OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June, 2009
(Commission File No. 1-14862 )
Camacari, Bahia - CEP 42810-000 Brazil
Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). _____
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BRASKEM S.A.
C.N.P.J No. 42.150.391/0001 -70 - NIRE 29300006939
MINUTES OF THE 560TH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HELD ON JUNE 23, 2009
On June 23, 2009, at 02:00 (two) p.m., at the Company’s manufacturing unit located at Rodovia SP 332, KM 134, in the Municipality of Paulínia, State of São Paulo, CEP: 13140-000, the 560th Meeting of the Board of Directors of BRASKEM S.A. was held with the presence of the undersigned Board Members. Board Members Paulo Henyan Yue Cesena and Antonio Britto Filho, who were replaced by the respective alternates, Mr. Álvaro Pereira Novis and Ms. Carla Gouveia Barreto, justified their absences. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Bernardo Gradin, Officers Carlos Fadigas, Roberto Ramos and Mauricio Roberto de Carvalho Ferro, Messrs. Marco Antônio Ferreira Villas Boas and Guilherme Furtado, and Ms. Marcella Menezes Fagundes were present at the meeting. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht, presided the meeting and Ms. Marcella Menezes Fagundes acted as secretary. AGENDA: I) Subjects for Deliberation: After proper analysis of the Proposal for Deliberation (“PD”), a copy of which and related documents were previously sent to the Board Members as provided for in its Internal Regulations, and will remain duly filed at the Company’s headquarters, the following decision was unanimously taken: PD.CA/BAK- 12/2009 – Rectification of PD.CA/BAK – 33/2008 related to implementation of the Ethyl-Alcohol Unit for the Production of Green Polyethylene in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in all its terms and conditions; II) Subjects for Acknowledgment: 1) The Officers in charge expounded the matters set out in this item of the agenda, to wit: a) Presentation of the Braskem results: May 2009; and b) Reporting by the Coordinator of the Strategy and Communication Committee, in support of the Board of Directors – Meeting of June 17, 2009; III) Subjects of Interest of the Company: Nothing to Register. IV) Adjournment: As there were no further subjects to be discussed, these minutes were drawn up, which, after read, discussed and found to be in order, are signed by all of the Board Members present at the meeting, by the Chairman and by the Secretary of the Meeting. Paulínia/SP, June 23, 2009. [Sgd: Marcelo Bahia Odebrech – Chairman; Marcella Menezes Fagundes – Secretary; Djalma Rodrigues de Souza – Vice Chairman; Álvaro Fernandes da Cunha Filho; Álvaro Pereira Novis; Alfredo Lisboa Tellechea; Carla Gouveia Barreto; Edmundo José Correia Aires;
Francisco Pais; José de Freitas Mascarenhas; José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha and Newton Sergio de Souza].
The above matches the original recorded in the proper book.
Marcella Menezes Fagundes
| Sede-Fábrica: Camaçari/BA - Rua Eteno, 1561, Polo Petroquímico de Camaçari - CEP 42810-000 - Tel.(71) 3413-1000 |
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| São Paulo/SP – Av. das Nações Unidas, 8501, 23, 24, e parte do 25 andares, Alto de Pinheiros, CEP. 05425-070 – Tel. (11) 3576-9999 – Fax (11) 3576-9197 |
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: June 25, 2009
| BRASKEM S.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Carlos José Fadigas de Souza Filho | ||
| Name: | Carlos José Fadigas de Souza Filho | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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