Companhia Providencia Industria e Comercio Reports 1Q12 Results


SAO PAULO, BRAZIL--(Marketwire - May 14, 2012) - Companhia Providência Indústria e Comércio - Providência (BOVESPA: PRVI3), a leader in the manufacture and sale of nonwovens in Brazil with a significant presence in the Americas and operating globally, today announces its results for the first quarter 2012 (1Q12).

Click on the links below to check the 1st quarter highlights:
Portuguese -- http://easywork.comunique-se.com.br/arq/143/arq_143_225466.pdf
English -- http://easywork.comunique-se.com.br/arq/143/arq_143_225468.pdf

Conference Call:

English - Tuesday - May 15th - 10h00 a.m. (Brazil Time) / 09h00 a.m. (US ET)
USA Phone: (+1) 888-700-0802
Other countries phone: (+1) 786-924-6977
Code: Providência
Replay: (+55 11) 4688-6312 - Code: 1004072#

Portuguese - Tuesday - May 15th - 10h00 a.m. (Brazil Time) / 9h00 a.m. (US ET)
55 (11) 4688-6361 - Code: Providência
Replay: (+55 11) 4688-6312 - Code: 2229906#

Contact Information:

CONTACTS IR:
CEO: Herminio V. S. de Freitas
CFO: Eduardo Feldmann Costa
IR: Gabriela Las Casas
Beatriz Tokarski
Tel: +55 (41) 3381-8673
Fax: +55 (41) 3283-5909
Sao Jose dos Pinhais - PR
www.providencia.com.br/ir