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OutreachReport

“It is everyone’s obligation to contribute to the development, or improvement, of the group we belong to.”J. M. Pinheiro Neto

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The pulp used in the manufacture of the paper stock in this publication comes from certified forest areas and otherrenewable sources, in compliance with strict social, environmental and economic stewardship criteria.

The 2012-2013 Outreach Report was composed with Cronos MM and Kings Caslon typefaces, and printed on Alta Alvura120 g/m2 (book block) and Markatto Concetto Bianco 320 g/m2 (cover) paper stock, by Tom Artes Gráficas, in September 2014.

4 Foreword

5 Pro Bono

19 Community Outreach Investment

29 Social and Environmental Responsibility

32 Investment Statements

34 Credits

Summary

SHARING KNOWLEDGE IS PART OF THE MISSION OF

PINHEIRO NETO ADVOGADOS

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Pro Bono

To be in the WorldWe are pleased to release our third outreach report. Not only because it reaffirms the commitment of Pinheiro Neto Advogados to charity actions, but also because it leads us to ponder on the aspects of our institutional position that form our “being in the world.”

We ended the 2012 -2013 period with close to R$ 7 million channeled into 22 social welfare organizations. This investment benefited around 55 thousand persons directly and another 165 thousand indirectly. Most of them are children and youngsters from low-income families. Once again, the largest portion of these funds (42%) went to education.

At the same time, our pro bono activities — the firm’s free legal services – helped 28 social welfare organizations. Our lawyers were paid for the many hours spent in this activity as if they were providing services to any other client of the firm. In other words, Pinheiro Neto Advogados has an institutional pro bono system in force which since 2010 offers financial compensation to associates involved in this type of work.

In parallel, our human capital has engaged in volunteer actions, showing that, individually, it also seeks a fairer and more equal society. Pinheiro Neto’s contribution towards implementation of corporate volunteer actions consists of organizing the initiatives and providing support to allow such force to express itself.

Within the firm, personal and professional development was further encouraged with the creation of the pioneer Pinheiro Neto Professional Development School in 2012. We also continue to advance in themes such as equitable treatment and diversity and to improve our talents by sponsoring talks and courses at diverse educational institutions.

Neutralization of greenhouse gases generated by our activities — initiated in 2007 — has now a customized measurement system, which follows up on periodical emissions, prepares an annual inventory, and sets goals to improve our “green footprint.”

To list these data while preparing this publication has left us honored but, in the same vein, aware of the responsibility of amplifying and multiplying our actions that have a transformative impact on the reality around us.

Enjoy your reading!

Alexandre Bertoldi Managing partner

Social Responsibility Committee Sérgio Pinheiro Marçal – litigation partner José Carlos Junqueira S. Meirelles – corporate partner Marcelo Roncaglia – tax partner Rodrigo Persone P. Camargo – litigation partner

4 Foreword

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For the public good The Latin expression pro bono means “for the public good.” This activity involves the performance of uncompensated legal services to those unable to pay attorney’s fees.

At Pinheiro Neto Advogados (PNA), pro bono legal work is a virtuous mechanism: free of charge for the person receiving it and compensated for the person providing it. Since 2010, the firm has been adopting a system that pays associate lawyers who provide pro bono legal services as if they were billing any other client. At PNA, pro bono does not mingle with volunteer work; it is an institutional activity.

The lawyers contribute with their talent and experience to resolve the problems of social welfare organizations that already make a difference in the lives of thousands of Brazilians every day. The cases are screened, selected and assigned internally by the Social Responsibility Committee.

In the 2012-2013 period, the firm provided pro bono legal services to 28 social organizations (read the list on the opposite page). Specialists from the firm’s three offices provided this type of service. The main actions involved revision or drafting of contracts and bylaws, organization of new institutions, counseling on tax aspects, and applications for tax exemption. The managers of NGOs benefiting from this service were also given advice on several legal matters.

For this reason, in 2012 and in 2013 PNA was awarded the Pro Bono Leading Lights by the specialized publication Latin Lawyer and The Vance Center, which recognize the heavy commitment of law firms to social issues. PNA’s greatest challenge for the next two-year period is to enlist an even greater number of professionals from the firm. Below are seven cases that illustrate the firm’s activities on this work front.

In Brazil, albeit not regulated by the Federal Board of the Brazilian Bar Association and not established in its Code of Ethics, pro bono legal services are already being provided in several cities.

Pro bono legal services should not be confused in any way with the services offered by public defenders. Public defenders ensure representation at the courts of citizens with a family income under three minimum wages. All other legal support required by a person or by institutions that need to be represented before other Branches should rely on an attorney.

In Latin America, this activity is encouraged in Chile, Colombia, Peru and Venezuela. The United States have historically fostered pro bono legal services, with specific rules in several states. The American Bar Association, like its Brazilian counterpart, OAB, suggests that professionals spend at least 50 hours per year defending, free of cost, clients that need help.

