Notice to the Market – News published in the media
São Paulo, April 02, 2018 – ECORODOVIAS INFRAESTRUTURA E LOGÍSTICA S.A. (“Company” or “EcoRodovias”), with regard to the following news report published on the blog of journalist Fausto Macedo that was replicated in summary form on the date hereof on other digital media, including Bloomberg, clarifies the following:
I. The journalistic blog reported that the subsidiaries of Paraná Ecovia Caminho do Mar and Rodovias das Cataratas S.A. – Ecocataratas contracted, from 2009 to 2010, the engineering advisory firm Astenge Assessoria Técnica e Engenharia Ltda., at which Julio Cesar Astolphi, a former engineer of the São Paulo Department of Transportation (DER-SP), is listed as partner;
II. The subsidiaries in the state of Paraná Ecovia Caminho do Mar and Rodovias das Cataratas S.A. – Ecocataratas, the São Paulo State Delegated Transportation Public Services Regulatory Authority and the São Paulo Department of Transportation already have given their opinion on the contents of the news report;
III. Ecovia Caminho do Mar engaged said firm to conduct technical studies for engineering, improving and optimizing the existing infrastructure on Highway BR-277 in the state of Paraná, seeking to identify opportunities for integrating Highway BR-277 with the ports of Paranaguá and Pontal (integration of highway and port modes). Rodovias das Cataratas S.A. – Ecocataratas engaged said company to conduct a technical feasibility study of adequacy in terms of land and social and environmental aspects of the project to expand to four lands Highway BR-277 in the state of Paraná; and
IV. The Company will submit the matter to its audit, control and governance bodies for further examination.
Page of the journalistic blog: http://politica.estadao.com.br/blogs/fausto-macedo/planilhas-da-lava-jato-apontam-r-32-mi-de-concessionarias-de-rodovias-a-ex-assessor-do-der-sp/
The Company reaffirms its commitment to its obligations as a publicly held corporation listed on the Novo Mercado segment of B3, and will disclose all and any material information in accordance with the applicable law.
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