GOL Files Amendment to Registration for Global Share Offering.SAO Sa´o n. 1. (Zool.) Any marine annelid of the genus Hyalinæcia, especially H. tubicola of Europe, which inhabits a transparent movable tube resembling a quill in color and texture. PAULO, Brazil -- GOL GOL - General Operating Language. Subsystem of DOCUS. [Sammet 1969, p.678]. Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GOL) (Bovespa:GOLL4), Brazil's low-fare, low-cost airline, announced today that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission an amendment to its registration statement dated March 25, 2005, revising the size of its proposed offering to 14,700,000 of its preferred shares Preferred shares Preferred shares give investors a fixed dividend from the company's earnings and entitle them to be paid before common shareholders. See: Preferred stock. , consisting of 5,520,811 preferred shares offered by GOL and 9,179,189 of preferred shares offered by a selling shareholder, BSSF BSSF Bromeliad Society of South Florida BSSF Bone-Shaped Short Fiber Air Holdings LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control (an affiliate of AIG AIG addressee indicator group (US DoD) AIG American International Group, Inc AiG Answers in Genesis (religious group in defense of Scripture) AIG Artificial Intelligence Group AIG Australian Industry Group Capital Partners). The preferred shares will be offered in the form of American depositary shares, or ADSs, in an international offering and in the form of preferred shares in a concurrent Brazilian offering that will be registered with the Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios, the Brazilian Securities Commission. Each ADS represents two preferred shares. None of GOL's other shareholders will sell their preferred shares in the proposed offering. The international offering will be led by Morgan Stanley as sole bookrunning manager, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Raymond James, and Santander Investment Limited as joint lead managers. The Brazilian offering will be led by Banco Santander Brasil S.A., Banco Morgan Stanley Dean Witter S.A., joint bookrunners of the Brazilian offering, and Banco Itau BBA BBA abbr. Bachelor of Business Administration S.A. Morgan Stanley will be global coordinator of the proposed offering. GOL will also grant the international and Brazilian underwriters an option to purchase up to an additional 2,205,000 preferred shares to cover over-allotments, if any. A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus Preliminary Prospectus A first draft registration statement filed by a firm prior to proceeding with an initial public offering of securities. The document, filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, is intended to provide pertinent information to prospective shareholders may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 1585 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10036 or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, 4 World Financial Center, 250 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10080, Raymond James, 880 Carillon carillon, in music: see bell. carillon Musical instrument consisting of at least 23 cast bronze bells tuned in chromatic order. Usually located in a tower, it is played from a keyboard. Most carillons encompass three to four octaves. Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, and Santander Investment, 45 East 53 St., 5th Floor, New York, NY 10022. About GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes is the only "low-cost, low-fare" airline in Brazil. GOL operates a simplified fleet of Boeing 737s with a single-class of service. GOL has one of the youngest and most modern fleets in the industry with low maintenance, fuel and training costs, and high aircraft utilization and efficiency ratios. In addition, safe and reliable services, which stimulate GOL's brand recognition and customer satisfaction, allow GOL to have the best cost-benefit service in the market. GOL currently offers service to 39 major business and travel destinations in Brazil and Argentina. In 2005, GOL plans to grow by increasing frequencies in existing markets and adding service to additional markets in both Brazil and other South American travel destinations. GOL shares are listed on the NYSE and the Bovespa. For more information, schedules and fares, please visit www.voegol.com.br or call 0300-789-2121 in Brazil, or 55 11 2125-3200 from outside Brazil. GOL: Here everyone can fly! This release contains forward-looking statements relating to the prospects of the business, estimates for operating and financial results, and those related to growth prospects of GOL. These are merely projections and, as such, are based exclusively on the expectations of GOL's management concerning the future of the business and its continued access to capital to fund the Company's business plan. Such forward-looking statements depend, substantially, on changes in market conditions, government regulations, competitive pressures, the performance of the Brazilian economy and the industry, among other factors and risks disclosed in GOL's filed disclosure documents and are, therefore, subject to change without prior notice. |
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