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GAFISA S.A.
Corporate Taxpayers ID (CNPJ/MF) No. 01.545.826/0001-07
NIRE 35.300.147.952
Public Held Company
MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
HELD ON SECOND CALL ON MAY 27, 2010
1. Date, Time and Place: On May 27, 2010, at 09:30 a.m., at the headquarters of Gafisa S.A. (Company), located in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Av. das Nações Unidas, 8,501, 19th floor.
2. Call Notice: The second call notice was published in the Diário Oficial do Estado de São Paulo on May 19, 20 and 21, 2010, pages 22, 52 and 27, respectively, and in the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo on May 19, 20 and 21, 2010, pages B6, B8 and B10, respectively.
3. Attendance: Shareholders representing more than 58% of the Companys total and voting capital, as per the signatures in the Shareholders Attendance Book. Also present were Mr. Wilson Amaral de Oliveira and Mr. Alceu Duilio Calciolari, Officers of the Company; Mr. Nuno Luís de Carvalho Lopes Alves, Officer of Shertis Empreendimentos e Participações S.A.; Mr. Olavo Fortes Campos Rodrigues Junior, member of the Companys Fiscal Committee of the Company and Ms. Patricia Cristina Carradas representative of the specialized company Apsis Consultoria Empresarial Ltda.
4. Presiding Board: Wilson Amaral de Oliveira, Chairman; and Ms. Renata de Carvalho Fidale, Secretary.
5. Agenda: (i) to examine, discuss and approve the Protocol and Justification of Merger of Shares with respect to the merger, into the Company, of the totality of shares issued by Shertis Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. (Shertis), enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under number 11.039.942/0001-08 (Merger of Shares), which has as its main asset an equity participation corresponding to 20% (twenty percent) of the capital stock of Alphaville Urbanismo S.A. (AUSA), as well as the further acts and proceedings provided therein; (ii) to ratify the appointment and hiring of the specialized company APSIS Consultoria Empresarial Ltda. (APSIS), responsible for the elaboration of the appraisal report, at book value, of the shares issued by Shertis to be merged into the Company (Appraisal Report); (iii) to approve the Appraisal Report presented by APSIS, which was prepared based on a special balance sheet of Shertis dated December 31, 2009 and audited by Terco Grant Thornton Auditores Independentes; (iv) To approve the Merger of Shares and the consequent increase of the capital stock of the Company to be subscribed and paid in by the officers of Shertis, pursuant to the version to the Company of the stocks representing the capital stock of Shertis; (v) to approve the new wording of Article 5th of Companys Bylaws related to the capital stock, in order to reflect the capital increase of the Company resulting from the Merger of Shares; (vi) to approve the restated Companys Bylaws; and (vii) to authorize the officers of the Company to practice all necessary acts to implement the referred Merger of Shares and the other matters proposed on the agenda.
6. Resolutions:
6.1.To record that the minutes of this Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting will be drawn-up in summary form and published without the signatures of the shareholders, as permitted by paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 130 of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76.
6.2. Approve, by majority of vote, after review and discussion, the Protocol and Justification of the Merger of Shares related to the merger, by the Company, of the totality of shares issued by Shertis Empreendimentos e Participações S.A., company with headquarters in the city of Barueri, State of São Paulo, at Av. Cauaxi, No. 293, 2nd floor, room 24, part, Alphaville, Centro Comercial Alphaville, whose corporate acts are registered with the Commercial Registry of the State of São Paulo - JUCESP under NIRE 35.300.371.160, enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under No. 11.039.942/0001-08 (Shertis), executed on April 19th, 2010 (Protocol and Justification), which was certified by the Presiding Board and filed with the Companys headquarters.
6.3. To confirm, by majority vote, the appointment of APSIS Consultoria Empresarial Ltda., enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under no. 27.281.922/0001-70, with headquarters in the city of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, at Rua da Assembléia, No. 35, 12th floor, Centro (APSIS), to perform the appraisal, at book value, of the totality of shares issued by Shertis to be merged into the Company, for the purposes of Section 252 and pursuant to Section 8 of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76 and to prepare the respective appraisal report (Appraisal Report).
6.4. To approve, by majority vote, after review and discussion, the Appraisal Report, which was certified by the Presiding Board and filed with the Companys headquarters. The representative of APSIS attending the Meeting rendered all clarifications deemed necessary towards the Appraisal Report.
6.5. To approve, by majority vote, the merger of the totality of shares issued by Shertis on this date by the Company, pursuant to the terms of the Protocol and Justification. As a result, Shertis became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, according to Section 252 of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76 (Merger of Shares).
6.6. To approve, by majority vote, as a result of the Merger of Shares, the issuance of 9,797,792 common shares, all registered and with no par value, by the total issuance price of R$21,902,489.00, of which R$20,282,743.76 will be allocated to the pay in of capital stock of the Company and the remaining balance, in the amount of R$1,619,745.24, will be allocated for the capital reserve account, under Section 182 paragraph 1st, item (a) of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76. Such shares are, on the date hereof (i) subscribed by the Officer of Shertis, on behalf of Shertiss shareholder, which becomes shareholder of the Company; (ii) fully paid in by means of the contribution to the Company of the totality shares issued by Shertis; and (iii) delivered to Shertiss shareholders pursuant to the ratio of 0,4473369214 common share issued by the Company for each common share issued by Shertis held by it, according to the Subscription Ballot executed on the date hereof by the Officer of Shertis (Exhibit I attached hereto).
6.7. To record that:
(i) The common shares issued on the date hereof will have the same rights assigned to the then outstanding common shares issued by the Company, and all such shares will be entitled to all benefits, including dividends and capital remuneration that may be declared by the Company;
(ii) Any fractional shares resulting from the substitution of Shertiss shares held by each shareholder of Shertis will be rounded downwards to the closest whole number, and the difference will be paid in cash, by the Company, within 5 (five) business days counted from the receipt of the funds from the sale of the sum of such fractions at BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros;
(iii) The Merger of Shares will not grant the shareholders of the Company the right to withdraw from the Company, due to the fact that its shares meet the liquidity and dispersion criteria set forth in subparagraph II, Section 137 of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76; and
(iv) The Fiscal Committee of the Company, in meeting held on April 19th, 2010, provided opinion favorable to the Merger of Shares, including to the terms and disposals of the Protocol.
