-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, VisTRYfNTnGuQThsgXzYWBa0nIcB7512coGdoBHTsmY7D7AH8wuBOgfC4j6w3VrG LwWp1LU5SypXv/tPrXJDhg== 0001193125-07-191877.txt : 20070829 0001193125-07-191877.hdr.sgml : 20070829 20070829164900 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-191877 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: F-4 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 24 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070829 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070829 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gol Intelligent Airlines Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001291733 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: D5 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: F-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-145780 FILM NUMBER: 071088182 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RUA TAMOIOS 246 STREET 2: JARDIM AEROPORTO CITY: S?O PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 04630-000 BUSINESS PHONE: 55 11 5033-4226 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RUA TAMOIOS 246 STREET 2: JARDIM AEROPORTO CITY: S?O PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 04630-000 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Gol Finance LLP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001410706 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: E9 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: F-4 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-145780-01 FILM NUMBER: 071088183 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: RUA GOMES DE CARVALHO, 1629 CITY: SAO PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 04547006 BUSINESS PHONE: 551131696680 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: RUA GOMES DE CARVALHO, 1629 CITY: SAO PAULO STATE: D5 ZIP: 04547006 F-4 1 df4.htm FORM F-4 Form F-4
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 29, 2007

Registration No. 333-            

 


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


Form F-4

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 


 

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.   Gol Finance
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)   (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Gol Intelligent Airlines Inc.  
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)  
Federative Republic of Brazil   Cayman Islands

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

4512   4512

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

 

(Primary Standard Industrial

Classification Code Number)

Not Applicable   Not Applicable

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

Vila Olímpia

04547-006 São Paulo, São Paulo

Federative Republic of Brazil

(+55 11 3169 6800)

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant’s principal executive offices)

National Registered Agents, Inc.

875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 501

New York, New York 10001

(1-800-767-1553)

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Copy to:

Andrew B. Jánszky, Esq.

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Av. Brig. Faria Lima, 3400

04538 132 São Paulo, Brazil

Approximate date of commencement of proposed offer to the public: As soon as practicable after this registration statement becomes effective.

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of Each Class of

Securities to be Registered(1)

 

Amount

to be
Registered(1) (2)

  Proposed
Maximum
Offering Price
Per Security(1)
 

Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate

Offering Price(1)

 

Amount of

Registration Fee(3)

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

  US$225,000,000   100%   US$225,000,000   US$6,907.50

Guaranty

  US$225,000,000   —     —     None(2)
 
 

 

(1) The securities being registered hereby are offered in exchange for 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 previously sold in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. The registration fee has been computed based on the face value of the securities pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act.
(2) Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act of 1933, no separate fee is payable with respect to the guaranty.
(3) Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant offsets the total filing fee against the filing fee paid under Registration Statement No. 333-134188, filed by Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. on May 17, 2006 and withdrawn on September 7, 2006.

The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 or until the Registration Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a), may determine.

 



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The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.

Subject to Completion, dated August 29, 2007

 

PROSPECTUS

US$225,000,000

LOGO

GOL FINANCE

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

7.50% Senior Notes due 2017

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for any and all of its

Unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017

 


Unconditionally Guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

 


Terms of the Exchange Offer

This prospectus and accompanying letter of transmittal relate to the proposed offer by Gol Finance to exchange up to US$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017, or exchange notes, which are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for any and all of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017, or unregistered notes, that were issued on March 22, 2007. The exchange notes are unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. Gol Finance is a wholly owned subsidiary of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. The unregistered notes have certain transfer restrictions. The exchange notes will be freely transferable.

 

 

 

The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on              , 2007.

 

 

Tenders of outstanding unregistered notes may be withdrawn at any time before 5:00 p.m. on the date the exchange offer expires.

 

 

All outstanding unregistered notes that are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be exchanged.

 

 

The terms of the exchange notes to be issued are substantially similar to the unregistered notes, except they are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, do not have any transfer restrictions and do not have registration rights or rights to additional interest.

 

 

The exchange of unregistered notes for exchange notes will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

 

None of Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. or Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. will receive any proceeds from the exchange offer.

 

 

Application will be made to list the exchange notes on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to be traded on the MTF Market of that Exchange.

Please see “ Risk Factors” beginning on page 11 for a discussion of certain factors you should consider in connection with the exchange offer.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the securities to be distributed in the exchange offer, nor have any of these organizations determined that this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

The date of this prospectus is             , 2007


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Each holder of an unregistered note wishing to accept the exchange offer must deliver the unregistered note to be exchanged, together with the letter of transmittal that accompanies this prospectus and any other required documentation, to the exchange agent identified in this prospectus. Alternatively, you may effect a tender of unregistered notes by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, or by book-entry transfer at Clearstream Banking, S.A. Luxembourg, or Clearstream, or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.A., as operator of the Euroclear System, or Euroclear. All deliveries are at the risk of the holder. You can find detailed instructions concerning delivery in the section “The Exchange Offer” in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal.

If you are a broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for your account, you must acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. The letter of transmittal accompanying this prospectus states that, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act. You may use this prospectus, as we may amend or supplement it in the future, for your resale of exchange notes. We will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale for a period of 180 days after the date of consummation of this exchange offer.

 


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Where You Can Find More Information    ii
Information Incorporated by Reference    ii
Cautionary Statements Concerning Forward-Looking Information    iv
Summary    1
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges    10
Risk Factors    11
Use of Proceeds    13
Exchange Rates    14
Capitalization    15
Recent Developments    16
The Exchange Offer    23
Description of the Exchange Notes    33
Taxation    51
Plan of Distribution    56
Enforcement of Civil Liabilities    57
Validity of the Exchange Notes    59
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm    59

You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or additional information, you should not rely on it. You should assume that the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus or the date of the document incorporated by reference. Our business financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since then. None of Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. or Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. is making an offer of the notes in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted.

In this prospectus, we use the terms “GLAI” to refer to “Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.,” “GTA” to refer to Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., “Issuer” to refer to Gol Finance and “we,” “us” and “our” to refer to GLAI and its consolidated subsidiaries, including “GTA” and the “Issuer,” except where the context requires otherwise. All references to “Guarantors” refer to GLAI and GTA, collectively. Whenever we refer in this prospectus to the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 issued on March 22, 2007, we will refer to them as the “unregistered notes.”

 

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Whenever we refer in this prospectus to the registered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017, we will refer to them as the “exchange notes” or sometimes as the “new notes.” The unregistered notes and the exchange notes are collectively referred to as the “notes.” All references in this prospectus to “real,” “reais,” or “R$” are to the legal currency of Brazil and all references to “U.S. dollar,” “U.S. dollars” or “US$” are to the legal currency of the United States.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

The Issuer and GTA are not required under the Exchange Act to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The Issuer’s and GTA’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows are consolidated into our financial statements.

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and, in accordance therewith, file reports and other information with the SEC. As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the Exchange Act rules regarding the provision and control of proxy statement and regarding short-swing profit reporting and liability. Such reports and other information can be inspected and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Copies of such material can also be obtained at prescribed rates by writing to the Public Reference Section of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. We file materials with, and furnish material to, the SEC electronically using the EDGAR System. The SEC maintains an Internet site that contains these materials at www.sec.gov. In addition, such reports, proxy statements and other information concerning us can be inspected at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, on which our American Depositary Shares, representing our preferred shares, are listed.

As a foreign private issuer, we are not subject to the same disclosure requirements as a domestic U.S. registrant under the Exchange Act. For example, we are not required to prepare and issue quarterly reports. However, we furnish our shareholders with annual reports containing financial statements audited by our independent auditors and make available to our shareholders quarterly reports containing unaudited financial data for the first three quarters of each fiscal year. We file quarterly financial statements with the SEC within two months of the end of the first three quarters of our fiscal year, and we file annual reports on Form 20-F within the time period required by the SEC, which is currently six months from December 31, the end of our fiscal year.

INFORMATION INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The Commission allows us to “incorporate by reference” the information we submit to it, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to those documents that are considered part of this prospectus. Information that we submit to the Commission in the future and incorporate by reference will automatically update and supersede the previously submitted information. We incorporate herein by reference the documents listed below that we have submitted to the Commission:

 

   

Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006, or the 2006 Annual Report; and

 

   

Our Reports on Form 6-K dated March 16, March 28 (GLAI announces acquisition of VRG), April 9, April 10 (Minutes of Board of Directors’ meeting), April 18, April 20 (Financial Statements U.S. GAAP for the first quarter of 2007), April 27, June 14 (Minutes of Board of Directors’ meeting), June 15, and August 9, 2007 (Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements under U.S. GAAP).

We incorporate by reference in this prospectus all subsequent reports submitted to the Commission on Form 6-K that we specifically identify in such form as being incorporated by reference in this prospectus, in each case, after the date of this prospectus.

As you read the above documents, you may find inconsistencies in information from one document to another. If you find inconsistencies, you should rely on the statements made in the most recent document. All information appearing in this prospectus is qualified in its entirety by the information and financial statements, including the notes thereto, contained in the documents we have incorporated by reference.

 

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Upon written or oral request, we will provide to any person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus is delivered, at no cost to such person, a copy of any or all of the documents that have been incorporated by reference in this prospectus but not delivered with this prospectus, other than exhibits to such incorporated documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such document until the exchange offer is complete. You may make such a request by writing or telephoning us at the following mailing address or telephone number.

Investor Relations Department

Tel.: 55 11 3169-6800

www.voegol.com.br

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629,

04547-006 São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Any request for documents should be made by             , 2007 to ensure timely delivery of the documents.

Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in, and shall not be considered a part of, this prospectus.

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

This prospectus, as well as information incorporated by reference in this prospectus, includes forward-looking statements, principally in “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, and “Item 3D. Risk Factors” and “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects”, each included in our 2006 Annual Report. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current beliefs, expectations and projections about future events and financial trends affecting our business. Many important factors, in addition to those discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, could cause our actual results to differ substantially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements, including, among other things:

 

   

general economic, political and business conditions in Brazil and in other South American markets we serve;

 

   

management’s expectations and estimates concerning our future financial performance and financing plans and programs;

 

   

our level of fixed obligations;

 

   

our capital expenditure plans;

 

   

inflation and fluctuations in the exchange rate of the real;

 

   

existing and future governmental regulations, including air traffic capacity controls;

 

   

increases in fuel costs, maintenance costs and insurance premiums;

 

   

changes in market prices, customer demand and preferences and competitive conditions;

 

   

cyclical and seasonal fluctuations in our operating results;

 

   

defects or mechanical problems with our aircraft;

 

   

our ability to successfully implement our growth strategy; and

 

   

the risk factors discussed under “Risk Factors.”

The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “aim,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “expect” and similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our possible or assumed future results of operations, business strategies, financing plans, competitive position, industry environment, potential growth opportunities, the effects of future regulation and the effects of competition. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update publicly or to revise any forward-looking statements after we distribute this prospectus because of new information, future events or other factors. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this prospectus might not occur and are not guarantees of future performance.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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SUMMARY

This summary highlights information presented in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary is not complete and does not contain all the information you should consider before participating in this exchange offer. You should read carefully the entire prospectus, accompanying letter of transmittal and documents incorporated by reference.

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

We are the only low-fare low-cost airline providing frequent service on routes connecting all of Brazil’s major cities and also to major cities in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Our mission is to increase the growth and profits of our business by stimulating and meeting demand for safe, affordable, convenient air travel for both business and leisure passengers. We do this by offering simple, safe and efficient service while having one of the lowest operating costs in the airline industry worldwide. Our vision is to be recognized by 2010 as the airline that popularized high-quality, low-fare air transportation in South America. GTA is our main operating company.

For more information about us and our business, see the information incorporated by reference herein under “Information Incorporated by Reference” above.

Gol Finance

Gol Finance, or the Issuer, is an exempted limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands on March 16, 2006. GLAI owns directly 100% of the Issuer’s equity interests. The Issuer was established to primarily finance the acquisition of aircraft, equipment and supply materials by other companies of the Gol group. The Issuer’s authorized share capital is US$50,000.00, divided into 50,000 ordinary shares of US$1.00 each. The Issuer’s issued share capital is a single ordinary share of US$1.00 par value, which is fully paid up. Its statutory documents and any other documents concerning the Issuer which are referred to in this prospectus can be inspected at our principal executive offices at the same address. No financial statements have been produced for the Issuer as of the date of this prospectus and no financial statements are expected to be prepared for the Issuer in the future.

Recent Developments

On April 9, 2007, we acquired all outstanding capital stock of VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. (“VRG”, the airline that operates the Varig brand) for R$558.7 million (equivalent to US$290.1 million based on the real/U.S. dollar exchange rate in effect on June 30, 2007 of R$1.926 per US$1.00). For further information regarding this acquisition, see our report on Form 6-K as filed with the Commission on March 28, 2007, which is incorporated by reference in this prospectus. See “Information Incorporated by Reference.”

 

         

The registered office of the Issuer is located at Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629, 04547-006 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Our principal executive offices are located at Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629, 04547-006 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. The telephone number of our investor relations department is +55 11 3169-6800. Our website address is www.voegol.com.br and our website is available in Portuguese, Spanish and English. Investor information can be found on our website under the caption “Investor Relations.” Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in, and shall not be considered a part of, this prospectus.

 

 

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Summary of the Exchange Offer

On March 22, 2007, the Issuer issued US$225 million aggregate principal amount of unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017. The unregistered notes are fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the Guarantors. On the same day, we and the initial purchasers of the unregistered notes entered into a registration rights agreement in which we agreed that you, as a holder of unregistered notes, would be entitled to exchange your unregistered notes for exchange notes registered under the Securities Act but otherwise having substantially identical terms to the unregistered notes. This exchange offer is intended to satisfy these rights. After the exchange offer is completed, you will no longer be entitled to any registration rights with respect to your notes. The exchange notes will be our obligations and will be entitled to the benefits of the indenture relating to the notes. The exchange notes will also be fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed as to payment of principal and interest by the Guarantors. The form and terms of the exchange notes are identical in all material respects to the form and terms of the unregistered notes, except that the exchange notes have been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will contain no restrictive legends; the exchange notes will not have registration rights; and the exchange notes will not have rights to additional interest. For additional information on the terms of this exchange offer, see “The Exchange Offer.”

 

The Exchange Offer  ............................................

   Gol Finance is offering to exchange each US$1,000 principal amount of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017, which have been registered under the Securities Act, for each $1,000 principal amount of its outstanding unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 that were issued on March 22, 2007. As of the date of this prospectus, US$225 million in principal amount of our unregistered notes is outstanding. The exchange notes will be issued in registered form in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

Expiration of the Exchange Offer  .......................

   The exchange offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2007, unless we decide to extend the exchange offer.

Conditions of the Exchange Offer  ......................

   The Issuer will not be required to accept for exchange any unregistered notes, and GLAI may amend or terminate the exchange offer, if the exchange offer violates any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC.

Resales of the Exchange Notes  ...........................

   Based on interpretative letters of the SEC staff to third parties unrelated to us, the Issuer believes that you can resell and transfer the exchange notes you receive pursuant to this exchange offer without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that:
  

•        no law, rule or regulation or applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC have been issued or promulgated which, in the Issuer’s good faith determination, does not permit it to effect the exchange offer;

  

•        at the time of commencement of the exchange offer, you had no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the unregistered notes or exchange notes;

 

 

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•        you are not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or the Guarantors or, if you are such an affiliate, you will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable;

  

•        if you are a broker-dealer, you have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Issuer or the Guarantors or any “affiliate” of the Issuer or the Guarantors (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) to distribute the exchange notes;

  

•        if you are a broker-dealer and you will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for unregistered notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes; and

  

•        you are not acting on behalf of any person or entity that could not truthfully make these representations.

   If you wish to accept the exchange offer, you must represent to the Issuer that these conditions have been met.
   If the belief of the Issuer is inaccurate and you transfer any exchange note without delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act or without an exemption from registration under the Securities Act, you may incur liability under the Securities Act. The Issuer does not assume or indemnify you against such liability.
Accrued Interest on the Exchange Notes and   
Unregistered Notes  ..............................................    If the notes are exchanged prior to October 3, 2007, the exchange notes will accrue interest from and including March 22, 2007, and the Issuer will pay interest on the exchange notes semiannually on April 3 and October 3 of each year, commencing October 3, 2007. If the notes are exchanged on or after October 3, 2007, the exchange notes will accrue interest from and including October 3, 2007, and the Issuer will pay interest on the exchange notes semiannually on April 3 and October 3 of each year, commencing April 3, 2008.
   Holders of unregistered notes that are accepted for exchange will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any payment in respect of interest accrued from the date of the last interest payment date in respect of the unregistered notes until the date of the issuance of the exchange notes. Consequently, holders of exchange notes will receive the same interest payments that they would have received had they not accepted the exchange offer.

Procedures for Tendering Unregistered Notes  ................................................................

   If you wish to participate in the exchange offer, you must:
  

•        transmit a properly completed and signed letter of transmittal, and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal, to the exchange agent at the address set forth in the letter of transmittal. These materials must be received by the exchange agent before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2007, the expiration date of the exchange offer. You must also provide physical delivery of your unregistered notes to the exchange agent’s address as set forth in the letter of transmittal.

 

 

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The letter of transmittal must also contain the representations you must make to us as described under “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering;” or

  

•        you may effect a tender of unregistered notes electronically by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at DTC and through Clearstream Banking or Euroclear pursuant to established procedures between DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream Banking. By tendering the unregistered notes by book-entry transfer, you must agree to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal.

Special Procedures for Beneficial Owners  ........

   If you are a beneficial owner of unregistered notes that are held through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender such unregistered notes, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct them to tender your unregistered notes on your behalf.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures for

  

    Unregistered Notes  .........................................

   If you cannot meet the expiration deadline, or you cannot deliver on time your unregistered notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documentation, or comply on time with DTC’s, Euroclear’s or Clearstream Banking’s respective standard operating procedures for electronic tenders, you may tender your unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

Withdrawal Rights  ..............................................

   You may withdraw the tender of your unregistered notes at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2007, the expiration date.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange  ...............

   If you are eligible to participate in this exchange offer and you do not tender your unregistered notes as described in this prospectus, your unregistered notes will continue to be subject to transfer restrictions. As a result of the transfer restrictions and the availability of exchange notes, the market for the unregistered notes is likely to be much less liquid than before this exchange offer. The unregistered notes will, after this exchange offer, bear interest at the same rate as the exchange notes.

Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax

  

Consequences  ...................................................

   The exchange of the unregistered notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer will not be a taxable event for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Use of Proceeds  .................................................

   Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors will receive any proceeds from the issuance of exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer.

 

 

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Exchange Agent for Unregistered Notes  ............

   The Bank of New York, the trustee under the indenture for the unregistered notes, is serving as the exchange agent in connection with the exchange offer. The Bank of New York, as exchange agent, can be reached at 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New York, NY 10286

Information Agent  ...............................................

   D. F. King & Co., Inc. is the information agent for the exchange offer.

 

 

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Summary Description of the Exchange Notes

The following summarized description of the exchange notes is subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. For additional information on the terms of the exchange notes, see “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

 

Issuer  .....................................................................

   Gol Finance.

Guarantors  ............................................................

   Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

Exchange Notes Offered  ......................................

   US$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017.

Guarantees  ...........................................................

   The Guarantors will unconditionally guarantee, jointly and severally, on an unsecured unsubordinated basis, all of the Issuer’s obligations pursuant to the exchange notes.

Maturity Date  .......................................................

   April 3, 2017.

Interest Rate  .........................................................

   The exchange notes will bear interest from March 22, 2007 if the notes are exchanged before October 3, 2007, or from October 3, 2007 if the notes are exchanged on or after October 3, 2007, at the annual rate of 7.50%, payable semi-annually in arrears on each interest payment date.

Interest Payment Dates  ........................................

   April 3 and October 3 of each year, commencing on October 3, 2007 if the notes are exchanged prior to October 3, 2007. April 3 and October 3 of each year, commencing on April 3, 2008 if the notes are exchanged on or after October 3, 2007.

Ranking  .................................................................

   The exchange notes will be unsecured and will rank equally with the other unsecured indebtedness the Issuer may incur. The exchange notes will be guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured unsubordinated basis by the Guarantors. The guarantees will rank equally in right of payment with the other unsecured indebtedness and guarantees of the Guarantors. The exchange notes will be effectively junior to the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ secured indebtedness. Under Brazilian law, holders of the exchange notes will not have any claim whatsoever against the Guarantors’ non-guarantor subsidiaries. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Ranking.” As of June 30, 2007, the Issuer had US$425.0 million of long-term indebtedness and the Guarantors had US$750.0 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness, including the Issuer’s indebtedness. As of June 30, 2007, the Issuer had no secured indebtedness and the Guarantors had US$37.7 million of consolidated secured indebtedness.

Payment of Additional Amounts  ..........................

   Payments of interest on the exchange notes will be made after withholding and deduction for any Brazilian or Cayman taxes as set forth under “Taxation.” The Issuer, in respect of the exchange notes, and the Guarantors, in respect of the guarantees, will pay such additional amounts as will result in receipt by the holders of exchange notes of such amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction for Brazilian or Cayman taxes been required, subject to certain exceptions set forth under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Additional Amounts.”

 

 

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Tax Redemption  ...................................................

   The Issuer may, at its option, redeem the exchange notes, in whole but not in part, at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest and additional amounts, if any, upon the occurrence of specified events relating to the applicable tax law. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Redemption—Tax Redemption.”

Additional Amounts  ..............................................

   Payments of interest on the exchange notes will be made after withholding and deduction for any Brazilian or Cayman taxes as set forth under “Taxation.” The Issuer, in respect of the exchange notes, and the Guarantors, in respect of the guarantees, will pay such additional amounts as will result in receipt by the holders of notes of such amounts as would have been received by them had no such withholding or deduction for Brazilian or Cayman taxes been required, subject to certain exceptions set forth under “Description of Notes—Additional Amounts.”

Optional Redemption  ...........................................

   The Issuer may redeem for cash all or a portion of the exchange notes at any time or from time to time, by paying the redemption price described under “Description of the Exchange Notes—Redemption—Optional Redemption,” which will be equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the exchange notes being redeemed and (2) a make whole amount, if any, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

Covenants  .............................................................

   The terms of the exchange notes do not contain any restrictive covenants or other provisions designed to protect holders of the exchange notes in the event that the Issuer or the Guarantors or any other of the Guarantors’ present or future subsidiaries participate in a highly leveraged transaction. The terms of the exchange notes do not permit the Issuer and the Guarantors to consolidate or merge with, or transfer all or substantially all of their respective assets to, another person, or to enter into transactions with affiliates, unless the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, comply with certain requirements. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Covenants.”

Change of control offer  ........................................

   Upon the occurrence of a change of control that results in a ratings decline, you will have the right, as a holder of the exchange notes, subject to certain exceptions, to require the Issuer to repurchase some or all of your exchange notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the repurchase date. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Repurchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control.”

 

 

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Events of default  ..................................................   

The exchange notes and the indenture will contain certain events of default, consisting of, among others, the following:

 

•         failure to pay the principal when due or failure to pay interest in respect of the exchange notes within 30 days of the due date for an interest payment;

 

•         failure to comply with the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ covenants with such failure continuing for either 30 or 60 days, after written notice has been delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantors;

 

•         indebtedness of the Issuer, the Guarantors or any of the significant subsidiaries of GLAI exceeding US$50 million is not paid when due or is accelerated; and

 

•         specified events of bankruptcy, liquidation or insolvency of us or any of our subsidiaries.

 

For a full description of the Events of Default, see “Description of the Exchange Notes — Events of Default.”

Further Issuances  ................................................

   The Issuer may from time to time without notice to or consent of the holders of exchange notes create and issue an unlimited principal amount of additional notes of the same series as the exchange notes initially issued in this offering. Holders of the exchange notes should be aware that additional notes that are treated as the same series as the exchange notes initially issued in this offering may be treated as separate issues for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “Description of the Exchange Notes — Further Issuances.”

Form and Denomination; Settlement  ..................

   The exchange notes will be issued in the form of global notes in fully registered form without interest coupons attached. The global notes will be exchanged or transferred, as the case may be, for definitive certificate notes in fully registered form without interest coupons only in limited circumstances. The exchange notes will be issued in registered form in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. See “Description of the Exchange Notes—Form, Denomination and Title.”
   The exchange notes will be issued in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC, for the accounts of its participants, including Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as the operator of Euroclear, and Clearstream, and will trade in DTC’s same-day funds settlement system. Beneficial interests in exchange notes held in book-entry form will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated notes, except in certain limited circumstances.

Listing  ..................................................................

   Application will be made to list the exchange notes on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and to trade them on the Euro MTF Market of that Exchange. We cannot assure you, however, that this application will be accepted.

Use of Proceeds  ...................................................

   Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors will receive any proceeds from the issuance of exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

 

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Governing Law  ...................................................

   The indenture, the guarantees and the exchange notes will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Trustee, Registrar and Transfer Agent  ..............

   The Bank of New York.

Principal Paying Agent  ......................................

   The Bank of New York.

Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent  ...............................................................

   The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A.

Luxembourg Listing Agent  ..................................

   The Bank of New York Europe Limited.

 

 

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RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

Our ratio of earnings to fixed charges is set forth below for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and for each year in the five-year period ended December 31, 2006.

For purposes of computing the following ratios, earnings are defined as income before taxes plus fixed charges and amortization of capitalized interest less capitalized interest and preferred stock dividend requirements. Fixed charges consist of interest (capitalized and expensed), amortization of deferred debt issuance costs, and that portion of rental expense that is representative of the interest factor.

 

     Six Months
Ended
   Year Ended December 31,
     June 30, 2007    2006    2005    2004    2003    2002

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

   2.03    7.98    12.19    15.26    6.93    2.60

 

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RISK FACTORS

You should consider carefully the risks and uncertainties described below in addition to all the other information included or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, including under the heading “Item 3D. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006, before deciding to exchange unregistered notes for exchange notes. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of the risks and uncertainties described herein or therein. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our financial condition and business operations.

Risks Relating to the Exchange Notes

There are no financial covenants in the exchange notes or the guarantees.

None of the Issuer, the Guarantors or any of their subsidiaries are restricted from incurring additional debt or liabilities, including additional senior debt, under the exchange notes, the guarantees or the indenture. If either the Issuer or the Guarantors incur additional debt or liabilities, their ability to pay their obligations on the exchange notes or the guarantees, as the case may be, could be adversely affected. The Issuer and the Guarantors expect from time to time to incur additional debt and other liabilities. In addition, neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors are restricted from creating liens on their assets, and the Guarantors are not restricted from paying dividends or issuing or repurchasing securities under the guarantees or the indenture.

Payments on the exchange notes and the guarantees will be junior to any secured debt obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, as the case may be, and effectively junior to debt obligations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries.

The exchange notes and the guarantees will constitute unsecured unsubordinated obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and will rank equal in right of payment with all of the other existing and future unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness of the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively. Although the holders of the exchange notes will have a direct, but unsecured claim on the assets and property of the Issuer, payment on the exchange notes will be subordinated to any secured debt of the Issuer to the extent of the assets and property securing such debt. Payment on the exchange notes will also be effectively subordinated to the payment of secured and unsecured debt and other creditors of the Guarantor’s non-guarantor subsidiaries. In addition, under Brazilian law, the obligations of the Guarantors under the guarantees are subordinated to certain statutory preferences, including claims for salaries, wages, secured obligations, social security, taxes, court fees, expenses and costs, as well as to other statutory claims specific to the aircraft industry. In the event of the Guarantors’ liquidation, such statutory preferences will have preference over any other claims, including claims by any holder of the exchange notes.

As of June 30, 2007, the Issuer had US$425.0 million of long-term indebtedness and the Guarantors had US$750.0 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness, including the Issuer’s indebtedness. As of June 30, 2007, the Issuer had no secured indebtedness and the Guarantors had US$37.7 million of consolidated secured indebtedness.

Judgments of Brazilian courts enforcing the Guarantors’ obligations under the exchange notes would be payable only in reais.

If proceedings were brought in the courts of Brazil seeking to enforce obligations of the Guarantors under the guarantees, the Guarantors would not be required to discharge such obligations in a currency other than reais. Any judgment obtained against the Guarantors in Brazilian courts in respect of any payment obligations under the guarantees will be expressed in reais equivalent to the U.S. dollar amount at the exchange rate published by the Central Bank of the date on which such judgment is rendered. We cannot assure you that this exchange rate will afford you full compensation of the amount invested in the exchange notes.

 

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We cannot assure you that an active trading market for the exchange notes will develop.

The exchange notes constitute a new issue of securities, for which there is no existing market. Although we will apply to list the exchange notes on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and admission to trading will be made on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, we cannot provide you with any assurances that the application will be accepted. Further, no assurance can be provided regarding the development of a market for the exchange notes, the ability of holders of the exchange notes to sell their exchange notes, or the price at which such holders may be able to sell their exchange notes. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that an active trading market for the exchange notes will develop or, if a trading market develops, that it will continue. The lack of an active trading market for the exchange notes would have a material adverse effect on the market price and liquidity of the exchange notes. Even if a market for the exchange notes develops, the exchange notes may trade at a discount from their initial offering price.

We may be unable to repurchase the exchange notes upon a change of control.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control that results in a rating decline, you may require us to purchase all or a portion of your exchange notes at 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest and any additional amounts. If such a change of control were to occur, we may not have enough funds at the time to pay the purchase price for all tendered exchange notes. Our future indebtedness may provide that a change of control constitutes an event of default which could result in the acceleration of maturity of such indebtedness and may prohibit the purchase of the exchange notes upon a change of control that results in a ratings decline. If a change of control that results in a rating decline occurs at a time when we are prohibited from purchasing the exchange notes, we could seek the consent of our lenders to purchase the exchange notes or could attempt to refinance this debt. If we do not obtain a consent, we could not purchase the exchange notes. Our failure to purchase any tendered exchange notes would constitute an event of default under the applicable agreement. Our obligation to offer to purchase the exchange notes upon a change of control that results in a rating decline would not necessarily afford you protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, merger or similar transaction involving us. The terms “change of control” and “rating decline” are defined in the “Description of the Exchange Notes—Certain Definitions” section.

Risks Relating to the Unregistered Notes

If you do not participate in the exchange offer, you will continue to be subject to transfer restrictions.

If you do not exchange your unregistered notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer, you will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer of your unregistered notes. We do not intend to register the unregistered notes under the Securities Act. To the extent unregistered notes are tendered and accepted in the exchange offer, the trading market, if any, for the unregistered notes would be adversely affected. See “The Exchange Offer.”

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

Neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors will receive any proceeds from the exchange offer. In consideration for issuing the exchange notes contemplated by this prospectus, the Issuer will receive unregistered notes from you in like principal amount. The unregistered notes surrendered in exchange for exchange notes will be retired and cancelled and cannot be reissued. Accordingly, the issuance of the exchange notes will not result in any change in our indebtedness.

The net proceeds from the sale of the unregistered notes were primarily used to finance the acquisition of aircraft, equipment, and supply materials by other companies of the Gol group.

 

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EXCHANGE RATES

Before March 4, 2005, there were two principal legal foreign exchange markets in Brazil:

 

   

the commercial rate exchange market; and

 

   

the floating rate exchange market.

Most trade and financial foreign-exchange transactions were carried out on the commercial rate exchange market. These transactions included the purchase or sale of shares or payment of dividends or interest with respect to shares. Foreign currencies could only be purchased in the commercial exchange market through a Brazilian bank authorized to operate in these markets. In both markets, rates were freely negotiated.

In March 2005, the National Monetary Council, dated March 4, 2005, consolidated the foreign exchange markets into one single foreign exchange market. All foreign exchange transactions are now carried out through institutions authorized to operate in the consolidated market and are subject to registration with the Central Bank’s electronic registration system. Foreign exchange rates continue to be freely negotiated, but may be influenced by Central Bank intervention.

Since 1999, the Central Bank has allowed the real/U.S. dollar exchange rate to float freely, and during that period, the real/U.S. dollar exchange rate has fluctuated considerably. In the past, the Central Bank has intervened occasionally to control unstable movements in foreign exchange rates. We cannot predict whether the Central Bank or the Brazilian government will continue to let the real float freely or will intervene in the exchange rate market through a currency band system or otherwise. The real may depreciate or appreciate against the U.S. dollar substantially in the future. For more information on these risks, see “Item 3D. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Brazil” in our 2006 Annual Report.

The following tables set forth the commercial selling rate, expressed in reais per U.S. dollar (R$/US$), for the periods indicated.

 

     Period-end   

Average for

Period

   Low    High
     (reais per US.dollar)

Year Ended

           

December 31, 2002

   3.533    2.998(1)    2.271    3.955

December 31, 2003

   2.889    3.060(1)    2.822    3.662

December 31, 2004

   2.654    2.917(1)    2.654    3.205

December 31, 2005

   2.341    2.412(1)    2.163    2.762

December 31, 2006

   2.138    2.168(1)    2.059    2.371

Month Ended

           

March 31, 2007

   2.050    2.089(2)    2.139    2.050

April 30, 2007

   2.034    2.032(2)    2.023    2.048

May 31, 2007

   1.929    1.982(2)    1.929    2.031

June 30, 2007

   1.926    1.932(2)    1.905    1.964

July 31, 2007

   1.878    1.883(2)    1.845    1.918

August (through August 24)

   1.986    1.964(2)    1.873    2.112

Source: Central Bank

 

(1) Represents the average of the exchange rates on the last day of each month during the period.
(2) Represents the average of the exchange rates during the period.

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our consolidated total capitalization at June 30, 2007. This table should be read in conjunction with the section “Selected Financial and Other Information” in our 2006 Annual Report and our report on Form 6-K submitted to the Commission on August 9, 2007.

 

     As of June 30, 2007
     (in thousands of
reais)
  

(in thousands of

U.S. dollars)(1)

Cash

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   553,669    287,441

Short-term investments

   1,205,474    625,830
         

Total cash and financial investments

   1,759,143    913,271
         

Short-term debt

   382,726    198,695

Current portion of long-term debt

   58,062    30,143

Long-term debt

   1,444,710    750,031

Total debt

   1,885,498    978,869

Shareholders’ equity

     

Preferred shares, no par value; 94,703,717 issued and outstanding

   1,207,780    627,027

Common shares, no par value; 107,590,792 issued and outstanding

   41,500    21,545

Additional paid-in capital

   36,227    18,807

Appropriated retained earnings

   39,577    20,547

Unappropriated retained earnings

   1,178,321    611,733

Accumulated other comprehensive gain

   9,815    5,096
         

Total shareholders’ equity

   2,513,220    1,304,755
         

Total capitalization(2)(3)

   4,398,718    2,283,624

(1) The real amounts for June 30, 2007 have been converted into dollars using the exchange rate of US$1.00 = R$1.9262, which is the selling rate reported by the Central Bank on this date. This information is presented solely for the convenience of the reader. You should not interpret the currency conversions in this prospectus as a statement that the amounts in reais currently represent such values in U.S. dollars. Additionally, you should not interpret such conversions as statements that the amounts in reais have been, could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at this or any other foreign exchange rates.

 

(2) Total capitalization is the sum of total debt and total shareholders’ equity.

 

(3) After the completion of this offering, we may incur additional debt in the regular course of our business which may materially affect our total indebtedness as provided in this table.

Issuer

As at the date of this prospectus, the Issuer has US$425.0 million in indebtedness. The Issuer has no other assets or liabilities.

 

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes as of June 30, 2007 and for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 included in our report on Form 6-K submitted to the Commission on August 9, 2007 (Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements under U.S. GAAP), which is incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Consolidated results for the period include the results of VRG since April 9, 2007, the date we acquired VRG. Our historical results discussed are not necessarily indicative of our full year performance or of results to be expected from any future period. The following discussion may contain forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under “Risk Factors” and “Special Note About Forward Looking Statements.”

The following table sets forth our operating results for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006.

 

    

For the six-month period

ended June 30,

(unaudited)

 
     2007     2006  
     (In thousands)  

Net operating revenues

    

Passenger

   R$     2,021,427     R$     1,616,707  

Cargo and other

     171,377       90,337  
                

Total net operating revenues

     2,192,804       1,707,044  

Operating expenses

    

Aircraft fuel

     857,491       538,062  

Salaries, wages and benefits

     310,192       171,659  

Aircraft rent

     231,387       139,929  

Sales and marketing

     162,364       202,960  

Landing fees

     125,261       62,009  

Aircraft and traffic servicing

     157,881       72,181  

Maintenance materials and repairs

     122,750       60,212  

Depreciation

     58,046       28,449  

Other

     135,786       75,489  
                

Total operating expenses

     2,161,158       1,350,950  

Operating income (loss)

     31,646       356,094  

Other income (expense)

    

Interest expense

     (68,015 )     (26,912 )

Capitalized interest

     8,706       7,705  

Interest and investment income

     161,485       69,850  

Other, net

     (22,575 )     2,744  
                

Total other income

     79,601       53,387  

Income (loss) before income taxes

     111,247       409,481  

Income tax expense (benefit)

     (30,036 )     (123,006 )
                

Net income (loss)

   R$ 81,211     R$ 286,475  
                

Earning (loss) per common and preferred share:

    

Basic and diluted

   R$ 0.41     R$ 1.46  

 

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Summary of New Significant Accounting Policies

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. We account for goodwill and other intangible assets using SFAS No. 142 (“SFAS 142”), “Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.” Under this standard, goodwill is tested for impairment annually by comparing the book value to the fair value at the reporting unit level and indefinite-lived intangibles are tested individually, at least annually, by reviewing the individual book values compared to the fair value. Considerable judgement is necessary to evaluate the impact of operating and macroeconomic changes to estimate future cash flows and to measure fair value. Assumptions in our impairment evaluations are consistent with internal projections and operating plans.

Mileage Program. VRG operates a frequent flyer program, Smiles (“Mileage Program”) that provides travel and other awards to members based on accumulated mileage credits. The obligation assumed under the Mileage Program was valued at the acquisition date at the estimated fair value that represents the estimated price we would pay to a third party to assume the obligation for miles expected to be redeemed under the Mileage Program. Outstanding miles earned by flying VRG or distributed by its non-airline partners (such as banks, credit card issuers and e-commerce companies) were revalued using a weighted-average per-mile equivalent ticket value, taking into account such factors as differing classes of service and domestic and international ticket itineraries, which can be reflected in awards chosen by Mileage Program members.

The sale of passenger tickets by VRG includes air transportation and mileage credits. VRG’s sales of miles to business partners include marketing and mileage credits. VRG uses the deferred revenue model to account for its obligation for miles to be redeemed based upon the equivalent ticket value of similar fares. VRG accounts for all miles earned and sold as separate deliverables in a multiple element revenue arrangement as prescribed by FASB Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 00-21 (“EITF 00-21”), “Revenue Arrangements with Multiple Deliverables.” VRG uses the residual method and defers the portion of the sales proceeds that represent the estimated fair value of the award and recognizes that amount as revenue when the award is provided. The excess of sale proceeds over the fair value of the award is recognized as air transportation revenue or other revenue (for marketing), as applicable.

For miles that are inactive for a period of 36 consecutive months, it is VRG’s policy to cancel all miles contained in those accounts at the end of the 36 month period of inactivity. The value associated with mileage credits that are estimated to be cancelled based upon inactivity is recognized as passenger revenue in proportion to actual mileage award redemptions over the period in which the redemptions occur.

Six-Month Period ended June 30, 2007 Compared to Six-Month Period ended June 30, 2006

We reported net income for the six months ended June 30, 2007 of R$81.2 million compared to net income of R$286.5 million for the same period of 2006. Our net margin in the six months ended June 30, 2007 was 3.7%. We had operating income of R$31.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2007 compared to R$356.1 million of operating income for the six months ended June 30, 2006. Income before income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2007 was R$111.2 million.

Net Operating Revenues. Net operating consolidated revenues, principally revenues from passenger transportation, increased 28.5% to R$2.2 billion, primarily due to an 86.1% increase in capacity and the incorporation of VRG revenues, which generated 62.3% more revenue passenger kilometers, offset by lower yields and load factors. GTA’s net revenues increased 17.5% to R$2.0 billion. VRG’s revenues, which were consolidated into our results of operations as from April 9, 2007, totaled R$187.2 million. In the six months ended June 30, 2007, our consolidated revenue passenger kilometer growth was driven by a 47.7% increase in departures and an 18.7% increase in stage length, offset by a five percentage point decrease in load factor to 67.5%. Consolidated revenue passenger kilometers grew 62.3% to 10.7 million and revenue passengers grew 45.4% to 6.2 million.

 

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Consolidated average fares decreased 14.3% from R$209.3 to R$179.4 and yields decreased 20.9% to R$18.1 cents per passenger kilometer, mainly due to an 18.7% increase in aircraft stage length. Consolidated operating revenues per available seat kilometer decreased 26.3% to R$13.8 cents in the six-month period ending June 30, 2007 (compared to R$18.8 cents in the same period of 2006).

The 86.1% year-over-year consolidated capacity expansion, represented by available seat kilometers, facilitated the addition of 54 new daily flight frequencies (including 12 night flights), two new domestic destinations and one international destination for GTA in the six months ended June 30, 2007, as well as 16 new daily flight frequencies for VRG. The addition of 26.5 average consolidated operating aircraft compared to the six-month period ended June 30, 2006 (from 44.9 to 71.4 average aircraft) drove the available seat kilometer increase. GTA’s domestic market share averaged 39.3% and VRG’s averaged 4.2% during the six-month period ended June 30, 2007. Through its regular international flights to Buenos Aires, Cordoba and Rosario (Argentina), Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Montevideo (Uruguay), Asuncion (Paraguay), Santiago (Chile) and Lima (Peru), GTA achieved a sharp increase in year–over–year international market share to 15.6% (share of Brazilian airlines flying to international destinations) in the same period. VRG’s international market share through its regular flights to Buenos Aires (Argentina), Bogota (Colombia), Caracas (Venezuela), and Frankfurt (Germany) was 11.4%. Of our consolidated revenue passenger kilometers, 15.3% were related to international passenger traffic in six months ended June 30, 2007.

Complementing net operating consolidated revenues, cargo transportation activities primarily contributed to the expansion of other operating revenues, increasing from R$90.3 million to R$171.4 million.

Operating Expenses. Total consolidated cost per available seat kilometer decreased 8.1% to R$13.7 cents, due to lower selling expenses, a reduction in fuel prices and lower aircraft rent expenses per available seat kilometer, partially offset by lower productivity in the period due to delays and bottlenecks in the Brazilian air transportation system. Consolidated operating expenses per available seat kilometer excluding fuel decreased by 7.8% to R$8.2 cents. Total operating expenses increased 60.0%, reaching R$2,161.2 million, due to higher fuel expenses, increased air traffic servicing expenses, higher maintenance expenses and the expansion of our operations (fleet and employee expansion and a higher volume of landing fees). The R$319.4 million increase in fuel expenses was due to a 68.7% increase in fuel consumption resulting from an expansion of operations and partially offset by lower fuel prices per liter in the six months ended June 30, 2007.

Our breakeven load factor increased 9.2 percentage points to 66.6% versus 57.4% in the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Results from our operating expense (jet fuel price and U.S. Dollar exchange rate) hedging programs are accounted for in accordance with SFAS 133 (Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No 133), “Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities.”

The breakdown of our costs per available seat kilometer and operating expenses for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:

 

    

For the six-month period

ended June 30,

      
     (unaudited)    Percent  
     2007    2006    Change  
    

(cost per available seat

kilometer in R$ cents)

      

Aircraft fuel

   5.42    5.93    -8.6 %

Salaries, wages and benefits

   1.96    1.89    3.7 %

Aircraft rent

   1.46    1.54    -5.2 %

Sales and marketing

   1.03    2.23    -53.8 %

Landing fees

   0.79    0.68    16.2 %

Aircraft and traffic servicing

   1.00    0.80    25.0 %

Maintenance, materials and repairs

   0.77    0.66    16.7 %

Depreciation

   0.37    0.31    19.4 %

Other operating expenses

   0.86    0.83    3.6 %

Total operating expenses

   13.66    14.87    -8.1 %

Operating expenses ex-fuel

   8.24    8.94    -7.8 %

 

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For the six-month period

ended June 30,

      
     (unaudited)    Percent  
     2007    2006    Change  
     (operating expenses
in millions of
reais)
      

Aircraft fuel

   857.5    538.1    59.4 %

Salaries, wages and benefits

   310.2    171.7    80.7 %

Aircraft rent

   231.4    139.9    65.4 %

Sales and marketing

   162.4    202.9    -20.0 %

Landing fees

   125.3    62.1    101.8 %

Aircraft and traffic servicing

   157.9    72.2    118.7 %

Maintenance, materials and repairs

   122.7    60.2    103.8 %

Depreciation

   58.0    28.4    104.2 %

Other operating expenses

   135.8    75.5    79.9 %

Total operating expenses

   2,161.2    1,351.0    60.0 %

Operating expenses ex-fuel

   1,303.7    812.9    60.4 %

Aircraft fuel expenses per available seat kilometer decreased 8.6% over the six months ended June 30, 2007 to R$5.42 cents, mainly due to lower fuel price per liter and a proportionally more fuel efficient fleet (additional larger, winglet–equipped 737–800 SFP aircraft in the fleet), partially offset by an increase fuel consumption due to increase in flight hours related to airport bottlenecks. The decrease in average fuel price per liter over the six months ended June 30, 2006 was primarily due to an 8.0% decrease of international crude oil (WTI) prices and a 0.4% decrease in Gulf Coast jet fuel prices, in addition to the 7.2% Brazilian Real appreciation against the U.S. Dollar (factors influencing the determination of Brazilian jet fuel prices). We have hedged approximately 41%, 25%, 10% and 10% of our fuel requirements for the third and fourth quarters 2007 and first and second quarters 2008, respectively.

Salaries, wages and benefits expenses per available seat kilometer increased 3.7% to R$1.96 cents in the six months ended June 30, 2007, primarily due to a 5% cost of living increase on salaries in December 2006 and an 84.2% increase in the number of full–time equivalent employees, and lower productivity due to increased man hours due to flight delays in the semester. In order to support capacity expansion and internalization of call center employees, the number of employees increased to 13,313 in the first six months of 2007.

Aircraft rent per available seat kilometer decreased 5.2% to R$1.46 cents in the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, primarily due to a high aircraft utilization rate (14.1 block hours per day and 9.6% more available seat kilometers per aircraft), a 7.2% appreciation of the Brazilian Real against the U.S. Dollar against the six-month period ended June 30, 2006, and amortized gains on sale–leaseback transactions of seven 737–800 aircraft that entered the fleet in 2006 and in the first semester of 2007 (amortized over the term of the leases).

Sales and marketing expenses per available seat kilometer decreased 53.8% to R$1.03 cents due primarily to a reduction in sales commissions due to reductions in travel agency commissions, a reduction in publicity and advertising expenses, and a higher aircraft utilization rate (9.6% more available seat kilometers per aircraft). During the six months ended June 30, 2007, we booked a majority of our ticket sales through a combination of our website (82.0%) and our call center (11.0%).

Landing fees per available seat kilometer increased 16.2% to R$0.79 cents, due to a 21% increase in landing tariffs effected June 2006 and an increase in landings at international airports (with higher tariffs), partially offset by an 18.7% increase in average stage length and a higher aircraft utilization rate (9.6% more available seat kilometers per aircraft).

Aircraft and traffic servicing expenses per available seat kilometer increased 25.0% to R$1.00, mainly due to higher ground handling services expenses (landings increased 47.7%) and increases in consulting and technology services, partially offset by an increased average stage length and a higher aircraft utilization rate (14.1 block hours per day and 9.6% more available seat kilometers per aircraft).

 

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Maintenance, materials and repairs per available seat kilometer increased 16.7% to R$0.77 cents, primarily due to a higher number of scheduled maintenance services during the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, partially offset by a 7.2% appreciation of the Brazilian Real against the U.S. Dollar during the period. Main expenses during the period were related to the scheduled maintenance of sixteen engines in the amount of R$30.5 million; the use of spare parts inventory in the amount of R$27.5 million and the repair of rotable materials in the amount of R$22.3 million.

Depreciation per available seat kilometer increased 19.4% to R$0.37 cents, primarily due to depreciation of five new 737-800 NG aircraft which entered the fleet between the fourth quarter 2006 and the second quarter 2007, and two 737-700 aircraft classified as capital leases.

Other operating expenses per available seat kilometer were R$0.86 cents, a 3.6% increase when compared to the same period of 2006, due to an increase in travel expenses and lodging for flight crews due to cancelled flights, direct passenger expenses and allowance for doubtful accounts. Insurance expenses were R$0.14 cents per available seat kilometer (R$21.6 million total), a 3.5% decrease over the six months ended June 30, 2006.

Other Income (Expense). Net financial income increased R$26.2 million. Interest expense increased R$41.1 million primarily due to an increase in long–term debt and a higher amount of short–term working capital debt related to increased operations. Interest income increased R$91.6 million primarily due to higher cash and short–term investments during the six-month period ended June 30, 2007, and was partially offset by a 4.3 percentage point reduction in average Brazilian interest rates (as measured by the CDI rate).

Income Taxes. The effective income tax rate for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007 was 27%, versus our effective rate of 30% for the six-month period ended June 30, 2006.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In managing our liquidity, we take into account our cash and cash equivalents and short–term investments as well as our accounts receivable balances. Our accounts receivable balance is affected by the payment terms of our credit card receivables. Our customers can purchase seats on our flights using a credit card and pay in installments, typically creating a one– or two–month lag between the time that we pay our suppliers and expenses and the time that we receive payment for our services. When necessary, we obtain working capital loans, which can be secured by our receivables, to finance the sale–to–cash collection cycle. Our cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments position at June 30, 2007, was R$1,759.1 million, an increase of R$503.8 million over the six-month period ended June 30, 2006. Our total liquidity was R$2,522.2 million (cash, short–term investments and accounts receivable) at June 30, 2007. We had R$644.8 million on deposit with lessors, of which R$326.0 million were deposits for future maintenance expenses. We also had R$478.9 million deposited with Boeing as advances for aircraft acquisitions.

On June 30, 2007, we had 11 revolving lines of credit allowing borrowings up to R$532.0 million; the amount borrowed under these lines of credit was R$382.7 million.

Operating Activities. Cash used in operating activities was R$48.8 million, with an increase in accounts receivable (R$59.7 million), a decrease in air traffic liability (R$4.9 million), an increase in deposits with lessors (R$93.3 million) and an increase in inventories (R$60.4 million), partially offset by earnings from operations (R$81.2 million) and an increase in accounts payable (R$58.5 million). We believe that we can meet our existing financial commitments and aircraft rent obligations with our cash and cash equivalents, and cash from operations, short-term investments and accounts receivable collected.

Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities was R$221.6 million, consisting primarily of R$194.1 million for the VRG acquisition (net of cash acquired), R$200.6 million for the acquisition of property and equipment and purchase of available-for-sale securities of R$1.1 billion; partially offset by returns of pre–delivery deposits in the amount of R$33.2 million and proceeds from sale of available-for-sale securities of $1.3 billion.

 

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Financing Activities. Net cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2007 was R$543.2 million, mainly due to the issuance of US$225 million in 7.50% senior notes due 2017 and an increase in short–term borrowings of R$213.1 million, partially offset by R$149.7 million in dividends paid.

Capital Resources. We currently lease most of our aircraft, as well as airport terminal space, other airport facilities, office space and other equipment. On June 30, 2007, we leased 81 aircraft under operating leases with initial lease term expiration dates ranging from 2007 to 2018, and have seven aircraft under capitalized leases. Future minimum lease payments under leases are denominated in U.S. Dollars.

Tabular Disclosure of Contractual Obligations

As of June 30, 2007, we had 74 firm orders (net of 13 already delivered) and 34 options to purchase new Boeing 737–800 Next Generation aircraft. The firm orders had a value of US$5.3 billion (based on aircraft list price) and are scheduled for delivery between 2007 and 2012. As of June 30, 2007, we have made

 

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deposits in the amount of US$248.1 million related to these orders. The following table provides a summary of our principal payments under long–term obligations, operating lease commitments, aircraft purchase commitments, and other obligations as of June 30, 2007 (in thousands of reais):

 

     Total    2008    2009    2010    2011    2012    Beyond
2012

Long-term debt obligations

   756,339    0    145,769    29,485    28,793    28,854    523,438

Pre-delivery deposits

   1,213,100    221,493    279,545    311,041    271,962    126,113    2,946

Aircraft purchase commitments

   10,150,048    2,054,183    1,327,258    1,500,076    2,942,438    2,178,798    147,295
                                  

Total

   12,119,487    2,275,676    1,752,572    1,840,602    3,243,193    2,333,765    673,679

 

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THE EXCHANGE OFFER

Purpose and Effect of Exchange Offer; Registration Rights

The Issuer sold the unregistered notes to Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as the initial purchasers, pursuant to a purchase agreement dated March 19, 2007. The initial purchasers resold the unregistered notes pursuant to an offering memorandum dated March 19, 2007 in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act. On March 22, 2007, the Issuer and the Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers. Under the registration rights agreement, the Issuer and the Guarantators agreed:

 

   

to use our reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed a registration statement covering an exchange offer to the holders to exchange unregistered notes for exchange notes;

 

   

to use our best reasonable efforts to have such registration statement remain effective until the closing of the exchange offer, but in no case longer than 180 days after the date the SEC declares such registration statement effective; and

 

   

to commence the exchange offer promptly after the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC and to use our reasonable best efforts to complete the exchange offer not later than November 30, 2007.

If you participate in the exchange offer, you will, with limited exceptions, receive exchange notes that are freely tradable and not subject to restrictions on transfer. You should read the information in this prospectus under the heading “—Resale of Exchange Notes” for more information relating to your ability to transfer exchange notes.

