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São Paulo, SP, Brazil
04538-132
under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______
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EXCERPT OF THE MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL, HELD ON SEPTEMBER 20, 2005, DRAWN UP IN SUMMARIZED FORMAT.
NIRE: 33300011595
1. Date: September 20, 2005.
2. Time: 10 a.m.
3. Place: Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 3400 – 20th floor.
4. Attendees: Benjamin Steinbruch (Chairman), Antonio Francisco dos Santos, Dionísio Dias Carneiro Netto, Fernando Perrone, Mauro Molchansky, Darc Antonio da Luz Costa, Yoshiaki Nakano and Claudia Maria Sarti (Secretary of the Meeting).
6. Agenda: 6.1 – Election of Executive Officer – The Board of Directors approved, by unanimous vote, and in accordance to the provisions of Article 17, item III of the Bylaws, the election of Mr. PEDRO FELIPE BORGES NETO, Brazilian citizen, married, mechanic engineer, bearer of the identity card RG number 386.966 SSP-CE and enrolled with the Individual Taxpayers’ Registry of the Ministry of Finance under number 046.837.063 -34, domiciled in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Rua Ivaí, 207, Tatuapé, CEP 03080-900, to the position of Institutional Executive Officer, with a term of office of 2 (two) years, counting from this date. Any and all actions of the elected Officer on behalf of the Company prior to his election are hereby ratified. I certify that the decisions herein drawn up are accurate copy of the original minutes filed with the head offices of the Company.
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Claudia Maria Sarti
Secretary of the Meeting
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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
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/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch
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Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer and
Acting Chief Financial Officer | ||
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