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Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A., hereby referred to as the Company announces to its shareholders and the general public, in compliance with CVM Instruction 358/02, that it has been notified, on this date, by its controlling shareholder, that the operation for transfer of the Companys controlling interest to Telesp Celular Participações S.A has been closed in the terms of the Preliminary Share Purchase and Sale Agreement and of the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement, objects of the Companys relevant facts of January 16, 2003, March 24, 2003, and April 11, 2003, having on this date been concluded the financial liquidation of the operation and the transference of the shares representing the Companys controlling interest to Telesp Celular Participações S.A.
Additional details regarding the operation will be made public by Telesp Celular Participações S.A., acquirer of the Companys controlling interest.
Brasília, Federal District of Brazil, April 25, 2003.
Sérgio
Assenço Tavares dos Santos
President and Director of Investor Relations
TELE CENTRO OESTE CELLULAR HOLDING COMPANY
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Sérgio Assenço Tavares dos Santos
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Sérgio Assenço Tavares dos Santos
President and Director of Investor Relations
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