Embraer Plans to Offer a Series of Notes
September 24 2009 - 2:47PM
PR Newswire (US)
SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. ("Embraer") hereby
announces that it plans to offer in the global capital markets a
series of notes due 2020 (the "Notes") through its wholly-owned
subsidiary Embraer Overseas. The net proceeds of this offering will
be used for general corporate purposes, which may include the
repayment of short-term debt. The notes will be senior unsecured
and unsubordinated obligations of Embraer Overseas and Embraer will
unconditionally guarantee Embraer Overseas' payment obligations
under the notes and the indenture. The guarantees will constitute
direct, senior unsecured obligations of Embraer. Deutsche Bank and
Morgan Stanley are acting as book-running underwriters. The
offering will be made pursuant to an effective shelf registration
statement. A preliminary prospectus supplement with further
information about the proposed offering has been filed with the
SEC. Before you invest, you should read the preliminary prospectus
supplement and other documents that Embraer and Embraer Overseas
have filed with the SEC for more complete information about
Embraer, Embraer Overseas and the offering. When available, you may
get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site
at http://www.sec.gov/. Alternatively, you may obtain a prospectus
upon request by contacting Deutsche Bank at Deutsche Bank
Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, Harborside Financial
Center, 100 Plaza One, Floor 2, Jersey City, NJ, 07311-3988 phone:
1-800-503-4611 or Morgan Stanley at Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New York
10014 (toll free 1-866-718-1649 or email ). For further
information, please contact: +55-12-3927-4404 or This press release
may include declarations about Embraer's expectations regarding
future events or results. All declarations based upon future
expectations, rather than historical facts, are subject to various
risks and uncertainties. Embraer cannot guarantee that such
declarations will prove to be correct. These risks and
uncertainties include factors related to the following: (a) the
markets in which Embraer operates; (b) the global economy; (c)
capital markets; (d) the aircraft production business and its
dependence upon the global economy, which is cyclical by nature;
and (e) the high degree of global competition in the markets in
which Embraer operates. To obtain further information on factors
that may give rise to results different from those forecast by
Embraer, please consult the reports filed with the Brazilian
Comissao de Valores Mobiliarios (CVM) and with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC), including Embraer's most recent
Annual Report on Form 20-F and its reports on Form 6-K. Luiz Carlos
Siqueira Aguiar Executive Vice-President Finance & CFO
DATASOURCE: Embraer CONTACT: Investor Relations, Carlos Eduardo
Camargo, Caio Pinez, Juliana Villarinho, or Paulo Ferreira,
+011-55-12-3927-4404, all for Embraer Web site:
http://www.embraer.com.br/
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