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BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
SUMARY OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING, Held on February 17, 2009 at 4:30 p.m.
Attendance:
Shareholders representing the majority of the Company’s voting capital were present.
Agenda:
| 1. | Deliberate on the replacement of Board of Directors Members appointed by the controllers, with election of new members to complement the mandate; |
| 2. | Deliberate on the election of the Chairman and the Vice-President of the Board of Directors; and |
| 3. | Deliberate on the replacement of Fiscal Board Members appointed by the holders of Common Shares, with election of new members to complement the mandate. |
Resolutions:
Regarding item 1 of the agenda the present shareholders unanimously approved the replacement of Board of Directors Members appointed by Solpart Participações S.A. (“Solpart”), electing the following members to
complement the mandate:
| Effective Members | Alternate Members | |
| José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha | José Augusto da Gama Figueira | |
| Luiz Eduardo Falco Pires Correa | Pedro Jereissati | |
| Julio César Pinto | João José de Araújo Pereira Pavel | |
| Alex Waldemar Zornig | Otávio Marques de Azevedo |
As for item 2 of the agenda, the shareholder Solpart proposed the election of Messrs.
José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha and Luiz Eduardo Falco Pires Correa as Chairman and Vice-Chairman, respectively, of the Company’s Board of Directors. This proposal was approved by the majority of the present shareholders.
In regard to item 3 of the agenda, the majority of the present shareholders elected the following persons as members of the Fiscal Council to complete the current term of office:
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| Effective Members | Alternate Members | |
| Aparecido Carlos Correia Galdino | Sidnei Nunes | |
| Allan Kardec de Melo Ferreira | Dênis Kleber Gomide Leite | |
| Eder Carvalho Magalhães | Sergio Bernstein |
Eduardo Grande Bittencourt and his respective alternate Romel Alves Domingues remained as members of the Fiscal Council, once they were elected by the preferred shareholders at the last Annual Shareholders' Meeting.
Pursuant to CVM Instruction 367, of May 29, 2002, the Chairman acknowledged the receipt of the résumés of the elected Board Members.
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BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. |
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By: |
/S/ Alex Waldemar Zornig
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Name: Alex Waldemar Zornig
Title: Chief Financial and Investor Relations Officer |
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