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.
Yes _______ No ___X____
MATERIAL FACT
TELE NORDESTE CELULAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-held Company – CNPJ/MF n° 02.558.156/0001-18
– NIRE n° 2630001109-3
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(New
corporate name of TELE CELULAR SUL PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.)
Publicly-held
Company – CNPJ/MF n° 02.558.115/0001-21 – NIRE n° 4130001760-3
TELE NORDESTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“TND”) and TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (new corporate name of Tele Celular Sul Participações S.A., the “Surviving Entity”), based on § 4° of art. 157 of Law Nr. 6.404/76, and on the CVM Instruction Nr. 358/02, as amended by CVM Instruction Nr. 369/02, inform to their shareholders, to the market and to other interested parties, the following Material Fact:
As decided by the shareholders of TND and of the Surviving Entity in their respective Extraordinary Shareholders´ Meetings held on August 19, 2004 and August 30, 2004: (i) it was approved the merger of TND by the Surviving Entity in accordance with the Agreement of Merger, executed by and between the parties hereto on July 19, 2004, and (ii) it was approved the change of the corporate name of the Surviving Entity, which shall be named TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A., as provided for in the current Article 1st of its By-laws.
The merger of TND by the Surviving Entity was announced to the market through Material Fact announcements published on June 1st, 2004 and July 20, 2004, which describe the main terms and conditions of the approved transaction.
Jaboatão dos Guararapes and Curitiba, August 30, 2004
Walmir Urbano Kesseli
Investor
Relations Director
TELE NORDESTE
CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Paulo Roberto Cruz Cozza
Investor
Relations Director
TIM
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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.
| TELE CELULAR SUL PARTICIPACTES, S.A. | ||
| Date: August 31, 2004 | By: | /s/ Paulo Roberto Cruz Cozza |
| Name: Paulo Roberto Cruz Cozza | ||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | ||