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Camil CAMIL ALIMENTOS S.A. CNPJ / ME n ° 64.904.295 / 0001-03 Company Registry ( NIRE ) : 35.300.146.735 Publicly - held Company MATERIAL FACT ACQUISITION OF SANTA AMÁLIA AND ENTRY IN THE PASTA CATEGORY IN BRAZIL São Paulo , August 16th , 2021 – Camil Alimentos S.A. ( “ Company ” or “ Camil " ) , in compliance with paragraph 4th of article 157 of Law No. 6.404 / 76 , as amended , and CVM Instruction 358/02 , hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general , that Camil has entered into a stock and asset purchase agreement of all shares of Pastifício Santa Amália S.A. ( “ Santa Amália ” ) , a subsidiary of Alicorp Holdco España S.L. and Alicorp Inversiones S.A. ( " Alicorp " and " Transaction " , respectively ) . Santa Amália is one of the most traditional and renowned pasta brands in Brazil , including leadership in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil , with prominent brands in the pasta category and a complete portfolio of premium and valued priced brands in the category . The geographic complementarity with leadership in regions with great growth potential for Camil's current categories , and its positioning with great national growth potential reinforces the Company's acquisition strategy . The transaction represents an important step towards the diversification and entry into new categories and geographic expansion of Camil in Brazil . The acquisition price of Santa Amália´s total corporate capital is R $ 260 million and Camil will assume Santa Amália's net debt in the order of R $ 150 million . The Company clarifies , for the purposes of art . 256 of the Brazilian Corporation Law , that Camil is evaluating whether the Transaction will need to be submitted to the General Shareholders ' Meeting for ratification , pursuant to paragraph 1 of the same article . Camil shall timely inform its shareholders about such fact , as well as to inform the conditions of right of withdrawal , if any . The completion of the Transaction is subject to the verification of precedent conditions customary to this type of transaction , including the approval of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense ( " CADE " ) . Between the period of Transaction analysis by CADE , the companies will continue to be operated independently .