6.8. Due to the resolutions above, the head of Article 5 of the Company's Bylaws shall from now on read as follows, with no changes to its paragraphs:
Article 5. The capital stock of the Company is R$ 2,711,500,336.54, which is fully paid-in and divided into 429,134,066 common shares, all registered, book-entry and without par value.
6.9. Restate the Companys Bylaws, which shall have the wording in the form of Exhibit II attached hereto.
6.10. To authorize the management of the Company represented according to its Bylaws, to take any actions and to execute all documents that may be necessary in order to implement and to make effective all resolutions taken herein.
CLOSING: As there were no further issues to be addressed, the meeting was closed and the minutes were drafted as a summary, and after being read and found to be appropriate, were signed by all in attendance. Signatures: Wilson Amaral de Oliveira, Chairman; Ms. Renata de Carvalho Fidale, Secretary. Officers of the Company: Wilson Amaral de Oliveira and Alceu Duilio Calciolari; Officer of Shertis Empreendimentos e Participações S.A.: Nuno Luís de Carvalho Lopes Alves; Member of the Companys Fiscal Committee: Olavo Fortes Campos Rodrigues Junior; Representative of Apsis Consultoria Empresarial Ltda.: Patricia Cristina Carradas; Shareholders: WILSON AMARAL DE OLIVEIRA, ALCEU DUILIO CALCIOLARI, CITIBANK N A ADR DEPARTMENT, BLUE SUEDE LLC, UNIBANCO CONSTRUCAO CIVIL FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO EM ACOES, AMUNDI FUNDS, FRANKLIN TEMPLETON INVESTMENT FUNDS, NORGES BANK, TEMPLETON GLOBAL INVESTMENT TRUST - TEMPLETON BRIC FUND, AXA PREMIER VIP TRUST - MULTIMANAGER INTERNATIONAL EQUITY PORTFOLIO, FRANKLIN TEMPLETON FUNDS, VANGUARD INVESTMENT SERIES PLC, VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STOCK INDEX FD, A SE VAN S F, AUSTRALIAN REWARD INVESTMENT ALLIANCE, COLLEGE RETIREMENT EQUITIES FUND, RUSSELL INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED MARKET FUND, VANGUARD EMERGING MARKETS STOCK INDEXD FUND, STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM, BLACKROCK INSTITUTIONAL TRUST COMPANY NA, THE PENSIONS RESERVES INVESTMENT MANAG. BOARD, NEW HAMPSHIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, UNITED AIRLINES, INC PILOTS DIRECTED ACCOUNT PLAN TRUST, CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC, HANSBERGER INTERNATIONAL SERIES EMERGING MARKETS FUND, THE MASTERS T B OF JAPAN LTD RE MTBC400035147, ADVANCED SERIES TRUST - AST INTERNATIONAL GROWTH PORTFOLIO, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, COLUMBIA MARSICO INTER OPPORTUNITIES FUND, VARIABLE SERIES, WEST VIRGINIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT BOARD, EATON VANCE TAX-MANAGED EMERGING MKTS FUND, IBM SAVINGS PLAN, TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS, ISHARES MSCI BRAZIL (FREE) INDEX FUND, THE MARSICO INTL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, MUNICIPAL E ANNUITY A B FUND OF CHICAGO, AEGON CUSTODY BV, COLUMBIA MARSICO INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, HARBOR CAPITAL GROUP TRUST FOR DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS, WILMINGTON MULTI-MANAGER INTERNATIONAL FUND, RUSSELL INVESTMENT COMPANY II PLC, HARBOR INTERNATIONAL GROWTH FUND, MICROSOFT GLOBAL FINANCE LIMITED, WILMINGTON INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND SELECT, LP, TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES PENSION PLAN, PG&E POSTRETIREMENT MEDICAL PLAN TRUST - N M EMPL A RETIR, ING MARSICO INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES PORTFOLIO, JOHN HANCOCK TRUST INTERN EQUITY INDEX TRUST B, JOHN HANCOCK TRUST INTERN EQUITY INDEX TRUST A, JOHN HANCOCK TRUST INTERN OPPORTUNITIES TRUST, COLUMBIA MULTI-ADVISOR INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, THE MASTERS SELECT INTERNATIONAL FUND, DIMENSIONAL FUNDS PLC, IBM DIVERSIFIED GLOBAL EQUITY FUND, AT&T UNION WELFARE BENEFIT TRUST, JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, ABU DHABI RETIREMENT PENSIONS AND BENEFITS FUND, JOHN HANCOCK FUNDS II INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDEX FUND, THE PRUDENTIAL SERIES FD, INC. - SP INTERNAT GROWTH PRTF, EMERGING MARKETS SUDAN FREE EQUITY FUND, EATON VANCE STRUCTURED EMERGING MARKETS FUND, PG&E CORPORATION RETIREMENT MASTER TRUST, MONTANA BOARD OF INVESTMENTS, DIMENSIONAL FUNDS II, PLC, MARSICO GLOBAL FUND, SCHWAB GLOBAL REAL ESTATE FUND, NORTHERN TRUST QUANTITATIVE FUND PLC, ISHARES MSCI BRIC INDEX FUND, ADVANCED SERIES TRUST - AST GLOBAL REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIO, COLUMBIA MARSICO GLOBAL FUND, BGI EMERGING MARKETS STRATEGIC INSIGHTS FUND LTD, RUSSEL INSTITUTIONAL FDS, LLC - RI EQUITY FD, STATE FARM MUTUAL FUND TRUST INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, STATE FARM VARIABLE PRODUCT TRUST INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND, ROHM AND HAAS MASTER TRUST, GENERAL MOTORS OF CANADA DOMESTIC TRUST, VANGUARD FTSE ALL-WORLD EX-US SMALL-CAP INDEX FUND ASOVIEIF, EMERGING MARKETS STRATEGIC INSIGHTS NON-LENDABLE FUND B, EMERGING MARKETS STRATEGIC INSIGHTS NON-LENDABLE FUND, HARBOR GLOBAL GROWTH FUND, FIDELITY FIXED-INCOME TRUST: FIDELITY SERIES GLOBAL EX US INDEX FUND, NORTHERN TRUST NON-UCITS COMMON CONTRACTUAL FUND, UAW RETIREE MEDICAL BENEFITS TRUST, EMERGING MARKETS INDEX NON-LENDABLE FUND B, and COX ENTERPRISES INC MASTER TRUST.
