FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the
month of February, 2008
Commission
File Number: 1-33659
COSAN
LIMITED
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
Av.
Juscelino Kubitschek, 1726 – 6th
floor
São
Paulo, SP 04543-000 Brazil
(Address
of principal executive offices)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under
cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
Indicate
by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form,
the
Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
If
“Yes”
is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A
COSAN
LIMITED
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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1.
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Statement
of Acquisition of Material Share Interest dated February 14,
2008.
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2.
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Press
Release dated February 14, 2008 announcing the acquisition by the
registrant’s subsidiary Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio of 100% of the
share capital of Usina Benálcool
S.A.
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FREE
TRANSLATION
Statement
on Acquisition of Material Shareholding Interest
Pursuant
to article 12 of CVM
Instruction No. 358, of January 3, 2002, as amended, Cosan S.A. Indústria e
Comércio informs that it has received a correspondence from CREDIT SUISSE
HEDGING GRIFFO CORRETORA DE VALORES S.A, notifying that:
“CREDIT
SUISSE HEDGING GRIFFO CORRETORA DE VALORES S.A., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under
No.
61.809.182/0001-30, with headquarters at Avenida Presidente Juscelino
Kubitschek, 1830, Torre IV, 7th floor, informs the market, in accordance with
article 12 of CVM Instruction No. 358/02, that its investment funds, portfolio
under management and the non-resident investors legally represented by such
Institution, have reached a shareholding interest of 5.21% in Cosan S.A
Indústria e Comércio in the form of 14,210,978 ordinary shares. It also
informs that it has not entered into any agreement regulating the exericse
of
voting rights or the acquisition and sale of securities issued by the
company.”
São
Paulo,
February 14, 2008
Paulo
Diniz
Vice
President
CFO
and
Investor Relations Officer
FREE
TRANSLATION
Notice
to the Market
COSAN
acquires Usina Benálcool S.A.
COSAN
S.A. INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO
(Bovespa: CSAN3), pursuant to CVM Instruction No. 358, of January 3, 2002,
informs to the public the finalization of the negotiations for the acquisition
of 100% of the share capital of Usina Benálcool. The acquisition amount totals
R$106.9 million and will be predominantly paid with available working capital
of
the company. Benálcool’s main asset is its sugarcane and alcohol mill, which
has an annual processing capacity of approximately 1,300,000 tons of
sugarcane. The financial liabilities assumed by the company, as of January
31,
2008, is R$34.0 million. As of the same date, cash and investments of Benálcool
totaled R$6.5 million.
Usina
Benálcool is located in the
Araçatuba area, where Cosan already has four other operational units. Upon
the acquisition, Cosan increases its presence in such an important producing
region.
São
Paulo,
February 14, 2008
Paulo
Diniz
Vice
President
CFO
and
Investor Relations Officer
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto
duly authorized.
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COSAN
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Date:
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February
15, 2008
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By:
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Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira Diniz
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Name:
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Paulo
Sérgio de Oliveira Diniz
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Title:
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Chief
Financial Officer and Investors Relations Officer
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