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TELESP CELULAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
CNPJ/MF n° 02.558.074/0001-73 - NIRE
35.3.001.587.9-2
A Public Company
Special Shareholders Meeting
Notice to Shareholders
Notice is hereby given to shareholders that a Special Shareholders Meeting of the Company will be held exceptionally at VIVO Megastore, at Avenida Paulista, 412, 1st floor, São Paulo, SP, on September 2nd, 2003, at 2pm, to act on the following agenda:
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To ratify the election of BES Investimento do Brasil S.A.- Banco de Investimento, as the institution responsible for the Appraisal Report related to the acquisition, by the Company, of a controlling interest in Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A. (“TCO”); |
| 2) |
To ratify said Appraisal Report; |
| 3) |
To ratify the acquisition, by the Company, of 77,256,410,396 (seventy seven billion, two hundred and fifty six million, four hundred and ten thousand, three hundred and ninety six) shares of TCO, corresponding to 61.10% of its voting capital and 20.37% of its total capital, without taking into account the shares held in treasury (“Acquisition”), as well the signing of the respective definitive agreement to purchase and sell shares, entered into on March 24, 2003 (“Purchase and Sale Agreement”), pursuant to article 256 of Law 6,404/76, as amended by Law 9,457/97; |
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
| A) |
Shareholders’ proxies shall be received by the Company at its Headquarters, at Rua Abílio Soares, 409, 12th floor (Legal Department) at least forty-eight (48) hours before the beginning of the Meeting. |
| B) |
Shareholders who participate in the Brazilian Stock Exchange Custody Program and who intend to attend the Meeting will be required to present a statement issued up to forty-eight (48) hours before the beginning of the Meeting, showing their respective holdings in the capital stock of the Company. |
| C) |
The Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Appraisal Report related to the Acquisition of TCO are available to shareholders at the Company’s Headquarters – Legal Department. |
São Paulo, August 15th, 2003.
Iriarte José Araújo
Esteves
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
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TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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| By: |
/S/
Fernando Abella Garcia
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Fernando Abella Garcia
Investor Relations Officer
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