Filed
by Cosan Limited
Pursuant
to Rule 425 of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended
Subject
of the offer: Cosan S.A. Indústria e Comércio
Commission
File Number: 333-147235
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COSAN
LIMITED
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COSAN
S.A. INDÚSTRIA E COMÉRCIO
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CVM
no. 80071
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Tax
Enrollment no: 50.746.577/0001-15
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Tax
Enrollment No: 08.887.330/0001-52
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N.I.R.E.
35.300.177.045
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Public
Traded Company
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CVM
Confirms COSAN Request for the Extension of the Exchange Offer
São Paulo,
April 8th, 2008 -
Cosan Limited (“Cosan
Limited”) announces that the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (“CVM”), the Brazilian
securities commission, has not objected to the request filed with the CVM for an
extension of the expiration date and the postponement of the auction date in
connection with Cosan Limited’s offer to exchange up to all of the common shares
issued by its subsidiary Cosan S.A. (“Cosan”) for class A common shares,
Brazilian Depositary Receipts representing class A common shares, or class B
series 2 common shares of Cosan Limited, pursuant to the terms of the public
announcement of the exchange offer published on March 6, 2008 (the “Announcement”), given
that the auction will be held within the maximum term of 45 days, counted from
the publication of the Announcement.
The
revised schedule for the exchange offer is as follows, and all other conditions
of the exchange offer, as described in the Announcement, remain
unchanged:
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Event
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New
Date
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Submission
Deadline
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5:00
P.M. New York Time (6:00 P.M. São Paulo Time) on April 11,
2008
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Expiration
Date
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5:00
P.M. New York Time (6:00 P.M. São Paulo Time) on April 17,
2008
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Auction
Date
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3:00
p.m., New York time (4:00 p.m. São Paulo time) on April 18,
2008
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The
registration statement on Form F-4, which has been filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to register Cosan Limited shares to
be issued in the proposed exchange offer, and the related prospectus contain
important information about Cosan Limited, Cosan, the exchange offer and related
matters. Cosan Limited has also filed, and intends to continue to
file, additional relevant materials with the SEC. Investors will be
able to obtain copies of the offering document and other documents from the
SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street N.E., Washington D.C.,
20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information
on the Public Reference Room. The documents may also be obtained from
the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov, which contains reports
and other information regarding registrants that file electronically with the
SEC. Cosan
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Limited
has also filed certain documents with the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, the
Brazilian securities commission, which are available on the CVM’s website at
http://www.cvm.gov.br. YOU ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT ON FORM F-4 AND ANY OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC,
INCLUDING THE PROSPECTUS, BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
EXCHANGE OFFER.
About
COSAN S.A.
COSAN is
one of the largest producers of sugar and ethanol in the world. With a crushing
capacity of around 40 million tonnes of sugar cane, the Company holds over 8% of
the local market.
CONTACT:
COSAN S.A. Indústria e Comércio
Investor
Relations (IR)
Paulo
Diniz, CFO and Investor Relations Officer
Luiz
Felipe Jansen Mello, Investor Relations Manager
Tel: (11)
3897-9797
e-mail:
ri@cosan.com.br
website:
www.cosan.com.br/ir
Media
Relations
Máquina da
Notícia
Press
Office
Tel: (11)
3147-7900
This
release contains forward-looking statements relating to the prospects of the
business, estimates for operating and financial results, and those related to
growth prospects of COSAN. These are merely projections and, as such, are based
exclusively on the expectations of COSAN’s management concerning the future of
the business and its continued access to capital to fund the Company’s business
plan. Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on changes in
market conditions, government regulations, competitive pressures, the
performance of the Brazilian economy and the industry, among other factors and
risks disclosed in COSAN’s filed disclosure documents and are, therefore,
subject to change without prior notice.
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