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TAM Files Amended 2007 Annual Report

September 2, 2009

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 (www.tam.com.br/ir) and the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).

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The 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
(www.tam.com.br/ir) and the SEC’s website (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: invest@tam.com.br.

About TAM:

TAM (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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