GOL Announces Material Fact

SAO PAULO, March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), (S&P: B, Fitch: B-, Moody's: B3), ("GOL" or the "Company"), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline company in Latin America, in compliance with article 157, §4 of Law no. 6,404/76 and CVM Instruction no. 358/2002, in addition to the Material Fact dated January 21, 2015, hereby announces the approval by its shareholders, on the Special General Meeting held on this date, of the proposal to improve the Company's capitalization capacity, including the common stock split and amendments to the Bylaws to improve corporate governance (the "Operation").

Shareholders representing 81.70% of the capital stock of the Company attended or were represented at the meeting, including holders of 100% of common shares and 62.79% of preferred shares. Shareholders representing 51.51% of the outstanding preferred shares (excluding the controlling shareholder and management of the Company) attended or were represented at the meeting and voted in favor of the Operation.

More than 99% votes cast approved the proposal and the voting occurred in two phases. Every shareholder present or represented at the meeting, irrespectively of the class of its share, was entitled to vote.

BM&FBOVESPA granted exceptional treatment the Company today, according to item 14.4 of the Regulation of Level 2 Corporate Governance of BM&FBOVESPA ("Regulation") to allow for the Minimum Percentage of Shares Outstanding (as defined in the Regulation) to be calculated considering the preferred shares issued by the Company, under the condition that the Minimum Percentage of Shares Outstanding be 50% of preferred shares.

The Bylaws approved at the meeting was made available on this date through the website of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios – CVM) and is also available in our headquarters and on the Company's website: www.voegol.com.br/ir.

For further information visit www.voegol.com.br/ir

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ABOUT GOL LINHAS AEREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
GOL Linhas Aereas Inteligentes S.A. (BM&FBOVESPA: GOLL4 and NYSE: GOL), the largest low-cost and best-fare airline in Latin America, offers around 910 daily flights to 69 destinations, 15 international, in South America, the Caribbean and the United States.    

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