As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 6, 201516, 2018

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 20-F

 

 

 

¨REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

 

xANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2014

FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017 AND DECEMBER 31, 2016

OR

 

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

 

¨SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number:001-15256

 

 

OIOi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

N/A The Federative Republic of Brazil
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English) (Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

Rua Humberto de Campos, 425

Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil22430-190

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Flavio Nicolay GuimarãesCarlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão

Investor Relations Officer

Rua Humberto de Campos, 425

8º andar

Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil22430-190

Tel: +55 21 3131-2918

invest@oi.net.br

(Name, Telephone,E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

 

Name of Each Exchange on which Registered

Common Shares, without par value, each represented by American Depositary Shares New York Stock Exchange
Preferred Shares, without par value, each represented by American Depositary SharesNew York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NonePreferred Shares, without par value, each represented by American Depositary Shares

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None

The total number of issued and outstanding shares of each class of stock of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization as of December 31, 20142017 was:

286,155,319519,751,661 common shares, without par value

572,316,691155,915,486 preferred shares, without par value

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of RegulationS-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ¨    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or anon-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ☐                Acceleratedfiler  ☒                Non-accelerated filer  ☐

Large accelerated filerxAccelerated filer¨
Non-accelerated filer¨

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

 

U.S. GAAP¨  ☒

    

International Financial Reporting Standards as issued

by the International

Accounting Standards Board  ¨

  

Other  x

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.    ¨  Item 17    x  Item 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined inRule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.    Yes  ☐    No  ☐

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (“Oi”) is filing this Comprehensive Annual Report on Form20-F for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 (the “Comprehensive Form20-F”) as part of its efforts to become current in its filing obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). As described more fully in “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings,” on June 20, 2016, Oi and six of its wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiaries filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization (recuperação judicial) pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the 7th Corporate Court of the Judicial District of the State Capital of Rio de Janeiro (the “RJ Court”). On June 29, 2016, the RJ Court granted the processing of this judicial reorganization. On December 19 and 20, 2017, a general creditors meeting (the “GCM”) was held to consider approval of the most recently filed judicial reorganization plan. The GCM concluded on December 20, 2017 following the approval of a judicial reorganization plan reflecting amendments to the judicial reorganization plan presented at the GCM as negotiated during the course of the GCM (the “RJ Plan”). On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered an order ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan (the “Brazilian Confirmation Order”). The RJ Plan became effective on February 5, 2018 upon the publication of the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro).

The completion of the preparation of Oi’s financial statements under U.S. GAAP as of and for the year ended December 31, 2016 required that Oi determine whether the use of a going concern assumption as a basis for the preparation of those financial statements was appropriate, and the effects on the balances of assets, liabilities and on items comprising the statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows if those financial statements were not prepared under this assumption. Oi’s management was not able to complete the asset impairment testing required under U.S. GAAP and was unable to do so prior to the approval of the RJ Plan on December 20, 2017 as this impairment testing required that Oi’s management complete an enterprise valuation of Oi and its consolidated subsidiaries. Given the ongoing negotiations between Oi and its creditors with respect to the terms of the RJ Plan, Oi’s management was been unable to determine a set of assumptions that were reasonably reliable upon which to prepare an enterprise valuation to support the required impairment testing.

As a result, Oi was unable to determine whether there would be any need to make adjustments in the balances ofnon-financial assets of Oi and its consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, as well as in the items of the statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, and consequently, Oi’s auditor was unable to express an opinion on those financial statements.

As a result of the approval of the RJ Plan and the subsequent confirmation and ratification of the RJ Plan by the RJ Court, Oi’s management has been able to complete an enterprise valuation of Oi and its consolidated subsidiaries, complete the asset impairment testing required under U.S. GAAP, and determine the adjustments in the balances ofnon-financial assets of Oi and its consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2016, as well as in the items of the statements of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended.

The RJ Proceedings prompted us to perform a detailed analysis on the completeness and the accuracy of the judicial deposits and accounting balances of the other assets of the RJ Debtors. As a result, we identified weaknesses in some of our operational and financial reporting controls and procedures. For more information with respect to the identified material weaknesses in Oi’s internal control over financial reporting and the steps that Oi has undertaken to remediate these material weaknesses, see “Item 15. Controls and Procedures.”

Additionally, we determined the need to restate previously issued financial statements and related disclosures to correct errors. Accordingly, we are restating our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. Restatement adjustments attributable to fiscal year 2014 and previous fiscal years are reflected as a net adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2015

The errors detected and corrected in Oi’s financial statements related to its judicial deposits, its provisions for contingencies, intragroup balances, tax credits and estimates of revenue from services rendered and not yet billed to customers, as described in “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies—Restatement of 2015 Financial Statements” and note 2 of our consolidated financial statements.

In connection with the presentation of financial information as of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 and for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, Oi has restated the financial statements related to those dates and periods to correct the errors included in these previously issued financial statements.

The Comprehensive Form20-F is Oi’s first annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) since the filing of its Annual Report on Form20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. Included in this Comprehensive Form20-F are Oi’s audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, which have not been previously filed with the SEC.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page 

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

  ii1 

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

  ix7 

PART I

  

Item 1.

 

Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers

  18 

Item 2.

 

Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable

  18 

Item 3.

 

Key Information

  18 

Item 4.

 

Information on the Company

  3642 

Item 4A.

 

Unresolved Staff Comments

  126108 

Item 5.

 

Operating and Financial Review and Prospects

  127108 

Item 6.

 

Directors, Senior Management and Employees

  177163 

Item 7.

 

Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

  194179 

Item 8.

 

Financial Information

  205188 

Item 9.

 

The Offer and Listing

  216199 

Item 10.

 

Additional Information

  224204 

Item 11.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

  247226 

Item 12.

 

Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities

  248228 

PART II

  

Item 13.

 

Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies

  250229 

Item 14.

 

Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds

  250229 

Item 15.

 

Controls and Procedures

  250229 

Item 16A.

 

Audit Committee Financial Expert

  251232 

Item 16B.

 

Code of Ethics

  251232 

Item 16C.

 

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

  251232 

Item 16D.

 

Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees

  252233 

Item 16E.

 

Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers

  253233 

Item 16F.

 

Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

  253233 

Item 16G.

 

Corporate Governance

  253233 

Item 16H.

 

Mine Safety Disclosure

  255236 

PART III

  

Item 17.

 

Financial Statements

  256237 

Item 18.

 

Financial Statements

  256237 

Item 19.

 

Exhibits

  256237 

SIGNATURES

  

 

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PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION

All references herein to “real,” “reais” or “R$” are to the Brazilianreal, the official currency of Brazil. All references to “U.S. dollars,” “dollars” or “US$” are to U.S. dollars.

On May 4, 2015,10, 2018, the exchange rate forreais into U.S. dollars was R$3.0753.5566 to US$1.00, based on the selling rate as reported by the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil), or the Brazilian Central Bank. The selling rate was R$2.6563.3080 to US$1.00 on December 31, 2014,2017, R$2.3433.2591 to US$1.00 on December 31, 20132016 and R$2.0443.9048 to US$1.00 on December 31, 2012,2015, in each case, as reported by the Brazilian Central Bank. The real/U.S. dollar exchange rate fluctuates widely, and the selling rate on May 4, 201510, 2018 may not be indicative of future exchange rates. See “Item 3. Key Information—Exchange Rates” for information regarding exchange rates for thereal since January 1, 2010.2013.

Solely for the convenience of the reader, we have translated some amounts included in “Item 3. Key Information—Selected Financial Information” and in this annual report fromreais into U.S. dollars using the selling rate as reported by the Brazilian Central Bank on December 31, 20142017 of R$2.6563.3080 to US$1.00. These translations should not be considered representations that any such amounts have been, could have been or could be converted into U.S. dollars at that or at any other exchange rate.

Financial Statements

We maintain our books and records inreais. Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 20142017 and 20132016 and for the three years ended December 31, 20142017, 2016 and 2015 are included in this annual report.

We preparehave prepared our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern.

Under U.S. GAAP, our management is required to assess whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year after our financial statements are issued. Our management’s assessment of our ability to continue as a going concern is discussed in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements. As of December 31, 2017, our management had taken relevant steps in the RJ Process, particularly the preparation, presentation and approval of the RJ Plan, which allows our viability and continuity, and the approval of the RJ Plan by our creditors. Since December 31 2017, our management has been making the necessary efforts to implement and monitor the RJ Plan based on the understanding that our financial statements were prepared with a going concern assumption.

As a result of the RJ Proceedings (which are considered to be similar in all substantive respects to proceedings under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to as the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), we have applied Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 852 “Reorganizations”, or ASC 852, in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements separately disclose and distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with our reorganization from transactions and events that are associated with the ongoing operations of our business. Accordingly, expenses, gains, losses and provisions for losses that are realized or incurred in the RJ Proceedings have been recorded under the classification “Restructuring expenses” in our consolidated statements of operations. In addition, our prepetition obligations that may be impacted by the RJ Proceedings based on our assessment of these obligations following the guidance of ASC 852 have been classified on our balance sheet as “Liabilities subject to compromise.” Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise are required to be reported at the amount allowed as a claim by the RJ Court, regardless of whether they may be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of the RJ Court or other events.

The RJ Proceedings prompted us to perform a detailed analysis on the completeness and the accuracy of the judicial deposits and accounting balances of the other assets of the RJ Debtors. As a result, we identified weaknesses in some of our operational and financial reporting controls and procedures. For more information with respect to the identified material weaknesses in Oi’s internal control over financial reporting and the steps that Oi has undertaken to remediate these material weaknesses, see “Item 15. Controls and Procedures.”.

Additionally, we determined the need to restate previously issued financial statements and related disclosures to correct errors. Accordingly, we are restating our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. Restatement adjustments attributable to fiscal year 2014 and previous fiscal years are reflected as a net adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2015.

The errors detected and corrected in our financial statements related to our judicial deposits, our provisions for contingencies, intragroup balances, tax credits and estimates of revenue from services rendered and not yet billed to customers, as described in “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies—Restatement” and note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

We are also required to prepare financial statements in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil, or Brazilian GAAP, which are based on:

 

Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76, as amended by Brazilian Law No. 9,457/97, Brazilian Law No. 10,303/01, and Brazilian Law No. 11,638/07, which we refer to collectively as the Brazilian Corporation Law;Corporate Law (as defined below);

 

  the rules and regulations of the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários), or the CVM, and the Brazilian Federal Accounting Council (Conselho Federal de Contabilidade); and

 

  the accounting standards issued by the Brazilian Accounting Pronouncements Committee (Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis), or the CPC.

Brazilian GAAP differs in certain important respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or U.S. GAAP. Differences between Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP where applicable to Oi are summarized in note 30 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

Certain Defined Terms

General

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires:requires, all references to:

 

all references to “our“our company,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us” or similar terms are to Oi S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries with respect to current information and information as of and for periods ended after February 27, 2012 and to Brasil Telecom S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries with respect to information as of and for periods ended on or prior to February 27, 2012;subsidiaries;

 

all references“Brazil” are to “Oi” or “Brasil Telecom”the Federative Republic of Brazil;

“Brazilian Corporate Law” are to, collectively, Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76, as amended by Brazilian Law No. 9,457/97, Brazilian Law No. 10,303/01, and Brazilian Law No. 11,638/07;

“Brazilian government” are to the federal government of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

“Copart 4” are to Copart 4 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi;

“Copart 5” are to Copart 5 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi;

“Oi” are to Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization;

“Oi’s ADSs” are to Oi’s Common ADSs and Preferred ADSs;

“Oi’s Common ADSs” are to American Depositary Shares, each representing five common shares of Oi;

“Oi Coop” are to Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi;

“Oi Mobile” are to Oi Móvel S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi;

“Oi’s Preferred ADSs” are to American Depositary Shares, each representing one preferred share of Oi;

“Pharol” are to Pharol, SGPS, S.A. (formerly known as BrasilPortugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.);

 

all references“PTIF” are to “TmarPart”Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi, which PT Portugal transferred to us in anticipation of our sale of PT Portugal in 2015;

“PT Portugal” are to PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., which we acquired on May 5, 2014 and sold on June 2, 2015;

“Telemar” are to Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi; and

“TmarPart” are to Telemar Participações S.A., which, prior to the capital increase of Oi on May 5, 2014, was the direct controlling shareholder of Oi;

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all references to “TNL” are to Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A., a company that was directly controlled by TmarPart prior to its mergerOi and which merged with and into Oi on February 27, 2012 as part of the corporate reorganization;September 1, 2015.

all references to “Telemar” are to Telemar Norte Leste S.A., a company that was directly controlled by TNL prior to the corporate reorganization and which became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi on February 27, 2012 as part of the corporate reorganization;

all references to “Coari” are to Coari Participações S.A., a company that was wholly-owned by Telemar prior to its merger with and into Oi on February 27, 2012 as part of the corporate reorganization;

all references to “PT SGPS” are to Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.;

all references to our Common ADSs are to American Depositary Shares, or ADSs, each representing one common share of our company, all references to our Preferred ADSs are to ADSs, each representing one preferred share of our company, and all references to our ADSs are to our Common ADSs and Preferred ADSs;

all references to “Brazil” are to the Federative Republic of Brazil; and

all references to the “Brazilian government” are to the federal government of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

CorporateJudicial Reorganization

On February 27, 2012, TNL, Telemar, Coari and Brasil Telecom S.A., a subsidiary of Coari, undertook a corporate reorganization in which:

Telemar and Coari engaged in a split-off (cisão) and merger of shares (incorporação de ações) under Brazilian law in which (1) Telemar transferred the shares of Coari that it owned to Coari, (2) Coari assumed a portion of the liabilities of Telemar, (3) the common and preferred shares of Telemar were exchanged for newly issued common and preferred shares of Coari, and (4) Telemar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coari;

Coari and Brasil Telecom engaged in a merger (incorporação) under Brazilian law in which Coari merged with and into Brasil Telecom, which we refer to as the Coari merger;

TNL and Brasil Telecom engaged in a merger (incorporação) under Brazilian law in which TNL merged with and into Brasil Telecom, which we refer to as the TNL merger; and

the corporate name of Brasil Telecom was changed to Oi S.A., or Oi.

We refer to these transactions collectively as the corporate reorganization.

The following chart sets forth the ownership structure of TNL, Telemar and Coari in Brasil Telecom immediately priordefined terms relate to the corporateour global judicial reorganization. The percentages in bold italics represent the percentage of the voting capital owned by the parent company of each entity, and the percentages not in bold italics represent the percentage of the total share capital owned by the parent company of each entity.

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LOGO

The following chart sets forth the structure of Brasil Telecom and Telemar immediately following the corporate reorganization.

LOGO

As a result of the corporate reorganization, we have consolidated the results of TNL into our results as from February 28, 2012. We have accounted for the Coari merger and the TNL merger using the carry-over basis of our own assets and liabilities and of the assets and liabilities assumed of TNL, Telemar, and Coari as from the date of the reorganization. The carry-over basis of the assets and liabilities were determined at the lowest level entity in the group (i.e., the effects of the purchase accounting relating to Coari´s acquisition of Brasil Telecom (now Oi) are not reflected in the assets and liabilities of Oi S.A. in its consolidated financial statements as a result of the TNL merger). Additionally, our historical financial statements have not been restated to reflect the impacts of the corporate reorganization on a retrospective basis. Our non-current intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are recorded on a different basis in our parent company´s consolidated financial statements, reflecting the amortized purchase price allocated to these assets resulting from Coari´s acquisition of our company on January 8, 2009. For more details regarding the corporate reorganization,information, see “Presentation of Financial and Other Information—Financial Restructuring,” and “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—CorporateOur Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.” Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references to:

“Ad Hoc Group” are to a diverse ad hoc group of TNL, Telemarholders of the bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and Our Company.”PTIF;

Information regarding

“Bondholder” are each holder of beneficial interests in the bonds issued by Oi, in this annual report is presented giving effectOi Coop and PTIF;

“Bondholder Credits” are to unsecured a claim held by a creditor pursuant to the corporate reorganization on February 27, 2012. However, financialRJ Plan evidenced by bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and other data included in “Item 3. Key Information—Selected Financial Information” in this annual report regarding Oi and its consolidated subsidiaries as of December 31, 2011 and earlier dates and for periods ended on December 31, 2011 and earlier dates is historical in nature and does not give pro forma effect to the corporate reorganization.

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Oi Capital Increase and Acquisition of PT Portugal

On October 1, 2013, we entered into a memorandum of understanding, or the Memorandum of Understanding, with PT SGPS, AG Telecom Participações S.A., or AG Telecom, LF Tel S.A., or LF Tel, PASA Participações S.A., or PASA, EDSP75 Participações S.A., or EDSP, Bratel Brasil S.A., or Bratel Brasil, Avistar, SGPS, S.A., or BES, and Nivalis Holding B.V., or Ongoing, in which we and they agreed to the principles governing a series of transactions, including a business combination involving three principal components:

PTIF;

 

A capital increase“Brazilian Bankruptcy Law” are to Brazilian Law No. 11,101 of our company that was concluded on May 5, 2014, which we refer to as the Oi capital increase, in which we issued 121,674,063 of our common shares and 280,483,641 of our preferred shares for an aggregate amount of R$8,250 million in cash, and 104,580,393 of our common shares and 172,025,273 of our preferred shares to PT SGPS in exchange for the contribution by PT SGPS to our company of all of the shares of its subsidiary PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., or PT Portugal. For more information about the assets and businesses of PT Portugal acquired in the Oi capital increase, see “Item 4. Information on Our Company—Operations in Portugal,” and “Item 4. Information on Our Company—Operations in Africa.June 9, 2005;

 

  a proposed merger of shares (incorporação de ações) under Brazilian law, a Brazilian transactionConfirmation Date” are to February 5, 2018, the date in which subject to the approvalsBrazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the holdersState of voting shares of our company and TmarPart, (1) each issued and then outstanding common share of our company not owned by TmarPart was to be converted automatically into one TmarPart common share, (2) each issued and then outstanding preferred share of our company not owned by TmarPart was to be converted automatically into 0.9211 TmarPart common shares, and (3) we were to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of TmarPart; this proposed merger of shares was subsequently abandoned.Rio de Janeiro (Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro);

“Brazilian Confirmation Order” are to the order entered by the RJ Court on January 8, 2018, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan;

“Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase” are to the capital increase of between R$$11,765,562,892.10 and R$12,292,379,141.00 through the issuance of up to 1,756,054,163 New Shares, paid for by conversion of claims of Qualified Bondholders into New Shares, pursuant to Section 4.3.3.5 of the RJ Plan;

“Cash Capital Increase” are to the cash capital increase of R$4 billion provided for under Section 6 of the RJ Plan;

“Chapter 15 Debtors” are to Oi, Telemar, Oi Coop and Oi Mobile;

“Commitment Agreement” are to that certain commitment agreement, which we negotiated with members of the Ad Hoc Group, the IBC and certain other unaffiliated bondholders as part of the RJ Plan, under which such bondholders agreed to backstop an eventual cash capital increase by our company, which will be commenced following the full implementation of the RJ Plan;

“Default Recovery” are to the general treatment provided for unsecured credits under the RJ Plan. Under the RJ Plan, Bondholders that were not Eligible Bondholders, did not make a valid election of the form of recovery for their Bondholder Credits, or do not participate in the settlement procedures will only be entitled to the Default Recovery with respect to the Bondholder Credits represented by their Bonds.

“Dutch District Court” are to the District Court of Amsterdam;

“Eligible Bondholders” are to every Bondholder that individualized its Bondholder Credits in accordance with the procedures established in the RJ Plan and by the RJ Court;

“GCM” are to a General Creditors’ Meeting of creditors of our company recognized by the RJ Court. A GMC was held on December 19 and 20, 2017 to consider and vote on the RJ Plan;

“IBC” means the International Bondholder Committee, a group of creditors in the Netherlands;

 

  “Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan” are to the confirmation of the RJ Plan by the RJ Court. As used in this annual report, the date of the Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan means February 5, 2018 (i.e., the Brazilian Confirmation Date);provided that (1) in the event that any appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order is filed and a proposed mergerstay on the effectiveness of the Brazilian Confirmation Order is granted, the Brazilian Confirmation Date shall be deemed to occur the date on which such appeal is resolved; and (2) in the event that any appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in in an appellate court overturning or modifying the Brazilian Confirmation Order, the Brazilian Confirmation Date shall be deemed to occur on the date on which the eventual appellate court’s decision, or that of a higher court (if further appeals of the appellate court’s decision are made), is published in such court’s official gazette. For more information about the appeals and motions for clarification filed with respect to the Brazilian Confirmation Order, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Confirmation of Judicial Reorganization Plan by RJ Court;”

“New Notes” are to senior unsecured notes of Oi to be issued in accordance with the terms of Section 4.3.3.3 of the RJ Plan and Exhibit 4.3.3.3(f) thereto, in connection with the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase;

“New Shares” are to newly issued common shares of Oi, which are expected to be issued in the form of ADSs, in connection with the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase;

“Non-Qualified Bondholders” are to Eligible Bondholders with Bondholder Credits equal to or less than USD $750,000.00 (or the equivalent in other currencies);

“Non-Qualified Credit Agreement” are to a credit agreement to be entered into between the RJ Debtors and an administrative agent, in accordance with the terms of Section 4.3.3.1 of the RJ Plan and Exhibit 4.3.3.1(f) thereto;

“Non-Qualified Recovery” are to the entitlement of certainNon-Qualified Bondholders to elect to have their Bondholder Credits Satisfied through the distribution to suchNon-Qualified Bondholders of a participation interest in theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement;

“Non-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure” are to the procedure to settle theNon-Qualified Recovery to whichNon-Qualified Bondholders that have made valid recovery elections pursuant to the RJ Plan are entitled;

“Oi Coop Composition Plan” are to the composition plan for Oi Coop providing for the restructuring of the claims against Oi Coop in the Netherlands in substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan;

“PTIF Composition Plan” are to the composition plan for PTIF providing for the restructuring of the claims against PTIF in the Netherlands in substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan;

“PTIF Shares” are to common shares of Oi currently held by PTIF, which may be issued in the form of ADRs;

“Qualified Bondholders” are to Eligible Bondholders with Bondholder Credits greater than US$750,000.00 (or the equivalent in other currencies);

“Qualified Recovery” are to the entitlement of certain Qualified Bondholders to elect to have their Bondholder Credits satisfied through the distribution to such Qualified Bondholders of a combination of New Notes, New Shares, PTIF Shares and Warrants in amounts determined based on the Bondholder Credits evidenced by the Bonds of each series held by a Bondholder, in accordance with Section 4.3.3.2 of the RJ Plan;

“Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure” are to the procedure to settle the Qualified Recovery to which Qualified Bondholders that have made valid recovery elections pursuant to the RJ Plan are entitled;

“RJ Court” are to the 7th Commercial Court of the Judicial District of the State Capital of Rio de Janeiro. The RJ Court is adjudicating the judicial reorganization proceedings in Brazil involving the RJ Debtors.

“RJ Debtors” are to Oi, Telemar, Oi Mobile, Oi Coop, PTIF, Copart 4 and Copart 5;

“RJ Plan” are to the judicial reorganization plan, as amended, of the RJ Debtors that was filed with the RJ Court and, on December 20, 2017, approved by a significant majority of creditors of each class present at the GCM held on December 19 and 20, 2017;

“RJ Proceedings” are to the Brazilian proceedings for judicial reorganization (incorporaçrecuperação judicial) involving the RJ Debtors that are being adjudicated by the RJ Court, pursuant to a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law filed by the RJ Debtors with the RJ Court initially on June 20, 2016. On June 29, 2016, the RJ Court granted the processing of the RJ Proceedings of the RJ Debtors;

“U.K. Recognition Orders” are to the orders granted by the High Court of Justice of England and Wales on Jun 23, 2016 recognizing the RJ Proceedings as a foreign main proceedings under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, which implements the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency in Great Britain, in relation to Oi, Telemar and Oi Mobile;

“U.S. Bankruptcy Court” are to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York;

“U.S. Recognition Order” are to the order granted by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court on July 22, 2016 recognizing the RJ Proceedings as the foreign main proceedings in respect of each of the Chapter 15 Debtors; and

“Warrants” are to warrants (bonus de subscrição) under Portuguese and Brazilian lawto acquire newly issued common shares of PT SGPS with and into TmarPart, with TmarPartOi, which Warrants may distributed in the form of American Depository Warrants, as further described in Section 4.3.3.6 of the surviving company in which the shareholders of PT SGPS were to receive an aggregate number of TmarPart shares equal to the number of TmarPart shares held by PT SGPS immediately prior to the merger; this proposed merger was subsequently abandoned.RJ Plan.

Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange

Subsequent to the acquisitionDisposition of PT Portugal on May 5,

On December 9, 2014, we discovered that (1) PT Portugal had subscribed to €200 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte Investments S.A., or Rio Forte, that matured in July 2014, and (2) Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V., or PTIF, which has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of PT Portugal at all times since May 5, 2014, had subscribed to €697 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte that matured in July 2014. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, we became the creditor under this commercial paper.

On July 15 and 17, 2014, Rio Forte defaulted on the commercial paper held by PT Portugal and PTIF. On September 8, 2014, we, TmarPart, PT SGPS, PT Portugal and PTIF entered into an Exchange Agreement, or the PT Exchange Agreement, and a stock optionshare purchase agreement, or the PT Option Agreement, which we refer to collectively as the Definitive Exchange Agreements. Under the PT Exchange Agreement, PT Portugal and PTIF agreed to transfer the defaulted Rio Forte commercial paper to PT SGPS and PT SGPS agreed to deliver to PT Portugal and PTIF an aggregate of 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares, representing 16.9% of our outstanding share capital, including 17.1% of our outstanding voting capital prior to giving effect to the exchange. We refer to this transaction as the PT Exchange and the shares delivered to us as the Exchanged Shares.

On March 24, 2015, PT Portugal assigned its rights under the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement to PTIF. On March 27, 2015, PT Portugal assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Rio Forte commercial paper that it owned to PTIF. On March 30, 2015, the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement were completed through the transfer of Rio Forte commercial paper in the aggregate amount of €897 million to PT SGPS in exchange for 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares.

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Under the PT Option Agreement, PTIF has granted to PT SGPS an option, or the PT Option, to acquire 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares.

For more information about the PT Exchange and the Definitive Exchange Agreements, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange.”

Proposed Sale of PT Portugal

Based on a reevaluation of our business strategy following these events, we determined that it was in the best interest of our company to dispose of PT Portugal and we commenced a sale process which led to the execution on December 9, 2014 of aPTP Share Purchase Agreement, among Oi,with Altice Portugal S.A., or Altice Portugal, and Altice S.A., or Altice, with pursuant to which we refer to as the PTP Share Purchase Agreement. Under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, we have agreed to sell all of the share capital of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal for a purchase price equal to the enterprise value of PT Portugal of €6,900 million, subject to adjustments based on the financial debt, cash and working capital of PT Portugal on the closing date, plus an additionalearn-out amount of €500 million in the event that the consolidated revenues of PT Portugal and its subsidiaries (as of the closing date) for any single year between the year ending December 31, 2015 and the year ending December 31, 2019 is equal to or exceeds € 2,750€2,750 million. We refer to this transaction as the PT Portugal Disposition. The PT Portugal Disposition closed on June 2, 2015.

In connection with the proposed sale, we have committed to reorganizeclosing of the assets of PT Portugal on or priorDisposition, Altice Portugal disbursed €5,789 million, of which €869 million was used by PT Portugal to June 9, 2015prepay outstanding indebtedness, and €4,920 million was paid to our company in cash. We used a manner that willportion of the net cash proceeds of the PT Portugal Disposition for the prepayment and repayment at maturity of indebtedness of our company.

In anticipation of the PT Portugal Disposition, PT Portugal transferred PTIF, its wholly-owned finance subsidiary, to us. As a result of this transfer, the indebtedness of PTIF, which had previously been classified as liabilities associated with assets held for sale in our retaining:consolidated financial statements, was reclassified as indebtedness of our company. In addition, in connection with the PT Portugal Disposition, PTIF assumed all obligations under PT Portugal’s outstanding 6.25% Notes due 2016.

100%

In addition, PT Portugal transferred to us all of the outstanding share capital of PTIF;

100% of the share capitalCVTEL B.V. and Carrigans Finance S.à r.l, as well as of PT Participações, SGPS, S.A., or PT Participações, which will hold the direct and indirect interests that we currently holdholds:

our 86% interest in (1) Africatel Holding B.V., or Africatel, which managesholds our investmentsinterests in telecommunications companies in Africa, or Africatel,including telecommunications companies in Angola, Cape Verde and (2)São Tomé and Principe; and

our interests in TPT—Telecomunicações Públicas de Timor, S.A., or TPT, which providedprovides telecommunications, multimedia and IT services in Timor Leste in Asia.

Financial Restructuring

On March 9, 2016, following the notification of our company on February 25, 2016 that LetterOne Technology (UK) LLP, or TPT;

LetterOne, that it could not proceed with a potential transaction in which LetterOne would make a capital contribution of up to US$4.0 billion in our company, contingent on the completion of a potential business combination with TIM Participações S.A., or TIM, we retained PJT Partners as our financial advisor to assist us in evaluating financial and strategic alternatives to optimize our liquidity and debt profile.

100%Although we engaged in negotiations with a the Ad Hoc Group seeking mutual agreement as to the consensual restructuring of the share capital of PT Investimentos, S.A., which provides business consulting and management services, prepares projects and economic studies and manages certainindebtedness of our investments,company, after considering the challenges of our economic and financial situation in connection with the maturity schedule of our financial debts, the threats to our assets represented by imminent attachments or PTII;
freezings in judicial lawsuits and the urgent need to adopt measures that protect our company, we concluded that filing for judicial reorganization (recuperação judicial) in Brazil would be the most appropriate course of action.

On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ Debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant to an urgent measure approved by our board of directors.

100%

The filing of the share capital of CVTEL, B.V., which manages certainpetition that commenced the RJ Proceedings was a step towards our financial restructuring. During the RJ Proceedings we have, and expect to continue (1) to work to secure new customers while maintaining our service and product sales to all market segments, in all of our distribution and customer service channels, (2) to perform installation, maintenance and repair activities on a timely basis, (3) to use our workforce as usual, including to perform sales, operating and administrative activities, and (4) to focus on our investments or CVTEL;in structuring projects aimed at promoting the improvement of service quality and

100% continuing to bring technologic advances, high service standards, and innovation to our customers. On June 29, 2016, the RJ Court granted the processing of the share capital of Carrigans Finance S.A.R.L., which manages certain of our investments, or Carrigans.

Although someRJ Proceedings of the conditionsRJ Debtors.

On December 19 and 20, 2017, the GCM was held to consider approval of the most recently filed judicial reorganization plan. The GCM concluded on December 20, 2017 following the approval of the RJ Plan reflecting amendments to the closing underjudicial reorganization plan presented at the PTP Share Purchase Agreement are beyond our control, we expect that the closing of this sale will occurGCM as negotiated during the second quartercourse of 2015.the GCM.

On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.

The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties as long as its effects are not stayed. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such claims are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan.

In the context of the RJ Proceedings, certain balances of consolidated assets and liabilities increased as a result of the inclusion of the RJ Debtors in RJ Proceedings and the resulting suspension of the payment of certain assumed liabilities. The main balances of consolidated assets and liabilities affected were cash, cash equivalents, cash investments, receivables from reciprocal services provided to telecom carriers, trade payables, and borrowings and financing.

We are in the process of implementing the RJ Plan. For more information onregarding the proposed sale of PT Portugal and the PTP Share Purchase Agreement,RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Proposed Sale of PT Portugal.Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.

Proposed Corporate Ownership Simplification and Migration to Novo Mercado

On March 31, 2015, For more information regarding the shareholders of TmarPart acting at a pre-meeting (reunião prévia)financial terms of the shareholders of TmarPart (1) unanimously approved the adoption of an alternative share structure, after analyzing optionsRJ Plan, see “Item 5. Operating and taking into consideration the current obstaclesFinancial Review and Prospects—Liability Subject to a registration of TmarPart shares with the SEC that would be necessary to allow the previously announced merger of shares of Oi and TmarPart, and (2) authorized the managements of TmarPart and Oi to begin taking the applicable steps to implement the alternative share structure.

The alternative share structure includes a voluntary exchange of our preferred shares for our common shares at the option of the preferred shareholder at an exchange rate of 0.9211 of our common shares for each of our preferred shares, which we refer to as the voluntary share exchange. The voluntary share exchange proposal requires that the holders of at least two-thirds of our preferred shares (excluding treasury shares) agree to exchange our preferred shares that they own for our common shares within a period of 30 days commencing after our General Shareholders’ Meeting at which the opening of the period for the exchange is deliberated.

Prior to the beginning of the period for the voluntary share exchange, we understand that the shareholders of TmarPart intend to cause:Compromise.”

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AG Telecom to merge with and into PASA;

LF Tel to merge with and into EDSP;

PASA and EDSP to merge with and into Bratel Brasil;

Valverde Participações S.A., a wholly-owned subsidiary of TmarPart and one of our shareholders, or Valverde, to merge with and into TmarPart;

Venus RJ Participações S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. to merge with and into Bratel Brasil;

Bratel Brasil to merge with and into TmarPart; and

TmarPart to merge with and into Oi.

We refer to these transactions collectively as the corporate ownership simplification. In connection with the corporate ownership simplification, we expect the General Shareholders’ Agreement and the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement described herein to be terminated.

In addition, we understand that the shareholders of TmarPart intend to cause (1) the adoption of new by-laws of our company, and (2) the election of new members of the board of directors of our company for terms expiring at the General Shareholders’ Meeting that approves our financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2017. The corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company are expected to occur on the same date and are expected to be deliberated at shareholders’ meetings of the relevant entities during the third quarter of 2015, subject to the prior consent to the implementation of the corporate ownership simplification of the Brazilian federal telecommunications regulator (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações), or ANATEL.

Following the completion of the corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company, we will seek to list our common shares on theNovo Mercado segment of the Brazilian Securities, Commodities and Futures Exchange (BM&FBOVESPA – Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros), or BM&FBOVESPA. We have entered into an agreement with PT SGPS in which we have agreed that we will use our best efforts to cause the listing of our common shares (or securities backed by our common shares) on the regulated market of Euronext Lisbon – Sociedade Gestora de Mercados Regulamentados, or Euronext Lisbon, concurrently with the listing of our common shares on theNovo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA (or as promptly as practicable thereafter).

Share Splits

On August 15, 2012, we changed the ratio applicable to our Preferred ADS from three preferred shares per Preferred ADS to one preferred shares per Preferred ADS. All references to numbers of Preferred ADSs in this annual report have been adjusted to give effect to this change in ratio.

On November 18, 2014, ourOi’s shareholders acting in an extraordinary general shareholders meeting authorized (1) the reverse split of all of ourOi’s issued common shares into one common share for each 10 issued common shares, and (2) the reverse split of all of ourOi’s issued preferred shares into one preferred share for each 10 issued preferred shares. This reverse share split became effective on December 22, 2014. There was no change in the ratio of ourOi’s Common ADSs ofor Preferred ADSs in connection with this reverse share split; each Common ADS continuescontinued to represent one of ourOi’s common shares and each Preferred ADS continues to represent one of ourOi’s preferred shares. All references to numbers of shares of our company,Oi, dividend amounts of our companyOi and earnings per share of our companyOi in this annual report have been adjusted to give effect to the10-for-one reverse share split.

On February 1, 2016, we changed the ratio applicable to Oi’s Common ADSs from one common share per Common ADS to five common shares per Common ADS. All references to numbers of Common ADSs in this annual report have been adjusted to give effect to this change in ratio.

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Market Share and Other Information

We make statements in this annual report about our market share and other information relating to the telecommunications industry in Brazil and Portugal.Brazil. We have made these statements on the basis of information obtained from third-party sources and publicly available information that we believe are reliable, such as information and reports from ANATEL, and the Portuguese National Communications Authority (Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações), or ANACOM, among others. Notwithstanding any investigation that we may have conducted with respect to the market share, market size or similar data provided by third parties or derived from industry or general publications, we assume no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any such information.

Rounding

We have made rounding adjustments to reach some of the figures included in this annual report. As a result, numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be arithmetic aggregations of the figures that precede them.

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This annual report contains forward-looking statements. Some of the matters discussed concerning our business operations and financial performance include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, or the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, these statements are subject to several risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us.

Many important factors could cause our actual results to differ substantially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements, including, among other things:

our failure to implement the RJ Plan, including the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase and the New Funds Capital Increase, and continue as a going concern;

a stay of the effects of the Brazilian Confirmation Order;

our failure to obtain an order from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court giving full force and effect to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order;

failure by the creditors of PTIF and Oi Coop to approve the PTIF Composition Plan and the Oi Coop Composition Plan, respectively;

 

the effects of intense competition in Brazil and the other countries in which we have operations and investments;

 

material adverse changes in economic conditions in Brazil or the other countries in which we have operations and investments;

our ability to consummate the proposed sale of PT Portugal;

 

the Brazilian government’s telecommunications policies that affect the telecommunications industry and our business in Brazil in general, including issues relating to the remuneration for the use of our network in Brazil, and changes in or developments of ANATEL regulations applicable to us;

 

the cost and availability of financing;

 

the general level of demand for, and changes in the market prices of, our services;

 

our ability to implement our corporate strategies in order to expand our customer base and increase our average revenue per user;

 

political, regulatory and economic conditions in Brazil;

inflation in Brazil and fluctuations in exchange rates;
political, regulatory and economic conditions in Brazil, notably with respect to inflation, exchange rate fluctuation of thereal,interest rates fluctuation and the political environment in Brazil;

 

the outcomes of legal and administrative proceedings to which we are or become a party;

 

changes in telecommunications technology that could require substantial or unexpected investments in infrastructure or that could lead to changes in our customers’ behavior;

 

the disposal of our international investments; and

other factors identified or discussed under “Item 3. Key Information––Information—Risk Factors.”

Our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results or other developments may differ materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. As for forward-looking statements that relate to future financial results and other projections, actual results will be different due to the inherent uncertainty of estimates, forecasts and projections. Because of these uncertainties, potential investors should not rely on these forward-looking statements.

We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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PART I

 

ITEM 1.IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 2.OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 3.KEY INFORMATION

Selected Financial Information

The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements (including the notes thereto), “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and “Presentation of Financial and Other Information.”

The following selected financial data have been derived from our consolidated financial statements. The selected financial data as of December 31, 20142017 and 20132016 and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. The selected financial data as of December 31, 2012, 20112015, 2014 and 20102013 and for the years ended December 31, 20112014 and 20102013 have been derived from our consolidated financial statements that are not included in this annual report.

OurThe RJ Proceedings prompted us to perform a detailed analysis on the completeness and the accuracy of the judicial deposits and accounting balances of the other assets of the RJ Debtors. As a result, we identified weaknesses in some of our operational and financial reporting controls and procedures. For more information with respect to the identified material weaknesses in Oi’s internal control over financial reporting and the steps that Oi has undertaken to remediate these material weaknesses, see “Item 15. Controls and Procedures.”

Additionally, we determined the need to restate previously issued financial statements and related disclosures to correct errors. Accordingly, we are restating our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. Restatement adjustments attributable to fiscal year 2014 and previous fiscal years are preparedreflected as a net adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2015.

The errors detected and corrected in accordance with Brazilian GAAP, which differs in certain important respects from U.S. GAAP. Differences between Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP where applicable to Oi are summarized in note 30our financial statements related to our auditedjudicial deposits, our provisions for contingencies, intragroup balances, tax credits and estimates of revenue from services rendered and not yet billed to customers, as described in “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies—Restatement” and note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

In connection with the presentation of financial information as of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 and for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, Oi has restated the financial statements related to those dates and periods to correct the errors included in these previously issued financial statements.

We have included information with respect to the dividends and/or interest attributable to shareholders’ equity paid to holders of ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares since January 1, 20102013 inreaisand in U.S. dollars translated fromreaisat the commercial market selling rate in effect as of the payment date under the caption “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy—Payment of Dividends.”

   As of and For the Year Ended December 31, 
   2014(1)  2014  2013  2012  2011  2010 
   (in millions
of US$,
except per
share
amounts)
  

(in millions ofreais, except per share amounts and as otherwise

indicated)

 

Income Statement Data:

       

Brazilian GAAP:

       

Net operating revenue

  US$10,634   R$28,247   R$28,422   R$25,161   R$9,245   R$10,263  

Cost of sales and services

   (5,734  (15,230  (15,259  (12,670  (4,587  (4,732
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross profit

 4,901   13,017   13,163   12,491   4,659   5,531  

Operating expenses

 (2,764 (7,343 (7,876 (7,731 (3,091 (3,072
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 2,136   5,674   5,287   4,760   1,567   2,459  

Financial income

 506   1,345   1,375   2,275   1,406   979  

Financial expenses

 (2,218 (5,891 (4,650 (4,491 (1,478 (1,060
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Financial income (expenses), net

 (1,711 (4,546 (3,275 (2,216 (72 (80
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income of continuing operations before taxes

 425   1,128   2,012   2,544   1,495   2,379  

Income tax and social contribution

 (422 (1,120 (519 (760 (490 (408
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income of continuing operations

 3   8   1,493   1,785   1,006   1,971  

Net loss of discontinued operations, net of taxes

 (1,662 (4,415 —     —     —     —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

US$(1,659R$(4,406R$1,493  R$1,785  R$1,006  R$1,971  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling shareholders

US$(1,659R$(4,407R$1,493  R$1,785  R$1,006  R$1,971  

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling shareholders

 —     1   —     —     —     —    

Net income (loss) applicable to each class of shares:

Common shares

 (1,659 (4,407 469   560   316   619  

Preferred shares

 —     —     1,024   1,225   690   1,352  

Net income (loss) per share(2):

Common shares – basic

 (3.00 (7.15 9.11   10.88   6.14   12.03  

Common shares – diluted

 (3.00 (7.15 9.11   10.88   6.14   12.03  

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

 (3.00 (7.15 9.10   10.89   6.13   12.01  

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

 (3.00 (7.15 9.10   10.89   6.13   12.01  

Net income (loss) per share from continuing operation:

Common shares – basic

 —     0.01   9.11   10.88   6.14   12.03  

Common shares – diluted

 —     0.01   9.11   10.88   6.14   12.03  

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

 —     0.01   9.10   10.89   6.13   12.01  

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

 —     0.01   9.10   10.89   6.13   12.01  

Net income (loss) per share from descontinued operation:

Common shares – basic

 (3.00 (7.16 —     —     —     —    

Common shares – diluted

 (3.00 (7.16 —     —     —     —    

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

 (3.00 (7.16 —     —     —     —    

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

 (3.00 (7.16 —     —     —     —    

Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):

Common shares – basic

 202,312   51,476   51,476   51,476   51,476  

Common shares – diluted

 202,312   51,476   51,476   51,476   51,476  

Preferred shares – basic

 414,200   112,527   112,527   112,527   112,527  

Preferred shares – diluted

 414,200   112,527   112,527   112,527   112,527  

(1)Translated for convenience only using the selling rate as reported by the Central Bank of Brazil on December 31, 2014 for reais into U.S. dollars of R$2.656=US$1.00.
(2)As required by CPC 41, we have adjusted retrospectively the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share taking into consideration the shareholding structure resulting from our reverse share split. See “Presentation of Financial and Other Information—Corporate Reorganization” for more information regarding our corporate reorganization.

   As of and For the Year Ended December 31, 
   2014(1)  2014  2013  2012  2011  2010 
   (in millions
of US$,
except per
share
amounts)
  

(in millions ofreais, except per share amounts and as otherwise

indicated)

 

Income Statement Data:

       

U.S. GAAP:

       

Net operating revenue

  US$10,634   R$28,247   R$28,422   R$28,141   R$27,907   R$29,479  

Cost of sales and services

   (6,120  (16,257  (16,467  (15,825  (16,180  (16,576
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross profit

 4,514   11,990   11,955   12,316   11,727   12,903  

Operating expenses

 (2,777 (7,377 (7,972 8,579   9,016   8,611  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 1,737   4,613   3,983   3,737   2,712   4,292  

Financial income (expenses), net

 (1,713 (4,549 (3,302 (2,617 (3,471 (2,440
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income (loss) before taxes

 24   64   681   1,120   (759 1,852  

Income tax and social contribution

 (285 (758 (77 (254 202   20  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss) of continuing operations

 (261 (694 604   866   (557 1,872  

Net loss of discontinued operations

 (1,539 (4,086 —     —     —     —    
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 (1,800 (4,780 604   866   (557 1,872  

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling shareholders

 (1,800 (4,782 604   859   (296 1,492  

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling shareholders

 —     1   —     7   (261 381  

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 (268 (712 34   (319 (133 (62
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

US$(2,191R$(5,821R$638  R$547  R$(690R$1,810  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss) applicable to each class of shares (2):

Common shares basic

US$591  R$(1,569 190   289   (296 613  

Common shares diluted

 591   (1,569 190   289   (296 620  

Preferred shares and ADSs basic

 1,210   (3,213 414   570   —     878  

Preferred shares and ADSs diluted

 1,210   (3,213 414   570   —     872  

Net income (loss) per share:

Common shares – basic

 (2.92 (7.76 3.69   5.73   (6.49 17.90  

Common shares – diluted

 (2.92 (7.76 3.69   5.73   (6.49 17.60  

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

 (2.92 (7.76 3.69   5.73   —     17.90  

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

 (2.92 (7.76 3.69   5.73   —     17.60  

Net income (loss) per share from continuing operations:

Common shares – basic

 (0.43 (1.13 3.69   5.73   (6.49 17.90  

Common shares – diluted

 (0.43 (1.13 3.69   5.73   (6.49 17.60  

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

 (0.43 (1.13 3.69   5.73   —     17.90  

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

 (0.43 (1.13 3.69   5.73   —     17.60  

Net income (loss) per share from discontinued operations:

Common shares – basic

 (2.50 (6.63 —     —     —     —    

Common shares – diluted

 (2.50 (6.63 —     —     —     —    

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

 (2.50 (6.63 —     —     —     —    

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

 (2.50 (6.63 —     —     —     —    

Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):

  As of and For the Year Ended December 31,   For the Year Ended December 31, 
  2014(1)  2014   2013   2012   2011   2010   2017(1) 2017 2016 2015(2) 2014(2) 2013(2) 
  (in millions
of US$,
except per
share
amounts)
  (in millions of reais, except per share amounts and as
otherwise indicated)
         (restated) (restated) (restated) 
  (in millions
of US$,
except per
share
amounts)
 (in millions ofreais, except per share amounts and as otherwise
indicated)
 

Income Statement Data:

       

Net operating revenue

  US$7,192  R$23,790  R$25,996  R$27,354  R$28,247  R$28,422 

Cost of sales and services

   (4,739 (15,676 (16,742 (16,250 (16,257 (16,467
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Gross profit

   2,453  8,114  9,254  11,104  11,990  11,955 

Selling expenses

   (1,330 (4,400 (4,383 (4,720 (5,566 (5,532

General and administrative expenses

   (926 (3,064 (3,688 (3,912 (3,835 (3,683

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (316 (1,044 (1,237 (2,295 1,758  735 

Reorganization items, net

   (717 (2,372 (9,006  —     —     —   
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Operating income (loss) before financial expenses, net, and taxes

   (836 (2,766 (9,060 178  4,347  3,475 

Financial expenses, net

   (487 (1,612 (4,375 (6,724 (4,688 (3,429
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Income (loss) of continuing operations before taxes

   (1,323 (4,378 (13,435 (6,546 (342 46 

Income tax and social contribution

   106  351  (2,245 (3,380 (758 (77
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net income (loss) of continuing operations

   (1,217 (4,027 (15,680 (9,926 (1,100 (31

Net income (loss) of discontinued operations, net of taxes

   —     —     —    (867 (4,086  —   
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Net income (loss)

   (1,217 (4,027 (15,680 (10,793 (5,186 (31

Other comprehensive income (loss)

   (93 (307 (687 (647 (14 34 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

  US$(1,310 R$(4,334 R$(16,367 R$(11,440 R$(5,200 R$3 
  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

 
       

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling shareholders

   (1,129 (3,736 (15,502 (10,380 (5,187 (31

Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling shareholders

   (88 (291 (178 (413 1   —   

Net income (loss) applicable to each class of shares (3):

       

Common shares basic and diluted

   (869 (2,874 (11,925 (4,473 (1,702 (10

Preferred shares and ADSs basic and diluted

   (261 (862 (3,577 (5,907 (3,485 (21

Net income (loss) per share:

       

Common shares – basic and diluted

   (1.67 (5.53 (22.94 (14.22 (8.41 (0.19

Common ADSs – basic and diluted

   (8.36 (27.65 (114.72 (71.11 (42.06 (0.97

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic and diluted

   (1.67 (5.53 (22.94 (14.22 (8.41 (0.19

Net income (loss) per sharefrom continuing operations:

       

Common shares – basic and diluted

   (1.67 (5.53 (22.94 (14.22 (8.41 (0.19

Common ADSs – basic and diluted

   (8.36 (27.65 (114.72 (71.11 (42.06 (0.97

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic and diluted

   (1.67 (5.53 (22.94 (14.22 (8.41 (0.19

Net income (loss) per sharefrom discontinued operations:

       

Common shares – basic and diluted

   —     —     —    (1.19 (6.63  —   

Common ADSs – basic and diluted

   —     —     —    (5.94 (33.14  —   

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic and diluted

   —     —     —    (1.19 (6.63  —   

Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):

       

Common shares – basic

     202,312     51,476     50,499     45,615     34,292     519,752  519,752  314,518  202,312  51,476 

Common shares – diluted

     202,312     51,476     50,499     46,560     35,228     519,752  519,752  314,518  202,312  51,476 

Preferred shares and ADSs – basic

     414,200     112,527     99,488     53,693     49,120     155,915  155,915  415,321  414,200  112,527 

Preferred shares and ADSs – diluted

     414,200     112,527     99,488     54,092     49,519     155,915  155,915  415,321  414,200  112,527 

 

(1)Translated for convenience only using the selling rate as reported by the Brazilian Central Bank on December 31, 20142017 forreais into U.S. dollars of R$2.656=3.3080=US$1.00.
(2)Derived from our restated consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, which have been restated to correct certain errors to our previously issued financial statements and related disclosures. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies—Restatement” and note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
(3)In accordance with ASC 260, basic and diluted earnings per share have been calculated for U.S. GAAP purposes, using the “two class method.” See note 3021(g) to our audited consolidated financial statements which are included in this annual report.

