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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 March, 2014
Commission File Number 001-14491
 

 
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 
Av. das Américas, 3434, Bloco 1, 7º andar – Parte
22640-102 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
(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 _______

 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____


TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting

April 10th, 2014


SUMMARY

 

Page 03, Item 01 – Notice to the Shareholders’ provided for the Section 133 of the Brazilian Law No. 6,404/1976

Page 05, Item 02 – Call Notice

 

On Annual Shareholders’ Meeting:

 

Page 08, Item 03 – Management’s report and Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, dated as of December 31st, 2013 and Item 10 from the Reference Form

Page 54, Item 04 – Proposal Company’s capital budget

Page 56, Item 05 – Proposal for the allocation of the results related to the fiscal year 2013 and distribution of dividends by the Company

Page 62 , Item 06 – Indications for both, effectives and substitutes, of the Company’s Audit Committee

Page 75, Item 07 – Proposal of compensation for the Company’s Administrators and the members of the Statutory Audit Committee of the Company, for the year of 2013 and Item 13 from the Reference Form


On Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting:


Page 102, Item 08 – Deliberate about the proposal of the Long Term Incentive Plan (Stock Options Plan)

Page 121, Item 09 – Proposal of Prorogation of the Cooperation and Support Agreement

 

Annual Shareholders’ Meeting Agenda

01 – Notice to the Shareholders’provided for the Section 133 of the Brazilian Law No. 6,404/1976


02 – Call Notice


TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-Held Company]

CNPJ/MF 02.558.115/0001-21

NIRE 33.300.276.963

 

CALL NOTICE – ANNUAL AND EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

The Shareholders of TIM Participações S.A. (“Company”) are called upon, as set forth in the Section 124 of the Brazilian Law Nr. 6,404/1976, to attend the Company’s Annual and Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on April 10th, 2014, at 11 am, at the Company’s head office, located at Avenida das Américas, Nr. 3,434, 1st Building, 6th floor, Barra da Tijuca, in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro, in order to resolve on the following Agenda:

On Annual Shareholders` Meeting:
(1) To resolve on the management’s report and the financial statements of the Company, dated as of December 31st, 2013; (2) To resolve on the proposed Company’s capital budget; (3) To resolve on the management’s proposal for the allocation of the results related to the fiscal year of 2013 and distribution of dividends by the Company; (4) To resolve on the composition of the Fiscal Council of the Company and to elect its regular and alternate members; and (5) To resolve on the proposed compensation for the Company’s Administrators and the members of the Fiscal Council of the Company, for the year of 2014.

On Extraordinary Shareholders` Meeting:
(1) To resolve on the Company’s Long Term Incentive (Stock Option Plan); and (2) To resolve on the proposed extension of the Cooperation and Support Agreement, to be entered into Telecom Italia S.p.A., on one side, and TIM Celular S.A. and Intelig Telecomunicações Ltda., on the other, with the Company as intervening party.

General Instructions:

  1. All the documents and information pertinent to the subjects to be analyzed and resolved on at the Shareholders’ Meeting are at the shareholders’ disposal at the Company’s head office, as well as in the websites www.tim.com.br/ri, www.cvm.gov.br and www.bmfbovespa.com.br.
  2. The Shareholder interested in exercising its voting right in this Shareholder’s Meeting may do it through the website www.tim.com.br/ri.
  3. The shareholders or their qualified representatives shall observe, for participation in the Shareholders’ Meeting called upon herein, the provisions set forth in the Section 126 of the Brazilian Law Nr. 6,404/1976 and the sole paragraph of the Section 12 of the Company’s By-Laws. Accordingly, the shareholders to be represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting shall deposit at the Company’s headquarter the respective documentation which support such shareholders’ representation, including the power of attorney and/or articles of incorporation and corporate acts related to the appointment, as the case may be, and the representative’s identification document, in up to two (02) business days prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting. Within the same term, the holders of book entry shares or shares held in custody shall deposit copies of the identity card and the respective share statement issued at least five (05) business days prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting. The documentation mentioned herein shall be forwarded to the following address: TIM Participações S.A., Investor Relations Officer, Mr. Rogério Tostes Lima, Avenida das Américas, Nr. 3,434, 1st Building, 6th floor, Zip Code: 22.640-102, Barra da Tijuca, in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro (RJ), March 10th, 2014.

 

Franco Bertone
Chairman of the Board of Directors


03 – Management’s report and Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company, dated as of December 31st, 2013 and Item 10 from the Reference Form


TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

MANAGEMENT REPORT, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND THE OPINION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR AND STATUTORY AUDIT COMMITTEE, FOR THE YEAR OF 2013

 

Shareholders,

In compliance with the Circular Letter CVM/SEP/Nº01/2014, and as set forth in the CVM Instruction N. 481/09, TIM Participações S.A. inform that the Management Report, the Financial Statements, the Opinions of the Independent Auditor and Statutory Audit Committee and the DFP Form, for the year of 2013, are available on the site of Comissão de Valores Mobiliários (Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission), and on the site of Investors Relations of the Company, on the links above:

www.cvm.gov.br/

www.tim.com.br/ri

 

Rio de Janeiro, March 10th, 2014

Franco Bertone
President of the Board of Directors



Find bellow Item 10, from Reference Form, according to CVM instruction n. 481/09, article 9, III

