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BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
CORPORATE TAXPAYER REGISTRATION 76.535.764/0001 -43
BOARD OF TRADE 53.3.0000622 -9
PUBLICLY HELD COMPANY
EXTRACT OF THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
BRASIL TELECOM S.A. HELD ON JULY 15, 2008.
On July 15, 2008, at 10.15 a.m., the members of the Board of Directors of Brasil Telecom S.A. (“BT” or “Company”), Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior, Pedro Paulo Elejalde de Campos, Elemér André Surányi, Ricardo Ferraz Torres, Marcos Rocha de Araújo, Henrique Jager, and Antonio Cardoso dos Santos, met at the Company`s office, at SIA SUL – ASP, Lote “D”, Bloco “B”, Brasília/DF and unanimously approved the following subjects: (i) presentation of the Company’s 2Q08 earnings results; and (ii) maintenance of the Independent Auditing company for the 2008 exercise, in the terms of the proposal presented by the Company’s Directors. I hereby certify that the aforementioned resolution was extracted from the minutes registered in the Company’s Minute Book of the Board of Directors’ Meetings.
Brasília, July 15, 2008.
Filipe Laudo de Camargo
Secretary
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