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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-24-048280
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240417
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240417
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240417

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERDAU S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001073404
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	04 Manufacturing
		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:		24850624

	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>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"><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE</B></P>

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ACT OF 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Dated April 17, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Commission File Number 1-14878</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>GERDAU S.A.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Translation of Registrant&rsquo;s Name into English)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Av. Dra. Ruth Cardoso, 8,501 &ndash; 8&deg; andar</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">S&atilde;o Paulo, S&atilde;o Paulo - Brazil CEP
05425-070</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Description of
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 90%; text-align: left"><A HREF="tm2412056d1_ex99-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Material Fact, Increase
    in Capital with Shares Bonus, April 16, 2024</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><A HREF="tm2412056d1_ex99-2.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Notice to Shareholders, April 16, 2024</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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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 this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;April 17, 2024</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">GERDAU S.A.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 5%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; width: 45%">/s/ Rafael Dorneles Japur</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif"> Rafael Dorneles Japur</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Executive Vice President</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">Investor Relations Director</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

<P STYLE="margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-transform: none"><IMG SRC="tm2412056d1_ex99-1img001.jpg" ALT="" STYLE="height: 66px; width: 183px"></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>GERDAU S.A.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">Tax ID (CNPJ/ME) 33.611.500/0001-19</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center">Registry (NIRE): 35300520696</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><B>material fact</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">INCREASE IN CAPITAL WITH SHARES BONUS</P>

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Gerdau S.A.</B> (B3: GGBR / NYSE: GGB), announces
to its stockholders and the general market that the Extraordinary General Meeting, held on this date, has resolved to increase the Company&rsquo;s
capital to R$ 24,347,290,800.00 through the capitalization of its reserves of R$ 4,057,881,800.00 with the issue of 351,413,410 new book-entry
shares, with no par value, of which 120,105,288 will be common and 231,308,122 will be preferred shares, to be assigned free of charge
to stockholders, as bonus, in the proportion of 1 (one) new share for every 5 (five) shares of the same type held at the final stockholding
position on April 17, 2024.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The new shares will be entitled to any dividends
and/or interest on capital that may be declared after April 17, 2024 (including) and will be included in the stockholders&rsquo; positions
on April 22, 2024.The new shares will be included in the stockholders&rsquo; positions on April 22, 2024, and will be entitled to any
dividends and/or interest on capital that may be declared after April 17, 2024 (including). Bonus shares will be always granted in whole
numbers, and for this reason any stockholders who wish to transfer fractions of their shares (which result in 1 (one) share of the same
class) may do so in the period from April 22, 2024 to May 22, 2024 as follows:</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify">(i) through accounts of the same ownership
in different brokers, and/or</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify">(ii) through trading in a private environment
of the non-organized over-the-counter market (operations not registered on the Stock Exchange).</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 35.4pt; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">After this period elapses, any remaining amounts
of these fractions will be separated, grouped in whole numbers, and sold at auction on B3. The net proceeds from such sale will be made
available to the holders of these fractions at a date to be informed in due course by the Company.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The cost attributed to bonus shares is R$11.5473163
per share, for the purposes of the provision in paragraph 1 of Article 58 of the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service&rsquo;s Regulatory
Instruction No. 1585/15.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">S&atilde;o Paulo, April 16, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Rafael Dorneles Japur</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Executive Vice-President</P>

