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GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
CNPJ N° 06.164.253/0001-87
NIRE 35.300.314.441
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
HELD ON JULY 12, 2010
Date, time and place: July 12, 2010, at 10:00 a.m., on Praça Comte. Linneu Gomes, S/N, Portaria 3 Prédio 07 Meeting Room of the Board of Directors, Jardim Aeroporto, São Paulo (Company). Attendance: All the members of the Board of Directors of the Company. Presiding Board: Chairman: Mr. Constantino de Oliveira Jr., who invited me, Henrique Constantino, to act as secretary of the meeting. Calling: Waived, due to the attendance of all the members of the Board of Directors. Agenda: To pass resolutions on the following matters: (i) Authorization for the Company to grant a guarantee to its subsidiary, Gol Finance, headquartered in the Cayman Islands (Gol Finance); and (ii) Authorization for the Board of Executive Officers of the Company to execute all the agreements and documents relating to item i above. Resolutions: After the necessary explanations were provided the following resolutions were adopted by unanimous vote: (i) Authorization for the Company to grant a personal guarantee to its subsidiary, Gol Finance, which guarantee is intended for unconditionally and irrevocably securing the obligations undertaken by Gol Finance upon its issuance of Senior Notes, with maturity date in 2020, to be sold to (a) qualified institutional investors, resident and domiciled in the United States of America, as defined in Rule 144A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, (Securities Act), in conformity with the registration exemption set forth in Rule 144A of the Securities Act; and (b) investors resident and domiciled in countries other than the United States of America, in conformity with the registration exemption set forth in Regulation S of the Securities Act (Notes and Issuance) in the amounts and interest to be defined by Gol Finance, in accordance to the description in the Offering Memorandum, which will be approved by the officers of the Company in accordance to the following item (ii); and (ii) considering the resolution taken, the Board of Executive Officers of the Company is hereby authorized to execute all the documents, contracts and agreements necessary for the granting of the guarantee approved herein, as well as to agree upon the terms thereof. The authorization granted herein includes, without limitation, the Indenture and the Purchase Agreement. The Companys Board of Officers is since now authorized to approve the principal amount and the interest rate to be applied to the Bonds to be guaranteed by the Company. The amount of the Bonds and the applicable interest rate shall be determined after the roadshow and the conclusion of the bookbuilding procedure. The acts performed up to now by the Board of Executive Officers of the Company in relation to the guarantee are hereby ratified. Adjournment of the Meeting and Drawing-up of the Minutes: Upon the floor being offered to whom might wish to use it, and as nobody voiced the intention to do so, the meeting was adjourned for the necessary time for these minutes to be drawn-up. Upon the
reopening of the meeting, these minutes were read, checked and signed by the attendees. I hereby certify that this is a faithful copy of the original minutes drawn-up in the proper book.
São Paulo, July 12, 2010.
_________________________ ________________________
Constantino de Oliveira Jr. Henrique Constantino
Chairman Secretary
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira | |
Name: Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira
Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer |
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