The Board of Directors of Ambev S.A. meeting held on October 13 and 14, 2022, approved the modification of the name of the Operations, Finance and Compensation Committee to Operations and Finance Committee, pursuant to the attributions defined by this Board of Directors (Board); (ii) the destitution of the Director Nelson José Jamel as a member of such committee; and (iii) the maintenance of the other members of the committee duly elected pursuant to article 16, § 2º, of the Company's bylaws, for a term of office until the Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting that will resolve on the financial statements for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2022, to know: Director Victorio Carlos De Marchi, as Chair, and Directors Roberto Moses Thompson Motta and Fernando Mommensohn Tennenbaum. The creation of a new advisory committee of the Board, to be named as People Committee, pursuant to the attributions defined by this Board; and (ii) the election, pursuant to article 16, § 2º, of the Company's Bylaws, for a term of office until the Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting that will resolve on the financial statements for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2022, of: Director Victorio Carlos De Marchi, as Chair of the People Committee, and Director Nelson José Jamel and independent Director Claudia Quintella Woods, as members of the People Committee. To approve: (i) the modification of the name of the Related Parties and Antitrust Conducts Committee to Governance Committee, as per the attributions defined by the Board; and (ii) the maintenance of the current members of the committee, elected pursuant to article 16, § 2º, of the Company's bylaws, for a term of office until the Company's Annual Shareholders' Meeting that will resolve on the financial statements for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2022, to know: Director Victorio Carlos De Marchi, as Chair, Director Fabio Colletti Barbosa, the independent Director Marcos de Barros Lisboa, and the external and independent members Carlos Emmanuel Joppert Ragazzo and Everardo de Almeida Maciel.
Pursuant to the Company's corporate governance review, nominate Mr. Marcos de Barros Lisboa as the leader among the independent members of the Board.
Ambev SA, formerly Inbev Participacoes Societarias SA, is a Brazil-based company engaged in the brewing sector. The Company produces, distributes and sells beer, carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) and other non-alcoholic and non-carbonated (NANC) beverages across the Americas. The Company's activities are divided into three segments: Latin America North, including sell of beer, CSD and NANC drinks in Brazil, as well as operations in the Dominican Republic, Saint Vincent, Antigua, Dominica, Cuba, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Barbados and Panama; Latin America South, distributing products in Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile; and Canada, represented by Labattâs operations, which comprises sales in Canada and some exports to the U.S. market. The Company markets products under various brand names, such as Adriatica, Brahma, Leffe, Budweiser, Corona, PepsiCo and Lipton. It is a subsidiary of Interbrew International BV.