Article: BRF - BRASIL FOODS S.A. Material Fact.

SAO PAULO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The management of BRF BRASIL FOODS S.A., formerly named Perdigao S.A. ("BRF" - Bovespa: PRGA3; NYSE: PDA) and SADIA S.A. ("SADIA" - Bovespa: SDIA3 and SDIA4; NYSE: SDA; LATIBEX: XSDI; and, together with BRF, the "Companies"), hereby announce that, under the terms of CVM Instruction no. 358/02, on August 18, 2009, special shareholder meetings of the Companies were duly called and held, and, among other matters, the Companies' shareholders approved the merger of SADIA's common and preferred shares by BRF, except for the shares held indirectly by BRF (the "Merger of Shares"), resulting in an increase of BRF's share capital in the ...

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