  As of December 31, 
  As of and For the Year Ended December 31,   2017(1) 2017 2016 2015(2)   2014(2)   2013(2) 
  2014(1)   2014   2013   2012   2011   2010         (restated)   (restated)   (restated) 
  (in millions
of US$,
except per
share
amounts)
   (in millions ofreais, except per share amounts and as otherwise
indicated)
   (in millions
of US$)
 (in millions ofreais) 

Balance Sheet Data:

                     

Brazilian GAAP:

            

Cash and cash equivalents

  US$922    R$2,449    R$2,425    R$4,408    R$6,005    R$3,217    US$2,075  R$6,863  R$7,563  R$14,898   R$2,449   R$2,425 

Cash investments

   65     171     493     2,426     1,084     832  

Trade accounts receivable, net

   2,805     7,450     7,097     7,018     2,010     2,070  

Short-term investments

   6  21  117  1,802    171    493 

Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts

   2,227  7,367  7,891  8,010    7,092    6,750 

Assets held for sale

   12,773     33,927     —       —       —       —       1,413  4,675  5,404  7,686    34,255    —   

Total current assets

   18,555     49,287     17,687     21,138     12,246     8,487     7,103  23,498  26,212  37,645    50,797    17,554 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   9,664     25,670     24,786     23,103     5,794     5,317     8,187  27,083  26,080  25,818    26,244    25,725 

Court blocked and other deposits

   4,616     12,260     11,051     9,723     4,955     4,266  

Non-current judicial deposits

   2,506  8,290  8,388  8,953    9,127    8,167 

Intangible assets, net

   1,390     3,691     3,919     4,196     1,085     1,318     2,798  9,255  10,511  11,780    13,554    14,666 

Total assets

   38,698     102,789     70,096     69,150     31,664     26,886     21,459  70,987  74,047  94,545    106,999    75,244 

Short-term loans and financings (including current portion of long-term debt)

   1,681     4,464     4,159     3,114     1,144     1,044     16  54  55  11,810    4,464    4,159 

Liabilities of assets held for sale(2)

   10,232     27,178     —       —       —       —    

Trade payables

   1,563  5,171  4,116  5,253    4,359    4,763 

Liabilities of assets held for sale (3)

   107  354  545  745    27,178    —   

Total current liabilities

   16,022     42,557     15,540     17,093     8,619     6,691     2,972  9,831  9,444  26,142    42,752    15,700 

Long-term loans and financings

   11,816     31,386     31,695     30,232     6,962     3,321     —     —     —    48,048    31,386    31,695 

Liabilities subject to compromise

   19,691  65,139  63,746   —      —      —   

Total liabilities

   24,387  80,671  79,396  83,528    84,253    59,233 

Share capital

   8,071     21,438     7,471     7,309     3,731     3,731     6,481  21,438  21,438  21,438    21,438    7,471 

Total equity

   7,270     19,311     11,524     11,109     10,589     11,337  

Shareholders’ equity attributable to controlling shareholders

   6,702     17,802     11,524     11,109     10,589     11,337  

Shareholders’ equity attributable to non-controlling shareholders

   568     1,509     —       —       —       —    

Shareholders’ equity

   (2,927 (9,684 (5,349 11,017    22,746    16,011 

 

(1)Translated for convenience only using the selling rate as reported by the Brazilian Central Bank on December 31, 20142017 forreais into U.S. dollars of R$2.656=3.3080=US$1.00.
(2)Derived from our restated consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, which have been restated to correct certain errors to our previously issued financial statements and related disclosures. For more information, see “Item 5: Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies—Restatement” and note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
(3)As of December 31, 2014, includes short-term loans and financings (including current portion of long-term debt) of R$1,935 million and long-term loans and financings of R$16,958 million that are expected to remainremained obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal.

   As of and For the Year Ended December 31, 
   2014(1)   2014   2013   2012   2011   2010 
   (in millions
of US$,
except per
share
amounts)
   (in millions ofreais, except per share amounts and as otherwise
indicated)
 

Balance Sheet Data:

            

U.S. GAAP:

            

Cash and cash equivalents

  US$922    R$2,449    R$2,425    R$4,413    R$11,025    R$9,052  

Short-term investments

   64     171     493     2,426     2,299     2,148  

Assets held for sale

   12,897     34,255     —       —       —       —    

Property, plant and equipment, net

   9,880     26,244     25,725     24,640     23,165     23,257  

Intangible assets

   5,103     13,554     14,666     15,869     16,329     17,197  

Total assets

   41,873     111,215     78,727     78,647     81,382     76,365  

Short-term loans, financing and debentures ( including current portion of long-term debt)

   1,721     4,571     4,159     3,114     4,600     7,144  

Liabilities of assets held for sale(2)

   10,232     27,178     —       —       —       —    

Long-term loans, financing and debentures

   11,954     31,752     31,695     30,232     25,169     21,991  

Total liabilities

   31,647     84,062     58,713     58,218     56,162     55,387  

Shareholders’ equity

   10,223     27,153     20,013     20,428     25,219     20,978  

Shareholders’ equity attributable to controlling shareholders

   9,655     25,644     20,013     20,428     13,826     11,793  

Shareholders’ equity attributable to non-controlling shareholders

   568     1,509     —       —       11,393     9,185  

(1)Translated for convenience only using the selling rate as reported by the Brazilian Central Bank on December 31, 2014 forreais into U.S. dollars of R$2.656=US$1.00.
(2)As of December 31, 2014, includes short-term loans and financings (including current portion of long-term debt) of R$1,935 million and long-term loans and financings of R$16,958 million that are expected to remain obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal.

Exchange Rates

The Brazilian foreign exchange system allows the purchase and sale of foreign currency and the international transfer ofreais by any person or legal entity, regardless of the amount, subject to certain regulatory procedures.

Since 1999, the Brazilian Central Bank has allowed the U.S. dollar-real exchange rate to float freely, and, since then, the U.S. dollar-real exchange rate has fluctuated considerably.

In the past, the Brazilian Central Bank has intervened occasionally to control unstable movements in foreign exchange rates. We cannot predict whether the Brazilian Central Bank or the Brazilian government will continue to permit thereal to float freely or will intervene in the exchange rate market through the return of a currency band system or otherwise. Thereal may depreciate or appreciate against the U.S. dollar and/or the euro substantially. Furthermore, Brazilian law provides that, whenever there is a significant imbalance in Brazil’s balance of payments or there are serious reasons to foresee a significant imbalance, temporary restrictions may be imposed on remittances of foreign capital abroad. We cannot assure you that such measures will not be taken by the Brazilian government in the future. See “—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Brazil—Restrictions on the movement of capital out of Brazil may impair our ability to service certain debt obligations.”

The following table shows the commercial selling rate or selling rate, as applicable, for U.S. dollars for the periods and dates indicated.The information in the “Average” column represents the average of the exchange rates on the last day of each month during the periods presented.

 

  Reais per U.S. Dollar   Reais per U.S. Dollar 

Year

  High   Low   Average   Period End   High   Low   Average   Period
End
 

2010

   1.881     1.655     1.759     1.666  

2011

   1.902     1.535     1.671     1.876  

2012

   2.112     1.702     1.959     2.044  

2013

   2.446     1.953     2.161     2.343    R$2.446   R$1.953   R$2.161   R$2.343 

2014

   2.740     2.197     2.354     2.656     2.740    2.197    2.354    2.656 

2015

   4.195    2.575    3.339    3.905 

2016

   4.156    3.119    3.483    3.259 

2017

   3.381    3.051    3.193    3.308 

 

   Reais per U.S. Dollar 

Month

  High   Low 

November 2014

  R$2.614    R$2.484  

December 2014

   2.740     2.560  

January 2015

   2.710     2.575  

February 2015

   2.881     2.689  

March 2015

   3.268     2.866  

April 2015

   3.156     2.894  

May 2015(1)

   3.075     3.075  
   Reais per
U.S. Dollar
 

Month

  High   Low 

November 2017

   3.292    3.214 

December 2017

   3.333    3.232 

January 2018

   3.270    3.139 

February 2018

   3.282    3.173 

March 2018

   3.338    3.225 

April 2018

   3.504    3.310 

May 2018 (1)

   3.594    3.531 

 

(1)Through May 4, 2015.10, 2018.

Source: Brazilian Central Bank

Source:Brazilian Central Bank

Risk Factors

You should consider the following risks as well as the other information set forth in this annual report when evaluating an investment in our company. In general, investing in the securities of issuers in emerging market countries, such as Brazil, involves a higher degree of risk than investing in the securities of issuers in the United States. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us, or those that we currently deem to be immaterial, may also materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects. Any of the following risks could materially affect us. In such case, you may lose all or part of your original investment.

Risks Relating to Our Financial Restructuring

If we fail to comply with certain conditions subsequent set forth in the RJ Plan, the RJ Plan may terminate and we may be declared bankrupt under Brazilian law and liquidated.

On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ Debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant to an urgent measure approved by our board of directors. On December 19 and 20, 2017, the GCM was held to consider approval of the most recently filed judicial reorganization plan. The GCM concluded on December 20, 2017 following the approval of the RJ Plan reflecting amendments to the judicial reorganization plan presented at the GCM as negotiated during the course of the GCM. On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date. For more information with respect to the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.”

The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties as long as its effects are not stayed. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such claims are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. As of the date of this annual report, there is no pending stay of the Brazilian Confirmation Order, and there are several appeals of the Brazilian Confirmation Order pending (see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings— Confirmation of Judicial Reorganization Plan by RJ Court”). We do not believe that the outcome of any of these pending appeals will result in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. For more information with respect to the recoveries available with respect to claims against the RJ Debtors provided for in the RJ Plan, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”

Under the terms of the RJ Plan, in the event that (1) the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, including the issuance of new common shares as part of the recovery of Eligible Bondholders, does not occur on or prior to July 31, 2018, (2) or the Cash Capital Increase does not occur on or prior to February 28, 2019, the RJ Plan will automatically terminate and the rights and guarantees of the creditors appearing on the Second Creditors List will be restored under the original terms as if the RJ Plan had never been approved, unless creditors appearing on the Second Creditors List agree by a simple majority vote of the amount of claims present or represented at a meeting of creditors called for that purpose to the total or partial waiver or modification of the conditions described above. If the RJ Plan is terminated, creditors appearing on the Second Creditors List will be entitled to (1) approve a modification to the RJ Plan at a meeting of creditors complying with the quorum requirements established in the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law, or (2) seek to have the RJ Debtors adjudicated as bankrupt by the RJ Court.

We cannot assure you that the settlement of the Qualified Recovery will occur on or prior to July 31, 2018, that the Cash Capital Increase will occur on or prior to February 28, 2019, or that our creditors will agree to a waiver of these conditions in the event that these transactions do not occur on a timely basis. As a result, the RJ Plan may automatically terminate. In the event that the RJ Plan terminates, we cannot predict (1) whether our creditors will be able to agree on a modification to the RJ Plan that will garner sufficient support to be approved by our creditors and confirmed by the RJ Court, (2) what modifications of the RJ Plan could be adopted and the impact of these modifications on our company, or (3) whether our creditors would seek to have the RJ Debtors adjudicated as bankrupt by the RJ Court, which under Brazilian law is generally followed by a liquidation of the debtors. The termination of the RJ Plan and the occurrence of any of these events subsequent to such termination is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not grant an Order giving full force and effect to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order, we may be unable to complete the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, which could result in the termination of the RJ Plan.

Among the claims appearing on the Second Creditors List are claims governed by the laws of New York and other jurisdictions within the United States, including obligations under six series of bonds in the aggregate principal amount of R$16,926 million. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the claims with respect to these bonds have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and the holders of these bonds are entitled only to receive the recovery set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for the claims represented by these bonds in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. However, under New York law, the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order are ineffective by their terms to novate these bonds and extinguish the obligations represented by these bonds.

In connection with the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, on June 21, 2016, the Chapter 15 Debtors, including the issuers and guarantors of our bonds that are governed under New York law, sought relief under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. On July 22, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court granted the U.S. Recognition Order, as a result of which a stay was automatically applied, preventing (1) the filing, in the United States, of any actions against the Chapter 15 Debtors or their properties located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and (2) parties from terminating their existing U.S. contracts with the Chapter 15 Debtors. For more information with respect to the Chapter 15 Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Recognition Proceedings in the United States.”

On April 17, 2018, the foreign representative for the Chapter 15 Debtors filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking an order of that court granting, among other things, full force and effect to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the United States. The deadline for objections to the proposed order set by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court was May 11, 2018. As of that date, Pharol, Bratel B.V. and Bratel S.à r.l. filed an objection to that motion in which they argued that the motion should be denied without prejudice or deferred consideration until after certain appellate proceedings, arbitration and mediation have been concluded in Brazil. Additionally, The Bank of New York Mellon filed a limited objection requesting to revise certain portions of the proposed order, but did not object to the motion itself. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing on the objections to the proposed order on May 29, 2018. If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court grants the requested order, the claims with respect to our bonds issued under indentures governed by New York law will be novated and discharged under New York law and the holders of these bonds will be entitled only to receive the recovery set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for the claims represented by these bonds.

We are constrained from implementing the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure prior to the date on which the U.S. Bankruptcy Court grants the requested order because, although we would be able to cancel the bonds surrendered by holders that had made valid recovery elections and are entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery and theNon-Qualified Recovery, we would be unable to cancel the remaining bonds issued under our indentures governed by New York law and holders of these bonds could take action in the United States to recover the full principal amount of these bonds. Should holders take such actions successfully, we are unlikely to be able to fund the payment of such judgments, which would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not grant the requested order or if the order is granted, but there is not sufficient time for us to complete the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure prior to July 31, 2018, the RJ Plan may terminate. The termination of the RJ Plan and the occurrence of events subsequent to such termination is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

If we fail to meet the conditions set forth in the RJ Plan for the issuance of new common shares as part of the Qualified Recovery, and these conditions are not waived, we may be unable to complete the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, which could result in the termination of the RJ Plan.

The terms of the RJ Plan require that we satisfy certain conditions precedent prior to issuing new common shares as part of the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, including the requirements that (1) the claims of ANATEL are novated and restructured under the RJ Plan, (2) ANATEL has not submitted new answers or appeals in court nor insisted on answers or appeals in court existing on the date of the approval of the RJ Plan in relation to the RJ Plan, including the novation and/or restructuring of its claims, and (3) ANATEL has granted all regulatory necessary authorizations for the implementation of the issuance of new common shares as part of the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure. The RJ Plan provides that if these conditions are not satisfied, they may be waived by a majority of the claims of Qualified Bondholders present at a meeting called for that purpose.

We cannot assure you that each of the conditions to the issuance of new common shares as part of the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure will be satisfied or waived with sufficient time for us to complete the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure prior to July 31, 2018, or at all. In the event that these conditions are not satisfied or waived in a timely manner and we are unable to complete the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure prior to July 31, 2018, the RJ Plan may terminate. The termination of the RJ Plan and the occurrence of events subsequent to such termination is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

If the creditors of PTIF do not vote to approve the PTIF Composition Plan, we expect that PTIF will be liquidated, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and liquidity.

Although the RJ Proceedings have been recognized in the United States, England and Wales and Portugal, the laws of The Netherlands do not provide for the recognition of the RJ Proceedings. PTIF is organized under the laws of The Netherlands. On April 19, 2017, a pending suspension of payments proceeding in respect of PTIF was converted into a Dutchbankruptcy proceeding. For more information with respect to PTIF’s Dutchbankruptcy proceeding, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Restructuring of Dutch Finance Subsidiaries.”

On April 10, 2018, PTIF deposited a draft of the PTIF Composition Plan with the Dutch Court. The PTIF Composition Plan provides for the restructuring of the claims against PTIF on substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan. On April 10, 2018, Oi launched an English law consent solicitation to the holders of the seven series of bonds issued by PTIF seeking their votes to approve extraordinary resolutions: (a) releasing of Oi’s guarantee of the relevant series of bonds, (b) authorizing and instructing the trustee of the PTIF bonds to submit a claim on behalf of all the outstanding PTIF bonds and vote in favor of the PTIF Composition Plan on behalf of the PTIF bondholders and (c) authorizing the trustee of the PTIF bonds to request the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee vote in favor of the Oi Coop Composition Plan in respect of its vote in respect of the PTIF intercompany claim owed by Oi Coop to PTIF.

Under the documents governing the bonds issued by PTIF, these actions may be taken at a meeting of holders of each series of bonds at which at leasttwo-thirds of the principal amount of the applicable bonds are represented in person or by proxy. In the event that quorum is not obtained at any such initial meeting, these actions may be taken at an adjourned meeting of holders of the applicable series of bonds at which at leastone-third of the principal amount of the applicable bonds are represented in person or by proxy. In either case, the proposed extraordinary resolutions may be passed by the vote of not less than 75% of the principal amount of the applicable bonds represented in the meeting.

The voting deadline in relation to this consent solicitation was April 27, 2018 for one of these series of bonds and April 30, 2018 for the other six series of bonds. Bondholder meetings of each of these series of bonds were held on May 2, 2018, however, quorum was not achieved for any of these series of bonds. As a result, on May 3, 2018, Oi published notices to convene adjourned meetings of each of these series of bonds on May 17, 2018 and establishing a new voting deadline of May 14, 2018. Based on the votes received as of the second voting deadline, we believe that each of the extraordinary resolutions will be passed and that each of these series of bands will vote to approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

A meeting of the creditors of PTIF has been scheduled for June 1, 2018 in the Netherlands in respect of the PTIF Composition Plan at which the creditors of PTIF will consider the PTIF Composition Plan and vote whether to approve it. If the extraordinary resolutions have been passed by each series of the bonds, the trustee of the bonds will vote on behalf of the PTIF bonds at the creditors meeting. The PTIF Composition Plan will be approved if a majority in number and value of its creditors vote in its favor. We expect that the creditors of PTIF will approve the PTIF Composition Plan, however we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this meeting of creditors that will result in the failure of the creditors to approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

If the PTIF Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of PTIF, the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on or prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the PTIF Composition Plan. Although we expect that the Dutch Court will homologate the PTIF Composition Plan at that hearing, we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this hearing that will result in the failure of the Dutch Court to homologate the PTIF Composition Plan. If the PTIF Composition Plan is homologated, the PTIF Composition Plan will be given full force and effect and recognized in the European Union under the European Insolvency Regulation 2015/848, including in England and Wales.

In the event that the PTIF Composition Plan is not approved at the meeting of the creditors of PTIF or the Dutch Court fails to homologate the PTIF Composition Plan, we expect that the Dutch Court will order the liquidation of PTIF. In the event of the liquidation of PTIF, we expect that the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee will seek to collect on PTIF’s assets, a substantial portion of which consists of intercompany loans made to Oi Coop that have been discharged under the RJ Plan, and distribute the proceeds to the creditors of PTIF.

In the event that the extraordinary resolutions are not passed by each series of PTIF bonds, the guarantee granted by Oi in respect of the PTIF bonds will remain in place. If the indebtedness of PTIF is not discharged under the PTIF Composition Plan, holders of bonds issued by PTIF that are eligible to participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure may not surrender these bonds and such holders, together with other holders of these bonds that are not eligible to participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure or theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, may seek to enforce Oi’s guarantee, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

If the creditors of Oi Coop do not vote to approve the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect that Oi Coop will be liquidated, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and liquidity.

Although the RJ Proceedings have been recognized in the United States, England and Wales and Portugal, the laws of The Netherlands do not provide for the recognition of the RJ Proceedings. Oi Coop is organized under the laws of The Netherlands. On April 19, 2017, a pending suspension of payments proceeding in respect of Oi Coop was converted into a Dutchbankruptcy proceeding. For more information with respect to Oi Coop’s Dutchbankruptcy proceeding, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Restructuring of Dutch Finance Subsidiaries.”

On April 10, 2018, Oi Coop deposited a draft of the Oi Coop Composition Plan with the Dutch Court. The Oi Coop Composition Plan provides for the restructuring of the claims against Oi Coop on substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan. On April 10, 2018, Oi Coop issued an information memorandum to the holders of the two series of bonds issued by Oi Coop in relation to the Oi Coop Composition Plan. The voting deadline in relation to the information memorandum was May 15, 2018. As of the voting deadline, the tabulation is in the process of being finalized.

A meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop has been scheduled for June 1, 2018 in the Netherlands at which the creditors of Oi Coop will consider the Oi Coop Composition Plan and vote whether to approve it. The votes submitted by holders of the Oi Coop bonds pursuant to the information memorandum shall be applied in this vote and it is expected the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee will also vote in favor of the Oi Coop Composition Plan in relation to an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop. The Oi Coop Composition Plan will be approved if a majority in number and value of its creditors vote in its favor. Based on the preliminary results of the voting solicitation and if the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee votes in favor of the Oi Coop composition, we expect Oi Coop Composition Plan will be approved, however we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this meeting of creditors that will result in the failure of the creditors to approve the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the extraordinary resolutions of the PTIF bonds are not passed by all series of PTIF bonds, we cannot assure you as to how the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee will vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop, and if the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee vote this claim against approval of the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect the Oi Coop Composition Plan will not be approved.

If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop, the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on or prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the Oi Coop Composition Plan. Although we expect that the Dutch Court will homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan at that hearing, we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this hearing that will result in the failure of the Dutch Court to homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan.

In the event that the Oi Coop Composition Plan is not approved at the meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop or the Dutch Court fails to homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect that the Dutch Court will order the liquidation of Oi Coop. In the event of the liquidation of Oi Coop, we expect that the Oi Coop Bankruptcy Trustee will seek to collect on Oi Coop’s assets, a substantial portion of which consists of intercompany loans made to Oi Mobile that have been discharged under the RJ Plan, and distribute the proceeds to the creditors of Oi Coop.

The bonds issued by Oi Coop are guaranteed by Oi. If the indebtedness of Oi Coop is not discharged under the Oi Coop Composition Plan and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court does not grant the order requesting that full force and effect be given to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the United States, holders of bonds issued by Oi Coop that are eligible to participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure may not surrender these bonds and such holders, together with other holders of these bonds that are not eligible to participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure or theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, may seek to enforce Oi’s guarantee, which would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

If the indebtedness of Oi Coop is not discharged under the Oi Coop Composition Plan and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court grants the order requesting that full force and effect be given to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the United States, holders of bonds issued by Oi Coop that are eligible to participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure may not surrender these bonds and such holders, together with other holders of these bonds that are not eligible to participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure or theNon-Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, may seek to enforce Oi’s guarantee in The Netherlands, notwithstanding any discharge of this guarantee under New York law as a result of an order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. We cannot assure you regarding the results of any such action, or the effect of demands on our management’s time in defending any such action on management’s ability to devote its attention to our business, either of which could result in a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, our debt instruments will contain covenants that could restrict our financing and operating flexibility and have other adverse consequences.

As of December 31, 2017, we had loans and financings of R$49,130 million classified as liabilities subject to compromise. Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, the outstanding amount of our loans and financings will be substantially reduced, however we will be subject to certain financial covenants under the instruments that govern our indebtedness that limit our ability to incur additional debt. The level of our consolidated indebtedness and the requirements and limitations imposed by these debt instruments could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations. In particular, the terms of some of these debt instruments restrict our ability, and the ability of our subsidiaries, to:

incur additional debt;

grant liens;

pledge assets;

sell or dispose of assets; and

make certain acquisitions, mergers and consolidations.

If we are unable to incur additional debt, we may be unable to invest in our business and make necessary or advisable capital expenditures, which could reduce future net operating revenue and adversely affect our profitability. In addition, the cash required to service our indebtedness reduces the amount available to us to make capital expenditures. If we are unable to generate operating cash flows, we may not be able to continue servicing our debt.

Under the RJ Plan, until the fifth anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, we are required to apply an amount equivalent to 100% of the net revenue from our sale of assets in excess of US$200 million to investments in our activities. Beginning on the sixth anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, we are required to allocate to the repayment of debt instruments representing recoveries under the RJ Plan on an annual basis an amount equivalent to 70% of the amount by which (1) our cash and cash equivalents and financial investments at the end of each fiscal year exceeds (2) the greater of (a) 25% of our operating expenses and capital expenses for that fiscal year, and (b) R$5,000 million, subject to adjustment in the event that we conclude any capital increases. The cash required to make these repayments will reduce the amount available to us to make capital expenditures.

If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations or comply with our debt covenants, we could be forced to renegotiate or refinance our indebtedness or seek additional equity capital. In this circumstance, we may be unable to obtain financing on satisfactory terms, or at all.

For more information regarding the debt instruments that we expect will obligate our company following the implementation of the RJ Pan, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”

We may not be able to successfully implement the Cash Capital Increase, which could impair our ability to implement the capital expenditures contemplated by our business plan and could result in the termination of the RJ Plan.

Under the terms of the RJ Plan, we are required to implement the Cash Capital Increase on or prior to February 28, 2019. In the event that the Cash Capital Increase does not occur on or prior to February 28, 2019, the RJ Plan will automatically terminate and the rights and guarantees of the creditors appearing on the Second Creditors List will be restored under the original terms as if the RJ Plan had never been approved, unless creditors appearing on the Second Creditors List agree by a simple majority vote of the amount of claims present or represented at a meeting of creditors called for that purpose to the total or partial waiver or modification of the conditions described above.

As part of the RJ Plan, we negotiated the terms of the Commitment Agreement with members of the Ad Hoc Group, the IBC and certain other unaffiliated bondholders under which such bondholders agreed to backstop the Cash Capital Increase. The commitments of these parties are subject to our satisfaction of certain conditions, including, among others, our compliance with the terms of the RJ Plan, the distribution of our shares currently held by PTIF, the completion of the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedures, the homologation of the Oi Coop Composition Plan and the PTIF Composition Plan, the issuance of the requested order by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and the adoption by ANATEL of a new General Plan of Universal Access Targets reducing the universal access targets applicable to our company. We cannot assure you that each of these conditions will be met or waived by the parties to the Commitment Agreement in a timely fashion so as to permit the conclusion of the Cash Capital Increase on or prior to February 28, 2019.

In the event that we are unable to implement the Cash Capital Increase, either directly or through the exercise of our rights under the Commitment Agreement, we may be unable to fund the capital expenditures included in our business plan, which are necessary for us to modernize our infrastructure in order to successfully compete in the Brazilian telecommunications sectors. Our failure to do so is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

In addition, our failure to implement the Cash Capital Increase on or prior to February 28, 2019 could result in the termination of the RJ Plan, and the occurrence of events subsequent to such termination is likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to continue as a going concern.

General Risks Relating to the Telecommunications Industry

The telecommunications industry is subject to frequent changes in technology. Our ability to remain competitive depends on our ability to implement new technology, and it is difficult to predict how new technology will affect our business.business.

Companies in the telecommunications industry must adapt to rapid and significant technological changes that are usually difficult to anticipate. The mobile telecommunications industry in particular has experienced rapid and significant technological development and frequent improvements in capacity, quality and data-transmission speed. Technological changes may render our equipment, services and technology obsolete or inefficient, which may adversely affect our competitiveness or require us to increase our capital expenditures in order to maintain our competitive position. For example, we have made significant investmentsIn addition, personal mobility service providers in the last three years inBrazil are experiencing increasing competition fromover-the-top, or OTT, providers, which provide content (such as WhatsApp, Skype and YouTube) over an internet connection with the implementation of our UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System),rather than through a service provider’s network. OTT providers are becoming increasingly competitive as customers shift from mobile voice and SMS communications to internet-based voice and data communications through computers and smartphone or 3G, services, and are making investments in the implementation of our LTE (Long Term Evolution), or 4G, services, and PT Portugal has made significant investments in recent years to develop its fiber to the home, or FTTH, network for residential and enterprise customers, to connect its mobile network base stations and to develop its 3G network for personal services customers.tablet applications. It is possible that alternative technologies may be developed that are more advanced than those we currently provide. We may not obtain the expected benefits of our investments if more advanced technologies are adopted by the market. Even if we adopt new technologies in a timely manner as they are developed, the cost of such technology may exceed the benefit to us, and we cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our level of competitiveness.

Our operations depend on our ability to maintain, upgrade and operate efficiently our accounting, billing, customer service, information technology and management information systems and to rely on the systems of other carriers underco-billing agreements.

Sophisticated information and processing systems are vital to our growth and our ability to monitor costs, render monthly invoices for services, process customer orders, provide customer service and achieve operating efficiencies. We cannot assure you that we will be able to operate successfully and upgrade our accounting, information and processing systems or that these systems will continue to perform as expected. We have entered intoco-billing agreements with each long-distance telecommunications service provider that is interconnected to our networks in Brazil to include in our invoices the long-distance services rendered by these providers, and these providers have agreed to include charges owed to us in their invoices. Any failure in our accounting, information and processing systems, or any problems with the execution of invoicing and collection services by other carriers with whom we haveco-billing agreements, could impair our ability to collect payments from customers and respond satisfactorily to customer needs, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Improper use of our networks could adversely affect our costs and results of operations.

We may incur costs associated with the unauthorized and fraudulent use of our networks, including administrative and capital costs associated with detecting, monitoring and reducing the incidence of fraud. Fraud also affects interconnection costs and payments to other carriers fornon-billable fraudulent roaming. Improper use of our network could also increase our selling expenses if we need to increase our provision for doubtful accounts to reflect amounts we do not believe we can collect for improperly made calls. Any increase in the improper use of our network in the future could materially adversely affect our costs and results of operations.

Our business is dependent on our ability to expand our services and to maintain the quality of the services provided.

Our business as a telecommunications services provider depends on our ability to maintain and expand our telecommunications services network. We believe that our expected growth will require, among other things:

continuous development of our operational and administrative systems;

increasing marketing activities;

improving our understanding of customer wants and needs;

continuous attention to service quality; and

attracting, training and retaining qualified management, technical, customer relations, and sales personnel.

We believe that these requirements will place significant demand on our managerial, operational and financial resources. Failure to manage successfully our expected growth could reduce the quality of our services, with adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our operations are also dependent upon our networks. A system failure could cause delays or interruptions of service, which could cause usability to suffer losses.

maintain and protect our network. Failure in our networks, or their backup mechanisms, may result in service delays or interruptions and limit our ability to provide customers with reliable service over our networks. Some of the risks to our networks and infrastructure include (1) physical damage to access lines and long-distance optical cables; (2) power surges or outages; (3) software defects; (4) disruptions beyond our control; (5) breaches of security; and (6) natural disasters. The occurrence of any such event could cause interruptions in service or reduce capacity for customers, either of which could reduce our net operating revenue or cause us to incur additional expenses. In addition, the occurrence of any such event may subject us to penalties and other sanctions imposed by ANATEL, (in the case of our businesses in Brazil) and ANACOM (in the case of our businesses in Portugal), and may adversely affect our business and results of operations.

We face various cyber-security risks that, if not adequately addressed, could have an adverse effect on our business.

We face various cyber-security risks that could result in business losses, including but not limited to contamination (whether intentional or accidental) of our networks and systems by third parties with whom we exchange data, equipment failures, unauthorized access to and loss of confidential customer, employee and/or proprietary data by persons inside or outside of our organization, cyber attacks causing systems degradation or service unavailability, the penetration of our information technology systems and platforms byill-intentioned third parties, and infiltration of malware (such as computer viruses) into our systems. Cyber attacks against companies have increased in frequency, scope and potential harm in recent years. Further, the perpetrators of cyber attacks are not restricted to particular groups or persons. These attacks may be committed by company employees or third parties operating in any region, including jurisdictions where law enforcement measures to address such attacks are unavailable or ineffective We may not be able to successfully protect our operational and information technology systems and platforms against such threats. Further, as cyber attacks continue to evolve, we may incur significant costs in the attempt to modify or enhance our protective measures or investigate or remediate any vulnerability. The inability to operate our networks and systems as a result of cyber attacks, even for a limited period of time, may result in significant expenses to us and/or a loss of market share to other communications providers. The costs associated with a major cyber attack could include expensive incentives offered to existing customers and business partners to retain their business, increased expenditures on cyber-security measures and the use of alternate resources, lost revenues from business interruption and litigation. If we are unable to adequately address these cyber-security risks, or operating network and information systems could be compromised, which would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The mobile telecommunications industry and participants in this industry, including us, may be harmed by reports suggesting thatrequired to adopt an extensive program of field measurements of radio frequency emissions causeand be subject to further regulation and/or claims based on concerns regarding potential health problems and interfere with medical devices.

Media and other entities frequently suggesthave suggested that the electromagnetic emissions from mobile handsets and base stations may cause health problems. If consumers harbor health-related concerns, they may be discouraged from using mobile handsets. These concerns could have an adverse effect on the mobile telecommunications industry and, possibly, expose mobile services providers to litigation. We cannot assure you that further medical research and studies will refute a link between the electromagnetic emissions of mobile handsets and base stations, including on frequency ranges we use to provide mobile services, and these health concerns. Government authorities could increase regulation on electromagnetic emissions of mobile handsets and base stations, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The expansion of our network may be affected by these perceived risks if we experience problems in finding new sites, which in turn may delay the expansion and may affect the quality of our services.

In July 2002, ANATEL enacted regulations that limit emission and exposure for fields with frequencies between 9 kHz and 300 GHz. In January 2003, ANACOM issued a regulation requiring entities that are qualifiedMay 2009, Law No. 11,934 was enacted, which established the need for field measurements by telecommunications service providers of all radio-communication transmitting stations every five years with respect to install and use radio communication stations for public broadcasting to submit to ANACOM for approval an annual plan that monitors and measures the intensity levels of the electromagnetic waves emitted from these radio communication stations, particularly stations located near the general population. In 2004, the Portuguese government adopted regulations that limit emission and exposure to these fields. In October 2017, ANATEL published new regulations which provide for the reevaluation of regulations regarding human exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields with frequencies between 0 kHz and 300 GHz.

Although we believethe form of the field measurements mandated by Law No. 11,934. ANATEL is in the process of creating a working group, without the participation of the telecommunications service providers, to analyze the impact of these regulations have not had a materialnew regulations. We expect that this working group will be created in the first half of 2018. We cannot predict the scope of the technical and financial impact on the business of our company, the Brazilian or Portuguese governments, or ANATEL or ANACOM, may enactthese new laws or regulations regarding electromagnetic emissions and exposure that could have an adverse effect on our business.company.

Risks Relating to Our Company

We have a substantial amount of debt,identified various material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting which could restrict our financing and operating flexibility and have other adverse consequences.

As of December 31, 2014, we had R$33,295 million aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt, excluding debt obligations of PT Portugal in the amount of R$18,893 million that have been classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but are expected to remain obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal. We are subject to certain financial covenants under the instruments that govern some of our indebtedness that limitmaterially adversely affected our ability to incur additional debt. The level oftimely and accurately report our consolidated indebtedness and the requirements and limitations imposed by these debt instruments could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations. In particular, the terms of some of these debt instruments restrict our ability, and the ability of our subsidiaries, to:

incur additional debt;

grant liens;

pledge assets;

sell or dispose of assets; and

make certain acquisitions, mergers and consolidations.

Furthermore, some of our debt instruments include financial covenants that require us or certain of our subsidiaries to maintain certain specified financial ratios. Additionally, the instruments governing a substantial portion of our indebtedness contain cross-default or cross-acceleration clauses and the occurrence of an event of default under one of these instruments could trigger an event of default under other indebtedness or enable the creditors under other indebtedness to accelerate that indebtedness.

If we are unable to incur additional debt, we may be unable to invest in our business and make necessary or advisable capital expenditures, which could reduce future net operating revenue and adversely affect our profitability. In addition, the cash required to service our indebtedness reduces the amount available to us to make capital expenditures. If the growth in net operating revenue of our company slows or declines in a significant manner, for any reason, we may not be able to continue servicing our debt. If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations or comply with our debt covenants, we could be forced to renegotiate or refinance our indebtedness, seek additional equity capital or sell assets. In this circumstance, we may be unable to obtain financing or sell assets on satisfactory terms, or at all. For more information regarding the debt instruments of our company and our indebtedness as of December 31, 2014, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

In order to expand our business, we may take advantage of the consolidation of the telecommunications industry through the acquisition of other telecommunications companies, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We These material weaknesses may acquirenot have been fully remediated as of the filing date of this annual report and we cannot assure you that other companiesmaterial weaknesses will not be identified in the telecommunications industry as partfuture.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our growthchief executive officer and convergence strategy.our chief financial officer, our management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017 based on the criteria established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013)” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, our management concluded that as of December 31, 2017, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective because material weaknesses existed. A growth strategymaterial weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that involves acquisitions may present certain risksthere is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. These deficiencies resulted in material misstatements to the Company’s financial statements for 2015 and previous years, which were corrected through restatement of those periods, and to the preliminary 2016 and 2017 financial statements, which were corrected prior to issuance. For more information about these material weaknesses, see “Item 15. Controls and Procedures.”

Although we have implemented and continue to implement measures designed to remediate these material weaknesses and, in the short term, to mitigate the potential adverse effects of these material weaknesses, our assessment of the impact of these measures has not been completed as of the filing date of this annual report and we cannot assure you that these measures are adequate. Moreover, we cannot assure you that additional material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting will not arise or be identified in the future.

As a result, we must continue our remediation activities and must also continue to improve our operational, information technology, and financial systems, infrastructure, procedures, and controls, as well as continue to expand, train, retain, and manage our employee base. Any failure to do so, or any difficulties we encounter during implementation, could result in additional material weaknesses or in material misstatements in our financial statements. These misstatements could result in a future restatement of our financial statements, could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations, or could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information, which could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and financial condition, such as:

difficulties in capturing synergies in the integration process, causing the anticipated benefits of the acquisition to be more limited than originally expected;

costs associated with any unforeseen antitrust restrictions;

failure to identify contingencies during the due diligence process;

uncertainty in relation to regulatory approval; and

distractions from our core business to pursue these acquisitions and implement the integration of acquired businesses.

If acquisition transactions cause us to incur unforeseen costs due to the factors described above, we may have to dedicate more resources than we had originally planned and eventually face substantial losses that would adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Even if we identify suitable acquisition targets, we may be unable to complete acquisitions or obtain necessary financing to do so on satisfactory terms. Paying for acquisitions could require us to incur or assume debt and/or contingent liabilities, amortize certain identifiable intangible assets and incur acquisition-related expenses. In addition, we may be unable to realize all or any of the anticipated benefits from acquisitions or expansion in other related businesses because of operational factors or difficulties in integrating the acquisitions or such other related businesses with our existing businesses, including disparate information technology systems, database systems and business processes.

Instability in the international financial system has affected, and may continue to affect, economic growth in Brazil and Portugal and demand for our services.

Global economic instability and related instability in the international financial system have had, and may continue to have, agenerate negative effect on economic growth in Brazil and Portugal. Although the United States, Europe and China have shown signs of recovery, the recovery of the global economy, which depends on a number of factors, including a return of job growth and investments in the private sector as well as the timing of the exit from government credit easing policies by central banks globally, is not certain. A prolonged slowdown in economic activity in Brazil could reduce demand for some of our services, which would adversely affect our results of operations.

The current economic recession in Portugal has had, and is likely to continue to have, an adverse effect on the demand for our services in Portugal and on the revenues and profitability of our Portuguese operations, contributingmarket reactions, potentially leading to a decline in revenues in 2012, 2013 and 2014 across mostthe price of the customer categories of PT Portugal. The financial condition, revenues and profitability of PT Portugal are closely linked to circumstances in the Portuguese economy.

Financial market conditions may adversely affect our ability to obtain financing for our operations, significantly increase our cost of debt and negatively impact our business and financial condition.

Global financial markets and economic conditions have been severely disrupted and volatile since 2008 and remain subject to significant vulnerabilities, such as the deterioration of fiscal balances and the rapid accumulation of public debt, continued deleveraging in the banking sector and limited supply of credit. At times during this period, credit markets and the debt and equity capital markets have been exceedingly distressed. Continued or worsening volatility in the global financial markets could reduce the availability of liquidity and credit to fund the continuation and expansion of industrial business operations worldwide.

As a result of the disruptions in the credit markets, many lenders have increased interest rates, enacted tighter lending standards, required more restrictive terms (including higher collateral ratios for advances, shorter maturities and smaller loan amounts) or refused to refinance existing debt at all or on terms similar to pre-crisis conditions.

As a result of instability in the international financial system, our ability to access the capital markets or the commercial bank lending markets may be severely restricted at a time when we would like, or need, to access such markets, which could have an impact on our flexibility to react to changing economic and business conditions. The instability in the international financial system or a prolonged slowdown in economic activity in Brazil could have an impact on the lenders under our existing Brazilian credit facilities, on our Brazilian customers or on the ability of our suppliers to meet scheduled deliveries in Brazil, causing them to fail to meet their obligations to us. If the instability in the international financial system continues, it could have an adverse effect on the demand for our services in Brazil and our ability to fund our planned growth in Brazil.

Any downgrade in the ratings of our company or our debt securities would likely result in increased interest and other financial expenses related to our borrowings and debt securities and could reduce our liquidity.

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, or Moody’s, and Fitch, Inc., or Fitch, maintain ratings of our company and our debt securities. Currently, Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch maintain ratings of our company on a local and a global basis. On a global basis, Standard & Poor’s maintains a local currency rating for our company of “brAA+” and a foreign currency rating for our company of “BB+,” Moody’s maintains a local currency rating for our company of “Aa2” and foreign currency rating for our company of “Ba1,” and Fitch maintains a local currency rating for our company of “AA(bra)” and foreign currency rating for our company of “BB+.” Any decision by these agencies to downgrade the ratings of our company or of our debt securities in the future would likely result in increased interest and other financial expenses relating to our borrowings and debt securities and the inclusion of financial covenants in the instruments governing new indebtedness, and could significantly reduce our ability to obtain such financing on satisfactory terms or in amounts required by us and our liquidity.

Some of our shareholders exercise control over the membership of our board of directors and other corporate actions that we may take through a voting agreement and their interests may not be aligned with your interests.

PT SGPS, TmarPart, Caravelas Fundo de Investimentos em Ações, an investment vehicle managed through Banco BTG Pactual S.A., or Caravelas, Bratel Brasil, Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Jereissati Telecom S.A. are parties to the Temporary Voting Agreement described under “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders—Agreements Among Our Shareholders.” As of May 4, 2015, the parties to the Temporary Voting Agreement held, directly and indirectly, 46.5% of our outstanding voting shares. Under this agreement, these shareholders have agreed, among other things, (1) to take all necessary actions within their control to cause (a) the corporate ownership simplification, including the merger of TmarPart with and into our company, to be completed, (b) the adoption of our new by-laws, (c) the election of new members of the board of directors of our company, and (d) the voluntary share exchange to be completed, (2) to keep the members of our board of directors in their current positions until the implementation of the corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of our new by-laws and the election of new members of our board of directors, and (3) in case of vacancy or resignation of any member of our board of directors during the term of the Temporary Voting Agreement, to permit TmarPart to nominate the replacement member according to the rules provided in the General Shareholders’ Agreement described under “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders—Agreements Among Our Shareholders.” TmarPart’s shareholders are parties to four shareholders’ agreements governing their equity interests in TmarPart. See “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders—Agreements Among Our Shareholders.” Under these agreements, the shareholders of TmarPart, acting through pre-meetings (reunião prévia) of the shareholders party to each of these shareholders’ agreements, have the power to determine the decisions to be taken at meetings of our board of directors on matters of our management that require the prior authorization of our board of directors. The decisions of the shareholders of TmarPart on these matters may be contrary to the expectations or preferences of holders of our securities, including holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares andor ADSs.

We rely on strategic suppliers of equipment, materials and certain services necessary for our operations and expansion. If these suppliers fail to provide equipment, materials or services to us on a timely basis, we could experience disruptions, which could have an adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations.

We rely on a few strategic suppliers of equipment and materials, and services, including Nokia Solutions and Networks do Brasil Telecomunicações Ltda., or Nokia Solutions, Alcatel-Lucent Brasil S.A., or Alcatel-Lucent, Telemont Engenharia de Telecomunicações S.A., or Telemont, A.R.M. Engenharia Ltda., or A.R.M. Engenharia, and Huawei do Brasil Telecomunicações Ltda. and Ericsson Telecomunicações S.A., or Huawei, to provide us with equipment materials and servicesmaterials that we need in order to expand and to operate our business in Brazil, and Samsung Eletrónica Portuguesa, S.A., Nokia Solutions and Networks, S.A., Alcatel – Lucent Portugal, S.A. and Apple Distribution International, to provide us with equipment, materials andBrazil. In addition, we rely on a third-party provider of network maintenance services thatin certain regions were we need in order to expand and to operate our business in Portugal.operate. There are a limited number of suppliers with the capability of providing the mobile network equipment and fixed-line network platforms that our operations and expansion plans require or the services that we require to maintain our extensive and geographically widespread networks. In addition, because the supply of mobile network equipment and fixed-line network platforms requires detailed supply planning and this equipment is technologically complex, it would be difficult for our company to replace the suppliers of this equipment. Suppliers of cables that we need to extend and maintain our networks may suffer capacity constraints or difficulties in obtaining the raw materials required to manufacture these cables. As a result, we are exposed to risks associated with these suppliers, including restrictions of production capacity for equipment and materials, availability of equipment and materials, delays in delivery of equipment, materials or services, and price increases. If these suppliers or vendors fail to provide equipment, materials or serviceservices to us on a timely basis or otherwise in compliance with the terms of our contracts with these suppliers, we could experience disruptions or declines in the quality of our services, which could have an adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations, and we might be unable to satisfy the requirements contained in our concession and authorization agreements.

We are subject to numerous legal and administrative proceedings, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We are subject to numerous legal and administrative proceedings. It is difficult to quantify the potential impact of these legal and administrative proceedings. We classify our risk of loss from legal and administrative proceedings

as “probable,” “possible” or “remote.” We make provisions for probable losses but do not make provisions for possible and remote losses.

As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we have applied ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements separately disclose and distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with our reorganization from the transactions and events that are associated with the ongoing operations of our business. Accordingly, our prepetition obligations, including certain of our legal contingencies, that may be impacted by the RJ Proceedings based on our assessment of these obligations following the guidance of ASC 852 have been classified on our balance sheet as “Liabilities subject to compromise.” Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise are required to be reported at the amount allowed as a claim by the RJ Court, regardless of whether they may be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of the RJ Court or other events. As of December 31, 2014, we had provisioned2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of legal contingencies recognized by the RJ Court was R$5,13213,162 million for probable losses relatingand R$11,614 million, respectively. For more information about the impact of the RJ Proceedings on our legal proceedings, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to various tax, laborCompromise—Labor Contingencies,” “—Civil Contingencies – ANATEL,” and civil legal“—Civil Contingencies – Other Claims” and administrative proceedings against us. Asnote 28 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

In addition, as of December 31, 2014, we had claims against us2017 and 2016, the total estimated amount in controversy for those proceedings not subject to the RJ Plan in respect of R$21,059 million in tax proceedings, R$1,082 million in labor proceedings and R$1,147 million in civil proceedings with awhich the risk of loss classified as “possible” for whichwas deemed probable or possible totaled approximately R$27,789 million and R$27,299 million, respectively, and we had made no provisions.established provisions of $1,368 million and R$1,129 million, respectively, relating to these proceedings. Our provisions for legal contingencies are subject to monthly monetary adjustments. For a detailed description of our provisions for contingencies, see note 18 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

We are not required to disclose or record provisions for proceedings in which our management judges the risk of loss to be remote. However, the amounts involved in certain of the proceedings in which we believe our risk of loss is remote could be substantial. Consequently, our losses could be significantly higher than the amounts for which we have recorded provisions.

If we are subject to unfavorable decisions in any legal or administrative proceedings and the losses in those proceedings significantly exceed the amount for which we have provisioned or involve proceedings for which we have made no provision, our results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. Even for the amounts recorded as provisions for probable losses, a judgment against us would have an effect on our cash flow if we are required to pay those amounts. Unfavorable decisions in these legal proceedings may, therefore, reduce our liquidity and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. For a more detailed description of these proceedings, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings.”

The minority shareholder of Africatel has asserted that our acquisition ofWe have indemnification obligations with respect to the PT Exchange and the PT Portugal triggered its right to require us to purchase its shares of Africatel under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement. If we are required to purchase this interest in Africatel, it will divert resourcesDisposition that could otherwise be deployed to reduce indebtednessmaterially adversely affect our financial position.

In the exchange agreement, or make investmentsthe PT Exchange Agreement, that we entered into with Pharol under our business plan. If any such purchase is funded through our incurrence of additional debt, there would be a material adverse effect on our consolidated leverage.

We indirectly own 75% of the share capital of Africatel. Samba Luxco S.à.r.l., an affiliate of Helios Investors LP, or Samba Luxco, owns the remaining 25%. Africatel holds all of our interests in telecommunications companies in sub-Saharan Africa, including our interests in Unitel, Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A. in Cape Verde, Mobile Telecommunications Limited in Namibia, and CST Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações S.A.R.L. in São Tomé and Príncipe, among others. PT SGPS, our subsidiaries Africatel GmbH & Co. KG, or Africatel GmbH, and PT Ventures, and Samba Luxco are parties to a shareholders’ agreement, which we refertransferred defaulted commercial paper of Rio Forte Investments S.A., or Rio Forte, to Pharol in exchange for the delivery to our company of Oi’s common shares and preferred shares as described under “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders—PT Option Agreement,” we agreed to indemnify Pharol against any loss arising from (1) Pharol’s contingent or absolute tax or anti-trust obligations in relation to the Africatel shareholders’ agreement.

On September 16, 2014,assets contributed to our subsidiary, Africatel GmbH,company in the Oi capital increase in connection with which directly holds our interest in Africatel, received a letter from Samba Luxco in which Samba Luxco claimed that Oi’s acquisition ofwe acquired PT Portugal was deemed a change of control of PT SGPS under the Africatel shareholders agreement,from Pharol in May 2014 and that this change of control entitled Samba Luxco(2) Pharol’s management activities, with reference to exercise a put right under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement at the fair market equity value of Samba Luxco’s Africatel shares. In the letter, Samba Luxco purportedacts or triggering events occurring on or prior to exercise the alleged put right and thereby require Africatel GmbH to acquire its shares in Africatel.

On September 26,May 5, 2014, Africatel GmbH responded to Samba Luxco stating that there had not beenexcluding any action or event that would trigger the right to exercise the put option under the Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement and that Africatel GmbH intended to challenge Samba Luxco’s purported exercise of the put option. On the same date, we issued a Material Fact disclosing Samba Luxco’s purported exercise of the put option, our understanding that the exercise of the put option is not applicable, and that our board of directors had authorized our management to take the necessary actions to sell our interest in Africatel.

On November 12, 2014, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce notified Africatel GmbH that Samba Luxco had commenced arbitral proceedings against Africatel GmbH to enforce its purported put right or, in the alternative, certain other rights and claims allegedly arising out of Oi’s acquisition of PT Portugal. Africatel GmbH presented its answer to Samba Luxco’s request for arbitration on December 15, 2014. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on March 12, 2015. Africatel GmbH intends to vigorously defend these proceedings.

If we were to acquire the interest of Samba Luxco in Africatellosses incurred by Pharol as a result of the exercisefinancial investments in the Rio Forte commercial paper and the acquisition of Samba Luxco’s purported put rightthe Rio Forte commercial paper from Oi under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement, our acquisition of this interest would reducePT Exchange Agreement.

In the

resources that would be available PTP Share Purchase Agreement under which we sold PT Portugal in the PT Portugal Disposition, we agreed to us to reduce our outstanding indebtedness or pursue other investment opportunities. If any such purchase were to be funded through our incurrence of additional debt, the consolidated leverageindemnify Altice Portugal for breaches of our companyrepresentations and warranties under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, subject to certain customary procedural and financial limitations. There can be no assurance that we will not be subject to significant claims under these indemnification provisions and if we are subject to such claims under these indemnification provisions, we could increase materially,be required to pay significant amounts, which couldwould have a materialan adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.condition.

We are subject to potential liabilities relating to our third-party service providers, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to potential liabilities relating to our third-party service providers in Brazil. Such potential liabilities may involve claims by employees of third-party service providers in Brazil directly against us as if we were the direct employer of such employees, as well as claims against us for secondary liability for, among other things, occupational hazards, wage parity or overtime pay, in the event that such third-party service providers fail to meet their obligations to their employees. We have not recorded any provisions for such claims, and significant judgments against us could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are subject to delinquencies of our accounts receivables. If we are unable to limit payment delinquencies by our customers, or if delinquent payments by our customers increase, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

Our business significantly depends on our customers’ ability to pay their bills and comply with their obligations to us. During 2014,2017, we recorded provisions for doubtful accounts in the amount of R$649692 million, or 2.3%2.9% of our net operating revenue, primarily due to subscribers’ delinquencies. During 2016, we recorded provisions for doubtful accounts in the amount of R$643 million, or 2.5% of our net operating revenue, primarily due to subscribers’ delinquencies. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, our provision for doubtful accounts was R$514 million.1,085 million and R$1,342 million, respectively.

ANATEL regulations prevent us from implementing certain policies that could have the effect of reducing delinquency of our customers in Brazil, such as service restrictions or limitations on the types of services provided based on a subscriber’s credit record. If we are unable to successfully implement policies to limit delinquencies of our Brazilian subscribers or otherwise select our customers based on their credit records, persistent subscriber delinquencies and bad debt will continue to adversely affect our operating and financial results.

In addition, if the Brazilian or Portuguese economieseconomy declines due to, among other factors, a reduction in the level of economic activity, an increase in inflation or an increase in domestic interest rates, a greater portion of our customers may not be able to pay their bills on a timely basis, which would increase our provision for doubtful accounts and adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Our commitmentWe are dependent on key personnel and the ability to meethire and retain additional personnel.

We believe that our success will depend on the obligationscontinued services of our Brazilian employees’ pension plans, managed by Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Socialsenior management team and Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social may be higher than whatother key personnel. Our management team is currently anticipated, and therefore, we may be required to make additional contributionscomprised of resources to these pension plans or to record liabilities or expenses that are higher than currently recorded.

As sponsorshighly qualified professionals, with extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. The loss of certain private employee pension plans in Brazil, which are managed by Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social, or Sistel, and Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, or FATL, our subsidiaries cover the actuarial deficitsservices of these pension benefit plans, which provide guaranteed benefits to our retirees in Brazil and guaranteed future benefits to our current Brazilian employees at the time of their retirement. As of December 31, 2014, our Brazilian pension benefit plans had an aggregate deficit of R$476.5 million. Our commitment to meet these deficit obligations may be higher than we currently anticipate, and we may be required to make additional contributions or record liabilities or expenses that are higher than we currently record, which may adversely affect our financial results. For a more detailed descriptionany of our Brazilian pension plans, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Employees—Employee Benefits—Employment Benefits in Brazil—Pension Benefit Plans.”

Unfunded post-retirement benefits obligations may put our Portuguese businesses at a disadvantage to its competitors andsenior management team or other key employees could adversely affect our business, financial performance.condition and results of operations. We also depend on the ability of our senior management and key personnel to work effectively as a team.

Our Portuguese businesses have unfunded post-retirement benefits obligationsfuture success also depends on our ability to identify, attract, hire, train, retain and motivate highly skilled technical, managerial, sales and marketing personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and we cannot guarantee that may limit our future usewe will successfully attract, assimilate or retain a sufficient number of qualified personnel. Failure to retain and availability of capitalattract the necessary technical, managerial, sales and adversely affect our financialmarketing and operating results. Although in December 2010, PT Comunicações transferred to the Portuguese government the post-retirement benefits obligations relating to regulated pensions of Caixa Geral de Aposentações and Marconi, PT Comunicações retained, and as a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal, we have assumed, all other obligations, including (1) salaries to suspended and pre-retired employees amounting to €762 million as of December 31, 2014, which we must pay monthly directly to the beneficiaries until their retirement age, and (2) €525 million in obligations related to pension supplements and healthcare as of December 31, 2014, which are backed by plan assets with a market value of €251 million as of December 31, 2014, resulting in unfunded obligations of €1,035 million (€802 million after taxes) as of December 31, 2014.

Any decrease in the market value of the plan assets of our Portuguese businesses relating to our pension supplements and healthcare obligations could increase our unfunded position. Although there is in place an investment policy with capital preservation targets, in the current economic and financial crisis, in particular, the market value of the plan assets of our Portuguese businesses is volatile and poses a risk. In addition, our obligations to pay salaries to suspended and pre-retired employees of our Portuguese businesses are unfunded. The value of the obligations referred to above may also fluctuate, depending on demographic, financial, legal or regulatory factors that are beyond our control. Any significant increase in the unfunded obligations of our Portuguese businessesadministrative personnel could adversely affect our ability to raise capital, require us to use cash flows that we would otherwise use for capital investments, implementing our strategy or other purposesbusiness, financial condition and adversely affect perceptionsresults of our overall financial strength.operations.

Risks Relating to Our Brazilian Operations

Our fixed-line telecommunications services in Brazil face strongResidential Services business faces competition from mobile services providers,and other fixed-line service providers and cable television service providers, which may adversely affect our revenues and margins.

Our Residential Services business, which provides local and long-distance fixed-line telecommunicationsvoice, fixed-line data, or broadband, and subscription television, orPay-TV, services in Brazil face strongto our residential customers, as well as bundles of these services together with mobile services, faces competition from from:

mobile services, as reductions in interconnection tariffs, which have led to more robust mobile package offerings, have driven the prices for mobiletraffic migration trend offixed-to-mobile substitution;

other fixed-line voice service providers, primarily (1) Claro S.A. (a subsidiary of América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V., or América Móvil, one of the leading telecommunications service providers in Latin America), or Claro, which markets its fixed-line voice services have declinedunder the brand name “Embratel,” and approach those(2) Telefônica Brasil S.A. (a subsidiary of fixed-line services. Telefónica S.A.), or Telefônica Brasil, the largest telecommunications operator in Brazil);

other broadband service providers, including (1) Claro, which markets its broadband services under the brand name “Net,” (2) Telefônica Brasil, and (3) smaller regional broadband services provider including Companhia Paranense de Energia – Copel and Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais – CEMIG; and

otherPay-TV service providers, including our primary competitors (1) SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda., or SKY, and (2) Claro, which markets itsPay-TV services under the “Claro TV” and “Net” brands.

Based on information available from ANATEL, from December 31, 20112012 to December 31, 2014,2017, the number of fixed lines in service (including the number fixed lines provided to ourBusiness-to-Business, or B2B, customers) in our Brazilian service areas (all of Brazil other than the state of São Paulo) increaseddeclined from 26.927.7 million to 28.212.9 million. WeAs of December 31, 2017, based on information available from ANATEL, (1) we had a market share of 54.1% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I of Brazil and a market share of 50.1% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II of Brazil (in each case, including the fixed lines provided to our B2B customers); (2) Claro had a market share of 24.9% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I and a market share of 19.2% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II; and (3) Telefônica Brasil had a market share of 13.7% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I and a market share of 25.7% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II.

As a result of competition from mobile services, we expect (1) the number of our fixed lines in service in our Brazilian service areas to experience a slow growth,decline, as some of our customers eliminate their fixed-line services in favor of mobile services, and (2) the use of existing fixed lines for making voice calls to decline, as customers substitutereplace fixed-line calls in favor of calls on mobile phones in place of fixed-line calls as a result of promotionalthe emergence of“all-net” plans, which allow a customer to make calls to any fixed-line or mobile rates (such as free calls withindevice of any operator for a mobile provider’s network).flat monthly fee. The rate at which the number of fixed lines in service in our Brazilian service areas, a large majority of which are used by our residential customers, may decline depends on many factors beyond our control, such as economic, social, technological and other developments in Brazil. In addition, newDespite the recent deceleration of fixed lines that we install in Brazil are expected to be less profitable than existing onesline disconnections, because new fixed-line customers generally have lower average incomes than our existing customers, subscribe to our lower cost service plans and generate fewer chargeable minutes of usage. Because we derive a significant portion of our net operating revenue from our traditional local fixed-line telecommunications services in Brazil,Residential Services business, the reduction in the number of our fixed-linesfixed lines in service in Brazil has negatively affected and is likely to continue to negatively affect our net operating revenue and margins.

We also competeOur broadband services in the BrazilianBrazil face strong competition from Claro and Telefônica Brasil, which had market shares of 24.4% and 16.7%, respectively, for broadband services in Regions I and II of Brazil as of December 31, 2017, according to data from ANATEL. As of December 31, 2017, we had a market share of 33.4% for broadband services in Regions I and II of Brazil, according to data from ANATEL. Claro provides local fixed-line services with other fixed-line service providers, primarily with Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicações – Embratel, or Embratel, and GVT S.A., or GVT. In addition to direct competition for corporate customers, Embratel competes with Oi for residential customers through its cable network in our Brazilian service areas with services thatthe portions of Regions I and II where it provides using the cable infrastructure of its subsidiary, Net Serviços de Comunicação S.A., or Net. Net is a cable television company that is ourand broadband services under the “Net” brand. Telefônica Brasil provides local fixed-line services through its own network and the assets it acquired from Vivendi S.A. when it acquired GVT Participações S.A. in 2015. The primary competitordrivers of competition in the broadband industry are speed and price, with discounts typically offered in the form of bundled services. Claro and Telefônica Brasil each offer broadband services market in Brazil. Embratel is a subsidiary of América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V., or América Móvil, one of the leading telecommunications service providers in Latin America. Net offersat higher speeds than ours and both offer integrated voice, broadband and paysubscription television services, typically as bundles, to the Brazilian residential services market through a single network infrastructure. In addition,Future offerings by our competitors that are aggressively priced or that offer additional services could have an adverse effect on our net operating revenue and our results of operations.

The primary providers ofPay-TV services in the regions in which we competeprovide residential services are SKY, which providesdirect-to-home, or DTH, service, and Claro, which provides DTH service under the “Claro TV” brand andPay-TV services using coaxial cable under the “Net” brand. We offer DTH services throughout the regions in which we provide residential services. Future changes in satellite technology may result in one of our Brazilian service area with smaller companiescompetitors utilizing new satellites for DTH services that have been authorized by ANATEL to provide

higher capacities or better quality of service, which could adversely affect our net operating revenue and may adversely affect our results of operations.

local fixed-line services. EmbratelOur primary competitors for residential services, Claro and GVTTelefônica Brasil, are each controlled by multinational companies that may have more significant financial and marketing resources, and greater abilities to access capital on a timely basis and on more favorable terms, than our company. Our loss ofIn addition, we compete in our service areas with smaller companies that have been authorized by ANATEL to provide local fixed-line services. Increased competition from these small, regional companies may require us to increase our marketing expenses and our capital expenditures, which would lead to a significant number of fixed-line customers would adversely affectdecrease in our net operating revenue and may adversely affect our results of operations.profitability. For a detailed description ofmore information about our competition in the local fixed-lineresidential services market in Brazil, see “Item 4: Information on the Company—Competition—Local Fixed-LineResidential Services.”

Our mobile services in Brazil facePersonal Mobility Services business faces strong competition from fixed-line service providers other mobile services providers and internet data providers, which may adversely affect our revenues.revenues and margins.

The mobile services market in Brazil is extremely competitive. We faceOur Personal Mobility Services business, which provides post-paid andpre-paid mobile voice services and post-paid andpre-paid mobile data communications services, faces competition from large competitors such as (1) TIM Participações S.A., or TIM, Telefônica Brasil S.A., or(2) Claro and (3) Telefônica Brasil, which markets its mobile services under the brand name “Vivo,“Vivo. and Claro S.A., or Claro. As of December 31, 2014,2017, based on information regarding the total number of subscribers as of that date available from ANATEL, we had a market share of 18.1%16.5% of the total number of mobile subscribers (including subscribers in Brazil,our B2B Services business), ranking behind Telefônica Brasil with 28.5%31.7%, Claro with 25.0% and TIM with 27.0% and Claro with 25.3%. During the year ended December 31, 2014, we captured 7.3% of all net additions of mobile subscribers in Brazil (calculated based on the number of mobile subscribers at the end of a period less the number of mobile subscribers at the beginning of that period)24.8%. Telefônica Brasil, TIMClaro and ClaroTIM are each controlled by multinational companies that may have more significant financial and marketing resources, and greater abilities to access capital on a timely basis and on more favorable terms, than our company.

Our ability to generate revenues from our Brazilian mobile servicesPersonal Mobility Services business depends on our ability to continue to maintain or increase the average revenue per unit, or ARPU, generated by our customer base, retain or increase the size of our customer base, improve the perception of the quality of our services and retainencourage the migration of our customers to our UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), or 3G, and our LTE (Long Term Evolution), or 4G, networks through our offers of attractive data packages that take advantage of the structural shift from voice to data usage. The recent trend towards SIM card consolidation, reversing the trend of customers using multiple SIM cards to participate inon-net calling plans and the demand for more aggressive data packages in thepre-paid market may result in a decline in the size of our customer base. EachThe increased use of instant internet messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, services on smartphone applications such as WhatsApp may result in a migration from voice to data services, which could have an adverse effect on the size and profitability of our customer base. Acquiring each additional personal mobility customer subscribing to our Brazilian service entails costs, including sales commissions and marketing costs. Recovering these costs depends on our ability to retain such customers. Therefore, high rates of customer churn could have a material adverse effect on the profitability of our Brazilian mobile servicesPersonal Mobility Services business. During 2017 and 2016, the year ended December 31, 2014, our average customermonthly churn rate in the Brazilian mobile services segment, representing the number of subscribers whose serviceour Personal Mobility Services business was disconnected during each4.1% and 4.4% per month, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, divided by the number of subscribers at the beginning of such month, was 5.7%.respectively.

We have experienced increased pressure to reduce our mobile rates in Brazil in response to pricing competition. This pricing competition often takeshas taken the form ofunlimited voice plans or special promotional packages, which may include, among other things, mobiletraffic usage promotions. We no longer offer handset subsidies traffic usage promotionsfor new customers, and incentives for calls made within a mobile services provider’s own network. Competingcompeting with the service plans and promotions offered by our competitors in Brazil may cause an increase in our marketing expenses and customer-acquisition costs, which has adversely affected our resultresults of operations during some periods in the past and could continue to adversely affect our results of operations. Our inability to compete effectively with these packages could result in our loss of market share and adversely affect our net operating revenue and profitability. For a detailed description ofmore information about our competition in the Brazilian mobilepersonal mobility services market in Brazil, see “Item 4: Information on the Company—Competition—MobilePersonal Mobility Services.”

Our B2B Services business faces strong competition from other mobile, fixed-line and information technology services providers, which may adversely affect our revenues and margins.

Our B2B Services business provides a la carte and bundled fixed-line voice and data services, mobile voice and data services and information technology services to our small- andmedium-sized enterprise, or SME, customers and our corporate (including government) customers, as well as interconnection, network usage and traffic transportation services to other telecommunications providers, which we refer to as our wholesale business. The competition risks relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our SME and corporate customers are similar to those relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our residential and personal mobility customers, respectively.

The Brazilian recession has had a significant negative effect on our operating revenue and margins as SMEs generally, including our customers, have reduced the size of their businesses and in some cases ceased operations, and a number of our Corporate customers have reduced their telecommunications spending as part of their overall cost-cutting efforts. Because we derive a significant portion of our net operating revenue from our B2B Services business, the loss of a significant number of SME and corporate customers would adversely affect our net operating revenue and may adversely affect our results of operations. For more information about our competition in the B2B market in Brazil, see “Item 4: Information on the Company—Operations in Brazil—Competition—B2B Services.”

Our long-distance services in Brazil face significant competition, which may adversely affect our revenues.

In Brazil, unlike in the United States and elsewhere, a caller chooses its preferred long-distance carrier for each long-distance call, whether originated from a fixed-line telephone or a mobile handset, by dialing such carrier’s long-distance carrier selection code (Código de Seleção de Prestadora). The long-distance services market in Brazil is highly competitive. Our principal competitorshas become less competitive as a result of ongoing reductions in the interconnection rates, as mandated by ANATEL. The proliferation ofall-net service plans, particularly for mobile services, offers unlimited long-distance calls and data combination plans that have reduced the relevance of long-distance services for mobile services. As a result, competition for long-distance services in Brazil are TIM and Embratel, which offer long-distance services throughout Brazil at rates that are charged on a per call or per day basis, rather than a per minute basis.is limited to fixed-line voice services. We also compete with Telefônica Brazil,Brasil, which is the incumbent fixed-line service provider in the StatesState of São Paulo. Increased competition from long-distance service providers has resulted in pressure on our long-distance rates in Brazil and adversely affected our revenue from these services. In addition, the proliferation of new types of service plans, such as “same network” subscription plans that offer unlimited long distance calls and data combination plans, is impacting the long-distance services market in Brazil. Competition in the Brazilian fixed-line long-distance market may require us to increase our marketing expenses and/or provide services at lower rates than those we currently expect to charge for such services. Competition in the Brazilian fixed-line long-distance market has had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our revenues and margins. For a detailed description of our

competition in the Brazilian long-distance services market, see “Item 4: Information on the Company—Competition—Long-Distance Services.”

Data transmission services in Brazil are not subject to significant regulatory restrictions and, as a result, we face an increasing amount of competition in this business.

Competition in data transmission services in Brazil is not subject to significant regulatory restrictions and, therefore, the market is open to a large number of competitors. Some competitors, such as cable operators, offer telephone and broadband services, which do not require them to use our fixed-line network, thereby allowing them to reach our customers without paying interconnection fees to us. Increasing competition in the Brazilian data transmission services market may lead to rate reductions in this segment, adversely affecting the net operating revenue that we generate from this business. Additionally, increased competition for data transmission customers may require us to increase our marketing expenses and our capital expenditures and may lead to the loss of broadband customers, in each case leading to a decrease in our profitability. For a detailed description of our competition in the Brazilian data transmission services market, see “Item 4: Information on the Company—Competition—Data Transmission Services.”

The Brazilian telecommunications industry is highly regulated. Changes in lawsto these regulations have and regulations may continue to adversely impact our business.

The Brazilian telecommunications industry is highly regulated by ANATEL. ANATEL regulates, among other things, rates, quality of service and universal service goals, as well as competition among telecommunications service providers. Changes in laws and regulations, grants of new concessions, authorizations or licenses or the imposition of additional universal service obligations, among other factors, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. For more information, see “Item 4. Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry.”

For example, in JulyNovember 2012, ANATEL approved the General Plan on Competition Targets (Plano Geral de Metas de Competição), which includes criteria for the evaluation of telecommunications providers to determine which providers have significant market power, regulations applicable to the wholesale markets for trunk lines, backhaul, access to internet backbone and interconnection services, and regulations related to partial unbundling and/or full unbundling of the local fixed-line networks of public regime service providers. For more information, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Other Regulatory Matters—General Plan on Competition Targets.” We have been classified by ANATEL as a company with significant market power in certain markets, as a result of which we are subject to increased regulation in areas such as fixed-line and mobile infrastructure sharing and mobile interconnection rates. In 2014 ANATEL approved rules under which interconnection rates chargedwe are able to charge for the use of our mobile networks would be reduced between 2016 and 2019. As a result, the mobile interconnection rates for Regions I, II and III declined by our company47.1%, 47.7% and 39.2%, respectively, in each of February 2017 and 2018, and they will decline by the same percentages in February 2019. ANATEL has also set the interconnections rates we are able to charge for the use of our fixed-line networks, which have declined between 20.9% and mobile networks would be reduced over a period57.3% in each of years until they were set at rates basedFebruary 2017 and 2018 and will continue to decline by the same percentages in February 2019. For more information, see “Item 4. Information on a long-run incremental cost methodology.the Company—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates.” These regulations have had and will continue to have adverse effects on our revenues, although as a result of reductions in our costs and expenses for these services that we acquire from other telecommunications providers, we cannot predict with certainty the effects that these regulations will have on our results of operations.

In December 2016, legislation was introduced in the Brazilian Congress, which we refer to as PLC 79, to substantially amend certain features of the current regulatory framework of the Brazilian telecommunications industry. For more information about PLC 79, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Concessions and Authorizations—Other Regulatory Matters—New Regulatory Framework.” PLC 79 has faced political gridlock in the Brazilian Congress and has not yet been passed, and we cannot predict whether this legislation will ultimately be adopted by the Brazilian Congress and executed by the President or will be adopted as proposed. Furthermore, should this legislation be adopted, many of its provisions would only have effects on our business following a rule-making procedure by ANATEL to implement the modifications to the regulatory scheme. We cannot predict the form of these new regulations or the time required for ANATEL to propose or adopt these regulations. Therefore, we unable to predict with any certainty the effects of this legislation on our company, if adopted.

We cannot predict whether ANATEL, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications (Ministério das Comunicações) or the Brazilian government will adopt these or other telecommunications sector policies in the future or the consequences of such policies on our business or the business of our competitors. In the event that any modification of the regulatory scheme or new regulations applicable to our company are adopted that increase the costs of compliance to our company, whether through capital expenditure requirements, increased service requirements, increased costs for renewal of our authorizations and licenses, increased exposure to regulatory penalties or otherwise, these modifications and regulations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our local fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements in Brazil are subject to periodic modifications by ANATEL and expirewe cannot assure you that the modifications to these concession agreements will not have adverse effects on December 31, 2025. Our bids for new concessions upon the expiration of our existing concessions may not be successful.company.

We provide fixed-line telecommunications services in our Brazilian service areas pursuant to concession agreements with the Brazilian government. These concession agreements expire on December 31, 2025, and may be amended by the parties every five years prior to the expiration date. In connection with each five-year amendment, ANATEL has the right, following public consultations, to impose new terms and conditions in response to changes in technology, competition in the marketplace and domestic and international economic conditions.

Our obligations under our concession agreements may be subject to revision in connection with each future amendment. On June 27,Our concession agreements were last amended in 2011. In 2014, ANATEL openedheld a public comment period for the 2015 revision of the terms of our concession agreements and met regularly with us throughout 2015 to discuss possible amendments, and in 2016 the Brazilian Ministry of Communications issued a decree addressing guidelines for the establishment of a new regulatory framework for telecommunications, in line with the provisions of PLC 79. Despite these efforts, our concession agreements have not yet been amended, as a result of the Brazilian Congress’s failure to date to pass PLC 79, passage of which is required to provide the necessary legal authority for ANATEL to implement the proposed changes to our concession agreements. The comment period, which endedFurther discussions regarding amendments to our concession agreements have halted pending resolution of PLC 79. Under their existing terms, our concession agreements may be amended by December 2020 at the latest. If PLC 79 is not passed, our concession agreements will expire in 2025 without the possibility of renewal. For more information about our concession agreements, see “Item 4. Information on December 26, 2014, was opened for comments on certain topics such as service universalization, ratesthe Company—Concessions, Authorizations and feesLicenses—Fixed-Line and qualityDomestic Long-Distance Services Concession Agreements.”

In connection with the consideration of services, among others. We submitted our comments on time and accordingrevisions to the established rules. Depending onconcession agreements under the evaluation made bypublic regime, in January 2017, ANATEL of the contributions and ANATEL’s final decision regardingproposed revisions to the terms of our concession agreements, it may impose universal service goals,the General Plan of Grants (Plano Geral de Outorgas), in line with values that we are not ablethe provisions of PLC 79. However, as a result of the legislative gridlock faced by PLC 79, ANATEL has halted implementation of the General Plan of Grants. For more information about PLC 79 and ANATEL’s proposed revisions to predict.the terms of the General Plan of Grants, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Other Regulatory Matters—New Regulatory Framework.”

We cannot assure you that any future amendments includingto our concession agreements or the amendments expected to be made in 2015,General Plan of Grants will not impose requirements on our company that will require us to undertake significant capital expenditures or will not modify the rate-setting procedures applicable to us in a manner that will significantly reduce the net operating revenue that we generate from our Brazilian fixed-line businesses. If the amendments to our Brazilian concession agreements have these effects, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Our local fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements expire on December 31, 2025 and we cannot assure you that our bids for new concessions upon the expiration of our existing concessions will be successful or that the pending expiration of these concessions will not have adverse effects on our ability to finance our operations.

Our concession agreements will expire on December 31, 2025. We expect the Brazilian government to offer new concessions in competitive auctions prior to the expiration of our existing concession agreements. We may participate in such auctions, but our existing fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements will not entitle us to preferential treatment in these auctions. If we do not secure concessions for our existing service areas in any future auctions, or if such concessions are on less favorable terms than our current concessions, our business, financial condition and results of operations would be materially adversely affected. In addition, based on the current scheduled expiration of our concession agreements and the uncertainty that the terms of these concessions will be extended, investors may be unwilling to make investments in our company on terms that are attractive to our company, or at all. Our inability to raise capital in the equity or debt markets on favorable terms, or at all, could have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our local fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements in Brazil, as well as our authorizations to provide personal mobile services in Brazil, contain certain obligations, and our failure to comply with these obligations may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.

Our local fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements in Brazil contain terms reflecting the General Plan on Universal Service Goals (Plano Geral de Metas de Universalização), the General Plan on Quality Goals (Plano Geral de Metas de Qualidade) and other regulations adopted by ANATEL, the terms of which could affect our financial condition and results of operations. Our local fixed-line concession agreements in Brazil also require us to meet certain network expansion, quality of service and modernization obligations in each of the Brazilian states in our service areas. In the event of noncompliance with ANATEL targets in any one of these states, ANATEL can establish a deadline for achieving the targeted level of such service, impose penalties and, in extreme situations, terminate the applicable concession agreement for noncompliance with our quality and universal service obligations. See “Item 4: Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Regulation of Fixed-Line Services.”

In addition, our authorizations to provide personal mobile services contain certain obligations requiring us to meet network scope and quality of service targets. If we fail to meet these obligations, we may be fined by ANATEL until we are in full compliance with our obligations and, in extreme circumstances, our authorizations could be revoked by ANATEL. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Regulation of Mobile Services—Obligations of Personal Mobile Services Providers.”

On an almost weekly basis, we receive inquiries from ANATEL requiring information from us on our compliance with the various service obligations imposed on us by our concession agreements. If we are unable to respond satisfactorily to those inquiries or comply with our service obligations under our concession agreements, ANATEL may commence administrative proceedings in connection with such noncompliance. We have received numerous notices of the commencement of administrative proceedings from ANATEL, mostly due to our inability to achieve certain targets established in the General Plan on Quality Goals and the General Plan on Universal Service Goals, among others.Goals.

At the time that ANATEL notifies us it believes that we have failed to comply with our obligations, we evaluate the claim and, based on our assessment of the probability of loss relating to that claim, may establish a provision. We vigorously contest a substantial number of the assessments made against us. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, our contingencies related to claims of ANATEL were reclassified liabilities subject to compromise and were measure as required by ASC 852. As of December 31, 2014, we had recorded provisions in the amount2017 our prepetition liabilities subject to compromise included R$9,334 million related with claims of R$1,104 million in connection with fines sought to be imposed by ANATEL. Additional fines from ANATEL or fines in excessBy operation of the provisioned amount could adversely impact our financial conditionRJ Plan and results of operations. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—RegulationBrazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry” and “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings—Civil Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations—Administrative Proceedings.”

In addition, our authorizations to provide personal mobile services contain certain obligations requiring us to meet network scope and quality of service targets. If we fail to meet these obligations, we may be fined by ANATEL until we areConfirmation Order results in full compliance with our obligations and, in extreme circumstances, our authorizations could be revoked by ANATEL. For example, on July 23, 2012, ANATEL temporarily suspended our ability to accept new customers for our mobile services in the States of Amazonas, Amapá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Roraima and Rio Grande do Sul due to ANATEL’s perception of our failure to meet capital investment and quality of service commitments in those states. This suspension lasted for approximately two weeks until we were able to propose new quality of service goals to ANATEL. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulationa change of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—RegulationConfirmation Date), the claim for these contingent obligations has been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and ANATEL is entitled only to receive the recovery set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for these contingent claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of Mobile Services—Obligations of Personal Mobile Services Providers.the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which ANATEL is entitled under the RJ Plan, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Civil Contingencies – ANATEL.

We may be unable to implement our plans to expand and enhance our existing networks in Brazil in a timely manner or without unanticipated costs, which could hinder or prevent the successful implementation of our business plan and result in revenues and net income being less than expected.

Our ability to achieve our strategic objectives depends in large part on the successful, timely and cost-effective implementation of our plans to expand and enhance our networks in Brazil. Factors that could affect this implementation include:

 

our ability to generate cash flow or to obtain future financing necessary to implement our projects;

 

delays in the delivery of telecommunications equipment by our vendors;

 

the failure of the telecommunications equipment supplied by our vendors to comply with the expected capabilities;

the failure to obtain licenses necessary for our projects; and

 

delays resulting from the failure of third-party suppliers or contractors to meet their obligations in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Although we believe that our cost estimates and implementation schedule are reasonable, we cannot assure you that the actual costs or time required to complete the implementation of these projects will not substantially exceed our current estimates. Any significant cost overrun or delay could hinder or prevent the successful implementation of our business plan and result in revenues and net income being less than expected.

Risks RelatingCertain key inputs are subject to Our Portuguese Operationsrisks related to importation, and we acquire other key inputs from a limited number of domestic suppliers, which may further limit our ability to acquire such inputs in a timely and cost effective manner.

Increased competition among providers of bundled telecommunications servicesThe high growth in Portugaldata markets in general and broadband in particular may result in a decrease inlimited supply of equipment essential for the revenuesprovision of our Portuguese operations.

In 2008, PT Portugal launched a nationwide Pay-TV service undersuch services, such as data transmission equipment and modems. The restrictions on the Meo” brand, primarily using its fixed network (IP TV over ADSL2+number of manufacturers imposed by the Brazilian government for certain inputs, mainly data transmission equipment and FTTH and DTH satellite technology). This service required it to make significant investments in its network in order to increase the bandwidth and offer a better service quality than its competitors. In January 2013, PT Portugal announced the rebranding of “Meomodems, and the launchgeographical locations of a quadruple-play service, “M4O,” offering Pay-TV, broadband internet, fixed telephonenon-Brazilian manufacturers of these inputs, pose certain risks, including:

vulnerability to currency fluctuations in cases where inputs are imported and mobile telephone services. This launch required additional marketing expenditurespaid for with U.S. dollars, Euros or othernon-Brazilian currency;

difficulties in managing inventory due to an inability to accurately forecast the domestic availability of certain inputs; and will entail ongoing investments in infrastructure to remain competitive with service offerings

the imposition of customs or other market participants.

duties on key inputs that are imported.

PT Portugal experienced, and weIf any of these risks materialize, they may continue to experience, pressure from competitors to reduce monthly subscription fees. Our efforts to build scaleresult in our Portuguese mobile business to enable us to negotiate better programming costs with content suppliers, especially costs for certain premium content owned by one of our competitors, may not prove successful.

The competitive landscape has changed significantly in Portugal as a result of the merger in August 2013 of ZON Multimédia—Serviços de Telecomunicações e Multimédia, SGPS, S.A., or ZON, the largest cable operator in Portugal, and Optimus SGPS, S.A., or Optimus, thethird-largest mobile operator in Portugal, to create NOS, SGPS, S.A. (formerly known as ZON Optimus, SGPS, S.A.), or NOS, a new integrated telecommunications operator in Portugal. The emergence of NOS has further increased the focus in the Portuguese market on bundled offers and the evolution from triple-play to quadruple-play services as NOS has leveraged its position as an integrated telecommunications operator. Our other main competitors in the Portuguese market are Cabovisão (which acquired ONITELECOM in 2013) and Vodafone.

Our revenues from residential services in Portugal and our financial position could be significantly affected if we are not successful in competinginability to provide these bundled services particularly asto our Pay-TV services have become increasingly important ascustomers in a retention tool of our fixed line and broadband internet customers.

Competition in Portugal from other mobile and fixed line operators has reduced revenues from our Portuguese operations and could adverselytimely manner or may affect our revenues.

As a result of the trend toward the use of mobile services instead of fixed telephone services, combined with the increase in competition from other operators, PT Portugal experienced, and we may continue to experience,

erosion of market share in Portugal of both access lines and outgoing domestic and international traffic. Additionally, all mobile telecommunications services providers have launched fixed telephony services based on their mobile networks, which are directly competing for fixed-line customers. Mobile operators in Portugal can bypass our international wireline network by interconnecting directly with fixed line and mobile networks either in our domestic Portuguese network or abroad. Competition is also forcing down the prices of our Portuguese fixed line voice services, for long-distance and international calls, as operators have been offering unlimited voice communications for all national and several international fixed destinations. Lowering its international call prices caused a decline in PT Portugal’s revenues from international fixed line voice services. We expect competition from operators with services based on Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, also to place increasing price pressure on voice tariffs. The decrease in fixed line voice traffic and lower tariffs resulting from competition significantly affected PT Portugal’s overall revenues, and we expect these factors to continue to negatively affect our revenues.

The broadband market in Portugal is highly competitive andwhich may become more competitive in the future.

We believe that competition in internet broadband access in Portugal is intensifying, and with the development of existing technologies such as broadband wireless access, mobile broadband through 3G and 4G technology, as well as high speed broadband supported by the deployment of a fiber optic network, we may face additional pricing pressure on our services in Portugal, which could result in the loss of revenues from both residential and enterprise customers.

Increased competition in the Portuguese mobile markets may result in decreased revenues.

We believe that our existing mobile competitors in Portugal, Vodafone and NOS, will continue to market their services aggressively, resulting in similarly priced offers for all major mobile telecommunications services providers in the market. These aggressive pricing strategies have boosted voice and data usage at the expense of eroding retail revenues. A clear example was the launch, in 2008, of the so-called “tribal plans.” Although initially designed to provide special calling and texting advantages for “restricted” user groups, their widespread success soon resulted in a significant pressure on revenues. We believe that our success against competitors in the Portuguese market will depend on our ability to differentiate our products based on services offered, quality, simplicity and targeting of pricing plans, and we may not be successful in doing so. We also believe quadruple-play plans will play a major role in the mobile Portuguese market. Although in January 2013 PT Portugal was the first operator to launch a quadruple-play offer in Portugal, it will be increasingly difficult for us to sustain this competitive advantage.

Burdensome regulation in an open market may put us at a disadvantage to our competitors and could adversely affect our Portuguese telecommunications business.

The Portuguese electronic communications sector is fully open to competition. However, many regulatory restrictions and obligations are still imposed on our Portuguese operations. In the first round of market analysis initiated by ANACOM in 2004, PT Portugal was found by ANACOM to have significant market power in all but one of the 19 Portuguese markets analyzed and, consequently, was subjected to regulatory restrictions and obligations. Not all of these obligations and restrictions have been imposed on other operators and service providers in the Portuguese telecommunications sector. Pursuant to revised EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets published in 2007 and 2014, the number of markets subject to regulation was significantly reduced. ANACOM periodically re-analyzes markets subject to regulation to identify which markets are still relevant for regulatory intervention and which electronic communications operators and service providers, if any, it considers to have significant market power in those markets. Additionally, ANACOM determines the regulatory remedies that should be imposed on those operators and service providers.

ANACOM has re-analyzed some of the markets included in the 2007 European Relevant Market Recommendation and 2014 European Relevant Market Recommendation and has issued findings that PT Portugal has significant market power in all of the markets included in the 2014 European Relevant Market Recommendation, other than portions of Market 3b (the market for wholesale central access provided at a fixed location for mass-market products) located in geographic areas designated as competitive by ANACOM. In addition, ANACOM has found that PT Portugal has significant market power in two markets no longer included in the European Relevant Market Recommendation, but which ANACOM continues to regulate: (1) the wholesale

market for call origination on the fixed telephone network provided at a fixed location (Market 2 under the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets), or Market 2/2007, and (2) the wholesale market for leased lines – trunk segments (Market 13 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets), or Market 13/2003.

In certain cases, such as Market 3b, ANACOM has segmented the markets into “C” (competitive) and “NC” (non-competitive) segments and issued a finding that PT Portugal had significant market power in the non-competitive segments. ANACOM has the power to impose remedies to increase competition in those markets.

In February 2012, ANACOM approved a draft decision related to the definition of Market 3a (the market for wholesale local access provided at a fixed location) and Market 3b, the evaluation of significant market power, and the imposition, maintenance, modification or suppression of regulatory obligations. ANACOM proposed to maintain the national scope of Market 3a and the geographic segmentation in Market 3b, which is divided into unregulated “C” areas and regulated “NC” areas, and to include high-speed broadband networks (e.g., FTTH networks) in Market 3b in order to require operators with significant market power to provide access to these networks. Under this draft decision, PT Portugal would continue to be considered to have significant market power in Market 3a and Market 3b in non-competitive areas.

Under the February 2012 draft ANACOM decision concerning access obligations in Market 3a, in addition to the obligation of granting unbundled access to copper loops and subloops and to ducts and poles at the national level, ANACOM intended to impose a geographically differentiated obligation to provide wholesale customers with virtual access to optical fiber networks (advanced bitstream). This obligation would not be imposed in 17 municipalities that were considered to have conditions that permit other network operators to invest in optical fiber networks. The draft decision required PT Portugal to demonstrate to ANACOM that the difference between PT Portugal’s retail prices and the prices of the offers made available to other operators in Market 3a would not result in a margin squeeze. This review was not concluded, due to (1) the changes that took place in the Portuguese market during 2013 (e.g., the merger between ZON and Optimus and investments initiated by Vodafone and Altice to expand their optical fiber and cable networks), and (2) the publication in September 2013 of the recommendation of the European Commission, or EC, on NGA non-discrimination and costing methodologies.

In December 2014, ANACOM commenced a public consultation on the re-analysis of Market 4 (the market for wholesale high-quality access provided at a fixed location). As a result of this re-analysis, PT Portugal may be subjected to significant price reductions in its wholesale leased lines business on its Continente – Açores – Madeira routes. As of the date of this annual report, a final decision ANACOM with respect to this re-analysis is pending.

Remedies imposed by ANACOM may require us to provide services in certain markets or geographic regions that we would otherwise not choose to provide or to make investments that we would otherwise not choose to make. In addition, PT Portugal has incurred, and we may still be required to incur, expenses to adapt our Portuguese operations to changing regulatory requirements and to ensure regulatory compliance. The resources we may be required to commit to fulfill our regulatory obligations in Portugal could adversely affect our ability to compete.

Reduced interconnection rates have negatively affected revenues of our Portuguese telecommunications business and will continue to do so in 2015.

In recent years, ANACOM has imposed price controls on interconnection rates for the termination of calls on mobile networks. These price controls have had a significant impact on interconnection revenues of our subsidiary MEO—Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A. MEO. (merged into former PT Comunicações S.A.), or MEO, and, consequently, on its earnings.

ANACOM has issued successive decisions that have reduced mobile termination rates over time. Most recently, in April 2012, ANACOM issued a final decision reducing mobile termination rates progressively to €0.0127 per minute by December 2012. The reductions in mobile termination rates had a negative effect on PT Portugal’s cash flows and revenues and will continue to have a negative effect on our cash flows and revenues.

ANACOM has proposed a further decrease of the maximum termination rate to €0.0083 in 2015. A draft decision regarding mobile termination rates is currently pending, and comments may be submitted until mid-May 2015.

The Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência) has also completed an analysis of mobile rates for originating calls to non-geographic numbers (such as toll-free numbers and leased lines) in January 2012, finding origination rates to be excessive and issued a recommendation that mobile operators reduce their rates to a level reflecting their costs or face the possibility of being sanctioned. As of the date of this annual report, the Portuguese Competition Authority has not begun any investigations.

In March 2013, ANACOM published a draft decision regarding Market 1 proposing to set an average symmetrical fixed termination rate, or FTR, of € 0.001091 per minute from October 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014, corresponding to the average FTR of the countries that had already defined their call termination rates at a fixed location based on the pure Bottom Up Long-Run Average Incremental Cost, or BU-LRIC, cost models recommended by the EC.

In August 2013, after the European Commission expressed serious concerns in respect of ANACOM’s draft decision, ANACOM decided to withdraw its decision and instead to impose provisional and urgent measures. Under its revised measures, ANACOM determined that the maximum average prices to be applied by operators designated as having significant market power in Market 1 should be €0.001114 per minute as of October 1, 2013 and that as of July 1, 2014, the price would be set using a pure LRIC cost model. As of the date of this annual report, the pure LRIC cost model has not been finalized.

In July 2014, ANACOM commenced a consultation to review Market 1 that includes a symmetric obligation to ensure IP interconnection, and on the implementation of the pure LRIC model, proposing to set a fixed symmetric termination rate of €0.00068. As of the date of this annual report, ANACOM’s decision following this consultation is pending.

In addition, the lower interconnection rates have slightly reduced revenues for our Portuguese wholesale business, which records revenues from international incoming calls transiting through our Portuguese network that terminate on the networks of other mobile and fixed-line operators. The prices we charge to international operators (and hence our revenues) also have depended on the interconnection fees charged by mobile and fixed-line operators for international incoming calls terminating on their networks, and these fees have been decreasing. We expect that lower interconnection rates will continue to have a negative impact on the wholesale revenues of our Portuguese telecommunications business.

The European Commission’s review of roaming charges may continue to lead to a reduction in revenues from personal services in Portugal.

The EC regulates the roaming charges that may be charged in the wholesale market and the retail market in Europe. These regulations extend to data and Short Messaging Services, or SMS, or text messaging. On July 1, 2012, the previous roaming regulations were replaced by a new version, known as “Roaming III,” which will expire on June 30, 2022. In addition to setting maximum voice roaming rates (subject to a glide path) that may be charged with respect to the wholesale and retail market for voice, data and SMS services, Roaming III also features (1) extended transparency andconsumer-protection measures (“bill-shock”) that go beyond the EU territory, (2) the introduction of an obligation for mobile operators in the wholesale market to provide reasonable network access in order to allow roaming services, and (3) the decoupling of roaming services from other services, while enabling a consumer to use the same number. The Roaming III regulations have had and are expected to continue to have an adverse effect on the revenues and the results of operations of our Portuguese mobile business and on the results of operations of that mobile business.

The European Commission’s proposed “Single Telecom Market” legislation could adversely affect our Portuguese telecommunications business.

The EC, the European Parliament and the European Council are finalizing the plans for regulation implementing a single telecommunications market—formerly called the “Connected Continent” legislation—in order to stimulate the provision of cross-border European services.

The draft legislation, in its initial wording, addressed such diverse matters as a single European authorization and convergence of regulatory remedies, a standard EU wholesale broadband access product, the harmonization of spectrum authorization procedures, net neutrality and transparency, international mobile roaming and international calls, and consumer protection. Of these matters, only net neutrality and roaming are still under consideration, and the current proposals depart considerably from the initial proposals.

In its latest formulation, the legislative package advanced by the Latvian Presidency and discussed with the EC and the European Parliament on April 15, 2015 provides, among other things:

net neutrality.

the phasing out of retail roaming surcharges, based on the introduction of a basic roaming allowance, or BRA, under which providers may not levy any surcharge in comparison to the domestic retail prices for regulated mobile communications. Under this proposal:

the BRA must be available for at least seven days per year and include a minimum daily consumption of five minutes calls made, five minutes calls received, five SMS sent and 10 Mb of data.

surcharges for traffic outside the BRA shall not exceed the maximum wholesale charges for regulated roaming calls made, regulated SMS and regulated data.

The proposal also moves up the deadline for the EC to complete a review of the EU wholesale roaming market to the end of 2017, which was previously set for mid-2018, and adds a provision stressing that the latest regulation is an interim step towards ending roaming surcharges entirely. As of the date of this annual report, the negotiation of this legislative package has not concluded.

If approved, this legislation is expected to have an adverse effect on our Portuguese telecommunications business, financial condition and results of operations.

We make investments based on demand forecasts that may become inaccurate due to anticipated price decreases, higher operational costseconomic volatility and increased competition.may result in revenues that lower than expected.

We make certain investments, such as the procurement of materials and the development of physical sites, based on our forecasts of the amount of demand that customers will have for our services at a later date (generally several months later). However, any major changes in the Brazilian economic scenario may affect this demand and therefore our forecasts may turn out to be inaccurate. For example, economic crises may restrict credit to the population, and uncertainties relating to employment may result in a delay in the decision to acquire new products or services. As a result, it is possible that we may make larger investments based on demand forecasts than were necessary given actual demand at the relevant time, which may directly affect our cash flow.

Furthermore, improvements in economic conditions may have the opposite effect. For example, an increase in demand not accompanied by our investment in improved infrastructure may result in a possible loss of opportunity to increase our revenue or result in the degradation of the quality of our services.

We may be unable to respond to the recent trend towards consolidation in the Brazilian telecommunications market.

The Portuguese governmentBrazilian telecommunications market has been subject to consolidation. Mergers and acquisitions may change market dynamics, create competitive pressures, force small competitors to find partners and impact our financial condition; and may require us to adjust our operations, marketing strategies (including promotions), and product portfolio. For example, in March 2015, Telefónica S.A. acquired from Vivendi S.A., all of the shares of GVT Participações S.A., the controlling shareholder of Global Village Telecom S.A. This acquisition increased Telefónica’s share of the Brazilian telecommunications market, and we believe such trend is likely to continue in the industry as players continue to consolidate. Additional joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions among telecommunications service providers are possible in the future. If such consolidation occurs, it may result in increased competition within our market. We may be unable to adequately respond to pricing pressures resulting from consolidation in our market, adversely affecting our business, financial condition and results of operations. We may also consider engaging in merger or acquisition activity in response to changes in the competitive environment, which could terminate or faildivert resources away from other aspects of our business.

Companies in the Brazilian telecommunication industry, including us, may be harmed by restrictions regarding the installation of new antennas for mobile services.

Currently, there are approximately 250 municipal laws in Brazil that limit the installation of new antennas for mobile service, which has been a barrier to renew the fixed line licenseexpansion of mobile networks. Those laws are meant to regulate issues related to zoning and licensesthe alleged effects of the radiation and authorizationsradiofrequencies of the antennas. The federal law, that establishes new guidelines to create a consolidated plan for datathe installation of antennas was approved in 2015, however, it is still pending specific regulation. Despite the federal initiative, as long as the municipal laws remain unchanged, the risk of noncompliance with regulations and mobileof having services of limited quality in certain areas continues to exist, which could materially and adversely affect our Portuguesebusiness, results of operations and financial condition.

Additional antenna installation is also limited as a result of concerns that radio frequency emissions from base stations may cause health problems. See “—Risk Factors Relating to the Telecommunications Industry—The mobile telecommunications business.industry and participants in this industry, including us, may be required to adopt an extensive program of field measurements of radio frequency emissions and be subject to further regulation and/or claims based on concerns regarding potential health problems and interfere with medical devices.

Our commitment to meet the obligations of our Brazilian employees’ pension plans, managed by Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social and Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social may be higher than what is currently anticipated, and therefore, we may be required to make additional contributions of resources to these pension plans or to record liabilities or expenses that are higher than currently recorded.

WeAs sponsors of certain private employee pension plans in Brazil, which are managed by Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social, or Sistel, and Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, or FATL, our subsidiaries cover the actuarial deficits of these pension benefit plans, which provide a significant number of services in Portugal under licenses and authorizations granted by ANACOMguaranteed benefits to our subsidiary MEO.

The Portuguese government can terminate MEO’s mobile licensesretirees in Portugal under certain circumstances. Through MEO,Brazil and guaranteed future benefits to our current Brazilian employees at the time of their retirement. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, our Brazilian pension benefit plans had an aggregate deficit of R$632 million and R$560 million, respectively. Our commitment to meet these deficit obligations may be higher than we hold a renewable licensecurrently anticipate, and we may be required to provide GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications),make additional contributions or 2G, mobile telephone services throughout Portugal until 2016, and a renewable licenserecord liabilities or expenses that are higher than we currently record, which may adversely affect our financial results. If the life expectancy of the beneficiaries should exceed the life expectancies included in the actuarial models, the level of our contributions to provide 3G mobile telephone services throughout Portugal until 2022. In January 2012, MEO was allocatedthese plans could increase. If the right to use frequencies to provide mobile telephone services throughout Portugal using 4G among other technologies, and in March 2012, ANACOM issued a renewable license to MEO with respect to the usemanagers of these frequencies until 2027. This license also consolidatesplans should suffer losses on the previous 2G and 3G licenses issued to MEO. Ifinvestments of the Portuguese government were to terminate the licenseassets of our mobile business in Portugal,these plans, we would notbe required to make additional contributions to these plans in order for these plans to be able to conductprovide the activities authorized by this license. This loss would eliminate an important source of revenuesagreed benefits. Any increase in the level of our company.

Regulatory investigations and litigation may leadcontributions to finesthese plans as a result of an increase in life expectancy or other penalties.

ANACOM, the EC and the Portuguese Competition Authority regularly make inquiries and have conducted investigations concerning the compliance of our Portuguese telecommunications business with applicable laws and regulations. For example, the Portuguese Competition Authority conducted an inquirya decline in 2013 relating to alleged anti-competitive practices in the terrestrial television and mobile services markets following a complaint by another mobile operator. If, after such an administrative proceeding, the Portuguese Competition Authority decides that there is a reasonable likelihood that sanctions will

be imposed, a more formal proceeding will follow. After the conclusion of a proceeding for breach of competition law, the Portuguese Competition Authority can impose fines of up to 10% of the revenues of our Portuguese telecommunications business during the year immediately preceding the final decision.

In January 2011, the EC opened an investigation into an agreement between Telefónica and PT SGPS allegedly not to compete in the Iberian telecommunications markets. PT SGPS had developed various strategic partnerships with Telefónica in recent years and its relationship with Telefónica was investigated. In January 2013, the EC adopted a decision finding that PT SGPS and Telefónica had infringed Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU with reference to the July 28, 2010 agreement between PT SGPS and Telefónica concerning the acquisition by Telefónica of PT SGPS’ stake in Brazilian operator Vivo. In accordance with this decision, PT SGPS was fined an amount of €12.29 million. On April 9, 2013, PT SGPS brought an action for annulment before the Court of Justice of the EU and will continue to vigorously defend the matter. The matter is now waiting to be tried before the EU Court of Justice.

If PT SGPS or our company is found to have been in violation of applicable laws and regulations in these or other regulatory inquiries, investigations, or litigation proceedings that are currently pending against PT SGPS or entities that are part of our Portuguese telecommunications business, or that may be brought against our company in the future, we may become subject to penalties, fines, damages or other sanctions. Any adverse outcomeinvestment returns could have a material adverse effect on our operatingfinancial condition or results or cash flows.of operations. For a more detailed description of our Brazilian pension plans, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Employees—Employee Benefits—Pension Benefit Plans.”

As a result of the RJ Proceedings, certain of our unfunded obligations under our post-retirement plans have been classified on our balance sheet as “Liabilities subject to compromise.” As of each of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of our unfunded obligations under our post-retirement defined benefit plans recognized by the RJ Court was R$560 million, all of which related to claims of FATL. For more information, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Pension Plans,” “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Employees—Employee Benefits—Pension Benefit Plans—Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social—BrTPREV Plan” and note 28 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

Risks Relating to Our African and Asian Operations

We may be unable to dispose of our interest in Africatel for a consideration that exceeds its carrying value in our financial statements or at all. Any impairment of the fair market value of at which we record our indirect investment in Unitel in our financial statements would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

On September 17, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel, representing 75% of the share capital of Africatel. As a result, as of December 31, 2014, we have recorded our interest in Africatel as discontinued operations. We have engaged a financial advisor to assist us with marketing and selling our interest in Africatel.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we recorded in our consolidated financial statements as assets held for sale of R$7,6434,675 million and R$5,404 million, respectively, mainly relating to our interest in Africatel,Unitel, including R$1,2612,012 million and R$2,009 million, respectively, of accrued dividends owed to our company by Unitel and R$4,1641,920 million and R$1,995 million, respectively, representing the fair market value of Africatel’s 25% interest in Unitel, at the time of the Oi capital increase, and recorded as liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale of R$851354 million and R$545 million, respectively, mainly relating to our interest in Africatel.Unitel.

We may not be able to sell our interest in Africatel for consideration that exceeds the book value of our interest in Africatel, or at all. The book value of our indirect investment in Unitel is subjected to testing for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the value of our indirect investment in Unitel may be lower than the fair market value at which we carry this investment. We recorded losses of R$267 million and R$1,090 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively, as a result of our review of the fair value of our investment in Unitel. Any further impairment of our indirect investment in Unitel may result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.results of operations.

We cannot assure you as to when PT Ventures will realize the accounts receivable recorded with respect to the declared and unpaid dividends owed to PT Ventures by Unitel or when PT Ventures will receive dividends that may have been declared with respect to 2013 or that may be declared with respect to succeeding fiscal years.by Unitel in the future.

Since November 2012, PT Ventures has not received any payments for outstanding amounts owed to it by Unitel with respect to dividends declared by Unitel for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011, and 2010.the extraordinary dividends declared by Unitel in November 2010 based on its 2005 results of operations and free reserves held in 2006 US$112.5 million (R$478.4 million) with respect to fiscal year 2014, through 2009. Based on the dividends declared by Unitel for those fiscal years, PT Ventures is entitled to receive the total amounts of US$187.5 million (R$732.2 million) with respect to fiscal year 2013, US$190.0 million (R$504742.0 million) with respect to fiscal year 2012, US$190.0 million (R$504 million )742.0 million) with respect to fiscal year 2011, and US$157.5 million (R$418 million )615.0 million) with respect to fiscal yearthe dividends declared in 2010. As of the

date of this annual report, PT Ventures has only received US$63.7 million (R$169 million )248.7 million) of its share of the dividends declared by Unitel with respect to fiscal yearin 2010, and has not received any amount in respect of dividends declared by Unitel with respect to fiscal years 2011, and 2012.2012, 2013 or 2014.

At

In addition, at a general meeting of the shareholders of Unitel held on November 4, 2013,May 13, 2015, the other shareholders discussed the financial statements as well as the payment of dividends with respect to the fiscal year of 2013.2014. The other Unitel shareholders did not permit PT Ventures was unable to attend and participate in this shareholders’ meeting alleging that meeting because the financial statements and the other relevant information about the meeting werethey did not included in the prior notice for the meeting, nor were they made available toacknowledge PT Ventures.Ventures as a Unitel shareholder. PT Ventures has not received a copy of the minutes of this meeting, nor has itwhich indicate that Unitel declared dividends in the amount of US$490.0 million (R$1,913.5 million), of which PT Ventures’ share amounts to US$122.5 million (R$478.4 million).

On June 12, 2015, PT Ventures filed a suit in the Provincial Courts of Luanda requesting the court to require Unitel to produce the final minutes of the May 13, 2015 general shareholders’ meeting and to annul all resolutions purportedly made at this meeting. Unitel filed its defense and a motion to dismiss this action on November 23, 2015, and PT Ventures filed its answer to Unitel’s motion on December 7, 2015. A preparatory hearing took place before the Civil and Administrative Division of the Luanda Provincial Court on May 30, 2016, in order to allow the parties to try and reach an immediate agreement. However, both parties reiterated their respective positions during the hearing and no settlement agreement was reached. On April 5, 2017, the court rendered its decision and voided all the resolutions taken during the May 13, 2015 Unitel General Meeting. At a general meeting of the shareholders of Unitel held on August 16, 2017, the other shareholders reapproved all the resolutions that had been informeddeclared null and void by the Angolan court, with the dissenting vote of PT Ventures.

At a general meeting of the shareholders of Unitel held on July 26, 2017, the other shareholders of Unitel approved the allocation of the 2015 profits to free reserve and retained earnings accounts, with the dissenting vote of PT Ventures.

On August 16, 2017, a general meeting of shareholders of Unitel was convened to resolve upon the allocation of the 2016 profits, among other issues. The management proposed not to pay any dividends to shareholders again. However, PT Ventures’ representative at the meeting claimed that, since the management proposal had not been disclosed to the shareholders in advance, the shareholders had not had the opportunity to properly assess the proposal and therefore any resolution about the decisions taken.subject would end up being null and void. The meeting was therefore suspended for a period of 45 days, but it has not been resumed as of the date of this annual report.

On March 25, 2014, Unitel issued a statement claiming that PT Ventures is not listed on the shareholders’ registerAnother general meeting of shareholders of Unitel has been called for May 29, 2018 to resume the discussions of some of the pending items in the agenda of the general meeting of August 16, 2017, including the allocation of the 2016 profits, as well as to resolve upon the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and that the boardallocation of directors of Unitel had notified PT SGPS about the existence of an irregularity, which purportedly resulted in Unitel being unable2017 profits, among other issues. Unitel’s management once again proposed not to distributepay any dividends to PT Ventures until the resolution of this irregularity. In June 2014, PT Ventures (formerly known as Portugal Telecom Internacional, SGPS, S.A.) resolved the alleged irregularity with the Angolan Foreign Investment Institute. On June 3, 2014, PT Ventures was issued a Foreign Investment Certificate endorsing its current name.shareholders.

On several occasions, PT Ventures has requested an explanation from Unitel about its failure to pay to PT Ventures its share of the declared dividends. As of the date of this annual report, PT Ventures has not received a satisfactory explanation regarding this failure to pay, nor has PT Ventures received reliable indications as to the expected timing of the payment of the accrued dividends. As a result, on October 20, 2015, PT Ventures filed a suit in the Provincial Courts of Luanda seeking payment of outstanding dividends for the fiscal years 2010 through 2013, together with interest thereon. As a result of our institution of this suit, in 2017 and 2016 we recognized provisions with respect to the unpaid dividends of US$45 million (R$150 million) and US$14 million (R$44 million), respectively.

We cannot assure you that PT Ventures will be successful in these suits, as to the timing of the payment of the accrued dividends to our company, or whether we will be able to receive dividends that have been declared or that may be declared by Unitel in the future. Our inability to receive these dividends could have a material adverse impact on the fair value of our investment in Unitel, our financial position and our results of operations.

The other shareholders of Unitel have indicated to PT Venturesclaimed that they believe that PT SGPS’Pharol’s sale of a minority interest in Africatel to our company did not comply with the Unitel shareholders’ agreement.

The Unitel shareholders’ agreement provides a right of first refusal to the other shareholders of Unitel if any shareholder desires to transfer any or all of its shares of Unitel, other than transfers to certain affiliated companies. This agreement also provides that if any shareholder breaches a material obligation under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, the other shareholders will have a right to purchase the breaching shareholder’s stake in Unitel at its net asset value.

The

On March 14, 2016, the other shareholders of Unitel have asserted toinitiated an arbitration proceeding against PT Ventures, claiming that they believe that PT SGPS’Pharol’s sale of a minority interest in Africatel to Samba Luxco during 2007 was in breach ofour company did not comply with the Unitel shareholders’ agreement. The other shareholders of Unitel had previously made the same claim as a counterclaim in the arbitration initiated by PT Ventures on October 13, 2015, but then withdrew that counterclaim. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on April 14, 2016. On May 19, 2016, the arbitration proceeding against PT Ventures initiated by the other shareholders of Unitel was consolidated with the arbitration initiated by PT Ventures on October 13, 2015. PT Ventures presented its statement of claim on October 14, 2016 and the other shareholders of Unitel presented their statement of defense and counterclaim on February 28, 2017. A hearing in the arbitration was held from February 7 to 16, 2018, where each party presented its arguments and the factual witnesses and experts from each side were heard. We cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. An adverse outcome in this proceeding could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

PT Ventures disputes thisthe other shareholders’ interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, and we believe that the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement apply only to a transfer of Unitel shares by PT Ventures itself.

As We have been defending against the allegation by Unitel’s other shareholders vigorously. If a binding decision by the arbitral tribunal were rendered ruling in favor of the date of this annual report, we have not been notified of any proceedings initiated with respect to PT SGPS’ sale of a minority interest in Africatel to Samba Luxco. If the other shareholders of Unitel were to assert that this sale was in breachinterpretation of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement and if a binding decisionproposed by an appropriate forum to this effect were to be rendered in favor of thosethe other Unitel shareholders, PT Ventures could be required to sell its interest in Unitel for a value significantly lower than the amount that we record in our financial statements with respect to our indirect investment in Unitel. The sale of PT Ventures’ interest in Unitel in these circumstances could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

The other shareholders of Unitel may claim that, as a result of PT SGPS’ failureFor more information about this proceeding, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings—Legal Proceedings Relating to offer its indirect interestOur Interest in Unitel to such shareholders prior to our acquisition of PT Portugal, these shareholders have the right to acquire the shares of Unitel held by PT Ventures at their net asset value.

On March 25, 2014, Unitel issued a public statement in which Unitel implied that its shareholders had a right of first refusal related to PT SGPS’ then-pending sale of its indirect interest in Unitel to our company. On September 16, 2014, the other shareholders of Unitel delivered a notice to PT SGPS in which they claimed that our

indirect acquisition of PT Ventures’ interest in Unitel as part of the Oi capital increase would trigger this right. We do not agree with the interpretation proposed by the other Unitel shareholders, and instead believe that the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement would apply only to a transfer of Unitel shares by PT Ventures itself.

As of the date of this annual report, we have not been notified of any proceedings initiated with respect to PT SGPS’s failure to offer its indirect interest in Unitel to the other shareholders of Unitel prior to our acquisition of PT Portugal. If the other shareholders of Unitel were to claim that PT SGPS’ failure to offer its indirect interest in Unitel to those shareholders resulted in a breach of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, and if a binding decision by an appropriate forum to this effect were to be rendered in favor of those shareholders, PT Ventures could be required to sell its interest in Unitel for its net asset value, which is significantly lower than the amount that we record in our financial statements with respect to our indirect investment in Unitel. The sale of PT Ventures’ interest in Unitel in these circumstances would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

The other shareholders of Unitel have prevented PT Ventures from exercising its rights to appoint the chief executive officer and a majority of the board of directors of Unitel.

Under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, PT Ventures is entitled to appoint three of the five members of Unitel’s board of directors and its chief executive officer. Under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, the appointment of the chief executive officer of Unitel is subject to the approval of the holders of 75% of Unitel’s shares. However, the other shareholders of Unitel have failed to vote to elect the directors nominated by PT Ventures at Unitel’s shareholders’ meetings, and as a result, PT Ventures’ representation on Unitel’s board of directors was reduced to a single director in June 2006, and the chief executive officer of Unitel has not been PT Ventures’ appointee since June 2006.reduced.

On July 22, 2014, the only member of Unitel’s board of directors that had been appointed by PT Ventures resigned from his position, and the other shareholders of Unitel have not permitted PT Ventures to appoint a replacement. In November 2014, the other shareholders of Unitel stated to PT Ventures that its rights as a shareholder of Unitel had been purportedly suspended“suspended” in October 2012, although these other shareholders have not indicated any legal basis for this alleged suspension. At a general shareholdersshareholders’ meeting of Unitel held on December 15, 2014, an election of members of the board of directors of Unitel was held. At this meeting, Unitel’s other shareholders claimed that PT Ventures was not entitled to vote as a result of the alleged suspension of its rights as a shareholder of Unitel in October 2012, and they refused to elect the member nominated by PT Ventures to Unitel’s board of directors.

PT Ventures has filed a suit in Angolan court to annul the results of the election of members of the Unitel board of directors on December 15, 2014. As of the date of this annual report, no nominee of PT Ventures serves on the Unitel board of directors.

On January 14, 2015, PT Ventures filed a petition against Unitel before the Provincial Courts of Luanda, seeking to challenge resolutions purportedly made in Unitel’s General Meeting on December 15, 2014.

On October 13, 2015, PT Ventures initiated an arbitration proceeding against the other shareholders of Unitel as a result of the violation by those shareholders of a variety of provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, including the provisions entitling PT Ventures to nominate the majority of the members of the board of directors of Unitel and its chief executive officer. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on April 14, 2016. PT Ventures presented its statement of claim on October 14, 2016 and the other shareholders of Unitel presented their statement of defense and counterclaim on February 28, 2017. A hearing in the arbitration was held from February 7 to 16, 2018, where each party presented its arguments and the factual witnesses and experts from each side were heard. We cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. An adverse outcome in this proceeding could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. For more information about this proceeding, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings—Legal Proceedings Relating to Our Interest in Unitel.”

Unitel has granted loans to a related party and entered into a management contract with a third-party without the approval of PT Ventures.

Under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, the shareholders of Unitel and their affiliates are not permitted to enter into any contracts with Unitel unless the contracts are approved by a resolution of Unitel’s board of directors adopted by at least four members of its board of directors. As a result of the inability of PT Ventures to appoint members of the Unitel board of directors, PT Ventures is unable to effectively exercise its implied veto right over related party transactions of Unitel.

Between May and October 2012, Unitel made disbursements to Unitel International Holdings B.V., or Unitel Holdings, of €178.9 million (R$576760.4 million) and US$35.0 million (R$93136.7 million) under a “Facility Agreement” entered into between Unitel and Unitel International Holdings B.V., or Unitel Holdings, an entity that competes with Africatel in Cabo Verde and in São Tomé and Principe.Holdings. Unitel Holdings is controlledowned by Mrs. Isabel dos Santos, an indirect shareholder of Unitel and a member of the board of directors of Unitel.

In September 2015, PT Ventures’ representative onVentures commenced litigation in the Unitel boardBritish Virgin Islands, or the BVI, against Vidatel, one of directors voted against these transactions at the time of their proposed execution by Unitel, and PT

Ventures abstained when the consolidated financial statementsother shareholders of Unitel, that included these transactions were approvedseeking a worldwide freezing order against Vidatel (prohibiting Vidatel from disposing of, dealing or diminishing the value of any of its assets (whether in the BVI or elsewhere)). In February 2016, the BVI court issued a judgment granting this freezing order against Vidatel pending the conclusion of the ICC arbitration brought by PT Ventures. In March 2018, the other Unitel shareholders at a shareholders meeting.BVI court denied an application by Vidatel to set aside the worldwide freezing order.

Despite requests,In March 2016, PT Ventures has been unable to obtain documentscommenced litigation in the Netherlands against Unitel Holdings, Isabel dos Santos, Tokeyna Management Limited and other information concerningUnitel’s chief executive officer as defendants, claiming that each of the transactionsdefendants cooperated with Unitel International Holdings B.V., including as toand/or benefited from the possibilitymisappropriation of funds from Unitel. The defendants in the Dutch litigation challenged the jurisdiction of the court, and in May 2017 the Dutch court denied the defendants’ objection and affirmed jurisdiction. The defendants have appealed that Unitel has entered into other transactions in addition to those described above from 2012.ruling and the matter is now before the Dutch court of appeal.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to prevent Unitel from taking actions that should require the approval of the members of the Unitel board of directors nominated by PT Ventures, including approving related party transactions with the other shareholders of Unitel that we believe are detrimental to the financial condition and results of operations of Unitel. The use of the resources of Unitel in this manner could have a material adverse impact on the financial position and results of operations of Unitel and therefore the value of our investment in Unitel.

On October 13, 2015, PT Ventures initiated an arbitration proceeding against the other shareholders of Unitel as a result of the violation by those shareholders of a variety of provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, including the provisions that would have entitled PT Ventures to veto these related party transactions. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on April 14, 2016. PT Ventures presented its statement of claim on October 14, 2016 and the other shareholders of Unitel presented their statement of defense and counterclaim on February 28, 2017. A hearing in the arbitration was held from February 7 to 16, 2018, where each party presented its arguments and the factual witnesses and experts from each side were heard. We cannot predict the outcome of this proceeding. An adverse outcome in this proceeding could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations. For more information about this proceeding, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings—Legal Proceedings Relating to Our Interest in Unitel.”

The other shareholders of Unitel have attempted to dilute our indirect ownership of Unitel through a capital increase in which we could be technically unable to participate, and have called shareholders’ meetings at which they have indicated the desire to unilaterally amend theby-laws of Unitel and the Unitel shareholders’ agreement.

At a general shareholdersshareholders’ meeting of Unitel held on December 15, 2014, the other shareholders of Unitel voted to increase Unitel’s share capital and alter the nominal value of its shares. The details of this capital increase are obscure to us as they were not included in the prior notice for this meeting nor were they discussed in detail during this meeting. Additional details of this capital increase have been included in draft minutes of this meeting provided to PT Ventures and it appears that, although PT Ventures has determined to subscribe to itspro rata share of this capital increase to avoid dilution of its interest in Unitel, payment of the subscription price may be proposed under conditions that would not permit PT Ventures to obtain the necessary foreign exchange approvals prior to the date on which payment would be due. PT Ventures has filed a suit in Angolan court to annul the approval of the Unitel capital increase at this shareholders meeting.

The agenda of this general shareholdersshareholders’ meeting of Unitel included amendments to Unitel’sby-laws and purported amendments to Unitel shareholders’ agreement, in addition to other matters that may have been raised at the shareholders’ meeting itself, which included investments by Unitel in Zimbabwe and a study in order to implement a corporate reorganization of Unitel. We have not been provided of the details of the proposedby-law amendments nor of any purported amendments to the Unitel shareholders’ agreement. The December 15, 2014 meeting was suspended without any action taken on these items and has been scheduled to reconvene on May 13, 2015.items.

On January 14, 2015, PT Ventures has filed a suit in Angolan courtthe Provincial Courts of Luanda to annul all resolutions taken during the December 15, 2014 general shareholders’ meeting, including the approval of the Unitel capital increase, the approval of investments by Unitel in Zimbabwe, and a study in order to implement a corporate reorganization of Unitel.

We cannot assess On March 24, 2016, the impact to Unitel or our companyCivil and Administrative Division of the matters considered at the December 15, 2014 general shareholders meeting of Unitel or the proposed amendmentsLuanda Provincial Court notified PT Ventures to Unitel’s by-laws and purported amendments to the Unitel shareholders’ agreement as we have not been provided with sufficient details to appropriately analyze these matters. In addition, weattach new exhibits, which PT Ventures did May 5, 2016.

We note that there appears to be no legal authority for the other shareholders of Unitel to amend the Unitel shareholders’ agreement through actions taken at a general meeting of Unitel’s shareholders, as this agreement is an agreement among the parties thereto. Should the other shareholders approve actions detrimental to Unitel or our investment in Unitel, these actions could have a material adverse impact on the financial position and results of operations of Unitel and therefore the value of our investment in Unitel.

Unitel’s concession to operate in Angola has expired and has not yet been renewed.

Unitel’s concession to provide mobile telecommunications services in Angola expired in April 2012. We cannot provide you with any assurances regarding the terms under which the Angolan National Institute of Telecommunications (Instituto Angolano das Comunicações), or INACOM, would grant a renewal of this concession, if at all. A failure of Unitel to obtain a renewal of this concession could have a material adverse effect on the ability of Unitel to continue to provide mobile telecommunications services in Angola, which would have a material adverse effect on Unitel’s financial position and results of operations and the value of our investment in Unitel.

Adverse political, economic and legal conditions in the African and Asian countries in which we have acquired investments may hinder our ability to receive dividends from our African and Asian subsidiaries and investments.

The governments of many of the African and Asian countries in which we have investments have historically exercised, and continue to exercise, significant influence over their respective economies and legal systems. Countries in which we have investments may enact legal or regulatory measures that restrict the ability of our subsidiaries and investees to make dividend payments to us. Similarly, adverse political or economic conditions in these countries may hinder our ability to receive dividends from our subsidiaries and investees. Historically, PT SGPSPharol has received dividends from the African and Asian subsidiaries and investees that we have acquired,acquired; however, a limitation on our ability to receive a material portion of those dividends could adversely affect our cash flows and liquidity.

In addition, our investments in these regions are exposed to political and economic risks that include, but are not limited to, exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations, inflation and restrictive economic policies and regulatory risks that include, but are not limited to, the process for the renewal of licenses and the evolution of regulated retail and wholesale tariffs. In addition, our ventures in African and Asian markets face risks associated with increasing competition, including due to the entrance of new competitors and the rapid development of new technologies.

The development of partnerships in these markets raises risks related to the ability of the partners to jointly operate the assets. Any inability of our company and our partners to operate these assets may have a negative impact on our strategy and all of these risks may have material effects on our results of operations.

Our acquisition of PT Portugal may have triggered claims of our other joint venture partners or may otherwise lead to an unwinding of those joint ventures.

Some of the agreements governing our joint ventures in Africa and Asia, other than Unitel, contain provisions that may confer certain rights, including call and put rights, on our joint venture parties in the event of a change of control or merger of PT Portugal. If these rights were triggered by our acquisition of PT Portugal, we could be forced to exit one or more profitable joint ventures and sell our shares to our joint venture partners at a price significantly lower than the fair market value of our interests in those joint ventures. Alternatively, we could be required to use cash to purchase the joint venture interests of our partners in one or more joint ventures. Any such event could have a material adverse effect on our investment strategy for Africa and Asia, our growth prospects and/or our liquidity and cash flow.

Even if no contractual provision was triggered by our acquisition of PT Portugal, our relationship with these joint venture partners could change or worsen as a result of by our acquisition of PT Portugal for political, commercial or other reasons. We do not own a controlling stake in most of these joint ventures, and any challenges that arise with our joint venture partners as a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal or otherwise could lead to costly and time-consuming negotiations, arbitration or litigation or potentially to the unwinding of our investment in those ventures at a price significantly lower that the fair market value of our investment.

We are a party to joint ventures and partnerships that may not be successful and may expose our company to future costs.

We are a partner in joint ventures and partnerships in Africa and Asia. Our partnering arrangements may fail to perform as expected for various reasons, including an incorrect assessment of our needs or the capabilities or financial stability of our strategic partners. Our share of any losses from or commitments to contribute additional capital to such partnerships may also adversely affect our results of operations or financial position.

Our ability to work with these partners or develop new products and solutions may become constrained, which could harm our competitive position in the markets served by these joint ventures and partnerships. We may have disputes with our partners in these joint ventures, and we may have difficulty agreeing with our partners on actions that we believe would be beneficial to those joint ventures and partnerships. In addition, the joint ventures and partnerships in African and Asian countries are typically governed by the laws of those countries, and our partners are often established participants in those markets and may have greater influence in those economies than we will.

To the extent we experience difficulties with our joint venture partners, we may encounter difficulties in protecting our investments in those countries.

Any of these factors could cause these joint ventures and partnerships not to be profitable and could cause us to lose all or part of the value of our investments in those ventures.

Risks Relating to Brazil

The Brazilian government has exercised, and continues to exercise, significant influence over the Brazilian economy. This involvement, as well as Brazilian political and economic conditions, could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition.

We areOi is a Brazilian corporation, and a majority of our operations and customers are located in Brazil. Accordingly, our financial condition and results of operations are substantially dependent on Brazil’s economy. The Brazilian government frequently intervenes in the Brazilian economy and occasionally makes significant changes in policy and regulations. The Brazilian government’s actions to control inflation and implement macroeconomic policies have often involved increases in interest rates, wage and price controls, currency devaluations, blocking access to bank accounts, imposing capital controls and limits on imports, among other things. We do not have any control over, and are unable to predict, which measures or policies the Brazilian government may adopt in the future. Our business, results of operations and financial condition may be adversely affected by changes in policies or regulations, or by other factors such as:

 

political instability;

 

devaluations and other currency fluctuations;

 

inflation;

 

price instability;

 

interest rates;

 

liquidity of domestic capital and lending markets;

 

energy shortages;

 

exchange controls;

changes to the regulatory framework governing our industry;

 

monetary policy;

 

tax policy; and

 

other political, diplomatic, social and economic developments in or affecting Brazil.Brazil, including with respect to alleged unethical or illegal conduct of certain figures in the Brazilian government and legislators, which are currently under investigation.

Uncertainty over whether possible changes in policies or rules affecting these or other factors may contribute to economic uncertainties in Brazil and to heightened volatility in the Brazilian securities markets and securities issued abroad by Brazilian issuers. The President of Brazil has considerable power to determine governmental policies and actions that relate to the Brazilian economy and, consequently, affect the operations and financial performance of businesses such as our company. We can offer no assurances that the policies that may be implemented by the Brazilian federal or state governments will not adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

In addition, protests, strikes and corruption scandals have led to a fall in confidence and a political crisis. For example, Brazilian markets have been experiencing heightened volatility due to the uncertainties derived from the ongoing “Lava Jato” investigation, which is being conducted by the Office of the Brazilian Federal Prosecutor, and its impact on the Brazilian economy and political environment. Members of the Brazilian federal government and of the legislative branch, as well as senior officers of certain Brazilian private and state-owned companies, have faced allegations of political corruption. These government officials and senior officers allegedly accepted bribes by means of kickbacks on contracts granted by major state-owned companies to several infrastructure, oil and gas and construction companies. The profits of these kickbacks allegedly financed the political campaigns of the main political parties in Brazil that were unaccounted for or not publicly disclosed, as well as served to personally enrich the recipients of the bribery scheme. As a result of the ongoing “Lava Jato” investigation, a number of senior politicians, including congressman and officers of the major state-owned companies in Brazil resigned or have been arrested. The potential outcome of the “Lava Jato” investigation is uncertain, but it has already adversely affected the Brazilian markets and trading prices of securities issued by Brazilian issuers. We cannot predict whether the “Lava Jato” investigation will lead to further political and economic instability or whether new allegations against government officials or other companies in Brazil will arise in the future.

Furthermore, on December 2, 2015, the Brazilian Congress opened impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff for allegedly breaking federal budget laws during herre-election campaign in 2014. On May 12, 2016, the Brazilian Senate voted to begin its review of the impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff, who was suspended from office. After the legal and administrative process for the impeachment, Brazil’s Senate removed President Dilma Rousseff from office on August 31, 2016 for infringing budgetary laws. Michel Temer, the former vice president, who had been acting President of Brazil following Ms. Rousseff’s suspension in May 2016, was sworn in by Senate to serve out the remainder of the presidential term until 2018. There was an ongoing proceeding before the Brazilian Higher Electoral Court (Tribunal Superior Eleitoral) alleging that the electoral alliance between Ms. Rousseff and Mr. Temer in the 2014 general election had violated campaign finance laws. On June 9, 2017, the Brazilian Higher Electoral Court absolved the electoral alliance, including President Temer of wrongdoing; however, he remains subject to heightened scrutiny due to the ongoingLava Jatoinvestigations. The resolution of the political and economic crisis in Brazil still depends on the outcome of the Lava Jato investigation and proceedings and approval of reforms that are expected to be promoted by the new president. In addition, the presidential election in Brazil is expected to occur in October 2018. The election may change government political policies and the elected administration may implement new policies. We cannot predict which policies the Brazilian government may adopt or change or the effect that any such policies might have on our business and on the Brazilian economy. Any such new policies or changes to current policies may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

Depreciation of thereal may lead to substantial losses on our liabilities denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies.

During the four decades prior to 1999, the Brazilian Central Bank periodically devalued the Brazilian currency. Throughout this period, the Brazilian government implemented various economic plans and used various exchange rate policies, including sudden devaluations (such as daily and monthly adjustments), exchange controls, dual exchange rate markets and a floating exchange rate system. Since 1999, exchange rates have been set by the market. The exchange rate between thereal and the U.S. dollar has varied significantly in recent years. For example, thereal/U.S. dollar exchange rate increased from R$1.9554 per U.S. dollar on December 31, 2000 to R$3.5333 on December 31, 2002. Therealappreciateddepreciated by 8.9% against the U.S. dollar by 4.3% during 2010, and has depreciated by 12.6% against the U.S. dollar during 2011, by 8.9% during 2012, by 14.6% during 2013, and by 13.4% during 2014.

2014 and by 47.1% during 2015, appreciated by 16.5% in 2016 and depreciated by 1.5% in 2017. In addition, therealappreciated against the Euro by 10.4% during 2010, and has depreciated by 9.3%10.7% against the Euro during 2011, by 10.7% during 2012, and by 19.7% during 2013, and was substantially unchanged during 2014.2014, depreciated by 31.7% in 2015, appreciated by 19.1% in 2016 and depreciated by 15.4% in 2017.

A significant amount of our financial liabilities are denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, primarily U.S. dollars and Euros.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, R$15,33336,557 million and R$36,693 million, respectively, of our consolidated financial indebtednessloans and financing classified as liabilities subject to compromise was denominated in currencies other than thereal, excluding debt obligations of PT Portugal that have been classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but are expected to remain obligationsrepresenting 74.4% and 74.5%, respectively, of our company followingconsolidated financial indebtedness. As a result of the completioncommencement of the RJ Proceedings, we ceased recording exchange rate gains and losses with respect to these loans and financings. Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that our obligations under (1) our New Notes that will be issued to holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that are entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes,” (2) participations under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement that will be available to holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that are entitled to receive theNon-Qualified Recovery described under “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes,” (3) recoveries of creditors under our export credit agreements, and (4) recoveries under our bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF to holders of our sale of PT Portugal. U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by Oi and Oi Coop that are not entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery, will be denominated in U.S. dollars and will accrue interest at fixed-rates in U.S. dollars.

When thereal depreciates against foreign currencies, we incur losses on our liabilities denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, such as our U.S. dollar-denominated and Euro-denominated long-term debt and foreign currency loans, and we incur gains on our monetary assets denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, as the liabilities and assets are translated intoreais. If significant depreciation of thereal were to occur when the value of such liabilities significantly exceeds the value of such assets, including any financial instruments entered into for hedging purposes, we could incur significant losses, even if the value of those assets and liabilities has not changed in their original currency. In addition, a significant depreciation in thereal could adversely affect our ability to meet certain of our payment obligations. A failure to meet certain of our payment obligations could trigger a default under certain financial covenants in our debt instruments, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Additionally,Historically, we currently have maintained currency swaps andnon-deliverable forwards in place forto manage our exposure to most of our foreign currency debt. If the costDuring 2017 and 2016, in connection with our consideration of potential plans to restructure our indebtedness, we did not roll over ournon-deliverable forwards and selectively settled several of our long-term currency swap instruments increases substantially, we may be unableswaps. As a result, our exposure to maintain our hedge positions, resulting in an increased foreign currency fluctuations has increased substantially. As an effect of the approval and confirmation of the RJ Plan, we expect to restructure our indebtedness in a manner that the increased exposure to foreign currency fluctuations to be temporary. In the event that these expectations are not met, the effects of foreign currency fluctuations on our debt instruments could in turn lead to substantial foreign exchange losses.have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

A portion of our capital expenditures and operating leases require us to acquire assets or use third-party assets at prices denominated in or linked to foreign currencies, some of which are financed by liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, principally the U.S. dollar and the EuroEuro. We generally do not hedge exposures relating to our capital expenditures or operating expenses against risks related to movements of thereal against foreign currencies. To the extent that the value of thereal decreases relative to the U.S. dollar or the Euro, it becomes more costly for us to purchase these assets or services, which could adversely affect our business and financial performance.

Depreciation of thereal relative to the U.S. dollar could create additional inflationary pressures in Brazil by increasing the price of imported products and requiring recessionary government policies, including tighter monetary policy. On the other hand, appreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar may lead to a deterioration of the country’s current account and balance of payments, as well as to a dampening of export-driven growth.

If Brazil experiences substantial inflation in the future, our margins and our ability to access foreign financial markets may be reduced. Government measures to curb inflation may have adverse effects on the Brazilian economy, the Brazilian securities market and our business and results of operations.

Brazil has in the past experienced extremely high rates of inflation, with annual rates of inflation reaching as high as 2,708% in 1993 and 1,093% in 1994. Inflation and some of the Brazilian government’s measures taken in an attempt to curb inflation have had significant negative effects on the Brazilian economy.

Since the introduction of thereal in 1994, Brazil’s inflation rate has been substantially lower than in previous periods. However, actions taken in an effort to control inflation, coupled with speculation about possible future governmental actions, have contributed to economic uncertainty in Brazil and heightened volatility in the Brazilian securities market. More recently, Brazil’s rates of inflation, as measured by the General Market Price Index — Internal Availability (Índice Geral de Preços — Disponibilidade Interna), orIGP-DI, published by Fundação Getúlio Vargas, or FGV, were 11.3% in 2010, 5.0% in 2011, 8.1% in 2012, 5.5% in 2013, and 3.8% in 2014.2014, 10.7% in 2015, 7.2% in 2016 and (0.42)% in 2017. According to the Broad Consumer Price Index (Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Ampliado), or IPCA, published by the Brazilian Institute for Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística), or IBGE, the Brazilian consumer price inflation rates were 5.9% in 2010, 6.5% in 2011, 5.8% in 2012, 5.9% in 2013, and 6.4% in 2014.2014, 10.7% in 2015, 6.3% in 2016 and 3.0% in 2017.

If Brazil experiences substantial inflation in the future, our costs may increase and our operating and net margins may decrease. Although ANATEL regulations provide for annual price increases for most of our services in Brazil, such increases are linked to inflation indices, discounted by increases in our productivity. During periods of rapid increases in inflation, the price increases for our services may not be sufficient to cover our additional costs

and we may be adversely affected by the lag in time between the incurrence of increased costs and the receipt of revenues resulting from the annual price increases. Inflationary pressures may also curtail our ability to access foreign financial markets and may lead to further government intervention in the economy, including the introduction of government policies that may adversely affect the overall performance of the Brazilian economy.

Fluctuations in interest rates could increase the cost of servicing our debt and negatively affect our overall financial performance.

Our financial expenses are affected by changes in the interest rates that apply to our floating rate debt. As of each of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had, among other consolidated debt obligations, R$9,86215,870 million of loans and financings that were subject to variable interest rates, including: (1) R$4,982 million of loans and financings that were subject to the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR; (2) R$6,388 million of loans and financings and debentures that were subject to the Interbank Certificate of Deposit (Certificado de DepóDepósito InterbancáInterbancário), or CDI, rate, an interbank rate,rate; (3) R$5,1542,927 million of loans and financings and debentures that were subject to the Long-Term Interest Rate (Taxa de Juros de Longo Prazo), or TJLP, a long-term interest rate,rate; and (4) R$4,0391,573 million of loans and financings that were subject to the IPCA and R$2,860 million of loans and financings that were subject to the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR. In addition, the debt obligations of PT Portugal that have been classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but are expected to remain obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal included R$1,512 million (€468.5 million) of loans and financings that were subject to the Euro Interbank Offer Rate.rate, an inflation index.

The TJLP includes an inflation factor and is determined quarterly by the National Monetary Council (Conselho Monetário Nacional). In particular, the TJLP and the CDI rate have fluctuated significantly in the past in response to the expansion or contraction of the Brazilian economy, inflation, Brazilian government policies and other factors. For example, the CDI declinedincreased from 10.87% per annum as of December 31, 2011 to 6.90% per annum as of December 31, 2012, increased to 9.77% per annum as of December 31, 2013 and increased to 11.57% per annum as of December 31, 2014.2014, increased to 14.13% per annum as of December 31, 2015, decreased to 13.63% per annum as of December 31, 2016 and decreased to 6.89% per annum as of December 31, 2017.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we ceased recording interest expenses on these loans and financings. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), these loans and loans and financings have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and creditors under these loans and financings are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which creditors under our loans and financings are entitled under the RJ Plan, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing.”

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that recoveries of creditors under our debentures, unsecured lines of credit and lessors under the lease contracts of Oi and Telemar relating to real property owned by Copart 4 and Copart 5 will accrue interest based on the CDI rate. As a result, following the implementation of the RJ Plan, inflation will increase our interest expenses and debt service obligations with respect to these recoveries. In addition, the RJ Plan permits us to seek to raise up to R$2.5 billion in the capital markets and seek to borrow up to R$2 billion under new export credit facilities, as described under “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” This debt may accrue interest at floating rates in foreign currencies. Accordingly, we may incur interest expenses and foreign exchange gains and losses in connection with this new debt. A significant increase in any of these interest rates particularly the CDI rate, could adversely affect our financial expenses and negatively affect our overall financial performance.

The market value of securities issued by Brazilian companies is influenced by the perception of risk in Brazil and other countries, which may have a negative effect on the trading price of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs and may restrict our access to international capital markets.

Economic and market conditions in other countries and regions, including the United States, the European Union and emerging market countries, may affect to varying degrees the market value of securities of Brazilian issuers. Although economic conditions in these countries and regions may differ significantly from economic conditions in Brazil, investors’ reactions to developments in these other countries may have an adverse effect on the market value of securities of Brazilian issuers, the availability of credit in Brazil and the amount of foreign investment in Brazil. Crises in the European Union, the United States and emerging market countries have at times resulted in significant outflows of funds from Brazil and may diminish investor interest in securities of Brazilian issuers, including our company. This could materially and adversely affect the market price of our securities, and could also make it more difficult for us to access the capital markets and finance our operations in the future on acceptable terms or at all.

Restrictions on the movement of capital out of Brazil may impair our ability to service certain debt obligations.

Brazilian law provides that whenever there exists, or there is a serious risk of, a material imbalance in Brazil’s balance of payments, the Brazilian government may impose restrictions for a limited period of time on the remittance to foreign investors of the proceeds of their investments in Brazil as well as on the conversion of therealinto foreign currencies. The Brazilian government imposed such a restriction on remittances for approximately six months in 1989 and early 1990. The Brazilian government may in the future restrict companies from paying amounts denominated in foreign currency or require that any such payment be made inreais. Many factors could affect the likelihood of the Brazilian government imposing such exchange control restrictions, including the extent of Brazil’s foreign currency reserves, the availability of sufficient foreign exchange on the date a payment is due, the size of Brazil’s debt service burden relative to the economy as a whole, and political constraints to which Brazil may be subject. There can be no certainty that the Brazilian government will not take such measures in the future.

A more restrictive policy could increase the cost of servicing, and thereby reduce our ability to pay, our foreign currency-denominated debt obligations and other liabilities. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, our foreign-currency denominated debt was R$15,13336,557 million and R$36,693 million, respectively, and represented 41.7%74.4% and 74.5%, respectively, of our consolidated indebtedness. In addition, PT Portugal had foreign-currency denominated debt of R$18,893 million that have been classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but are expected to remain obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal. If we fail to make payments under any of these restructured debt obligations, we will be in default under those obligations, which could reduce our liquidity as well as the market price of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs.

In addition, a more restrictive policy could hinder or prevent the Brazilian custodian of the common shares and preferred shares underlying ourOi’s ADSs or holders who have exchanged ourOi’s ADSs for the underlying common shares or preferred shares from converting dividends, distributions or the proceeds from any sale of such shares into U.S. dollars and remitting such U.S. dollars abroad. In such an event, the Brazilian custodian for ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares will hold thereais that it cannot convert for the account of holders of ourOi’s ADSs who have not been paid. Neither the custodian nor The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary of ourOi’s ADS programs, which we refer to as the depositary, will be required to invest thereais or be liable for any interest.

Risks Relating to OurOi’s Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs

Holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs may not receive any dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity.

According to our Oi’sby-laws and the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, weOi must generally pay ourits shareholders at least 25% of ourOi’s consolidated annual net income as dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity, as calculated and adjusted under Brazilian GAAP. This adjusted net income may be capitalized, used to absorb losses or otherwise retained as allowed under Brazilian GAAP and may not be available to be paid as dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity. Holders of ourOi’s common shares or Common ADSs may not receive any dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity in any given year due to the dividend preference of ourOi’s preferred shares. Additionally, the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law allows a publicly traded company like oursOi to suspend the mandatory distribution of dividends in any particular year if ourOi’s board of directors informs ourOi’s shareholders that such distributions would be inadvisable in view of ourOi’s financial condition or cash availability. Holders of ourOi’s preferred shares or Preferred ADSs may not receive any dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity in any given year if ourOi’s board of directors makes such a determination or if our operations fail to generate net income.

Our Holders of Oi’s preferred shares and Preferredpreferred ADSs have limited voting rights and are not entitled to vote to approve corporate transactions, including mergers or consolidations of our company with other companies, or the declaration of dividends.

received dividend payments since October 11, 2013. Under the Brazilian Corporation LawRJ Plan, Oi and our by-laws, holdersthe other RJ Debtors are prohibited from declaring or paying dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of our preferredreturn on capital or making any other payment or distribution on or related to their shares and, consequently, our Preferred ADSs, are not entitled(including any payment related to vote at meetings of our shareholders, except in very limited circumstances. These limited circumstances directly relate to key rightsa merger or consolidation) until the sixth anniversary of the holdersdate of preferred shares, suchthe Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan, subject to certain exceptions, as modifying basic terms of our preferred shares or creating a new class of preferred shares with superior rights. Holders of preferred shares without voting rights are entitled to elect one memberdescribed under “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and his or her respective alternate to our board of directors and our fiscal council. Holders of our preferred shares and Preferred ADSs are not entitled to vote to approve corporate transactions, including mergers or consolidations of our company with other companies, or the declaration of dividends. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Description of Our Company’s By-laws—Voting Rights.Dividend Policy.

Holders of ourOi’s ADSs may find it difficult to exercise their voting rights at ourOi’s shareholders’ meetings.

Under Brazilian law, only shareholders registered as such in ourOi’s corporate books may attend ourOi’s shareholders’ meetings. All common shares and preferred shares underlying ourOi’s ADSs are registered in the name of the depositary. ADS holders may exercise the voting rights with respect to ourOi’s common shares and the limited voting rights with respect to ourOi’s preferred shares represented by ourOi’s ADSs only in accordance with the deposit agreements relating to ourOi’s ADSs. There are practical limitations upon the ability of the ADS holders to exercise their voting rights due to the additional steps involved in communicating with ADS holders. For example, we areOi is required to publish a notice of ourOi’s shareholders’ meetings in certain newspapers in Brazil. To the extent that holders of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares are entitled to vote at a shareholders’ meeting, they will be able to exercise their

voting rights by attending the meeting in person or voting by proxy. By contrast, holders of the ADSs may receive notice of a shareholders’ meeting by mail from the depositary if we notifyOi notifies the depositary of the shareholders’ meeting and request the depositary to inform ADS holders of the shareholders’ meeting. To exercise their voting rights, ADS holders must instruct the depositary on a timely basis. This noticed voting process will take longer for ADS holders than for holders of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares. If the depositary fails to receive timely voting instructions for all or part of ourOi’s ADSs, the depositary will assume that the holders of those ADSs are instructing it to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated by us to vote their ADSs, except in limited circumstances.

In the circumstances in which holders of ourOi’s ADSs have voting rights, they may not receive the voting materials in time to instruct the depositary to vote ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares underlying their ADSs. In addition, the depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions of the holders of ourOi’s ADSs or for the manner of carrying out those voting instructions. Accordingly, holders of ourOi’s ADSs may not be able to exercise voting rights, and they will have no recourse if the common shares or preferred shares underlying their ADSs are not voted as requested.

Holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs in the United States may not be entitled to the same preemptive rights as Brazilian shareholders have, pursuant to Brazilian legislation, in the subscription of shares resulting from capital increases made by us.

Under Brazilian law, if we issueOi issues new shares in exchange for cash or assets as part of a capital increase, subject to certain exceptions, weOi must grant ourits shareholders preemptive rights at the time of the subscription of shares, corresponding to their respective interest in ourOi’s share capital, allowing them to maintain their existing shareholding percentage. WeOi may not legally be permitted to allow holders of ourits common shares, preferred shares or ADSs in the United States to exercise any preemptive rights in any future capital increase unless (1) we fileOi files a registration statement for an offering of shares resulting from the capital increase with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, or (2) the offering of shares resulting from the capital increase qualifies for an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. At the time of any future capital increase, weOi will evaluate the costs and potential liabilities associated with filing a registration statement for an offering of shares with the SEC and any other factors that we considerOi considers important in determining whether to file such a registration statement. WeOi cannot assure the holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs in the United States that weOi will file a registration statement with the SEC to allow them to participate in any of ourOi’s capital increases. As a result, the equity interest of such holders in our companyOi may be diluted.

If holders of ourOi’s ADSs exchange them for common shares or preferred shares, they may risk temporarily losing, or being limited in, the ability to remit foreign currency abroad and certain Brazilian tax advantages.

The Brazilian custodian for the common shares and preferred shares underlying ourOi’s ADSs must obtain an electronic registration number with the Brazilian Central Bank to allow the depositary to remit U.S. dollars abroad. ADS holders benefit from the electronic certificate of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank obtained by the custodian for the depositary, which permits it to convert dividends and other distributions with respect to the common shares or preferred shares into U.S. dollars and remit the proceeds of such conversion abroad. If holders of ourOi’s ADSs decide to exchange them for the underlying common shares or preferred shares, they will only be entitled to rely on the custodian’s certificate of registration with the Brazilian Central Bank for five business days after the date of the exchange. Thereafter, they will be unable to remit U.S. dollars abroad unless they obtain a new electronic certificate of foreign capital registration in connection with the common shares or preferred shares, which may result in expenses and may cause delays in receiving distributions. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Exchange Controls.”

Also, if holders of ourOi’s ADSs that exchange ourOi’s ADSs for ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares do not qualify under the foreign investment regulations, they will generally be subject to less favorable tax treatment of dividends and distribution on, and the proceeds from any sale of, ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares. See “Item 10. Additional information—Exchange Controls” and “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

Holders of ourOi’s ADSs may face difficulties in protecting their interests because, as a Brazilian company, we areOi is subject to different corporate rules and regulations, and ourOi’s shareholders may have fewer and less well-defined rights.

Holders of ourOi’s ADSs are not direct shareholders of our companyOi and are unable to enforce the rights of shareholders under our Oi’sby-laws and the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law.

OurOi’s corporate affairs are governed by our Oi’sby-laws and the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, which differ from the legal principles that would apply if weOi were incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States, such as the State of Delaware or New York, or elsewhere outside Brazil. Even if a holder of ourOi’s ADSs surrenders its ADSs and becomes a direct shareholder, its rights as a holder of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law to protect its interests relative to actions by ourOi’s board of directors may be fewer and less well-defined than under the laws of those other jurisdictions.

Although insider trading and price manipulation are crimes under Brazilian law, the Brazilian securities markets are not as highly regulated and supervised as the U.S. securities markets or the markets in some other jurisdictions. In addition, rules and policies against self-dealing or for preserving shareholder interests may be less well-defined and enforced in Brazil than in the United States and certain other countries, which may put holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs at a potential disadvantage. Corporate disclosures also may be less complete or informative than those of a public company in the United States or in certain other countries.

We areOi is exempt from some of the corporate governance requirements of the New York Stock Exchange.

We areOi is a foreign private issuer, as defined by the SEC for purposes of the Exchange Act. As a result, for so long as we remainOi remains a foreign private issuer, weOi will be exempt from, and you will not be provided with the benefits of, some of the corporate governance requirements of The New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE. We areOi is permitted to follow practice in Brazil in lieu of the provisions of the NYSE’s corporate governance rules, except that:

 

we areOi is required to have an audit committee that satisfies the requirements of Rule10A-3 under the Exchange Act;

 

we areOi is required to disclose any significant ways in which ourOi’s corporate governance practices differ from those followed by domestic companies under NYSE listing standards;

 

ourOi’s chief executive officer is obligated to promptly notify the NYSE in writing after any of ourOi’s executive officers becomes aware of anynon-compliance with any applicable provisions of the NYSE corporate governance rules; and

 

weOi must submit an executed written affirmation annually to the NYSE. In addition, weOi must submit an interim written affirmation as and when required by the interim written affirmation form specified by the NYSE.

The standards applicable to usOi are considerably different than the standards applied to U.S. domestic issuers. Although Rule10A-3 under the Exchange Act generally requires that a listed company have an audit committee of its board of directors composed solely of independent directors, as a foreign private issuer, we areOi is relying on a general exemption from this requirement that is available to usit as a result of the features of Brazilian law applicable to ourOi’s fiscal council. In addition, we areOi is not required to, among other things:

 

have a majority of independent members of ourOi’s board of directors;

 

have a compensation committee or a nominating or corporate governance committee of ourOi’s board of directors;

 

have regularly scheduled executive sessions with onlynon-management directors; or

have at least one executive session of solely independent directors each year.

We intendOi intends to rely on some or all of these exemptions. As a result, you will not be provided with the benefits of certain corporate governance requirements of the NYSE.

We could be adversely affected by violations of anti-corruption laws and regulations.

We are required to comply with Brazilian anti-corruption laws and regulations, including Law No. 12,846/2013, or the Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law, as well as anti-corruption laws and regulations in other jurisdictions, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, or the FCPA.

The Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law, the FCPA and similar anti-corruption laws in other jurisdictions generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to government officials or other persons for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business. Recent years have seen a substantial increase in anti-corruption law enforcement activity, with more frequent and aggressive investigations and enforcement proceedings by both the U.S. Department of Justice and the SEC, increased enforcement activity bynon-U.S. regulators, and increases in criminal and civil proceedings brought against companies and individuals. Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-corruption laws. We operate, through our businesses, in countries that are recognized as having governmental and commercial corruption. We cannot assure you that our internal control policies and procedures will protect us from reckless or criminal acts committed by our employees, the employees of any of our businesses, or third party intermediaries. In the event that we believe or have reason to believe that our employees or agents have or may have violated applicable anti-corruption laws, including the FCPA, we may be required to investigate or have outside counsel investigate the relevant facts and circumstances, which can be expensive and require significant time and attention from senior management. Violations of these laws may result in criminal or civil sanctions, inability to do business with existing or future business partners (either as a result of express prohibitions or to avoid the appearance of impropriety), injunctions against future conduct, profit disgorgements, disqualifications from directly or indirectly engaging in certain types of businesses, the loss of business permits or other restrictions which could disrupt our business and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.

Holders of ourOi’s ADSs may face difficulties in serving process on or enforcing judgments against us and other persons.

We areOi is organized under the laws of Brazil, and all of the members of ourOi’s board of directors, ourOi’s executive officers and ourOi’s independent registered public accountants reside or are based in Brazil. The vast majority of ourOi’s assets and those of these other persons are located in Brazil. As a result, it may not be possible for holders of ourOi’s ADSs to effect service of process upon usOi or these other persons within the United States or other jurisdictions outside Brazil or to enforce against usOi or these other persons judgments obtained in the United States or other jurisdictions outside Brazil. In addition, because substantially all of ourOi’s assets and all of ourOi’s directors and officers reside outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against usOi or any of our directors or officers may not be collectible within the United States. Because judgments of U.S. courts for civil liabilities based upon the U.S. federal securities laws may only be enforced in Brazil if certain conditions are met, holders may face greater difficulties in protecting their interests in the case of actions by us or ourOi’s board of directors or executive officers than would shareholders of a U.S. corporation.

Brazilian tax laws may have an adverse impact on the taxes applicable to the disposition of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs.

According to Law No. 10,833, enacted on December 29, 2003, if a nonresident of Brazil disposes of assets located in Brazil, the transaction will be subject to taxation in Brazil, even if such disposition occurs outside Brazil or if such disposition is made to another nonresident. A disposition of ourOi’s ADSs between nonresidents, however, involves the disposal of anon-Brazilian asset and in principle is currently not subject to taxation in Brazil. Nevertheless, in the event that the concept of “disposition of assets” is interpreted to include the disposition bybetween nonresidents of assets located outside Brazil, this tax law could result in the imposition of withholding taxes in the event of a disposition of ourOi’s ADSs made betweenby nonresidents of Brazil. Due to the fact that, as of the date of this annual report, Law No. 10,833/2003 has no judicial guidance as to its application, we areOi is unable to predict whether an interpretation applying such tax laws to dispositions of ourOi’s ADSs between nonresidents could ultimately prevail in Brazilian courts. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

Depending upon the value and the nature of our assets and the amount and nature of ourIf Oi is characterized as a passive foreign investment company in any taxable year, certain adverse U.S. federal income over time, wetax consequences could apply to a U.S. investor who holds Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs during such year.

Oi will be classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

We will be classified as a PFIC, in any taxable year if either: (1) 50% or more of the fair market value of our gross assets (determined on the basis of a quarterly average) for the taxable year produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income, or (2) 75% or more of our gross income for the taxable year is passive income. As a publicly traded foreign corporation we intendOi intends for this purpose to treat the aggregate fair market value of our gross assets as being equal to the aggregate value of our outstanding stock plus the total amount of our liabilities (“market capitalization”Market Capitalization”) and to treat the excess of the fair market value of our assets over their book value as a nonpassive asset to the extent attributable to our nonpassive income. Because we currently hold, and expect to continue to hold and potentially to increase our holdings of, a substantial amount of cash and cash equivalents and other passive assets used in our business, and because the value of our gross assets is likely to be determined in large part by reference to our market capitalization securities, we would likely become a PFIC for a given taxable year ifBased on the market price of ourOi’s common shares orand preferred shares wereand the composition of Oi’s assets, Oi believes that it was not a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes either of Oi’s taxable years ended December 31, 2016 or December 31, 2017. Nevertheless, because PFIC status is determined annually based on Oi’s income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to decrease significantly. The application ofdetermine whether Oi will be characterized as a PFIC for the PFIC rules is subject to uncertainty in several respects, and we must make a separate determinationtaxable year ending December 31, 2018, or for any subsequent year, until after the close of each taxable year as to whether we werethe year. Furthermore, because Oi determines the value of its gross assets based on the Market Capitalization test, a PFIC for such year. If we aredecline in the value of its ordinary shares and preferred shares may result in Oi becoming a PFIC. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that Oi will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year during whichyear.

If Oi is characterized as a PFIC, certain adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences could apply to a U.S. investor held ourwho holds Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs theduring such year with respect to any “excess distribution” received from Oi and any gain from a sale or other disposition of Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, and U.S. investor mightinvestors also may be subject to increased U.S. federal income tax liability and to additional reporting obligations. We doobligations with respect to Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs. Oi does not intend to provide the information necessary for the U.S. investor to make a qualified electing fund election with respect to ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation – U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations – Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”

If a United States person is treated as owning at least 10% of Oi’s shares, such holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences.

If a United States person is treated as owning (directly, indirectly or constructively) at least 10% of the value or voting power of Oi’s shares, such person may be treated as a “United States shareholder” with respect to each “controlled foreign corporation” in our group (if any). If United States shareholders own (or are treated as owning) more than 50% of the value or voting power of Oi’s shares, Oi would (and ournon-U.S. subsidiaries could) be treated as controlled foreign corporations. In addition, if our group includes one or more U.S. subsidiaries, certain of ournon-U.S. subsidiaries could be treated as controlled foreign corporations (regardless of whether we are treated as a controlled foreign corporation). A United States shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation may be required to report annually and include in its U.S. taxable income its pro rata share of “Subpart F income,” “global intangiblelow-taxed income” and investments in U.S. property by controlled foreign corporations, regardless of whether we make any distributions. An individual that is a United States shareholder with respect to a controlled foreign corporation generally would not be allowed certain tax deductions or foreign tax credits that would be allowed to a United States shareholder that is a U.S. corporation. Failure to comply with these reporting obligations may subject you to significant monetary penalties and may prevent the statute of limitations with respect to your U.S. federal income tax return for the year for which reporting was due from starting. We cannot provide any assurances that we will assist investors in determining whether any of ournon-U.S. subsidiaries are treated as a controlled foreign corporation or whether such investor is treated as a United States shareholder with respect to any of such controlled foreign corporations or furnish to any United States shareholders information that may be necessary to comply with the aforementioned reporting and tax paying obligations. Certain of our shareholders may be United States shareholders. The determination of controlled foreign corporation status is complex and includes attribution rules, the application of which is not entirely certain. A United States investor should consult its advisors regarding the potential application of these rules to an investment in Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs.

The relative volatility and illiquidity of the Brazilian securities markets may adversely affect holders of ourOi’s common shares preferred shares and Common ADSs.

The Brazilian securities markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and more volatile than major securities markets in the United States. The B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (formerly BM&FBOVESPA,&FBOVESPA), or B3, which is the principal Brazilian stock exchange, had a market capitalization of R$2.23.2 trillion (US$845955.6 billion) as of December 31, 20142017 and an average daily trading volume of R$7.38.7 billion (US$3.12.6 billion) for 2014.2017. In comparison, aggregate market capitalization of the companies (including U.S. andnon-U.S. companies) listed on the NYSE was US$19.422.1 trillion as of December 31, 20142017 and the NYSE recorded an average daily trading volume of US$63.058.2 billion for 2014.2017. There is also significantly greatersignificant concentration in the Brazilian securities markets. The ten largest companies in terms of market capitalization represented approximately 51%53% of the aggregate market capitalization of the BM&FBOVESPAB3 as of December 31, 2014.2017. The ten most widely traded stocks in terms of trading volume accounted for approximately 40%39% of all shares traded on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 in 2014.2017. These market characteristics may substantially limit the ability of holders of ourOi’s Common ADSs to sell the preferredcommon shares underlying ourOi’s Common ADSs at a price and at a time when they wish to do so and, as a result, could negatively impact the market price of ourOi’s Common ADSs themselves.

Trading onover-the-counter markets may be volatile and sporadic, which could depress the market price of Oi’s Preferred ADS and make it difficult for holders to resell Oi’s Preferred ADSs.

On June 21, 2016, the NYSE determined that Oi’s Preferred ADSs should be suspended immediately from trading and commenced procedures to remove Oi’s Preferred ADSs from listing and registration on the NYSE based on the “abnormally low” trading price of the Preferred ADSs. On June 23, 2016, the OTC Markets Group, Inc. began publishing quotations for Oi’s Preferred ADS in the “pink sheets” under the trading symbol OIBRQ. Trading in stock quoted on over the counter markets is often thin, volatile, and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many factors that may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of Oi’s Preferred ADSs for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the over the counter markets are not a stock exchange, and trading of securities on the over the counter markets is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on other stock exchanges such as the NASDAQ Stock Market, New York Stock Exchange or American Stock Exchange. Accordingly, holders of Oi’s Preferred ADSs may have difficulty reselling such securities.

The imposition of IOF taxes may indirectly influence the price and volatility of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs.

Brazilian law imposes the Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions, or the IOF/Exchange Tax, on the conversion ofreais into foreign currency and on the conversion of foreign currency intoreais. Brazilian law also imposes the Tax on Transactions Involving Bonds and Securities, or the IOF/Securities Tax, due on transactions involving bonds and securities, including those carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange.

In October 2009, the Brazilian government imposed the IOF/Exchange Tax at a rate of 2.0% in connection with inflows of funds related to investments carried out bynon-Brazilian investors in the Brazilian financial and capital markets with the objective of slowing the pace of speculative inflows of foreign capital into the Brazilian market and the appreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar. The rate of the IOF/Exchange Tax generally applicable to foreign investments in the Brazilian financial and capital markets was later increased to 6.0%. In December 2011, the rate of the IOF/Exchange Tax applicable to several types of investments was reduced back to zero percent. As of the date of this annual report, all investments in the Brazilian financial and capital markets are subject to the IOF/Exchange Tax atrate of zero percent for a period longer than 180 days and 6.0% for a period shorter than 180 days.percent.

In November 2009, the Brazilian government also established that the rate of the IOF/Securities Tax would apply to the transfer of shares with the specific purpose of enabling the issuance of ADSs. In December 2013, the rate of the IOF/Securities Tax applicable to transactions involving the issuance of ADSs was reduced to zero percent.

The imposition of these taxes may discourage foreign investment in shares of Brazilian companies, including our company,Oi, due to higher transaction costs, and may negatively impact the price and volatility of ourOi’s ADSs and common shares on the NYSE and the BM&FBOVESPA.B3.

ITEM 4.INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY

Overview

We are anone of the principal integrated telecommunications service provider, with operationsproviders in Brazil Portugal, Africawith approximately 59.7 million revenue generating units, or RGUs, as of December 31, 2017. We operate throughout Brazil and Asia. In May 2014, we acquired alloffer a range of integrated telecommunications services that include fixed-line and mobile telecommunication services, network usage (interconnection), data transmission services (including broadband access services),Pay-TV (including as part of double-play, triple-play and quadruple-play packages), internet services and other telecommunications services for residential customers, small, medium and large companies and governmental agencies. We own 355,273 kilometers of installed fiber optic cable, distributed throughout Brazil. Our mobile network covers areas in which approximately 90.2% of the operating assets then held by PT SGPS, except interests held directly or indirectly in TmarPartBrazilian population lives and our company, and all of PT SGPS’ liabilitiesworks. According to ANATEL, as of the dateDecember 31, 2017, we had a 16.5% market share of the acquisition.Brazilian mobile telecommunications market and a 33.1% market share of the Brazilian fixed-line market.

Our traditional Residential Services business in Brazil includes (1) local and long-distance fixed-line voice services and public telephones, in accordance with the concessions granted to us by ANATEL, (2) broadband services,(3) Pay-TV services, and (4) network usage services (interconnection). We are the largest fixed-line telecommunications company in Brazil in terms of total number of lines in service as of December 31, 2017. We are the principal fixed-line telecommunications services provider in our service areas, comprising the entire territory of Brazil other than the State of São Paulo, based on our 12.9 million fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2017, with a market share of 52.5% of the total fixed lines in service in our service areas as of December 31, 2017.

We offer a variety of high-speed broadband services in our fixed-line service areas, including services offered by our subsidiaries Oi Mobile and Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda. Our broadband services primarily utilize Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, or ADSL, technology. As a result,of December 31, 2017, we had 5.9 million ADSL subscribers, representing 46% of our fixed lines in service as of that date.

We offerPay-TV services under ourOi TV brand. We deliverPay-TV services throughout our residential service areas using DTH satellite technology.

Our Personal Mobility Services business offers mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil, as well as network usage services (interconnection). Based on our 39.0 million mobile subscribers as of December 31, 2017, we believe that we are one of the principal mobile telecommunications service providers in Brazil. Based on information available from ANATEL, as of December 31, 2017 our market share was 16.5% of the total number of mobile subscribers in Brazil.

Our B2B Services business provides voice, data and Pay TV services to our SME and corporate (including government) customers throughout Brazil. We also provide wholesale interconnection, network usage and traffic transportation services to other telecommunications providers.

We also hold significant interests in telecommunications companies in Portugal as well as Angola, Cape Verde, Namibia,and São Tomé and Principe in Africa and Timor LestLeste in Asia.

On December 9, 2014, we entered into the PTP Share Purchase Agreement under Our interests in telecommunications companies in Africa are held through Africatel, in which we have agreed to sell all of the share capital of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal. Asown an 86% interest. Our interests in telecommunications companies in Timor Leste are held through TPT, in which we own a result, we record our operations in Portugal as discontinued operations in our financial statements. We expect to complete the sale of these operations during the second quarter of 2015.

In connection with the proposed sale, we have committed to reorganize the assets of PT Portugal on or prior to June 9, 2015 in a manner that will result in our retaining:

100% of the share capital of PTIF;

100% of the share capital of PT Participações, which will hold the direct and indirect interests that we currently hold in Africatel and TPT;

100% of the share capital of PTII;

100% of the share capital of CVTEL; and

100% of the share capital of Carrigans.

For more information regarding our sale of PT Portugal, see “—Our Recent History and Development—Proposed Sale of PT Portugal.”

76.14% interest. On September 17,16, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel, representing 75% of the share capital of Africatel. In addition, on June 17, 2015, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in TPT, representing 76.14% of the share capital of TPT. As a result, as of December 31, 2014,2015, 2016 and 2017, we have recorded our interest inthe assets and liabilities of Africatel and TPT asheld-for sale, although we do not record Africatel or TPT as discontinued operations in our income statement due to the immateriality of the effects of Africatel and TPT on our results of operations. Due to the many risks involved in the ownership of these interests, particularly our interest in Unitel, we cannot predict when a sale of these assets may be completed.

Our principal executive office is located at Rua Humberto de Campos No. 425, 6 1/2th floor–Leblon,22430-190 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and our telephone number at this address is(55-21) 3131-2918.

Our Recent History and Development

Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings

Background of Judicial Reorganization Proceedings

On March 9, 2016, following the notification of our company on February 25, 2016 by LetterOne Technology (UK) LLP, or LetterOne, that it could not proceed with a potential transaction in which LetterOne would make a capital contribution of up to US$4.0 billion in our company, contingent on the completion of a potential business combination with TIM, we retained PJT Partners as our financial advisor to assist us in evaluating financial and strategic alternatives to optimize our liquidity and debt profile.

On April 15, 2016, meetings of holders of our 5th Issue of Unsecured, Nonconvertible Public Debentures, or the 5th issue, and our 9th Issue of Simple, Unsecured, Nonconvertible Debentures in up to Two Series, for Public Distribution, or the 9th series, were held as a result of our failure to comply with certain financial ratios set forth in the instruments governing the 5th issue and the 9th issue. These defaults were not waived by the holders of these instruments, payments under these instruments were accelerated and in April 2016, the outstanding amount due under the 5th issue of R$1.5 million and the outstanding amount due under the 9th issue of R$21.5 million were repaid. These accelerations and repayments did not result in the accelerated maturity of any of our other indebtedness.

On April 25, 2016, we entered into a customarynon-disclosure agreement with Moelis & Company, who acts as advisor for a diverse ad hoc group of holders of the bonds issued by Oi and its subsidiaries, or the Ad Hoc Group, as an initial step towards discussions of a potential restructuring of our indebtedness.

Although we engaged in negotiations with the Ad Hoc Group seeking mutual agreement as to the basis for a consensual restructuring of the indebtedness of our company, after considering the challenges arising from our economic and financial situation in connection with the maturity schedule of our financial debts, the threats to our cash flows represented by imminent attachments or freezing of assets in judicial lawsuits, and the urgent need to adopt measures that protect our company, we concluded that filing of a request for judicial reorganization (recuperação judicial) in Brazil would be the most appropriate course of action (1) to preserve the continuity of our offering of quality services to our customers, within the rules and commitments undertaken with ANATEL, (2) to preserve the value of our company, (3) to maintain the continuity of our operations and corporate activities in an organized manner that protects the interests of our company, customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and (4) to protect our cash and cash equivalents.

Judicial Reorganization Proceedings

On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant an urgent measure approved by our board of directors.

The filing of the petition that commenced the RJ Proceedings was a step towards our financial restructuring. During the RJ Proceedings, we have, and expect to continue (1) to work to secure new customers while maintaining our service and product sales to all market segments, in all of our distribution and customer service channels, (2) to perform installation, maintenance and repair activities on a timely basis, (3) to use our workforce as usual, including to perform sales, operating and administrative activities, and (4) to focus on our investments in structuring projects aimed at promoting the improvement of service quality and continuing to bring technologic advances, high service standards, and innovation to our customers.

On June 29, 2016, the RJ Court granted the processing of the RJ Proceedings of the RJ Debtors. The order of the RJ court granting this processing included, among other things, (1) a decision to grant an emergency measure regarding the suspension of all lawsuits and execution actions against the RJ Debtors for 180 business days, (2) the suspension of the effectiveness of clauses of contracts executed by the RJ Debtors that cause the termination of such contracts due to the request for judicial reorganization, (3) the requirement that the RJ Debtors add “in judicial reorganization” after their respective business names, and (4) the requirement that the RJ Debtors present monthly statements of accounts throughout the RJ Proceedings.

On July 22, 2016:

the request for judicial reorganization was ratified by the shareholders of Oi at an extraordinary shareholders’ meeting.

the RJ Court appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. as the judicial administrator of the RJ Debtors responsible for verification of claims and opinions on financial matters, and appointed Escritório de Advocacia Arnoldo Wald e Advogados Associados to act as the judicial administrator of the RJ Debtors responsible for opinions on legal matters and verification of claims. We refer to the judicial administrators of the RJ Debtors in Brazil singly and collectively as the Judicial Administrator.

On September 5, 2016, the RJ Debtors filed an initial judicial reorganization plan with the RJ Court, which we refer to as the Initial RJ Plan, proposing the terms and conditions for the restructuring of the debt of the RJ Debtors, and proposing actions that could be adopted to overcome the financial distress of the RJ Debtors and ensure their continuity as going concerns, including (1) restructuring and balancing their liabilities; (2) actions during the RJ Proceedings designed to obtain new funds; and (3) the potential sale of capital assets. Under the Initial RJ Plan, the creditors of the RJ Debtors were classified in four separate classes: (1) labor claims, (2) secured claims, (3) unsecured claims (excluding claims of micro-business owners and small businesses), and (4) claims of microbusiness owners and small businesses.

Under Brazilian law, the RJ Debtors were required to submit to the RJ Court a list of their creditors for publication, which we refer to as the First List of Creditors. The First List of Creditors submitted by the RJ Debtors to the RJ Court was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on September 20, 2016. The total amount payable to parties not controlled by the RJ Debtors included in the First List of Creditors was approximately R$65.1 billion. Following the date of publication of the First List of Creditors, persons claiming to be creditors of the RJ Debtors were required to file with the Judicial Administrator on or prior to October 11, 2016 (1) a proof of claim, if the amounts claimed to be owed to them were not included in the First List of Creditors, or (2) a statement of discrepancy if the creditor disputed the amount or classification of the amount claimed to be owed to it that was included in the First List of Creditors. Under Brazilian law, following the expiration of the period to file proofs of claim and statements of discrepancies, the Judicial Administrator of the RJ Debtors were required to submit to the RJ Court a revised list of creditors for publication, which we refer to as the Second List of Creditors. Under Brazilian law, only creditors with claims against the RJ Debtors, as verified through their inclusion in the Second List of Creditors, were entitled to vote at the GCM.

On October 4, 2016, the RJ Court rendered a decision recognizing that the holders of beneficial interests in bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF had the right under the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law to individualize claims represented by their beneficial interests in those bonds and to vote in the GCM, but ruling that the trustees under the instruments under which such bonds were issued would be granted the right to represent and vote on behalf of holders of beneficial interests in those bonds that did not individualize their claims and therefore would be otherwise unable to vote in the GCM, or the Trustee Voting Decision. The Trustee Voting Decision was appealed by the RJ Debtors, and on October 31, 2017, the Brazilian Court of Appeals denied the appeal filed by the RJ Debtors, confirming the Trustee Voting Decision and allowing the trustees under the instruments under which such bonds were issued to represent and vote in the GCM on behalf of holders of beneficial interests in those bonds that did not individualize their claims.

On November 21, 2016, we engaged Laplace Finanças Empreendimentos e Participações Ltda. as our financial advisor with respect to the RJ proceeding and related matters, replacing PJT Partners.

On March 22, 2017, Oi’s board of directors approved an adjustment of the basic financial conditions presented in the Initial RJ Plan and authorized Oi’s executive officers and advisors to present to the RJ Court an amendment to the Initial RJ Plan as soon as possible. These adjustments were formulated on the basis of (1) more than 50face-to-face meetings in Brazil and abroad with various creditors of the RJ Debtors, including national and international banks, development institutions and bondholders, as well as their respective advisors, and (2) other meetings with suppliers, ANATEL and small creditors. On March 28, 2017, the Company presented to the RJ Court information about the adjustment of the basic financial conditions presented in the Initial RJ Plan.

On March 31, 2017, the RJ Court removed PricewaterhouseCoopers Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. from its role as Judicial Administrator, and on April 10, 2017 the RJ Court appointed Escritório de Advocacia Arnoldo Wald e Advogados Associados as the sole Judicial Administrator in the RJ Proceedings.

On May 15, 2017, the RJ Court granted an extension of the stay period under the RJ Proceedings until the earliest of (1) the 180th business days following the date of the extension, or (2) the date on which the GCM was convened (whether on first call or second call).

On May 29, 2017, following the review by the Judicial Administrator of all proofs of claim and statements of discrepancy, and the completion of necessary revisions, the Second List of Creditors was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Following the publication of the Second List of Creditors, persons claiming to be creditors of the RJ Debtors were permitted to file challenges to the Second List of Creditors with the RJ Court on or prior to the 10th business day following publication. In addition, creditors recognized in the Second List of Creditors were permitted to file objections to the Initial RJ Plan filed by the RJ Debtors with the RJ Court on or prior to the 30th business day following publication.

On July 19, 2017, based on our progress in our discussions with various creditors, our board of directors authorized our executive officers to discuss with our creditors, potential investors and our shareholders potential changes to the Initial RJ Plan relating to our capital structure, potential alternative judicial reorganization plans, and a potential cash infusion in our company through a capital increase.

On August 21, 2017, the RJ Court ruled that the RJ Debtors should be substantively consolidated in the RJ Proceeding, effectively requiring pooling the assets and liabilities of the RJ Debtors for purposes of distributions to creditors under a judicial reorganization plan and the creditors for purposes of voting on the any judicial reorganization plan, which we refer to as the Substantive Consolidation Decision. The Substantive Consolidation Decision was appealed by several creditors of the RJ Debtors, by Mr. Berkenbosch, in his capacity as Oi Coop’s bankruptcy trustee in theNetherlands, and by Mr. Groenewegen, in his capacity as PTIF’s bankruptcy trustee in the Netherlands, and on September 22, 2017, the Brazilian Court of Appeals rendered preliminary decisions staying the effects of the Substantive Consolidation Decision, ruling that (1) the Judicial Administrator was required to present segregated lists of creditors for each of the RJ Debtors and provide any relevant information to adequately assess each of the RJ Debtors independently, and (2) the GCM would be required to hold a vote on the issue of substantive consolidation separately from a vote on the any judicial reorganization plan. The Brazilian Court of Appeals ruled that the creditors’ vote would determine whether to substantively consolidate the RJ Debtors unless the Brazilian Court of Appeals ruled otherwise in the trial of the appeals.

On August 23, 2017, following the expiration of the period for creditors to object to the Initial RJ Plan, the RJ Court scheduled the dates for the GCM. The GCM was scheduled to take place on first call on October 9, 2017. If the quorum requirements of this meeting were not met, the GCM was scheduled to take place on second call (with no quorum requirement) on October 23, 2017.

On August 30, 2017, based on our progress in its discussions with certain holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, we entered intonon-disclosure agreements with certain holders of these bonds, which we refer to as the unaffiliated bondholders, to facilitate discussions and negotiations concerning our capital structure, potential alternative judicial reorganization plans, and a potential cash infusion in our company through a capital increase. We, together with our financial and legal advisors, met with these bondholders and their financial and legal advisors, on multiple occasions in August, September and October 2017 to discuss the terms of potential revisions to the Initial RJ Plan and related transactions.

On September 27, 2017, the RJ Debtors requested that the RJ Court postpone the GCM by 15 days so that the GCM scheduled on first call would take place on October 23, 2017, and the GCM on second call would take place November 27, 2017. The RJ Court approved this request on the same day.

On October 10, 2017, based on our progress in its discussions with certain holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, we entered intonon-disclosure agreements with the certain holders of bonds that are members of the steering committee of the Ad Hoc Group, as well as certain holders of bonds that are members of the steering committee of the IBC to facilitate potential discussions and negotiations concerning potential revisions to the Initial RJ Plan and related transactions. We, together with our financial and legal advisors, met with these bondholders and their financial and legal advisors, as well as representatives of certain export credit agencies that are creditors of some of the RJ Debtors and their financial and legal advisors, on multiple occasions in October, November and December 2017 to discuss the terms of potential revisions to the Initial RJ Plan, subsequent judicial reorganization plans, and related transactions.

Also on October 10, 2017, our board of directors approved a revised judicial reorganization plan, or the Second RJ Plan, which was filed with the RJ Court on October 11, 2017.

On October 11, 2017, we and our financial and legal advisors met with the unaffiliated bondholders and their financial and legal advisors to discuss and negotiate a draft written restructuring term sheet representing the terms of a potential judicial reorganization plan contemplating, among other things, the terms of a potential capital increase, and a draft form of plan support agreement.

On October 20, 2017, in response to the requests made by certain creditors of the RJ Debtors, the RJ Court postponed the GCM scheduled on first call by 14 days until November 6, 2017; the GCM on second call was not postponed and continued to be scheduled for November 27, 2017.

On October 23, 2017, in response to a request from the Judicial Administrator, the RJ Court postponed the GCM scheduled on first call by four days until November 10, 2017; the GCM on second call was not postponed and continued to be scheduled for November 27, 2017.

On November 3, 2017, our board of directors resolved to approve the final terms of a plan support agreement negotiated with the unaffiliated bondholders to be offered to all holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, and to authorize us to file an amendment to the Second RJ Plan with the RJ Court, contemplating the final terms of the plan support agreement.

On November 6, 2017, ANATEL ordered us to, among other things, (1) formally submit to ANATEL the draft plan support agreement approved by Oi’s board of directors on November 3, 2017, and (2) refrain from signing the plan support agreement prior to its review by ANATEL.

On November 9, 2017, in response to new requests made by certain creditors of the RJ Debtors, the RJ Court postponed the GCM so that the GCM scheduled on first call would take place on December 7, 2017 (continuing on December 8, 2017, if necessary), and the GCM on second call would take place February 1, 2018 (continuing on February 2, 2018, if necessary).

On November 17, 2017, the RJ Court ordered that certain of Oi’s executive officers that had been appointed by Oi’s board of directors on November 3, 2017 were not permitted to participate in the negotiation of our judicial reorganization plan prior to further review of their appointments and powers by the RJ Court.

On November 22, 2017, Oi’s board of directors approved a revised plan support agreement and a revised judicial reorganization plan, or the Third RJ Plan, which were filed with the RJ Court on November 27, 2017 following the resignation of Oi’s chief executive officer on November 24, 2017 and the election of Oi’s general counsel as Oi’s new chief executive officer on November 27, 2017. On November 27, 2017, ANTEL ordered us not to execute the revised plan support agreement.

On November 29, 2017, the RJ Court again postponed the GCM scheduled on first call until December 19, 2017 (continuing on December 20, 2017, if necessary); the GCM on second call was not postponed and continued to be scheduled for February 1, 2018 (continuing on February 2, 2018, if necessary). In its decision, the RJ Court, (1) confirmed its earlier suspension of the power of certain of Oi’s executive officers that had been appointed by our board of directors on November 3, 2017 to participate in the negotiation of our judicial reorganization plan, and (2) directed Oi’s chief executive officer to present a revised judicial reorganization plan for consideration by the GCM no later than December 12, 2017.

On December 12, 2017, as directed by the RJ Court and with the approval of Oi’s chief executive officer, the RJ Debtors filed a revised judicial reorganization plan, or the Fourth RJ Plan, with the RJ Court.

ANATEL Proceedings

Concurrently with our negotiations with our financial creditors, we engaged in negotiation and litigation with ANATEL, our largest creditor, with respect to the treatment of outstanding claims for fines, interest and penalties in the RJ Proceedings. On November 22, 2016, a hearing was held with the goal of consensually resolving ANATEL’s claims against the RJ Debtors’ as part of a mediation procedure initiated under RJ Proceedings.

The Second List of Creditors recognized claims of ANATEL in the aggregate amount of approximately R$11.1 billion. We disagree with and are challenging some of the noncompliance events alleged by ANATEL, and are also challenging the fairness of the penalties, emphasizing the unreasonableness of the amount of the imposed fines in light of the alleged noncompliance events.

The inclusion of the claims of ANATEL in the RJ Debtor’s judicial reorganization plan does not require the consent of ANATEL, but instead depends on the recognition of the applicability of the RJ Proceedings to these claims.

On June 9, 2017, ANATEL filed an appeal seeking to reverse the decision of the RJ Court that recognized the applicability of the RJ Proceedings to ANATEL’s claims. On August 29, 2017, the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice granted ANATEL’s appeal to maintain the name of the RJ Debtors in the databases of the credit protection agencies, but held that thepre-petition claims of ANATEL were not tax claims and, therefore, were subject to the RJ Proceedings.

On September 4, 2017, ANATEL appealed the decision of the RJ Court that permitted the GCM to be held without granting the request made by ANATEL to exclude all of its claims. Judgment on this appeal by the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice is pending.

On November 22, 2017, ANATEL filed a special and an extraordinary appeals against the decision of the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice that held that the claims of ANATEL were subject to the RJ Proceedings. Judgments on these appeals by the Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of Brazil are pending.

Small Creditor Program

Due to the extraordinarily large number of creditors of the RJ Debtors and the requirement of the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law that creditors must appear personally or through a representative at a GCM in order to vote on any proposed judicial reorganization plan, we sought judicial approval of a program under which creditors could engage in mediation of their claims with us under which we would settle claims of less than R$50,000 without extinguishing those claims, which we refer to as the Small Creditor Program.

On December 19, 2016, the RJ Court authorized us to conduct the Small Creditor Program. Under terms and conditions set forth in the Small Creditor Program, creditors of the RJ Debtors could participate in the Small Creditor Program and the RJ Debtors would prepay to the participating creditors up to R$50,000, such that (1) 90% would be prepaid upon the acceptance by such creditor of a settlement, and (2) the remaining 10% would be prepaid after the approval of a judicial reorganization plan. Creditors of the RJ Debtors with claims of more than R$50,000.00 were entitled to participate in the Small Creditors Program and receive (1) R$45,000 upon the acceptance of such Oi Creditor of a settlement, (ii) R$5,000 after the approval of a judicial reorganization plan, and (3) the remainder of their claims under the terms and conditions applicable to creditors holding claims of the same class as set forth in a judicial reorganization plan. Holders of bonds of Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that were residents of Portugal were permitted to participate in the Small Creditor Program.

On June 22, 2017, one of our creditors, China Development Bank Corporation, appealed the ruling of the RJ Court that authorized us to conduct the Small Creditor Program. On June 26, 2017, the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice suspended the ruling of the RJ Court that authorized us to conduct the Small Creditor Program. On August 29, 2017, the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice reversed such decision and upheld the validity of the Small Creditors Program. Other creditors also filed similar appeals.

The Small Creditors Program commenced on August 29, 2017 and terminated on December 8, 2017, with more than 34,000 creditors holding more than R$360,000,000 of claims participating in the Small Creditor Program. As of the date of this annual report, all participating creditors have received the payments with respect to their prepetition credits that were due in accordance with the terms of the Small Creditors Program.

Approval of Judicial Reorganization Plan at GCM

On December 19 and 20, 2017, the GCM to consider approval of the Fourth RJ Plan was held following the confirmation that the required quorum of creditors of each of classes I, II, III, and IV was in attendance. The GCM was attended by (1) 83.02% of the Class I creditors holding 92.28% of the Class I claims (labor creditors), (2) 100% of the Class II creditors holding 100% of the Class II claims (secured creditors), (3) 59.95% of the Class II creditors holding 98.57% of the Class III claims (unsecured creditors), and (4) 51.58% of the Class IV creditors holding 59.04% of the Class IV claims (unsecured microbusiness owners and small businesses).

During the GCM, our management engaged in further negotiations to make certain revisions to the Fourth RJ Plan with variousparties-in-interest, including Brazilian banks, ANATEL, lenders under the RJ Debtors’ facilities with export credit agencies, the Ad Hoc Group, the IBC and other significant holders of the bonds of Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF. As part of the RJ Plan, we negotiated the terms of the Commitment Agreement with members of the Ad Hoc Group, the IBC and certain other unaffiliated bondholders under which such bondholders agreed to backstop an eventual cash capital increase by our company, which will be commenced following the full implementation of the RJ Plan. The GCM concluded on December 20, 2017 following the approval of a judicial reorganization plan reflecting amendments to the Fourth RJ Plan as negotiated during the course of the GCM, which we refer to as the RJ Plan.

As required by the ruling of the Brazilian Court of Appeals, creditors voted first whether to determine whether to substantively consolidate the RJ Debtors. Substantive consolidation of the Debtors was approved by holders of (1) 99.5% of the claims of Oi present and voting in the GCM; (2) 96.90% of the claims of Oi Mobile present and voting; (3) 99.88% of the claims of Telemar present and voting; (4) 97.98% of the claims of Oi Coop present and voting; (5) 99.89% of the claims of PTIF present and voting; (6) 100% of the claims of Copart 4 present and voting; and (7) 100% of the claims of Copart 5 present and voting.

The RJ Plan was approved by a significant majority of creditors of each class present at the GCM: (1) 100% of the Class I creditors present or represented at the GCM holding 100% of the Class I claims present or represented at the GCM; (2) 100% of the Class II creditors present or represented at the GCM holding 100% of the Class II claims present or represented at the GCM; (3) 99.56% of the Class III creditors present or represented at the GCM holding 72.17% of the Class III claims present or represented at the GCM; and (4) 99.8% of the Class IV creditors present or represented at the GCM holding 99.74% of the Class IV claims present or represented at the GCM.

Under the Trustee Voting Decision, the trustees under the instruments under which the bonds of Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF were issued were be granted the right to represent and vote on behalf of holders of beneficial interests in those bonds that did not individualize their claims. However, both of those trustees chose to abstain from voting on behalf of such bondholders.

Confirmation of Judicial Reorganization Plan by RJ Court

On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.

The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties as long as its effects are not stayed. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such claims are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan.

As of the deadline to file interlocutory appeals, 24 interlocutory appeals had been filed against and 19 motions for clarification had been filed with respect to the Brazilian Confirmation Order (the RJ Court considered three simple petitions challenging the Brazilian Confirmation Order as motions for clarification). In addition, four motions for clarification had been filed against the decisions entered by the RJ Court in respect of the motions for clarification filed against the Brazilian Confirmation Order. Although subject to these pending clarification motions and interlocutory appeals, the Brazilian Confirmation Order has not been stayed, fully or partially, and therefore remains in full force and effect, according to its terms.

The deadline to file appeals against the Brazilian Conformation Order has been interrupted with respect to persons that have timely filed motions for clarification with respect to the Brazilian Confirmation Order until the date on which the RJ Court enters its decision in respect of such motions for clarification. Following the decision on any such motion for clarification, parties in interest have to file an appeal within 15 business days from the date of such decision.

Following the resolution of these appeals and motions for clarification, including eventual appeals to the Brazilian Superior and Supreme Courts, if any, the Brazilian Confirmation Order will become final and binding on all parties under Brazilian law.

In the context of the RJ Proceedings, certain balances of consolidated assets and liabilities increased as a result of the inclusion of the RJ Debtors in RJ Proceedings and the resulting suspension of the payment of certain assumed liabilities. The main balances of consolidated assets and liabilities affected were cash, cash equivalents, cash investments, receivables from reciprocal services provided to telecom carriers, trade payables, and borrowings and financing.

Implementation of the Judicial Reorganization Plan

Under the RJ Plan, certain groups of creditors were entitled to make elections with respect to the form of the recovery that they were entitled to receive. The period to make these elections commenced on the Brazilian Confirmation Date and was scheduled to expire on February 26, 2018. On February 26, 2018, the RJ Court extended the election deadline applicable to beneficial holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF until March 8, 2018.

As of the end of the election period applicable to our loans and financings, other than the bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, creditors had made elections with respect to the various forms of recovery available to them as described under “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”

As of the end of the election period applicable to the bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, Qualified Bondholders with Bondholder Credits representing an aggregate of US$8,463 million of claims had elected to receive the Qualified Recovery andNon-Qualified Bondholders with Bondholder Credits representing an aggregate of US$187 million of claims had elected to receive theNon-Qualified Recovery. In the event that all such holders participate in the settlement procedures, we expect (1) to issue approximately US$1,655 million principal amount of New Notes, approximately 1,516 million new common shares and Warrants to subscribe to approximately 117 million new common shares, (2) that the aggregate principal amount of theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be approximately US$94 million, and (3) the holders of the remaining outstanding Bondholder Credits will be entitled to the Default Recovery with an aggregate principal amount of approximately US$1,094 million. For more information regarding the recoveries available to the holders of the bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Fixed Rate Bonds.”

Recognition Proceedings in the United States

On June 22, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the provisional relief requested by the Chapter 15 Debtors in their cases that were filed on June 21, 2016 under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. This provisional relief prevents (1) creditors from initiating actions against the Chapter 15 Debtors or their property located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and (2) parties from terminating their existing U.S. contracts with the Chapter 15 Debtors.

On July 21, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court held a hearing with respect to the Chapter 15 Debtors petition for recognition of the RJ Proceedings as a main foreign proceedings with regard to each of the Chapter 15 Debtors and did not receive any objections to such petition.

On July 22, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court granted the U.S. Recognition Order, as a result of which a stay was automatically applied, preventing (1) the filing, in the United States, of any actions against the Chapter 15 Debtors or their properties located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and (2) parties from terminating their existing U.S. contracts with the Chapter 15 Debtors.

On July 7, 2017, following affirmation of the Dutch Conversion Decisions by the Dutch Supreme Court, as described under “—Restructuring of Dutch Finance Subsidiaries,” Mr. J.R. Berkenbosch, in his capacity as Oi Coop’s bankruptcy trustee in The Netherlands, filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court a motion seeking modification or termination of the U.S. Recognition Order in respect of Oi Coop and filed a competing petition for recognition of the Dutch Bankruptcy Proceeding, as described under “—Restructuring of Dutch Finance Subsidiaries,” in respect of Oi Coop as the foreign main proceeding for purposes of U.S. law.

On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court issued a written opinion, denying Mr. Berkenbosch’s motion and petition in its entirety and entered an order to that effect on December 26, 2017. As such, the U.S. Recognition Order remains in place with respect to the RJ Proceedings in respect of each of the Chapter 15 Debtors, including Oi Coop.

On January 8, 2018, Mr. Berkenbosch filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court indicating his intention to appeal the December 4 decision and the December 26 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. On January 9, 2018, the IBC also filed a notice of appeal indicating its intention to appeal the December 4 decision and the December 26 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Neither Mr. Berkenbosch nor the IBC has sought a stay of the December 4 decision and the December 26 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

On April 17, 2018, the foreign representative for the Chapter 15 Debtors filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking an order of that court granting, among other things, full force and effect to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the United States. The deadline for objections to the proposed order set by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court was May 11, 2018. As of that date, Pharol, Bratel B.V. and Bratel S.à r.l. filed an objection to that motion in which they argued that the motion should be denied without prejudice or deferred consideration until after certain appellate proceedings, arbitration and mediation have been concluded in Brazil. Additionally, The Bank of New York Mellon filed a limited objection requesting to revise certain portions of the proposed order, but did not object to the motion itself. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing on the objections to the proposed order on May 29, 2018. If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court grants the requested order, the claims with respect to our bonds issued under indentures governed by New York law will be novated and discharged under New York law and the holders of these bonds will be entitled only to receive the recovery set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for the claims represented by these bonds.

Recognition Proceedings in the United Kingdom

On June 23, 2016, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales granted the U.K. Recognition Orders. Each of the U.K. Recognition Orders:

stayed the commencement or continuation of individual actions or individual proceedings concerning the assets, rights, obligations or liabilities of Oi, Telemar and Oi Mobile;

stayed execution against the assets of Oi, Telemar and Oi Mobile; and

suspended the rights of Oi, Telemar and Oi Mobile to transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of their assets.

On July 28, 2016, the U.K. Recognition Order granted in respect of Oi Mobile was partially modified to lift the suspension on its rights to transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of its assets.

On April 10, 2018, PTIF deposited a draft of the PTIF Composition Plan with the Dutch Court and Oi Coop deposited a draft of the Oi Coop Composition Plan with the Dutch Court. The PTIF Composition Plan and the Oi Coop Composition Plan each provide for the restructuring of the claims against PTIF and Oi Coop on substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan.

A meeting of the creditors of PTIF has been scheduled on June 1, 2018 at which the creditors of PTIF will consider the PTIF Composition Plan. If the PTIF Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of PTIF, we expect that the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the PTIF Composition Plan. If the PTIF Composition Plan is homologated, the PTIF Composition Plan will be given full force and effect in each member state of the European Union, including England and Wales.

A meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop has been scheduled on June 1, 2018 at which the creditors of Oi Coop will consider the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop, we expect that the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is homologated, the Oi Coop Composition Plan will be given full force and effect in each member state of the European Union, including England and Wales.

For more information regarding the anticipated homologation of the PTIF Composition Plan and the Oi Coop Composition Plan, see “—Restructuring of Dutch Finance Subsidiaries.”

Recognition Orders in Portugal

On November 14, 2016, Oi and Telemar requested the Third Lisbon Commercial Court, or the Portuguese Court, to recognize the RJ Proceedings in relation to Oi and Telemar under the Portuguese Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Code in Portugal. On March 2, 2017, the Portuguese Court issued a decision acknowledging the decision of the RJ Court that granted the processing of the RJ Proceedings of Oi and Telemar.

On July 11, 2017, Oi Mobile requested the Portuguese Court to recognize the RJ Proceedings in relation to Oi Mobile under the Portuguese Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Code in Portugal. On August 9, 2017, the Portuguese Court issued a decision acknowledging the decision of the RJ Court that granted the processing of the RJ Proceedings of Oi Mobile.

On May 9, 2018, Oi, Telemar and Oi Mobile, along with Copart 4 and Copart 5, filed a request for recognition of the RJ Plan in Portugal. As of the date of this annual report, a decision has not yet been rendered.

Restructuring of Dutch Finance Subsidiaries

Although the RJ Proceedings have been recognized in the United States, England and Wales, and Portugal, the laws of The Netherlands do not provide for the recognition of the RJ Proceedings. Two of the RJ Debtors, Oi Coop and PTIF, are organized under the laws of The Netherlands. As a result, a group of opportunistic litigious holders of some of the notes issued by Oi Coop and PTIF led by Aurelius Capital Management LP, or Aurelius, have brought proceedings against these RJ Debtors in The Netherlands.

On June 27, 2016, Syzygy Capital Management, Ltd, or Syzygy, an affiliate of Aurelius, filed a petition for the involuntary bankruptcy of Oi Coop before the Dutch District Court, requesting that the Dutch District Court (1) declare Oi Coop in a state of bankruptcy, (2) declare the bankruptcy of Oi Coop a main insolvency proceeding within the meaning of Article 3.1 of the European Insolvency Regulation (EC no. 1346/2000). On July 8, 2016, Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund also filed a petition for the involuntary bankruptcy of Oi Coop in the Dutch District Court making similar requests as those made in the Oi Coop proceeding. On July 11, 2016, a group of beneficial holders of Oi Coop bonds filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Oi Coop in the Dutch District Court. On July 15, 2016, another group of beneficial holders of Oi Coop bonds filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Oi Coop in the Dutch District Court.

On August 9, 2016 Oi Coop filed with the Dutch District Court a petition for a Dutch suspension of payments(verzoekschrift tot aanvragen surseance van betaling) proceeding, an insolvency proceeding aimed at facilitating the reorganization, rather than the liquidation, of an insolvent debtor by imposing a temporary stay against creditor actions. On August 9, 2016, the Dutch District Court granted the request of Oi Coop for the commencement of suspension of payment proceedings.

On August 22, 2016, Citicorp Trustee Company Limited, or Citicorp, in its capacity as the trustee in respect of the a series of bonds issued by PTIF, purportedly acting at the direction of the requisite majority of the holders of these bonds, filed a petition for the involuntary bankruptcy of PTIF in the Dutch District Court requesting that the Dutch District Court (1) order the bankruptcy of PTIF, and (2) declare the bankruptcy of PTIF a main insolvency proceeding within the meaning of Article 3.1 of the European Insolvency Regulation (EC no. 1346/2000)

On September 30, 2016, PTIF filed with the Dutch District Court a petition for a Dutch suspension of payments proceeding. On October 3, 2016, the Dutch District Court granted the request of PTIF for the commencement of suspension of payment proceedings.

The Oi Coop and PTIF suspension of payments proceedings were initiated in order to ensure compatibility in The Netherlands with the RJ Proceedings initiated by the RJ Debtors in Brazil. These suspension of payment proceedings provide Oi Coop and PTIF with a stay against creditor action in The Netherlands, including actions with respect to the petitions for the involuntary bankruptcy, to allow them to restructure their debts with the ultimate aim of satisfying their creditors. In connection with the granting of the requests for the commencement of suspension of payment proceedings, (1) each of Oi Coop and PTIF filed a draft of a composition with creditors plan (akkoord), or a composition plan, (2) the Dutch District Court appointed Mr. Berkenbosch as administrator of Oi Coop, and set May 18, 2017 as the date on which Oi Coop’s creditors would vote on its composition plan, and (3) the Dutch District Court appointed Mr. J.L.M. Groenewegen as administrator of PTIF, and set May 18, 2017 as the date on which PTIF’s creditors would vote on its composition plan.

On December 1, 2016, both Mr. Berkenbosch for Oi Coop and Mr. Groenewegen for PTIF filed a petition with the Dutch District Court requesting that the Oi Coop suspension of payments proceedings and the PTIF suspension of payments proceedings, respectively, be withdrawn and advising the Dutch District Court to declare Oi Coop and PTIF bankrupt. Subsequently, on December 23, 2016, the IBC filed a petition with the Dutch District Court requesting that the Oi Coop suspension of payments proceeding be withdrawn and that Oi Coop be declared bankrupt. On January 4, 2017, Citicorp filed a petition with the Dutch District Court requesting that the PTIF suspension of payments proceeding be withdrawn and PTIF be declared bankrupt.

On February 2, 2017, following hearings to consider these requests on January 12, 2017, the Dutch District Court rendered decisions denying each of these requests.

On February 10, 2017, the IBC and Citicorp appealed the rulings of the Dutch District Court denying their respective requests to the Court of Appeal of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, or the Dutch Court of Appeal.

On April 19, 2017, the Dutch Court of Appealsgranted the appeals of the IBC and Citicorp, overturning the Dutch District Court decisions and ordering that thesuspension of payments proceedings in respect of Oi Coop and PTIF be converted into Dutchbankruptcy proceedings. The Dutch Court ofAppeals further appointed Mr. Berkenbosch as Oi Coop’s bankruptcy trustee in theNetherlands, and Mr. Groenewegen as PTIF’s bankruptcy trustee in the Netherlands.

On July 7, 2017, upon certain appeals of the decisions of the Dutch Court of Appeals, the Dutch Supreme Court issued a decision affirming the decisions of the Dutch Court of Appeals.

On April 10, 2018, PTIF deposited a draft of the PTIF Composition Plan with the Dutch Court and Oi Coop deposited a draft of the Oi Coop Composition Plan with the Dutch Court. The PTIF Composition Plan and the Oi Coop Composition Plan each provide for the restructuring of the claims against PTIF and Oi Coop on substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan.

On April 10, 2018, Oi commenced a solicitation of votes of the holders of the seven series of bonds issued by PTIF in favor of a proposal to (1) approve extraordinary resolutions (a) releasing of Oi’s guarantee of the relevant series of bonds, and (b) instructing the trustee of such series of bonds to vote in favor of the PTIF Composition Plan and to provide a direction to the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee in respect of its vote on behalf of PTIF on the Oi Coop Composition Plan; and (2) approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

Under the documents governing the bonds issued by PTIF, these actions may be taken at a meeting of holders of the applicable series of bonds at which at leasttwo-thirds of the principal amount of the applicable bonds are represented in person or by proxy. In the event that quorum is not obtained at any such meeting, these actions may be taken at a meeting of holders of the applicable series of bonds at a second meeting called for the purpose at which at leastone-third of the principal amount of the applicable bonds are represented in person or by proxy. In either case, the proposed extraordinary resolution may be passed by the vote of not less than 75% of the principal amount of the applicable bonds represented in the meeting.

The voting deadline under this voting solicitation was April 27, 2018 for one of these series of bonds and April 30, 2018 for the other six series of bonds. At meetings of each of these series of bonds held on May 2, 2018, quorum was not achieved for any of these series of bonds. As a result, on May 3, 2018, Oi published notices to convene adjourned meetings of each of these series of bonds on May 17, 2018 and establishing a new voting deadline of May 14, 2018. Based on the votes received as of the second voting deadline, we believe that each of the extraordinary resolutions will be passed and that each of these series of bonds will vote to approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

A meeting of the creditors of PTIF has been scheduled on June 1, 2018 at which the creditors of PTIF will consider the PTIF Composition Plan and the votes solicited by Oi will be presented to the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee. Based on the results of the voting solicitation, we expect that the creditors of PTIF will approve the PTIF Composition Plan, however we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this meeting of creditors that will result in the failure of the creditors to approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

If the PTIF Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of PTIF, we expect that the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the PTIF Composition Plan. Although we expect that the Dutch Court will homologate the PTIF Composition Plan at that hearing, we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this hearing that will result in the failure of the Dutch Court to homologate the PTIF Composition Plan. If the PTIF Composition Plan is homologated, the PTIF Composition Plan will be given full force and effect in each member state of the European Union.

On April 10, 2018, Oi commenced a solicitation of votes of the holders of the two series of bonds issued by Oi Coop in favor of the Oi Composition Plan. The voting deadline under this voting solicitation was May 15, 2018. As of the voting deadline, the tabulation is in the process of being finalized.

A meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop has been scheduled on June 1, 2018 at which the creditors of Oi Coop will consider the Oi Coop Composition Plan and the votes solicited by Oi will be presented to the Oi Coop Bankruptcy Trustee and the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee is expected to vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop. Based on the preliminary results of the voting solicitation, if the extraordinary resolutions of the PTIF bonds are passed by all series of PTIF bonds instructing the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee to vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop in favor of the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect that the creditors of Oi Coop will approve the Oi Coop Composition Plan, however we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this meeting of creditors that will result in the failure of the creditors to approve the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the extraordinary resolutions of the PTIF bonds are not passed by all series of PTIF bonds, we cannot assure you as to how the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee will vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop, and if the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee vote this claim against approval of the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect the Oi Coop Composition Plan will not be approved.

If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop, we expect that the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the Oi Coop Composition Plan. Although we expect that the Dutch Court will homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan at that hearing, we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this hearing that will result in the failure of the Dutch Court to homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is homologated, the Oi Coop Composition Plan will be given full force and effect in each member state of the European Union.

Changes to the Membership of Oi’s Board of Directors and Board of Executive Officers

Since January 1, 2016, there have been numerous changes to the composition of Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers. Prior to the filing of our request for judicial organization on June 20, 2016:

On June 1, 2016, Fernando Marques dos Santos resigned as an alternate member of Oi’s board of directors.

