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Publicly-held Company
CVM Registration No. 1771-0
C.N.P.J. No. 02.558.074/0001-73
N.I.R.E. 35.300.158.792
Telesp Celular Participações S.A. (“TCP”) announces that it now owns indirectly the totality of Global Telecom S.A. (“GT”) capital stock, the B-band mobile operator in the Brazilian states of Paraná and Santa Catarina.
TCP indirectly owned 83% of GT’s total capital stock since February 6, 2001, represented by 49% of the common shares and 100% of the preferred shares of the following Group holdings: KDDI Corporation (“KDDI”), ITX Corporation (“ITX”) and Inepar S.A. Indústria e Construções (“Inepar”).
The acquisition of the remaining 17% of GT's capital stock was done with due regard to the provisions in the Purchase and Sale Agreement entered on January 13, 2001, by the purchase of the remaining 51% of the common shares of KDDI, ITX and Inepar Group holdings for the amount of R$ 290,282,292.19, after receiving previous authorization from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações – ANATEL), as per the Act n° 32.135, of December 11, 2002, published in the “Diário Oficial da União” newspaper on December 12, 2002.
Therefore and beginning today, TCP indirectly owns 100% of GT’s capital stock, by means of participation in 100% of the capital stock of the afore mentioned GT holdings.
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TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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Maria Paula de Almeida Martins Canais
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Maria Paula de Almeida Martins Canais
Investor Relations Officer
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