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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Publicly Held Company
Corporate Taxpayers' ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.042.730/0001 -04
Company Registry (NIRE): 3330001159-5
MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING OF COMPANHIA
SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL HELD ON DECEMBER 3, 2008, DRAWN UP AS A SUMMARY
1. Date, time and place: Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on December 3, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., at the Company’s head offices located at Rua São José, 20, grupo 1602, parte, Centro, in the city and state of Rio de Janeiro.
2. Call notice: Call notices published in the newspaper Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro on November 24, 25 and 26, 2008, on pages 4, 12 and 7, respectively, in the newspaper Gazeta Mercantil, on pages A15, A5 and A7, respectively, and in the newspaper Jornal do Comércio do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, on pages A16, A16 and A17, respectively, which will remain filed at the Company’s head offices.
3. Attendance: Shareholders representing 54.53% of the voting capital, as per the signatures in the Company Shareholders' Attendance Register.
4. Presiding: By appointment of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Board Member Antônio Francisco dos Santos chaired the meeting, inviting Ms. Claudia Maria Sarti to serve as secretary.
5. Agenda: (i) cancellation of 10,800,000 shares currently held in treasury, with no reduction in capital stock; (ii) amendment of Article 5 of the Company’s Bylaws to reflect the cancellation referred to in item (i) above.
6. Resolutions: Shareholders representing 54.53% of the Company’s voting capital resolved on the following:
6.1. Authorization of the drawing up of these minutes as a summary and its publication omitting the signatures of attending shareholders, as provided for in, respectively, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 130 of Law 6,404 of November 15, 1976 ("Law 6,404/76").
6.2. Copies of Call Notice publications were available on the table, therefore the attending shareholders unanimously waived the requirement to read said documents, since everyone was aware of the content.
6.3. Unanimous approval by attending shareholders (votes presented by attending shareholders are filed at the Company’s headquarters) of the cancellation of the 10,800,000 shares currently held in treasury, pursuant to Article 30, Paragraph 1, Item “b” of Law 6,404/76, with no reduction in the Company’s capital stock.
6.4. As a result of the cancellation of shares, the attending shareholders unanimously approved (votes presented by attending shareholders are filed at the Company’s headquarters) the amendment to Article 5 of the Company’s Bylaws in order to reflect the new capital structure, whose wording will be as follows:
“Article 5 – The Company’s capital stock, fully subscribed and paid-in, is R$1,680,947,363.71 (one billion, six hundred eighty million, nine hundred forty-seven thousand, three hundred sixty-three Brazilian reais and seventy-one centavos), divided into 793,403,838 (seven hundred ninety-three million, four hundred three thousand, eight hundred thirty-eight) registered common shares with no par value.”
7. Closure: There being no further business to address, the meeting was adjourned for the necessary time to draw up these minutes. With the meeting resumed, the minutes were read, approved and signed by the Chairman, the Secretary and all attending shareholders.
8. Documents Filed: The Call Notice for this Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting will remain filed at the head offices of the Company.
Rio de Janeiro, December 3, 2008
This present instrument is a faithful copy of the minutes in the Company's records.
Claudia Maria Sarti
Secretary of the General Meeting
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/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch
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Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer |
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/S/ Otávio de Garcia Lazcano
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Otávio de Garcia Lazcano
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer |
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