Amendment No. 3 to Form S-I Table of Contents We are a multinational organization faced with increasingly comic tax issues in the jurisdictions in which we operate, including in Brazil, and we could be obligated to pay additional taxes in those jurisdictions. As a multinational organization that operates in several jurisdictions, including the United States and Brazil, we may be subject to taxation in jurisdictions with increasingly complex tax laws, the application of which can be uncertain. The tax positions that we have taken or may take in the future may be subject to challenge on audit, and the authorities in these jurisdictions, including Brazil, could successfully assert that we are obligated to pay additional taxes, interest and penalties. In addition, the amount of taxes we pay could increase substantially as a result of changes in the applicable tax principles, including increased tax rates. new tax laws or revised interpretations of existing tax laws and precalents, which could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and operating results. The authorities could also claim that various withholding requirements apply to us or our subsidiaries or assert that benefits of tax treaties are not available to us or our subsidiaries, any of which could have a material impact on us and the results of our operations. Brazilian economic, political and other conditions, and Brazilian government policies or actions in response to these conditions, may negatively affect our business, results of operations and fusancial performance, as well as the market price of our common stock The Brazilian economy has been characterized by frequent and occasionally extensive intervention by the Brazilian government and unstable economic cycles. The Brazilian government has often changed monetary, taxation, credit, tariff and other policies to influence the course of the country's economy. For example. the government's actions to control inflation have at times