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 February 2014

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.

Form 20-F x  Form 40-F o

 

 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 o  No x

 

 

 



 

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Announcement  |  Lisbon  |  28 February 2014

 

Long Position

 

Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT”) informs that it was notified of the following on The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”)’s interests in PT:

 

A) 2% threshold exceeded (17 February 2014)

 

On 17 February 2012, Goldman Sachs held a long position corresponding to 18,037,741.86 shares representing 2.01% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights, as follows:

 

·             Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 5,566,874.86 PT shares or 0.62% voting rights;

·             Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.); 5,566,874.86 PT shares or 0.62% voting rights;

·             Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited); 5,566,874.86 PT shares or 0.62% voting rights;

·             Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K.) (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) Limited); 5,566,874.86 PT shares or 0.62% voting rights;

·             Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K.)); 5,566,874.86 PT shares or 0.62% voting rights;

·             Goldman, Sachs & Co. 12,022,277.00 PT shares or 1.34% voting rights;

·             Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. 448,590.00 PT shares or 0.05% voting rights.

 

Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA

Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40

1069-300 Lisbon

Portugal

 

 

Public company

Share capital Euro 26,895,375

Registered in the Commercial
Registry Office of Lisbon

and Corporation no. 503 215 058

 

Portugal Telecom is listed on the Euronext and New York Stock Exchange. Information may be accessed on the Reuters under the symbols PTC.LS and PT and on Bloomberg under the symbol PTC PL.

 

Nuno Vieira

Investor Relations Director

nuno.t.vieira@telecom.pt

Tel.: +351 21 500 1701

Fax: +351 21 500 0800

 

 

www.telecom.pt

 



 

It was further communicated that on 17 February 2014 Goldman Sachs’ long position in PT included the following cash settled financial instruments:

 

Type of Financial
Instrument

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise /
Conversion
Period/Date

 

Number of voting rights that may
be acquired if the instrument is
exercised / converted

 

% of voting rights that may be obtained if
the instrument is exercised/converted

 

CFD

 

1-Dec-23

 

1-Dec-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

1-Sep-23

 

1-Sep-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

25-Aug-23

 

25-Aug-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

Swap

 

11-Feb-15

 

11-Feb-15

 

0.02

 

0.0000011

%

CFD

 

5-Oct-23

 

5-Oct-23

 

71.26

 

0.0039743

%

Swap

 

20-Jan-15

 

20-Jan-15

 

130.96

 

0.0073040

%

CFD

 

11-Jan-24

 

11-Jan-24

 

250.00

 

0.0139429

%

CFD

 

5-Oct-23

 

5-Oct-23

 

412.47

 

0.0230039

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-23

 

21-Aug-23

 

508.19

 

0.0283428

%

Swap

 

2-Apr-14

 

2-Apr-14

 

696.29

 

0.0388331

%

Swap

 

8-Apr-14

 

8-Apr-14

 

1,436.60

 

0.0801216

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-23

 

21-Aug-23

 

2,609.81

 

0.1455532

%

Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights

 

6,115.62

 

0.3410786

%

 

B) Interest fell below 2% threshold (20 February 2014)

 

On 23 February 2012, as a result of a sale of 3,173,350 PT shares Goldman Sachs held an interest corresponding to 14,864,391.86 shares representing 1.66% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights.

 

It was further communicated that on 20 February 2014 Goldman Sachs’ interest in PT included the following cash settled financial instruments:

 

Type of Financial
Instrument

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise / Conversion
Period/Date

 

Number of voting rights that may be
acquired if the instrument is exercised /
converted

 

% of voting rights that may be
obtained if the instrument is
exercised/converted

 

CFD

 

1-Dec-23

 

1-Dec-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

1-Sep-23

 

1-Sep-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

25-Aug-23

 

25-Aug-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

Swap

 

11-Feb-15

 

11-Feb-15

 

0.02

 

0.0000011

%

CFD

 

5-Oct-23

 

5-Oct-23

 

71.26

 

0.0039743

%

Swap

 

20-Jan-15

 

20-Jan-15

 

130.96

 

0.0073040

%

CFD

 

11-Jan-24

 

11-Jan-24

 

250.00

 

0.0139429

%

CFD

 

5-Oct-23

 

5-Oct-23

 

412.47

 

0.0230039

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-23

 

21-Aug-23

 

508.19

 

0.0283428

%

Swap

 

2-Apr-14

 

2-Apr-14

 

696.29

 

0.0388331

%

Swap

 

8-Apr-14

 

8-Apr-14

 

1,436.60

 

0.0801216

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-23

 

21-Aug-23

 

2,609.81

 

0.1455532

%

Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights

 

6,115.62

 

