Hapvida announced on Thursday, April 9, that it will nominate Lucas Garrido to be the company’s Chief Financial Officer.
The executive will take the position held by Luccas Adib, who was nominated at the end of last year to be the company’s CEO. Garrido has been assisting the company since October 2025 in optimization and commercial review efforts. He was a Managing Director and Partner at Boston Consulting Group. Previously, he was a Co-portfolio Manager at Itaú Asset Management and has also worked at Singapore’s Sovereign Wealth Fund and GP Investimentos.
In a market statement, Hapvida said his main missions are to continue qualifying the company’s analytical and data pipeline in a more forward-looking way, integrating it into strategy formulation and capital allocation optimization. The goal is to ensure increasingly effective decision-making during a period of pronounced transformation.
Alongside Garrido, Hapvida announced several other appointments on Thursday. Felipe Nobre was named Vice President of Strategy, M&A and Investor Relations. Daniel Vidotti was appointed Vice President of Technology. These nominations will be submitted to the board of directors after the ordinary and extraordinary general meeting scheduled for April 30, 2026.
Construction company Cury released its operational preview for the first quarter of 2026 on the evening of Thursday, April 9. Net sales totaled 2.30 billion Brazilian reais for the period, a 9.5% increase compared to the first quarter of 2025 and a 48.1% rise compared to the fourth quarter of 2025.
Cury launched 10 projects in the first quarter with a total sales value of 2.646 billion reais, a 4.9% decrease from the same period last year. The transferred sales value was 1.33 billion reais, a 19.3% annual growth, involving 4,364 units, a 15.4% increase. The company reported positive operating cash generation of 93.4 million reais for the quarter.
The board of directors of Fertilizantes Heringer informed the market on Thursday, April 9, of the resignation of Gustavo Oubinha Barreiro from his roles as CEO and Vice President of the board. The board elected Daniil Bazdyrev to the position of CEO, with a unified term aligned with other board members until the ordinary general meeting in 2027. The board also elected Bazdyrev as its Vice President.
Daniil Bazdyrev has over 15 years of experience at multinational companies in the oil and gas, petrochemical, logistics, and distribution sectors in Europe and Brazil. He has served as Deputy CFO and Head of Corporate Economics and Planning, with a solid track record leading multidisciplinary teams. He has extensive experience in financial planning and analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and working with senior management.
The board of Grazziotin approved an increase in the company’s share capital, within the limit of its authorized capital, for a minimum amount of 25 million reais and a maximum of 50 million reais. This will be done through a private issuance of a minimum of 415,944 common shares and 569,472 preferred shares, and a maximum of 831,888 common shares and 1,138,944 preferred shares.
The capital increase will occur through the private subscription of new common and preferred shares at an issue price of 25.37 reais per share for both types. Starting April 15, 2026, the shares will be traded “ex” subscription rights. Payment for the new shares will be made in cash on May 14, 2026. The capital increase may be approved even if partially subscribed, provided at least 415,944 common shares and 569,472 preferred shares are taken, corresponding to a minimum increase of 25 million reais.
Direcional Engenharia released its operational preview for the first quarter of 2026 on Thursday evening. Net sales amounted to 1.6 billion reais, a 19% increase from the same quarter in 2025. Gross sales reached 1.9 billion reais in the quarter, a 29% growth compared to the first quarter of 2025.
The launched general sales value hit 1 billion reais in the first quarter, an amount 12% higher than the annual comparison. Direcional’s operating cash generation totaled 13 million reais in the first quarter of 2026.
Petrobras signed contracts with Petronas on Thursday, April 9, for the acquisition of a 50% stake in the Tartaruga Verde and Espadarte – Module III fields, located in the Campos Basin. Upon completion of the operation, Petrobras will again hold a 100% interest in the assets, remaining as the operator.
The completion is subject to fulfilling precedent conditions outlined in the purchase and sale agreement, including approval by Brazil’s National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels. The Tartaruga Verde field and Espadarte Module III are located in the southern portion of the Campos Basin, at water depths between approximately 700 and 1,620 meters. The assets are operated by Petrobras via the FPSO Cidade de Campos dos Goytacazes, with current production of about 55,000 barrels of oil per day.
The board of Banese approved on Thursday, April 9, a proposal from management for the payment of interest on equity capital related to the second quarter of 2026. The amount is 20 million reais. The gross value is 0.883952919 reais per common share and 0.972348211 reais per preferred share. After withholding 17.5% income tax at source, the net interest is 0.729261158 reais per common share and 0.802187274 reais per preferred share. Shareholders holding shares on April 14, 2026, are entitled to the payment. Shares will begin trading “ex” this interest on equity from April 15. The payment will be made on April 28, 2026.
Other companies are also making shareholder payments. Romi is paying interest on equity announced in September 2025 on Friday, April 10. The total gross amount is 16.7 million reais, with a gross value of 0.18 reais per share. The cutoff date was September 22, 2025. Totvs is paying interest on equity announced on March 20 on Friday, April 10. The amount is 0.18 reais per share for shareholders registered as of March 25, 2026. Porto is making payments on Friday, April 10, for interest on equity declared on March 25, 2025, June 23, 2025, September 22, 2025, and December 19, 2025, with various net values per share based on shareholder positions on the respective cutoff dates in 2025.
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