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TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
CNPJ n°
02.558.074/0001-73
NIRE 35.300.158.792
Publicly-held Company — CVM n° 1771-0
CNPJ n° 02.558.074/0001-73
NIRE. 35.300.158.792
Paticipants: Miguel António Igrejas Horta e Costa; Iriarte José Araújo Esteves; Carlos Manuel de Lucena e Vasconcellos Cruz; Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bava; Paulo Jorge da Costa Gonçalves Fernandes; Francisco José de Azevedo Padinha; Gilson Rondinelli Filho; Eduardo Perestrelo Correia de Matos; Luis Manuel Pêgo Todo Bom; Norberto Veiga de Sousa Fernandes; Estanislau José Mata Costa; Guilherme Silvério Portela Santos; José Pedro Faria Pereira da Costa; Maria Paula de Almeida Martins Canais; Rui Manuel de Medeiros D’Espiney Patrício; Paulo José Soares; Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira. The members of the Fiscal Committee Manuel Maria Pulido Garcia Ferrão de Sousa, José Alberto Bettencourt da Câmara Graça and Sydney Alberto Latini, and the representant of the independent auditor of the Company, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, were also present. Date and Time: On February 17, 2003, at 2:00 PM. Venue: At the corporate headquarter, in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, at Rua Abílio Soares, 409. 1. AGENDA AND DELIBERATIONS: 1.1. To approve the Financial Statements, accompanied by the report of the independent Auditors, the Annual Report and the Proposal of Destination of Results regarding the accounting period ended December 31st, 2002.: The members of the Board of Directors, after examining and discussing, and due to the favorable manifestation from members of the Fiscal Committee and the Independent Auditor, approved, with unanimity and without exceptions, accompanied by the report of the independent Auditors, the Annual Report and the Proposal of Destination of Results regarding the accounting period ended December 31st, 2002, and the View of the Fiscal Committee, which will be submitted to the General Shareholders Meeting of 2003. 2. ENCERRAMENTO DA REUNIÃO: Having no further issues to be discussed, these minutes were drawn by myself, the secretary, then were read and approved and undersigned by the members of the Board. São Paulo, February 17, 2003. Miguel António Igrejas Horta e Costa, President; Iriarte José Araújo Esteves, Vice-President; Carlos Manuel de Lucena e Vasconcellos Cruz, Vice-President; Zeinal Abedin Mohamed Bava, Conselheiro; Paulo Jorge da Costa Gonçalves Fernandes, Director; Francisco José de Azevedo Padinha, Director; Gilson Rondinelli Filho, Director; Eduardo Perestrelo Correia de Matos, Director; Luis Manuel Pêgo Todo Bom, Director; Norberto Veiga de Sousa Fernandes, Director; Estanislau José Mata Costa, Director; Guilherme Silvério Portela Santos, Director; José Pedro Faria Pereira da Costa, Director; Maria Paula de Almeida Martins Canais, Director; Rui Manuel de Medeiros D’Espiney Patrício, Director; Paulo José Soares, Director; Antônio Gonçalves de Oliveira, Director; Manuel Maria Pulido Garcia Ferrão de Sousa, President of the Fiscal Committee; José Alberto Bettencourt da Câmara Graça, member of the Fiscal Committee; Sydney Alberto Latini, member of the Fiscal Committee; Luis Fernando Amadeo de Almeida, Secretary. I hereby certificate that the present is an examined copy of the minutes of the General Shareholders Meeting of Telesp Celular Participações S.A., that took place on February 17th, 2003 and entered in the minutes of Shareholders’ Meeting book.
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Luis Fernando Amadeo de Almeida
Secretary of the Board
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Maria Paula de Almeida Martins Canais
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Maria Paula de Almeida Martins Canais
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