Company: SUZ
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-020368
Chunk: 140

Company: Suzano S.A.
Filing Date: 2025-04-28
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 8
Chunk 140
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 a court ruling is still uncertain and will depend on a loss and damage assessment process.

In 2015, the Company filed a civil lawsuit against a competitor who improperly and without authorization used a variety of eucalyptus protected by Fibria's intellectual property rights ( cultivar - VT02). The district court (Lower Court) granted an injunction prohibiting the cultivation and use of the biological asset by the competitor (injunction still in force) and also ordered the counterparty to pay compensation for material damages to be determined and calculated in a further judicial phase. The parties filed appeals to the State Court of Appeals (TJMS), which reversed the prior judgment denying our claims. The Company has filed a Motion to Clarify and is awaiting its judgment. In parallel, the defendant filed an lawsuit to annul the cultivar VT02 registration. Currently pending are: (a) the final judgment of the appeals and motion to clarify; (b) the conclusion of the calculation phase; and (c) the judgment of the lawsuit to annul the cultivar VT02 registration is pending

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Land Issues

In 2013 and 2015 the Company was subpoenaed for 02 (two) class actions (ação civil pública) filed by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office regarding real estate properties acquired by the Company in the northern part of the State of Espírito Santo. The Federal Prosecutor requested (a) the annulment of the deeds and public registrations, (b) compensation for moral damages supposedly caused by the Company and (c) the suspension of financing for Company´s operations and transactions in the municipalities of São Mateus and Conceição da Barra, both located in the state of Espírito Santo. A preliminary injunction was granted by the Lower Judged to block approximately (i) 6,000 hectares of Company´s assets in the 2013 public civil claim and (ii) approximately 5,601 hectares of Company´s properties located in the cities of São Mateus and Conceição da Barra and suspend any financing provided by BNDES for Company´s production or planting of eucalyptus pulp on the areas involved in such public civil claim.

In October 2021, the Federal Judge declared the nullity of disputed land titles and determined the return of these areas and respective properties rights to the State’s title. The Company has filed the appropriate appeals against the terms of such decisions before the Federal Court of Appeals, which are still pending judgment.

Since October 2006 until now, the