Activity expands legal support

ABC Trust Brasil Ação Comunitária do Brasil Amani Institute Associação Águas Claras do Rio Pinheiros Associação Comunitária Monte Azul Associação Curso Vencedor Associação Parceiros da Educação – Rio de Janeiro Associação Saúde Criança São Paulo Associazione Azione Per Famiglie Nuove Bandeirantes Rugby Club Casa de Apoio da Pastoral de Saúde da Granja Viana Casa Transitória de Brasília Centro Acadêmico 22 de Agosto Centro Educacional Assistencial Profissionalizante - Pedreira Fundação Faculdade de Medicina Grupo de Institutos, Fundações e Empresas Instituto Bcause Instituto More Instituto Tellus Instituto Verdescola Mission to Seafarers Mocaph (Movimento Comunitário de Assistência e Promoção Humana) Moradia Associação Civil – Casas Taiguara Movimento LiveWright Street Child United Tucca – Associação para Crianças e Adolescentes com Câncer United Way Brasil University of Chicago – Nelson P. Germanos Scholarship

2012-2013 Pro bono

BENEFICIARIES

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Translated into Portuguese as Campeões da Rua 2014 – Crianças Unidas para Virar o Jogo, the tournament took place during 10 days at Espaço Lonier, where the teams were lodged, in the Rio de Janeiro district of Vargem Pequena. Participants included 230 adolescents aged 14 to 17, from 19 countries, including Brazil, with 15 boys from the State of Ceará and 15 girls from the State of Rio de Janeiro. To enable the teams to enter Brazil, 14 lawyers from the PNA office in Rio de Janeiro provided over 300 hours of pro bono services, most of them during 2013. Their mission was to assist in obtaining entry visas, revising agreements with sponsors and supporters, registering the tournament brand and formally organizing Associação das Crianças de Rua Unidas — the Brazilian version of Street Child United —, which also received a study on possible tax incentives.

The work involved in obtaining 198 entry visas was the most complex of all. Without this formality, most participants would not have been able to take part in the tournament. These procedures involved Brazilian embassies and consulates in 13 countries, in addition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Brasília. “The fact that all teams were able to travel was an unbelievable success, when one considers all the obstacles street children face when it comes to documents,” says Karin Joseph, international participation manager of Street Child World Cup. “I do not know how this would have been possible without the support of PNA. They assisted us all the time, even on holidays.” While in Brazil, players also took part in an arts festival, attended a conference on the rights of street children, visited the Favela do Vidigal and the statue of Christ the Redeemer, and paid their respects at the Candelária church for murdered street children. A group visited PNA’s office in Rio de Janeiro and met with its professionals.

PNA lawyers have helped bring to the country hosting the 2014 World Cup boys and girls who have lived on the streets in several parts of the planet. These children, however, did not come to watch the great football matches. Actually, in March 2014, grouped into more than 20 teams, they took part in a tournament, the Street Child World Cup, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This initiative seeks to draw public attention to the rights of children with no home or care.

This sports tournament for children has taken place since 2010 in the nations that host the Football World Cup. The event is sponsored by Street Child United, a global movement associated with the Save The Children organization, based in London, which has 20 country-members. This NGO is calling for governmental measures to resolve the problem of millions of children living on the streets, who are vulnerable to violence, abuse, sexual exploitation, consumption of alcohol and drugs, and do not have their voices or rights protected.

Street Child World Cupfootball for children’s rights

“IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE A TEAM THAT HAD

OUR ORGANIZATION IN THEIR HEARTS”

Joe Hewitt, director of the Brazilian office of Street Child World Cup

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MARCELO VALENÇA WITH HIS TEAM AT INSTITUTO TELLUS: CONCEPT OF 2.5 SECTOR COMPANY

OPERATING TO BUILD A MORE EFFICIENT STATE

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The practical actions of PNA lawyers began in 2013, by providing advice on corporate and associative models (foundation, institute, title of Public Interest Civil Organization - OSCIP), suggesting possible structures for capitalization of the institute and addressing tax aspects, such as tax immunity or tax exemption, in addition to discussing organizational documents such as bylaws and certificates. The option chosen was to create Amani as an association.

“This was my best experience with lawyers,” says Ilaina Rabbat, cofounder and executive director of Amani Institute. “PNA’s professionals answered all our questions. They provided us with a wealth of information, showing us the pros and cons. It was a surprising work.”

“MY BEST EXPERIENCE WITH LAWYERS”

Ilaina Rabbat, cofounder

Devised by researchers of the universities of Harvard and George Washington and with offices in the United States and Kenya, the Amani Institute has recently been set up in Brazil. Its focus is to prepare graduates and post-graduates as enterprising leaders equipped to address the challenges of the 21st century and to create innovative and impacting solutions.

