EX-3.27
Published on February 11, 2011
Exhibit 3.27
AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.
OF NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA.
CNPJ/MF nº 60.561.800/0001-03
NIRE 35.214.430.234
NIRE 35.214.430.234
By this private instrument,
NOVELIS INC., a company duly constituted and existing under the Laws of Canada, with headquarters
at 3800 Royal Bank Plaza, South Tower, 200 Bay Street, P.O. Box 84, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
herein represented by its legal representative, Mr. Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida,
Brazilian citizen, married, engineer, domiciled in the Municipality of São Paulo, State of São
Paulo, with offices at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15º andar, bearer of the Identification
Card RG no. M-1.516.659 (SSP/MG) and enrolled with the Brazilian Treasury Department as an
Individual Taxpayer [CPF/MF] under number 638.997.606-20; and
NOVELIS SOUTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC, a company duly constituted and existing under the Laws of the
State of Delaware, United States of America, with headquarters at 3399 Peachtree Road NE, Suite
1500, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, herein duly represented by its legal representative, Mr. Alexandre
Moreira Martins de Almeida, qualified above,
members representing the totality of the capital stock of NOVELIS DO BRASIL LTDA., a limited
liability company, with headquarters in the Capital City of the State of São Paulo, at Avenida das
Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15º andar, Torre Empresarial World Trade Center de São Paulo, Brooklin Novo,
Zip Code 04578-000, enrolled with the National Directory of Legal Entities of the Ministry of
Finance (CNPJ/MF) under number 60.561.800/0001-03, with its articles of association filed
with the Board of Trade of the State of São Paulo under [Company Registration Identification
Number] NIRE 35.214.430.234, in session dated May 13, 1997, have agreed to amend the
Articles of Association of the Company according to the following terms and conditions:
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1. Release of the Pledge of Quotas.
1.1 As a consequence of the (i) Discharge Instrument of Quota Pledge Agreement issued on
December 17, 2010 by UBS AG Stamford Branch, a financial institution, validly constituted and
organized under the Laws of the United States of America, with headquarters at 677 Washington
Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut, 06901, and of the (ii) Discharge Instrument of Quota Pledge
Agreement issued on December 17, 2010 by Bank of America, N.A, a financial institution, validly
constituted and existing under the Laws of the United States of America, with headquarters at
101 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255 (BoA), certified copies of which are filed
under Enclosure I hereof, the pledge on the corporate quotas held by quotaholder Novelis Inc.
was released.
1.2 In face of this fact, the members resolve to amend Chapter II of the Companys Articles of
Association, withdrawing the second, third, fourth and fifth paragraphs, so that it shall become
in force with the following wording:
Chapter II Capital Stock and Quotas
Article 5 The Company capital stock is one hundred and twenty million, one
hundred and thirty-one thousand Brazilian reais (R$ 120,131,000.00), divided into
one hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty-one thousand (120,131,000)
equal quotas with par value of one Brazilian real (R$ 1.00) each, fully subscribed
and paid-in, in local currency and in assets, and distributed among the members as
follows:
Quotaholder | Number of quotas | Value (R$) | ||||||
novelis inc. |
120,130,999 | 120,130,999.00 | ||||||
novelis south america
holdings llc |
1 | 1.00 | ||||||
Total |
120,131,000 | 120,131,000.00 |
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Paragraph One The responsibility of each member is, according to the law,
restricted to the amount of its quotas, however all members are severally liable
for the payment of the capital stock.
2. New Pledge of Quotas.
2.1 As the following new documents were entered into: (i) Quota Pledge Agreement between the
Company, quotaholder Novelis Inc. and BoA, on December 17, 2010 for the purpose of guaranteeing
a loan agreement whereby quotaholder Novelis Inc, is the borrower and BoA as lender (Revolving
Credit Agreement), and (ii) Quota Pledge Agreement between the Company, quotaholder Novelis Inc.
