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VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
HELD ON OCTOBER 14, 2008.
1. DATE, TIME AND PLACE: October 14, 2008, at 11:00 a.m, at the head-office of Vivo Participações S.A. (“Company”), on Avenida Roque Petroni Junior, n.º 1464, 6º andar, Morumbi, São Paulo - SP, according to a call notice in compliance with the bylaws.
2. CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE MEETING: Luis Miguel Gilpérez López – Chairman, and Breno Rodrigo Pacheco de Oliveira – Secretary.
3. INSTATEMENT: the meeting was instated with the attendance of the undersigned Directors, who represented a quorum under the terms of the Bylaws.
4. AGENDA:
4.1. To resolve on the proposal of the Executive Board of the Company for a credit facility agreement to be entered into between its wholly-owned subsidiary, VIVO S.A., with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A. (“BNB”), under the terms of the “Fundo Constitucional do Nordeste” (Northeast Constitutional Fund), in the amount of up to three hundred eighty-nine million reais (R$ 389,000,000.00); and
4.2. To authorize the Executive Board to perform any and all acts necessary for the credit facility agreement to be entered into with BNB.
5. RESOLUTIONS: The Directors, after having examined and discussed the matters in the agenda, have unanimously and unrestrictedly approved the following:
5.1. Authorization for the wholly-owned subsidiary, VIVO S.A., to enter into a credit facility agreement with BNB, under the terms of the “Fundo Constitucional do Nordeste” (Northeast Constitutional Fund), in the amount of up to three hundred eighty-nine million reais (R$ 389,000,000.00), which shall have the following terms and conditions:
(a) Allocation of the proceeds: the proceeds of this credit facility will be allocated to the expansion of the network already existent in the states of Bahia, Sergipe and Maranhão. As for the states of Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas, the purpose of the project is to implement a new network;
(b) Repayment term: the term for repayment of the loan shall be eight (8) years counted as from the execution of the agreement.
(c) Grace period: the grace period for repayment of the loan will be two (2) years counted from the execution of the agreement;
(d) Term for evidencing the performance of the investments: VIVO S.A. will have a term of two (2) years counted from the execution of the agreement for evidencing that it has performed the investments.
(e) Transaction costs: interests of up to ten per cent (10%) per year, with non-default bonus varying from fifteen per cent (15%) in regions classified as outside the semiarid region and of twenty-five per cent (25%) in regions classified as semiarid region;
(f) Guarantee: the transaction shall be secured by a letter of guarantee of one hundred per cent (100%) of the credit amount to be granted, at an estimated cost of one point ten per cent (1.10%) per year.
5.2. Authorization for the Executive Board to perform any and all acts necessary for the credit facility agreement to be entered into.
Since there was no other business to be transacted, the meeting was adjourned, with these minutes having been drawn-up, read, approved and signed by the Directors and by the Secretary, being following transcribed in the proper book.
Signatures: Luis Miguel Gilpérez López – Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Meeting, Shakhaf Wine – Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors, Luis Miguel da Fonseca Pacheco de Melo (Director represented by Shakhaf Wine), Ignácio Aller Mallo (Director represented by Luis Miguel Gilpérez López), Félix Pablo Ivorra Cano, Luiz Kaufmann, Rui Manuel de Medeiros D’Espiney Patrício, José Guimarães Monforte, Antonio Gonçalves de Oliveira - Directors; Breno Rodrigo Pacheco de Oliveira - Secretary.
I hereby certify that this is a faithful copy of the minutes of the Special Meeting of the Board of Directors, held on October 14, 2008, and drawn-up in the proper book.
Breno Rodrigo Pacheco de Oliveira
Secretary – OAB/RS n° 45.479
SIGNATURE
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/S/ Ernesto Gardelliano
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Ernesto Gardelliano
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