The exchange offer is not being made to, nor will the Issuer accept tenders for exchange from, holders of unregistered notes in any jurisdiction in which the exchange offer or the acceptance of the exchange offer would not be in compliance with the securities laws or blue sky laws of such jurisdiction.

If you are eligible to participate in this exchange offer and you do not tender your unregistered notes as described in this prospectus, you will not have any further registration rights. In that case, your unregistered notes will continue to be subject to restrictions on transfer under the Securities Act.

Shelf Registration

In the registration rights agreement, we agreed to file a shelf registration statement only if:

 

   

the exchange offer as contemplated by the registration rights agreement is not available or may not be completed because it would violate any applicable law or interpretation of the staff of the SEC;

 

   

for any other reason the exchange offer is not consummated by November 30, 2007; or

 

   

the exchange offer has been completed and in the opinion of counsel for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc, a registration statement must be filed and a prospectus must be delivered by the initial purchasers in connection with the offering of the unregistered securities (“Shelf Request”).

If a shelf registration statement is required, we will use our reasonable best efforts to:

 

   

file the shelf registration statement with the SEC as soon as practicable;

 

   

in the event of a receipt of a Shelf Request, use our best efforts to file and to have declared effective by the SEC both an exchange offer registration statement with respect to all unregistered notes and a shelf registration statement with respect to offers and sales of unregistered notes held by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. after completion of the exchange offer;

 

   

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keep the shelf registration statement effective until the earliest of (1) the date on which all of the unregistered notes covered by the shelf registration statement have been sold pursuant thereto or (2) the date on which the unregistered notes covered by the shelf registration statement become eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act.

We or the Guarantors may give notice to suspend the disposition of the unregistered securities pursuant to the shelf registration statement, provided, however, that in such circumstances we and the Guarantors will extend the period during which such shelf registration statement will be maintained effective. We and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 45 days for each such suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

The shelf registration statement will permit only certain holders to resell their unregistered notes from time to time. In particular, the Issuer may require that each holder furnish to us such information concerning the holder and the distribution of their unregistered notes, and the Issuer may exclude from registration the unregistered notes of any holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving the request.

If we are required to file a shelf registration statement, the Issuer will provide to each holder of unregistered notes that are covered by the shelf registration statement copies of the prospectus that is a part of the shelf registration statement and notify each such holder when the shelf registration statement becomes effective. A holder who sells unregistered notes pursuant to the shelf registration statement generally will be required to be named as a selling securityholder in the prospectus and to deliver a copy of the prospectus to purchasers. Such holder will be subject to certain of the civil liability provisions under the Securities Act in connection with such sales, and will be bound by the provisions of the registration rights agreement which are applicable to such a holder (including the applicable indemnification obligations).

Additional Interest

If a registration default (as defined below) occurs, we will be required to pay to each holder of unregistered notes additional interest equal to 0.25% per annum until each registration default has been cured. Such additional interest will accrue only for those days that a registration default occurs and is continuing. Following the cure of all registration defaults, no more additional interest will accrue. You will not be entitled to receive any additional interest if you failed to comply with your obligations to make certain representations or provide certain information as required in the registration rights agreement.

A “registration default” includes any of the following:

 

   

The exchange offer has not been completed on or prior to November 30, 2007; or

 

   

The shelf registration statement, if required, has not become effective on or prior to November 30, 2007.

The exchange offer is intended to satisfy our exchange offer obligations under the registration rights agreement. The exchange notes will not have rights to additional interest as set forth above. The above summary of the registration rights agreement is not complete and is subject to, and qualified by reference to, all the provisions of the registration rights agreement. A copy of the registration rights agreement is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

Terms of the Exchange Offer

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the accompanying letter of transmittal, the Issuer is offering to exchange US$1,000 principal amount of exchange notes for each $1,000 principal amount of unregistered notes. You may tender some or all of your unregistered notes only in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof. As of the date of this prospectus, US$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the unregistered notes are outstanding.

The terms of the exchange notes to be issued are substantially similar to the unregistered notes, except that the exchange notes will have been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, the certificates for the exchange notes will not bear legends restricting their transfer. The exchange notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007, among Gol Finance, as issuer, GLAI and GTA, as guarantors, The Bank of New York, as trustee (which term includes any successor as trustee under the indenture), The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, and The Bank of New York, as principal paying agent.

 

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In connection with the issuance of the unregistered notes, the Issuer arranged for the unregistered notes to be issued and transferable in book-entry form through the facilities of DTC, acting as a depositary, and through Euroclear and Clearstream Banking, pursuant to established procedures between DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream Banking. The exchange notes will also be issuable and transferable in book-entry form through DTC and through Euroclear and Clearstream Banking, pursuant to established procedures between DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream Banking.

There will be no fixed record date for determining the eligible holders of the unregistered notes that are entitled to participate in the exchange offer. The Issuer will be deemed to have accepted for exchange validly tendered unregistered notes when and if it has given written notice of acceptance to the exchange agent. The exchange agent will act as agent for the tendering holders of unregistered notes for the purpose of receiving exchange notes from us and delivering them to such holders.

If any tendered unregistered notes are not accepted for exchange because of an invalid tender or the occurrence of certain other events described herein, certificates for any such unaccepted unregistered notes will be returned, without expenses, to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration of the exchange offer.

Holders of unregistered notes who tender in the exchange offer will not be required to pay brokerage commissions or fees or, subject to the instructions in the letter of transmittal, transfer taxes with respect to the exchange of unregistered notes for exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer. We will pay all charges and expenses, other than certain applicable taxes, in connection with the exchange offer.

Any unregistered notes which holders do not tender or which the Issuer does not accept in the exchange offer will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest and will be subject to restrictions on transfer. The Issuer does not have any obligation to register such unregistered notes under the Securities Act. Holders wishing to transfer unregistered notes would have to rely on exemptions from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Conditions of the Exchange Offer

You must tender your unregistered notes in accordance with the requirements of this prospectus and the letter of transmittal in order to participate in the exchange offer. Notwithstanding any other provision of the exchange offer, or any extension of the exchange offer, the Issuer will not be required to accept for exchange any unregistered notes, and we may amend or terminate the exchange offer if:

 

   

the exchange offer, or the making of any exchange by a holder of unregistered notes, violates applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the SEC;

 

   

any action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened with respect to the exchange offer which, in the Issuer’s reasonable judgment, would impair its ability to proceed with the exchange offer; or

 

   

any law, rule or regulation or applicable interpretations of the staff of the SEC have been issued or promulgated, which, in the Issuer’s good faith determination, does not permit it to effect the exchange offer.

Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendment; Termination

The exchange offer will expire 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2007, unless, in the Issuer’s sole discretion, the Issuer extends it. In the case of any extension, the Issuer will notify the exchange agent in writing of any extension. The Issuer will also notify the registered holders of unregistered notes of the extension no later than             , New York City time, on the business day after the previously scheduled expiration of the exchange offer.

 

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To the extent the Issuer is legally permitted to do so, it expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to:

 

   

delay accepting any unregistered note;

 

   

waive any condition of the exchange offer; and

 

   

amend the terms of the exchange offer in any manner.

The Issuer will give oral or written notice of any non-acceptance or amendment to the registered holders of the unregistered notes as promptly as practicable. If the Issuer considers an amendment to the exchange offer to be material, it will promptly inform the registered holders of unregistered notes of such amendment in a reasonable manner.

If the Issuer determines in its sole discretion that any of the events or conditions described in “—Conditions of the Exchange Offer” has occurred, the Issuer may terminate the exchange offer. The Issuer may:

 

   

refuse to accept any unregistered notes and return any unregistered notes that have been tendered to the holders;

 

   

extend the exchange offer and retain all unregistered notes tendered prior to the expiration of the exchange offer, subject to the rights of the holders of tendered unregistered notes to withdraw their tendered unregistered notes; or

 

   

waive the termination event with respect to the exchange offer and accept all properly tendered unregistered notes that have not been withdrawn.

If any such waiver constitutes a material change in the exchange offer, the Issuer will disclose the change by means of a supplement to this prospectus that will be distributed to each registered holder of unregistered notes, and the Issuer will extend the exchange offer for a period of five to ten business days, depending upon the significance of the waiver and the manner of disclosure to the registered holders of the unregistered notes, if the exchange offer would otherwise expire during that period.

Any determination by the Issuer concerning the events described above will be final and binding upon the parties. Without limiting the manner by which the Issuer may choose to make public announcements of any extension, delay in acceptance, amendment or termination of the exchange offer, the Issuer will have no obligation to publish, advertise, or otherwise communicate any public announcement, other than by making a timely release to a financial news service.

Interest on the Exchange Notes

If the notes are exchanged prior to October 3, 2007, the exchange notes will accrue interest from and including March 22, 2007, and interest will be paid on the exchange notes semiannually on April 3 and October 3 of each year, commencing on October 3, 2007. If the exchange notes are exchanged on or after October 3, 2007, the exchange notes will accrue interest from and including October 3, 2007, and interest will be paid on the exchange notes semiannually on April 3 and October 3 of each year, commencing on April 3, 2008. Holders of unregistered notes that are accepted for exchange will be deemed to have waived the right to receive any payment in respect of interest accrued from the date of the last interest payment date that was made in respect of the unregistered notes until the date of the issuance of the exchange notes. Consequently, holders of exchange notes will receive the same interest payments that they would have received had they not accepted the exchange offer.

Resale of Exchange Notes

Based upon existing interpretations of the staff of the SEC set forth in several no-action letters issued to third parties unrelated to it, the Issuer believes that the exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer in exchange for the unregistered notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by their holders without complying with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that:

 

   

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you are not engaged in, do not intend to engage in and do not have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the unregistered notes or exchange notes;

 

   

you are not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or the Guarantors or, if you are such an affiliate, you will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable;

 

   

if you are a broker-dealer, you have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with the Issuer, the Guarantors or any “affiliate” of the Issuer or the Guarantors (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) to distribute the exchange notes;

 

   

if you are a broker-dealer and you will receive exchange notes for your own account in exchange for unregistered notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes; and

 

   

you are not acting on behalf of any person or entity that could not truthfully make these representations.

If you wish to participate in the exchange offer, you will be required to make these representations to us in the letter of transmittal.

If you are a broker-dealer that receives exchange notes in exchange for unregistered notes held for your own account, as a result of market-making or other trading activities, you must acknowledge that you will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of the exchange notes. The letter of transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. The prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by any broker-dealers in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for unregistered notes. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the consummation of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus available to any such broker-dealer for use in connection with any resale.

Clearing of the Notes

Upon consummation of the exchange offer, the exchange notes will have different CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers from the unregistered notes.

Unregistered notes that were issued under Regulation S that are not tendered for exchange will continue to clear through Euroclear and Clearstream Banking under their original Common Codes and their ISIN numbers will remain the same. Regulation S unregistered notes (unless acquired by an initial purchaser as part of their original distribution) may now be sold in the United States or to U.S. persons and, upon any such transfer, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S unregistered global notes may be exchanged for an interest in the exchange global senior note in accordance with procedures established by Euroclear or Clearstream Banking and DTC.

Beneficial interests in the restricted Regulation S global notes may be transferred to a person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the Regulation S global notes upon receipt by the trustee of a written certification from the transferor, in the form provided in the indenture, to the effect that the transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S.

We cannot predict the extent to which beneficial owners of interests in the Regulation S unregistered global notes will participate in the exchange offer. Beneficial owners should consult their own financial advisors as to the benefits to be obtained from exchange.

Procedures for Tendering

The term “holder” with respect to the exchange offer means any person in whose name unregistered notes are registered on the Issuer’s agent’s books or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered holder, or any person whose unregistered notes are held of record by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking who desires to deliver such unregistered notes by book-entry transfer at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be.

 

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Except in limited circumstances, only a Euroclear participant, Clearstream Banking participant or a DTC participant listed on a DTC notes position listing with respect to the unregistered notes may tender its unregistered notes in the exchange offer. To tender unregistered notes in the exchange offer:

 

   

holders of unregistered notes that are DTC participants may follow the procedures for book-entry transfer as provided for below under “—Book-Entry Transfer” and in the letter of transmittal.

 

   

Euroclear participants and Clearstream Banking participants on behalf of the beneficial owners of unregistered notes are required to use book-entry transfer pursuant to the standard operating procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, which include transmission of a computer-generated message to Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, in lieu of a letter of transmittal. Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, will then transfer the appropriate notice to DTC in accordance with established procedures between DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream Banking. See the term “agent’s message” under “—Book-Entry Transfer.”

In addition:

 

   

the exchange agent must receive any corresponding certificate or certificates representing unregistered notes along with the letter of transmittal or book-entry confirmation;

 

   

the exchange agent must receive, before expiration of the exchange offer, a timely confirmation of book-entry transfer of unregistered notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, including confirmations transmitted by Euroclear or Clearstream Banking to DTC according to standard operating procedures for electronic tenders described below and a properly transmitted agent’s message described below; or

 

   

the holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below.

The tender by a holder of unregistered notes will constitute an agreement between such holder and the Issuer in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this prospectus and in the letter of transmittal. If less than all the unregistered notes held by a holder of unregistered notes are tendered, a tendering holder should fill in the amount of unregistered notes being tendered in the specified box on the letter of transmittal. The entire amount of unregistered notes delivered to the exchange agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

The method of delivery of unregistered notes, the letter of transmittal and all other required documents or transmission of an agent’s message, as described under “—Book Entry Transfer,” to the exchange agent is at the election and risk of the holder. Instead of delivery by mail, we recommend that holders use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure timely delivery prior to the expiration of the exchange offer. No letter of transmittal or unregistered notes should be sent to us but must instead be delivered to the exchange agent. Delivery of documents to DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking in accordance with their respective procedures will not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

If you are a beneficial owner of unregistered notes that are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and you wish to tender your unregistered notes, you should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on your behalf. If you wish to tender on your own behalf, you must, prior to completing and executing the letter of transmittal and delivering your unregistered notes, either:

 

   

make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the unregistered notes in your name; or

 

   

obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder.

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Signatures on a letter of transmittal or a notice of withdrawal as described in “—Withdrawal of Tenders” below, as the case may be, must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or an “eligible guarantor institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act, unless the unregistered notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered:

 

   

by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled “Special Registration Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” in the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

for the account of an eligible institution.

If the letter of transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of any unregistered notes listed therein, the unregistered notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers which authorize the person to tender the unregistered notes on behalf of the registered holder, in either case signed as the name of the registered holder or holders appears on the unregistered notes. If the letter of transmittal or any unregistered notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing and, unless waived by the Issuer, evidence satisfactory to the Issuer of their authority to so act must be submitted with the letter of transmittal.

The Issuer will determine in its sole discretion all the questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of the tendered unregistered notes. The Issuer’s determinations will be final and binding. The Issuer reserves the absolute right to reject any and all unregistered notes not validly tendered or any unregistered notes, the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of its counsel, be unlawful. The Issuer also reserves the absolute right to waive any irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular unregistered notes. The Issuer’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer (including the instructions in the letter of transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of unregistered notes must be cured within such time as the Issuer will determine. None of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the exchange agent or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of unregistered notes nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of unregistered notes will not be deemed to have been made until such irregularities have been cured or waived. Any unregistered notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned without cost by the exchange agent to the tendering holder of such unregistered notes, unless otherwise provided in the letter of transmittal, as soon as practicable following the expiration date of the exchange offer.

In addition, the Issuer reserves the right in its sole discretion to (a) purchase or make offers for any unregistered notes that remain outstanding subsequent to the expiration date, and (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, purchase unregistered notes in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The terms of any such purchases or offers may differ from the terms of the exchange offer.

Book-Entry Transfer

The Issuer understands that the exchange agent will make a request promptly after the date of this document to establish an account with respect to the unregistered notes at DTC for the purpose of facilitating the exchange offer. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of unregistered notes by causing DTC to transfer such unregistered notes into the exchange agent’s DTC account in accordance with DTC’s Automated Tender Offer Program procedures for such transfer. Any participant in Euroclear or Clearstream Banking may make book-entry delivery of Regulation S unregistered notes by causing Euroclear or Clearstream Banking to transfer such notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC in accordance with established procedures between DTC and Euroclear or Clearstream Banking for transfer. The exchange for tendered unregistered notes will only be made after a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of the unregistered notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, and timely receipt by the exchange agent of an agent’s message.

The term “agent’s message” means a message, transmitted by DTC and received by the exchange agent and forming part of the confirmation of a book-entry transfer, which states that DTC, has received an express acknowledgment which may be through Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, from a participant tendering unregistered notes and that such participant has received an appropriate letter of transmittal and agrees to be bound

 

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by the terms of the letter of transmittal, and the Issuer may enforce such agreement against the participant. Delivery of an agent’s message will also constitute an acknowledgment from the tendering DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking participant, as the case may be, that the representations contained in the appropriate letter of transmittal and described above are true and correct.

Guaranteed Delivery Procedures

Holders who wish to tender their unregistered notes and (i) whose unregistered notes are not immediately available, or (ii) who cannot deliver their unregistered notes, the letter of transmittal, or any other required documents to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date, or if such holder cannot complete DTC’s, Euroclear’s or Clearstream Banking’s respective standard operating procedures for electronic tenders before expiration of the exchange offer, may tender their unregistered notes if:

 

   

the tender is made through an eligible institution;

 

   

before expiration of the exchange offer, the exchange agent receives from the eligible institution either a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery in the form accompanying this prospectus, by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery, or a properly transmitted agent’s message in lieu of notice of guaranteed delivery:

 

   

setting forth the name and address of the holder and the registered number(s), the certificate number or numbers of the unregistered notes tendered and the principal amount of unregistered notes tendered;

 

   

stating that the tender offer is being made by guaranteed delivery; and

 

   

guaranteeing that, within three (3) business days after expiration of the exchange offer, the letter of transmittal, or facsimile of the letter of transmittal, together with the unregistered notes tendered and any other documents required by the letter of transmittal or, alternatively, a book-entry confirmation will be deposited by the eligible institution with the exchange agent; and

 

   

the exchange agent receives the properly completed and executed letter of transmittal, or facsimile of the letter of transmittal, as well as all tendered unregistered notes in proper form for transfer and all other documents required by the letter of transmittal or, alternatively, a book-entry confirmation, within three (3) business days after expiration of the exchange offer.

Upon request to the exchange agent, a notice of guaranteed delivery will be sent to holders who wish to tender their unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth above.

Withdrawal of Tenders

Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of unregistered notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on             , 2007, the expiration date of the exchange offer.

For a withdrawal to be effective:

 

   

the exchange agent must receive a written notice, which may be by telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter, of withdrawal at the address set forth below under “—Exchange Agent”; or

 

   

for DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking participants, holders must comply with their respective standard operating procedures for electronic tenders and the exchange agent must receive an electronic notice of withdrawal from DTC.

Any notice of withdrawal must:

 

   

specify the name of the person who tendered the unregistered notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

identify the unregistered notes to be withdrawn, including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of the unregistered notes to be withdrawn;

 

   

be signed by the person who tendered the unregistered notes in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal, including any required signature guarantees; and

 

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specify the name in which the unregistered notes are to be re-registered, if different from that of the withdrawing holder.

If unregistered notes have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described above, any notice of withdrawal must specify the name and number of the account at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking to be credited with the withdrawn unregistered notes and otherwise comply with the procedures of the facility. The Issuer will determine all questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) for such withdrawal notices, and its determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any unregistered notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offer, and no exchange notes will be issued with respect thereto unless the unregistered notes so withdrawn are validly re-tendered. Any unregistered notes which have been tendered but which are not accepted for exchange will be returned to the holder without cost to such holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal. Properly withdrawn unregistered notes may be re-tendered by following the procedures described above under “—Procedures for Tendering” at any time prior to the expiration date.

Consequences of Failure to Exchange

If you do not tender your unregistered notes to be exchanged in this exchange offer, they will remain “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) of the Securities Act.

Accordingly, they:

 

   

may be resold only if (i) registered pursuant to the Securities Act, (ii) an exemption from registration is available or (iii) neither registration nor an exemption is required by law; and

 

   

shall continue to bear a legend restricting transfer in the absence of registration or an exemption therefrom.

As a result of the restrictions on transfer and the availability of the exchange notes, the unregistered notes are likely to be much less liquid than before the exchange offer.

Exchange Agent

The Bank of New York has been appointed as the exchange agent for the exchange of the unregistered notes. Questions and requests for assistance relating to the exchange of the unregistered notes should be directed to the exchange agent addressed as follows:

The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street 7E

New York, New York, 10286

Attn: Corporate Trust Operations, Reorganization Unit

Delivery to an address other than as listed above or transmission of instructions via facsimile other than as listed above does not constitute a valid delivery.

Questions and requests for assistance, requests for additional copies of this prospectus or of the letter of transmittal and requests for notices of guaranteed delivery should be directed to the information agent, addressed as follows:

D. F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Bankers and Brokers Call (Collect): (212) 269-5550

All Others Call (Toll Free): (800) 269-6427

Fees and Expenses

We will bear the expenses of soliciting tenders pursuant to the exchange offer. The principal solicitation for tenders pursuant to the exchange offer is being made by mail. Additional solicitations may be made by our officers and regular employees and our affiliates in person, by telegraph or telephone.

We will not make any payments to brokers, dealers or other persons soliciting acceptances of the exchange offer. We, however, will pay the exchange agent reasonable and customary fees for its services and will reimburse the exchange agent for its related reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and accounting and legal fees. We may also pay brokerage houses and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in forwarding copies of this prospectus, letters of transmittal and related documents to the beneficial owners of the unregistered notes and in handling or forwarding tenders for exchange.

 

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We will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of unregistered notes pursuant to the exchange offer. The tendering holder, however, will be required to pay any transfer taxes, whether imposed on the registered holder or any other person, if:

 

   

certificates representing exchange notes or unregistered notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other than the registered holder of unregistered notes tendered;

 

   

tendered unregistered notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the letter of transmittal; or

 

   

a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of unregistered notes under the exchange offer.

If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with the letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering holder.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES

The exchange notes will be issued pursuant to the indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007, among Gol Finance, as issuer, GLAI and GTA, as guarantors, The Bank of New York, as trustee (which term includes any successor as trustee under the indenture), The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, and The Bank of New York, as principal paying agent. Gol Finance has, under the indenture, appointed a registrar, paying agents and transfer agents. A copy of the indenture, including the form of the notes and the related guarantees, is available for inspection during normal business hours at the offices of the trustee and any of the other paying agents. The trustee or any paying agent will also act as transfer agent and registrar in the event that the Issuer issues certificates for the exchange notes in definitive registered form. The unregistered notes and the exchange notes are collectively referred to as the “notes.”

This description of notes is a summary of the material provisions of the notes and the indenture. You should refer to the indenture for a complete description of the terms and conditions of the notes and the indenture, including the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors and your rights. A copy of the indenture is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement that includes this prospectus.

You will find the definitions of capitalized terms used in this section under “—Certain Definitions.”

General

The Exchange Notes

The exchange notes:

 

   

will be senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer;

 

   

will initially be limited to an aggregate principal amount of US$225,000,000;

 

   

will mature on April 3, 2017;

 

   

will be issued in denominations of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof; and

 

   

will be represented by one or more registered notes in global form and may be exchanged for registered notes in definitive form only in limited circumstances.

Interest

Interest on the exchange notes:

 

   

will accrue at the rate of 7.50% per annum;

 

   

will accrue from March 22, 2007 or from the most recent interest payment date;

 

   

will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on April 3 and October 3, commencing on October 3, 2007 if the notes are exchanged prior to October 3, 2007, or commencing on April 3, 2008 if the notes are exchanged on or after October 3, 2007;

 

   

will be payable to the holders of record on the March 19 and September 19 immediately preceding the related interest payment dates; and

 

   

will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

Principal of, and interest and any additional amounts on, the exchange notes will be payable, and the transfer of exchange notes will be registrable, at the office of the trustee, and at the offices of the paying agents and transfer agents, respectively. For so long as the exchange notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded on the EuroMTF and the rules of that stock exchange will so require, the Issuer will also maintain a paying agent and transfer agent in Luxembourg.

 

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The indenture does not limit the amount of debt or other obligations that may be incurred by the Issuer or the Guarantors or any of their present or future Subsidiaries. The indenture does not contain any restrictive covenants or other provisions designed to protect holders of the exchange notes in the event the Issuer or the Guarantors or any of their present or future Subsidiaries participate in a highly leveraged transaction or upon a change of control.

The Guarantees

The Guarantors will unconditionally guarantee, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, all of the obligations of the Issuer pursuant to the exchange notes, which we refer to as the guarantees. So long as any note remains outstanding (as defined in the indenture), GLAI shall continue to own directly 100% of the outstanding share capital of the Issuer.

The guarantees will be limited to the maximum amount that would not render the Guarantors’ respective obligations subject to avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance laws. By virtue of this limitation, the Guarantors’ respective obligations under the guarantees could be significantly less than amounts payable with respect to the exchange notes, or the Guarantors may have effectively no obligation under the guarantees.

None of the Guarantors’ existing or future Subsidiaries (other than GTA in the case of GLAI) is guaranteeing the exchange notes. Claims of creditors of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries, including trade creditors, employees and creditors holding indebtedness or guarantees issued by such non-guarantor Subsidiaries, and claims of preferred stockholders of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such non-guarantor Subsidiaries over the claims of the Guarantors’ creditors, including holders of the exchange notes. Accordingly, the exchange notes will be effectively subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors and employees) and preferred stockholders, if any, of the Guarantors’ existing or future non-guarantor Subsidiaries. The indenture does not require any of the Guarantors’ existing or future Subsidiaries (other than GTA in the case of GLAI) to guarantee the exchange notes, and it does not restrict any of the Guarantors from disposing of its assets to a third party or a Subsidiary that is not guaranteeing the exchange notes.

Under Brazilian law, as a general rule, holders of the exchange notes will not have any claim whatsoever against any non-guarantor Subsidiaries of the Guarantors.

The guarantees will terminate upon defeasance or repayment of the exchange notes, as described under the caption “—Defeasance.”

Ranking

The exchange notes and the guarantees will be unsecured, unsubordinated obligations of each of the Issuer and the Guarantors, ranking equally with all of their other respective unsubordinated obligations. However, the exchange notes will effectively rank junior to all secured debt of the Issuer and the Guarantors to the extent of the value of the assets securing that debt.

As of June 30, 2007, the Issuer had US$425.0 million of long-term indebtedness, and the Guarantors had US$750.0 million of consolidated long-term indebtedness, including the Issuer’s indebtedness. As of June 30, 2007, the Issuer had no secured indebtedness and the Guarantors had US$37.7 million of consolidated secured indebtedness.

 

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Redemption and Repurchase

The exchange notes will not be redeemable prior to maturity, except as described below.

Tax Redemption

If as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction (as defined below under “—Additional Amounts”), or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, any treaties, rules, or related agreements to which the Taxing Jurisdiction is a party or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the issue date of the exchange notes or on or after the date a successor to the Issuer assumes the obligations under the exchange notes, (i) the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described below under “—Additional Amounts” or (ii) either of the Guarantors or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay additional amounts as described below under “—Additional Amounts” in excess of the additional amounts either such Guarantor or any such successor to the Guarantor would be obligated to pay if payments were subject to withholding or deduction at a rate of 15% or at a rate of 25% in the case that the holder of the exchange notes is resident in a tax haven jurisdiction for Brazilian tax purposes (i.e., a country that does not impose any income tax or that imposes it at a maximum rate lower than 20% or where the laws impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership composition or securities ownership) (the “Minimum Withholding Level”), as a result of the taxes, duties, assessments and other governmental charges described above, the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer may, at its option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the exchange notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption, upon publication of irrevocable notice not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. No notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which either (x) the Issuer or successor to the Issuer would, but for such redemption, become obligated to pay any additional amounts, or (y) in the case of payments made under the Guarantees, either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay the additional amounts above the Minimum Withholding Level. For the avoidance of doubt, the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer shall not have the right to so redeem the exchange notes unless (a) it is obligated to pay additional amounts or (b) either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor is obliged to pay additional amounts which in the aggregate amount exceed the additional amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer or any such successor shall not have the right to so redeem the exchange notes unless it has taken reasonable measures to avoid the obligation to pay additional amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer or the jurisdiction of incorporation of a Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor.

In the event that the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer elects to so redeem the exchange notes, it will deliver to the trustee: (1) a certificate, signed in the name of the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer by any two of its executive officers or by its attorney in fact in accordance with its bylaws, stating that the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer is entitled to redeem the exchange notes pursuant to their terms and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the condition or conditions precedent to the right of the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer to so redeem have occurred or been satisfied; and (2) an opinion of counsel, who is reasonably acceptable to the trustee, to the effect that (i) the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer has or will become obligated to pay additional amounts or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay additional amounts in excess of the additional amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level, (ii) such obligation is the result of a change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, as described above, (iii) the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer, or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot avoid payment of such additional amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it and (iv) that all governmental requirements necessary for the Issuer or any successor to the Issuer to effect the redemption have been complied with.

Optional Redemption

The exchange notes will be redeemable, at the option of the Issuer, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the exchange notes to be redeemed and (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such exchange notes (exclusive of interest accrued on the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus 50 basis points, plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and additional amounts, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to such redemption date.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the exchange notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such exchange notes.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means with respect to any redemption date for exchange notes, the average of two Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by us.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and their respective successors; provided, however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City (a “Primary Treasury Dealer”), we will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.l5 (519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date of the exchange notes to be redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the redemption date.

The Issuer will provide not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice mailed to each registered holder of the exchange notes to be redeemed. If the redemption notice is given and funds deposited as required, then interest will cease to accrue on and after the redemption date on the exchange notes or portions of such exchange notes called for redemption. In the event that any redemption date is not a business day, the Issuer will pay the redemption price on the next business day without any interest or other payment due to the delay. A redemption may be subject to one or more conditions precedent, which shall be stated in the redemption notice. If less than all of the outstanding exchange notes are to be redeemed, the trustee will select the exchange notes to be redeemed in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. In this case, the trustee may select the exchange notes by lot, pro rata or by any other method the trustee considers fair and appropriate.

Open Market Purchases

The Issuer or its affiliates may at any time purchase exchange notes in the open market or otherwise at any price. Any such purchased exchange notes will not be resold, except in compliance with applicable requirements or exemptions under the relevant securities laws.

Payments

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The Issuer will make payments of principal and interest on the exchange notes to the principal paying agent, which will pass such funds to the trustee and the other paying agents or to the holders.

The Issuer will make payments of principal at maturity upon surrender of the relevant exchange notes at the specified office of the trustee or any of the paying agents. The Issuer will pay principal on the exchange notes to the persons in whose name the exchange notes are registered at the close of business on the 15th day before the due date for payment. Payments of principal and interest in respect of each note will be made by the paying agents by U.S. dollar check drawn on a bank in New York City and mailed to the holder of such note at its registered address. Upon application by the holder to the specified office of any paying agent not less than 15 days before the due date for any payment in respect of a note, such payment may be made by transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in New York City.

Under the terms of the indenture, payment by the Issuer or the Guarantors of any amount payable under the exchange notes or the guarantees, as the case may be, on the due date thereof to the principal paying agent in accordance with the indenture will satisfy the obligation of the Issuer, or the Guarantors, as the case may be, to make such payment; provided, however, that the liability of the principal paying agent shall not exceed any amounts paid to it by the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, or held by it, on behalf of the holders under the indenture.

All payments will be subject in all cases to any applicable tax or other laws and regulations, but without prejudice to the provisions of “—Additional Amounts.” No commissions or expenses will be charged to the holders in respect of such payments.

Subject to applicable law, the trustee and the paying agents will pay to the Issuer upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and, thereafter, holders entitled to such monies must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors. After the return of such monies by the trustee or the paying agents to the Issuer, neither the trustee nor the paying agents shall be liable to the holders in respect of such monies.

Listing

The Issuer will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange notes to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded on the EuroMTF and to remain so listed so long as the Issuer and the Guarantors do not reasonably believe that doing so would impose burdensome financial reporting or other requirements, or costs relating thereto.

Form, Denomination and Title

The exchange notes will be in registered form without coupons attached in amounts of US$2,000 and integral multiples of US$1,000 in excess thereof.

Except in certain limited circumstances, definitive registered notes will not be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in the global notes.

Title to the exchange notes will pass by registration in the register. The holder of any note will (except as otherwise required by law) be treated as its absolute owner for all purposes (whether or not it is overdue and regardless of any notice of ownership, trust or any interest in it, writing on, or theft or loss of, the definitive note issued in respect of it) and no person will be liable for so treating the holder.

Transfer of Exchange Notes

Notes may be transferred in whole or in part in an authorized denomination upon the surrender of the note to be transferred, together with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed, at the specified office of the registrar or the specified office of any transfer agent. Each new note to be issued upon exchange of notes or transfer of notes will, within three business days of the receipt of a request for exchange or form of transfer, be mailed at the risk of the holder entitled to the note to such address as may be specified in such request or form of transfer.

 

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Notes will be subject to certain restrictions on transfer as more fully set out in the indenture. Transfer of beneficial interests in the global exchange notes will be effected only through records maintained by DTC and its participants.

Transfer will be effected without charge by or on behalf of the Issuer, the registrar or the transfer agents, but upon payment, or the giving of such indemnity as the registrar or the relevant transfer agent may require, in respect of any tax or other governmental charges which may be imposed in relation to it. The Issuer is not required to transfer or exchange any note selected for redemption.

No holder may require the transfer of a note to be registered during the period of 15 days ending on the due date for any payment of principal or interest on that note.

Additional Amounts

All payments by the Issuer in respect of the exchange notes or the Guarantors in respect of the guarantees will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Cayman Islands or Brazil, or any authority therein or thereof or any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or Guarantors are organized, doing business or otherwise subject to the power to tax (any of the aforementioned being a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Issuer or the Guarantors are compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties, assessments, or governmental charges. In such event, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as applicable, will make such deduction or withholding, make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amounts receivable by holders of exchange notes after such withholding or deduction shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would have been receivable in respect of the exchange notes in the absence of such withholding or deduction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such additional amounts shall be payable:

(1) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such exchange note by reason of the existence of any present or former connection between such holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such holder, if such holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership, or a corporation) and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having had, a permanent establishment therein, other than the mere holding of the exchange note or enforcement of rights under the indenture or the registration rights agreement and the receipt of payments with respect to the exchange note;

(2) in respect of exchange notes surrendered or presented for payment (if surrender or presentment is required) more than 30 days after the Relevant Date (as defined below) except to the extent that payments under such exchange note would have been subject to withholdings and the holder of such exchange note would have been entitled to such additional amounts, on surrender of such exchange note for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days;

(3) where such additional amount is imposed and is required to be made pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings;

(4) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges by reason of such holder’s failure to comply with any certification, identification, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of such holder, if (a) compliance is required by law as a precondition to, exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the tax, assessment or other governmental charge and (b) the Issuer has given the holders at least 30 days’ notice that holders will be required to provide such certification, identification, documentation or other requirement;

 

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(5) in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise or personal property or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

(6) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest on the note;

(7) in respect of any tax imposed on overall net income or any branch profits tax; or

(8) in respect of any combination of the above.

In addition, no additional amounts shall be paid with respect to any payment on an exchange note to a holder who is a fiduciary, a partnership, a limited liability company or other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, an interestholder in a limited liability company or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the additional amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the holder.

“Relevant Date” means, with respect to any payment on an exchange note, whichever is the later of: (i) the date on which such payment first becomes due; and (ii) if the full amount payable has not been received by the trustee on or prior to such due date, the date on which notice is given to the holders that the full amount has been received by the trustee. The exchange notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation. Except as specifically provided above, neither the Issuer nor the Guarantors shall be required to make a payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

In the event that additional amounts actually paid with respect to the exchange notes described above are based on rates of deduction or withholding of withholding taxes in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the holder of such exchange notes, and, as a result thereof such holder is entitled to make claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the authority imposing such withholding tax, then such holder shall, by accepting such exchange notes, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title, and interest to any such claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Issuer.

Any reference in this prospectus, the indenture or the exchange notes to principal, interest or any other amount payable in respect of the exchange notes by the Issuer or the guarantees by the Guarantors will be deemed also to refer to any additional amount, unless the context requires otherwise, that may be payable with respect to that amount under the obligations referred to in this subsection.

The foregoing obligation will survive termination or discharge of the indenture.

Further Issuances

The Issuer is entitled, without the consent of the holders, to issue additional notes under the indenture on the same terms and conditions as the exchange notes being offered hereby in an unlimited aggregate principal amount. The exchange notes and the additional notes, if any, will be treated as a single class for all purposes of the indenture, including waivers and amendments. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of the indenture and this “Description of the Exchange Notes,” references to the exchange notes include any additional notes actually issued.

Holders of the exchange notes should be aware that additional notes that are treated as the same series for non-U.S. federal income tax purposes as the exchange notes initially issued in this offering may be treated as separate issues for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Such additional notes, depending on the facts, could be considered to be issued with original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes (OID). If purchasers of

 

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exchange notes are not able to differentiate between notes sold as a part of the issuance of additional notes and previously issued exchange notes, purchasers of the original series of exchange notes after the issue date of such additional notes may be required to accrue OID for U.S federal income tax purposes with respect to their notes. This may affect the market value of outstanding exchange notes at the time of an additional issuance.

Repurchase of Exchange Notes upon a Change of Control

Not later than 30 days following a Change of Control that results in a Ratings Decline, the Issuer will make an Offer to Purchase all outstanding exchange notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued interest up to, but not including the date of purchase.

An “Offer to Purchase” must be made by written offer, which will specify the purchase price. The offer must specify an expiration date (the “expiration date”) not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after the date of the offer and a settlement date for the purchase (the “purchase date”) not more than five business days after the expiration date. The offer must include information required by the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any other applicable laws. The offer will also contain instructions and materials necessary to enable holders to tender exchange notes pursuant to the offer.

A holder may tender all or any portion of its exchange notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, subject to the requirement that any portion of an exchange note tendered must be in a multiple of US$1,000 principal amount. Holders are entitled to withdraw exchange notes tendered up to the close of business on the expiration date. On the purchase date, the purchase price will become due and payable on each exchange note accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, and interest on exchange notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after the purchase date.

The Issuer will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act (to the extent applicable) and all other applicable laws in making any Offer to Purchase, and the above procedures will be deemed modified as necessary to permit such compliance.

The Guarantors will agree in the indenture to obtain all necessary consents and approvals from the Central Bank for the remittance of funds outside of Brazil prior to making any Offer to Purchase.

Existing and future debt of the Issuer and the Guarantors may provide that a Change of Control is a default or require repurchase upon a Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the noteholders of their right to require the Issuer to purchase the exchange notes could cause a default under other existing or future debt of the Issuers or the Guarantors, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of the purchase on the Issuer and the Guarantors. In addition, the remittance of funds outside of Brazil to noteholders or the trustee requires the consent of the Central Bank, which may not be granted. Finally, the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ ability to pay cash to the noteholders following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make the required purchase of the exchange notes. See “Risk Factors—Risk Relating to the Exchange Notes—We may be unable to repurchase the exchange notes upon a change of control.”

The phrase “all or substantially all,” as used with respect to the assets of the Issuer and the Guarantors in the definition of “Change of Control,” is subject to interpretation under applicable state law, and its applicability in a given instance would depend upon the facts and circumstances. As a result, there may be a degree of uncertainty in ascertaining whether a sale or transfer of “all or substantially all” the assets of the Issuer and the Guarantors has occurred in a particular instance, in which case a holder’s ability to obtain the benefit of these provisions could be unclear.

In addition, pursuant to the terms of the indenture, we are only required to offer to repurchase the exchange notes in the event that a Change of Control results in a Ratings Decline. Consequently, if a Change of Control were to occur which does not result in a Rating Decline, we would not be required to offer to repurchase the exchange notes.

 

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Except as described above with respect to a Change of Control, the indenture does not contain provisions that permit the holder of the exchange notes to require that the Issuer purchase or redeem the exchange notes in the event of a takeover, recapitalization or similar transaction.

The provisions under the indenture relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the exchange notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or amended as described in “—Amendment, Supplement, Waiver.”

Covenants

The indenture contains the following covenants:

Limitations on the Issuer

The indenture limits and restricts the Issuer from taking the following actions or engaging in the following activities or transactions:

(1) engaging in any business or entering into, or being a party to, any transaction or agreement except for:

(a) the issuance, sale and redemption of the exchange notes (including any additional exchange notes) and activities incidentally related thereto;

(b) the incurrence of Debt to make inter-company loans to GLAI and entities controlled by GLAI to finance the acquisition and leasing of aircraft, equipment and supply materials by GLAI and such entities and activities reasonably related thereto;

(c) the entering into Hedging Agreements relating to the exchange notes or such other Debt; and

(d) any other transaction required by law;

(2) acquiring or owning any Subsidiaries or other assets or properties, except an interest in the intercompany loans described above and Hedging Agreements relating to its Debt and instruments evidencing interest in the foregoing; and

(3) entering into any consolidation, merger, amalgamation, joint venture, or other form of combination with any person, or selling, leasing, conveying or otherwise disposing of any of its assets or receivables, except as otherwise permitted under “—Limitation on Consolidation, Merger or Transfer of Assets” below.

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor will, nor will the Issuer or any Guarantor permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer or such Guarantor, other than themselves or any Subsidiaries (an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless the terms of the Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable to the Issuer or such Guarantor or such Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of the Affiliate Transaction in arm’s length dealings with a person who is not an Affiliate.

Limitation on Consolidation, Merger or Transfer of Assets

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(1) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not the Issuer or such Guarantor) will be a person organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil, the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, or any other country (or political subdivision thereof) that is a member

 

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country of the European Union or of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on the date of the indenture, and such person expressly assumes, by a supplemental indenture to the indenture, executed and delivered to the trustee, all the obligations of the Issuer or such Guarantor under the exchange notes and the indenture;

(2) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not the Issuer or such Guarantor), if organized and existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands or Brazil, undertakes, in such supplemental indenture, (i) to pay such additional amounts in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest as may be necessary in order that every net payment made in respect of the exchange notes after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by such other country or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein will not be less than the amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest then due and payable on the exchange notes, subject to the same exceptions set forth under “Additional Amounts” and (ii) that the provisions set forth under “Tax Redemption” shall apply to such person, but in both cases, replacing existing references in such clause to Cayman Islands or Brazil or to the Taxing Jurisdiction with references to the jurisdiction of organization of the resulting, surviving or transferee person as the case may be;

(3) immediately prior to such transaction and immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default will have occurred and be continuing; and

(4) the Issuer or such Guarantor will have delivered to the trustee an officers’ certificate and an opinion of independent legal counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with the indenture.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, any of the Guarantors may consolidate with or merge with the Issuer or any Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor concurrently with the relevant transaction.

The trustee will accept such certificate and opinion as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in this covenant, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on the holders.

Reporting Requirements

The Issuer and the Guarantors will provide the trustee with the following reports (and will also provide the trustee with sufficient copies, as required, of the following reports referred to in clauses (1) through (4) below for distribution, at their expense, to all holders of exchange notes):

(1) an English language version of GLAI’s annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP promptly upon such financial statements becoming available but not later than 120 days after the close of its fiscal year;

(2) an English language version of GLAI’s unaudited quarterly financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP promptly upon such financial statements becoming available but not later than 60 days after the close of each fiscal quarter (other than the last fiscal quarter of its fiscal year);

(3) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above, an officers’ certificate stating whether a Default or Event of Default exists on the date of such certificate and, if a Default or Event of Default exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Issuer and/or the Guarantors are taking or propose to take with respect thereto;

(4) without duplication, English language versions or summaries of such other reports or notices as may be filed or submitted by (and promptly after filing or submission by) the Issuer and/or the Guarantors with (a) the CVM, (b) the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or any other stock exchange on which the exchange notes may be listed or (c) the SEC (in each case, to the extent that any such report or notice is generally available to its security holders or the public in Brazil or elsewhere and, in the case of clause (c), is filed or submitted pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under, or Section 13 or 15(d) of, the Exchange Act, or otherwise); and

 

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(5) upon any director or executive officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor becoming aware of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, an officers’ certificate setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Issuer and/or such Guarantor are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

Delivery of the above reports to the trustee is for informational purposes only and the trustee’s receipt of such reports will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s or the Guarantors’ compliance with any of their covenants in the indenture (as to which the trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on officers’ certificates).

Events of Default

An “Event of Default” occurs if:

(1) the Issuer defaults in any payment of interest (including any related additional amounts) on any exchange note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(2) the Issuer defaults in the payment of the principal (including any related additional amounts) of any exchange note when the same becomes due and payable upon acceleration or redemption or otherwise;

(3) the Issuer or either Guarantor fails to comply with any of its covenants or agreements in the exchange notes or the indenture (other than those referred to in (1) and (2) above), and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;

(4) the Issuer, either Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt for money borrowed by the Issuer, either Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer, such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary) whether such Debt or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the indenture, which default (a) is caused by failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt after giving effect to any grace period provided in such Debt on the date of such default (“Payment Default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, totals US$50 million (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) or more in the aggregate;

(5) one or more final judgments or decrees for the payment of money of US$50 million (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) or more in the aggregate are rendered against the Issuer, either Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary and are not paid (whether in full or in installments in accordance with the terms of the judgment) or otherwise discharged and, in the case of each such judgment or decree, either (a) an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree and is not dismissed within 30 days following commencement of such enforcement proceedings or (b) there is a period of 60 days following such judgment during which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed;

(6) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Issuer, either Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, síndico, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief is entered against the Issuer, either Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect and such order is not being contested by the Issuer, either Guarantor or such Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, in good faith or has not been dismissed, discharged or otherwise stayed, in each case within 60 days of being made;

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entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, síndico, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer, either Guarantor or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer, either Guarantor or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(8) any event occurs that under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil or any political subdivision thereof or any other country has substantially the same effect as any of the events referred to in any of clause (6) or (7);

(9) any guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance with the terms of the indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its guarantee; or

(10) GLAI ceases to own directly 100% of the outstanding share capital of the Issuer.

A Default under clause (3) above will not constitute an Event of Default until the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the exchange notes outstanding notify the Issuer and the Guarantors of the Default and the Issuer and the relevant Guarantor, as the case may be, do not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.

The trustee is not to be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or knowledge of any cure of any Default or Event of Default unless either (i) an attorney, authorized officer or agent of the trustee with direct responsibility for the indenture has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such Default or Event of Default has been given to the trustee by the Issuer or any holder.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6), (7) or (8) above) occurs and is continuing, the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the exchange notes then outstanding may declare all unpaid principal of and accrued interest on all exchange notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer, and upon any such declaration such amounts will become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (6), (7) or (8) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal of and accrued interest on all exchange notes will become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the trustee or any holder.

Subject to the provisions of the indenture relating to the duties of the trustee in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders, unless such holders have offered to the trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the trustee. Subject to such provision for the indemnification of the trustee, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding exchange notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee.

Defeasance

The Issuer or any Guarantor may at any time terminate all of its obligations with respect to the exchange notes (“defeasance”), except for certain obligations, including those regarding any trust established for a defeasance and obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the exchange notes, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen exchange notes and to maintain agencies in respect of exchange notes. The Issuer or any Guarantor may at any time terminate its obligations under certain covenants set forth in the indenture, and any omission to comply with such obligations will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to the exchange notes issued under the indenture (“covenant defeasance”). In order to exercise either defeasance or covenant defeasance, the Issuer or such Guarantor must irrevocably deposit in trust, for the benefit of the holders of the exchange notes, with the trustee money or U.S. government obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of an internationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certificate delivered to the trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment, to pay the principal of, and interest on the exchange notes to redemption or maturity and comply with certain other conditions, including the delivery of opinions of U.S., Cayman Islands and Brazilian counsel as to certain tax matters (including to the effect that the holders of the exchange notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S., Cayman Islands or Brazilian federal

 

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income tax purposes, as the case may be, as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to U.S., Cayman Islands or Brazilian federal income tax, as the case may be, on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred). In the case of defeasance or covenant defeasance, the guarantees will terminate.

Amendment, Supplement, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions, the indenture may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the exchange notes then outstanding, and any past Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the exchange notes then outstanding. However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding exchange note affected thereby, no amendment or waiver may:

(1) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any payment on any exchange note;

(2) reduce the rate of any interest on any exchange note;

(3) reduce the amount payable upon redemption of any exchange note or change the time at which any exchange note may be redeemed;

(4) change the currency for payment of principal of, or interest or any additional amounts on, any exchange note;

(5) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any right to payment on or with respect to any exchange note;

(6) waive certain payment defaults with respect to the exchange notes;

(7) reduce the principal amount of exchange notes whose holders must consent to any amendment or waiver;

(8) make any change in the amendment or waiver provisions which require each holder’s consent;

(9) modify or change any provision of the indenture affecting the ranking of the exchange notes or the guarantees in a manner adverse to the holders of the exchange notes; or

(10) make any change in the guarantees that would adversely affect the noteholders.

Provided that the provisions of the covenant described under the caption “—Repurchase of Exchange Notes Upon a Change of Control” may, except as provided above, be amended or waived with the consent of holders holding not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the exchange notes.

The holders of the exchange notes will receive prior notice as described under “—Notices” of any proposed amendment to the exchange notes or the indenture or any waiver described in the preceding paragraph. After an amendment or any waiver described in the preceding paragraph becomes effective, the Issuer is required to mail to the holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or waiver. However, the failure to give such notice to all holders of the exchange notes, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment or waiver.

The consent of the holders of the exchange notes is not necessary to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or any waiver. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment or waiver.

The Issuer, the Guarantors and the trustee may, without the consent or vote of any holder of the exchange notes, amend or supplement the indenture or the exchange notes for the following purposes:

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(2) to comply with the covenant described under “—Limitation on Consolidation, Merger or Transfer of Assets”;

(3) to add guarantees or collateral with respect to the exchange notes;

(4) to add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantors for the benefit of holders of the exchange notes;

(5) to surrender any right conferred upon the Issuer or the Guarantors;

(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment by a successor trustee;

(7) to provide for the issuance of additional notes;

(8) to provide for any guarantee of the exchange notes, to secure the exchange notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any guarantee of the exchange notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by the indenture;

(9) make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any holder of the exchange notes or to conform the indenture to this “Description of the Exchange Notes”; or

(10) to comply with any applicable requirements of the SEC, including in connection with any required qualification of the indenture under the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

Notices

For so long as exchange notes in global form are outstanding, notices to be given to holders will be given to the depositary, in accordance with its applicable policies as in effect from time to time. If exchange notes are issued in certificated form, notices to be given to holders will be deemed to have been given upon the mailing by first class mail, postage prepaid, of such notices to holders of the exchange notes at their registered addresses as they appear in the trustee’s records. For so long as the exchange notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (EuroMTF) and it is required by the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, publication of such notice to the holders of the exchange notes in English in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the d’Wort).

Trustee

The Bank of New York is the trustee under the indenture.

The indenture contains provisions for the indemnification of the trustee and for its relief from responsibility. The obligations of the trustee to any holder are subject to such immunities and rights as are set forth in the indenture.

Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the trustee needs to perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in the indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations will be read into the indenture against the trustee. In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee shall exercise those rights and powers vested in it by the indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs. No provision of the indenture will require the trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of its duties thereunder, or in the exercise of its rights or powers, unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

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The Issuer and its affiliates may from time to time enter into normal banking and trustee relationships with the trustee and its affiliates.

The trustee, the paying agents, the transfer agents, registrar and exchange agent make no representation regarding this Prospectus and Registration Statement, any supplement or the matters contained herein or therein.

Governing Law and Submission to Jurisdiction

The exchange notes, the indenture and the guarantees will be governed by the laws of the State of New York.

Each of the parties to the indenture will submit to the jurisdiction of the U.S. federal and New York State courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York for purposes of all legal actions and proceedings instituted in connection with the exchange notes and the indenture. The Issuer and the Guarantors will appoint National Registered Agents, Inc., currently having an office at 875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 501, New York, New York 10001, as their authorized agent upon which process may be served in any such action.

Currency Indemnity

U.S. dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Issuer or the Guarantors under or in connection with the exchange notes and the guarantees, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than dollars (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or otherwise) by any holder of a note in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer or the Guarantors will only constitute a discharge to the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, to the extent of the dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that dollar amount is less than the dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any exchange note, the Issuer and the Guarantors will indemnify such holder against any loss sustained by it as a result; and if the amount of United States dollars so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to such holder, such holder will, by accepting an exchange note, be deemed to have agreed to repay such excess. In any event, the Issuer and the Guarantors will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase.

For the purposes of the preceding paragraph, it will be sufficient for the holder of an exchange note to certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of dollars on such date had not been practicable, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the other obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any holder of an exchange note and will continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any exchange note.

Certain Definitions

The following is a summary of certain defined terms used in the indenture. Reference is made to the indenture for the full definition of all such terms as well as other capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified person, (a) any other person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified person or (b) any other person who is a director or officer (i) of such specified person, (ii) of any subsidiary of such specified person or (iii) of any person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such person whether by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

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“Brazilian GAAP” means accounting practices prescribed by Brazilian Corporation Law, the rules and regulations issued by the CVM and the accounting standards issued by the Brazilian Institute of Independent Accountants (Instituto dos Auditores Independentes do Brasil), in each case as in effect from time to time.

“Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any person, any obligation which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the face of a balance sheet of such person prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP; the amount of such obligation will be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with Brazilian GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof will be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any person, any and all shares of stock, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), such person’s equity including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity.

