TAM Files Amended 2007 Annual Report
September 02 2009 - 6:04PM
PR Newswire (US)
SAO PAULO, Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TAM (BOVESPA: TAMM4,
NYSE: TAM) announced that it has filed an amended annual report on
Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the 2007 Amended
Annual Report) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the SEC). The 2007 Amended Annual Report amends the annual report
on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2007 that was
originally filed with the SEC on June 25, 2008 primarily to restate
our cash flow statement filed therewith, in order to eliminate the
effects of a non-cash item relating to a transfer of spare parts
between property, plant and equipment and inventories that was
incorrectly reported on our cash flow statement. The 2007 Amended
Annual Report can be accessed on our website
(http://www.tam.com.br/ir) and the SEC's website
(http://www.sec.gov/). (Logo:
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eliminated non-cash item did not impact our total "Change in cash
and cash equivalents," which remains at R$153,899 thousand under
Brazilian GAAP and R$167,031 thousand under US GAAP. The
restatement is limited to our cash flow statement and does not
affect any other reported amounts or disclosures in our
consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2007. Our consolidated net income for the year ended December 31,
2007 remains unchanged under Brazilian GAAP and US GAAP. However,
we nonetheless concluded that there was a material error that
impacted our cash flow statement under Brazilian Generally Accepted
Accounting Practices (Brazilian GAAP) and United States Generally
Accepted Accounting Practices (US GAAP) for 2007. The eliminated
non-cash item represented R$83,951 thousand under both Brazilian
GAAP and US GAAP. We have also included a restated Management's
Annual Report in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting in the
2007 Amended Annual Report relating to a material weakness (and our
remedy thereof) in connection with the restatement, and we have
included a note (2(s)) to our consolidated financial statements
that form part of the 2007 Amended Annual Report that also further
discusses the correction. In addition to the restatements mentioned
above, we have also enhanced other disclosures, as indicated in the
Explanatory Note to the Amended 2007 Annual Report. We also refer
our investors to our annual report for the year ended December 31,
2008 on Form 20-F that was filed with the SEC on June 30, 2009
(which for the first time contained financial statements prepared
in accordance with international financial reporting standards
(IFRS) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board),
together with our press release entitled "TAM files 2008 Form 20-F
Annual Report in IFRS" that we released on June 30, 2009 and
furnished to the SEC on Form 6-K on July 1, 2009. Each of these
documents can be accessed on our website (http://www.tam.com.br/ir)
and the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov/). Shareholders may
receive a hard-copy of TAM's complete audited financial statements
free of charge by requesting a copy through our Investor Relations
Department at +55 11 5582 9715 or email: . About TAM: TAM
(http://www.tam.com.br/) has been the domestic market leader since
July of 2003, and closed July 2009 with 43.2% market share. The
company flies to 42 destinations in Brazil. Through business
agreements signed with regional companies, it reaches 79 different
destinations in Brazil. TAM's market share among Brazilian
companies that operate international flights stood at 88.3% in
July. Operations abroad include TAM flights to 17 destinations in
the United States, Europe and South America: New York, Miami and
Orlando (USA), Paris (France), London (England), Milan (Italy),
Frankfurt (Germany), Madrid (Spain), Buenos Aires (Argentina),
Cochabamba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), Santiago (Chile),
Asuncion and Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), Montevideo (Uruguay),
Caracas (Venezuela) and Lima (Peru). It has code-share agreements
that make possible the sharing of seats on flights with
international airlines, enabling passengers to travel to 64 other
destinations in the U.S., Europe and South America. TAM was the
first Brazilian airline company to launch a loyalty program.
Currently, the program has over 6.1 million subscribers and has
awarded more than 8.3 million tickets. Forward-looking statements:
This notice may contain forward-looking statements. These estimates
merely reflect the expectations of the Company's management, and
involve risks and uncertainties. The Company is not responsible for
investment operations or decisions taken based on information
contained in this release. These estimates are subject to changes
without prior notice.
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DATASOURCE: TAM CONTACT: Libano Miranda Barroso, TAM Investor
Relations, +011-55-11-5582-9715, fax, +011-55-11-5582-8149, Web
site: http://www.tam.com.br/
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