EPAR3 Embpar Participações

Embpar Participações S.A. is a Brazilian publicly traded company, with common shares traded on B3 under the ticker EPAR3. The company originates from Grupo Battistella, founded in 1949 by Emílio Fiorentino Battistella in the city of Lages, in the state of Santa Catarina, with the establishment of a sawmill that bore the founder’s name. Over the following decades, the group expanded into different areas, becoming, as early as the 1950s, one of the first companies in Brazil to represent the Scania brand. In the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, the conglomerate diversified its activities, entering segments such as hospitality, cattle ranching and timber exploitation, among other related businesses.

From the 1990s and into the 2000s, the group’s activities went through a strategic reorientation process, focusing on a return to its origins in the timber segment and in vehicle resale and services associated with the Scania brand. This decision involved discontinuing operations in sectors considered non-core relative to the two original lines of business. In June 2016, Cotrasa Veículos e Serviços Ltda. was created, structured with the purpose of absorbing the operations of reselling Scania parts and vehicles and providing workshop services, giving greater independence and specialization to this specific business within the group.

In April 2021, the then group company had its corporate name changed to Embpar Participações S.A., in line with the investment holding role it began to play more clearly. The name change, approved at shareholders’ meetings, reinforced the company’s vocation to hold and manage equity interests in different operating companies of the group, rather than concentrating industrial and commercial operations directly within its structure. In this context, Embpar Participações consolidated itself as the entity responsible for organizing and directing the asset portfolio, including industrial, real estate and heavy vehicle distribution and service businesses.

Embpar Participações maintains a significant presence in the forestry and timber segment through companies such as Battistella Indústria e Comércio Ltda. This line of business is dedicated to the processing and commercialization of wood and its derivatives, serving both the domestic and foreign markets, in addition to leasing real estate linked to the operation. On the production side, the wood derivatives segment processes and industrializes products aimed mainly at the furniture and construction sectors, supplying inputs for furniture manufacturers and for structural and finishing applications in building projects. The technical know-how and experience accumulated over more than seven decades of operations have contributed to placing this activity in demanding markets in Brazil and abroad.

In addition to the forestry and industrial segment, Embpar Participações has structured specific vehicles for its real estate and heavy vehicle dealership businesses. In June 2021, Jaspe Imóveis S.A. was created with the objective of absorbing all the properties of the subsidiaries and performing the company’s property management activities, organizing the asset management and economic exploitation of these assets. In June 2023, Cotrasa Participações S.A. was incorporated, intended to control the heavy vehicle dealership activities, centralizing the equity interests in this line of business. In September 2023, Cotrasa Participações S.A. came to hold the ownership stake that Embpar had in Cotrasa Veículos e Serviços Ltda., reinforcing the corporate separation between the Embpar holding company and the operating companies in vehicle distribution and automotive services.

The activities of Embpar Participações and its subsidiaries are concentrated within Brazilian territory, with no revenue generated from other countries. The geographic scope described is focused on the Brazilian market, originating in the state of Santa Catarina and expanding from this base. The emphasis on domestic operations means that the company and its subsidiaries are not subject to regulation by other countries, concentrating their regulatory relations at the municipal, state and federal levels in Brazil. This domestic focus is also reflected in its revenue structure and competitive positioning, which are geared toward serving local industrial chains, especially in the furniture, construction and automotive services segments linked to heavy vehicles.

From a regulatory standpoint, Embpar Participações and its subsidiaries operate in activities that require specific licenses and authorizations, especially in the environmental field due to the exploitation and processing of timber and derivatives. The company keeps the environmental licenses required for its operations up to date, with control of expiration dates and renewals monitored by the legal department and executive management. Each business unit tracks changes in the environmental legislation applicable to its area of activity, adjusting processes to fully comply with prevailing regulations. There is no indication of material dependence on patents, trademarks, licenses, concessions or franchises that are critical to the development of activities, beyond the usual authorizations inherent to the segments in which it operates.

With regard to environmental, social and governance practices, Embpar Participações has a formal environmental policy focused on conserving natural resources, maintaining biodiversity, preventing pollution and continuously improving operational processes, with an emphasis on social development and environmental preservation. The policy establishes commitments such as full compliance with applicable laws and regulations, identification of environmental risks and opportunities related to current and developing businesses, and the implementation of environmental management programs in all units. This policy is implemented through environmental audits, formal management systems, analysis of relationships with stakeholders and participation in external environmental control mechanisms, involving institutional, governmental and non-governmental entities. The company, however, reports that it does not publish specific social and environmental reports, although its annual financial statements are independently audited and made available on its Investor Relations website, complementing information relevant to the capital markets on B3.

As an investment holding company with industrial and forestry origins, Embpar Participações S.A. combines a portfolio that integrates forestry-based assets, corporate real estate and heavy vehicle dealership operations through its subsidiaries. The corporate structure enables the company to organize its businesses into specialized units while consolidating results at the publicly traded company level. The trading of its EPAR3 shares on B3 places Embpar in the Brazilian capital market, providing access to investors interested in companies linked to the wood, construction, furniture, real estate and heavy vehicle distribution chains, within a corporate governance framework that involves independent auditing of financial statements and compliance with the regulatory practices applicable to listed companies.