BRF S.A.
Publicly Held Company
CNPJ/MF 01.838.723/0001-27
NIRE 42.300.034.240
CVM 1629-2
EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HELD ON DECEMBER 20, 2023
1. Date, Time, and Place: Meeting held on December 20, 2023, at 11 a.m., at BRF S.A.’s (“Company”) office located at Avenida das Nações Unidas, n° 14.401, 25º floor, Chácara Santo Antônio, Zip Code 04794-000, São Paulo, São Paulo.
2. Call and Attendance: Call duly carried out under the terms of article 21 of the Company's Bylaws, with the presence of the totality of the members of the Board of Directors, namely: Marcos Antonio Molina dos Santos, Sergio Agapito Lires Rial, Marcia Aparecida Pascoal Marçal dos Santos, Flávia Maria Bittencourt, Augusto Marques da Cruz Filho, Deborah Stern Vieitas, Aldo Luiz Mendes, Pedro de Camargo Neto, Altamir Batista Mateus da Silva and Eduardo Augusto Rocha Pocetti.
3. Presiding Board: Charmain: Mr. Marcos Antonio Molina dos Santos. Secretary: Mr. Bruno Machado Ferla.
4. Agenda: Analysis and Approval of the: (i) the provision and constitution, by the Company, of a guarantee (“Guarantee”), to be provided by the Company together with AES BRASIL ENERGIA S.A., a joint-stock company registered as a publicly-held company with the CVM in the category "A", with headquarters in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Avenida Luiz Carlos Berrini, nº 1,376, 12th floor, Torre A, Room Digitalização, Cidade Monções, Zip Code 05425-011, registered with the CNPJ/MF under nº 37.663.076/0001-07 (“AES” and, when together with the Company, the “Guarantors”), in proportion to their respective shareholdings in POTENGI HOLDINGS S.A., a joint-stock company without registration as a publicly-held company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with headquarters at Avenida Engenheiro Luiz Carlos Berrini, nº 1376, ESC 121, Torre -A – Torre Nações Unidas, Cidade Monções, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, CEP 04571-936, registered with CNPJ/MF under nº 42.165.941/0001-24, with it is constituent acts registered under NIRE nº 35300569903 (“Issuer” or “Potengi”), with the aim of ensuring faithful, punctual and full compliance with the main and ancillary obligations assumed by the Issuer, within the scope of its 1st
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(first) issue of 300,000 (three hundred thousand) simple debentures not convertible into shares, of the type unsecured, with additional guarantee (“Debentures”), with a maturity period of 18 (eighteen) years from de date of issue of the Debentures to be defined in the Issuance Deed (as defined bellow) (“Issuance Date”) and nominal value unit of R$ 1,000.00 (one thousand reais) (“Nominal Unit Value”), totaling, on the Issuance Date, the total amount of R$ 300,000,000.00 (three hundred million reais) (“Issuance”), which will be subject to public distribution, intended exclusively for professional investors, as defined in accordance with article 11 of the Resolution of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) No. 30, of May 11, 2021, as amended from time to time, being, therefore, subject to the automatic procedure for registering a public offering for the distribution of securities, in accordance with article 26, item IX, and article 27 of CVM Resolution No. 160, of July 13, 2022, as amended, of Law No. 12, 431, of June 24, 2011, as amended, and other applicable legal and regulatory provisions (“Offer”), under the firm placement guarantee regime for the total value of the Issue, subject to the terms and conditions of the Issue and Debentures to be established through the execution of the “Private Indenture Instrument for the 1st (First) Issuance of Simple Debentures, Non-Convertible into Shares, of the Unsecured Type, with Additional Guarantee, in a Single Series, for Public Distribution, under the Automatic Registration Rite, of Potengi Holdings S.A.”, to be celebrated between the Issuer, Oliveira Trust Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A., a financial institution, domiciled in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Rua Joaquim Floriano, nº 1.052, 13th floor, Itaim Bibi, CEP 04534-004, registered with the CNPJ/MF under no. 36.113,876/004-34, as fiduciary agent (“Fiduciary Agent”), the Company and AES, as guarantors (“Deed of Issuance”); (ii) express authorization for the Company’s representatives and well-established attorneys, in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws, to perform all acts, take all measures and adopt all necessary measures relating to the achievement and formation of the Issuance, the Offer and the provision of the Guarantee, including, but without limitation, the execution of the Deed of Issuance, the Offer distribution agreement (“Distribution Agreement”) and any amendments thereto; e (iii) the ratification of acts already carried out by the Company’s Board of Directors and well-established attorneys, exclusively related to the above deliberations.
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5. Resolutions: The members of the Board of Directors approved, by unanimous vote and without any reservations or restrictions, the drawing up of these minutes in the form of a summary. Once the agenda has been examined, the following matter was discussed, and the following decision was taken:
5.1. Approve the Company’s provision of the Guarantee, as a guarantee of faithful, punctual and full payment of the Guarantee Obligations (as defined in the Deed of Issuance), including, but not limited to, pecuniary obligations, main and accessory, present and future, assumed by the Issuer in the Issuance, including but not limited to, obligations relating to the full and punctual payment of the Updated Nominal Unit Value, the respective Remuneration, Late Payment Charges, as well as other charges related to the Issuance Deed, whether on the respective Payment Dates of the Remuneration or Amortization Date, on the Maturity Date, or due to the early maturity of obligations arising from the Debentures under the terms of the Issuance Deed.
5.2. Expressly authorize the Company’s representatives and well-established attorneys-in-fact, in accordance with the Company’s Bylaws, to perform all acts, take all measures and adopt all necessary measures relating to the Issuance, the Offer and the Guarantee, including, but without limitation: (i) the formalization, implementation and negotiation of the terms and conditions related to the resolutions now approved for the Issuance, the Offer and the Guarantee, with the Company authorized to execute any and all minutes, books, powers of attorney, notifications, communications, documents, applications, forms, instruments, contracts and annexes related to the Issuance, the Offer and the provision of the Guarantee, including signing the Deed of Issuance and the Distribution Agreement and any amendments; and (ii) the establishment of additional conditions, carrying out all necessary acts and signing all documents required to carry out the deliberations provided for herein; it is
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5.3. Ratify the acts already carried out by the Company’s Board of Directors and well-established attorneys, exclusively related to the above deliberations.
6. Documents Filed at the Company: The documents analyzed by the members of the Board of Directors or information presented during the meeting were filed at the Company’s head office.
7. Closure: There being no other matters to be discussed, the meeting was closed, being the present minutes drawn up by electronic processing, which after having been read and found correct by all those present, were signed.
I certify that the above text is a faithful copy of the minutes which are filed in Book of the Minutes of the Ordinary and Extraordinary Meetings of the Company´s Board of Directors.
São Paulo, December 20, 2023.
Bruno Machado Ferla
Secretary
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