission, as well as filing of data, information, and texts, and the
commercialization thereof in the country and Abroad, especially through
electric, electronic, optical and magnetic transmission, as well as the trade of
the equipment, accessories, and components necessary to the use of said
products, in addition to the creation of other related programs;
IV) the import and export of the products and
services that are part of its company purpose, registering the same, for this
purpose, with the competent agencies, the Brazilian Central Bank and other
regulatory agencies of Foreign Trade;
V) holding interest in other companies as
partner, shareholder or quotaholder.
Art. 4) The Company shall have an indefinite
duration.
CHAPTER II - Capital Stock and Shares.
Art. 5) The company capital is one hundred
and forty-seven million, seven hundred and seventy-four thousand, one hundred
and eighty-four reais (R$ 147,774,184.00), fully paid in and divided into
twenty-eight million, five hundred and ninety-six thousand, one hundred and
twenty-three (28,596,123) shares, with no par value, of which nine million, six
hundred and twenty-two thousand, three hundred and thirteen (9,622,313) are
commonand eighteen million, nine hundred and seventy-three thousand, eight
hundred and ten (18,973,810) are preferred shares.
Paragraph 1) The following are the rights and advantages ensured to the
shareholders that hold the Company’s preferred shares:
a) limited voting right, as described in article 6
below;
b) right to sell preferred shares in the case of
Disposition of Control of the Company, pursuant to Chapter VI of these
Bylaws;
c) dividends equivalent to those assigned to the common
shares;
d) participation in the distribution of the bonus shares
resulting from the capitalization of reserves, accumulated profits and any other
funds, under the same conditions as the shareholders that hold common
shares.
Paragraph 2) Converting common shares into preferred shares and
vice versa is prohibited.
Art. 6) The Company’s preferred shares, the
number of which may correspond, pursuant to article 8, paragraph 1, III, of Law
no. 10.303/01, to up to two-thirds (2/3) of the total shares issued, give their
holders the right to vote on the following matters:
I) transformation, take-over, merger or split of
the Company;
II) approval of contracts between the Company and
the Controlling Shareholder (as defined in paragraph one of article 22 of these
Bylaws), directly or through third parties, as well as other companies in which
the Controlling Shareholder holds interest, whenever, by force of a legal or
statutory provision, resolved in a General Meeting;
III) evaluation of assets intended to be used to
pay in an increase in the Company’s capital;
IV) selection of a specialized institution or
company to determine the Economic Value of the Company, in the hypotheses
established in articles 28 and 29 of these Bylaws;
V) alteration or modification of statutory
provisions that alter or modify any of the following provisions:
a) compliance with the provisions of Chapter VI hereof;
b) the observance, in the election of the Board of Directors,
of the unified term of no more than 2 (two) years, and of the other provisions
concerning the Board of Directorsand the Audit Committee contained in the Level
2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Regulation;
c) compliance with the provisions of Chapter VIII hereof;
d) any of the rights set forth in article 5, paragraph
1, and in article 6, I through IV, of these Bylaws.
Sole paragraph) The right to vote set forth in subparagraph V of this
article shall survive while the Agreement to Adopt the Level 2 Differentiated
Corporate Governance Practices is in effect.
Art. 7) A capital increase which implies an
increase in the number of preferred shares in disproportion to the types and
classes of shares existing at that time is hereby authorized.
Art. 8) The Company is authorized to
increase its capital, by issuing new shares for subscription, through a
resolution of the Board of Directors and regardless of a reform in its by-laws,
up to four million (4,000,000) shares, even if the ratio existing among the
various types or classes of shares is not observed. Of this total, up to five
hundred thousand (500,000) shares may be designated for call options, pursuant
to paragraph 3 below.
Paragraph 1) The Board of Directors shall set the issuance and
subscription conditions, including the price and pay-in deadline, as well as the
period and manner in which the preemptive right of the shareholders should be
exercised.
