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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 ______ No ___X___

 

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	Investors Relations
	(55 61) 415-1140
	ri@brasiltelecom.com.br
	Media Relations
	(55 61) 415-1378
	cesarb@brasiltelecom.com.br

Free Translation

BRASIL TELECOM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly Traded Company
Corporate Taxpayer Registration CNPJ/MF 02.570.688/0001-70
Board of Trade NIRE 53 3 0000581 8

MATERIAL FACT

CREDIT OF INTEREST ON SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

We hereby inform Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s (“Company”) shareholders that the Company’s Executive Management deliberated, following a delegation from the Board of Directors specified on a meeting held on December 12^th, 2003, the credit of Interest on Shareholders’ Equity in the amount of R$75,000,000.00 (seventy five million reais), which corresponds to a gross amount of R$0.211136121 per one thousand shares and an amount net of income tax of R$0.179465703 per one thousand common and preferred shares, as pursuant to Article 9 of Law 9,249 of December 26^th, 1995 and to Comissão de Valores Mobiliários’ Deliberation 207/96.

Eventual changes in the amount that will be paid per one thousand shares may occur as pursuant to Article 16 of Comissão de Valores Mobiliários’ Instruction 10, issued on February 14th, 1980, considering that the Board of Directors approved a shares buyback program, on a meeting held on August 5^th, 2003.

I – Income Tax Withheld: Income tax of 15% will be withheld from the amount of credit of Interest on Shareholders’Equity, except for those shareholders proven to have fiscal exemption or with differentiated taxation.

II – Date of the Credit in the Books of the Company: January 30^th, 2004.

III – Date of Trading “ex-Interest on Shareholders’ Equity”: As of February 12^th, 2004, Brasil Telecom Participações S.A.’s shares will trade “Ex-Interest on Shareholders’ Equity”, considering the shares deposited on February 11^th, 2004.

IV – Information on the Payment and Credit of Dividends: Interest on Shareholders’ Equity may be accounted for as dividends relative to the fiscal year 2004 and is subject to the approval of the 2005 Ordinary General Shareholders’Meeting, which will indicate the date of payment.

V – Proof of Tax Exemption or Differentiated Taxation
Shareholders exempted from income tax or with differentiated taxation, according to the Brazilian tax legislation, shall prove such condition to the Custodian Bank Banco ABN AMRO REAL S.A., Gerenciamento de Acionistas de Terceiros, Av. Paulista, 1,374/8° Andar – Cerqueira César, Zip Code 01.310-916 - São Paulo – SP, until February 20^th, 2004.

Brazil, Brasília, February 2^nd, 2004.

Paulo Pedrão Rio Branco
Investor Relations Officer

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