“Change of Control” means:

(1) the direct or indirect sale or transfer of all or substantially all the assets of GLAI to another Person (in each case, unless such other Person is a Permitted Holder); or

(2) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, acquisition or any other means) as a result of which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than Permitted Holders) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of GLAI; or

(3) the first day on which a majority of the Board of Directors of GLAI consists of persons who were elected by shareholders who are not Permitted Holders.

“CVM” means the Brazilian Securities Commission, or Comissão de Valores Mobiliários.

“Debt” means, with respect to any person, without duplication:

(1) the principal of and premium, if any, in respect of (a) indebtedness of such person for money borrowed and (b) indebtedness evidenced by exchange notes, debentures, exchange notes or other similar instruments for the payment of which such person is responsible or liable;

(2) all Capital Lease Obligations of such person;

(3) all obligations of such person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such person and all obligations of such person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable or other short-term obligations to suppliers payable within 180 days, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business);

(4) all obligations of such person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (1) through (3) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth business day following receipt by such person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit);

(5) all Hedging Obligations of such person;

(6) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (4) of other persons and all dividends of other persons for the payment of which, in either case, such person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly,

 

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as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any guarantee (other than obligations of other persons that are customers or suppliers of such person for which such person is or becomes so responsible or liable in the ordinary course of business to (but only to) the extent that such person does not, or is not required to, make payment in respect thereof);

(7) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (5) of other persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or assets or the amount of the obligation so secured; and

(8) any other obligations of such person which are required to be, or are in such person’s financial statements, recorded or treated as debt under Brazilian GAAP.

“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and its successors.

“Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such person (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation of such person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (b) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantor” means each of (i) GLAI and GTA and (ii) any successor obligor under the guarantees pursuant to the covenant described under the caption “—Certain Covenants—Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets,” unless and until such Guarantor is released from its guarantee pursuant to the indenture.

“Hedging Agreement” means (i) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates or (ii) any foreign exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates or (iii) any commodity or raw material futures contract or any other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in raw material prices.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any person, the obligations of such person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, interest rate collar agreement, option or futures contract or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such person against changes in interest rates or foreign exchange rates.

“holder” means the person in whose name a note is registered in the register.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar lien.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

“Permitted Holders” means any or all of the following:

(1) an immediate family member of Messrs. Constantino de Oliveira, Henrique Constantino, Joaquim Constantino Neto and Ricardo Constantino or any Affiliate or immediate family member thereof; immediate family member of a person means the spouse, lineal descendants, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of such person; and

 

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(2) any Person the Voting Stock of which (or in the case of a trust, the beneficial interests in which) are owned at least 51% by Persons specified in clause (1).

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

“Rating Agency” means Moody’s or Fitch; or if Moody’s or Fitch, or both, are not making rating of the exchange notes publicly available, an internationally recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by us, which will be substituted for Moody’s or Fitch, or both, as the case may be.

“Rating Decline” means that at any time within 90 days (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the exchange notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible down grade by either Rating Agency) after the date of public notice of a Change of Control, or of our intention or that of any Person to effect a Change of Control, the then-applicable rating of the exchange notes is decreased by each Rating Agency; provided that any such Rating Decline is in whole or in part in connection with a Change in Control.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of GLAI (or any successor) which at the time of determination either (a) had assets which, as of the date of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) most recent quarterly consolidated balance sheet, constituted at least 10% of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) total assets on a consolidated basis as of such date, or (b) had revenues for the 12-month period ending on the date of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) most recent quarterly consolidated statement of income which constituted at least 10% of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) total revenues on a consolidated basis for such period.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).

“Subsidiary” means, in respect of any specified person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.

 

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TAXATION

The following discussion, subject to the limitations set forth below, describes material Cayman Islands, Brazilian, United States and European Union tax considerations relating to your ownership and disposition of exchange notes. This discussion does not purport to be a complete analysis of all tax considerations in Cayman Islands, Brazil, the United States or the European Union and does not address tax treatment of holders of exchange notes under the laws of other countries. Holders of exchange notes who are resident in countries other than Brazil, the United States, Cayman Islands and the European Union along with holders that are resident in those countries, are urged to consult with their own tax advisors as to which countries’ tax laws could be relevant to them.

Material Cayman Islands Tax Considerations

Prospective investors should consult their professional advisers on the possible tax consequences of buying, holding or selling any exchange notes under the laws of their country of citizenship, residence or domicile.

The following is a discussion on certain Cayman Islands income tax consequences of an investment in the exchange notes. The discussion is a general summary of present law, which is subject to prospective and retroactive change. It is not intended as tax advice, does not consider any investor’s particular circumstances, and does not consider tax consequences other than those arising under Cayman Islands law.

Under existing Cayman Islands laws, payments of interest and principal on the exchange notes will not be subject to taxation in the Cayman Islands and no withholding will be required on the payment of interest and principal to any holder of the exchange notes, nor will gains derived from the disposal of the exchange notes be subject to Cayman Islands income or corporation tax. The Cayman Islands currently have no income, corporation or capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or gift tax.

Stamp duty is payable in respect of the issue of the exchange notes if the exchange notes are executed in or otherwise brought into the Cayman Islands, e.g. for enforcement purposes. An instrument of transfer in respect of a note is stampable if executed in or brought into the Cayman Islands.

The Issuer has been incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands as an exempted company and, as such, has obtained an undertaking from the Governor in Cabinet of the Cayman Islands in the following form:

The Tax Concessions Law

(1999 Revision)

Undertaking as to Tax Concessions

In accordance with the provision of Section 6 of The Tax Concession Law (1999 Revision), the Governor in Cabinet undertakes with the Issuer (the “Company”):

 

1       That no law which is hereafter enacted in the Islands imposing any tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations shall apply to the Company or its operations; and
2       In addition, that no tax to be levied on profits, income, gains or appreciations or which is in the nature of estate duty or inheritance tax shall be payable:
2.1    On or in respect of the shares, debentures or other obligations of the Company; or
2.2    by way of the withholding in whole or part, of any relevant payment as defined in Section 6(3) of the Tax Concessions Law (1999 Revision).
3      These concessions shall be for a period of twenty years from the date of issue of the certificates.

 

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Material Brazilian Tax Considerations

The following discussion is a general description of certain Brazilian tax aspects of the exchange notes applicable to an individual, entity, trust or organization, resident or domiciled outside Brazil for tax purposes (“Non-Brazilian Holder”).

Generally, any capital gains generated outside Brazil as a result of a transaction between two non-residents of Brazil with assets not located in Brazil are not directly subject to tax in Brazil. On the other hand, when the assets are located in Brazil, such capital gains are subject to income tax, according to Law No. 10,833, enacted on December 29, 2003. Since the exchange notes will be issued abroad and will be registered in Luxembourg, we believe that the exchange notes would not fall within the definition of assets located in Brazil for the purposes of Law No. 10,833. However, we cannot assure prospective Non-Brazilian Holders that such interpretation of Law No. 10,833 will prevail in the courts of Brazil. In case the exchange notes are deemed to be located in Brazil, gains recognized by a Non-Brazilian Holder upon the sale or other disposition of the exchange notes to a Non-Brazilian Holder will be subject to income tax in Brazil at a rate of 15%, or 25% if the Non-Brazilian Holder is located in a tax haven, which is defined, for these purposes, as a country which does not impose any income tax or which imposes it at a maximum rate lower than 20% or where the laws impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership composition or securities ownership. The same tax effect can be applicable if the sale or disposition of the exchange notes is done to a resident in Brazil.

Because the Issuer is considered for Brazilian tax purposes as domiciled abroad, payments of interest or principal under the exchange notes made by the Issuer to a Non-Brazilian Holder are not subject to withholding taxes in Brazil, as long as such payments are made with funds held by such entity abroad.

Generally, payments of income made by Brazilian residents are subject to income tax withheld at source, at a variable rate depending on the nature of the payment and the location of the beneficiary, at a maximum of 25%. Thus, if the Guarantors have to make any payments of interest under the exchange notes, such payments will be taxed at a rate not exceeding 25%.

There is some uncertainty regarding the applicable tax treatment to payments of the principal amount by the Guarantors to Non-Brazilian Holders. Although the argument that such payments made by the Guarantors do not convert the nature of the payment from principal into taxable income, there are no precedents from Brazilian courts endorsing that position.

In addition, payments made from Brazil are taxed with the temporary contribution on financial transactions (CPMF), which is levied at a rate of 0.38% on any Brazilian bank account withdrawals, and with tax of foreign exchange transactions (IOF/Câmbio), which is levied on the conversion of Brazilian currency into foreign currency at a current rate of 0% (although the Brazilian federal government may increase such rate up to 25%, but only with respect to future transactions).

Generally, there is no stamp, transfer or other similar tax in Brazil with respect to the transfer, assignment or sale of any debt instrument outside Brazil (including the exchange notes) nor any inheritance, gift or succession tax applicable to the ownership, transfer or disposition of the exchange notes, except for gift and inheritance taxes imposed in some states of Brazil on gifts and bequests by individuals or entities not domiciled or residing in Brazil to individuals or entities domiciled or residing within such Brazilian states.

THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION IS NOT INTENDED TO CONSTITUTE A COMPLETE ANALYSIS OF ALL TAX CONSEQUENCES RELATING TO THE OWNERSHIP OF EXCHANGE NOTES. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF EXCHANGE NOTES SHOULD CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS.

Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations

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notes, but does not purport to be a complete analysis of all potential tax effects. The discussion is only applicable to U.S. Holders that hold exchange notes as “capital assets” (generally for investment purposes). This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be applicable to a U.S. Holder subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax law (including, but not limited to, banks, tax-exempt organizations, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, insurance companies and dealers in securities or foreign currency, partnerships or other pass-through entities, holders who have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar, or holders that hold exchange notes as part of a hedge, integrated, constructive sale, straddle or conversion transaction).

In addition, except as otherwise specifically provided above, there is no discussion of state, local, or non-U.S. tax consequences of the ownership or disposition of exchange notes. The discussion below is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), U.S. Treasury regulations, rulings and other pronouncements of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and judicial decisions as of the date hereof. Such authorities may be repealed, revoked or modified (with possible retroactive effect) so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below.

PROSPECTIVE HOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS CONCERNING THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE EXCHANGE OF UNREGISTERED EXCHANGE NOTES FOR EXCHANGE NOTES, AND OF THE OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF EXCHANGE NOTES, BASED UPON THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, INCLUDING ANY CONSEQUENCES ARISING UNDER APPLICABLE STATE, LOCAL AND NON-U.S. TAX LAWS.

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of exchange notes that is (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation, created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any State or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (iv) a trust (X) that is subject to the supervision of a court within the United States and the control of one or more United States persons as described in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or (Y) that has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person.

If a partnership holds exchange notes, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A U.S. Holder that is a partner of a partnership holding exchange notes is urged to consult its tax advisors regarding the consequences of the ownership or disposition of exchange notes.

Exchange of Notes in the Exchange Offer

The exchange of the unregistered notes for exchange notes in the exchange offer will not constitute a taxable event to United States Holders for United States federal income tax purposes. Consequently, a United States Holder will not recognize gain or loss upon the exchange of the unregistered note for an exchange note, the United States Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the exchange note immediately after the exchange will be the same as its adjusted tax basis in the corresponding unregistered note immediately before the exchange, and the United States Holder’s holding period in the exchange note will include the holding period in the unregistered note exchanged therefor.

Taxation of Payments of Interest and Additional Amounts

Interest paid on a note (including Additional Amounts) will be included in the gross income of a U.S. Holder as ordinary income at the time it is treated as received or accrued, in accordance with the U.S. Holder’s regular method of tax accounting. A U.S. Holder will also be required to include in gross income any withholding tax paid with respect to interest on the exchange notes, including withholding tax on payments of Additional Amounts.

 

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Interest received or accrued on the exchange notes and Additional Amounts generally will constitute foreign source income to U.S. Holders for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. If Brazilian or other withholding taxes are imposed, U.S. Holders will be treated as having actually received an amount equal to the amount of such taxes and as having paid such amount to the relevant taxing authority. As a result, the amount of income included in gross income by a U.S. Holder may be greater than the amount of cash actually received by the U.S. Holder. Subject to certain limitations, a U.S. Holder generally will be entitled to a credit against its U.S. federal income tax liability for Brazilian or other income taxes withheld by us. Alternatively, a U.S. Holder may elect to claim a deduction for such income taxes in computing its U.S. federal taxable income provided that the election shall apply to all foreign income taxes paid or accrued by the U.S. Holder for the taxable year. For purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation, foreign source income is classified in one of several “baskets,” and the credit for foreign taxes paid or accrued with respect to foreign source income in any basket is limited to U.S. federal income tax allocable to that income. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2006, interest generally will constitute foreign source income in the “passive income” basket. The calculation of U.S. foreign tax credits and, in the case of a U.S. Holder that elects to deduct foreign taxes, the availability of deductions involve the application of complex rules that depend on a U.S. Holder’s particular circumstances. U.S. Holders should, therefore, consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of the U.S. foreign tax credit rules.

A U.S. Holder who purchases exchange notes at a premium in excess of its stated principal amount or at a discount should consult with its independent tax advisor about the potential application of the bond premium or market discount rules of the Code.

Sale, Redemption, Retirement and Other Taxable Disposition of the Exchange Notes

A U.S. Holder will generally recognize gain or loss on the sale, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note (including any deemed exchange of notes for “new” notes that might occur for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of an assumption of our obligations under the exchange notes by any person, as described under “Description of Exchange Notes—Covenants—Limitation on Consolidation, Merger or Transfer of Assets,” or as a result of significant modifications to the indenture as described under “Description of Exchange Notes—Amendment, Supplement, Waiver”) in an amount equal to the difference between (i) the amount of cash and the fair market value of property received by such U.S. Holder on such disposition (less any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest which will be taxable as such), and (ii) the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the note. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in a note will generally equal the acquisition cost of such note to the U.S. Holder, subject to adjustment for bond premium and market discount as required by the Code, decreased by the amount of any principal payments made on the note. Such gain or loss will generally be capital gain or loss subject to the market discount rules. Capital gains of certain non-corporate U.S. Holders, including individuals, derived with respect to capital assets held for over one year may be eligible for reduced rates of taxation. For example, the maximum rate of tax under current law for capital assets held for more than one year will generally be 15%. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations.

In general, gain or loss recognized by a U.S. Holder on the sale, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a note will be U.S.-source gain or loss. Accordingly, if Brazilian or other withholding tax is imposed on the sale or disposition of the exchange notes, a U.S. Holder may not be able to fully utilize its U.S. foreign tax credits in respect of such withholding tax unless such U.S. Holder has other foreign source income. Further, special rules may apply for exchange notes sold with accrued market discount or with unamortized bond premium. Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors as to the U.S. federal income tax and foreign tax credit implications of such sale, redemption, retirement or other disposition of a note.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

In general, payments of principal and interest, and payments of the proceeds of sale, exchange or other disposition of exchange notes, paid within the United States or through certain United States-related financial intermediaries to a U.S. Holder may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding at a current maximum rate of 28% unless the U.S. Holder (i) is a corporation or other exempt recipient or (ii) in the case of backup withholding, provides an accurate taxpayer identification number and certifies that no loss of exemption from backup withholding has occurred. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. The amount of any backup withholding from a payment to a U.S. Holder will be allowed as a refund or a credit against the U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is timely provided to the IRS.

 

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European Union Directive on Taxation of Savings Income

The European Union has adopted a Directive regarding the taxation of savings income (the “EU Tax Directive”). Countries that are member states of the European Union (“Member States”) are required to provide to the tax authorities of other Member States details of payments of interest and other similar income paid by a person to an individual in another Member State, except that Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg will instead impose a withholding system for a transitional period unless during such period they elect otherwise.

 

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes for its own account pursuant to the exchange offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such exchange notes. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of exchange notes received in exchange for unregistered notes where such unregistered notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. We have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the consummation of the exchange offer, we will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until 180 days after the date of this prospectus, all dealers effecting transactions in the exchange notes may be required to deliver a prospectus.

We will not receive any proceeds from any sale of exchange notes by broker-dealers. Exchange notes received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the exchange offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the exchange notes or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers that may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such exchange note. Any broker-dealer that resells exchange notes that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the exchange notes and any commission or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The letter of transmittal states that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

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ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES

Cayman Islands

The Issuer is a company with limited liability incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands. As a result, it may not be possible for investors to effect service of process upon the Issuer within the United States or to enforce against the Issuer in United States courts judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States. The Issuer has been informed by Maples & Calder, its legal advisor in the Cayman Islands, that the United States and the Cayman Islands do not currently have a treaty providing for reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters and that a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by any federal or state court in the United States based on civil liability, whether or not predicated solely upon United States securities laws, would, therefore, not be automatically enforceable in the Cayman Islands and there is doubt as to the enforceability in the Cayman Islands, in original actions or in actions for the enforcement of judgments of the United States courts, of liabilities predicated solely upon United States securities laws. The Issuer will appoint National Registered Agents, Inc. as its agent for service of process in the United States.

Brazil

GLAI and GTA are corporations organized under the laws of Brazil. Substantially all of their directors and officers and independent accountants, and some of the advisors named herein, reside in Brazil or elsewhere outside the United States, and all or a significant portion of the assets of such persons may be located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for investors to effect service of process upon us and these persons within the United States or other jurisdictions outside Brazil or to enforce against them judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws or the laws of such other jurisdictions.

In the terms and conditions of the exchange notes, we will (1) agree that the courts of the State of New York and the federal courts of the United States, in each case sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, will have jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceeding, and to settle any disputes, which may arise out of or in connection with the exchange notes and, for such purposes, irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of such courts and (2) name an agent for service of process in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. See “Description of the Exchange Notes.”

We have been advised by Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados, Brazilian counsel to GLAI and GTA, that judgments of non-Brazilian courts for civil liabilities predicated upon the securities laws of countries other than Brazil in respect of the guarantees, including the U.S. securities law, may be enforced in Brazil subject to certain requirements as described below. A judgment against us or any of our directors, officers, independent auditors or advisors obtained outside Brazil would be enforceable in Brazil against us or any such person without retrial or reexamination of the merits, upon confirmation of that judgment by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice. That confirmation, generally, will occur if the foreign judgment:

 

   

fulfills all formalities required for its enforceability under the laws of the country where the foreign judgment is granted;

 

   

is issued by a competent court after proper service of process is made in accordance with Brazilian legislation, or after sufficient evidence of the parties’ absence has been given;

 

   

is not subject to appeal;

 

   

is for a sum certain;

 

   

is authenticated by a Brazilian consular office in the country where the foreign judgment is issued and is accompanied by a sworn translation into Portuguese; and

 

   

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The confirmation process may be time-consuming and may also give rise to difficulties in enforcing the foreign judgment in Brazil. Accordingly, we cannot assure you that confirmation would be obtained, that the confirmation process would be conducted in a timely manner or that a Brazilian court would enforce a monetary judgment for violation of the securities laws of countries other than Brazil, including the U.S. securities laws.

GLAI and GTA have also been advised that:

 

   

the ability of a judgment creditor to satisfy a judgment against us is limited by Brazilian bankruptcy, insolvency liquidation, reorganization and similar laws; and

 

   

civil actions may be brought before Brazilian courts based on the federal securities laws of the United States and that, subject to applicable law, Brazilian courts may enforce such liabilities in such actions against us (provided that the provisions of the federal securities laws of the United States do not contravene Brazilian public policy, good morals or national sovereignty and provided further that Brazilian courts can assert jurisdiction over the particular action).

A plaintiff (whether Brazilian or non-Brazilian) who resides outside Brazil during the course of litigation in Brazil must provide a note to guarantee court costs and legal fees if the plaintiff owns no real property in Brazil that may ensure such payment. This note must have a value sufficient to satisfy the payment of court fees and defendant’s attorneys’ fees, as determined by the Brazilian judge, except in the case of the enforcement of foreign judgments that have been duly confirmed by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice.

 

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VALIDITY OF THE EXCHANGE NOTES

The validity of the exchange notes offered and sold in this offering will be passed upon for us by Shearman & Sterling LLP. Certain matters of Brazilian law relating to the exchange notes and the guaranty will be passed upon for us by Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados, our Brazilian counsel. Certain matters of Cayman Islands law will be passed upon for us by Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 and for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 incorporated herein by reference from GLAI’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006 have been audited by Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S., independent accountants, as stated in their report appearing therein. The condensed financial statements as of March 31 and June 30 of 2006 and 2007, incorporated herein by reference from GLAI’s reports on Form 6-K submitted on April 19, 2007 and August 9, 2007, have been subject to a limited review by Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S., as stated in their reports appearing therein.

 

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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN THE PROSPECTUS

 

Item 20. Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Neither the laws of Brazil nor the Registrants’ by-laws or other constitutive documents provide for indemnification of directors or officers. The Registrants do not maintain liability insurance and have not entered into indemnity agreements which would insure or indemnify their respective directors or officers in any manner against liability which he or she may incur in his or her capacity as such.

 

Item 21. Exhibits

 

  (a) The following documents are filed as part of this Registration Statement:

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

  3.1    Bylaws of GLAI
  3.2    Bylaws of Gol Finance
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007, among Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent, and Principal Paying Agent, and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2007, among Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  4.3    Form of Global Note
  5.1    Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP with respect to the exchange notes
  5.2    Opinion of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados with respect to the exchange notes
  5.3    Opinion of Maples and Calder with respect to the exchange notes
  8       Tax Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP
12       Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Changes
15       Letter regarding unaudited Condensed Consolidated interim financial information from Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
21       List of subsidiaries
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
23.2    Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.3    Consent of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2)
23.4    Consent of Maples and Calder (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.3)
24       Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
25       Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, on Form T-1
99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal
99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
99.3    Form of Letter to Clients
99.4    Form of Letter to Nominees
99.5    Form of Instructions to Registered Holder and/or Book Entry Transfer Participant from Owner

 

  (b) Financial Statement Schedules: None


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Item 22. Undertakings

(a) The undersigned hereby undertakes:

(1) To file during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and

(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

(4) To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements.

(b) The undersigned hereby undertakes: (i) to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means, and (ii) to arrange or provide for a facility in the United States for the purpose of responding to such requests. The undertaking in subparagraph (i) above includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request.


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(c) The undersigned hereby undertakes to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, on August 29, 2007.

 

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)
By:   /s/ Richard F. Lark, Jr.
  Name:   Richard F. Lark, Jr.
  Title:   Executive Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Constantino de Oliveira Junior, Constantino de Oliveira, Henrique Constantino, Joaquim Constantino Neto, Ricardo Constantino and Richard F. Lark, Jr., and each of them, individually, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post effective amendments) and supplements thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or her might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on August 29, 2007 in the capacities indicated:

 

Name

  

Title

   

/s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior

Constantino de Oliveira Junior

  

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

/s/ Constantino de Oliveira

Constantino de Oliveira

   Chairman of the Board of Directors  

/s/ Henrique Constantino

Henrique Constantino

   Director  

/s/ Joaquim Constantino Neto

Joaquim Constantino Neto

   Director  

/s/ Ricardo Constantino

Ricardo Constantino

   Director  

/s/ Alvaro de Souza

Alvaro de Souza

   Director  

/s/ Antonio Kandir

Antonio Kandir

   Director  

/s/ Luiz Kaufmann

Luiz Kaufmann

   Director  

/s/ Richard F. Lark, Jr.

Richard F. Lark, Jr.

   Executive Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)  
National Registered Agents, Inc.    Authorized Representative in the United States  
By:   /s/ Gary Sherman  
  Gary Sherman  
  Authorized Representative  


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, Brazil, on August 29, 2007.

 

GOL FINANCE
By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer
    (Principal Executive Officer)
By:   /s/ Richard F. Lark, Jr.
  Name:   Richard F. Lark, Jr.
  Title:   Executive Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer
    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Richard F. Lark, Jr., as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement and any and all amendments (including post effective amendments) and supplements thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or her might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons on August 29, 2007 in the capacities indicated:

 

Name

  

Title

   

/s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior

Constantino de Oliveira Junior

  

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

/s/ Richard F. Lark, Jr.

Richard F. Lark, Jr.

   Director and Executive Vice President – Finance, Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)  
National Registered Agents, Inc.    Authorized Representative in the United States  
By:   /s/ Gary Sherman    
  Gary Sherman    
  Authorized Representative    


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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number
  

Description

  3.1    Bylaws of GLAI
  3.2    Bylaws of Gol Finance
  4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007, among Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent, and Principal Paying Agent, and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2007, among Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incoprorated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  4.3    Form of Global Note
  5.1    Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP with respect to the exchange notes
  5.2    Opinion of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados with respect to the exchange notes
  5.3    Opinion of Maples and Calder with respect to the exchange notes
  8       Tax Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP
12       Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Changes
15       Letter regarding unaudited Condensed Consolidated interim financial information from Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
21       List of subsidiaries
23.1    Consent of Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
23.2    Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.3    Consent of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2)
23.4    Consent of Maples and Calder (contained in their opinion filed as Exhibit 5.3)
24       Power of Attorney (included on signature pages)
25       Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York, as Trustee, on Form T-1
99.1    Form of Letter of Transmittal
99.2    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
99.3    Form of Letter to Clients
99.4    Form of Letter to Nominees
99.5    Form of Instructions to Registered Holder and/or Book Entry Transfer Participant from Owner
EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm BYLAWS OF GLAI Bylaws of GLAI

Exhibit 3.1

BY-LAWS

OF GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

CHAPTER I

NAME, HEADQUARTERS, JURISDICTION,

DURATION AND PURPOSE

ARTICLE 1 - Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. is a joint stock company (sociedade por ações) governed by the laws and use of commerce, by these By-Laws and applicable legislation.

ARTICLE 2 - The objective of the Company is to exercise corporate control of Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. or of its successor at any title, and by means of controlled or affiliate companies, to exploit (a) regular air transportation services of passengers, cargo and mail bags, nationally or internationally, according to the concessions granted by the competent authorities; (b) complementary activities of chartering air transportation of passengers, cargo and mail bags; (c) the rendering of maintenance services, repair of aircrafts, own or third parties’, motors, items and parts; (d) the rendering of services of aircraft hangar; (e) the rendering of services of attendance of patio and road, supplying of flight attendance and aircrafts cleaning; (f) the development of other activities related, connected or auxiliary to air transportation and to the other activities above described; and (g) participation in other companies, commercial or not, as a partner, quotaholder or shareholder.

Sole Paragraph - The transfer of the corporate control of Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. shall be considered a change in corporate objective for purposes of exercise of the withdrawal right by the shareholders of the Company.

ARTICLE 3 - The Company’s head office is located in the City of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Rua Tamoios, No. 246, ground floor, Jardim Aeroporto, CEP 04630-000, and it may open and close branches, agencies, deposits or representation offices in any part of the Brazilian territory or abroad, through resolutions of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE 4 - The Company’s term is indefinite.


CHAPTER II

CAPITAL STOCK AND SHARES

ARTICLE 5 - The Corporate Capital, all subscribed and paid up, is of R$ 993,653,887.60 (nine hundred and ninety-three million, six hundred and fifty three thousand, eight hundred and eighty seven reais and sixty cents), divided into 196,206,466 (one hundred and ninety-six million, two hundred and six thousand, four hundred and sixty-six) shares, being 107,590,792 (one hundred and seven million, five hundred and ninety thousand, seven hundred and ninety-two) common shares and 88,615,674 (eighty-eight million, six hundred and fifteen thousand, six hundred and seventy four) preferred shares, all nominative and without par value.

1st Paragraph - The Company’s shares shall all be nominative. The Company may adopt the book-entry system for the shares without voting rights, which will be kept in deposit accounts in the name of the respective holder with a financial institution duly authorized by the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários - CVM), and the compensation provided for in the 3rd Paragraph of Section 35 of Law 6.404/76 may be charged from the shareholders.

2nd Paragraph - Each common share shall be entitled to one vote in the Shareholders’ Meetings.

3rd Paragraph - Preferred shares shall not be entitled to voting rights, except in the case of the subjects specified in the 4th Paragraph below, the preferences consisting on the following:

(a) priority in the reimbursement of capital, without premium; and

(b) the right to be included in the public offering arising from the sale of corporate control, for the same price paid per share of the block of control, being guaranteed the right to dividends at least equal to that of the common shares.

4th Paragraph - Preferred shares shall be entitled the right to vote in any deliberations of the General Shareholders’ Meeting about (a) transformation, incorporation, spin-off and merger of the Company; (b) approval of agreement between the Company and the Controlling Shareholder (as defined in Bovespa’s Regulation of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Level 2), directly or through third parties, as well as any other companies in which the Controlling Shareholder has interest, always when by operation of law or the By-Laws are deliberated in a general meeting; (c) evaluation of goods destined to the paying up of increase of the Company’s corporate capital; (d) choice of specialized institution or company for the determination of the Economic Value (as defined in Bovespa’s


Regulation of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Level 2) of the Company according to item 10.1.1. of Bovespa’s Regulation of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Level 2 (the “Regulation”); (e) change of the Company’s corporate purpose; (f) amendment or revocation of statutory provisions that amend or modify any of the requirements provided for in item 4.1. of the Regulation, being agreed that such voting right shall prevail while the Differentiated Governance Practices Agreement (as defined in the Regulation); and (g) any change in the voting rights determined in this paragraph.

5th Paragraph - If there is a shareholder withdrawal, the amount to be paid by the Company as reimbursement for the shares held by the shareholder that has exerted this withdrawal right, when authorized by law, shall correspond to the economic value of such shares, to be calculated according to the procedure of evaluation accepted by Law No. 6.404/76, as amended, whenever such value is lower than the equity value calculated according to Section 45 of Law No. 6.404/76.

6th Paragraph - The shareholders may, at any time, convert common shares into preferred shares, in the proportion of 1 (one) common share to 1 (one) preferred share, provided that such shares are paid-up and with due regard to the legal limit. The conversion requests shall be sent to the Board of Officers in writing. The conversion requests received and accepted by the Board of Officers shall be ratified in the first meeting of the Board of Directors to be held.

ARTICLE 6 - Observing the legal limitations applicable, the Company is authorized to increase its corporate capital in up to R$2,000,000,000.00 (two billion Reais).

1st Paragraph - Within the limit authorized by this Section, the Company may, through decision of the Board of Directors, increase the corporate capital, regardless of amendment to the By-Laws, upon the issuance of shares, without respecting the proportionality between the different types of shares. The Board of Directors shall determine the conditions for the issuance, including the price and pay-up term.

2nd Paragraph - At the Board of Directors’ discretion, the right of first refusal may be excluded or have its term for exercise reduced concerning the issuance of shares in which placement is held in the stock market or by public subscription, or even by exchange per shares, in a public offering for acquisition of corporate control, according to the provisions of law.

3rd Paragraph - The Company may, within the limit of the authorized capital established herein and according to a plan approved by the shareholders’ meeting, grant stock options to its officers or employees or to individuals that render services to the Company or to a company under its control.


ARTICLE 7 - The issuance of participation certificates by the Company is forbidden.

CHAPTER III

SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

ARTICLE 8 - The Shareholders’ Meetings have authority to decide on all matters related to the purpose of the Company and take any resolutions deemed convenient to its protection and development. Shareholder Meetings shall be called, installed and held for the purposes of and as provided for by law, and resolutions shall be taken according to the quorum established by law.

1st Paragraph - The Shareholders’ Meeting shall be called by means of a call notice published at least 15 (fifteen) days prior to the first call and 8 (eight) days prior to the second call.

2nd Paragraph - All documents to be analyzed or discussed in the Shareholders’ Meeting shall be made available to the shareholders in the São Paulo Stock Market (Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo - BOVESPA), as well as in the Company’s headquarters, as from the date of publication of the first call notice mentioned in the previous paragraph.

ARTICLE 9 - The Shareholders’ Meeting shall be installed and presided by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and, upon his absence or impediment, by another member of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of either of these, by any of the Company’s officers present.

Sole Paragraph - The President of the Shareholders’ Meeting shall choose one or more secretaries.

ARTICLE 10 - The shareholders shall meet annually during the 4 (four) months immediately following the end of the fiscal year and they shall decide on the matters for which they are responsible as provided for by law.

ARTICLE 11 - The shareholders shall meet on an extraordinary basis whenever the Company’s interests require a decision by the shareholders and in the cases provided for in these By-Laws.


CHAPTER IV

MANAGEMENT

ARTICLE 12 - The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors and a Board of Officers.

1st Paragraph - The Shareholders’ Meeting shall establish the global amount of compensation for the administrators, and the Board of Directors shall be responsible to decide, in a meeting, the individual compensation of each of the members of the Board of Directors and of the Board of Officers.

2nd Paragraph - The alternates for the members of the Board of Directors shall be compensated with a fixed amount for each meeting to which they attend, except when they take office, in case of vacancy.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ARTICLE 13 - - The Board of Directors shall be comprised of at least 5 (five) and at most 11 (eleven) members, all shareholders, resident or not in the Country, appointed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting and being its dismissal by the General Shareholders’ Meeting possible at any time, for a unified term of office of 1 (one) year, being reelection permissible. The General Shareholders’ Meeting shall also designate the President of the Board.

1st Paragraph - At least 20% (twenty per cent) of the Directors shall be Independent Directors (as defined in the Regulation).

2nd Paragraph - The General Shareholders’ Meeting may appoint one or more deputies for the members of the Board of Directors.

3rd Paragraph - On the election of the members of the Board of Directors, the General Meeting shall first determine, upon vote of the majority of its members, the number of members of the Board of Directors to be appointed.

4th Paragraph - The members of the Board of Directors shall be vested in office upon signature of the respective term, drawn up in the proper book, being the vesting in office conditioned to the signature of the Statement of Consent from Senior Managers (as defined in the Regulation). The Directors shall, immediately after vested in office, inform BOVESPA the amount and the characteristics of the securities issued by the Company that they hold, directly or indirectly, including its derivatives.


5th Paragraph - The members of the Board of Directors not reelected shall remain in office until their substitutes are vested in office.

6th Paragraph - The places of the members of the Board of Directors, if there is no deputy, may be filled by the Board of Directors its own, until the first General Shareholders Meeting that deliberates on the filling of the place, whose substitute shall complete the office of the substituted Director.

ARTICLE 14 - The Board of Directors shall meet whenever called by its Chairman or by 3 (three) of its members. The Directors may participate in the Board of Directors’ meetings through conference call or video conference.

1st Paragraph - The meeting shall be called at least 7 (seven) days in advance, by registered mail or other written means, with a brief description of the agenda, and the attending members shall be deemed regularly called.

2nd Paragraph - Minutes of the meeting shall be recorded.

3rd Paragraph - The meetings shall be installed in the presence of at least the relative majority of the members of the Board of Directors, in the 2 (two) first calls, and with the presence of at any number of members in the third call. The decisions shall be taken by a majority of votes among the attending members. The Chairman is not entitled to casting a vote.

4th Paragraph - Regardless of the formalities related to its call, a meeting shall be deemed regularly called if all members attend.

5th Paragraph - The members of the Board of Officers and of the Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) may attend the Board of Directors’ meetings and shall have the right to speak but not the right to vote.

ARTICLE 15 - The Board of Directors shall decide on the matters described in Section 142 of Law No. 6.404/76 (and, if applicable, to speak favorably with respect to the matters of exclusive responsibility of the Shareholders’ Meeting), with the vote of the majority of the members present at the meeting, except for the provisions of Article16 below.

ARTICLE 16 - The Board of Directors, according to the provisions of Article 29, is responsible for the following decisions:

a) Determine of the general orientation of the business of the Company;


b) Elect and dismiss the Company’s Officers;

c) Arrogate to itself and decide about any subject which is not of exclusive responsibility of the Shareholders’ Meeting or of the Board of Officers;

d) Decide about the call of a Shareholders’ Meeting, whenever it deems necessary, or in the case of Section 132 of Law No. 6.404/76;

e) Audit the administration of the Officers, by examining, at any time, books and papers of the Company, and requesting information on agreements executed or under execution and any other acts;

f) Elect and dismiss the independent auditors;

g) Call the independent auditors to render the explanations deemed necessary;

h) Analyze the Management Report and the Board of Officers’ accounts and decide about their submission to a Shareholders’ Meeting;

i) Approve the annual and pluriannual budgets, the strategic plans, the expansion projects, and monitor their execution;

j) Approve the incorporation of a subsidiary and the participation of the Company in the corporate capital of other companies in the country and abroad;

k) Determine the powers of the Board of Officers for the sale or encumbrance of goods of the permanent asset, and define cases in which the previous authorization of the Board of Directors is a necessary condition;

l) Authorize the Company to render guarantees on behalf of third parties;

m) Authorize the opening, transfer or closing of offices, branches, facilities or other establishments of the Company;

n) Decide about the acquisition by the Company of shares of its own issuance, to be held in treasury and/or later canceled or disposed;

o) Grant stock options to its administrators and employees, without right of preference to the shareholders;


p) Decide about the issuance of simple debentures, non-convertible in shares and without collateral;

q) Authorize the issuance of any credit instruments for the raising of funds, either “bonds”, “notes”, “commercial papers”, or others usual in he market, deciding about its conditions of issuance and retrieval;

r) Under the provisions of these By-Laws and the applicable law, rule the order of its works and adopt or issue rules for its functioning; and

s) Authorize any capital increase of the Company by the issuance of preferred shares up to the limit of the authorized capital, according to Article 6 of these By-Laws.

1st Paragraph - The Company and the managers shall, at least once a year, call a public meeting with analysts and any other interested parties, to divulge information regarding its respective economic-financial situation, projects and perspectives.

2nd Paragraph - The Board of Directors is responsible for the institution of Committees and the definition of their regulations and responsibilities. The following Committees shall be permanent: Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee.

BOARD OF OFFICERS

ARTICLE 17 - The Board of Officers shall be comprised of at least 2 (two) and up to 7 (seven) Officers, being one Chief Executive Officer, one Chief Financial Officer, one Investor Relations Officer and 4 (four) Officers, all resident in the Country, appointed by the Board of Directors and being its dismissal possible at any time, with a term of office of 01 (one) year, reelection permissible.

1st Paragraph - The responsibilities of the officers shall be defined by the Board of Directors, which shall also establish the fixed compensation of each member of the Board of Officers, and shall distribute, whenever applicable, the participation in the profits established by the Shareholders’ Meeting.

2nd Paragraph - The officers shall ensure the compliance of the law and the By-Laws.


3rd Paragraph - The Chief Executive Officer shall be responsible, in particular, to coordinate the regular activities of the Company, including the implementation of directives of and the decisions taken by the Shareholders’ Meetings, the Board of Directors’ Meetings and the Board of Officers’ Meetings, to run, manage and supervise the corporate businesses, and issue and approve instructions and internal regulations found necessary or useful.

4th Paragraph - In case of vacancy or impediment of any officer, the Board of Directors shall designate a new officer or a substitute and shall set forth, in either case, the respective term-of-office and compensation.

5th Paragraph - The Board of Officers shall meet whenever necessary, and the meeting shall be called by the Chief Executive Officer, who shall also be the chairman of the meeting.

6th Paragraph - The meeting shall be installed with the presence of the officers representing the majority of the members of the Board of Officers.

7th Paragraph - Minutes of the meetings and the decisions of the Board shall be registered in the proper book.

8th Paragraph - The members of the Board of Officers shall be vested in office upon signature of the respective term, drawn up in the proper book, and the vesting in office shall be conditioned to the signature of the Statement of Consent of Senior Managers (as defined in the Regulation). The Officers shall, immediately after vested in office, inform BOVESPA the amount and the characteristics of the securities issued by the Company that they hold, directly or indirectly, including its derivatives.

ARTICLE 18 - The Board of Officers shall have all the powers and attributions that the law, the By-Laws and the Board of Directors of the Company confer upon it for the performance of the necessary acts to the regular operation of the Company, being entitled to decide on the performance of all actions and transactions related to the purpose of the Company which are not within the responsibilities of the Shareholders’ Meeting or the Board of Directors, as well as all actions and transactions which do not require previous authorization from the Board of Directors.

1st Paragraph - With due regard to the provisions above, the Board of Officers shall:

a) Represent the Company in accordance with its By-Laws, whether in court or out-of-court, with due regard to the attributions set forth in law, and appoint ad negotia or adjudicia attorneys-in- fact;


b) Prepare and perform the plans and investment and development policies, as well as the respective budgets, with due regard to the deliberative capacity of the Board of Directors; and

c) Control and analyze the behavior of the controlled, affiliate and subsidiary companies in view of the expected results.

2nd Paragraph - The Board of Officers may designate one of its members to represent the Company in acts or transactions in the country or abroad, or designate an attorney-in-fact to perform a specific act, provided that the minutes that contain the decision of the Board of Officers are registered before the Commercial Registry, if necessary.

ARTICLE 19 - In addition to the provisions listed in the 3rd Paragraph of Section 15 above, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer shall have powers to preside over the meetings of the Board of Officers and supervise the compliance of general decisions.

ARTICLE 20 - All acts that create responsibility for the Company, or discharge obligations of third parties with the company, including the representation of the Company in court, actively or passively, shall only be deemed valid if approved according to the By-Laws and if they have:

 

a) the joint signature of the Chief Executive Officer and another Officer; or

 

b) the joint signature of two Officers; or

 

c) the signature of one Officer together with an attorney-in-fact; or

 

d) the joint signature of two attorneys-in-fact of the Company.

1st Paragraph - The powers-of-attorney shall always be executed by two members of the Board of Officers, one of which must always be the Chief Executive Officer, and shall be granted for specific purposes and for a determined term, except for those with the powers of the “adjudicia” clause.

2nd Paragraph - The Company shall be represented solely by any of the Officers, without regard to the formalities set forth in this Section in the cases of personal testimony and in their condition of representatives of the Company on judicial hearings.


CHAPTER V

FISCAL BOARD (CONSELHO FISCAL)

ARTICLE 21 - The Company shall have a Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) composed of 3 (three) to 5 (five) members and alternates in equal number. The Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) shall not be permanent. It shall only be elected and installed by the Shareholders’ Meeting upon the request of the shareholders, in the cases provided by law.

Sole Paragraph - The members of the Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) shall be vested in office upon signature of the respective term, drawn up in the proper book and in case the Company is signatory of the Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Agreement, being the vesting in office conditioned to the signature of the Statement of Consent from Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) Members (as defined in the Regulation). The members of the Fiscal Board shall, immediately after vested in office, inform BOVESPA the amount and the characteristics of the securities issued by the Company that they hold, directly or indirectly, including its derivatives.

ARTICLE 22 - The Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) shall meet whenever called by any of its members, at least once every three months. The operation of the Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) shall end on the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting subsequent to its installation, and reelection of its members is permitted.

ARTICLE 23 - The compensation of the members of the Fiscal Board (Conselho Fiscal) shall be determined at the Shareholders’ Meeting during which they are elected.

CHAPTER VI

CORPORATE YEAR, FINANCIAL STATEMENT AND PROFIT ALLOCATION

ARTICLE 24 - The Company’s fiscal year shall have a term of one year and shall end on the last day of December of each year.

ARTICLE 25 - At the end of each fiscal year the financial statements required by law shall be drawn up based on the Company’s accountancy:

 

a) Balance sheet; (balanço patrimonial)

 

b) Statement of changes in net worth position;

 

c) Statement of results of the fiscal year; and

 

d) Statement of origin and application of resources.


1st Paragraph - Jointly with the financial statements of the fiscal year, the Board of Directors shall present during the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting a proposal on the destination to be given to the net profit, observing the provisions of law and the By-Laws

2nd Paragraph - The Board of Directors may determine the preparation of balance sheets at any time, respecting provisions of law, and approve the distribution of intercalary dividends based on the profits verified.

3rd Paragraph - At any time, the Board of Directors may also deliberate the distribution of intermediary dividends, to the account of accumulated profits or reserve of existing profits.

4th Paragraph - The amount paid or credited as interest on equity capital under the terms of Section 9, Paragraph 7 of Law No. 9.249/95, and the applicable laws and regulations, may be regarded as obligatory dividend and integrate the total value of the dividends distributed by the Company for all legal purposes.

5th Paragraph - Intermediate and intercalary dividends shall always be credited and considered as anticipation of the mandatory dividend.

ARTICLE 26 - From the results of the fiscal year, occasional accumulated losses and income tax provision shall be deducted from the results of the fiscal year prior to any participation.

1st Paragraph - Over the remaining profit calculated as described in this Section’s mainline, the statutory participation of the Managers shall be calculated to the maximum extent permitted by law.

2nd Paragraph - The net profit of the fiscal year after the deduction referred to in the previous paragraph, shall be applied as follows:

a) 5% (five per cent) for the legal reserve until it reaches 20% (twenty per cent) of the Company’s paid up capital;

b) 25% (twenty-five per cent) of the balance of the net profit of the fiscal year, after the deduction referred to in the previous paragraph and adjusted pursuant to Section 202 of Law No. 6.404/76, shall be used to pay mandatory dividend to all of its shareholders;


c) every time the amount of the minimum dividend is greater than the amount of the realized part of the fiscal year, the administration may suggest, and a Shareholders’ Meeting approve, the destination of the excess to the constitution of profit reserve to be realized, pursuant to Section 197 of Law No. 6.404/76; and

d) the remaining balance shall have the destination attributed to it by the Board of Directors, provided it has been approved during the Shareholders’ Meeting, or it has not been decided otherwise.

CHAPTER VII

LIQUIDATION

ARTICLE 27 - The Company shall be liquidated in the cases established by law or by virtue of a decision of the Shareholders’ Meeting, and shall be extinguished at the end of the liquidation process.

Sole Paragraph - The Board of Directors shall appoint the liquidator and determine the process and the directives to be observed and shall establish its compensation.

CHAPTER VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 28 - The dividends that are not received or requested shall expire in a 3 (three) year period as of the date in which they are made available to the shareholder, and shall revert in favor of the Company.

ARTICLE 29 - The Company shall observe the shareholders’ agreements registered according to Section 118 of Law No. 6.404/76, and the administration shall refrain from making the registry of the transfer of shares contrary to the respective terms, and the President of the Shareholders’ Meeting and the President of the Board of Directors Meeting, and refraining from computing the votes against such agreements.


CHAPTER IX

TRANSFER OF THE CORPORATE CONTROL, CANCELLATION OF THE

REGISTRATION OF PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY AND THE DISCONTINUANCE

OF THE DIFFERENTIATED CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PRACTICES

ARTICLE 30 - The disposal of control of the company, whether by one single transaction or in a series of successive transactions shall be carried out on precedent or resolutive condition, namely, that the buyer undertakes to tender a public offer for the acquisition of further shares held by the other shareholders in the Company, observing the conditions and terms provided for in applicable law and the Regulation, so that they may be accorded the same treatment as the Selling Controlling Shareholder (as defined in the Regulation).

1st Paragraph - The price of the public offer referred in the caput of the present article shall be the same price paid per share of the block of control, for the holders of preferred and common shares with voting rights, without voting rights or with restricted voting rights issued by the Company.

ARTICLE 31 - The public offer referred in the previous article will also be mandatory:

a) when there has been a paid assignment of subscription rights for shares and other securities or rights related to share convertibles, that may result in Disposal of the Company’s Control (as defined in the Regulation); and

b) whenever there has been disposal of controlling interest in a company that holds the Company’s Control (as defined in the Regulation); in such case, the Selling Controlling Shareholder shall be obliged to inform BOVESPA, the value ascribed to the company in under the aforesaid disposal transaction and attach supporting documents of such value.

ARTICLE 32 - Whoever already has shares issued by the Company and acquires their Control, by means of a private share purchase agreement entered into with the Controlling Shareholder, whatever the amount of shares involved, shall be required to:

a) tender the public offer referred in Article 30 of this By-Laws; and

b) make proper reparation for the shareholders from which it had bought on stock exchanges over the period of 6 (six) months prior to the date of the Disposal of Company’s Control, to whom it shall pay the difference between the price paid to the Selling Controlling Shareholder and the amount paid on stock exchange for shares of the Company, duly updated.


ARTICLE 33 - The Company shall not register any transfer of shares for the Buyer (as defined in the Regulation) or to those who come to hold the Control (as defined in the Regulation) while they execute the Statement of Consent from Controlling Shareholders (as defined in the Regulation).

ARTICLE 34 - The Company shall not register shareholders’ agreements that include provisions on the exercise of Control while its signatories do not sign the Statement of Consent from Controlling Shareholders.

ARTICLE 35 - It is hereby established the obligation of the Controlling Shareholder or the Company to tender a public offer for acquisition of shares for cancellation of registration as a publicly-held company. The minimum price to be offered shall correspond to the Economic Value verified in the appraisal report referred in item 10.1 of the Regulation.

ARTIGO 36 - It is hereby established the obligation:

a) of the Controlling Party to tender a public offer of acquisition of shares pertaining to the other shareholders of the Company, in case of discontinuance of the Level 2 Corporate Governance Differentiated Practices so that the shares of the Company are registered for negotiation outside of Level 2; and

b) of the Controlling Party to effect a public offer for acquisition of shares pertaining to the other shareholders of the Company, in case of a corporate restructuring after which the resulting company is not classified as detaining patterns of corporate governance of BOVESPA’s Level 2.

1st Paragraph - In both cases, the price to be offered shall correspond, at least, to the Economic Value to be calculated as according to the provisions of Section X of the Regulation, observing legal and regulatory applicable rules.

ARTICLE 37 - The appraisal report referred in the precedent articles 35 and 36 above shall be prepared by a specialized company, with proven experience and independent of the company, its senior managers and controlling shareholders, provided that such report shall also comprise with provisions of paragraph 1 of article 8 of Law no. 6.404/76 without prejudice of the liability set out in paragraph 6 of the same article of the Law.


1st Paragraph - The choice of the institution or specialized company responsible for the determination of the Economic Value of the Company is of exclusive competence of the General Shareholders’ Meeting, as of the presentation, by the Board of Officers, of a triple list, and such deliberation shall, blank votes not being computed to that end, and being each share, irrespective of kind or class, shall carry one vote, be taken by the absolute majority of votes, of the shareholders representative of the Shares on the Market (as defined in the Regulation) present in such shareholders’ meeting, which, if installed in the first call, shall count with the presence of shareholders that represent, at least, 20% (twenty per cent) of the total Shares on the Market or, if installed on the second call, may count with the presence of any number of shareholders representative of the Shares on the Market.

2nd Paragraph - The costs for preparation of the appraisal report shall be undertaken in whole by the offering shareholder.

ARTICLE 38 - The situations not provided for in this statute shall be resolved by the Shareholders’ Meeting and regulated according to the provisions of Law no 6.404/76.

ARTICLE 39 - The Company, its Shareholders, its Senior Managers (as defined in the Regulation) and the members of the Fiscal Board undertake to resolve, by means of arbitration, any and all dispute or controversy that may arise between them, related to or arising from, specially, the application, validity, effectiveness, interpretation, violation and its effects, of the provisions contained in the Brazilian Corporations’ Law, Company’s By-Laws, in the rules issued by the National Monetary Council, the Brazilian Central Bank and the Securities Commission, as well the other rules applicable to functioning of the securities market in general, as well as those of the Regulation, BOVESPA’s Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices and the Arbitration Regulation of the Market Arbitration Chamber.

[Approved at the General Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on July 26, 2006.]

EX-3.2 3 dex32.htm BYLAWS OF GOL FINANCE Bylaws of Gol Finance

Exhibit 3.2

THE COMPANIES LAW (2004 REVISION)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES

OF

ASSOCIATION

OF

 


GOL FINANCE

 



THE COMPANIES LAW (2004 REVISION)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GOL FINANCE

 

1 The name of the Company is GOL Finance

 

2 The registered office of the Company shall be at the offices of M&C Corporate Services Limited, PO Box 309GT, Ugland House, South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, or at such other place as the Directors may from time to time decide.

 

3 The objects for which the Company is established are unrestricted and the Company shall have full power and authority to carry out any object not prohibited by the Companies Law (2004 Revision) or as the same may be revised from time to time, or any other law of the Cayman Islands.

 

4 The liability of each Member is limited to the amount from time to time unpaid on such Member’s shares.

 

5 The share capital of the Company is US$50,000.00 divided into 50,000 shares of a par value of US$1.00 each.

 

6 The Company has power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate limited by shares under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

7 Capitalised terms that are not defined in this Memorandum of Association bear the same meaning as those given in the Articles of Association of the Company.


WE, the subscriber to this Memorandum of Association, wish to be formed into a company pursuant to this Memorandum of Association, and we agree to take the number of shares shown opposite our name.

DATED this 16th day of March, 2006.

 

SIGNATURE and ADDRESS OF SUBSCRIBER    NUMBER OF SHARES TAKEN

M&C Corporate Services Limited

of PO Box 309GT, Ugland House

South Church Street, George Town,

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

acting by:

   One

____________________

Paul Lumsden

____________________

Desmond Chisholm

____________________

Salome Laidlaw

Witness to the above signatures

I,                                                                 Registrar of Companies in and for the Cayman Islands DO HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a true and correct copy of the Memorandum of Association of this Company duly incorporated on the             day of March, 2006.

 

  
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

 

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THE COMPANIES LAW (2004 REVISION)

OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

COMPANY LIMITED BY SHARES

ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION

OF

GOL FINANCE

INTERPRETATION

 

1 In these Articles Table A in the First Schedule to the Statute does not apply and, unless there is something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith:

 

“Articles”    means these articles of association of the Company.
“Auditor”    means the person for the time being performing the duties of auditor of the Company (if any).
“Company”    means the above named company.
“Directors”    means the directors for the time being of the Company.
“Dividend”    includes an interim dividend.
“Electronic Record”    has the same meaning as in the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision).
“Member”    has the same meaning as in the Statute.
“Memorandum”    means the memorandum of association of the Company.
“Ordinary Resolution”    means a resolution passed by a simple majority of the Members as, being entitled to do so, vote in person or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy at a general meeting, and includes a unanimous written resolution. In computing the majority when a poll is demanded regard shall be had to the number of votes to which each Member is entitled by the Articles.
“Register of Members”    means the register maintained in accordance with the Statute and includes (except where otherwise stated) any duplicate Register of Members.


“Registered Office”    means the registered office for the time being of the Company.
“Seal”    means the common seal of the Company and includes every duplicate seal.
“Share” and “Shares”    means a share or shares in the Company and includes a fraction of a share.
“Special Resolution”    has the same meaning as in the Statute, and includes a unanimous written resolution.
“Statute”    means the Companies Law (2004 Revision) of the Cayman Islands.

 

2 In the Articles:
  2.1 words importing the singular number include the plural number and vice versa;

 

  2.2 words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender;

 

  2.3 words importing persons include corporations;

 

  2.4 “written” and “in writing” include all modes of representing or reproducing words in visible form, including in the form of an Electronic Record;

 

  2.5 references to provisions of any law or regulation shall be construed as references to those provisions as amended, modified, re-enacted or replaced from time to time;

 

  2.6 any phrase introduced by the terms “including”, “include”, “in particular” or any similar expression shall be construed as illustrative and shall not limit the sense of the words preceding those terms;

 

  2.7 headings are inserted for reference only and shall be ignored in construing these Articles; and

 

  2.8 in these Articles Section 8 of the Electronic Transactions Law (2003 Revision) shall not apply.

COMMENCEMENT OF BUSINESS

 

3 The business of the Company may be commenced as soon after incorporation as the Directors shall see fit.

 

4 The Directors may pay, out of the capital or any other monies of the Company, all expenses incurred in or about the formation and establishment of the Company, including the expenses of registration.

 

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ISSUE OF SHARES

 

5 Subject to the provisions, if any, in the Memorandum (and to any direction that may be given by the Company in general meeting) and without prejudice to any rights attached to any existing Shares, the Directors may allot, issue, grant options over or otherwise dispose of Shares (including fractions of a Share) with or without preferred, deferred or other rights or restrictions, whether in regard to Dividend, voting, return of capital or otherwise and to such persons, at such times and on such other terms as they think proper.

 

6 The Company shall not issue Shares to bearer.

REGISTER OF MEMBERS

 

7 The Company shall maintain or cause to be maintained the Register of Members in accordance with the Statute.

CLOSING REGISTER OF MEMBERS OR FIXING RECORD DATE

 

8 For the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of Members or any adjournment thereof, or Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend, or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose, the Directors may provide that the Register of Members shall be closed for transfers for a stated period which shall not in any case exceed forty days. If the Register of Members shall be closed for the purpose of determining Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members the Register of Members shall be closed for at least ten days immediately preceding the meeting.

 

9 In lieu of, or apart from, closing the Register of Members, the Directors may fix in advance or arrears a date as the record date for any such determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at any meeting of the Members or any adjournment thereof, or for the purpose of determining the Members entitled to receive payment of any Dividend or in order to make a determination of Members for any other purpose.

 

10 If the Register of Members is not so closed and no record date is fixed for the determination of Members entitled to notice of, or to vote at, a meeting of Members or Members entitled to receive payment of a Dividend, the date on which notice of the meeting is sent or the date on which the resolution of the Directors declaring such Dividend is adopted, as the case may be, shall be the record date for such determination of Members. When a determination of Members entitled to vote at any meeting of Members has been made as provided in this Article, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof.

CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES

 

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A Member shall only be entitled to a share certificate if the Directors resolve that share certificates shall be issued. Share certificates representing Shares, if any, shall be in such form as the Directors may determine. Share certificates shall be signed by one or more Directors or other person authorised by the Directors. The Directors may authorise

 

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certificates to be issued with the authorised signature(s) affixed by mechanical process. All certificates for Shares shall be consecutively numbered or otherwise identified and shall specify the Shares to which they relate. All certificates surrendered to the Company for transfer shall be cancelled and subject to these Articles no new certificate shall be issued until the former certificate representing a like number of relevant Shares shall have been surrendered and cancelled.

 

12 The Company shall not be bound to issue more than one certificate for Shares held jointly by more than one person and delivery of a certificate to one joint holder shall be a sufficient delivery to all of them.

 

13 If a share certificate is defaced, worn out, lost or destroyed, it may be renewed on such terms (if any) as to evidence and indemnity and on the payment of such expenses reasonably incurred by the Company in investigating evidence, as the Directors may prescribe, and (in the case of defacement or wearing out) upon delivery of the old certificate.

TRANSFER OF SHARES

 

14 Shares are transferable subject to the consent of the Directors who may, in their absolute discretion, decline to register any transfer of Shares without giving any reason. If the Directors refuse to register a transfer they shall notify the transferee within two months of such refusal.

 

15 The instrument of transfer of any Share shall be in writing and shall be executed by or on behalf of the transferor (and if the Directors so require, signed by the transferee). The transferor shall be deemed to remain the holder of a Share until the name of the transferee is entered in the Register of Members.

REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE OF SHARES

 

16 Subject to the provisions of the Statute the Company may issue Shares that are to be redeemed or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Member or the Company. The redemption of such Shares shall be effected in such manner as the Company may, by Special Resolution, determine before the issue of the Shares.

 

17 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may purchase its own Shares (including any redeemable Shares) provided that the Members shall have approved the manner of purchase by Ordinary Resolution.

 

18 The Company may make a payment in respect of the redemption or purchase of its own Shares in any manner permitted by the Statute, including out of capital.

VARIATION OF RIGHTS OF SHARES

 

19

If at any time the share capital of the Company is divided into different classes of Shares, the rights attached to any class (unless otherwise provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class) may, whether or not the Company is being wound up, be varied with

 

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the consent in writing of the holders of three-quarters of the issued Shares of that class, or with the sanction of a Special Resolution passed at a general meeting of the holders of the Shares of that class.

 

20 The provisions of these Articles relating to general meetings shall apply to every class meeting of the holders of one class of Shares except that the necessary quorum shall be one person holding or representing by proxy at least one third of the issued Shares of the class and that any holder of Shares of the class present in person or by proxy may demand a poll.

 

21 The rights conferred upon the holders of the Shares of any class issued with preferred or other rights shall not, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the Shares of that class, be deemed to be varied by the creation or issue of further Shares ranking pari passu therewith.

COMMISSION ON SALE OF SHARES

 

22 The Company may, in so far as the Statute permits, pay a commission to any person in consideration of his subscribing or agreeing to subscribe whether absolutely or conditionally for any Shares of the Company. Such commissions may be satisfied by the payment of cash and/or the issue of fully or partly paid-up Shares. The Company may also on any issue of Shares pay such brokerage as may be lawful.

NON RECOGNITION OF TRUSTS

 

23 The Company shall not be bound by or compelled to recognise in any way (even when notified) any equitable, contingent, future or partial interest in any Share, or (except only as is otherwise provided by these Articles or the Statute) any other rights in respect of any Share other than an absolute right to the entirety thereof in the registered holder.

LIEN ON SHARES

 

24 The Company shall have a first and paramount lien on all Shares (whether fully paid-up or not) registered in the name of a Member (whether solely or jointly with others) for all debts, liabilities or engagements to or with the Company (whether presently payable or not) by such Member or his estate, either alone or jointly with any other person, whether a Member or not, but the Directors may at any time declare any Share to be wholly or in part exempt from the provisions of this Article. The registration of a transfer of any such Share shall operate as a waiver of the Company’s lien thereon. The Company’s lien on a Share shall also extend to any amount payable in respect of that Share.

 

25 The Company may sell, in such manner as the Directors think fit, any Shares on which the Company has a lien, if a sum in respect of which the lien exists is presently payable, and is not paid within fourteen clear days after notice has been given to the holder of the Shares, or to the person entitled to it in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of the holder, demanding payment and stating that if the notice is not complied with the Shares may be sold.

 

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26 To give effect to any such sale the Directors may authorise any person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Shares sold to, or in accordance with the directions of, the purchaser. The purchaser or his nominee shall be registered as the holder of the Shares comprised in any such transfer, and he shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, nor shall his title to the Shares be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the sale or the exercise of the Company’s power of sale under these Articles.

 

27 The net proceeds of such sale after payment of costs, shall be applied in payment of such part of the amount in respect of which the lien exists as is presently payable and any residue shall (subject to a like lien for sums not presently payable as existed upon the Shares before the sale) be paid to the person entitled to the Shares at the date of the sale.

CALL ON SHARES

 

28 Subject to the terms of the allotment the Directors may from time to time make calls upon the Members in respect of any monies unpaid on their Shares (whether in respect of par value or premium), and each Member shall (subject to receiving at least fourteen days notice specifying the time or times of payment) pay to the Company at the time or times so specified the amount called on the Shares. A call may be revoked or postponed as the Directors may determine. A call may be required to be paid by instalments. A person upon whom a call is made shall remain liable for calls made upon him notwithstanding the subsequent transfer of the Shares in respect of which the call was made.

 

29 A call shall be deemed to have been made at the time when the resolution of the Directors authorising such call was passed.

 

30 The joint holders of a Share shall be jointly and severally liable to pay all calls in respect thereof.

 

31 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable, the person from whom it is due shall pay interest on the amount unpaid from the day it became due and payable until it is paid at such rate as the Directors may determine, but the Directors may waive payment of the interest wholly or in part.

 

32 An amount payable in respect of a Share on allotment or at any fixed date, whether on account of the par value of the Share or premium or otherwise, shall be deemed to be a call and if it is not paid all the provisions of these Articles shall apply as if that amount had become due and payable by virtue of a call.

 

33 The Directors may issue Shares with different terms as to the amount and times of payment of calls, or the interest to be paid.

 

34 The Directors may, if they think fit, receive an amount from any Member willing to advance all or any part of the monies uncalled and unpaid upon any Shares held by him, and may (until the amount would otherwise become payable) pay interest at such rate as may be agreed upon between the Directors and the Member paying such amount in advance.

 

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35 No such amount paid in advance of calls shall entitle the Member paying such amount to any portion of a Dividend declared in respect of any period prior to the date upon which such amount would, but for such payment, become payable.

FORFEITURE OF SHARES

 

36 If a call remains unpaid after it has become due and payable the Directors may give to the person from whom it is due not less than fourteen clear days notice requiring payment of the amount unpaid together with any interest, which may have accrued. The notice shall specify where payment is to be made and shall state that if the notice is not complied with the Shares in respect of which the call was made will be liable to be forfeited.

 

37 If the notice is not complied with any Share in respect of which it was given may, before the payment required by the notice has been made, be forfeited by a resolution of the Directors. Such forfeiture shall include all Dividends or other monies declared payable in respect of the forfeited Share and not paid before the forfeiture.

 

38 A forfeited Share may be sold, re-allotted or otherwise disposed of on such terms and in such manner as the Directors think fit and at any time before a sale, re-allotment or disposition the forfeiture may be cancelled on such terms as the Directors think fit. Where for the purposes of its disposal a forfeited Share is to be transferred to any person the Directors may authorise some person to execute an instrument of transfer of the Share in favour of that person.

 

39 A person any of whose Shares have been forfeited shall cease to be a Member in respect of them and shall surrender to the Company for cancellation the certificate for the Shares forfeited and shall remain liable to pay to the Company all monies which at the date of forfeiture were payable by him to the Company in respect of those Shares together with interest, but his liability shall cease if and when the Company shall have received payment in full of all monies due and payable by him in respect of those Shares.

 

40 A certificate in writing under the hand of one Director or officer of the Company that a Share has been forfeited on a specified date shall be conclusive evidence of the fact as against all persons claiming to be entitled to the Share. The certificate shall (subject to the execution of an instrument of transfer) constitute a good title to the Share and the person to whom the Share is disposed of shall not be bound to see to the application of the purchase money, if any, nor shall his title to the Share be affected by any irregularity or invalidity in the proceedings in reference to the forfeiture, sale or disposal of the Share.

 

41 The provisions of these Articles as to forfeiture shall apply in the case of non payment of any sum which, by the terms of issue of a Share, becomes payable at a fixed time, whether on account of the par value of the Share or by way of premium as if it had been payable by virtue of a call duly made and notified.

 

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TRANSMISSION OF SHARES

 

42 If a Member dies the survivor or survivors where he was a joint holder, and his legal personal representatives where he was a sole holder, shall be the only persons recognised by the Company as having any title to his interest. The estate of a deceased Member is not thereby released from any liability in respect of any Share, which had been jointly held by him.

 

43 Any person becoming entitled to a Share in consequence of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of a Member (or in any other way than by transfer) may, upon such evidence being produced as may from time to time be required by the Directors, elect either to become the holder of the Share or to have some person nominated by him as the transferee. If he elects to become the holder he shall give notice to the Company to that effect, but the Directors shall, in either case, have the same right to decline or suspend registration as they would have had in the case of a transfer of the Share by that Member before his death or bankruptcy, as the case may be.

 

44 If the person so becoming entitled shall elect to be registered himself as holder he shall deliver or send to the Company a notice in writing signed by him stating that he so elects.

 

45 A person becoming entitled to a Share by reason of the death or bankruptcy or liquidation or dissolution of the holder (or in any other case than by transfer) shall be entitled to the same Dividends and other advantages to which he would be entitled if he were the registered holder of the Share. However, he shall not, before being registered as a Member in respect of the Share, be entitled in respect of it to exercise any right conferred by membership in relation to meetings of the Company and the Directors may at any time give notice requiring any such person to elect either to be registered himself or to transfer the Share. If the notice is not complied with within ninety days the Directors may thereafter withhold payment of all Dividends, bonuses or other monies payable in respect of the Share until the requirements of the notice have been complied with.

AMENDMENTS OF MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION AND ALTERATION OF CAPITAL

 

46 The Company may by Ordinary Resolution:

 

  46.1 increase the share capital by such sum as the resolution shall prescribe and with such rights, priorities and privileges annexed thereto, as the Company in general meeting may determine;

 

  46.2 consolidate and divide all or any of its share capital into Shares of larger amount than its existing Shares;

 

  46.3 by subdivision of its existing Shares or any of them divide the whole or any part of its share capital into Shares of smaller amount than is fixed by the Memorandum or into Shares without par value; and

 

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  46.4 cancel any Shares that at the date of the passing of the resolution have not been taken or agreed to be taken by any person.

 

47 All new Shares created in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Article shall be subject to the same provisions of the Articles with reference to the payment of calls, liens, transfer, transmission, forfeiture and otherwise as the Shares in the original share capital.

 

48 Subject to the provisions of the Statute and the provisions of these Articles as regards the matters to be dealt with by Ordinary Resolution, the Company may by Special Resolution:

 

  48.1 change its name;

 

  48.2 alter or add to these Articles;

 

  48.3 alter or add to the Memorandum with respect to any objects, powers or other matters specified therein; and

 

  48.4 reduce its share capital and any capital redemption reserve fund.

REGISTERED OFFICE

 

49 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Company may by resolution of the Directors change the location of its Registered Office.

GENERAL MEETINGS

 

50 All general meetings other than annual general meetings shall be called extraordinary general meetings.

 

51 The Company shall, if required by the Statute, in each year hold a general meeting as its annual general meeting, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notices calling it. The annual general meeting shall be held at such time and place as the Directors shall appoint and if no other time and place is prescribed by them, it shall be held at the Registered Office on the second Wednesday in December of each year at ten o’clock in the morning. At these meetings the report of the Directors (if any) shall be presented.

 

52 The Company may hold an annual general meeting, but shall not (unless required by Statute) be obliged to hold an annual general meeting.

 

53 The Directors may call general meetings, and they shall on a Members requisition forthwith proceed to convene an extraordinary general meeting of the Company.

 

54 A Members requisition is a requisition of Members of the Company holding at the date of deposit of the requisition not less than ten per cent. in par value of the capital of the Company which as at that date carries the right of voting at general meetings of the Company.

 

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55 The requisition must state the objects of the meeting and must be signed by the requisitionists and deposited at the Registered Office, and may consist of several documents in like form each signed by one or more requisitionists.

 

56 If the Directors do not within twenty-one days from the date of the deposit of the requisition duly proceed to convene a general meeting to be held within a further twenty-one days, the requisitionists, or any of them representing more than one-half of the total voting rights of all of them, may themselves convene a general meeting, but any meeting so convened shall not be held after the expiration of three months after the expiration of the said twenty-one days.

 

57 A general meeting convened as aforesaid by requisitionists shall be convened in the same manner as nearly as possible as that in which general meetings are to be convened by Directors.

NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETINGS

 

58 At least five days’ notice shall be given of any general meeting. Every notice shall be exclusive of the day on which it is given or deemed to be given and of the day for which it is given and shall specify the place, the day and the hour of the meeting and the general nature of the business and shall be given in manner hereinafter mentioned or in such other manner if any as may be prescribed by the Company, provided that a general meeting of the Company shall, whether or not the notice specified in this regulation has been given and whether or not the provisions of the Articles regarding general meetings have been complied with, be deemed to have been duly convened if it is so agreed:

 

  58.1 in the case of an annual general meeting, by all the Members (or their proxies) entitled to attend and vote thereat; and

 

  58.2 in the case of an extraordinary general meeting, by a majority in number of the Members (or their proxies) having a right to attend and vote at the meeting, being a majority together holding not less than ninety five per cent. in par value of the Shares giving that right.

 

59 The accidental omission to give notice of a general meeting to, or the non receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings of that meeting.

PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS

 

60 No business shall be transacted at any general meeting unless a quorum is present. Two Members being individuals present in person or by proxy or if a corporation or other non-natural person by its duly authorised representative shall be a quorum unless the Company has only one Member entitled to vote at such general meeting in which case the quorum shall be that one Member present in person or by proxy or (in the case of a corporation or other non-natural person) by a duly authorised representative.

 

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61 A person may participate at a general meeting by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other. Participation by a person in a general meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting.

 

62 A resolution (including a Special Resolution) in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all Members for the time being entitled to receive notice of and to attend and vote at general meetings (or, being corporations, signed by their duly authorised representatives) shall be as valid and effective as if the resolution had been passed at a general meeting of the Company duly convened and held.

 

63 If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting or if during such a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the meeting, if convened upon the requisition of Members, shall be dissolved and in any other case it shall stand adjourned to the same day in the next week at the same time and place or to such other day, time or such other place as the Directors may determine, and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting the Members present shall be a quorum.

 

64 The chairman, if any, of the board of Directors shall preside as chairman at every general meeting of the Company, or if there is no such chairman, or if he shall not be present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for the holding of the meeting, or is unwilling to act, the Directors present shall elect one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

65 If no Director is willing to act as chairman or if no Director is present within fifteen minutes after the time appointed for holding the meeting, the Members present shall choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

66 The chairman may, with the consent of a meeting at which a quorum is present, (and shall if so directed by the meeting), adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. When a general meeting is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. Otherwise it shall not be necessary to give any such notice.

 

67 A resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands unless before, or on the declaration of the result of, the show of hands, the chairman demands a poll, or any other Member or Members collectively present in person or by proxy and holding at least ten per cent. in par value of the Shares giving a right to attend and vote at the meeting demand a poll.

 

68 Unless a poll is duly demanded a declaration by the chairman that a resolution has been carried or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost or not carried by a particular majority, an entry to that effect in the minutes of the proceedings of the meeting shall be conclusive evidence of that fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution.

 

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69 The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.

 

70 Except on a poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment, a poll shall be taken as the chairman directs, and the result of the poll shall be deemed to be the resolution of the general meeting at which the poll was demanded.

 

71 A poll demanded on the election of a chairman or on a question of adjournment shall be taken forthwith. A poll demanded on any other question shall be taken at such time as the chairman of the general meeting directs, and any business other than that upon which a poll has been demanded or is contingent thereon may proceed pending the taking of the poll.

 

72 In the case of an equality of votes, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, the chairman shall be entitled to a second or casting vote.

VOTES OF MEMBERS

 

73 Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any Shares, on a show of hands every Member who (being an individual) is present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural person is present by its duly authorised representative or proxy, shall have one vote and on a poll every Member shall have one vote for every Share of which he is the holder.

 

74 In the case of joint holders of record the vote of the senior holder who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of the other joint holders, and seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names of the holders stand in the Register of Members.

 

75 A Member of unsound mind, or in respect of whom an order has been made by any court, having jurisdiction in lunacy, may vote, whether on a show of hands or on a poll, by his committee, receiver, curator bonis, or other person on such Member’s behalf appointed by that court, and any such committee, receiver, curator bonis or other person may vote by proxy.

 

76 No person shall be entitled to vote at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of a class of Shares unless he is registered as a Member on the record date for such meeting nor unless all calls or other monies then payable by him in respect of Shares have been paid.

 

77 No objection shall be raised to the qualification of any voter except at the general meeting or adjourned general meeting at which the vote objected to is given or tendered and every vote not disallowed at the meeting shall be valid. Any objection made in due time shall be referred to the chairman whose decision shall be final and conclusive.

 

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78 On a poll or on a show of hands votes may be cast either personally or by proxy. A Member may appoint more than one proxy or the same proxy under one or more instruments to attend and vote at a meeting. Where a Member appoints more than one proxy the instrument of proxy shall state which proxy is entitled to vote on a show of hands.

 

79 A Member holding more than one Share need not cast the votes in respect of his Shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a Share or some or all such Shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a Share or some or all of the Shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing him, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a Share or some or all of the Shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting.

PROXIES

 

80 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing, be executed under the hand of the appointor or of his attorney duly authorised in writing, or, if the appointor is a corporation under the hand of an officer or attorney duly authorised for that purpose. A proxy need not be a Member of the Company.

 

81 The instrument appointing a proxy shall be deposited at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company:

 

  81.1 not less than 48 hours before the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the person named in the instrument proposes to vote; or

 

  81.2 in the case of a poll taken more than 48 hours after it is demanded, be deposited as aforesaid after the poll has been demanded and not less than 24 hours before the time appointed for the taking of the poll; or

 

  81.3 where the poll is not taken forthwith but is taken not more than 48 hours after it was demanded be delivered at the meeting at which the poll was demanded to the chairman or to the secretary or to any director;

 

  81.4 provided that the Directors may in the notice convening the meeting, or in an instrument of proxy sent out by the Company, direct that the instrument appointing a proxy may be deposited (no later than the time for holding the meeting or adjourned meeting) at the Registered Office or at such other place as is specified for that purpose in the notice convening the meeting, or in any instrument of proxy sent out by the Company. The chairman may in any event at his discretion direct that an instrument of proxy shall be deemed to have been duly deposited. An instrument of proxy that is not deposited in the manner permitted shall be invalid.

 

82 The instrument appointing a proxy may be in any usual or common form and may be expressed to be for a particular meeting or any adjournment thereof or generally until revoked. An instrument appointing a proxy shall be deemed to include the power to demand or join or concur in demanding a poll.

 

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83 Votes given in accordance with the terms of an instrument of proxy shall be valid notwithstanding the previous death or insanity of the principal or revocation of the proxy or of the authority under which the proxy was executed, or the transfer of the Share in respect of which the proxy is given unless notice in writing of such death, insanity, revocation or transfer was received by the Company at the Registered Office before the commencement of the general meeting, or adjourned meeting at which it is sought to use the proxy.

CORPORATE MEMBERS

 

84 Any corporation or other non-natural person which is a Member may in accordance with its constitutional documents, or in the absence of such provision by resolution of its directors or other governing body, authorise such person as it thinks fit to act as its representative at any meeting of the Company or of any class of Members, and the person so authorised shall be entitled to exercise the same powers on behalf of the corporation which he represents as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual Member.

SHARES THAT MAY NOT BE VOTED

 

85 Shares in the Company that are beneficially owned by the Company shall not be voted, directly or indirectly, at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding Shares at any given time.

DIRECTORS

 

86 There shall be a board of Directors consisting of not less than one person (exclusive of alternate Directors) provided however that the Company may from time to time by Ordinary Resolution increase or reduce the limits in the number of Directors. The first Directors of the Company shall be determined in writing by, or appointed by a resolution of, the subscribers.

POWERS OF DIRECTORS

 

87 Subject to the provisions of the Statute, the Memorandum and the Articles and to any directions given by Special Resolution, the business of the Company shall be managed by the Directors who may exercise all the powers of the Company. No alteration of the Memorandum or Articles and no such direction shall invalidate any prior act of the Directors which would have been valid if that alteration had not been made or that direction had not been given. A duly convened meeting of Directors at which a quorum is present may exercise all powers exercisable by the Directors.

 

88 All cheques, promissory notes, drafts, bills of exchange and other negotiable instruments and all receipts for monies paid to the Company shall be signed, drawn, accepted, endorsed or otherwise executed as the case may be in such manner as the Directors shall determine by resolution.

 

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89 The Directors on behalf of the Company may pay a gratuity or pension or allowance on retirement to any Director who has held any other salaried office or place of profit with the Company or to his widow or dependants and may make contributions to any fund and pay premiums for the purchase or provision of any such gratuity, pension or allowance.

 

90 The Directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to borrow money and to mortgage or charge its undertaking, property and uncalled capital or any part thereof and to issue debentures, debenture stock, mortgages, bonds and other such securities whether outright or as security for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company or of any third party.

APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

91 The Company may by Ordinary Resolution appoint any person to be a Director or may by Ordinary Resolution remove any Director.

 

92 The Directors may appoint any person to be a Director, either to fill a vacancy or as an additional Director provided that the appointment does not cause the number of Directors to exceed any number fixed by or in accordance with the Articles as the maximum number of Directors.

VACATION OF OFFICE OF DIRECTOR

 

93 The office of a Director shall be vacated if:

 

  93.1 he gives notice in writing to the Company that he resigns the office of Director; or

 

  93.2 if he absents himself (without being represented by proxy or an alternate Director appointed by him) from three consecutive meetings of the board of Directors without special leave of absence from the Directors, and they pass a resolution that he has by reason of such absence vacated office; or

 

  93.3 if he dies, becomes bankrupt or makes any arrangement or composition with his creditors generally; or

 

  93.4 if he is found to be or becomes of unsound mind; or

 

  93.5 if all the other Directors of the Company (being not less than two in number) resolve that he should be removed as a Director.

PROCEEDINGS OF DIRECTORS

 

94 The quorum for the transaction of the business of the Directors may be fixed by the Directors, and unless so fixed shall be two if there are two or more Directors, and shall be one if there is only one Director. A person who holds office as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, be counted in the quorum. A Director who also acts as an alternate Director shall, if his appointor is not present, count twice towards the quorum.

 

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95 Subject to the provisions of the Articles, the Directors may regulate their proceedings as they think fit. Questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of votes. In the case of an equality of votes, the chairman shall have a second or casting vote. A Director who is also an alternate Director shall be entitled in the absence of his appointor to a separate vote on behalf of his appointor in addition to his own vote.

 

96 A person may participate in a meeting of the Directors or committee of Directors by conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all the persons participating in the meeting can communicate with each other at the same time. Participation by a person in a meeting in this manner is treated as presence in person at that meeting. Unless otherwise determined by the Directors the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the place where the chairman is at the start of the meeting.

 

97 A resolution in writing (in one or more counterparts) signed by all the Directors or all the members of a committee of Directors (an alternate Director being entitled to sign such a resolution on behalf of his appointor) shall be as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of the Directors, or committee of Directors as the case may be, duly convened and held.

 

98 A Director or alternate Director may, or other officer of the Company on the requisition of a Director or alternate Director shall, call a meeting of the Directors by at least two days’ notice in writing to every Director and alternate Director which notice shall set forth the general nature of the business to be considered unless notice is waived by all the Directors (or their alternates) either at, before or after the meeting is held.

 

99 The continuing Directors may act notwithstanding any vacancy in their body, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Articles as the necessary quorum of Directors the continuing Directors or Director may act for the purpose of increasing the number of Directors to that number, or of summoning a general meeting of the Company, but for no other purpose.

 

100 The Directors may elect a chairman of their board and determine the period for which he is to hold office; but if no such chairman is elected, or if at any meeting the chairman is not present within five minutes after the time appointed for holding the same, the Directors present may choose one of their number to be chairman of the meeting.

 

101 All acts done by any meeting of the Directors or of a committee of Directors (including any person acting as an alternate Director) shall, notwithstanding that it be afterwards discovered that there was some defect in the appointment of any Director or alternate Director, or that they or any of them were disqualified, be as valid as if every such person had been duly appointed and qualified to be a Director or alternate Director as the case may be.

 

102 A Director but not an alternate Director may be represented at any meetings of the board of Directors by a proxy appointed in writing by him. The proxy shall count towards the quorum and the vote of the proxy shall for all purposes be deemed to be that of the appointing Director.

 

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PRESUMPTION OF ASSENT

 

103 A Director of the Company who is present at a meeting of the board of Directors at which action on any Company matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his dissent shall be entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless he shall file his written dissent from such action with the person acting as the chairman or secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall forward such dissent by registered post to such person immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. Such right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favour of such action.

DIRECTORS’ INTERESTS

 

104 A Director may hold any other office or place of profit under the Company (other than the office of Auditor) in conjunction with his office of Director for such period and on such terms as to remuneration and otherwise as the Directors may determine.

 

105 A Director may act by himself or his firm in a professional capacity for the Company and he or his firm shall be entitled to remuneration for professional services as if he were not a Director or alternate Director.

 

106 A Director or alternate Director of the Company may be or become a director or other officer of or otherwise interested in any company promoted by the Company or in which the Company may be interested as shareholder or otherwise, and no such Director or alternate Director shall be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefits received by him as a director or officer of, or from his interest in, such other company.

 

107 No person shall be disqualified from the office of Director or alternate Director or prevented by such office from contracting with the Company, either as vendor, purchaser or otherwise, nor shall any such contract or any contract or transaction entered into by or on behalf of the Company in which any Director or alternate Director shall be in any way interested be or be liable to be avoided, nor shall any Director or alternate Director so contracting or being so interested be liable to account to the Company for any profit realised by any such contract or transaction by reason of such Director holding office or of the fiduciary relation thereby established. A Director (or his alternate Director in his absence) shall be at liberty to vote in respect of any contract or transaction in which he is interested provided that the nature of the interest of any Director or alternate Director in any such contract or transaction shall be disclosed by him at or prior to its consideration and any vote thereon.

 

108 A general notice that a Director or alternate Director is a shareholder, director, officer or employee of any specified firm or company and is to be regarded as interested in any transaction with such firm or company shall be sufficient disclosure for the purposes of voting on a resolution in respect of a contract or transaction in which he has an interest, and after such general notice it shall not be necessary to give special notice relating to any particular transaction.

 

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MINUTES

 

109 The Directors shall cause minutes to be made in books kept for the purpose of all appointments of officers made by the Directors, all proceedings at meetings of the Company or the holders of any class of Shares and of the Directors, and of committees of Directors including the names of the Directors or alternate Directors present at each meeting.

DELEGATION OF DIRECTORS’ POWERS

 

110 The Directors may delegate any of their powers to any committee consisting of one or more Directors. They may also delegate to any managing director or any Director holding any other executive office such of their powers as they consider desirable to be exercised by him provided that an alternate Director may not act as managing director and the appointment of a managing director shall be revoked forthwith if he ceases to be a Director. Any such delegation may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked or altered. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of a committee of Directors shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

111 The Directors may establish any committees, local boards or agencies or appoint any person to be a manager or agent for managing the affairs of the Company and may appoint any person to be a member of such committees or local boards. Any such appointment may be made subject to any conditions the Directors may impose, and either collaterally with or to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked or altered. Subject to any such conditions, the proceedings of any such committee, local board or agency shall be governed by the Articles regulating the proceedings of Directors, so far as they are capable of applying.

 

112 The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any person to be the agent of the Company on such conditions as the Directors may determine, provided that the delegation is not to the exclusion of their own powers and may be revoked by the Directors at any time.

 

113 The Directors may by power of attorney or otherwise appoint any company, firm, person or body of persons, whether nominated directly or indirectly by the Directors, to be the attorney or authorised signatory of the Company for such purpose and with such powers, authorities and discretions (not exceeding those vested in or exercisable by the Directors under these Articles) and for such period and subject to such conditions as they may think fit, and any such powers of attorney or other appointment may contain such provisions for the protection and convenience of persons dealing with any such attorneys or authorised signatories as the Directors may think fit and may also authorise any such attorney or authorised signatory to delegate all or any of the powers, authorities and discretions vested in him.

 

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114 The Directors may appoint such officers as they consider necessary on such terms, at such remuneration and to perform such duties, and subject to such provisions as to disqualification and removal as the Directors may think fit. Unless otherwise specified in the terms of his appointment an officer may be removed by resolution of the Directors or Members.

ALTERNATE DIRECTORS

 

115 Any Director (other than an alternate Director) may by writing appoint any other Director, or any other person willing to act, to be an alternate Director and by writing may remove from office an alternate Director so appointed by him.

 

116 An alternate Director shall be entitled to receive notice of all meetings of Directors and of all meetings of committees of Directors of which his appointor is a member, to attend and vote at every such meeting at which the Director appointing him is not personally present, and generally to perform all the functions of his appointor as a Director in his absence.

 

117 An alternate Director shall cease to be an alternate Director if his appointor ceases to be a Director.

 

118 Any appointment or removal of an alternate Director shall be by notice to the Company signed by the Director making or revoking the appointment or in any other manner approved by the Directors.

 

119 An alternate Director shall be deemed for all purposes to be a Director and shall alone be responsible for his own acts and defaults and shall not be deemed to be the agent of the Director appointing him.

NO MINIMUM SHAREHOLDING

 

120 The Company in general meeting may fix a minimum shareholding required to be held by a Director, but unless and until such a shareholding qualification is fixed a Director is not required to hold Shares.

REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS

 

121 The remuneration to be paid to the Directors, if any, shall be such remuneration as the Directors shall determine. The Directors shall also be entitled to be paid all travelling, hotel and other expenses properly incurred by them in connection with their attendance at meetings of Directors or committees of Directors, or general meetings of the Company, or separate meetings of the holders of any class of Shares or debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the business of the Company, or to receive a fixed allowance in respect thereof as may be determined by the Directors, or a combination partly of one such method and partly the other.

 

122 The Directors may by resolution approve additional remuneration to any Director for any services other than his ordinary routine work as a Director. Any fees paid to a Director who is also counsel or solicitor to the Company, or otherwise serves it in a professional capacity shall be in addition to his remuneration as a Director.

 

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SEAL

 

123 The Company may, if the Directors so determine, have a Seal. The Seal shall only be used by the authority of the Directors or of a committee of the Directors authorised by the Directors. Every instrument to which the Seal has been affixed shall be signed by at least one person who shall be either a Director or some officer or other person appointed by the Directors for the purpose.

 

124 The Company may have for use in any place or places outside the Cayman Islands a duplicate Seal or Seals each of which shall be a facsimile of the common Seal of the Company and, if the Directors so determine, with the addition on its face of the name of every place where it is to be used.

 

125 A Director or officer, representative or attorney of the Company may without further authority of the Directors affix the Seal over his signature alone to any document of the Company required to be authenticated by him under seal or to be filed with the Registrar of Companies in the Cayman Islands or elsewhere wheresoever.

DIVIDENDS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND RESERVE

 

126 Subject to the Statute and this Article, the Directors may declare Dividends and distributions on Shares in issue and authorise payment of the Dividends or distributions out of the funds of the Company lawfully available therefor. No Dividend or distribution shall be paid except out of the realised or unrealised profits of the Company, or out of the share premium account or as otherwise permitted by the Statute.

 

127 Except as otherwise provided by the rights attached to Shares, all Dividends shall be declared and paid according to the par value of the Shares that a Member holds. If any Share is issued on terms providing that it shall rank for Dividend as from a particular date, that Share shall rank for Dividend accordingly.

 

128 The Directors may deduct from any Dividend or distribution payable to any Member all sums of money (if any) then payable by him to the Company on account of calls or otherwise.

 

129 The Directors may declare that any Dividend or distribution be paid wholly or partly by the distribution of specific assets and in particular of shares, debentures, or securities of any other company or in any one or more of such ways and where any difficulty arises in regard to such distribution, the Directors may settle the same as they think expedient and in particular may issue fractional Shares and fix the value for distribution of such specific assets or any part thereof and may determine that cash payments shall be made to any Members upon the basis of the value so fixed in order to adjust the rights of all Members and may vest any such specific assets in trustees as may seem expedient to the Directors.

 

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130 Any Dividend, distribution, interest or other monies payable in cash in respect of Shares may be paid by wire transfer to the holder or by cheque or warrant sent through the post directed to the registered address of the holder or, in the case of joint holders, to the registered address of the holder who is first named on the Register of Members or to such person and to such address as such holder or joint holders may in writing direct. Every such cheque or warrant shall be made payable to the order of the person to whom it is sent. Any one of two or more joint holders may give effectual receipts for any Dividends, bonuses, or other monies payable in respect of the Share held by them as joint holders.

 

131 No Dividend or distribution shall bear interest against the Company.

 

132 Any Dividend which cannot be paid to a Member and/or which remains unclaimed after six months from the date of declaration of such Dividend may, in the discretion of the Directors, be paid into a separate account in the Company’s name, provided that the Company shall not be constituted as a trustee in respect of that account and the Dividend shall remain as a debt due to the Member. Any Dividend which remains unclaimed after a period of six years from the date of declaration of such Dividend shall be forfeited and shall revert to the Company.

CAPITALISATION

 

133 The Directors may capitalise any sum standing to the credit of any of the Company’s reserve accounts (including share premium account and capital redemption reserve fund) or any sum standing to the credit of profit and loss account or otherwise available for distribution and to appropriate such sum to Members in the proportions in which such sum would have been divisible amongst them had the same been a distribution of profits by way of Dividend and to apply such sum on their behalf in paying up in full unissued Shares for allotment and distribution credited as fully paid-up to and amongst them in the proportion aforesaid. In such event the Directors shall do all acts and things required to give effect to such capitalisation, with full power to the Directors to make such provisions as they think fit for the case of Shares becoming distributable in fractions (including provisions whereby the benefit of fractional entitlements accrue to the Company rather than to the Members concerned). The Directors may authorise any person to enter on behalf of all of the Members interested into an agreement with the Company providing for such capitalisation and matters incidental thereto and any agreement made under such authority shall be effective and binding on all concerned.

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

 

134 The Directors shall cause proper books of account to be kept with respect to all sums of money received and expended by the Company and the matters in respect of which the receipt or expenditure takes place, all sales and purchases of goods by the Company and the assets and liabilities of the Company. Proper books shall not be deemed to be kept if there are not kept such books of account as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of the Company’s affairs and to explain its transactions.

 

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135 The Directors shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and places and under what conditions or regulations the accounts and books of the Company or any of them shall be open to the inspection of Members not being Directors and no Member (not being a Director) shall have any right of inspecting any account or book or document of the Company except as conferred by Statute or authorised by the Directors or by the Company in general meeting.

 

136 The Directors may from time to time cause to be prepared and to be laid before the Company in general meeting profit and loss accounts, balance sheets, group accounts (if any) and such other reports and accounts as may be required by law.

AUDIT

 

137 The Directors may appoint an Auditor of the Company who shall hold office until removed from office by a resolution of the Directors, and may fix his or their remuneration.

 

138 Every Auditor of the Company shall have a right of access at all times to the books and accounts and vouchers of the Company and shall be entitled to require from the Directors and officers of the Company such information and explanation as may be necessary for the performance of the duties of the Auditor.

 

139 Auditors shall, if so required by the Directors, make a report on the accounts of the Company during their tenure of office at the next annual general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an ordinary company, and at the next extraordinary general meeting following their appointment in the case of a company which is registered with the Registrar of Companies as an exempted company, and at any other time during their term of office, upon request of the Directors or any general meeting of the Members.

NOTICES

 

140 Notices shall be in writing and may be given by the Company to any Member either personally or by sending it by courier, post, cable, telex, fax or e-mail to him or to his address as shown in the Register of Members (or where the notice is given by e-mail by sending it to the e-mail address provided by such Member). Any notice, if posted from one country to another, is to be sent airmail.

 

141

Where a notice is sent by courier, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by delivery of the notice to a courier company, and shall be deemed to have been received on the third day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was delivered to the courier. Where a notice is sent by post, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing, pre paying and posting a letter containing the notice, and shall be deemed to have been received on the fifth day (not including Saturdays or Sundays or public holidays) following the day on which the notice was posted. Where a notice is sent by cable, telex or fax, service of the notice shall be deemed to be effected by properly addressing and sending such notice and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was transmitted.

 

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Where a notice is given by e-mail service shall be deemed to be effected by transmitting the e-mail to the e-mail address provided by the intended recipient and shall be deemed to have been received on the same day that it was sent, and it shall not be necessary for the receipt of the e-mail to be acknowledged by the recipient.

 

142 A notice may be given by the Company to the person or persons which the Company has been advised are entitled to a Share or Shares in consequence of the death or bankruptcy of a Member in the same manner as other notices which are required to be given under these Articles and shall be addressed to them by name, or by the title of representatives of the deceased, or trustee of the bankrupt, or by any like description at the address supplied for that purpose by the persons claiming to be so entitled, or at the option of the Company by giving the notice in any manner in which the same might have been given if the death or bankruptcy had not occurred.

 

143 Notice of every general meeting shall be given in any manner hereinbefore authorised to every person shown as a Member in the Register of Members on the record date for such meeting except that in the case of joint holders the notice shall be sufficient if given to the joint holder first named in the Register of Members and every person upon whom the ownership of a Share devolves by reason of his being a legal personal representative or a trustee in bankruptcy of a Member of record where the Member of record but for his death or bankruptcy would be entitled to receive notice of the meeting, and no other person shall be entitled to receive notices of general meetings.

WINDING UP

 

144 If the Company shall be wound up, and the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be insufficient to repay the whole of the share capital, such assets shall be distributed so that, as nearly as may be, the losses shall be borne by the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them. If in a winding up the assets available for distribution amongst the Members shall be more than sufficient to repay the whole of the share capital at the commencement of the winding up, the surplus shall be distributed amongst the Members in proportion to the par value of the Shares held by them at the commencement of the winding up subject to a deduction from those Shares in respect of which there are monies due, of all monies payable to the Company for unpaid calls or otherwise. This Article is without prejudice to the rights of the holders of Shares issued upon special terms and conditions.

 

145 If the Company shall be wound up the liquidator may, with the sanction of a Special Resolution of the Company and any other sanction required by the Statute, divide amongst the Members in kind the whole or any part of the assets of the Company (whether they shall consist of property of the same kind or not) and may for that purpose value any assets and determine how the division shall be carried out as between the Members or different classes of Members. The liquidator may, with the like sanction, vest the whole or any part of such assets in trustees upon such trusts for the benefit of the Members as the liquidator, with the like sanction, shall think fit, but so that no Member shall be compelled to accept any asset upon which there is a liability.

 

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INDEMNITY

 

146 Every Director, agent or officer of the Company shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against any liability incurred by him as a result of any act or failure to act in carrying out his functions other than such liability (if any) that he may incur by his own fraud or wilful default. No such Director, agent or officer shall be liable to the Company for any loss or damage in carrying out his functions unless that liability arises through the fraud or wilful default of such Director, agent or officer.

FINANCIAL YEAR

 

147 Unless the Directors otherwise prescribe, the financial year of the Company shall end on 31st December in each year and, following the year of incorporation, shall begin on 1st January in each year.

TRANSFER BY WAY OF CONTINUATION

 

148 If the Company is exempted as defined in the Statute, it shall, subject to the provisions of the Statute and with the approval of a Special Resolution, have the power to register by way of continuation as a body corporate under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands and to be deregistered in the Cayman Islands.

 

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DATED this 16th day of march, 2006.

M&C Corporate Services Limited

of PO Box 309GT, Ugland House

South Church Street, George Town,

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

acting by:

  
Paul Lumsden
  
Desmond Chisholm
  
Salome Laidlaw

Witness to the above signatures

I,                                                                              Registrar of Companies in and for the Cayman Islands DO HEREBY CERTIFY that this is a true and correct copy of the Articles of Association of this Company duly incorporated on the             day of March, 2006.

 
REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES

 

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EX-4.1 4 dex41.htm INDENTURE, DATED AS OF MARCH 22, 2007 AMONG GOL FINANCE, GOL LINHAS AEREAS Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007 among Gol Finance, Gol Linhas Aereas

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 


GOL FINANCE

as Issuer

the GUARANTORS party hereto

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.

as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

 


INDENTURE

Dated as of March 22, 2007

 


7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

 



CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA Sections    Indenture Sections

§ 310

 

(a)

   7.09
 

(b)

   7.07

§ 311

     7.03

§ 312

     11.02

§ 313

     7.012

§ 314

 

(a)

   4, 4.02
 

(c)

   11.03
 

(e)

   11.04

§ 315

 

(a)

   7.01, 7.02
 

(b)

   7.02, 7.05
 

(c)

   7.01
 

(d)

   7.02
 

(e)

   6.03,7.02

§ 316

 

(a)

   2.05, 6.02, 6.12, 6.13
 

(b)

   6.07, 6.08
 

(c)

   11.02

§ 317

 

(a) (1)

   6.03
 

(a) (2)

   6.10
 

(b)

   2.03

§ 318

     11.15


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          PAGE
   ARTICLE 1   
   DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION   

Section 1.01.

   Definitions    1

Section 1.02.

   Rules of Construction    13

Section 1.03.

   Table of Contents; Headings    14

Section 1.04.

   Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee    14

Section 1.05.

   Holder Communications; Acts of Holders    14
   ARTICLE 2   
   THE NOTES   

Section 2.01.

   Form and Dating    15

Section 2.02.

   Execution, Authentication and Delivery    16

Section 2.03.

   Transfer Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent    17

Section 2.04.

   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust    18

Section 2.05.

   Payment of Principal and Interest; Principal and Interest Rights Preserved    19

Section 2.06.

   Holder Lists    20

Section 2.07.

   Transfer and Exchange    20

Section 2.08.

   Replacement Notes    23

Section 2.09.

   Temporary Notes    23

Section 2.10.

   Cancellation    23

Section 2.11.

   Defaulted Interest    23

Section 2.12.

   CUSIP and ISIN Numbers    24

Section 2.13.

   Open Market Purchases    24

Section 2.14.

   Issuance Of Additional Notes    24

Section 2.15.

   One Class Of Notes    25
   ARTICLE 3   
   REDEMPTION   

Section 3.01.

   Right of Redemption    25

Section 3.02.

   Applicability of Article    26

Section 3.03.

   Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee    26

Section 3.04.

   Notice of Redemption by the Company    27

Section 3.05.

   Deposit of Redemption Price    27

Section 3.06.

   Effect of Notice of Redemption    28

Section 3.07.

   Notes Redeemed In Part    28
   ARTICLE 4   
   COVENANTS   

Section 4.01.

   Payment of Principal and Interest Under the Notes    28

 

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Section 4.02.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency    29

Section 4.03.

   Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust    29

Section 4.04.

   Maintenance of Corporate Existence    30

Section 4.05.

   Payment of Taxes and Claims    30

Section 4.06.

   Payment of Additional Amounts    31

Section 4.07.

   Reporting Requirements    33

Section 4.08.

   Available Information    34

Section 4.09.

   Limitations on the Company    34

Section 4.10.

   Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates    35

Section 4.11.

   Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control    35

Section 4.12.

   Additional Interest    35
   ARTICLE 5   
   CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE   

Section 5.01.

   Limitation on Consolidation, Merger or Transfer of Assets    36

Section 5.02.

   Successor Substituted    37
   ARTICLE 6   
   EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES   

Section 6.01.

   Events of Default    37

Section 6.02.

   Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Amendment    39

Section 6.03.

   Collection Suit by Trustee    40

Section 6.04.

   Other Remedies    40

Section 6.05.

   Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes    40

Section 6.06.

   Application of Money Collected    40

Section 6.07.

   Limitation on Suits    41

Section 6.08.

   Rights of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest    41

Section 6.09.

   Restoration of Rights and Remedies    41

Section 6.10.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    41

Section 6.11.

   Delay or Omission Not Waiver    42

Section 6.12.

   Control by Holders    42

Section 6.13.

   Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default    42

Section 6.14.

   Rights and Remedies Cumulative    42

Section 6.15.

   Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws    43
   ARTICLE 7   
   TRUSTEE AND AGENTS   

Section 7.01.

   Duties of Trustee and Agents    43

Section 7.02.

   Rights of Trustee    44

Section 7.03.

   Individual Rights of Trustee    46

Section 7.04.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer    46

Section 7.05.

   Notice of Defaults and Events of Default    46

Section 7.06.

   Compensation and Indemnity    46

Section 7.07.

   Replacement of Trustee    47

 

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Section 7.08.

   Successor Trustee by Merger    48

Section 7.09.

   Eligibility; Disqualification    49
   ARTICLE 8   
   DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE   

Section 8.01.

   Discharge of Liability on Notes    49

Section 8.02.

   Conditions to Defeasance    50

Section 8.03.

   Application of Trust Money    51

Section 8.04.

   Repayment to Company    52

Section 8.05.

   Indemnity for U.S. Governmental Obligations    52

Section 8.06.

   Reinstatement    52
   ARTICLE 9   
   AMENDMENTS   

Section 9.01.

   Without Consent of Holders    52

Section 9.02.

   With Consent of Holders    53

Section 9.03.

   Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers    55

Section 9.04.

   Notation on or Exchange of Notes    55

Section 9.05.

   Trustee to Sign Amendments    55

Section 9.06.

   Payment for Consent    55
   ARTICLE 10   
   GUARANTEE   

Section 10.01.

   The Note Guaranty    56

Section 10.02.

   Guaranty Unconditional    56

Section 10.03.

   Discharge; Reinstatement    56

Section 10.04.

   Waiver by the Guarantors    57

Section 10.05.

   Subrogation and Contribution    57

Section 10.06.

   Stay of Acceleration    57

Section 10.07.

   Limitation on Amount of Guaranty    57

Section 10.08.

   Execution and Delivery of Guaranty    57

Section 10.09.

   Release of Guaranty    57
   ARTICLE 11   
   MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 11.01.

   Provisions of Indenture and Notes for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes    58

Section 11.02.

   Notices    58

Section 11.03.

   Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent    59

Section 11.04.

   Statements Required in Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel    60

Section 11.05.

   Rules by Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agents    60

Section 11.06.

   Currency Indemnity    60

Section 11.07.

   No Recourse Against Others    61

Section 11.08.

   Legal Holidays    61

 

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Section 11.09.

   Governing Law    61

Section 11.10.

   Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities    61

Section 11.11.

   Successors and Assigns    62

Section 11.12.

   Multiple Originals    63

Section 11.13.

   Severability Clause    63

Section 11.14.

   Force Majeure    63

Section 11.15.

   Trust Indenture Act Of 1939    63

EXHIBITS:

 

EXHIBIT A

     Form of Note

EXHIBIT B

     Form of Supplemental Indenture

EXHIBIT C

     Form of Transfer Notice

EXHIBIT D

     Form of Certificate for Transfer from Restricted Global Note or Certificated Note Bearing a Securities Act Legend to Regulation S Global Note or Certificated Note Not Bearing a Securities Act Legend

EXHIBIT E

     Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from Regulation S Global Note or Certificated Note Not Bearing a Securities Act Legend to Restricted Global Note or Certificated Note Bearing a Securities Act Legend

EXHIBIT F

     Form of Certificate for Removal of the Securities Act Legend on a Certificated Note

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of March 22, 2007, among GOL FINANCE, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands, as the Company, the GUARANTORS party hereto (the “Guarantors” ), THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent and THE BANK OF NEW YORK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent.

RECITALS

The Company has duly authorized (i) the issue of 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Initial Notes” ), initially in an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$225,000,000, (ii) if and when issued, the Company’s 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 that may be issued from time to time in exchange for Initial Notes pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, as hereinafter defined (the “Exchange Notes” and, together with the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes, as hereinafter defined, the “Notes” ) and (iii) has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

All things necessary have been done to make the Notes when executed and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company.

In addition, the Guarantors party hereto have duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture as guarantors of the Notes.

Each Guarantor has done all things necessary to make the Note Guarantees, when the Notes are executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of such Guarantor, and to make the Indenture a valid agreement of such Guarantor.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

Section 1.01. Definitions.

“Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.05.

“Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06.

“Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof or the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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“Additional Notes” means any notes issued under the Indenture in addition to the Initial Notes, including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Additional Notes, having the same terms in all respects as the Initial Notes except for the issue date, issue price and that interest will accrue on the Additional Notes from their date of issuance.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any other Person which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified Person or (b) any other Person who is a director or officer (i) of such specified Person, (ii) of any subsidiary of such specified Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10.

“Agents” means each of the Registrar, the Transfer Agents and the Paying Agents, including the Principal Paying Agent, individually, an “Agent.

“Applicable Procedures” means the applicable procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream Banking, in each case to the extent applicable.

“Authenticating Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

“Authorized Denomination” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company, or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary or another Officer or legal counsel performing corporate secretarial functions of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification and delivered to the Trustee.

“Brazil” means the Federative Republic of Brazil.

“Brazilian Corporation Law” means Brazilian Federal Law No. 6.404/76, as amended by Brazilian Law No. 9.457/97 and Brazilian Law No. 10.303/01.

“Brazilian GAAP” means accounting practices prescribed by the Brazilian Corporation Law, the rules and regulations issued by the CVM and the accounting standards issued by the Brazilian Institute of Independent Accountants (Instituto dos Auditores Independentes do Brasil), in each case as in effect from time to time.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday in the Cayman Islands, Brazil or the United States or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in the Cayman Islands, The City of New York or São Paulo, Brazil.

