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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
Notice to the Market
Pursuant to article 12, paragraph 6 of CVM Instruction 358/02, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. (“BTP”) hereby reproduces the statement it received from Capital Research Management Company (“CRMC”) about the sale of relevant interest:
NOTICE
Pursuant to Article 12, paragraph 4 of CVM Instruction 358 dated January 3, 2002, Capital Research and Management Company, a company constituted and existing in accordance with the laws of the United States of America, with head offices at 333, South Hope Street, Los Angeles, California 90071, United States of America (“CRMC”), in its capacity as a foreign investment fund manager, hereby informs that, through stock exchange operations carried out on behalf of its clients, it sold the entire interest it managed as American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) representing the preferred shares (“PN Shares”) issued by Brasil Telecom S.A., a publicly-held company, inscribed in the corporate taxpayers register (CNPJ/MF) under no. 02.570.688/0001 -70 (“Company”). On June 14, 2006, CRMC managed 11,500,000,000 of the Company’s PN Shares, representing 5.001% of this type of share. No other CRMC group company holds any interest in the Company. There are no debentures convertible into shares held directly or indirectly by CRMC or any related person, or any agreement or contract ruling the exercise of voting rights or the purchase and sale of securities issued by the Company to which CRMC or any related person is a party.
March 6, 2008
CAPITAL RESEARCH AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY"
Finally, BTP hereby clarifies that said fact does not have any of the requisites for it be considered a relevant fact or require its publication in the press.
Rio de Janeiro, March 12, 2009.
Alex Waldemar Zornig
Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.
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