TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. ANNOUNCES THE OUTCOME OF THE FIFTH AUCTION FOR PLACEMENT OF SHARES RESULTING FROM THE REVERSE SPLIT OF SHARES

TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. – BOVESPA AUCTION OF 06/08/2005 FOR SALE OF SHARES RESULTING FROM THE REVERSE SPLIT OF SHARES NOT MADE AVAILABLE IN THE FOURTH AUCTION

 

Brasília, Brazil – June 8, 2005 – Tele Centro Oeste Participações S.A. ("Company"), (BOVESPA: TCOC3 (Common), TCOC4 (Preferred), NYSE: TRO), announces today the total number of common and preferred shares sold at the fifth auction held on 06/08/2005 at the São Paulo Stock Exchange, and the respective per shares prices to be credited to the shareholders pro rata to the fractional shares held by them before the auction;

 

Auction held on 06/08/2005

Code	Type	Number of Shares Offered	Number of Shares Sold	Net Value per Share (1)
TCOC3	ON	924,200	27,900	0.57903

 

Auction held on 06/03/2005

Code	Type	Number of Shares Offered	Number of Shares Sold	Net Value per Share (1)
TCOC3	ON	974,200	50,000	1.15349

 

Auction held on 05/31/2005

Code	Type	Number of Shares Offered	Number of Shares Sold	Net Value per Share (1)
TCOC3	ON	996,200	22,000	0.56393

 

Auction held on 05/25/2005

Code	Type	Number of Shares Offered	Number of Shares Sold	Net Value per Share (1)
TCOC3	ON	1,009,000	12,800	0.38321

 

Auction held on 05/20/2005

Code	Type	Number of Shares Offered	Number of Shares Sold	Net Value per Share (1)
TCOC3	ON	1,009,000	0	0
TCOC4	PN	942,708	942,708	24.31592

 

Total

Code	Type	Number of Shares Offered	Number of Shares Sold	Accumulated Net Value per Share (1)
TCOC3	ON	1,009,000	112,700	2.67966
TCOC4	PN	942,708	942,708	24.31592

 

The 896,300 common shares not sold at the auction held on 06/08/05 shall be offered at another auction, to be held on 06/15/2005, for the reference price of R$ 20.97 per common share, which is the same price of the session held on 06/08/2005, the result thereof should be consequently disclosed by the Company.

Having in consideration that not all the shares offered at the auction above were sold, the proceeds from the sale of the common and preferred shares traded at the referred auction will only be made available to the holders of fractional shares after the sale of the totality of the Company's shares that remained unsold after such auction, as follows:

(a)  The Shareholders whose shares are in custody with Banco ABN Amro Real S.A. shall appear to any branch of said institution in order to receive the amounts to which they are entitled;

(b)  The amount corresponding to the Shareholders having entered custody agreements with the CBLC – Brazilian Settlement and Custody Company, shall be directly credited to that company, which will transfer the respective amounts to the Shareholders through the Custody Agents; and

(c) For those Shareholders whose Shares are blocked or without updated record, the amount to which they are entitled shall be retained by the Company and made available to the respective Shareholder for payment, which shall be released exclusively against presentation of document evidencing unblocking of the shares and/or identification, as the case may be, at any ABN Amro Real S.A. branch, the institution acting as trustee of the book-entry shares issued by the Company .

 

Brasília, June 8, 2005.
Arcádio Luís Martínez García
Executive Vice-President for Finance, Planning and Control
and Investor Relations Officer
Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações S.A.
www.vivo.com.br

 

For additional information, please contact:
Charles Edwards Allen
Investor Relations Office
Tel: 55 11 5105-1172
Email: ir@vivo.com.br

 

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: June 08, 2005