Paragraph 2) The Company may, upon resolution of the Board of
Directors, issue, within the limit of the authorized capital, shares to be sold
on the stock exchange or by public subscription, or by exchanging shares in a
public offering for the acquisition of control, pursuant to articles 257 through
263 of Law No. 6404/76, without assigning the preemptive right to the former
shareholders or establishing a deadline shorter than that referenced in article
171, paragraph 4, of Law no. 6.404/76, for said right to be exercised.
Paragraph 3) The Company may, within the limit of the authorized
capital, grant its officers or employees, or the individuals that render
services thereto or a subsidiary, the option to purchase shares, in accordance
with a plan approved by the General Meeting.
Paragraph 4) The resolutions of the Board of Directors
mentioned in this article must observe the quorum defined at the end of
paragraph 3 of article 14 below.
Art. 9) The Company shares are in book entry
form and shall remain in deposit accounts in a financial institution chosen by
the Board of Directors, in the name of their holders.
Paragraph 1) The financial institution that is the trustee of the
shares may charge the shareholders for the costs of the services for
transferring ownership of the book entry shares, pursuant to paragraph 3 of
article 35 of Law 6404/76.
Paragraph 2) By resolution of the Board of Directors and upon
notice to the stock exchanges on which its shares are traded, the Company may
suspend the share transfer services for periods that do not exceed fifteen days
each or a total of ninety days in one year.
Art. 10) With the exception of the cases of
article 8, paragraphs 2 and 3 of these Bylaws, the shareholders will have
preference in subscribing shares issued as a result of a capital increase, in
proportion to the number of shares held thereby at that time.
Sole paragraph)The period in which to exercise the preemptive right always
lapses and shall be thirty (30) days, unless a) a longer period is
specified by the General Meeting or by the Board of Directors, as the case may
be; or b) in the case of article 8, paragraph 2, in fine, of these
Bylaws.
Art. 11) Each common share corresponds to one vote in the resolutions adopted at the General Meetings.
CHAPTER III - Management.
Article 12) The Company shall be managed by the Board
of Directors and the Executive Board.
Paragraph 1) The compensation of the members of the
Board of Directors and the Executive Board shall be fixed by the General
Meeting, which may fix only the overall limit thereof or individualize the
amount allocated to one or more officers.
Paragraph 2) The officers are granted the right to share up to ten
percent (10%) of the fiscal year profits, pursuant to the provisions of the
bylaws and article 152 of Law no. 6.404/76.
Paragraph 3)The overall value of the profit sharing in each fiscal year
shall be approved in the Annual General Meeting in the vote on the profit
distribution, observing, in the distribution between the administrative bodies
and individualization by officer, the provisions contained in articles 15, VIII,
and 18, I, hereof.
Art. 13) The Board of Directors is the
collective deliberative body and shall be composed of at least five (5) and no
more than seven (7) members, named Directors, all shareholders, resident in the
Country and elected in the General Meeting, with a term of one (1) year and the
right to successive reelections.
Paragraph 1)As of the 2006 Annual General Meeting, at twenty percent
(20%) of the Directors shall be independent, that is, each of them must satisfy
the following: (i) not have any ties with the Company, except for interest in
the capital; (ii) not be Controlling Shareholder (as defined in article 22,
below), spouse or second degree relative thereof or be or have been, in the last
three (3) years, associated with the company or entity related to the
Controlling Shareholder (people associated with public teaching and/or research
institutions are excluded from the restriction); (iii) not have been, in the
last 3 (three) years, employee or executive officer of the Company, of the
Controlling Shareholder or of a company controlled by the Company; (iv) not be a
direct or indirect supplier or buyer of the Company’s services and/or products,
to the extent that it results in a loss of independence; (v) not be an employee
or officer of a company or entity that is offering or ordering service and/or
products from the Company; (vi) not be the spouse or second degree relative of
an officer of the Company; (vii) not receive a salary from the Company other
than that of Director (cash earnings from interest in the capital are excluded
from the restriction).
Paragraph 2) When, as a consequence of observing the percentage
mentioned in the preceding paragraph, the number of members of the Board of
Directors results in a fraction, the number shall be rounded (i) up to the
immediate whole number, when the fraction is equal to or higher than five-tenths
(0.5); or (ii) down to the immediate whole number, when the fraction is lower
than five-tenths (0.5).
