During the course of 2001, Embraer received numerous awards which bear witness to the market’s recognition of the Company’s outstanding achievements. • MELHOR EMPRESA DO BRASIL (Best Brazilian Company), awarded by Forbes Brasil magazine (May); • MELHOR EMPRESA DO SETOR AUTOMOTIVO (Best Company in the Automotive Sector) in 2000, awarded in Brazil by the Exame Group, a part of publishing company Editora Abril (July); • EMPRESAS MAIS ADMIRADAS NO BRASIL 2001 (Most Admired Companies in Brazil in 2001), 3rd place among the ten most admired companies, following a survey conducted by the Brazilian magazine Carta Capital, in association with InterScience (September); • TROFÉU TRANSPARÊNCIA (Transparency Trophy) awarded in Brazil by the National Association of Financial, Administrative and Accounting Executives (Anefac),in recognition of the precision and content of the Company’s 2000 Annual Balance Sheet (September); • PRÊMIO SAE BRASIL 2001, (SAE BRAZIL Prize 2001) awarded by SAE BRASIL (Society of Automotive Engineers) – (October); • DESTAQUE DE COMÉRCIO EXTERIOR – 2001 (Distinctionin Foreign Trade), in the Merit Award Category, awarded by the Foreign Trade Secretariat (Secex), of the Ministry for Development, Industry and Foreign Trade and by the Brazilian Association of Foreign Trade (AEB), at the 21st National Foreign Trade Meeting (November); • DESEMPENHO IMC 2001 (IMC Performance in 2001) as the best company in Brazil in the “Auto-parts and Transport Material” segment, awarded by the Miguel Calmon Institute for Social and Economic Studies (November); • AS MAIORES DO TRANSPORTE 2001 (The Biggest in Transport 2001 – automotive segment) and A MELHOR ENTRE AS MELHORES DO SETOR INDÚSTRIA (The Best among the Best in the Industrial Sector), the two awards granted simultaneously by Brazilian magazine Transporte Moderno (November); • TOP DE MARKETING DE EXPORTAÇÃO 2001, (Top in Export Marketing) awarded by the Association of Sales and Marketing Executives of Brazil - ADVB (December).