BRFS BRF SA

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial information.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed consolidated interim financial information.

BRF S.A. (“BRF”) and its subsidiaries (collectively the “Company”) is a publicly traded company, listed on the segment Novo Mercado of Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (“B3”), under the ticker BRFS3, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), under the ticker BRFS. The Company’s registered office is at Rua Jorge Tzachel, nº 475, Bairro Fazenda, Itajaí - Santa Catarina and the main business office is in the city of São Paulo.

BRF is a Brazilian multinational company, with global presence, which owns a comprehensive portfolio of products, and it is one of the world’s largest companies of food products. The Company operates by raising, producing and slaughtering poultry and pork for processing, production and sale of fresh meat, processed products, pasta, margarine and others.

The Company holds as main brands Sadia, Perdigão, Qualy, Chester®, Kidelli, Perdix and Banvit, present mainly in Brazil, Turkey and Middle Eastern countries.

On July 8, 2020, Sadia Overseas Ltd. was liquidated.

On August 20, 2019, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Badi Limited executed a Share Purchase Agreement with Al Takamul International Company for Commercial Investment Limited for the purchase of the remaining 25% of the capital stock owned by non-controlling shareholders in Al Wafi Al Takamul International Company for Food Products Limited (“Wafi”), a company incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia responsible for distributing BRF products in that country. The transaction closed on April 21, 2020 for an amount equivalent to R$100,390 thousand (USD19,000 thousand), at which point Wafi became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Badi Limited. The amount paid is presented in the Financing Activities on the Statement of Cash Flows and the difference between the amount paid and the book value of the participation in the subsidiary was recorded in Capital Reserves, in the amount of R$50,945.

On May 07, 2020, the Company executed a share purchase agreement with Hungry Bunny Limited and others, establishing the terms and conditions for the acquisition of 100% of the capital stock of Joody Al Sharqiya Food Production Factory, a food processing company in Saudi Arabia. The transaction considered an enterprise value equivalent to R$43,808 (USD8,000). The closing of this transaction is subject to the satisfaction of conditions precedent applicable to transactions of this nature, including the approval by regulatory authorities.

Except for the associates PP-BIO and PR-SAD in which the Company records the investments by the equity method, all other entities shown in the table above were consolidated.

The Company has been subject to two external investigations, denominated “Carne Fraca Operation” in 2017 and “Trapaça Operation” in 2018, as detailed below. The Company’s Audit and Integrity Committee conducted independent investigations, along with the Independent Investigation Committee, composed of external members and with external legal advisors in Brazil and abroad with respect to the allegations involving BRF employees and former employees in the scope of the aforementioned operations and other ongoing investigations.

For the six-month period ended on June 30, 2020, the main impacts observed as result of the referred investigations were recorded in other operating expenses in the amount of R$24,072 (R$42,320 in the same period of the previous year), and for three-month period ended on June 30, 2020 the referred impacts amounted R$11,771 (R$31,207 in the same period of the previous year) mostly related to expenditures with lawyers, legal advisors and consultants.

In addition to the impacts already registered, there are uncertainties about the outcome of these operations which may result in penalties, fines and normative sanctions, right restrictions and other forms of liabilities, for which the Company is not able to make a reliable estimate of the potential losses.

The outcomes may result in payments of substantial amounts, which may cause a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results and cash flows in the future.

On March 17, 2017, BRF became aware of a decision issued by a judge of the 14th Federal Court of Curitiba - Paraná, authorizing the search and seizure of information and documents, and the detention of certain individuals in the context of the Carne Fraca Operation. Two BRF employees were detained and subsequently released, as well as three others were identified for questioning.

In April 2017, the Brazilian Federal Police and the Brazilian federal prosecutors filed charges against BRF employees, which were accepted by the judge responsible for the process, and its main allegations in this phase involved misconduct related to improper offers and/or promises to government inspectors.

On June 04, 2018, the Company was informed about the establishment of a responsibility administrative process (“PAR”) by the Office of the Comptroller General (“CGU”), under the Law Nº 12,846/2013 (“Anti-corruption Law”), which aims to verify eventual administrative responsibilities related to the facts object of the criminal lawsuit Nº 5016879-04.2017.4.04.7000, (“Criminal Lawsuit”) in progress under the 14th Federal Court of the subsection of Curitiba/PR, as a consequence of the Carne Fraca Operation.

BRF has informed certain regulators and governmental entities, including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) about the Carne Fraca Operation and is cooperating with such authorities, which are conducting their own investigations.

On September 28, 2018, the sentence of the Criminal Lawsuit in first instance was published, discharging one of the BRF employees and convicting a former employee for six months of detention with the possibility of substitution for a right-restricting penalty. The Brazilian federal prosecutors presented appeal to the first instance decision. Since then, the appeal is being analyzed by the Federal Regional Court of the 4th region.

