UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of October 2011
Commission File Number: 1-15256
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
(Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)
Brazil Telecom Company
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Rua General Polidoro, No. 99, 5th floor/part – Botafogo
22280-001 Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive offices)
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BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
(PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY)
CORPORATE TAXPAYERS’ REGISTRY (CNPJ/MF) No. 76.535.764/0001-43
BOARD OF TRADE (NIRE) No. 3330029520-8
Minutes of the General Meeting of Debenture Holders of the 5th issuance of simple, non-convertible debentures issued in a single series, of BRASIL TELECOM S.A., held on October 17, 2011, at first call, drawn up in summary form in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 130 of Law No. 6,404/ 76.
| 1. | DATE, TIME AND PLACE: October 17, 2011, at 3:00 p.m., at the Issuer’s headquarters, located at Rua General Polidoro, No. 99, 5th floor/part, Botafogo, in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro |
| 2. | ATTENDANCE: Debenture holders representing 96.42% (ninety-six and forty-two hundredths percent) of the outstanding debentures of the 5th issuance, subject to the provisions of Clause 9.2.2 of the Indenture, as verified by the signatures contained in the Debenture Holders Attendance List and by the Trustee. The Issuer’s representative and the representative of Pavarini Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda., the Trustee, also attended the meeting (Carlos Bacha and Rinaldo Rabello Ferreira). |
| 3. | AGENDA: To examine, discuss and decide on the proposed amendment to the terms of the personal guarantee provided in Clauses 2.6 and 9.4.3 of the Indenture of the 5th issuance, the 4th public issuance, of simple, non-convertible, unsecured debentures, issued in a single series, with additional personal guarantees of Brasil Telecom Participações S.A., for public distribution, entered into on June 20, 2006, (the “Indenture”). |
| 4. | CALL NOTICE: Call Notice published pursuant to Article 124 of Law No. 6,404/76, at first call, on the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro), on September 30, 2011 (Section 5, page 29), October 3, 2011 (Section 5, page 25) and October 4, 2011 (Section 5, page 8), and in the newspaper Valor Econômico on September 30, 2011 (page D9), October 3, 2011 (page C6) and October 4, 2011 (page B13). |
| 5. | CHAIR: President: Gastão Wagner Júnior; and Secretary: Daniella Geszikter Ventura, each elected unanimously by the attendees. |
| 6. | RESOLUTIONS: The President of the Meeting, with the help of the Trustee’s representative, verified the presence of a quorum and the fulfillment of the call requirements, and then declared open the General Meeting Debenture Holders, with the presence of the debenture holders representing 96.42% of the outstanding debentures of the 5th Issuance of Debentures. Then, the attendees authorized, by unanimous vote, the drafting of these minutes of the General Meeting of Debenture Holders in a summary form, and the publication hereof omitting the signatures of the debenture holders, pursuant to Article. 130, paragraphs 1 and 2, of Law No. 6,404/76, respectively. Then, turning to the sole item in the Agenda, after discussions and clarifications given by the Company’s management concerning the process of corporate reorganization of the Oi Companies currently underway and in accordance with the Management Proposal of Brasil Telecom S.A. dated September 30, 2011, forwarded to the Trustee and the Debenture Holders and available through the IPE system on the website of the Brazilian Securities Exchange |
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Minutes of the General Meeting of Debênture Holders of the 5th Issuance of Simple, Non-Convertible Debêntures in a Single Series of BRASIL TELECOM S.A., held on October 17, 2011 |
| Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários), the debenture holders unanimously approved that, if the merger of TNL by BRT is approved at the future general shareholders’ meetings of both Companies, Clause 2.6 of the Indenture may be excluded and, consequently, the role of Intervening Guarantor may also be excluded from all other applicable clauses and sections. |
Finally, the Trustee was authorized to execute the amendment to the Indenture so as to include therein the resolutions contained in these minutes.
| 7. | CLOSING: The resolutions were passed by all of the debenture holders present at the meeting. There being no further matters to discuss, the President of the Meeting temporarily adjourned the meeting for the drafting of these minutes. After the session was reopened, the Minutes of this Meeting were drawn up, duly approved and signed by all debenture holders in attendance, who constituted the quorum required for the respective approval. |
Rio de Janeiro, October 17, 2011.
Gastão Wagner Júnior
President
Daniella Geszikter Ventura
Secretary
Brasil Telecom S.A.
Bayard de Paoli Gontijo
Pavarini Distribuidora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários Ltda.
Trustee
Carlos Alberto Bacha/ Rinaldo Rabello Ferreira
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Minutes of the General Meeting of Debênture Holders of the 5th Issuance of Simple, Non-Convertible Debêntures in a Single Series of BRASIL TELECOM S.A., held on October 17, 2011 |
Attendance List – page 01
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| BRADESCO FI RF MASTER II PREVIDÊNCIA |
02560.00-5 | 2454 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. REFERENCIADO DI PREMIUM |
82578.00-0 | 1121 | ||||||
| FI RF FAROL ALM I |
10827.00-8 | 540 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I.MULTIMERCADO DUBLIN |
86038.00-3 | 519 | ||||||
| BRADESCO - F.I. MULTIMERCADO FEB BD |
46638.00-3 | 366 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. R. FIXA TARGET I |
67438.00-0 | 325 | ||||||
| BRAM PRIVATE FI RENDA FIXA CRÉDITO PRIVADO |
84528.00-3 | 291 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FI MULTIMERCADO FEB II CD |
68178.00-8 | 227 | ||||||
| BRADESCO PRIVATE FI RF CRÉDITO PRIVADO |
82618.00-1 | 125 | ||||||
| BRADESCO PRIVATE F.I. RENDA FIXA |
61698.00-4 | 101 | ||||||
| BRAM F.I. RENDA FIXA TARGET |
46668.00-4 | 98 | ||||||
| FI MULTIMERCADO ESPARTA |
05134.00-5 | 96 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FIM APREV |
02330.00-8 | 81 | ||||||
| BRAM FI RENDA FIXA CRÉDITO PRIVADO |
01575.00-8 | 76 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FI REFERENCIADO DI CP LP MAXIM |
10554.00-3 | 67 | ||||||
| BRAM FI RF CRED PRIV LIVRE |
12968.00-6 | 63 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. MULTIMERCADO PLUS I |
49578.00-5 | 55 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FI RF CREDITO PRIVADO MASTER |
08870.00-5 | 46 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. REFERENCIADO DI HIGH |
24528.00-1 | 28 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FI RF IMA GERAL |
03981.00-9 | 23 | ||||||
| FUNDO DE INVESTIMENTO RENDA FIXA DOURADO |
65748.00-8 | 22 | ||||||
| BRADESCO CORPORATE F.I. R.F. CRÉDITO PRIVADO |
80838.00-3 | 18 | ||||||
| BRADESCO - F.I. MULTIMERCADO TEAM |
57428.00-6 | 13 | ||||||
| BRADESCO INSTITUCIONAL FI RF CREDITO PRIVADO |
05597.00-6 | 11 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I REFERENCIADO DI SKY |
81948.00-2 | 11 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. MULTIMERCADO DYNAMIC |
40928.00-1 | 2 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. R.F. LONGO PRAZO YIELD |
49748.00-0 | 2 | ||||||
| BRADESCO F.I. MULTIMERCADO PLUS |
49628.00-3 | 683 | ||||||
| BRAM F.I. MULTIMERCADO |
00673.00-4 | 413 | ||||||
| BRAM FI MULTIMERCADO SEGMENTO |
02558.00-0 | 308 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FIM CRÉD. PRIV. MURALHA |
87288.00-3 | 249 | ||||||
| BRAM PRIVATE FI MM DINÂMICO |
84538.00-0 | 147 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FI MULTIMERCADO PREVCUMMINS |
02331.00-7 | 48 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FI MULTIMERCADO FRT100 |
01435.00-7 | 39 | ||||||
| BRADESCO - F.I. MULTIMERCADO SCORE |
57438.00-3 | 25 | ||||||
| BRADESCO FIM FMP T-SYSTEM |
05281.00-6 | 15 | ||||||
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BANCO BRADESCO S/A
Name:
Position:
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| BANCO DO BRASIL S/A |
00010.00-7 | 211 | ||||||
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Name:
Position:
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| BANRISUL MASTER FI REFERENCIADO DI LONGO PRAZO |
27898.00-6 | 1500 | ||||||
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BANCO DO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL S/A
Name:
Position:
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Minutes of the General Meeting of Debênture Holders of the 5th Issuance of Simple, Non-Convertible Debêntures in a Single Series of BRASIL TELECOM S.A., held on October 17, 2011 |
Attendance List – page 02
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| SANTANDER FI RENDA FIXA FAROL |
10829.00-6 | 500 | ||||||
| SANTANDER FI ABSOLUTO TOP RENDA FIXA |
08229.00-3 | 87 | ||||||
| SANTANDER FI PREV RENDA FIXA |
02643.00-1 | 74 | ||||||
SANTANDER BRASIL ASSET MANAGEMENT DTVM S.A./ BANCO SANTANDER (BRASIL) S.A.