and BoA, dated December 17, 2010 for the purpose of guaranteeing a loan agreement in which
quotaholder Novelis Inc is the borrower and BoA is the Lender (Term Loan Agreement), the
members hereby and in the best form of the law, approve the constitution of pledge on the quotas
held by quotaholder Novelis Inc. Thus, the members resolve to amend Section III of the
Companys articles of association, inserting paragraphs two, three, four and five, with the
following wording:
Chapter II Capital Stock and Quotas
Article 5 The Company Capital Stock is one hundred and twenty million, one
hundred and thirty-one thousand Brazilian reais (R$ 120,131,000.00) divided into one
hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty-one thousand (120.131.000) equal
quotas with par value of one Brazilian real (R$ 1.00) each, fully subscribed and
paid-in, in local currency and in assets, and distributed among the members as
follows:
Quotaholder | Number of quotas | Value (R$) | ||||||
novelis inc. |
120,130,999 | 120,130,999.00 | ||||||
novelis south america
holdings llc |
1 | 1.00 | ||||||
Total |
120,131,000 | 120,131,000.00 |
Paragraph One The responsibility of each member is, according to the law,
restricted to the amount of its quotas, however all members are severally liable
for the payment of the capital stock.
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Paragraph Two The one hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty
thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine (120.130.999) quotas, representing the
Company capital stock, pertaining to quotaholder Novelis Inc., qualified above, are
hereby pledged to Bank of America, N.A., a financial institution, validly
constituted and existing under the Laws of the United States of America, with
headquarters at 101 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255 (BoA), under the
following agreements: (i) Quota Pledge Agreement, entered into on December 17,
2010 for the purpose of guaranteeing a loan agreement whereby quotaholder Novelis
Inc is the borrower and BoA is the lender (Revolving Credit Agreement), and (ii)
Quota Pledge Agreement, entered into on December 17, 2010 for the purpose of
guaranteeing a loan agreement in which quotaholder Novelis Inc is the borrower and
BoA is the Lender (Term Loan Agreement).
Paragraph Three The one hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty
thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine (120,130,999) quotas shall remain pledged
during the term of the agreements mentioned under items (i) and (ii) of Paragraph
Two of this Clause.
Paragraph Four The pledged quotas shall grant Novelis Inc, qualified above, the
sole and exclusive title to the voting rights and receipt of dividends on such
quotas.
Paragraph Five The exercise of the voting rights by Novelis Inc, qualified
above, shall be independent from the consent of Bank of America. N.A., qualified
above, as the pledge creditor.
3. Closing of branches. The quotaholders resolve, as well, to amend the sole paragraph
of clause 2 so as to restate the contents of such clause, with the Quotaholders Meeting held on
May 20, 2010, when the quotaholders resolved to close several branches of the Company:
Article 2 The Company has its headquarters and jurisdiction in the Capital City
of the State of São Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15o
andar, Torre Empresarial World Trade Center de São Paulo, Brooklin Novo, place
enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under number 60.561.800/0001-03, where its administrative
office is located, and from
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where the Company is managed, being entitled to open branches, agencies or
dealerships anywhere in the Country or abroad.
Sole Paragraph In addition to its headquarters described in the caput, the
Company has, on this date, branches or facilities in the following addresses, with
the corresponding enrollments with the CNPJ/MF: Rua Felipe Camarão, 414, Santo
André SP CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0002-94; Avenida Américo René Gianetti, s/nº,
Ouro Preto MG CNPJ/MF no 60.561.800/0030-48; Fazenda Usina da Brecha,
Guaraciaba MG CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0032-00; Fazenda Usina do Salto, Ouro
Preto MG CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0033-90; Avenida Buriti, no. 1.087,
Pindamonhangaba SP CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0041-09; Estrada do Brito, s/nº,
Ponte Nova MG CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0051-72; Via das Torres, s/nº, Candeias
BA CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0086-00; Estrada de Miguel Rodrigues a Barroca,
s/nº, Cachoeira do Brumado, Municipality of Mariana MG CNPJ/MF no.
60.561.800/0005-37; Fazenda Usina de Furquim, Municipality of Mariana MG
CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0008-80; Via Matoin, s/nº, Aratu, Municipality of Candeias
BA CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0088-64; and Avenida do Contorno, n° 8.000, sala
802, District Santo Agostinho, Belo Horizonte MG.
