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GOL Will Pay Soliciting Dealer Fee for Participation in the Exchange Offer |
São Paulo, May 13, 2016 - GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), (S&P: CC, Fitch: C and Moody’s: Caa3), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America, today announced that its subsidiary LuxCo will pay a soliciting dealer fee of US$2.50 for each $1,000 principal amount of Old Notes that are validly tendered and accepted for exchange to retail brokers that are appropriately designated by their clients to receive this fee. The soliciting dealer fee will only be paid to each designated retail broker for each tendering eligible holder that submits Old Notes with an aggregate principal amount of US$300,000 or less.
In order to be eligible to receive the Soliciting Dealer Fee, a properly completed Soliciting Dealer Form must be received by D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Exchange and Information Agent, prior to the Early Participation Time or the Expiration Time (as defined in the exchange offer memorandum of May 3, 2016), as applicable. LuxCo will, in its sole discretion, determine whether a soliciting dealer has satisfied the criteria for receiving a Soliciting Dealer Fee (including, without limitation, the submission of the Soliciting Dealer Form and appropriate documentation without defects or irregularities and in respect of bona fide tenders).
For more information and to participate in the private Exchange Offer, eligible bondholders should visit the following website: www.dfking.com/gol.
Investor Relations
ri@voegol.com.br
www.voegol.com.br/ir
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Media Relations
Marcelo Mota
In Press Porter Novelli
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Michael Freitag, Meaghan Repko and Dan Moore
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
(212) 355-4449
About GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
In 15 years of history, GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes helped build links, bringing people closer and reduce distances with safety and intelligence. The company played an important role in the democratization of air travel in Brazil, contributing to enable approximately 17 million people to fly for the first time, becoming the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America. GOL is also the leading company in terms of on-time performance and number of passengers carried in the domestic market, both in the leisure and corporate segments – according to Infraero.
GOL has the highest supply of seats with ANAC’s "A" seal, providing even more comfort in its 800 daily flights to 65 domestic and international destinations in South America and the Caribbean.
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The company maintains strategic alliances with three major global partners: Delta Air Lines, Air France and KLM, allowing it to offer twelve codeshare and more than 70 interline agreements, bringing more convenience and facilitating connections to any destination of these alliances.
Through SMILES, GOL’s loyalty program, passengers can accumulate miles and redeem tickets to more than 160 countries and 800 destinations worldwide. The Company also operates Gollog, which retrieves and delivers cargo and packages to and from approximately 2,500 cities in Brazil and ten abroad.
Disclaimer
The New Notes (including the guarantees) have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except to qualified institutional buyers in compliance with applicable exemptions.
Documents relating to the Exchange Offers will only be distributed to “Eligible Holders” of Old Notes who complete and return an eligibility form confirming that they are (1) a “Qualified Institutional Buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) or (2) a person outside the United States that is not a “U.S. Person,” (as that term is defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S under the Securities Act).
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Name: Edmar Prado Lopes Neto
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