JBS S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA:JBSS3) (OTCQX:JBSAY) ("JBS" or
"Company"), announces to its shareholders and the market in general
the appointment of independent members of the Board of its
subsidiary JBS Foods International (“JBSFI”). The directors will
serve on the JBS Foods International Board of Directors only after
the company’s effective listing on the NYSE.
The Honorable John Boehner is the 53rd Speaker
of the U.S. House of Representatives. He served as the
representative of Ohio’s 8th Congressional District from 1991 to
2015. During his time in Congress, he served as Vice Chairman of
the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture and as Chairman of the U.S.
House Committee on Education and the Workforce. He was the House
majority leader from 2006 to 2007, and House minority leader from
2007 through 2010. In January 2011, he was elected U.S. Speaker of
the House. He retired from Congress in October 2015 after more than
30 years of public service.
Speaker Boehner is currently a Senior Strategic
Advisor at Squire Patton Boggs, a full-service global law and
public policy firm, where he provides strategic advice and counsel
to clients on all aspects of domestic and international policy,
drawing from his decades of experience both in business and at the
highest levels of the U.S. government. He currently serves as a
member of the Board of Directors of Reynolds American
(NYSE:RAI).
Mr. Heckman is an accomplished leader with more
than 30 years of experience in the agriculture and energy
industries, and a strong understanding of commodity and overall
business risk management. Mr. Heckman is the former President and
CEO of The Gavilon Group, where he directed the carve-out of the
company from ConAgra Foods in 2008. As CEO of Gavilon, he doubled
the size of the Company from 2008 to 2012, and led its successful
sale to Marubeni in 2013. Prior to leading Gavilon, he spent 24
years with ConAgra Foods, where he had leadership responsibility
for multiple business segments and corporate functions. Currently,
Mr. Heckman is one of the founding partners of Flatwater Partners,
LLC, a private investment company.
Mr. Heckman serves as a member of the Board of
Directors of OCI N.V. (NYSE:OCI), a global producer of natural
gas-based fertilizers and industrial chemicals. He is also a Board
Member of Waitt Brands and previously served on the Board of
Trustees for Brownell-Talbot College Preparatory School.
Mr. Macaluso has been a principal at Dorchester
Capital Advisors, LLC, a management consulting and corporate
advisory service firm focusing on operational assessment, strategic
planning and workouts, since 1998. He has significant experience in
operational assessment, strategic planning, crisis management and
turnaround advisory services.
Mr. Macaluso currently serves as a member of the
Board Directors of Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE:DAR), Pilgrim’s
Pride Corporation (Nasdaq:PPC) and Global Equipment Power Group
(OT:GLPW). During the past five years, Mr. Macaluso also served as
a director of the Elder Beerman Stores Corp. and Global Crossing
Limited. Mr. Macaluso is also a member of the National Association
of Corporate Directors.
Mr. Mills is a consultant and advisor, providing
services to clients in the private equity, agribusiness, renewable
products and financial services fields. He has nearly 40 years of
experience in the fields of accounting, corporate finance,
strategic planning, risk management, and mergers &
acquisitions. He served as CFO of Amryis, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMRS), an
integrated renewable products company, from May 2012 to December
2013. Prior to joining Amyris, he had a 33-year career at
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company (NYSE:ADM), one of the world's
largest agricultural processors and food ingredient providers. At
ADM, he held various senior executive roles, including Chief
Financial Officer, Controller, and responsibility for leading ADM’s
strategic efforts globally.
Mr. Mills is currently a member of the Board of
Directors of Black Hills Corporation (NYSE:BKH), a
vertically-integrated energy company, where he chairs the audit
committee. He also serves on the boards of Farmers Edge, Inc., Big
Red Group Holdings LLC, Hickory Point Bank & Trust.
- Mr. Dimitri Panayotopoulos
Mr. Panayotopoulos is former Vice Chairman and
Advisor to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Procter
& Gamble (NYSE:PG), a global consumer goods company and
manufacturer of family, personal and household care products.
During his 37-year career at Procter & Gamble, he worked in
many markets across the globe and was involved in and led
significant breakthrough innovations. He continued to focus on
innovation, speed to market and scale across all of Procter &
Gamble’s businesses while Vice Chairman of all Global Business
Units.
Mr. Panayotopoulos is currently a member of the
Board of Directors of British American Tobacco Company (LSE:BATS),
a leading global tobacco group and Logitech International SA
(Nasdaq:LOGI), a consumer technology company. He also serves as a
Senior Advisor at the Boston Consulting Group, a global management
consulting firm.
JBS will keep the market informed regarding the
next steps associated with the JBSFI listing.
Forward-Looking StatementsThis
document contains certain statements, including estimates,
projections, statements relating to business plans, objectives, and
expected operating results, and the assumptions upon which those
statements are based, that are “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995, Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and Section
21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These
forward-looking statements are generally identified by the words
“anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “intend,”
“may,” “opportunity,” “outlook,” “plan,” “project,” “should,”
“strategy,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will
likely result” and similar expressions. These statements are based
on the current expectations of the management of JBS and are
subject to uncertainty and to changes in circumstances. In
addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions
that are subject to change. Many factors could cause actual results
to differ materially from these forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements included herein are made as of the date
hereof, and JBS undertakes no obligation to update publicly such
statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.
Important NoticeThe foregoing is not an offer
of securities for sale in the United States or any other
jurisdiction. Additionally, securities may not be offered or sold
in the United States absent registration or an exemption from
registration. JBSFI intends to register securities in the United
States and any public offering of securities to be made in the
United States may only be made by means of a prospectus that may be
obtained from JBSFI containing detailed information about the
company and management, as well as financial statements.
CONTACT:
Cameron Bruett
Director, Corporate Affairs
Cameron.Bruett@jbssa.com
970-506-7801
Website: http://www.jbssa.com/
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