FERTILIZANTES HERINGER S.A. Publicly-Held Company of Authorized Capital CORPORATE REGISTRY ID (NIRE) 32.3.0002794-6 Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ/MF) 22.266.175/0001-88 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD ON MAY 11, 2007 1. DATE, TIME, AND PLACE: On May 11, 2007, at 2:00 p.m., at the Company's administrative office, located in the City of Paulínia, State of Sao Paulo, at Rodovia Municipal PLN nº620, Bairro Betel, CEP 13140-000. CALL, 2. AND ATTENDANCE: Call was waived in view of the attendance of all the members of the Company's Board of Directors. 3. PRESIDING BOARD: Chairman: Mr. Dalton Dias Heringer; Secretary: Juliana Heringer Rezende. 4. AGENDA: Resolve on the Company's new capital stock increase, within the limit of its authorized capital, and the amount of common shares to be issued, with no application of the preemptive right of the Company's current shareholders, in compliance with item I of article 172 of Law 6.404 as of December 15, 1976 ("Brazilian Corporation Law"), and with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Company's Bylaws. 5. RESOLUTIONS: In view of the exercise, by banks UBS Pactual S.A., and Itaú BBA S.A. ("Coordinators of the Offer"), of the greenshoe option, as provided by the Private Instrument of Agreement of Coordination, Firm Guarantee of Underwriting, Acquisition, and Placement of Common Shares owned by Fertilizantes Heringer S.A., within the scope of the primary public distribution of shares owned by the Company, registered at the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM) on April 10, 2007, under number CVM/SER/REM/2007/015 ("Public Distribution"), the members of the Board of Directors took the following resolutions by unanimous vote and without restrictions: approval of the Company's capital stock increase, within the limit Text_SP 1456449v1 6657/1 of its authorized capital, from R$403,418,145.87 (four hundred and three million, four hundred and eighteen thousand, one hundred and forty-five reais and eighty-seven centavos)to R$429,781,201.87 (four hundred and twenty-nine million; seven hundred and eighty-one thousand, two hundred and one reais and eighty-seven centavos), an increase, therefore, to the amount of R$26,363,056.00 (twenty-six million, three hundred and sixty-three thousand, and fifty-six reais), by means of the issuance of 1,550,768 non-par, registered, book-entry common shares ("Greenshoe Shares"), with no application of the preemptive rights of the Company's shareholders in the subscription, in compliance with the provisions of item I of article 172 of the Brazilian Corporation Law, under paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Company's Bylaws. The Greenshoe Shares will be the object of a Public Distribution. The subscription price of each of the Greenshoe Shares is R$17.00, equivalent to the subscription price per share of the other shares of the Public Distribution, established in a bookbuilding process conducted by the Coordinators of the Offer, and approved by this Board of Directors on April 10, 2007. The Greenshoe Shares are entitled to the payment of dividends and interest on net capital declared by the Company, and to all the other rights and benefits granted to the other common shares owned by the Company, in the same conditions, as provided by the Brazilian Corporation Law, the Company's Bylaws, and the Rules of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices of the São Paulo Stock Exchange's (Bovespa) Novo Mercado. 6. CLOSURE: There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned and these minutes were drawn up, which, read and approved, were signed by all attending members. Paulínia, May 11, 2007. Dalton Dias Heringer – Chairman; Juliana Heringer Rezende – Secretary; Attending Members of the Board: Dalton Dias Heringer, Dalton Carlos Heringer, Almir Gonçalves de Miranda, Geraldo José Carbone, and Cristiano Gióia Lauretti. This is a free translation of the original instrument drawn up in the Company's records. Paulínia, May 11, 2007 _____________________________ Juliana Heringer Rezende Secretary Text_SP 1456449v1 6657/1 2