OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May, 2008
(Commission File No. 1-14862 )
Camacari, Bahia - CEP 42810-000 Brazil
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BRASKEM PLACES US$500 MILLION NOTE ISSUE
São Paulo, May 30, 2008 - Braskem (BOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5, BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the leading company in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America and third-largest resin producer in the Americas, announces the placement of US$500 million of its 7.250% Notes due 2018, priced at 99.127% of the principal amount which results in a yield to maturity of 7.375% .
According to Carlos Fadigas, Vice-President of Finance and Investor Relations at Braskem, “with the issuance of these notes, Braskem will amortize a significant portion of the bridge loan contracted to acquire the petrochemical assets of the Ipiranga Group.”
| Braskem, a world-class Brazilian petrochemical company, is the leader in the thermoplastic resins industry in Latin America, and is the third-largest resins producer in the Americas. The company operates 19 manufacturing plants located throughout Brazil, and has annual production capacity of more than 11 million tons of petrochemical and chemical products. |
The notes have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States, except in transactions registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or exempt from the registration requirements thereunder.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer for U.S. Securities Law Purposes
This press release contains statements that are forward-looking within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements are only predictions and are not guarantees of future performance. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to the operations and business environments of Braskem and its subsidiaries that may cause the actual results of the companies to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements.
| For further information visit our website at www.braskem.com.br/ri or contact the IR team: | ||||
| Luciana Ferreira | Luiz Henrique Valverde | Silvio Nonaka | ||
| IR Manager | IRO | IR Manager | ||
| Phone: (+55 11) 3576 9178 | Phone: (+55 11) 3576 9744 | Phone: (+55 11) 3576 9471 | ||
| luciana.ferreira@braskem.com.br | luiz.valverde@braskem.com.br | silvio.nonaka@braskem.com.br | ||
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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: May 30, 2008
| BRASKEM S.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Carlos José Fadigas de Souza Filho | ||
| Name: | Carlos José Fadigas de Souza Filho | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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