OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of December, 2010
(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.
Corporate Taxpayer ID (CNPJ/MF): 42.150.391/0001-70
Publicly Held Company
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
Braskem S.A. (“Braskem” or “Company”), in accordance with CVM Rule 358/02 and complementing the information disclosed in the Material Facts dated 01/22/2010, 04/27/2010 and in the Notices to the Market dated 01/29/2010 and 05/10/2010, hereby announces that on this date the Company’s management called a shareholders’ meeting to resolve on, among other matters, the ratification of the acquisition by the Company of a controlling interest in Quattor Participações S.A.(“Quattor”), in accordance with Article 256 of Federal Law 6,404/76. In view of the fact that the average acquisition price of the shares in Quattor does not surpass one and a half times the amounts described in Item II of Article 256, Braskem shareholders dissenting from the resolution approving this acquisition are not entitled to withdrawal rights.
The acquisitions by the Company of the shares representing control of Unipar Comercial e Distribuidora S.A. and of Polibutenos S.A. Indústrias Químicas will not be submitted to ratification by the meeting of Braskem shareholders, given that the studies and analyses conducted determined that that acquisition prices do not constitute a relevant investment for Braskem or meet the criteria provided for in Article 256, II of Federal Law 6,404/76.
Additional information on the matters on the agenda of the shareholders' meeting, including those required by CVM Rule 481/09, are available on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Brazil - CVM (www.cvm.gov.br), of the BM&FBovespa S.A. - Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange (www.bmfbovespa.com.br) and of the Company (www.braskem.com.br/ir).
São Paulo, November 30, 2010
Braskem S.A.
Marcela Dreamer
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
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: December 01, 2010| BRASKEM S.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Marcela Aparecida Drehmer Andrade | ||
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| Name: | Marcela Aparecida Drehmer Andrade | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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