BRF : Announcement to the Market - Acquisition of Material Equity Interest - 08/17/2016

BRF S.A.
A Publicly Held Company
CNPJ 01.838.723/0001-27
NIRE 42.300.034.240
CVM 16269-2

BRF S.A. . ('Company') (BM&FBovespa: BRFS3; NYSE: BRFS), pursuant to the article 12, of CVM Instruction 358, of January 3, 2002, announces that it has received a notification from BlackRock, Inc., a company with registered headquarters at 55 East 52nd Street, in the City of New York, State of New York 10022-0002, United States of America, whose legal representatives are HSBC Bank Brasil S.A. (CNPJ/MF 01.701.201/0001-89), Citibank DTVM S.A. (CNPJ/MF 33.868.597/0001-40) and JP Morgan S.A. - DTVM (CNPJ/MF 33.851.205/0001-30) ('Blackrock'), informing about the increase of its shareholding in the Company, being that, on August 12, 2016, its participation reached, in the aggregate, 33,893,720 common shares and 7,000,760 American Depositary Receipts ('ADRs'), representing common shares, amounting 40,894,480 common shares, which corresponds to approximately 5.03% of the totality of common shares issued by the Company, and 154,751 derivatives referenced in common shares with financial settlement, representing approximately 0.01% of the totality of common shares issued by the Company.

Blackrock also stated that (i) the above mentioned shareholding is strictly for investment purposes and Blackrock does not aim a modification on the share control or on the administrative structure of the Company; and (ii) it has not executed any agreements regarding vote rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company.

Notwithstanding the above statement, the Company enhances that it does not have a defined shareholding control, being its shares dispersed in the market.

The original of the notification is filed at the Company's headquarters.

São Paulo, August 17, 2016.

José Alexandre Carneiro Borges
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer