Provided by MZ Technologies
 
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
THROUGH June 2, 2009

(Commission File No. 1-15256)
 

 
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
BRAZIL TELECOM COMPANY
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 


SIA Sul, Área de Serviços Públicos, Lote D, Bloco B
Brasília, D.F., 71.215-000
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of Regristrant's principal executive offices)



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the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):


BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
ITEM 4.6 OF THE RULES OF DIFFERENTIATED PRACTICES OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
RELATED
PARTIES TRANSACTIONS1
March 31, 20092

                 
ITEM RELATED PARTIES CONTRACT 
SUBJECT AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF THE CONTRACT
 
RELATION 
WITH THE
 
COMPANY 
ORIGINAL AMOUNT  MATURITY
OR
TERM 
CONDITIONS FOR 
CANCELLATION OR
 
M
ATURITY 
BALANCE 
       
R$ thousand  Date  R$ thousand  Date 
                 
  Remunerated guarantee by the rate of 0.12% p.a., conceded  Controlling Company             
01  to Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. on a loan in the amount  (Brasil Telecom  30,000  Apr/19/2006  Apr/01/2011  ***  15,748  Mar/31/2009 
  of R$ 30 million – FCO Loan  Participações S.A.)            
                 
  Remunerated guarantee by the rate of 0.12% p.a., conceded  Controlling Company             
02  to Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. on a loan up to the  (Brasil Telecom  100,055  Jan/31/2000  Jul/31/2013  ***  16,875  Mar/31/2009 
  amount of US$ 46.387 million – 63 Resolution  Participações S.A.)            
                 
  Remunerated guarantee by the rate of 0.12% p.a., conceded  Controlling Company             
03  to Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. on a loan in the amount  (Brasil Telecom  1,245,462  Aug/26/2004  Apr/15/2011  ***  498,726  Mar/31/2009 
  of R$ 1,268 million – 2004 BNDES Loans  Participações S.A.)            
                 
04  Pledge Agreement contract by the rate of 0.12% p.a.,  Controlling Company 
(Brasil Telecom 
Participações S.A.)
           
established between Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. and  104,0213 Mar/31/2008         Jul/24/20134 ***  9,828  Mar/31/2009 
Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. in order to issue             
performance bond.             
                 
05  Remunerated guarantee by the rate of 0.12% p.a., conceded  Controlling Company 
(Brasil Telecom 
Participações S.A.)
           
to Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. on the debentures’  1,080,000  Jun/01/2006  Jun/01/2013  ***  1,130,444  Mar/31/2009 
issuance in the amount of R$ 1,080 million – 4 Public             
Debentures’ Issuance             
                 
06  Remunerated guarantee by the rate of 0.12% p.a., conceded 
to Brasil Telecom Participações S.A. on a loan in the amount of
R$ 2,104 million – 2006 BNDES Loans 
Controlling Company 
(Brasil Telecom 
Participações S.A.)
800,000  Nov/21/2006  May/15/2014       
           
395,000  Oct/29/2007  May/15/2014       
           
205,000  Nov/27/2007  May/15/2014  ***  1,977,842  Mar/31/2009 
           
400,000  Nov/15/2008  May/15/2014       
           
145,000  Mar/27/2009  May/15/2014       
                 
  Remunerated guarantee by the rate of 0.12% p.a., conceded  Controlled Company  100,000  Mar/17/2008  Sep/15/2017  ***  260,782  Mar/31/2009 
           
07  to 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. on a loan in the amount of  (14 Brasil Telecom  159,376  Oct/22/2008  Sep/15/2017 
  R$ 259.1 million – 2008 BNDES Loans  Celular S.A.)
                 
      374,144  Apr/16/2008  Apr/15/2009       
                 
  Remunerated loan by the rate of 101.75% p.a., conceded by  Controlled Company  50,128  Apr/17/2008  Apr/15/2009       
                 
08  14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A. in the amount of R$ 800  (14 Brasil Telecom  17,829  Apr/18/2008  Apr/15/2009  ***  480,912  Mar/31/2009 
                 
  million  Celular S.A.) 70,185  Apr/22/2008  Apr/15/2009       
                 
      148,439  Sep/30/2008  Apr/15/2009       
                 

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1
The Company have to inform all contracts (independently of being only one or various contracts, having the same purposes or not) that reach, in a 1-year period, R$200,000 or 1% of the Company’s Shareholders Equity, whichever is higher.
2 Audited data
3 Refers to the guaranteed value on the contract on Mar/31/2008. The Final Balance is consolidated with all current obligations (guarantee -insurance policy), regardless of the contract that it refers to.
4
Maturity of the last obligation assumed.

 

 
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: June 2, 2009

 
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
By:
/SAlex Waldemar Zornig

 
Name:  Alex Waldemar Zornig
Title:     Chief Financial Officer
 

 

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