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CHAPTER I
PURPOSE AND APPLICATION
ARTICLE 1 - This Policy for Trading with Related Parties (“Policy”) of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (“Gol” or “Company”) is designed to provide for rules and consolidate guidelines that ensure that all the decisions, especially those involving Related Parties (as defined below) of the Company, as well as other situations giving rise to potential conflict of interest, may be made by taking into consideration the Company’s and its shareholders’ interests, assuring transparency and adoption of the best corporate governance practices in trading and carrying out such transactions.
ARTICLE 2 – In addition, with due regard to the procedures provided for herein, the Policy’s purpose is to ensure equity in transactions involving Related Parties (as defined below), allowing said transactions to be timely disclosed, in detail, to the Company’s shareholders.
ARTICLE 3 – All Gol’s employees and officers should note this Policy when acting or taking part in Company’s transactions involving Related Parties of the Company.
Sole paragraph – The Board of Directors of the Company shall act to the effect of ensuring the compliance with this Policy, in conformity with the provisions in article 21, “m” of the Company’s Bylaws.
CHAPTER II
DEFINITIONS
ARTICLE 4 – For all purposes and effects of this Policy, the following terms and expressions capitalized and defined shall have the meanings indicated below, without prejudice to other capitalized and defined expressions and terms, whose meanings are provided in this Policy:
I. Relatives: The family members expected to have influence on or be influenced by the person in their business with the company and include:
a) The person’s children, spouse or common-law companion; or
b) The person’s spouse’s or companion’s children; or
c) The person’s, his/her spouse’s or companion’s dependents.
II. Related Party: The person or entity with which the Company may enter into agreements under other than the conditions usually prevailing in transactions with third parties not related to the Company, by reason that, under the terms of CVM Resolution no. 642, dated October 07, 2010, which approved Technical Pronouncement CPC 05 (R1) (“Resolution 642/10”):
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a) the related party and the Company are members of the same economic group; or
b) the related party and the Company are under common control of a third entity; or
c) the related party is affiliated to, or jointly controlled by, an entity belonging to the same economic group as the Company; or
d) the related party is under joint control of a third entity and the Company is affiliated to such third entity; or
e) the related party is controlled, either fully or under joint control, by an individual, or by a Relative of such individual, who
(i) has the full or shared control of the Company; or
(ii) has material influence over the Company; or
(iii) is a member of the Key Management Staff (as defined below) of the Company or of its controlling company; or
f) the related party is an individual, or a Relative of such individual, who has full or shared control of the Company and exercises a material influence over the related party, or is a member of the Key Management Staff (as defined below) of the related party or of its controlling company.
III. Key Management Staff: Individuals who have direct or indirect authority and responsibility for the planning, direction and control of the activities of the Company.
IV. Transaction with Related Party: Transfer of resources, services or obligations between Related Parties, regardless of payment of any price whatsoever.
CHAPTER III
ENTRY INTO TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES
ARTICLE 5 – The Board of Directors, the Executive Committee and the Audit Committee of the Company shall act in such manner as to ensure that the Transactions with Related Parties:
a) are preferably negotiated by employees of the Company not having any personal interest in the entry of the transaction with the Related Party;
b) are entered into in writing, providing for the main terms and conditions in the respective instrument, especially the form of contract, prices, terms, guaranties,
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quality standards, taxes and charges, subcontractor conditions, rights, and responsibilities;
c) are carried out at market conditions or, in the absence of a market parameter, performed in similar conditions of previous transactions;
d) are clearly recorded in the financial statements, terms and pursuant to the applicable regulations; and
e) are filed with the Company’s head-office, together with documents evidencing the transactions and, if any, the proposals received from third parties.
ARTICLE 6 – In addition to the provisions in Article 5, in case of the Transaction with Related Parties, either in one sole transaction or in a series of related transactions, exceeds the lesser of the amounts described in (a) and (b) below (“Relevant Transaction”), such Relevant Transaction shall be negotiated by an independent special committee, which shall submit its recommendations to the members of the Audit Committee of the Company for majority approval.
a) R$50,000,000.00 (fifty million reais); or
b) 1% (one percent) of the Company’s total assets, to be ascertained based on the most recent financial statements or, if any, in the most recent consolidated financial statements disclosed by the Company.
Sole paragraph – The independent special committee referred to in the head paragraph of this article shall be made up of:
(a) an executive officer selected by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Company;
(b) one member of the Board of Directors of the Company elected by the non-controlling shareholders; and
(c) a third member, either an executive officer or not, jointly selected by the other two members.
CHAPTER IV
DISCLOSURE OBLIGATION
ARTICLE 8 – The disclosure of Transactions with Related Parties shall be made under the terms of the applicable laws, in special Resolution 642/10 and Article 247 of Law no. 6.404, dated December 15, 1976 (“Corporations Act”), in explanatory notes to the financial statements.
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Sole paragraph – Without prejudice to the provisions in Article 8 above, the Board of Directors shall fully disclose all the Transactions with Related Parties to the market, either if the transaction represents a relevant fact or at the time of the disclosure of the financial statements.
ARTICLE 9 – The disclosure of Transactions with Related Parties of the Company shall, among other things:
(a) describe the transaction;
(b) inform if, when, how and to what extent the transaction counterparty, its partners or managers took part in the Company’s decision making process regarding the transaction; and
(c) detailed justification of the reasons why the Company’s management considered that the transaction was carried out under commutative conditions or adequate compensatory payment is provided; detailed description of the actions taken and procedures adopted for ensuring the commutative of the transaction; and comparative analysis of prices, terms and conditions available in the market and of similar transactions already carried out by the Company, a Related Party, or in the market.
Sole paragraph: In case the relevant transaction is a loan granted by the Company to the Related Party, the information provided for in the head paragraph hereof shall necessarily include:
(a) explanation of the reasons why the Company elected to grant the same instead of investing the funds in its activities;
(b) summary analysis on the borrower’s credit risk, including independent risk rating, if any;
(c) description of how the interest rate was determined, considering the rate free of market risk and the borrower’s credit risk;
(d) comparison between the interest rate for the loan and other similar investments available on the market, explaining reasons for possible discrepancies; and
(e) comparison between the interest rate for the loan and the rates for other loans granted to the borrower, explaining the reasons for possible discrepancies.
CHAPTER V
PENALTIES
ARTICLE 10 – Violations to the terms of this Policy shall be examined by the
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Company’s Audit Committee, and subsequently submitted to the Board of Directors for the latter to adopt the applicable actions, subjecting the violators to the penalties set forth in the applicable laws.
CHAPTER VI
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLE 11 – In case of a conflict of interest between any Company’s manager and the Company itself in the negotiation of a Transaction with Related Party, such manager shall be required to communicate such conflict, refraining him/herself from intervening in the transaction with Related Party and causing the nature and extent of his/her interest to be recorded in the minutes of the Board of Directors, as set forth in articles 155 and 156 of the Corporations Act.
ARTICLE 12 – The Board of Directors shall update this Policy as a result of changes in the law, especially as far as they refer to the definition of related parties, Corporate Governance Practices of the BMF&Bovespa and the Company’s Bylaws.
[Policy approved at the Meeting of the Board of Directors of Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. held on August 11th, 2015.]
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GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. | ||
By: |
/S/ Edmar Prado Lopes Neto | |
Name: Edmar Prado Lopes Neto
Title: Investor Relations Officer |
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