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Loans, borrowings, cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2025
Notes and other explanatory information [abstract] |
Schedule of net debt |
Schedule of net debt |  |  |
| Notes | June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024
Loans and borrowings |  | 17,146 | 14,792
Leases | 22(b) | 699 | 713
Gross debt |  | 17,845 | 15,505
(-) Cash and cash equivalentes |  | 5,514 | 4,953
(-) Short-term investments (i) |  | 182 | 53
Net debt |  | 12,149 | 10,499
(i) Substantially comprises investments in senior notes and exclusive investment fund, which portfolio is made by committed transactions and certificate of deposits (“CDB”).
Schedule of cash and cash equivalents |
Schedule of cash and cash equivalents |  |
| June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024
R$ | 2,017 | 1,709
US$ | 3,327 | 3,048
Other currencies | 170 | 196
Total | 5,514 | 4,953
Schedule of total debt |
Schedule of total debt |  |  |  |  |
|  | Current liabilities | Non-current liabilities
| Average interest rate (i) | June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | December 31, 2024
Quoted in the secondary market: |  |  |  |  |
US$ Bonds | 6.05% | – | – | 7,607 | 7,187
R$ Debentures | 7.06% | 57 | 68 | 2,291 | 1,191
Debt contracts in Brazil in (ii): |  |  |  |  |
R$, indexed to TJLP, TR, IPCA, IGP-M and CDI | 9.96% | 44 | 41 | 112 | 143
Basket of currencies and bonds in US$ indexed to SOFR | 6.03% | – | – | 150 | 150
Debt contracts in the international market in: |  |  |  |  |
US$, with variable and fixed interest | 5.48% | 400 | 716 | 6,249 | 5,042
Other currencies, with fixed interest | 4.83% | 12 | 11 | 43 | 50
Other currencies, with variable interest | 3.80% | – | – | 9 | 9
Accrued charges |  | 172 | 184 | – | –
Total |  | 685 | 1,020 | 16,461 | 13,772
(i) In order to determine the average interest rate for debt contracts with floating rates, the Company used the rate applicable as of June 30, 2025. (ii) The Company entered into derivatives to mitigate the exposure to cash flow variations of all floating rate debt contracted in Brazil, resulting in an average cost of 3.21% per year in US$.
Schedule of reconciliation of debt to cash flows arising from financing activities |
Schedule of reconciliation of debt to cash flows arising from financing activities |  |
| Principal | Estimated future interest payments (i)
2025 | 513 | 494
2026 | 135 | 977
2027 | 1,690 | 912
2028 | 941 | 860
From 2029 to 2031 | 4,875 | 2,055
2032 onwards | 8,820 | 4,498
Total | 16,974 | 9,796
(i) Based on interest rate curves and foreign exchange rates applicable as of June 30, 2025 and considering that the payments of principal will be made on their contracted payments dates. The amount includes the estimated interest not yet accrued and the interest already recognized in the annual financial statements.

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