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 6, 2015

Commission File Number 1-15148

BRF S.A.
(Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)

N/A
 
 
(Translation of Registrant’s Name)

1400 R. Hungria, 5th Floor
Jd América-01455000-São Paulo – SP, Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x   Form 40-F 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(1): 
                   

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T
Rule 101(b)(7): 
                   

Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes o   No 

If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not applicable.

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

 

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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 6, 2015

 

 

 

 

BRF S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Augusto Ribeiro Junior

 

 

Name:

Augusto Ribeiro Junior

 

 

Title:

CFO AND IRO

 

 

 

 


 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Description of Exhibit

 

1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

Free Translation

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Through this private instrument, [Shareholder], [nationality], [marital status], [profession], bearer of identity document number [•] [issuing entity], enrolled in the tax register (CPF/MF) under number [•], resident and domiciled at [full address, including district, city, state and postal code] (“Grantor”), in the capacity of holder of [•] ([number of shares in writing]) common shares of BRF S.A., a publicly held company enrolled in the tax register (CNPJ/MF) under number 01.838.723/0001-27 with registered offices at Rua Jorge Tzachel, 475, Bairro Fazenda, in the city of Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina, CEP 88301-600 (“Company”), in view of the convening of an Extraordinary and Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held at 11:00 a.m. on April 8, 2015, at the corporate headquarters of the Company (“E/AGM”), does hereby appoint and constitute as their proxies:

 

                        a) Luci Regina Basarin, Brazilian, single, lawyer, bearer of ID OAB/SP number 135.661, enrolled in the tax register (CPF/MF) under number 134.742.868-76, domiciled at Rua Hungria, 1400, 5th floor, Jardim Europa, São Paulo (SP), CEP 01455-000, in order to vote IN FAVOR of the matters on the agenda of the day of the E/AGM in accordance with the guidance indicated below by the Grantor;

 

                        b) Carla Roberta Wilbert, Brazilian, single, lawyer, bearer of ID OAB/SC number 31.425, enrolled in the tax register (CPF/MF) under number 047.321.449-00 domiciled at Rua Hungria, 1400, 5th floor, Jardim Europa, São Paulo (SP), CEP 01455-000 to vote AGAINST the matters on the agenda of the day of the E/AGM in accordance with the guidance indicated below by the Grantor; and

 

                        c) Carla Cristina Miranda Catharino, Brazilian, single, lawyer, bearer of ID OAB/SP number 251.721, enrolled in the tax register (CPF/MF) under number 312.362.038-79 to ABSTAIN on the matters on the agenda of the day of the E/AGM in accordance with the guidance indicated below by the Grantor;

 

granting to the aforementioned appointed proxies powers, acting in isolation and independently of the order of nomination, to represent the Grantor at the E/AGM, signing the Shareholders Attendance Register and the minutes of the Extraordinary and Annual General Meeting for the specific ends of voting strictly in conformity with the following guidance:

 

Annual General Meeting

 

1.      To approve the Management Report, Financial Statements and other documents with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014 and deliberate on the allocation of the result; approve the following allocation of the Net Income for the Fiscal Year 2014:

In Favor

Against

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 

2.      To approve the distribution of shareholders’ remuneration as decided by the Board of Directors in the amount of R$ 824,254,000.00 (eight hundred and twenty-four million, two hundred and fifty-four thousand), corresponding to R$ 0.948357530 per share with payments effected on August 15, 2014 (R$ 0.41421437 per share in the amount of R$361,000,000.00) and on February 13, 2015 (R$ 0.43441923  per share in the amount of R$376,765,000.00) as interest on shareholders’ equity with due retention of Withholding Tax at Source pursuant to the applicable legislation. To further ratify the distribution of complementary dividends for R$ 86,489,000.00, corresponding to R$ 0.09972393 paid on February 13, 2015, comprising a total amount of R$ 824,254 million of remuneration to the shareholders:

 


 
 

 

In Favor

Against

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 

3.      To approve nine members to make up the Board of Directors to pursuant to the provision in Article 16, caption sentence, of the Corporate Bylaws:

In Favor

Against

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 

  1.     To elect the slate made up of the persons listed below to comprise the Board of Directors for a mandate of 2 (two) years as established in Article 16 of the Corporate Bylaws.

 

Effective Member

Alternate Member

Abilio dos Santos Diniz

Eduardo Pongracz Rossi

Marco Geovanne Tobias da Silva

Sergio Ricardo Miranda Nazaré

Vicente Falconi Campos

Mateus Affonso Bandeira

Walter Fontana Filho

Eduardo Fontana D’Avila

Luiz Fernando Furlan

Roberto Faldini

José Carlos Reis de Magalhães Neto

Fernando Shayer

Manoel Cordeiro Silva Filho

Mauricio da Rocha Wanderley

Paulo Guilherme Farah Correa

Arthur Prado Silva

Henri Philippe Reichstul

José Violi Filho

If you wish to abstain from deliberating on the election of the Fiscal Council, exclude this item when completing the power of attorney.

 

4.1.           If the election of the Board is held on the basis of multiple (cumulative) voting (voto múltiplo) in accordance with Brazilian law, to distribute the votes attributed to the ADRs held by the Owner proportionally among all members of the slate set forth in Question 4.

 

In Favor

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 


 
 

 

 

  1. To appoint Mr. Abilio dos Santos Diniz, as Chairman of the Board of Directors and  Mr. Marco Geovanne Tobias da Silva, as Vice Chairman, pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 16 of the Corporate Bylaws.

 

In Favor

Against

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 

6. To elect the members of the Fiscal Council – Term of Office: Until the E/AGM of 2016.

Effective Member

Alternate Member

Attilio Guaspari

Susana Hanna Stiphan Jabra

Marcus Vinicius Dias Severini

Marcos Tadeu de Siqueira

Reginaldo Ferreira Alexandre

Walter Mendes de Oliveira Filho

   If you wish to abstain from deliberating on the election of the Fiscal Council, exclude this item when completing the power of attorney.

Extraordinary General Meeting

 

1.      To approve the total annual and aggregate compensation for the Management of the BRF Companies in the amount of up to R$ 65 million, including additional compensation in the month of December 2015 in an amount corresponding to one monthly fee income and to set the remuneration of the Fiscal Council pursuant to Article 261, Paragraph 3 of the Brazilian Corporate Law. The annual and aggregate compensation of the management and the Fiscal Council realized in 2014 in the amount of R$61,557,810.59 was also ratified.

In Favor

Against

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 

2.       To approve the amendment of the Stock Options Plan and the Restricted Stock Plan

In Favor

Against

Abstention

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

Place an X in the above space for the chosen option.

 

The proxies hereby nominated have no right or obligation to take any other measures in the name of the Grantor that are not expressly stated in this instrument or which are necessary for its exact compliance.

This mandate may be delegated in its entirety or partially and shall be valid for the aforementioned Extraordinary and Annual General Meeting, whether installed at the first or second call.

 

 

[•] [month], 2014.

 

[Shareholder]

 

 


 

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