SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of March 2015
Commission File Number 1-13758
PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
1069 - 300 Lisboa, Portugal
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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Announcement | Lisbon | 6 March 2015
Material fact disclosed by Oi
Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. hereby informs on the Material fact disclosed by Oi, S.A., according to the companys announcement attached hereto.
Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA |
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Portugal Telecom is listed on the |
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Luis Sousa de Macedo
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www.ptsgps.pt
Oi S.A.
Corporate Taxpayers Registry (CNPJ/MF) No. 76.535.764/0001-43
Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 33.30029520-8
Public-Held Company
MATERIAL FACT
CVM Authorization and Shareholders Meeting to Vote on the Exchange and Option
Transactions
Oi S.A. (Oi or the Company - Bovespa: OIBR3, OIBR4; NYSE: OIBR and OIBR.C), pursuant to art. 157, §4º of Law No. 6,404/76 and CVM Instruction No. 358/02, informs its shareholders and the market in general, that, on this date, the Company was advised that the Joint Committee of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários CVM) approved on March 4, 2015 the Companys authorization request for the exchange and option transactions with Portugal Telecom SGPS S.A. (PT SGPS) (the Exchange and Option, respectively), related to the investments made by PT SGPS in commercial paper issued by Rio Forte Investments, S.A.
The Joint Committee of the CVM unanimously authorized the completion of the Exchange and the Option, in accordance with the terms of the definitive agreements signed among Oi, Telemar Participações S.A. and PT SGPS on September 8, 2014, subject to the following conditions: (1) the approval by the shareholders of Oi in a general meeting (other than PT SGPS, which cannot vote); and (2) the granting of voting rights to the preferred shareholders in this shareholders meeting.
Given the decision by the Joint Committee of the CVM, Ois Board of Directors will call, in the next days, an extraordinary shareholders general meeting to vote on the Exchange and the Option.
The Company will keep its shareholders and the market in general informed of any relevant subsequent events related to the Exchange and the Option.
Rio de Janeiro, March 6, 2015.
Oi S.A.
Bayard De Paoli Gontijo
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: March 6, 2015
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/s/ Luis Sousa de Macedo |
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Luis Sousa de Macedo Investor Relations Director |
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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