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VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. CNPJ/MF nº 02.558.074/0001-73 - NIRE 35.3.001.587.9-2 Publicly-held Company with authorized capital |
1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: September 30, 2008, at 10:00 AM, at Av. Roque Petroni Junior, 1464, 6th floor, Morumbi, São Paulo - SP, in accordance with the call notice made as provided in the Bylaws.
2. CHAIRMAN AND SECRETARY: Luis Miguel Gilpérez López – Chairman of the meeting; Breno Rodrigo Pacheco de Oliveira – Secretary of the meeting.
3. ATTENDANCE: The meeting initiated with the attendance of the members of the Board of Directors representing the necessary quorum, as provided in the Bylaws of the Company and also with the presence of the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Roberto Oliveira de Lima.
4. AGENDA AND RESOLUTIONS:
After the presentation by the Board of Officers of the Company of the preliminary studies involving the merger of TCO IP S.A. (“TCO IP”), enrolled with the CNPJ/MF under No. 04.225.487/0001-61, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, by Telemig Celular Participações S.A., enrolled with CNPJ/MF under No. 02.558.118/0001-65 (“Telemig Part.”), to take place still during this year of 2008, as a way to simplify the current corporate structure and minimize the administrative costs, bringing economic benefits to Telemig Part., the members of the Board of Directors acknowledged and approved the Management proposal of submitting, within the scope of the proposed process, to the Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações – ANATEL, a request of previous consent for the corporate restructuring regarding the merger of TCO IP into Telemig Part.. The Board of Officers was authorized to take all the necessary measures in order to formalize the request and to take all additional procedures in connection with continuation of the studies related to the proposed merger, and were requested to, at the end, present the definitive proposal to the Board again for final approval, ad referendum of the shareholders meeting of the involved companies to be called opportunely.
As no matters were left to be discussed, the meeting was adjourned and these minutes, after being drawn up, read and approved, were executed by the Board in attendance and by the Secretary, and, then, registered in the proper corporate book.
Signatures: Luis Miguel Gilpérez López – Chairman of the Board and of the Meeting; Shakhaf Wine, Vice-Chairman of the Board; Luis Miguel da Fonseca Pacheco de Melo (represented by Shakhaf Wine), Ignácio Aller Mallo (represented by Luis Miguel Gilpérez López; Félix Pablo Ivorra Cano, Luiz Kaufmann, Rui Manuel de M. D’Espiney Patrício, José Guimarães Monforte, and Antonio Gonçalves de Oliveira - members of the Board; and Breno Rodrigo Pacheco de Oliveira - Secretary.
The present certificate is a true and correct copy of the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors, held on September 30, 2008 drawn up in the proper corporate book.
Breno Rodrigo Pacheco de Oliveira
Secretary of the meeting- OAB/RS nº 45.479
SIGNATURE
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VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. |
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/S/ Ernesto Gardelliano
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Ernesto Gardelliano
Investor Relations Officer |
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