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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 January, 2005
(Commission File No. 1-14862
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BRASKEM S.A.
(Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)
N/A
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
Rua Eteno, 1561,
Polo Petroquimico de Camacari
Camacari, Bahia - CEP 42810-000 Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). _____
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as
permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7). _____
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information
contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the
Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ______ No ___X___
If "Yes" is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in
connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- _____.
BRASKEM S.A.
National Roll of Juridical Persons (CNPJ) no. 42,150,391/0001-70
Business Registration Number (NIRE) no. 29,300,006,939
Public company
SHAREHOLDERS
ANNOUNCEMENT
Braskem S.A.
("Braskem"), supplementary to the relevant fact announcement published on December
17, 2004, hereby informs shareholders and the market of the following:
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON
OWN CAPITAL
As the Shareholders
have already been informed, the Board of Directors met on December 14, 2004 and
authorized payment to Braskem shareholders of up to R$ 170,000,000.00 (one
hundred and seventy million Brazilian reais) in interest attributable to shareholders’ equity;
it delegated the decision on the exact amount to be credited to the shareholders to the
executive board, within the limit set by the board of directors in relation to the
amount to be determined at the end of the financial year 2004, pursuant to the legal
and statutory limits and rules of the Company and imputing said amount to the priority
obligatory dividends for the financial year 2004, under the terms of Law no. 9.249/95
and paragraph 6 of Article 44 of the company's by-laws.
Therefore at the meeting held on
this date, the Board of Directors decided:
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to
pay the shareholders interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, as determined
for the base date of December 31, 2004, in the total gross amount of
R$170,000,000.00, of which: |
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R$136,023,953.75
for holders of “A” and “B” class preferred shares and holders of American
Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which corresponds to the gross amount of
R$2.255638 per one thousand shares and per ADR (each ADR traded on the New
York Stock Exchange – NYSE: BAK – corresponds to 1,000 class "A" preferred
shares); and |
| b) |
R$33,976,046.25
for holders of common stock, which corresponds to the gross amount of
R$1,124475 per one thousand shares. |
| 2. |
that
the corresponding credit in the accounting records of Braskem will be made on
December 31, 2004, individually for each shareholder on the basis of the stock
position on this same date; |
| 3. |
that
payment will be made within 60 days of the Ordinary General Meeting due to be held in
2005, on the basis of the stock position on December 31, 2004, and shares traded on
the stock exchanges "ex" of this interest on own capital as of January 3, 2005,
which will be taken as "Brazilian Record Date" to fulfill obligations under the
ADR program maintained by Braskem in the United States of America. |
As legally required,
payment of interests will be made net of income tax which will be withheld at source
at the rate of 15% under Law no. 9.249/95, except for corporate or legal entity
shareholders that show that they are exempt or immune under the provisions of Law no.
9.532/97, or for publicly quoted or closely held supplementary pension entities,
insurance companies or scheduled individual retirement fund managers that have
adhered to the Special Taxation Regime pursuant to Provisional Measure no. 2.222/01
and Law no. 10.431/02.
Any shareholders resident or domiciled in a country that
does not tax this income or taxes it at a rate of less than twenty percent (20%), as
mentioned in Art. 24 of Law 9.430/96, are subject to income tax withheld at source at
the rate of twenty-five percent (25%).
As share registrar for
Braskem stock, Banco Itaú S.A will send shareholders notification of the credit and
payment referred to above and will be at the service of shareholders to clarify any
questions at Shareholder Assistance positions in its branches located at the addresses
below:
- Rua Boa Vista, 176 -
1º subsolo – São Paulo-SP;
- Rua Sete de
Setembro, 99 - subsolo - Rio de Janeiro-RJ;
- Av. João Pinheiro,
195 - térreo - Belo Horizonte-MG;
- Rua Sete de
Setembro, 746 - térreo - Porto Alegre-RS;
- Rua João Negrão, 65
- sobreloja - Curitiba-PR;
- Av. Estados Unidos,
50 - 2º andar - Salvador-BA;
- SCS Quadra 3 - Edifício
D’Ângela - sobreloja - Brasília-DF.
São Paulo, December 31,
2004.
BRASKEM S.A.
Paul Altit
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: January 04, 2005
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BRASKEM S.A. |
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/s/ Paul Elie Altit |
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Name: |
Paul Elie Altit |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |