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GOL Receives IRGR Awards for
Financial Disclosure Procedures and IR Website
São Paulo, April 1, 2008 - GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4), the parent company of GOL Transportes Aéreos S.A. and VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A., received three awards at the tenth edition of the annual IR Global Rankings (IRGR), which identifies and ranks those companies with the best investor relations practices. For the third consecutive year, GOL was ranked first in the Financial Disclosure category in the Consumer Services sector and in the TOP 5 in Latin America. The Companys IR website was also ranked in the regional TOP 5. All in all, 160 companies from 32 countries took part.
The Financial Disclosure category rewards those companies with the best results disclosure procedures, especially regarding access to information and equality of treatment, while the IR Website category recognizes those firms with the best IR sites, in terms of content, navigability and interactivity.
GOL establishes benchmarks on all its operational fronts and communications is no exception, explains Richard Lark, GOLs CFO. We have recently introduced benchmarks for financial communications with journalists and fixed-income investors.
CONTACT: IR Ph.: (5511) 3169-6800 ri@golnaweb.com.br www.voegol.com.br/ir Media Ph.: (5511) 3169-6967 comcorp@golnaweb.com.br Edelman: G. Juncadella e M. Smith Ph: 1 (212) 704-4448 / 704-8196 gabriela.juncadella@edelman.com meaghan.smith@edelman.com |
About GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE: GOL and Bovespa: GOLL4)is the parent company of Brazilian airlines GOL Transportes Aéreos S.A. (GTA, a low-cost, low-fare airline which operates the GOL brand) and VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. (VRG, a premium service airline which operates the VARIG brand). GTA offers over 640 daily flights to 60 destinations connecting the most important cities in Brazil as well as the main destinations in South America. VGR offers over 120 daily flights to 14 destinations in Brazil. GTA and VRG operate a young, modern fleet of Boeing aircraft, the safest and most comfortable aircraft of its class, with low maintenance, fuel and training costs, and high aircraft utilization and efficiency ratios. The Companys service is recognized as the best value proposition in the market. 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 GOLs management. . Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on external factors, besides those disclosed in GOLs filed disclosure documents and are, therefore, subject to change without prior notice. |
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