 

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“Capital Lease Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the face of a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP; the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof, determined in accordance with Brazilian GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

“Capital Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any and all shares of stock, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated, whether voting or non-voting) such person’s equity, including any preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for such equity.

“Cayman Islands” means the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory.

“Certificated Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

“Change of Control” means:

(i) the direct or indirect sale or transfer of all or substantially all the assets of GLAI to another Person (in each case, unless such other Person is a Permitted Holder); or

(ii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, by merger, consolidation, acquisition or any other means) as a result of which any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, other than Permitted Holders) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Rules 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of GLAI; or

(iii) the first day on which a majority of the Board of Directors of GLAI consists of persons who were elected by shareholders who are not Permitted Holders.

“Clearstream Banking” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme.

“Closing Date” means March 22, 2007 or such later date on which the Notes are issued hereunder.

“Company” means Gol Finance until replaced by a successor thereof, and, thereafter, includes the successor for purposes of any provision contained herein.

“Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer.

 

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“Comparable Treasury Issue” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of such notes.

“Comparable Treasury Price” means with respect to any redemption date for notes, the average of two Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered (which office as of the date of this Indenture is located at 101 Barclay Street, Floor Four East, New York, NY 10286).

“covenant defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any bankruptcy law.

“CVM” means the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários).

“Debt” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

(i) the principal of and premium, if any, in respect of (a) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable;

(ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person;

(iii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable or other short term obligations to suppliers payable within 180 days, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business);

(iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations other than obligations described in clauses (i) through (iii) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit);

(v) all Hedging Obligations of such Person;

(vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any guarantee (other than obligations of other Persons that are customers or suppliers

 

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of such Person for which such Person is or becomes so responsible or liable in the ordinary course of business to (but only to) the extent that such Person does not, or is not required to, make payment in respect thereof);

(vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or assets or the amount of the obligation so secured; and

(viii) any other obligations of such Person which are required to be, or are in such Person’s financial statements, recorded or treated as debt under Brazilian GAAP.

“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

“defeasance trust” has the meaning specified in Section 8.02.

“Depositary” means DTC or any successor depositary for the Notes.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Exchange Notes” means the Notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture in exchange for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, the Initial Notes in compliance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement and containing terms substantially identical to the Initial Notes (except that (i) such Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and will not be subject to transfer restrictions or bear the Restricted Legend, and (ii) the provisions relating to Additional Interest will be eliminated).

“Exchange Offer” means an offer by the Company to the Holders of the Initial Notes to exchange outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes, as provided for in a Registration Rights Agreement.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Facsimile Instruction” shall mean any Written Direction transmitted to the Trustee or any Agent by means of facsimile transmission.

“Facsimile Signature” shall mean any signature transmitted to the Trustee or any Agent by means of facsimile transmission.

“Fitch” means Fitch Ratings, Ltd. and its successors.

 

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“Gol” means Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

“Global Note” means a global note representing the Notes substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“GLAI” means Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

“Governing Document” shall mean any written instrument pursuant to which the Trustee or any Agent acts in any fiduciary or agency capacity on behalf of the Company or on behalf of the Holders.

“guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation of such Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

“Guarantor” means (i) each of GLAI and Gol, and (ii) each Person that executes a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B to the Indenture providing for the guaranty of the payment of the Notes, or any successor obligor under the Note Guaranty pursuant to Section 5.01, in each case unless and until such Guarantor is released from its Note Guaranty pursuant to the Indenture.

“Hedging Agreement” means (i) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates, (ii) any foreign exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement or other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in foreign exchange rates or (iii) any commodity or raw material futures contract or any other agreement designed to protect against fluctuations in raw material prices.

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person pursuant to any interest rate swap agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, interest rate collar agreement, option or futures contract or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against changes in interest rates or foreign exchange rates.

“Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Register.

“Incumbency Certificate” shall mean the list of authorized signatories of the Company on file with the Trustee.

 

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“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

“Initial Purchasers” means the initial purchasers party to a purchase agreement with the Company and the Guarantors relating to the sale of the Initial Notes by the Company.

“Initial Notes” means the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Notes issued in replacement thereof, but not including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor.

“interest” on a Note means the interest on such Note (including any Additional Amounts payable by the Company in respect of such interest).

“Interest Payment Date” means the Payment Date of an installment of interest on the Notes.

“issue” means issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Debt or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be issued by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary; and the term “issuance” has a corresponding meaning.

“Issue Date” means March 22, 2007.

“legal defeasance option” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other similar lien.

“Maturity” means, when used with respect to any Note, the date on which the outstanding principal of and interest on such Note becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors.

“Note Guaranty” means the guaranty of the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture.

“Notes” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the Recitals in this Indenture and shall be in the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A.

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum dated March 19, 2007 relating to the Notes.

“Officer” means the president or chief executive officer, any vice president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any assistant treasurer, or the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or any other Person duly appointed by the shareholders of the Company, or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or the Board of Directors to perform corporate duties.

 

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“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by any two Officers of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel of recognized standing (who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Guarantor) and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, which opinion is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

“Outstanding” means, when used with respect to Notes, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii) Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01(b), notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(iii) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 8.01 and 8.02, with respect to which the Company has effected legal defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 8; and

(iv) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser or protected purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, notice or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any of its Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, notice or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee has received written notice at its address specified herein of being so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, or any other obligor upon the Notes or any of its or such other obligor’s Affiliates.

“Paying Agent” means The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. and any other Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company hereunder, including the Principal Paying Agent.

“Payment Date” means the date on which payment of interest on and/or principal of the Notes is due.

 

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“Payment Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

“Permitted Holders” means any or all of the following

(i) an immediate family member of Messrs. Constantino de Oliveira, Henrique Constantino, Joaquim Constantino Neto and Ricardo Constantino or any Affiliate or immediate family member thereof; immediate family member of a person means the spouse, lineal descendants, father, mother, brother, sister, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law and sister-in-law of such person; and

(ii) any Person the Voting Stock of which (or in the case of a trust, the beneficial interests in which) are owned at least 51% by Persons specified in clause (i).

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

“Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary U.S. government securities dealer in New York City.

“principal” of a Note means the principal amount of such Note (including any Additional Amounts payable by the Company in respect of such principal).

“Principal Paying Agent” means The Bank of New York, until a successor Principal Paying Agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and, thereafter, “Principal Paying Agent” shall mean such successor Principal Paying Agent.

“Proceeding” has the meaning specified in Section 11.10.

“Process Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 11.10.

“Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.

“Rating Agency” means Moody’s or Fitch; or if Moody’s or Fitch, or both, are not making rating of the notes publicly available, an internationally recognized U.S. rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by us, which will be substituted for Moody’s or Fitch, or both, as the case may be.

“Rating Decline” means that at any time within 90 days (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible down grade by either Rating Agency) after the date of public notice of a Change of Control, or of our intention or that of any Person to effect a Change of Control, the then-applicable rating of the notes is decreased by each Rating Agency; provided that any such Rating Decline is in whole or in part in connection with a Change in Control.

“Record Date” means, when used with respect to the interest on the Notes payable on any Interest Payment Date, the March 19 and September 19 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

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“Redemption Date” means, when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01(b), the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price” means, when used with respect to any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.01(b), the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., and their respective successors; provided, however, that if either of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, we will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer.

“Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

“Registrar” means The Bank of New York, until a successor Registrar shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and, thereafter, “Registrar” shall mean such successor Registrar.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the registration rights agreement entered into by the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers with respect to the Notes on the Issue Date.

“Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act, as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation S Global Note” means one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive fully registered form without interest coupons representing Notes sold outside of the United States pursuant to Regulation S.

“Relevant Date” means, with respect to any payment on a Note, whichever is the later of: (i) the date on which such payment first becomes due; and (ii) if the full amount payable has not been received by the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or prior to such due date, the date on which notice is given to the Holders that the full amount has been received by the Trustee.

“Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee or any Agent in Corporate Trust Administration with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Restricted Global Note” means one or more permanent Global Notes in definitive fully registered form without interest coupons sold to “qualified institutional buyers” (as such term is defined in Rule 144A) pursuant to Rule 144A.

“Restricted Period” means the relevant 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

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“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as in effect from time to time.

“SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“Securities Act Legend” means the following legend, printed in capital letters:

THIS NOTE (AND RELATED NOTE GUARANTEES) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS NOTE ON SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.

“Shelf Registration Statement” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of GLAI (or any successor) which at the time of determination either (i) had assets which, as of the date of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) most recent quarterly consolidated balance sheet, constituted at least 10% of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) total assets on a consolidated basis as of such date or (ii) had revenues for the 12 month period ending on the date of GLAI’s (or such successor’s) most recent quarterly consolidated statement of income which constituted at least 10% of the GLAI’s (or such successor’s) total revenues on a consolidated basis for such period.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the Holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred).

“Subsidiary” means, in respect of any specified Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person.

“Taxing Jurisdiction” has the meaning specified in Section 4.06.

“Transfer Agent” means The Bank of New York and any other Person authorized by the Company to effectuate the exchange or transfer of any Note on behalf of the Company hereunder.

“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, (1) the yield, under the heading which represents the average for the immediately preceding week, appearing in the most recently published statistical release designated “H.l5 (519)” or any successor publication which is published weekly by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and which establishes yields on actively traded U.S. Treasury securities adjusted to constant maturity under the caption “Treasury Constant Maturities,” for the maturity corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue (if no maturity is within three months before or after the maturity date of the notes to be redeemed, yields for the two published maturities most closely corresponding to the Comparable Treasury Issue shall be determined, and the Treasury Rate shall be interpolated or extrapolated from such yields on a straight-line basis, rounding to the nearest month) or (2) if such release (or any successor release) is not published during the week preceding the calculation date or does not contain such yields, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date. The Treasury Rate will be calculated on the third business day preceding the redemption date.

“Trust Indenture Act” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

“Trustee” means The Bank of New York, until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture and, thereafter, “Trustee” shall mean such successor Trustee.

 

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“United States” and “U.S.” means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia) and its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

“U.S. Dollars” and “U.S.$” each mean the currency of the United States.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer’s option.

“Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.

“Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors qualifying shares) is owned by the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

“Written Direction” shall mean any written instrument, directing the Trustee or any Agent to take any action that is signed by an authorized representative of the Company whose signature appears on the Incumbency Certificate.

Section 1.02. Rules of Construction. (a) For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(ii) the words “herein” , “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision;

(iii) “or” is not exclusive; and

(iv) “including” means including, without limitation;

(v) any reference to an “Article” , a “Section” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section or an Exhibit, as the case may be, of this Indenture.

(b) All accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with Brazilian GAAP.

(c) For purposes of the definitions set forth in Article 1 and this Indenture generally, all calculations and determinations shall be made in accordance with Brazilian GAAP and shall be based upon the consolidated financial statements of GLAI and its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP.

 

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Section 1.03. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 1.04. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

Section 1.05. Holder Communications; Acts of Holders. (a) The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to the Indenture or the Notes are as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee shall comply with the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Sections 312(a) and 312(b). Neither the Company, the Guarantors nor the Trustee will be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) (i) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in Person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

 

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(ii) The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders, which will be binding on all the Holders.

(c) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee reviewing such instrument or writing deems sufficient.

(d) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Register.

(e) If the Company solicits from the Holders of Notes any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall not have any obligation to do so. Such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have such

 

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appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as may be required to comply with any law, stock exchange rule, agreement to which the Company is subject, if any, or usage, provided that any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the Company.

Each Global Note representing Initial Notes shall be dated the Issue Date, and each Global Note representing Exchange Notes shall be dated the relevant exchange date. Each definitive certificated Note (“Certificated Note”) shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The Notes shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any stock exchange on which the Notes may be listed, if any, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.

Section 2.02. Execution, Authentication and Delivery. (a) One Director of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

(i) If a Director whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

(ii) A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee or an authenticating agent manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note upon Company Order. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture. Such Company Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated.

(iii) The Trustee or an authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver (A) initially Initial Notes on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$225,000,000, (B) any Additional Notes for original issue from time to time after the Issue Date in such principal amounts as set forth in Section 2.14 and (C) any Exchange Notes for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes, in each case upon a Company Order.

(iv) The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue Additional Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest thereon. Additional Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series for non-U.S. federal income tax purposes with the previously outstanding Notes. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of this Indenture and the form of Note attached hereto, references to the Notes include any Additional Notes actually issued.

(v) The Notes shall be issued in fully registered form without coupons attached in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof (each, an “Authorized Denomination”).

 

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(b) The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent, with a copy of such appointment to the Company, to authenticate the Notes (the “Authenticating Agent”). Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by an Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as the Registrar or any Transfer Agent or Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

(i) Any corporation into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate trust business (and this transaction in particular) of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation.

(ii) Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent reasonably acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company.

(iii) The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services and reimbursement for its reasonable expenses relating thereto and the Trustee shall be entitled to be promptly reimbursed by the Company for such payments.

Section 2.03. Transfer Agent, Registrar and Paying Agent. (a) Subject to such reasonable regulations as the Company may prescribe, the books of the Company for the exchange, registration, and registration of transfer of Notes shall be kept at the office of the Registrar (such books maintained in such office and in any other office or agency designated for such purpose being herein referred to as the “Register”). The Company shall also cause the Trustee to maintain books for the exchange, registration and registration of transfer of Notes. The Trustee shall notify the Registrar and the Registrar shall notify the Trustee, when necessary, upon any exchange, registration or registration of transfer of any Notes and shall cause their respective books to be amended accordingly. The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional Transfer Agents or Paying Agents. The terms “Transfer Agent” and “Paying Agent” include any additional transfer agent or paying agent, as the case may be. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

(i) For so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF, and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg.

 

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(ii) The Company shall enter into any appropriate agency agreements with any Registrar, Transfer Agent or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.06. The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Transfer Agent and Paying Agent, and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. as Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg in connection with the Notes.

(b) The Registrar shall keep a record of all the Notes and shall make such record available during regular business hours for inspection upon the request of the Company provided a reasonable amount of time prior to such inspection. Such books and records shall include notations as to whether such Notes have been redeemed, or otherwise paid or cancelled, and, in the case of mutilated, destroyed, defaced, stolen or lost Notes, whether such Notes have been replaced. In the case of the replacement of any of the Notes, the Registrar shall keep a record of the Note so replaced, and the Notes issued in replacement thereof. In the case of the cancellation of any of the Notes, the Registrar shall keep a record of the Note so cancelled and the date on which such Note was cancelled. Each Transfer Agent shall notify the Trustee and the Registrar of any transfers or exchanges of Notes effected by it. The Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange Certificated Notes for a period of 15 days preceding any date of selection of Notes for redemption, or register the transfer of or exchange any Certificated Notes previously called for redemption.

(c) All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled by the relevant Transfer Agent or Paying Agent, Registrar or the Trustee, as the case may be. Each Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent shall notify the Trustee of the surrender and cancellation of such Notes and shall deliver such Notes to the Trustee. The Trustee may destroy or cause to be destroyed all such Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange and, if so destroyed, shall promptly deliver a certificate of destruction to the Company.

(d) The Paying Agent shall comply with applicable backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to payments made under the Notes (including, to the extent required, the collection of Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8 and W-9 and the filing of U.S. Internal Revenue Service Forms 1099 and 1096).

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. By 10:00 A.M. New York time, no later than one Business Day prior to each Payment Date on any Note, the Company shall deposit with the Principal Paying Agent in immediately available funds a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest when so becoming due (including any amounts under Section 4.06). The Company shall request that the bank through which such payment is to be made agree to supply to the Principal Paying Agent by 10:00 A.M. (New York time) two Business Days prior to the due date from any such payment an irrevocable confirmation (by facsimile) of its intention to make such payment. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee, all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the

 

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Company in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by it. Upon complying with this Section 2.04, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee.

Each payment in full of principal, redemption amount, additional amounts and/or interest payable under the Notes and this Indenture in respect of any Note made by or on behalf of the Company or a Guarantor to or to the order of the Principal Paying Agent in the manner specified herein or in the Notes on the date due shall be valid and effective to satisfy and discharge the obligation of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, to make payment of principal, redemption amount, additional amounts and/or interest payable hereunder and under the Notes on such date, provided, however, that the liability of the Principal Paying Agent hereunder shall not exceed any amounts paid to it by the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or held by it, on behalf of the Holders hereunder.

Section 2.05. Payment of Principal and Interest; Principal and Interest Rights Preserved. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein for the redemption of the Notes, the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be allocated on a pro rata basis among all Outstanding Notes, without preference or priority of any kind among the Notes.

(b) Final payments in respect of any Note (whether upon redemption, declaration of acceleration or otherwise) shall be made only against presentation and surrender of such Note at the Corporate Trust Office, at the offices of the Trustee and, subject to any fiscal or other laws and regulations applicable thereto, at the specified offices of any other Paying Agent appointed by the Company.

(c) Payment of the principal of any Note on a relevant Payment Date shall be made to the Person in whose name such Note is registered in the Register at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding such Payment Date, by U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York and mailed to the Person entitled thereto at its address as it appears on the Register, or by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City of New York, provided that such Holder so elects by giving written notice to such effect designating such account, upon application to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to such Payment Date.

(d) Payment of interest on each Interest Payment Date with respect to any Note shall be made to the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date by U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York and mailed to the Person entitled thereto at its address as it appears on the Register, or by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City of New York, provided that the Holder so elects by giving written notice to such effect designating such account, which is received by the Trustee or a Paying Agent no later than the Record Date immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Unless such designation is revoked, any such designation made by such Holder with respect to such Note shall remain in effect with respect to any future payments with respect to such Note payable to such Holder. The Company shall pay any administrative costs imposed by banks in connection with making payments by wire transfer.

 

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If the Payment Date in respect of any Note is not a business day at the place in which it is presented for payment, the Holder thereof shall not be entitled to payment of the amount due until the next succeeding business day at such place and shall not be entitled to any further interest or other payment in respect of any such delay.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2.05, payments on Notes registered in the name of DTC or its nominee shall be effected in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

Section 2.06. Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee in writing, at least ten Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders.

Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange. (a) Interests in the Regulation S Global Note and the Restricted Global Note shall be exchangeable or transferable, as the case may be, for physical delivery of Certificated Notes if (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note, or DTC ceases to be a “clearing agency” registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days, or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such Notes, provided that such transfer or exchange is made in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.

Upon receipt of notice by DTC or the Trustee, as the case may be, regarding the occurrence of any of the events described in the preceding paragraph, the Company shall use its best efforts to make arrangements with DTC for the exchange of interests in the Global Notes for individual Certificated Notes, and cause the requested individual Certificated Notes to be executed and delivered to the Trustee in sufficient quantities and authenticated by the Trustee for delivery to Holders. In the case of Certificated Notes issued in exchange for the Restricted Global Note, such Certificated Notes shall bear the Securities Act Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing such Securities Act Legend, or upon specific request for removal of the Securities Act Legend on a Note, the Company shall deliver only Notes that bear such Securities Act Legend, or shall refuse to remove such Securities Act Legend, as the case may be, unless there is delivered to the Company a certificate in the form of Exhibit D or Exhibit F, as the case may be, or such satisfactory evidence as may reasonably be required by the Company, which may include an Opinion of Counsel, that neither the Securities Act Legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. The Trustee shall exchange a Note bearing the Securities Act Legend for a Note not bearing such Securities Act Legend only if it has been directed to do so in writing by the Company, upon which direction it may conclusively rely.

(b) On or prior to the 40th day after the Closing Date, transfers by a DTC participant which is an owner of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Restricted Global Note shall be made only in Authorized Denominations in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and upon receipt by the Trustee or Transfer Agent of a written certification from the transferor of the beneficial

 

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interest in the form of Exhibit E to the effect that such transfer is being made to a Person who the transferor reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction. After such 40th day, such certification requirement shall no longer apply to such transfers.

(c) Transfers by a Holder of a Certificated Note bearing the Securities Act Legend or by a DTC participant of a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note to a transferee who takes delivery of such interest through the Regulation S Global Note or in the form of a Certificated Note not bearing the Securities Act Legend shall be made only in Authorized Denominations upon receipt by the Trustee or Transfer Agent of a written certification from the transferor in the form of Exhibit D to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Regulation S.

Beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be shown on, and transfers thereof shall be effected only through records maintained by DTC and its direct and indirect participants, including Euroclear and Clearstream Banking.

Transfers between participants in DTC shall be effected in the ordinary way in accordance with the Applicable Procedures and shall be settled in DTC’s Same Day Funds Settlement System and secondary market trading activity in such Notes shall therefore settle in immediately available funds. There can be no assurance as to the effect, if any, of settlements in immediately available funds on trading activity in the Notes. Transfers between participants in Euroclear and Clearstream Banking shall be effected in the ordinary way in accordance with Applicable Procedures.

(d) Certificated Notes may be exchanged or transferred in whole or in part in the principal amount of Authorized Denominations by surrendering such Certificated Notes at the office of the Trustee or any Transfer Agent with a written instrument of transfer as provided in this Indenture in the form of Exhibit B hereto duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

In exchange for any Certificated Note properly presented for transfer, the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered at the Corporate Trust Office, to the transferee, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, a Certificated Note or Notes, as the case may require, registered in the name of such transferee, for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred. In the case of the transfer of any Certificated Note in part, the Trustee shall also promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered at the Corporate Trust Office, to the transferor, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferor) to such address as the transferor may request, a Certificated Note or Notes, as the case may require, registered in the name of such transferor, for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred. No transfer of any Notes shall be made unless the request for such transfer is made by the registered Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing at the Corporate Trust Office and is accompanied by a completed instrument of transfer in the form of Exhibit C attached to the Note presented for transfer.

 

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(e) Transfer, registration and exchange of any Note or Notes shall be permitted and executed as provided in this Section 2.07 without any charge to the Holder of any such Note or Notes other than any taxes or governmental charges or insurance charges payable on transfers or any expenses of delivery by other than regular mail, but subject to such reasonable regulations as the Company, the Registrar and the Trustee may prescribe.

The costs and expenses of effecting any exchange or registration of transfer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, except for the expense of delivery by other than regular mail (if any) and except for the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charges or insurance charges that may be imposed in relation thereto, shall be borne by the Company.

All Certificated Notes issued upon any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes shall be valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits, as the Notes surrendered upon exchange or registration of transfer.

(f) The Trustee or the Transfer Agent shall effect transfers of Global Notes and Certificated Notes. In addition, the Registrar shall keep the Register for the ownership, exchange and transfer of any Notes. The Transfer Agent shall give prompt notice to the Registrar and the Registrar shall likewise give prompt notice to the Trustee of any exchange or transfer of such Notes. Neither the Trustee nor any Transfer Agent shall register the exchange or the transfer of any Global Note or Certificated Note (or any portion of a Certificated Note) during the period of 15 days ending on the Record Date. The Trustee shall give prompt notice to the Company of any replacement, transfer, cancellation or destruction of the Notes.

(g) Upon any such exchange or transfer of all or a portion of any Global Note for a Certificated Note or an interest in either the Restricted Global Note or the Regulation S Global Note for an interest in the other Global Note, the Global Note to be so exchanged shall be marked to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount of such Certificated Note or the interest to be so exchanged for an interest in a Regulation S Global Note or a Restricted Global Note, as the case may be. Until so exchanged in full, the Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.

(h) Subject to Section 2.7(a), upon the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.2, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Exchange Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Initial Notes or Additional Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable letters of transmittal that (i) they are not broker-dealers, (ii) they are not participating in a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (iii) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company, and accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Initial Notes in the form of Global Notes and/or Additional Notes in the form of Global Notes to be reduced accordingly.

 

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Section 2.08. Replacement Notes. If any Note at any time becomes mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost, such Note may be replaced at the cost of the applicant (including reasonable legal fees of the Company, the Trustee, the Transfer Agents, the Registrar and the Paying Agents) at the office of the Trustee or any Transfer Agent, upon provision of, in the case of destroyed, stolen or lost Notes, evidence satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company that such Note was destroyed, stolen or lost, together with such indemnity as the Trustee and the Company may require. Mutilated or defaced Notes must be surrendered before replacements shall be issued.

Each Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for or in lieu of any such Note shall carry rights to accrued and unpaid interest and to interest to accrue equivalent to the rights that were carried by such Note before such Note was mutilated, defaced, destroyed, stolen or lost.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.09. Temporary Notes. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.07(a), until Certificated Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of Certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. As necessary, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate Certificated Notes and deliver them in exchange for temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company or the Trustee, without charge to the Holder. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Certificated Notes.

Section 2.10. Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Transfer Agents and the Paying Agents shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or a Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel and the Trustee shall destroy in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the record-retention requirements of the Exchange Act) all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and, if so destroyed, deliver a certificate of such destruction to the Company unless the Company directs the Trustee in writing to deliver cancelled Notes to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has redeemed, paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, which shall not prohibit the Company from issuing any Additional Notes, or any Exchange Notes in exchange for Initial Notes. A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company, the Guarantor or any of their Affiliates holds such Note, except that such Notes will not be deemed to be Outstanding for voting purposes pursuant to and in accordance with the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.01.

Section 2.11. Defaulted Interest. If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, the Company shall pay the defaulted interest (plus interest on such defaulted interest at the rate specified in Section 4.01 to the extent lawful) in any lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any stock exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 2.11, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

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The Company may pay the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date of such defaulted interest. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed any such special record date and payment date, and, at least 15 days before any such special record date, the Company shall deliver to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest to be paid.

Section 2.12. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP and ISIN numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP and ISIN numbers in notices as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such notice shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

Section 2.13. Open Market Purchases. The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise at any agreed upon price. All Notes so purchased may not be reissued or resold, except in compliance with applicable requirements or exemptions under the relevant securities laws.

Section 2.14. Issuance Of Additional Notes. The Company shall be entitled, from time to time, without notice to, or consent of, the Holders of the Notes, to create and issue additional principal amounts of Additional Notes under this Indenture which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date or the Exchange Notes exchanged therefor (in each case, other than with respect to the issue date, issue price, the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date thereof and the first payment of interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon, and any Additional Amounts due with respect thereto, after the issue date thereof), as the case may be.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a Board Resolution and an Officers Certificate, a copy of each shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(i) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

(ii) the issue price, the issue date and the “CUSIP” and “ISIN” number of any such Additional Notes and the amount of interest payable on the first payment date applicable thereto;

(iii) whether such Additional Notes shall be transfer restricted securities and issued in the same form as Initial Notes or shall be issued in the same form as the Exchange Notes, in each case as set forth in Exhibit A to this Indenture; and

(iv) if applicable, the resale restriction termination date relating to the Notes and the Restricted Period for such Additional Notes.

 

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Section 2.15. One Class Of Notes. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class; and none of the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall together be deemed to constitute a single class or series for all purposes, other than for U.S. federal income tax purposes, under this Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Right of Redemption. (a) Except as described in this Section 3.01 and Paragraph 7 of the form of Note set forth in Exhibit A, the Notes may not be redeemed.

(b) The Notes shall be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on any Interest Payment Date prior to April 3, 2017, upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; and

(2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such notes (exclusive of interest accrued on the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date.

(c) Redemption for Taxation Reasons. If as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, any treaties, rules, or related agreements to which the Taxing Jurisdiction is a party or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the issue date of the Notes or on or after the date a successor to the Company assumes the obligations under the Notes, (i) the Company or any successor to the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts (as defined below in Section 4.06) or (ii) either of the Guarantors or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts in excess of the Additional Amounts either such Guarantor or any such successor to the Guarantor would be obligated to pay if payments were subject to withholding or deduction at a rate of 15% or at a rate of 25% in the case that the Holder of the Notes is resident in a tax haven jurisdiction for Brazilian tax purposes (i.e., a country that does not impose any income tax or that imposes it at a maximum rate lower than 20% or where the laws impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership composition or securities ownership) (the “Minimum Withholding Level”), as a result of the taxes, duties, assessments and other governmental charges described above, the Company or any successor to the Company may, at their option, redeem all, but not less than all,

 

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of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption, including any Additional Amounts with respect thereto, upon publication of irrevocable notice to Holders not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. No notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which either (x) the Company or any successor to the Company would, but for such redemption, become obligated to pay any Additional Amounts, or (y) in the case of payments made under the Guarantees, either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay the Additional Amounts in excess of the Minimum Withholding Level. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not have the right to so redeem the Notes unless (a) it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts or (b) either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor is obliged to pay Additional Amounts which in the aggregate amount to more than the Additional Amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not have the right to so redeem the Notes unless it has taken reasonable measures to avoid the obligation to pay Additional Amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or any successor to the Company or the jurisdiction of incorporation of a Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor.

In the event that the Company or any successor elects to so redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(c), it will deliver to the Trustee: (i) a certificate, signed in the name of the Company or any successor to the Company by any two of its executive officers or by its attorney-in-fact in accordance with its bylaws, stating that the Company or any successor to the Company is entitled to redeem the Notes pursuant to their terms and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the condition or conditions precedent to the right of the Company or any successor to the Company to so redeem have occurred or been satisfied; and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (1) the Company or any successor to the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts in excess of the Additional Amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level, (2) such obligation is the result of a change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, as described above, (3) the Company or any successor to the Company, or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, cannot avoid payment of such Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it and (4) that all governmental requirements necessary for the Company or any successor to the Company to effect the redemption have been complied with.

Section 3.02. Applicability of Article. Redemption of Notes at the option of the Company, as permitted by Section 3.01 or required by any provision of this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such provision and this Article 3. The redemption of Notes may require the prior approval of the Central Bank of Brazil.

Section 3.03. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(b) or 3.01(c) shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption of Notes at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at least 70 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date.

 

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Section 3.04. Notice of Redemption by the Company. In the case of redemption of Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(b) or 3.01(c), notice of redemption shall be mailed at least 30 but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of any Note to be redeemed by first-class mail at its registered address and such notice shall be irrevocable. In addition, so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF, notices shall be published in English in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Luxembourg.

The notice shall state:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) the name and address of the Paying Agents;

(iv) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to a Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

(v) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

(vi) the paragraph of the Notes pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

(vii) the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any; and

(viii) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Company’s election and at its request, made in writing to the Trustee at least 60 days before a date for redemption of Notes, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided that the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, at least 70 days prior to the Redemption Date, an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption Price. By 10:00 A.M. New York City time, no later than one Business Day prior to the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Principal Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of and accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes other than Notes that have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee at least 15 days prior to the Redemption Date for cancellation. The Company shall request that the bank through which such payment is to be made agree to supply to the Principal Paying Agent by 10:00 A.M. (New York time) two Business Days prior to the due date from any such payment an irrevocable confirmation (by facsimile) of its intention to make such payment.

 

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Section 3.06. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the applicable Redemption Price (together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (except in the event of a default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Payment Date is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms.

If any Note to be redeemed shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof in accordance with the Company’s instructions for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Notes. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the applicable Redemption Price, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest payable on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Date according to their terms.

Section 3.07. Notes Redeemed In Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder thereof (at the Company’s expense) a new Note, equal in a principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered; provided that each new Note shall be in a principal amount of U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Note which has been or is to be redeemed.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal and Interest Under the Notes. The Company shall punctually pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the form of Note set forth as Exhibit A. By 10:00 a.m. (New York City time), no later than one Business Day prior to any Payment Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with the Principal Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such principal and interest.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum.

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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company shall maintain in each place of payment for the Notes an office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be such office or agency of the Company, unless the Company shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Section 4.03. Money for Note Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it shall, on or before each due date of principal of or interest on any of the Notes, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for the Notes, it shall, on or before each due date of principal of or interest on any Notes, irrevocably deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal and interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such action or any failure so to act.

Each Paying Agent, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.03, shall:

(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein; provided, however, such sums need not be segregated from other funds held by it, except as required by law;

(ii) give the Trustee written notice of any Default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment of principal or interest; and

(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

The Company shall cause each Paying Agent (other than the Principal Paying Agent and the Paying Agent in Luxembourg) to execute and deliver an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee to act as a Paying Agent in accordance with this Section 4.03.

The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

 

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Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of principal of or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company at the request of the Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall, upon request and at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in (i) the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York and (ii) so long as the Notes continue to be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF, Luxembourg, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Company.

Section 4.04. Maintenance of Corporate Existence. GLAI shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain in effect its corporate existence and all registrations necessary therefor, provided that these restrictions shall not prohibit any transactions permitted by Article 5 or the merger of any Subsidiary with or into GLAI or with or into any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of GLAI; (ii) take all reasonable actions to maintain all rights, privileges, titles to property, franchises and the like necessary in the normal conduct of its business, activities or operations; and (iii) maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition (normal wear and tear excepted) all properties used in their business; provided, however, that neither GLAI nor its Subsidiaries shall be prevented from discontinuing those operations (including through the transfer or dissolution of a Subsidiary) or suspending the maintenance of those properties (including through the sale thereof) which, in the reasonable judgment of GLAI are no longer necessary in the conduct of GLAI’s business, or that of its Subsidiaries; and provided, further, that such discontinuation of operations or suspension of maintenance shall not be materially disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.05. Payment of Taxes and Claims. GLAI shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its property in respect of any of its franchises, businesses, income or profits before any penalty or interest accrues thereon, and pay all claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums which have become due and payable and which by law have or might become a Lien upon its property; provided, however, that any such payment shall not be required unless the failure to make such payment would have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition of GLAI and its Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise or a material adverse effect on the performance of GLAI’s obligations hereunder; and provided, further, that no such charge or claim need be paid while it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and if appropriate reserves or other provisions shall have been made therefor.

 

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Section 4.06. Payment of Additional Amounts. (a) All payments by the Company in respect of the Notes or the Guarantors in respect of the Note Guarantees will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Cayman Islands or Brazil, or any authority therein or thereof or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantors are organized, doing business or otherwise subject to the power to tax (any of the aforementioned being a “Taxing Jurisdiction” ), unless the Company or the Guarantors are compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties, assessments, or governmental charges. In such event, the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, will make such deduction or withholding, make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amounts receivable by Holders of Notes after such withholding or deduction shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Notes in the absence of such withholding or deduction (“Additional Amounts”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Additional Amounts shall be payable:

(i) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Note by reason of the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership, or a corporation) and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having had, a permanent establishment therein, other than the mere holding of the Note or enforcement of rights under the Indenture and the receipt of payments with respect to the Note;

(ii) in respect of Notes surrendered or presented for payment (if surrender or presentment is required) more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that payments under such Note would have been subject to withholdings and the Holder of such Note would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, on surrender of such Note for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days;

(iii) where such Additional Amount is imposed and is required to be made pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings;

(iv) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges by reason of such Holder’s failure to comply with any certification, identification, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of such Holder, if (1) compliance is required by law as a precondition to, exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the tax, assessment or other governmental charge and (2) the Company has given the Holders at least 30 days’ notice that Holders will be required to provide such certification, identification, documentation or other requirement;

 

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(v) in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise or personal property or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

(vi) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest on the Note;

(vii) in respect of any tax imposed on overall net income or any branch profits tax; or

(viii) in respect of any combination of the above.

(b) No Additional Amounts shall be paid with respect to any payment on a Note to a Holder who is a fiduciary, a partnership, a limited liability company or other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, an interestholder in a limited liability company or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder.

(c) The Notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation. Except as specifically provided above, neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to make a payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

(d) In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to the Notes are based on rates of deduction or withholding of withholding taxes in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the Holder of such Notes, and, as a result thereof such Holder is entitled to make claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the authority imposing such withholding tax, then such Holder shall, by accepting such Notes, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title, and interest to any such claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company.

(e) Any reference in this Indenture or the Notes to principal, interest or any other amount payable in respect of the Notes by the Company or the Note Guaranty by the Guarantors will be deemed also to refer to any Additional Amount, unless the context requires otherwise, that may be payable with respect to that amount under the obligations referred to in this Section.

(f) Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants that if any of the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, is required under applicable law to make any deduction or withholding on payments of principal of or interest on the Notes for or on account of any tax, duty, assessment or other governmental charge, at least 10 days prior to the first payment date on the Notes and at least 10 days prior to each payment date thereafter where such withholding is required, the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall furnish the Trustee and the Principal Paying Agent with an Officers’ Certificate (but only if there has been any change with respect to the matters set forth in any previously delivered Officers’ Certificate) instructing the Trustee and the Principal Paying Agent as to whether such payment of principal of or interest on the Notes shall be made without deduction or withholding for or on account of any tax, duty,

 

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assessment or other governmental charge, or, if any such deduction or withholding shall be required by the Taxing Jurisdiction, then such certificate shall: (i) specify the amount required to be deducted or withheld on such payment to the relevant recipient; (ii) certify that the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall pay such deduction or withholding amount to the appropriate taxing authority; and (iii) certify that the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee or the Principal Paying Agent such Additional Amounts as are required by this Section 4.06.

(g) Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify the Trustee and the Principal Paying Agent for, and to hold each harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without bad faith on its part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by it in reliance on any Officers’ Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 4.06 or any failure to furnish such a certificate.

(h) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to this Section 4.06 shall survive termination or discharge of this Indenture, payment of the Notes and/or resignation or removal of the Trustee or the Principal Paying Agent.

Section 4.07. Reporting Requirements. (a) The Company and the Guarantors shall provide the Trustee with the following reports (and shall also provide the Trustee with sufficient copies, as required, of the reports referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) for distribution, at the Company’s and the Guarantors’ expense, to all Holders of Notes):

(i) an English language version of GLAI’s annual audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP promptly upon such financial statements becoming available but not later than 120 days after the close of its fiscal year;

(ii) an English language version of GLAI’s unaudited quarterly financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP promptly upon such statements becoming available but not later than 60 days after the close of each fiscal quarter (other than the last fiscal quarter of its fiscal year);

(iii) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 4.07(a), an Officers’ Certificate stating whether a Default or Event of Default exists on the date of such certificate and, if a Default or Event of Default exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, are taking or propose to take with respect thereto;

(iv) without duplication, English language versions or summaries of such other reports or notices as may be filed or submitted by (and promptly after filing or submission by) the Company and/or the Guarantors, as applicable, with (a) the CVM, (b) the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF, or any other stock exchange on which the Notes may be listed or (c) the SEC (in each case, to the extent that any such report or notice is generally available to security holders of the Company or the public in Brazil or elsewhere and, in the case of clause (c), is filed or submitted pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under, or Section 13 or 15(d) of, the Exchange Act, or otherwise); and

 

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(v) upon any director or executive officer of the Company or any Guarantor becoming aware of the existence of a Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Company and/or such Guarantor, as applicable, are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

Delivery of the above reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or the Guarantors’ compliance with any of their covenants in this Indenture (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

(b) Within 60 days of the close of each of the first three fiscal quarters and within 90 days of the close of each fiscal year, for so long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding, (i) the Company shall request from DTC, a current list of the names and addresses of each DTC participant which is a Holder of an interest in a Global Note and (ii) at the Company’s written request, the Trustee shall provide the Company with the names and addresses of each Holder of a Certificated Note, if any.

Section 4.08. Available Information. The Company shall take all action necessary to provide information to permit resales of the Notes pursuant to Rule 144A, including furnishing to any Holder of a Note or owner of a beneficial interest in a Global Note, or to any prospective purchaser designated by such a Holder or beneficial owner, upon request to such Holder or beneficial owner, financial and other information required to be delivered under paragraph (d)(4) of Rule 144A (as amended from time to time and including any successor provision) unless, at the time of such request, the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act or is exempt from such requirements pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Exchange Act (as amended from time to time and including any successor provision).

Section 4.09. Limitations on the Company. The Company shall not (a) engage in any business or enter into, or be a party to, any transaction or agreement except for:

(i) the issuance, sale and redemption of the Notes and activities incidentally related thereto;

(ii) the incurrence of Debt to make inter-company loans to GLAI and entities controlled by GLAI to finance the acquisition and leasing of aircraft, equipment and supply materials by GLAI and such entities and activities reasonably related thereto;

(iii) entering into Hedging Agreements relating to the Notes or other such Debt; and

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(b) acquire or own any Subsidiaries or other assets or properties, except an interest in the inter-company loans described in Section 4.09(a)(ii) and Hedging Agreements relating to its Debt and instruments evidencing interests in the foregoing; and

(c) enter into any consolidation, merger, amalgamation, joint venture, or other form of combination with any Person, or sell, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of any of its assets or receivables, except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.01.

Section 4.10. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor will, nor will the Company or any Guarantor permit any Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company or such Guarantor, other than themselves or any Subsidiaries, (an “Affiliate Transaction”) unless the terms of the Affiliate Transaction are no less favorable to the Company or such Guarantor or such Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of the Affiliate Transaction in arm’s length dealings with a person who is not an Affiliate.

Section 4.11. Repurchase of Notes upon a Change of Control. Not later than 30 days following a Change of Control that results in a Ratings Decline, the Company will make an Offer to Purchase all outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount plus accrued interest up to, but not including the date of purchase.

An “Offer to Purchase” must be made by written offer, which will specify the purchase price. The offer must specify an expiration date (the “expiration date”) not less than 30 days or more than 60 days after the date of the offer and a settlement date for the purchase (the “purchase date”) not more than five Business Days after the expiration date. The offer must include information required by the Securities Act, Exchange Act or any other applicable laws. The offer will also contain instructions and materials necessary to enable holders to tender notes pursuant to the offer.

A Holder may tender all or any portion of its Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, subject to the requirement that any portion of a Note tendered must be in a denomination of U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of U.S.$1,000 principal amount in excess thereof. Holders are entitled to withdraw Notes tendered up to the close of business on the expiration date. On the purchase date the purchase price will become due and payable on each note accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, and interest on notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after the purchase date.

The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act (to the extent applicable) and all other applicable laws in making any Offer to Purchase, and the above procedures will be deemed modified as necessary to permit such compliance.

The Guarantors will obtain all necessary consents and approvals from the Central Bank of Brazil for the remittance of funds outside of Brazil prior to making any Offer to Purchase.

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payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

ARTICLE 5

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

Section 5.01. Limitation on Consolidation, Merger or Transfer of Assets. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or dispose of, or lease all or substantially all its assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to, any Person, unless:

(i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not the Company or such Guarantor) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil, or the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, or any other country (or political subdivision thereof) that is a member country of the European Union or of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on the date of this Indenture, and such Person expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental to this Indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company or such Guarantor under this Indenture and the Notes and the Note Guaranty;

(ii) the resulting, surviving or transferee person (if not the Company or such Guarantor), if not organized and existing under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Cayman Islands or Brazil, undertakes, in such supplemental indenture, (i) to pay such Additional Amounts in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest as may be necessary in order that every net payment made in respect of the Notes and the Note Guaranty after deduction or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, penalty, fine, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed by such other country or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein shall not be less than the amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest then due and payable on the Notes and the Note Guaranty subject to the same exceptions set forth under Sections 4.06(a)(i) through Section 4.06(a)(viii) and (ii) that the provisions set forth in Section 3.01(c) shall apply to such person, but in both cases, replacing existing references in such Section to Cayman Islands or Brazil or to the Taxing Jurisdiction with references to the jurisdiction of organization of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person as the case may be;

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(iv) the Company or such Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Indenture.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, any of the Guarantors may consolidate with or merge with the Company or any Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor concurrently with the relevant transaction.

The Trustee shall be entitled to rely exclusively on and shall accept such Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 5.01, in which event it shall be conclusive and binding on the Holders.

Section 5.02. Successor Substituted. Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or any Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01 in which the Company or such Guarantor is not the continuing obligor or Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture, the surviving or transferor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor had been named as the Company or Guarantor therein. When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guaranty, the predecessor shall be released from those obligations; provided that in the case of a transfer by lease, the predecessor shall not be released from the payment of principal and interest on the Notes.

ARTICLE 6

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default. The term “Event of Default” means, when used herein, any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to, or as a result of any failure to obtain, any authorization, order, rule, regulation, judgment or decree of any governmental or administrative body or court):

(a) The Company defaults in any payment of interest (including any Additional Amounts or any Additional Interest) on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such Default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) The Company defaults in the payment of the principal (including any Additional Amounts) of any Note when the same becomes due and payable upon acceleration or redemption or otherwise;

(c) The Company or any Guarantor fails to comply with any of its covenants or agreements in the Notes or this Indenture (other than those referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01), and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;

 

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(d) The Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt for money borrowed by the Company, any such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company, such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary) whether such Debt or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of this Indenture, which default (i) is caused by failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt after giving effect to any grace period provided in such Debt on the date of such default (“Payment Default”) or (ii) results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, totals U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) or more in the aggregate;

(e) One or more final judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) in the aggregate are rendered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary and are not paid (whether in full or in installments in accordance with the terms of the judgment) or otherwise discharged and, in the case of each such judgment or decree, either (i) an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree and is not dismissed within 30 days following commencement of such enforcement proceedings or (ii) there is a period of 60 days following such judgment during which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed;

(f) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, síndico, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief is entered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary under the bankruptcy laws now or hereafter in effect, and such order is not being contested by the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, in good faith, or has not been dismissed, discharged or otherwise stayed, in each case within 60 days of being made;

(g) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary (i) commences a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization, concordata or other relief with respect to itself or its Debts under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, síndico, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the Property of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors (an event of default specified in clause (f) or this clause (g) a “bankruptcy default”);

 

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(h) any event occurs that under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil or any political subdivision thereof or any other country has substantially the same effect as any of the events referred to in any of clause (f) or (g);

(i) any Note Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance the terms of this Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guaranty; or

(j) GLAI ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding share capital of the Company.

A Default under clause (c) of this Section 6.01 shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes notify the Company and the Guarantors of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.

Section 6.02. Acceleration of Maturity, Rescission and Amendment. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f), Section 6.01(g) or Section 6.01(h)) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee, if the notice is given by the Holders), stating that such notice is an “acceleration notice,” and upon any such declaration such amounts shall become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(f), Section 6.01(g) or Section 6.01(h) occurs and is continuing, then the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind or annul such declaration if:

(i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay (A) all overdue interest on Outstanding Notes, (B) all unpaid principal of the Notes that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, (C) to the extent that payment of such interest on the Notes is lawful, interest on such overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts) as provided herein and (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee and Agents hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and Agents and their agents and counsel; and

(ii) all Events of Default have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13 other than the nonpayment of principal that has become due solely because of acceleration.

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Section 6.03. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) occurs, the Trustee, in its own name as trustee of an express trust, (i) may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the whole amount then due and payable on such Notes for principal and interest (including Additional Amounts), and interest on any overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest (including Additional Amounts) shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installment of interest (including Additional Amounts), at the rate borne by the Notes, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, (ii) may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and (iii) may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders by any available proceeding at law or in equity, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 6.04. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest (including Additional Amounts) on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

Section 6.05. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 6.06. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 shall be applied in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due to it hereunder (including, without limitation, under Section 7.06);

SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal and interest (including Additional Amounts), ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest (including Additional Amounts), respectively; and

THIRD: to the Company or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amounts from any Guarantor, to such Guarantor or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

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The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.06. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

Section 6.07. Limitation on Suits. A Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(i) the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes have made a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy in respect of such Event of Default;

(iii) such Holder or Holders has offered and provided to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any cost, loss, liability or expense to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(iv) the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and provision of security or indemnity; and

(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes outstanding.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

Section 6.08. Rights of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective Payment Dates expressed in the Notes, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired of affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.10. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the trustee hereunder) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any

 

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Guarantor, their respective creditors or their respective properties and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06. Nothing herein shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 6.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of the Holders if such request or direction conflicts with any law or with this Indenture or, subject to Section 7.01, if the Trustee determines it is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders (it being understood that, subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearance are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or would involve the Trustee in personal liability or expense; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such request or direction. Prior to taking any action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all costs, losses, liabilities and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on a Note or (ii) a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.14. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.08, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the

 

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extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company and each Guarantor covenant (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Notes; and the Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE AND AGENTS

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee and Agents. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such Person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default in the case of the Trustee only, (i) the Trustee and each Agent undertake to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee or any Agent; and (ii) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee or any Agent, the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee or any Agent, the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of the mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this Section 7.01(c) does not limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);

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(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.07 or exercising any trust or power conferred upon it under this Indenture.

(d) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for interest on any money received by it except as each may agree in writing with the Company.

(e) Money held in trust by the Trustee or any Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(f) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee or any Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds and/or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not satisfactorily assured to it.

(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee and any Agent shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01.

Section 7.02. Rights of Trustee. (a) The Trustee and each Agent may rely upon, and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting based upon, any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent need investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document.

(b) Before the Trustee or any Agent acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate, the written advice of a qualified tax expert or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the Officers’ Certificate, the qualified tax expert’s written advice or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee or any Agent may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the willful misconduct or gross negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) Any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate of the Company (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company may be evidenced to the Trustee or any Agent by copies thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary (or equivalent officer) of the Company.

(e) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be under an obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee or such Agent security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred thereby.

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(g) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; provided that the conduct of the Trustee or any such Agent does not constitute willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith.

(h) Each of the Trustee and any Agent may consult with counsel, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Notes shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(i) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document unless, in the case of the Trustee, requested in writing by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes Outstanding; provided that if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not satisfactorily assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require from the Holders indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be reimbursed by the Company upon demand.

(j) Neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be required to invest, or shall be under any liability for interest, on any moneys at any time received by it pursuant to any of the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes except as the Trustee or any Paying Agent may otherwise agree with the Company. Such moneys need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by mandatory provisions of law.

(k) In no event shall the Trustee or any Agent be liable for special, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(l) The permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties of the Trustee.

(m) The Trustee and each Agent shall accept and act upon Written Directions when given to the Trustee or such Agent, as the case may be, in the form of Facsimile Instructions. Subsequent to the transmission of a Written Direction in the form of a Facsimile Instruction, the Company agrees to transmit to the Trustee or such Agent, in a timely manner, the originally executed Written Direction if required pursuant to the Governing Documents or at the request of the Trustee or such Agent. Additionally, the Trustee and each Agent shall accept a Facsimile Signature as if each such Facsimile Signature were an original signature, if the Trustee or such Agent believes in good faith that such signature is that of the individual whose signature it purports to be.

 

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Section 7.03. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee and any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar or such other agent.

Section 7.04. Trustee’s Disclaimer. Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes, and it shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults and Events of Default. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, and if it is known to the Responsible Officer, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after a Responsible Officer acquires actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice and shall be protected from withholding the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders. For all purposes of this Indenture and the Notes, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of a Default or Event of Default unless either (i) an attorney, authorized officer or agent of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the Indenture has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such Default or Event of Default has been given to the Trustee by the Company or any Holder.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Indemnity. The Company agrees to pay to the Trustee and each Agent from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed upon in writing for its services. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law regarding compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company agrees to reimburse promptly the Trustee and each Agent upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s and each Agent’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. Payments of any such expenses by the Company to the Trustee or any Agent, as the case may be, shall be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, fees or other governmental charges of whatever nature (and any fines, penalties or interest related thereto) imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Cayman Islands, Brazil or any political subdivision or authority thereof or therein having power to tax, unless such withholding or deduction is required by law. In that event, the Company shall pay to the Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, such Additional Amounts as may be necessary in order that every net payment made by the Company to the Trustee and such Agent, as the case may be, after deducting or withholding for or on account of any present or future tax, penalty, fine, duty, assessment or other governmental charge imposed upon or as a result of such payment by the Cayman Islands, Brazil or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein shall not be less than the amount then due and payable to the Trustee or the Principal Paying Agent, as the case may be. The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and each Agent against any and all loss,

 

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liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without gross negligence or bad faith on its part arising out of and in connection with the administration of this Indenture, the performance of its respective duties hereunder, and the exercise of its rights hereunder including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability and of complying with any process served upon it or any of its officers in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture. The Company undertakes to indemnify the Trustee and each of the Agents and their affiliates against all losses, liabilities, including any and all tax liabilities, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include both Brazilian and Cayman Islands taxes and associated penalties, costs, claims, actions, damages, expenses or demands which any of them may incur or which may be made against any of them as a result of or in connection with the appointment of or the exercise of the powers and duties or rights by the Trustee or any Agent or its affiliates under this Indenture except as may result from its own default, gross negligence or bad faith or that of its directors, officers or employees or any of them, or breach by it of the terms of this Indenture. The Trustee and each Agent shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee or such Agent to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. If the Trustee or Agent, as the case may be, determines in its reasonable discretion that no conflict of interest (or potential conflict of interest) exists, the Company will be entitled to participate in the Trustee’s defense of the claim or Agent’s defense of the claim, as the case may be, and the Trustee or such Agent may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel.

To secure the payment obligations of the Company in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee or the Principal Paying Agent, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes.

The obligations of the Company pursuant to this Section 7.06 shall survive the payment of the Notes, resignation or removal of the Trustee or any Agent and the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h), the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law.

The Company acknowledges that none of the Trustee, the Principal Paying Agent or any other Agent makes any representations as to the interpretation or characterization of the transactions herein undertaken for tax or any other purpose, in any jurisdiction. The Company represents that it has fully satisfied itself as to any tax impact of this Indenture before agreeing to the terms herein, and is responsible for any and all federal, state, local, income, franchise, withholding, value added, sales, use, transfer, stamp or other taxes imposed by any jurisdiction in respect of this Indenture.

The Company agrees to pay any and all stamp and other documentary taxes or duties which may be payable in connection with the execution, delivery, performance and enforcement of this Indenture by the Trustee or any Agent.

