OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of July, 2006
(Commission File No. 1-14862 )
Camacari, Bahia - CEP 42810-000 Brazil
Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1). _____
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7). _____
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.
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BRASKEM S.A.
C.N.P.J. No 42.150.391/0001-70 - NIRE 29300006939
PUBLIC COMPANY
NOTICE OF CONVOCATION
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
A notice of convocation is hereby being issued to BRASKEM’s shareholders to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on July 20, 2006, at 10 a.m. at the Company’s headquarter at Rua Eteno, no 1.561, Pólo Petroquímico, in the City of Camaçari, in the State of Bahia in order to discuss the following Agenda:
| 1) | The election of members of the Board of Directors, taking into account the resignations that have been submitted; |
| 2) |
To approve and to ratify the appointment and engagement performed by the executive officers of the Company of a specialized company to be responsible for the elaboration of an evaluation report of the assets of Companhia Industrial Alagoas
(“CINAL”); |
| 3) | The examination, discussion and approval of the Protocol and Justification pertaining to the partial spin-off transaction, with the transfer of the spun-off portion from CINAL’s assets to the Company; |
| 4) | The examination, discussion and approval of the documents pertaining to the partial spin-off transaction, with the transfer of the spun-off portion from CINAL’s assets to the Company; |
| 5) |
The approval of the documents pertaining to the partial spin-off transaction, with the transfer of the part spun-off from CINAL’s assets to the Company, without any changes to the Company’s capital stock, and with the resulting downsizing
of the equity of the Company in CINAL’s capital stock. |
| Attention: | Taking into account the Health, Safety and Environmental Norms (SSMA) in effect at the headquarters of the Company, which set forth the directives for the control of access of people and vehicles into the internal and external areas of
the headquarters, the shareholders and their legal representatives are being convened for the Meeting are asked to arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of it, so as to insure compliance with the SSMA basic training instruction procedures in
effect at the Company, which have been made available for consultation at the Company’s headquarter. |
Camaçari/BA, July 4, 2006.
Pedro Augusto Ribeiro Novis
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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: July 05, 2006
| BRASKEM S.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Paul Elie Altit | ||
| Name: | Paul Elie Altit | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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