OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of March, 2019
(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.
Yes ______ No ___X___
BRASKEM S.A. C.N.P.J. No. 42.150.391/0001-70 (NIRE) 29300006939
A Publicly-Held Company
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS
Braskem S.A.(“Braskem”or“Company”), observing article 133, paragraph 1, of Law No. 6,404, dated December 15, 1976, as amended (“Corporation Law”), and other relevant provisions of the law and bylaws, notify its shareholders and the general market that the documents referred to in article 133 of the Corporation Law and in articles 9, 10, 11 and 12 of the CVM Ruling No. 481, of December 17, 2009, as amended, regarding the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2018, are available at the Company’s office located at Rua Lemos Monteiro, 120, 14º andar, Butantã, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo - CEP 05501-050. Such documents shall be addressed at the Company’s Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on April 16, 2019, to wit: (i) the management report on the company’s affairs and major administrative events of the last financial year; (ii) copy of the financial statements; (iii) independent auditors’opinion; and (iv) fiscal board’s opinion. These documents can also be found in the following websites: (i)www.braskem-ri.com.br; and (ii)www.cvm.gov.br.
Camaçari/BA, March 15, 2019.
Braskem S.A.
PEDRO VAN LANGENDONCK TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS
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: March 18, 2019| BRASKEM S.A. | |||
| By: | /s/ Pedro van Langendonck Teixeira de Freitas | ||
| Name: | Pedro van Langendonck Teixeira de Freitas | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
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