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Jd. Aeroporto
04630-000 São Paulo, São Paulo
Federative Republic of Brazil
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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
(“Company”)
C.N.P.J. n.º 06.164.253/0001-87
N.I.R.E. 35.300.314.441
MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING
HELD ON DECEMBER 21, 2011
Date, Time and Place: December 21, 2011, at 03:00 p.m., on Praça Comte. Linneu Gomes, S/N, Gate 3 – Building 15 – Meeting room of the Board of Directors, Jardim Aeroporto, São Paulo.Attendance: All the members of the Board of Directors of the Company.Presiding board of the meeting: Chairman: Mr. Constantino de Oliveira Junior, who invited me, Henrique Constantino, to act as secretary of the meeting.Call notice: Waived, due to the attendance of all the members of the Board of Directors.Agenda:To pass resolutions on the following matters:(a) ratification of the guarantee granted; and(b)approval of the Company’s budget for fiscal year 2012. Resolutions:After the necessary explanations were provided and the analysis of the documents, the following matters were approved by unanimous vote:(a)it is hereby ratified the granting of the guarantee by the Company for the benefit of VRG Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., to ensure its obligations under the Lease Agreement and related documents executed with POP I, LLC in respect to the Boeing aircraft , 737-800 model, with manufacturer serial numbers 34267, 34964, 34965 and 36146;(b) approval of the Company’s budget for fiscal year 2012, the original copy of which is initialed by the presiding board of the meeting and filed with the Company’s head-office.Adjournment of the Meeting and Drawing-up of the Minutes:The chairman offered the floor to whom might wish to use it, and since nobody did so, the meeting was adjourned for the necessary time for these minutes to be drawn-up, which, upon the reopening of the meeting, were read, checked and signed by attendees.I hereby certify this present instrument is a free translation of the minutes drawn up in the Company’s records.
São Paulo, December 21, 2011.
_____________________________ Constantino de Oliveira Junior Chairman | _____________________________ Henrique Constantino Secretary |
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A. | ||
| By: | /S/ Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira | |
Name: Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira Title: Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer | ||
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