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COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF): 33.042.730/0001-04
Publicly-Held Company
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL (“CSN”), following the notices disclosed to the market on April 20, 2012 and June 6, 2012, hereby announces to its shareholders and the public in general that Brazil’s antitrust authority (CADE), in a plenary session held on this date, approved, with restrictions, Concentration Act 08012.009198/2001-21, related to the acquisition, by CSN, of equity interest in the capital stock of Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. – USIMINAS.
The Company also entered into a Performance Agreement, whose public terms shall be disclosed by the antitrust authority.
São Paulo, April 9, 2014
David Moise Salama
Investor Relations Executive Officer
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL | |
By: |
/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch
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Benjamin Steinbruch
Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/S/ David Moise Salama
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David Moise Salama
Investor Relations Executive Officer |
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