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 June 2011

Commission File Number 1-13758

 


 

PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
1069 - 300 Lisboa, Portugal

(Address of principal executive office)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

 

Form 20-F x  Form 40-F o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Yes o  No x

 

 

 



 

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Announcement  |  Lisbon  |  15 June 2011

 

Modification of qualified holding and long position

 

Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT”) hereby announces that Citigroup Global Markets Ltd. (“Citi”) informed the following:

 

1. Under an OTC transaction dated 6 June 2011, the reacquisition entitlement held by Citi was reduced to 11,925,055 ordinary shares in PT, thus falling to 1.3302% of PT’s share capital and voting rights.

 

PT was also informed that, as of that date, the following voting rights and economic long positions in PT were attributable to Citi and other related entities:

 

Entity

 

Holding Type

 

No. of shares (*)

 

% share capital and
voting rights

 

Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland

 

Ordinary shares (title)

 

5

 

0.0000

%

Citigroup First Investment Management Limited

 

Exchangeable bonds

 

10,300,000 (convert to 938,924 ordinary shares)

 

0.1047

%

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

 

Reacquisition entitlement

 

11,925,055

 

1.3302

%

 

 

Exchangeable bonds

 

350,000 (convert to 31,905 ordinary shares)

 

0.0036

%

 

 

Equity swaps

 

14,200,000

 

1.5839

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

American depositary receipts

 

137

 

0.0000

%

Citigroup Trust DE NA

 

American depositary receipts

 

1,724

 

0.0002

%

Citibank NA

 

American depositary receipts

 

26,644

 

0.0030

%

Citicorp Trust NA

 

American depositary receipts

 

100

 

0.0000

%

Total

 

 

 

27,124,494(**)

 

3.0256

%

 


(*) 500 shares = 1 vote.

(**) 54,248 full voting rights.

 

2. Under an OTC transaction dated 9 June 2011, the reacquisition entitlement held by Citi has been reduced to 6,000,000 ordinary shares in PT, thus falling to 0.6693% of PT’s share capital and voting rights.

 

Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
1069-300 Lisbon
Portugal

 

Public company
Share capital Euro 26,895,375
Registered in the Commercial
Registry Office of Lisbon and Corporation no. 503 215 058

 

Portugal Telecom is listed on the Euronext and New York Stock Exchange. Information may be accessed on the Reuters under the symbols PTC.LS and PT and on Bloomberg under the symbol PTC PL.

 

Nuno Vieira
Investor Relations Director
nuno.t.vieira@telecom.pt
Tel.: +351 21 500 1701
Fax: +351 21 500 0800

 

www.telecom.pt

 



 

PT was further informed that, as of that date, the following voting rights and economic long positions in PT are attributable to Citi and other related entities:

 

Entity

 

Holding Type

 

No. of shares (*)

 

% share capital and
voting rights

 

Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland

 

Ordinary shares (title)

 

5

 

0.0000

%

Citigroup First Investment Management Limited

 

Exchangeable bonds

 

17,450,000 (convert to 1,590,701 ordinary shares)

 

0.1774

%

Citigroup Global Markets Limited

 

Ordinary shares

 

1,276,032

 

0.1423

%

 

 

Reacquisition entitlement

 

6,000,000

 

0.6693

%

 

 

Exchangeable bonds

 

350,000 (convert to 31,905 ordinary shares)

 

0.0036

%

 

 

Equity swaps

 

6,000,000

 

0.6693

%

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

American depositary receipts

 

179,901

 

0.0201

%

Citigroup Trust DE NA

 

American depositary receipts

 

98

 

0.0000

%

Citibank NA

 

American depositary receipts

 

26,644

 

0.0030

%

Total

 

 

 

15,105,286(**)

 

1.6849

%

 


(*) 500 shares = 1 vote.

(**) 30,210 full voting rights.

 

This statement is pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code and articles 2 and 2-A of the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, following communications received from Citi, with registered office at Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, United Kingdom.

 

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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.

 

Date: June 15, 2011

 

 

PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nuno Vieira

 

 

Nuno Vieira
Investor Relations Director

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

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