U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2009
Commission File Number 1-15184
SADIA S.A.
(Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)
N/A
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(Translation of Registrant's Name)
Rua Fortunato Ferraz, 659
Vila Anastacio, Sao Paulo, SP
05093-901 Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F [X] Form 40-F [ ]
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): [ ]
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): [ ]
Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes [ ] No [X]
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): Not applicable.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused the Report to be signed
on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: August 11, 2009
SADIA S.A.
By:/s/José Luís Magalhães Salazar
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Name: José Luís Magalhães Salazar
Title: Investor Relations Officer
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(current name of Perdigão S.A) |
Publicly-held company |
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MATERIAL FACT NOTICE
The managements of BRF – BRASIL FOODS S.A. (“BRF” – Bovespa: PRGA3; NYSE: PDA) and of SADIA S.A. (“SADIA” – Bovespa: SDIA3 and SDIA4; NYSE: SDA; LATIBEX: XSDI) inform that, as a result of the decision of the CVM’s Board of Commissioners of July 28, 2009 regarding impediments to a shareholder’s voting rights in the case of a company’s merger, BRF – BRASIL FOODS S.A. will abstain from voting, through its wholly owned subsidiary HFF Participações S.A., in SADIA’s extraordinary general meeting, which will be held on August 18, 2009, to decide on the merger of SADIA’s shares by BRF.
The shareholder approval required for the above-mentioned merger of shares will be shareholders representing 50% or more of SADIA’s common shares with voting rights, not considering the shares held, directly or indirectly, by BRF, controlling shareholder of SADIA.
Itajaí and Concórdia, August 10, 2009.
Leopoldo Viriato Saboya |
José Luís Magalhães Salazar |
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
BRF – Brasil Foods S.A |
SADIA S.A. |
Important Notice
This communication is not an offering document and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval.
Investors in American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of Sadia S.A. (“Sadia”) and U.S. holders of preferred shares of Sadia are urged to read the U.S. informational document regarding the association between Sadia and Perdigão S.A. (“Perdigão” and, together with Sadia, the “Companies”), when it becomes available, because it will contain important information.
U.S. holders of common shares of Sadia are urged to read any informational document or other materials prepared by Perdigão for common shareholders of Sadia regarding the association because they will contain important information. Perdigão expects to submit copies of these documents to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) when they are available, and investors and security holders may obtain free copies of these documents and other documents filed by the Companies with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. A copy of any informational documents prepared for holders of ADRs or U.S. holders of common or preferred shares of Sadia (when available) may also be obtained for free from Perdigão.
This communication contains forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts and are based on the current view and estimates of management of the Companies of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans” and similar expressions, as they relate to the Companies, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Statements regarding the structure and timing of any association between the Companies, business strategies, future synergies, future costs and future liquidity of the Companies, and pro forma results of operations and financial condition of the Companies are examples of forward-looking statements.
Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including economic and market conditions in Brazil and globally, conditions in the industry of the Companies, any regulatory actions relating to the association, the ability of the Companies to achieve projected synergies and the risk factors outlined by each of the Companies in their filings with the SEC and the Brazilian Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (CVM). There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur.
Any changes in the assumptions and factors on which these forward-looking statements are based could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.