on the present date, declared to the balance of retained earnings ascertained in the 3rd quarter of 2021 and in compliance with the net income calculated on the semi-annual balance sheet dated June 30, 2022, even after the resolution at the Company’s Extraordinary General Meeting, held on October 25, 2021, which approved the full offsetting of the Company’s accumulated losses, through partial deduction of the balance of retained earnings in the amount of BRL 3,351,851,942.94 (three billion, three hundred and fifty-one million, nine hundred and forty-two thousand, nine hundred and forty-two reais and ninety-four cents), which was also calculated in the 3rd quarter of 2021. Interim dividends will be distributed "ad referendum" of the Annual General Meeting that approves the accounts for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to the second paragraph of article 204 of Law 6,404, of December 15, 1976 (“Brazilian Corporate Law”) and in article 28 of the Company's Bylaws.
6.1Payment of interim dividends will be made on January 27, 2022, in national currency, based on the shareholding position held at the end of B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (“B3”) trading session on January 18, 2022 (“base date” in Brazil). The shares issued by the Company will be traded “ex-dividends” as of January 19, 2022, inclusive.
Regarding holders of American Depositary Receipts – ADRs referenced to shares issued by the Company, and traded on the New York Stock Exchange – NYSE, the payment of interim dividends will be made in accordance with the procedures applicable by the depositary bank The Bank of New York Mellon.
6.2The interim dividends declared herein will be allocated to the minimum mandatory dividend for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, pursuant to article 202 of the Brazilian Corporate Law and article 28 of the Company’s Bylaws.
6.3The procedures relating to the payment of interim dividends will be informed by the Company through a Notice to Shareholders to be published in due course.