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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the month of September, 2009

Commission File Number 1-14732
 

 
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

National Steel Company
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 

Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3400, 20º andar
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
04538-132
(Address of principal executive office)
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. 

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  

Yes _______ No ___X____


EXTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL, HELD ON
SEPTEMBER 1st, 2009, DRAWN UP IN SUMMARY FORMAT

COMPANY REGISTRY (NIRE): 33300011595

1. Date: September 1st, 2009.

2. Time: 05:00 p.m.

3. Venue: Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, nº 3400 – 20º andar.

4. Attendees: Benjamin Steinbruch (Chairman), Jacks Rabinovich, Antonio Francisco dos Santos, Dionísio Dias Carneiro Netto, Fernando Perrone, Yoshiaki Nakano and Claudia Maria Sarti (Secretary). The meeting was held through conference call.

5. Agenda: 5.1 – Election of Executive Officer – The Board of Directors unanimously approved, pursuant to the provisions of article 17, item III of the Bylaws, the election of Mr. ALBERTO MONTEIRO DE QUEIROZ NETTO, Brazilian, married, business administrator, holder of Identity Card (RG) 075 785 80-8 and Individual Taxpayers’ ID (CIC) 843.603.807 -04, with offices at Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3.400, 20º andar, in the city and state of São Paulo, as Executive Officer, with term of office expiring on April 30, 2011, extended until the investiture of his successor. The Executive Officer elected hereby, as an attendee of the meeting, declares (i) not to be subject to any crime that impedes him from performing commercial activities, and (ii) to be in compliance with the requirements included under article 147 of Law 6,404/76, as amended by Law 10,303/01, and CVM Instruction 367/02. 5.2 – Redefinition of Executive Officers’ attributions – the attributions/areas of activities of the Company’s Executive Officers were defined as follows: (i) Mr. Benjamin Steinbruch as Chief Executive Officer; (ii) Mr. Enéas Garcia Diniz as Executive Officer in charge of the steel production area; (iii) Mr. Juarez Saliba de Avelar as Executive Officer in charge of new business development and the cement area; (iv) Mr. Paulo Penido Pinto Marques as Executive Officer in charge of the following areas: controlling, performance and management, risk control and insurance, acting, also as Investor Relations Officer; (v) Mr. Alberto Monteiro de Queiroz Netto as Executive Officer in charge of the following areas: national and international treasury, foreign exchange, credit and financial operations. Therefore, the Company’s Board of Executive Officers is now constituted as follows: Benjamin Steinbruch – CEO; Enéas Garcia Diniz – Executive Officer; Juarez Saliba de Avelar – Executive Officer, Paulo Penido Pinto Marques - Executive Officer also acting as Investor Relations Officer and Alberto Monteiro de Queiroz Netto – Executive Officer, all of whom with period of office expiring on April 30, 2011, extended until the investiture of their successors.

This is a free translation of the extract of the original minutes filed at the Company’s headquarters.

     Claudia Maria Sarti
Secretary of the Meeting


 

SIGNATURE
 
 
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: September 10, 2009

 
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
By:
/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch

 
Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 
By:
/S/ Paulo Penido Pinto Marques

 
Paulo Penido Pinto Marques
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer

 

 

 
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