Through an immersion in the subject of business and practical experiences of life in the African territory of Kenya, Amani students focus on values such as vision, courage, empathy and a desire for change-making. Between 2012 and 2013, 81 students from 24 countries benefited from the strong citizenship education offered by the institution, which has partnerships with and financial support from spearhead universities and foundations, in addition to Ashoka, a traditional social entrepreneurship supporter worldwide. By assisting the institute to operate in Brazil, PNA built the bridge that will enable Brazil to join this circuit. As from 2015, Brazil will host a post-graduation course in social innovation management and entrepreneurship, to be given by Amani professionals in the city of São Paulo.

Amani Institutepreparing innovative leaders for the 21st century

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It is like a stigma: social welfare organizations that care for low-income citizens are always in need of legal support which they cannot afford. Among them is Associação Saúde Criança São Paulo, which was established in the city of São Paulo in 2012. This association, which helps the families of poor children with serious illnesses treated at the Holy House of Mercy in São Paulo, has recently sought pro bono support from PNA.The Saúde Criança philosophy originated in the city of Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990’s as a work of physician Vera Cordeiro. She found out that these little patients needed more than a specific treatment for the diseases that drag them to the hospital. Health care should be understood holistically, addressing the biological, psychological and social wellbeing of all family members of a sick child. The organization has trained professionals in strategic locations, near the health units that serve the low-income population, such as the Holy Houses of Mercy. These professionals provide advice in five essential areas: health, professionalization, housing, education, and citizenship.

The São Paulo unit is a social franchise of the Rio de Janeiro institution. One of the demands submitted to the PNA team was to obtain certifications such as the Certification of Social Welfare Charity Entity - Cebas, the title of Public Interest Civil Organization – OSCIP, and tax exemption for donations in the State of São Paulo. PNA associates also revised and adjusted the current bylaws to allow, among other things, for the issuance of tax invoices. The ties of this partnership are getting stronger every day to the point of the firm’s lawyers having visited the NGO office to give seven free talks on legislation and citizenship to mothers of benefited families (read more on page 24).

Saúde Criança São Paulocare and social inclusion

“THE WORK PERFORMED WAS IMPORTANT, AS IT GAVE US A

LEGAL SUPPORT WE COULD TRUST”

Vera Carvalho Oliveira, founder of the São Paulo-based NGO

Tuccabehind the scenes of cure

It may sound strange at first sight, but it is through music that Tucca — Associação para Crianças e Adolescentes com Câncer supports great part of the treatments offered annually to five thousand low-income boys and girls at a hospital in the eastern region of the city of São Paulo. PNA associates work behind the scenes in this show.

Two initiatives make up Projeto Tucca Música pela Cura, a project devised by this NGO. Série Tucca de Concertos Internacionais brings famous classical music artists to perform at the prestigious Sala São Paulo concert hall, in the city of São Paulo. The children version, Série Tucca Aprendiz de Maestro, makes adaptations of ballets, operas and theater texts.

Because all shows meet the requirements of culture incentive laws, all box office revenues go to treating children. “Art and education are seldom tied like this, in such an exemplary manner, to a social action,” says Cassio Scapin, actor and artistic director of Aprendiz de Maestro.

In the last two-year period, PNA lawyers provided legal advice in 40 agreements. The paperwork produced and checked by them dealt with the scope of service, price, payment method, intellectual property and ancillary obligations of musicians, artistic and production directors and musical consultants. “PNA’s knowledge and vast experience have helped us obtain better conditions when signing agreements,” notes Eliana Cardinali Sardenberg, Tucca’s executive advisor.

In 2012, the organization also benefited from a legal inquiry on the mechanisms of tax incentive under the National Oncological Care Support Program - Pronon and the National Program for Support to Health Care for the Disabled - Pronas/PCD. In parallel, the firm invested in the institution (see page 28), which has reached cure rates in children and youngster cancer similar to those of the most successful pediatric oncology centers worldwide.

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One of the most critical points was renewal of the Certification of Social Welfare Charity Entity - Cebas, which exempts the entity from some taxes but is processed very slowly at the government instances. While this process was underway, it would be necessary to set aside a financial reserve, should the NGO have to pay taxes in the future.

The institution’s managing body did not create this reserve because it would impair development of community projects. This was a risky option, according to the institution’s financial auditors, and they suggested that lawyers active in this area assist the institution in assessing the possibility of it being issued the Cebas, as this would allow it to better organize its cash flow and channel funds into its activities.

“I left PNA with a letter in my hand,” says Valéria Carrilho, the NGO’s administrative manager. “Against all and everyone, because even close colleagues had said that we would not succeed. But the firm estimated the risk of the entity’s not being issued the Cebas as minimum, and backed our option.” In May 2014, the certification was approved. “I went back to sleeping well again,” she says, relieved.

The diagnostic provided by PNA was so good that Monte Azul started seeking advice from the firm’s lawyers on even simple subjects that had been put aside with no solution in sight. PNA specialists also worked towards redefining the organization’s bylaws (still in progress) and correcting certain problems related to the sale of an entity’s automotive vehicle.