I hereby certify that this is a true copy of the minutes drawn up in the appropriate corporate book.
Renata de Carvalho Fidale
Secretary
EXHIBIT I READ AT THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING OF GAFISA S.A., HELD ON MAY 18, 2010
SUBSCRITON BALLOT
1. Subscriber: As result of the approved Merger of Shares, the Officer of Shertis Empreendimentos e Participações S.A., company with headquarters in the city of Barueri, State of São Paulo, at Av. Cauaxi, no. 293, 2nd floor, room 24, Part, Alphaville, Centro Comercial Alphaville, whose corporate acts are registered with the Commercial Registry of the State of São Paulo - JUCESP under NIRE 35.300.371.160, enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under No. 11.039.942/0001-08 (Shertis), on behalf of Alphaville Participações S.A., company with headquarters in the city of Barueri, State of São Paulo, at Av. Cauaxi, no. 293, 2nd floor, room 24, Alphaville, Centro Comercial Alphaville.
2. Number of Shares Subscribed: 9,797,792 common shares, all registered and with no par value.
3. Price of Subscription: total issuance price of R$21,902,489.00, of which R$20,282,743.76 will be allocated to the pay in of the capital stock and the remaining balance, in the amount of R$1.619.745,24, will be allocated for the a capital reserve account, under Section 182 paragraph 1st , item (a) of Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76
4. Form and Period for Payment in Full: hereby, upon contribution to the Company of the totality of shares representing the capital stock of Shertis.
São Paulo, May 27, 2010.
EXHIBIT II READ AT THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING OF GAFISA S.A., HELD ON MAY 18, 2010
RESTATED COMPANYS BYLAWS
GAFISA S.A.
CNPJ/MF no. 01.545.826/0001-07
NIRE 35.300.147.952
Publicly-Held Company
CVM no. 01610-1
BYLAWS
CHAPTER I
NAME, HEADQUARTERS, PURPOSE AND DURATION
Article 1. Gafisa S.A. (the Company) is a publicly-held corporation with authorized capital, governed by these Bylaws and applicable law.
Article 2. The Companys headquarters and forum are located in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo. The Company may, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, change the address of its headquarters, and open, transfer and extinguish branches, agencies, offices, warehouses, representation offices and any other establishments anywhere within Brazilian territory or abroad.
Sole Paragraph. The power to open, transfer and extinguish branches, agencies, offices, warehouses, representation offices and any other establishments anywhere within Brazilian territory or abroad referred to in this article may, by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, be delegated to the Chief Executive Officer.
Article 3. The Companys purposes are: (i) to promote and develop real estate projects of any kind, whether its own or those of third parties, in the latter case as contractor and agent; (ii) to purchase and sell real estate of any kind; (iii) to perform civil construction and provide civil engineering services; and (iv) to develop and implement marketing strategies for its own or third parties real estate projects.
Sole Paragraph. The Company may hold interests in any other companies, in Brazil or abroad, upon approval granted by means of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, except in the situation provided in Art. 34, §1, in which case prior approval of the Board of Directors will not be required.
Article 4. The Company has an indefinite term of duration.
CHAPTER II
CAPITAL AND SHARES
Article 5. The capital of the Company is R$2,711,500,336.54, which is fully paid-in and divided into 429,134,066 common shares, all registered, book-entry and without par value.
§ 1. The cost of share transfer services charged by the account agent shall be borne by the shareholders, subject to such limits as may be imposed by applicable legislation.
§ 2. Each common share carries the right to one vote on resolutions at General Meetings of Shareholders.
§ 3. The Company may not issue preferred shares or participation certificates (partes beneficiárias).
§ 4. For purposes of reimbursement, the value of the Companys shares shall be based on the Companys economic value, as determined by an appraisal carried out by a specialized firm appointed in the manner provided for in Article 45 of Law 6404/76.
Article 6. The capital of the Company may be increased by resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, without need for an amendment to these Bylaws. The resolution approving the increase shall fix the terms and conditions for the issuance of shares, subject to a limit of 600,000,000 (six hundred million) common shares.
Sole Paragraph. The Company may, within the limit of its authorized capital and by resolution adopted by the shareholders in General Meeting, grant share purchase options to (i) its officers, directors and employees, or (ii) individuals who provide services to it or to any company under its control.
Article 7. The Company may reduce or exclude the time period for the exercise of preemptive rights on the issuance of shares, debentures convertible into shares or subscription bonuses which are placed by means of sale on a stock exchange, public subscription or share swap in a mandatory public tender offer pursuant to articles 257 to 263 of Law 6404/76. Pursuant to article 171§3 of Law 6404/76, there shall be no preemptive rights on the grant and exercise of the share purchase options.
CHAPTER III
GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Article 8. A General Meeting of Shareholders shall be held, on an ordinary basis, in the first four (4) months following the end of the fiscal year and on an extraordinary basis whenever required by law or the Companys interests.
§ 1. General Meetings of Shareholders shall be called in the manner provided for by law. Regardless of the formalities for calling General Shareholders Meetings, any General Meeting attended by all shareholders shall be considered to have been regularly called.
§ 2. General Meetings of Shareholders shall be called to order and chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or, in his absence, by a shareholder appointed by the shareholders at the General Meeting. The Chairman of the General Meeting shall choose one of those present at the meeting to act as secretary.
§ 3. Prior to the call to order, the shareholders shall sign the Book of Attendance (Livro de Presença de Acionistas), giving their name and residence and the number of shares they hold.
§ 4. The list of shareholders present at the meeting shall be closed by the Chairman immediately after the General Meeting is called to order.
§ 5. Shareholders which appear at a General Meeting after the list of shareholders present at the meeting has been closed may participate in the meeting but shall not have the right to vote on any resolution.
