Remote Voting

How to Participate

As of fiscal year 2018, the Company will adopt remote voting, pursuant to the applicable regulations. The provisions relating to remote voting apply to: (a) Annual General Meetings; and (b) Extraordinary General Meetings that deliberate (i) on the election of members of the Fiscal Council or (ii) of the Board of Directors, when the election is required due to a vacancy in the majority of the positions on the Board, a vacancy on a Board that was elected through cumulative voting, or to fill vacancies reserved for separate election pursuant to Articles 141, § 4, and 239 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.

A shareholder who chooses to exercise their right to vote remotely may do so up to 7 days prior to the date of the General Meeting:

a) Directly to the Company, by sending the following documents to Rua Eng. Paul Werner, 925, Blumenau, SC – Brazil, to the attention of the Investor Relations Department; or

b) To service providers qualified to provide services for the collection and transmission of instructions for completing the remote voting ballot, namely:

The shareholder's custody agents, if the shares are deposited with a central depository; or
Itaú Corretora de Valores, in its capacity as the financial institution engaged by the Company to provide securities bookkeeping services, if the shares are not deposited with a central depository.

The remote voting ballots to be sent to the Company must be accompanied by the following documents:

Photo identification document of the shareholder.
The latest consolidated Articles of Association or bylaws and corporate documents evidencing the shareholder's legal representation; and
Photo identification document of the legal representative.
The latest consolidated fund regulations, duly registered with the competent authority;
The Articles of Association or bylaws of its administrator or manager, as applicable, observing the fund's voting policy and corporate documents evidencing the powers of representation; and
Photo identification document of the legal representative.
(i) Physical copy of the duly completed, initialed and signed ballot; and
(ii) Proof issued by the securities bookkeeping institution or, for shareholders participating in the fungible custody system for registered shares, a statement showing the respective shareholding, issued by the competent authority;

(iii) Certified copies of the following documents:

a) For individuals:

Photo identification document of the shareholder.

b) For legal entities:

The latest consolidated Articles of Association or bylaws and corporate documents evidencing the shareholder's legal representation; and
Photo identification document of the legal representative.

c) For Investment Funds:

The latest consolidated fund regulations, duly registered with the competent authority;
The Articles of Association or bylaws of its administrator or manager, as applicable, observing the fund's voting policy and corporate documents evidencing the powers of representation; and
Photo identification document of the legal representative.

A shareholder may be represented at the General Meeting by a proxy appointed less than one year earlier, who must be a shareholder, an officer of the Company, or an attorney; in the case of a publicly held company, as is the case with the Company, the proxy may also be a financial institution, with the investment fund administrator being responsible for representing the co-owners. For this purpose, the proxy instrument must be submitted with the grantor's signature duly notarized.

Documents issued abroad must have their signatures authenticated by a Notary Public, legalized/apostilled by a Brazilian Consulate, translated by a sworn translator registered with the Commercial Registry, and registered with the Registry of Deeds and Documents, pursuant to the applicable legislation.

Click here to access the remote voting ballot. It is also available in the “Investor Services” section of this website.