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Brasília, D.F., 71.215-000
Federative Republic of Brazil
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| Investor Relations | |
| (55 61) 3415-1140 | |
| ri@brasiltelecom.com.br | |
| Media Relations | |
| (55 61) 3415-1378 | |
| cesarb@brasiltelecom.com.br |
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| BRASIL TELECOM S.A. | BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. | |
| Publicly traded Company | Publicly traded Company | |
| Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF: | Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF: | |
| 76.535.764/0001-43 | 02.570.688/0001-70 | |
| Board of Trade 53 3 0000622-9 | Board of Trade 53 3 0000581- 8 |
MATERIAL FACT
BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. and BRASIL TELECOM S.A. (the “Companies”), in compliance with paragraph 4 of article 157 of Law number 6.404/76 and CVM Instruction 358/02, as ammended, inform publicly their Shareholders and the market in general as follows:
On July 18th, 2007, the Companies signed, together with 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., Zain Participações S.A., Invitel S.A., Solpart Participações S.A. (“Solpart”), Techold Participações S.A. (“Techold”), Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil – Previ (“Previ”), Petros – Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social (“Petros”), Fundação dos Economiários Federais – Funcef (“Funcef”), Investidores Institucionais Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada, Fundação Vale do Rio Doce de Seguridade Social – Valia, Citigroup Venture Capital International Brazil, L.P., Citigroup Venture Capital International Brazil, Ltd., International Equity Investments Inc., Citibank, N.A., Priv Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Tele Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Angra Partners Consultoria Empresarial e Participações Ltda., on one side, and Telecom Italia International N.V., Telecom Italia S.p.A., Brasilco S.R.L., Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited, Tim Brasil Serviços e Participações S.A., and Tim International N.V., on the other side (“Telecom Itália”), an Agreement of Mutual Exoneration, by which all who sign promise to give up any claims and terminate any ongoing disputes in the Judiciary and in international Arbitral Courts, involving the Companies and their direct and indirect shareholders, on one side, and Telecom Itália and its subsidiaries, on the other, subject to authorization by the competent social organizations, and effectiveness of the acquisition by Previ, Petros and Funcef, or Techold, as the case may be, of the Solpart shares currently held by Brasilco (“Brasilco Shares”).
With the Agreement of Mutual Exoneration, the disputes involving the Companies and their subsidiaries and the companies in the Telecom Itália group, among others, will end, including the arbitrations mentioned in the Notice sent by the Companies on March 16th, 2006.
The effective acquisition of Brasilco Shares, which is subject to the approval of the National Agency for Telecommunications – ANATEL and other conditions, will allow for the end of the existing administrative actions regarding the overlapping of telephony licenses (Fixed-Line Telephone Service – STFC, Personal Mobile Service – SMP, National Long Distance – LDN, and International Long Distance - LDI) among companies of the Brasil Telecom and Telecom Itália groups, thus eliminating potential adverse material effect to the business and interests of the companies within the Brasil Telecom group.
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The Companies wish to clarify that they are not parties to the Purchase Agreement relating to Brasilco Shares, nor to any other agreements that may have been signed simultaneously in connection with the Agreement of Mutual Exoneration.
Brasília, Brazil, July 18, 2007.
Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Investor Relations Officer
Brasil
Telecom Participações S.A.
Brasil Telecom S.A.
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