SAO PAULO, Brazil, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The managements of
PERDIGAO S.A. ('PERDIGAO' -- Bovespa: PRGA3; NYSE: PDA) and SADIA S.A.
('SADIA' -- Bovespa: SDIA3 e SDIA4; NYSE: SDA; LATIBEX: XSDI; SADIA and
PERDIGAO, jointly, denominated the 'Companies'), pursuant to CVM Instruction
358/02, wish to notify the market at large that the conditions for
implementing the Association Agreement mentioned in the Material Fact
published on May 19, 2009 have been complied with, namely: (i) the adhesion of
the signatory shareholders pursuant to the vote of PERDIGAO; (ii) the adhesion
of the shareholders of SADIA representing more than 51% (fifty-one percent) of
common shares issued by SADIA, and (iii) the indication to PERDIGAO of the
group of shareholders of SADIA which shall commit to acquire, either directly
or indirectly, the shares issued by Concordia Holding Financeira S.A.
The implementation of the corporate events contained in the Material Fact
of May 19, 2009 with a view to the association of PERDIGAO and SADIA,
continues contingent on the authorization of the antitrust bodies of
jurisdictions in which the said legal requirement is necessary. Further
information on the association, required pursuant to CVM Instruction 319/99,
shall be included in a new material fact to be published in due course.
Leopoldo Viriato Saboya
CFO and Investor Relations
Officer
PERDIGAO S.A.
Jose Luis Magalhaes Salazar
CFO and Investor Relations
Officer
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 Perdigao S.A. ('Perdigao' 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 Perdigao for common
shareholders of Sadia regarding the association because they will contain
important information. Perdigao 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 Perdigao. 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 Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios
(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.
SOURCE PERDIGAO S.A.