ARTICLE 7 – The Shareholders‘ Meeting is the Company‘s deliberative body and shall be gathered, on an ordinary basis, within four (4) months following the end of the fiscal year for purposes provided at law, and, on extraordinary basis, whenever the corporate interests require so.

Paragraph 1 – The Shareholders‘ Meeting shall be called pursuant to the law, or via telegram or certified mail, by the Board of Directors‘ Chairperson, and it shall be conducted by a board comprised of a chairperson and a secretary, pursuant to paragraph 2 below.

Paragraph 2 – The Shareholders‘ Meeting shall be chaired by the Company’s Board of Directors‘ Chairperson or, in his/her absence, the person chosen by the majority of the attendees. The Meeting‘s Chairperson shall choose, among the attending shareholders, the board‘s secretary.

Paragraph 3 – The resolutions of the Shareholders‘ Meeting, except for the exceptions provided at law, these Bylaws or shareholders‘ agreement duly filed at the Company‘s headquarters, shall be made by majority of votes, not computing the blank votes.

ARTICLE 8 – The shareholders may be represented at the Shareholders‘ Meetings by proxies, pursuant to article 126, Paragraph 1 of Law No. 6.404/76.

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