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 January 2011
Commission File Number 1-13758
PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
1069 - 300 Lisboa, Portugal
(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.
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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.
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Announcement | Lisbon | 7 January 2011
Qualified Holding and Long Position
Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT”) hereby informs that Deutsche Bank AG (“DB AG”) now owns a holding and a long position corresponding to less than 2% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights.
Such new holding and long position resulted from the disposal, by Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, on 29 December 2010, of 32,900,000 PT ordinary shares in an over the counter transaction. As a result of such transaction, DB AG now owns a holding and a long position on a total of 7,630,540 ordinary shares representing 0.85% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights.
Additionally, PT was informed that such holding, as well as the voting rights attached to the shares included in the long position described above, are attributed to DB AG through the following entities:
· DB AG: 797,299 ordinary shares representing 0.089% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
· Deutsche Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbH: 167,533 ordinary shares representing 0.019% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
· Deutsche Asset Management (Japan) Limited: 4,732 ordinary shares representing 0.001% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
· Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc: 136,670 ordinary shares representing 0.015% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
· DWS Investment GmbH: 5,883,260 ordinary shares representing 0.656% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
· DWS Investment SA, Luxembourg: 558,289 ordinary shares representing 0.062% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
· Frankfurt-Trust Investment-Gesellschaft mBH: 82,757 ordinary shares representing 0.009% of the share capital and voting rights in PT;
This statement is pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code, following communication received from Deutsche Bank AG London, with offices at 23 Great Winchester Street, London EC2P 2AX, United Kingdom.
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Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40 1069-300 Lisbon Portugal
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Public company Share capital Euro 26,895,375 Registered in the Commercial and Corporation no. 503 215 058 |
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Portugal Telecom is listed on the |
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Nuno Vieira Investor Relations Director nuno.t.vieira@telecom.pt Tel.: +351 21 500 1701 Fax: +351 21 500 0800 |
www.telecom.pt
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.
Date: January 07, 2011
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/s/ Nuno Vieira |
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Nuno Vieira |
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Investor Relations Director |
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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