SAO PAULO, May 22 (Reuters) - An early count of JBS

shareholder votes released on Thursday showed a slim

majority opposed to the Brazilian meatpacker's proposal to list

shares in the United States.

In a securities filing, the company released a voting

bulletin showing about 52% of votes so far opposed the plan to

delist shares from the Sao Paulo stock exchange in order to

create a dual US-Brazil listing via a Netherlands-based entity.

The filing showed some 271 million votes against the

proposal, compared to 246 million votes in favor and over 3

million abstentions.