(Commission File No. 1-14862 )
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BRASKEM S.A.
C.N.P.J. No. 42.150.391/0001-70
NIRE 29300006939
A Publicly-Held Company
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
OF OCTOBER 16, 2018
Shareholders of BRASKEM S.A. (“Shareholders” and “Company”, respectively) are hereby called to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting that will be held on October 16, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., at the Company’s headquarters located at Rua Eteno, nº 1.561, Polo Petroquímico, in the Municipality of Camaçari, State of Bahia (“Meeting”), in order to resolve on the following Agenda:
1) Change of members of the Company’s Board of Directors due to: (i) the appointment of Mr. João Carlos Trigo de Loureiro, current effective member of the Board of Directors, for one of the open seats for alternate member of the Company’s Board of Directors; and (ii) appointment of three (3) new members for the Company’s Board of Directors, two (2) of which as effective members and one (1) as alternate member, all of them appointed by the shareholder Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – Petrobras (“Petrobras”), for the remaining ongoing term, which shall end upon the Annual General Meeting that will resolve on the Company’s financial statements of the fiscal year to be ended on December 31, 2019
2) Amendment to article 4 of the Company's Bylaws as a result of the share conversion exercised by minority shareholder of class "B" preferred shares; and
3) Amendment to article 26, item (xviii) of the Company’s Bylaws, in order to change the definition of related parties, which will observe the Company’s policy on the matter and will no longer contain the exception of the agreements for the supply of raw material, and to increase the minimum thresholds for board approval.
Camaçari/BA, September 26, 2018.
Marcelo Moses de Oliveira Lyrio
Chairman of the Board of Directors
General Information:
1) The Management Proposal (“Proposal”) contemplating all documentation related to the matters included in the Agenda, the documents required pursuant to CVM Ruling No. 481, of December 17, 2009, as amended (“ICVM 481”) and other relevant information for the exercise of voting rights in the Meeting were made available to the Company’s Shareholders on this date, as provided for in ICVM 481, and can be accessed on the websites of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) (www.cvm.gov. br) and of the Company (www.braskem-ri.com.br ). The documents referred to in articles 10 and 11 of ICVM 481 were duly presented to the CVM through the Empresas.Net System.
2) The Shareholder’s participation may be in person or through an attorney-in-fact, duly appointed. With a view to expediting the works of the Meeting, the Company’s Management requests that the Shareholders file the following documents with the Company, at the offices located at Rua Lemos Monteiro, No. 120, 22º andar, CEP 05501-050, São Paulo, SP, at least 72 hours prior to the date scheduled for the Meeting, the following documents: (i) a certificate issued by the depositary financial institution for the book-entry shares held thereby, evidencing the ownership of the shares within eight (8) days prior to the date scheduled for the Meeting; (ii) a power of attorney, duly regularized in accordance with the law, in the event of representation of the Shareholder, with acknowledgment of the signature of the grantor, notarization, legalization by the consulate or apostille (as the case may be), and sworn translation, accompanied by the instrument of incorporation or bylaws or articles of association, minutes of election of the Board of Directors (if any) and minutes of election of the Executive Office if the Shareholder is a legal entity; and/or (iii) with regard to the Shareholders taking part of the fungible custody of registered shares, a statement of the respective ownership interest, issued by the competent body. The Shareholder or his/her legal representative shall attend the Meeting in possession of the proper identification documents. However, it is worth stressing that under paragraph 2 of article 5 of ICVM 481, the Shareholder that attends the Meeting with the required documents may participate and vote, even if he/she has not delivered them in advance, as requested by the Company. The Company shall not accept powers of attorney granted by Shareholders through electronic means.
There shall be no distance voting under ICVM 481 for the purpose of the Meeting.
3) Based on the Health, Security, and Environment (SSMA) Standards in force in the Company’s headquarters, which set forth the guidelines to control the access and movement of people and vehicles in the indoor and outdoor areas of the headquarters, we kindly request the Shareholders, and also their legal representatives in the Meeting called herein, to arrive at least 30 minutes before the time such Meeting is scheduled to start, in order to ensure the compliance with the procedures of training on the basic SSMA instructions in force in the Company, which are available for consultation at its headquarters.
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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: September 26, 2018BRASKEM S.A. | |||
By: | /s/ Pedro van Langendonck Teixeira de Freitas | ||
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Name: | Pedro van Langendonck Teixeira de Freitas | ||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
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