BRAZIL: B3 Announces New Trading Hours

Friday October 6 2023

On 3^rd October 2023, Brasil Bolsa Balco S.A. (B3) announced that due to the end of daylight-saving time in the United States on November 5^th, 2023 (Sunday), as of November 6^th, 2023 (Monday), the trading hours of the exchange market and organized over the counter (OTC) market that B3 operates will change, in separate timetables given in the annexes.

Annex I – Timetable effective as of November 6^th, 2023, for the derivatives market.

Annex II – Timetable effective as of November 6^th, 2023, for the equity market, except option exercise. Annex III – Timetable effective as of November 6^th, 2023, for equity options exercise.

It is important to note that in the timetables given in Annexes I and II there will be no change to the current trading hours for the structured transaction Forward Points on US Dollar Futures with positions opened on T0 (FUT FRP0); and there will be no after-market session in the equity market, except on days when there are option expirations in accordance with the timetable of Annex III.

The Price Report (BVBG.086) and Index Bulletin (BVBG.087) will be published at the approximate times shown below, except for the last publication of the BVBG.086 file and of the Simplified Price Reports (BVBG.186 and BVBG.187) on the expiration date for options on single stocks, units and ETFs, which will occur at approximately 8:15 p.m.

The files will be available at http://www.b3.com.br/en_us/ Market data and indices, Data Services, Market data, Historical data, Daily bulletins, Previous trading sessions.

The trading hours of the derivatives market contracts that have not been specified herein and for all fixed income contracts, with the exception of fixed income ETFs, on the expiration date for options on single stocks, units and ETFs, according to the timetable in Annex III, will remain unchanged.

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