FORM
6-K
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
dated March 12, 2021
Commission File Number 1-15148
BRF
S.A.
(Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s
Name)
8501,
Av. das Naçoes Unidas, 1st Floor
Pinheiros - 05425-070-São Paulo – SP, Brazil
(Address of principal executive
offices) (Zip code)
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This material includes certain forward-looking statements that are based principally on current expectations and on projections of future events and financial trends that currently affect or might affect the Company’s business, and are not guarantees of future performance. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations, which involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control and any of which could cause actual financial condition and results of operations to differ materially fom those set out in the Company’s forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to put undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation, and expressly disclaims any obligation, to update or revise any forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to the forward-looking statements in this Report on Form 6-K, including Exhibit 1 hereto, include those described under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 3. Key Information — D. Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012.
SIGNATURES
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.
Date: March 12, 2021 | |||
BRF S.A. | |||
By: | /s/ Carlos Alberto Bezerra de Moura | ||
Name: | Carlos Alberto Bezerra de Moura | ||
Title: |
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
Description of Exhibit
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1 | ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET |
BRF S.A.
Publicly Held Company
CNPJ 01.838.723/0001-27
NIRE 42.300.034.240
ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE MARKET
BRF S.A. (“BRF” or “Company”) informs its shareholders and the market that it will make a Public Request for Proxy, pursuant to articles 23 to 27 of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) Instruction No. 481/2009, for voting at the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Shareholders Meeting (“AGOE”) to be held on April 27, 2021, at 11:00 a.m., exclusively under digital format, according to instructions to be disclosed by the Company in due course.
The Public Request for Proxy will cover all matters, which appear on the agenda of the AGOE, as disclosed in the corresponding Call Notice. The proxies must be sent to the Company, exclusively in electronic format, for the e-mail acoes@brf-brf.com, between March 26, 2021 and April 26, 2021.
Further information necessary for the delivery of the proxies will be made available by the Company at its Investor Relations website (http://ri.brf-global.com), in the Corporate Governance section, as well as at the websites of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (www.cvm.gov.br), the Brazilian Stock Exchange - B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (www.b3.com.br) and the US SEC – Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov).
The Public Request for Proxy is an additional alternative provided by the Company to those shareholders who wish to exercise their voting right at the AGOE and cannot be present, personally or by means of attorneys-in-fact, on the date and place where it will be held.
In addition to sending the proxies, which are the object of the Public Request, the shareholders will also be able to vote at the AGOE by means of a Distance Voting Form, as set forth in article 21-A and following articles of CVM Instruction No. 481/2009, with due observation to the instructions to be disclosed by the Company in the Shareholders’ Manual for Participation at the AGOE.
São Paulo, March 12, 2021
Carlos Alberto Bezerra de Moura
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer