BRF S.A. ('BRF' or 'Company') (B3: BRFS3; NYSE: BRFS), pursuant to CVM Instruction 358, of January 3, 2002, announces the following to its shareholders and to the market in general:

In a report released today, August 29, 2017, the international risk rating agency S&P has downgraded the Company's global corporate rating to 'BBB-' with a stable perspective. As a result, BRF maintains its investment grade and positions itself two notches above the foreign currency sovereign rating, reinforcing the agency's view that BRF maintains high liquidity, a balanced debt repayment profile and the absence of financial covenants.

São Paulo, August 29, 2017

Pedro de Andrade Faria
Global Chief Executive, Financial and Investor Relations Officer

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