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BANCO SANTANDER (BRASIL) S.A.
Public Company with Authorized Capital
Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ/MF) No. 90.400.888/0001-42
Company Registration (NIRE) No. 35.300.332.067
Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting held on March 18th, 2016
On March 18th, 2016, at 5 p.m., by conference call, the Board of Directors of Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. (“Company” or “Santander”) has met, with the attendance of all of its members, and approved, unanimously, the hiring by Santander of the company PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes, enrolled with Corporate Taxpayer Registry (CNPJ) under No. 61.562.112/0001-20, and under Local Accounting Council Registry (CRC) No.2SP000160/O-5 and registered with the Securities Commission (CVM) under declaratory act No. 5.038 of September 8th, 1998, with headquarters at Av. Francisco Matarazzo, No. 1400, 9th, 10th and 13th to 17th floor, Torre Torino, Água Branca, São Paulo/SP, to act as independent audit company of Santander and of the companies part of Santander Conglomerate in Brazil, for 2016, 2017 and 2018 fiscal years, in replacement of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes.
It was registered that such hiring was submitted to appreciation of the Audit Committee of Santander Brasil and, after appreciated, was recommended to this Board, in line with the corporate governance recommendations to alternate the independent auditor of Santander Group. Deloitte, the replaced audit company, expressed its consent regarding the justification to the change made, pursuant to Article 28 of the mentioned CVM Normative Instruction.
The Board authorized the Executive Board to adopt all provisions necessary to implement the resolution just approved.
There being no further matters to be resolved, the Meeting was finalized, and these minutes have been prepared, which were read, approved, and signed by all the attendees.
São Paulo, March 18th, 2016.
Signatures:Jesús María Zabalza Lotina – Chairman;Álvaro Antônio Cardoso de Souza,Celso Clemente Giacometti,Conrado Engel,José Antonio Alvarez Alvarez, José de Paiva
Ferreira, José Maria Nus Badía, Marília Artimonte Rocca,Sergio Agapito Lires Rial and Viviane Senna Lalli – Directors.
This is a true transcript of the minutes recorded in the proper book.
Daniel Pareto
Secretary
Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. | ||
| By: | /S/ Amancio Acurcio Gouveia | |
Amancio Acurcio Gouveia Officer Without Specific Designation | ||
| By: | /S/ Angel Santodomingo Martell | |
Angel Santodomingo Martell Vice - President Executive Officer | ||