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TELE NORTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S/A
Corporate Taxpayers’ ID (CNPJ/MF) 02.558.154/0001 -29
Publicly-held Company
NOTICE TO THE MARKET
Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A. publicly announces that has received a letter from its holding company, Telpart Participações S/A (“Telpart”), with some clarifications regarding the article published on the present date in the newspaper Gazeta Mercantil, whose headline was “Vivo acquires Telemig and Amazônia Celular” (Vivo compra Telemig e Amazônia Celular), as well as in other medias, as follows:
1) Telpart is effectively promoting a bidding process, which has been largely announced, in order to evaluate divestiture opportunities related to its subsidiaries Telemig Celular Participações S/A and Tele Norte Celular Participações S/A (“Subsidiaries”).
2) Telpart’s policy is neither to confirm nor deny market rumors. However, in order to maintain the process as transparent as possible, Telpart would like to clarify that, differently from what is mentioned in said article, the bidding process has not been concluded and, consequently, so far, there is no decision taken by Telpart and its controlling shareholders regarding the sale of the Subsidiaries.
3) Telpart, consistently with its previous practices, is committed to promptly inform the market, as well as the proper authorities, on any development on this matter.
Belo Horizonte, July 27, 2007.
Oscar Thompson
CEO and Investor Relations Officer
Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A.
| TELE NORTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. | ||||
| By: | /s/ Oscar Thompson | |||
| Name: | Oscar Thompson | |||
| Title: | CEO and Head of Investor Relations | |||
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