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BRASKEM S.A.
C.N.P.J. No. 42.150.391/0001-70 NIRE 29300006939
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
HELD ON NOVEMBER 3, 2010
On November 3, 2010, at 02:00 p.m., at the Companys offices located at Avenida das Nações Unidas, n° 8.501, 24º andar, São Paulo/SP, CEP 05.425-070, a Meeting of the Board of Directors of BRASKEM S.A. was held with the presence of the undersigned Board Members. Board Member José de Freitas Mascarenhas, who was replaced by his alternate, Mr. José Carlos Grubisich Filho, was not present at the meeting and justified his absence. The Companys Chief Executive Officer, Bernardo Gradin and Officers Mauricio Ferro, Marcela Drehmer and Manoel Carnaúba Cortez were present at the meeting. Mr. Marco Antonio Villas Boas, the Person in Charge of Corporate Governance, Mr. Rui Chammas and Mrs. Marcella Menezes Fagundes were also present. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Marcelo Odebrecht, presided the meeting and Mrs. Marcella Menezes Fagundes acted as secretary. AGENDA: I) Subjects for deliberation: After due analysis of the Proposals for Deliberation (PD), copies and related documentation of which were previously sent to the Board Members, as provided for in the Internal Regulations, and will remain duly filed at the Companys headquarters, the following deliberations were unanimously taken: 1) PD.CA/BAK 33/2010 Purchase of Electric Power by Braskem S/A from Chesf Companhia Hidroelétrica do São Francisco (Chesf) approval of the execution of agreements and documents necessary for the acquisition of electric power by Braskem from Chesf, pursuant to the terms and conditions set out in the respective PD; the Executive Office is hereby authorized to perform the acts necessary for the due implementation of this resolution; 2) PD.CA/BAK 34/2010 Taking out of Loans intended for the financing of the construction of the new MVC and PVC Plant in Alagoas approval of the taking out of loans from Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social BNDES, as well as the creation, in favor of said Bank, of a fourth degree mortgage guarantee on the industrial unit of Basic Input in Rio Grande do Sul owned by the Company, located at Km 52 of BR-386, Pólo Petroquímico de Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, object of enrollment No. 5392 of Book No. 2 of the Real Estate Registry Office of the Judicial District of Triunfo/RS, under the terms and conditions set out in Exhibit I of the respective PD, and the Executive Office is hereby authorized to perform the acts necessary for the due implementation of this resolution; and 3) 2011 CALENDAR approval of the Calendar of the Board of Directors ordinary meetings in the year 2011. II) Subjects for Acknowledgement: The persons in charge expounded the matters set out in this item through the following: a) Presentation of the dynamics of the commercial area; b) Presentation of the Green PP Project (Projeto PP Verde); c) Presentation of the supplier FIDC (Investment Fund in Credit Rights) transaction; d) Report from the Coordinator of the Strategy and Communication Committee: Meeting held on September 30, 2010; e) Report from the Coordinator of the Finance and Investment Committee: Meeting held on November 03, 2010; f) Report from the Coordinator of the Persons and Organization Committee: Meeting held on September 21, 2010; and g) Presentation on the sustainable chemistry development program preliminary study. III) Subjects of Interest to 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 the Board Members present at the Meeting, by the Chairman and by the Secretary of the Meeting. São Paulo/SP, November 03, 2010. [Sgd.: Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht Chairman; Marcella Menezes Fagundes Secretary; Paulo Roberto Costa Vice Chairman; Alfredo Lisboa Tellechea; Almir Guilherme Barbassa; Álvaro Fernandes da Cunha Filho; Eduardo Rath Fingerl; Francisco Pais; José Carlos Grubisich Filho; Maria das Graças Silva Foster; Newton Sergio de Souza; and Paulo Henyan Yue Cesena].
The above matches the original recorded in the proper book.
Marcella Menezes Fagundes
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: November 04, 2010BRASKEM S.A. | |||
By: | /s/ Marcela Aparecida Drehmer Andrade | ||
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Name: | Marcela Aparecida Drehmer Andrade | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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