Name:
Position:
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| BB TOP RF MODERADO FI RENDA FIXA LP |
18848.00-3 | 8.866 | ||||||
| BB TOP DI FI REFERENCIADO DI LONGO P |
19638.00-9 | 6.554 | ||||||
| BB TOP RF C FI RENDA FIXA |
00795.00-9 | 4.504 | ||||||
| BB TOP RF ARROJADO FI RENDA FIXA LON |
46028.00-8 | 3.423 | ||||||
| BB TOP DI C FI REFERENCIADO DI |
00859.00-0 | 3.151 | ||||||
| BB TOP RF TRADICIONAL FI RENDA FIXA |
02657.00-4 | 1.202 | ||||||
| BB URANO 1 FI RENDA FIXA CREDITO PRI |
02287.00-3 | 858 | ||||||
| BBRPPS ATUARIAL MODERADO FUNDO DE I |
03114.00-3 | 792 | ||||||
| BB TOP TRADE LP FI MULTIMERCADO |
03045.00-0 | 500 | ||||||
| BB MILENIO 33 |
65648.00-5 | 340 | ||||||
| BB UNICREDDO BRASIL FI RF CREDITO P |
61628.00-5 | 100 | ||||||
| BB UNICRED CENTRAL SP FI RF CREDITO PRI |
94158.00-9 | 100 | ||||||
| BB PASA |
00860.00-6 | 50 | ||||||
| BB POLO 1 |
00536.00-0 | 30 | ||||||
BB GESTÃO DE RECURSOS - DISTRIBUIDORA DE TÍTULO E VALORES MOBILIÁRIOS
Name:
Position:
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| Fundo de Investimento Multimercado Crédito Privado – EROS |
80498.00-3 | 1500 | ||||||
CERES - Fundação de Seguridade Social
Name:
Position:
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| Icatu Seg NW Fix Fundo de Investimento Referenciado DI |
52438.00-8 | 32 | ||||||
| CitiPrevidência Fundo de Investimento Referenciado DI |
88188.00-9 | 30 | ||||||
| CitiPrevidência Corporate Fundo de Investimento Referenciado DI |
88118.00-0 | 23 | ||||||
| CitiPrevidência C25 Fundo de Investimento Multimercado |
89268.00-7 | 21 | ||||||
| CitiPrevidência Corporate C25 Fundo de Investimento Multimercado |
89278.00-4 | 8 | ||||||
CITIBANK DTVM S/A
Name:
Position:
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Minutes of the General Meeting of Debênture Holders of the 5th Issuance of Simple, Non-Convertible Debêntures in a Single Series of BRASIL TELECOM S.A., held on October 17, 2011 |
Attendance List – page 03
| Account | Qty. DEB | |||||||
| Western Asset DI Max Referenciado Fundo de Investimento |
00167.00-8 | 6945 | ||||||
| Western Asset Prev Credit Renda Fixa Fundo de Investimento Crédito Privado |
07047.00-4 | 1223 | ||||||
| Multiprev II Fundo de Investimento Multimercado Crédito Privado |
07966.00-6 | 378 | ||||||
| Western Asset Pension Renda Fixa Fundo de Investimento Crédito Privado |
41748.00-8 | 234 | ||||||
| Western Asset Credit Special Renda Fixa Fundo de Investimento Crédito Privado |
07968.00-4 | 134 | ||||||
| Baltimore IV Fundo de Investimento Renda Fixa Crédito Privado |
12240.00-9 | 81 | ||||||
| Ibirapuera Fundo de Investimento Renda Fixa |
11270.00-1 | 50 | ||||||
| Baltimore Fundo de Investimento Multimercado Crédito Privado |
07461.00-6 | 29 | ||||||
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| WESTERN ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY DTVM LIM |
| Name: |
| Position: |
SIGNATURES
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.
Date: October 18, 2011
| BRASIL TELECOM S.A. | ||
| By: | /s/ Alex Waldemar Zornig | |
| Name: | Alex Waldemar Zornig | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer | |