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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
On December 15, 2010, at 08:30 a.m., at the Companys headquarters located at Rua Eteno, n° 1.561, Pólo Petroquímico de Camaçari, Camaçari, State of Bahia, CEP: 42810-000, 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 respective alternate José Carlos Grubisich Filho, was not present at the meeting and justified his absence. The Companys Chief Executive Officer, Carlos José Fadigas de Souza Filho, and the Officers Décio Fabrício Oddone da Costa, Edmundo José Correia Aires, Manoel Carnaúba Cortez, Marcela Aparecida Drehmer Andrade, Mauricio Roberto de Carvalho Ferro and Patrick Horbach Fairon were present at the meeting. Messrs. Alan Hiltner, Luiz de Mendonça, Marcelo Arantes, Marcelo Lyra, Marcos Antonio Villas Boas, Roberto Ramos, Rui Chammas and Mrs. Lilian Porto Bruno were also present. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mr. Marcelo Odebrecht, presided the meeting and Mrs. Lilian Porto Bruno acted as secretary. AGENDA: I) Subjects for deliberation: 1) Business Leader Action Program (PA) 2011-2015 after presentations carried out by the Chief Executive Officer and other Officers present at the meeting and deliberations taken by the Board Members, the Business Leader PA (Companys Business Plan) was unanimously approved for the period of 2011-2015; after due analysis of the Proposals for Deliberation (PD), copies of which and related documentation were previously submitted to the knowledge of the Board Members, as provided for in its Internal Regulations and will remain duly filed at the Companys headquarters, the following deliberations were also unanimously taken: 2) PD.CA/BAK 41/2010 Contracting of Loans or Credit Facilities by the Executive Office of Braskem S/A (a) to set, for 2011 or until the Board of Directors Meeting which resolves on the new limits for 2012, the limit per transaction for the Executive Office to contract loans or credit facilities, in Brazil or abroad, without prior authorization from the Board of Directors, in the amount of (i) up to US$ 250,000,000.00 for transactions denominated in foreign currency; and (ii) up to R$ 450,000,000.00 for transactions denominated in Reais; and (b) to establish that the loans or credit facilities contracted in such period with an amount in excess of (i) US$ 40,000,000.00 per transaction denominated in foreign currency; and (i) R$ 70,000,000.00 per transaction denominated in Reais, be informed to the Board of Directors by means of the Finance and Investments Committee at the meetings subsequent to the date of the respective transactions; 3) PD.CA/BAK 42/2010 Mortgage collateral guarantee for the loan intended to fund
Sede-Fábrica: Camaçari/BA - Rua Eteno, 1561, Polo Petroquímico de Camaçari - CEP 42810-000 - Tel.(71) 3413-1000
Escritórios: Salvador/BA - Av. Magalhães Neto, 1856, Ed TK Tower, s. 1101 a 1.103 e 1108, Pituba - CEP 41810-012 - Tel. (71) 3271-2044 - Fax (71) 3342-3698
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
BRASKEM S.A.
C.N.P.J. No. 42.150.391/0001-70 NIRE 29300006939
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
the construction of the new plant of MVC and PVC Alagoas (PVC Alagoas Project) to approve the creation of a first perfected mortgage guarantee, in favor of Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S/A, on the industrial unit of PVC Alagoas owned by the Company, located in the municipality of Marechal Deodoro in Alagoas, which is described in record No. 1.111, in Book 2-E of the Real Estate Registry Office of Marechal Deodoro, comprising all accessions thereof, including the industrial park (equipment, machines and other assets required for the plants good operation and work), pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in Exhibit I of the respective PD, and the Executive Office shall henceforth be authorized to perform all acts necessary to the full implementation of this deliberation. II) Subjects for Acknowledgement: Nothing to register. 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. Camaçari, December 15, 2010. [Sgd.: Marcelo Bahia Odebrecht Chairman; Lilian Porto Bruno 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; Paulo Henyan Yue Cesena]
This is a true copy of the original minutes drawn up in the proper book.
Lílian Porto Bruno
Secretary
Sede-Fábrica: Camaçari/BA - Rua Eteno, 1561, Polo Petroquímico de Camaçari - CEP 42810-000 - Tel.(71) 3413-1000
Escritórios: Salvador/BA - Av. Magalhães Neto, 1856, Ed TK Tower, s. 1101 a 1.103 e 1108, Pituba - CEP 41810-012 - Tel. (71) 3271-2044 - Fax (71) 3342-3698
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: December 16, 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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