(Commission File No. 1-14862 )

BRASKEM S.A

C.N.P.J. No. 42.150.391/0001-70

NIRE 29300006939

A PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY

MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

HELD ON AUGUST 13, 2012

1. DATE AND TIME: August 13, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. 2.  PLACE:  The company’s principal place of business located at Rua Eteno, 1561, Complexo Petroquímico de Camaçari, CEP: 42.810-000, Municipality of Camaçari, State of Bahia. 3.  CALL NOTICE: The Call Notice was published pursuant to article 124 of Law No. 6,404/76 (“LSA”), in the July 28/29 and 31 and August 1, 2012 editions of the “Official Gazette of the State of Bahia” and in the July 28, 30 and 31, 2012 editions of the newspaper “A Tarde.” 4.  ATTENDANCE:  Shareholders representing more than 97% of the Company’s voting capital, as verified by the signatures below and those in the “Shareholder’s Attendance Book.” The meeting also recorded the attendance of shareholders holding more than 44% of the preferred shares, according to the signatures in the “Shareholder’s Attendance Book.” 5.  PRESIDING BOARD: Chairman: Ana Patrícia Soares Nogueira and Secretary: Waldecy Bispo dos Santos, chosen in the manner set out in article 16, paragraph 3, of the Company’s Bylaws. 6.  AGENDA:  Reading of the agenda was unanimously waived by the shareholders in attendance. 7.  RESOLUTIONS:  The matter listed in the Agenda was put up for discussion and vote, and the following resolution was unanimously made by those in attendance: 7.1  – Election of Full Member of the Company’s Board of Directors: in view of the resignation presented by Mr. Francisco Pais on July 5, 2012, the election of Mr. PATRICK HORBACH FAIRON, Brazilian citizen, in a stable union, electronics engineer, enrolled in the Individual Taxpayers’ Register of the Ministry of Finance (CPF/MF) under No. 293.710.580-72, bearer of Identity Card (RG) No. 6.004.968.563 SJS/RS, resident and domiciled in Rio de Janeiro/RJ, with business address at Av. República do Chile, 65, sala 2002, Centro, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, CEP 20.031-912, was approved, without amendments or provisos, to compose the Company’s Board of Directors as a full member, replacing Mr. Francisco Pais for the remaining term of the current term of office, that is, until the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2014. Mr. Patrick Horbach Fairon shall be invested in office on this date, having presented written statements for the due legal purposes and effects set out in article 37, item II, of Law No. 8,934 of November 18, 1994, with the wording provided by article 4 of Law No. 10,194 of February 14, 2001, wherein he is not prevented from exercising the trade or administration of a business organization, by virtue of a criminal conviction, having also presented, in compliance with the provisions of CVM Ruling No. 358 of January 3, 2002, a written statement pursuant to the terms of such Ruling, which was filed at the Company’s principal place of business. Due to the resignation and election deliberated above, the Company’s Board of Directors shall now have the following composition: FULL MEMBERS: MARCELO BAHIA ODEBRECHT – CHAIRMAN; JOSÉ CARLOS COSENZA – VICE-CHAIRMAN; ALFREDO LISBOA RIBEIRO TELLECHEA; ALVARO FERNANDES DA CUNHA FILHO; FELIPE MONTORO JENS; NEWTON SERGIO DE SOUZA; LUIZ DE MENDONÇA; ALMIR GUILHERME BARBASSA; JOSÉ ALCIDES SANTORO MARTINS; PATRICK HORBACH FAIRON; and  ROBERTO ZURLI MACHADO. RESPECTIVE ALTERNATE MEMBERS: CLÁUDIO MELO FILHO; ANTONIO APARECIDA DE OLIVEIRA; ANDRÉ AMARO DE SILVEIRA; CARLA GOUVEIA BARRETTO; MAURO MOTTA FIGUEIRA; MONICA BAHIA ODEBRECHT; PAULO OLIVEIRA LACERDA DE MELO; GUSTAVO TARDIN BARBOSA; ARÃO DIAS TISSER; ANDREA DAMIANI MAIA DE ANDRADE; and  JOSÉ DE FREITAS MASCARENHAS. 8. - ADJOURNMENT: As there were no further subjects to be discussed, the Extraordinary General Meeting was closed and these minutes were drawn up, which, after read, discussed and found to be in order, were signed by all Shareholders in attendance, which made up the quorum required to render the resolution of this General Meeting valid and, by decision of the Shareholders, the extraction of the necessary certificates by the Secretary of the Meeting was authorized. Camaçari/BA, August 13, 2012. Sgd.: PRESIDING BOARD: Ana Patrícia Soares Nogueira – Chairman; Waldecy Bispo dos Santos – Secretary; SHAREHOLDERS: Odebrecht Serviços e Participações S/A (by Ana Patrícia Soares Nogueira); Odebrecht S/A (by Ana Patrícia Soares Nogueira); Petróleo Brasileiro S/A – Petrobras (by Roberto Keller Thompson Mello).

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The above matches the original recorded in the proper book.

Waldecy Bispo dos Santos

Secretary

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