Section 7.07. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company in writing. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

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(ii) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent;

(iii) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(iv) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee) the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.06.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.07, the Company’s obligation under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.08. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business (including this transaction) or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such adopted certificates shall have the full force of all provisions within the Notes or in this Indenture relating to the certificate of the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.09. Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee hereunder shall at all times be a corporation, bank or trust company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (i) which is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust power, (ii) is subject to supervision or examination by governmental authorities, (iii) shall have at all times a combined capital and surplus of at least U.S.$50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and (iv) shall have its Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.09, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.07.

ARTICLE 8

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01. Discharge of Liability on Notes. (a) When (i) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.08) for cancellation or (ii) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable and the Company or any Guarantor deposits in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, with the Trustee finally collected funds sufficient to pay at Maturity all Outstanding Notes and interest thereon (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 and if in any such case the Company or any Guarantor pays all other sums payable hereunder by the Company or such Guarantor, then this Indenture, and the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant hereto, shall, subject to Sections 8.01(d) and 8.06, cease to be of further effect. The Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture on demand of the Company or any Guarantor accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) and at the cost and expense of the Company or any Guarantor.

(b) Subject to Sections 8.01(d), 8.02 and 8.06, the Company or any Guarantor at any time may terminate (i) all its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes (“legal defeasance option”) or (ii) its obligations under Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 5.01(iii) and 5.02 and the operation of Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) and 6.01(j) (“covenant defeasance option”). The legal defeasance option may be exercised notwithstanding any prior exercise of the covenant defeasance option. Upon exercise by the Company or any Guarantor of the legal defeasance option or the covenant defeasance option, each Guarantor’s obligations under its Note Guaranty will terminate.

If the legal defeasance option is exercised, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If the covenant defeasance option is exercised, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(c), 6.01(d), 6.01(e) or 6.01(j).

Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein and upon request of the Company or any Guarantor, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the obligations of the Company or any Guarantor hereunder except those specified in Section 8.01(c).

 

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(c) Notwithstanding Section 8.01(a) and Section 8.01(b), Sections 2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 4.06, 7.06, 7.07, 8.04, 8.05 and 8.06 shall survive until the Notes have been paid in full. Thereafter, the obligations of the Company or the applicable Guarantor pursuant to Sections 7.06, 7.07, 8.04 and 8.05 shall survive. Furthermore, each Guarantor’s obligations to pay fully and punctually all amounts payable by the Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee under this Indenture shall survive.

Section 8.02. Conditions to Defeasance. The Company or any Guarantor may exercise the legal defeasance option or the covenant defeasance option only if:

(a) the Company or any Guarantor irrevocably deposits or causes to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders (the “defeasance trust”) pursuant to an irrevocable trust and security agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, sufficient for the payment of principal of and interest on all the Notes to Maturity or redemption;

(b) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee a certificate from an internationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressing their opinion that the payments of principal of and interest on the Notes when due and without reinvestment on the deposited U.S. Government Obligations plus any deposited money without investment and after payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee shall provide cash at such times and in such amounts as shall be sufficient to pay principal of and interest on all the Notes when due at Maturity or on redemption, as the case may be;

(c) 123 days pass after the deposit is made in accordance with the terms of Section 8.02(a) and during such 123-day period no Default or Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) occurs which is continuing at the end of the period;

(d) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit and after giving effect thereto;

(e) the deposit does not constitute a default or event of default under any other agreement binding on the Company or any Guarantor;

(f) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the trust resulting from the deposit does not constitute, or is not qualified as, a regulated investment company under the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

(g) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing with respect to Brazilian tax matters stating that, under Brazilian law, Holders (other than Brazilian persons) (1) shall not recognize income gain or loss for Brazilian tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and shall be subject to Brazilian tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred and (2) payments from the defeasance trust to any such Holder shall not be subject to withholding or deduction for or on account of any taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges under Brazilian law;

 

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(h) in the case of the legal defeasance option, the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing with respect to U.S. Federal income tax matters stating that (1) the Company or such Guarantor has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (2) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

(i) in the case of the covenant defeasance option, the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing with respect to U.S. federal income tax matters to the effect that the Holders shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

(j) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel of recognized standing with respect to Cayman Islands tax matters and Opinions of Counsel of recognized standing with respect to tax matters of any other jurisdiction in which the Company is conducting business in a manner which causes the Holders of the Notes to be liable for taxes on payments under the Notes for which they would not have been so liable but for such conduct of business in such other jurisdiction, stating that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss in the relevant jurisdiction as a result of such deposit and the defeasance and will be subject to taxes in the relevant jurisdiction (including any withholding taxes) on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would otherwise have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

(k) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Trustee, to the effect that, after the passage of 123 days following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally; and

(l) the Company or any Guarantor delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the defeasance and discharge of the Notes as contemplated by this Article 8 have been complied with.

Before or after a deposit, the Company or any Guarantor may make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the redemption of Notes at a future date in accordance with Article 3.

Section 8.03. Application of Trust Money. The Trustee shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.02. It shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents and in accordance with this Indenture to the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes.

 

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Section 8.04. Repayment to Company. Upon termination of the trust established pursuant to Section 8.02, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company upon request, any excess cash or U.S. Government Obligations held by them.

The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Company, upon request, any money held by them for the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years after the due date for such payment of principal or interest, and, thereafter, the Trustee and each Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall not be liable for payment of such amounts hereunder and the Holders shall be entitled to such recovery of such amounts only from the Company.

Section 8.05. Indemnity for U.S. Governmental Obligations. The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against deposited U.S. Government Obligations or the principal and interest received on such U.S. Government Obligations.

Section 8.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article 8 until such time as the Trustee or such Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with this Article 8; provided, however, that, if the Company or any Guarantor has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company and the Guarantors shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENTS

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders. The Company and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes, without notice to or consent or vote of any Holder for the following purposes:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(ii) to add guarantees or collateral with respect to the Notes;

(iii) to comply with Section 5.01;

(iv) to provide for any guarantee of the Notes, to secure the Notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any guarantee of the Notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture;

 

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(v) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders;

(vi) to surrender any right herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantors;

(vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Trustee;

(viii) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes;

(ix) to make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder or to conform this Indenture to the section “Description of Notes” in the Offering Memorandum; or

(x) to comply with any applicable requirements of the SEC, including in connection with a required qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act

provided that, in the case of clause (i) or (ii) above, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate, each stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of this Section 9.01.

Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Each Guarantor must consent to any amendment or supplement hereunder.

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders. Except as specified in Section 9.01, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Guarantors and the Trustee, together, may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders under this Indenture, and the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, except as set forth below, waive any past Default or compliance with any provision of this Indenture; provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

(i) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any payment on any Note;

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(iii) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed;

(iv) change the currency for payment of principal of, or interest or any Additional Amounts on, any Note;

(v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any right to payment on or with respect to any Note;

(vi) waive a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of and interest on the Notes;

(vii) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver;

(viii) make any change in this first paragraph of this Section 9.02;

(ix) modify or change any provision of the Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Note Guaranty in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; or

(x) make any change in any Note Guaranty that would adversely affect the Noteholders.

provided that the provisions of the covenants described in Section 4.11 may, except as provided above, be amended or waived with the consent of Holders holding not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

Upon the written request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.05 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

The Company shall mail to Holders prior written notice of any amendment or waiver proposed to be adopted under this Section 9.02.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or waiver. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02.

 

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Each Guarantor must consent to the amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02.

Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. (a) A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of Notes shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or portion of the Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of the Note if the Trustee receives the written notice of revocation at least one Business Day prior to the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective. After it becomes effective, an amendment or waiver shall bind every Holder.

(b) The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding Section 9.03(a) those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.04. Notation on or Exchange of Notes. If an amendment changes the terms of a Note, the Company may require the Holder to deliver the Note to the Trustee. If so instructed by the Company, the Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Note regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Note shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

Section 9.05. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment, waiver or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. In signing such amendment, waiver or supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee and to receive, and, subject to Section 7.01, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such amendment, waiver or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture, that it is not inconsistent herewith, and that it shall be valid and binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms.

Section 9.06. Payment for Consent. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders which so consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 10

GUARANTEE

Section 10.01. The Note Guaranty. Subject to the provisions of this Article, each Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally, on an unsecured basis, the full and punctual payment (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture. Upon failure by the Company to pay punctually any such amount, each Guarantor shall forthwith on demand pay the amount not so paid at the place and in the manner specified in this Indenture.

Section 10.02. Guaranty Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are unconditional and absolute and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, will not be released, discharged or otherwise affected by:

(i) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, waiver or release in respect of any obligation of the Company under this Indenture or any Note, by operation of law or otherwise;

(ii) any modification or amendment of or supplement to this Indenture or any Note;

(iii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Company, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other similar proceeding affecting the Company or its assets or any resulting release or discharge of any obligation of the Company contained in this Indenture or any Note;

(iv) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights which the Guarantor may have at any time against the Company, the Trustee or any other Person, whether in connection with the Indenture or any unrelated transactions; provided that nothing herein prevents the assertion of any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;

(v) any invalidity or unenforceability relating to or against the Company for any reason of this Indenture or any Note, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Company of the principal of or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under the Indenture; or

(vi) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Company, the Trustee or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever which might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to such Guarantor’s obligations hereunder.

Section 10.03. Discharge; Reinstatement. Each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder will remain in full force and effect until the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture have been paid in full. If at any time any payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note or any other amount payable by the Company under this Indenture is rescinded or must be otherwise restored

 

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or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise, each Guarantor’s obligations hereunder with respect to such payment will be reinstated as though such payment had been due but not made at such time.

Section 10.04. Waiver by the Guarantors. Each Guarantor irrevocably waives acceptance hereof, presentment, demand, protest and any notice not provided for herein, as well as any requirement that at any time any action be taken by any Person against the Company or any other Person.

Section 10.05. Subrogation and Contribution. Upon making any payment with respect to any obligation of the Company under this Article, the Guarantor making such payment will be subrogated to the rights of the payee against the Company with respect to such obligation; provided that the Guarantor may not enforce either any right of subrogation, or any right to receive payment in the nature of contribution, or otherwise, from any other Guarantor, with respect to such payment so long as any amount payable by the Company hereunder or under the Notes remains unpaid.

Section 10.06. Stay of Acceleration. If acceleration of the time for payment of any amount payable by the Company under this Indenture or the Notes is stayed upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company, all such amounts otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of this Indenture are nonetheless payable by the Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee or the Holders.

Section 10.07. Limitation on Amount of Guaranty. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article, each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil, the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law. To effectuate that intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under its Note Guaranty are limited to the maximum amount that would not render the Guarantor’s obligations subject to avoidance under applicable fraudulent conveyance provisions of the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil, the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provision of state law.

Section 10.08. Execution and Delivery of Guaranty. The execution by each Guarantor of this Indenture (or a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B) evidences the Note Guaranty of such Guarantor, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Guarantor still holds that office at the time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee after authentication constitutes due delivery of the Note Guaranty set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.

Section 10.09. Release of Guaranty. The Note Guaranty of a Guarantor will terminate upon:

(i) a sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of the Guarantor or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets of the Guarantor (in each case other than to the Company or a Subsidiary) otherwise permitted by this Indenture;

 

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(ii) if the Note Guaranty was required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the cessation of the circumstances requiring the Note Guaranty; or

(iii) defeasance or discharge of the Notes, as provided in Article 8.

Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the foregoing effect, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company in writing in order to evidence the release of the Guarantor from its obligations under its Note Guaranty.

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01. Provisions of Indenture and Notes for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Notes. Nothing in this Indenture or the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders of the Notes any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or the Notes.

Section 11.02. Notices. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other communication or document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given, provided or furnished to, or filed with, any party to this Indenture shall, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, be in writing and shall be deemed to have been received only upon actual receipt thereof by prepaid first class mail, courier, telecopier or electronic transmission, addressed to the relevant party as follows:

To the Company and the Guarantors:

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

04547-006 – São Paulo, SP

Brasil

Attention: Richard F. Lark, Jr.

Facsimile: 55-11-3169-6237

With a copy to:

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3400- 17º Andar

04538-132 – São Paulo, SP

Brasil

Attention: Andrew B. Jánszky

Facsimile: 55-11-3702-2233

 

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To the Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent or Principal Paying Agent:

The Bank of New York

Corporate Trust Administration- Global Finance Unit

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 East

New York, New York 10286

USA

Telephone: (212) 815-5346

Facsimile: (212) 815-5802/3

With a Copy to the Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg:

The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A.

Aerogolf Center

1A Hoehenhof

L-1736 Senningerberg

Luxembourg

Notices or communications to a Guarantor will be deemed given if given to the Company

Any party by written notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Where this Indenture provides for the giving of notice to Holders, such notice shall be deemed to have been given upon (i) the mailing of first class mail, postage prepaid, of such notice to Holders of the Notes at their registered addresses as recorded in the Register; and (ii) for so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF and it is required by the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, publication of such notice to the Holders of the Notes in English in a leading newspaper having general circulation in Luxembourg or, if such publication is not practicable, in one other leading English language daily newspaper with general circulation in Europe, such newspaper being published on each Business Day in morning editions, whether or not it shall be published in Saturday, Sunday or holiday editions.

The Company shall also cause all other such publications of such notices as may be required from time to time by applicable Brazilian law, including, without limitation, those required under the applicable regulations issued by the CVM.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed to a Holder in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

Section 11.03. Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(i) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.04) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

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(ii) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.04) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 11.04. Statements Required in Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include substantially:

(i) a statement that each Person making or rendering such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel has read such covenant or condition and the related definitions;

(ii) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel are based;

(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such Person, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

Section 11.05. Rules by Trustee, Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agents. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Holders. The Registrar, the Paying Agents and the Transfer Agents may make reasonable rules for their functions.

Section 11.06. Currency Indemnity. U.S. Dollars are the sole currency of account and payment for all sums payable by the Company or the Guarantors under or in connection with the Notes and the Note Guarantees, including damages. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. Dollars (whether as a result of, or of the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Company or otherwise) by any Holder of a Note in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Company or any Guarantor shall only constitute a discharge to the Company or the Guarantors, as the case may be, to the extent of the U.S. Dollar amount which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so). If that U.S. Dollar amount is less than the U.S. Dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient under any Note, the Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify such Holder against any loss sustained by it as a result, and if the amount of U.S. Dollars so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to such Holder, such Holder shall, by accepting a Note, be deemed to have agreed to repay such excess. In any event, the Company and the Guarantors shall indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase.

For the purposes of this Section 11.06, it shall be sufficient for the Holder of a Note to certify in a satisfactory manner (indicating the sources of information used) that it would have suffered a loss had an actual purchase of U.S. Dollars been made with the amount so received in that other currency on the date of receipt or recovery (or, if a purchase of U.S. Dollars on such

 

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date had not been practicable, on the first date on which it would have been practicable, it being required that the need for a change of date be certified in the manner mentioned above). These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the other obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, shall give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, shall apply irrespective of any indulgence granted by any Holder of a Note and shall continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note.

Section 11.07. No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee, respectively, under this Indenture or the Notes or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

Section 11.08. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or date of Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest or principal need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or date of Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or date of Maturity, as the case may be on account of such delay.

Section 11.09. Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 11.10. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities. (a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York with respect to actions brought against it as a defendant in respect of any suit, action or proceeding or arbitral award arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Notes or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby (a “Proceeding”), and irrevocably accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. Each of the parties hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent it may do so under applicable law, trial by jury and any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such Proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such Proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System (the “Process Agent”), with an office at 111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011, as its authorized agent to receive on behalf of it and its property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any Proceeding. If for any reason such Person shall cease to be such agent for service of process, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall forthwith appoint a new agent of recognized standing for service of process in the State of New York and deliver to the Trustee a copy of the new agent’s acceptance of that appointment within 30 days. Nothing herein shall affect the right of the Trustee, any Agent or any Holder to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Company and the Guarantors in any other court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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(b) Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably appoints the Process Agent as its agent to receive, on behalf of itself and its property, service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such New York state or U.S. federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York. Such service shall be made by delivering by hand a copy of such process to the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, in care of the Process Agent at the address specified above. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf. Failure of the Process Agent to give notice to the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or failure of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, to receive notice of such service of process shall not affect in any way the validity of such service on the Process Agent, the Company or the Guarantors. As an alternative method of service, each of the Company and the Guarantors also irrevocably consents to the service of any and all process in any such Proceeding by the delivery by hand of copies of such process to the Company or Guarantor, as the case may be, at its address specified in Section 11.02 or at any other address previously furnished in writing by the Company or the Guarantors to the Trustee. Each of the Company and the Guarantors covenants and agrees that it shall take any and all reasonable action, including the execution and filing of any and all documents, that may be necessary to continue the designation of the Process Agent above in full force and effect during the term of the Notes, and to cause the Process Agent to continue to act as such.

(c) Nothing in this Section 11.10 shall affect the right of any party, including the Trustee, any Agent or any Holder, to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by law or affect the right of any party to bring any action or proceeding against any other party or its property in the courts of other competent jurisdictions.

(d) Each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably agrees that, in any proceedings anywhere (whether for an injunction, specific performance or otherwise), no immunity (to the extent that it may at any time exist, whether on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise) from such proceedings, from attachment (whether in aid of execution, before judgment or otherwise) of its assets or from execution of judgment shall be claimed by it or on its behalf or with respect to its assets, except to the extent required by applicable law, any such immunity being irrevocably waived, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Each of the Company and the Guarantors irrevocably agrees that, where permitted by applicable law, it and its assets are, and shall be, subject to such proceedings, attachment or execution in respect of its obligations under this Indenture or the Notes.

Section 11.11. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements of the Company and the Guarantors in this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees shall bind their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

 

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Section 11.12. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

Section 11.13. Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the parties hereby waive any provision of law which renders any term or provision hereof invalid or unenforceable in any respect.

Section 11.14. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Section 11.15. Trust Indenture Act Of 1939. This Indenture shall incorporate and be governed by the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of and to govern indentures qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused the Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

GOL FINANCE as the Company
By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   Presidente
By:   /s/ Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Name:   Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Title:   Vice-Presidente Financeiro SAODF

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   Presidente
By:   /s/ Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Name:   Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Title:   Vice-Presidente Financeiro SAODF

GOL TRANSPORTES AÉREOS S.A.

as Guarantor

By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   Presidente
By:   /s/ Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Name:   Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Title:   Vice-Presidente Financeiro SAODF

LOGO


Witnesses:
By:    
  Name:  
By:    
  Name:  

LOGO


THE BANK OF NEW YORK

as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal

Paying Agent

By:   /s/ Colin Zilins
  Name:   Colin Zilins
  Title:   Vice President

THE BANK OF NEW YORK (Luxembourg) S.A.

as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

By:   /s/ Colin Zilins
  Name:   Colin Zilins
  Title:   Vice President


STATE OF NEW YORK

   )   
   )    ss:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

   )   

On the 22 day of March, 2007, before me personally came Colin Zilins, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that Colin Zilins is a Vice President of The Bank of New York, one of the corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.

[Notarial Seal]

 

/s/ Richard D. Gillespie

Notary Public

COMMISSION EXPIRES

RICHARD D. GILLESPIE

Notary Public. State of New York

No. 01G16136307

Qualified in New York County

My Comm. Expires, Nov. 7, 2009


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF NOTE

[FACE OF NOTE]

UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK LIMITED PURPOSE TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY NAMED HEREIN (THE “COMPANY”) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE IN WHOLE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY AND TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE IN PART SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE AND REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

[Include if Note is a Restricted Global Note, or a Note issued in exchange therefor, as required under this Indenture: THIS NOTE (AND RELATED NOTE GUARANTEES) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON (WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), AND (2) AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES AND ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (D) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION

 

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PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH (2)(E) ABOVE, THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY RULE 144 EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS NOTE ON SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN. ]

[Include if Note is Regulation S Global Note, or a Note issued in exchange therefor, in accordance with this Indenture: “THIS NOTE (AND RELATED NOTE GUARANTEES) HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY PURCHASING THIS NOTE, AGREES THAT NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.

THE FOREGOING LEGEND MAY BE REMOVED FROM THIS NOTE AFTER 40 DAYS BEGINNING ON AND INCLUDING THE LATER OF (A) THE DATE ON WHICH THE NOTES ARE OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND (B) THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THIS NOTE.”]

 

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GOL FINANCE

U.S.$225,000,000

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

[RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE]

[REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE]

[CERTIFICATED NOTE]

Representing U.S.$                    

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

No. [R-1] [S-1]

 

CUSIP No. [144A: 38045U AB6] [Reg S: G3980P AB1]    Principal Amount
ISIN No. [144A: US38045UAB61] [Reg S: USG3980PAB16]    U.S.$                    
Common Code [144A: 029338159] [Reg S: 029337993]   

GOL FINANCE, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, U.S.$                    , upon presentment and surrender of this Note on April 3, 2017 or on such date or dates as the then relevant principal sum may become payable in accordance with the provisions hereof and in the Indenture.

Interest on the outstanding principal amount shall be borne at the rate of 7.50% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on each April 3 and October 3 (each such date an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on October 3, 2007, all subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Indenture; provided, however, that in the event that the Company shall at any time default on the payment of interest or such other amounts as any may be payable in respect of the Notes, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication herein has been executed by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

Dated: March 22, 2007

 

GOL FINANCE
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Witnesses:
By:    
  Name:  
By:    
  Name:  

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 of the Company. The Notes constitute unsecured unsubordinated obligations of the Company, initially in an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$225,000,000.

 

  1. Indenture.

The Notes are, and shall be, issued under an Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying agent (the “Principal Paying Agent”) (collectively, the “Agents” and each individually an “Agent”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to the benefit of, be bound by and be deemed to have notice of, all provisions of the Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all supplemental indentures thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, each Agent and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes, are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. Copies of the Indenture and each Global Note shall be available for inspection at the offices of the Trustee and each Paying Agent.

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue Additional Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest thereon. Additional Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding Notes. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of the Indenture and this Note, references to the Notes include any Additional Notes actually issued.

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the creation of Liens by the Company or its Subsidiaries, and consolidation, merger and certain other transactions involving the Company. In addition, the Indenture requires the maintenance of insurance for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the maintenance of the existence of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the payment of certain taxes and claims and reporting requirements applicable to the Company.

The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 22, 2007, between the Company and the Initial Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). If the Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is not completed (or, if required, the Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) is not declared effective by the SEC) on or before November 30, 2007, the annual interest rate borne by the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum. This increase in the interest rate will end upon the earlier of (i) completion of the Exchange Offer, (ii) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) the Notes being freely tradable under the Securities Act.

 

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The Note is one of the [Initial]* [Additional] [Exchange] Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Notes issued in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Indenture and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.

 

  2. Principal.

The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on April 3, 2017.

 

  3. Interest.

The Notes bear interest at the rate per annum shown above from March 22, 2007, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 3 and October 3 of each year (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date” ), commencing on October 3, 2007. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum.

 

  4. Method of Payment.

Payments of interest in respect of each Note shall be made on each Interest Payment Date by the Paying Agents to the Persons shown on the Register at the close of business on the March 19 and September 19, as the case may be (each, a “Record Date” ), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Payments in respect of each Note shall be made by U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York and may be mailed to the Holder of such Note at its address appearing in the Register. Upon written application by the Holder to the specified office of any Paying Agent not less than 15 days before the due date for any payment in respect of a Note, such payment may be made by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City of New York. Payment of principal in respect of each Note shall be made on any Payment Date for such principal to the Person shown on the Register at the close of business on the fifteenth day immediately preceding such Payment Date.


* Include if Initial Note.

 

Include if Additional Note.

 

Include if Exchange Note.

 

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All payments on this Note are subject in all cases to any applicable tax or other laws and regulations, but without prejudice to the provisions of Paragraph 6 hereof. Except as provided in Section 2.08 of the Indenture, no fees or expenses shall be charged to the Holders in respect of such payments.

If the Payment Date in respect of any Note is not a business day at the place in which it is presented for payment, the Holder thereof shall not be entitled to payment of the amount due until the next succeeding business day at such place and shall not be entitled to any further interest or other payment in respect of any such delay.

If the amount of principal or interest which is due on the Notes is not paid in full, the Registrar shall annotate the Register with a record of the amount of interest, if any, in fact paid.

 

  5. Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent.

The Trustee shall act as Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent of the Notes. The Company may appoint and change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. For so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg. The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. shall initially act as Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg.

 

  6. Additional Amounts.

All payments by the Company in respect of the Notes or the Guarantors in respect of the Note Guarantees will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Cayman Islands or Brazil, or any authority therein or thereof or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantors are organized, doing business or otherwise subject to the power to tax (any of the aforementioned being a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Company or the Guarantors are compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties, assessments, or governmental charges. In such event, the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, will make such deduction or withholding, make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amounts receivable by Holders of Notes after such withholding or deduction shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Notes in the absence of such withholding or deduction ( “Additional Amounts”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Additional Amounts shall be payable:

(i) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Note by reason of the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership, or a corporation) and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or having been a

 

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citizen or resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having had, a permanent establishment therein, other than the mere holding of the Note or enforcement of rights under the Indenture and the receipt of payments with respect to the Note;

(ii) in respect of Notes surrendered or presented for payment (if surrender or presentment is required) more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that payments under such Note would have been subject to withholdings and the Holder of such Note would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, on surrender of such Note for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days;

(iii) where such Additional Amount is imposed and is required to be made pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings;

(iv) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges by reason of such Holder’s failure to comply with any certification, identification, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of such Holder, if (1) compliance is required by law as a precondition to, exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the tax, assessment or other governmental charge and (2) the Company has given the Holders at least 30 days notice that Holders will be required to provide such certification, identification, documentation or other requirement;

(v) in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise or personal property or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

(vi) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest on the Note;

(vii) in respect of any tax imposed on overall net income or any branch profits tax; or

(viii) in respect of any combination of the above.

No Additional Amounts shall be paid with respect to any payment on a Note to a Holder who is a fiduciary, a partnership, a limited liability company or other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, an interestholder in a limited liability company or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder.

 

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The Notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation. Except as specifically provided above, neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to make a payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to the Notes are based on rates of deduction or withholding of withholding taxes in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the Holder of such Notes, and, as a result thereof such Holder is entitled to make claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the authority imposing such withholding tax, then such Holder shall, by accepting such Notes, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title, and interest to any such claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company.

Any reference in the Indenture or the Notes to principal, interest or any other amount payable in respect of the Notes by the Company or the Note Guaranty by the Guarantors will be deemed also to refer to any Additional Amount, unless the context requires otherwise, that may be payable with respect to that amount under the obligations referred to in this Paragraph 6.

The foregoing obligation will survive termination or discharge of the Indenture.

 

  7. Open Market Purchases.

The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise at any agreed upon price. All Notes so purchased may not be reissued or resold, except in compliance with applicable requirements or exemptions under the relevant securities laws.

 

  8. Redemption.

Except as described in Section 3.01 of the Indenture and this Paragraph 8, the Notes may not be redeemed.

(a) The Notes shall be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on any Interest Payment Date prior to April 3, 2017, upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; and

(2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such notes (exclusive of interest accrued on the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date.

 

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If as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, any treaties, rules, or related agreements to which a Taxing Jurisdiction is a party or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the issue date of the Notes or on or after the date a successor to the Company assumes the obligations under the Notes, (i) the Company or any successor to the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 4.06 of the Indenture and Paragraph 5 hereof) or (ii) either of the Guarantors or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts in excess of the Additional Amounts either such Guarantor or any such successor to the Guarantor would be obligated to pay if payments were subject to withholding or deduction at a rate of 15% or at a rate of 25% in the case that the Holder of the Notes is resident in a tax haven jurisdiction for Brazilian tax purposes (i.e., a country that does not impose any income tax or that imposes it at a maximum rate lower than 20% or where the laws impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership composition or securities ownership) (the “Minimum Withholding Level”), as a result of the taxes, duties, assessments and other governmental charges described above, the Company or any of its successors may, at their option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption, upon publication of irrevocable notice to Holders not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. No notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which either (x) the Issuer or successor to the Issuer would, but for such redemption, become obligated to pay any additional amounts, or (y) in the case of payments made under the Guarantees, either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay the Additional Amounts in excess of the Minimum Withholding Level. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not have the right to so redeem the Notes unless (a) it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts or (b) either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor is obliged to pay Additional Amounts which in the aggregate amount exceed the Additional Amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not have the right to so redeem the Notes unless it has taken reasonable measures to avoid the obligation to pay Additional Amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or any successor to the Company or the jurisdiction of incorporation of a Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor.

In the event that the Company or any successor elects to so redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Indenture, it will deliver to the Trustee: (i) a certificate, signed in the name of the Company by any two of its executive officers or by its attorney-in-fact in accordance with its bylaws, stating that the Company or any successor to the Company is entitled to redeem the Notes pursuant to their terms and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the condition or conditions precedent to the right of the Company or any successor to the Company to so redeem have occurred or been satisfied; and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (1) the Company or any successor to the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts in excess of the Additional Amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level, (2) such obligation is the result of a change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, as described above, (3) the Company or

 

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any successor to the Company, or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be cannot avoid payment of such Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it and (4) that all governmental requirements necessary for the Company to effect the redemption have been complied with.

 

  9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee, the Registrar or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

The Trustee, the Registrar or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or before an Interest Payment Date.

 

  10. Persons Deemed Owners.

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner thereof for all purposes.

 

  11. Unclaimed Money.

Subject to applicable law, the Trustee and the Paying Agents shall pay to the Company upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and thereafter, Holders entitled to such monies must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.

 

  12. Defeasance.

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors at any time may terminate some or all of their obligations under the Notes, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees, as the case may be, if the Company or the Guarantors irrevocably deposit in trust with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for the payment of principal of and interest on all the Notes to Maturity or redemption. At such time, each Guarantor’s obligations under its Note Guaranty will terminate.

 

  13. Amendment; Waiver.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. However, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected thereby, no amendment or waiver may, among other things:

(i) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any payment on any Note;

 

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(ii) reduce the rate of any interest on any Note;

(iii) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed;

(iv) change the currency for payment of principal of, or interest or any Additional Amounts on, any Note;

(v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any right to payment on or with respect to any Note;

(vi) waive a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of and interest on the Notes;

(vii) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver;

(viii) make any change to the first paragraph of Section 9.02 of the Indenture;

(ix) modify or change any provision of the Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Note Guaranty in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; or

(x) make any change in any Note Guaranty that would adversely affect the Noteholders.

provided that the provisions of the covenants described in Section 4.11 of the Indenture may, except as provided above, be amended or waived with the consent of Holders holding not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder of the Notes, amend the Indenture or the Notes to:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(ii) to add guarantees or collateral with respect to the Notes;

(iii) to comply with Section 5.01 of the Indenture;

(iv) to provide for any guarantee of the Notes, to secure the Notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any guarantee of the Notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by this Indenture;

 

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(v) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders;

(vi) to surrender any right herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantors;

(vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Trustee;

(viii) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes;

(ix) to make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder or to conform this Indenture to the section Description of Notes in the Offering Memorandum; or

(x) to comply with any applicable requirements of the SEC, including in connection with an required qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act

provided that, in such case, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers Certificate, each stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Indenture.

Each Guarantor must consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver.

14. Defaults and Remedies.

An “Event of Default” occurs if:

(i) the Company defaults in any payment of interest (including any Additional Amounts) on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(ii) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal (including any Additional Amounts) of any Note when the same becomes due and payable upon acceleration or redemption or otherwise;

(iii) the Company or any Guarantor fails to comply with any of its covenants or agreements in the Notes or the Indenture (other than those referred to in (i) and (ii) above), and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;

(iv) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt for money borrowed by the Company, any such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company, such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary) whether such Debt or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, which default (a) is

 

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caused by failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt after giving effect to any grace period provided in such Debt on the date of such default ( “Payment Default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) or more in the aggregate;

(v) one or more final judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) in the aggregate are rendered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary and are not paid (whether in full or in installments in accordance with the terms of the judgment) or otherwise discharged and, in the case of each such judgment or decree, either (a) an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree and is not dismissed within 30 days following commencement of such enforcement proceedings or (b) there is a period of 60 days following such judgment during which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed;

(vi) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, síndico, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief is entered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary under the bankruptcy laws now or hereafter in effect, and such order is not being contested by the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, in good faith, or has not been dismissed, discharged or otherwise stayed, in each case within 60 days of being made;

(vii) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary (i) commences a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization, concordata or other relief with respect to itself or its Debts under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, síndico, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the Property of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

 

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(viii) any event occurs that under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil or any political subdivision thereof or any other country has substantially the same effect as any of the events referred to in any of clause (vi) or (vii);

(ix) any Note Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance the terms of the Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guaranty; or

(x) GLAI ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding share capital of the Company.

A Default under clause (iii) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes notify the Company and the Guarantors of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.

The Trustee is not to be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or knowledge of any cure of any Default or Event of Default unless either (i) an attorney, authorized officer or agent of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the Indenture has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such Default or Event of Default has been given to the Trustee by the Company or any Holder.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses (vi), (vii) and (viii) above) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration such amounts shall become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to such provision for the indemnification of the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration if (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts) on Outstanding Notes, all unpaid principal of the Notes that has become

 

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due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, interest on such overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts) as provided in the Indenture and all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and (ii) all Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal that has become due solely because of acceleration.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

  15. Trustee Dealings with the Company.

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Indenture, the Trustee and any Agent or co-registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Agent, or such other agent.

 

  16. Governing Law.

THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

  17. No Recourse Against Others.

No director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or any obligations of the Company or the Trustee under the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

  18. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which includes the form of this Note. Requests may be made to:

Gol Finance

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

04547-006 – São Paulo, SP

Brasil

Attention: Richard F. Lark, Jr.

Facsimile: 55-11-3169-6237

 

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NOTATION OF GUARANTY

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of March 22, 2007 (as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent (collectively, the “Agents” and each individually an “Agent”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, the full and punctual payment (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture. The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the guaranty and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the guaranty.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this guaranty to be duly executed.

 

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

as Guarantor

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

GOL TRANSPORTES AÉREOS S.A.

as Guarantor

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Witnesses:
By:    
  Name:  
By:    
  Name:  

 

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EXHIBIT B

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

dated as of __________, ____

among

GOL FINANCE,

the [ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR(S)] Party Hereto

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent

and

THE BANK OF NEW YORK (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.,

as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

 


7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

 

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THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), entered into as of __________, ____, among Gol Finance, a Brazilian corporation (the “Company), [Additional Guarantor(s)] (each an “Undersigned”), The Bank of New York, as trustee, registrar, transfer agent and principal paying agent (the “Trustee”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent (the “Trustee”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, entered into the Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007 (the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, as a condition to the Trustee entering into the Indenture and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors agreed pursuant to the Indenture to cause any newly acquired or created Subsidiaries to provide Guarantees in certain circumstances.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.

Section 2. Each Undersigned, by its execution of this Supplemental Indenture, agrees to be a Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Guarantors, including, but not limited to, Article 10 thereof. [Specify % to be guaranteed, if less than 100%.]

Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture, and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read together.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

GOL FINANCE as

the Company

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

[ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]

as Guarantor

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal

Paying Agent

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

THE BANK OF NEW YORK (Luxembourg) S.A.

as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF

TRANSFER NOTICE

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Insert Taxpayer Identification No.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Please print or typewrite name and address, including postal zip code, of assignee

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

this Note and all rights hereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing

_________________________ attorney to transfer said Note on the books of Gol Finance with full power of substitution in the premises.

 


In connection with any transfer of this Note occurring prior to the date [which is two years after the original issue date of the Notes,]§ [which is on or prior to the 40th day after the Closing Date (as defined in the Indenture governing the Notes),]** the undersigned confirms that:

[Check one]

 

¨

   (a)    This Note is being transferred to a person whom the Holder reasonably believes is a qualified institutional buyer (as defined in Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” ), in a transaction meeting the requirement of Rule 144A;

¨

   (b)    This Note is being transferred in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act;

¨

   (c)    This Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available);

¨

   (d)    This Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or

¨

   (e)    This Note is being transferred to Gol Finance, in each of cases (a) through (e) above, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States.

§

Include in Restricted Note.

 

** Include in Regulation S Note.

 

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If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Transfer Agent shall not be obligated to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 2.07 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied.

Date: _________________________

 

  
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of this instrument in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any other change whatever.

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE

FOR TRANSFER FROM RESTRICTED GLOBAL

NOTE OR CERTIFICATED NOTE BEARING

A SECURITIES ACT LEGEND TO REGULATION S

GLOBAL NOTE OR CERTIFICATED NOTE

NOT BEARING A SECURITIES ACT LEGEND

    The Bank of New York

    101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 East

    New York, New York 10286

    Attn: Corporate Trust Department

 

  Re: 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Notes”)

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated March 22, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among Gol Finance, the Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to U.S.$__________ principal amount of Notes which are held in the form of [a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note with the Depositary in the name of the undersigned] [a Certificated Note bearing a Securities Act Legend].

The undersigned has requested a transfer of such [beneficial interest] [Certificated Note] to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of [a beneficial interest of equal principal amount in the Regulation S Global Note (ISIN No. USG3980PAB16) to be held with [Euroclear]* [Clearstream Banking]* (Common Code No. 029337993) through the Depositary] [a Certificated Note of equal principal amount not bearing a Securities Act Legend]. In connection with such transfer, the undersigned does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and the Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” ), and, accordingly, the undersigned further certifies that:

(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. Person (as defined under Regulation S);

[(2) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or the undersigned and any Person acting on behalf of the undersigned reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States;]†


*

Indicate appropriate clearing system.

 

Insert one of the two provisions.

 

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[(2) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither the undersigned nor any Person acting on behalf of the undersigned knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States;]

(3) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or 904(b) of Regulation S, as applicable;

(4) the undersigned is not the Company, a distributor, an affiliate of either the Company or a distributor, or a Person acting on behalf of any of the foregoing; and

(5) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and for the benefit of Gol Finance. Terms used in this certificate and not otherwise defined in the Indenture have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

 

[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

Dated: _________________, __________

 

cc: Gol Finance

Insert one of the two provisions

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE

FOR TRANSFER FROM REGULATION S GLOBAL

NOTE OR CERTIFICATED NOTE NOT BEARING

A SECURITIES ACT LEGEND TO RESTRICTED GLOBAL

NOTE OR CERTIFICATED NOTE BEARING

A SECURITIES ACT LEGEND

(PRIOR TO 40TH DAY AFTER CLOSING DATE)

The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 East

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Corporate Trust Department

 

  Re: 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Notes”)

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated March 22, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among Gol Finance, the Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to U.S.$________ principal amount of Notes which are held in the form of [a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note (ISIN No. USG3980PAB16) with the Depositary in the name of the undersigned] [a Certificated Note not bearing the Securities Act Legend].

The undersigned has requested a transfer of such [beneficial interest] [Certificated Note] to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of [a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note (CUSIP No. 38045U AB6) to be held through the Depositary] [a Certificated Note bearing the Securities Act Legend]. In connection with such transfer, the undersigned does hereby confirm that such transfer has been effected in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture and the Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and accordingly, the undersigned represents that:

(1) the Notes are being transferred to a transferee that the undersigned reasonably believes is purchasing the Notes for its own account or one or more accounts with respect to which the transferee exercises sole investment discretion; and

(2) the transferee and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and for the benefit of Gol Finance.

 

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[INSERT NAME OF TRANSFEROR]
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

Dated: __________________, __________

 

cc: Gol Finance

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF CERTIFICATE FOR REMOVAL

OF THE SECURITIES ACT LEGEND ON A CERTIFICATED NOTE

The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street, Floor 4 East

New York, New York 10286

Attn: Corporate Trust Department

 

  Re: 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Notes”)

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated March 22, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among Gol Finance, the Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

This letter relates to U.S.$________ principal amount of Notes which are held in the form of [a beneficial interest in the Restricted Global Note (CUSIP No. 38045U AB6) with the Depositary] [[a] Certificated Note(s) in the name of the undersigned.]9

The undersigned has requested for the restrictive Legend on the Certificated Note(s) to be removed.

In connection with such transfer, the undersigned does hereby certify that such transfer has been effected only (i) in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 904 under the Securities Act, (ii) pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 thereunder (if available) or (iii) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, in each of cases (i) through (iii) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States.


9

Indicate form in which Notes are held.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and for the benefit of and Gol Finance.

 

[NAME OF UNDERSIGNED]
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

Dated:___________________, __________

 

cc: Gol Finance

 

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EX-4.2 5 dex42.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 22, 2007 Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2007

Exhibit 4.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 


REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated March 22, 2007

between

GOL FINANCE,

THE GUARANTORS NAMED HEREIN

and

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED,

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.

as the Initial Purchasers (as defined herein)

 



REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) dated as of March 22, 2007 among Gol Finance, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined herein), Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ( “MS”) and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (“Citigroup” and together with MS, the Initial Purchasers (as defined herein)).

This Agreement is made pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated March 19, 2007, between the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of an aggregate of $225,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (together with the Guarantees, the “Securities”). In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

“1933 Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday, or a day on which commercial banking institutions in The City of New York and São Paulo are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

“Closing Date” shall mean the Closing Date as defined in the Purchase Agreement.


“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.

“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

“Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the 1933 Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

“Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form F-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Exchange Securities” shall mean securities issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that (i) interest thereon shall accrue from, but not including, the last date on which interest was paid on the Securities or, if no such interest has been paid, from March 22, 2007 and (ii) the Exchange Securities will not contain restrictions on transfer) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

“Guarantee” means the guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes issued thereunder, executed pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture.

“Guarantors” means each of: (1) Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GLAI”), (2) Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., and (3) their respective successors.

“Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become registered owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holder” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers (as defined in Section 4(a)).

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of March 22, 2007 between the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York, as trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Initial Purchasers” shall mean Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

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“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, Registrable Securities held by the Company, the Guarantors or any of their respective affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act) (other than the Initial Purchasers or subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities if such subsequent holders are deemed to be such affiliates solely by reason of their holding of such Registrable Securities) shall not be considered outstanding or counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided, however, that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities shall have been declared effective under the 1933 Act and such Securities shall have been disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities have been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A) under the 1933 Act or (iii) when such Securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

“Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky

 

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laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements and other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be Davis Polk & Wardwell, unless selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 2(b) of this Agreement which covers all of the Registrable Securities on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the 1933 Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

“Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

 

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“Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3 hereof.

“Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a registration in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the 1933 Act.

(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering the offer by the Company and the Guarantors to the Holders to exchange all of the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and to have such Registration Statement remain effective until the closing of the Exchange Offer, but in no case longer than 180 days after the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been declared effective by the SEC and each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Exchange Offer consummated not later than 60 days after such effective date. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related exchange offer Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal, if any, and accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Registration Rights Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered will be accepted for exchange;

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest, but will not retain any rights under this Registration Rights Agreement;

(iv) that Holders electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the enclosed letters of transmittal, if any, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

 

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(v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities exchanged, or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As soon as reasonably practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, an Exchange Security equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities surrendered by such Holder.

Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the Staff of the SEC. The Company and the Guarantors shall inform the Initial Purchasers of the names and addresses of the Holders to whom the Exchange Offer is made, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right, subject to applicable law, to contact such Holders and otherwise facilitate the tender of Registrable Securities in the Exchange Offer.

If the Company and the Guarantors effect the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to close the Exchange Offer on any day on or after the 20th Business Day after the commencement of the Exchange Offer (provided that the Company and the Guarantors have accepted all the Securities theretofore validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer).

 

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Each Holder participating in the Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that at the time of the consummation of the Exchange Offer (i) any Exchange Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) such Holder will have no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the 1933 Act) of the Exchange Securities, (iii) such Holder is not an “affiliate,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act, of the Company or the Guarantors or if it is an affiliate, such Holder will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the 1933 Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities and (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

(b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors jointly determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be consummated as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate applicable law or the applicable interpretations of the Staff of the SEC, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason consummated by November 30, 2007 or (iii) the Exchange Offer has been completed and in the opinion of counsel for the Initial Purchasers a Registration Statement must be filed and a Prospectus must be delivered by the Initial Purchasers in connection with any offering or sale of Registrable Securities, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or notice of such opinion of counsel is given to the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale by the Holders of all of the Registrable Securities and to have such Shelf Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC. In the event the Company or the Guarantors is required to file a Shelf Registration Statement solely as a result of the matters referred to in clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its best efforts to file and have declared effective by the SEC both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the

 

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Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the expiration of the period referred to in Rule 144(k) with respect to the Registrable Securities or such shorter period that will terminate when all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement. Each of the Company and the Guarantors further agrees to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company and the Guarantors for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the 1933 Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration or if reasonably requested by a Holder with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use its reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective and such Shelf Registration Statement to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with the registration pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b). Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof or a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act; provided, however, that, if, after it has been declared effective, the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement is interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court, such Registration Statement will be deemed not to have become effective during the period of such interference until the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement may legally resume. If the Exchange Offer is not completed (or, if required, the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the SEC) on or before November 30, 2007, the annual interest rate borne by the Notes will be increased by 0.25% per annum. This increase in the interest rate will end upon the earlier of (i)

 

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completion of the Exchange Offer, (ii) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or (iii) the Notes being freely tradable under the Securities Act. For the avoidance of doubt, any increase in interest rate due to a non-consummation of the Exchange Offer or Shelf Registration, shall not be cumulative.

(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges that any failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

3. Registration Procedures.

In connection with the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the Registration Statements pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall as expeditiously as possible:

(a) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the 1933 Act, which form (x) shall be jointly selected by the Company and the Guarantors and (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the selling Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith, and use its best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(b) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the 1933 Act; to keep each Prospectus current during the period described under Section 4(3) and Rule 174 under the 1933 Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

 

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(c) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for the Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, including each preliminary Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or Underwriter may reasonably request other than exhibits to documents incorporated by reference or exhibits thereto or documents available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“EDGAR”), in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

(d) use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, to cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Holder to consummate the disposition in each such jurisdiction of such Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided, however, that the neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Section 3(d), (ii) file any general consent to service of process or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

(e) in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Registrable Securities, counsel for the Holders and counsel for the Initial Purchasers or Underwriters, if any, promptly and, if requested by any such Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (i) when a Registration Statement has become effective and when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement and Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iv) if, between the effective date of a

 

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Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to the offering cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event during the period a Shelf Registration Statement is effective which makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus untrue in any material respect or which requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (vi) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate;

(f) use reasonable best effort to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement at the earliest possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order;

(g) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);

(h) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) and registered in such names as the selling Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(i) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(e)(v) hereof, use its reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which

 

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they were made, not misleading. The Company and the Guarantors agree to notify the Holders to suspend use of the Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and the Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus until the Company or the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission;

(j) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or their counsel) available for discussion of such document, and shall not at any time file or make any amendment to the Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or any document which is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object within 15 Business Days of the receipt of such copies except for any amendment or supplement or document (a copy of which has previously been furnished to the Placement Agents and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, counsel to the Holders)) which counsel to the Company shall advise the Company in writing is required in order to comply with applicable law;

(k) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the effective date of a Registration Statement;

(l) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”), in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA and execute, and use its best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

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(m) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable Securities, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, and attorneys and accountants designated by the Holders, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and each Guarantor, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that (1) the foregoing inspection and information gathering shall be coordinated on behalf of the selling Holders, underwriters and representatives thereof by one counsel for the Holders and one counsel for the underwriters, who shall be Davis Polk & Wardwell, unless such counsel is chosen by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities or by the underwriters, as the case may be, and (2) if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information, including, entering into customary confidentiality agreements;

(n) use its best efforts to cause the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, to be rated by two nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (as such term is defined in Rule 436(g)(2) under the 1933 Act);

(o) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, (i) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and (ii) make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company or any Guarantor has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such filing; and

(p) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities and, at the time of effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendments

 

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thereto and at closing of any Underwritten Offering, if required thereunder, (i) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company, the Guarantors and their subsidiaries, the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (ii) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (iii) obtain “cold comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, and (iv) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (i) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement.

In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company and the Guarantors such information regarding the Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing. In addition, each selling Holder agrees to promptly furnish additional information required under Item 507 of Regulation S-K. So long as any Holder fails to furnish such information in a reasonably timely manner after receiving the request, the Company and the Guarantors shall (i) have no obligation under this Agreement to provide for the disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in the Shelf Registration Statement in respect to which such information was requested, (ii) not be required to provide for the disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in any post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or any future Shelf Registration Statement that is not otherwise

 

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required to be filed and (iii) not be required to pay any Additional Amounts as provided in Section 2(d) hereof. Each Holder including Registrable Securities in a Shelf Registration Statement shall agree to furnish promptly to the Company all information regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by the Holder of such Registrable Securities required under Regulation S-K.

In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company or the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Sections 3(e)(iii) and 3(e)(v) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(i) hereof, and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors (at the Company’s and the Guarantors’ expense) all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. If the Company or any Guarantor shall give any such notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period during which the Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365 day period and any such suspensions may not exceed 45 days for each suspension and there may not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365 day period.

The Holders of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers (the “Underwriters”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities included in such offering subject to GLAI’s approval, which shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed.

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer.

(a) The Staff of the SEC has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer” ), may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the 1933 Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the 1933 Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

 

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Each of the Company and the Guarantors understands that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the 1933 Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the 1933 Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees that the provisions of this Agreement as they relate to a Shelf Registration shall also apply to an Exchange Offer Registration to the extent, and with such reasonable modifications thereto as may be, reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or by one or more Participating Broker Dealers, in each case as provided in clause (ii) below, in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above; provided that:

(i) neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as would otherwise be contemplated by Section 3(i), for a period exceeding 180 days after the Effective Date of the Registration Statement (as such period may be extended pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 3 of this Agreement) and Participating Broker-Dealers shall not be authorized by the Company or any Guarantor to deliver and shall not deliver such Prospectus after such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4; and

(ii) the application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 of this Agreement to an Exchange Offer Registration, to the extent not required by the positions of the Staff of the SEC or the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder, will be in conformity with the reasonable request to the Company and the Guarantors by the Initial Purchasers or with the reasonable request in writing to the Company and the Guarantors by one or more broker-dealers who

 

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certify to the Initial Purchasers and the Company and the Guarantors in writing that they anticipate that they will be Participating Broker-Dealers; and provided further that, in connection with such application of the Shelf Registration procedures set forth in Section 3 to an Exchange Offer Registration, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated (x) to deal only with one entity representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. unless it elects not to act as such representative, (y) to pay the fees and expenses of only one counsel representing the Participating Broker-Dealers, which shall be counsel to the Initial Purchasers unless such counsel elects not to so act and (z) to cause to be delivered only one, if any, “cold comfort” letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the last Exchange Date and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement, if any, effected during the period specified in clause (i) above.

(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, the Guarantors or any Holder with respect to any request that it may make pursuant to Section 4(b) above.

5. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Initial Purchasers, each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, or is under common control with, or is controlled by, any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, from and against all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers, any Holder or any such controlling or affiliated Person in connection with defending or investigating any such action or claim) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities were registered under the 1933 Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the

 

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statements therein in light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission based upon information relating to the Initial Purchasers or any Holder furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing through Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. or any selling Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers, the other selling Holders, and each of their respective directors, officers who sign the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and any other selling Holder within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Guarantors to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, but only with reference to information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company and the Guarantors in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto).

(c) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any Person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above, such Person (the “indemnified party”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “indemnifying party”) in writing and the indemnifying party, upon request of the indemnified party, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party and any others the indemnifying party may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel or (ii) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the

 

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indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for (A) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Initial Purchasers and all Persons, if any, who control any Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, (B) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for the Company and the Guarantors and their respective directors and officers who sign the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of either such Section and (c) the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Holders and all Persons, if any, who control any Holders within the meaning of either such Section, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. In such case involving the Initial Purchasers and Persons who control the Initial Purchasers, such firm shall be designated in writing by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. In such case involving the Holders and such Persons who control Holders, such firm shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders. In all other cases, such firm shall be designated jointly by the Company and the Guarantors. The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent but, if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify the indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (ii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party for such fees and expenses of counsel in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which such indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

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(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this Section 5 is unavailable to an indemnified party or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, then each indemnifying party under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and of the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor, on the one hand, or by the Holders, on the other, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Holder’s respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d) are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of Registrable Securities of such Holder that were registered pursuant to a Registration Statement.

(e) The Company, the Guarantors and each Holder agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, no Holder shall be required to indemnify or contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which Registrable Securities were sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

 

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The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, any Holder or any Person controlling the Initial Purchasers or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company and the Guarantors and their respective officers or directors or any Person controlling the Company or any Guarantor, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

6. Miscellaneous.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, and on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement which is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements.

(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors has obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided, however, that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder.

(c) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and (ii) if to the Company or any Guarantor, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c).

 

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All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

Copies of all such notices, demands, or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities, in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all of the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or any Guarantor with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

(e) During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors will not, and will use its reasonable best efforts to cause its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to not resell any of the Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them, provided, however, that the Company, the Guarantors and any of their affiliates shall be permitted to resell any Securities which are not “restricted securities” as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, in compliance with Regulation S or otherwise in compliance with applicable laws.

(f) Third Party Beneficiary. The Holders shall be third party beneficiaries to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of Holders hereunder.

 

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(g) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(h) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(i) Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstance, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected or impaired thereby.

(j) Obligations of the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that their obligations under this Agreement are joint and several amongst themselves.

