PERDIGAO S.A. - E.PER- Profile

Perdigao S.A.(PERDIGAO). The Group's principal activity is holding companies that is involved in the following sectors: the raising, processing and sale of meat and poultry products; the processing and sale of soya beans and its derivatives and the sale of frozen vegetables and pasta. Meat processed accounted for 54% of 2002 revenues; poultry, 26%; pork and beef; 7%; soya, 6%; other processed, 4% and other 3%.