Itausa Investimentos Itau : Material Equity Holding
February 05, 2016 at 03:21 pm EST
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ITAÚSA - INVESTIMENTOS ITAÚ S
CNPJ 61.532.644/0001-15
A Publicly Listed Company
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET
ACQUISITION OF MATERIAL EQUITY HOLDING
Pursuant to Article 12 of CVM Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, ITAÚSA - Investimentos Itaú S.A., announces that it has received correspondence dated February 4, 2016 from BlackRock, Inc (copy attached), informing that the latter acquired preferred shares issued by ITAÚSA.
Itaúsa - Investimentos Itaú S.A. - Disclosure of an Acquisition of Material Equity Holding
Dear Sirs,
In the name of certain of its clients, BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") as investment manager, hereby informs that it has acquired preferred shares issued by Itaúsa - Investimentos Itaú S.A. ("Company"). Consequently, on February 2, 2016, Blackrock's equity holdings in the Company on an aggregate basis reached, 208,705,529 preferred shares, representing approximately 5.01% of the total preferred shares issued by the Company, and 17,648,083 derivative financial instruments indexed to preferred shares with financial clearance, representing approximately 0.42% of the total preferred shares issued by the Company.
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 12 to Instruction 358 of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission ("CVM"), dated January 3, 2002, as amended, BlackRock accordingly requests the Company's Investor Relations Officer to disclose the following information to CVM and to other appropriate authorities:
BlackRock has registered headquarter at 55 East 52nd Street, New York City, State of New York 10022-0002, United States of America;
the equity holdings held by BlackRock have reached an aggregate total of 208,705,529 preferred shares, representing approximately 5.01% of the total preferred shares issued by the Company, and 17,648,083 derivative financial instruments indexed to preferred shares, with financial clearance, representing approximately 0.42% of the total preferred shares issued by the Company, as specified in item 1 above;
the purpose of the above mentioned equity holdings is strictly of an investment nature, there being no intention of modifying the shareholding control or management structure of the Company; and
no agreements or contracts regulating the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company have been executed by BlackRock.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any further questions or comments on the foregoing. Yours Faithfully,
BlackRock, Inc. Pp. Renata Cardoso
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Itausa Investimentos Itau SA is a Brazil-based company primarily engaged in the banking sector. The Company's activities are divided into two business segments: Financial and Industrial. The Financial division focuses on managing Itau Unibanco Holding SA, a banking institution that offers financial products and services, such as loans, credit cards, current accounts, insurance policies, investing tools, securities brokerage, treasury and investment advice, to individual and corporate customers. The Industrial division is responsible for operating Itautec SA, which manufactures commercial and banking automation equipment, as well as provides information technology (IT) services; Duratex SA, which produces wood panels, bathroom porcelain and metal sanitary fittings, and Alpargatas, which produces footwear under Juntas, Havaianas e Dupe brands, among others.
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