Exhibit 99.3
Shareholder Manual
Extraordinary Geral Meeting
October 25, 2021
Index
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MESSAGE FROM THE MANAGEMENT | 1 |
GUIDANCE FOR ATTENDANCE | 2 |
Date Time and Place | 2 |
Who may attend the General Meeting | 2 |
Quorum for the holding | 2 |
How to attend the General Meeting | 2 |
Documentation required | 2 |
Additional Clarifications | 6 |
MATTERS TO BE RESOLVED ON | 7 |
EXHIBIT I – PARTICIPATION REGISTER | 8 |
Message from the Management Dear Shareholders, In order to facilitate and encourage your participation in Suzano S.A.’s (“Suzano” or “Company”) Extraordinary General Meeting, to be held on October 25, 2021, at 09:00 AM, exclusively in digital form (“EGM”), we have prepared this Shareholder Manual for Attendance (“Manual”). This document is in line with the principles and good corporate governance practices adopted by the Company, although the careful and thorough reading of the other documents related to the EGM is not waived, especially the Management Proposal, prepared under the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) rules and the Law No. 6,404, of December 15, 1976, as amended (“Brazilian Corporation Law”), and available on Suzano’s headquarters, in the Company’s investor relations website (www.suzano.com.br/ri), as well as on CVM (www.cvm.gov.br) and B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (“B3”) (http://www.b3.com.br) websites. On behalf of the Company’s Management, we invite the shareholders to attend and express their opinion in the EGM. However, considering the current public health scenario resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company’s Management, aiming to ensure the integrity, health and safety of its shareholders and other professionals required to hold a general meeting, decided to hold the EGM only in digital form pursuant to CVM Instruction No. 481, of December 17, 2009, as amended (“ICVM 481/09”). Notwithstanding the attendance in the EGM through a digital platform as detailed below in this Manual, the Company also strongly encourages the shareholders to use alternative voting mechanisms, in particular by means of using the Distance Voting Ballot, also further detailed in this Manual. Suzano reiterates that it embraces its responsibility to continue supplying Brazil and the world with pulp, paper and sanitary papers, essential raw materials or critical items for the hospitals, pharmaceuticals, food, personal care, among others sectors, because Suzano believes that it is only good for the Company if it is good for the world. Yours Sincerely, David FefferWalter Schalka |
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Guidance
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DATE AND TIME Monday, October 25, 2021, at 09:00 a.m. (GMT-03:00) | |
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WHERE Only in digital form in accordance with ICVM 481/09 as hereinafter detailed. | |
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QUORUM FOR THE HOLDING The EGM shall be held on first call with the attendance of at least one fourth (1/4) of the capital stock. | |
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WHO MAY ATTEND All the shareholders who holds common registered shares issued by Suzano may attend the EGM on their own behalf or by legal representatives or attorneys-in-fact duly appointed under the current legislation and as per the guidance contained in this Manual. | |
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| Attendance of Holders of American Depositary Shares (“ADS”) ADS holders may attend the EGM, in which they will be represented by The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY”), as the depositary financial institution, in compliance with the terms and procedures established in the “Deposit Agreement” entered into with Suzano. BNY shall send the voting cards (proxy) to the holders of ADS so they may exercise their voting rights and be represented in the EGM through their representative in Brazil. |
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HOW TO ATTEND The Company’s shareholders may attend the EGM in two manners: (i) through a digital platform to be made available by the Company, for access on the EGM at the day and time detailed herein below in this Manual; or (ii) through the distance voting ballot, pursuant to ICVM 481/09. | |
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DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED (1) Digital Platform For the purposes of attendance through a digital platform to be accessed on the day and time of the EGM (“Digital Platform”), interested shareholders must express their interest by sending an email up to 48 hours prior to the EGM, that is, until 09:00 a.m. of October 23, 2021 to the email address ri@suzano.com.br, with copy to societario@suzano.com.br, with the information contained in Exhibit I to this Manual, together with (i) proof of ownership of Company’s shares issued no more than four (4) business days prior to the date of the EGM by the bookkeeping financial agent or custody agent; and (ii) the applicable documents below (“Participation Register”): |
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(a) | Private Individuals: copy of the valid identity document with photo, or, if applicable, valid identity document of the attorney-in-fact and the respective power-of-attorney. |
(b) | Legal Person: copy of the valid identity document with photo of the legal representative and copy of the respective representation documents, including the power of attorney and copy of the organizational documents and of the minutes of election of managers. |
(c) | Investment Fund: copy of the valid identity document with photo of the representative and respective representation documents, including the power-of-attorney and copy of the current bylaws of the fund, bylaws or articles of association of its administrator or manager, as applicable, and minutes of election of the managers of the administrator or manager. |
(d) | Attendance by Attorney-in-Fact: The attorney-in-fact shall have been appointed less than one (1) year ago and qualify himself as shareholder or manager of the company, lawyer enrolled with the Brazilian Bar Association, or financial institution, as applicable. |
In accordance to Official Letter/CVM/SEP/No. 01/2021, Shareholders that are legal persons may be represented in the EGM by their legal representatives or agents duly appointed pursuant to the articles of incorporation of said company and with the rules of the Brazilian Civil Code, in which case they are not required to be a shareholder or manager of the Company or an attorney.