Paragraph 3) The members of the Board of Directors shall be
installed in office by signature of a deed drawn up in the appropriate book. The
members of the Board of Directors must remain in office and continue to exercise
their duties until their substitutes are elected, unless otherwise resolved by
the General Meeting. The installment shall be contingent upon the signature of
the Officers’ Consent Agreement, as set forth in the Level 2 Differentiated
Corporate Governance Practices Regulation.
Art. 14) The Chairman and Vice-Chairman of
the Board of Directors shall be selected by the General Meeting.
Paragraph 1) The Chairman of the Board of Directors is responsible for
calling and presiding over the meetings of said body, and the Vice-Chairman is
responsible for replacing the Chairman in any impediments or absences
thereof.
Paragraph 2) In the case of vacancy of the position of or
temporary impediment of a Director, the substitute shall be appointed by the
remaining Directors until the first General Meeting, in which a decision shall
be made with regard to said matter.
Paragraph 3)The Board of Directors shall meet whenever necessary, with
the attendance of at least three (3) of its members, with resolutions adopted by
majority vote, except when they concern the matters contemplated in article 8 of
these Bylaws, in which case the Board shall only adopt a resolution with the
favorable vote of at least four (4) Directors, among which shall be the Chairman
of the Board of Directors.
Paragraph 4) In the event of a tie in the resolutions of the Board
of Directors, the Chairman, or Vice-Chairman acting as Chairman, shall have the
quality vote, except as provided for in the preceding paragraph.
Paragraph 5) The respective minutes of the meetings held shall
be prepared by one of the members of the Board appointed by the Chairman, as
well as drawn up in the proper books and signed by those present. Furthermore,
said minutes shall be published in the cases required by law.
Art. 15) The Board of Directors is
responsible for:
I) establishing the general Company business
guidelines;
II) electing and dismissing Company executive
officers, with the authority to assign duties thereto, pursuant to the rules set
forth in article 17 of these Bylaws;
III) monitoring the conduct of the executive
officers, examining the Company’s books and documents periodically, requesting
information regarding contracts and other acts related to the company
business;
IV) calling the General Meetings, pursuant to the
legal rules and rules set forth herein;
V) authorizing the Executive Board to dispose of
property from the fixed assets, encumber company assets and offer guarantees for
third party obligations. Said authorization is not necessary in the cases
specified in article 17, paragraph 1, "f", paragraph 2, "b" and paragraph 3, "e"
and "f" here of;
VI) authorizing the acquisition, disposal,
cancellation or continuance in treasury of shares issued by the
Company;
VII) selecting and dismissing independent
auditors;
VIII) defining, when the General Meeting
establishes the overall salary of the officers, the portion corresponding to the
Executive Board and that corresponding to the Board of Directors, as well as
individualizing it for the members of the latter.
Art. 16) The Executive Board is vested with
the broadest powers to manage, represent and administer the Company, necessary
to fully carry out the company purpose, pursuant to the rules of article 17 and
the duties assigned by the Board of Directors under the terms of article 15 of
these Bylaws, in that order.
Paragraph 1) The Executive Board shall be composed of five (5) members, be they shareholders or not, resident in the country, named as follows: Chief Executive Officer, Financial Officer, Sales Officer, Legal Editorial Officer and Human Resources Officer, all elected by the Board of Directors, with a term of one (1) year and the right to successive reelections.The installation of the Executive Officers shall be contingent upon the signature of the Officers’ Consent Agreement, as set forth in the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Regulation.
Paragraph 2) Upon temporary absences or impediments of executive
officers, the Board of Directors may distribute the duties of the absent or
impeded executive officer among the other executive officers, but subject to the
provisions of article 17.
Paragraph 3) In the event of the permanent absence or impediment
of any executive officer, the Board of Directors shall decide on the matter and
either appoint the substitute to complete the remaining term of the substituted
executive officer or keep the office vacant, thus distributing the functions of
the absent or impeded executive officer among the other officers, subject to the
provisions of article 17.
Paragraph 4)The Board of Directors shall appoint one of the executive
officers to simultaneously hold the office of Investor Relations Officer.
Art. 17) The Executive Board shall always subject to the
conditions set forth in the following paragraphs when exercising its powers of
management, representation and administration.
Paragraph 1) Any of the acting executive officers may
individually: a) withdraw, endorse for bank collection and settle trade bills;
b) endorse checks and payment orders exclusively for deposits in checking
accounts of the Company; c) sign list of securities for discount, pledge and
collection; d) sign correspondences, tax and contribution payment forms,
requests and petitions sent to Federal, State and Municipal Public Agencies and
Independent Agencies, banks and institutions, in correspondences for paying
taxes, fees and social contributions or administrative proceedings of any kind;
e) hire and fire employees, salespeople, representatives and commercial agents;
f) acquire, dispose of or encumber property from the permanent assets, including
real estate property, provided that the individual value thereof does not exceed
one percent (1%) of the net equity of the Company, pursuant to the last
Financial Statements of fiscal years published; g) receive summons or notices in
legal or administrative proceedings.
Paragraph 2) Any two (2) acting executive officers may jointly: a)
issue checks, authorize debits in banking accounts, sign loan agreements with
banking entities, as well as commercial leasing agreements with companies
organized for such purpose; b) issue, accept, encumber or dispose of promissory
notes and bills of exchange, provided that it is for banking discounts or
offering guarantees for obligations assumed in loan and commercial leasing
agreements, as well as appoint attorneys in fact specifically for said purpose;
c) endorse any credit instruments, including trade bills, promissory notes,
bills of exchange, and certificates of custody, except for checks; d) provide
custody for securities and moveable personal property, as well as removing the
same from custody; e) appoint attorneys in fact, vesting them with the powers of
the ad-judicia et extra clause, as well as the powers to receive summons,
acknowledge, compromise, give up, receive and give release; f) sign agreements,
including those for publication, sale or association with government and private
bodies, and those for leasing goods and properties, or for services; g) offer
sureties to directly or indirectly controlled companies, as well as co-sign
instruments of liability of said companies; h) acquire, subscribe, dispose of
and redeem fixed and variable income securities, with shares and debentures
among them, provided that they are not issued by the Company or any other
company directly or indirectly controlled by it, subject to paragraph 4,
subparagraph
"e".
Paragraph 3) When acting with the Chief Executive Officer any of
the acting executive officers may: a) endorse checks; b) appoint attorneys in
fact, granting them the powers with which they are vested; b) represent the
Company before controlled companies; d) acquire, dispose of or encumber property
from the permanent assets, including real estate property, provided that the
individual amount thereof does not exceed 20% (twenty percent) of the net equity
of the Company, pursuant to the last Financial Statements of the fiscal years
published; e) sign agreements that require the encumbrance of company assets, in
an amount that does not exceed twenty percent (20%) of the net equity of the
Company, pursuant to the last Financial Statements of the fiscal years
published; f) offer surety to an individual when used to guarantee the leasing
of a residential property in order to allow the a manager of the Company or of a
company controlled thereby, to be set up in a city other than the domicile
thereof, in which the establishment for such management has been
appointed.
Paragraph 4) When acting with the Chief Executive Officer and
with prior and express authorization from the Board of Directors, any of the
acting executive officers may: a) acquire, dispose of or encumber shares and
quotas of directly or indirectly controlled companies; b) acquire, dispose of or
encumber property from the permanent assets, including real estate properties,
when the individual value thereof exceeds twenty percent (20%) of the net equity
of the Company, pursuant to the last Financial Statements of the fiscal years
published; c) sign agreements that require the encumbrance of company assets, in
an amount exceeding twenty percent (20%) of the net equity of the Company,
pursuant to the last Financial Statements of the fiscal years published, without
affecting the other provisions of this article; d) offer sureties to
individuals, with the exception of the cases provided in subparagraph "g" of
paragraph 3 of this article, or to legal entities other than directly or
indirectly controlled companies, and co-signing instruments of liability
thereof, provided that the Company is interested in said acts; e) promote the
participation of the Company, with the intent of individual or mutual control,
in any other company, by acquisition or subscription of quotas or shares, as
well as carry out the withdrawal of the Company from said companies; f) appoint
attorneys in fact, granting them the powers with which they are vested; g) issue
and accept the other credit instruments, including promissory notes and bills of
exchange, subject to the exceptions contained in item “b” of paragraph 2
above.
