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GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
C.N.P.J./M.F.
(Corporate Tax Registration) no. 06.164.253/0001-87
N.I.R.E.
(Companies Registrar) no. 35.300.314.441
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING
HELD ON
APRIL 27, 2005
Date, Time and Place of Meeting: April 27, 2005, at 7:00 p.m., at the Companys headquarters, located at Rua Tamoios, 246, térreo, Jardim Aeroporto, CEP 04630-000, in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo. Attendance: All of the members of the Board of Directors. Call for meeting: waived, since all the members of the Companys Board of Directors attended the meting. Presiding Board: Chairman: Mr. Henrique Constantino. Secretary: Ricardo Constantino. Agenda: to resolve on (a) the determination of price for the issuance of preferred shares, purpose of the authorized capital increase at the Board of Directors Meeting held on April 8,2005 (the Preferred Shares), and respective justification; (b) to increase the Companys capital stock and the quantity of preferred shares to be issued; (c) the form of subscription and payment of the Preferred Shares; (d) the procedure to be adopted in the public offerings carried out in Brazil and abroad, as well as the treatment to be given to the interested parties in subscribing or acquiring the Preferred Shares, purpose of the public offering; (e) the rights of new preferred shares; (f) the exclusion of right of first refusal to the Companys shareholders in the subscription of new shares; (g) the granting of option to subscribe Preferred Shares overallotment, under the scope of the public offering; (h) to approve the Definitive Offering Circular related to the Brazilian Offering and the Registration Statement on Form F-1 and Form F-6 related to the International Offering; and (i) to authorize the Board of Executive Officers to take all the steps and carry out actions necessary to execute the Preferred Shares public offering. Resolutions taken: By unanimous vote, the Board of Directors members resolved on the following: (a) to determine the price for the issuance of shares at thirty-five Reais and twelve centavos (R$ 35.12) per Preferred Share. The Preferred Shares issuance price was fixed after the conclusion of the bookbuilding process conducted by Banco Santander Brasil S.A. and Banco Morgan Stanley Dean Witter S.A. (the Brazilian Offering Coordinators), under the scope of the Brazilian Offering (as defined below) and by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated (the Global Coordinator), under the scope of the International Offering (as defined below), pursuant to the provisions in the Article 170, Paragraph 1, paragraph III of the Law 6,404, dated December 15,1976 and further amendments (the Corporate Law), having as parameter the market price verified for the shares. In order to define the preferred shares issuance price, the indication of interest on the part of the institutional investors was considered for the subscription and acquisition of preferred shares issued by the Company. Under the terms of the Article 170, paragraph 7, of the Corporate Law, the Board members approved by unanimous vote that opting for the share market price criterion in the determination of price of Preferred Shares to be issued is duly justified, in view that the Preferred Shares shall be place by means of a primary public offering, jointly with a secondary public offering for the preferred shares to be sold by BSSF Air Holdings LLC. The market price of the Preferred Shares to be issued/sold is assessed by carrying out the bookbuilding process, which reflects the value by which the investors show their intention to buy preferred shares under the scope of the primary and secondary public offering. Therefore, this criterion is the most appropriate to determine the fair price of Preferred Shares to be issued by the Company; (b) to approve the Companys capital stock increase, from seven hundred, twenty-one million, three hundred six thousand, four hundred and seventy-nine Reais and twenty-four centavos (R$ 721,306,479.24) to nine hundred, fifteen million, one hundred, ninety-seven thousand, three hundred, sixty-one Reais and fifty-six centavos (R$ 915,197,361.56), therefore, an increase of one hundred, ninety-three million, eight hundred and ninety thousand, eight hundred and eighty-two Reais, and thirty-two centavos (R$ 193,890,882.32), by means of the issuance for public subscription of five million, five hundred and twenty thousand, eight hundred and eleven (5,520,811) preferred shares, all of them, nonpar book-entry and registered shares; (c) to approve the means of payment of the Preferred Shares, which shall be made in cash, upon the subscription, in domestic currency; (d) to approve the placement of shares, purpose of the capital increase by means of the public offering in Brazil (the Brazilian