0.3410786

%

 

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C) 2% threshold exceeded (21 February 2014)

 

On 21 February 2012, Goldman Sachs held a long position corresponding to 19,258,822 shares representing 2.15% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights, as follows:

 

·              Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C. (Controlled by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.); 5,849,513.86 PT shares or 0.65% voting rights;

·              Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs (UK) L.L.C.); 5,849,513.86 PT shares or 0.65% voting rights;

·              Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) Limited (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group UK Limited); 5,849,513.86 PT shares or 0.65% voting rights;

·              Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K.) (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Group Holdings (U.K.) Limited); 5,849,513.86 PT shares or 0.65% voting rights;

·              Goldman Sachs International (Controlled by Goldman Sachs Holdings (U.K.)); 5,849,513.86 PT shares or 0.65% voting rights;

·              Goldman, Sachs & Co. 12,961,441.00 PT shares or 1.45% voting rights;

·              Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. 447,868.00 PT shares or 0.05% voting rights.

 

It was further communicated that on 21 February 2014 Goldman Sachs’ long position in PT included the following cash settled financial instruments:

 

Type of
Financial
Instrument

 

Expiration
Date

 

Exercise /
Conversion
Period/Date

 

Number of voting rights that may be
acquired if the instrument is exercised /
converted

 

% of voting rights that may be obtained
if the instrument is exercised/converted

 

Swap

 

11-Feb-15

 

11-Feb-15

 

0.02

 

0.0000011

%

CFD

 

5-Oct-23

 

05-Oct-23

 

412.47

 

0.0230039

%

Swap

 

2-Apr-14

 

02-Apr-14

 

696.29

 

0.0388331

%

Swap

 

8-Apr-14

 

08-Apr-14

 

1,436.60

 

0.0801216

%

CFD

 

5-Oct-23

 

05-Oct-23

 

71.26

 

0.0039743

%

CFD

 

1-Dec-23

 

01-Dec-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-23

 

21-Aug-23

 

508.19

 

0.0283428

%

CFD

 

11-Jan-24

 

11-Jan-24

 

250.00

 

0.0139429

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-23

 

21-Aug-23

 

2,609.81

 

0.1455532

%

Swap

 

20-Jan-15

 

20-Jan-15

 

130.96

 

0.0073040

%

CFD

 

25-Aug-23

 

25-Aug-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

1-Sep-23

 

01-Sep-23

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights

 

6,115.62

 

0.3410786

%

 

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D) Interest fell below 2% threshold (25 February 2014)

 

On 25 February 2012, as a result of a sale of 6,796,620 PT shares Goldman Sachs held an interest corresponding to 12,475,403.86 shares representing 1.39% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights.

 

It was further communicated that on 25 February 2014 Goldman Sachs’ interest in PT included the following cash settled financial instruments:

 

Type of Financial
Instrument

 

Expiration Date

 

Exercise / Conversion
Period/Date

 

Number of voting rights that may be
acquired if the instrument is exercised /
converted

 

% of voting rights that may be
obtained if the instrument is
exercised/converted

 

CFD

 

21-Aug-2023

 

21-Aug-2023

 

2,609.81

 

0.1455532

%

Swap

 

08-Apr-2014

 

08-Apr-2014

 

1,436.60

 

0.0801216

%

Swap

 

02-Apr-2014

 

02-Apr-2014

 

696.29

 

0.0388331

%

CFD

 

21-Aug-2023

 

21-Aug-2023

 

508.19

 

0.0283428

%

CFD

 

05-Oct-2023

 

05-Oct-2023

 

412.47

 

0.0230039

%

CFD

 

11-Jan-2024

 

11-Jan-2024

 

250.00

 

0.0139429

%

Swap

 

20-Jan-2015

 

20-Jan-2015

 

157.36

 

0.0087765

%

CFD

 

05-Oct-2023

 

05-Oct-2023

 

71.26

 

0.0039743

%

Swap

 

11-Feb-2015

 

11-Feb-2015

 

0.02

 

0.0000011

%

CFD

 

01-Sep-2023

 

01-Sep-2023

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

25-Aug-2023

 

25-Aug-2023

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

CFD

 

01-Sep-2023

 

01-Sep-2023

 

0.01

 

0.0000005

%

Total Number of voting rights and percentage of voting rights

 

6,142.03

 

0.3425510

%

 

This statement is pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of articles 2 and 2-A of the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, following communications received from Goldman Sachs International, with office at Peterborough Court, 133 Fleet Street, London EC4A 2BB, United Kingdom.

 

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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: February 28, 2014

 

 

PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nuno Vieira

 

 

 

Nuno Vieira

 

 

 

Investor Relations Director

 

 

 

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