On June 10, 2016, (1) Bayard De Paoli Gontijo resigned as Oi’s chief executive officer, and Oi’s board of directors elected Marco Norci Schroeder as Oi’s chief executive officer, and (2) Robin Bienenstock resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors and her alternate, Marcos Grodetzky, assumed her position as a member of Oi’s board of directors.

On June 18, 2016, Luiz Antonio do Souto Gonçalves resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors and his alternate, Joaquim Dias de Castro, assumed his position as a member of Oi’s board of directors; Joaquim Dias de Castro resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors on June 22, 2016.

Shortly following our request for judicial organization, on July 4, 2016, Marten Pieters resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors and his alternate, Pedro Zanurtu Gubert Morais Leitao, assumed his position as a member of Oi’s board of directors.

On July 7, 2016, one of Oi’s shareholders, Societé Mondiale Fundo de Investimento em Ações, or Société Mondiale, requested that Oi’s board of directors convene an extraordinary general shareholders meeting within the following eight days meeting to deliberate, among other things, (1) the dismissal of five of the members of Oi’s board of directors that were affiliated with another of Oi’s then-shareholder, Bratel B.V., and their respective alternate members, (2) the dismissal of one independent member of Oi’s board of directors, and (3) the election of new members and alternate members of Oi’s board of directors to replace the dismissed members and to fill existing vacancies on Oi’s board of directors. On July 8, 2016, Pedro Guimarães e Melo de Oliveira Guterres resigned as an alternate member of Oi’s board of directors. On July 14, 2016, Société Mondiale informed us that it extended the deadline for this extraordinary general shareholders meeting until July 22, 2016.

On July 14, 2016, the RJ Court granted a request made by ANATEL that the RJ Court determine that prior approval from ANATEL is required for, among other things, the possible transfer of Oi’s corporate control, including the replacement of Oi’s board of directors. On July 22, 2016, Oi’s board of directors determined that, in light of the ruling of the RJ Court, it should not resolve upon Société Mondiale’s request to call an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting prior to receiving a ruling of the RJ Court on the timeliness and propriety of the request to call such meeting.

On July 29, 2016, Société Mondiale requested that Oi’s board of directors convene an extraordinary general shareholders meeting within the following eight days meeting to deliberate, among other things, bringing lawsuits on behalf of the company against various parties, including certain members of Oi’s board of directors, in relation to our acquisition of PT Portugal SGPS S.A., or PT Portugal, in May 2014. On August 3, 2016, Oi’s board of directors determined that because any action taken at the meeting to bring actions against Oi’s management would imply a potential change of Oi’s board of directors as a result of Brazilian law requirements that members of Oi’s board of directors or board of executive officers be replaced upon the commencement of such action, the requested deliberations would produce the same effects as those contained in Société Mondiale’s previous request to convene an extraordinary general shareholders meeting, and Oi’s board of directors similarly should not resolve upon Société Mondiale’s request to call an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting prior to receiving a ruling of the RJ Court on the timeliness and propriety of the request to call such meeting.

On August 10, 2016, Société Mondiale published a call notice with respect to the extraordinary general shareholders meeting that it had requested, setting the date for such meeting as September 8, 2016. On August 12, 2016, Oi’s board of directors elected Marcos Duarte Santos and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho as members of Oi’s board of directors to fill vacancies on Oi’s board of directors.

On September 2, 2016, the RJ Court suspended the extraordinary general shareholders meeting called by Société Mondiale for September 8, 2016 and determined that Bratel B.V. and Société Mondiale should carry out a mediation proceeding to be concluded within the following 20 days.

On September 9, 2016, Marcos Grodetzky resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors. On September 12, 2016, Flavio Nicolay Guimarães resigned as Oi’s chief financial officer and investor relations officer, and Oi’s board of directors elected Ricardo Malavazi Martins as Oi’s chief financial officer. In connection with this election, Ricardo Malavazi Martins resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors.

On September 13, 2016, Bratel B.V. and Société Mondiale announced that they had reached an agreement resolving a dispute between these shareholders regarding an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting that Société Mondiale had called for September 8, 2016. In accordance with their agreement, Société Mondiale requested that the chairman of Oi’s board of directors cancel the extraordinary general shareholders’ meetings.

On September 14, 2016, Oi’s board of directors, in a meeting authorized by the RJ Court, elected Hélio Calixto da Costa and Demian Fiocca as members of Oi’s board of directors, and elected Nelson Sequeiros Rodriguez Tanure as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to Hélio Calixto da Costa, Blener Braga Cardoso Mayhew as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to Demian Fiocca, Nelson de Queiroz Sequeiros Tanure as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to Marcos Duarte Santos, Pedro Grossi Junior as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to Ricardo Reisen de Pinho, Luís Manuel da Costa de Sousa de Macedo as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to João Manuel Pisco de Castro, and José Manuel Melo da Silva as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to Pedro Zañartu Gubert Morais Leitão.

On November 8, 2016, ANATEL issued an order in which it, among other things, (1) suspended the exercise of voting and veto rights by the members of Oi’s board of directors appointed by Société Mondiale, (2) prohibited the participation of members of Oi’s board of directors appointed by Societé Mondiale in Oi’s board of directors, and (3) ordered Oi to notify the Superintendence of Competition of ANATEL of the dates of meetings of Oi’s board of directors so that it could send a representative to attend such meetings;

On January 6, 2017, ANATEL completed its prior approval process as ordered by the RJ Court on July 14, 2016, with respect to the members and alternate members of Oi’s board of directors elected on September 14, 2016 and determined (1) to grant prior approval for the effective entry to Oi’s board of directors for Hélio Calixto da Costa and Demian Fiocca as members of Oi’s board of directors and Nelson Sequeiros Rodriguez Tanure, Blener Braga Cardoso Mayhew, Luís Manuel da Costa de Sousa de Macedo, and José Manuel Melo da Silva as alternate members of Oi’s board of directors, (2) to deny prior approval for the effective entry to Oi’s board of directors for Nelson de Queiroz Sequeiros Tanure and Pedro Grossi Junior, and (3) to require that any modifications to Oi’s board of directors, including any modifications that concern alternate members of Oi’s board of directors, be submitted to ANATEL for the prior approval for as long as the RJ Proceedings is underway.

During the following months:

On March 7, 2017, Rafael Luis Mora Funes resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors and his alternate, João do Passo Vicente Ribeiro, assumed his position as a member of Oi’s board of directors.

On March 28, 2017, Nuno Rocha dos Santos de Almeida e Vasconcellos resigned as an alternate member of Oi’s board of directors.

On May 24, 2017, Oi’s board of directors appointed Carlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão as a member of Oi’s board of executive officers without specific designation.

On June 21, 2017, Oi’s board of directors elected Marcio Guedes Pereira Junior as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to Jose Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha, and William Connel Steers as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to André Cardoso de Mendes Navarro. Although the effectiveness of these elections had been conditioned on the prior approval of ANATEL, ANATEL never decided on this matter, which was superseded by ANATEL’s approval on January 15, 2018 of Oi’s transitional board of directors appointed pursuant to the RJ Plan. For more information about Oi’s transitional board of directors, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Managers and Employees—Board of Directors.”

On September 19, 2017, Oi’s board of directors elected Francisco Marques da Cruz Vieira da Cruz as alternate member of Oi’s board of directors to João do Passo Vicente Ribeiro. Although the effectiveness of these elections had been conditioned on the prior approval of ANATEL, ANATEL never decided on this matter, which was superseded by ANATEL’s approval on January 15, 2018 of Oi’s transitional board of directors appointed pursuant to the RJ Plan. For more information about Oi’s transitional board of directors, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Managers and Employees—Board of Directors.”

On October 2, 2017, Ricardo Malavazi Martins resigned as Oi’s chief financial officer and investor relations officer, and Oi’s board of directors elected Carlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão to serve as interim chief financial officer and investor relations officer.

On November 3, 2017, Oi’s board of directors appointed two of its members, Hélio Calixto da Costa and João do Passo Vicente Ribeiro, as members of Oi’s board of executive officers without specific designation. On November 17, 2017, the RJ Court ordered that Hélio Calixto da Costa and João do Passo Vicente Ribeiro refrain from interfering in matters related to RJ Proceedings, as well as the negotiation and preparation of the judicial reorganization plan for the RJ Debtors, without prejudice to the regular exercise of their other operational duties in the direction of our company.

On November 24, 2017, Marco Norci Schroeder resigned as Oi’s chief executive officer, and Oi’s board of directors elected Eurico De Jesus Teles Neto to serve as interim chief executive officer. On November 27, 2017, Oi’s board of directors elected Eurico De Jesus Teles Neto to serve as chief executive officer in addition to his position as chief legal officer.

Pursuant to the RJ Plan, as from the date of the approval of the RJ Plan on December 20, 2017 until the election of Oi’s new board of directors in accordance with the RJ Plan, which is required to occur within 45 business days following the conclusion of the Qualified Recovery as part of the recovery of certain holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF under the RJ Plan as further described under “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Qualified Recovery,” Oi has and will have a transitional board of directors composed of nine members set forth in the RJ Plan, each of whom will serve without an alternate member. As a result, on December 20, 2017, (1) João do Passo Vicente Ribeiro, André Cardoso de MenezesNavarro, Thomas Cornelius Azevedo Reichenheim, João Manuel Pisco de Castro and Demian Fiocca and each alternate member of Oi’s board of directors were removed from Oi’s board of directors, and (2) Marcos Rocha, Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, and Marcos Grodetzky were installed as members of Oi’s board of directors. The effectiveness of the installation of Marcos Rocha, Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, and Marcos Grodetzky as members of Oi’s board of directors was conditioned on the prior approval of ANATEL, which was granted on January 15, 2018.

On December 28, 2017, one of Oi’s shareholders, Bratel S.à r.l, requested that Oi’s board of directors convene an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting within eight days to deliberate on, among other things, bringing a lawsuit on behalf of Oi against members of Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers in relation to the approval of the RJ Plan by the GCM. We submitted this request to the RJ Court for its decision on the legality and convenience of convening and holding the requested extraordinary general shareholders’’ meeting.

On January 8, 2018, Bratel S.à r.l published its proposal for deliberation at its requested extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting and scheduled such meeting for February 7, 2018. In its January 8, 2018 decision ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, the RJ Court had stated that the amendments to Oi’s bylaws that were approved in the RJ Plan precluded the extraordinary shareholders meeting. On February 5, 2018, the RJ Court rejected Bratel S.à r.l’s request to partially reconsider this portion of its decision.

On February 7, 2018, Bratel S.à r.l purported to convene an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting and elect members of Oi’s board of directors. On that date, the RJ Court declared invalid and ineffective anyout-of-court deliberation that undermined matters approved by the RJ Plan. On February 8, 2018, the RJ Court granted interlocutory relief to Oi’s denying the effectiveness of all resolutions taken at the purported extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting.

On March 7, 2018, the RJ Court suspended the voting rights of the certain shareholders of Oi that participated in the purported extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting held on February 7, 2018, including Bratel S.à r.l and Société Mondiale, and ordered the removal of the members of Oi’s board of directors that had been elected/indicated by such shareholders them the completion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase as part of the RJ Plan. As a result, Luis Maria Viana Palha da Silva, Pedro Zañartu Gubert Morais Leitão and Hélio Calixto da Costa were temporarily removed as members of Oi’s board of directors effective on March 7, 2018. Hélio Calixto da Costa also resigned as a member of Oi’s board of executive officers. The judicial decision also ordered the subpoena of the current executive officers of Oi and the shareholders whose voting rights were suspended, to express their interest in establishing a mediation proceeding. Oi (on behalf of itself and its executive officer), Bratel S.à r.l and Société Mondiale have manifested their interest in a mediation. Oi filed a petition stating that, since Société Mondiale has sold its shares and is no longer a shareholder of Oi, it should not be a part of the mediation. Despite Oi’s position, the RJ Court issued a decision ordering the mediation to be initiated.

In addition, on March 7, 2018, Oi’s board of directors elected Carlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão to serve as chief financial officer and investor relations officer; he had previously been serving in this position on an interim basis.

Pursuant to the RJ Plan, Oi was required to engage a human resources consultant to assist with the selection of an operating officer. This process concluded on March 23, 2018 with the election by Oi’s board of directors of José Claudio Moreira Gonçalves to serve on Oi’s board of executive officers as Oi’s Chief Operating Officer. In addition, on that date, Oi’s board of directors elected Bernardo Kos Winik to Oi’s board of executive officers and the newly created position of Chief Commercial Officer.

On March 7, 2017, João do Passo Vicente Ribeiro resigned as a member of Oi’s board of executive officers.

For information about the current members of Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees.”

Settlement of Africatel Arbitration Sale of Interest in MTC

On June 16, 2016, our wholly-owned subsidiaries PT Participações and Africatel GmbH & Co. KG, or Africatel KG, and our 75%-owned subsidiary Africatel Holdings B.V., or Africatel BV, entered into a series of agreements with Samba Luxco S.à r. l., or Samba Luxco, an affiliate of Helios Investors L.P. and the owner of the remaining 25% of Africatel BV, with the primary purpose of settling the arbitral proceedings commenced in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce against Africatel KG in November 2014. Samba Luxco brought these proceedings in an effort to enforce a put right under a shareholders agreement between Samba Luxco and Africatel KG with respect to their holdings in Africatel BV, which we refer to as the Africatel shareholders agreement, that Samba Luxco claimed that it was entitled to exercise as a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal in May 2014.

The agreements entered into on June 16, 2016 included an amendment to the Africatel shareholders agreement and a Settlement and Share Exchange Agreement, which we refer to as the Settlement Agreement, under which Samba Luxco agreed, upon the implementation of the Settlement Agreement: (1) to terminate the ongoing arbitration proceeding and release our subsidiaries from all past and present claims related to alleged breaches of the Africatel shareholders agreement asserted in the arbitration proceeding, (2) to waive certain approval rights it had under the Africatel shareholders agreement, and (3) to transfer 11,000 shares of Africatel BV to Africatel BV, resulting in a decline of Samba Luxco’s stake in Africatel BV from 25% to 14%. In exchange, Africatel BV agreed to transfer to Samba Luxco its stake in the capital of Mobile Telecommunications Limited, a the telecommunications operator in Namibia, or MTC, which represented approximately 34% of the share capital of MTC.

On January 31, 2017, the transactions provided for in the Settlement Agreement were completed. As a result, Samba Luxco reduced its stake in Africatel BV to 14,000 shares and Africatel BV transferred to Samba Luxco its stake in MTC. On March 29, 2017, Africatel KG and Samba Luxco adopted a shareholders’ resolution under which the 11,000 Africatel BV shares that Samba Luxco had transferred to Africatel BV were cancelled and an additional 1,791 Africatel BV shares held by Samba Luxco were cancelled, as a result the stakes of Africatel KG and Samba Luxco in Africatel BV are 86% and 14%, respectively.

Acquisition of A.R.M.

We had entered into a services agreement with A.R.M. Engenharia Ltda., or A.R.M. Engenharia, in October 2012 for installation, operation and corrective and preventive maintenance in connection with our external plant and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber optic and data communication networks (including broadband access services) in the States of Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, Amapá, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina.

In April and May 2016, we acquired A.R.M. Engenharia’s operations in the States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Paraná, and we are managing those operations through our subsidiary Serede Serviços de Rede S.A., or Serede. Also in May 2016, we entered into an agreement with the shareholders of A.R.M. Engenharia to acquire the totality of the shares issued by A.R.M Engenharia. The transaction was concluded on June 27, 2016, after satisfaction of the conditions precedent provided in contract, common in transactions of the same nature, including the conclusion of legal and financial audit at A.R.M. Engenharia and the obtainment of approval by the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE—Conselho Administrativo para Defesa Econômica). On the same date, the corporate name of A.R.M. Engenharia was changed to Rede Conecta – Serviços de Rede S.A., or Rede Conecta.

For more information about our network maintenance agreements with Serede and Rede Conecta, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Network and Facilities—Network Maintenance.”

Corporate Structure

The following chart presents our corporate structure and principal operating subsidiaries as of May 10, 2018. For a complete list of our subsidiaries, see Exhibit 8.01 to this annual report.

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(1)Oi directly and indirectly owns 100% of equity stock of Serede Serviços de Rede S.A., as follows: 81.43% is held directly by Telemar and 18.57% is held directly by Oi.
(2)Oi indirectly holds 100% of the equity stock of Brasil Telecom Comunicaçāo Multimedia Ltda., as follows: 99.99% is held directly by Oi Mobile and 0.01% is held directly by Telemar.
(3)Oi indirectly holds 86% of the equity stock of Africatel Holdings B.V., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Africatel GmbH & Co KG. Samba Luxco S.à r.l. holds the remaining 14% of the equity stock of Africatel Holdings B.V.
(4)Oi indirectly holds 100% of the equity stock of Paggo Acquirer Gestão de Meios de Pagamentos Ltda., as follows: 99.99% is held directly by Paggo Empreendimentos S.A. and 0.01% is held directly by Oi Mobile.

Operations in BrazilCorporate Structure

We are one of theThe following chart presents our corporate structure and principal integrated telecommunications service providers in Brazil with approximately 74.5 million revenue generating units, or RGUs,operating subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014. We operate throughout Brazil and offerMay 10, 2018. For a range of integrated telecommunications services that include fixed-line and mobile telecommunication services, network usage (interconnection), data transmission services (including broadband access services), Pay-TV (including as part of double-play, triple-play and quadruple-play packages), internet services and other telecommunications services for residential customers, small, medium and large companies and governmental agencies. We own approximately 347,000 kilometers of installed fiber optic cable, distributed throughout Brazil. Our mobile network covers areas in which approximately 93.0% of the Brazilian population lives and works. According to ANATEL, as of December 31, 2014, we had an 18.1% market share of the Brazilian mobile telecommunications market and, as of December 31, 2014, we had a 36.5% market share of the Brazilian fixed-line market. As partcomplete list of our convergence strategy, we offer more than one million Wi-Fi hotspots in public places, such as airports and shopping malls.

Our traditional fixed-line telecommunications business in Brazil includes local and long-distance services, network usage services (interconnection) and public telephones, in accordance with the concessions and authorizations grantedsubsidiaries, see Exhibit 8.01 to us by ANATEL. We are one of the largest fixed-line telecommunications companies in Brazil in terms of total number of lines in service as of December 31, 2014. We are the principal fixed-line telecommunications services provider in our service areas, comprising the entire territory of Brazil other than the

State of São Paulo, based on our 16.3 million fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2014, with a market share of 57.8% of the total fixed lines in service in our service areas as of December 31, 2014.

We offer a variety of high-speed data transmission services in our fixed-line service areas, including services offered by our subsidiaries BrT Serviços de Internet S.A., or BrTI, and Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda. Our broadband services, primarily utilizing Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, or ADSL, technology, are marketed under the brand name “Oi Velox.” As of December 31, 2014, we had 5.9 million ADSL subscribers, representing 43.1% of our fixed lines in service as of that date. Additionally, we provide voice and data services to corporate clients throughout Brazil.

We offer mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil. Based on our 48.4 million mobile subscribers as of December 31, 2014, we believe that we are one of the principal mobile telecommunications service providers in Brazil. Based on information available from ANATEL, as of December 31, 2014 our market share was 18.1% of the total number of mobile subscribers in Brazil.

We offer subscription television services under our “Oi TV” brand. We deliver subscription television services throughout our fixed-line service areas using direct-to-home, or DTH, satellite technology. In Belo Horizonte, Poços de Caldas, Uberlândia and Barbacena in the State of Minas Gerais, we use a hybrid network of fiber optic and bidirectional coaxial cable. In December 2012 and January 2013, we introduced delivery ofOi TV through our fixed-line network in Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, respectively.

We also operate a call center business for the sole purpose of providing services to our company and our subsidiaries.

Operations in Portugal

As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, as of the date of this annual report, we provide telecommunications services in Portugal in the following customer categories:report.

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(1)Residential services, which include integrated networks inside the customer’s home, enabling the simultaneous connectionOi directly and indirectly owns 100% of multiple devices, including fixed line telephone, TV (including internet protocol television, or IP TV, and DTH satellite Pay-TV services), game consoles, PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. We provide these services through subsidiariesequity stock of PT Portugal, in particular PT ComunicaçõesSerede Serviços de Rede S.A., or PT Comunicações.as follows: 81.43% is held directly by Telemar and 18.57% is held directly by Oi.

(2)Personal servicesOi indirectly holds 100% of the equity stock of Brasil Telecom Comunicaçāo Multimedia Ltda., which are mobile telecommunications services, such as voice, datafollows: 99.99% is held directly by Oi Mobile and Internet-related multimedia services provided to personal (i.e., individual) customers through PT Portugal’s subsidiary MEO.0.01% is held directly by Telemar.

(3)Enterprise services,which provide our corporate and medium and small business customers with integrated data and business solutions, as well as Information Technology/Information Systems, or IT/IS, and business process outsourcing, or BPO, services, including.Oi indirectly holds 86% of the equity stock of Africatel Holdings B.V., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Africatel GmbH & Co KG. Samba Luxco S.à r.l. holds the remaining 14% of the equity stock of Africatel Holdings B.V.

(4)Corporate services, which target large companies and provide data, internet, video and voice communications, services, fixed-mobile convergence solutions and selected information technology services, network managing and outsourcing;

SME/SoHo services, which target (1) small and medium enterprises, or SMEs, providing vertical data and business solutions that are similar to PT Portugal’s corporate services and (2) small office/home office, or SoHo, customers and provide cost-effective data and business solutions for those working in small businesses or at home; and

Wholesale and other services, which primarily include wholesale telecommunications services, public pay telephones,Oi indirectly holds 100% of the production and distributionequity stock of telephone directories and other services in Portugal.

As described below under “—Our Recent History and Development— Proposed Sale of PT Portugal,” we have entered into the PTP Share Purchase Agreement under which we have agreed to sell all of the share capital of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal. As a result, we record our operations in Portugal as discontinued operations in our financial statements. We expect to complete the sale of these operations during the second quarter of 2015.

Operations in Africa and Asia

As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, as of the date of this annual report, we have significant interests in telecommunications companies in Angola, Cape Verde, Namibia, and São Tomé and Principe in Africa and Timor-Leste in Asia. Our interests in telecommunications companies in Africa are held through Africatel, in which we own a 75% interest. On September 17, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel, representing 75% of the share capital of Africatel. As a result, as of December 31, 2014, we have recorded our interest in Africatel as discontinued operations. Due to the many risks involved in the ownership of these interests, particularly our interest in Unitel, we cannot predict when a sale of these assets may be completed.

Our principal executive office is located at Rua Humberto de Campos No. 425, 6 1/2th floor–Leblon, 22430-190 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, and our telephone number at this address is (55-21) 3131-2918.

Our Recent History and Development

Corporate Reorganization of TNL, Telemar and Our Company

On February 27, 2012, the shareholders of TNL, Telemar, Coari and Brasil Telecom approved a series of transactions, which we refer to as the corporate reorganization, including:

a split-off (cisão) and merger of shares (incorporaçãPaggo Acquirer Gestão de ações) under Brazilian law in which:Meios de Pagamentos Ltda., as follows: 99.99% is held directly by Paggo Empreendimentos S.A. and 0.01% is held directly by Oi Mobile.

Telemar transferred its shares of Coari to Coari;

Coari assumed a portion of the liabilities of Telemar, which became joint and several liabilities of Telemar and Coari or obligations of Coari guaranteed by Telemar;

Coari issued one common share and/or one preferred share to the holders of Telemar common and preferred shares (other than the shares of holders who exercised their withdrawal rights with respect to such shares) in exchange for each of their common and preferred shares of Telemar, respectively; and

Coari retained the Telemar shares exchanged for Coari shares and as a result, Telemar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coari;

a merger (incorporação) under Brazilian law of Coari with and into our company, with our company as the surviving company, in which:

each issued and then outstanding share of Brasil Telecom held by Coari and all Coari shares held in treasury were cancelled;

each issued and then outstanding common share of Coari was converted automatically into 51.149 common shares of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding preferred share of Coari was converted automatically into 3.904 common shares of Brasil Telecom and 40.034 preferred shares of Brasil Telecom;

Coari ceased to exist; and

Telemar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brasil Telecom; and

a merger (incorporação) under Brazilian law of TNL with and into our company, with our company as the surviving company, in which:

each TNL share held in treasury prior to the TNL merger was cancelled, and each issued and then outstanding share of Brasil Telecom held by TNL was cancelled, other than 2,464,787 common shares of Brasil Telecom, which were transferred to the treasury of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding common share of TNL (other than common shares held by shareholders who exercised their withdrawal rights with respect to such common shares) was converted automatically into 23.122 common shares of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding preferred share of TNL was converted automatically into 1.879 common shares of Brasil Telecom and 19.262 preferred shares of Brasil Telecom; and

TNL ceased to exist.

As a result of these transactions, TmarPart became our direct controlling shareholder. For additional information about TmarPart, see “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders.”

In addition, on February 27, 2012, our shareholders approved:

the issuance and distribution of (1) one Class B redeemable preferred share of our company to the holder of each of our common shares, and (2) one Class C redeemable preferred share of our company to the holder of each of our preferred shares;

the redemption of each Class B redeemable preferred share and Class C redeemable preferred share at a redemption price equal to R$2.543282 per share, or an aggregate of R$1,502 million; and

the change of our corporate name to Oi S.A.

We have accounted for the Coari merger and the TNL merger using the carry-over basis of our own assets and liabilities and of the assets and liabilities assumed of TNL, Telemar, and Coari as from the date of the reorganization. The carry-over basis of the assets and liabilities were determined at the lowest level entity in the group (i.e., the effects of the purchase accounting relating to Coari´s acquisition of Brasil Telecom (now Oi S.A.) will not be reflected in the assets and liabilities of Oi S.A. in its consolidated financial statements as a result of the TNL merger). Additionally, our historical financial statements have not been restated to reflect the impacts of the corporate reorganization on a retrospective basis. Our non-current intangible assets and property, plant and equipment are recorded on a different basis in our parent company´s consolidated financial statements, reflecting the amortized purchase price allocated to these assets resulting from Coari´s acquisition of our company on January 8, 2009.

Holders of Telemar common shares, class A preferred shares and class B preferred shares and holder of TNL preferred shares as of the close of trading on May 23, 2011, the date prior to the publication of the Relevant Fact that first announced the split-off and share exchange and the TNL merger were entitled to withdrawal rights in connection with the split-off and share exchange and the TNL merger. Shareholders who exercised these withdrawal rights with respect to the Telemar shares were entitled to receive R$74.37 per share and shareholders who exercised these withdrawal rights with respect to the TNL preferred shares were entitled to receive R$28.93 per share. As of March 29, 2012, the expiration of the period for the exercise of these withdrawal rights, holders of 1,020,215 Telemar common shares, 17,856,585 Telemar class A preferred shares, 47,714 Telemar class B preferred shares and 20,446,097 TNL preferred shares had validly exercised their withdrawal rights for an aggregate cost to our company of R$1,999 million.

Acquisition of Shares of PT SGPS

As a result of the corporate reorganization, we became the indirect owner of 64,557,566 shares of PT SGPS, representing 7.2% of its outstanding shares that were owned by Telemar. Between April 4, 2012 and May 25, 2012, we acquired 25,093,639 additional shares of PT SGPS and now hold 89,651,205 common shares of PT SGPS, representing 10.0% of its outstanding shares.

Divestment of Non-Strategic Assets

Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012, we have entered into various transactions to divest non-strategic assets. The objective of these transactions is to create value for our shareholders by monetizing assets that are not essential to our operations, in order to increase our financial flexibility and obtain savings by entering into agreements with the purchasers to provide us the related services on favorable terms.

These transactions have resulted in a reduction of capital expenditure and maintenance costs related to these assets, while increasing our leasing costs. We believe that the net costs of using these assets following our disposal of these assets is less than our implied cost of retaining these assets, calculated based on our average funding costs applied to the value of the assets sold.

Sale of Mobile Communications Towers

In December 2012, we sold Sumbe Participações S.A., or Sumbe, our wholly-owned subsidiary, to São Paulo SPE Locação de Torres Ltda. for R$516 million. Sumbe owned approximately 1,200 communications towers and rooftop antennae used in our mobile services business. Contemporaneously with the sale of Sumbe, we entered into an operating lease agreement with a term of 15 years with Sumbe permitting us to continue to use space on these communications towers and rooftop antennae for our mobile services business.

In March 2014, we sold all of our equity interests in Caryopoceae SP Participações S.A., or Caryopoceae, our wholly-owned subsidiary, to SBA Torres Brasil, Ltda. for R$1,525 million. Caryopoceae owned 2,007 mobile telecommunications towers and rooftop antennae used in our mobile services business. In December 2013, we entered into an operating lease with a 15-year term (renewable for another five years) with Caryopoceae permitting us to continue to use space on these communications towers for our mobile services business.

In December 2014, we sold all of our equity interests in Tupã Torres S.A., or Tupã Torres, our wholly-owned subsidiary, to SBA Torres Brasil, Ltda. for R$1,172 million. Tupã Torres owned 1,641 mobile telecommunications towers and rooftop antennae used in our mobile services business. Contemporaneously with the sale of Tupã Torres, we entered into an operating lease with a 15-year term (renewable for another five years) with Tupã Torres permitting us to continue to use space on these communications towers for our mobile services business.

Assignment and Lease of Fixed-Line Communications Towers

In August 2013, we completed the assignment of the right to use 4,226 fixed-line communications towers that formed part of our infrastructure for commercial operations by companies whose core operations consist of providing transmission tower and radiofrequency management and maintenance services. Upon the completion of these assignments, we received proceeds of approximately R$1,087 million. We have entered into agreements to lease the communications towers from the assignees for 20-year terms (renewable for another 20 years), effective upon completion of the assignments.

In November 2013, we completed the assignment of the right to use 2,113 fixed-line communications towers that formed part of our infrastructure for commercial operations by companies whose core operations consist of providing transmission tower and radiofrequency management and maintenance services. Upon the completion of these assignments, we received proceeds of approximately R$687 million. We have entered into agreements to lease the communications towers from the assignees for 20-year terms (renewable for another 20 years), effective upon completion of the assignments.

Sale of GlobeNet

In July 2013, we and our subsidiary BrTI entered into an agreement with BTG Pactual YS Empreendimentos e Participações, or BTG Pactual YS, under which we agreed to sell to BTG Pactual YS all of our equity interests in Brasil Telecom Cabos Submarinos Ltda. and its subsidiaries, collectively known as GlobeNet.

In December 2013, we sold all of our equity interests in GlobeNet (other than our interest in Brasil Telecom de Venezuela S.A.) to BTG Pactual YS. On January 17, 2014, the sale was concluded for an aggregate amount of R$1,779 million (based on the U.S. dollar-real exchange rate on January 15, 2014) resulting in a gain of approximately R$1,497 million, after deducting the book value of the assets and related costs.

In May 2014, following the receipt of all required approvals of the applicable Venezuelan authorities, we sold all of our equity interests in Brasil Telecom de Venezuela S.A. to GlobeNet’s subsidiary in Bermuda for R$26 million (based on the U.S. dollar-real exchange rate on May 6, 2014).

GlobeNet’s principal assets consist of 22,500 kilometers of fiber optic submarine cables, composed of two rings of protected submarine cables, linking connection points between the United States, Bermuda, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. As part of this transaction, GlobeNet will supply guaranteed submarine cable capacity to us and our subsidiaries at a fixed price for a term of 13 years.

Merger of TNL PCS into Oi Mobile

On February 1, 2014, TNL PCS S.A., the mobile services provider owned by our subsidiary Telemar, or TNL PCS, merged into Oi Móvel S.A., which we refer to as Oi Mobile. As a result of this merger, Oi Mobile became our sole mobile services provider and mobile data and subscription television provider.

Oi Capital Increase and Acquisition of PT Portugal

On October 1, 2013, we entered into a memorandum of understanding with PT SGPS, AG Telecom, LF Tel, PASA, EDSP, Bratel Brasil, BES and Ongoing, in which we and they agreed to the principles governing a series of transactions, including a business combination involving three principal components:

A capital increase of our company that was concluded on May 5, 2014 in which we issued 121,674,063 of our common shares and 280,483,641 of our preferred shares for an aggregate amount of R$8,250 million in cash, and 104,580,393 of our common shares and 172,025,273 of our preferred shares to PT SGPS in exchange for the contribution by PT SGPS to our company of all of the shares of its subsidiary PT Portugal.

A proposed merger of shares under Brazilian law, a Brazilian transaction in which, subject to the approvals of the holders of voting shares of our company and TmarPart, (1) each issued and then outstanding common share of our company not owned by TmarPart was to be converted automatically into one TmarPart common share, (2) each issued and then outstanding preferred share of our company not owned by TmarPart was to be converted automatically into 0.9211 TmarPart common shares, and (3) we were to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of TmarPart; this proposed merger of shares was subsequently abandoned.

A proposed merger (incorporação) under Portuguese and Brazilian law of PT SGPS with and into TmarPart, with TmarPart as the surviving company in which the shareholders of PT SGPS were to receive an aggregate number of TmarPart shares equal to the number of TmarPart shares held by PT SGPS immediately prior to the merger; this proposed merger was subsequently abandoned.

In May 2014, we completed the Oi capital increase in which we issued:

121,674,063 of our common shares and 280,483,641 of our preferred shares for an aggregate of R$8,250 million; and

104,580,393 of our common shares and 172,025,273 of our preferred shares to PT SGPS in exchange for the contribution by PT SGPS to us of all of the outstanding shares of PT Portugal.

As part of the Oi capital increase, Caravelas subscribed for 17,136,248 common shares and 35,917,151 preferred shares in the cash portion of the Oi capital increase at the public offering price under a subscription agreement (contrato de subscrição de ações de emissão da Oi S.A.) that we entered into with Caravelas on February 19, 2014.

Our acquisition of the shares of PT Portugal was completed under the terms of a subscription agreement (contrato de subscrição de ações de emissão da Oi S.A.) that we entered into with PT SGPS on February 19, 2014, or the Portugal Telecom Subscription Agreement. Under the Portugal Telecom Subscription Agreement, PT SGPS agreed to subscribe for our common and preferred shares as part of the Oi capital increase by contributing all of the share capital of PT Portugal to our company. The price per share paid by PT SGPS was equivalent to the price per share paid in the cash portion of the Oi capital increase, and the number of our shares to which Portugal Telecom subscribed was based on an amount equivalent to the economic value of shares of PT Portugal, as determined in the valuation report prepared by Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A., or Santander Brasil, on the shares of PT Portugal that we acquired in the Oi capital increase, which we refer to as the PT Assets Valuation Report. According to the PT Assets Valuation Report, the shares of PT Portugal were valued at an amount between €1,623.3 million and €1,794.1 million. For purposes of PT SGPS’ subscription in the Oi capital increase, our board of directors has determined a value for the shares of PT Portugal of €1,750 million (R$5,709.9 million, based on the Euro-real exchange rate on February 20, 2014, the day before the first publication of the notice for the extraordinary general meeting of our shareholders), in accordance with the PT Subscription Agreement. In addition, we agreed to succeed to the rights and obligations of PT SGPS under certain contracts and these contracts were assigned to PT Portugal after the shares of PT Portugal were transferred to our company.

Our acquisition of all of the shares of PT Portugal in exchange for our common shares and preferred shares in the Oi capital increase has been accounted for under the purchase method of accounting as a result of which we have recorded the assets and liabilities of PT Portugal on our balance sheet at their fair values. We have prepared a preliminary purchase price allocation under which we recognized certain intangible assets. For more information about the businesses acquired from PT SGPS, see “—Operations in Portugal” and “—Operations in Africa.”

Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange

Prior to the Oi capital increase, PT SGPS’ then wholly-owned subsidies PTIF and PT Portugal subscribed to an aggregate of €897 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte that matured in July 2014. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, we became the creditor under this commercial paper.

Rio Forte is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Espírito Santo International, S.A. and is an indirect holder of 49% of Espírito Santo Financial Group S.A., which in turn owned 27.3% of the capital stock of Banco Espírito Santo, S.A.

On June 30, 2014, PT SGPS publicly disclosed the investments made by PTIF and PT Portugal in the commercial paper of Rio Forte. On that date, Otávio Marques de Azevedo, the chairman of our board of directors, and Fernando Magalhães Portella, our chief executive officer and a member of our board of directors, resigned as non-executive member of PT SGPS’ board of directors.

On July 15 and 17, 2014, Rio Forte defaulted on the commercial paper held by PTIF and PT Portugal. On July 22, 2014, Rio Forte filed a petition for controlled management with the courts of Luxembourg after concluding that it was not in a position to fulfill the obligations resulting from certain debts that had matured in July 2014. Rio Forte’s request was rejected on October 17, 2014. The Luxembourg Commercial Court denied Rio Forte’s request for controlled management on October 17, 2014 and declared Rio Forte bankrupt on December 8, 2014.

On September 8, 2014, we, TmarPart, PT SGPS and our subsidiaries PT Portugal and PTIF, entered into the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement. On the same date, we, PT SGPS and TmarPart executed a terms of commitment agreement, which we refer to as the Terms of Commitment Agreement.

On March 24, 2015, PT Portugal assigned its rights under the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement to PTIF. On March 27, 2015, PT Portugal assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Rio Forte commercial paper that it owned to PTIF.

PT Exchange Agreement

Under the PT Exchange Agreement, we agreed to transfer the defaulted Rio Forte commercial paper to PT SGPS and PT SGPS agreed to deliver to us an aggregate of 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares, representing 16.9% of our outstanding share capital, including 17.1% of our outstanding voting capital prior to giving effect to the PT Exchange.

On March 30, 2015, the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement were completed through the transfer of Rio Forte commercial paper in the aggregate amount of €897 million to PT SGPS in exchange for 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares.

PT Option Agreement

Under the PT Option Agreement, PTIF has granted to PT SGPS an option to acquire 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares. PT SGPS is entitled to exercise the PT Option in whole or in part, at any time prior to March 31, 2021. The number of shares subject to the PT Option will be reduced on each March 31 such that:

90% of the shares originally subject to the option will be available between March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017;

72% will be available between March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018;

54% will be available between March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019;

36% will be available between March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020; and

18% will be available between March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021,

in each case, less the number of shares with respect to the PT Option has been previously exercised. The exercise prices under the PT Option will be R$20.104 per common share and R$18.529 per preferred share, in each case as adjusted by the CDI rateplus 1.5% per annum, calculatedpro rata temporis, from March 31, 2015 to the date of the effective payment of the exercise price.

We are not required to maintain the Exchanged Shares in treasury. In the event that, at the time of exercise of the PT Option, PTIF and/or any of our other subsidiaries do not hold, in treasury, the number of shares with respect to which PT SGPS exercises the PT Option, the PT Option may be financially settled through payment by PTIF of the amount corresponding to the difference between the market price of the shares and the exercise price corresponding to these shares.

We may terminate the PT Option if (1) the by-laws of PT SGPS are amended to remove or amend the provision of those by-laws that limits the voting right to 10% of all votes corresponding to the capital stock of PT SGPS, except if this removal or amendment is required by law or by order of a competent governmental authority; (2) PT SGPS directly or indirectly engages in activities that compete with the activities of our company or our subsidiaries in the countries in which we or they operate; or (3) PT SGPS violates certain obligations under the PT Option Agreement.

Prior to the earlier of the expiration or full exercise of the PT Option, PT SGPS may not purchase shares of our company or TmarPart, directly or indirectly, in any manner other than by exercising the PT Option. If the PT Option is exercised, PT SGPS will undertake its best efforts to integrate the shareholder bases of PT SGPS and Oi in the shortest time possible.

PT SGPS may not directly or indirectly transfer or assign the PT Option, in whole or in part, nor grant any rights under the PT Option, including any security interest in the PT Option or the shares underlying the PT Option, without the consent of our company. If PT SGPS issues, directly or indirectly, any derivative instrument that is

backed by or references our shares, it shall immediately use all proceeds derived directly or indirectly from such derivative instrument to acquire shares pursuant to the exercise of the PT Option.

On March 31, 2015, we, PT SGPS and PTIF entered into an amendment to the PT Option Agreement. Under this amendment, (1) PT SGPS will be permitted to assign the PT Option to a third party provided that such assignment involves at least one-quarter of our shares subject to the PT Option, and (2) PT SGPS has granted our company a right of first refusal exercisable prior to any such assignment. This amendment does not affect the agreement of PT SGPS not to grant any rights under the PT Option, including any security interest in the PT Option or the shares underlying the PT Option, without the consent of our company, or the requirement that PT SGPS use all proceeds derived directly or indirectly from the issuance of any derivative instrument that is backed by or references our shares to acquire shares pursuant to the exercise of the PT Option.

The effectiveness of the amendment to the PT Option Agreement is subject to (1) the authorization of the amended terms by the CVM, and (2) the approval of the amendment to the PT Option Agreement by a general meeting of our shareholders at which both our common and preferred shareholders will be entitled to vote. We have agreed to issue a call notice for this general meeting of our shareholders on or before August 31, 2015 and to hold this meeting on or before September 30, 2015.

Terms of Commitment Agreement

On March 31, 2015, we, PT SGPS and TmarPart entered into an amendment to the Terms of Commitment Agreement. The Terms of Commitment Agreement, as amended, will remain in effect until the integration of the shareholder bases of Oi and PT SGPS pursuant to a legally permissible structure, which we refer to as the Integration Transaction, has been fully completed, including in respect of any shares of our company that may be acquired by PT SGPS during the term of the PT Option.

Under the Terms of Commitment Agreement, we, TmarPart and PT SGPS each agreed:

to use their respective best efforts and to take all reasonable measures to also implement the listing of our shares (or securities backed by our shares or our successor in case of a corporate reorganization) on the regulated market of Euronext Lisbon concurrently with the migration of our company to the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA, which we refer to as the migration, provided that in the event that it is not possible for any reason beyond the control of the parties for these listings to occur prior to or concurrently with the approval of the migration, they will use their best efforts and to take all reasonable measures to implement these listings as soon as possible following the migration.

to perform all acts, provide any required information, prepare all necessary documentation and to present and duly file all necessary filings before all appropriate governmental bodies and authorities so as to implement the listing on the regulated market of Euronext Lisbon and Integration Transaction as soon as possible.

to undertake to perform all necessary acts to implement the Integration Transaction relating to all shares of our company held by PT SGPS as of March 31, 2015 or that PT SGPS shall come to hold for so long as the Terms of Commitment Agreement is in force, including, but not limited to:

preparing and filing any prospectuses, including for admission to trading, registration statements or other documents with the CVM, the CMVM, Euronext Lisbon and the SEC by PT SGPS and/or our company (or our successor in case of a corporate reorganization), as the case may be, including the preparation of audited and unaudited financial statements required by the rules of such government authorities, and

engaging independent auditors, independent financial institutions or other experts to prepare financial statements, valuation reports and/or other necessary reports or documents and to use best efforts to cause such experts to consent to the inclusion their reports or other documents in the prospectuses,

registration statements or other documents to be filed with CVM, CMVM, Euronext Lisbon and the SEC.

In addition, under the Terms of Commitment Agreement we agreed to attend any general meetings of the shareholders of PT SGPS convened for the purposes of deliberating on the acts and authorizations required for the Integration Transaction, whether through a reduction of the share capital of PT SGPS, pursuant to the alternative structure under analysis described in the Information Statement issued by PT SGPS, dated August 13, 2014, or through another legally permissible alternative structure, and to vote in favor of approval of the approval of these acts and authorizations, to the extent our legitimate interests are preserved.

The obligations assumed by our company, TmarPart and PT SGPS described above apply equally in the event the Integration Transaction continues in respect of any of our shares that PT SGPS may receive upon exercise of the PT Option.

Proposed Sale of PT Portugal

Based on a reevaluation of our business strategy following the events described above, we determined that it was in the best interest of our company to dispose of PT Portugal and we commenced a sale process which led to the execution on December 9, 2014 of a Share Purchase Agreement among Oi, Altice Portugal and Altice. Under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, we have agreed to sell all of the share capital of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal for a purchase price equal to the enterprise value of PT Portugal of €6,900 million, subject to adjustments based on the financial debt, cash and working capital of PT Portugal on the closing date, plus an additional earn-out amount of €500 million in the event that the consolidated revenues of PT Portugal and its subsidiaries (as of the closing date) for any single year between the year ending December 31, 2015 and the year ending December 31, 2019 is equal to or exceeds € 2,750 million.

The closing under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement is conditioned on, among other things:

The completion of a reorganization of the assets of PT Portugal, which we refer to as the PT Portugal reorganization, in a manner that will result in our retaining:

100% of the share capital of PTIF;

100% of the share capital of PT Participações, which will hold the direct and indirect interests that we currently hold in Africatel and TPT;

100% of the share capital of PTII;

100% of the share capital of CVTEL; and

100% of the share capital of Carrigans.

The release of PT Portugal from its obligations under a variety of debt instruments to which it is a party.

Altice has informed us that on April 20, 2015, the European Commission declared the purchase and sale of PT Portugal was cleared on the condition that Altice sells its interest in Cabovisão and Oni Telecom. The European Commission also rejected the request previously made by the Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência) to analyse and review the transaction. On the same date, the Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority (Autoridade de Supervisão de Seguros e Fundos de Pensões) also issued a decision of non-opposition to the indirect acquisition by Altice Portugal of a qualifying holding in PT Portugal’s subsidiary Previsão – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, S.A.

Under the terms of the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, if the PT Portugal reorganization has not been completed on or prior to June 9, 2015, the PTP Share Purchase Agreement will terminate. In addition, if the closing does not occur and the PTP Share Purchase Agreement is terminated because (1) the PT Portugal reorganization is not completed in accordance with the terms of the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, or (2) all of the conditions precedent to the closing are satisfied or deemed to be satisfied and we do not consummate the sale of PT Portugal on the closing date, we will be required to pay to Altice a break-up fee of €500 million. If the closing does not occur and the PTP Share Purchase Agreement is terminated because all of the conditions precedent to the closing are

satisfied or deemed to be satisfied and Altice does not consummate the purchase of PT Portugal sale on the closing date, Altice will be required to pay us a break-up fee of €500 million.

Although some of the conditions to the closing under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement are beyond our control, we expect that the closing of this sale will occur during the second quarter of 2015.

Proposed Corporate Ownership Simplification and Migration to Novo Mercado

On March 31, 2015, the shareholders of TmarPart acting at a pre-meeting (reunião prévia) of the shareholders of TmarPart (1) unanimously approved the adoption of an alternative share structure, after analyzing options and taking into consideration the current obstacles to a registration of TmarPart shares with the SEC that would be necessary to allow the previously announced merger of shares of Oi and TmarPart, and (2) authorized the managements of TmarPart and Oi to begin taking the applicable steps to implement the alternative share structure.

The alternative share structure includes a voluntary exchange of our preferred shares for our common shares at the option of the preferred shareholder at an exchange rate of 0.9211 of our common shares for each of our preferred shares. The voluntary share exchange proposal requires that the holders of at least two-thirds of our preferred shares (excluding treasury shares) agree to exchange our preferred shares that they own for our common shares within a period of 30 days commencing after the General Shareholders’ Meeting of Oi at which the opening of the period for the exchange is deliberated.

Prior to the beginning of the period for the voluntary share exchange, we understand that the shareholders of TmarPart intend to cause:

AG Telecom to merge with and into PASA;

LF Tel to merge with and into EDSP;

PASA and EDSP to merge with and into Bratel Brasil;

Valverde to merge with and into TmarPart;

Venus RJ Participações S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. to merge with and into Bratel Brasil;

Bratel Brasil to merge with and into TmarPart; and

TmarPart to merge with and into Oi.

In addition, we understand that the shareholders of TmarPart intend to cause (1) the adoption of new by-laws of our company, and (2) the election of new members of the board of directors of our company for terms expiring at the General Shareholders’ Meeting that approves our financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2017. The corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company are expected to occur on the same date and are expected to be deliberated at shareholders’ meetings of the relevant entities during the third quarter of 2015, subject to the prior consent to the implementation of the corporate ownership simplification of ANATEL.

Following the completion of the corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company, we will seek to list our common shares on theNovo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA.

Corporate Structure

The following chart presents our corporate structure and principal operating subsidiaries as of May 4, 2015. The percentages in bold italics represent the percentage10, 2018. For a complete list of the voting capital owned directly and indirectly by the parent company of each entity, and the percentages not in bold italics represent the percentage of the total share capital owned directly and indirectly by the parent company of each entity.our subsidiaries, see Exhibit 8.01 to this annual report.

 

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(1)The remaining shares areOi directly and indirectly owns 100% of equity stock of Serede Serviços de Rede S.A., as follows: 81.43% is held directly by Paggo Empreendimentos S.A.Telemar and 18.57% is held directly by Oi.
(2)The remaining shares areOi indirectly holds 100% of the equity stock of Brasil Telecom Comunicaçāo Multimedia Ltda., as follows: 99.99% is held directly by our company.Oi Mobile and 0.01% is held directly by Telemar.
(3)TheOi indirectly holds 86% of the equity stock of Africatel Holdings B.V., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Africatel GmbH & Co KG. Samba Luxco S.à r.l. holds the remaining shares are14% of the equity stock of Africatel Holdings B.V.
(4)Oi indirectly holds 100% of the equity stock of Paggo Acquirer Gestão de Meios de Pagamentos Ltda., as follows: 99.99% is held directly by Paggo Empreendimentos S.A. and 0.01% is held directly by Oi Internet S.A.Mobile.

Brazilian Operations in Brazil

Our concessions and authorizations fromWe provide the Brazilian government allow us to provide:

following services:

fixed-line telecommunications services in Regions I and II of Brazil;

 

long-distance telecommunications services throughout Brazil;

 

mobile telecommunications services in Regions I, II and III of Brazil;

 

data transmission services throughout Brazil; and

 

direct to home (DTH) satellite television services throughout Brazil.

In addition, we have authorizations to provide fixed-line local telecommunications services in Region III.

Region I consists of 16 Brazilian states located in the northeastern and part of the northern and southeastern regions. Region I covers an area of approximately 5.4 million square kilometers, which represents approximately 64% of the country’s total land area and accounted for 40.3%31.2% of Brazil’s GDP in 2011.2016. The population of Region I was 105.3112.9 million as of 2011,2016, which represented 54.7%54.3% of the total population of Brazil as of that date. In 2011,2016, GDP per capita income in Region I was approximately R$15,869,19,055, varying from R$7,83611,366 in the State of PiauíMaranhão to R$28,69639,827 in the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Region II consists of the Federal District and nine Brazilian states located in the western, central and southern regions. Region II covers an area of approximately 2.92.8 million square kilometers, which represents approximately 33.5% of the country’s total land area and accounted for approximately 27.1%26.1% of Brazil’s GDP in 2011.2016. The population of Region II was 45.549.7 million as of 2011,2016, which represented 23.7%23.9% of the total population of Brazil as of that date. In 2011,2016, GDP per capita income in Region II was approximately R$24,668,32,545, varying from R$11,78216,953 in the State of Acre to R$63,02073,971 in the Federal District.

Region III consists of the State of São Paulo. Region III covers an area of approximately 248,000 square kilometers, which represents approximately 2.9% of the country’s total land area and accounted for approximately 32.6%32.4% of Brazil’s GDP in 2011.2016. The population of Region III was 41.645.1 million as of 2011,2016, which represented 21.6%21.7% of the total population of Brazil as of that date. In 2011,2016, GDP per capita income in Region III was approximately R$32,449.43,695.

