Tender Offer Registration (Material Fact)
(World News Brazil)

METALÚRGICA GERDAU S.A. Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ/MF): 92.690.783/0001-09 Company Registry (NIRE): 43300001504 GERDAU S.A. Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.611.500/0001-19 Company Registry (NIRE): 33300032266 MATERIAL FACT GERDAU S.A. (Bovespa: GGBR; NYSE: GGB; Latibex: XGGB) ("Company") and METALÚRGICA GERDAU S.A. (Bovespa: GOAU) ("Metalúrgica Gerdau" or "Offeror" and, jointly with the Company, the "Companies"), in accordance with articles 3 and 9 of Instruction 358 of January 3, 2002, issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil ("CVM") and Article 157, Paragraph 4 of Federal Law 6,404 of December 15, 1976 ("Law...