On March 5, 2018, the Company learned of a decision issued by a judge of the 1st Federal Court of Ponta Grossa/PR, authorizing the search and seizure of information and documents due to allegations involving misconduct relating to quality violations, improper use of feed components and falsification of tests at certain BRF manufacturing plants and accredited labs. Such operation was denominated as Trapaça Operation. On March 5, 2018, BRF received notice from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (“MAPA”) immediately suspending exports from its Rio Verde/GO, Carambeí/PR and Mineiros/GO plants to 12 countries that require specific sanitary requirements for the control of the bacteria group Salmonella spp and Salmonella pullorum.

On May 14, 2018, the Company received the formal notice that twelve plants located in Brazil were removed from the list that permits imports of animal origin products by the European Union’s countries. The measure came into force as of May 16, 2018 and affects only the plants located in Brazil and which have export licenses to the European Union, not affecting the supply to other markets or other BRF plants located outside Brazil and that export to the European market.

On October 15, 2018, the Federal Police Department submitted to the 1st Federal Criminal Court of the Judicial Branch of Ponta Grossa – PR the final report of its investigation in connection to the Trapaça Operation. The police inquiry indicted 43 people, including former key executives of the Company.

On December 04, 2019, the Public Prosecution filed charges against eleven people related to allegations about Premix (compound of vitamins, minerals, and amino acids for the inclusion of micro ingredients in the feed for the ideal nutrition of the animals) as outcome of the Trapaça Operation. No administration member, director or executive in current management position has been identified.

BRF informed certain regulators and government entities, including SEC and DOJ about the Trapaça Operation and has been cooperating with such authorities, which are conducting their own investigations.

The Company is cooperating with the investigations and collaborates to the clarification of the facts. The Company has been taking actions to strengthen the compliance with its policies, procedures and internal controls. In this sense, the Company has decided to move away, independently of the results of the investigations, all employees mentioned in the Federal Police’s final report of the Trapaça Operation until all facts are clarified.

The Company believes that its efforts strengthens and consolidates its governance to ensure the highest levels of safety standards, integrity and quality.

Among the actions implemented, are: (i) strengthening in the risk management, specially compliance, (ii) continuous strengthening of the Compliance, Internal Audit and Internal Controls departments, (iii) review and issuance of new policies and procedures specifically related to applicable anticorruption laws, (iv) review and enhancement of the procedures for reputational verification of business partners, (v) review and enhancement of the processes of internal investigation, (vi) expansion of the independent reporting channel, (vii) review of transactional controls, and (viii) review and issuance of new consequence policy for misconduct.

On March 12, 2018, a shareholder class action lawsuit was filed against the Company, some of its former managers and one current officer before the United States Federal District Court in the city of New York, on behalf of holders of American Depositary Receipts (“ADR”) between April 4, 2013 and March 5, 2018. The suit alleged violations of the federal securities laws of the United States related to allegations concerning, among other matters, Carne Fraca Operation and Trapaça Operation. On July 2, 2018, that Court appointed the City of Birmingham Retirement and Relief System lead plaintiff in the action. On October 25, 2019, the Court granted lead plaintiff leave to file a Fourth Amended Complaint, which was filed on November 8, 2019. On December 13, 2019, the served defendants filed a motion to dismiss. On January 21, 2020, the Lead Plaintiff filed its opposition motion and, on February 11, 2020, the defendants filed a response.

On March 27, 2020, the parties reached an agreement to settle this class action by payment of an amount equivalent to R$204,436 (USD40,000), to resolve all pending and prospective claims by individuals or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF’s ADRs between April 4, 2013 and March 5, 2018. On May 27, 2020, the amount was transferred to an escrow account in the name of the lawyers of the Lead Plaintiff. The settlement is subject to court ratification and execution of final settlement documentation.

The agreement does not constitute any admission of liability or wrongdoing by BRF or its executives and expressly provides that BRF denies any misconduct or that any plaintiff has suffered any damages or was harmed by any conduct alleged in this action.

The provision for the aforementioned amount was recognized in other operating expenses (note 27) in the first quarter of 2020.

On January 31, 2020 the World Health Organization announced that the COVID-19 is a global health emergency and on March 11, 2020 declared it a global pandemic. The outbreak has triggered significant decisions from governments and private sector entities, which in addition to the potential impact, increased the uncertainty level for the economic agents and may cause effects in the amounts recognized in the financial statements.

BRF continues to operate its industrial complexes, distribution centers, logistics, supply chain and administrative offices, even if temporarily and partially under remote work regime in some of the corporate offices. Therefore, until the date of approval of the interim financial information, there has been no relevant change in its production plan, operation and/or commercialization. Additionally, management has developed and implemented contingency plans to maintain the operations and monitors the effects of the pandemic through a permanent multidisciplinary monitoring committee, formed by executives, specialists in the public health area and consultants.

Due to the pandemic, the Company has incurred in losses and additional expenditures, mainly related to idleness, personnel, prevention, control and donations, as shown below:

Aiming to preventively strengthen its liquidity level, the Company contracted credit facilities with financial institutions in Brazil in the aggregate amount of, approximately, R$2,430,000 and average term of one year, without any financial covenant clause. During July and August of 2020, the Company prepaid part of the referred credit facilities in the aggregated notional and interest amount of R$964,484 (note 33.3).

The management also understands that the projections of results and cashflows used for the impairment test of the cash generating units are still substantially adequate and there are no indications of possible impairment. Due to the high volatility and uncertainty around the length and the impact of the pandemic, the Company will keep monitoring the situation and evaluating the impacts on assumptions and estimates used in preparing our financial reporting.

During the months of November and December of each year, the Company is impacted by seasonality in the Brazil operating segment due to Christmas and New Year’s Celebrations. The products that are relevant contributors are: turkey, Chester®, ham and pork cuts (hind leg/pork loin).

In the International operating segment, seasonality is due to Ramadan, which is the holy month of the Muslim calendar. The beginning of Ramadan depends on the beginning of the moon cycle and in 2020 occurred between April 24, 2020 and May 23, 2020.

Consequently to the pandemic, the behavior of the Company’s seasonality has circumstantially changed, due to the decreased movement of people, redirection of channels and changes in the consumption habits.

The condensed consolidated interim financial information was prepared in accordance with the IAS 34 – Interim Financial Reporting issued by the International Accounting Standards Board – IASB, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, or “CVM”).

The condensed consolidated interim financial information is expressed in thousands of Brazilian Reais (“R$”) and the disclosures of amounts in other currencies, when applicable, were also expressed in thousands, unless otherwise stated.

The preparation of the interim financial information requires Management to make judgments, use estimates and adopt assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities, as well as the disclosures of contingent liabilities. The uncertainty inherent to these judgments, assumptions and estimates could result in material adjustments to the carrying amount of certain assets and liabilities in future periods.

Any judgments, estimates and assumptions are reviewed at each reporting period.

The interim financial information was prepared based on the recoverable historical cost, except for the following material items recognized in the statements of financial position:

(i)       derivative financial instruments and non-derivative financial instruments measured at fair value;

(ii)       share-based payments and employee benefits measured at fair value;

(iii)       biological assets measured at fair value; and

(iv)       assets held for sale in the cases the fair value is lower than historical cost.

The Company prepared financial statements under the going concern assumption and disclosed all relevant information in its explanatory notes, in order to clarify and complement the accounting basis adopted.

The interim financial information aims to provide updated information based on the last annual financial statements disclosed. Therefore, the quarterly financial information focus on new activities, events and circumstances and do not duplicate the information previously disclosed, except when Management judges that the maintenance of the information is relevant.

The interim financial information was prepared based on the accounting policies and estimates calculation methodologies adopted in the preparation of the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 (note 3), except for the income tax expense, which was calculated according to IAS 34 by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to the pre-tax profit or loss for the interim period.

There were no changes on such policies and estimates calculation methodologies. As allowed by IAS 34, Management decided not to disclose again the details of the accounting policies adopted by the Company. Hence, the interim financial information should be read along with the annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, in order to allow the users to further understand the Company’s financial conditions and liquidity, as well as its capacity to generate profits and cash flows.

Additionally, as of June 30, 2020, the amount of R$88,098 (R$100,435 on December 31, 2019) was pledged as guarantee, with no use restrictions, for USD denominated future contracts, traded on B3.

The Company performs credit assignments with no right of return to the BRF Clients’ Credit Rights Investment Fund (“FIDC BRF“), whose sole purpose is to acquire credit rights arising from commercial transactions carried out between the Company and its clients in Brazil. On June 30, 2020, FIDC BRF had an outstanding balance of R$650,761 (R$730,251 on December 31, 2019) related to such credit rights, which are no longer recorded in the Company’s statement of financial position.

On June 30, 2020, other receivables are mainly represented by receivables from the sale of farms and various properties, with a balance of R$94,575 (R$109,419 on December 31, 2019).

The movements of the expected credit losses are presented below:

The aging of trade accounts receivable is as follows:

The additions and reversals in the write-down of inventories to the net realizable value of inventories, which were recorded against the Cost of Sales, are presented in the table below: