Sadia was founded in 1944 and headquartered in Concórdia, Santa Catarina.
Sadia was a major Brazilian food and beverages company whose principal activities
included production, distribution, exporting and marketing of refrigerated and frozen
food products. It was Brazil’s main exporter of meat-based products. The Company
sold its products through retail shops and food service chains throughout Latin
America, the Middle East, Asia and Europe. 84 Sadia’s stocks traded on the
BM&FBovespa, the São Paulo Stock Exchange. In April 2001, it joined the Level 1
listing segment trading its common shares under the symbol “SDIA3” and