The following table sets forth key economic data, compiled by IBGE, for the Federal District and each of the Brazilian states.

 

State

  Population
(in millions)
(2011)
   Population
per
Square
Kilometer
(2011)
   % of GDP
(2011)
   GDP per
Capita
(in
reais)
(2011)
   Population
(in millions)
(2016)
   Population
per Square
Kilometer (2016)
   % of GDP
(2016)
   GDP per Capita
(in
reais) (2016)
 

Region I:

                

Rio de Janeiro

   16.1     368.7     11.2     28,696     16.7    365.23    11.0    39,826.95 

Minas Gerais

   19.7     33.6     9.3     19,573     21.1    33.41    8.7    24,884.94 

Bahia

   14.1     25.0     3.9     11,340     15.3    24.82    4.1    16,115.89 

Pernambuco

   8.9     90.2     2.5     11,776     9.5    89.62    2.6    16,795.34 

Espírito Santo

   3.5     77.0     2.4     27,542     4.0    76.25    2.0    30,627.45 

Pará

   7.7     6.2     2.1     11,494     8.4    6.07    2.2    16,009.98 

Ceará

   8.5     57.3     2.1     10,314     9.0    56.76    2.2    14,669.14 

Amazonas

   3.5     2.3     1.6     18,244     4.1    2.23    1.4    21,978.95 

Maranhão

   6.6     20.0     1.3     7,853     7.0    19.81    1.3    11,366.23 

Rio Grande do Norte

   3.2     60.6     0.9     11,287     3.5    59.99    1.0    16,631.86 

Paraíba

   3.8     67.2     0.9     9,349     4.0    66.7    0.9    14,133.32 

Alagoas

   3.1     113.2     0.7     9,079     3.4    112.33    0.8    13,877.53 

Sergipe

   2.1     95.4     0.6     12,536     2.3    94.36    0.6    17,189.28 

Piauí

   3.1     12.5     0.6     7,836     3.2    12.4    0.7    12,218.51 

Amapá

   0.7     4.8     0.2     13,105     0.8    4.69    0.2    18,079.54 

Roraima

   0.5    2.01    0.2    20,476.71 
  

 

     

 

   

Subtotal

   112.9      39.9   
  

 

     

 

   

Region II:

        

Rio Grande do Sul

   11.3    37.96    6.4    33,960.36 

Paraná

   11.3    52.4    6.3    33,768.62 

Santa Catarina

   7.0    65.27    4.2    36,525.28 

Goiás

   6.8    17.65    2.9    26,265.32 

Mato Grosso

   3.3    3.36    1.8    32,894.96 

Federal District

   3.0    444.66    3.6    73,971.05 

State

  Population
(in millions)
(2011)
   Population
per
Square
Kilometer
(2011)
   % of GDP
(2011)
   GDP per
Capita
(in
reais)
(2011)
 

Roraima

   0.5     2.1     0.2     15,105  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Subtotal

 105.3   40.3  

Region II:

Rio Grande do Sul

 10.7   38.1   6.4   24,563  

Paraná

 10.5   52.7   5.8   22,770  

Santa Catarina

 6.3   66.3   4.1   26,761  

Goiás

 6.1   17.9   2.7   18,299  

Mato Grosso

 3.1   3.4   1.7   23,218  

Federal District

 2.6   448.3   4.0   63,020  

Mato Grosso do Sul

 2.5   6.9   1.2   19,875  

Rondônia

 1.6   6.6   0.7   17,659  

Tocantins

 1.4   5.0   0.4   12,891  

Acre

 0.7   4.5   0.2   11,782  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Subtotal

 45.5   27.1  

Region III (State of São Paulo)

 41.6   167.5   32.6   32,449  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total

 192.4   100.0  
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

State

  Population
(in millions)
(2016)
   Population
per Square
Kilometer (2016)
   % of GDP
(2016)
   GDP per Capita
(in 
reais) (2016)
 

Mato Grosso do Sul

   2.7    6.86    1.4    31,337.22 

Rondônia

   1.8    6.58    0.6    20,677.95 

Tocantins

   1.6    4.98    0.5    19,094.16 

Acre

   0.8    4.47    0.2    16,953.46 
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Subtotal

   49.7      27.9   
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Region III:

        

São Paulo

   45.1    166.23    32.4    43,694.68 
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Subtotal

   45.1      32.4   
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

Total

   207.7      100.0   
  

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

Source: IBGE.

Source:IBGE.

Set forth below is a map of Brazil showing the areas in Region I, Region II and Region III.

LOGO

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Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects depend in part on the performance of the Brazilian economy. See “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Brazil.”

Our Services

We provide a variety of telecommunications services to the residential market, the personal mobility market and the business and corporateB2B markets throughout Brazil.

Convergent Services

Recent figures show that bundled offerings build customer loyalty and serve to reduce churn rates as compared to standalone services. For example, during the year ended December 31, 2017, the average customer churn rate of customers who purchased ourOi Total Residencial triple-play residential bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data andPay-TV was 36.6% lower than the churn rate recorded for customers who purchased our standalone residential fixed-line voice offering. Certain bundles offer incentives such as free installation of fixed-line and broadband services, free modem andWi-Fi and access to certain smartphone applications free of charge. We believe that a bundle that contains more services can be more appealing to a customer than, for example, standalone broadband services at faster speeds. Both Claro and Telefônica Brasil offer broadband services at higher speeds than us. By developing unique, multi-product bundles with joint installation, integrated billing and unified customer service, we set ourselves apart from other service providers. We believe that being at the forefront of multi-product offerings allows us to remain competitive, maintain our customers’ loyalty and provide higher-value services.

Oi Total

In 2015, we launchedOi Total, a bundle designed to increase our market penetration and profitability by attracting new customers and offering a higher number of servicers per user.Oi Total embodies our convergence strategy, bringing a unique, complete and convenient experience for our customers by offering a single sale, joint installation, integrated billing in a single bill, and unified customer service. The integrated processes ofOi Total have allowed us to generate greater operational efficiencies, thereby reducing our operating costs. By December 31, 2015,Oi Total had been launched in 13 Brazilian states (Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia, Roraima, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Norte, Sergipe, Santa Catarina and Ceará) and the Federal District. In March 2016, we launchedOi Total in the remaining Brazilian states where we offer fixed-line services. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, 22.9% and 9.0%, respectively, of our fixed-line customers subscribed to one of the plans in ourOi Total portfolio.

OurOi Total portfolio consists of:

Oi Total Solução Completa, our quadruple-play bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data,Pay-TV and mobile voice and data services, including (1) unlimited local and domestic long-distance calls from one fixed line and one mobile device to any fixed line or mobile device in Brazil, (2) between 10 Mbps and 35 Mbps of broadband data through VDSL, (3) between 2GB and 10 GB of 4G mobile data and up to 10 GB of lower speed mobile data, (4) between 125 and 200 channels ofPay-TV, including between 27 and 75 high-definition, or HD, channels and (5) an extensiveon-demand movie, TV and internet content that is available free of charge for streaming anytime, anywhere throughOi Play, our content platform. In addition, allOi Total Solução Completacustomers receive access to ourWi-Fi access points.

Oi Total Conectado, ourtriple-pay bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data and mobile voice and data services, including all of the features of theOi Total Solução Completa plans except forPay-TV.

Oi Total Residencial, our residential bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data andPay-TV, including all of the features of theOi Total Solução Completa plans except for mobile voice and data services.

Oi Total TV + Fixo, a bundle that combines fixed-line voice andPay-TV, including unlimited local and domestic long-distance calls from one fixed line to any fixed-line telephone in Brazil and between 125 and 200 channels ofPay-TV, including between 27 and 75 HD channels and a range ofOi Playcontent.Oi Total TV + Fixoplans include the option to add mobile voice services.

Oi Total Play, a bundle that combines fixed-line voice and broadband data, including unlimited local and domestic long-distance calls from one fixed line to any fixed-line telephone in Brazil, up to 35 Mbps of broadband data through VDSL and a range ofOi Playcontent. We launchedOi Total Play in 2017.Oi Total Play is a pioneer in the Brazilian market, since it provides video content that can be accessed by various devices, using theOi Playplatform, without the need to subscribe for aPay-TV package.

Residential Services

Our primary services to the residential market are fixed-line voice, services, broadband services from fixed-line devices, subscription televisiondata andPay-TV services. We offer these services on an a la carte basis and as bundles, including bundles with other services including our mobile voice services and our mobile data communications services. In the Residential Services business, we view the household, rather than an individual, as our customer, and our offerings, particularly our bundled offerings, are designed to meet the needs of the household as a whole.

As of December 31, 2017, our Residential Services segment recorded 15,885 thousand RGUs, as follows: 9,233 thousand fixed lines in service; 5,156 thousand broadband RGUs; and 1,496 thousandPay-TV RGUs. As of December 31, 2016, our Residential Services segment recorded 16,425 thousand RGUs, as follows: 9,947 thousand fixed lines in service; 5,188 thousand broadband RGUs; and 1,290 thousandPay-TV RGUs.

Bundled Services

Our bundled offerings for residential customers have focused on increasing our profitability by providing a more comprehensive mix of higher-value services to our customers. In 2017, we continued to focus our efforts on upselling and cross-selling our services to existing customers, enhancing existing customer loyalty and attracting new customers by offering higher-value services such as theOi Total Playbundle within ourOi Total portfolio. We believe that these measures, together with our simplified plan offerings in the Residential Services business, resulted in an ARPU increase for our residential services from R$77.2 in 2016 to R$81.3 in 2017.

In addition toOi Total, bundles for residential customers include:

Oi Conta Total

With the nationwide launch ofOi Totalin March 2016,we discontinued new sales ofOi Conta Total, our former triple-play plan that combined fixed-line voice, broadband and mobile voice and data services and unlimited text messages to subscribers of any provider. We have since moved these offerings under theOi Totalportfolio under theOi Total Conectado plan and have begun efforts to migrate our legacyOi Conta Total customers toOi Total. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, 2.6% and 7.4%, respectively of our fixed-line customers subscribed to one of the plans in theOi Conta Total portfolio.

Pay-TV and Broadband Bundles

Subscribers to our internet protocolPay-TV, or IP TV, service may subscribe to ourOi TV Mais HD package, together with a broadband subscription at 100 Mbps, or ourOi TV Mega HD package, together with a broadband subscription at 200 Mbps. Subscriptions to our IP TV packages are only available in areas in which we have deployed ourfiber-to-the-home, or FTTH, network.

In addition to our service bundles, we have a la carte offerings for fixed-line voice, broadband, andPay-TV services as described below.

Fixed-Line Voice Services

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had approximately 13.612.9 million and 13.7 million local fixed-line customers, respectively, in our fixed-line service areas.areas (including customers of our B2B Services business). Local fixed-line services include installation, monthly subscription, metered services, collect calls and supplemental local services. Metered services include local calls that originate and terminate within a single local

area and calls between separate local areas within specified metropolitan regions which, under ANATEL regulations, are charged as local calls. ANATEL has divided our fixed-line service areas into 4,692approximately 4,400 local areasareas.

Under our concession agreements, we are required to offer two local fixed-line plans to users: the Basic Plan per Minute (Plano Básico de Minutos) and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan (Plano Alternativo de Serviços de Oferta Obrigatória), each of which includes installation charges, monthly subscription charges, and charges for local minutes. As of December 31, 2014, 15.5%2017 and 2016, 14.6% and 14.5%, respectively, of our fixed-line customers subscribed to the Basic Plan per Minute or the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan.

Calls within Brazil that are not classified as local calls are classified as domestic long-distance calls. We provide domestic long-distance services for calls originating from fixed-line devices in Region I and Region II through our network facilities in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte and through interconnection agreements with other telecommunications providers, both fixed-line and mobile, that permit us to interconnect directly with their networks. We provide international long-distance services originating from fixed-line devices in our fixed-line service areas through agreements to interconnect our network with those of the main telecommunications service providers worldwide.

In addition to the Basic Plan per Minute and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan, we offer a variety of alternative fixed-line plans that are designed to meet our customers’ usage profiles. As of December 31, 2014, 84.5%2017 and 2016, 85.4% and 85.5%, respectively, of our fixed-line customers subscribed to alternative plans, including our bundled plans.

We offerOurOi Fixo portfolio of fixed-line, voice-only plans provides a varietyrange of voice only plans, including:options, including unlimitedon-net orall-net calls from fixed-line to fixed-line (depending on the plan), as well ason-net andoff-net calls to mobile devices atpre-established rates.

Our unlimited plans, such as our “Oi Fixo Ilimitado” plan which permits a subscriber to make unlimited local calls from a fixed-line device to fixed-line customers of any carrier and local calls to our mobile customers at the rates established for calls to fixed lines. Subscribers to our “Oi Fixo Ilimitado” plan have the option of upgrading this plan for an additional monthly fee to permit unlimited long distance calls to fixed-line customers of any carrier using our carrier selection codes.

Our controlled plans, such as our “Oi Fixo a Vontade” plan which permits a subscriber to make unlimited local calls from a fixed-line device to fixed-line customers of any carrier and purchase a minutes for long-distance calls and calls to mobile devices.

Our “Orelhão Gratis” plan which we introduced in Rio de Janeiro State introduced in November 2012 and which, in addition to the features of our “Oi Fixo Ilimitado” plan, permits a subscriber to make unlimited local calls from a public telephone to our fixed-line customers.

We also own and operate public telephones throughout our fixed-line service regions. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had approximately 653,000640,000 and 642,000 public telephones in service, respectively, all of which are operated bypre-paid cards.

We continually monitor market trends and the usage profile of our customer to assist us in designing new plans and promotions in order to retain our existing customers and attract new customers to our fixed-line voice services.

Broadband Services

We provide high-speed internet access services using ADSL technology, which we refer to as broadband services to residential customers in the primary cities in Region I and Region II under the brand name “Oi Velox.” As of December 31, 2014, we offered broadband services in 4,658 municipalities in our fixed-line service areas. As of each of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we offered broadband services in approximately 4,700 municipalities and had 5.25.7 million residential ADSLbroadband customers in our fixed-line service areas.

areas (including customers of our B2B Services business). We offer ADSL services through ADSL modems installed using our customers’ conventional lines, which permit customers to use the telephone line simultaneously with the internet. Customers pay a fixed monthly subscription fee, irrespective of their actual connection time to the internet.

We offer broadband a la carte subscriptions to customers that do not subscribe to our bundled services plans at speeds ranging from 300 kbps2 Mbps to 1535 Mbps. To attract customers to this service, we offer new subscribers complementary anti-virus software and backup services. We offercloud services, as well as a free wireless router with subscriptions at speeds of 5 Mbps or more.

We offer bundles of voice and broadband services to our fixed-line subscribers at rates that are lower than the combined rate for separate comparable voice and broadband subscriptions. We are engaged in capital expenditure programs to upgrade the broadband speeds that we are able to offer and periodically offer promotions designed to encourage our existing broadband customers to migrate to plans offering higher speeds and to attract new customers to our broadband services. In some cases, we encourage our customers to migrate to higher broadband plans by providing broadband at faster speeds for the same prices as existing plans. This improvement of service without an increase in cost furthers our goals of improving the perception of quality of our services, enhancing the customer experience and enhancing customer loyalty.

In September 2015, we launched high-speed VDSL broadband service with offers ranging from 15 to 35 Mbps. With continued investments in our broadband network infrastructure, we expect to be able to offer our fixed-line broadband services at even greater speeds.

We continue to strategically invest in areas where we see the greatest potential for sales and growth. Our two primary competitors in broadband services, Claro and Telefônica Brasil, both offer broadband at higher speeds than our offerings. As a result, 2017, we devoted a substantial portion of our capital expenditures in investments to our network to increase the available broadband speeds and quality that we are able to offer in order to attract new customers and enhance the loyalty of our existing customer base, which was a significant factor in the increase in our ARPU from broadband services during 2017.

Subscription TelevisionPay-TV Services

We offer subscription televisionPay-TV services under ourOi TV brand. We deliver subscription televisionPay-TV services throughout our fixed-line service areas using our DTH satellite network. In Belo Horizonte, Poços de Caldas, Uberlândia and Barbacena in the State of Minas Gerais, we use a hybrid network of fiber optic and bidirectional coaxial cable. In December 2012 and January 2013, we began toWe also deliverOi TV through our fiber optic network using an internet protocol, or IP TV, in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Vilar dos Teles, Duque de Caxias and Niteroi, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, and the city of Belo Horizonte, respectively. We are engaged in capital expenditure programs to expand our fiber-to-the-home, or FTTH, network to permit us to offer IP TV to a broader range of potential subscribers. As of December 31, 2014, we had approximately 1.1 million subscribers to our DTH subscription television services in our fixed-line service areas, approximately 20,0000 subscribers to our cable network in the State of Minas GeraisGerais. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had approximately 4,0001.5 million and 1.3 million subscribers, respectively, to our IPPay-TV services. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, approximately 16.2% and 13.0%, respectively, of households with our residential services subscribed toOi TV subscription television services..

In December 2013, we offered three

We offer four packages of subscription televisionPay-TV services: (1) “Oi TV Start HD with 119125 channels, including 20 high-definition, or27 HD channels, (2) “Oi TV Mix HD with 159 channels, including 4253 HD channels, and (3) “Oi TV Total HD with 185190 o 194 channels, including 5269 HD channels.channels, and (4) Oi TV Total Cinema DVR HD with 200 channels, including 75 HD channels and DVR. Subscribers to each of these packages have the option to customize the package through the purchase of additional channels featuring films offered by HBO/MAXCinemax and Telecine. Although these packages are available for a la carte purchase, we promote these packagesTelecine and approximately 65% of our subscribers for these packages purchase these packages as part of a bundle with ourOi Velox service or fixed-line services.

Bundled Services

In addition to our combined internet and voice services, we offer our “Oi Conta Total” plan, which provide fixed-line voice services, fixed-line devices broadband services and mobile voice services, mobile data and unlimited text messages to subscribers of any provider. In addition, the “Oi Conta Total”plan provides unlimited long-distance calls to our fixed-line and mobile subscribers (except for the low-cost version of this plan, “Conta Total Light”). Subscribers to these plans have the option to subscribe to ourOi TV service.

Our “Oi Conta Total” plan permits subscribers to make unlimited local calls to any of our fixed-line or mobile customers and includes an allowance of minutes selectedsports offered by the customer for use to make long-distance calls and local calls to customers of other service providers. Subscribers also elect the speed of their fixed-line broadband service, which is available under this plan at speeds ranging from 2 Mbps to 15 Mbps. Subscribers to this plan are entitled to access our Oi Wi-Fi hotspots and subscribers who elect speeds of 5 Mbps or greater are provided with a complimentary wireless router. Subscribers can elect add-on features for this plan, including mobile data plans, unlimited text messages to subscribers of any provider and unlimited long-distance calls to our fixed line or mobile customers.

We also offer our “Oi Conta Total Smartphone” plan which has the same structure as our “Oi Conta Total” plan, with the addition of ourOi Smartphone data plan and unlimited text messages. We provide a smartphone, mini-modem or tablet at a subsidized price and access to our network of Oi Wi-Fi hotspots to our “Oi Conta Total Smartphone” subscribers.

Subscribers to our IP TV service may subscribe to our “Oi TV Mais HD” package, together with a broadband subscription at 100 Mbps, or our “Oi TV Mega HD” package, together with a broadband subscription at 200 Mbps. Subscriptions to our IP TV packages are only available in areas in which we have implemented our FTTH network.

We also launched a bundled plan combining fixed-line voice service with pre-paid mobile service under the brand “Fixo Ilimitado + Pré Ilimitado” in March 2012. This plan is available in most Brazilian states and, in addition to the features of the “Oi Fixo Ilimitado” plan, permits a subscriber to make unlimited local calls to our fixed-line and mobile customers from a mobile device.Futebol.

Personal Mobility Services

Our personal mobility services arePersonal Mobility Services business is comprised of post-paid andpre-paid mobile voice services and post-paid andpre-paid mobile data communications services. As of December 31, 2014,2017, we had an aggregate of approximately 50.936.6 million subscribers (RGUs) for our mobile services, includingof which 29.9 million, or 81.6%, werepre-paid subscribers to our bundled plans.and 5.7 million, or 18.4%, were post-paid subscribers. As of December 31, 2014, 82.2%2016, we had approximately and 39.9 million subscribers (RGUs) for our mobile services, of which 33.0 million, or 82.8%, werepre-paid subscribers and 6.9 million, or 17.2%, were post-paid subscribers. Our mobile ARPU increased from R$13.1 in 2016 to R$14.6 in 2017.

Our principal mobile services plans are voice and data bundles:Oi Mais for the post-paid market;Oi Livre for thepre-paid market; andOi Mais Controle as a hybrid solution. These offerings are part of our convergence strategy as these plans combine voice and data packages across our entire portfolio. This combination of voice and data packages encourages our customers to maintain voice services as part of their packages, which reduces that rate of decline of our customer base for fixed-line voice services. In addition, since our 3G and 4G networks offer greater capacity to meet the growing demand for data, we intend to accelerate the migration of users from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G by encouraging sales of 3G/4G smartphones and by including more data allowances in our new mobile voice customers subscribed to pre-paid plansoffers. We believe these measures will enhance our customers’ experience and 17.8% subscribed to post-paid plans.provide a better perception of the quality of our services.

Mobile Voice and Data Bundles

Post-Paid Voice Services

Post-paid customers pay a monthly subscription feeCustomers of our post-paid voice and data bundles are billed on a monthly basis for contracted services providedused during the previous month. Post-paid plans includemonth, in addition to surplus usage and special services contracted and used and monthly subscription fees. In addition to mobile voice and mobile data communications services, our post-paid voice and data bundles provide voice mail, caller ID, conference calling, call forwarding, calls on hold and specialother services.

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We offer post-paid voice and data bundles through ourOi Conta ConectadoMais portfolio. OurOi Maisplans permit a subscriberoffer between 7 GB and 50 GB of 4G mobile data with no usage restrictions and, since December 2017, unlimited minutes to make unlimited local calls to ourcall fixed-line and mobile subscribers, includes an allowance of minutes selected by the customer for use to make calls to customers of other service providers and providesany operator in Brazil. We believe that ourOi Mais plans allow us to satisfy the growing demand from our customers for unlimited text messagesvoice calls and increased and unrestricted data usage. In addition, allOi Maiscustomers receive access to ourOi Playplatform andWi-Fi access points. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016,Oi Maisaccounted for 32% and 65%, respectively, of our total post-paid mobile subscribers. This plan also includes mobile data (except for the low-cost version of this plan, “Oi Conta 100“). It also includes an allowance of minutes selected by the customer for use to make long-distance calls to our fixed-line or mobile customers (except for the low-cost version of this plan, “Oi Conta”). Customers can share the plan with users of as many as five separate mobile devices by paying a monthly fee per line. Subscribers can buy unlimited add-on features for this plan, including other mobile data plans and unlimited long-distance calls to our fixed line or mobile customers.base.

We also offer hybrid plans under the brand name “Oi Controle” for customers who wish to combine the cost savingsSince December 2017, all of our post-paid mobile plans withinclude unlimitedall-net voice minutes for calls within Brazil, and by the self-imposed limitsend of 2017, approximately 28% of our pre-paid plans. “Oi Controle” subscribers are permittedpost-paid customer base had subscribed to makeone of our unlimited localall-net voice options. We believe that our offerings in the post-paid market will enable us to improve revenue and long-distance calls to our mobile and fixed-line subscribers and purchase credits that can be used for calls to customersmarket share by offering a mix of other providers and other add-on services. “Oi Controle” is composed of five plans. One of the plans, “Oi Controle Voz,” offers a credit of R$10.90 for customer use for a pay-as-you go plan in additionservices to the above benefits. The other four plans includepost-paid market at more attractive prices.

Pre-Paid

Pre-paid customers activate their cellular numbers through the purchase and installation of a SIM card in their mobile data, unlimited text messageshandsets. Ourpre-paid customers are able to ouradd credits to their accounts throughpoint-of-sale machines, ATMs, Apple and Android applications installed on their mobile customers and limited voice and text message plans to other providers and Wi-Fi.

Credits can be bought through point of sale machines in retail stores, ATMs or mobile applicationsdevices such asMinha Oi andRecarga Oi.”

Pre-Paid Voice Services

Pre-paid customers activate their cellular numbers through the purchase and installation of a SIM card in their mobile handsets. Our pre-paid customers are able to add credits to their accounts through point-of-sale machines, ATMs, Apple and Android applications installed on their mobile devices such as “Minha Oi” and “Recarga Oi” using a credit card, our toll-free number or the purchase ofpre-paid cards at a variety of prices. These credits are valid for a fixed period of time following activation and can be extended when additional credits are purchased.

We regularlyofferpre-paid voice and data bundles through ourOi Livre portfolio. OurOi Livre portfolio includes a range ofall-net voice minutes for calls within Brazil (including unlimited minutes through theOi Livre Ilimitado plans) and data allowances (ranging from 500 MB to 7.6 GB of 4G mobile data) for flat fees. Customers choose the amount of time they have to use their voice and data allowances, ranging from one to 30 days. Using theMinha Oi application on their smartphones, customers can freely switch between their data and voice allowances depending on their individual needs using apre-determined exchange rate.Oi Livre changed the mobile service market in Brazil, disrupting the originalpre-paid model in which customers acquired SIM cards from different operators and used the respective SIM card foron-net calls with that particular operator in an effort to avoid paying high rates foroff-net calls. The launch various plansofOi Livre in 2015 was a strategic move given the reductions in interconnection tariffs in Brazil. It also follows a global trend and promotions designedadopts a model widely used in developed markets such as the United States and Europe. In addition, we believe the increase in data allowances satisfies the growing customer demand for larger data packages that allow access to incentivize the purchasegreat variety of applications available for smartphones. As of December 31, 2017 and use of credits by our pre-paid customers. In November 2014, we launched a new version2016,Oi Livreaccounted for approximately 65.5% and 44.7%, respectively, of our totalpre-paid promotion called “Tudo Por Dia.” “Tudo Por Dia” subscribers pay R$0.50 per day for 300 minutes of local and long-distance calls to our mobile and fixed-line customers and R$0.99 per day for 5MB of data, access to Oi Wi-Fi hotspots and 500 text messages. A subscription to this promotion has minimum recharge requirements and a monthly promotion maintenance fee. base.

In November 2014, we also launched a new version ofUnder ourOi Galera” plan aimed at young customers. This plan offerspre-paid voice text messaging, music, 10MB of data with free access to Facebook, Twitter and Oi Wi-Fi hotspots

for R$0.99 per day. “Oi Galera” subscribers also have special discounts on selected retail stores, restaurants and theaters.

Ourplans, our customers may also exchange the credits that they purchase for additional services, such as: (1) Bônus Extra, which permits our customers to purchase additional minutes for local or long-distance calls to our fixed-line or mobile subscribers at discounted rates; (2) Pacote de Dados, which permits our customers to purchase a specified data allowance for use on their handsets; and (3) Pacote de SMS, which permits our customers to purchase the ability to send a specified number of text messages.

In keeping with our focus on cost control and increasing profitability, throughout 2017 we disconnected inactive users of ourpre-paid plans, which reduced FISTEL taxes, which are calculated based on the number of our active subscribers, resulting in an increase in the profitability of our customer base. We intend to continue to disconnect inactive users periodically.

Bônus Extra” which permits our customers to purchase additional minutes for use for local or long-distance calls to our fixed-line or mobile subscribers at discounted rates;

Hybrid

Pacote de Dados” which permits our customers to purchase a specified data allowance for use on their handsets; and

The hybrid voice services market presents strategic value for our company because it combines advantages ofpre-paid offerings, such as the absence of bad debt and a favorable impact on working capital, with advantages of post-paid offerings, such as a heavier consumption profile. We improve our revenues and market share through the offer of hybrid plans by consolidating customer recharges in our hybrid plans’ SIM cards and by improving the mix of offerings to the post-paid market.

Pacote de SMS” which permits our customers to purchase the ability to send specified number of text messages.

We offer theOi Mais Controle portfolio of plans for customers who wish to combine the cost savings of our post-paid plans with the self-imposed limits of ourpre-paid plans.Oi Mais Controle subscribers have similar benefits as theOi Mais customers, such as data packages with no usage restrictions, unlimited text messaging and unlimitedall-net voice minutes for calls within Brazil, combined with the ability ofOi Livre customers to freely switch between their data and voice allowances depending on their individual needs using apre-determined exchange rate using theMinha Oi application on their smartphones. We believe these data packages, which contain more data and no usage restrictions, will allow us to satisfy the growing demand from our customers for increased and unrestricted data usage. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016,Oi Mais Controle accounted for approximately 51% and 62%, respectively, of our total hybrid mobile customer base.

Mobile InternetVoice Only Services

We no longer sell voice-only mobile plans. However, we offer mobile voice plans for ourpre-paid and hybrid customers who wish to purchase additional voice minutes.

Mobile Data Only Services

We offer post-paid and pre-paid mobile data communicationcommunications services to customers thatwho seek to access the internet through our network using mobile devices, including smartphones or tablets and laptop computers with the aid of a mini-modem.

Post-Paid

As with our post-paid voice plans,Oi Mais customers, our post-paid mobile internet customers pay a monthly subscription fee and are billed on a monthly basis for services provided during the previous month.month, and we throttle the speed of service for customers who exceed their data allowances. We also offer internet access for a daily fee to customers who do not subscribe to a monthly plan.

We offer a variety of post-paid mobile data communications plans that provide data allowances from 300 MB3 GB to 530 GB for smartphones and from 300 MB2 GB to 10 GB for tablets and laptop computers and provide data transmission at speeds of 1 Mbps (3G network) or 5 Mbps (4G network). In addition to data traffic, our post-paid mobile internet plans for use with mobile devices include allowances for text messages. Our post-paid mobile internet plans for smartphones are available to ourOi ContaMais” customers. customers who wish to purchase additional data and to customers of our legacy post-paid stand-alone voice plans who wish to add mobile data services to their smartphones. Our post-paid mobile internet plans for tablets and laptop computers are sold on a stand-alone basis or, in some cases, through our Oi Contal Totalvoice and data bundle.bundles. Subscribers to our access to our post-paid mobile internet plans for smartphones, tablets and laptop computers also receive free access to our network of WiFiWi-Fi hotspots. In addition to these post-paid plans, subscribers can purchase anti-virus software and backup data storage services.

Pre-Paid and Hybrid

We also offer two pre-paid mobile internet services:data communications services through mobile devicessmartphones for ourOi Livre(pre-paid) and through theOi Mais Controle (hybrid) customers who wish to purchase additional data and installationto customers of a SIM card in a mini-modem or tablet. Our our legacypre-paid customers are able and hybrid stand-alone voice plans who wish to add creditsmobile data services to their accounts through the purchase of pre-paid credits at prices that vary based on the data allowance purchased (from 5MB to 500MB) and duration (daily, weekly and monthly).

Mobile Long-Distance

Each mobile subscriber in Brazil is registered in a geographic area (identified by the corresponding area codes, such as 11 (São Paulo) and 21 (Rio de Janeiro)), which we refer to as the subscriber’s home registration area. A call originated by a mobile subscriber registered in one home registration area to a mobile subscriber registered in another home registration area, is classified as a mobile long-distance call.

We provide mobile long-distance services originating from Region I and Region II through network facilities and through interconnection agreements with Telefônica Brasil in Region III and each of the other principal mobile services providers operating in Brazil that permit us to interconnect directly with their local fixed-line and mobile networks. We provide international long-distance services originating or terminating on our customer’s mobile handsets through agreements to interconnect our network with those of the main telecommunications service providers worldwide.smartphones.

Value-Added Services

The value-added services we provide include voice, text and data applications, including voicemail, caller ID, and other services, such as personalization (video downloads, games, ring tones and wallpaper), text messaging

subscription services (horoscope, soccer teams and love match), chat, mobile television, location-based services and applications (mobile banking, mobile search, email and instant messaging). Applications such as the ones described below contributed an increase in revenues from value-added services during 2017.

Oi Apps Club:A subscription-based marketplace for highly rated Android apps, Oi Apps Club provides customers unlimited access to download apps, charged to the customer’s Oi bill rather than a credit card.

Oi Conselheiros:In this service, renowned and famous professionals in different areas of expertise known as “Oi’s Ambassadors” endorse exclusive content covering travel, fashion, cooking, celebrities and music, among others.

Oi Para Aprender:Oi’s mobile learning platform, which provides a variety of courses and tips regarding languages, entrance examinations, job assessments, how to develop a home office business and software lessons, among others.

Our value-added services are developed by third-party application or content providers and offered to our customers.

Business and CorporateB2B Services

In theour B2B Services business, we serve SME and corporate services market, we serve small(including government) customers and medium-sized enterprise, or SMEs, and large enterprises, or corporate customers.other telecommunications providers. We marketoffer a variety of services to SMEs,our SME and corporate customers, including our core fixed-line, broadband and mobile services, as well as our higher-value addedvalue-added services, such as broadband services, voice, text and data applications, advanced voice services and commercial data transmission services. For our corporate customers, we also offer information technology services, such as network management and security, Storage, Smartcloud, anti-distributed denial of service andmachine-to-machine products, which enable communication between a product and its control center or database (such as a car and its GPS navigation system), in order to expand our revenue sources from corporate customers beyond voice services, increase customer loyalty and ensure greater revenue predictability. We also market theseprovide wholesale interconnection, network usage and traffic transportation services to other telecommunications providers.

As of December 31, 2017, our B2B Services segment recorded 6,512 thousand RGUs, as follows: 3,641 thousand fixed lines in service; 543 thousand broadband RGUs; 2,316 thousand mobile RGUs; and 12 thousandPay-TV RGUs. As of December 31, 2016, our B2B Services segment recorded 6,617 thousand RGUs, as follows: 3,760 thousand fixed lines in service; 553 thousand broadband RGUs; 2,290 thousand mobile RGUs; and 13 thousandPay-TV RGUs.

The implementation of certain initiatives since the end of 2015, coupled with the declining macroeconomic conditions in Brazil, has prompted certain changes in our portfolios and recent offerings. SMEs are more vulnerable to economic instability than our more established corporate customers, combining theseso there has been a reduction in our SME customer base as a result of SMEs going out of business. Our corporate customers, while better able to survive the current economic instability, often respond by reducing their economic activity and tightening their budgets for telecommunications products and services.

In addition, in a move to better align our products with the needs of our consumers, and to increase customer satisfaction, we have taken a“back-to-basics” approach to product and service offerings with information technology services.and, as a result, developed simpler, more predictable flat-rate plans that enable the customer to better understand, project and plan for upcoming expenses. Furthermore, our sales focus has shifted to upgrading existing contracts, which has not required us to make any additional investments.

Services for SMEs

We offer SMEsSME services similar to those offered to our residential and personal mobility customers, including fixed-line and mobile voice services, and fixed-line and mobile broadband services. We also recently launched FTTH plans for SMEs. In addition, we offer SMEs:

digital trunk services, which optimize and increase the speed of the customer’s telephone system;

 

advanced voice services, primarily 0800 (toll free) services, as well as voice portals where customers can participate in real-time chats and other interactive voice services;

 

dedicated Line Services (Serviços de Linhas Dedicadas), or SLD, under which we lease dedicated digital and analog lines to customers for use in private networks; and
dedicated internet connectivity and data network services; and

 

value-added services, such as help desk support that provides assistance for technical support issues, web services with hosting,e-mail tools and website builder and security applications.

We offer a variety of mobile plans to SMEs, including ourOi Equipe Flat plan for groups of employees, ourOi Empresa Especial plan for individual users in an SME and ourOi Controle plan which, similarly to our residential fixed-line plan, is designed to permit a SME to control usage of mobile minutes. In general, our sales team works with anour SME customer to determine theirthat customer’s telecommunications needs and negotiates a package of services and pricing structure that is tailoredbest suited to its needs. In December 2015, we launchedOi Mais Empresas for SMEs.Oi Mais Empresasprovides a portfolio of flat fee services. This simplified portfolio is easier to understand, purchase and use, fostering a better relationship with the needsSME. The flat rate model eliminates billing issues and disputes and reduces the risk of thatdefault by the SME. Concurrently, as part of our digitalization efforts, we launched theOi Mais Empresas app, a fully digital customer channel through a smartphone application. TheOi Mais Empresas app provides exclusive service to SMEs, enabling them to acquire services, upgrade their contract plan and make requests and track the status of those requests, such as repairs and bill copies, among others, all using a smartphone. We also offer multi-product packages including fixed-line, broadbandmade the same improvements and mobile service bundles designed forenabled the SME segment.same functionalities as theOi Mais Empresas app on our website, enabling our customers to perform the same functions from a computer. The creation of theOi Mais Empresas app and website improvements changed the way our customers communicate and reinforced our commitment to simplify our product portfolios and better understand our customers’ needs.

Services for Corporate Customers

We offer corporate customers all of the services offered to our SME customers. In addition, we provide a variety of customized, high-speed data transmission services through various technologies and means of access to corporate customers. Our principal data transmission services include interconnection between local area networks at data transmission speeds of 34 Mbps, 155 Mbps and 10 Gbps, videoconferencing, video/image transmission and multimedia applications. Our principal commercial data transmission servicesfor Corporate customers are:

 

SLD, under which we lease dedicated linesact as the internet service provider for our Corporate customers, connecting their networks to corporate customers for use in private networks that link different corporate websites; andthe internet;

dedicated Line Services (Serviços de Linhas Dedicadas), or SLD, under which we lease dedicated lines to corporate customers for use in private networks that link different corporate websites; and

 

IP services which consist of dedicated private lines which we provide to most of the leading ISPs in Brazil,internet connection, as well as Virtual Private Network, or VPN, services that enable our customers to operateconnect their private intranet and extranet networks.networks to deliver videoconferencing, video/image transmission and multimedia applications.

In 2012, we have broadened the scopeWe provide these services at data transmission speeds of services that we2 Mbps to 100 Gbps.

We also offer to our corporate clients to include information technology infrastructure services to our corporate customers, seeking to offer our customers themend-to-end solutions through which we are able to provide and manage their connectivity and information technology needs. In February 2012For example, we launched “Oi Smartcloud,” a suite of data processing and data storage services that we perform through our five cyber data centers located in Brasília, São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre. In addition, through these data centers, we provide

hosting, collocation and IT outsourcing services, permitting our customers to outsource their IT infrastructures to us or to use these centers to provide backup for their IT systems.

During the third quarter of 2013, we partnered with PT SGPS to offer four major new service groups through “Oi SmartCloud.” These new, a suite of data processing and data storage services that we perform through our five cyber data centers located in Brasília, São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre. In addition, through these data centers, we provide hosting, collocation and IT outsourcing services, permitting our customers to outsource their IT infrastructures to us or to use these centers to provide backup for their IT systems.

We also offer the following four major service groups are:throughOi SmartCloud, which operate through our five cyber data centers:

 

collaborative solutions, a hosting and sharing platform that provides employees with access to company documents;

 

business applications, anin-memory computing platform for large amounts of data;

 

mobility, a one-stop solution for mobile device management; and
Oi GestãoMobilidade, a mobile device management service focused on providing logistics and security solutions relating to mobile devices;

 

security,Security services, a centralized, anti-spam filtering solution for corporate email.email; and

The new solutions operate through our five cyber data centers. In addition, in the second quarter of 2012, we launched our “Oi Gestão Mobilidade

Telepresence as a Service (TPaaS), a video-conferencing service our mobile device management service focused on providing logistics and security solutions relating to mobile devices.

that allows collaboration among people at remote locations.

In 2014, we launchedWe also offer various services based on IT applications:

 

fleet management services, which provide a management system for fleet monitoring and location targeting, economies of scale for fuel costs, driver profile analysis and kilometer control for maintenance;

 

Interação Web, a digital marketing service, which allows us to implement on the website of our B2B Services customers an intelligent interaction with their digital users in real time.

workforce management, which provides a system with web and mobile applications to monitor and control the workforce in the field and optimize routes and control logistics activities;

cloud reporting, which provides compression and transmission solutions for medical images using the DICOM format, with large optimization of transmission capacity, ensuring picture quality independent of bandwidth; and

 

digital content management (corporate TV platform and queue management), which provides a digital signage platform with queue management solutions, creating a powerful marketing tool for companies that have interactions with customers at points of sale.

In November 2014, we launched our “Oi Smart Office” service, which provides a system to control daily work and productivity of employees working remotely, including through the use of biometrics. The platform offers a connection between the home environment and the corporate network, providing unified communication options including chat, voice, video, conferencing and document sharing along with corporate applications for cloud computing.

In order to provide complete solutions to our corporate clients, we have entered into service agreements for the joint supply of international data services with a number of important international data services providers. These commercial relationships with international data services providers are part of our strategy of offering telecommunications services packages to our customers.

Wholesale Services for Other Telecommunications Providers

We offer specialized wholesale services to other telecommunications providers, primarily consisting of interconnection to our networks, network usage charges for the use of portions of our long-distance network, and traffic transportation through our physical infrastructure.infrastructure, and RAN sharing agreements.

Interconnection and Network Usage Charges

All telecommunications services providers in Brazil are required, if technically feasible, to make their networks available for interconnection on anon-discriminatory basis whenever a request is made by another telecommunications services provider. Interconnection permits a call originated on the network of a requesting local fixed-line, mobile or long-distance service provider’s network to be terminated on the local fixed-line or mobile services network of the other provider.

We are authorized to charge for the use of our local fixed-line network on aper-minute basis for (1) all calls terminated on our local fixed-line networks in Regions I and II that originate on the networks of other mobile and long-distance service providers, and (2) all long-distance calls originated on our local fixed-line networks in Regions I and II that are carried by other long-distance service providers.

Conversely, other local fixed-line service providers charge us interconnection fees (1) to terminate calls on their local fixed-line networks that are originated on our mobile or long-distance networks, and (2) for long-distance calls originated on their local fixed-line networks that are carried by our long-distance network.

In addition, we charge network usage fees to long-distance service providers and operators of trunking services that connect switching stations to our local fixed-line networks.

We are authorized to charge for the use of our long-distance network on aper-minute basis for all calls that travel through a portion of our long-distance networks for which the caller has not selected us as the long-distance provider. Conversely, other long-distance service providers charge us interconnection fees on aper-minute basis for all calls that travel through a portion of their long-distance networks for which the caller has selected us as the long-distance provider.

We are authorized to charge for the use of our mobile network on aper-minute basis for all calls terminated on our mobile network that originate on the networks of other local fixed-line, mobile and long-distance service providers. Conversely, other mobile services providers charge us interconnection fees to terminate calls on their mobile networks that are originated on our local fixed-line, mobile or long-distance networks. The amounts that we charge and owe for these interconnections with respect to SMEs have reduced dramatically, however, as a result of the recent reductions in interconnection tariffs mandated by ANATEL. The pricing for services to our corporate customers are not immediately affected by the ANATEL reductions. Rather, these rate reductions are only reflected in the negotiation and pricing of new contracts.

Transportation

We provide Industrial Exploitation of Dedicated Lines (ExploraçExploração Industrial de Linha Dedicada), or EILD, services under which we lease trunk lines to other telecommunications services providers, primarily mobile services providers, which use these trunk lines to link their radio base stations to their switching centers;centers.

Long-distance and mobile services providers may avoid paying long-distance network usage charges to us by establishing an interconnection to our local fixed-line networks. In order to retain these customers of our long-distance services, we offer a long-distance usage service, called national transportation, under which we provide discounts to our long-distance network usage fees based on the volume of traffic and geographic distribution of calls generated by a long-distance or mobile services provider.

We also offer international telecommunications service providers the option to terminate their Brazilian inbound traffic through our network, as an alternative to EmbratelClaro and TIM. We charge international telecommunications service providers aper-minute rate, based on whether a call terminates on a fixed-line or mobile telephone and the location of the local area in which the call terminates.

Rates

Our rates for certain services, including basic local fixed-line services,and domestic long-distance services, mobile services,plans, interconnection, EILD and SLD services, are subject to regulation by ANATEL, subject to certain exceptions relating to the rates we charge under alternative fixed-line and mobile plans that we are authorized to offer to our customers.exceptions. For information on ANATEL regulation of our rates, see “—Telecommunications Regulation—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry.” Under our current authorizations, which we operate under the private regime, we are allowed to set prices for our mobile service plans, provided that such amounts do not exceed a specified inflation adjusted cap. Other telecommunications services, such as broadband services, IP services, frame relay services and DTH and IP TV are not subject to ANATEL regulation.

Many of the services we provide charge on aper-minute basis. For these services, we charge for calls based on the period of use. The charge unit is a tenth of a minute (six seconds), and rounding is permitted to the next succeeding tenth of a minute. There is a minimum charge period of 30 seconds for every call. For local fixed-line to fixed-line calls duringoff-peak hours, charges apply on aper-call basis, regardless the duration of the call.

Local Fixed-Line Rates

Local Rates

Our revenues from local fixed-line services consist mainly of monthly subscription charges, charges for local calls and charges for the activation of lines for new subscribers or subscribers that have changed addresses. Monthly subscription charges are based on the plan to which the customer subscribes and whether the customer is a residential, commercial or trunk line customer.

Under our concession agreements, we are required to offer two local fixed-line plans to users: the Basic Plan per Minute and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan, each of which includes installation charges, monthly subscription charges, and charges for local minutes. As of December 31, 2014, 15.5% of our local fixed-line customers subscribed to the Basic Plan per Minute or the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan.

The monthly subscription fees under the Basic Plan per Minute and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan vary in accordance with the subscribers’ profiles, as defined in the applicable ANATEL regulations. The monthly subscription fee forAs of December 31, 2017 and 2016, 14.6% and 14.5%, respectively, of our fixed-line customers subscribed to the Basic Plan per Minute includes the use of 200 local minutes per month by residential customers and 150 local minutes per month by commercial customers and trunk line customers. The monthly subscription fee foror the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan includes the use of 400 local minutes per month by residential customers and 360 local minutes per month by commercial customers and trunk line customers. We deduct only two local minutes from a Basic Plan per Minute customer’s monthly allotment and four minutes from a Mandatory Alternative Service Plan customer’s monthly allotment for each local call made, regardless of the duration of the call, during off-peak hours. If the minute limits are exceeded, customers will incur additional metered-minute charges, the prices of which vary depending on whether the customer is a Basic Plan per Minute subscriber or a Mandatory Alternative Service Plan subscriber. If a customer does not use all of the minutes covered by the monthly subscription fee, the minutes cannot be carried over to the next month.

In addition to the Basic Plan per Minute and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan, we are permitted to offernon-discriminatory alternative plans to the basic service plans. The rates for applicable services under these plans (e.g., monthly subscription rates and charges for local and long-distance calls) must be submitted for ANATEL approval prior to the offering of those plans to our customers. In general, ANATEL does not raise objections to the terms of these plans. As of December 31, 2013, 84.5%2017 and 2016, 85.4% and 85.5%, respectively, of our local fixed-line customers subscribed to alternative plans.

Underplans, including our fixed-line rate plans, we charge for calls on a per-minute basis. There is a minimum charge period of 30 seconds for every call. However, calls of three seconds or less are not charged, except in certain specific instances as provided for in ANATEL regulations.bundled plans.

On an annual basis, ANATEL increases or decreases the maximum rates that we are permitted to charge for our basic service plans. ANATEL increased the rates that we and Telemar may charge by an average of 1.97%3.6% as of December 24, 2011June 13, 2015 and 0.55%2.94% as of February 8, 2013,September 12, 2016, and decreased the rates that we and Telemar may charge by an average of 0.10%0.08% as of April 18, 2014.November 11, 2017. In addition, we are authorized to adjust the rates applicable to our alternative plans annually by no more than the rate of inflation, as measured by the Telecommunications Services Index (Índice de Serviços de Telecomunicações – IST), or IST. Discounts from the rates set in basic service plans and alternative service plans may be granted to customers without ANATEL approval.

Local FixedLine-to-Mobile Rates(VC-1) and Mobile Long Distance Rates(VC-2 andVC-3)

When one of our fixed-line customers makes a call to a mobile subscriber of our company or another mobile services provider that terminates in the mobile registration area in which the call was originated, we charge our fixed-line customerper-minute charges for the duration of the call based on rates designated by ANATEL asVC-1

rates. In turn, we pay the mobile services provider aper-minute charge based on rates designated by ANATEL as VU-Mmobile termination, or MTR, rates for the use of its mobile network in completing the call. Rates for long-distance calls that originate or terminate on mobile telephones are based on whether the call is an intrasectorial long-distance call, which is charged at rates designated by ANATEL asVC-2 rates, or an intersectorial long-distance call, which is charged at rates designated by ANATEL asVC-3 rates. If the caller selects one of our carrier selection codes for the call, we receive the revenues from the call and must pay interconnection fees to the service providers that operate the networks on which the call originates and terminates.VC-1,VC-2 andVC-3 rates, collectively, the “VC Rates” vary depending on the time of the day and day of the week, and are applied on aper-minute basis.

On an annual basis, ANATEL may increase or decrease the maximum VC-1 ratesVC Rates that we are permitted to charge. ANATEL authorized our company and Telemar to increase our VC-1 rates by an average 0.98% asAs a result of February 9, 2010. Discounts from the VC-1 rates approved by ANATEL may be granted to customers without ANATEL approval. In November 2011, ANATEL adopted new regulations under which ANATEL was authorized to reduce the then-current VC-1 rates by as much as 18%substantial reductions in 2011, 12%VC Rates in past years (for example, between 2012 and 10% in 2013, after giving effect to an inflation adjustment based on the IST measured from June 2009. In February 2012,2018, ANATEL ordered us to reducereduced ourVC-1 rates rate by approximately 10%, although65%) and in keeping with our strategy of simplifying our portfolios to enhance the customer experience, in 2015 we are appealing the timinglaunched several fixed-line and mobile plans that allowall-net calls for a flat fee. In addition, since 2017 most of our mobile plans allow our customers to place unlimited local and long-distance calls regardless of the applicationnetwork where the call originates or terminates.All-net and unlimited plans eliminate the effect of this rate decrease toVC Rate reductions on our company as our VC-1 rate was increased in Region I by 1.54% in accordance with our application for this increase in February 2012. In March 2013, ANATEL reduced our VC-1 rates in Region Icustomers’ telephone bills and Region II by approximately 18.6% and 8%, respectively.

Domestic Long-Distance Ratessimplify the billing process.

FixedLine-to-Fixed-Line Long Distance Rates

If a caller selects one of our carrier selection codes for a long-distance call that originates and terminates on fixed-line telephones, we receive the revenues from the call and must pay interconnection fees to the service providers that operate the networks on which the call originates and terminates. Rates for these long-distance calls are based on the physical distance separating callers (which are categorized by four distance ranges), time of the day and day of the week, and are applied on aper-minute basis for the duration of the call. Rates on these calls are applied on aper-minute basis.

On an annual basis, ANATEL increases or decreases the maximum domestic fixedline-to-fixed line long-distance rates that we are permitted to charge. ANATEL increased the rates that our company and Telemar may charge by an average of 1.97%0.7% as of December 24, 2011, 0.55%September 9, 2016 and decreased such rates by 0.7% as of February 8, 2013 and 0.65% as of April 18, 2014.November 11, 2017. Discounts from the domestic fixedline-to-fixed line long-distance rates approved by ANATEL may be granted to customers without ANATEL approval.

