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NOTICE TO THE MARKET
We refer to CVM letter no. GAE/CAEM 1.874 -09, as of August 10, 2009, requesting clarifications about the article published in the newspaper Folha de São Paulo, as of August 8, 2009, which, according to said letter, includes the following information:
- “this company expects a 51% increase in steel products sales in 2H09 when compared to 1H09 (it expects to sell approximately 1.2 million tonnes of steel products in the current quarter and a similar volume in the last three months of 2009)”;
- “it is expected iron ore sales to reach 25 million tonnes in 2009, against 18.2 million tonnes in 2008 and, for 2010, the expectation is raising sales in 40%”.
In this regard, we clarify that information on the Company’s expectations related to the growth of steel products and iron ore sales in the second half of 2009 was released in the Company’s conference call for the presentation of 2Q09 Results, held on August 7, 2009.
The audio of said conference call is available on the CSN’s Investor Relations website, under the title “2Q09 Webcast – 2Q09 Earnings Conference Call”.
Moreover, the slide presentation to follow said conference call is also available on CSN’s Investor Relations website, as well as on the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM)’s website.
For further information, please contact CSN’s IR area.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 11, 2009
Paulo Penido Pinto Marques
Investor Relations Executive Officer
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