SUL AMÉRICA COMPANHIA NACIONAL DE SEGUROS


SUL AMÉRICA S.A.

Corporate taxpayers' ID (CNPJ/MF) nº 29,978,814/0001-87 Company Registry (NIRE) 3330003299-1

Authorized Capital Publicly-held Company


Notice to Shareholders - Payment of Interest on Shareholders' Equity - Sul América S.A. (SulAmérica or Company) (BM&FBovespa: SULA11) hereby informs its shareholders that, as approved by the Company Board of Directors at a meeting held on December 16, 2015, SulAmérica will distribute Interest on Shareholders' Equity in the total gross amount of R$70,000,000.00 (seventy million Reais), as follows:


  1. Value of Interest on Shareholders' Equity per share: The total gross amount of R$70,000,000.00 (seventy million Reais), corresponding to R$0.0698162866102906 per common or preferred share not represented by unit, and R$0.2094488598308720 per unit. The income tax withholding (imposto de renda na fonte or "IRRF") will be applied to the payment of Interest on Shareholders' Equity, except for the shareholders that are immune or exempt, according to the applicable Law.


  2. Record Date and Ex-Date: According to the applicable Law, shareholders in the Company's records on December 16, 2015 are entitled to receive Interest on Shareholders' Equity. We also clarify that the Company's shares (SULA11) shall be negotiated ex-Interest on Shareholders' Equity as of December 17, 2015.


  3. Income tax: The income tax retention will be applied to the amount of Interest on Shareholders' Equity as informed in item 1, according to the applicable Law. Shareholders that are immune or exempt should present the corresponding documentation at the Company's Headquarters until December 22, 2015.


  4. Payment: The payment will be made in one installment, as follows:


  • The gross amount of R$70,000,000.00 (seventy million Reais), corresponding to R$0.0698162866102906 per common or preferred share not represented by unit, and R$0.2094488598308720 per unit, which after the retention of the income tax deduction, according to the applicable Law, equals to the net amount of $0.059343843618747 per common or preferred share not represented by unit, and R$0,178031530856241 per unit, to be paid as of April 18, 2016.


The Interest on Shareholders' Equity, net of income tax, will be attributed to the calculation of mandatory dividends of 2015 fiscal year, as provided in Paragraph 7, Article 9 of Law 9,249/95.



For further information and/or clarification, shareholders may contact the specialized branches listed below or any other branch of Banco Itaú Unibanco, during banking business hours.


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Belo Horizonte (MG): Brasília (DF):

Curitiba (PR):

Av. João Pinheiro 195, subsolo

SCS Quadra 2, Ed. Palácio do Comércio Bloco B - loja 9 Rua João Negrão 65, sobreloja

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Porto Alegre (RS): Rio de Janeiro (RJ): Salvador (BA):

São Paulo (SP):

Rua Sete de Setembro 1069 - 3º andar Av. Almirante Barroso, 52 - 2º andar

Av. Estados Unidos 50, 2º andar - Ed. Sesquicentenário Rua Boa Vista 176, 1º subsolo


Rio de Janeiro, December 16, 2015. The Management.

SulAmérica SA issued this content on 2015-12-16 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein. Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 2015-12-16 20:42:12 UTC

Original Document: http://ri.sulamerica.com.br/enu/1057/2015%2D12%2D16%5FAviso%20aos%20Acionistas%5FJCP%5Fingls%2Epdf