So many doubts and deadlocks led to development of a tutorial on certificates for NGOs, which has resolved problems and made management easier. “They gave me a lot of feedback and the confidence to proceed. Their guidance could be viewed as basic information for those with legal knowledge but was precious to those managing social welfare organizations,” says Valéria.

A series of internal procedures are still being revised. The agenda also includes obtaining approval for the amended bylaws. With its box of pending problems properly organized, though, Monte Azul now uses what it learned to help other social welfare organizations. “These processes are allowing us to grow, and we have even succeeded in developing a plan, which includes the possibility of sharing everything we have learned during these years by providing consulting services,” foresees the manager.

Assistance with certifications and documents for local development

Monte Azuleffective learning to be shared

Education, health and culture: with these three basic ingredients of human dignity, since 1979 Associação Comunitária Monte Azul has been assisting close to five thousand families in the Campo Limpo district, in the southern region of the city of São Paulo. In 2013, the institution reviewed it legal status and, as some concerns arose by then, it asked PNA professionals for help.

Education,

HEALTH and Culture

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Community Outreach Investment

University of Chicago doors open to MBAs

Brazilians who dream of attending the Chicago Booth MBA program, but cannot afford it, now have more chances of achieving their dream. PNA has contributed towards realization of such dream by providing financial support to the Nelson P. Germanos Scholarship, which since 2008 offers access to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, one of the most prestigious institutions worldwide.

From 2010 to date, six Brazilians have been awarded this scholarship, which also benefits citizens of other nationalities, although giving preference to those born in Brazil. In addition to proving their personal skills, candidates must have an exemplary conduct with respect to ethics and principles, such as willingness to share knowledge and interest in different cultures.

This scholarship was created in the United States after the death of Nelson Pitaguari Germanos, a Brazilian who died in a car accident in 2005, only three years after having completed his MBA at this traditional institution. In 2012, a group of Chicago Booth former students, willing to increase the benefit, visited the PNA office in São Paulo to request legal advice for a fund-raising campaign in Brazil.

The challenge consisted of complying with Brazilian legislation and banking rules while also securing the transparency of investment remittances made by more than one hundred donators to the United States, in consonance with current tax laws but in an optimized manner. All this without disregarding the governance rules of the University of Chicago.

“Without PNA’s solutions, the funds would have been subject to withholding income tax in Brazil, which would have reduced the benefit to scholarship recipients,” says Janet Ortega, a representative of the Global Advisory Board of Chicago Booth.

To achieve this goal, PNA lawyers helped in the execution of a partnership agreement between the university and Instituto Ling, an educational institute based in the city of Porto Alegre, State of Rio Grande do Sul. Instituto Ling became responsible for transferring the funds to Chicago, where an endowment was created to secure longevity to this generous initiative that pays homage to Germanos.

TAX ADVICE TO SECURE THE EDUCATION OF BRAZILIAN EXECUTIVES SUCH AS MARCELO MOURÃO SILVEIRA

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165,000A P P R O X I M A T E L Y

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

The last two years in figures

Areas at which our social investment was directed in 2012-2013

55,000 -PLUS

DIRECT BENEFICIARIES

421BOOKS AND MAGAZINES DONATED TO CIP – LAR DAS CRIANÇAS

22 BENEFICIARY INSTITUTIONS

ACTIONS COVERING 4 BRAZILIAN STATESAND THE FEDERAL DISTRICT

DEFENSE OF RIGHTS

SUPPORT TO THIRD-SECTOR

MANAGEMENT

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

PREPARATION OF YOUNGSTERS FOR WORKPLACE INCLUSION AND CITIZENSHIP

SPORTS AND LEISURE

ENVIRONMENT

SOCI

AL

WEL

FARE

HEALTHARTS AND CULTURE

EDUCATION

28SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

PRO BONO SERVICES TO

7MILLIONIN THE TWO-YEAR PERIOD, IN CASH OR VIA TAX INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Investments at circa R$

1,693 DURING WINTER ITEMS DONATED

CAMPAIGNS CLOTHES’

2120 Community Outreach Investment

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Renovation at Acaji (Associação à Criança, ao Adolescente e Jovem do Icaraí)

Paint roll, paint can, burlap rag, hammer, screwdriver and an enormous determination to renovate a space where low-income children and youngsters may gather. Thus equipped, 70 persons — including PNA employees, their spouses and children — went on a Saturday in September to Associação à Criança, ao Adolescente e Jovem do Icaraí - Acaji, in the Capela do Socorro district, in the southern region of the city of São Paulo.

The year was 2013 and the group joined in the renovation spirit of the spring that was coming. This joint effort resulted in new paint jobs inside and outside the Acaji facilities and in general repairs. At the same time, another part of the team entertained 40 children with storytelling, workshops and playing. The gathering ended with snacks and a musical recital of the small children.

PNA invited construction company Construtora Compasso, which is renovating its office in São Paulo, to participate in this initiative. The company donated paint kits for the volunteer work and made repairs for another 15 days, including bathrooms, cafeteria, kitchen and classrooms. “The clean tiled environment became more pleasant. And the aesthetic impact and improved lighting in the classrooms also contribute to learning,” says engineer Robson Gomes, a partner in Compasso.

