Alupar Investimento : Material Fact - Market Maker
May 14, 2015 at 01:34 pm EDT
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Alupar Investimento S.A.
Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF) 08.364.948/0001-38
Publicly-held company
MATERIAL FACT
ALUPAR INVESTIMENTO S.A. ("Company"), a corporation registered at the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) under category "A", pursuant to Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Law 6,404/76, as amended, as well as CVM Rule 358 of January 3, 2002, as amended, informs its shareholders and the market in general that pursuant to CVM Rule 384 of March 17, 2003 ("ICVM 384"), the Company engaged Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. ("Banco Santander"), with head offices in the City and State of São Paulo at Avenida Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek, nº 2.041 e nº 2.235, - 26⁰ andar, corporate taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF) 90.400.888/0001-42, by means of the "Private Instrument of Market Maker Services Agreement" ("Agreement") to provide the following market maker services related to two hundred and fifty thousand (250,000) unsecured debentures not convertible into shares, in a single series, for a public tender offer with restricted placement efforts, composing the sixth (6th) issue of the Company ("Debentures"), aiming at fomenting the Debentures liquidity in the secondary market; (i) report the mechanisms of incentives to the debentures secondary market in Brazil, observing the performance threshold provided for in the Agreement, as well as (ii) report a breakdown of plan to provide liquidity to Debentures. The Agreement has one-(1) year duration, as of May 14, 2015, i.e., the Agreement's signature date, which may be renewed by common agreement of the parties.
The services, subject-matter of the Agreement are only restricted to Debentures, which will be traded in the secondary market via CETIP21 - Marketable Securities ("CETIP 21"), managed and operated by CETIP. Additional information on Debentures can be found in the Company's Reference Form, available at www.alupar.com.br/ri and at the CVM's Regular and Special Information (IPE) System at www.cvm.gov.br.
Finally, the Company clarifies there is neither any agreement nor contract entered into between its controlling shareholder and Banco Santander ruling the exercise of voting right or the purchase and sale of the Company's securities.
Alupar Investimento SA is a Brazil-based company primarily engaged in the electric utilities sector. The Company focuses on developing and investing in infrastructure projects involving the energy industry in Brazil and other Latin American countries. Its activities are divided into two business segments: Transmission and Generation. The Transmission division holds electric power transmission concessions in Brazil and Chile. The Generation division includes renewable electricity generation through hydroelectric power plants (HPPs), small hydroelectric plants (SHPs) and wind farms in Brazil, Colombia and Peru. The Company operates through numerous subsidiaries, such as Transminas Holding SA, Windepar Holding SA, Alupar Inversiones Peru SAC and Alupar Chile Inversiones SpA. The Company is controlled by Guarupart Participacoes Ltda.