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Employee benefits (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Employee Benefits |
Schedule of employee related benefits |
Schedule of employee related benefits |  |  |  |  |
|  | Current liabilities | Non-current liabilities
| Notes | June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024
Payroll, related charges and other remunerations |  | 699 | 934 | — | –
Charges related to share-based payments | 27(a) | 30 | 16 | — | –
Employee post retirement obligation | 27(b) | 61 | 62 | 1,170 | 1,118
|  | 790 | 1,012 | 1,170 | 1,118
Schedule of fair value of the matching program |
Schedule of fair value of the matching program |  |  |
| 2025 Program | 2024 Program | 2023 Program
Granted shares | 2,453,783 | 2,244,659 | 1,330,503
Share price | 10.13 | 12.02 | 15.94
Schedule of assumptions used for the monte carlo simulations |
Schedule of assumptions used for the monte carlo simulations |  |  |
| 2025 Program | 2024 Program | 2023 Program
Granted shares | 1,973,979 | 1,873,175 | 1,177,755
Date shares were granted | May 06, 2025 | April 29, 2024 | January 2, 2023
Share price | 9.31 | 12.49 | 16.60
Expected volatility | 33.82% | 35.60% | 48.33%
Expected term (in years) | 3 | 3 | 3
Expected shareholder return indicator | 87.67% | 66.95% | 72.42%
Expected performance fator | 93.83% | 87.71% | 69.17%
Schedule of reconciliation of assets and liabilities recognized in the statement of financial position |
Schedule of reconciliation of assets and liabilities recognized in the statement of financial position |  |  |  |
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024
| Overfunded pension plans | Underfunded pension plans and other benefits | Overfunded pension plans | Underfunded pension plans and other benefits
Movements of assets ceiling |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of the period | 860 | – | 1,071 | –
Interest income | 31 | – | 69 | –
Changes on asset ceiling | 41 | – | (76) | –
Translation adjustment | 105 | – | (204) | –
Balance at end of the period | 1,037 | – | 860 | –
Amount recognized in the statement of financial position |  |  |  |
Present value of actuarial liabilities | (3,554) | (2,036) | (3,346) | (1,923)
Fair value of assets | 4,707 | 805 | 4,316 | 743
Effect of the asset ceiling | (1,037) | – | (860) | –
Assets (liabilities) | 116 | (1,231) | 110 | (1,180)
Current liabilities | 10 | (61) | – | (62)
Non-current assets (liabilities) (i) | 106 | (1,170) | 110 | (1,118)
Assets (liabilities) | 116 | (1,231) | 110 | (1,180)
(i) Overfunded pension plans assets are recorded as “Other non-current assets” in the balance sheet.

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