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____COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Publicly-held Company
CNPJ/MF nº 33.042.730/0001-04
NIRE nº 35-3.0039609.0
The
Securities Commission (CVM)
Rua Sete de Setembro, nº 111, 33º andar
Centro - Rio de Janeiro / RJ
Att.: Mr. Guilherme Rocha Lopes
Business Monitoring Manager 2
Ref .: Official Letter No. 42/2019/CVM/SEP/GEA-2, dated February 22, 2019, reiterating request for clarification.
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL ("CSN" or "Company"), in accordance with the above-mentioned letter, which contents of the query are transcribed below, present the clarifications requested:
“1. We refer to the Official Letter No. 42/2019/CVM/SEP/GEA-2, and the Notice to the Market in 02/19/2019.”
2. In this respect, we refer to the news posted on the UOL website on 02.17.2019 under the heading "CSN repeats Vale's mistake and keeps workers below dams.
3. Therefore, we request that you inform us if "(i) CSN (Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional) maintains an office, cafeteria and training room operating below the dams of Vigia and Auxiliary of Vigia, in Ouro Preto (MG)”.
The Company clarifies (i) maintains an office and cafeteria structures within the rescue zone of the Vigia Auxiliary Dam, and that said dam has a certificate of stability certified by an external auditor and low risk classification in accordance with applicable legislation, and this dam is already in the process of being mischaracterized, scheduled to end this year; and (ii) regarding the Vigia dam, we inform that no office structure, cafeteria and training room are in operation.
We are available for any further clarification that may be required.
São Paulo, February 22, 2019.
COMPANHIA SIDERÚRGICA NACIONAL
Marcelo Cunha Ribeiro
Executive Director of Finance and Investor Relations
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/S/ Benjamin Steinbruch
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