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BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
Publicly Traded Company
Corporate Taxpayer Registration: 76.535.764/0001 -43
Board of Trade: 53 3 0000622 9
MATERIAL FACT
CREDIT OF INTEREST ON OWN CAPITAL
We hereby inform shareholders of Brasil Telecom S.A. (“Company”) that the Company’s Senior Management resolved, following a delegation from the Board of Directors specified at a meeting held on December 14th, 2007, the appropriation of Interest on Own Capital in the amount of R$105,400,000.00 (one hundred and five million and four hundred thousand reais), which corresponds to a gross amount of R$0.192591552 per share or an amount net of income tax of R$0.163702819 per share, common and preferred, pursuant to Article 9 of Law 9,249 of December 26th, 1995 and to Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission’s (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários) Deliberation 207/96.
I – Income Tax Withheld: Income tax at a rate of 15% will be withheld from the amount of Interest on Shareholders’ Equity, except with respect to those shareholders who demonstrate exemption from tax or eligibility to be taxed at a different rate.
II – Date of the Credit: The credit in the books of Brasil Telecom S.A of Interest on Shareholders Equity in the total amount of R$105,400,000.00, will be made on December 28th, 2007.
III – Date of Trading “ex-Interest on Own Capital”: As of December 27th, 2007, the Company’s shares will trade “Ex-Interest on Own Capital”, with respect to shares held of record on December 26th, 2007.
IV – Information regarding the Payment of Dividends: The interest on own capital shall be charged to dividends with respect to fiscal year 2007 and shall be subject to approval at the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting in 2008. The payment date, when resolved, will be advised in a published Notice to Shareholders.
V – Confirmation of Tax Exemption or Different Tax Rate Eligibility: Legal persons who are exempt from income tax or who are eligible to be taxed at a tax rate different than 15%, in compliance with the current law, shall demonstrate such exemption or eligibility to the Custodian Bank – Banco Bradesco S.A., Departamento de Ações e Custódia, Prédio Amarelo, 2º Andar, Cidade de Deus, Vila Yara – CEP 06.029 -900 – Osasco – SP, on or before January 7th, 2008.
VI – Amount Appropriated in Fiscal Year 2007:
| DATE OF THE CREDIT |
BRAZILIAN EX- DATE |
TOTAL APPROPRIATED (R$) |
GROSS AMOUNT PER SHARE (R$) |
AMOUNT NET OF INCOME TAX PER SHARE (R$) |
| 01/31/20071 | 02/12/2007 | 245,000,000.00 | 0.447674858 | 0.380523629 |
| 12/28/20072 | 12/27/2007 | 105,400,000.00 | 0.192591552 | 0.163702819 |
1 The Gross amount and the amount net of income tax are expressed in reais per one thousand shares.
2 The Gross amount and the amount net of income tax are expressed in reais per share, assuming the share grouping approved at the Extraordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 10th, 2007.
Brasília, Brazil, December 14th, 2007.
Paulo Narcélio Simões Amaral
Investor Relations Officer
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