BTG PACTUAL PARTICIPATIONS, LTD.<\/strong>\u00a0(\u00abBTGP\u00bb or the \u00abCompany\u00bb), in accordance with CVM Instruction 358\/02, and further to the Material Fact press release issued by BTGP and by Banco BTG Pactual S.A. (\u00abBanco\u00bb), on February 14, 2017 and on August 4, 2017 (the \u00abMaterial Facts\u00bb), hereby informs their shareholders and the market in general, as follows:<\/p>\n The Company\u2019s Board of Directors called, on this date, a special shareholders\u2019 meeting to ratify, among other matters, (i) a change in the corporate name of the Company to PPLA Participations Ltd., in order to mitigate investor confusion regarding the BPAC11 units and BBTG12 units; and (ii) the reverse stock split of Class A shares and Class B shares issued by the Company (the \u00abReverse Stock Split\u00bb), as approved by the Company\u2019s Board of Directors\u2019 Meeting, held on August 4, 2017 (the \u00abShareholders\u2019 Meeting\u00bb). Starting from the next trading day following the Shareholders\u2019 Meeting, the units and the BDRs will be traded under new ticker symbols, already reflecting the new proportions provider for pursuant to the Reverse Stock Split.<\/p>\n The modification of the corporate name to be ratified on the Shareholders\u2019 Meeting occurs under the context of the segregation of units by the Company as well as of the approval of a new Board of Executive Officers that is distinct from Banco\u2019s Board of Executive Officers, as disclosed in the Material Fact press release issued on May 5, 2017. Additionally, the Company and Banco also ceased presenting combined Banco and BTGP financial statements, disclosing only (i) Banco\u2019s financial statements, and (ii) BTGP\u2019s financial statements, both separately and in accordance with their respective applicable accounting rules, in addition to beginning to disclose earnings releases in a segregated manner, and continuing to disclose their respective formul\u00e1rio de refer\u00eancia annual reports, as well as rolling out separate new \u00abInvestor Relations\u00bb websites<\/p>\n The Company also informs that is under discussions with Euronext, with the purpose of listing similar units, on the same ratio that of the shares issued by the Company.<\/p>\n For further information on the Reverse Stock Split – including with respect to the treatment of eventual fractions -, as approved by the Board of Directors of the Company, see the \u00abNotice to Shareholders\u00bb disclosed on this date.<\/p>\n S\u00e3o Paulo, August 7, 2017.<\/p>\n