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 May 2009
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:
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20-F
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X
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Form
40-F
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):
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Yes
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by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted
by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):
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Registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant
to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:
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X
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is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A
COSAN
LIMITED
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Item
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1.
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Press
release, dated May 20, 2009, of the registrant’s subsidiary Cosan S.A.
Indústria e Comércio announcing the sale of the aviation fuel business to
Shell Brasil Ltda.
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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
LIMITED
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Date:
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May
26, 2009
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By:
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/s/
Marcelo Eduardo Martins
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Name:
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Marcelo
Eduardo Martins
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Title:
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Chief
Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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COSAN
S.A. INDÚSTRIA
E COMÉRCIO
Corporate
Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 50.746.577/0001-15
Corporate
Registry (NIRE): 35.300.177.045
Publicly-held
Company
Notice
to the Market
COSAN
S.A. INDÚSTRIA
E COMÉRCIO
(Bovespa: CSAN3), pursuant to CVM
Instruction 358, of January 3, 2002, hereby announces the conclusion of
negotiations with Shell Brasil Ltda. for the execution, on this date, of the
agreement involving the purchase of 100% of the company that owns the aviation
fuel business, a subsidiary
of Cosan Combustíveis
e Lubrificantes S.A. (formerly
known as Esso
Brasileira de Petróleo
Ltda.)
Present
in the country’s
7
leading
airports, the sale of aviation fuel was not considered a strategic activity of
Cosan
S.A. Indústria
e Comércio ("Cosan").
The value of the transaction, which should be settled within 30 days, is the
amount in Reais equivalent to approximately
US$
75,000,000.00, considering possible
working
capital adjustments.
The
sale of this asset, as well as increasing Cosan’s
liquidity,
will enable Cosan
to
maintain its strategy of focusing investments on the main activities in its
business model.
São
Paulo, May 20,
2009
Marcelo
Eduardo Martins
Investor
Relations Officer