10. Comments by Board of Directors
10.1.     Directors should comment on:>

a.         general financial and equity conditions
During 2010, the Company concluded the restructuring process begun in 2009. The strong expansion of the mobile phone market in conjunction with the momentum of the Company resulted in a year of strong growth in both operating and financial results. The recovery of its foundations was reflected in the Company’s financial and equity conditions, which reduced its gross debt to R$ 3.4 billion (20% down YoY). This coupled with cash equivalents which totaled R$ 2.4 billion, resulted in net debt position of R$ 984 million, a reduction of over 40% YoY (with Net Debt / EBITDA 0.23 x).
With its reformulation consolidated, 2011 was a year to reap the rewards of past restructuring and expand the business. The expansion of the operational and financial results maintained the fast pace of the previous year. The Company ended the fiscal year with a gross debt of R$ 3.83 billion. At the end of the fiscal year, the Company's cash equivalents amounted to R$ 3.26 billion, resulting in a net debt position of R$ 0.57 billion.
The year 2012 was a very difficult and challenging year, starting with a change in management, macroeconomics slowdown, competition increase, followed by a regulatory scrutiny and contingency claims. Nevertheless, TIM demonstrated an impressive ability to sail a turbulent period, supported by solid business fundaments, innovative marketing strategy, an amazing sales force, and the strong commitment of its more than 11,000 employees. Many companies would have collapsed but TIM, on the other hand, came out of this experience even stronger, with a solid team, an increased sense of responsibility and commitment to better serve our over 70 million clients.
In 2013, the Company held an excellent financial position by reducing its level of debt (Net Debt / EBITDA) to -0.08x. The Company's cash position increased 19% in comparison to 2012, ending the year at R$ 5,288 million, while its gross debt grew 14%, reaching R$ 4,867 million. In addition to the strong cash position, the Company also presented a growth of 3.9% in its EBITDA, which reached R$ 5,207 million. Another important event was the signing of a new credit line with BNDES for the financing of the Company’s CAPEX for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016, amounting to R$ 5,700 million at a very attractive cost. The results obtained by the Company in conjunction with the new credit line give the Company a quite comfortable financial position and great competitive edge.
The Company ended the fiscal year with a gross debt of R$ 4.87 billion. At the end of the fiscal year, the Company's cash position amounted to R$ 5.3 billion, resulting in a net debt position of R$ -0.42 billion.
Accompanied by a strong cash position, the Company also presents stable liquidity ratios, showing total capacity to meet its short and long term obligations. Regarding liquidity ratios (Overall Liquidity and Current Liquidity), the Company reported: Overall liquidity ((Current Assets + Long Term Assets) / (Current Liabilities + Non-current Liabilities)), for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 of 1.04, 1.02 and 1.00, respectively, and Current Liquidity (Current Assets / Current Liabilities) of 1.21, 1.32 and 1.38, respectively.
As for the debt profile, the Company has been maintaining a stable concentration of its short-term obligations, presenting, in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, current to total liabilities minus equity ratio of 65%, 60% and 59%, respectively. These percentages are fully acceptable in view of the comfortable liquidity position of the Company.
Given the foregoing, the directors consider that the Company has sufficient equity and financial conditions to cope with its growth strategy and meet its short and long-term obligations.

b.         capital structure and possibility of redemption of shares or quotas, indicating:

The Company has low rates of third party capital ((Current Liabilities + Non-current Liabilities)/Equity)) in its structure, for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013, the percentage was respectively 81.7%, 88.8% and 92.8% of net worth. Therefore, demonstrating a financing of the activities primarily through own capital.
The directors consider that the current capital structure of the Company presents conservative levels of leverage. At the end of 2013, the Company's equity was R$ 14,549 million and the net debt was R$ -420.8 million. Additionally, the Company is able to generate enough cash to meet its obligations, not necessarily relying on third-party capital.
i.          redemption hypothesis
There is no possibility of redemption of shares, except those in the Corporation Law.
ii.         formula for calculating the redemption value
Not applicable.

c.         ability to pay in relation to the financial commitments undertaken
The Management believes it has sufficient liquidity and capital resources to cover investments, operating expenses and debts. The current working capital of the Company is sufficient for its present requirements. Its resources from operations and also loans are sufficient to meet the financing of its activities. The Company believes to have the capacity to obtain new loans to support investments on opportunities that may appear on the sector.
In 2011, the EBITDA amounted to R$ 4,637 million, while the financial expenses in the same period amounted to R$ 725 million and gross debt was R$ 3,826 million. Therefore, the level of coverage of the financial expenses, which measures the ability to pay the financial expense to EBITDA was 0.156  and the level of debt coverage, which measures the level of gross debt, to EBITDA was 0.82x.
The EBITDA in 2012 amounted to R$ 5,010 million, while financial expenses in the same period amounted to R$ 644 million and the total gross debt at the end of the period was R$ 4,279 million. Therefore, the level of coverage of financial expenses, which measures the ability of payment of financial expenses to EBITDA, was 0.128 and the level of debt coverage, which measures the level of gross debt to EBITDA, was 0.85x.
The EBITDA in 2013 amounted to R$ 5,207 million, while financial expenses in the same period totaled R$ 750 million and total gross debt at the end of the period was R$ 4,867 million. Therefore, the level of coverage of financial expenses, which measures the ability of payment of financial expense, to EBITDA was 0.144 and the level of debt coverage, which measures the level of gross debt to EBITDA, was 0.93x.