Acaji had been suggested by Ação Comunitária, of which it is a partner since 1997 in the application of the programs Primeiras Letras, for kids between 4 and 6 years of age, and Crê-Ser, for kids between 7 and 14 years of age. With its office located in a low-income area, the association seeks to keep kids busy during the period they are not in school. Today, the association offers activities to around 170 beneficiaries.

Education and new generationsat the top of the priority list

The R$ 7 million investments made in the 2012-2013 period continued to focus primarily on education and were mostly earmarked for low-income children and youngsters in outer suburbs. The decisions and follow-up on the allocation of funds are made by partners, associates and employees from the administrative and financial areas, in a Social Responsibility Committee and a Social Responsibility Advisory Board, who talk to each other and follow clear precepts for charity actions.

This understanding permeates not only the allocation of direct cash funds but also the use of tax incentives, the organization of volunteer actions, and the adhesion to campaigns. As a result, at least 55 thousand persons related to 22 social welfare organizations benefit directly from this initiative. Another 165 thousand persons also benefit indirectly from this effort.

The amounts in cash (from the cash account or tax waivers) reinforce the work of entities that operate at the other end, offering every day to the more vulnerable population education, health treatment, shelter, culture and sports: in brief, a project for the future. Most initiatives take place in the State of São Paulo, particularly in the city of São Paulo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in the Federal District and in municipalities in the interior of the states of Pernambuco and Santa Catarina.

The gamut of volunteer activities is open to all those who wish to donate their availability, talent and time. Regardless of the position they hold, when they engage in these activities they form an army of goodness that faces all kinds of battle heads on: volunteer labor for renovations and paint jobs, handing out of toys to children and adolescents, talks on legal subjects to low-income families, simulation of selection processes for entry of youngsters in the market, in addition to adhesion to campaigns for donation of money, clothes and books. These challenges are described in summary form on the next pages.

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Simulationby Ação Comunitária of the selection process for youngsters

An interview may be a decisive factor when it comes to finding a job. The more so if the candidate is just beginning his professional life. To assist youngsters in improving their performance at job interviews, Ação Comunitária created a Selection Process Simulation within its Job Preparation Program. PNA, an important historic investor in this NGO, continues to mobilize its members to participate in this task.

On November 23, 2012, 10 PNA volunteers from its São Paulo office conducted an interview simulation for 20 youngsters assisted by the Vila Arco-Íris Homeowners Association - Amai, which operates in the Jardim Lucélia neighborhood, Grajaú district, in the southern region of the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, and is a partner of Ação Comunitária in the application of the program. This was the third time the initiative took place at the firm’s office.

At the time, the team applied knowledge tests to candidates and talked with them and with Amai educators about the major issues involved in looking for a first job. Showing a clear interest in learning and presenting an objective and organized résumé were among the tips given to youngsters.

Talksat Lar das Crianças, Saúde Criança São Paulo and GIFE

To talk about his area of knowledge is something natural for a legal professional. A simple and casual talk may dispel doubts that are essential for a citizen who has few opportunities or even for a specialist from another area. For this reason, information about fundamental rights and access to the Judiciary was the centerpiece of the talk Entenda seus Direitos, given to 25 families at Lar das Crianças, in the Alto da Boa Vista district, in the southern region of the city of São Paulo, on August 3, 2013. To allow more persons to participate, other volunteers entertained the participants’ children during the meeting.

“The legal support given to families was very useful, as they, with their suffered life stories, were able to envisage hope in difficult situations,” says Eve Pekelman, in charge of Institutional Development at CIP (the São Paulo Jewish Congregation), which manages Lar das Crianças. Since 1937, the entity provides educational activities, meals and medical care to children; it currently attends to around 400 children every day.

In October 2013, PNA, as part of its pro bono legal work (see page 15), held seven talks at the main office of Associação Saúde Criança São Paulo, in the Santa Cecília district, in the central area of the city of São Paulo. Because it assists the families of sick children, this NGO usually sponsors debates on citizenship. Between 15 and 20 mothers and fathers took part in each one-hour round of conversation with specialists of the firm.

Still in 2013, PNA accepted the invitation of the Group of Foundations, Institutes and Companies – GIFE (of which PNA is the first law firm member) to give a talk to representatives of the largest community outreach investors in Brazil. The agenda addressed subjects such as the National Oncological Care Support Program - Pronon and the National Program for Support to Health Care for the Disabled - Pronas/PCD and federal tax incentive mechanisms created in 2012.

