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Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Disclosure Equity Abstract |
Schedule of share capital |
Schedule of share capital |  |
| June 30, 2024 |
Shareholders | Common shares | Golden shares | Total |
Previ (i) | 397,799,856 | - | 397,799,856 |
Mitsui&co (i) | 286,347,055 | - | 286,347,055 |
Blackrock, Inc (ii) | 289,063,618 | - | 289,063,618 |
Total shareholders with more than 5% of capital | 973,210,529 | - | 973,210,529 |
Free floating | 3,297,692,482 | - | 3,297,692,482 |
Golden shares | - | 12 | 12 |
Total outstanding (without shares in treasury) | 4,270,903,011 | 12 | 4,270,903,023 |
Shares in treasury | 268,104,557 | - | 268,104,557 |
Total capital | 4,539,007,568 | 12 | 4,539,007,580 |
(i) Number of shares owned by shareholders, as per statement provided by the custodian, based on shares listed at B3. (ii) Number of shares as reported in BlackRock, Inc.’s Schedule 13G/A, filed with the SEC.
Schedule of cancelation of treasury shares |
Schedule of cancelation of treasury shares |  |
| Number of canceled shares | Carrying amount
Cancellation approved on March 2, 2023 | 239,881,683 | 4,164
Six-month period ended June 30, 2023 | 239,881,683 | 4,164
Schedule of share buyback program |
Schedule of share buyback program |  |  |
| Total of shares repurchased |  | Effect on cash flows
| Six-month period ended June 30
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Shares buyback program up to 150,000,000 shares (i) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired by Parent | 17,413,659 |  | - |  | 231 |  | -
Acquired by wholly owned subsidiaries | 11,645,514 |  | - |  | 158 |  | -
Total | 29,059,173 |  | - |  | 389 |  | -
Shares buyback program up to 500,000,000 shares (ii) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquired by Parent | - |  | 73,179,052 |  | - |  | 1,102
Acquired by wholly owned subsidiaries | - |  | 67,979,481 |  | - |  | 1,022
Total | - |  | 141,158,533 |  | - |  | 2,124
Shares buyback program | 29,059,173 |  | 141,158,533 |  | 389 |  | 2,124
(i) On October 26, 2023, a new share buyback program limited to a maximum of 150,000,000 common shares and their respective ADRs, over the next 18 months started from the end of the program previously on going. (ii) On April 27, 2022, the Board of Directors approved the common shares buyback program, limited to a maximum of 500,000,000 common shares or their respective ADRs, with a term of 18 months. This program was concluded in 2023.

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