Offering) and abroad (the International Offering), in the form of ADSs (American Depositary Shares) (the Brazilian Offering and the International Offering being referred to, jointly, as the Global Offering). The Brazilian Offering shall be carried out in the non-organized over-the-counter market, under the procedure outlined in the Notice to the Market published on April 11, 2005, under the terms of the provisions in the Articles 33, paragraph 3 of the Instruction #400 issued by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) on December 29,2003. The non-institutional investors are granted a term of six (6) business days, between April 18 and 26, 2005, under the terms of the aforementioned Notice to the Market to request the reservation for the Shares subscription, under the conditions outlined in the referred Notice to the Market. The preferred shares issued by the Company, not purpose of the subscription reservation requests during the Reservation Period shall be allocated to the public placement with the institutional investors, by financial institutions coordinating the Preferred Shares public offering. On the other hand, the International Offering shall be carried out pursuant to the United States Securities Act of 1993, as amended, and submitted for registration at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); (e) to approve the granting to the holders of preferred shares, purpose of this present capital increase same rights conferred to the current preferred shares by the Companys Bylaws and by applicable laws, also being entitled to receive full dividends and other proceeds of any nature to be declared and/or granted by the Company to its shareholders, as from the issuance date; (f) to approve the exclusion of right of first refusal of current Companys shareholders in the subscription of new shares and preferred shares to be issued, as a result of the exercise of options to distribute shares overallotment, including under the form of ADSs, pursuant to the provisions in Article 172 of the Law 6,404, dated December 15,1976, as amended, and under the terms of the Companys Bylaws; (g) to approve the granting of options to the Global Coordinator and Banco Morgan Stanley Dean Witter S.A. in the subscription and distribution of overallotment totaling up to two million, two hundred and five thousand (2,205,000) preferred shares (Additional Shares), including in the form of ADSs, exclusively with a view to meeting excess of demand verified during the Global Offering, which had their issuance authorized by the Board of Directors in meeting held on April 8, 2005 (Overallotment Option). The Overallotment Options may be exercised within thirty (30) days as from the commencement of the public offering, by means of notices in this regard to be sent by the Global Coordinator and by Banco Morgan Stanley Dean Witter S.A. to the Company, indicating the quantity of Additional Shares to be subscribed, at same issuance price approved as per item (a) above. The Additional Shares shall be purpose of the public distribution under the scope of the International Offering. (h) to approve the definitive offering circular to be used in the Brazilian Offering, as well as the Registration Statement on Form F-1 and Form F-6, which contains the definitive offering circular to be used in the International Offering; (i) to authorize the Companys Board of Executive Officers to practice all the other acts necessary to carry out the Global Offering, as well as to sign all and any agreements and documents necessary to its performance, including, but not limited to the Private Instrument of Agreement for the Distribution of Preferred Shares Issued by Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., the Private Instrument of Agreement for the Stabilization of Preferred Shares Price, the Services Agreement of Brazilian Settlement and Custody Company (CBLC), the Deposit Agreement and Underwriting Agreement.
Adjournment of the Meeting and Drawing up of the Minutes: After offering the floor to anyone who intended to make use of it, although no one did, the meeting was adjourned for the time necessary to draw up these present Minutes. After reopening this Meeting, Minutes were read and checked by those attending the meeting, who signed the document.
I certify this present instrument is a free English translation of the Minutes drawn up in the companys records.
São Paulo, April 27, 2005.
Presiding Board:
Constantino de Oliveira Júnior | Henrique Constantino |
Chairman | Secretary |
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
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By: |
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Richard F. Lark, Jr.
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Name: Richard F. Lark, Jr.
Title: Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer
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