d.         sources of financing for working capital and for investment in non-current assets
The main source of funding is the operating cash flow, supplemented by lines of short-term credit with local and international banks and long-term financing with national and international development agencies such as BNDES, BNB, BEI and SACE.

e.         sources of financing for working capital and for investment in non-current assets to be used to cover liquidity deficiency
To cover possible deficiencies of future liquidity, we intend to use operating cash flow, debt renegotiation maturing in the short term and new financing.

f.          debt levels and characteristics of such debts, including
At the end of 2013, we presented a level of debt 0.325 times (financial debt/equity). The following are the features of loans and financing that we consider relevant:



 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated

Description

Currency

Charges

Maturity

Guarantees

2013

2012

BNDES

 URTJLP

 TJLP to TJLP + 3,62% p.y.

  Dec/19

Endorsement by TIM Part. and receivables from TIM Celular

1,934,997

1,894,790

BNDES

UMIPCA

UMIPCA + 2,62% p.y.

 Jul/17

Endorsement by TIM Part. and receivables from TIM Celular

116,298

137,419

BNDES (PSI)

R$

2,50% a 4,50% p.y.

Dec/19

Endorsement by TIM Part. and receivables from TIM Celular

334,889

342,079

BNB

R$

10,00% p.y.

Jan/16

Bank Guarantee and Endorsement by TIM Part.

23,012

38,743

Banco do Brasil (CCB)

 R$

106,50% from CDI

Mar/15

 -

481,447

354,27

BNP Paribas Bank

 USD

Libor 6M  + 2,53% p.y.

 Dec/17

Endorsement by TIM Part.

224,395

244,723

European Investment Bank (BEI)

 USD

Libor 6M + 0,57%  to 1,324% p.y.

Feb/20

Bank Guarantee and Endorsement by TIM Part

1,115,324

836,562

 Bank of America (Res. 4131)

 USD

Libor 3M + 1,25% p.y.

Sep/13

-

-

244,962

 JP Morgan (Res. 4131)

 USD

1,56% p.y.

Sep/13

-

-

205,280

 Bank of America (Res. 4131)

 USD

Libor 3M + 1,35% p.y.

Sep/16

-

280,822

-

 JP Morgan (Res. 4131)

 USD

1,73% p.y.

Sep/15

-

117,704

-

 Itaú (CCB)

 R$

CDI + 0,75%

Mar/13

-

-

91,265

Cisco Capital 

 USD

1,80%

Sep/18

-

117,768

-

Total:

 

 

 

 

4,746,656

4,390,095

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Current

 

 

 

 

(966,658)

(951,013)

Non-current:

 

 

 

 

