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, 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
CNPJ/MF 47.508.411/0001-56
NIRE 35.300.089.901
Final synthetic voting map of the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held on December 16, 2022 (“ESM”)
COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO (“Company”), pursuant to §6th, comma I, of Article 48 of CVM Resolution No. 81 of May 18, 2022, announces to its shareholders and the market in general the final synthetic voting map containing the distance voting instructions and votes in person, identifying how many approvals, rejections, or abstentions received each item contained in the Agenda of the ESM (“Final Synthetic Map”). The information contained in the Final Synthetic Map is attached hereto.
São Paulo, December 16, 2022.
Guillaume Marie Didier Gras
Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations Officer
SCHEDULE
Final Synthetic Vote
Resolution No. | Description of the Resolution | Resolution vote | No. of shares |
1 | Appointment of Mr. Christophe José Hidalgo, to serve as Co-Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, pursuant to article 13, paragraph 3rd, of the Bylaws of the Company. | Approve | 121,390,249 |
Reject | 36,497,464 | ||
Abstain | 478,385 | ||
2 | Rtify the hiring of Magalhães Andrade S/S Auditores Independentes, registered before the Regional Accounting Council of the State of São Paulo, under No. 2SP000233/O-3 and before the CNPJ/ME under the No. 62.657.242/0001-00, headquartered in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, at Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, No. 1.893, 6th floor, set 61/62, Jardim Paulistano, CEP 01451-001 (“Magalhães Andrade”), as the specialized company for preparing the appraisal report of the net equity of James Intermediação de Negócios Ltda., wholly owned limited liability company, headquartered at the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, at Avenida Sete de Setembro, No. 2.775, Rebouças District, Postal Code 80.230-010, enrolled before the CNPJ/ME under the No. 23.881.322/0001-92 (“James”) as of the base date of September 30th, 2022, that shall be merged into the Company (“Merger Appraisal Report”). | Approve | 157,868,764 |
Reject | 16,289 | ||
Abstain | 481,045 | ||
3 | Approve the Merger Appraisal Report. | Approve | 157,859,436 |
Reject | 15,678 | ||
Abstain | 490,984 | ||
4 | Approve the merger proposal into the Company of its subsidiary, James, in the terms and conditions described in the “Merger and Justification Protocol of James”, executed by the management of the Company and James. | Approve | 157,824,316 |
Reject | 16,076 | ||
Abstain | 490,606 |
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 16, 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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