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Exhibit 1
Telesp Celular Participações
S.A.
public company
Notice to Shareholders
Pursuant to the announcement (fato relevante) made public on December 29, 2003, Telesp Celular Participações S.A. (“TCP”) and Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A. (together with TCP, “Companies”) have suspended the date for the carrying out of the general meetings of shareholders (“Meetings”) that will resolve upon the merger of shares (“Merger of Shares”) of Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A. (“TCO”), previously scheduled to occur on January 7, 2004.
Although the management of the Companies are still analyzing the decision issued by the Comissão de Valores Mobiliários relating to the Merger of Shares, TCP has decided temporarily to extend the term for the election to convert preferred shares into common shares (“Conversion”), in order to comply with US laws, which require the establishment of a date for such election.
Shareholders who intend to elect to Convert may do so at Companhia Brasileira de Liquidação e Custódia - CBLC or at Banco ABN Amro Real S.A. (“Banco ABN Real”), the custodians of the Companies shares.
To elect to Convert at CBLC, the same procedures mentioned in the Public Announcement made public on November 19, 2003, must be observed and the shareholder must ask its custodian to elect to Convert at CBLC, until February 02, 2004, indicating the number of preferred shares to be converted.
To elect to Convert at Banco ABN Real, the same procedures mentioned in the Public Announcement made public on November 19, 2003 must also be followed, and the shareholder must make such election until January 27, 2004, at any branch of Banco ABN Real.
After the shareholder elects to Convert, be it at CBLC or at Banco ABN Real, the preferred shares will no longer be available for trading. They will be released for trading on February 04, 2004.
The withdrawal of the election to Convert may be made at the same institution to which the election to Convert is made, during the same procedure available for the election to Convert.
São Paulo, January 06, 2004
Telesp Celular Participações S.A.
Fernando Abella Garcia
Investors Relations Director
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TELESP CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
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Fernando Abella Garcia
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Fernando Abella Garcia
Investor Relations Officer
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