3,779,998

3,439,082

The Parent Company, TIM Participações, does not have loans and financing on December 31, 2013.
The foreign currency loan contracted from BNP Paribas Bank and the financing acquired by TIM Celular from BNDES, both obtained for the expansion of the mobile network, have restrictive clauses which demand compliance with certain financial ratios, calculated semiannually. The subsidiary, TIM Celular, has been reaching the set financial ratios.
In December 2012, TIM Celular contracted an increase of total credit limit from R$ 1,510 million to R$ 3,674 million from BNDES. Of the total amount of R$ 2,164 million from the credit limit expansion, R$ 1,983 million is earmarked to finance the investments by TIM Celular and R$ 181 million to finance investments by Intelig Telecommunications for the years 2012 and 2013. Still in December 2012, TIM Celular made ​​the first release of this line in the amount of R$ 1,000 million in a term of seven years, of which i) R$ 867 million at a cost of TJLP + 3.32% and ii) R$ 133 million relating to the funding line PSI (Program for Investment Support). This program has subsidized interest rates (2.5% p.a.) compared to lines of credit available in the market and even when compared to the rates offered by BNDES, in other transactions with similar goals and deadlines.
In April 2013, Intelig Telecom made ​​the first release from BNDES of R$ 90 million, of which i) R$ 80 million at a cost of TJLP + 3.32% and ii) R$ 10 million relating to the PSI funding line (Program for Investment Support).
In May 2013, TIM Celular acquired release from BNDES of R$ 200 million at a cost of TJLP + 3.32%.
In June 2013, Intelig Telecom obtained ​​a release from BNDES of R$ 40 million for a total period of 7 years, including i) R$ 35.5 million at a cost of TJLP + 3.32% and ii) R$ 4.5 million relating to the funding line PSI (Program for Investment Support).
In December 2013, TIM Celular obtained ​​another release from BNDES of R$ 82 million for a total period of 7 years, including i) R$ 58 million at a cost of TJLP + 3.32%, ii) R$ 15 million at a cost of 2.5% p.a. and iii) R$ 9 million at a cost of TJLP.
The outstanding balances on lines of credit from BNDES are R$ 700 million for TIM Celular and R$ 51 million for Intelig Telecommunications in December 31, 2013.
Transactions involving the PSI funding line fall within the scope of the IAS 20 - Government Subsidies and Assistance. Therefore, using the effective interest method defined in IAS 39 - Financial, Recognition and Measurement Instruments, the following considerations were made: a comparison was held between i) total debt calculated based on rates set by contract and ii) the total amount of debt calculated based on average rates prevailing in the market (fair value). The corresponding balance on December 31, 2013 subject to adjust referring to the subsidy granted by BNDES for all PSI lines in December 2013, is approximately R$ 67 million. This amount is registered under the group "Other Liabilities" in the subsidy "Government Grants" and the deferral is made according to the asset life is being funded and appropriate in the result of the group "Other Income Subsidy".
In December 2013, TIM Celular contracted from BNDES a new funding line in the amount of R$ 5,700 million, which will be used to finance investments in network and information technology for the years 2014, 2015 and 2016. The total amount contracted from BNDES is divided as follows: i) R$ 2,402 million at a cost of TJLP +2.52% for a term of 8 years, ii) 2,636 million at a cost of Selic rate + 2.52% for a term of 8 years; iii) R$  428 million at a cost of 3.50% p.a. for a term of 7 years; iv) R$  189 million at a cost of TJLP +1.42% for a term of 8 years and v) R$ 45 million at a cost of TJLP in a term of 8 years.    
In December 2011 and July 2012, TIM Celular subsidiary signed financing agreements with the European Investment Bank (EIB) in the amount of EUR 100 million each, amounting to EUR 200 million. Despite the line being contracted in euros, the contract conditions allow, at the time of disbursement of the funds, that the Company opts for catchment in euro, dollar or real. The Company has chosen to use the dollar as currency of disbursement. In August 2012, TIM Celular raised R$ 248 million equivalent to EUR 100 million, maturing in September 2019. In February 2013, TIM Celular raised R$ 136 million equivalent to EUR 50 million related to the credit line obtained from the European Investment Bank (EIB) in July 2012 maturing in February 2020. For the two disbursements, swap transactions were contracted simultaneously with the loans, in order to protect against the exchange rate risk and interest rate until the debt maturity. The remaining amount of EUR 50 million of the credit line with the European Investment Bank (EIB) was cancelled in November 2013.
In February 2013, TIM Celular held the portability of two Bank Credit Notes of R$ 22 million and R$ 40 million, previously contracted from Itaú to Banco do Brasil, changing the CDI cost+0.75% p.a. to 106.50% of CDI and extending their maturities from August 2014 to February 2015.
In March 2013, TIM Celular held the portability of a Bank Credit Note of R$ 28 million previously contracted from Itaú to Banco do Brasil, changing the CDI cost+0.75% p.a. to 106.50% of CDI and extending its maturity from September 2014 to March 2015.
In September 2013, the TIM Celular subsidiary hired a financing from Cisco Capital in the amount of R$ 113 million, equivalent to USD 50 million, at a cost of 1.80% p.a., maturing in September 2018.
In September 2013, the TIM Celular subsidiary liquidated all of its foreign currency debt with JP Morgan in the amount of USD 100 million, equivalent to R$ 220 million. In parallel, the Company entered into a new debt with JP Morgan in the amount of USD 50 million, equivalent to R$ 110 million, at a cost of 1.73% p.a., maturing in September 2015.
In September 2013, the TIM Celular subsidiary liquidated all of its foreign currency debt with Bank of America in the amount of USD 119.8 million, equivalent to R$ 269 million. Simultaneously, the Company entered into a new debt in the same amount of USD 119.8 million, equivalent to R$ 269 million, at a cost of LIBOR 3M + 1,35% p.a., maturing in September 2016.
For the new loans contracted from Cisco Capital, JP Morgan and Bank of America in September 2013, swap transactions were simultaneously contracted in order to protect the Company from exchange rate risk and interest rate until the debt maturity
The TIM Celular subsidiary has swap transactions in order to fully protect from the risks of devaluation of the Real against the U.S. dollar. However, it does not apply "hedge accounting".
Loans and financing at December 31, 2013 with long-term maturing obey the following scaling:

 

Consolidated

 

 

2015

767,483

2016

1,401,438

2017

613,162

2018

320,593

2019 onwards

677,322

 

3,779,998


On December 31, 2013, the Company had an obligation to semi-annually meet the following financial ratios, which behave as restrictive clauses of the loans mentioned on item F.

  1. Capitalization Index (PL/AT): equal or superior to 0.35;
  2. Total Financial Debt / EBITDA: equal or inferior to 3.00;
  3. Short Term Net Financial Debt / EBITDA: equal or inferior to 0.35 .
  4. Net Debt / EBITDA: equal or inferior to 2.50;
  5. EBITDA / Net Financial Expenses: equal or superior to 2.25;
  6. EBITDA/”Debt Service”: equal or superior to 1.30;

            
A breach of any of these financial indicators implies the early maturity of the related debt. As of the date of this Reference Form, we have not failed to comply with any such financial indicators.

In addition to financial ratios, there are restrictive clauses that include:

    1. Sale, acquisition, merger, demerger or any other act that impacts or might impact changes in the current corporate structure of the Company, except those within the same economic group, and
    2. Disposals and exchanges of assets by the Company and its subsidiaries.

 g.        limits for use of contracted financing
We have a balance not yet used and / or released of approximately R$ 5,700 million relating to contracted financing agreements.

h.         significant changes in each item of the financial statements

Our Consolidated Financial Statements

We have prepared our consolidated financial statements under the accounting practices adopted in Brazil and IFRS as issued by IASB, and our individual financial statements according to BR GAAP. The accounting practices adopted in Brazil comprise the Brazilian corporate law, the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and pronouncements, guidelines and interpretations issued by CPC and approved by Securities and Exchange Commission and CFC. We have reviewed our financial statements to ensure that they represent the information related to the economic conditions of our business environment.

Description of Major Lines of the Statement of Income

Gross Revenue from Services
Represents the revenue from the providing of telecommunications services, among which are included the services of subscription and usage (voice revenues) and VAS (data revenues).

Gross Revenue from Products
Represents the revenue from the sales of mobile devices, accessories and others.

Taxes and discounts on total revenue
Represents the expenses incurred by taxes, fees, contributions and discounts on telecommunications services and sale of products.

Net Revenue from Services
Represents the revenue from the providing of telecommunications services deducting taxes and discounts.

Net Revenue from Products
Represents the revenue from the sale of mobile devices, accessories, among others, deducting taxes and discounts.

Operating Expenses
Represent the costs incurred by maintenance, operation and other activities directly related to service revenue production and product sales activities, and consumption of products and / or services to produce and sell products and / or services, as well as managing the Company, financing its operations and performing other related activities.

Net Financial Results
Represents the balance between the remuneration of capital obtained from financial operations and expenses incurred by payment of loans and financing obtained from third parties.

Earnings Before Interest
Represents Net Income of the Company before provision under Income Tax and Social Contribution basis on profits for the period, calculated as the accrual basis of accounting, as well as on the additions of temporary differences between accounting income and taxable income.

Net Income
Represents net operating income of financial income and expenses, and income tax and social contribution. Represents the calculation of revenue after costs and expenses of operating, depreciation and amortization, interest, taxes and other expenses.

Net margin
Represents the margin of the Net Income to total net revenue of the Company.

The consolidated statement of income results for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013 compared to the consolidated results for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012

The table below shows the figures for the consolidated statements of income results for the fiscal years ended on December 31, 2013 and 2012.




Gross Revenue
In 2013, total gross revenue reached R$ 29,662 million, an increase of 6.9% compared to 2012. Gross revenue from services increased 2.9% compared to the previous year, reaching R$ 25,065 million in 2012. Gross revenue from products amounted to R$ 4,596 million, a strong annual increase of 35.0%.

Gross Revenue from Services
Our gross revenue from services increased R$ 715.1 million, or 2.9%, from R$ 24,350 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, to R$ 25,065 million for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
Mobile Services and Other Revenues. Our revenue for mobile services and other revenues increased R$ 1,113 million, or 4.9%, from R$ 22,879 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012, to R$ 23,993 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013 in due to:
Subscriptions and Usage. Our revenue for subscriptions and usage grew by 2.0% or R$ 223 million, amounting to R$ 11,309 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013, compared to R$ 11,086 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012. This increase is mainly explained by the increase in the proportion of post-paid subscribers in the subscriber base.
VAS – Value Added Services. Our revenue for VAS - added services registered growth of 21.5% or R$ 948 million, from R$ 4,404 for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012 to R$ 5,353 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013. This growth is due primarily to the use of data and SMS in Infinity and Liberty plans.
Long Distance. Our revenue for long distance has increased by R$ 115 million or 3.6% from R$ 3,217 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012 to R$ 3,332 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013. This result is explained by our efforts to facilitate the use of our long distance calling service through low-cost service plans, such as Liberty and Infinity, which do not distinguish between local calls or long-distance call charges.
Interconnection. Our revenue for interconnection dropped by R$ 208.4 million or -5.3% from R$ 3,969 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012 to R$ 3,760 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013. This decrease can be explained by the 11% decrease in MTR in the beginning of the year.
Land line Services and Other Revenues. Our revenue for land line services and other revenues decreased by R$ 398.4 million or 27.1%, from R$ 1,469 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012 to R$ 1,070 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013. This decrease is due to the Company's strategy of increasing the margins of this segment.

Gross Revenue from Products
The gross revenue from products amounted to R$ 4,596 million, an increase of 35% compared to 2012. This increase was primarily driven by the improvement in the mix of handsets sold during the year, with much of total sales (70%) for webphones or smartphones, and also by a 10.3% increase in average price per unit due to inclusion of more sophisticated devices in the Company's portfolio,

Taxes and discounts on total revenue
Our taxes and discounts on total revenue increased R$ 748 million, or 8.3%, from R$ 8,991 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012 to R$ 9,740 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013. Such increase of our taxes and discounts on the total revenue was due to the increase in our revenues from products and services.

Operating Costs and Expenses
Total operating costs and expenses increased 7.0% in the year, amounting to R$ 14,715 million in 2013.

Personnel cost: Personnel expenses amounted to R$ 832 million in 2013, an increase of 14.1% compared to the same period last year, largely due to the increase in the number of employees.
Commercialization: The sales and marketing expenses amounted to R$ 3,937 million, 2.5% higher when compared to the same period last year. Despite an increase in the mix of post-paid gross additions during the year, good management of sales channels and of commissions paid did not increase much. Moreover, the austere policy for prepaid customer disconnections helped keep FISTEL expenses in stable condition.
Network and Interconnection: reached R$ 5,312 million in 2013, a decrease of 0.7% when compared to the previous year, mainly due to the company policy to increase its own infrastructure. Furthermore, it was affected by decreased MTR earlier this year (April) of around 11%.
General and administrative: amounted to R$ 624.7 million in 2013, growing 13.3 compared to last year. The percentage of the net revenue was 3.14% in 2013, compared to 2.94% in 2012.
Cost of products sold: Our cost of products sold was R$ 3,351 million, representing an increase of 28.6% for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013, over R$ 2,604 million incurred for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012. It is important to note that the Company continues with its policy of zero subsidies.
Allowance for doubtful accounts: decreased by approximately 4.4% due to improvement of credit policies, including the discontinuation of subsidy policy in handset sales, which attracts clients with better payment profile and the launch of the family of "express" plans, where payment is made using credit card.
Other operating revenues (expenses): reached R$ 417 million in 2013, a decrease of R$ 3.4 million compared to the previous year.

Main changes in balance sheet accounts
Consolidated Balance Sheet on December 31, 2013 compared to the consolidated balance sheet on December 31, 2012






Current Assets
The current assets were R$ 10,741 million on December 31, 2013 compared to R$ 9,968 million on December 31, 2012. This represents an increase of 7.8%, or R$ 773 million. As a percentage of total assets, current assets represent 38.17% on December 31, 2013, and represented 38.18% on December 31, 2012.
The main variations in current assets refer to the increment of Company operations in 2013. Basically, the higher sales volume resulted in substantial increases in cash position (R$ 857 million) when comparing balances of 2013 and 2012.

Non-Current Assets
Non-current assets amounted to R$ 17,397 million on December 2013 and R$ 16,141 million on December 31, 2012 31, an increase of 7.8%, or R$ 1,256 million. As a percentage of total assets, non-current assets increased to 61.83% on December 31, 2013 compared to a percentage of 61.82% on December 31, 2012.
This increase was due to an increase in fixed and intangible assets accounts, demonstrating compliance with the company's guidance for investments aimed at improving the quality of its network.

Current Liabilities
Current liabilities were R$ 8,048 million on December 31, 2013 compared to R$ 7,375 million on December 31, 2012. This represents an increase of 9.1% or R$ 673 million. As a percentage of total liabilities and equity, current liabilities increased to 28.6% on December 31, 2013 compared to a percentage of 28.25% on December 31, 2012.
The main variations in current liabilities in the period were as follows:
Increase of accounts payable, primarily network providers as a result of the higher volume of investments made by the Company;

Non-Current Liabilities
The non-current liabilities were R$ 5,495 million on December 31, 2013, compared to a balance of R$ 4,901 million on December 31, 2012. This represents an increase of 12.1% or R$ 595 million. As a percentage of total liabilities and equity, non-current liabilities increased to 19.53% on December 31, 2013 compared to a percentage of 18.77% on December 31, 2012. The main impact on the accounts group can be verified in the loans and financing mainly due to catchments made ​​by the Company throughout 2013 and to new leasing contract of LT Amazonas.

Shareholders’ Equity
Shareholders’ Equity amounted to R$ 14,595 million on December 31, 2013 compared to a balance of R$ 13,833 million on December 31, 2012, representing an increase of R$ 762 million. Such increase relates primarily to an increase in the balance of the profit reserves account.

Fiscal years ended on December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012

 

Operating activities
Net cash generated from operating activities was R$ 5,269 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013 compared to R$ 5,118 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012. This represents an increase in cash generation from operations of R$ 151 million or 3%.
The cash flow generated by our invoicing is mainly applied in our main line of business. Cash flow partially finances Capex procurement as shown in item "Investment Activities" below. Additionally, the cash flow is used to purchase inventory, pay employees, pay taxes and fees, amortization of loans and profit distribution.

Investment Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was R$ 3,566 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013, compared to R$ 3,725 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2012, representing a lower usage in 2013, of R$ 158 million.

Investment Activities
Net cash used by financing activities was R$ 844 million for the fiscal year ended on December 31, 2013. The activities were deficient mainly due to the repayment of loans in the amount of R$ 1,260 million and to a reduction of over R$ 500 million in acquisitions of new loans.


10.2.     Officers should comment:

a. results of operations of the issuer, in particular:
            i. description of any major revenue components
The Company generates revenues in local currency from the use of telecommunication services in mobile, land lines, long distance and ultra-broadband, plus value-added services (which also include data transmission). Another important component of the revenue is the use of network or interconnection revenue, from the amount charged from other carriers for traffic terminating on the Company network. The handsets revenue also integrates the group of income related to the sale of handsets and mini-modems for internet connection.
Revenue from usage tends to follow the growth of the customer base, the volume of use and the rate charged for this service. The component of network usage follows volume of incoming traffic on the network and interconnection rate charged. This revenue has shown a declining trend in recent quarters due to higher concentration of intra-network traffic, following the market trend and tariff reduction, by ANATEL, charged among other carriers (MTR). The handset revenues of the Company maintained the strong growth registered last year with the Company maintaining its policy of selling unsubsidized devices at affordable instalments via credit card, enabling good internet browsing experience. Revenues from land line services again presented decrease, still reflecting the plan to recast the Company’s land line services.
Below we present the table with the breakdown of the main lines of revenue for the periods for the years 2013, 2012 and 2011:

Description

2013

2012

%A/A

2011

%A/A

Total Gross Revenue

29,661,753

27,755813

6.87%

24,757565

12.11%

Gross Revenue from Telecommunications

25,065,214

24,350,086

2.94%

22,217,049

9.60%

Gross Revenue from Mobile Services

23,993,427

22,879,828

4.87%

20,691,604

10.58%

Subscription and Usage

11,309,804

11,086,671

2.01%

10,264,715

8.01%

Value Added Services - VAS

5,353,653

4,404832

21.54%

3,166,437

39.11%

Long Distance

3,332,965

3,217,921

3.58%

3,181215

1.15%

Interconnection

3,760,751

3,969138

-5.25%

3,849,408

3.11%

Other Mobile Revenues

236,254

201,264

17.38%

229,829

-12.43%

Gross Revenue from Land Line Services

1,071,787

1,470,259

-27.10%

1,525,445

-3.62%

Gross Revenue from Products

4,596,539

3405,726

34.97%

2,540,517

34.06%

Taxes and Discounts

(9,740,463)

(8,991,865)

8.33%

-7671,589

17.21%

Taxes and discounts w / services

-8,364,155

-7,930,128

5.47%

-6,863,821

15.54%

Taxes and discounts w / sale of products

-1,376.,08

-1,061,738

29.63%

-807,768

31.44%

Total Net Revenue

19,921,291

18763,947

6.17%

17085,976

9.82%

Total Net Revenue from Services Total Net Revenue from Products

16,701,059

16420

1.71%

15,353,228

6.95%

3,220,232

2,343,989

37.38%

1,732,748

35.28%

ii. factors that have materially affected the operating results

Economic environment
In 2011, the world’s economy suffered fiscal crises in the United States and Europe. After spending way too much to try to recover their economies out of 2008’s recession, developed countries ended up with their accounts compromised, therefore they had to slow down the economic growth and for this reason, had to slow economic growth. For Brazil, unlike 2010 when there was not much impact on growth, the year 2011 also presented deceleration. Still, the domestic market remained strong and consumption kept the fast pace presented in recent years, which eventually also impacted inflation.
In 2012, the world economy continued to suffer with the fiscal crises in the U.S. and Europe though more moderately, in the Eurozone large scale recession fears continued worrying while in the U.S. the expansion was positive but insufficient to lead  unemployment rate and inflation to acceptable levels by FED, the Central Bank of the United States. In Brazil, GDP growth in 2012 was only 0.9%, the lowest in three years, the main reason for the poor performance was the sharp reduction in domestic consumption, caused by the downturn in the credit market driven by higher household indebtedness and greater delinquency, and the lack of private sector investment even with government incentives.
In 2013, the United States managed to show higher levels of recovery. The industrial production data were encouraging, growing 3.7% in the year, the largest increase since 2007. In addition, the real estate market continued to recover and the unemployment rate returned to levels seen just before the huge crisis of 2008, around 7%. This improvement in the U.S. economy can also be evidenced by the fact that FED started to reduce its incentive plan in January 2014, called Quantitative Easing 3.
In Brazil, the year 2013 was characterized by multivariate data, more negative than positive. The positive point to be noted is the return to the lowest unemployment rate since 2002 of 4.6% registered in November (In December 2012 this number was also recorded). On the downside, the highlights are the GDP below market expectations coming on 2.5% and the return of inflation growth of 5.91%, which was above the target of 4.5% but below the limit of 6.5% set by the Central Bank. It is also worth mentioning that inflation in 2013 managed to be higher than that recorded last year, which forced the Central Bank to revise its policy of reducing the Selic rate, which closed 2012 below historical levels, at 7.25% and ended at 10.0% in 2013.
Regarding domestic demand, it has remained quite high, mainly due to low unemployment and expansion of the domestic market, being one of the main sources of inflation seen in the country in 2013. The Federal government has adopted a series of measures to maintain consumption and high investment. Regarding the exchange rate issue, it has been waging an intense battle to try to curb the appreciation of dollar, which rose 15.2% during the year, driven by the reduction of stimulus by FED from US$ 90 billion to US$ 70 billion. Apart from the almost daily participation in the foreign exchange market by selling dollars, the government has adopted several measures to curb the appreciation of it by increasing IOF transactions for prepaid debit cards, the main mean used by Brazilian tourists abroad.

The trade balance ended the year with an accumulated surplus of US$ 2.56 billion in 2013, a decrease of 86.88% compared to the year 2012, the number was the lowest since 2000. This poor performance can be explained by the increase in fuel imports, which accounted for a deficit in the balance of US$ 20 billion and imports increased by 6.5%, mainly due to the strength of the Brazilian real against the dollar in the first half of the year.

Telecommunication sector
For the telecommunication sector, 2011 was a more positive year than the previous year, when the economy was still impacted by the global crisis. The number of net additions was superior in all departments compared to net additions in 2010. Although the mobile market has already shown high levels of penetration, in 2011 the level of net additions eventually surpassed the market expectations. The mobile market ended the year with 242.2 million accesses, representing an annual growth of 19.3%, totalling 39.3 million new lines, according to Anatel.
In 2012 the mobile telecommunication sector continued its expansion, but at a slower pace. The Brazilian market grew 8.1% in 2012, going from a penetration rate of 123.9% in 2011 to 132.8% in 2012, remaining as the fifth largest in the world. The total lines reached 261.8 million.
In 2013 the telecommunication industry in Brazil had a more modest growth compared to previous years of strong growth. The mobile market reached a total of 271.1 million accesses, an annual growth of 3.6% accounting to 9.3 million new lines in 2013, according to ANATEL.
Most of the growth can be seen in the post-paid segment which reached 59.5 million lines (16.9% p.a.), since the prepaid segment reached 211.6 million lines (0.33% p.a.), unlike what had been happening in recent years, when the pre-paid segment led the additions.
The slowdown in growth can be explained by the high penetration of 136.4%. Now the change in the mix is related to a more equal income distribution, the cheapening of telecommunication services due to strong competition and strategies of companies in the sector themselves in focusing on this segment (post-paid).
According to data published by Anatel in 2013, the land line sector showed a slight increase of 0.7% when compared to the previous year, ending the period with 44.6 million accesses, representing a penetration rate of approximately 22.7 lines per 100 households.

Particularities of the sector
Mobile telecom in Brazil is characterized by being a sector considered private where prices and tariffs are regulated by the market. ANATEL operates as an agency that regulates all sectors of telecommunications in Brazil, with a mission to "promote the development of telecommunications in the country in order to give it a modern and efficient telecommunication infrastructure capable of providing nationwide adequate diversified and fairly priced services to society”.
In the competitive environment, the Brazilian mobile industry presents itself as one of the most competitive in the world, being one of the few to have four competitors with national presence and market share from 18% to 28%. The strong movement of market competition implies greater pressure on margins on account of commercial advertising and publicity expenses, commissions and allowance. The practice of a subsidy as a competition tool is being gradually abandoned by most carriers, giving focus to offers more related to the use of services. The recent move has allowed the fall in average tariffs that are offset by greater usage. The Company accelerated in this way in 2011 leaving handset subsidies virtually aside and turning the focus to stimulating usage. In 2013, the company maintained this approach by being more aggressive in selling smart / webphones and mini modems as the goal for increasing the penetration of these devices on the base to encourage the use of data.
The intensive capital is also one of the main characteristics of the telecommunication industry. In order to support the increase in network traffic over the years, large investments in technology and infrastructure are needed to ensure scale and quality of services.
As a provider of an essential service to the socioeconomic development of the country, the Company strongly believes that Brazil is consolidating itself in a prominent position in the global economy and is pleased to contribute to the development of the country's infrastructure, promoting the universalization of telecommunication services. The Company reaffirms its investment commitment in 2014 and the relentless quest for more and better services, striving to meet all the needs of all its shareholders.

Regulation in the sector
The telecommunications sector is submitted to the regulation of the National Agency of Telecommunications - ANATEL, special autarchy responding to the Ministry of the Communications, with independent management. ANATEL is responsible for ruling standards related to telecommunications services and to the relationship between different operators, as provided in the General Law of Telecommunications (Law nº 9,472, of July 16th, 1997).
Specifically concerning the operational activity of TIM, Intelig and TIM Fiber, ANATEL has developed a strict regulation of mobile communications services (Personal Mobile Service - SMP), of fixed telephony (Commuted Fixed Telephonic Service - STFC) and data-communication (Multimedia Service of Communication - SCM). In the second semester of 2012, the operators Fiber SP and Fiber RJ were incorporated by TIM, which assumed the continuity of service providing.
In light of the dynamism in the sector, especially because of changes in technology experienced by the operators, mainly regarding SMP, the standards issued by ANATEL might be regularly updated.
In order to share the planning of its action with the society and to optimize the implementation of the public policies established by the Executive, ANATEL approved the General Plan of Update of Telecommunications Regulation in Brazil - PGR (Resolution No. 516/2008). In PGR, the ANATEL establishes actions of short, medium and long run, defined, respectively, in 2, 5 and 10 years.
This process of normative adequacy takes in consideration the technical analyses of ANATEL specialized areas and the matters resulting of public hearings, by means of which the regulation update proposals are debated between ANATEL, state authorities and the society, always closely followed by the Company.
The publication of Presidential Decree no. 7,512, as of  June 30th, 2011, also provided very important landmarks for the sector, as the auction of fourth generation radiofrequencies and the determination of quality goals for broadband, which resulted in a new regulation for SMP and SCM, setting quality standards for mobile and fixed broadband, in phase of implementation by means of a group of companies and ANATEL, whose full adaptation will require new investments and the Decree has also approved the new Public Consultation on the Regulation of the General Plan for Fixed Telephony Services in Public Regime (PGMU), to be mandatorily observed by the STFC (Service of Commuted Fixed Telephone) concessionaires.
Part of the new quality targets for the SMP have become mandatory at the end of March 2012 and the rest mandatory at the end of October 2012. However, the quality targets set for the SCM have become mandatory at the beginning of November 2012.
Due to the new PGMU, ANATEL issued the Regulation of Universal Access Obligations in October 2012.
Throughout 2012, other important regulations with great impact on TIM operation and Intelig were issued by ANATEL, especially those listed below:

Finally, another important important regulatory mark for the telecommunications sector was the issue of the Law no. 12.485 on September 2011, which brought a new scenario for the pay-TV services and for the production and distribution of content, creating the Conditional Access Audiovisual Media and Service – SeAC. Due to this law, ANATEL issued, on March 2012, the Regulation of SeAC, establishing the conditions to provide this service and the paid TV services already existing.
Afterwards, throughout 2013, important Regulations and Public Consultations with great impact on TIM and Intelig operation were issued by ANATEL, mainly those listed below: