SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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 NOVEMBER 2002
(Commission File No. 001-14489)
TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
TELE CENTRO OESTE CELLULAR HOLDING COMPANY
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(Translation of registrant's name in English)
SCS-QUADRA 2, BLOCO C, EDIFICIO ANEXO-TELEBRASILIA CELULAR
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-7 ANDAR, BRASILIA, D.F.
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FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)
Form 20-F X 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.)
Yes No X
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TELE CENTRO OESTE CELULAR PARTICIPACOES S.A.
A Publicly-Held Company
CNPJ 02.558.132/0001-69
CALL TO SHAREHOLDERS
EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS MEETING
The shareholders of Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participacoes S.A. ("the Company")
are invited to meet in an extraordinary Shareholders Meeting to be held at the
Company's headquarters, located at SCS, QUADRA 2, BLOCO C, ACESSO 226, EDIFICIO
TELEBRASILIA CELULAR, 7 ANDAR, BRASILIA-DF CEP 70302-916, at 10:00 (ten
hundred hours) of the 9th day of December, 2002, with the following Order of the
Day:
a) To decide on the alteration of Article 10 of the Company's Bylaws for
compliance with the terms of Law 10303 passed October 31, 2001, regarding
the rights granted to preferred shares;
b) To decide on the alteration of Article 5 of the Company's Bylaws as a
result of the increase of the Company's capital stock occurred as a
consequence of the incorporation of Telebrasilia Celular S/A by the
Company, approved in the Extraordinary Shareholders Meeting held on April
26, 2002.
c) To ratify the use of the retained earnings for cancellation of preferred
shares held in the Company's treasury occurred when Telebrasilia Celular
S.A. was incorporated, as approved in assembly held by the Company's Board
of Directors on May 31, 2002.
GENERAL PROVISIONS
1. Proxies shall be deposited at the Company's Headquarters, at SCS, QUADRA
2, BLOCO C, ACESSO 226, EDIFICIO TELEBRASILIA CELULAR, 7 ANDAR,
BRASILIA-DF CEP 70302-916, no later than 24 hours prior to the Assembly.
2. The shareholders participating in the Fungible Custody of Nominative
Shares of the Stock Market, who wish to participate in the Assembly, shall
present the statement issued up to (two) days prior to the Assembly,
containing the respective stockholding, provided by the custodian agency.
3. The documents concerning the matters to be discussed in the General
Assembly called herein is available to all shareholders at the Company's
headquarters.
Brasilia-DF, November 21, 2002.
ALEXANDRE BELDI NETTO
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
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.
Tele Centro Oeste Cellular Holding Company
Date: November 22, 2002 By: /S/ MARIO CESAR PEREIRA DE ARAUJO
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Name: Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
Title: President