VOLUNTEER LAWYERS VISIT SOCIAL WELFARE INSTITUTIONS AND

PROMOTE WORKSHOPS TO GIVE THEIR LEGAL CONTRIBUTION

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CASHACCOUNT

2012

2013

TOTAL

R$ 1,056,210.00

R$ 1,029,708.00

R$ 2,085,918.00

. discussions

. efficient intervention proposals

. engagement of the São Paulo state public authorities

. Sabesp

. Public Attorney’s Office

. São Paulo State Energy Office

. technical project for future cleanup of the Guarapiranga canal

. revitalization strategies

. cleanup method tests

. public disclosures

. Advocacy

- RIO DE JANEIRO

720 students in 2012

706 students in 2013

had access, at E.E. Prof. Ernesto Faria, to the Computer Lab and Reading Room equipped by PNA, and received support classes to prepare for university admission tests and for the National Secondary School Exam (ENEM).

ASSOCIAÇÃO PARCEIROS DA EDUCAÇÃO -

Greenbelt stretching 2 km along the Pinheiros river banks

PROJETO POMAR URBANO

355 youngsters and adults in 2012

267 individuals in 2013

took part in adult literacy programs in Manari (PE). PN has invested in Alfasol for a decade.

(ALFASOL) ASSOCIAÇÃO ALFABETIZAÇÃO SOLIDÁRIA

ASSOCIAÇÃO ÁGUAS CLARAS DO RIO PINHEIROS

Direct investmentsIn the 2012-2013 period, PNA invested around R$ 2.08 million in cash (see investment statements on page 32) to support different social welfare projects. Most of the funds went to initiatives in education and the environment, as illustrated below.

a playful and

fraternal Christmas with children at Mocaph

A morning full of playing, workshops, games, snacks, cake and presents given by a volunteer donning a Santa Claus costume marked the traditional Christmas Party at the Community Movement for Human Promotion and Welfare - Mocaph, offered every year by PNA and held on December 15, 2012 by 50 volunteers of the firm and their families.

Children between 4 and 12 years of age who are offered regular education or education outside school hours, in Itapecerica da Serra, in the Greater São Paulo – a region with very few options in terms of education and leisure –, took part in recreation activities coordinated by monitors from the firm and were given dolls, cars and construction toys.

Pink OctoberThe firm’s office building in São Paulo was lighted during Pink October in 2013, in adhesion to the worldwide movement on the importance of prevention and early detection of breast cancer to increase the chances of cure.

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PNA is one of the founding members and its largest corporate sponsor.

With the Academia de Jovens Líderes project supported via Fumcad in 2013,

PNA bolstered the work of such NGO, via Rouanet Law, in organizing the Tucca series of international concerts. Further, the works with the pediatric oncology area at Hospital Santa Marcelina (Itaquera district, São Paulo) resulted in the following during this two-year period:

1,540 children and adolescents received assistance;

543 of them were new cases;

12,700 appointments were held;

17,400 chemo sessions were offered.

Values such as discipline, hierarchy, respect, healthful sports practice and citizenship are taught to low-in-come children through rugby. PNA’s legal and financial support (under the Sports Law) in 2013 has resulted in:

200 athletes being formed in several categories;

300 children attending the São Paulo Festival of Children in Rugby;

1,500 students from public schools enjoying rugby sports clinics.

2012

2013

TOTAL

R$ 2,035,000.00

R$ 2,790,000.00

R$ 4,825,000.00

CONTRIBUTION UNDER TAX INCENTIVE LAWS

and managers received training on the formation of new young leaders who could transform their lives and community, targeted at 25 partners of this NGO located on the outskirts of the southern region in São Paulo (SP).

4 thousand children and adolescents

linked to 19 organizations,

96 social educators,

44 community leaders

(São Paulo Saracens Bandeirantes)

AÇÃOCOMUNITÁRIA

TUCCA Associação para Crianças e Adolescentes com Câncer

BANDEIRANTESRUGBY CLUB

Social and Environmental Responsibility

Investments under incentive programsIn the 2012-2013 period, PNA channeled around R$ 4.82 million into projects under tax incentive laws (see investment statements on page 32). Most of these funds went into social and cultural initiatives supported by the Municipal Children and Adolescent Rights Fund - Fumcad, the Sports Incentive Law, and the Rouanet Law. Some of this result is shown below.

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Resources guaranteedfor future generations

PNA was the first law firm in Brazil to offset its greenhouse gas emissions in 2007. In 2013 PNA started developing an internal emission management system expected to be in operation by the end of 2014. With this system, PNA will make its own inventory, measure its monthly emissions, and track its total annual emissions by means of a practical and fast procedure, while establishing reduction targets.

Planting 27.7 thousand seedlings over a reforestation area in Alto Vale do Itajaí, State of Santa Catarina, offset the emission of greenhouse gases by PNA offices between 2011 and 2013.

In February 2013, the São Paulo office pursued its LEED Certification process as an important step toward implementing the best international practices in the use of natural resources, to achieve not only cost savings, but also site sustainability.

The São Paulo office has saved 250 m3 of water per month by installing water-saving faucets and redesigning routine services such as washing of garages and façades.

Besides, the São Paulo office attained a 20% energy saving target by installing electrical equipment that turns off automatically and by transferring the Data Processing Center (DPC) to a Data Center in a neighbor municipality.

