SPRINGS GLOBAL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. National Corporate Taxpayer Number (CNPJ/MF) nº 07.718.269/0001-57 National Corporate Registration Number (NIRE) nº 3130002243-9 Publicly Held Company Minutes of the 13th Board of Director’s Meeting of Springs Global Participações S.A., held on May 07, 2008. 1. DATE, TIME, AND VENUE: on May 07, 2008, at 09:00 A.M., at the office of Springs Global Participações S.A. (“Company”), located in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, at Avenida Paulista, nº 1.754 – 2ª. Sobreloja. 2. CALL NOTICE AND ATTENDANCE: Members of the Board of Directors were regularly invited, under the terms of the Article 18 of the Corporate By- laws. The majority members of the Company’s Board of Directors attended; therefore, a quorum was present for installation and approval. 3. Presiding Board : Chair: Josué Christiano Gomes da Silva Secretary: João Batista da Cunha Bomfim. 4. RESOLUTIONS: The members of the Board of Directors decided, by unanimity of votes and without any hesitation to approve: (i) the Financial Statements related to the quarter ended March 31, 2008; and, (ii) the re-election of the members of Directors with terms of office until the General Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2009, Mr. Josué Christiano Gomes da Silva, Brazilian, married, engineer, resident and domiciled in the city of São Paulo, state of São Paulo, with office located at Av. Paulista, 1,754, 2ª sobreloja, Cerqueira César, CEP 01310-920, bearer of the identity card No. MG-1.246.178, issued by SSP/MG, and enrolled with the Federal Revenue Service under CPF/MF No. 493.795.776-72, for the position of President-Director; and Pedro Garcia Bastos Neto, Brazilian, married, engineer, resident and domiciled in the city of Belo Horizonte, state of Minas Gerais, at Rua Bernardo Guimarães, 1.515, apto. 601, Bairro Funcionários, bearer of the identity card No. M-5.133.026, issued by SSP/MG, and enrolled with the Federal Revenue Sevice under CPF/MF No. 014.936.636-15, for the position of Corporate Subject Director. To appoint Mr. Josué Christiano Gomes da Silva to add to his attribution as President-Director, with the function of Investor Relations Director, in terms of CVM Instruction nº 202/93, of the Comissões de Valores Mobiliários. 5. To record the statement by the Director and Officers of the Company now elected regarding that (i) they are not impeded by law or convicted for a bankruptcy crime, prevarication, bribery, concussion, peculation, crime against the economy, public accreditation, property, or convicted to a crime penalty that impedes, even if temporarily, to hold a public position, pursuant to Section 1º of Article 147 of Law No. 6.404/76; (ii) they are not convicted to a penalty of temporary suspension or immobilization applied by Comissão de Valores Mobiliários, that make them ineligible for a administration position of a public company, as pursuant to Section 1º of Article 147 of Law No. 6.404/76; (iii) attend the requisite of justified reputation as pursuant to Section 3º of Article 147 of Law No. 6.404/76; and (iv) do not hold a positioning in a company that might be considered a competitor to the Company, and do not have or represent any conflicting interests with those of the Company, as provided in paragraphs I and II of Section 3º of Article 147 of Law No. 6.404/763. 6. Director Daniel Platt Tredwell participated in this meeting in form pursuant to Section 2º of Article 19 of the Corporate By-law. CLOSING: With nothing further to be discussed, the meeting was closed and these minutes were drafted, which after having been read and approved were signed by the Directors who attended the meeting. Secretary: João Batista da Signatures: President: Josué Christiano Gomes da Silva Cunha Bomfim.Directors: Josué Christiano Gomes da Silva, President; Roger Ian Wright; Marcelo Pereira Lopes de Medeiros; João Gustavo Rebello de Paula; João Batista da Cunha Bomfim; Álvaro Schocair de Souza Filho; and Daniel Platt Tredwell.