SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the month of September 2011
Commission File Number 1-13758
PORTUGAL TELECOM, SGPS, S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
1069 - 300 Lisboa, Portugal
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes _______ No ___X____
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Announcement | Lisbon | 28 September 2011
Qualified Holding
Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT”) informs that UBS AG now holds more than 5% of the voting rights corresponding to the share capital of PT.
Such new holding resulted from the acquisition by UBS AG, Zurich and Basel, through an OTC transaction, of 14,049,063 PT ordinary shares, made on 23 September 2011. As a result of such transaction, UBS AG now holds a qualified holding corresponding to a total of 48,643,578 ordinary shares representing 5.43% of PT’s share capital and corresponding voting rights.
Additionally, PT was informed that such holding is attributed to UBS AG as follows:
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UBS AG: 19,281,657 ordinary shares representing 2.15% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS AG on behalf of several of its clients: 13,737,439 ordinary shares representing 1.53% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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CCR Asset Management: 1,571,697 ordinary shares representing 0.18% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Financial Services Inc.: 227,721 ordinary shares representing 0.03% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG: 842,902 ordinary shares representing 0.09% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA: 8,386,555ordinary shares representing 0.94% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc.: 96,855 ordinary shares representing 0.01% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH: 582,505 ordinary shares representing 0.06% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd.: 135,084 ordinary shares representing 0.02% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd: 3,618,338 ordinary shares representing 0.40% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
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UBS Global Asset Management Life Ltd: 162,825 ordinary shares representing 0.02% of the share capital and voting rights in PT; |
This statement is pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code and the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, following a communication received by fax from UBS AG, P.O. Box 8098 Zurich, Switzerland.
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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.
Date: September 29, 2011
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/s/ Nuno Vieira |
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Nuno Vieira |
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