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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-22-122152
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20221125
FILED AS OF DATE:		20221128
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20221125

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERDAU S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001073404
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14878
		FILM NUMBER:		221420924

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AV DOUTORA RUTH CARDOSO, 8,501
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAO PAULO, SP
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			05425-070
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-55-51-3323-2703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AV DOUTORA RUTH CARDOSO, 8,501
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			SAO PAULO, SP
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			05425-070

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERDAU SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981112
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Washington, D.C. 20549</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Dated November 25, 2022</P>

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05425-070</P>

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the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): <FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 1in">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused the Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;November 25, 2022</FONT></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 3%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By: </FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 47%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">/s/ Rafael Dorneles Japur</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Name: Rafael Dorneles Japur</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD><A HREF="tm2231390d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">99.1 </A></TD>
<TD><A HREF="tm2231390d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Material Fact, November 25, 2022.</A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>GERDAU S.A. </B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Corporate Taxpayer
ID (CNPJ): 33.611.500/0001-19</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Company Registry
(NIRE): 35300520696</FONT></P>

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</B></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">GERDAU S.A. (B3:
GGBR / NYSE: GGB) (&ldquo;Company&rdquo;) hereby informs its shareholders and the market that on this date, its subsidiary Gerdau Next
S.A. (&ldquo;Gerdau Next&rdquo;) and Newave Energia I Advisory Fundo de Investimento em Participa&ccedil;&otilde;es Multiestrat&eacute;gia
<FONT STYLE="color: #242424">(&ldquo;NW Capital&rdquo;), as investors, signed binding instruments with </FONT>Newave Energia S. A. (&ldquo;Newave&rdquo;)
for the following: (i) underwriting of interest in Newave by Gerdau Next and <FONT STYLE="color: #242424">NW Capital</FONT> in the proportion
of 33.33% and 66.67%, respectively; and (ii) the acquisition of long-term energy<FONT STYLE="color: #242424">, by the Company and its
subsidiaries, of thirty percent (30%) of the energy generated by the power generation projects held directly or indirectly by Newave
and its subsidiaries, in the self-production model </FONT>(&ldquo;Operation&rdquo;).</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Operation represents
an investment in development of greenfield projects of electricity generation with a capacity of approximately 2.5 GW, exclusively from
solar or wind sources, with the expectation of starting generation in the years 2025 and 2026, in brownfield projects and in electricity
distribution activities, whether in the retail or directional modes and/or pre-payment transactions.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Operation involves
a greater competitiveness in the cost of the steel business and provide the Company with a clean energy supply and goes towards achieving
the carbon emission reduction targets established by Gerdau.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The
investment amount by Gerdau Next will be up to R$ 1,500,000,000.00 (one billion, five hundred million reais), divided into two phases.
Initially, Gerdau Next will invest five hundred million reais (R$500,000,000.00) to be subscribed to and paid during the course of 2023,
as set forth in the business plan approved by investors, and, in a second phase, up to one billion reais (R$1,000,000,000.00), conditioned
on the achievement of certain targets. <FONT STYLE="color: #242424">NW Capital and Investment Funds distributed by XP Investimentos,
will invest one billion reais (R$1,000,000,000.00) to be subscribed to and paid during the course of 2023, as set forth in the same business
plan, and, in a second phase, up to two billion reais (R$</FONT>2,000,000,000.00) to be subscribed to by investors according to market
funding.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #242424"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Newave
was born with the mission of accelerating energy transition in the country in order to promote the power of choosing renewable, competitive
energy without bureaucracy. The company is an end-to-end player in this market, with operations spanning from generating clean energy
to trading it.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; color: #242424"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The formalization
of the Operation is subject to conditions precedent typical to operations of this nature, which include approval from antitrust authorities.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The Company will
keep its shareholders and the market duly informed on the conclusion of the operation.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">S&atilde;o Paulo, November 25, 2022.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>&nbsp; Rafael Dorneles Japur</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="text-align: center; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT> <FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Executive Vice President</FONT></P>

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