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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.042.730/0001 -04
Corporate Registry (NIRE): 3330001159-5
MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING OF COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL HELD ON AUGUST 21, 2009 AND DRAWN UP IN SUMMARY FORMAT
1. Date, time and venue: Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on August 21, 2009, at 11:00 am, at the Company’s headquarters, at Rua São José, 20, grupo 1602, parte, Centro, in the city of Rio de Janeiro.
2. Call Notices: Call notices were published on July 27, 28 and 29, 2009 in the Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro on pages 13, 4 and 5, respectively, and in Valor Econômico newspaper, on pages C3, B4 and C3, respectively, at first call, and on August 13, 14 and 17, 2009 in the Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro on pages 5, 12 and 8, respectively, and in Valor Econômico newspaper, on pages C4, D3 and B11, respectively, at second call. Said notices will be filed at the Company’s headquarters.
3. Attendance: Shareholders representing 55.55% of the Company’s voting capital, as evidenced by the signatures in the Shareholders Attendance Book.
4. Presiding: The Board Member Antônio Francisco dos Santos chaired the Meeting, as appointed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, and invited Mrs. Claudia Maria Sarti to act as secretary.
5. Agenda: (i) cancellation of 8,539,828 shares currently held in treasury, with no reduction in the Company’s capital; (ii) amendment to the “caput” of Article 5 of the Company’s Bylaws, as a result of the share cancellation mentioned in item (i) above.
6. Resolutions: The following resolutions were taken by shareholders representing 55.55% of the Company’s voting capital:
6.1. Authorization for drawing up these minutes in summary format and omitting the signatures of attending shareholders at the time of publication, as allowed by paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, of article 130 of Law 6,404, as of November 15, 1976 ("Law 6,404/76").
6.2. Copies of Call Notices publications were available at the meeting. Attending shareholders unanimously waived the reading of said notices, as all of them were cognizant thereof.
6.3 Approval, by unanimous vote of attending shareholders, being the votes filed at the Company’s headquarters, the cancellation of 8,539,828 shares currently held in treasury, pursuant to article 30, paragraph 1, item “b” of Law 6,404/76, with no reduction in the Company’s capital.
6.4 As a result of the approved share cancellation, attending shareholders unanimously approved, being the votes filed at the Company’s headquarters, the amendment to the “caput” of Article 5 of the Company’s Bylaws, whose wording, in order to reflect the new capital stock structure, will be as follows:
“Article 5 - The Company’s capital stock, totally subscribed and paid in, amounts to R$1,680,947,363.71 (one billion, six hundred eighty million, nine hundred forty-seven thousand, three hundred sixty-three reais and seventy-one centavos), divided into 784,864,010 (seven hundred eighty-four million, eight hundred sixty-four thousand and ten) registered common shares with no par value.”
7. Closure: The Shareholder Gilberto Souza Esmeraldo compliments the Company’s management for postponing the decision related to the change of the Company’s headquarters address. There being no further business to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned for the time necessary to draw up these Minutes, which were read, found in compliance and signed by the Chairman, the Secretary and all attending shareholders.
8. Filed Documents: The Call Notice for this Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting is filed at the Company’s headquarters.
Rio de Janeiro, August 21, 2009.
This is a free translation of the original minutes, drawn up in the proper book.
Claudia Maria Sarti
Secretary
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/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch
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Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer |
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/S/ Paulo Penido Pinto Marques
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Paulo Penido Pinto Marques
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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