Art. 18) The Executive Board is responsible
for:
I) Individualizing the salaries of the Executive
Officers, whenever the General Meeting sets the overall salary of the officer
and after the Board of Directors performs the duties mentioned in article 15,
VIII, of these Bylaws;
II) resolving to open, maintain, transfer and
close branches;
III) resolving on administrative matters,
following the determinations, if any, of the General Meeting and Board of
Directors.
Art. 19) The Executive Board shall always
meet with the attendance of at least three (3) officers and provided that said
meeting is called by the Chief Executive Officer, who shall be responsible for
establishing the agenda, conducting the proceedings and appointing the
Secretary.
Paragraph 1) The meeting minutes shall be drawn up in the appropriate
book.
Paragraph 2)The resolutions shall be adopted by a majority vote of the
Executive Officers present, and the Chief Executive Officer shall have the
“quality vote” in the event of a tie.
CHAPTER IV - Audit Committee.
Art. 20) The Company’s Audit Committee,
composed of at least three (3) and no more than five (5) members and respective
substitutes, shall function in the fiscal years that it is installed by
resolution of the General Meeting, in the cases set forth by
law.
Paragraph 1) The General Meeting that resolves on the installation
of the Audit Committee shall establish the number of its members, elect them and
establish their
salaries.
Paragraph 2) The members of the Audit Committed shall take office by
signature of a deed drawn up in the appropriate book. The installment shall be
contingent upon the signature of the Consent Agreement for the members of the
Audit Committee, as set forth in the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance
Practices Regulation.
Paragraph 3)The Internal Rules of the Audit Committee shall be approved
in the General Meeting.
CHAPTER V - General Meeting.
Art. 21) The General Meeting shall meet,
annually, within the first four months following the end of the fiscal year and,
specially, whenever the company interests so require, called as set forth by
law.
Paragraph 1) The General Meeting shall be presided over by the
Chairman of the Board of Directors, by the Vice-Chairman if acting as Chairman
of the Board of Directors or, in the absence thereof, by the shareholder
appointed by the General Meeting. The Chairman of the General Meeting will
select one of the attendees to record it and constitute the Presiding
Board.
Paragraph 2) Those attending the Meeting must prove that they are
shareholders. Those holders of shares in book entry form or in custody under the
terms of article 41 of Law no. 6404/76 must file a receipt with the Company
which is issued by the financial institution that is the trustee of said shares,
as set forth in the call, unless the Chairmanship of the Meeting deems another
mean of verification
sufficient.
CHAPTER VI - Disposition of Share Control, Cancellation
of the Corporate Registration
and Discontinuity of the Level 2 Differentiated
Corporate Governance Practices.
Art. 22) Disposition of the Power of Control over
the Company, but through a single operation and through successive operations,
must be contracted under condition precedent or subsequentthat the party
acquiring the control is bound to make a public offer to acquire the shares from
the other shareholders, pursuant to the conditions and periods set forth in the
laws in force and in the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices
Regulation and the carry out the indexation set forth in paragraph 5
below, so as to ensure them the same treatment as the Disposing Controlling
Shareholder, with observance of the provisions contained in article 24.
Paragraph 1) For the purpose of these Bylaws, the following terms
beginning in upper case letter shall have the following meanings:
“Controlling Shareholder” means (i) the shareholder that
exercises the Power of Control over the Company; (ii) the shareholders not bound
by shareholders’ agreement that exercise the Power of Control over the Company;
or (iii) the group of shareholders bound by shareholders’ agreement or under
common control that exercises the Power of Control over the Company.
“Disposing Controlling Shareholder” means the Controlling
Shareholder when the same is Disposing of the Power of Control over the
Company.
“Controlling Shares” means the block of shares that directly
or indirectly ensures its owner(s) the right to individually and/or collectively
exercise the Power of Control over the Company.
