INVESTOR RELATIONS
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
MARFRIG GLOBAL FOODS S.A.
PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY
Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ/MF): 03.853.896/0001-40
State Registry (NIRE): 35.216.957.541
MARFRIG GLOBAL FOODS S.A. (“Company”), pursuant to Article 157, Paragraph 4 of
Federal Law 6,404/76 and Instruction 358/2002 issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission of Brazil (“CVM”), in response to Official Letter 174/2015/CVM/SEP/GEA-2 sent
by CVM on May 11, 2015, requesting clarifications on the contents of the article published in
the newspaper Valor Econômico on May 11, 2015, entitled “Marfrig avança em IPO da Moy
Park” [Marfrig going ahead with Moy Park IPO] (Appendix I), hereby announces to its
shareholders and the market in general that the information in the article regarding a possible
IPO, between September and October, of the Company’s subsidiary in the United Kingdom,
Moy Park, has been announced by the Company since the publication, on March 9, 2014, of
the Earnings Release discussing the results of fiscal year 2013 (page 23), and has been
discussed in Public Meetings with Analysts held in November 2014 (page 74), March 2015
(page 22) and in the notice to the market of March 31, 2015, in response to Official Letter
121/2015/CVM/SEP/GEA-2. Any initial public offering on a foreign stock exchange is subject
to market conditions.
Marfrig reaffirms its full commitment to the “Focus to Win” plan, which is aimed at improving
free cash flows and the consequent financial deleveraging over the coming years.
Finally, the Company informs that it will keep the market duly informed of any fact or event that
could be construed as material in accordance with CVM Instruction 358/2002.
São Paulo, March 15, 2015.
Marcelo Di Lorenzo
Investor Relations Officer
IR CONTACTS
Av. Chedid Jafet, 222 Bloco A - 5º andar - Vila Olímpia - São Paulo - SP – CEP: 04551-065
Tel: (11) 3792-8994
www.marfrig.com.br/ri
e-mail: [email protected]
INVESTOR RELATIONS
(Appendix I)
Official Letter 174/2015/CVM/SEP/GEA-2
Rio de Janeiro, May 11, 2015.
To Mr.
MARCELO DI LORENZO
Investor Relations Officer of
MARFRIG GLOBAL FOODS S.A.
Av. Chedid Jafet, 222, bloco A, 5º andar – Vila Olímpia
São Paulo – SP
CEP: 04551-065
Tel.: (11) 3792-8600 Fax: (11) 3792-8600
E-mail: [email protected]
Subject: Request for clarifications
Dear Sir,
1.
With regard to the article published in the newspaper Valor Econômico on May
11, 2015, entitled “Marfrig avança em IPO da Moy Park” [Marfrig going ahead with Moy Park
IPO], particularly the excerpt transcribed below:
Marfrig going ahead with Moy Park IPO
By Luiz Henrique Mendes | From São Paulo
“A little over a year after revealing its plans to take one of its foreign subsidiaries public,
Marfrig Global Foods has taken a step further in its timetable for the IPO of Ireland-based
Moy Park, the UK’s second largest chicken producer, on the London stock exchange. The
company plans to hold the IPO between September and October.
“We are in the preparation stage. The goal is to go public between September and
October,” said the company’s strategic planning vice-president and investor relations
officer, Marcelo Di Lorenzo, on Friday. According to him, Moy Park has already hired
banks to lead the operation, though actual holding of the IPO is subject to market
conditions.”
2.
In this regard, we request you to confirm the veracity of the statements made in
the article and, if yes, explain why you believed it was not a Material Fact under CVM
Instruction 358/2002.
3.
Your response must include a copy of this Official Letter and be submitted
through the IPE System, in the category “Notice to the Market”, type “Clarifications to
CVM/BOVESPA queries”.
IR CONTACTS
Av. Chedid Jafet, 222 Bloco A - 5º andar - Vila Olímpia - São Paulo - SP – CEP: 04551-065
Tel: (11) 3792-8994
www.marfrig.com.br/ri
e-mail: [email protected]
INVESTOR RELATIONS
4.
Note that, pursuant to Article 3 of CVM Instruction 358/2002, the Investor
Relations Officer is responsible for disclosing and informing the CVM and, if applicable, the
stock exchange and the over-the-counter market where the securities issued by the company
are traded, of any material fact or event that occurred or is related to the business of the
company, and ensure its broad and immediate dissemination simultaneously in all the markets
where said securities have been admitted for trading. We further remind of the requirements
under the Sole Paragraph, Article 4 of CVM Instruction 358/02 to inquire managers and
controlling shareholders of the Company to ascertain if they are aware of any information that
should have been disclosed to the market.
5.
Note that, for all due purposes, the Superintendent of Company Relations, in the
exercise of powers granted by law and based on item II, Article 9 of Federal Law 6,385/1976
and Articles 7 and 9 of CVM Instruction 452/2007, may determine a fine of one thousand reais
(R$ 1,000.00), without prejudice to other administrative sanctions, if this letter, which has also
been sent by fax and email, is not responded to within one (1) business day.
Sincerely,
GUILHERME ROCHA LOPES
Acting Manager - Company Oversight
Department 2
FERNANDO SOARES VIEIRA
Superintendent of Company Relations
IR CONTACTS
Av. Chedid Jafet, 222 Bloco A - 5º andar - Vila Olímpia - São Paulo - SP – CEP: 04551-065
Tel: (11) 3792-8994
www.marfrig.com.br/ri
e-mail: [email protected]