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TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A
Public-Held Company
CNPJ/MF Nº 02.558.115/0001-21
NIRE 33 300 276 963
MATERIAL FACT
TIM Participações S.A. announces its new CEO
Rio de Janeiro, February 7th, 2013 – TIM Participações S.A. (“Company”) (BOVESPA: TIMP3; and NYSE: TSU), which retains direct control of TIM Celular S.A. and Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda., providing telecommunication services nationwide, hereby informs its shareholders, the market in general and other interested parties that:
In reference to the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on February 5th, 2013, in which the members of the Board of Directors acknowledged the resignation presented by Mr. Andrea Mangoni from his position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, we announce that, on a meeting that took place today, the Board of Directors elected Mr. Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, considering that his effective investiture on said position will take place on March 4th, 2013.
Mr. Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu has a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering at Universidade de Campinas and Master of Business Administration at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Mr. Abreu has more than 20 years of experience on telecommunication and information technology areas, having worked on various companies in that field, in Brazil and abroad, and on different positions. His last professional challenge was as CEO of Cisco do Brasil, where he has worked for 7 years.
Rogerio Tostes
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.
| TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. | |||
| Date: February 07, 2013 | By: | /s/ Rogério Tostes | |
| Name: Rogério Tostes | |||
| Title: IRO | |||
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