SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of September, 2010
Commission File Number: 001-14475
TELESP HOLDING COMPANY
(Translation of registrants name into English)
Rua Martiniano de Carvalho, 851 21o andar
São Paulo, S.P.
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
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TELESP HOLDING COMPANY
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1. | Press Release entitled Telecomunicações de São Paulo S.A. Telesp Minutes of the 182nd Board of Directors Meeting dated on September 29, 2010. |
(São Paulo Brazil; September 30, 2010) Telecomunicações de São Paulo S. A. Telesp (the Company or Telesp) (NYSE: TSP; BOVESPA: TLPP) hereby informs the Minutes of the 182nd Board of Directors meeting held on September 29, 2010:
1. DATE, TIME AND VENUE: September 29, 2010, at 11:00 (São Paulo time), at the Companys headquarters located at Rua Martiniano de Carvalho #851, São Paulo - SP.
2. DELIBERATIONS:
2.1 INTERIM DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST ON OWN CAPITAL: The Board of Directors approved the Boards proposal of interim dividends and interest on own capital to shareholders on the following conditions: (i) interim dividends, in the amount of R$196,355,000.00 (one hundred and ninety six million, three hundred and fifty five thousand reais), based on earnings reported in the balance sheet of June 2010, which will be charged to the mandatory minimum dividend; (ii) credit of interest on own capital, in the amount of R$390,000,000.00 (three hundred and ninety million reais), that represents a net amount, after withholding tax, of R$331,500,000.00 (three hundred and thirty one million, five hundred thousand reais), which will be charged to the mandatory minimum dividend ad referendum of the General Shareholders Meeting; (iii) The accounting of interim dividends and interest on own capital will be held on September 30, 2010; (iv) The payment of these interim dividends and interest on own capital will be carried out starting until the end of fiscal year of 2010, in a specific date to be determined by the Companys Board; (v) The interim dividends and interest on own capital must be credited on individual basis for each shareholder, obeying the equity position registered as so in the Telesp´s registry book by the end of September 30, 2010. After this date, the Companys shares will be considered as ex-dividends and ex-Interest on Own Capital.
Certify that the deliberation registered in the present document consists of the minutes of 182nd Board of Directors Meeting of Telecomunicacoes de Sao Paulo SA -Telesp, held on September 29, 2010, drawn up in the own book. Secretary of the Companys Board of Directors - Gustavo Fleichman.
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.
TELESP HOLDING COMPANY | ||||
Date: | September 30, 2010 | By: | /s/ Norair Ferreira do Carmo | |
Name: | Norair Ferreira do Carmo | |||
Title: | Investor Relations Director |