4. Corporate Object. The quotaholders resolve to amend the corporate object in order to
include the activity of recycling of aluminum and other materials, performing all activities
related to the acquisition, collection, transportation, conversion, sale, import, export, for
itself or on account of third parties, of used beverage packages, scrap and other primary or
recyclable forms of aluminum and other materials. In face of the above, article 3 of the
Companys articles of association shall become in force with the following new wording:
Article 3 The Company has the purpose of: a) producing, transforming, buying,
selling, importing, exporting, for itself or on account of third parties, aluminum
and all and any metals and materials, chemicals, electro-chemicals, electro
metallurgical, as well as manufacturing and trading such products, by-products and
derivatives; b) producing, manufacturing, selling, importing, exporting, for itself
or on account of third parties, aluminum packages in general, and of other
materials, associated or not, for any purposes; c) manufacturing, buying, selling,
importing and exporting materials, machinery, equipment, tools, parts,
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pieces and accessories, for itself or on account of third parties; d) representing
local or foreign companies; and e) participating of other companies as member,
shareholder or quotaholder, performing all acts convenient to the protection and
development of such participation; f) generating and distributing electric power
for own consumption or sale, fully or partially, building and maintaining plants
and their facilities, by means of concession or authorization by the competent
authorities; g) promoting and exploring, on its account or that of third parties,
business and activities of research and mineral mining of any and all substances,
as well as the transportation, handling, processing, conversion and any other
industrial process of use of the product resulting from the mining activity; and h)
acting in the area of aluminum recycling, performing all activities related to the
acquisition, collection, transportation, conversion, sale, import, export, for
itself or on account of third parties, of used beverage packages, scrap and other
primary forms or recyclable of aluminum and other materials, including the
provision of services and other activities object of the Company applicable to the
area and listed above in this article.
5. Restatement. Finally, the quotaholders resolve to ratify the provisions of the
Companys articles of association which were not amended by this instrument and to restate the
articles of association of the Company, so as to become in force with the following new wording:
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ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
Chapter I Corporate Name, Headquarters, Corporate Object and Term
Article 1 The limited liability company constituted under the corporate name Novelis do Brasil
Ltda. is ruled by the provisions hereof and by the provisions of articles 1052 to 1087 of Law
10.406, dated January 10, 2002, and, supplementarily, by the provisions of articles 997 to 1.038 of
the same Law 10.406, dated January 10, 2002, as well as by Law 6.404, dated December 15, 1976, and
further amendments, having been converted into a limited liability company by force of the Ordinary
and Extraordinary General Meetings, held on April 24, 1997.
Article 2 The Company has its headquarters and court in the Capital City of the State of São
Paulo, at Avenida das Nações Unidas, 12.551, 15o andar, Torre Empresarial World Trade
Center de São Paulo, Brooklin Novo, place enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under number
60.561.800/0001-03, where its administrative office is located, and from where the Company is
managed, being entitled to open branches, agencies or dealerships anywhere in the Country or
abroad.
Sole Paragraph In addition to its headquarters described in the caput, the Company has, on
this date, branches or facilities in the following addresses, with the corresponding enrollments
with the CNPJ/MF: Rua Felipe Camarão, 414, Santo André SP CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0002-94;
Avenida Américo René Gianetti, s/nº, Ouro Preto MG CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0030-48; Fazenda
Usina da Brecha, Guaraciaba MG CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0032-00; Fazenda Usina do Salto, Ouro
Preto MG CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0033-90; Avenida Buriti, nº 1.087, Pindamonhangaba SP -
CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0041-09; Estrada do Brito, s/nº, Ponte Nova MG CNPJ/MF no.
60.561.800/0051-72; Via das Torres, s/nº, Candeias BA CNPJ/MF no. 60.561.800/0086-00; Estrada
de Miguel Rodrigues a Barroca, s/nº, Cachoeira do Brumado, Municipality of Mariana MG CNPJ/MF
no. 60.561.800/0005-37; Fazenda Usina de Furquim, Municipality of Mariana MG CNPJ/MF no.
60.561.800/0008-80; Via Matoin, s/nº, Aratu, Municipality of Candeias BA CNPJ/MF no.
60.561.800/0088-64; and Avenida do Contorno, n° 8.000, sala 802, District Santo Agostinho, Belo
Horizonte MG.
