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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA
NACIONAL
CNPJ/MF 33.042.70/0001-04
NIRE n.º 3330001159-5
CALL NOTICE
MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
The Shareholders of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional are hereby called to the Annual General Meeting to be held on April 4, 2005, at 10:00 a.m., in the head office of the Company, located at Rua São José 20, Grupo 1602, Centro, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, to deliberate the following Agenda:
| 1. | examination, discussion and approval of the accounts rendered by the Company's officers, the management report and the financial statements, referred to the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2004; |
| 2. | ratification of the distribution of intermediary dividends in the amount of R$35,000,000.00 approved by the Board of Directors on June 14, 2004; |
| 3. | deliberation on the management proposal regarding the allocation of the net profit of the fiscal year of 2004, in the amount of R$2,144,996,655.09, and of the appraisal surplus in the amount of R$244,846,352.46, as follows: |
| - | R$86,798,191.36 of the fiscal year net profit, to complement the legal reserve balance, pursuant article193 of Law No. 6,404/76; | |
| - | distribution of R$239,391,000.00 as interest over capital (juros sobre o capital próprio), corresponding to the gross amount of R$0.86456 per share, and R$2,028,653,816.19 as dividends, corresponding to the amount of R$7.32649 per share; | |
| 4. | election of the members of the board of directors; |
| 5. | Approval of the global remuneration to the management in the amount of up to R$ 30,000,000,00. |
According to the provisions of Instrução CVM No. 165, dated December 11, 1991, as amended by Instrução CVM No. 282, dated June 26, 1998, it is necessary at least 5% of the voting capital of the Company to require the implementation of multiple voting.
The Shareholders whose shares are under custody must present the documents described in item II of article 126 of Law Nº 6,404/76. The Shareholders who will be represented by an attorney-in-fact must comply with the provisions of paragraph 1 of article 126 of Law Nº 6,404/76.
Benjamin Steinbruch
Chairman of the Board of Directors
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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
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Lauro Henrique Rezende
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Lauro Henrique Rezende
Investments Executive Officer
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