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GAFISA S.A.
CNPJ/MF nº 01.545.826/0001-07
NIRE 35.300.147.952
Publicly held Company
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
GAFISA S.A. (B3: GFSA3; OTC: GFASY) (“Gafisa” or “Company”), hereby informs its shareholders and the market that, on this date, the Board of Directors of the Company, resolved:
I. Capital Stock Increase
The approval of the second tranche of the capital increase within the authorized stock capital limit, pursuant the meeting held on August 15, 2019. A total of 48,968,124 shares were subscribed, in the total amount of R$ 272 million with the entrance of new institutional investors in the Company's shareholders base. Together with the first tranche of the capital increase held in June 19, the Company's total capitalization was around R$ 405 million. The funds raised in these transactions will be allocated to project development.
II. Project development
The board members approved the engagement of a financial institution that will organize funding by securities, to the limit of USD 150 million, to be appropriately submitted to the shareholders’ meeting of the Company to deliberate on an eventual issuance of securities. The issuance of securities, once concluded the studies and structuring to be proposed by the contractor, aims at capitalizing the Company to support the growth upswing.
Aiming new projects and diversifying its businesses, the Company materialized the land acquisition for a project in an upmarket area in the City of São Paulo, at Cotovia Street, in the district of Moema, which will set Gafisa’s launch resumption in the first half of 2020. In this regard, the board members approved the execution of two non-binding memoranda of understanding for studies and appraisals targeting relevant projects in the future to be executed in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Osasco, State of São Paulo.
III. Alphaville Divestment
Finally, was endorsed the agreement entered into referring to the Company’s divestment in Alphaville Urbanismo S.A., in accordance with the Material Fact released on October 21, 2019. The materialization of this transaction will allow the setup of Gafisa Desenvolvimento Urbano S.A, in line with the Company’s strategy of operating in this segment, and its business plan is currently under development. The total transaction amount is equivalent to R$ 100 million, to bepaid by offsetting assets.
GAFISA S.A.
All these resolutions represent a milestone and compose the Company’s turnaround process in order to allow Gafisa to regain its relevance in the Brazilian real estate market.
The Company thanks the confidence of its shareholders and reiterates its commitment to keep shareholders and the market informed of any development of its activities.
Additional information on the Capital Increase and resolutions of the Board of Directors can be obtained with the Company’s Investor Relations Department (http://www.http://ri.gafisa.com.br/), via e-mail ri@gafisa.com.br.
São Paulo, October 23, 2019
André Luis Ackermann
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
SIGNATURE
Gafisa S.A. | |
By: | /s/ André Luis Ackermann |
Name: André Luis Ackermann Title: Chief Financial Officer |