Article 3 The Company has the purpose of: a) producing, transforming, buying, selling,
importing, exporting, for itself or on account of third parties, aluminum and all and any metals
and materials, chemicals, electrochemicals, electrometallurgical, as well as manufacturing and
trading such products, by-products and derivatives; b) producing,
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manufacturing, selling, importing, exporting, for itself or on account of third parties, aluminum
packages in general, and of other materials, associated or not, for any purposes; c) manufacturing,
buying, selling, importing and exporting materials, machinery, equipment, tools, parts, pieces and
accessories, for itself or on account of third parties; d) representing local or foreign companies;
e) participating of other companies as member, shareholder or quotaholder, performing all acts
convenient to the protection and development of such participation; f) generating and distributing
electric power for own consumption or sale, fully or partially, building and maintaining plants and
their facilities, by means of concession or authorization by the competent authorities; g)
promoting and exploring, on its account or that of third parties, business and activities of
research and mineral mining of any and all substances, as well as the transportation, handling,
processing, conversion and any other industrial process of use of the product resulting from the
mining activity; and h) acting in the area of aluminum recycling, performing all activities related
to the acquisition, collection, transportation, conversion, sale, import, export, for itself or on
account of third parties, of used beverage packages, scrap and other primary forms or recyclable of
aluminum and other materials, including the provision of services and other activities object of
the Company applicable to the area and listed above in this article.
Article 4 The term of the Company is undefined, and activities were started on December
31st, 1940.
Chapter II Capital Stock and Quotas
Article 5 The Capital Stock is one hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty-one
thousand Brazilian reais (R$120,131,000.00) divided into one hundred and twenty million, one
hundred and thirty-one thousand (120.131.000) equal quotas with par value of one Brazilian real
(R$1.00) each, fully subscribed and paid-in, in local currency and in assets, and distributed among
the members as follows:
Quotaholder | Number of quotas | Value (R$) | ||||||
novelis inc. |
120,130,999 | 120,130,999.00 | ||||||
novelis south america holdings llc |
1 | 1.00 | ||||||
Total |
120,131,000 | 120,131,000.00 |
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Paragraph One The responsibility of each member is, according to the law, restricted to the
amount of its quotas, however all members are severally liable for the payment of the capital
stock.
Paragraph Two The one hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty thousand, nine hundred
and ninety-nine (120,130,999) quotas, representing the Company capital stock, pertaining to
quotaholder Novelis Inc., qualified above, are hereby pledged to Bank of America, N.A., financial
institution validly constituted and existing under the Laws of the United States of America, with
headquarters at 101 S. Tryon Street, Charlotte, NC 28255 (BoA), under the following
agreements: (i) Quota Pledge Agreement between the Company, entered into on December 17, 2010 for
the purpose of guaranteeing a loan agreement whereby quotaholder Novelis Inc is the borrower and
BoA is the lender (Revolving Credit Agreement), and (ii) Quota Pledge Agreement entered into on
December 17, 2010 for the purpose of guaranteeing a loan agreement in which quotaholder Novelis Inc
is the borrower and BoA is the Lender (Term Loan Agreement).
Paragraph Three The one hundred and twenty million, one hundred and thirty thousand, nine
hundred and ninety-nine (120,130,999) quotas shall remain pledged during the course of the
agreements mentioned under items (i) and (ii) of Paragraph Two of this Clause.
Paragraph Four The pledged quotas shall grant Novelis Inc, qualified above, the sole and
exclusive title to the voting rights and receipt of dividends on such quotas.
Paragraph Five The exercise of the voting rights by Novelis Inc, qualified above, shall be
independent from the consent of Bank of America. N.A., qualified above, as the pledge creditor.
Chapter III Administration
Article 6 The Company shall be managed and represented by at least one of the two Managers,
being one the President and a Financial Director, who shall reside in the Country, whether or not
they are quotaholders, appointed by the totality of the members, or yet, by one or more attorneys
in fact appointed for such purpose.
Paragraph One The acts listed below shall be performed in the following order: (i) by the
President or the Financial Director, jointly or individually, and (ii) by the attorney-in-
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fact or attorneys-in-fact, appointed according to the caput, observing the provisions of Article
9.
