FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of April, 2015
Brazilian Distribution Company
(Translation of Registrant’s Name Into English)
Av. Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio,
3142 São Paulo, SP 01402-901
Brazil
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F)
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101 (b) (1)):
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101 (b) (7)):
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(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.)
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COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO
CNPJ/MF 47.508.411/0001-56
NIRE 35.300.089.901
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
INFORMATION ON THE news published by the Brazilian magazine Revista Época, APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN MEETING HELD ON APRIL 19, 2015
São Paulo, April 19th, 2015 ‐ Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição - CBD, in view of the news published by the edition 880 of the Brazilian magazine Revista Época, regarding payments allegedly made by Grupo Pão de Açúcar, in 2010, to the law firm of Márcio Thomaz Bastos, hereby informs the following:
(I) by the time of the news release the Board of Directors had no information on the existence of the payments mentioned therein, which would have happened before the acquisition of the Company's control by Casino, occurred in July, 2012;
(II) As a result, the Board of Directors met on the date hereof and unanimously resolved to request thed Audit Committee to initiate an investigation on (i) the supposed existence and the origin of the payments; should the payments have existed, (ii) the corresponding services related thereto; and (iii) the chain of approvals regarding such payments.
Once the analysis of the facts is finished, Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição will again inform the market, and if it is the case, the relevant authorities.
São Paulo, April 19th, 2015
Daniela Sabbag
Investor Relations Officer
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| COMPANHIA BRASILEIRA DE DISTRIBUIÇÃO | ||
| Date: April 20, 2015 | By: /s/ Ronaldo Iabrudi Name: Ronaldo Iabrudi Title: Chief Executive Officer | |
| By: /s/ Daniela Sabbag Name: Daniela Sabbag Title: Investor Relations Officer | ||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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