UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A
(Amendment No. 1)

¨             REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

x            ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017
OR

¨             TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

¨             SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number 001-15148

BRF S.A.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its charter)

N/A

(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

Federative Republic of Brazil
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

R. Hungria, 1400 - 5th Floor
Jd. Europa – 01455-000

São Paulo – SP, Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices)

Lorival Nogueira Luz Júnior, Global Chief Executive and Financial and Investor Relations Officer
Tel. (5511) 2322-5005, Fax (5511) 2322-5740
R. Hungria, 1400 - 5th Floor
Jd. Europa – 01455-000

São Paulo – SP, Brazil
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Common Shares, no par value*

American Depositary Shares (as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts), each representing one share of common stock

Name of each exchange on

which registered

The New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange

____________________

*   Not for trading purposes, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares representing those common shares.

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:

 


 
 

None

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report:

At December 31, 2017

812,473,246 shares of common stock

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes x    No ¨

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Yes ¨    No x

Note- Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x   No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or an emerging growth company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer   x

Accelerated filer   ¨

Non-accelerated filer   ¨

Emerging growth company    ¨

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨               

† The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

¨   U.S. GAAP

x     International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board

¨   Other

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.

Item 17 ¨    Item 18 ¨ .

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨    No x

 


 
 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 20-F of BRF S.A. (the “Company”) amends the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Original 2017 20-F”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018. The Company is filing this Amendment No. 1 solely to furnish Exhibit 101, which was not included in the Original 2017 20-F. Exhibit 101 includes information about the Company in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).

 

Except as described above, this Amendment No. 1 does not amend any information set forth in the Original 2017 20-F, and the Company has not updated disclosures included therein to reflect any events that occurred subsequent to April 30, 2018.

 

Pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, these interactive data files are deemed furnished and not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are otherwise not subject to liability under those sections.

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SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing this Amendment No. 1 to Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this Amendment No. 1 to the annual report on Form 20-F on its behalf.

BRF S.A.

 

By: /s/  Lorival Nogueira Luz Júnior

Name: Lorival Nogueira Luz Júnior

Title:     Global Chief Executive and Financial and Investor Relations Officer

Date: May 29, 2018

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

Description

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

101.PRE

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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