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Plano & Plano Desenvolvimento Imobiliário S.A. is a real estate developer and construction company focused on low- and middle-income housing, with common shares traded on B3 under the ticker PLPL3, listed on the Novo Mercado segment. The company’s origins date back to 1997, when Rodrigo Luna founded Plano & Plano Construções e Empreendimentos Ltda. in São Paulo, initially focused on mid- and high-end projects. Later that same year, Rodrigo Fairbanks von Uhlendorff joined as a partner, and the company went through an expansion cycle that included ISO 9001 quality certification in 2000, entry into the São Paulo countryside in 2002, and the development of innovative funding solutions in the early 2000s. In 2006, the association with Cyrela Brazil Realty, through a joint venture, strengthened its financial and credit capacity and broadened its scope of operations in the real estate sector. In 2016, after a corporate restructuring, Plano & Plano Desenvolvimento Imobiliário Ltda. was created, concentrating the company’s operations and consolidating brand presence in the São Paulo metropolitan market, until its transformation into a corporation in 2020 and the execution of its initial public offering.

Over the course of its history, Plano & Plano has adjusted its strategic positioning, shifting from its original focus on mid- and high-end developments to the development and construction of projects aimed mainly at the low- and middle-income public. The company joined the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program in 2009, reinforcing its focus on super-affordable products and increasing the number of units targeted at lower-income families. Since then, most of its low-income developments have fallen within the ranges of the federal program, combining public subsidies, mortgage financing, and a more accessible average ticket. At the same time, the company has maintained a presence in products for the middle class, especially the lower-middle class, preserving a diversified portfolio across different income brackets within the affordable residential segment. The growth in launched and sold gross sales value (VGV) over the last decade, with successive annual records, reflects the expansion strategy in a niche characterized by structurally high housing demand.

Plano & Plano’s business model is vertically integrated along the residential development chain, covering everything from land prospecting and acquisition to project development, unit construction, and sales. The company operates exclusively in the development of residential and commercial projects, including construction services and real estate advisory through its own sales structure, Plano & Vendas Consultoria de Imóveis Ltda. This commercial arm brings together affiliated brokers organized in different sales fronts, responsible for most of the company’s sales, complemented by partner real estate agencies. The production process includes detailed land analysis, market studies, product definition, preparation of architectural and executive projects, obtaining permits and licenses, arranging financing for buyers with financial institutions, coordinating marketing campaigns, and executing the works through delivery and post-delivery service during the warranty period.

Operations are heavily concentrated in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region, although Plano & Plano has already delivered projects in 17 cities across three Brazilian states, including São Paulo, Maranhão, and Rio Grande do Norte. The current focus is on residential projects under the Housing Finance System (Sistema Financeiro da Habitação), mainly through the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program and financing lines under the Brazilian Savings and Loan System (Sistema Brasileiro de Poupança e Empréstimo). The company develops products for different income groups under the federal program, with varying subsidies, property price caps, and interest rates depending on the economic profile of the families served. Its presence in São Paulo, a region with a significant housing deficit and strong availability of mortgage funding, shapes the strategy of maintaining a robust landbank, often structured through physical or financial land swaps, in order to reduce the need for immediate cash outlay and align payments with construction and sales flows.

From a market perspective, Plano & Plano is ranked among the country’s leading residential developers in the affordable-popular segment, with recurring prominent appearances in the Top Imobiliário ranking, organized by the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper in partnership with Secovi. The company was recognized as the largest developer in the São Paulo Metropolitan Region in 2018 and, in recent years, has been among the five largest construction and development companies in Brazil in different performance categories. Its business model, centered on scale, cost control, and standardization of construction processes, is supported by techniques such as the use of structural blocks, concrete forms, and reinforced concrete, selected according to the type of project and tower height, aiming to optimize productivity and keep costs in line with low- and middle-income ticket levels. The broad diversification of its target audience, with no significant revenue concentration in a few clients, is a characteristic of the residential development activity, in which sales are spread across thousands of individual buyers.

Relations with the public sector and financial institutions are an important component of Plano & Plano’s operations. The company maintains a dedicated structure for assigning financing contracts to financial institutions, with emphasis on its partnership with Caixa Econômica Federal, which rated the company at the highest level in its evaluation system for partner developers. In addition to participating in the Minha Casa Minha Vida Program, the company began operating in municipal housing programs such as Pode Entrar, from the São Paulo City Hall, through the Companhia Metropolitana de Habitação de São Paulo (COHAB). Contracts signed under this program provide for the construction of thousands of housing units for social purposes, representing significant contracted VGV amounts and reinforcing the company’s role in producing social-interest housing in the city of São Paulo.

Plano & Plano’s activities are subject to a broad regulatory framework encompassing federal, state, and municipal legislation related to real estate development, property registration, condominiums, zoning, land use and occupation, the environment, and consumer protection. The development of projects requires approvals from city halls, public works and environmental departments, the fire department, and other relevant authorities, including construction permits, environmental licenses, and issuance of the occupancy permit (“habite-se”) upon completion of works. The company operates in compliance with the Civil Code, the Public Registries Law, the Real Estate Development Law, the specific legislation of the Housing Finance System, and the Tenancy Law, among other legal frameworks, in addition to observing consumer protection rules in its contracts with unit buyers. Timely obtaining of permits and licenses is a relevant operational factor, given the potential impact of delays or sanctions on project schedules and feasibility.

In recent years, the company has intensified initiatives in sustainability, governance, and people management. Plano & Plano has published annual sustainability reports since the year following its IPO, presenting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) guidelines associated with its operations. Its new corporate headquarters, opened in 2024 in the Butantã region, received LEED Gold certification, signaling energy efficiency and sustainable construction practices in its administrative environment. On the social front, the Plano & Plano Institute was created in 2024, with an explicit focus on education and promoting a fairer and more equitable society. In governance, the company has a statutory Audit Committee, compliance structures, a Board of Directors and a Fiscal Council, as well as leadership development programs, an internal engineering school, and performance evaluation and succession initiatives, which seek to support growth in a capital-intensive segment that is sensitive to the economic cycle.

From an economic and financial standpoint, Plano & Plano has been delivering consistent growth in launched and sold VGV, with successive records in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, when launches reached R$ 3.9 billion (100% company), accompanied by a similarly sized sold VGV. The company maintains a significant portfolio of active construction sites and land reserves with multibillion-real VGV potential, aligned with its expansion strategy in the affordable housing market. Operating performance is reflected in profitability indicators such as return on equity, which reached high levels in the recent three-year period. Trading of PLPL3 shares on B3 provides access to capital markets to fund growth and strengthen the company’s position in a sector marked by a high housing deficit, especially in Brazil’s major metropolitan regions.