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BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly Held Company
CORPORATE TAXPAYER REGISTRATION 02.570.688/0001-70
BOARD OF TRADE 53.3.0000581-8
SUMMONS NOTICE
EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s (“Company”) shareholders are hereby summoned to attend the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, in the form of the legal and statutory dispositions, to be held on February 17, 2009, at 04:30 p.m., at the Company’s headquarters located in the city of Brasília -DF, at SIA SUL, ASP, LOTE D, BLOCO B, to resolve the following agenda:
1. Deliberate on the replacement of Board of Directors Members appointed by the controllers, with election of new members to complement the tenure;
2. Deliberate on the election of the Chairman and the Vice-President of the Board of Directors; and
3. Deliberate on the replacement of Fiscal Board Members appointed by the holders of Common Shares, with election of new members to complement the tenure;
GENERAL INFORMATION
All documents associated with the matters in the Agenda are available to the Company’s shareholders at its headquarters.
Shareholders holding 5% (five percent) of the Company’s voting capital may request the Company to adopt cumulative voting as per article 141 of Law 6,404/76 and CVM Instruction 165/91, up to 48 (forty-eight) hours before the Meeting.
All powers of attorney shall be filed at the Company’s headquarters located in the city of Brasília – DF, at SIA Sul, ASP, Lote D, Bloco B – 2nd floor – Diretoria Jurídica, at least 2 (two) business days prior to the date of the Shareholders’ Meetings.
Shareholders in possession of shares registered with a custodian agent wishing to participate in the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings shall present a statement of shareholdings issued by the custodian agent no more than 2 (two) business days prior to the date of the Meetings.
Brasília, January 09, 2009.
Sergio Spinelli Silva Junior
Chairman of the Board of Directors
BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. |
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/S/ Alex Waldemar Zornig
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Name: Alex Waldemar Zornig
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