NATURA &CO HOLDING S.A. (Natura &Co or the Company) formerly referred to as Natura Holding S.A., was
incorporated on 21 January 2019 with the purpose of holding interest in other companies, as a partner or shareholder, in Brazil or abroad (holding company). The purpose of the Company is to manage shareholding interest in companies
that operate mainly in the cosmetics industry, fragrances and personal hygiene sector, through the development of manufacturing, distribution and commercialization of its products. The groups main brand is Natura, followed by the
brands Avon, The Body Shop and Aesop. In addition to using the retail market, e-commerce, business to business ( B2B) and franchises as sales channels for the
products, the subsidiaries stand out for the work of the direct sales channel carried out mainly by Natura, The Body Shop and Avon Consultant(s).
The Company is a publicly-traded corporation, domiciled in São Paulo, registered in the special trading segment called Novo
Mercado in the B3 S.A. Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3), under ticker NTCO3.
After several restructuring
activities which took place for the process of acquiring Avon Products, Inc. (Avon), completed on 3 January 2020 (Note 4), the Company became the holding company for the Natura group. Additionally, in December 2019 it became the
holder of 100% of shares of Natura Cosméticos S.A. (Natura), under ticker NATU3. Thus, since 18 December 2019, NATU3 shares have no longer been traded in B3 S.A. Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão, and trading with NTCO3
shares has started in the Novo Mercado segment of B3. On 6 January 2020, the Company started to trade American Depositary Receipts on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), under the ticker NTCO.
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SUMMARY OF THE MAIN ACCOUNTING PRACTICES
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Declaration of compliance and preparation basis
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The Companys condensed interim accounting information, included in the Quarterly Information Form - ITR pertaining to the quarter ended
30 June 2020, encompasses the individual and consolidated interim accounting information prepared pursuant to Technical Pronouncement CPC 21 - Interim Statements, approved by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) and
the International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34 - Interim Financial Reporting, issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
The Management confirms that all relevant information in the interim accounting statements, and only this information, is being disclosed, and
it corresponds to the information used in the development of its business management activities. The interim accounting information was prepared based on the historical costs, except for certain financial instruments measured by their fair value, as
described in the accounting practices.
The main accounting practices applied upon preparing this individual and consolidated interim
accounting information are disclosed in explanatory note No. 2 of the Companys financial statements, pertaining to the fiscal year ended 31 December 2019, issued on 5 March 2020, except (i) for the presentation of
information on segments (Note 25), which was changed as a result of the acquisition of Avon (Note 4). The same policies apply for comparison of the six-month period ended 30 June 2019, and
(ii) practical expedient application to rent concessions in lease contracts which occurred as a direct consequence of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The information on explanatory notes did not go through significant changes in comparison to 31 December 2019, which is why it is not
fully presented in this interim accounting information and must, therefore, be read jointly with the last annual financial statement.
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Presentation basis for the Companys consolidated accounting statements before the corporate restructuring
presented in the Companys annual financial statement in Note 1
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As presented in the Companys annual financial
statements for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2019, the Companys consolidated accounting information presented in this financial statement that is prior to the corporate restructuring for the acquisition of Avon was prepared pursuant
to the accounting practices of the preceding costs. Thus, the comparative and consolidated historic information presented herein for the statements of income, comprehensive income statement, statement of changes in net equity, cash flow statement
and added value statement for the comparative period ended on 30 June 2019, refer to the consolidated information of the entire subsidiary Natura Cosméticos S.A., and were obtained from the Quarterly Information - ITR pertaining to the
second quarter of 2019, except for earnings per share and share-based payments that were restated as a result of the share bonus shown in note 24.1.
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