SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of February, 2011
Brazilian Distribution Company
(Translation of Registrants Name Into English)
Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio,
3142 São Paulo, SP 01402-901
Brazil
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO
AUTHORIZED-CAPITAL PUBLICLY-HELD CORPORATION
Corporate Taxpayers Registry (CNPJ/MF) number 47.508.411/0001-56
Company Number at the Commercial Registry (NIRE) 35.300.089.901
MINUTES OF THE MEETING HELD BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON
FEBRUARY 23, 2011
1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: On the twentieth-three day of february, at 9 a.m., at the headquarters of Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (Company), at Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, 3.142, in the city Capital of São Paulo State.
2. MEETING BOARD: Chairman: Abilio dos Santos Diniz; Secretary: Renata Catelan P. Rodrigues.
3. CALL NOTICE AND ATTENDANCE: Call notice duly served under Section 15 of the Companys Bylaws. Attendance by the majority of the exercising members.
4. AGENDA: (i) Analyze, discussion and approval the Financial Statements related to the fiscal year ended on 2010, together with the Management Report and the Independent Auditors Report; (ii) Appreciation and approval of the Proposal for Designation of Retained Earnings for the fiscal year ended on 2010 and payment of dividends; (iii) Approval of the amount to be paid in advance on a quarterly basis, as interim dividends for year 2011, pursuant to the Company Policy on Distribution of Dividends; (iv) Approval of the Capital Budgeting and Investment Plan; and (v) Approval of Sendas Operation.
5. RESOLUTIONS: After the meeting was convened, the Board members examined the Agenda and resolved by majority vote:
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5.1. To approve, without any correction, the Financial Statements and the Management Report related to the fiscal year ended on 2010, considering the Independent Auditors Report with a favorable report by the Fiscal Council. The members of the board also approved the forwarding of the Financial Statements and the Management Report, together with the Independent Auditors Report and the Report of the Fiscal Council, to the Shareholders General Meeting.
5.2. To approve the Proposal of Designation of Retained Earnings for the fiscal year ended on 2010 and the Payment of Dividends, as annex material, that shall be submitted for shareholders approval in General Meeting.
5.3. To approve, for the year 2011, the amount to be paid in advance on a quarterly basis, as interim dividends, pursuant to the Company Policy on Distribution of Dividends approved at the Meeting held by the Companys Board of Directors on August 3, 2009, where for it is stipulated that the amount to be paid in advance, every quarter, is R$ 0,09 of one Brazilian Real for each preferred share Class A and R$ 0,081818181818 of one Brazilian Real for each common share. The payment dates of interim dividends shall be defined by the Board of Directors, pursuant publication of the ITR for such period. For the fourth quarter, after the closing of the fiscal year and approval of the relevant financial statements, the Company shall pay to the shareholders the minimum dividend due, calculated under the Brazilian Corporations Law, upon deduction of the dividends paid in advance during the fiscal year.
5.4. To approve, the Capital Budgeting and the Investment Plan, as annex material, that shall be submitted for shareholders approval in General Meeting.
5.5. To approve, the acquisition by Barcelona Comércio Varejista e Atacadista S.A., a CBD subsidiary company, of the total 250.001.000 common shares class A, issued by Sendas Distribuidora, representing 50% of this companys voting capital, for the total amount of R$ 377,000,000.00, in seven (7) installments, the first one in the amount of R$ 59,000,000.00, to be paid on the date of the closing of the acquisition, and the remaining balance, in the total amount of R$ 318,000,000.00, in 6 equal, consecutive, annual installments of R$ 53,000,000.00 each, the first one being due on July 1st, 2011, in that the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th installments shall be monetarily updated under the IPCAS positive variation, based on the month of July 2010. The members of the board also approved the call of an Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on March 14, 2011, for the appreciation and approval of that transaction.
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APPROVAL AND EXECUTION OF THE MINUTES: With nothing further to come before the board, the works were adjourned for these minutes to be drafted. The works being duly reopened, these were read, approved and signed by all present. São Paulo, February 23, 2011. Abilio dos Santos Diniz, Chairman; Renata Catelan P. Rodrigues, Secretary. Directors Present: Abilio dos Santos Diniz, Ana Maria Falleiros dos Santos Diniz DÁvila, João Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz, Pedro Paulo Falleiros dos Santos Diniz, Geyze Marchesi Diniz, Antoine Marie Remi Lazars Giscard dEstaing, Arnaud Strasser, Jean Louis Bourgier, Candido Botelho Bracher, Fabio Schvartsman, Pedro Henrique Chermont de Miranda and Guilherme Affonso Ferreira. A summary of the minutes was drafted on the relevant book, according to Paragraph 3 of Section 130 of Law no. 6,404/76, as amended.
This is a true copy of its original
Renata Catelan P. Rodrigues
Secretary
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Pursuant to the requirement 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.
COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO | ||
Date: February 24, 2011 | By: /s/ Enéas César Pestana Neto Name: Enéas César Pestana Neto Title: Chief Executive Officer | |
By: /s/ Vitor Fagá de Almeida Name: Vitor Fagá de Almeida Title: Investor Relations Officer |
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