Filing of Certain Prospectuses and Communications in Connection With Business Combination Transactions (425)
December 04 2020 - 9:06AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
Filed by Cosan S.A.
Pursuant to Rule 425 of the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended
Subject Company: Cosan Limited
Commission File Number: 1-33659
COSAN
S.A.
Publicly
Held Company
Corporate
Taxpayer ID (CNPJ) 50.746.577/0001-15
NIRE
35.300.177.045 | CVM Code No. 19836
|
COSAN
LOGÍSTICA S.A.
Publicly
Held Company
Corporate
Taxpayer ID (CNPJ) 17.346.997/0001-39
NIRE 35.300.447.581
| CVM Code No. 23485
|
COSAN
LIMITED
Foreign
Company
Corporate
Taxpayer ID (CNPJ) 08.887.330/0001-52
|
MATERIAL
FACT
Cosan
S.A. (B3: CSAN3) (“Cosan”), Cosan Logística S.A. (B3: RLOG3) (“Cosan Log”)
and Cosan Limited (NYSE: CZZ) (“CZZ”, and collectively with Cosan and Cosan Log, the “Companies”),
in furtherance of the Material Facts disclosed on July 3, 2020, and July 7, 2020, inform their shareholders and the market in
general that, on this date, in connection with the Cosan Group’s corporate restructuring (“Corporate Restructuring”),
each of the special independent committees, for the purposes of CVM’s Guidance Opinion No. 35, of September 1, 2008 (with
respect to Cosan and Cosan Log) (collectively, the “Independent Committees”), informed the Board of Directors
of the Companies that, after (i) discussing and analyzing, individually, the Corporate Restructuring’s proposal, jointly
with their legal and financial advisors hired for such purpose, and, subsequently, (ii) negotiating with each other, they decided
on the following exchange ratios:
(i) merger
of CZZ by Cosan, pursuant to article 264, §4 of the Brazilian Corporate Law (“Merger CZZ”), the exchange
ratio of 0.724072 CZZ share for each Cosan share; and
(ii) merger
of Cosan Log by Cosan, pursuant to article 264, §4 of the Brazilian Corporate Law (“Merger Cosan Log”
and, together with Merger CZZ, “Mergers”), the exchange ratio of 3.943112 Cosan Log shares for each Cosan share.
With the
formal closing of the work of the Independent Committees, the Companies' Boards of Directors will be convened in order to resolve
on the Mergers and the call for shareholders meetings, as soon as the complete documentation is distributed by the respective
advisors.
The Companies
will keep their shareholders and the market in general updated on any progress or news regarding the Corporate Restructuring,
including under CVM Ruling 565/2015.
São
Paulo, December 4, 2020.
Marcelo
Eduardo Martins
Chief Financial
and Investor Relations Officer
No Offer
or Solicitation
This communication
is for informational purposes 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, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
Additional Information
This communication
is being made in respect of the proposed corporate restructuring transaction involving Cosan, CZZ and Cosan Log. In connection
with the proposed transaction, Cosan will file with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-4 that will include a prospectus
of Cosan for the shares of Cosan to be issued pursuant to the proposed transaction. Cosan also plans to file other documents with
the SEC regarding the proposed transaction. This communication is not a substitute for any registration statement, prospectus
or other documents that Cosan may file with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction. BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING OR INVESTMENT
DECISION, INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE FORM F-4 REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY
IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. The
Form F-4 as well as other filings containing information about Cosan and the proposed transaction will be available without charge
at the SEC’s Internet site (www.sec.gov).
Caution about Forward-Looking
Statements
Statements
in this communication (or in the documents it incorporates by reference) that are not historical facts or information may be forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Among other things, these forward looking
statements may include statements regarding the proposed transaction involving Cosan, CZZ and Cosan Log; beliefs relating to value
creation as a result of a proposed transaction involving Cosan, CZZ and Cosan Log; the expected timetable for completing the transaction;
benefits and synergies of the transaction; future opportunities for the combined company; and any other statements regarding Cosan’s,
CZZ’s and Cosan Log’s future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or performance. In some
cases, words such as “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “plan,” “believe,”
“may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “planned,” “potential,”
“can,” “expectation,” “could,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions,
or the negative of those expressions, may identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on Cosan’s,
CZZ’s and Cosan Log’s expectations and beliefs concerning future events and involve risks and uncertainties that may
cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. These factors are difficult to predict accurately and may
be beyond Cosan’s, CZZ’s and Cosan Log’s control. Forward-looking statements in this communication or elsewhere
speak only as of the date made. New uncertainties and risks arise from time to time, and it is impossible for Cosan, CZZ or Cosan
Log to predict these events or how they may affect Cosan, CZZ or Cosan Log. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking
statements as predictors of future events. Except as required by law, neither Cosan, CZZ nor Cosan Log has any duty to, and does
not intend to, update or revise the forward-looking statements in this communication or elsewhere after the date this communication
is issued. In light of these risks and uncertainties, investors should keep in mind that results, events or developments discussed
in any forward-looking statement made in this communication may not occur.
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