Enterprise Distribution Certificate Expires

Hi!
We are developing an Enterprise applications.
Our Distribution Certificate should expire at 30/12/2011.
In "Distributing Enterprise Apps for iOS 4 Devices" I've found this sentence:
"An app will not run if the distribution certificate has expired. Currently, distribution certificates are valid for one year. A few weeks before your certificate expires, request a new distribution certificate from the iOS Dev Center, use it to create new distribution provisioning profiles, and then recompile and distribute the updated apps to your users."
So, the question is: Is this still true and didn't changed with iOS5 and/or other causes?
I mean there still no way to RENEW(or prolong) the Distribution certificate, so we will not need to rebuild and redeploy already finished applications?
Thanks beforehand,
Mad Max

No change.
Apps go dark along with program enrollment.

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