Exhibit 2
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Announcement | Lisbon | 3 April 2014
Maximum number of shares to be issued in Oi’s offer
Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT”) hereby informs on the material fact disclosed by Oi, S.A. (“Oi”) on the maximum number of shares that may be issued in the primary offering of shares of Oi, according to the company’s announcement attached hereto.
Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40 1069-300 Lisbon Portugal
| Public company Share capital Euro 26,895,375 Registered in the Commercial and Corporation no. 503 215 058 | Portugal Telecom is listed on the Euronext and New York Stock Exchange. Information may be accessed on the Reuters under the symbols PTC.LS and PT and on Bloomberg under the symbol PTC PL. | Nuno Vieira Investor Relations Director nuno.t.vieira@telecom.pt Tel.: +351 21 500 1701 Fax: +351 21 500 0800
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Oi S.A.
Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry (CNPJ/MF) No. 76.535.764/0001-43
Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 33.30029520-8
Publicly-Held Company
MATERIAL FACT
Oi S.A. (“Oi” or the “Company”, BM&FBOVESPA: OIBR3, OIBR4; NYSE: OIBR and OIBR.C) in accordance with article 157, paragraph 4 of Law No. 6,404/76, pursuant to CVM Instruction No. 358/02 and in furtherance of the Material Facts released on October 2, 2013 and February 20, 2014, notifies its shareholders and the market in general that, in a meeting held on April 1, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company approved, among other things, the maximum number of shares that may be issued in the primary offering of common and preferred shares of Oi, whose request for registration is being analyzed by the CVM (the “Offering”).
In connection with the Offering, Oi may initially offer 1,917,028,657 common shares and 3,834,057,315 preferred shares, totaling 5,751,085,972 shares, including shares in the form of American Depositary Shares, represented by American Depositary Receipts. The number of shares initially offered, not considering the exercise of the Hot Issue (defined below), may be increased, at the option of the lead coordinator, by up to 15%, in other words, by up to 287,554,298 common shares and 575,108,597 preferred shares, totaling 862,662,895 shares, in order to fulfill subsequent demand for the Offering (the “Over-Allotment Option”). Finally, the number of shares initially offered, not considering the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option, may be increased, at the Company’s discretion, in agreement with the global coordinators of the Offering and the other international underwriters, by up to 20%, in other words, by up to 383,405,731 common shares and 766,811,463 preferred shares, totaling 1,150,217,194 shares (the “Hot Issue”).
Oi will maintain its shareholders and the market informed of any subsequent events related to the Offering.
Rio de Janeiro, April 2, 2014.
Oi S.A.
Bayard De Paoli Gontijo
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
Additional Information and Where to Find It:
Oi S.A. (“Oi”) has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents Oi has filed with the SEC for more complete information about Oi and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Oi will arrange to send you the prospectus after filing if you request it by calling toll-free 1-855-672-2332.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This communication contains certain forward-looking statements. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about our beliefs and expectations, business strategies, future synergies and cost savings, future costs and future liquidity are forward-looking statements. The words “will,” “may,” “should,” “could,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “targets,” “goal” and similar expressions, as they relate to Oi, are intended to identify forward-looking statements and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, tendencies or expected results will actually occur. Such statements reflect the current views of management of Oi and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, corporate approvals, operational factors and other factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. All forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements set forth in this paragraph. Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Except as required under the U.S. federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC or of regulatory authorities in other applicable jurisdictions, we do not have any intention or obligation to update or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of the forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, future events or developments, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting the forward-looking statements. You are advised, however, to consult any further disclosures Oi makes on related subjects in reports and communications Oi files with the SEC.