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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-09-002810
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090116
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090116
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090116

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GERDAU S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001073404
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	STEEL WORKS, BLAST FURNACES & ROLLING & FINISHING MILLS [3310]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14878
		FILM NUMBER:		09530689

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA FARRAPOS, 1811
		CITY:			PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SU
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			90220-005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-55-51-3323-2703

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA FARRAPOS, 1811
		CITY:			PORTO ALEGRE, RIO GRANDE DO SU
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			90220-005

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GERDAU SA
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981112
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">REPORT OF
FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER<br>
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE<br>
<font style="text-transform:uppercase;">SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Dated January&nbsp;16, 2009</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Commission File Number 1-14878</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">GERDAU S.A.</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">N/A</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Av. Farrapos 1811</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Porto
Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul - Brazil CEP 90220-005</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Address of principal executive offices)</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover
Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F.</font></p>

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check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(1):&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicate by
check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form&nbsp;6-K in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule&nbsp;101(b)(7):&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the
registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission
pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b)&nbsp;under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SIGNATURES</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to
the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused the Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</font></p>

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<p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;January&nbsp;16, 2009</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">GERDAU S.A.</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/Osvaldo Burgos Schirmer</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Announcement, December&nbsp;19, 2008</font></p>
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<h1 style="font-weight:bold;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ANNOUNCEMENT</font></b></h1>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">GERDAU S.A.</font></b>, in compliance with CVM Instruction 358 of January&nbsp;3,
2002, informs its shareholders and investors that on this date its subsidiary
Gerdau Hungria Holdings Limited Liability Company indirectly acquired an
additional 20% interest in Corporaci&#243;n Sidenor, S.A., in Spain.</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The acquisition of this important interest is part of
Gerdau&#146;s strategy to consolidate its presence in the global specialty
long-steel market (Special Bar Quality - SBQ), and Gerdau&#146;s presence in Brazil,
Spain and the United States as a producer of this type of product is part of
this strategy.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This operation involves LuxFin Participation, a
holding company based in Luxemburg and the controlling shareholder of Bogey
Holding Company Spain S.L., which holds the 20% interest in Corporaci&#243;n
Sidenor. The total amount paid by Gerdau Hungria Holdings was approximately &#128;206
million, drawing on its own funds.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As a result of this acquisition, Gerdau Hungria
Holdings directly and indirectly holds 60% of Corporaci&#243;n Sidenor&#146;s capital,
and Grupo Santander, with which Grupo Gerdau will continue to share control,
holding the remaining 40%.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Corporaci&#243;n Sidenor is a holding company that controls
Sidenor Industrial, S.L., the largest manufacturer of specialty long steel and
forged and molded parts in Spain, as well as one of the main manufacturers of
these products in Europe. Corporaci&#243;n Sidenor, through its subsidiary
Corporaci&#243;n Sidenor, S.A. y Cia., also holds a 58.44% interest in A&#231;os Villares
S.A. in Brazil, a producer of specialty long steel and mill rolls.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rio de Janeiro, December&nbsp;19, 2008</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Osvaldo B. Schirmer</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Executive Vice-President</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investor Relations Director</font></p>

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