“Outstanding Shares” means all the shares issued by the
Company, except for the shares owned by the Controlling Shareholder, by
associated people, by officers of the Company and those in treasury.
“Disposition of Control of the Company” means the onerous
transfer to a third party of the Controlling Shares.
“Power of Control” means the power effectively used to
administer the company activities and manage the operation of the Company’s
bodies, directly or indirectly, of fact and of law. There is a presumption
related to the ownership of control in relation to the person/people or to the
group of people bound by shareholders agreement or under common control (control
group) that owns shares that have ensure it the absolute majority of the votes
of the shareholders present in the last three General Meetings of the Company,
even if it does not own the shares that ensure it the absolute voting capital
majority.
“Economic Value” means the value of the Company and of its
shares that comes to be determined by a specialized company, with the use of a
well-known method or based on another criterion that comes to be defined by the
Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários - “CVM”).
Paragraph 2) The trading of Controlling Shares between the
Controlling Shareholder identified in the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate
Governance Practices Agreement and its necessary heirs and among said heirs,
provided that the same exercise the Power of Control over the Company, even if
it means the consolidation of the Power of Control into only one shareholder,
does not constitute Disposition of the Power of Control, thus not creating the
obligation to make a public offer under the terms of the caput of this
article and the caput of article 24 below.
Paragraph 3) In the case of disposition of shares belonging to one
or more shareholders that exercise the Power of Control to one or more third
parties, the public offer set forth in the caput of this article and in
the caput of article 24 below shall only be required after the
disposition of the number of shares necessary to exercise the Power of Control
by said third party or parties.
Paragraph 4) The following situations are not considered
Disposition of the Power of Control: a) the pay-in, with Company shares, of
capital of a company that, as a result of said pay-in, becomes controlled by the
Controlling Shareholder; and b) reduction of the capital of said controlling
company, with the return of the shares, or dissolution of said company, or even
in the case of the split of said company, provided that the resulting companies,
to which ownership of the Company’s common shares has been assigned, are only
composed of the Controlling Shareholder.
Paragraph 5) For the purpose of this Chapter, the indexation
shall occur in accordance with the following rules: a) the index to be used
shall be the IGP-M (General Market Price Index), determined and published by the
Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), or whichever replaces it; b) if the IGP-M for
the current month is not known, the last one published shall be used; c) the
correction index is applied pro rata day; d) the indexation shall begin as of
the payment, or payments, made to the Disposing Controlling Shareholder for the
acquisition of the Controlling Shares, and, shall end as of the payment, or
payments, made to the other shareholders holding common and/or preferred shares;
e) whenever indexation is due, interest paid by Savings Account shall also be
due. The Referential Rate - TR, or the index that replaces it, is not
included.
Art. 23) The public offer mentioned in the
previous article shall also be made:
I) in the cases wherein there is onerous
assignment of rights of subscription to shares and to other instruments or
rights related to the securities convertible into shares, that results from the
Disposition of Control of the Company; and
II) in the case of disposition of the control of
the Controlling Shareholder of the Company, in that, in this case, the Disposing
Controlling Shareholder shall be bound to declare to the Sao Paulo Stock
Exchange - BOVESPA (“BOVESPA”) the value attributed to the Company in this
disposition and attach the documentation that proves it.
Art. 24) The public offer to the holders of the
common shares must be made for a value of one hundred percent (100%) of the
amount paid for the Controlling Shares and the public offer to the holders of
the preferred shares must be made for a value of minimum of ninety percent (90%)
of the value paid by the Controlling Shares.
Sole paragraph) The modification of this statutory clause, with
respect to the public offer to be made to the holders of preferred shares, shall
only be deliberated by the General Meeting with prior approval of the
shareholders holding more than one half of the preferred shares, convened in a
special meeting.
Art. 25) The party already holding shares in the
Company, which acquires the Power of Control under a share purchase agreement
entered into with the Controlling Shareholder, involving any number of shares,
shall be bound to:
I) make the public offer mentioned in article 22
of these Bylaws; and
II) compensate the shareholders from which the
shares were purchased on the stock exchange in the six (6) months prior to the
date of Disposition of Control of the Company, with the obligation to pay them
any difference between the price paid to the Disposing Controlling Shareholder
and the amount paid on the stock exchange for the Company shares in this same
period. Both amounts should be restated in accordance with paragraph 5 of
article 22 above.
