EXTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2021

1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: on October 14th, 2021, at 12:00 p.m., at the head offices of Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição ("Company"), at Avenida Brigadeiro Luís Antônio, No. 3.142, City and State of São Paulo.

2. CONDUCTION OF THE MEETING: Chairman: Mr. Arnaud Daniel Charles Walter Joachim Strasser; Secretary: Mrs. Aline Pacheco Pelucio.

3. CALL TO ORDER AND ATTENDANCE: The call was done pursuant to paragraphs first and second of article 14 of the Company's Bylaws and articles 7 and 8 of the Internal Regulation of the Company's Board of Directors. Were present all of the members of the Board of Directors, namely, Messrs. Arnaud Daniel Charles Walter Joachim Strasser, Jean-Charles Henri Naouri, Ronaldo Iabrudi dos Santos Pereira, Christophe Hidalgo, Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, Hervé Daudin, Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, Rafael Russowsky and Renan Bergmann.

4. AGENDA: Analysis and deliberation on the transaction involving the conversion of Extra Hiper stores operated by the Company into cash & carry, which will be operated by Sendas Distribuidora SA ("Assaí"), involving 71 (seventy-one) commercial points located in several federative units do Brasil ("Transaction"), to be formalized through the execution of (i) binding memorandum of understanding with Assaí, for the cession to Assaí, of commercial establishments operated by the Company under the Extra Hiper brand in properties owned and leased from third parties, as well as the respective lease agreements, which may also involve the acquisition by Assaí of certain equipment existing in the stores, with an estimated total price of the Transaction to be received by the Company of up to R$5,200,000,000.00 (five billion and two hundred million reais ) ("Total Price"), of which R$4,000,000,000.00 (four billion reais) shall be paid by Assaí to the Company, in installments, between December 2021 and January 2024 ("MoU Assaí"), and (ii) in the context of the Transaction and subject to its conclusion, memorandum of understanding with a real estate fund ("Fund"), with the intervention of Assaí, regulating the sale of 17 ( seventeen) properties owned by the Company, with an estimated sale price of R$1,200,000,000.00 (one billion and two hundred million reais), to be paid by the Fund to the Company, making up the Total Price of the Transaction ("MoU Fundo"), and if the purchase and sale commitments and/or the definitive documents relating to the sale of part or all of these properties are not entered into by December 29, 2021, Assaí or a third party appointed by it must acquire, by June 30, 2022, the properties not sold, subject to the price and other conditions provided for in the MoU Fundo.

5. RESOLUTION: Initiating the meeting, the members of the Board of Directors, Jean-Charles Henri Naouri, Ronaldo Iabrudi dos Santos Pereira and Christophe José Hidalgo, declare that they will abstain from any vote that may occur at this meeting, in view of their understanding that there is a conflict of interest due to the fact that they are also part of the Board of Directors of Sendas, having not participated in the presentations and discussions on the matters on the agenda. Also, Messrs. Arnaud Daniel Charles Walter Joachim Strasser, Hervé Daudin and Rafael Sirotsky Russowski, also declared that they will abstain from voting because they understand that there is a potential conflict of interest, as the Company and Sendas are controlled by Casino, with which have relationship. Immediately thereafter, the other directors declared that they understand that they are not in a position of conflict of interest with regard to the analysis of the matters covered by this meeting.

Then, the members of the Board of Directors were presented with presentations about the transaction by the financial institution hired to prepare the fairness opinion. The favorable recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee, pursuant to the Policy on Transactions with Related Parties, and of the Finance Committee, was also presented.

Thus, the members of the Board of Directors present and declared not to be conflicted, Messrs. Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves and Renan Bergmann, resolved, unanimously and without reservations, with Messrs. Jean-Charles Henri Naouri, Ronaldo Iabrudi dos Santos Pereira and Christophe José Hidalgo returned to the meeting, but abstaining from voting as stated at the beginning of the meeting, to approve the execution of the Transaction through the execution of the MoU Sendas and the MoU Fundo, with the Company's board of directors being authorized to take all measures for the negotiation of definitive contracts, whose final terms must be approved by the Board of Directors.

6. APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE OF THESE MINUTES: As there were no further matters to be addressed, the meeting was adjourned so that these minutes were drawn up. Then the meeting was resumed and these minutes were read and agreed to, having been undersigned by all attending persons. São Paulo, October 4th, 2021. Chairman: Mr. Arnaud Daniel Charles Walter Joachim Strasser; Secretary: Mrs. Aline Pacheco Pelucio. Members of the Board of Directors who were present: Messrs. Arnaud Daniel Charles Walter Joachim Strasser, Jean-Charles Henri Naouri, Ronaldo Iabrudi dos Santos Pereira, Christophe Hidalgo, Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, Hervé Daudin, Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves Rafael Russowsky and Renan Bergmann.

I hereby certify, for due purposes, that this is an extract of the minutes registered in the relevant corporate book, in accordance with Article 130, paragraph 3, of Law No. 6.404/76 as amended.

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Aline Pacheco Pelucio

Secretary

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