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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 Registrant’s name into English)

Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2,277—4th 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 company’s 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 chairman’s 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 company’s 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 company’s 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