Similarly, shareholders that are investment funds, pursuant to the decision of the Board of Commissioners of CVM in CVM Administrative Proceeding RJ-2014-3578, may be represented in the EGM by their legal representatives or agents duly appointed by their manager or administrator, pursuant to their regulations, bylaws or articles of association of their manager or administrator, as applicable.
Considering the current public health scenario resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and seeking to ensure the health and integrity of our shareholders, our teams, their families and the whole of society, at the same time that we seek to facilitate and encourage the participation of the shareholders in the EGM, formalities for certification of signatures, authentication, notarization, consularization, apostille or sworn translation are exempted in relation to the documents indicated above, being sufficient, in the latter case, their free translation into Portuguese. It should be noted that documents in English and Spanish are exempt even from free translation.
Once the representation documents sent in accordance with the above are found to be in order, information and guidelines for accessing the Digital Platform, including, but not limited to, the password, will be sent up to two (2) hours before the starting time of the EGM to each shareholder (or the respective attorney-in-fact, as the case may be) that has made the regular Participation Register. Such information and guidance will be forwarded exclusively to the e-mail address informed in the Participation Register, regardless of the e-mail address used
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by the shareholder (or the respective attorney-in-fact, as the case may be) to send the documents and information for purposes of performing such registration.
In case of need for documentary complementation and/or additional clarifications in relation to the documents sent for the purposes of the Participation Register, the Company will contact the shareholder (or the respective attorney, as the case may be) to request such documentary complementation and/or additional clarifications in a timely manner that allows the sending of information and guidelines for access to the Digital Platform within the period referred to above.
Pursuant to article 5, paragraph 3, of ICVM 481/09, the Company clarifies that, in case no interest is expressed by the shareholder (or the respective attorney-in-fact, as the case may be) in participating in the EGM under the terms established above, up to 48 hours in advance for the EGM, that is, until 09:00 a.m. of October 23, 2021 or in case requests for documentary complementation and/or additional clarifications referred to in the previous paragraph are not satisfied in order to attest the regularity of shareholder representation, the shareholder participation in the EGM through the Digital Platform will not be possible.
The Company also highlights that the information and guidelines for accessing the Digital Platform, including, but not limited to, the password, are unique and non-transferable, being the shareholder (or the respective attorney-in-fact, as the case may be) fully responsible for the possession and confidentiality of the information and guidelines transmitted by the Company under the terms of this Manual.
The Company also requests that, on the day of the EGM, the qualified shareholders access the Digital Platform at least thirty (30) minutes before the scheduled starting time, in order to allow for access validation and attendance of all shareholders that will use the Digital Platform. Access to the EGM shall not be granted after it starts.
In anticipation of the access information which shall be sent via e-mail to duly registered shareholders, as described above, the Company notes that the access to the Digital Platform may occur by means of videoconference (in which the participant may watch the meeting and speak, with video and voice transmissions) and of audioconference (in which the participant may only listen to the meeting and speak, with voice transmission).
In order to access the Digital Platform, the following is required: (i) computer with video and audio features that may be activated; and (ii) internet access with at lest 1MB (minimum broadband of 700 Kbps). Access to the videoconference should occur, preferably, through Google Chrome browser. Further, the Company recommends that the shareholder disconnects any active VPN or platform which may utilize the computer’s camera before accessing the Digital Platform. In the event of any access difficulties, the shareholder must contact +55 (11) 4090-1621, followed by star zero (*0) for technical support.
Finally, the Company clarifies that it is not and will not be responsible for any operational or connection issues of the shareholders, as well as for any other issues external to the Company that may difficult or prevent the shareholder to participate in the EGM through the Digital Platform.