a) acquisition, disposal or encumbrance of any chattel or real estate properties, as well as of
the rights related thereto;
b) appointment, admission, hiring, suspension and dismissal of employees and representatives of
the Company, determining jobs, compensation and other conditions of the service provision;
c) define the general and administrative expenses of the Company;
d) open, use, and close bank accounts, of whatever value involved;
e) resolve on the use or investment of all funds available, owned by the Company;
f) acquire loans, granting the creditors any guarantees, material or securities, on assets and
rights of the Company;
g) issue, sign, accept, endorse and negotiate checks, bills of exchange, promissory notes, as
well as other negotiable securities of whatever nature;
h) obtain, control and dispose of raw materials and supplies of whatever nature, being entitled to,
for such purpose, execute agreements, statements, letters of intent, as well as any other document
required to perform such transactions;
i) execute agreements of whatever nature for the sale of the products manufactured by the
Company, being, for such purpose, allowed to take all steps required for the sale, in the internal
or external market, executing any statements, forms and other documents required for such
transactions;
j) execute agreements of whatever nature for the acquisition of any products, being, for such
purpose, allowed to take all steps required for the purchase, in the internal or external market,
executing any statements, forms and other documents required for such transactions;
l) grant powers of attorney to lawyers to represent the Company judicially or extrajudicially,
with powers to substitute, compromise and make settlements;
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m) grant powers of attorney on behalf of the Company to third parties, with specific powers to
perform the acts mentioned on this Paragraph, as well as on Paragraph Two of this Article.
n) contract, change and cancel insurances covering risks of whatever nature;
o) call and preside the General Meetings;
p) acquire interest in the capital of other companies; and
q) other acts of the administration, even if not expressly mentioned above.
Paragraph Two The President, or the Financial Director, or the attorney-in-fact or
attorneys-in-fact appointed according to the caput shall represent the Company before any
Federal, State and Municipal public offices, public/private companies, Boards of Trade, Workers and
Owners Unions, customer protection offices, public utilities and any other offices of the Direct or
Indirect Public Administration.
Paragraph Three The elected managers, when taking office, must state, under legal penalties,
that they have not been condemned due to any crime which penalty prohibits the exercise of the
administration of Companies, under the terms of article 1.011, paragraph 1 of the Civil Code.
Paragraph Four The powers of the Managers shall be determined by holders of quotas corresponding
to at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the capital stock.
Article 7 The mandate of the Managers shall have one (1) year duration, counted as of the date
of the resolution appointing same, up to the date of the subsequent resolution, with a possible
reelection.
Article 8 Except for the ad judicia powers of attorney, the powers of attorney referred under
letter m of Article 6 shall have a term of up to one (1) year.
Sole Paragraph The powers of attorney referred to under letter m of article 6 shall not be
substituted, unless there is an express authorization therefore.
Article 9 Should there occur a vacancy, absence or impediment of the President, he/she shall be
substituted by the Financial Director. Should there be a vacancy, absence or impediment of the
Financial Director, he/she will be substituted by the attorney-in-fact or
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attorneys-in-fact mentioned in the caput of Article 6, until such time when the vacancy is
filled, the absence or impediment of any of the parties mentioned above ceases.
Article 10 The act of any of the managers, attorneys-in-fact or employees, representing
obligation or liability foreign to the corporate object is expressly prohibited and shall be null
and void in relation to the Company.
Chapter IV Quotaholders Meetings
Article 11 The Ordinary Meeting of Quotaholders shall be held annually, within the first four
months subsequent to the closing of the fiscal year, for the purpose of resolving on the election
of the managers, as well as to receive the management accounts, resolve on the balance sheet and
economic results, and deal with other issues of interest of the Company.
Article 12 The corporate resolutions shall be adopted in Quotaholders Meetings, and only the
Minutes of Resolutions and Instruments of Contractual Amendment executed by the members attending
the Meeting, as required to make the resolutions valid, but without prejudice of other wishing to
sign them, in the presence of two witnesses, shall be valid for registration and other legal
effects. The first copy thereof shall be filed with the Public Registrar of Legal Entities, and the
second copy filed within the Company headquarters, together with the registration protocol, with
express release of (i) the filing with the Trade Registrar of Minutes of Meetings which are not
destined to produce effects before third parties, and (ii) the opening of book of minutes of
meetings.
Paragraph One The appointment of managers who are not members depend on the unanimous
appointment by the members, when the capital stock is not fully paid-in.
Paragraph Two The following acts depend on resolution of members holding quotas corresponding to
at least seventy percent (75%) of the capital stock; (i) the amendment of the articles of
association; (ii) the conversion, incorporation, merger, dissolution, liquidation, or suspension of
the liquidation status of the Company; (iii) the dismissal of the manager; (iv) the definition of
the compensation of the managers; (v) the application for bankruptcy or composition of creditors
of the Company; (vi) the assignment of quotas to third parties; (vii) approval of the Management
Accounts; (viii) the appointment and dismissal of liquidators and the judgment of their accounts;
and (ix) the appointment of non-member managers when the capital stock is fully paid-in, or the
appointment of managing members.
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Paragraph Three The votes in the corporate resolutions shall be counted according to the value
of the quotas held by each member.
Article 13 The Quotaholders Meetings shall be called by the managers, or by the members when
the management delays the call for over sixty (60) days.
Paragraph One The Meeting call shall be done through internal notice, e-mail or fax, stating
the place, day and time of the Meeting, as well as the agenda to be discussed, with express waiver
of the publication of the call in newspapers.
Paragraph Two The attendance of all members or their statement to the effect that they are aware
of the place, date, time and agenda shall release the prior call.
Paragraph Three The Quotaholders Meeting can be waived when all members decide, in writing, on
the matter which would be object of the Meeting.
Chapter V Fiscal Year, Financial Statements and Dividends
Article 14 The fiscal year shall start on January 1st and end on December
31st of the same year.
Article 15 The balance sheet, statement of accrued profits or losses, the statement of results
of the fiscal year and the statement of origins and investment of resources (cash flow) shall be
prepared at the end of each fiscal year, based in the commercial records of the Company and in the
current legislation, and will be submitted to approval by the Members.
Paragraph One The net profits determined in each fiscal year shall bear the application
determined by the Members. The distribution shall always be pro-rata the quotas held.
Paragraph Two A semi-annual balance sheet shall be prepared every six months, and the members
may declare dividends on the account of profits determined by such balance sheet.
Paragraph Three The Members may also declare interim dividends, on the account of accrued
profits or profit reserves existing in the latest annual or semi-annual balance sheet.
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Paragraph Four The Company may also prepare balance sheets in lower intervals, and the members
shall decide on the distribution of the profits determined in such balance sheets, or incorporate
them to the capital, observing the provisions of Paragraph One of Article 204 of Law no. 6.404,
dated December 15, 1976.
Chapter VI Miscellaneous
Article 16 The company shall be liquidated in the legal cases, being the liquidation mode and
the liquidator determined unanimously by the Members during Quotaholders Meeting.
Article 17 Under the terms of article 1.085 of Law 10.406, dated January 10, 2002, the member
may be excluded of the Company due to Cause, by resolution of members holding quotas representing
the majority of the capital stock, during Quotaholders Meeting especially called for such purpose,
notifying the member to be excluded within maximum fifteen (15) days before the date of the
Meeting.
Paragraph One For the purposes of this Article, Cause is considered to be: (i) the performance
of acts of undeniable gravity; (ii) place at risk the existence or continuity of the Company; (iii)
exercise commercial activity competing with the Company; (iv) associate or constitute company in
the same segment of activity of the Company, however not pertaining to its economic group; (v) be
dismissed due to cause by the Company, in case the person is an employee thereof; (vi) be condemned
due to bankruptcy crime, prevarication, bribery, embezzlement or graft; or crime against the
peoples economy, against the national financial system, against the competition protection rules,
against consumption relations, public faith or property.
Article 18 The death of any of the quotaholders shall not dissolve the Company, and its quotas
shall revert to the equity of the majority quotaholder, which, on the basis of the latest Balance
Sheet of the Company, shall pay the succeeding estate, and, at the discretion of the remaining
members, third party quotaholders may be admitted.
Article 19 The members decide that, under the terms of article 1053, Sole Paragraph, of Law no.
10.406/02, the Company shall be supplementarily ruled by the incorporation rules contained in Law
no. 6.404/76, and its further amendments.
Article 20 The Jurisdiction of São Paulo, Capital City, is hereby elected with express waiver of
any other, to settle issues originated herefrom.
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The parties execute this instrument in five (5) counterparts of equal tenor and form, in the
presence of two (2) witnesses.
São Paulo, December 17, 2010.
Novelis Inc. By: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida |
Novelis South America Holdings LLC By: Alexandre Moreira Martins de Almeida |
Witnesses:
1. | 2. | |
Name:Carina Cunto Ruiz ID: 29.144.663-2 SSP/SP |
Name:Lazara Damaris Baltazar Carvalho ID: 17.539.112-9 SSP/SP |
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