Material Fact: Approval of "equity swap" derivative contracts
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Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) announced that its Board approved execution of equity swap derivative agreements with Banco Itaú Unibanco, effective Nov 7, 2025.
The swaps are cash-settled within 12 months, reference the company’s common shares and have a maximum exposure of 10,932,998 common shares under the limit set by CVM Resolution No. 77/22. Under the contracts the company will receive the price variation of its shares plus dividends and will pay CDI plus a spread. The stated purpose is to hedge share-price fluctuations
Positive
- Cash-settled swaps limit share issuance risk within 12 months
- Hedge designed to protect funding for long-term incentive (phantom) payments
- Counterparty is a major bank: Banco Itaú Unibanco
Negative
- Maximum exposure of 10,932,998 common shares creates sizeable derivative liability
- Company will incur cash costs paying CDI plus a spread during the contract term
- Counterparty and market settlement risk tied to cash settlement within 12 months
EMBRAER S.A.
Publicly Held Company
CNPJ/MF 07.689.002/0001-89
NIRE 35.300.325.761
SÃO JOSÉ DOS CAMPOS,
Equity Swap Settlement: cash settlement, within a maximum period of 12 months from November 7, 2025.
Maximum Exposure: up to 10,932,998 common shares, observing the limit established in CVM Resolution No. 77/22.
Conditions: the Equity Swap will allow the Company to receive the price variation related to its shares traded on the stock exchange plus any dividends distributed to the shares subject to the Equity Swap (active end) and pay CDI plus a spread (passive end), during the term of the agreement.
Purpose: need to mitigate fluctuations in the prices of shares issued by the Company, in view of future payments to be made by the Company within the scope of its long-term incentive plans (phantom shares).
Antonio Carlos Garcia
Executive Vice President, Financial & Investor Relations
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SOURCE Embraer S.A.