Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
22640-102 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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.
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A
Publicly-held Company
Corporate Taxpayer's ID (CNPJ/MF): 02.558.115/0001-21
Corporate Registry (NIRE): 33.300.276.963
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. (“Company”) (BM&FBOVESPA: TIMP3; NYSE: TSU), pursuant to the letter GAE 0255/14 from BM&FBOVESPA, transcribed below, informs to its shareholders and the market in general that we inquired the Head of Investor Relations of Telecom Italia S.p.A., the indirect parent of TIM Participações SA (the Company), to which we were told that there is no ongoing discussion involving transactions between the Company and GVT.
Rio de Janeiro, February 10th, 2014.
TIM Participações
Rogerio Tostes
Investor Relations Officer
GAE 0255-14
07 de fevereiro de 2014
TIM Participações S.A.
Diretoria de Relações com Investidores
Sr. Rogerio Tostes Lima
Prezados Senhores,
Solicitamos esclarecimentos, até 10/02/2014, sobre o teor da notícia veiculada no jornal O Estado de São Paulo, edição de 07/02/2014, sob o título “Telecom Itália e Vivendi cogitam fusão de TIM e GVT no mercado brasileiro”, bem como outras informações consideradas importantes.
Esta solicitação se insere no âmbito do Convênio de Cooperação, firmado pela CVM e BM&FBOVESPA em 13/12/2011, e o seu não atendimento poderá sujeitar essa companhia à eventual aplicação de multa cominatória pela Superintendência de Relações com Empresas – SEP da CVM, respeitado o disposto na Instrução CVM nº 452/07.
Atenciosamente,
Nelson Barroso Ortega
Gerência de Acompanhamento de Empresas
BM&FBOVESPA S.A. Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros
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.
| TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. | |||
| Date: February 10, 2014 | By: | /s/ Rogério Tostes | |
| Name: Rogério Tostes | |||
| Title: IRO | |||
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