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(2) | Distance Voting |
Pursuant to articles 21-A et. seq. of ICVM 481/09, the Company’s shareholders may also exercise the vote in the EGM through distance voting, to be formalized in an electronic document named “Distance Voting Ballot” (“DVB”), available at the Company’s website (www.suzano.com.br/ri), in the area of Documents delivered to CVM - 2021 Meetings, and also at CVM’s website (www.cvm.gov.br) and B3’s website (http://www.b3.com.br). The distance voting, by means of the DVB, may be exercised in three ways:
(i) | by transmitting the instructions on how to fill in the DVB for the respective shareholders’ custodians, if the shares are deposited in a central securities depository; |
(ii) | by transmitting the instructions on how to fill in the DVB to the financial institution hired by the Company to provide the securities bookkeeping services, if the shares are not deposited in a central securities depository; or |
(iii) | by transmitting the duly filled DVB directly to the Company, by e-mail (to ri@suzano.com.br, with copy to societario@suzano.com.br). |
The voting instructions shall be received by the custodian agent, the bookkeeper agent or the Company up to seven (7) days prior to the date of the EGM, that is, until October 18, 2021 (including such date), unless a different term is established by the respective custodian agents or the bookkeeper agent. In case of direct delivery to the Company (even by e-mail), the DVB duly initialed and signed shall be accompanied of the other documents indicated in item (1) above, including, without limitation, proof of the ownership of Company’s shares, being the DVB and such documents also exempt from the formalities for certification of signatures, authentication, notarization, consularization, apostille or sworn translation, being sufficient, in the latter case, their free translation into Portuguese. It should be noted that documents in English and Spanish are exempt even from free translation.
After the term for the distance voting, that is October 18, 2021 (including such date), unless a different term is established by the respective custodian agents or the bookkeeper agent, the shareholders may not change the voting instructions sent, except at the EGM itself by means of participation through the Digital Platform, when they may specifically request to disregard the voting instructions sent by DVB, before the respective matter is submitted to voting. Once again, considering the delicate moment through which we all are going, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company’s Management, valuing the integrity, health and safety of our teams, their family members and the whole society, strongly encourages the shareholders to use this particular modality of voting, giving priority to the options referred to in items (i) and (ii) above (i.e. transmission of the DVB to the custodian agent or bookkeeper agent). In case the option adopted is the delivery of the DVB directly to the Company, the Management requests them to send the documents mentioned in the previous paragraph preferably to the e-mail address ri@suzano.com.br, with copy to societario@suzano.com.br).
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ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATIONS Voting Rights Each common share issued by the Company entitles to one vote on the resolutions of the EGM’s agenda. | |
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TALK TO IR For further information, Suzano’s Investor Relations Office is available for any additional clarification by phone (+55 11) 3503-9414 or by e-mail ri@suzano.com.br. | |
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Matters to be resolved on
Under the terms of the Call Notice published in the Official Gazette of the State of Bahia and in the newspapers "Correio da Bahia" and "Estado de São Paulo" and available on the Company's website (www.suzano.com.br/ri) in the area Documents delivered to CVM – 2021 Meetings and further on CVM’s website (www.cvm.gov.br) and B3’s website (http://www.b3.com.br), the EGM agenda will be to resolve on the full offsetting of the Company's accumulated losses, as recorded in the Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, amounting to R$ 3,926,014,830.11, by partially deducting the balance of retained earnings ascertained in the 1st semester of 2021, as stated in the quarterly financial statements dated June 30, 2021, which totaled R$ 7,277,866,773.05, all pursuant to the Company's Management Proposal.
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Exhibit I
Participation Register
Private Individuals | |
Full name: | |
Tax ID (CPF/ME): | |
Phone: | |
E-mail: | |
Complete address: | |
No. of shares: | |
Legal Person / Investment Fund | |
Legal Person / Investment Fund Identification | |
Corporate Name: | |
Tax ID (CNPJ/ME): | |
No. of shares: | |
Legal Representative Identification | |
Full name: | |
Tax ID (CPF/ME): | |
Title (e.g., Director, Attorney-in-fact, etc.): | |
Phone: | |
E-mail: | |
Complete address: | |
Attorney-in-Fact | |
Attorney-in-Fact Identification | |
Full name: | |
Tax ID (CPF/ME): | |
Phone: | |
E-mail: | |
Complete address: | |
Identification of the Grantor, if an Individual | |
Full name: | |
Tax ID (CPF/ME): | |
No. of shares: | |
Identification of the Grantor, if a Legal Person / Investment Fund | |
Corporate name: | |
Tax ID (CNPJ/ME): | |
No. of shares: | |
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