Embratel and Embrapar Commence Tender Offer for Net Shares They Do Not Already Own

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicacoes S.A. – Embratel (Embratel) and Embratel Participacoes S.A. (Embrapar) announced today that they have commenced their previously announced tender offer for all common shares and preferred shares, including preferred shares represented by American depositary shares (ADSs), of Net Servicos de Comunicacao S.A. (BOVESPA: NETC3 and NETC4; NASDAQ: NETC; BMAD: XNET) ("Net") that they do not already own for R$29.02 per common share and per preferred share plus statutory interest.

Net's board of directors has determined at a meeting held on October 15, 2013, by unanimous vote of those in attendance, that the offer described above is in the interests of Net and its shareholders and recommends that the holders of Net's common shares and preferred shares, including preferred shares represented by ADSs, accept the offer and tender their shares, but informed such holders that the decision to tender is ultimately at their discretion.

The tender offer is being conducted concurrently in the United States and Brazil and is open to all holders of common shares and preferred shares, including preferred shares represented by ADSs. The tender offer will be conducted as an auction on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange pursuant to Brazilian law and practice. The auction is currently intended to be held at 1:00 p.m., New York city time, on November 27, 2013.

The tender offer and associated withdrawal rights expire, in the case of holders of ADSs tendering through The Bank of New York Mellon, as receiving agent, at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, and, in the case of holders of Net's common and preferred shares tendering directly, at 3:00 p.m., New York City time, in each case on November 26, 2013, one business day prior to the auction date, unless the tender offer is extended.

The offer price as announced on June 7, 2012 in a statement of material fact by Embrapar is comprised of a base offer price of R$26.64 per common share and per preferred share plus accrued interest at the statutory rate from June 8, 2012 through the auction date.  R$29.02 represents the base offer price plus accrued interest from June 8, 2012 through and including August 18, 2013. Banco Itau BBA S.A., the Brazilian intermediary agent, will notify the BM&FBOVESPA – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros (the "Sao Paulo Stock Exchange") of the offer price, including all accrued interest through the auction date, at least three Brazilian business days before the auction date. The Sao Paulo Stock Exchange will disclose the offer price on or before the auction date. ADS holders tendering preferred shares represented by ADSs through The Bank of New York Mellon, as receiving agent, will receive payment in U.S. dollars.

Complete terms and conditions of the tender offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials that will be filed by Embratel and Embrapar with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on October 17, 2013.  In addition, on October 17, 2013, Net will file a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC relating to the tender offer.  Copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials are available free of charge from D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent for the tender offer, toll free at (800) 859 -8508 or via email at [email protected].  The receiving agent in the tender offer is Bank of New York Mellon.

A separate offer document, an Edital, for use by holders of Net's shares that are not U.S. residents is being published in Portuguese concurrently in Brazil and a short circular for use by holders of Net's preferred shares listed on the Mercado de Valores Latinoamericanos is being published in Spanish concurrently in Spain.

About Embratel

Embratel is the premium telecommunications provider in Brazil and offers an ample variety of telecom services - local and long distance telephony, advanced voice, high-speed data transmission, Internet, satellite data communications, and corporate networks. The company is a leader in the country for data services and Internet, and is highly qualified to be an all-distance network carrier in Latin America. Embratel's network spreads countrywide, with almost 29 thousand kms of optic cables, which represents about one million and sixty-nine thousand km of fiber optics.

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For further information please contact:

Embratel Participacoes S.A.
Isaac Berensztejn
Director of Investor Relations
Av. Presidente Vargas, n 1012
20071-002 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Telephone: (55) 21 2121-3636

SOURCE Embratel and Embrapar