FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of December, 2008
Brazilian Distribution Company
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio,
3126 São Paulo, SP 01402-901
Brazil
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
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101 (b) (1)):
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101 (b) (7)):
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COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF) 47.508.411/0001 -56
CALL NOTICE
EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS´ MEETING
The shareholders ofCOMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO are summoned to meet, on December 22, 2008, at 11:00 am, at the Company’s headquarters, at Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio, 3142, in the city of São Paulo, in order to resolve on the following Agenda:
(a)Approval of the Management Proposal to include new activity in the Company’s corporate purpose, of management service provision related to food, meal, drugstore, fuel and transportation vouchers/cards and other cards resulting from the activities related to the Company’s corporate purpose, including new item “t” to Paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Bylaws and, subsequently, renumbering the following item; and
(b)Approval of the Management Proposal to amend the Articles of the Bylaws with the purpose to adjust them to the Company’s need in the following regard: (i) reordering words of items XIII and XVIII of Article 9; (ii) amendment of Article 13, Sole Paragraph, allowing the board member, in case of absence or temporary impediment, to appoint, in writing, someone to replace him/her at the respective meeting. Subsequently, to exclude Paragraph 2 of Article 14, and such an Article shall have a Sole Paragraph only; (iii) amendment of thecaput of Article 15, specifying in five the minimum number of annual meetings of the Board of Directors and subsequent amendment of the means of verification of the quorum of instatement of these meetings, provided for in Paragraph 3, in view of the amendments of Articles 13 and 14 mentioned above; and (iv) exclusion of word “previously” in items “n”, “p” and “q” of Article 18, and inclusion in item “n” of the maximum value limit for the resolution of matters set forth therein, reordering its terms.
Copies of the Management Proposal are available to Shareholders, at the Company’s headquarters and at the São Paulo Stock Exchange, pursuant to Articles 124 and 135 of Law 6404/76, as well as project of the consolidated Bylaws, referring to matters included in the Agenda.
São Paulo, December 4, 2008.
ABÍLIO DOS SANTOS DINIZ
Chairman of the Board of Directors
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO | ||
| Date: December 8, 2008 | By: /s/ Enéas César Pestana Neto Name: Enéas César Pestana Neto Title: Administrative Director | |
| By: /s/ Daniela Sabbag Name: Daniela Sabbag Title: Investor Relations Officer | ||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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