Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
04538-132
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______
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 SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Publicly Held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.042.730/0001-04
Company Registry (NIRE): 35-3.0039609.0
MATERIAL FACT
Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (“CSN” or “Company”) (B3: CSNA3; NYSE: SID), in compliance with the provisions of CVM Resolution No. 44/2021, as amended, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that, on this date, the transfer, by Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S/A (“Eletrobras”), to Companhia Florestal do Brasil (“CFB”), a subsidiary of CSN, of shares representing 32.74% (thirty-two point seventy-five four percent) of the share capital of the Companhia Estadual de Geração de Energia Elétrica – CEEE-G (“CEEE-G”), for the amount of R$ 367,000,000.00 (three hundred and sixty-seven million reais). With the completion of said transfer, CFB now holds a total of 99% of the share capital of CEEE-G.
Such transfer took place as part of the payment negotiated in a court agreement entered into by the parties within the scope of the process in which the monetary restatement of book-entry credits of compulsory loan on electricity is discussed.
The other conditions of the agreement will not be disclosed, pursuant to article 6 of CVM Resolution 44, of August 23, 2011, with subsequent amendments.
São Paulo, December 22, 2022.
Marcelo Cunha Ribeiro
Executive Director of Finance and Investor Relations
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL | |
By: | /S/ Benjamin Steinbruch |
Benjamin Steinbruch Chief Executive Officer |
By: | /S/ Marcelo Cunha Ribeiro |
Marcelo Cunha Ribeiro Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer |
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