More information about BRF S.A.

BRF S.A. is one of the largest producers of fresh and frozen protein foods in the world, with a portfolio of over five thousand stock keeping units ("SKUs"). Our processed products include marinated and frozen chicken, Chester® rooster and turkey meat, specialty meats, frozen processed foods, frozen prepared entrees, portioned products and sliced products. We also sell margarine, sweet specialties, sandwiches, mayonnaise, and animal feed. We are the holder of brands such as Sadia, Perdigão, Qualy, Perdix, Paty, Bocatti, Vienissima, Dánica, Confidence, Speedy Polo and Hilal. In December 2016, BRF was responsible for 16.3% of the world trade in poultry. Our portfolio strategy is focused on creating new, convenient, practical and healthy products for our consumers based on their needs. We seek to achieve that goal through strong innovation to provide us with increasing value-added items that will differentiate us from our competitors and strengthen our brands. With 35 plants in Brazil, BRF has among its main assets a widespread distribution network that enables its products to reach Brazilian consumers through 551,050 monthly deliveries and 47 distribution centers, 20 of which are in the domestic market and 27 of which are in our export markets. In the international market, BRF has a leading brand, Sadia, in various categories in Middle Eastern countries. We maintain 27 sales offices outside of Brazil serving customers of more than 150 countries on five continents. We have nine industrial units in Argentina, five in Thailand, two in Europe (BRF UK and BRF Holland), one in Abu Dhabi and one in Malaysia. We are able to reach substantially all of the Brazilian population through a nationwide network of 20 distribution centers. In Brazil, we operate 35 meat processing plants, three margarine processing plants, three pasta processing plants, one dessert processing plant and three soybean crushing plants, all of them near our raw material suppliers or the main consumer centers. We have an advanced logistic system in our domestic market, with 20 distribution centers, being eight owned by us and 12 leased by third parties, all of which serve supermarkets, retail stores, wholesale stores, restaurants and other clients. In our international markets, we operate 12 meat processing plants in Argentina, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia one margarine and oil processing plant Argentina, one sauce and mayonnaise processing plant Argentina, and one frozen vegetables processing plant Argentina. We have 27 distribution centers located overseas, as well as commercial offices in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Turkey and Malaysia. Our domestic distribution network uses 20 distribution centers in several Brazilian states. Refrigerated trucks transport our products from our processing plants to the distribution centers and from the distribution centers to our customers. We have 30 transit points, previously referred to as cross-docking points, in several areas of the country that enable us to unload products from large refrigerated trucks onto smaller trucks or vans for transportation to our customers. We own eight of our distribution centers and lease the remaining 12 centers, which are listed below under "—Property, Plant and Equipment." We do not own the vehicles used to transport our products, and we contract with several carriers to provide this service for us on an exclusive basis. BRF has been a public company since 1980. Our shares have been listed on the BM&FBovespa as BRFS3 since 2006, and we are also traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE - ADR level III). Since 2005, BRF has been part of BM&FBovespa’s Corporate Sustainability Index (ISE) portfolio in acknowledgement of its strong commitment to sustainable development. This commitment has been reinforced and internationally recognized since 2012, upon our entrance into the portfolio of Emerging Markets of Dow Jones Sustainability Index.