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 August, 2022
Brazilian Distribution Company
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio,
3142 São Paulo, SP 01402-901
Brazil
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO
PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY WITH AUTHORIZED CAPITAL
CNPJ/ME No. 47.508.411/0001-56
NIRE 35.300.089.901
MATERIAL FACT
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (“Company”) hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general, pursuant to Resolution CVM 44/2021, the termination, on the present date, of the Market Maker Services Agreement celebrated with Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários, a company enrolled before the CNPJ/ME under No. 42.584.318/0001-07, signed on May 3rd, 2018, as amended.
The Company hereby also communicates the celebration of a new agreement with BTG Pactual Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A., a company enrolled before the CNPJ/ME under No. 43.815.158/0001-22, with comercial address at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, No. 3477, 14th floor, part, city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, Postal Code 04538-133, that shall operate as the Company’s Market maker before B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa e Balcão (“B3”), for the period of 12 months, automatically renewable for equal periods, beginning on August 30, 2022.
The change in the market maker aims on stimulating the liquidity of the shares issued by the Company, reinforcing the Company's commitment to its investors and with the best trading and governance practices.
The Company informs, at last, that currently there are 269,637,163 common shares of the Company traded in the market and that no agreement regulating the exercise of the Company’s voting rights or the sale and purchase of its securities was celebrated with BTG Pactual Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A.
São Paulo, August 29, 2022.
Guillaume Marie Didier Gras
Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations Officer
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: August 29, 2022 | By: /s/ Marcelo Pimentel | ||
Name: | Marcelo Pimentel | ||
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||
By: /s/ Guillaume Marie Didier Gras | |||
Name: | Guillaume Marie Didier Gras | ||
Title: | Investor Relations Officer |
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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