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GOL Announces Launch of Debt Exchange Offer
São Paulo, September 13, 2007 – GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), the parent company of Brazil’s low-cost airlines GOL Transportes Aéreos S.A. (“GTA”, that operates the GOL brand) and VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. (“VRG”, that operates the VARIG brand), informs that it launched yesterday the offer to exchange up to US$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Exchange Notes”) which have been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for a like principal amount of the original unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Outstanding Notes”). The terms of the Exchange Notes are identical to those of the Outstanding Notes. The Outstanding Notes are assigned CUSIP Nos. 38045U AB6 and G3980P AB1 and ISIN Nos. US38045UAB61 and USG3980PAB16, for the Restricted Global Note and Regulation S Global Note, respectively. The Company currently intends to list the Exchange Notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
The Exchange Offer commenced on September 12, 2007 and will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on October 19, 2007, unless extended.
For more information regarding the Exchange Notes, contact the principal Exchange Agent for the Exchange Notes, The Bank of New York, Corporate Trust Operations, Reorganization Unit, 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New York, NY 10286, tel: (212) 815-5920, facsimile: (212) 298-1915.
Documents in connection with the Exchange Offer are available at the offices of the exchange agent in Luxembourg. The exchange agent appointed in Luxembourg for these purposes is The Bank of New York at The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., Corporate Trust Services, Aerogolf Center – 1A, Hoehenhof, L-1736 Senningerberg. Services in connection with the Exchange Offer will be available through the principal Exchange Agent and the exchange agent in Luxembourg, including the exchange of the Outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes.
CONTACT: GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
| Investor Relations | Corporate Communications | |
| Ph: (5511) 3169 6800 | Ph: (5511) 3169 6967 | |
| E-mail: ri@golnaweb.com.br | E-mail: | |
| Site: www.voegol.com.br/ir | comunicacaocorporativa@golnaweb.com.br | |
| Media – Brazil & Latin America | Media – U.S. & Europe | |
| MVL Comunicação; D. Barbará and E. | Edelman; G. Juncadella and M. Smith | |
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| alexandre.michelacci@mvl.com.br | ||
This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the prospects of the business, estimates for operating and financial results, and those related to growth prospects of GOL. These are merely projections and, as such, are based exclusively on the expectations of GOL’s management concerning the future of the business and its continued access to capital to fund the Company’s business plan. Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on changes in market conditions, government regulations, competitive pressures, the performance of the Brazilian economy and the industry, among other factors and risks disclosed in GOL’s filed disclosure documents and are, therefore, subject to change without prior notice.
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. |
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/S/ Richard F. Lark, Jr.
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Name: Richard F. Lark, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer |
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