Date – June 20 – 21, 2018

DATE AND LOCAL

INCLUA EM SUA AGENDA

WTC Hotel – Teatro – Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12551 – Piso C - Brooklin, São Paulo

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About ABRASCA and IBRI

ABRASCA

PRESENTATION - THE IMPORTANCE OF CAPITAL DEMOCRATIZATION
Public Companies: The Modern Face of an Evolving Economy

Publicly-held companies democratize their capital in search of new shareholders among the investing public. Their intense engagement with the capital markets demands mature management, above all in what relates to the ability and need to account for their evolution. As a consequence, publicly-held companies are increasingly concern about improved management, which is of fundamental importance for better results, benefitting their entire structures.

Publicly-held companies, as a rule, give a better response to efficiency challenges. In facing those challenges, they always pay more attention to the need to find the best professionals and technology. For all those reasons, publicly-held companies as a whole have a significant advantage, primarily in what relates to speed and volume of funds contributed to the business. In addition to this advantage, their model is better adjusted to a pluralist society, puts them in a better position within the context of democracy and can add definition to their actions, projecting a modern and dynamic image. The decision to go public, creating a new scale of production, as well as contributions of funds and technology, is part and parcel of the evolution of the Brazilian economy. There are 630 publicly-held companies in Brazil.

And there is room for many more.


MISSION - ABRASCA’s ROLE AND FUNCTION
Joint Action, a Permanent Channel for the Defense of Corporate Positions

The principal mission of the Brazilian Association of Public Companies — ABRASCA (Associação Brasileira das Companhias Abertas, in Portuguese), a not-for-profit association founded December 21, 1971, is to defend the positions of public companies as the modern face of Brazilian economy, jointly before decision centers and public opinion.

In addition, ABRASCA is committed to the development of capital markets mechanisms and dissemination of information on its key securities, such as shares, debenture bonds and commercial papers.

As a vital module of the market economy, the modern enterprise must assume the responsibility of perfecting and maintaining business behavioral principles consistent with the evolving market.

ABRASCA understands that the Brazilian society cannot do without the active participation of all its segments, especially at its current stage of development

For these reasons, in addition to publicly-held companies, ABRASCA will accept as members non-public companies as well as other legal entities that borrow funds from the market in any form other than exclusively bank loans, provide advice related to the issuance or placement of securities, or invest in the capital stock of other companies.


PRINCIPLES - ABRASCA’S OBJECTIVES
The search of higher efficacy and productivity for the Brazilian economy through democratization of capital

ABRASCA has very clear objectives. Its work is solidly based on the Declaration of Principles that dates from the creation of the entity.

ABRASCA has as its main principle the improvement of policy and business management practices, in particular with regard to the capital markets, the structural basis of a modern and participatory economy. The capital markets are the most appropriate channel for transferring private savings to the objectives of economic and social growth, insofar as it allows the sound capitalization of Brazilian companies.

For this reason, ABRASCA has set as its permanent objective, in its Declaration of Principles, the improvement of mechanisms and processes that allow a constant and qualified expansion of the capital markets.

It is up to publicly-held companies, analysts and the government to join efforts to ensure that the flow of funds and savings take place at levels that are adequate for the growth needs of companies, and, consequently, of the Brazilian economy as a whole.

ABRASCA, as a result of its history and structure, is the sum total of the efforts focused on research, study, dissemination of information and debate. A forum for improving corporate methods and processes, for enhancing services dedicated to shareholders and for following up on the legal changes and the permanent updating of companies.

ABRASCA, as a result of its history and structure, is the sum total of the efforts focused on research, study, dissemination of information and debate. A forum for improving corporate methods and processes, for enhancing services dedicated to shareholders and for following up on the legal changes and the permanent updating of companies. ABRASCA understands that the correct and adequate definition of the major Brazilian economic priorities becomes more transparent when seen through the capital markets. At the end of the day, it is the investors that select the best investments, from the standpoint of results and productivity, to the benefit of industry development, and, of Brazilian economic development as a whole.

The company, when issuing shares of its capital stock, starts a process of efficiently allocating the funds generated by national savings to productive investments.


IBRI

IBRI (Brazilian Investor Relations Institute) was founded on June 5, 1997 for enhancing the role of the community of Investor Relations professionals in the Brazilian Capital Markets and to contribute to its strengthening and improvement.

IBRI’s philosophy of work includes raising the profile of partnerships with entities in the domestic and international markets which have common objectives with the IR area. In this context, IBRI believes that the partnerships which have been established have generated value for the members as well as contributed to enriching the technical discussions with official bodies – with which IBRI has signed agreements – such as the CVM (Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission).

On July 2 and 3, 2012, the 14th  National Investor and Capital Markets  Relations Meeting was held. This annual event is the largest of its kind in Latin America with an audience of more than 700 professionals. The 15th National Investor Relations Meeting is scheduled to take place on July 3 and 4, 2013 in São Paulo, Brazil.