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<P STYLE="text-align: right; margin: 0"><B>Exhibit 99.2</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><IMG SRC="tm2412056d1_ex99-1img001.jpg" ALT="" STYLE="height: 73px; width: 172px"><BR STYLE="clear: both"></P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-transform: uppercase; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>GERDAU S.A.</B>&nbsp;</P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS </B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">CAPITAL STOCK INCREASE BY CAPITALIZING PART
OF THE BALANCE OF PROFIT RESERVE ACCOUNT &ndash; INVESTMENTS RESERVE AND WORKING CAPITAL RESOLVED BY EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING HELD
ON APRIL 16, 2024</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">(EXHIBIT C of CVM Resolution No. 81/22)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>1. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the increase amount and new capital stock</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Increase amount:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 80%; padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">R$4,057,881,800.00</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">New capital stock:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-top: 2pt; padding-bottom: 2pt; text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">R$24,347,290,800.00</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>2. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
if increase will occur: (a) by converting debentures or other debt bonds into shares; (b) exercising the subscription rights or subscription
bonus; (c) capitalizing profits or reserves; or (d) subscribing to new shares</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The increase will take place by capitalizing part
of the balance of the Profit Reserve account &ndash; Investments Reserve and Working Capital, effective on December 31, 2023.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>3. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Explain,
in detail, the reasons for the increase and its legal and economic effects</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The capital increase shall take place to envisage
the Profit Reserves surplus in relation to capital stock and shall be made through bonuses to shareholders, by issuing new shares.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">We do not foresee legal effects in the capital
increase. As to the economic effects, the cost attributed to the bonus shares totaled R$11.5473163 per share, generating tax benefits
to shareholders, as provided for in Paragraph 1 of Article 58 of Normative Instruction of Brazilian Internal Revenue Service No. 1.585/15.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>4. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Provide
a copy of the fiscal council report, if applicable</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">FISCAL
COUNCIL REPORT: The Fiscal Council of Gerdau S.A., in compliance with provisions of Article 166, Paragraph 2 of Law No. 6.404/1976, analyzed
the Company&rsquo;s capital stock increase proposal totaling four billion, fifty-seven million, eight hundred, eighty-one thousand, eight
hundred Reais (R$ 4,057,881,800.00), by capitalizing part of the balance of the Profit Reserve account&ndash; Investments Reserve and
Working Capital, effective on December 31, 2023, by issuing three hundred, fifty-one million, four hundred, thirteen thousand, four hundred
and ten (351,413,410) new shares, of which one hundred, twenty million, one hundred, five thousand, two hundred, and eighty-eight (120,105,288)
non-par, registered common shares, and two hundred, thirty-one million, three hundred, eight thousand, one hundred and twenty-two (231,308,122)
preferred shares to be freely distributed to shareholders as bonus, at the ratio of one (1) new share for each five (5) shares of the
same type held by shareholder on April 17,2024, which unanimously voted that referred capital increase proposal has conditions to be resolved
by the Company&rsquo;s General Meeting. </FONT>S&atilde;o Paulo, March 14, 2024. Signatures: Bol&iacute;var Charneski, Aroldo Salgado
De Medeiros Filho and Tarcisio Beuren.</P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>5. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;In
case of a capital increase through share subscription</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>a.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Describe
the allocation of funds</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>b.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the number of shares issued of each type and class</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>c.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Describe
the rights, advantages, and restrictions attributed to shares to be issued</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>d.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
if the subscription shall be public or private</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>e.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;If
this is a private subscription, inform if related parties, as defined by accounting rules referring to this matter, will subscribe shares
in the capital increase, specifying respective amounts, when these amounts are already known</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>f.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the issue price of new shares or the reasons by which its determination shall be delegated to the board of directors, in cases of public
distribution</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>g.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the face value of shares issued or, if referring to non-par shares, the amount of the issue price that shall be allocated to the Capital
Reserve</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>h.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Provide
management's opinion on the capital increase effects, especially referring to the dilution caused by the increase</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>i.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the issue price calculation criterion and justify, in detail, the economic aspects determining its selection, pursuant to Article 170
of Law No. 6.404, of 1976</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>j.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Should
the issue price have been determined with a premium or discount in relation to the market value, identify the reason for the premium or
discount and explain how it was determined</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>k.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Provide
a copy of all reports and studies subsidizing the issue price determination</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>m.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the share issue prices in capital increases made over the past three (3) years</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>n.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Report
the percentage of potential dilution resulting from the issue</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable</FONT></P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>o.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the terms, conditions, and form of subscription and payment of shares issued</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 14.15pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -14.15pt">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>p.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
if shareholders will have the preemptive right to subscribe for new shares issued and detail the terms and conditions to which this right
is subjected</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>q.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the management proposal for the treatment of any unsubscribed shares</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>r.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Describe
in detail the procedures to be adopted, in the event of partial ratification of capital increase</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>s.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;If
the issue price of the shares, in whole or in part, is paid in assets </B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>i.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Submit
a full description of assets</I></FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>ii.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Provide
clarifications on the relationship between the assets incorporated into the company's assets and its corporate purpose</I></FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>iii.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Provide
a copy of the asset&rsquo;s appraisal report, if available</I></FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>6. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;In
case of capital increase through capitalization of profits or reserves</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>a.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
if this will imply a change in shares' face value if exists, or distribution of new shares among shareholders</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The capital
increase shall imply the distribution of new shares to shareholders, as a bonus, at the ratio of one (1) new share for each five (5) shares
of the same type held by the shareholder on April 17, 2024.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>b.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
if capitalization of profits or reserves shall take place with or without change in the number of shares, in companies with non-par shares</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The capitalization
of part of the balance of the Profit Reserve account &ndash; Investments Reserve and Working Capital de Giro shall take place by issuing
three hundred, fifty-one million, four hundred, thirteen thousand, four hundred and ten (351,413,410) new shares, of which one hundred,
twenty million, one hundred, five thousand, two hundred, and eighty-eight (120,105,288) non-par, registered common shares, and two hundred,
thirty-one million, three hundred, eight thousand, one hundred and twenty-two (231,308,122) preferred shares.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>ii.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the percentage that shareholders will receive in shares</I></FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The capitalization
of part of the balance of the Profit Reserve account &ndash; Investments Reserve and Working Capital de Giro shall take place by issuing
three hundred, fifty-one million, four hundred, thirteen thousand, four hundred, and ten (351,413,410) new shares, of which one hundred,
twenty million, one hundred, five thousand, two hundred, and eighty-eight (120,105,288) non-par, registered common shares, and two hundred,
thirty-one million, three hundred, eight thousand, one hundred and twenty-two (231,308,122) preferred shares to be subsidized to shareholders
at the ratio of one (1) new share for each five (5) shares of the same type held by shareholder on April 17, 2024.</FONT></P>

