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Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.
Public Company
Registered Offices: Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40, Lisboa
Share Capital: Euro 395,099,775
Registered in the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon
and Corporation no. 503 215 058
Addendum to the Report of the Board of Directors
Clarification on information provided in the update to the Board of Directors
Report on the Revised Offer published on 20 February 2007
Lisbon, 27 February 2007 Portugal Telecom (PT) would like to provide clarification on the shareholder remuneration package included in the update to Board of Directors Report on the revision of the offer price.
PT informs that, as announced on 20 February 2007, the shareholder remuneration package consists of:
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PTM share price of Euro 10.85 as at 16 February 2007. |
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Based on the theoretical adjustment to the share price following the distribution of PTM shares (Euro 2.12 per PT share) and assuming the acquisition of own shares and the annual dividend payment have a neutral impact on the share price, which is
equivalent to a theoretical price of Euro 8.38 per outstanding share. |
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Under this package, the total remuneration to PT shareholders over 2006-09 should amount to Euro 6.2 billion, equivalent to Euro 5.6 per share, or more than half of Sonaecoms Euro 10.50 per share offer, while allowing shareholders to retain 100% ownership of the significant value creation opportunity available in PT.
The impact of the revision of the shareholder remuneration package should not have a material impact on the financing costs of Portugal Telecom, with Moodys and Standard & Poors having kept their respective rating on PT unchanged.
This information is also available on PTs IR website http://ir.telecom.pt
Contact: | Nuno Prego, Investor Relations Officer | |
nuno.prego@telecom.pt | ||
Portugal Telecom | ||
Tel.: +351 21 500 1701 | ||
Fax: +351 21 500 0800 |
PT is listed on the Euronext and New York Stock Exchanges. Information may be accessed on Reuters under the symbols PTC.LS and PT and on Bloomberg under the symbol PTC PL. |
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PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.
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Nuno Prego
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Nuno Prego
Investor Relations Director
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