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 December 2014
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.
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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.
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Announcement | Lisbon | 10 December 2014
Qualified Holding — JPMorgan
Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT SGPS”) hereby informs that JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc. (“JPMorgan”) now holds more than 2% of the voting rights corresponding to the share capital of PT SGPS.
This change resulted from the acquisition, on 1 December 2014, of 1,022,828 PT SGPS ordinary shares by J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. and 163,094 PT SGPS ordinary shares by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, both executed on the Euronext Lisbon regulated market. As a result, JPMorgan’s qualified holding corresponds to a total of 18,082,961 ordinary shares representing 2.02% of PT SGPS’ share capital and corresponding voting rights, as follows:
· JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 13,179,216 ordinary shares representing 1.47% of PT SGPS’ share capital and corresponding voting rights;
· J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc.: 3,660,969 ordinary shares representing 0.41% of PT SGPS’ share capital and corresponding voting rights;
· JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association: 1,242,776 ordinary shares representing 0.14% of PT SGPS’ share capital and corresponding voting rights.
PT SGPS was further informed that the entities listed above are subsidiaries of JPMorgan.
This statement is pursuant to the terms and for the purposes of article 17 of the Portuguese Securities Code and 2 of the Portuguese Securities Commission Regulation no. 5/2008, following a communication received from JPMorgan Chase Bank, with head office at 25 Bank Street, London E14 5JP, United Kingdom.
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Portugal Telecom, SGPS, SA Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40 1069-300 Lisbon Portugal
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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. |
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Nuno Vieira Investor Relations Director nuno.t.vieira@telecom.pt Tel.: +351 21 500 1701 Fax: +351 21 500 0800 |
www.ptsgps.pt
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: December 10, 2014
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/s/ Nuno Vieira |
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Nuno Vieira |
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Investor Relations Director |
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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