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

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

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>iii.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Describe
the rights, advantages, and restrictions attributed to shares to be issued</I></FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Shares to be issued shall have the same characteristics
and confer to their holders the same rights provided for in the Company&rsquo;s Bylaws, and laws applicable to the shares of the same
type issued by the Company.</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The date estimated for the credit of shares resulting
from bonus to shareholders shall be 04/22/2024 and shall be entitled to any dividends and/or interest on equity to be declared as of 04/17/2024
(inclusive).</P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>iv.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the cost of acquisition, in Brazilian Reais per share, to be attributed so that shareholders can comply with Article 10 of Law No. 9.249
of December 26, 1995</I></FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">The cost attributed
to bonus shares was R$11.5473163 per share, generating tax benefit to shareholders, as provided for in Paragraph 1 of Article 58 of Normative
Instruction of Brazilian Internal Revenue Service No. 1.585/15.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal"><I>v.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the treatment of fractional shares, if applicable</I></FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Through private negotiation or brokerage firms
of free choice, authorized to operate by B3, between 04/22/2024 and 05/22/2024, shareholders can transfer rights to the share fractions
to which they are entitled, so to that make whole shares. Upon expiration of the aforementioned term, share fractions shall be sold in
an auction to be held at B3, proportionally splitting the sale proceeds by holders of referred fractions, pursuant to Paragraph 3 of Article
169 of the Brazilian Corporation Law.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>d.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the term provided for in Paragraph 3 of Article 169 of Law No. 6.404 of 1976</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Term between
04/22/2024 and 05/22/2024.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>e.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
and submit the information and documents provided for in item 5 above, where appropriate</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>7. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;In
case of capital increase by conversion of debentures or other debt bonds into shares or by exercise of subscription bonus</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>a. &#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Inform
the number of shares issued of each type and class</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>b.&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;&#8239;Describe
the rights, advantages, and restrictions attributed to the shares to be issued</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-weight: normal">Not applicable.</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">S&atilde;o Paulo, April 16, 2024.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>Rafael Dorneles Japur</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Executive Vice-President</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center">Investor
Relations Officer</P>

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