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Equity (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Disclosure Equity Abstract |
Schedule of share capital |
Schedule of share capital |  |  |
| June 30, 2025
Shareholders | Common shares | Golden shares | Total
Previ (i) | 394,305,082 | – | 394,305,082
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 | 969,715,755 | – | 969,715,755
Free floating | 3,299,063,020 | – | 3,299,063,020
Golden shares | – | 12 | 12
Total outstanding (without shares in treasury) | 4,268,778,775 | 12 | 4,268,778,787
Shares in treasury | 270,228,793 | – | 270,228,793
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 share buyback program |
Schedule of share buyback program |  |
| Total of shares repurchased | Effect on cash flows
| Six-month period ended June 30,
| 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | 2024
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
(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.

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