Art. 26) The Company shall not register any
share transfers to the buyer of the Power of Control or to the shareholder or
shareholders that come to hold the Power of Control, until the shareholder or
shareholders sign the Controllers’ Consent Agreement under the terms set forth
in the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Regulation, which
shall be immediately sent to BOVESPA.
Art. 27) No shareholders’ agreement that
regulates the exercise of the Power of Control may be registered with the
Company’s headquarters until its signatories have signed the Controllers’
Consent Agreement, which shall be immediately sent to BOVESPA.
Art. 28) In the public offer to acquire
shares to be made to cancel the Company’s corporate registration, the minimum
price to be offered must correspond to the Economic Value determined in an
assessment report.
Art. 29) Should the shareholders convened in
a Special General Meeting resolve: (i) to discontinue the Level 2 Differentiated
Corporate Governance Practices so that the Company shares may be registered for
trade outside Level 2 or (ii) corporate reorganization of which the resulting
company is not classified as a Level 2 Corporate Governance holder, the
shareholder or group of shareholders holding the Power of Control over the
Company must make a public offer to acquire the shares belonging to the other
shareholders of the Company, which minimum price to be offered must correspond
to the Economic Value determined in an assessment report, pursuant to the
applicable legal and regulatory rules.
Art. 30) The assessment report mentioned in
articles 28 and 29 of these Bylaws must be prepared by a specialized company,
with proven experience and independent from the Company, its officers and
controllers. Said report must also satisfy the requirements of paragraph 1 of
article 8 of Law no. 6.404/76 and contain the responsibility set forth in
paragraph 6 of the same article of the law.
Paragraph 1) The General Meeting is responsible for selecting
the specialized company responsible for determining the Economic Value of the
Company, from a list of three submitted by the Board of Directors. Said
resolution, not including the blank votes and, with each share, regardless of
the type or class and pursuant to what is set forth in article 6, IV, having the
right to one vote, must be adopted by a majority vote of the shareholders
representing the Outstanding Shares present in the General Meeting, which, if
held after the first call, must be attended by shareholders representing at
least twenty percent (20%) of the total of Outstanding Shares, or, if held after
the second call, may be attended by any number of shareholders representing the
Outstanding Shares.
Paragraph 2) The costs for preparing the required assessment report
must be fully assumed by the offering
party.
CHAPTER VII - Fiscal Year, Profits, Reserves and Dividends.
Art. 31) The fiscal year shall end on
December 31st of each year, on which date the financial statements
required by law or regulations shall be prepared.
Art. 32) The accumulated losses and the
income tax and social contribution provision shall be deducted from the income
for the fiscal year, and up to ten percent (10%) shall be deducted from the
remaining amount to be designated for the officers’ profit sharing, provided
that at least the mandatory dividend mentioned in article 34, “a”, hereof is
allocated to the shareholders in that fiscal year.
Art. 33) From the net profits for the fiscal
year, corresponding to the income after the deductions and profit sharing set
forth in article 32 hereof, five percent (5%) shall be allocated to a legal
reserve, until the legal limit is reached.
Art. 34) Except for the case of article 202,
paragraph 4, of Law no. 6.404/76, the shareholders are ensured the mandatory
dividend corresponding to:
a) 25% of the net profits for the
fiscal year, restated under the terms of article 202 of Law no. 6.404/76, with
the wording given by Law no. 10.303/01; plus
b) the balance of the net profits for the
fiscal year, if any, remaining after the allocations mentioned in articles 193
through 197 of Law no. 6.404/76, with the wording given by Law no. 10.303/01,
pursuant to articles 33 and 35 of these Bylaws.
Art. 35) After the shareholders are ensured
the mandatory dividend set forth in article 34, “a”, hereof, the balance of the
net profits for the fiscal year, if any, may be allocated to the following
reserves by the General Meeting:
a) reserve for future capital
increase, intended to guarantee capitalization of the Company, which shall not
exceed the paid-in capital in any fiscal year;
b) contingency reserve, pursuant to
article 195 of Law no. 6.404/76;
c) retained profits reserve,
according to the budget approved in the General Meeting, which may not exceed
the paid-in capital in any fiscal year;
d) unrealized profit reserve, pursuant to
article 197 of Law no. 6.404/76, with the wording given by Law no.
10.303/01.
Art. 36) The Company may totally or
partially pay or credit the amount equivalent to the interest on the equity
capital to the shareholders, at the discretion of the Board of Directors,
calculated according to the legislation in force, up to the amount that would
result from the application of the Long Term Interest Rate - LTIR, pro rata day,
for the corresponding period.
Sole paragraph) The interest on the equity capital, when paid or
credited to the shareholder, shall be attributed to the mandatory dividends, for
the carrying value of the income tax.
Art. 37) The dividends and interest on the
equity capital shall be paid by a deposit in a bank account in the name of the
shareholder or whoever is indicated thereby, unless said shareholder requests,
in writing and ten (10) business days in advance, that they be paid in the
Company Treasury, by nominative check.
Art. 38) The Company may not, unless
authorized by a majority vote in a special Meeting of preferred shareholders,
retain, for more than four consecutive quarters, the cash assets in an amount
exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of its total assets, depending on its
economic and financial situation.
Paragraph 1) For the purposes of the application of this
provision: a) the amounts corresponding to the last day of each quarter,
pursuant the balance sheet prepared on the respective dates, shall be taken into
consideration; and b) the cash assets shall correspond to the sum of the amounts
accounted for under the "cash and banks" and "financial applications" accounts
of the quarterly statements minus the sum of the amounts accounted for under the
“loans and financing” account of the current assets and “loans and financing”
account of the long-term liabilities.
Paragraph 2) From the amounts that exceed the percentage of cash
retention in each quarter, set forth in this article, the portion corresponding
to the quarter with the smallest excess of retention shall be distributed as a
dividend or paid as capital interest, deducting the dividends or capital
interest already declared and still unpaid from said excess.
Paragraph 3) Should the case mentioned in the preceding paragraph
be verified, the provision expressed in this article shall only be applied after
the four quarters following the last quarter involved in the verification of the
retention excess.
Paragraph 4) The dividends shall be distributed, or capital
interest paid within the fiscal year following the last quarter involved in the
verification of the retention excess.
Paragraph 5) The Company may not, unless authorized by more than
half of the preferred shareholders, create a subsidiary for the exclusive
purpose of administering its own funds.
Paragraph 6) The alteration of statutory provision shall only be
resolved by the General Meeting, with the prior approval of shareholders holding
more than one half of the preferred shares, convened in a special
meeting.
CHAPTER VIII - Arbitration Procedure.
Art. 39) The Company, its shareholders,
officers and members of the Audit Committee undertake to resolve, through
arbitration, pursuant to the Regulation of the BOVESPA Market Arbitration
Council ("Arbitration Regulation"), any and all disputes or disagreements that
may arise between them, in relation to or resulting from, in particular, the
application, validity, efficacy, interpretation, breach, and the effects
thereof, of the provisions contained in Law no. 6.404/76, in the Company’s
Bylaws, in the norms published by the National Monetary Council, by the
Brazilian Central Bank and by the CVM, as well as the other rules applicable to
the operation of the capital market in general, in addition to those contained
in the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Regulation, in the
Contract to Adopt the Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices and
the Arbitration Regulation.
Sole paragraph) Brazilian law shall be the only law applicable to the
merit of any and all disputes, as well as the execution, interpretation and
validity of this arbitration clause. The arbitral proceeding shall take place in
the City of São Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, where the arbitral award shall be
pronounced. The arbitration must be administered by the Market Arbitration
Council itself, being conducted and judged in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Arbitration
Regulation.
CHAPTER IX - General Provisions.
Art. 40) The Company may be dissolved and
liquidated in the cases set forth by and pursuant to the
law.
Art. 41) The silent cases in these Bylaws
shall be regulated by the legal provisions in force, which apply to the
matter.
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