(k) Governing Law. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

(l) Consent to Jurisdiction and Service. The Company and each Guarantor has appointed CT Corporation System, 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, New York, 10011, USA as its agent (the “Authorized Agent”) upon whom process may be served in any actions arising out of, based on, or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or brought under U.S. Federal or state securities laws brought in any U.S. Federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York, and each of the Company and each Guarantor expressly consents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in respect of any such action, and waive any other requirements of or objections to personal jurisdiction with respect thereto. Such appointment shall be irrevocable. The Company and each Guarantor represents and warrants that the Authorized Agent has agreed to act as such agent for service of process and agrees to take any and all action, including the

 

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filing of any and all documents and instruments, that may be necessary to continue such appointment in full force and effect as aforesaid. Service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of such service to the Company and each of the Guarantors shall be deemed, in every respect, effective service of process upon the Company and each of the Guarantors.

The Company and each Guarantor irrevocably (i) agrees that any legal suit, action or proceeding against the Company or any Guarantor arising out of, based on, or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may be instituted in any U.S. Federal or state court in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and (ii) waives, to the fullest extent they may effectively do so, any objection which they may have now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such proceeding.

(m) Waiver of Jury Trial. The Company and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives any right to a trial by jury in any action or proceeding to enforce or defend any rights under this Agreement, any supplement, or under any amendment, instrument, document or agreement delivered or which may in the future be delivered in connection herewith or therewith or arising from any relationship existing in connection with any related transaction, and agrees that any such action or proceeding shall be tried before a court and not before a jury.

(n) Judgment Currency. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder into any currency other than U.S. dollars, the parties hereto agree, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures a Holder, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter could purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency in the City of New York on the business day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Guarantors with respect to any sum due from it to any Holder, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency other than U.S. dollars, be discharged only if and to the extent that on the first business day following receipt by such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter of any sum adjudged to be so due in such other currency, such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase U.S. dollars with such other currency. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are less than the sum originally due to such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter hereunder, the Guarantors agree, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Underwriter against such loss. If the U.S. dollars so purchased are greater than the sum originally due to such Holder hereunder, such Holder agrees to pay to the Guarantors an amount equal to the excess of the U.S. dollars so purchased over the sum originally due to such Holder hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

GOL FINANCE
By:    
  Name:   Richard F. Lark Jr.
  Title:   Vice-Presidente Financeiro SAODF
By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   Presidente

 

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.      
By:   /s/ Richard F. Lark Jr.       /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Richard F. Lark Jr.       Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   Vice-Presidente Financeiro SAODF       Presidente

 

GOL TRANSPORTES AÉREOS S.A.
By:   /s/ Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Name:   Constantino de Oliveira Junior
  Title:   Presidente
Witnesses:
By:    
  Name:  
By:    
  Name:  

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
Accepted as of the date hereof
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
By:   /s/ Jeff Preston
  Name:   Jeff Preston
  Title:   Vice President

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  


STATE OF NEW YORK         )
   :ss.   
COUNTY OF NEW YORK       )

On this 22 day of March, 2007, before me, a notary public within and for said country, personally appeared Jeff Preston, to me personally known who being duly sworn, did say that such person is Jeff Preston and authorized signatory of Morgan Stanley, which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

By   /s/ Eliana Londono
(Notary Public)
Name:   Eliana Londono

 

My Commission Expires:    ELIANA LONDONO
(SEAL)    Notary Public, State of New York
   No. 01LO5073565
   Qualified in Queens County
   Commission Expires March 17, 2011


Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:
Accepted as of the date hereof
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
By:   /s/ Alexander B. Severino
  Name:   Alexander B. Severino
  Title:   Managing Director


STATE OF NEW YORK         )
   :ss.   
COUNTY OF NEW YORK       )

On this 21 day of March, 2007, before me, a notary public within and for said country, personally appeared                     , to me personally known who being duly sworn, did say that such person is                      and authorized signatory of                     , which executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledges said instrument to be the free act and deed of said corporation.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and official seal.

 

RONALD M. RUDOLPH    
Notary Public, State of New York     By:   /s/ Ronald M. Rudolph
No. 31-4995464     (Notary Public)
Qualified in New York County     Name:   Ronald M. Rudolph
Commission Expires April 27, 2010       212-723-6752

My Commission Expires:

(SEAL)

EX-4.3 6 dex43.htm FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE Form of Global Note

Exhibit 4.3

FORM OF GLOBAL NOTE

[FACE OF NOTE]

UNLESS THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK LIMITED PURPOSE TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY NAMED HEREIN (THE “COMPANY”) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE IN WHOLE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY AND TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE IN PART SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE AND REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

 

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GOL FINANCE

UP TO U.S.$225,000,000

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

GLOBAL NOTE

Representing up to U.S.$225,000,000

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

No. _______________

 

CUSIP No. 38045U AC4    Principal Amount
ISIN No. US38045UAC45    Up to U.S.$225,000,000

GOL FINANCE, an exempted company incorporated with limited liability in the Cayman Islands (the “Company”, which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, U.S.$ 225,000,000, upon presentment and surrender of this Note on April 3, 2017 or on such date or dates as the then relevant principal sum may become payable in accordance with the provisions hereof and in the Indenture.

Interest on the outstanding principal amount shall be borne at the rate of 7.50% per annum payable semi-annually in arrears on each April 3 and October 3 (each such date an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on October 3, 2007, all subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Indenture; provided, however, that in the event that the Company shall at any time default on the payment of interest or such other amounts as any may be payable in respect of the Notes, the Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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Unless the certificate of authentication herein has been executed by the Trustee or Authenticating Agent by the manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

Dated:              , 2007

 

GOL FINANCE
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Witnesses:
By:    
  Name:  
By:    
  Name:

 

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Notes referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK as Trustee
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 of the Company. The Notes constitute unsecured unsubordinated obligations of the Company, initially in an aggregate principal amount of up to U.S.$225,000,000.

1. Indenture.

The Notes are, and shall be, issued under an Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, The Bank of New York, as trustee (the “Trustee”), Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying agent (the “Principal Paying Agent”) (collectively, the “Agents” and each individually an “Agent”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Holders of the Notes shall be entitled to the benefit of, be bound by and be deemed to have notice of, all provisions of the Indenture. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all supplemental indentures thereto for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee, each Agent and the Holders of the Notes and the terms upon which the Notes, are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. Copies of the Indenture and each Global Note shall be available for inspection at the offices of the Trustee and each Paying Agent.

The Company may from time to time, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, create and issue Additional Notes having the same terms and conditions as the Notes in all respects, except for issue date, issue price and the first payment of interest thereon. Additional Notes issued in this manner shall be consolidated with and shall form a single series with the previously outstanding Notes. Unless the context otherwise requires, for all purposes of the Indenture and this Note, references to the Notes include any Additional Notes actually issued.

The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the creation of Liens by the Company or its Subsidiaries, and consolidation, merger and certain other transactions involving the Company. In addition, the Indenture requires the maintenance of insurance for the Company and its Subsidiaries, the maintenance of the existence of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the payment of certain taxes and claims and reporting requirements applicable to the Company.

The Note is one of the Exchange Notes referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include the Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date, any Additional Notes issued in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Indenture and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes or Additional Notes pursuant to the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated March 22, 2007. The Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes are treated as a single class of securities under the Indenture.

 

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2. Principal.

The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on April 3, 2017.

3. Interest.

The Notes bear interest at the rate per annum shown above from March 22, 2007, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 3 and October 3 of each year (each such date, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing on October 3, 2007. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal or installments of interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate borne by the Notes plus 1% per annum.

4. Method of Payment.

Payments of interest in respect of each Note shall be made on each Interest Payment Date by the Paying Agents to the Persons shown on the Register at the close of business on the March 19 and September 19, as the case may be (each, a “Record Date”), immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Payments in respect of each Note shall be made by U.S. Dollar check drawn on a bank in The City of New York and may be mailed to the Holder of such Note at its address appearing in the Register. Upon written application by the Holder to the specified office of any Paying Agent not less than 15 days before the due date for any payment in respect of a Note, such payment may be made by wire transfer to a U.S. Dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in The City of New York. Payment of principal in respect of each Note shall be made on any Payment Date for such principal to the Person shown on the Register at the close of business on the fifteenth day immediately preceding such Payment Date.

All payments on this Note are subject in all cases to any applicable tax or other laws and regulations, but without prejudice to the provisions of Paragraph 6 hereof. Except as provided in Section 2.08 of the Indenture, no fees or expenses shall be charged to the Holders in respect of such payments.

If the Payment Date in respect of any Note is not a business day at the place in which it is presented for payment, the Holder thereof shall not be entitled to payment of the amount due until the next succeeding business day at such place and shall not be entitled to any further interest or other payment in respect of any such delay.

If the amount of principal or interest which is due on the Notes is not paid in full, the Registrar shall annotate the Register with a record of the amount of interest, if any, in fact paid.

5. Registrar, Paying Agent and Transfer Agent.

The Trustee shall act as Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent of the Notes. The Company may appoint and change any Registrar, Paying Agent or Transfer Agent in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. For so long as the Notes are listed on the

 

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Luxembourg Stock Exchange, Euro MTF and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company shall maintain a Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg. The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. shall initially act as Paying Agent and Transfer Agent in Luxembourg.

6. Additional Amounts.

All payments by the Company in respect of the Notes or the Guarantors in respect of the Note Guarantees will be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for, or on account of any present or future taxes, duties, assessments, or other governmental charges of whatever nature imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Cayman Islands or Brazil, or any authority therein or thereof or any other jurisdiction in which the Company or the Guarantors are organized, doing business or otherwise subject to the power to tax (any of the aforementioned being a “Taxing Jurisdiction”), unless the Company or the Guarantors are compelled by law to deduct or withhold such taxes, duties, assessments, or governmental charges. In such event, the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, will make such deduction or withholding, make payment of the amount so withheld to the appropriate governmental authority and pay such additional amounts as may be necessary to ensure that the net amounts receivable by Holders of Notes after such withholding or deduction shall equal the respective amounts of principal and interest which would have been receivable in respect of the Notes in the absence of such withholding or deduction (“Additional Amounts”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such Additional Amounts shall be payable:

(i) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or governmental charges in respect of such Note by reason of the existence of any present or former connection between such Holder (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of such Holder, if such Holder is an estate, a trust, a partnership, or a corporation) and the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, including, without limitation, such Holder (or such fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder) being or having been a citizen or resident thereof or being or having been engaged in a trade or business or present therein or having, or having had, a permanent establishment therein, other than the mere holding of the Note or enforcement of rights under the Indenture and the receipt of payments with respect to the Note;

(ii) in respect of Notes surrendered or presented for payment (if surrender or presentment is required) more than 30 days after the Relevant Date except to the extent that payments under such Note would have been subject to withholdings and the Holder of such Note would have been entitled to such Additional Amounts, on surrender of such Note for payment on the last day of such period of 30 days;

(iii) where such Additional Amount is imposed and is required to be made pursuant to any law implementing or complying with, or introduced in order to conform to, any European Union Directive on the taxation of savings;

(iv) to, or to a third party on behalf of, a Holder who is liable for such taxes, duties, assessments or other governmental charges by reason of such

 

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Holder’s failure to comply with any certification, identification, documentation or other reporting requirement concerning the nationality, residence, identity or connection with the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of such Holder, if (1) compliance is required by law as a precondition to, exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, the tax, assessment or other governmental charge and (2) the Company has given the Holders at least 30 days’ notice that Holders will be required to provide such certification, identification, documentation or other requirement;

(v) in respect of any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, transfer, capital gains, excise or personal property or similar tax, assessment or governmental charge;

(vi) in respect of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge which is payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments of principal of or interest on the Note;

(vii) in respect of any tax imposed on overall net income or any branch profits tax; or

(viii) in respect of any combination of the above.

No Additional Amounts shall be paid with respect to any payment on a Note to a Holder who is a fiduciary, a partnership, a limited liability company or other than the sole beneficial owner of that payment to the extent that payment would be required by the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction to be included in the income, for tax purposes, of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to the fiduciary, a member of that partnership, an interestholder in a limited liability company or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had that beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder.

The Notes are subject in all cases to any tax, fiscal or other law or regulation or administrative or judicial interpretation. Except as specifically provided above, neither the Company nor the Guarantors shall be required to make a payment with respect to any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed by any government or a political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein.

In the event that Additional Amounts actually paid with respect to the Notes are based on rates of deduction or withholding of withholding taxes in excess of the appropriate rate applicable to the Holder of such Notes, and, as a result thereof such Holder is entitled to make claim for a refund or credit of such excess from the authority imposing such withholding tax, then such Holder shall, by accepting such Notes, be deemed to have assigned and transferred all right, title, and interest to any such claim for a refund or credit of such excess to the Company.

Any reference in the Indenture or the Notes to principal, interest or any other amount payable in respect of the Notes by the Company or the Note Guaranty by the Guarantors will be deemed also to refer to any Additional Amount, unless the context requires otherwise, that may be payable with respect to that amount under the obligations referred to in this Paragraph 6.

 

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The foregoing obligation will survive termination or discharge of the Indenture.

7. Open Market Purchases.

The Company or any of its Affiliates may at any time purchase Notes in the open market or otherwise at any agreed upon price. All Notes so purchased may not be reissued or resold, except in compliance with applicable requirements or exemptions under the relevant securities laws.

8. Redemption.

Except as described in Section 3.01 of the Indenture and this Paragraph 8, the Notes may not be redeemed.

(a) The Notes shall be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole or in part, on any Interest Payment Date prior to April 3, 2017, upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice to the Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of:

(1) 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed; and

(2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on such notes (exclusive of interest accrued on the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points;

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the principal amount being redeemed to such Redemption Date.

If as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, or any amendment to or change in an official interpretation, administration or application of such laws, any treaties, rules, or related agreements to which a Taxing Jurisdiction is a party or regulations (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment becomes effective or, in the case of a change in official position, is announced on or after the issue date of the Notes or on or after the date a successor to the Company assumes the obligations under the Notes, (i) the Company or any successor to the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 6 above) or (ii) either of the Guarantors or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts in excess of the Additional Amounts either such Guarantor or any such successor to the Guarantor would be obligated to pay if payments were subject to withholding or deduction at a rate of 15% or at a rate of 25% in the case that the Holder of the Notes is resident in a tax haven jurisdiction for Brazilian tax purposes (i.e., a country that does not impose any income tax or that imposes it at a maximum rate lower than 20% or where the laws impose restrictions on the disclosure of ownership composition or securities ownership) (the “Minimum Withholding Level”), as a result of the taxes, duties, assessments and other governmental charges described above, the Company or any of its successors may, at their option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the Notes, at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the

 

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date fixed for redemption, upon publication of irrevocable notice to Holders not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. No notice of such redemption may be given earlier than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which either (x) the Issuer or successor to the Issuer would, but for such redemption, become obligated to pay any additional amounts, or (y) in the case of payments made under the Guarantees, either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor would, but for such redemption, be obligated to pay the Additional Amounts in excess of the Minimum Withholding Level. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not have the right to so redeem the Notes unless (a) it is obligated to pay Additional Amounts or (b) either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor is obliged to pay Additional Amounts which in the aggregate amount exceed the Additional Amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any successor to the Company shall not have the right to so redeem the Notes unless it has taken reasonable measures to avoid the obligation to pay Additional Amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, reasonable measures do not include changing the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company or any successor to the Company or the jurisdiction of incorporation of a Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor.

In the event that the Company or any successor elects to so redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Indenture, it will deliver to the Trustee: (i) a certificate, signed in the name of the Company by any two of its executive officers or by its attorney-in-fact in accordance with its bylaws, stating that the Company or any successor to the Company is entitled to redeem the Notes pursuant to their terms and setting forth a statement of facts showing that the condition or conditions precedent to the right of the Company or any successor to the Company to so redeem have occurred or been satisfied; and (ii) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (1) the Company or any successor to the Company has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor has or will become obligated to pay Additional Amounts in excess of the Additional Amounts payable at the Minimum Withholding Level, (2) such obligation is the result of a change in or amendment to the laws (or any rules or regulations thereunder) of a Taxing Jurisdiction, as described above, (3) the Company or any successor to the Company, or either Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be cannot avoid payment of such Additional Amounts by taking reasonable measures available to it and (4) that all governmental requirements necessary for the Company to effect the redemption have been complied with.

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of U.S.$2,000 and integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof.

A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee, the Registrar or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture.

The Trustee, the Registrar or Transfer Agent, as the case may be, need not register the transfer or exchange of any Notes selected for redemption or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or before an Interest Payment Date.

 

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10. Persons Deemed Owners.

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner thereof for all purposes.

11. Unclaimed Money.

Subject to applicable law, the Trustee and the Paying Agents shall pay to the Company upon request any monies held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years, and thereafter, Holders entitled to such monies must look to the Company for payment as general creditors.

12. Defeasance.

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Company and the Guarantors at any time may terminate some or all of their obligations under the Notes, the Indenture and the Note Guarantees, as the case may be, if the Company or the Guarantors irrevocably deposit in trust with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for the payment of principal of and interest on all the Notes to Maturity or redemption. At such time, each Guarantor’s obligations under its Note Guaranty will terminate.

13. Amendment; Waiver.

Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented without notice to any Holder but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any past Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. However, subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected thereby, no amendment or waiver may, among other things:

(i) reduce the principal amount of or change the Stated Maturity of any payment on any Note;

(ii) reduce the rate of any interest on any Note;

(iii) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed;

(iv) change the currency for payment of principal of, or interest or any Additional Amounts on, any Note;

(v) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any right to payment on or with respect to any Note;

(vi) waive a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of and interest on the Notes;

 

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(vii) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver;

(viii) make any change to the first paragraph of Section 9.02 of the Indenture;

(ix) modify or change any provision of the Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or any Note Guaranty in a manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; or

(x) make any change in any Note Guaranty that would adversely affect the Noteholders.

provided that the provisions of the covenants described in Section 4.11 of the Indenture may, except as provided above, be amended or waived with the consent of Holders holding not less than 66 2/3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes.

The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may, without the consent of any Holder of the Notes, amend the Indenture or the Notes to:

(i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(ii) to add guarantees or collateral with respect to the Notes;

(iii) to comply with Section 5.01 of the Indenture;

(iv) to provide for any guarantee of the Notes, to secure the Notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any guarantee of the Notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted by the Indenture;

(v) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders;

(vi) to surrender any right herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantors;

(vii) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of an appointment by a successor Trustee;

(viii) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes;

(ix) to make any other change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder or to conform the Indenture to the section “Description of the Exchange Notes” in the prospectus, dated             , 2007, forming a part of the registration statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-             ) filed by the Company with the SEC; or

(x) to comply with any applicable requirements of the SEC, including in connection with an required qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act

 

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provided that, in such case, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers’ Certificate, each stating that such amendment or supplement complies with the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Indenture.

Each Guarantor must consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver.

14. Defaults and Remedies.

An “Event of Default” occurs if:

(i) the Company defaults in any payment of interest (including any Additional Amounts) on any Note when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(ii) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal (including any Additional Amounts) of any Note when the same becomes due and payable upon acceleration or redemption or otherwise;

(iii) the Company or any Guarantor fails to comply with any of its covenants or agreements in the Notes or the Indenture (other than those referred to in (i) and (ii) above), and such failure continues for 60 days after the notice specified below;

(iv) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary defaults under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Debt for money borrowed by the Company, any such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary (or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Company, such Guarantor or any such Significant Subsidiary) whether such Debt or guarantee now exists, or is created after the date of the Indenture, which default (a) is caused by failure to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on such Debt after giving effect to any grace period provided in such Debt on the date of such default (“Payment Default”) or (b) results in the acceleration of such Debt prior to its express maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Debt, together with the principal amount of any other such Debt under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) or more in the aggregate;

(v) one or more final judgments or decrees for the payment of money in excess of U.S.$50,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) in the aggregate are rendered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary and are not paid (whether in full or in installments in accordance with the terms of the judgment) or otherwise discharged and, in the case of each such judgment or decree, either (a) an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree and is not dismissed within 30 days following commencement of such enforcement proceedings or (b) there is a period of 60 days following such judgment during which such judgment or decree is not discharged, waived or the execution thereof stayed;

 

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(vi) an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, síndico, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief is entered against the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary under the bankruptcy laws now or hereafter in effect, and such order is not being contested by the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, in good faith, or has not been dismissed, discharged or otherwise stayed, in each case within 60 days of being made;

(vii) the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary (i) commences a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization, concordata or other relief with respect to itself or its Debts under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, síndico, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the Property of the Company, any Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(viii) any event occurs that under the laws of the Cayman Islands, Brazil or any political subdivision thereof or any other country has substantially the same effect as any of the events referred to in any of clause (vi) or (vii);

(ix) any Note Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect, other than in accordance the terms of the Indenture, or a Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guaranty; or

(x) GLAI ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding share capital of the Company.

A Default under clause (iii) above shall not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes notify the Company and the Guarantors of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified after receipt of such notice.

The Trustee is not to be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default or knowledge of any cure of any Default or Event of Default unless either (i) an attorney, authorized officer or agent of the Trustee with direct responsibility for the Indenture has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (ii) written notice of such Default or Event of Default has been given to the Trustee by the Company or any Holder.

 

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If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clauses (vi), (vii) and (viii) above) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may declare all unpaid principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company, and upon any such declaration such amounts shall become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in clause (vi), (vii) or (viii) above occurs and is continuing, then the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the Trustee in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. Subject to such provision for the indemnification of the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes by written notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind or annul a declaration of acceleration if (i) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts) on Outstanding Notes, all unpaid principal of the Notes that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, interest on such overdue interest (including any Additional Amounts) as provided in the Indenture and all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel and (ii) all Events of Default have been cured or waived except nonpayment of principal that has become due solely because of acceleration.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

15. Trustee Dealings with the Company.

Subject to certain limitations imposed by the Indenture, the Trustee and any Agent or co-registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Agent, or such other agent.

 

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16. Governing Law.

THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

17. No Recourse Against Others.

No director, officer, employee or shareholder, as such, of the Company or the Trustee shall have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or any obligations of the Company or the Trustee under the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

18. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers.

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Company shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture, which includes the form of this Note. Requests may be made to:

Gol Finance

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

04547-006 – São Paulo, SP

Brasil

Attention: Richard F. Lark, Jr.

Facsimile: 55-11-3169-6237

 

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NOTATION OF GUARANTY

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of March 22, 2007 (as amended from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantor, The Bank of New York, as Trustee, Registrar, Transfer Agent and Principal Paying Agent (collectively, the “Agents” and each individually an “Agent”) and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent and Transfer Agent, the full and punctual payment (whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, acceleration, or otherwise) of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, and all other amounts payable under, each Note, and the full and punctual payment of all other amounts payable by the Company under the Indenture. The obligations of each Guarantor to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the guaranty and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the guaranty.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this guaranty to be duly executed.

 

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

as Guarantor

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

GOL TRANSPORTES AÉREOS S.A.

as Guarantor

By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Witnesses:
By:    
  Name:  
By:    
  Name:  

 

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EX-5.1 7 dex51.htm OPINION OF SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP WITH RESPECT TO THE EXCHANGE NOTES Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP with respect to the exchange notes

EXHIBIT 5.1

August 29, 2007

Gol Finance

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

Vila Olímpia

São Paulo, SP 04547-006

Brazil

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

Vila Olímpia

São Paulo, SP 04547-006

Brazil

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel to Gol Finance, a Cayman Islands limited liability company (the “Company”), and Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A, each a sociedade anônima organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (collectively, the “Guarantors”), in connection with the registration statement (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company and the Guarantors on Form F-4 relating to the Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “New Notes”) for any and all of its outstanding 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 (the “Old Notes”). The Old Notes were issued and the New Notes are to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture, dated as of March 22, 2007, among the Company, the Guarantors, The Bank of New York (the “Trustee”) and other parties thereto (the “Indenture”). The Company’s payment obligations under the New Notes will be guaranteed (the “Guarantee”) under the Indenture.

We have reviewed originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

In rendering this opinion, we have assumed:

(a) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with Cayman Islands law;

(b) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Guarantors under Brazilian law;

(c) the legality as a matter of Cayman Islands law of the issuance by the Company of the New Notes;

(d) the legality as a matter of Brazilian law of the issuance by the Guarantors of the Guarantees; and

(e) that each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee has full power, authority and legal right to enter into and perform its obligations under the Indenture.

Based upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

1. The New Notes, when duly authorized, executed, authenticated and delivered in exchange for the Old Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Exchange Offer, will be valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) possible judicial action giving effect to governmental action or foreign laws affecting creditors’ rights and (iii) equitable principles of general applicability, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

2. When the New Notes are duly executed, authenticated and delivered in exchange for the Old Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Exchange Offer, the Guarantees of the Guarantors will be a valid and binding obligation of the Guarantors enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles of equity.


Gol Finance

Page 2

   August 29, 2007

 

We express no opinion with respect to the enforceability of any indemnity against any loss in converting into a specified currency the proceeds or amount of a court judgment in another currency.

We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement relating to the Exchange Offer. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption “Validity of the Exchange Notes” in the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement.

This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent except that The Bank of New York, as Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer, may rely upon this opinion as if it were addressed directly to it.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
EX-5.2 8 dex52.htm OPINION OF MATTOS FILHO, VEIGA FILHO, MARREY JR, E QUIROGA ADVOGADOS Opinion of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr, e Quiroga Advogados

Exhibit 5.2

August 29, 2007

Gol Finance

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

São Paulo, São Paulo

Brazil

 

  Re.: Gol Finance Offer to Exchange US$225,000,000, 7.5% Senior Notes due 2017

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

1. We are qualified to practice law in the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Brazil”) and have acted as Brazilian counsel to Gol Finance (the “Company”), Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GLAI”) and to Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. (“GTA”, and, together with GLAI, the “Guarantors”) in connection with the Company’s offer to exchange up to US$225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of new 7.50% senior notes due 2017 that have been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Exchange Notes”) for any and all unregistered US$225,000,000 7.50% senior notes due 2017 (the “Old Notes” and the “Exchange Offer”). The Exchange Notes will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture dated as of March 22, 2007 among the Company, the Guarantors, The Bank of New York, as trustee and principal paying agent, and The Bank of New York, (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent (the “Indenture” and the “Guarantee”).

 

2. This opinion is being furnished to you pursuant to the Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America (“SEC”) on August 29, 2007 in connection with the Exchange Offer (the “Registration Statement”).

 

3. Unless otherwise defined, terms and expressions used herein have the same meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

4. For the purposes of giving this opinion we have examined and/or relied upon originals or copies, certified or otherwise authenticated to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purpose of rendering this opinion.

 

São Paulo

Brasilia

Rio de Janeiro

Salvador

    

São Paulo

Av. Paulista, 1499 20º andar

01311-928 São Paulo SP Brasil

Tel (55 11) 3147 7600 Fax (55 11) 3147 7770

  

Rio de Janeiro

Av. Presidente Wilson, 231 / Salões 403/404 Centro

20030-021 Rio de Janeiro RJ Brasil

Tel (55 21) 3231-8200 Fax (55 21) 2262-6675

     www.mattosfilho.com.br   


5. As to matters of fact, we have relied on documents, oral and/or written information and/or certificates provided to us by the Guarantors’ officers, acting on behalf of the Guarantors. We did not conduct any investigation of the laws of any jurisdiction outside Brazil. This opinion is given solely in respect of the laws of Brazil as of the date hereof, and not in respect of any other law. In particular, we did not make independent investigations of the laws of the Cayman Islands, those of the State of New York or those of Luxembourg. In relation to any matters in connection with the law of the Cayman Islands, we understand that you are relying on the opinion of Maples and Calder, acting as Cayman Islands counsel for the Company, dated as of the date hereof and delivered pursuant to the Registration Statement. In relation to any matters of United States Federal and New York State laws, we understand that you are relying on the opinion of Shearman & Sterling, acting as United States counsel for the Company and the Guarantors, dated as of the date hereof and delivered pursuant to the Registration Statement.

 

6. In giving this opinion we have made the following assumptions:

 

  (i) all documents submitted to us as facsimile or copy or specimen documents conform to their originals;

 

  (ii) that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic;

 

  (iii) all signatures on any documents submitted to us as originals, certified copies or copies are genuine;

 

  (iv) there is no agreement or arrangement of any of the parties to the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, among the Company, the Guarantors, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., dated as of March 22, 2007 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), the Purchase Agreement, among the Company, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., dated as of March 19, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”), and the Guarantee (the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Purchase Agreement and the Guarantee together, the “Exchange Offer Documents”) which may modify, affect or supersede any of the terms thereof;

 

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  (v) each of the parties to the Exchange Offer Documents, other than the Guarantors, has been duly organized and established and is validly existing as of the date of execution of the such documents;

 

  (vi) the Exchange Offer Documents have been validly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto, other than the Guarantors;

 

  (vii) each of the parties to the Exchange Offer Documents, other than the Guarantors, has all necessary regulatory and other approvals, exemptions, licenses and authorizations to perform its obligations under such Exchange Offer Documents to which it is a party;

 

  (viii) that, except as specifically otherwise mentioned, there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction other than Brazil which has any implication in relation to the opinion expressed herein;

 

  (ix) the Exchange Offer Documents, when validly executed, constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the parties thereto, other than the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the parties thereto in accordance with their terms; and

 

  (x) the validity and enforceability of the Exchange Offer Documents under the laws of the Cayman Islands, State of New York and, insofar as any obligation incurred under any of the Exchange Offer Documents is to be performed in or is otherwise subject to any other jurisdiction outside Brazil, such performance will not be unlawful under the laws of that jurisdiction.

 

7. Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:

 

  (i) The Exchange Notes, when duly authorized, executed, authenticated and delivered in exchange for the Old Notes in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, will be irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors;

 

  (ii)

Upon due authorization, execution, authentication and delivery of the Exchange Notes, the Guarantee will constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in Brazil in accordance its terms,

 

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except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to limitations on the enforceability of indemnification and contribution provisions that may result from considerations of public policy; and

 

  (iii) The statements in the Prospectus referred to in the Registration Statement under the headings “Exchange Rates”, “Taxation – Material Brazilian Tax Considerations” and “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities - Brazil”, to the extent that they constitute summaries of matters of Brazilian law or regulation, fairly summarize the matters described therein in all material respects.

 

8. This opinion is subject to the following qualifications, explanations and reservations:

 

  (i) Our opinion as regards the binding effect and enforceability of the obligations of the Guarantors under the Guarantee is subject to all limitations arising from bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, and similar laws affecting the creditors’ rights generally. Certain claims, such as claims for salaries, wages, social security, taxes, and other statutorily preferred claims will have preference over any other claims;

 

  (ii) In the event that any special approval and authorization from the Central Bank is required (a) for the Guarantors to make remittances of payments pursuant to (i) the indemnification and contribution provisions contained in Section 8 of the Purchase Agreement and Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement and (ii) the currency indemnification provisions contained in Section 14 of the Purchase Agreement, Section 11.06 of the Indenture and Section 6(n) of the Registration Rights Agreement, or (b) as a result of any change or development in Brazilian regulations or the interpretations thereof, such specific authorizations and approvals may be granted or denied at the sole discretion of the Central Bank. Unless the Guarantors obtain such authorizations and approvals, the Guarantors may not be able, if necessary, to effect remittances abroad to make such payments in foreign currency;

 

  (iii) In case of court proceedings filed against the Guarantors in Brazil, certain court costs and deposits to guarantee judgment might become due and any Brazilian or foreign plaintiff not resident in Brazil or who is abroad during the course of a legal proceeding will be required to make cash deposits as security for process costs and for third party attorney’s fees, should such plaintiff not have any real property in Brazil to assure payment thereof, in accordance with article 835 of the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code, except in case of execution writs or counterclaims as established under Article 836 of the Brazilian Code of Civil Procedure;

 

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  (iv) In order to assure the admission of the Exchange Offer Documents before the public agencies and courts in Brazil: (a) the signatures of the parties thereto and to any other document that may be deemed to be or become a part of such agreement, if executed outside Brazil, shall have been notarized by a local public notary and the signature of such notary shall have been authenticated by the Brazilian consulate having jurisdiction over the place of execution, (b) the document shall have been translated into Portuguese by a sworn translator (and all Brazilian court proceedings shall be based on such translation), and (c) the document shall have been registered with the appropriate registry of deeds and documents upon its due execution and delivery in accordance with the procedures above;

 

  (v) Any judgment obtained or enforced against the Guarantors in a Brazilian court of law by a non-Brazilian resident in respect of any sum payable by the Guarantors under any of the Exchange Offer Documents will be expressed in Brazilian currency, equivalent to the applicable amount of United States dollars converted at the commercial exchange rate of the date on which such judgment is obtained;

 

  (vi) The principles of Brazilian law that govern the invalidity of the acts and obligations are considered principles of public order and cannot be altered or waived by the parties thereto. Under Brazilian law, a guarantee is considered an accessory obligation to the underlying obligation and the Brazilian Civil Code establishes, in Article 184, that the invalidity of the principal obligation causes the invalidity of the accessory obligation. Therefore, a judgment obtained in a court outside Brazil against a guarantor aiming at the enforcement of a guarantee in respect of obligations declared void in a court of law may not be confirmed by the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil;

 

  (vii) The appointment of CT Corporation Systems as the Authorized Agent by the Guarantors, upon which process may be served in any suit, action or proceeding before any Federal or State court in the City of New York, is valid through March 16, 2008 with respect to the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement. The appointment of the Authorized Agent by the Guarantors must be formally and expressly extended in accordance with the provisions of their respective Estatuto Sociais in order for it to remain valid beyond the initial appointment term;

 

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  (viii) Under Brazilian law, a person may not waive or relinquish its right to submit a claim to the courts or be deprived of its property without due process; therefore, any waivers by the Guarantors with respect to its respective rights and any waivers to assert a claim may not be enforced by a Brazilian court of law;

 

  (ix) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of the provisions of (i) Section 8 of the Purchase Agreement and Section 5 of the Registration Rights Agreement, providing for indemnification and contribution by the parties to losses, damages and liabilities incurred by other parties thereto; and (ii) Section 14 of the Purchase Agreement, Section 11.06 of the Indenture and Section 6(n) of the Registration Rights Agreement, providing for indemnification by any party thereto for currency variation and/or exchange rate losses incurred as a result of a court award or judgment expressed and paid in a currency other than United States Dollars;

 

  (x) Notwithstanding the fact that the Purchase Agreement is governed by New York State law, such law will only be recognized and enforced in Brazil if not against Brazilian national sovereignty, public policy or morality. Except as otherwise disclosed in this opinion, we have no reason to believe that the obligations of the Guarantors provided for in the Purchase Agreement would be against Brazilian national sovereignty, public policy or morality; and

 

  (xi) In the event that any suit is brought against the Guarantors, service of process upon the Guarantors, if made in Brazil (including, but not limited to, by means of registered or certified mail, postage prepaid), must be effected in accordance with Brazilian law.

We are qualified to practice law in the Federative Republic of Brazil only and therefore the opinion expressed in this letter is limited to questions arising under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil. Therefore, this opinion does not cover any questions arising under or relating to any laws other than the laws of Brazil as in effect at the date of this opinion and we have assumed that there is nothing in any other law that affects our opinion.

 

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This opinion is dated as of today and we expressly disclaim any responsibility to advise with respect to any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact which may occur after the date of this opinion, even though such development, circumstance or change may affect the legal analysis, legal conclusion or any other matter set forth in or relating to this opinion. Accordingly, you should seek advice of your counsel as to the adequate application of this opinion at such time.

This opinion is limited to the matters expressly stated herein and does not extend to, and is not to be read as extended by implication to, any other matters in connection with the Exchange Offer Documents or the transactions or documents referred to therein.

In rendering the opinion set forth herein, we note that any conclusion on any particular issue is not a guaranty or prediction of what a court would hold but, rather, sets forth our conclusions as to what would or should be the proper result for a court to reach in a properly presented and decided case in which the facts and assumptions relied on herein are established.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the captions “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities – Brazil” and “Validity of the Exchange Notes” in the Prospectus contained in such Registration Statement.

This opinion is given solely for the purposes of the Exchange Offer and for the information of the addressee and its legal advisors. This opinion may not be relied upon for any other purpose or by any other person, whether natural person, legal entity or government body, nor may it be used for any purpose other than as stated herein, or quoted or referred to in any public document, or in any other way made public, without our prior written consent.

This opinion will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Brazil in effect on the date hereof.

 

Sincerely yours,
/s/ Daniel C. Miranda
MATTOS FILHO, VEIGA FILHO, MARREY JR.
E QUIROGA ADVOGADOS

 

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EX-5.3 9 dex53.htm OPINION OF MAPLES AND CALDER WITH RESPECT TO EXCHANGE NOTES Opinion of Maples and Calder with respect to exchange notes

Exhibit 5.3

Our ref FAC/618305/12270521v4

Your ref

 

to the Addressees named in the Schedule

   Direct: 1 345 814 5402

Cell: 1 345 516 5402
E-mail:federico.candiolo@maplesandcalder.com

29 August 2007

Dear Sirs

Gol Finance

We have acted as counsel as to Cayman Islands law to Gol Finance (the “Company”) in connection with the offer to exchange, and related issue of, US$225,000,000 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 that are to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for any and all of its unregistered US$225,000,000 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017. This opinion is being furnished to you in relation to the Registration Statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on 29 August 2007.

 

1 DOCUMENTS REVIEWED

We have reviewed originals, copies, drafts or conformed copies of the following documents:

 

1.1 the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company as registered or adopted on 16 March 2006;

 

1.2 the minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of the Company held on 29 March 2006, 16 March 2007 and 20 August 2007 and the corporate records of the Company maintained at its registered office in the Cayman Islands;

 

1.3 a Certificate of Good Standing issued by the Registrar of Companies (the “Certificate of Good Standing”);

 

1.4 a certificate from a Director of the Company a copy of which is annexed hereto (the “Director’s Certificate”);

 

1.5 the Indenture dated as of 22 March 2007 among the Company, the Guarantors named therein; The Bank of New York, as trustee, transfer agent, registrar and principal paying agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg paying agent and transfer agent (the “Indenture”);


1.6 The Registration Rights Agreement dated as of 22 March 2007 among the Company, the Guarantors named therein and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.;

 

1.7 The Notes to be issued by the Company in accordance with the Indenture (the “Notes”);

 

1.8 The Preliminary Offering Memorandum dated 8 March 2007, the Final Offering Memorandum dated 19 March 2007, and the Prospectus constituting part of the Registration Statement relating to the Offer to Exchange US$225,000,000 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for any and all of the Company’s unregistered US$225,000,000 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017, each with respect to the issue by the Company of the Notes (collectively, the “Offering Memoranda”).

The documents referred to in paragraphs 1.5 to 1.6 (inclusive) above are collectively referred to as the “Transaction Documents”.

 

2 ASSUMPTIONS

The following opinion is given only as to, and based on, circumstances and matters of fact existing and known to us on the date of this opinion. This opinion only relates to the laws of the Cayman Islands which are in force on the date of this opinion. In giving this opinion we have relied (without further verification) upon the completeness and accuracy of the Director’s Certificate and the Certificate of Good Standing. We have also relied upon the following assumptions, which we have not independently verified:

 

2.1 the Transaction Documents and the Notes have been or will be authorised and duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of all relevant parties (other than the Company as a matter of Cayman Islands law) in accordance with all relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands);

 

2.2 the Transaction Documents and the Notes are, or will be, legal, valid, binding and enforceable against all relevant parties in accordance with their terms under New York law and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands);

 

2.3 the choice of New York law as the governing law of the Transaction Documents and the Notes has been made in good faith and would be regarded as a valid and binding selection which will be upheld by the courts of New York as a matter of New York law and all other relevant laws (other than the laws of the Cayman Islands);

 

2.4 copy documents, conformed copies or drafts of documents provided to us are true and complete copies of, or in the final forms of, the originals;

 

2.5 all signatures, initials and seals are genuine;

 

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2.6 no circumstance has arisen since the execution thereof such as for example by way of termination, breach, frustration, subsequent illegality (other than under Cayman Islands law) or otherwise which has affected the legal validity or enforceability of the Indenture or any other Transaction Documents and the Notes under any applicable laws;

 

2.7 the power, authority and legal right of all parties under all relevant laws and regulations (other than, with respect to the Company, the laws of the Cayman Islands) to enter into, execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under the Transaction Documents and the Notes;

 

2.8 the Notes will be issued and authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;

 

2.9 there is nothing under any law (other than the law of the Cayman Islands) which would or might affect the opinions hereinafter appearing. Specifically, we have made no independent investigation of the laws of New York; and

 

2.10 the Company is not a sovereign entity of any state and is not a subsidiary, direct or indirect, of any sovereign entity or state.

 

3 OPINIONS

Based upon, and subject to, the foregoing assumptions and the qualifications set out below, and having regard to such legal considerations as we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that:

 

3.1 The Company has been duly incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

3.2 The Company has full power and authority under its Memorandum and Articles of Association to enter into, execute and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, the Notes and to issue the Notes.

 

3.3 The issue of the Notes and the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the performance by the Company of its obligations thereunder does not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company or any law, public rule or regulation applicable to the Company in the Cayman Islands currently in force.

 

3.4 The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents has been authorised by and on behalf of the Company and the Transaction Documents have been duly executed by a director on behalf of the Company and, assuming the Transaction Documents have been delivered by a director acting for and on behalf of the Company, the Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

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3.5 The Notes have been duly authorised by the Company and when the Notes are signed in facsimile or manually by a Director on behalf of the Company and, if appropriate, authenticated in the manner set forth in the Indenture and delivered against due payment therefor the Notes will be duly executed, issued and delivered and will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms.

 

3.6 No authorisations, consents, approvals, licenses, validations or exemptions are required by law from any governmental authorities or agencies or other official bodies in the Cayman Islands in connection with:

 

  3.6.1  the execution, creation or delivery (and offering or issue, where applicable) of the Transaction Documents or the Notes by the Company;

 

  3.6.2  the enforcement of the Transaction Documents or the Notes against the Company, subject always to the payment of the appropriate stamp duty; or

 

  3.6.3  the performance by the Company of its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents or the Notes.

 

3.7 No taxes, fees or charges (other than stamp duty) are payable (either by direct assessment or withholding) to the government or other taxing authority in the Cayman Islands under the laws of the Cayman Islands in respect of:

 

  3.7.1  the creation, issue, delivery or transfer of the Notes;

 

  3.7.2  the execution or delivery of the Transaction Documents;

 

  3.7.3  the enforcement of the Transaction Documents; or

 

  3.7.4  payments made under, or pursuant to, the Transaction Documents.

The Cayman Islands currently have no form of income, corporate or capital gains tax and no estate duty, inheritance tax or gift tax.

 

3.8 The courts of the Cayman Islands will observe and give effect to the choice of New York law as the governing law of the Transaction Documents.

 

3.9 Based solely on our inspection on 28 August 2007 of the Register of Writs and Other Originating process in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands from the date of incorporation of the Company there were no actions or petitions pending against the Company in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

 

3.10 Although there is no statutory enforcement in the Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in New York, the courts of the Cayman Islands will recognise a foreign judgment as the basis for a claim at common law in the Cayman Islands provided such judgment:

 

  3.10.1  is given by a competent foreign court;

 

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  3.10.2  imposes on the judgment debtor a liability to pay a liquidated sum for which the judgment has been given;

 

  3.10.3  is final;

 

  3.10.4  is not in respect of taxes, a fine or a penalty; and

 

  3.10.5  was not obtained in a manner and is not of a kind the enforcement of which is contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands.

 

3.11 It is not necessary to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or admissibility in evidence of the Transaction Documents or the Notes that any document be filed, recorded or enrolled with any governmental authority or agency or any official body in the Cayman Islands.

 

3.12 The statements made in the Offering Memoranda under the heading “Taxation - Material Cayman Islands Tax Considerations” and “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities – Cayman Islands” are accurate in so far as such statements are summaries of Cayman Islands law.

 

3.13 None of the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Company) and no holder of a Note or holder of a beneficial interest in a Note is or will be deemed to be resident, domiciled or carrying on business in the Cayman Islands solely by reason of entering into the Transaction Documents or the holding of a Note or a beneficial interest therein.

 

3.14 The Transaction Documents are in such legal form that they may be enforced under the laws of the Cayman Islands (subject to the payment of appropriate stamp duty).

 

3.15 The submission by the Company in certain of the Transaction Documents to the non-exclusive jurisdiction (as applicable) of (i) courts (including federal courts) located in the State of New York or (ii) the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or of any New York State court (in either case sitting in Manhattan, New York City) and any court located in the relevant parties’ own corporate domicile, is valid and binding upon the Company. The Company’s consent to service of process as set forth in certain of the Transaction Documents is, assuming that the same is true as a matter of the governing law of the relevant Transaction Document and as a matter of the law applicable in the place where the court to which the relevant parties so submit is situated, valid and binding upon the Company.

 

3.16 The Company is not entitled to any immunity under the laws of the Cayman Islands whether characterised as sovereign immunity or otherwise for any legal proceedings in the Cayman Islands to enforce or to collect upon the Transaction Documents or the Notes (including, without limitation, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction prior to entry of judgment or from attachment in aid of execution upon a judgment in respect of itself or its property).

 

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3.17 None of the parties to the Transaction Documents, no holder of a Note is required to be licensed, qualified or otherwise entitled to carry on business in the Cayman Islands in order to enforce their rights under, or by reason of the execution or delivery and performance of, any of the Transaction Documents to which they are, respectively, a party or the Notes.

 

3.18 There is no applicable money or interest limitation law in the Cayman Islands which may restrict the recovery of any amount expressed to be payable under or in connection with the Transaction Documents or the Notes.

 

3.19 Other than as described in the Offering Memoranda, under the current laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands, all payments of principal, premium (if any) and interest on the Notes may be paid by the Company to the registered holder thereof in United States Dollars and all such payments made to holders of the Notes will not be subject to Cayman Islands income, withholding tax or other taxes, duty, withholding, or deduction under the laws and regulations of the Cayman Islands and without the necessity of obtaining any governmental authorisation in the Cayman Islands.

 

4 QUALIFICATIONS

The opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

4.1 The term “enforceable” as used above means that the obligations assumed by the Company under the Transaction Documents and the Notes are of a type which the courts of the Cayman Islands will enforce. It does not mean that those obligations will necessarily be enforced in all circumstances in accordance with their terms. In particular:

 

  4.1.1  enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation, readjustment of debts or moratorium or other laws of general application relating to or affecting the rights of creditors;

 

  4.1.2  enforcement may be limited by general principles of equity. For example, equitable remedies such as specific performance may not be available, inter alia, where damages are considered to be an adequate remedy;

 

  4.1.3  some claims may become barred under the statutes of limitation or may be or become subject to defences of set off, counterclaim, estoppel and similar defences;

 

  4.1.4  where obligations are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside the Cayman Islands, they may not be enforceable in the Cayman Islands to the extent that performance would be illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction;

 

  4.1.5

 the courts of the Cayman Islands have jurisdiction to give judgment in the currency of the relevant obligation and statutory rates of interest payable upon judgments will vary according to the currency of the judgment. If the Company becomes insolvent and is made subject to a liquidation proceeding, the courts of the Cayman Islands will require

 

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all debts to be proved in a common currency, which is likely to be the “functional currency” of the Company determined in accordance with applicable accounting principles. Currency indemnity provisions have not been tested, so far as we are aware, in the courts of the Cayman Islands;

 

  4.1.6  obligations to make payments that may be regarded as penalties will not be enforceable;

 

  4.1.7  the courts of the Cayman Islands may decline to exercise jurisdiction in relation to substantive proceedings brought under or in relation to the Transaction Documents or the Notes in matters where they determine that such proceedings may be tried in a more appropriate forum; and

 

  4.1.8  a company cannot, by agreement or in its articles of association, restrict the exercise of a statutory power and there exists doubt as to enforceability of any provision in the Transaction Documents or the Notes whereby the Company covenants not to exercise powers specifically given to its shareholders by the Companies Law (2007 Revision) of the Cayman Islands, including, without limitation, the power to increase its authorised share capital, amend its memorandum and articles of association, or present a petition to a Cayman Islands court for an order to wind up the Company.

 

4.2 Cayman Islands stamp duty may be payable if the original Transaction Documents or the Notes are brought to or executed in the Cayman Islands.

 

4.3 To maintain the Company in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands, annual filing fees must be paid and returns made to the Registrar of Companies.

 

4.4 The Company must make an entry in its Register of Mortgages and Charges in respect of all mortgages and charges created under the Transaction Documents in order to comply with section 54 of the Companies Law (2007 Revision) of the Cayman Islands; failure by the Company to comply with this requirement does not operate to invalidate any mortgage or charge though it may be in the interests of the secured parties that the Company should comply with the statutory requirements.

 

4.5 The obligations of the Company may be subject to restrictions pursuant to United Nations sanctions as implemented under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

4.6 A certificate, determination, calculation or designation of any party to the Transaction Documents or the Notes as to any matter provided therein might be held by a Cayman Islands court not to be conclusive final and binding if, for example, it could be shown to have an unreasonable or arbitrary basis, or in the event of manifest error.

 

4.7 In principle the courts of the Cayman Islands will award costs and disbursements in litigation in accordance with the relevant contractual provisions but there remains some uncertainty as to the way in which the rules of the Grand Court will be applied in practice. Whilst it is clear that costs incurred prior to judgment can be recovered in accordance with the contract, it is likely that post-judgment costs (to the extent recoverable at all) will be subject to taxation in accordance with Grand Court Rules Order 62.

 

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4.8 We reserve our opinion as to the extent to which the courts of the Cayman Islands would, in the event of any relevant illegality, sever the offending provisions and enforce the remainder of the transaction of which such provisions form a part, notwithstanding any express provisions in this regard.

 

4.9 We note that it is contemplated that certain of the Transaction Documents will be dated “as of” a certain date. Whilst parties to an agreement may agree as a matter of contract, inter se, that the rights and obligations therein contained should, in so far as the same may be possible, take effect from a date prior to the date of execution and delivery, if as a matter of fact that agreement was executed and delivered after the date “as of” which it is expressed to be executed and delivered, the agreement only comes into effect on the actual date of execution and delivery and, with respect to third parties, the agreement in so far as the rights of third parties may be available thereunder, take effect only from the actual date of execution and delivery.

 

4.10 We make no comment with regard to the references to foreign statutes in the Transaction Documents and the Notes.

 

4.11 We express no view as to the commercial terms of the Transaction Documents or whether such terms represent the intentions of the parties and make no comment with regard to the representations that may be made by the Company.

This opinion may be relied upon by the addressees only and may not be relied upon by any other person except with our prior written consent save that we hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us made under the captions “Enforcement of Civil Liabilities - Cayman Islands” and “Validity of the Exchange Notes” contained in the Prospectus in such Registration Statement. By giving our consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Yours faithfully
/S/ MAPLES AND CALDER
MAPLES and CALDER

 

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SCHEDULE

List of Addressees

Gol Finance

Ugland House

309GT

South Church Street

George Town

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated

1585 Broadway

New York, NY 10036

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

390 Greenwich Street, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10013

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

04547-006 São Paulo, SP

Brazil

Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

04547-006 São Paulo, SP

Brazil

The Bank of New York

Corporate Trust Administration – Global Finance Unit

101 Barclay Street, Floor 21 West

New York, NY 10286

USA


Gol Finance

PO Box 309GT, Ugland House

South Church Street, George Town

Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

20 August 2007

 

To: Maples and Calder

PO Box 309GT

Ugland House

South Church Street

George Town

Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

Dear Sirs

Gol Finance (the “Company”)

I, being a director of the Company, am aware that you are being asked to provide a legal opinion (the “Opinion”) in relation to certain aspects of Cayman Islands law. Capitalised terms used in this certificate have the meaning given to them in the Opinion. I hereby certify that:

 

1 The Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company as adopted or registered on 16 March 2006 remain in full force and effect and are unamended.

 

2 The Company has not entered into any mortgages or charges over its property or assets other than those entered in the register of mortgages and charges, or contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

3 The minutes of the meetings of the board of directors held on 29 March 2006, 16 March 2007 and 20 August 2007 (the “Meetings”) at which the Transaction Documents were approved are a true and correct record of the proceedings of the Meetings, which were duly convened and held, and at which quora were present throughout and at which each director disclosed his interest (if any), in the manner prescribed in the Articles of Association.

 

4 The shareholders of the Company have not restricted or limited the powers of the directors in any way. There is no contractual or other prohibition (other than as arising under Cayman Islands law) binding on the Company prohibiting it from entering into and performing its obligations under the Transaction Documents.

 

5 The resolutions set forth in the minutes of the Meetings were duly adopted, are in full force and effect at the date hereof and have not been amended, varied or revoked in any respect.


6 The directors of the Company at the date of the Meetings and at the date hereof were and are as follows:

Constantino de Oliveira Júnior

Richard Lark

 

7 The minute book and corporate records of the Company as maintained at its registered office in the Cayman Islands and made available to you are complete and accurate in all material respects, and all minutes and resolutions filed therein represent a complete and accurate record of all meetings of the shareholders and directors (or any committee thereof) (duly convened in accordance with the Articles of Association) and all resolutions passed at the meetings, or passed by written consent as the case may be.

 

8 Prior to, at the time of, and immediately following execution of the Transaction Documents the Company was able to pay its debts as they fell due and entered into the Transaction Documents for proper value and not with an intention to defraud or hinder its creditors or by way of fraudulent preference.

 

9 Each director considers the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents to be of commercial benefit to the Company and has acted bona fide in the best interests of the Company, and for a proper purpose of the Company, in relation to the transactions the subject of the Opinion.

 

10 To the best of my knowledge and belief, having made due inquiry, the Company is not the subject of legal, arbitral, administrative or other proceedings in any jurisdiction. Nor have the directors or shareholders taken any steps to have the Company struck off or placed in liquidation, nor have any steps been taken to wind up the Company. Nor has any receiver been appointed over any of the Company’s property or assets.

 

11 The Company is not a central bank, monetary authority or other sovereign entity of any state.

 

12 The Company has no employees.

I confirm that you may continue to rely on this Certificate as being true and correct on the day that you issue the Opinion unless I shall have previously notified you personally to the contrary.

 

Signature:   /s/ CONSTANTINO DE OLIVEIRA JÚNIOR
  Director
Signature:   /s/ RICHARD F. LARK, JR.
  Director
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Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

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04547-006 São Paulo, São Paulo

Federative Republic of Brazil

Gol Finance

PO Box 309GT

Ugland House, South Church Street

George Town, Grand Cayman

Cayman Islands

Registration Statement on Form F-4

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as special United States federal income tax counsel to GOL Finance, an exempted limited liability company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“Finance”), and Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., a sociedade anônima organized under the laws of the Federative Republic of Brazil (“Company”), in connection with the preparation and filing by Finance and the Company of a registration statement on Form F-4, (the “Registration Statement”) that will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on August 29, 2007 in respect of the exchange by Finance of unregistered notes for exchange notes.

We hereby confirm that the discussion under the caption “Taxation—Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations” in the Registration Statement, insofar as such discussion represents legal conclusions or statements of United States federal income tax law, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth therein, constitutes our opinion as to the material United States federal income tax considerations relevant to the exchange offer, and ownership and disposition of the notes by “U.S. Holders” (as such term is defined in such discussion in the Registration Statement).

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

 

Very truly yours,
/s/ SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP

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EX-12 11 dex12.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHANGES Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Changes

Exhibit 12

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED ASSETS

 

     Dec 2002    Dec 2003    Dec 2004    Dec 2005    Dec 2006   

Six-months

ended on
June 2007

Earnings:

                 

Income before income taxes

   52,999    264,135    587,280    717,522    798,962    111,247

Total Fixed Charges less capitalized interest

   33,025    44,525    37,748    45,500    95,412    90,516
                             

Earnings Before Fixed Charges

   86,024    308,660    625,028    763,022    894,374    201,763
                             

Fixed Charges:

                 

Interest expensed, net of capitalized interest

   16,530    20,910    13,445    19,383    66,378    68,015

Capitalized interest

         3,216    17,113    16,733    8,706

Amortized premiums, discounts and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness

   —      —      —      —      886    1,871

Interest within rental expense

   16,495    23,615    24,303    26,117    28,148    20,630
                             

Total Fixed Charges

   33,025    44,525    40,964    62,613    112,145    99,222
                             

Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

   2.60    6.93    15.26    12.19    7.98    2.03
                             
EX-15 12 dex15.htm LETTER REGARDING UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFORMATION Letter regarding unaudited Condensed Consolidated interim financial information

Exhibit 15

August 29, 2007

 

The Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

We are aware of the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form F-4 filed as of today) and related Prospectus of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. for the registration of US$225,000,000 of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 of our reports dated April 19, 2007 and August 6, 2007 relating to the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. that are included in its report of foreign private issuer on Forms 6-K for the quarters ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007.

 

 

Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
By:   /S/ MARIA HELENA PETTERSSON
   
 

Maria Helena Pettersson

Partner

EX-21 13 dex21.htm LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES List of subsidiaries

Exhibit 21

List of Subsidiaries - Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

 

Name

  

Jurisdiction of Incorporation

Gol Finance Cayman

   Cayman Islands, BWI

Gol Finance

   Cayman Islands, BWI

Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

   Brazil

GTI S.A.

   Brazil

VRG Linhas Aéreas

   Brazil
EX-23.1 14 dex231.htm CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG AUDITORES INDEPENDENTES S.S. Consent of Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.,

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption “Experts” in the Registration Statement (Form F-4 filed as of today) and related Prospectus of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. for the registration of US$225,000,000 of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated January 29, 2007, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and management’s assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., included in its Annual Report (Form 20-F) for the year ended December 31, 2006, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

 

Ernst & Young Auditores Independentes S.S.
By:   /S/ MARIA HELENA PETTERSSON
   
 

Maria Helena Pettersson

Partner

Sao Paulo, Brazil

August 29, 2007

EX-25 15 dex25.htm STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE ON FROM T-1 Statement of Eligibility of the Bank of New York as Trustee on from T-1

Exhibit 25

 


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM T-1

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY

UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A

CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE

ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO

SECTION 305(b)(2)  ¨

 


THE BANK OF NEW YORK

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

New York   13-5160382

(State of incorporation

if not a U.S. national bank)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

One Wall Street, New York, N.Y.   10286
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 


GOL FINANCE

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Cayman Islands   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

Vila Olímpia

São Paulo, São Paulo

Federative Republic of Brazil

  04547-006
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Federative Republic of Brazil   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)


Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

Vila Olímpia

São Paulo, São Paulo

Federative Republic of Brazil

  04547-006
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

GOL TRANSPORTES AÉREOS S.A.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Federative Republic of Brazil   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

Rua Gomes de Carvalho 1629

Vila Olímpia

São Paulo, São Paulo

Federative Republic of Brazil

  04547-006
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 


7.50% Senior Notes

due 2017

(Title of the indenture securities)

 


 

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1. General information. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee:

 

  (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

  

Address

Superintendent of Banks of the State of New York    One State Street, New York, N.Y. 10004-1417, and Albany, N.Y. 12223
Federal Reserve Bank of New York    33 Liberty Street, New York, N.Y. 10045
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation    Washington, D.C. 20429
New York Clearing House Association    New York, New York 10005

 

  (b) Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

Yes.

 

2. Affiliations with Obligor.

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

None.

 

16. List of Exhibits.

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

  1. A copy of the Organization Certificate of The Bank of New York (formerly Irving Trust Company) as now in effect, which contains the authority to commence business and a grant of powers to exercise corporate trust powers. (Exhibit 1 to Amendment No. 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-6215, Exhibits 1a and 1b to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-21672, Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 33-29637 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

 

  4. A copy of the existing By-laws of the Trustee. (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121195.)

 

  6. The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-106702.)

 

  7. A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in The City of New York, and State of New York, on the 16th day of August, 2007.

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK
By:   /s/ Marcia Nascimento
  Marcia Nascimento
  Assistant Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT 7

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK

of One Wall Street, New York, N.Y. 10286

And Foreign and Domestic Subsidiaries,

a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business March 31, 2007, published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Reserve Act.

 

     Dollar Amounts
In Thousands

ASSETS

  

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

  

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

   1,859,000

Interest-bearing balances

   12,315,000

Securities:

  

Held-to-maturity securities

   1,572,000

Available-for-sale securities

   20,948,000

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

  

Federal funds sold in domestic offices

   491,000

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

   153,000

Loans and lease financing receivables:

  

Loans and leases held for sale

   0

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

   31,479,000

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

   289,000

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

   31,190,000

Trading assets

   3,171,000

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

   844,000

Other real estate owned

   2,000

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

   340,000

Not applicable

  

Intangible assets:

  

Goodwill

   2,714,000

Other intangible assets

   966,000

Other assets

   7,043,000
    

Total assets

   83,608,000
    


LIABILITIES

  

Deposits:

  

In domestic offices

   26,775,000

Noninterest-bearing

   16,797,000

Interest-bearing

   9,978,000

In foreign offices, Edge and Agreement subsidiaries, and IBFs

   33,309,000

Noninterest-bearing

   702,000

Interest-bearing

   32,607,000

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

  

Federal funds purchased in domestic

offices

   712,000

Securities sold under agreements to

repurchase

   129,000

Trading liabilities

   2,321,000

Other borrowed money: (includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

   3,621,000

Not applicable

  

Not applicable

  

Subordinated notes and debentures

   2,255,000

Other liabilities

   5,933,000
    

Total liabilities

   75,055,000
    

Minority interest in consolidated subsidiaries

   161,000

EQUITY CAPITAL

  

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

   0

Common stock

   1,135,000

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

   2,143,000

Retained earnings

   5,430,000

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   -316,000

Other equity capital components

   0

Total equity capital

   8,392,000
    

Total liabilities, minority interest, and equity capital

   83,608,000
    


I, Thomas P. Gibbons, Chief Financial Officer of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Report of Condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

 
Thomas P. Gibbons,
Chief Financial Officer

We, the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of this statement of resources and liabilities. We declare that it has been examined by us, and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions and is true and correct.

 

Thomas A. Renyi

Gerald L. Hassell

Catherine A. Rein

   Directors

 


 


EX-99.1 16 dex991.htm FORM OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Form of Letter of Transmittal

Exhibit 99.1

GOL FINANCE

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL FOR THE

OFFER TO EXCHANGE

7.50% Senior Notes due 2017

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for any and all

unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017

 


Unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal

and interest by Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

(Gol Finance is a wholly owned subsidiary of

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.)

 


Pursuant to the Prospectus dated             , 2007

 


THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON             , 2007 UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY GOL FINANCE IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION.

Deliver To:

Exchange Agent:

The Bank of New York

101 Barclay Street-7 East

New York, New York 10286

Attention : Corporate Trust Operations, Reorganization Unit

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone: (212) 815-5920

Delivery of this letter of transmittal to an address, or transmission via telegram, telex or facsimile, other than to the exchange agent as set forth above, will not constitute a valid delivery. The method of delivery of all documents, including certificates, is at the risk of the holder. Instead of delivery by mail, we recommend that holders use an overnight or hand delivery service. If delivery is by mail, we recommend the use of registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured. You should read the instructions accompanying this letter of transmittal carefully before you complete this letter of transmittal.

The undersigned acknowledges that he or she has received the prospectus dated                     , 2007 of Gol Finance and Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GLAI”) and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. (collectively, the “Guarantors”) and this letter of transmittal and the instructions hereto, which together constitute Gol Finance’s offer to exchange 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 that are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for any and all outstanding, unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 issued on March 22, 2007, pursuant to a registration statement of which the prospectus is a part. The outstanding, unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 have CUSIP Nos. 38045U AB6 and G3980P AB1 and ISIN Nos. US38045UAB61 and USG3980PAB16, for the Restricted Global Note and Regulation S Global Note, respectively. Gol Finance is a wholly owned subsidiary of GLAI.


The term “Expiration Date” shall mean 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on                     , 2007, unless Gol Finance, in its sole discretion, extends the exchange offer, in which case the term shall mean the latest date and time to which the exchange offer is extended. Whenever we refer to the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017 registered under the Securities Act, we will refer to them as the “exchange notes.” Whenever we refer to the unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes due 2017, we will refer to them as the “unregistered notes.” All other terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given to them in the prospectus.

This letter of transmittal is to be used if (1) certificates representing unregistered notes are to be physically delivered to the exchange agent by Holders (as defined below), (2) tender of the unregistered notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the exchange agent’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedures set forth in the prospectus under “The Exchange Offer —Procedures for Tendering” by any financial institution that is a participant in DTC and whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the unregistered notes or (3) tender of the unregistered notes is to be made by Holders according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.” Delivery of this letter of transmittal and any other required documents must be made to the exchange agent. Delivery of documents to DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking does not constitute delivery to the exchange agent.

The term “Holder” with respect to the exchange offer means any person in whose name unregistered notes are registered on Gol Finance’s agent’s books or any other person who has obtained a properly completed bond power from the registered holder, or any person whose unregistered notes are held of record by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking who desires to deliver such unregistered notes by book-entry transfer at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be.

Any Holder of unregistered notes who wishes to tender his, her or its unregistered notes must, prior to the Expiration Date, either: (a) complete, sign and deliver this letter of transmittal, or a facsimile thereof, to the exchange agent in person or to the address or facsimile number set forth above and tender (and not withdraw) his, her or its unregistered notes, or (b) if a tender of unregistered notes is to be made by book-entry transfer to the account maintained by the exchange agent at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, confirm such book-entry transfer, including the delivery of an agent’s message (a “Book-Entry Confirmation”), in each case in accordance with the procedures for tendering described in the instructions to this letter of transmittal.

Holders of unregistered notes whose certificates are not immediately available or who are unable to deliver their certificates or Book-Entry Confirmation and all other documents required by this letter of transmittal to be delivered to the exchange agent on or prior to the Expiration Date must tender their unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures” in the prospectus. (See Instruction 1 and 2.)

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offer, the acceptance for exchange of the unregistered notes validly tendered and not withdrawn and the issuance of the exchange notes will be made promptly following the Expiration Date. For the purposes of the exchange offer, Gol Finance shall be deemed to have accepted for exchange validly tendered unregistered notes when, as and if Gol Finance has given written notice thereof to the exchange agent.

The undersigned has completed, executed and delivered this letter of transmittal or delivered a Book-Entry Confirmation to indicate the action the undersigned desires to take with respect to the exchange offer.

Please read this entire letter of transmittal and the prospectus carefully before checking any box below. The instructions included in this letter of transmittal must be followed. Questions and requests for assistance or for additional copies of the prospectus, this letter of transmittal and the notice of guaranteed delivery may be directed to the exchange agent. See Instruction 11.

Holders who wish to accept the exchange offer and tender their unregistered notes must complete this letter of transmittal in its entirety and comply with all of its terms or deliver a Book-Entry Confirmation.

 

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Please list below the unregistered notes to which this letter of transmittal relates. If the space provided below is inadequate, the certificate numbers and principal amounts should be listed on a separate signed schedule, attached hereto. The minimum permitted tender is $2,000 in principal amount. All other tenders in excess thereof must be in integral multiples of $1,000.

DESCRIPTION OF UNREGISTERED NOTES

 

Name(s) and Address(es)

of Holder(s)

(please fill in, if blank)

   Type of Security
Tendered
  

Certificate
Number(s)*

(attach signed list,
if necessary)

  

Aggregate Principal

Amount Tendered**

        
        
        
        

Total principal amount of unregistered securities tendered:

 

* Need not be completed by Holders tendering by book-entry transfer.

 

** Unless otherwise indicated, the Holder will be deemed to have tendered the full aggregate principal amount represented by such unregistered notes.

 

¨    Check here if tendered unregistered notes are being delivered by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking to the exchange agent’s account at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking and complete the following:
   Name of tendering institution: ______________________________________________________________
   DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking book-entry account: ______________________________________
   Transaction code no.: ______________________________________________________________________

Holders who wish to tender their unregistered notes and (i) whose unregistered notes are not immediately available, (ii) who cannot deliver their unregistered notes, the letter of transmittal or any other required documents to the exchange agent prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, may effect a tender according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.”

 

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¨    Check here if tendered unregistered notes are being delivered pursuant to a notice of guaranteed delivery previously delivered to the exchange agent and complete the following:
   Name(s) of holder(s) of unregistered notes: ________________________________________________
   Window ticket no. (if any): _____________________________________________________________
   Date of execution of notice of guaranteed delivery: __________________________________________
   Name of eligible institution that guaranteed delivery: _________________________________________
   DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking book-entry account: ___________________________________
   If delivered by book-entry transfer:
  

Name of tendering institution: _________________________________________________________

¨    Check here if tendered notes are enclosed herein.
   DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking book-entry account: _____________________________________
  

Transaction code no.: _________________________________________________________________

¨    Check here if you are a broker-dealer and wish to receive 10 additional copies of the prospectus and 10 copies of any amendments or supplements thereto.
   Name: ___________________________________________________________________________________
   Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Subject to the terms and conditions of the exchange offer, the undersigned hereby tenders to Gol Finance the principal amount of unregistered notes indicated above. Subject to and effective upon the acceptance for exchange of the principal amount of unregistered notes tendered hereby in accordance with this letter of transmittal and the accompanying instructions, the undersigned sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, Gol Finance all right, title and interest in and to the unregistered notes tendered hereby. The undersigned hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the exchange agent its agent and attorney-in-fact (with full knowledge that the exchange agent also acts as agent of Gol Finance and the Guarantors and as trustee under the indenture for the unregistered notes and the exchange notes) with respect to the tendered unregistered notes with full power of substitution to (i) deliver certificates for such unregistered notes to Gol Finance, or transfer ownership of such unregistered notes on the account books maintained by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, together, in any such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to, or upon the order of, Gol Finance and (ii) present such unregistered notes for transfer on the books of Gol Finance and receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such unregistered notes, all in accordance with the terms of the exchange offer. The power of attorney granted in this paragraph shall be deemed irrevocable and coupled with an interest.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that he or she has full power and authority to tender, exchange, sell, assign and transfer the unregistered notes tendered hereby and to acquire the exchange notes issuable upon the exchange of the unregistered notes, and that Gol Finance will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claim, when the same are acquired by Gol Finance. The undersigned also acknowledges that this exchange offer is being made in reliance upon an interpretation by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission that the exchange notes issued in exchange for the unregistered notes pursuant to the exchange offer may be offered for sale, resold and otherwise transferred by holders thereof (other than a broker-dealer who purchased such unregistered notes directly from Gol Finance for resale pursuant to Rule 144A, Regulation S or any other available exemption under the Securities Act or a holder that is an “affiliate” of Gol Finance or the Guarantors as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that such exchange notes are acquired by a non-affiliate in the ordinary course of such holder’s business and such holders are not participating, and have no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such exchange notes.

The undersigned Holder represents and warrants that

 

  (a) the exchange notes acquired pursuant to the exchange offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving the exchange notes, whether or not the person is the Holder,

 

  (b) neither the undersigned Holder nor any other recipient of the exchange notes (if different than the Holder) is engaged in, intends to engage in, or has any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution of the unregistered notes or exchange notes,

 

  (c) neither the undersigned Holder nor any other recipient is an “affiliate” of Gol Finance or the Guarantors as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act or, if the Holder or such recipient is an affiliate, that the Holder or such recipient will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable,

 

  (d) if the undersigned is a broker-dealer, it has not entered into any arrangement or understanding with Gol Finance or the Guarantors or any “affiliate” of Gol Finance or the Guarantors as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act to distribute the exchange notes,

 

  (e) if the undersigned is a broker-dealer, the undersigned further represents and warrants that, if it will receive exchange notes for its own account in exchange for unregistered notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, the undersigned will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act (for which purposes, the delivery of the prospectus, as the same may be hereafter supplemented or amended, shall be sufficient) in connection with any resale of exchange notes received in the exchange offer, and

 

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  (f) the undersigned Holder is not acting on behalf of any person or entity that could not truthfully make these representations.

By acknowledging that you, as such a broker-dealer, will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of exchange notes, you will not be deemed to admit that you are an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the exchange agent or Gol Finance to be necessary or desirable to complete the exchange, assignment and transfer of the unregistered notes tendered hereby or transfer of ownership of such unregistered notes on the account books maintained by a book-entry transfer facility.

The undersigned understands and agrees that Gol Finance reserves the right not to accept tendered unregistered notes from any tendering Holder if Gol Finance or the Guarantors determine, each in its sole and absolute discretion, that its ability to proceed with the exchange offer would be impaired by a pending or threatened action or proceeding with respect to the exchange offer or that such acceptance could result in a violation of applicable securities laws.

For purposes of the exchange offer, Gol Finance shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered unregistered notes when, as and if Gol Finance has given written notice thereof to the exchange agent. If any tendered unregistered notes are not accepted for exchange pursuant to the exchange offer for any reason, such unaccepted or non-exchanged unregistered notes will be returned to the address shown below or to a different address as may be indicated herein under “Special Delivery Instructions,” without expense to the tendering Holder thereof, (or, in the case of tender by book-entry transfer into the exchange agent’s account at the book-entry transfer facility pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described in the prospectus under the “The Exchange Offer—Book-Entry Transfer,” such non-exchanged notes will be credited to an account maintained with such book-entry transfer facility) as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the exchange offer.

The undersigned understands and acknowledges that Gol Finance reserves the right in its sole discretion to purchase or make offers for any unregistered notes that remain outstanding subsequent to the Expiration Date or, as set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Expiration Date; Extensions; Amendment; Termination,” to terminate the exchange offer and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, purchase unregistered notes in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The terms of any such purchases or offers could differ from the terms of the exchange offer.

The undersigned understands that tenders of unregistered notes pursuant to the procedures described under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering” in the prospectus and in the instructions hereto will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and Gol Finance upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the exchange offer. The undersigned also agrees that acceptance of any tendered unregistered notes by Gol Finance and the issuance of exchange notes in exchange therefor shall constitute performance in full by Gol Finance and the Guarantors of their respective obligations under the exchange offer and the registration rights agreement, dated as of March 22, 2007, and that, upon the issuance of the exchange notes, Gol Finance and the Guarantors will have no further obligations or liabilities thereunder (except in certain limited circumstances).

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred by this letter of transmittal shall survive the death, incapacity or dissolution of the undersigned and every obligation under this letter of transmittal shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns. This tender may be withdrawn only in accordance with the procedures set forth in the prospectus and in this letter of transmittal.

By acceptance of the exchange offer, each broker-dealer that receives exchange notes pursuant to the exchange offer hereby acknowledges and agrees that, upon the receipt of notice by Gol Finance of the happening of any event that makes any statement in the prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (which notice Gol Finance agrees to deliver promptly to such broker-dealer), such broker-dealer will suspend use of the prospectus until Gol Finance has amended or supplemented the prospectus to correct such misstatement or omission and has furnished copies of the amended or supplemented prospectus to such broker-dealer.

Unless otherwise indicated under “Special Registration Instructions,” please issue the certificates representing the exchange notes issued in exchange for the unregistered notes accepted for exchange and return any

 

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unregistered notes not tendered or not exchanged, in the name(s) of the undersigned (or in either such event in the case of unregistered notes tendered by DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, by credit to the respective account at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking). Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please send the certificates representing the exchange notes issued in exchange for the unregistered notes accepted for exchange and return any unregistered notes not tendered or not exchanged (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the undersigned at the address shown below the undersigned’s signatures, unless, in either event, tender is being made through DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking. In the event that both “Special Registration Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” are completed, please issue the certificates representing the exchange notes issued in exchange for the unregistered notes accepted for exchange and return any unregistered notes not tendered or not exchanged in the name(s) of, and send said certificates to, the person(s) so indicated. The undersigned recognizes that Gol Finance has no obligations pursuant to the “Special Registration Instructions” and “Special Delivery Instructions” to transfer any unregistered notes from the name of the registered holder(s) thereof if Gol Finance does not accept for exchange any of the unregistered notes so tendered.

Holders who wish to tender the unregistered notes and (1) whose unregistered notes are not immediately available or (2) who cannot deliver their unregistered notes, this letter of transmittal or any other documents required hereby to the exchange agent prior to the expiration date may tender their unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.” (See Instruction 2.)

 

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PLEASE SIGN HERE WHETHER OR NOT TENDER IS TO BE MADE PURSUANT TO THE

GUARANTEED DELIVERY PROCEDURES.

(To be completed by all tendering Holders of unregistered notes regardless

of whether unregistered notes are being physically delivered herewith)

This letter of transmittal must be signed by the registered Holder(s) of unregistered notes exactly as its (their) name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) of unregistered notes or, if tendered by a participant in DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, exactly as such participant’s name appears on its security position listing it as the owner of unregistered notes, or by the person(s) authorized to become the registered Holder(s) by endorsements and documents transmitted with this letter of transmittal. If the unregistered notes to which this letter of transmittal relates are held of record by two or more joint Holders, then all such Holders must sign this letter of transmittal. If signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, then such person must set forth his or her full title below under “Capacity” and submit evidence satisfactory to Gol Finance of such person’s authority to so act. (See Instruction 6.) If the signature appearing below is not that of the registered Holder(s) of the unregistered notes, then the registered Holder(s) must sign a valid proxy.

 

      Date:    
      Date:    
Signature(s) of Holder(s) or Authorized Signatory      
Name(s): ________________________________________     Address:    

________________________________________________

         
(please print)       (including zip code)
Capacity(ies):_____________________________________     Area code and telephone no.: ________________________
Employer Identification or Social Security Number(s):      
       

[Complete Substitute Form W-9 below.]

SIGNATURE GUARANTEE

(See Instruction 1 herein)

Certain signatures must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Name of Eligible Institution guaranteeing signatures)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of firm)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Authorized signatures)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Printed names)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

(Titles)

Date:

 

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SPECIAL REGISTRATION

INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instruction 7 herein)

To be completed ONLY if certificates for unregistered notes in a principal amount not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be issued in the name of, or the exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer are to be issued to the order of, someone other than the person or persons whose signature(s) appear(s) within this letter of transmittal or issued to an address different from that shown in the box entitled “Description of Unregistered Notes” within this letter of transmittal, or if exchange notes tendered by book-entry transfer that are not accepted for purchase are to be credited to an account maintained at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking other than the account indicated above.

 

Name:    
  (please print)
Address:    
  (please print)
     
  (zip code)
     
Employer Identification or Social Security Number (See Substitute Form W-9 herein)

SPECIAL DELIVERY

INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instruction 7 herein)

To be completed ONLY if certificates for unregistered notes in a principal amount not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be sent to, or the exchange notes issued pursuant to the exchange offer are to be sent to someone other than, the person or persons whose signature(s) appear(s) within this letter of transmittal, or to an address different from that shown in the box entitled “Description of Unregistered Notes” within this letter of transmittal, or to be credited to an account maintained at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking other than the account indicated above.

 

Name:    
  (please print)
Address:    
  (please print)
 
  (zip code)
 
Employer Identification or Social Security Number (See Substitute Form W-9 herein)

 

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INSTRUCTIONS

Forming part of the terms and conditions

of the exchange offer

1. Guarantee of Signatures. Signatures on this letter of transmittal (or copy hereof) or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange or of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States or an “eligible guarantor institution” within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act (an “Eligible Institution”) unless the unregistered notes tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered Holder (including any participant in DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of unregistered notes) who has not completed the box set forth herein entitled “Special Registration Instructions” or “Special Delivery Instructions” of this letter of transmittal or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution.

2. Delivery of this Letter of Transmittal and Unregistered Notes. Certificates for the physically tendered unregistered notes (or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer to the exchange agent at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking of all unregistered notes tendered electronically), as well as, in the case of physical delivery of unregistered notes, a properly completed and duly executed copy of this letter of transmittal or facsimile hereof and any other documents required by this letter of transmittal must be received by the exchange agent at its address set forth herein prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. The method of delivery of the tendered unregistered notes, this letter of transmittal and all other required documents, or book-entry transfer and transmission of an Agent’s Message by a DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking participant, to the exchange agent are at the election and risk of the Holder and, except as otherwise provided below, the delivery will be deemed made only when actually received by the exchange agent. Instead of delivery by mail, it is recommended that the Holder use an overnight or hand delivery service. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure timely delivery. No letter of transmittal or unregistered notes should be sent to Gol Finance, DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking.

The exchange agent will make a request to establish an account with respect to the unregistered notes at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking for purposes of the exchange offer promptly after receipt of the prospectus, and any financial institution that is a participant in DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking may make book-entry delivery of unregistered notes by causing DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, to transfer such unregistered notes into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, in accordance with the relevant entity’s procedures for transfer. However, although delivery of unregistered notes may be effected through book-entry transfer at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the next paragraph) in connection with a book-entry transfer and any other required documents must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by the exchange agent at the address specified on the cover page of the letter of transmittal on or prior to the Expiration Date or the guaranteed delivery procedures described below must be complied with.

A Holder may tender unregistered notes that are held through DTC by transmitting its acceptance through DTC’s Automatic Tender Offer Program, for which the transaction will be eligible, and DTC will then edit and verify the acceptance and send an Agent’s Message to the exchange agent for its acceptance. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the exchange agent and forming part of the Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from each participant in DTC tendering the unregistered notes and that such participant has received the letter of transmittal and agrees to be bound by the terms of the letter of transmittal and Gol Finance may enforce such agreement against such participant. Delivery of an Agent’s Message will also constitute an acknowledgment from the tendering DTC participant that the representations and warranties set forth on pages 5 and 6 of this letter of transmittal are true and correct.

Holders of unregistered notes held through Euroclear or Clearstream Banking are required to use book-entry transfer pursuant to the standard operating procedures of Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, to accept the exchange offer and to tender their unregistered notes. A computer-generated message must be transmitted to Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, in lieu of a letter of transmittal, in order to tender the unregistered notes in the exchange offer.

Holders who wish to tender their unregistered notes and (i) whose unregistered notes are not immediately available or (ii) who cannot deliver their unregistered notes, this letter of transmittal or any other documents

 

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required hereby to the exchange agent prior to the Expiration Date, or who cannot complete the procedure for book-entry transfer on a timely basis must tender their unregistered notes and follow the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the prospectus. Pursuant to such procedures: (i) such tender must be made by or through an Eligible Institution (as defined above) or pursuant to the DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking standard operating procedures; (ii) prior to the Expiration Date, the exchange agent must have received from the Eligible Institution a properly completed and duly executed notice of guaranteed delivery (by facsimile transmission, mail or hand delivery) setting forth the name and address of the Holder of the unregistered notes, the certificate number or numbers of such unregistered notes and the principal amount of unregistered notes tendered, stating that the tender is being made thereby and guaranteeing that within three (3) business days after the Expiration Date, this letter of transmittal (or copy thereof) together with the certificate(s) representing the unregistered notes (or a confirmation of electronic mail delivery or book-entry delivery into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking) and any of the required documents will be deposited by the Eligible Institution with the exchange agent and (iii) such properly completed and executed letter of transmittal (or copy thereof), as well as all other documents required by this letter of transmittal and the certificate(s) representing all tendered unregistered notes in proper form for transfer or a confirmation of electronic mail delivery or book-entry delivery into the exchange agent’s account at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, must be received by the exchange agent within three (3) business days after the Expiration Date, all as provided in the prospectus under the caption “The Exchange Offer—Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.” Any Holder of unregistered notes who wishes to tender his unregistered notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described above must ensure that the exchange agent receives the notice of guaranteed delivery prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Expiration Date. Upon written request to the exchange agent, a notice of guaranteed delivery will be sent to Holders who wish to tender their unregistered notes according to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth above.

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance and withdrawal of tendered unregistered notes or this letter of transmittal will be determined by Gol Finance in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. All tendering Holders, by execution of this letter of transmittal (or copy hereof), shall waive any right to receive notice of the acceptance of the unregistered notes for exchange. Gol Finance reserves the absolute right to reject any and all unregistered notes or letter of transmittal not properly tendered or any tenders Gol Finance’s acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for Gol Finance, be unlawful. Gol Finance also reserves the absolute right to waive any defects, irregularities or conditions of tender as to particular unregistered notes. Gol Finance’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the exchange offer (including the instructions in this letter of transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of unregistered notes must be cured within such time as Gol Finance shall determine. Although Gol Finance intends to notify Holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of unregistered notes, none of Gol Finance, the exchange agent or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of unregistered notes, nor shall any of them incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of unregistered notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any unregistered notes received by the exchange agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the exchange agent to the tendering Holders of unregistered notes, unless otherwise provided in this letter of transmittal, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date.

3. Inadequate Space. If the space provided is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or the number of the unregistered notes should be listed on a separate signed schedule attached hereto.

4. Tender by Holder. Except in limited circumstances, only a registered Holder of unregistered notes or a Euroclear, Clearstream Banking, or DTC participant listed on a securities position listing furnished by Euroclear, Clearstream Banking, or DTC with respect to the unregistered notes may tender its unregistered notes in the exchange offer. Any beneficial owner of unregistered notes who is not the registered Holder and is not a Euroclear, Clearstream Banking, or DTC participant and who wishes to tender should arrange with such registered holder to execute and deliver this letter of transmittal on such beneficial owner’s behalf or must, prior to completing and executing this letter of transmittal and delivering his, her or its unregistered notes, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the unregistered notes in such beneficial owner’s name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder or properly endorsed certificates representing such unregistered notes.

5. Partial Tenders; Withdrawals. Tenders of unregistered notes will be accepted only in a minimum amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. If less than the entire principal amount of any unregistered notes is tendered, the tendering Holder should fill in the principal amount tendered in the fourth column

 

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of the chart entitled “Description of Unregistered Notes.” The entire principal amount of unregistered notes delivered to the exchange agent will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. If the entire principal amount of all unregistered notes is not tendered, unregistered notes for the principal amount of unregistered notes not tendered and a certificate or certificates representing exchange notes issued in exchange of any unregistered notes accepted will be sent to the Holder at his or her registered address, unless a different address is provided in the appropriate box on this letter of transmittal or unless tender is made through DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking promptly after the unregistered notes are accepted for exchange.

Except as otherwise provided herein, tenders of unregistered notes may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. To withdraw a tender of unregistered notes in the exchange offer, a written or facsimile transmission notice of withdrawal must be received by the exchange agent at its address set forth herein prior to the Expiration Date. Any such notice of withdrawal must (1) specify the name of the person having deposited the unregistered notes to be withdrawn (the “Depositor”), (2) identify the unregistered notes to be withdrawn (including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of such unregistered notes, or, in the case of unregistered notes transferred by book-entry transfer, the name and number of the account at Euroclear, Clearstream Banking, or DTC to be credited), (3) be signed by the Depositor in the same manner as the original signature on the letter of transmittal by which such unregistered notes were tendered (including any required signature guarantees) or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the registrar with respect to the unregistered notes register the transfer of such unregistered notes into the name of the person withdrawing the tender and (4) specify the name in which any such unregistered notes are to be registered, if different from that of the Depositor. All questions as to the validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of such notices will be determined by Gol Finance, whose determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any unregistered notes so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for purposes of the exchange offer and no exchange notes will be issued with respect thereto unless the unregistered notes so withdrawn are validly re-tendered. Any unregistered notes which have been tendered but which are not accepted for exchange by Gol Finance will be returned to the Holder thereof without cost to such Holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender or termination of the exchange offer. Properly withdrawn unregistered notes may be re-tendered by following one of the procedures described in the prospectus under “The Exchange Offer—Procedures for Tendering” at any time prior to the Expiration Date.

6. Signatures on the Letter of Transmittal; Bond Powers and Endorsements. If this letter of transmittal (or a copy hereof) is signed by the registered Holder(s) of the unregistered notes tendered hereby, the signature must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the unregistered notes without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

If any of the unregistered notes tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this letter of transmittal.

If a number of unregistered notes registered in different names are tendered, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many copies of this letter of transmittal as there are different registrations of unregistered notes.

If this letter of transmittal (or a copy hereof) is signed by the registered Holder(s) (which term, for the purposes described herein, shall include a book-entry transfer facility whose name appears on the security listing as the owner of the unregistered notes) of unregistered notes tendered and the certificate(s) for exchange notes issued in exchange therefor is to be issued (or any untendered principal amount of unregistered notes is to be reissued) to the registered Holder, such Holder need not and should not endorse any tendered unregistered senior note, nor provide a separate bond power. In any other case, such Holder must either properly endorse the unregistered notes tendered or transmit a properly completed separate bond power with this letter of transmittal, with the signatures on the endorsement or bond power guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

If this letter of transmittal (or a copy hereof) is signed by a person other than the registered Holder(s) of unregistered notes listed therein, such unregistered notes must be endorsed or accompanied by properly completed bond powers which authorize such person to tender the unregistered notes on behalf of the registered Holder, in either case signed as the name of the registered Holder or Holders appears on the unregistered notes.

If this letter of transmittal (or a copy hereof) or any unregistered notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, or officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by Gol Finance, evidence satisfactory to Gol Finance of their authority to so act must be submitted with this letter of transmittal.

 

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Endorsements on unregistered notes or signatures on bond powers required by this Instruction 6 must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

7. Special Registration and Delivery Instructions. Tendering Holders should indicate, in the applicable spaces, the name and address to which exchange notes or substitute unregistered notes for principal amounts not tendered or not accepted for exchange are to be issued or sent, if different from the name and address of the person signing this letter of transmittal (or in the case of tender of the unregistered notes through DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, if different from the account maintained at DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking indicated above). In the case of issuance in a different name, the taxpayer identification or social security number of the person named must also be indicated.

8. Transfer Taxes. Gol Finance will pay all transfer taxes, if any, applicable to the exchange of unregistered notes pursuant to the exchange offer. If, however, certificates representing exchange notes or unregistered notes for principal amounts not tendered or accepted for exchange are to be delivered to, or are to be registered or issued in the name of, any person other than the registered Holder of the unregistered notes tendered hereby, or if tendered unregistered notes are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this letter of transmittal, or if a transfer tax is imposed for any reason other than the exchange of unregistered notes pursuant to the exchange offer, then the amount of any such transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered Holder or any other person) will be payable by the tendering Holder. If satisfactory evidence of payment of such taxes or exemption therefrom is not submitted with this letter of transmittal, the amount of such transfer taxes will be billed directly to such tendering Holder.

9. Waiver of Conditions. Gol Finance reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend, waive or modify specified conditions in the exchange offer in the case of any unregistered notes tendered.

10. Mutilated, Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Unregistered Notes. Any tendering Holder whose unregistered notes have been mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed should contact The Bank of New York as trustee for the unregistered notes at the following address: 101 Barclay Street, 4 East, New York, New York 10286, Attention: Corporate Trust Department.

11. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies. Questions and requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of the prospectus or this letter of transmittal may be directed to the exchange agent at the address specified in the prospectus. Holders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the exchange offer.

 

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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

A tendering Holder of the unregistered notes who is a U.S. person (“U.S. Holder”) is generally required to give the exchange agent such U.S. Holder’s social security number or employer identification number (“TIN”) or otherwise establish a basis for exemption from backup withholding. If the unregistered notes are in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual beneficial owner, consult the enclosed Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9 for additional guidance on which number to report.

Certain tendering Holders (including, among others, corporations and certain non-U.S. persons (“Non-U.S. Persons”)) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. Exempt Holders should indicate their exempt status on Substitute Form W-9. A Non-U.S. Person may qualify as an exempt recipient by submitting to the exchange agent a properly completed Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that Holder’s exempt status. A Form W-8BEN, certificate of Foreign Status of beneficial owner for United States tax withholding can be obtained from the exchange agent or from the Internal Revenue Service at http://www.irs.gov. See the enclosed “Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9” for additional instructions.

A U.S. Holder shall write “applied for” in the box in Part 1 of the form if the tendering U.S. Holder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future. If “applied for” is written in the box in Part 1 and the exchange agent is not provided with a TIN within 60 days thereafter, the exchange agent will withhold 28% on all payments under the notes until a TIN is provided to the exchange agent.

 

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TO BE COMPLETED BY ALL TENDERING HOLDERS

PAYER’S NAME: GOL FINANCE

Name: ___________________________________________________________________

Business Name: ____________________________________________________________

Address: __________________________________________________________________

City, State, Zip Code: ________________________________________________________

Please check the appropriate box:

¨ Individual/Sole proprietor

¨ Corporation

¨ Partnership

¨ Other

For payees exempt from backup withholding, see the enclosed Guidelines Certification for Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

 

SUBSTITUTE

Form W-9

  

Part 1 — PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.

 

For further instructions, see the enclosed Guidelines Certification for Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form W-9.

  

________________________

Social Security Number(s)

or

 

________________________

Employer Identification

Number(s)

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

 

Payer’s Request for Taxpayer

Identification Number (“TIN”)

  

Part 2 — Certification — Under Penalties of Perjury, I certify that:

 

(1)    The number shown on this form is my correct Taxpayer Identification Number (“TIN”) (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and

 

(2)    I am NOT subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

 

(3)    I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).

  

Part 3

 

¨        Check if Awaiting TIN

SIGN HERE   

Certification Instructions — You must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because of underreporting interest or dividends on your tax return.

 

SIGNATURE: ____________________ DATE: ________________

 

Name: _________________________

                    (Please Print)

 

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28 PERCENT OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU UNDER THE NOTES AND A U.S.$50 PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE IRS. PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

 

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CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER

I certify under penalties of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued to me, and either (a) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue Service Center or Social Security Administration Office or (b) I intend to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number to the exchange agent by the time of payment, the applicable amount of all reportable payments made to me will be withheld and such retained amounts shall be remitted to the IRS as backup withholding.

 

Signature

   __________________________________    Date    _________________________________

Name (Please Print) ________________________________________________________________________________

GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number to Give the Payer. Social security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: i.e. 000-00-0000. Employer identification numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen: i.e. 00-0000000. The table below will help determine the number to give the payer.

 

For this type of account:    Give the SOCIAL SECURITY number of —
1.   An individual’s account    The individual
2.   Two or more individuals (joint account)    The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account (1)
3.   Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)    The minor (2)
4.  

a.      The usual revocable savings trust account (grantor is also trustee)

   The grantor-trustee (1)
 

b.      So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law

   The actual owner (1)
5.   Sole proprietorship account or single-owner LLC    The owner (3)

 

For this type of account:    Give the EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION number of —
6.    Sole proprietorship account or single-owner LLC    The owner (3)
7.    A valid trust, estate, or pension trust    The legal entity (Do not furnish the identifying number of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) (4)
8.    Corporate or single-owner LLC electing corporate status.    The corporation
9.    Association, club, religious, charitable, educational organization or other Tax-Exempt organization    The organization
10.    Partnership or multi-member LLC    The partnership or multi-member LLC
11.    A broker or registered nominee    The broker or nominee
12.    Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a entity (such as a State or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments    The public entity

 

(1) List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has a social security number, that person’s number must be furnished.

 

(2) Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s social security number.

 

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GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

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(3) You must show your individual name, but you may also enter your business or “doing business as” name. You may use either your social security number or employer identification number (if you have one). If you are a sole proprietor, the IRS encourages you to use your social security number.

 

(4) List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust.

 

NOTE: If you are a Non-U.S. Person, exempt from back-up withholding, give the exchange agent a completed Internal Revenue Services Form W-8BEN. If no name is circled when there is more than one name, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.


GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER

IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9

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Obtaining a Number

If you don’t have a taxpayer identification number or you don’t know your number, obtain Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Number Card (for individuals), or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number (for businesses and all other entities), at the local office of the Social Security Administration or the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) and apply for a number.

Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding

Payees exempt from backup withholding on all payments include the following:

 

 

An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of Section 401(f)(2).

 

 

The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

 

 

A state, the District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities.

 

 

A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities.

 

 

An international organization or any of its agencies or instrumentalities.

Other payees that may be exempt from backup withholding include:

 

 

A corporation.

 

 

A foreign central bank of issue.

 

 

A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a possession of the United States.

 

 

A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

 

 

A real estate investment trust.

 

 

An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

 

A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a).

 

 

A financial institution.

 

 

A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian.

 

 

A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947.

Exempt payees described above should file Form W-9 to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding. FILE THIS FORM WITH THE PAYER, FURNISH YOUR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER, WRITE “EXEMPT” ON THE FACE OF THE FORM, SIGN AND DATE THE FORM AND RETURN IT TO THE PAYER. IF YOU ARE A NON-RESIDENT ALIEN OR A FOREIGN ENTITY NOT SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING, FILE WITH PAYER A COMPLETED INTERNAL REVENUE FORM W-8 (CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN STATUS).

Privacy Act Notice. Section 6109 requires most recipients of dividend, interest, or other payments to give taxpayer identification numbers to payers who must report the payments to the IRS. The IRS uses the numbers for identification purposes. Payers must be given the numbers whether or not recipients are required to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 28% of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish a taxpayer identification number to a payer. Certain penalties may also apply.

Penalties

(1) Civil Penalty for False Information with Respect to Withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis which results in no imposition of backup withholding, you are subject to a penalty of $500.

(2) Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR TAX CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE.

 

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(DO NOT WRITE IN SPACE BELOW)

 

Certificate surrendered

  

Unregistered notes tendered

  

Unregistered notes accepted

     
     
     
     
     
     
Delivery Prepared by __________    Checked by __________    Date __________

 

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The exchange agent for the exchange offer is:

The Bank of New York

Corporate Trust Operations

Reorganization Unit

101 Barclay Street-7 East

New York, New York 10286

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

Telephone: (212) 815-5920

Attention: Carolle Montreuil

For any questions regarding this letter of transmittal or for additional information, you may contact the exchange agent by telephone at (212) 815-5920, attention: Carolle Montreuil.

All unregistered notes must be tendered by book-entry transfer in accordance with the standard operating procedures of DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking. Holders who wish to be eligible to receive exchange notes for their unregistered notes pursuant to the exchange offer must validly tender (and not withdraw) their unregistered notes to DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream Banking, as the case may be, prior to the Expiration Date or provide notice of guaranteed delivery to the exchange agent as described herein.

 

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EX-99.2 17 dex992.htm FORM OF NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery

Exhibit 99.2

NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY

Gol Finance

Offer to Exchange its

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for any and all

unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if (i) certificates for the Company’s (as defined below) unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Old Notes”) are not immediately available, (ii) Old Notes and the Letter of Transmittal cannot be delivered to The Bank of New York (the “Exchange Agent”) on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined in the Prospectus referred to below) or (iii) the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile transmission (followed by delivery of original), overnight courier, telex, telegram or mail to the Exchange Agent. See “The Exchange Offer-Guaranteed Delivery Procedures”) in the Prospectus dated             , 2007 (which, together with the related Letter of Transmittal, constitutes the “Exchange Offer”) of Gol Finance, an exempted limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

The Exchange Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

The Bank of New York

 

By Hand or Overnight Delivery:  

Facsimile Transmissions:

(Eligible Institutions Only)

  By Registered or Certified Mail:
The Bank of New York     The Bank of New York
__________________   (212) ___-____   __________________
__________________     __________________
__________________   To Confirm by Telephone   __________________
Attn:______________   or for Information Call:   Attn:______________
  (212) ___-____  

The Information Agent for the Exchange Offer is:

D. F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street

22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Bankers and Brokers Call (Collect): (212) 269-5550

All Others Call (Toll Free): (800) 269-6427

 

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DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY VIA A FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION TO A NUMBER OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.

THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY IS NOT TO BE USED TO GUARANTEE SIGNATURES, IF A SIGNATURE ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL IS REQUIRED TO BE GUARANTEED BY AN “ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION” UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS THERETO, SUCH SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MUST APPEAR IN THE APPLICABLE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

 

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PLEASE SIGN AND COMPLETE

 

Name(s) of Registered Holder(s):     Authorized Signature(s):
         

Address:

    Principal Amount of Old Notes
    Tendered:    
      Certificate No.(s) of Old Notes if
      available:
(Zip Code)      

Area Code and Telephone Number:

    Date:
       
   

If Old Notes Will Be Delivered By

Book-Entry Transfer at the Depositary

Trust Company, Insert Depositary

Account No.:

     

THE FOLLOWING GUARANTEE MUST BE COMPLETED

GUARANTEE OF DELIVERY

(Not to be used for Signature Guarantee)

The undersigned, a firm which is a member of a registered national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office or correspondent in the United States, hereby guarantees to deliver to the Exchange Agent, at one of its addresses set forth above, either the certificates for all physically tendered Old Notes, in proper form for transfer, or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such Old Notes to the Exchange Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company, pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Prospectus, in either case together with any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the date of execution of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.

The undersigned acknowledges that it must deliver the Old Notes tendered hereby to the Exchange Agent within the time period set forth above and that failure to do so could result in a financial loss to the undersigned.

 

Name of Firm:

           
               
           
           
               
           

Address:

           
               
            (Authorized Signature)
           
             
   (Zip Code)       Title:   
             
           

Area Code and Telephone Number:

      Name:   
             
        
           
            
            (Please type or print)
         Date:   
            
           
           
          

NOTE: DO NOT SEND OLD NOTES WITH THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY. ACTUAL SURRENDER OF OLD NOTES MUST BE MADE PURSUANT TO, AND BE ACCOMPANIED BY, A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND FULLY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS.

 

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EX-99.3 18 dex993.htm FORM OF LETTER TO CLIENTS Form of Letter to Clients

Exhibit 99.3

Gol Finance

Offer to Exchange its

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for

unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

Pursuant to the Prospectus

Dated         , 2007

To Our Clients:

Enclosed is a Prospectus, dated         , 2007 of Gol Finance, an exempted limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GLAI”) and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. (together with GLAI, the “Guarantors”), and a related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”) relating to the offer by the Company to exchange its registered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “New Notes”), pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding, unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Old Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Exchange Offer.

Please note that the Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on         , 2007 unless extended.

The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Old Notes being tendered.

We are the holder of record and/or participant in the book-entry transfer facility of Old Notes held by us for your account. A tender of such Old Notes can be made only by us as the record holder and/or participant in the book-entry transfer facility and pursuant to your instructions. The Letter of Transmittal is furnished to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Old Notes held by us for your account.

We request instructions as to whether you wish to tender any or all of the Old Notes held by us for your account pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer. We also request that you confirm that we may on your behalf make the representations contained in the Letter of Transmittal.

Pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal, each holder of Old Notes will represent to the Company that (i) the holder is not an “affiliate” of the Company or the Guarantors, and (ii) the holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, and is not engaged and does not intend to engage in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such New Notes. If the tendering holder is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, we will represent on behalf of such broker-dealer that the Old Notes to be exchanged for the New Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and acknowledge on behalf of such broker-dealer that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes, such broker-dealer is not deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,

EX-99.4 19 dex994.htm FORM OF LETTER TO NOMINEES Form of Letter to Nominees

Exhibit 99.4

FORM OF LETTER TO NOMINEES

Gol Finance

Offer to Exchange its

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for any and all

unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

Pursuant to the Prospectus

Dated         , 2007

To Registered Holders and The Depository

Trust Company Participants:

Enclosed are the materials listed below relating to the offer by Gol Finance, an exempted limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), to exchange its new registered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “New Notes”), pursuant to an offering registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), for a like principal amount of its issued and outstanding, registered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (the “Old Notes”) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated         , 2007, and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the “Exchange Offer”).

Enclosed herewith are copies of the following documents:

1. Prospectus dated , 2007;

2. Letter of Transmittal;

3. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;

4. Instruction to Registered Holder and/or Book-Entry Transfer Participant from Owner; and

5. Letter which may be sent to your clients for whose account you hold Old Notes in your name or in the name of your nominee, to accompany the instruction form referred to above, for obtaining such client’s instruction with regard to the Exchange Offer.

We urge you to contact your clients promptly. Please note that the Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on         , 2007 unless extended.

The Exchange Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Old Notes being tendered.

Pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal, each holder of Old Notes will represent to the Company that (i) the holder is not an “affiliate” of the Company, Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. or Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A., and (ii) the holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, and is not engaged and does not intend to engage, in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such New Notes. If the tendering holder is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, you


will represent on behalf of such broker-dealer that the Old Notes to be exchanged for the New Notes were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, and acknowledge on behalf of such broker-dealer that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes, such broker-dealer is not deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The enclosed Instruction to Registered Holder and/or Book-Entry Transfer Participant from Owner contains an authorization by the beneficial owners of the Old Notes for you to make the foregoing representations.

The Company will not pay any fee or commission to any broker or dealer or to any other persons (other than the Exchange Agent) in connection with the solicitation of tenders of Old Notes pursuant to the Exchange Offer. The company will pay or cause to be paid any transfer taxes payable on the transfer of Old Notes to it, except as otherwise provided in Instruction 10 of the enclosed Letter of Transmittal.

Additional copies of the enclosed material may be obtained from the undersigned.

Very truly yours,

[INFORMATION AGENT]

NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE ENCLOSED DOCUMENTS SHALL CONSTITUTE YOU THE AGENT OF GOL FINANCE, GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A., GOL TRANSPORTES AÉREOS S.A. OR THE BANK OF NEW YORK OR AUTHORIZE YOU TO USE ANY DOCUMENT OR MAKE ANY STATEMENT ON THEIR BEHALF IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFER OTHER THAN THE DOCUMENTS ENCLOSED HEREWITH AND THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED THEREIN.

 

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EX-99.5 20 dex995.htm FORM OF INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND / OR BOOK ENTRY TRANSFER Form of Instructions to Registered Holder and / or Book Entry Transfer

Exhibit 99.5

INSTRUCTION TO REGISTERED HOLDER AND/OR

BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER PARTICIPANT FROM OWNER

OF

Gol Finance’s

7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

that have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933

for any and all

unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

Unconditionally Guaranteed by

Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A.

To Registered Holder and/or Participant of the Book-Entry Transfer Facility:

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus dated         , 2007 (the “Prospectus”) of Gol Finance, an exempted limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands (the “Company”), Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“GLAI”) and Gol Transportes Aéreos S.A. (together with GLAI, the “Guarantors”), and the accompanying Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal”), that together constitute the Company’s offer (the “Exchange Offer”) to exchange its new 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (“New Notes”) for its unregistered 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017 (“Old Notes”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings as ascribed to them in the Prospectus or the Letter of Transmittal.

This will instruct you, the registered holder and/or book-entry transfer facility participant, as to the action to be taken by you relating to the Exchange Offer with respect to the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

The aggregate face amount of the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned is (fill in the amount):

$_______ of the 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

With respect to the Exchange Offer, the undersigned hereby instructs you (check appropriate box):

To TENDER the following Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned (insert principal amount of Old Notes to be tendered, if any):

$_______ of the 7.50% Senior Notes Due 2017

NOT to TENDER any Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned.

If the undersigned instructs you to tender the Old Notes held by you for the account of the undersigned, it is understood that you are authorized to make, on behalf of the undersigned (and the undersigned, by its signature below, hereby makes to you), the representations and warranties contained in the Letter of Transmittal that are to be made with respect to the undersigned as a beneficial owner, including but not limited to the representations, that (i) the holder is not an “affiliate” of the Company or the Guarantors, and (ii) the holder has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate, and is not engaged and does not intend to engage, in a distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of such New Notes. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, it represents that such Old Notes were acquired as a result of market-making activities, and it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes. By acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such New Notes, such broker-dealer is not deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


Form of Instructions

SIGN HERE

 

Name of beneficial owner(s):

    
    

Signature(s):

    
    

Name(s) (please print):

    
    

Address:

    
    

Telephone Number:

    
    

Account Number:

    
    

Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number:

    
    

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