NYSE, CBD - Companhia Brasileira DE Distribuicao ADR
We were incorporated in Brazil under Brazilian law on November 10, 1981 as
Companhia Brasileira de Distribui??o for an indefinite period of time. Our
principal executive offices are located at Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio,
3,142, CEP 01402-901 S?o Paulo, SP, Brazil (telephone: 55-11-3886-0421). Our
agent for service of process in the United States is CT Corporation, 1633
Broadway, New York, New York, 10019.
We have been a pioneer in the Brazilian retail food industry, opening our
first store, a pastry shop, in 1948 in S?o Paulo City under the name P?o de
A??car. We established one of the first supermarket chains in Brazil, opening
our first supermarket in 1959, and opened the first hypermarket in Brazil in
1971.
Brazilian economic reforms implemented in 1994, including the introduction of
the real as the Brazilian currency and the drastic reduction of inflation rates,
resulted in an unprecedented growth in local consumer markets. ...
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