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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of December, 2009

(Commission File No. 001-32221) ,
 

 
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
GOL INTELLIGENT AIRLINES INC.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 


R. Tamoios, 246
Jd. Aeroporto 
04630-000 São Paulo, São Paulo
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of Regristrant's principal executive offices)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes ______ No ___X___

If "Yes" is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):


GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.

C.N.P.J. n.º 06.164.253/0001 -87
N.I.R.E. 35.300.314.441

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HELD ON DECEMBER 22, 2009

Date, Time and Place: December 22, 2009, at 04:00 p.m., on Praça Comte. Linneu Gomes, S/N, Portaria 3 – Prédio 07 – Meeting Room of the Board of Directors, Jardim Aeroporto, São Paulo (“Company”). Attendance: All the members of the Board of Directors of the Company. Calling: Waived, due to the attendance of all the members of the Board of Directors. Chairmanship of the Meeting: Chairman: Mr. Herique Constantino, who invited me, Claudia Karpat to act as secretary of the meeting. Agenda: To pass resolutions on the following matters: (i) approval of a guarantee to be granted by the Company, in its capacity as intervening party/guarantor in the Loan Agreement to be entered into between Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais S.A. – BDMG (“BDMG”) and VRG Linhas Aéreas S.A. (“VRG” and “Agreement”); (ii) approval of the 2.010 Plan: goals and results (“2.010 Plan - Goals and Results”) and the budget. Resolutions: After the necessary explanations were provided, the following matters were approved by unanimous vote: (i) authorization for a guarantee to be granted by the Company, by way of security, in the Agreement to be entered into between VRG and BDMG, in the amount of up to twenty million reais (R$ 20,000,000.00), intended for financing the expansion of the Confins Aircraft Maintenance Center and for building the aircraft brakes workshop, both of them located at Tancredo Neves International Airport, s/nº, downtown, Lagoa Santa – MG; (ii) the Company’s 2.010 Plan – Goals and Results and the Budget, which originals are filed with the head-office of the Company. Adjournment of the Meeting and Drawing-up of the Minutes: The floor was offered to anyone who might wish to use it and, since nobody did so, the meeting was adjourned for the necessary time for these minutes to be drawn-up. Upon reopening of the meeting, these minutes were read, checked and signed by the attendees. I hereby certify that this is a faithful copy of the minutes which were drawn-up in the proper book.

São Paulo, December 22, 2009.

___________________________   ___________________________
Henrique Constantino    Claudia Karpat 
Chairman    Secretary 


 
SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date:December 22, 2009

 
GOL LINHAS AÉREAS INTELIGENTES S.A.
By:

/S/ Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira


 
Name: Leonardo Porciúncula Gomes Pereira
Title:    Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer
 

 

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