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 February 2008

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              o

 

 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         o            No           x

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

 

 

Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.

Public Company

Registered Offices: Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40, Lisbon

Share Capital: Euro 30,774,000

Registered in the Commercial Registry Office of Lisbon and

Corporation no. 503 215 058

 

Qualified Holding

 

Pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code (Código dos Valores Mobiliários or “CVM”), we hereby inform that UBS AG notified Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (“PT”) that, as a result of the disposal of a total of 312,007 shares representing PT’s share capital (of which 231,000 shares were disposed of on a regulated market and 81,007 shares through a transaction executed over the counter), made by UBS AG, Zurich and Basel, with offices at Bahnhofstrasse 45, P.O. Box, CH-8098 Zurich and Aeschenvorstadt 1, P.O. Box, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland, on 15 February 2008, a total of 20,353,969 shares representing 1.98% of the share capital and voting rights in PT is now attributable to UBS AG.

 

UBS AG also informed that of such total holding:

 

·                  1,441,296 shares representing 0.14% of the share capital and voting rights in PT are held in the name of UBS AG on behalf of several clients of UBS AG;

 

·                  3,601,284 shares representing 0.35% of the share capital and voting rights in PT are held by the following subsidiaries of UBS AG (pursuant to the terms of article 20 of the CVM):

 

- DSI International Management Inc: 15,835 PT shares;

- UBS Fund Management (Switzerland) AG: 160,219 PT shares;

- UBS Fund Services (Luxembourg) SA: 887,887 PT shares;

- UBS Global Asset Management (Deutschland) GmbH: 33,517 PT shares;

- UBS Global Asset Management (Japan) Ltd: 1,697 PT shares;

- UBS Global Asset Management Life Ltd: 194,251 PT shares;

- UBS Global Asset Management (UK) Ltd: 225,545 PT shares;

- UBS Global Asset Management (France) SA: 394,561 PT shares;

- UBS O’Connor LLC: 755,407 PT shares;

- UBS Finance Services Inc.: 460,463 PT shares;

 

 

 

- UBS Bank S.A.: 33,450 PT shares;

- UBS Belgium SA/NV: 21,142 PT shares;

- UBS Deutschland AG: 29,320 PT shares;

- UBS (Italia) S.p.A.: 2,000 PT shares;

- UBS (Luxembourg) S.A.: 212,413 PT shares;

- UBS (Monaco) S.A.: 387 PT shares;

- UBS Wealth Management (UK) Ltd.: 7,925 PT shares;

- UBS Securities LLC: 165,265 PT shares;

 

Lisbon, 21 February 2008

 

 

 

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: February 22, 2008

 

 

 

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

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