PNA reduced its prints by 8.25% from 2012 to 2013 (from 922 thousand to 846 thousand prints per month), despite an ever increasing business volume, by encouraging use and sharing of scanned documents. Paper has been recycled in the three PNA offices. At the same time, the São Paulo office has been recycling glass and plastic.

O time em númerOsAt the end of 2013, PNA had 757 members, being:

248 lawyers;

78 partners;

18 young apprentices.

PNA WAS GIVEN THE SÃO PAULO STATE GOVERNMENT DIVERSITY SEAL,AWARDED TO ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE AN INCLUSIVE LABOR MARKET

Corporate universityan impulse towards diversity

To strengthen its human resources area, at the end of 2013 PNA had 13 in-house committees, which resolved on institutional matters, recruiting, professional development, diversity and gender, among other themes. One of the main results of this care was the Pinheiro Neto Professional Development School, which was shaped in January 2012. The model, devised by the Professional Development Committee in partnership with Saint Paul Escola de Negócios, offers free classes at the São Paulo office with professors from the Getulio Vargas Foundation - FGV, Dom Cabral Foundation and Insper. Each year, 428 professionals were trained in business, legal subjects and interpersonal relationships. All of them were given a certificate.

It is also important to mention the Diversity Committee’s activities, aimed at making the firm more inclusive and egalitarian. Communication actions (website, bulletin, photography contest and secret consultation, which had the adhesion of 49.5% of PNA members) guided the enhancement of PNA’s diversity policy. The Women Committee offered coaching to women partners and senior associates, a talk about career for women lawyers of PNA and outside the firm, and legal assistance in the organization of Women Professional Network SP. The mentoring program was elected the best in Latin America at the Americas Women In Business Law Awards 2013, an award given by the Euromoney Legal Media Group.

The firm continues to encourage sports and health care, in addition to supporting post-graduation, MBAs and master programs in Brazil (an average of 50 lawyers per year) and in other countries (an average of 10 lawyers per year).

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CASH INVESTMENTS AMOUNT (R$)

Associação à Criança, ao Adolescente e Jovem do Icaraí – Volunteer food action 2,237

Ação Comunitária – Crê-Ser, Primeiras Letras e Família Programs: Participação Cidadã 94,824

Ação Comunitária – 8º Torneio de Golfe da Ação Comunitária Bradesco Private Bank 3,000

Associação Águas Claras do Rio Pinheiros – Upkeep 127,200

Associação Alfabetização Solidária – Projeto Alfabetização Inicial 100,000

Associação Parceiros da Educação - Rio de Janeiro – Upkeep and project at Escola Estadual Prof. Ernesto Faria

208,678

Bravo Consultoria – Planting of seedlings to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions 90,000

Campanha McDia Feliz – Purchase of sandwich coupons to help stores raise funds to fight cancer

10,330

Casa de Apoio da Pastoral da Saúde da Granja Viana – Basic Protection Programs 60,000

Centro Acadêmico XI Agosto of the São Paulo University School of Law – XI de Agosto Legal Department – Upkeep

60,000

Centro Acadêmico 22 de Agosto of the São Paulo Catholic University – Upkeep 25,000

Congregação Israelita Paulista - Lar das Crianças – Donation of kitchen items and clothes 200

Group of Institutions, Foundations and Companies – Annual membership fees 8,954

Instituto Pro Bono – Upkeep 61,200

Liga Solidária – Donation of kitchen items 500

Mocaph – Payment of DARF 41,008

Mocaph – Chocolates and gifts for Easter, Children’s Day and Christmas 7,332

Projeto Pomar Urbano – Upkeep of lawns on the banks of the Pinheiros River 76,324

Sociedade Cristã Maria e Jesus - Nosso Lar – Projeto de Estimulação Precoce 35,200

Unesco – Acquisition of notebook cases handed out at the 19th National Meeting of the Associated School Program

7,500

United Way Brasil – Upkeep 10,222

ToTal 1,029,708

INVESTMENT UNDER TAX LAW INCENTIVES AMOUNT (R$)

Ação Comunitária – Projeto Conexão Jovem (Fumcad) 235,000

Ação Comunitária – Projeto Som, Ritmo e Movimento (Rouanet Law) 780,000

Associação Amigos do Projeto Guri – Projeto Educação Musical e Desenvolvimento Humano (Rouanet Law)

200,000

Bandeirantes Rugby Club – Projeto Bandeirantes Rugby Club (Sports Law) 465,000

Congregação Israelita Paulista - Lar das Crianças – Projeto Crescer para a Vida (Fumcad) 89,000

Instituto Verdescola – Projeto VerdeFestival (Rouanet Law) 100,000

Liga Solidária – Projeto Refazendo Vínculos (Fumcad) 85,000

Moradia Associação Civil - Casas Taiguara – Projeto Casa Taiguara de Cultura Digital (Fumcad) 56,000

Tucca - Associação para Crianças e Adolescentes com Câncer – Projeto Série Tucca de Concertos Internacionais (Rouanet Law)

