BRAZILIAN SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (CVM) Publicly-held Corporation REFERENCE FORM 2012 v15 Base date: December 31, 2011 Pursuant to Annex 24 of CVM Instruction nº 480, of December 7, 2009 (CVM Instruction 480) Identification MRV Engenharia e Participações S.A., a publicly-held corporation, enrolled with CNPJ/MF under n° 08.343.492/0001-20, with its articles of incorporation duly filed with the Board of Trade of the State Minas Gerais (―JUCEMG‖) under NIRE 31.300.023.907, registered as a publicly-held corporation with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (―CVM‖) under nº 02091-5 (―Company‖ or ―MRV Engenharia‖). Head Office The Company‘s head office is located at Avenida Raja Gabaglia, nº 2720, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. Investor Relations Department The Company‘s investor relations department is located in our head office. The Investor Relations Officer is Mr. Leonardo Guimarães Corrêa. The telephone number of our investor relations department is (55**31) 3348-7150 and our facsimile number is (55**31) 3348-7155 and our e-mail is: [email protected]. Company‘s Independent Auditors Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes, located at Rua Paraíba, 1122 – 20º e 21º, Funcionários, Belo Horizonte – MG, CEP 30130-141, telephone number (55**31) 3269-7400. Custodian Institution Banco Bradesco S.A. Securities Issues Shares listed on the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA S.A. – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (―BM&FBOVESPA‖) under the symbol ―MRVE3‖. Newspapers where the Company The publications, by operation of Law Lei nº 6,404, of December 15, 1976, as discloses Information amended (―Brazilian Corporate Law‖), are disclosed in the Official Gazette of the State of Minas Gerais and in the ―Jornal da Tarde‖ and ―Hoje em Dia‖ newspapers. Website www.mrv.com.br. The information contained on the Company‘s website is not an integral part hereof. Shareholders‘ Service The service to the shareholders is carried out by the Company, in its head office, through the telephone number and e-mail indicated above, and by Banco Bradesco S.A., which head office is located at Avenida Yara, s/n, Cidade de Deus, Osasco, SP. The telephone number and e-mail of the shareholders‘ department of Banco Bradesco S.A. is (0xx11) 3684-3749 and [email protected] , respectively. Reference Form 2012 v15 last update: July 30, 2012 Table of Contents Identification of the persons in charge of the Form’s content ................................................................................................. 6 Identification ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Auditors ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1. In relation to the independent auditors ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 2.2. Inform total amount of compensation paid to independent auditors in the last fiscal year, by describing the fees relating to audit services and those relating to any other services rendered .................................................................................................................................... 8 2.3. Other material information ....................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Selected Financial Information .................................................................................................................................................... 9 3.1. Selected financial information .................................................................................................................................................................. 9 3.2. a) Non-accounting measurements and b) Reconciliations of the disclosed values with the values in the audited financial statements ..... 9 3.3. Subsequent events in the last year-end financial statements which substantially changes such financial statements .............................. 9 3.4. Policy for allocation of net income for the three last fiscal years ............................................................................................................. 10 3.5. Summary of distributions of dividends and retention of profits ................................................................................................................ 10 3.6. Dividends recorded in the retained profit reserve or prior years' reserves .............................................................................................. 10 3.7. Indebtedness level................................................................................................................................................................................. 11 3.8. Our obligations by nature and maturity date........................................................................................................................................... 11 3.9. Other material Information ..................................................................................................................................................................... 11 Risk Factors ................................................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.1. Risk factors that may affect the decision to invest in securities issued by us .......................................................................................... 12 4.2. Estimates of reduction or increase in the exposure to material risks ...................................................................................................... 16 4.3. Legal, administrative and arbitration proceedings to which we and our subsidiaries are parties are material to our business and are not subject to confidentiality obligation ......................................................................................................................................................... 16 4.4. Legal, administrative and arbitration proceedings to which we and our subsidiaries are parties, are not subject to confidentiality obligation and which adverse parties are managers or former managers, controlling shareholders or former controlling shareholders or investors of the issuer or the issuer‘s controlling shareholders ............................................................................................................... 17 4.5. Impacts in the event of loss and amounts involved in material confidential proceedings to which we or our subsidiaries are parties ...... 17 4.6. Repeated or related legal, administrative and arbitration proceedings, based on similar legal facts and causes of action, to which we or our subsidiaries are parties, are not subject to confidentiality obligation and are jointly material to our business .................................... 18 4.7. Other material contingencies ................................................................................................................................................................. 18 4.8. Information on the rules of the country of origin of the foreign issuer and rules applicable in the country where the securities issued by the foreign issuer are held in custody ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 Market Risks ................................................................................................................................................................................ 19 5.1. Market risks to which we are exposed, including with respect to foreign exchange and interest rate risks:............................................. 19 5.2. Our policy for management of market risks, purposes, strategies and instruments ................................................................................ 21 5.3. Significant changes in the main market risks or the risk management policy with respect to the last fiscal year ..................................... 22 5.4. Other material information ..................................................................................................................................................................... 22 History of the Issuer ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 6.1. Incorporation of the Company ................................................................................................................................................................ 23 6.2. Duration Period ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 6.3. Brief History of the Company ................................................................................................................................................................. 23 6.4. Date of registration with CVM ...............................................................................................................................................................