United States Securities and Exchange Commission Washington, D.C. 20549 |
FORM 6-K |
Report of Foreign Private Issuer Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For the month of March 2009 |
Aracruz Celulose S.A.
Aracruz Cellulose S.A. (Translation of Registrants name into English) Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2,2774th floor São Paulo, SP 01452-000, Brazil (Address of principal executive office) |
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A summary of the decisions unanimously taken at an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors of ARACRUZ CELULOSE S.A., held at 12:00 a.m. on March 6, 2009, at the companys branch office located at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, nº 2,277 4th floor, in the city of São Paulo (SP), Brazil.
Summary: |
1. | The effective board members Carlos Alberto Vieira, Ernane Galvêas, João Carlos Chede and Isaac Selim Sutton all handed in their resignations. |
Letters of resignation from the alternate board members Rossano Maranhão Pinto and Roberto Ruhman were also presented. | |
2. | The abovementioned resignations left vacant the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Mr. Raul Calfat was designated to occupy the post, until the end of the former chairmans term of office. |
3. | In view of the resignations mentioned in item 1 above, the Board of Directors of ARACRUZ decided, under the terms of article 16 of the companys by-laws, together with the provisions in the main clause of article 150 of Law nº 6,404/76, to appoint as replacements for the four effective members Messrs JOÃO CARVALHO DE MIRANDA, PAULO |
HENRIQUE DE OLIVEIRA SANTOS, WANG WEI CHANG and CARLOS AUGUSTO LIRA AGUIAR. The positions of the alternate members have been left open, until a later date. | |
4. | The abovementioned newly-appointed effective board members will exercise their respective mandates until the next general meeting of the companys shareholders, and will be entitled to the same remuneration as that ascribed to the members they are replacing. |
São Paulo (SP) Brazil, March 6, 2009. Marcos Grodetzky Director of Investor Relations |
SIGNATURES |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 9, 2009 |
ARACRUZ CELULOSE S.A. By: /s/ Marcos Grodetzky Name: Marcos Grodetzky Title: Investor Relations Officer |