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 June, 2023
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)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
Form 20-F X Form 40-F
(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule
101 (b) (1)):
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101 (b) (7)):
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
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COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO
Publicly traded company
CNPJ/MF Nº 47.508.411/0001-56
NIRE 35.300.089.901
MATERIAL FACT
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (“GPA” or “Company”), under the terms of Law No. 6,404, of December 15th, 1976, as in force, and under the Resolution No. 44, of August 23rd, 2021, of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários), hereby, in continuity to the material fact disclosed on June 28, 2023, informs the following in relation to the non-solicited offer received from Mr. Jaime Gilinski for the acquisition of the total equity interest held by GPA in Almacenes Éxito S.A. (“Éxito” and “Offer”, respectively).
The Board of Directors of the Company had a meeting on this date to discuss and analyze the Offer together with its financial and legal advisors, having unanimously decided, with the recommendation from its advisors, to reject the Offer, as it was understood that the offered price does not reflect adequate parameters of financial reasonability and, therefore, does not meet the best interest of GPA and its shareholders.
It is important to emphasize that the transaction of segregation of the businesses of GPA and Éxito, as already announced to the market, continues to move forward, pending only the declaration of effectiveness of Éxito’s registration statement on Form 20-F by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the regulatory authorizations from Colombian authorities.
GPA will keep the market and its shareholders informed of any new material facts related to this matter.
São Paulo, June 29, 2023.
Guillaume Marie Didier Gras
Vice President of Finance and Investors 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: June 29, 2023 | 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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