Article 9. In addition to the matters provided for by the law, the Shareholders in General Meeting shall:
a) decide on the Companys exit from the Novo Mercado of the São Paulo Stock Exchange BOVESPA (Novo Mercado), which shall be communicated to the São Paulo Stock Exchange BOVESPA in writing, 30 (thirty) days in advance;
b) subject always to the provisions of Article 11, choose, from among the three qualified institutions indicated on a list prepared by the Board of Directors, the institution which shall be responsible for the preparation of an appraisal report for shares issued by the Company, for the purposes of exiting the Novo Mercado, cancellation of the Companys registration as a publicly-held company or mandatory public tender offer; and
c) resolve cases on which these Bylaws are silent, subject to the provisions of Law 6404/76.
Sole Paragraph. In the event of cancellation of the Companys registration as a publicly-held company or its exit from the Novo Mercado, due to listing of the Companys shares for trading off the Novo Mercado or to a corporate reorganization in which the shares of resulting company are not admitted for trading on the Novo Mercado, the public tender offer to be made by the Controlling Shareholder or the Company, as applicable, shall have a minimum offer price which is equal to the economic value determined in the appraisal report referred to in Article 9(b) and which complies with the Novo Mercado Listing Rules.
Article 10. The choice of the specialized institution or firm responsible for the determination of the Companys economic value, referred to in Article 9(b) of these Bylaws, shall be made by the majority of votes cast by holders of Outstanding Shares present at the General Meeting in question, blank votes not being computed. The quorum for the General Meeting shall be shareholders representing at least 20% of the total number of Outstanding Shares, at first call, and on second call, shareholders representing any number of Outstanding Shares.
§ 1. For purposes of these Bylaws:
Outstanding Shares means all the shares issued by the Company, with the exception of shares held by the Controlling Shareholder, by persons related to the Controlling Shareholder or by the Companys officers and directors and treasury shares;
Controlling Shareholder means the shareholder or Shareholder Group that exercises Control of the Company;
Shareholder Group means a group of two or more persons (a) that are bound by contracts or agreements of any nature, including shareholders agreements, whether written or oral and whether directly or through Controlled Companies, Controlling Companies or companies under Common Control; or (b) among whom there is a direct or indirect Control relationship; or (c) that are under Common Control; or (d) that represent a common interest. Examples of persons representing a common interest include (i) a person that holds a direct or indirect interest of 15% (fifteen percent) or more in the capital of the other person; and (ii) two persons that have a third investor in common which holds a direct or indirect interest of 15% (fifteen percent) or more in the capital of the first two persons. Joint ventures, investment funds or clubs, foundations, associations, trusts, condominiums, cooperatives, security portfolios, universalities of rights and any other form of organization or enterprise of any kind, whether constituted in Brazil or abroad, shall be considered to be part of the same Shareholder Group whenever two or more of such entities: (x) are administered or managed by the same legal entity or by parties related to the same legal entity; or (y) have the majority of their managers or administrators in common;
Control (and the related terms Controlling Company, Controlled Company and under Common Control) means the power effectively used to direct corporate activities and orient the functioning of the Companys corporate bodies, whether directly or indirectly and whether de facto or de jure. There is a relative presumption that the person or Shareholder Group holding shares that gave it an absolute majority of votes of the shareholders present at the last three General Shareholders meetings holds Control, even if such person or Shareholder Group does not hold an absolute majority of the Companys voting capital; and Diffuse Control means Control exercised by a shareholder holding less than 50% (fifty percent) of the Companys capital, or by shareholder(s) which do not constitute a Shareholder Group.
Article 11. In the event the Company exits the Novo Mercado or its registration as a publicly-held company is cancelled, the costs incurred for the preparation of the appraisal report referred to in Article 9(b) shall be borne entirely by the Controlling Shareholder or by the Company, if the Company is offeror, as applicable.
CHAPTER IV
MANAGEMENT
SECTION IV.I. - GENERAL RULES
Article12. The Company is managed by the Board of Directors (Conselho de Administração) and the Executive Board (Diretoria).
Article 13. The members of the Board of Directors and the Executive Board shall be invested in their respective offices within thirty days from the date they were appointed, by signing an instrument of investiture in the appropriate book, and shall remain in office until the investiture of the newly-elected members of the Companys management.
Sole Paragraph. The investiture of the members of the Board of Directors and the Board of Executive Officers in their respective offices is conditional upon (i) the execution of the Statement of Consent from Senior Managers (Termo de Anuência dos Administradores) provided for under the Novo Mercado Listing Rules; and (ii) adherence to the Manual for Disclosure and Use of Information and Policy for Trading in Securities Issued by the Company (Manual de Divulgação e Uso de Informações e Política de Negociação de Valores Mobiliários de Emissão da Companhia), by executing an instrument to that effect.
Article 14. The Board of Directors may create advisory committees to assist the members of the Board of Directors, and determine the composition and specific responsibilities of such committees.
Article 15. The Shareholders in General Meeting shall determine, on an individual or global basis, the remuneration of the Companys directors, officers and members of its advisory committees. Where the remuneration is fixed on a global basis, the Board of Directors shall determine the amounts to be paid to each individual. Where applicable, the Board of Directors shall also distribute the share in profits fixed by the Shareholders in General Meeting.
SECTION IV.II. - BOARD OF DIRECTORS (CONSELHO DE ADMINISTRAÇÃO)
Article 16. The Board of Directors is composed of at least five (5) and no more than nine (9) effective members (the election of alternates being permitted), all of whom shall be shareholders, elected and removable at any time by the Shareholders in General Meeting, with an unified term of office of two (2) years, re-election being permitted.
Article 17. At least 20% of the effective members of the Board of Directors shall be Independent Members.
§ 1. When a fractional number of directors results from compliance with the percentage referred to above, the fraction shall be rounded (i) to the next highest whole number, where the fraction is 0.5 or greater; and (ii) to the next lowest whole number, where the fraction is less than 0.5.
§ 2. For purposes of these Bylaws, Independent Member is one who: (i) has no relationship with the Company except for an interest in its capital; (ii) is not a Controlling Shareholder, nor a spouse or relative up to the second degree of the Controlling Shareholder, and is not now and has not been, in the past three years, related to a company or entity related to the Controlling Shareholder (persons related to public institutions of education and/or research are excluded from this restriction); (iii) has not been, in the past three years, an employee or officer of the Company, the Controlling Shareholder or a company controlled by the Company; (iv) is not a direct or indirect supplier or purchaser of the Companys services and/or products of the Company, in a degree that implies loss of independence; (v) is not an employee, officer or director of a company or entity offering services and/products to, or requesting services and/or products from, the Company; (vi) is not a spouse or relative up to the second degree of any of the Companys officers or directors; and (vii) does not receive any remuneration from the Company except that payable to directors (cash earnings generated by holdings in the Companys capital are excluded from this restriction).
§ 3. Members of the Board of Directors elected in the manner provided for in Article 141 §§4 and 5 of Law 6404/76 shall also be considered to be Independent Members.
Article 18. The Board of Directors shall have a Chairman, who shall be elected by the favorable vote of a majority of the effective members. In the event of incapacity or temporary absence of the Chairman, the chairmanship shall be assumed by the member previously designated by the Chairman, or, in the absence of a previous designation, by such member as the remaining members shall appoint.
§ 1. Pursuant to article 150 of Law 6404/76, in the case of vacancy of a sitting member of the Board of Directors, the remaining members of the Board of Directors shall indicate one substitute, who shall remain in the office until the next General Meeting to be held after that date, when a new board member shall be elected to finish the mandate. An Independent Board Member, in accordance with the Novo Mercado Listing Rules, shall only be substituted by another Independent Board Member.
§ 2. For the purposes of these Bylaws, vacancy will occur in case of death, permanent incapacity, resignation, removal or unjustified absence of the board member for more than three consecutive meetings.
§ 3. Respecting the provision of the head of this Article in relation to the Chairman, in case of the temporary absence of any member of the Board of Directors, such member shall be replaced by another board member appointed by the absent member, holding a power-of-attorney with specific powers. In this case, the substitute of the absent board member, besides his own vote, shall state the vote of the absent board member. An Independent Board Member, in accordance with the Novo Mercado Listing Rules, shall only be substituted by another Independent Board Member.
Article 19. The Board of Directors shall meet at least quarterly. Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called by the Chairman, or by at least two effective members, by written notice containing the agenda for the meeting, in addition to the place, date and time of the meeting. Board of Directors meetings shall be called at least five days in advance. Regardless of the formalities for calling meetings, any meeting attended by all members of the Board of Directors shall be considered to have been regularly called.
Article 20. The quorum for Board of Directors meetings shall be four members. Resolutions shall be adopted by the favorable vote of a majority of members present at the meeting, and the Chairman shall have, in addition to his own vote, a casting vote in the event of a tie.
§ 1. The decisions of the Board of Directors shall be recorded in minutes, which shall be signed by the members present at the meeting.
§ 2. Directors may be represented at meetings of the Board of Directors by another director, to whom special powers have been granted. The directors may also participate in meetings by telephone or video conference, and, in that event, shall be considered to be present at the meeting and shall confirm their vote by written statement sent to the Chairman by letter, facsimile transmission or e-mail immediately after the end of the meeting. Upon receipt of statement of confirmation, the Chairman shall have full powers to sign the minutes of the meeting on behalf of the member in question.
Article 21. It addition to such other powers and duties conferred on it by law and these Bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have powers to:
a) fix the general direction of the Companys business;
b) approve the Companys annual operating budget and business plan, and any changes thereto (provided, however, that until such new budget or plan has been approved, the most recently approved budget or plan shall prevail);
c) attribute, from the global amount of remuneration fixed by the Shareholders in General Meeting, the monthly compensation of each of the members of the Companys management and advisory committees, in the manner provided for in Article 15 of these Bylaws;
d) elect and remove the Companys officers and determine their powers and duties, in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws;
e) supervise the officers management of the Company, examine at any time the Companys books and documents, and request information on contracts entered into or about to be entered into by the Company and any other acts;
f) determine the general compensation criteria and the benefit policies (indirect benefits, shares in profits and/or sales) for the senior management and those holding management positions in the Company;
g) instruct the votes related to the global remuneration of management to be cast by Companys representative at the General Meeting of Shareholders of the companies where the Company holds an equity interest, except for the wholly-owned subsidiaries or special purpose companies;
h) in accordance with a plan approved by the Shareholders in General Meeting, grant share purchase options to the Companys officers, directors or employees, or to individuals who rendered services to the Company or to any company under its control, with the exclusion of shareholders pre-emptive rights over the grant of such share purchase options or the subscription of the corresponding shares;
i) call General Shareholders Meetings;
j) submit to the Shareholders in General Meeting any proposed amendment to these Bylaws;
k) issue its opinion on the Executive Boards management report and accounts, and authorize the distribution of interim dividends;
l) attribute to the Companys directors and officers their share in the profits shown on the Companys balance sheets, including interim balance sheets, subject always to the limits and other provisions under the law and these Bylaws;
m) authorize any change in the Companys accounting or report presentation policies, unless such change is required by the generally accepted accounting principles in the jurisdictions in which the Company operates;
n) appoint and dismiss the Companys independent auditors;
o) approve the issue of shares or subscription bonuses up to the limit of the Companys authorized capital, determining the issue price, the manner of subscription and payment and other terms and conditions for the issuance, and determining also if preemptive rights over the shares to be issued shall be granted to shareholders in the case provided for in the Article 7 of these Bylaws;
p) approve the issue of simple non-convertible debentures, without real security;
q) approve the Companys acquisition of its own shares, to be held in treasury or for cancellation;
r) unless provided for in the annual budget or in the business plan then in effect, approve business transactions and contracts of any kind between the Company and its shareholders, directors and/or officers, or between the Company and the direct or indirect controlling shareholders of the Companys shareholders;
s) authorize, in advance: (i) the execution by the Company of any contract, including, for the purposes of illustration, contracts for the acquisition of assets or interests in other companies; or (ii) the grant, by the Company, of loans, financing or real or personal security in favor of its controlled companies (with the exception of special purpose companies in which the Company holds 90% or more of the total and voting capital) or third parties, provided always, in the cases contemplated in items (i) and (ii) above, that the contracts involve transactions with a term greater than 48 (forty-eight) months (with the exception of contracts with public utilities providers and other contracts which have uniform terms and conditions, which shall not be subject to prior approval by the Board of Directors) or an amount greater than R$15,000,000.00 or 1.5% of the Companys total consolidated assets (the Reference Value);
t) approve any change in the Companys headquarters, and the opening, transfer or extinction of branches, agencies, offices, warehouses, representation offices and any other establishments anywhere within Brazilian territory or abroad, with the exception of the incorporation of, or acquisition of interests in, special purpose companies (SPCs) and/or consortiums which have as their corporate purpose the promotion, management, development, construction and sale of real estate projects, which shall be subject only to the provisions of Art 34, §1;
u) authorize the acquisition, alienation, transfer, assignment, encumbrance or other form of disposal, including contribution to the capital of another company, for any reason of a substantial part of the Companys permanent assets, permanent assets being understood to be the set of assets on which the Companys business is based, in amounts greater than the Reference Value (as defined in item (s) above), when such transactions are not provided for in the annual budget;
v) approve, in advance, any application by the Company for a decree of bankruptcy or judicial or extrajudicial recovery; and
w) establish the list of three qualified institutions to be submitted to the General Shareholders Meeting for the purposes of Article 9 (b) of these Bylaws, with respect to the preparation of the appraisal report of the Companys shares for purposes of exiting the Novo Mercado, cancellation of registration as a publicly-held company registration or public tender offer.
SECTION IV.III. - EXECUTIVE BOARD (DIRETORIA)
Article 22. The Executive Board is the corporate body that represents the Company, and is responsible for performing all acts of management related to the Companys business.
Article 23. The Executive Board is not a collegiate body, but it may meet whenever necessary to deal with operational matters, at the discretion of the Chief Executive Officer, who shall also chair the meeting.
Sole Paragraph. The quorum for meetings of the Executive Board is a majority of the Companys officers.
Article 24. In the event of a vacancy on the Executive Board, or incapacity of an officer, the Board of Directors shall elect a new officer or appoint a substitute from among the remaining officers, and in both cases shall fix the term of office and remuneration of the new officer or substitute.
Article 25. The Executive Board is composed of at least two (2) and no more than eight (8) officers, all resident in Brazil, who may but need not be shareholders. The officers shall be elected by the Board of Directors for a term of three (3) years, re-electing being permitted, and may be removed by it at any time.
Article 26. The officers of the Company shall be appointed as Chief Executive Officer (Diretor Presidente), Chief Financial Officer (Diretor Financeiro), Investor Relations Officer (Diretor de Relações com Investidores), Superintendent Officer of Construction (Diretor Superintendente de Construção), Superintendent Officer of Incorporation (Diretor Superintendente de Incorporação) and Institutional Relations Officer (Diretor de Relações Institucionais), and the remaining officers shall have no specific designation. Accumulation of functions is allowed.
Article 27. The Chief Executive Officer has the following powers and responsibilities:
a) to submit for approval by the Board of Directors the annual work plans and budgets, investment plans and new programs to expand the Company and its subsidiaries, causing the plans, budgets and programs to be carried out on the approved terms;
b) to formulate the Companys operating strategies and directives and to establish the criteria for executing the resolutions adopted at the General Shareholders Meetings and meetings of the Board of Directors, with the participation of the other officers;
c) to supervise all the Companys activities;
d) to coordinate and supervise the work of the Executive Board, and to call and chair its meetings; and
e) to perform such other duties as may be assigned by the Board of Directors.
Article 28. In addition to such other functions as may be assigned by the Board of Directors, the Investor Relations Officer is responsible for providing information to investors, the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários CVM) and the São Paulo Stock Exchange (BOVESPA), and for maintaining the Companys registration up to date, in accordance with the regulations issued by the CVM.
Article 29 - The duties of the Chief Financial Officer are:
a) to be responsible for the Companys budget control and management, monitoring indicators and analyzing reports to consolidate the budget, aiming to reach budget goals and to provide key managerial information;
b) to define Companys strategies and guidelines, through the annual planning of actions and the preparation of the budget, jointly with the other officers;
c) to ensure that the Controllers department, including the control of management and of costs, provides indicators for decision-making, detecting elements that may influence the Companys results;
d) to ensure the efficiency of payment and receipt operations, as well as of the credit analysis and lending, through the definition of guidelines and policies, aiming to reduce events of default and to ensure Companys financial health;
e) to be responsible for the control of cash flow and investments aiming to maximize the financial result, within risk levels accepted by the Company; (f) to perform investments feasibility studies related to new business, mergers and acquisitions in order to give support for decision-making;
f) to ensure the due application of the tax law and assessment of corporate income tax and its ancillary obligations, defining tax rules and proceedings, aiming to exempt the Company from tax risks;
g) to participate in executive committee meetings, in order to take decisions and define strategies jointly with the other officers, aiming at the Companys development and success; and
h) to ensure that the Personnel and Management department carries out actions and programs promoting attraction, retention, productivity and qualification of Companys human resources.
Article 30 - The duties of the Superintendent Officer of Construction are:
a) to comprise the accompaniment of short, medium and long term strategies and business plans of all construction areas, aiming to maximize the profitability and the financial results of such unit;
b) to define short, medium and long term guidelines for the Companys strategic planning, having them transmitted to the other officers to cause their implementation, aiming to ensure financial and market results defined by the Board of Directors;
c) to approve and to ensure the compliance with the Companys budget, monitoring reports periodically, with a view to keep its control, to perform analysis and to propose actions, aiming to reach the goals established for the region;
d) to ensure that the Personnel department carries out actions and programs promoting attraction, retention, productivity and qualification of Companys human resources;
e) to ensure that Controllership, Planning and Control and Management departments provide services which meet internal clients needs, contributing to the organization of managerial information for decision-making and keeping the teams engaged in improving Companys business;
f) to provide guidelines and to monitor the budget aiming at the feasibility of new undertakings;
g) to ensure the due management of the Companys funds as well as the relation between assets and liabilities, through the analysis of risk of liabilities costs variation, in order to ensure the Companys financial health;
h) to represent the Company before clients, press, market and legal, corporate and governmental bodies, protecting Companys interests and watching over Companys image; and
i) to arrange new partnerships aiming at the feasibility of new undertakings.
Article 31 - The duties of the Superintendent Officer of Incorporation are:
a) to comprise the management of incorporations through the definition and the accompaniment of short, medium and long term strategies and business plans of all unit areas aiming to maximize the Companys profitability and financial results;
b) to define short, medium and long term guidelines for the Companys strategic planning, having them transmitted to the other officers to cause their implementation, aiming to ensure financial and market results defined by the Board of Directors;
c) to approve and to ensure the compliance with the Companys budget, monitoring reports periodically, with a view to keep its control, to perform analysis and to propose actions, aiming to reach the goals established for the region;
d) to place the Company in the market through the development and maintenance of its image and products in order to keep its visibility before current and potential clients;
e) to ensure that the Personnel department carries out actions and programs promoting attraction, retention, productivity and qualification of Companys human resources;
f) to ensure that Controllership, Planning and Control and Management departments provide services which meet internal clients needs, contributing to the organization of managerial information for decision-making and keeping the teams engaged in improving the Companys business;
g) to accompany the development of new products as well as to monitor national and foreign markets, specially competing companies, aiming to keep Companys competitiveness;
h) to ensure the due management of the Companys funds as well as the relation between assets and liabilities, through the analysis of risk of liabilities costs variation, in order to ensure the Companys financial health;
i) to represent the Company before clients, press, market and legal, corporate and governmental bodies, protecting Companys interests and watching over the Companys image;
j) to monitor and to guide the real state counsel; and
k) to accompany actions and results of marketing and sales, monitoring performance indicators, actions of communication and of institutional and products marketing as well as identifying new business opportunities.
Article 32 - The duties of the Institutional Relations Officer are:
a) comprise the contact with all public agencies and professional associations, giving support to land regularization proceedings;
b) to give support to the search of new incorporation partners;
c) to be responsible for the Companys police/strategy on public and governmental relations, including relations with authorities, governmental agencies, press, institutions and the community; and
d) to coordinate events, to promote and participate in communitarian programs and to perform duties in order to contribute to the Companys image.
Article 33 The other officers without specific designation shall have the functions attributed to them by the Board of Directors.
Article 34. The Company shall be represented, and shall only be considered to be validly bound, by the act or signature of:
a) any two officers;
b) any officer acting jointly with an attorney-in-fact with specific powers; or
c) two attorneys-in-fact with specific powers.
§ 1. The Company shall be represented in accordance with the immediately preceding provisions of this Article in the incorporation of, or acquisition of interests in, special purpose companies (SPCs) and/or consortiums which have as their corporate purpose the planning, promotion, development, income generation and sale of real estate projects.
§ 2. The Company may be represented by a single officer, without the formalities provided for in this Article 34, for the purposes of receiving service of process or notice and giving testimony on behalf of the Company.
§ 3. Powers of attorney shall always be granted or revoked by any two officers, who shall establish the powers of the attorney-in-fact. Except in the case of powers of attorney granted to represent the Company in legal proceedings, powers of attorney shall not have a term of more than two (2) years.
CHAPTER V
AUDIT COMMITTEE (CONSELHO FISCAL)
Article 35. The Audit Committee shall be installed only at the request of shareholders and shall have the powers, duties and responsibilities established by law. The Audit Committee shall cease functioning at the first General Shareholders Meeting following its formation, and its members may be re-elected.
Article 36. The Audit Committee is composed of three (3) effective members and an equal number of alternates, all elected by the Shareholders in General Meeting.
§ 1. The remuneration of the members of the Audit Committee shall be fixed at the General Shareholders Meeting at which they are elected.
§ 2. The investiture of the members of the Audit Committee members is conditional upon their execution of the Statement of Consent from Audit Committee Members (Termo de Anuência dos Membros do Conselho Fiscal) provided for under the Novo Mercado Listing Rules.
Article 37. The Audit Committee shall meet whenever necessary, at the call of any of its members, and its resolutions shall be recorded in minutes.
CHAPTER VI
FISCAL YEAR, BALANCE SHEET AND RESULTS
Article 38. The fiscal year shall begin on January 1st and end on December 31st of each year. At the end of each fiscal year and each calendar quarter, the financial statements provided for by law shall be prepared.
Article 39. The Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may draw up half-yearly, quarterly or monthly balance sheets, and declare dividends on account of the profits shown on such balance sheets. The Company, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may also declare interim dividends on account of accumulated profits or profit reserves shown on the last annual or half-yearly balance sheet.
§ 1. The dividends distributed under the terms of this Article 39 shall be attributed to the mandatory dividend.
§ 2. The Company may pay interest on its own capital, to be credited to annual or interim dividends.
Article 40. Prior to any distribution, any accumulated losses and provision for income tax shall be deducted from the profits for the year.
§ 1. From the amount calculated in accordance with this Article, the profit shares of the members of the Companys management shall be calculated, subject to the legal maximum, to be distributed according to the rules established by the Board of Directors.
§ 2. After the deduction referred to in the preceding paragraph, the following allocations shall be made from the net profits for the year:
a) 5% (five percent) to the legal reserve, until the legal reserve is equal to 20% (twenty percent) of the paid-up capital or attains the limit established in Article 193 §1 of Law 6404/76;
b) from the remaining net profits for the year, after the deduction referred to in item (a) of this Article and the adjustment provided for in Article 202 of Law 6404/76, 25% (twenty-five percent) shall be allocated to payment of the mandatory dividend to all shareholders; and
c) an amount not greater than 71.25% (seventy-one and twenty-five one-hundredths percent) of the net profits shall be allocated to the creation of an Investment Reserve, for the purpose of financing the expansion of Companys and of its controlled companies business, through subscribing for capital increases, creating new projects or participating in consortiums or other types of association, among other means of achieving the Companys corporate purpose.
§ 3. The reserve established in item (c) above may not exceed 80% (eighty percent) of the Companys capital. Should the reserve reach such limit, the Shareholders in General Meeting decide on the allocation of the excess, either distributing it to the shareholders or using it to increase the capital of the Company.
§ 4. After the distribution provided for in the previous paragraphs, the Shareholders in General Meeting shall determine the allocation of the remaining balance of the net profits for the year, after hearing the Board of Directors and subject to applicable law.
CHAPTER VII
CONTROL AND DIFFUSE CONTROL
Article 41. Any disposal of control of the Company, in either a single transaction or a series of transactions, shall be contracted subject to a condition, either precedent or subsequent, under which the acquirer of control undertakes to make a public tender offer for the shares of the remaining shareholders in accordance with applicable law and the Novo Mercado Listing Rules and on terms that ensure equal treatment with the disposing shareholder.
Article 42. The public tender offer referred to in the Article 41 shall also be made:
a) in the event of an assignment for value of rights to subscribe for shares or other securities or rights convertible into shares, which assignment results in a Disposal of Control of the Company; and
b) in the event of a disposal of control of a company that holds Control of the Company, in which case the Disposing Controlling Shareholder shall be obligated to declare to the São Paulo Stock Exchange BOVESPA the value attributed to the Company in the disposal and to submit documentation to prove the declared value.
Sole Paragraph. For purposes of these Bylaws:
Disposal of Control means the transfer to a third party, for value, of Control Shares;
Control Shares means the block of shares that gives, either directly or indirectly, the holder(s) sole or shared Control of the Company; and
Disposing Controlling Shareholder means the Controlling Shareholder, when it causes a disposal of control of the Company.
Article 43. Any person which holds shares in the Company and subsequently acquires Control by reason of a private purchase and sale agreement made with the Controlling Shareholder involving any number of shares is required to:
a) make the public tender offer referred to in Article 41;
b) compensate shareholders which have purchased shares on the stock exchange in the six (6) months preceding the Disposal of Control, by paying the difference between the price paid to the Disposing Controlling Shareholder and the price paid on the stock exchange for shares in the Company during the said six-month period, duly adjusted for inflation; and
c) take such action as may be necessary to restore the free float of the Companys shares to at least 25% (twenty-five percent) of the total outstanding shares in the Company, within the six (6) months following the acquisition of Control.
Article 44. The Company shall not record (i) any transfer of shares to the Purchaser of Control, or to any other person(s) which acquire Control until such time as they have executed the Statement of Consent from Controlling Shareholders (Termo de Anuência dos Controladores); or (ii) any Shareholders Agreement that provides for the exercise of Control unless the signatories to the agreement have executed the Statement of Consent from Controlling Shareholders.
Sole Paragraph. For purposes of these Bylaws:
Purchaser means the person to whom the Disposing Controlling Shareholder transfers Control in a Disposal of Company Control;
Disposal of Company Control means the transfer, for value, of Control Shares; and
Statement of Consent from Controlling Shareholders means the instrument by which the new Controlling Shareholders, or shareholders which join the control group of the Company, assume personal liability for complying with the Novo Mercado Agreement (Contrato de Participação no Novo Mercado), the Novo Mercado Listing Rules, the Arbitration Clause and the Arbitration Rules, in the form set out in Exhibit C to the Novo Mercado Listing Rules.
Article 45. In the case of Diffuse Control over the Company:
a) whenever the Shareholders in General Meeting approve cancellation of the Companys registration as a publicly-held company, the public tender offer shall be made by the Company itself, provided, however, that the Company may acquire shares held by shareholders which voted in favor of cancellation of the Companys registration at the General Meeting at which the cancellation was approved only after it has acquired the shares held by the shareholders which did not vote in favor of cancellation and which accept the public tender offer; and
b) whenever the Shareholders in General Meeting approve the Companys exit from the Novo Mercado, due to listing of the Companys shares for trading off the Novo Mercado or to a corporate reorganization in which the shares of resulting company are not admitted for trading on the Novo Mercado, but without cancellation of the Companys registration as a publicly-held company, the public tender offer shall be made by the shareholders which voted in favor of the exit at the General Meeting.
Article 46. In the case of Diffuse Control over the Company, where BOVESPA determines that the price of securities issued by the Company shall be quoted separately, or that trading in securities issued by the Company on the Novo Mercado shall be suspended by reason of non-compliance with obligations under the Novo Mercado Listing Rules, the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall call, within the two (2) days following the determination (counting only the days on which the newspapers habitually used by the Company are issued), an Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting to replace the entire Board of Directors.
§ 2. The new Board of Directors elected at the Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting referred to in the preceding provisions of this Article 46 shall cure the non-compliance with the obligations under the Novo Mercado Listing Rules in the shortest period of time possible or within the new time period granted by BOVESPA for this purpose, whichever is shorter.
Article 47. In the case of Diffuse Control, where the Company exits the Novo Mercado by reason of non-compliance with obligations in the Novo Mercado Listing Rules resulting from:
a) a resolution adopted at a General Meeting of Shareholders, the public tender offer shall be made by the shareholders which voted in favor of the resolution that resulted in non- compliance; and
b) an act or event of management, the Company shall make a public tender offer for cancellation of its registration as a publicly-held company, directed to all the Companys shareholders. In the event the Shareholders in General Meeting resolve to maintain the Companys registration as a publicly-held company registration, the public tender offer shall be made by the shareholders which voted in favor of the resolution.
CHAPTER VIII
LIQUIDATION
Article 48. The Company shall be dissolved and enter into liquidation in the cases provided for by law, and the Shareholders in General Meeting shall establish the manner of liquidation and install the Audit Committee, which shall function during the period of liquidation. The Board of Directors shall appoint the liquidator or liquidators and establish their powers and remuneration.
CHAPTER IX
ARBITRATION
Article 49. The Company and its shareholders, officers, directors and members of the Audit Committee are obligated to resolve by arbitration any and all dispute or controversy which may arise between or among them arising out of or connection with, in particular, the application, validity, effectiveness, interpretation or violation (and the effects thereof) of the provisions of Law 6404/76, these Bylaws, rules and regulations issued by the National Monetary Council, the Central Bank of Brazil, the Securities Commission CVM or the Securities and Exchange Commission, and any laws, rules or regulations applicable to the operation of the capital market in general, in addition to the provisions of the Novo Mercado Listing Rules, the Novo Mercado Participation Agreement and the Arbitration Rules of the Market Arbitration Chamber.
CHAPTER X
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 50. The Company shall comply with Shareholders Agreements registered in accordance with Article 118 of Law 6404/76. The Companys management shall refrain from recording the transfer of shares made contrary to such Shareholders Agreements and the Chairman of General Shareholders Meetings and Board of Directors meetings shall not count votes cast in violation of such Shareholders Agreements.
Gafisa S.A. | |
By: |
/s/ Alceu Duílio Calciolari |
Name: Alceu Duílio Calciolari
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |