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TELESP CELULAR
PARTICIPAÇÕES S/A
CNPJ (Tax ID) 02.558.074/0001-73 NIRE (State
ID) 35.3.001.587.9-2
Publicly-held
Corporation
MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A., HELD ON MAY 26, 2003.
1. Date, Time And Venue: May 26, 2003, at 5 p.m., exceptionally at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7th floor, Rio de Janeiro RJ, summoned as provided in the Companys By-laws.
2. Meeting Board: Felix Pablo Ivorra Cano Chairman of the Meeting; Evandro Luíís Pippi Kruel Secretary.
3. Meeting Start: The meeting started with the presence of the undersigned Members, there being a quorum according to the By-laws.
4. Meeting Agenda And Decisions Taken:
4.1 Election of the Vice-President for Technology and Networks: to elect for the position of Vice-President of Technology and Networks, Mr. Javier Rodríguez García, Spanish citizen, legally separated, bearer of RNE V283375-2, enrolled under CPF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 055.017.127-41, resident and domiciled in the Capital of the State of Rio de Janeiro and with business address at Praia de Botafogo # 501, 7th floor, Torre Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, according to the appointment made at the Companys Board of Directors Meeting, held on April 16th 2003. The newly elected executive officers mandate expires on 04/16/2006. The executive officer hereby declares that he has not committed any of the crimes provided by law that may prevent him from exercising merchant activities, and he is ready to sign the declaration required by CVM Instruction # 367/2002 and that he undertakes to present such signed declaration he has sworn into office. With the nomination of Mr. Javier Rodríguez García, Mr. Paulo Cesar Pereira Teixeira no longer holds the temporary position of Vice-President of Technology and Networks.
4.2 Internal Auditor: under the terms of the article 17, subparagraph XIV of the Companys By-laws, the name of Mr. Roberto Yoshikazu Furuta, Brazilian, married, Business Administrator, bearer of ID Card # 3092582-4 SSP/SP, and enrolled under CPF/MF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 051.660.988-20, is ratified as the Companys internal auditor.
4.3 Approval of the Independent Auditors Hiring: considering the article 142, subparagraph IX of the Law # 6.404/76 and the article 17, subparagraph XIII of the Companys By-laws, was approved the auditing company Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Auditores Independentes S/C Ltda., was appointed as the independent auditors of the Company, in which the Boarders authorized to negotiate the hiring conditions and to make use of the other powers necessary for such purpose.
4.4 Appointment of the General Secretary and Legal Officer: under the terms of the article 17, subparagraph XIV of the Companys By-laws, the members of the Board of Directors appointed Mr. Evandro Luís Pippi Kruel, Brazilian, married, Lawyer, resident and domiciled in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, bearer of OAB-RS (Brazilian membership card) Card # 315.671.000-82SSP/SP, and enrolled under CPF/MF (Tax Authority Enrollment Number) # 315.671.000-82, as the Companys General Secretary and Legal Officer.
4.5 Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting Summoning: To approve under the terms of the Call for Summoning of a Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting the intention to suppress the article 9th of the Companys By-laws and ratify the appointment of BES Investimento do Brasil S.A. Banco de Investimento, as the institution responsible for the Evaluation Report, as well as the definitive purchase and sale agreement executed on march 24, 2003 (Purchase and Sale Agreement) regarding the acquisition of 77,256,410,396 (seventy seven billion, two hundred and fifty six million, four hundred then thousand, three hundred and ninety six) shares of Tele Centro Oeste Participações S.A. (TCO), representing 61.10% of its total capital.
5. Meeting Closing: After the agenda was completed, the meeting was ended, the minutes were recorded, then read, approved and signed by the attending Members and by the Secretary, and now are included in the appropriate book.
Signatures: Eduardo Perestrelo Correia de Matos Chairman of the Board; Fernando Xavier Ferreira; Antonio Gonçalves Oliveira Members of the Board; Ernesto Lopez Mozo; Antonio Viana-Baptista; Ignácio Aller Mallo Members of the Board represented by Mr. Fernando Xavier Ferreira; Carlos Manuel de Lucena and Vasconcelos Cruz, Iriarte José Araújo Esteves; Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bava; Paulo Jorge da Costa Gonçalves Fernandes Members of the Board represented by Sr. Eduardo Perestrelo Correia de Matos and Evandro Luís Pippi Kruel Secretary.
It is declared for all legal purposes that this is a true and correct copy of the minutes recorded in the minute book.
Evandro Luís
Pippi Kruel
Secretary OAB-RS
18.780
TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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Fernando Abella Garcia
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