Embraer Announces Filing of a Shelf Registration Statement with the SEC

SAO JOSE DOS CAMPOS, Brazil, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) (Bovespa: EMBR3) announced today that it has filed an automatically effective registration statement on Form F-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to which common shares, including American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, representing common shares, may be offered from time to time, in one or more offerings, by Embraer or the selling shareholders. The selling shareholders may include Fundacao SISTEL de Seguridade Social and Caixa de Previdencia dos Funcionarios do Banco do Brasil-PREVI. The terms of any offering will be established at the time of sale.

This release 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. Any offer of these securities will be made solely by means of the prospectus included in the registration statement and any prospectus supplement that may be issued with respect to such offering.

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Embraer (Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A.) (NYSE: ERJ) (Bovespa: EMBR3) is the world's leading manufacturer of Commercial jets up to 110 seats with 37 years of experience in designing, developing, manufacturing, selling and providing after sales support to aircraft for the Commercial Aviation, Executive Aviation, and Defense and Government segments. With headquarters in Sao Jose dos Campos, State of Sao Paulo, the Company has offices and customer service bases in the United States, France, Portugal, China and Singapore. Embraer is among Brazil's leading exporting companies.

This document may contain projections, statements and estimates regarding circumstances or events yet to take place. Those projections and estimates are based largely on current expectations, forecasts on future events and financial tendencies that affect the Company's businesses. Those estimates are subject to risks, uncertainties and suppositions that include, among others: general economic, political and trade conditions in Brazil and in those markets where the Company does business; expectations on industry trends; the Company's investment plans; its capacity to develop and deliver products on the dates previously agreed upon, and existing and future governmental regulations. The words "believe", "may", "is able", "will be able", "intend", "continue", "anticipate", "expect" and other similar terms are supposed to identify potentialities. The Company does not feel compelled to publish updates nor to revise any estimates due to new information, future events or any other facts. In view of the inherent risks and uncertainties, such estimates, events and circumstances may not take place. The actual results can therefore differ substantially from those previously published as Company expectations.