780,000

ToTal 2,790,000

GRaND ToTal IN 2013

3,819,708

2013

CASH INVESTMENTS AMOUNT (R$)

Ação Comunitária – Crê-Ser, Primeiras Letras e Cultura e Lazer Programs 89,472

Associação Águas Claras do Rio Pinheiros – Upkeep 105,200

Associação Alfabetização Solidária – Projeto Alfabetização Inicial 90,000

Associação Parceiros da Educação - Rio de Janeiro – Upkeep and project at Escola Estadual Prof. Ernesto Faria

243,274

Bravo Consultoria – Planting of seedlings to neutralize greenhouse gas emissions 90,000

Campanha McDia Feliz – Purchase of sandwich coupons to help stores raise funds to fight cancer

10,250

Casa de Apoio da Pastoral da Saúde da Granja Viana – Basic Protection Programs 60,000

Centro Acadêmico XI Agosto of the São Paulo University School of Law – XI de Agosto Legal Department – Upkeep

60,000

Group of Institutions, Foundations and Companies – Annual membership fees 8,358

Instituto Pro Bono – Upkeep 61,200

Liga Solidária – Espetáculo Bibi – Histórias e Canções 5,000

Mocaph – Payment of DARF 42,202

Mocaph – Chocolates and gifts for Easter, Children’s Day and Christmas 13,172

Projeto Pomar Urbano – Upkeep of lawns on the banks of the Pinheiros River 72,419

Projeto Pomar Urbano – Eucalyptus fencing in the area maintained by the firm 60,340

Sociedade Cristã Maria e Jesus - Nosso Lar – Projeto de Estimulação Precoce 35,100

United Way Brasil – Upkeep 10,222

ToTal 1,056,210

INVESTMENTS UNDER TAX LAW INCENTIVES AMOUNT (R$)

Ação Comunitária – Projeto Academia de Jovens Líderes (Fumcad) 210,000

Ação Comunitária – Projeto Som, Ritmo e Movimento (Rouanet Law) 720,000

Associação Amigos do Projeto Guri – Projeto Educação Musical e Desenvolvimento Humano (Rouanet Law)

180,000

Congregação Israelita Paulista - Lar das Crianças – Projeto Crescer para a Vida (Fumcad) 80,000

Liga Solidária – Projeto Nutrir e Acolher (Fumcad) 75,000

Moradia Associação Civil - Casas Taiguara – Projeto Casa Taiguara de Cultura Digital (Fumcad) 50,000

Tucca - Associação para Crianças e Adolescentes com Câncer – Projeto Série Tucca de Concertos Internacionais (Rouanet Law)

720,000

ToTal 2,035,000

GRaND ToTal IN 2012

3,091,210

2012

Investment Statements

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The pulp used in the manufacture of the paper stock in this publication comes from certified forest areas and otherrenewable sources, in compliance with strict social, environmental and economic stewardship criteria.

The 2012-2013 Outreach Report was composed with Cronos MM and Kings Caslon typefaces, and printed on Alta Alvura120 g/m2 (book block) and Markatto Concetto Bianco 320 g/m2 (cover) paper stock, by Tom Artes Gráficas, in September 2014.

CreditsConcept and coordination Pinheiro Neto Advogados Social Responsibility Committee Sérgio Pinheiro Marçal – litigation partner José Carlos Junqueira S. Meirelles – corporate partner Marcelo Roncaglia – tax partner Rodrigo Persone P. Camargo – litigation partner

Support Maria do Rosário Perez Vilas – Social Responsibility Committee assistant Odair Marangoni – controller

Social Responsibility Advisory Board Augusto Guizelini Ferreira da Silva – corporate trainee Bianca Municelli Espindola – Training Committee member Camila Martino Parise – litigation associate Carla Cavalheiro – litigation associate Lisa Shayo Worcman – tax associate Maria Christina M. Gueorguiev – environmental litigation associate Maria do Rosário Perez Vilas – Social Responsibility Committee assistant Mariana Gracioso Barbosa – environmental litigation associate Marília Maia Beserra Crivelaro – environmental litigation associate Martina Zajakoff – corporate associate Odair Marangoni – controller Renata Ginatário – member of the translations department Ricardo Dalmaso Marques – litigation associate Rodrigo Scatambulo de Lima – Institutional Affairs Committee member

Acknowledgements Camila Spadoni Mahfuz Cristhiane Regina Lourenço Maluly Gabriele Costa B. Garcia Nady Dequech Marli G. Simionato Borges

Research, drafting, editing and editorial production P&B Comunicação

Graphic design, image treatment and layout Oz Estratégia+Design

Photographs Amani Institute Files Ary Diesendruck Augusto Jr. Gabriela D’Andrea (photographer of the 2012 Christmas party at Mocaph) Gabriele Costa B. Garcia Marina Cavalheiro (photographer of the 2013 volunteer action at Acaji) Shutterstock Wilf Whitty

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