Mobile Long-Distance

Rates for long-distance calls that originate or terminate on mobile telephones are based on whether the call is an intrasectorial long-distance call, which is charged at rates designated by ANATEL as VC-2 rates, or an intersectorial long-distance call, which is charged at rates designated by ANATEL as VC-3 rates. If the caller selects one of our carrier selection codes for the call, we receive the revenues from the call and must pay interconnection fees to the service providers that operate the networks on which the call originates and terminates. The applicable VC-2 and VC-3 rates vary depending on the time of the day and day of the week, and are applied on a per-minute basis.

On an annual basis, ANATEL may increase or decrease the maximum VC-2 and VC-3 rates we are authorized to charge. In November 2011, ANATEL adopted new regulations under which ANATEL was authorized to reduce the then-current VC-2 andVC-3 rates by as much as 18% in 2011, 12% in 2012 and 10% in 2013, after giving effect to an inflation adjustment based on the IST measured from June 2009. In February 2012, ANATEL ordered us to reduce our VC-2 and VC-3 rates by approximately 10%, although we are appealing the timing of the application of these rate decreases to our company as our VC-1, VC-2 and VC-3 rates were increased by 1.54% in Region I in accordance with our application for this increase in February 2012. In March 2013, ANATEL reduced our VC-2 and VC-3 rates in Region I and Region II by approximately 18.6% and 8%, respectively.

Mobile Rates

Mobile telecommunications service in Brazil, unlike in the United States, is offered on a “calling-party-pays” basis under which a mobile subscriber pays only for calls that he or she originates (in addition to roaming charges

paid on calls made or received outside the subscriber’s home registration area). A mobile subscriber receiving a collect call is also required to pay mobile usage charges.

Our revenues from mobile services consist mainly of charges for local and long-distance calls and data packages paid by ourpre-paid and post-paid mobile subscribers and monthly subscription charges paid by our post-paid plan subscribers. Monthly subscription charges are based on a post-paid subscriber’s service plan. If one of our mobile subscribers places or receives a call from a location outside of his or her home registration area, we are permitted to charge that customer the applicable roaming rate.

Under ANATEL regulations, TNL PCS We charge for all mobile calls made by ourpre-paid customers, and Oi Mobile were each required to submit a basic post-paid service plan and a basic pre-paid service plan to ANATEL for its approval. As of December 31, 2014, fewer than 1% of our mobile customers subscribed to our basic post-paid plans or our basic pre-paid plans.

In addition to the basic service plans, we are permitted to offer non-discriminatory alternative plans to the basic service plans. The rates for applicable services under these plans (e.g., monthly subscription rates, charges for local and long-distance calls and roaming charges) must be submitted for ANATEL approval prior to the offering of those plans to our customers. In general, ANATEL does not raise objections to the terms of these plans. As of December 31, 2014, substantially all ofmade by our post-paid and pre-paid customers subscribed to these alternative plans.in excess of their allocated monthly number of minutes, on aper-minute basis.

Although subscribers of a plan cannot be forced to migrate to new plans, existing plans may be discontinued as long as all subscribers of the discontinued plan receive a notice to that effect and are allowed to migrate to new plans within six months30 days of such notice.

We charge for all mobile calls made by our pre-paid customers, and for mobile calls made by our post-paid customers in excess of their allocated monthly number of minutes, on a per-minute basis.

Rates under our mobile plans may be adjusted annually by no more than the rate of inflation, as measured by the IST.IGP-DI. These rate adjustments occur on the anniversary dates of the approval of the specific plans. DiscountsWe may grant customers discounts from the rates set in basicour service plans and alternative service plans may be granted to customers without ANATEL approval. The rate of inflation as measured by the ISTIGP-DI was 4.77%10.7% in 2012, 5.01%2015, 7.2% in 20132016 and 5.85%(0.42)% in 2014.2017.

Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates

Fixed-Line Networks

Our revenues from the use of our local fixed-line networks consist primarily of payments on aper-minute basis, which are charged at rates designated by ANATEL asTU-RL rates, from:

 

long-distance service providers to complete calls terminating on our local fixed-line networks;

 

long-distance service providers for the transfer to their networks of calls originating on our local fixed-line networks; and

 

mobile services providers to complete calls terminating on our local fixed-line networks.; and

TU-RL rates vary depending on the time of the day and day of the week, and are applied on a per-minute basis.

Prior to August 2012, the TU-RL rates of Oi and Telemar were equal to 40% of the rate included in their respective Basic Plan per Minute for a local fixed-line call, which was adjusted on an annual basis by ANATEL. In May 2012, ANATEL adopted revisions to the regulations relating to TU-RL rates that became effective in August 2012. Under the revised regulations (1) between August 2012 and December 2013, fixed-lineFixed-line service providers were ableare not permitted to charge other fixed-line service providers for local fixed-line calls originating on their local fixed-line networks and terminating on the other provider’s local fixed-line networks only ifnetworks.TU-RL rates vary depending on the outgoing traffic in a given direction of transmission was higher than 75%time of the total traffic between such providers,day and (2) since January 2014, fixed-line service providers have no longer been able to charge other fixed-line service providers for local

fixed-line calls originating on their local fixed-line networks and terminating on the other provider’s local fixed-line networks.

Asday of the date of this annual report, Oi’s TU-RL rate during peak hours is R$0.035 per minuteweek, and Telemar’s TU-RL rate during peak hours is R$0.032 per minute. In July 2014, ANATEL approved a rule for the definition of maximum fixed reference rates, including TU-RL and TU-RIU, for entities with significant market power, such as our company, basedare applied on a long-run incremental cost methodology. Under this rule, TU-RL and TU-RIU reference rates will decline from 2016 through 2019 when TU-RL and TU-RIU reference rates reflecting the long-run incremental cost methodology will apply.per-minute basis.

Our revenues from the use of our long-distance networks consist primarily of payments on aper-minute basis, which are charged at rates designated by ANATEL asTU-RIU rates, from other long-distance carriers that use a portion of our long-distance networks to complete calls initiated by callers that have not selected us as the long-distance provider.TU-RIU rates for intrasectorial calls are designated by ANATEL asTU-RIU1 rates, andTU-RIU rates for intersectorial calls are designated by ANATEL asTU-RIU2 rates.

TU-RIU rates vary depending on the time of the day and day of the week, and are applied on aper-minute basis. From January 1, 2007 through July 31, 2012,Historically, theTU-RIU rates of Oi and Telemar were equal to 30% of their respective domestic fixed line-to-fixed line long-distance rates for calls of more than 300 km, which are typically adjusted on an annual basis by ANATEL. From August 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012, the TU-RIU rates of Oi and Telemar were equal to 25% of their respective domestic fixed line-to-fixed line long-distance rates for such calls. Since January 1, 2013, the TU-RIU rates of Oi and Telemar have been equal to 20% of their respective domestic fixedline-to-fixed line long-distance rates for such calls.calls.

As of the date of this annual report, Oi’s TU-RIU rate is R$0.072 per minute and Telemar’s TU-RIU rate is R$0.083 per minute.

In July 2014, ANATEL approved a rule forpublished the definition of maximum fixed reference rates, includingTU-RL andTU-RIU, for entities with significant market power, such as our company, for 2016 through 2019. As a result, ourTU-RL andTU-RIU reference rates have declined significantly and will continue to decline through 2019, whenTU-RL andTU-RIU rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of such service based on a long-run incremental cost methodology. Under this rule, an efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will apply. In February 2016, ourTU-RL rate in each of Region I and TU-RIU referenceII was R$0.01146 per minute, ourTU-RIU1 rates in Regions I and II were R$0.06124 per minute and R$0.4946 per minute, respectively, and ourTU-RIU2 rates in Regions I and II were R$0.06621 per minute and R$0.5524 per minute, respectively. In each of February 2017 and 2018, ourTU-RL rates in Regions I and II declined by 20.9% and 22.8%, respectively, ourTU-RIU1 rates in Regions I and II declined by 52.8% and 45.1%, respectively, and ourTU-RIU2 rates declined by 57.3% and 49.9%, respectively, and we expect that these rates will decline from 2016 through 2019 when TU-RL and TU-RIU reference rates reflectingby the long-run incremental cost methodology will apply.same percentages in 2019.

Mobile Networks

Our revenues from the use of our mobile networks consist primarily of payments on aper-minute basis from (1) local fixed-line, long-distance and mobile services providers to complete calls terminating on our mobile networks, and (2) long-distance service providers for the transfer to their networks of calls originating on our mobile networks.

The terms and conditions of interconnection to our mobile networks, including the rates charged to terminate calls on these mobile networks, which are designated by ANATEL as VU-MMTR rates, commercial conditions and technical issues, aremay be freely negotiated between us and other mobile and fixed-line telecommunications service providers, subject to compliance with regulations established by ANATEL relating to traffic capacity and interconnection infrastructure that must be made available to requesting providers, among other things. We must offer the same VU-MMTR rates to all requesting service providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. We apply VU-MMTR charges on aper-minute basis.

If we are not able to establish interconnection rates for useIn December 2013 ANATEL established the maximum MTR rate of our mobile networks with other mobile and fixed-line telecommunications service providers, ANATELR$0.33 per minute that is empowered to arbitrate, at its discretion, the interconnection rates that we may charge. In January 2010, ANATEL set provisional reference rates for each mobile services provider for each region based on the mean VU-M previously charged by that mobile services provider in the applicable service region. In February 2010, ANATEL authorized an increase of 0.67% in the VU-M rates of our company and Telemar, equivalent to 68.5% of the increase in our VC-1 rates granted at that time.

In November 2011, ANATEL adopted new regulations that provided procedures under which ANATEL adopted a maximum VU-M rate that was applicable in the event that providers could not agree upon the VU-MMTR applicable in their interconnection agreements. Under the General Plan on Competition Targets, (Plano Geral de Metas de Competição), in February 2014for the VU-M rate was reduced to 75% of the maximum VU-M rate established by ANATEL in December 2013, and inperiod from February 2015 to February 2016, the VU-MMTR rate was reduced to 50% of the

maximum VU-MMTR rate established by ANATEL in December 2013. The maximum VU-M rate established by ANATEL December 2013 is R$0.33 per minute. In July 2014, ANATEL approved a rule forpublished the definition of maximum VU-MMTR reference rates for entities with significant market power, such as our company, based onfor 2016 through 2019. As a long-run incremental cost methodology. Under this rule, VU-M referenceresult, our MTR rates have declined significantly and will continue to decline from 2016 through 2019, when VU-MMTR rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of such service based on an efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will apply. In February 2016, our MTR rates in Regions I, II and III were set at R$0.09317 per minute, R$0.10308 per minute and R$0.11218 per minute, respectively. In each of February 2017 and 2018, our MTR reference rates reflectingin Regions I, II and III declined by 47.1%, 47.7% and 39.2%, respectively, and they will decline by the long-run incremental cost methodology will apply.

The General Plan on Competition Targets established that the VU-M would be paid only when the traffic out of a networksame percentages in a given direction was greater than (1) 80% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2015, and (2) 60% of the total traffic exchanged from February 24, 2015 to February 23, 2016, or the partial bill-and-keep system. After February 24, 2016, each mobile service provider would be entitled to collect the VU-M on all calls for which its network was used to originate or terminate the call, or the full billing system.

In February 2015, ANATEL revised the General Plan on Competition Targets regulation relating to the VU-M applicable to the relationship between companies with significant market power and companies without significant market power. Under the revised regulations, the dates and percentages applicable to the VU-M partial bill-and-keep system were revised so that the VU-M will be paid only when the traffic out of a network in a given direction is greater than:

75% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2016;

65% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2017;

55% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2018; and

50% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2019.

The full billing system is scheduled to come into effect on February 23, 2019.

Data Transmission Rates

Broadband services, IP services and frame relay services are deemed to be value-added services under ANATEL regulationsmarket driven and therefore, the rates and prices for these services are not subject to regulation and are market-driven.ANATEL regulation. We offer broadband services subscriptions at prices that vary depending on the download speeds available under the purchased subscription.

A significant portion of our revenues from commercial data transmission services are generated by monthly charges for EILD and SLD services, which are based on contractual arrangements for the use of part of our networks. Under ANATEL regulations, because we are deemed to have significant market power in the fixed-line services business, we are required to make publicly available the forms of agreements that we use for EILD and SLD services, including the applicable rates, and are only permitted to offer these services under these forms of agreements. ANATEL publishes reference rates for these services and if one of our customers objects to the rates that we charge for these services, that customer is entitled to seek to reduce the applicable rate through arbitration before ANATEL.

In May, 2014, ANATEL approved a standard for setting maximum values for EILD services based on a long-run incremental cost methodology. In July 2014, ANATEL published reference rates for EILD services that contain a single reference table which will be valid from 2016 until 2020. Under ANATEL regulations, EILD reference rates will decline from 2016 through 2020, when EILD reference rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the long-run incremental cost methodologyunit costs of such service based on an efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will apply. In addition, under the General Plan of Competition Targets, companies with significant market, such as our company, are required to present a public offer every six months including standard commercial conditions, which is subject to approval by ANATEL.

Our revenue from IP services is based on the number of data ports to which the customer is granted access. Our revenue from frame relay services consists mainly of charges for access to the data transmission network and metered service charges based on the amount of data transmitted. Such services are offered aspay-per-use or volume-based packages. Our revenue from cyber data center services is generally based on contractual arrangements that are tailored to the specific services provided.

DTH and IP TV Services Rates

DTH and IP TV services are deemed to be value-addedconditional access services under ANATEL regulations and, therefore,the private regime, which Oi provides pursuant to authorizations. As a result, the rates and prices for these services are not subject to ANATEL regulation and are market-driven. We offer DTH and IP TV subscriptions at prices that vary depending on the content of the subscription package. We offer basic subscription packages for ourOi TV services, as well as a variety of premium packages which allow subscribers to tailor the content that they receive to their individual tastes.

Marketing and Distribution

During 2014,2017 and 2016, we incurred R$674410 million and R$427 million, respectively, in marketing expenses in our Brazilian operations, primarily to:

strengthen the “Oi” brand, reinforcing the image of the convergence of the integrated company;

promote our bundled plans, such as “Oi Internet Total,” “Oi Fixo + Oi Velox + Oi TV” and “Fixo Ilimitado + Pré Ilimitado” as part of our effort to expand and strengthen our customer base;

expand our “Oi TV” customer base with offers through our other services;

promote our pre-paid mobile services throughoperations. On a promotional campaign that awards prizes to new and existing customers who recharge their Oi SIM cards;

promote our post-paid mobile plans, primarily those that include unlimited calls and 3G data services at higher speeds, through specific marketing campaigns and mobile device subsidies for customers who subscribe to our post-paid plans, as part of our effort to increase our market share in mobile services; and

expand our broadband and 3G internet customer base, focusing on geographic regions covered by the National Broadband Plan.

Throughout 2014,company-wide basis, we focusedfocus our marketing efforts on three typesthe upscaling of customers: (1) retailexisting clients while strengthening the “Oi” brand through our convergent services offerings and promotion of ourMinha Oi smartphone application, which allows ourpre-paid customers including mobile telephoneto freely switch between their data and residential fixed-line customers; (2) SMEs;voice allowances. We also engage in digital marketing and (3) corporate customers.multiple customer relationship management (CRM) marketing programs to support our B2B Services business.

We advertise through a diverse array of media outletsIn 2017, we dramatically increased our investment in digital advertising, which has increasingly grown in relevance as part ofcompared to more traditional advertising platforms. In combination with television advertising, our digital presence maximizes our return on investment in line with our strategy to reach all types and classes of customers and potential customers. We tactically use television,other media outlets, such as radio, billboards and exterior signage, telemarketing,for specific initiatives, while direct mail, text messaging and internet advertisingtelemarketing are used to marketupscale our fixed-line, mobile, long-distance, broadband and subscription television services.current base. We use our branded assets in advertising campaigns, such as the “Orelhão Mágico” Christmas campaign, in which children are able to place calls to Santa Claus from our telephone booths. Wealso sponsor sporting events and individual athletes, as well as cultural events, such as fashion shows and popular music concerts. We were the official telecom provider and a sponsor of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The goal of our marketing initiatives is to increase brand awareness ofand promote our companyportfolio as a convergenttelecommunications provider capable of meeting all of the telecommunications needs of our customers and expand the usecustomers.

Our principal marketing expenditures to support our Residential Services business are designed to:

promote ourOi Total bundled plans, as part of our effort to expand our customer base; and

promote cross-selling of our distribution channelsservices by promoting our bundled plans and higher-value offers, as part of our effort to increase net operating revenue.generate higher ARPU and reduce customer churn rates.

Our principal marketing expenditures to support our Personal Mobility Services business are designed to:

promote theMinha Oiapp, which allows our customers to freely switch between their data and voice allowances, via ad campaigns on television and digital media;

promote our post-paid and hybrid mobile plans, primarilyOi Mais andOi Mais Controle, as well as 4G data services at higher speeds, through specific marketing campaigns and mobile device subsidies (through ourOi Pontos program, which provides existing post-paid customers with a phone credit based on amountspent in the preceding12-month period, to be applied as a credit against the price of a new mobile device), as part of our effort to increase our market share in mobile services; and

expand our 4G internet customer base, focusing on geographic regions covered by the National Broadband Plan.

Our principal marketing expenditures to support our B2B Services business focus on customer relationship management (CRM) initiatives and include:

press releases to announce sales cases and launches of new products and services;

C-suite level relationship events;

attendance at fairs and conferences;

digital media; and

otherday-to-day marketing.

Distribution Channels

We distribute our services through channels focused on three separate sectors of the telecommunications services market: (1) residential customers, including customers of our mobile services to whom we sell bundled plans; (2) personal mobility customers that purchase our mobile services independently of our bundled plans; and (3) business and corporate customers.

Residential CustomersServices

Our distribution channels for residential customers are focused on sales of fixed-line services, including voice,Oi Velox broadband services andOi TV, and post-paid mobile services. As part of the restructuring of our distribution channels, we have begun to provide more extensive training to our employees and the employees of third-party sales agents and have

revised our commission structures to incentivize selective sales of bundled and higher-value plans and services that generate higher average revenue per user.ARPU and reduce customer churn rates. As of December 31, 2014,2017, the principal distribution channels that we used for sales to residential customers were:

 

  our own network of stores, which included 218131Oi”Oi branded stores.stores;

 

  approximately 320562Oi” franchised service stores and kiosks located in the largest shopping malls and other high density areas throughout Brazil.Brazil;

 

approximately 3307,300 stores located throughout our service areas that primarily sell telecommunications products and services and have entered into exclusivity agreements with us.us;

 

our telemarketing sales channel, which is operated by our call center and other third-party agents and consists of approximately 1,4001,365 sales representatives that answer more than 1.5 million550 thousand calls per month. This channel provides us with the ability to pro-activelyproactively reach new customers, thereby increasing our client base and revenues, and also receives calls prompted by our offers made in numerous types of media.media;

 

our “teleagents” channel, which consists of approximately 590472 local sales agents that operate in specific regions and complement our telemarketers.telemarketers;

 

door-to-door sales calls made by our sales force of approximately 4,0001,965 salespeople trained to sell our services throughout Brazil in places where customers generally are not reachable by telemarketing.telemarketing; and

 

oure-commerce sites through which customers may purchase a variety of our services.

Personal Mobility Services

Our distribution channels for personal mobility customers are focused on sales of mobile services to post-paid customers andpre-paid customers, including mobile broadband customers. As part of the restructuring of our distribution channels, our distribution channels for our post-paid personal mobility services have converged with our distribution channels for residential services. As of December 31, 2014,2017, the principal distribution channels that we used for sales of ourpre-paid personal mobility services were:

 

approximately 9,800810 stores that are part of large national chains which sell our post-paid andpre-paid personal mobility services and SIM cards and pre-paid mobile cards.cards;

 

approximately 3625 multibrand distributors that distribute our SIM cards andpre-paid mobile cards to approximately 168,000267,597 pharmacies, supermarkets, newsstands and similar outlets.outlets;

our telemarketing sales channel has of approximately 695 sales representatives that answer more than 650 thousand calls per month selling our post-paid personal mobility services; and

 

our website, through which ourpre-paid customers may recharge their SIM cards.

Business and Corporate CustomersB2B Services

We have established separate distribution channels to serve smallSME and medium-sized enterprise, or SMEs, and large enterprises, or corporate customers. We market a variety of services to SMEs, including our core fixed-line, broadband and mobile services, as well as ourhigher-value added value-added services, such as broadband services, voice, text and data applications, advanced voice services and commercial data transmission services. We have five regional offices from which approximately 200 employees supervise our marketing efforts to SMEs and our third-party sales force serving this sector. We also have begun to provide more extensive training to our employees and the employees of third-party sales agents. As of December 30, 2014,31, 2017, the principal distribution channels that we use to market our services to SMEs were:

 

  approximately 160 Oi” exclusive agents with approximately 1,000 door-to-door sales consultants that are dedicated to understanding and addressing the communications needs of our existing and prospective SME customers.customers;

our telemarketing sales channel, which consists of three agents that use approximately 400 sales representatives that are specifically trained to discuss the business needs of our prospective SME customers to make sales calls, as well as representatives in our call center and representatives at call centers under contract with us to receive calls from existing and prospective SME customers to sell services to new customers and promote higher-value and additional services to existing customers. In addition, our telemarketing channel utilizes approximately 370 customer retention representatives.representatives; and

our website and theOi Mais Empresas application.

We market our entire range of services to corporate customers through our own direct sales force which meets with current and prospective corporate customers to discuss the business needs of these enterprises and design solutions intended to address their communications needs. Our client service model focuses on post-sale service and we regularly discuss service needs and improvements with our customers through calls and meetings with our customers. As of December 31, 2014,2017, our corporate sales team, including post-sale service personnel, was composed of approximately 1,7501,390 employees operating in five regional offices.

Billing and Collection

Fixed-Line TelephoneResidential Services

We send each of our fixed-lineResidential Services customers a monthly bill covering all the services provided during the prior monthly period. Customers are grouped in billing cycles based on the date their bills are issued. Each bill separately itemizes service packages, local calls, long-distance calls, calls terminating on a mobile network, toll-free services and other services such as call waiting, voicemail and call forwarding. Payments of Residential Services bills are due within an average of 15 days after the billing date. We charge late-payment interest at a rate of 1% per month plus aone-time late charge of 2% of the amount outstanding. We have agreements with several banks for the receipt and processing of payments from our Residential Services customers. A variety of businesses, such as lottery houses, drugstores and grocery stores, accept payments from our Residential Services customers as agents for these banks. As of December 31, 2017, 15.6% of all accounts receivable due from our Residential Services customers in Brazil were outstanding for more than 30 days and 12.0% were outstanding for more than 90 days.

We are required to include in our monthly Residential Services bills charges incurred by our customers for long-distance services provided by other long-distance service providers upon the request of these providers. We have billing agreements with each long-distance telecommunications service provider that interconnects with our networks under which we bill our customers for any long-distance calls originated on our network that are carried by another long-distance service provider and transfer the balance to the relevant provider after deducting any access fees due for the use of our network. Payments are due within an average of 15 days after the billing date. We charge late-payment interest at a rate of 1% per month plus a one-time late charge of 2% of the amount outstanding. As of December 31, 2014, 8.9% of all accounts receivable due from our fixed-line customers in Brazil were outstanding for more than 30 days and 4.4% were outstanding for more than 90 days.

ANATEL regulations permit us to restrict outgoing calls made by a fixed-lineResidential Services customer in Brazil when15 days after we send the customer’s account is more than 31 dayscustomer a past due notice, restrict incoming calls received by a fixed-lineResidential Services customer when30 days after the customer’s accountrestriction on outgoing calls is more than 61 days past due,imposed, and disconnect a fixed-lineResidential Services customer whenafter 30 days after the customer’s accountrestriction on incoming calls is more than 91 days past due, provided in each case that 15-days’ prior notice has been given to that customer prior to the imposition of each restriction.imposed. The disconnection process thus comprises several stages, including customer notification regarding the referral of their delinquency to credit bureaus, before the fixed-lineResidential Services customer may be ultimately disconnected due tonon-payment. Notices range from voice messages to active calls for negotiation with the customer. Our collection system enables us to access delinquent subscribers’ accounts according to their payment profile. This profile takes into consideration, among other things, the length of subscription, the outstanding balance of the account and the longest payment delays.

Mobile TelecommunicationsPersonal Mobility Services

We bill our mobile post-paid Personal Mobility Services customers on a monthly basis and itemize charges in the same manner as we bill our fixed-lineResidential Services customers. In addition, the monthly bills also provide details regarding minutes used and roaming charges. Payments are due within an average of 15 days after the billing date. We charge late-payment interest at a rate of 1% per month plus aone-time late charge of 2% of the amount outstanding. As with our Residential Services business, we have agreements with several banks for the receipt and processing of payments from our post-paid Personal Mobility Services customers. A variety of businesses, such as lottery houses, drugstores and grocery stores, accept payments from our post-paid Personal Mobility Services customers as agents for these banks. As of December 31, 2014, 6.6%2017, 34.7% of all accounts receivable due from our mobilePersonal Mobility Services customers in Brazil were outstanding for more than 30 days and 3.4%30.4% were outstanding for more than 90 days.

ANATEL regulations permit us to partially suspend services to a mobile customer in Brazil when the customer’s account is more than 15 days past due, restrict all incoming calls received and outgoing calls made and text messages sent by a mobilepost-paid Personal Mobility Services customer when15 days after we send the customer’s accountcustomer a past due notice, restrict incoming calls and text messages received by a post-paid Personal Mobility Services customer 30 days after the restriction on outgoing calls and text messages is more than 45 days past due,imposed, and cancel services to a mobilepost-paid Personal Mobility Services customer whenafter 30 days after the customer’s accountrestriction on incoming calls is more than 90 days past due, provided in each case that 15-days’ prior notice has been given to that customer prior to the imposition of each restriction.imposed. The cancellation process thus comprises several stages, including customer notification regarding the referral of their delinquency to credit bureaus, before services to the mobilepost-paid Personal Mobility Services customer may be ultimately cancelled due tonon-payment. Notices range from text messages to active calls for negotiation with the customer. Our collection system enables us to access delinquent subscribers’ accounts according to their payment profile. This profile takes into consideration, among other things, the length of subscription, the outstanding balance of the account and the longest payment delays. We have also implemented an information tool to assist with account management that is designed to warn subscribers of high outstanding amounts due and unpaid.

Customers of ourpre-paid Personal Mobility Services can only use a paid service if they have enough active credits in their accounts to do so. In order to acquire credits, customers must recharge their SIM cards in one of our many points of sales. Services are charged directly from the customer´s accounts and are free ofbad-debt risk.

Network and Facilities

Our Brazilian networks are comprised of physical and logical infrastructures through which we provide fully-integrated services, whether fixed-line or mobile, voice, data or image, thereby optimizing available resources. We monitor our networks remotely from our centralized national network operations center in Rio de Janeiro. Network operating and configuration platforms, located at the network operations center, perform failure monitoring, database and configuration management, security management and performance analysis for the each network.

Access Networks

Our Brazilian access networks connect our customers to our signal aggregation and transportation networks. We have a large number of network access points, including twisted copper pair wires to residences and commercial buildings, fiber optic lines to residences and commercial buildings, wireless transmission equipment andWi-Fi hotspots. Our fixed-line networks are fully digitalized.

Voice and data signals that originate through fixed-line access points are routed through Multi-service Access Nodes, or MSANs, to our aggregation networks, or are rerouted to our aggregation networks through Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer, or DSLAM, equipment which split the voice signal from the digital signal which is transmitted using ADSL or VDSL technology. We are engaged in a long-term program to update our MSAN equipment to DSLAM equipment as demand for data services increases. As of December 31, 2014,2017, approximately 49%93% of our fixed-line network had been updated to support ADSL2+ or VDSL2 and we provided ADSL or VDSL2 services in 4,762approximately 4,700 municipalities.

ADSL technology allows high-speed transmission of voice and data signals on a single copper wire pair for access to the network. Since voice transmission through telephone lines uses only one of many available frequency bands, the remaining frequency bands are available for data transmission. Our network supports ADSL2+ and VDSL2, or very-high-bitrate digital subscriber line, technologies. ADSL2+ is a data communications technology that allows data transmission at speeds of up to 24 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream, which is much faster than data transmission through conventional ADSL. ADSL2+ permits us to offer a wider range of services than ADSL, including IP TV. VDSL2 is a DSL technology providing faster data transmission, up to 100 Mbps (downstream and upstream), permitting us to support high bandwidth applications such as HDTV, Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP and broadband internet access, over a single connection.

We are engaged in a long-term program to upgrade portions of our fixed-line access networks with optical fiber networks based on gigabit passive optical network, or GPON, technology to support VDSL2 service and facilitate our offering of ourOi TV service. The implementation of this technology permits us to provide broadband with speeds up to 100 Mbps to residential customers and up to 1 Gbps to commercial customers.

For ournon-residential customers, we have a fully integrated and managed network providing access for networks based on internet protocol, or IP, and Asynchronous Transfer Mode, or ATM, protocol over legacy copper wire through which are able to provide:

symmetric and transparent access to Frame Relay services at speeds from 64 kbps to 1.5 Mbps;

 

symmetrical access with PPP (Point to Point) for the Internet connection services at speeds from 64 kbps to 1.5 Mbps; and

 

symmetrical access with PPP (Point to Point) to provide connection services for virtual private networks, or VPNs, through Multiprotocol Label Switching, or MPLS, protocol at speeds from 64 kbps to 1.5 Mbps.

The following table sets forth selected information about our fixed-line networks as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

 

  As of and For Year Ended
December 31,
   As of and For Year
Ended
December 31,
 
  2014   2013   2012   2017   2016   2015 

Installed access lines (in millions)

   28.0     28.3     28.3     27.0   27.4    27.5 

Access lines in service (in millions)

   16.3     17.7     17.8     12.8    14.3    14.9 

Public telephones in service (in thousands)

   653.3     655.6     727.5     640.1    642.5    651.7 

Broadband access lines in service (in millions)

   6.1     6.1     5.8     5.9    5.9    5.9 

Mobile devices access our GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), or 2G, mobile networks on frequencies of 900 MHz/1800 MHz, our 3G mobile networks on frequencies of 2100 MHz and our 4G mobile networks on frequencies of 2500 MHz. Our 2G access points use General Packet Radio Service, or GPRS, which allows speeds in the range of 115 kilobytes per second (Kbps), and Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution, or EDGE, which allows speeds in the range of 230 Kbps, to send and receive data signals. Our 3G access points use high speed packet access, or HSPA, which allows speeds in the range of 14.2 Mbps, to send and receive data signals. Our 4G access points use 10+10 MHz and 2x2 Multiple Input Multiple Output, which allows speeds in the range of 75 Mbps, to send and receive data signals. Voice and data signals sent and received through our 2G and 3G access points are routed to our aggregation networks. Our mobile networks have unique data core and are fully integrated with our fixed-line data networks.

As of December 31, 2014,2017, our 2G mobile access networks, consisting of 13,76613,873 active radio base stations, covered 3,3863,407 municipalities, or 93% of the urban population of Brazil. We have GPRS coverage in 100% of the localities covered and EDGE coverage in all state capitals.

As of December 31, 2014,2017, our 3G mobile access networks, consisting of 8,86510,020 active radio base stations, covered 1,0091,603 municipalities, or 77%81% of the urban population of Brazil. We have HSPA coverage in all state capitals.

In the fourth quarter of 2012, we began deploying our 2.6 GHz mobile access networks to support 4G service in cities that hosted the 2014 World Cup. As of December 31, 2014,2017, our 4G access networks, consisting of 7,965 active radio base stations, covered 24813 municipalities, or 19%73% of the urban population of Brazil.

In addition to these mobile access networks, we also operateWi-Fi hotspots in indoor public and commercial areas such as coffee shops, airports and shopping centers. Since 2012, we have provided outdoor urban wireless networks, including in the neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema in the city of Rio de Janeiro. As of December 31, 2014,2017, ourWi-Fi network consisted of approximately onemore than two million hotspots, with broadband access compatible with approximately onemore than two million access points provided by Fon Wireless Ltd., or Fon, which allows our customers to access Fon lines worldwide.

Aggregation Networks

Voice and data signals sent through our access network are routed through our aggregation networks to digital switches which connect voice calls and route digital signals to their destinations. Portions of our aggregation network use conventional copper trunk lines to connect our access network to our switches and transportation

networks. WeFor a small portion of our aggregation network, we still use ATM protocol to permit high speed transmission of these signals. Other portions of our aggregation network use fiber optic cable to connect our access network to our switches and transportation networks using Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, or SDH, protocol. In large metropolitan areas where the density of access point results in increased demand, we have deployed Metro Ethernet networks. We are currently deploying Metro Ethernet networks in additional cities to serve rising customer demand. Our Metro Ethernet networks are fully-integrated management systems and provide:

 

ethernet data services from 4 Mbps up to 1 Gbps forpoint-to-point and multipoint dedicated access;

 

ethernet access services from 4 Mbps up to 1 Gbps for IP access and MPLS/VPN access;

 

aggregation network services for ADSL2+ and VDSL2 platforms;

 

aggregation network services for GPON platforms; and

 

DWDM systems for services above 1Gbps to prevent overbooking our Metro Ethernet network.

Historically, In the past,we have used ATM protocol to transport digital signals through our access network fromnon-residential customers that require dedicated bandwidth to our switching stations. Our ATM networks have a fully-integrated management system and provide:

frame relay data services (a data transmission service using fast protocols based on direct use of transmission lines) from 64 Kbps up to 2 Mbps;

ATM data services supporting access rates from 2 Mbps to 622 Mbps; and

aggregation network services for ADSL2+ platforms.

In response to changing customer needs, we convertingconverted elements of our network that use ATM and SDH protocols, that permit us to offer dedicated bandwidth to our customers, to MPLS protocol, which supports IP and permits the creation of VPNs through our MetroEthernet networks.

We have begun tonow useMPLS-TP capable devices that have been designed to interface with our existing Metro Ethernet Network to increase the bandwidth of our networks to support our 4G network data traffic and replace our legacy SDH networks.

Transportation Networks

OurWe have a nationwide long-distance transportation network consistsbackbone, consisting of an optical fiber cable networks supportingnetwork that connects the Federal District and all state capitals in Brazil. This fiber network supports high capacity Dense Wavelength Division Multiplex, or DWDM, systems that can operate with up to 80 channels at 10 and 40 Gbps. Currently We are inIn 2015, we completed the processimplementation of quadrupling the capacity of our backbone as a result of the deployment of 40 Gbps optical technology. In 2013, we implemented new Optical Transport Network/DWDM, links ofor OTN/DWDM network, with 100 Gbps betweenlinks that connect 11 state capitals, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo,Brasília and Belo Horizonte and Salvador.Horizonte. This new OTN/DWDM network spreads over approximately 30,000 km of optical cables. Our optical cable network is complemented by microwave links thatto reach smaller cities and towns. In 2017 we use in Region I and Region II. We have a nationwide long-distance backbone, consisting of an optical fiber network that connectsbegan the Federal District and the state capitals in Region I and Region II. Mostextension of the large urban areasOTN/DWDM network, with 100 Gbps links, to an additional seven state capitals. This extension is expected to be completed in the first half of our fixed-line service areas are also connected by our fiber optic cable networks. Our transmission infrastructure connects our digital switches to four international gateway switches: two in Rio de Janeiro, one in Curitiba2018 and one in Brasília.spreads over an additional 18,000 km of optical cables.

We employ automatic traffic protection to improve the reliability of our network and increase its traffic capacity. The network is fully supervised and operated by management systems that allow rapid response to customer service requests and reduce the recovery time in case of failures.

We operate an internet backbone network and a fullyIP-routed network, which provides a backbone for all internet dedicated services and VPN offerings. Our internet backbone connects to the public internet via international links that we maintain abroad.

We have implemented an address control and name resolution system for our IP networks within the objective of optimizing resources and improving the availability of internet access services.United States.

Our transportation network is directly interconnected to the national and international long-distance networks of all long-distance service providers operating in Regions I, II and III and all mobile services providers in Regions I, II and III.

Satellite Network

We have deployed an expanded range of satellite-based services to comply with our public service obligations to the rural and remote areas of Brazil, including the Amazon rainforest region. These satellite services include internet access and access to corporate data applications. As of December 31, 2014,2017, our satellite network covered approximately 5,1655,144 localities in 26 states and the Federal District and provided voice and data services.

In 2000, we began the implementation of the land-based segment of our respective satellite networks in order to extend transmission to remote areas in the states of Acre, Paraná, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Pará, Amazonas, Amapá and Roraima, as well as to other areas with limited access to telecommunications services due to geographical conditions, such as Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás and Tocantins. The satellite network comprises satellite earth stations located in less-populated rural areas, as well as hub stations in the cities of Brasília, Manaus, Boa Vista, Macapá, Belém, Santarém, Marabá, Rio de Janeiro Curitiba,and Porto Alegre, Florianópolis, Cuiabá, Porto Velho and Goiânia.Velho. These satellite networks use digital technology and began operating in August 2000. The fiber optic and satellite backbones are interconnected in Brasília, Belém, Fortaleza,Manaus, Rio de Janeiro Curitiba,and Porto Alegre, Florianópolis, Cuiabá, Porto Velho and Goiânia. Velho.The integration of the land-based segment of our satellite network allows us to provide fixed-line and mobile voice service to our subscribers in any location in our fixed-line service areas.

Hispamar Satellite S.A., or Hispamar, aSpanish-Brazilian consortium created in November 1999 by Hispasat (the leading satellite telecommunications provider in the Iberian Peninsula), and our company operateoperates the Amazonas 1 satellite,2 and Amazonas 3 satellites, which waswere manufactured by Astrium (EADS Space Company). In December 2002, we entered into an agreement with Hispasat that granted and transferred to Hispamar the rights to exploit geostationary orbital position 61 degrees west, and we acquired a minority equity stake in Hispamar. The Amazonas 1 satellite was launched into geostationary orbit over the Americas and started to operate in November 2004. The Amazonas 1 satellite provides both C and KU band transponders and on-board switching. The Amazonas 1 satellite is owned by a subsidiary of Hispasat and Hispamar has been granted the right to operate and lease all of the transponder space on this satellite.

In 2009, the Amazonas 2 satellite was launched and this satellite commenced commercial operations in early 2010. The Amazonas 2 satellite was manufactured by Astrium and launched into geostationary orbit of 61 degrees West. This satellite provides both C and KUKu band transponders andon-board switching, with an expected useful life of 15 years. The Amazonas 2 satellite is owned by a subsidiary of Hispasat and Hispamar has been granted the right to operate and lease all of the transponder’s space segment on this satellite.

In 2013, the

The Amazonas 3 satellite was launched to replace all traffic fromand commenced commercial operations in early 2013. The Amazonas 13 satellite was manufactured by Space Systems/Loral and launched into geostationary orbit of 61 degrees West. This satellite provides both C and Ku band transponders, with an expected useful life of 15 years. The Amazonas 3 satellite is owned by Hispamar, a subsidiary of Hispasat, which had reachedoperates and leases the endtransponder’s entire space segment on this satellite.

As of its useful life.

We leaseDecember 31, 2017, we leased transponders from:

 

Hispamar with 754 MHz of capacity, in the C band, on the Amazonas 3 satellite and 540432 MHz of capacity in the C band on the Amazonas 2 satellite to provide voice and data services through 653 remote switches covering 390 municipalities; and

Hispamar with 98.3 MhzMHz of capacity, in the KUKu band, on the Amazonas 3 satellite and 576 Mhz540 MHz of capacity in the KUKu band on the Amazonas 2 satellite to provide voice and data services to approximately 3,028 localities;localities.

Intelsat Satellite with 122 MHz of capacity, in the C band, on the IS-805 satellite and 648 MHz of capacity in the C band on the IS 10-02 satellite to transport voice and data signals from Manaus to Rio de Janeiro;

SES New Skies with 108 MHz of capacity, in the KU band, on the SES-4 satellite to provide voice and data services throughout Brazil;

Intelsat Satellite with 103 MHz of capacity, in the C band, on the IS-905 satellite to transport voice and data signals from Macapá to Rio de Janeiro and Boa Vista to Rio de Janeiro; and

SES New Skies with 1.5 GHz of capacity, in the KU-band, on the SES-6 satellite to provide our own head-end DTH services within Brazil.

In 2005, we and Telemar started to operate gateways satellite platforms operating in the KU band that are comprised of a satellite transport solution with Digital Video Broadcast — Return Channel Satellite, or DVB-RCS, technology and an NGN control solution.

DTH Network

We historically provide our DTH services through a satellite uplink located in Lurin, Peru which receives, encodes and transmits the television signals to satellite transponders. We lease these facilities and license the related technology from a subsidiary of Telefónica.

nica S.A. We lease transponders for the delivery of thethese television signals to our subscribers from Telefónica.nica S.A. We have leased 216 MhzMHz of capacity in the KUKu band on the Amazonas 13 satellite and 36 MhzMHz of capacity in the KUKu band on the Amazonas 2 satellite to provide DTH services.

In December 2013, we started providing DTH services through our ownhead-end located in Rio de Janeiro, Alvorada – Barra da Tijuca, which receives, encodes and transmits television signals for satellite transponders. We lease transponders for the delivery of these television signals to our subscribers from SES New Skies. We have leased 1.5 GHz of capacity in Ku band, on theSES-6 satellite to provide DTH services throughout Brazil.

Our customers lease satellite dishes andset-top boxes from us as part of their subscriptions to ourOi TV services.

HFCIP TV Network

We provide subscription analog and digital televisionThrough our FTTH network, we offer IP TV services and broadband internet access to the residential and commercial market segments in the cities of Belo Horizonte, PoçosRio de Caldas, UberlândiaJaneiro, Vilar dos Teles, Duque de Caxias and Barbacena using an HFC network. The analog television signal is distributed from integrated headend equipment owned by Cemig Telecom that is locatedNiteroi, in these cities. The digital television signal is distributed to the HFC network in Belo Horizonte from our integrated headend equipment located in Alvorada inState of Rio de Janeiro, and the city of Rio de Janeiro.Belo Horizonte, in the State of Minas Gerais. For subscribers of ourOi TV services, through our DTH or FTTH networks, we also offer OTT services, which provide customers with access to different content on different devices (mobile phones, tablets and computers).

Fixed-Line and Mobile Tower Leases and Infrastructure Sharing Agreements

In December 2012, TNL PCS and Brasil Telecom Celular S.A.we entered into an operating lease agreement with Sumbe to lease space to install our equipment on 1,200 communications towers and rooftop antennae of Sumbe. The monthly payments under this operating lease agreement reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually by the positive variation of IPCA. This operating lease has a15-year term and is automatically renewable for successive12-month periods unless any party to the agreement provides60-day prior written notice terminating such renewal.

In April 2013, Telemar and Oiwe entered into an operating lease agreement with São Paulo Cinco Locação de Torres Ltda. to lease space to install our equipment on 2,113 fixed-line communications towers of São Paulo Cinco Locação de Torres Ltda. The monthly payments under this operating lease agreement reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually by the positive variation of IPCA. This operating lease has a20-year term that commenced upon completion of the assignment of the right to lease space and install equipment on the fixed-line communication towers, and is renewable for another 20 years.

In April 2013, Telemar and Oiwe entered into an operating lease agreement with BR Towers SPE 3 S.A. to lease space to install our equipment on 2,113 fixed-line communications towers of with BR Towers SPE 3 S.A. The monthly payments under this operating lease agreement reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually by the positive variation of IPCA. This operating lease has a20-year term that commenced upon completion of the assignment of the right to lease space and install equipment on the fixed-line communication towers, and is renewable for another 20 years.

In July 2013, Telemar and Oiwe entered into an operating lease agreement with SBA Torres Brasil Ltda. to lease space to install our equipment on 2,113 fixed-line communications towers of São Paulo Cinco Locação deSBA Torres Brasil Ltda. The monthly payments under this operating lease agreement reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually by the positive variation of IPCA. This operating lease has a20-year term that commenced upon completion of the assignment of the right to lease space and install equipment on the fixed-line communication towers, and is renewable for another 20 years.

In December 2013, TNL PCS and Oi Mobilewe entered into an operating lease agreement with Caryopoceae to lease space to install our equipment on 2,007 communications towers and rooftop antennae of Caryopoceae. The monthly payments under this operating lease agreement reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually during the first seven years of the lease by the greater of 6.5% or the positive variation of IPCA, and adjusted annually thereafter by the positive variation of IPCA. This operating lease has a15-year term and is automatically renewable for successive60-month periods unless any party to the agreement provides60-day prior written notice terminating such renewal.

In June 2014, TNL PCS and Oi Mobilewe entered into an operating lease agreement with Tupã Torres to lease space to install our equipment on 1,641 communications towers and rooftop antennae of Tupã Torres. The monthly payments under this operating lease agreement reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually during the first seven years of the lease by the greater of 6.5% or the positive variation of IPCA, and adjusted annually thereafter by the positive variation of IPCA. This operating lease has a15-year term and is automatically renewable for successive60-month periods unless any party to the agreement provides60-day prior written notice terminating such renewal.

Infrastructure Sharing Agreements

2G and 3G Networks

In April 2014, we and TIM entered into a memorandum of understanding under which we agreed to the joint construction, implementation and reciprocal assignment of elements of our respective 2G and 3G network infrastructure.

4G Network

We currently are party to two Radio Access Network, or RAN, sharing agreements with other operators. RAN sharing enables operators to share the same physical network, each using its own frequency spectrum resources, thus reducing the deployment costs in proportion to each operator’s respective coverage requirements while maintaining all of the characteristics of an individual network with respect to our customers. RAN sharing makes use of 3GPP standard features, permitting full technical support. As a result, RAN sharing agreements allow us to reduce operating expenses and capital expenditures.

In November 2012, we entered into a memorandum of understanding with TIM under which we agreed to the joint use of elements of our 4G network under a RAN sharing model pursuant to which we have invested in (and provided TIM with access to) infrastructure in certain cities, while TIM has invested in (and provided us with access to) infrastructure in other cities. In late 2013, we and TIM extended this memorandum of understanding to additional cities and revised certain obligations of each party under the memorandum of understanding.understanding, which we refer to as the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement. The 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement has a term of 15 years. Under the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement, we offer 4G technology to over 80% of urban areas in all Brazilian capital cities and cities with over 500,000 inhabitants. In 2015, we expanded the 2013 RAN Sharing Arrangement with TIM to cities with over 200,000 inhabitants, approximately 133 municipalities covered by 4G technology, and we began a RAN sharing arrangement with Telefônica Brasil in five municipalities. In 2016, we expanded to cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, reaching 284 cities with 4G coverage. In 2017, we expanded to cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants, reaching 813 cities with 4G coverage.

In April 2014,June 2015, we and TIM entered into anothera memorandum of understanding under which we agreed to the joint construction, implementation and reciprocal assignmentuse of elements of ourthe 4G network under a RAN sharing model pursuant to which Oi, TIM, and Telefônica Brasil agreed to invest proportionally (50% Telefônica Brasil, 25% Oi and 25% TIM) in sites in certain cities based on each operators’ respective 2Gcoverage obligations, which we refer to as the 2015 RAN Sharing Agreement. The 2015 RAN Sharing Agreement has a term of 12 years. In early 2016, ANATEL required the inclusion of additional clauses in the agreement allowing an additional operator to be added. This agreement covers 32 cities in 2015, 150 cities in 2016 and 3G network infrastructure.525 cities in 2017.

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Network Maintenance

Our external plant and equipment maintenance, installation and network servicing are performed by our wholly-owned subsidiaries Serede and Rede Conecta (formerly A.R.M. Engenharia), as well as one third-party service providers.provider, Telemont Engenharia de Telecomunicações S.A., or Telemont. We employ our own team of technicians for the maintenance of our internal plant and equipment.equipment maintenance.

Insourced Network Maintenance

In May 2013 and June 2013, we insourced our installation, operations, and corrective and preventive maintenance services in connection with our fixed-line telecommunications services, mobile telecommunications services, data transmission services (including broadband access services), satellite services, buildings, access ways and towers. These services had previously been provided by Nokia Solutions and Networks do Brasil Telecomunicações Ltda. and Alcatel-Lucent Brasil S.A.

We have entered into arms’-length services agreements with our wholly-owned subsidiaries Serede and Rede Conecta to perform our external plant and equipment maintenance, installation and network servicing in the States of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará and Amapá.

In January 2012, we entered into a services agreement with TelemontSerede for installation, operation, and corrective and preventive maintenance in connection with our external plantplants and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber optic and data communication networks (including broadband access services) in certain parts of the State of Rio de Janeiro. In October 2012Over the years, we entered into a substantially similar serviceshave amended this agreement with Telemont with respect to expand its scope to the entirety of the State of Rio de Janeiro (following our acquisition of Telemont’s operations in Rio de Janeiro), as well as the States of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato GrossoSão Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul, Tocantins, Acre, RondôniaSanta Catarina and Goiás and the Federal District.Paraná (following our acquisition of A.R.M Engenharia in June 2016). The total estimated payments during the five-year terms of these contractsunder this contract, which expires in January 2022, are expected to beapproximately R$6.610.0 billion.

In January 2012,June 2016, we acquired 100% of the capital stock of A.R.M. Engenharia and changed its corporate name to Rede Conecta – Serviços de Rede S.A. In July 2016, we entered into a services agreement with Serede Serviços de Rede S/A for installation, operation, and corrective and preventive maintenance in connection with our external plant and associated equipment, public telephones and fiber optic in the State of Rio de Janeiro. The total estimated payments under this contract are R$1.4 billion during the five-year term of this contract.

In October 2012, we entered into a services agreement with A.R.M. EngenhariaConecta for installation, operation and corrective and preventive maintenance in connection with our external plant and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber optic and data communication networks (including broadband access services) in the States of Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Amazonas, Roraima, Pará, and Amapá, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul.. The total estimated payments under this contract, which expires in June 2021, are approximately R$6.3 billion during the3.2 billion.

Outsourced Network Maintenance

In October 2012, we entered into five-year term of this contract.

From May 2013 to June 2013, we internalized ourservices agreements with Telemont for installation, operations,operation, and corrective and preventive maintenance services in connection with our fixed-line telecommunications services, mobile telecommunications services,external plant and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber optic and data transmission servicescommunication networks (including broadband access services), satellite in the States of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia and Goiás and the Federal District. The total payments under this contract, which expired in October 2017, amounted to R$3.7 billion.

In October 2017, we entered into new services buildings,agreements with Telemont for installation, operation, and corrective and preventive maintenance in connection with our external plant and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber optic and data communication networks (including broadband access waysservices) in the States of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia and towers. These services had previously been provided by Nokia SolutionsGoiás and Alcatel-Lucent.the Federal District. The total estimated payments under this contract, which expires in October 2022, are approximately R$4.2 billion.

Competition

The Brazilian telecommunications industry is highly competitive. The competitive environment is significantly affected by key trends, including technological and service convergence, market consolidation and combined service offerings by service providers. See “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Effects of Competition on the Rates that We Realize and the Discounts We Record.”

Local Fixed-LineResidential Services

InWe are the Brazilian localleading provider of residential services in Regions I and II of Brazil with 12.9 million fixed lines in service (including the number fixed lines provided to our B2B Services customers) as of December 31, 2017. Based on information available from ANATEL, as of December 31, 2017, we had a market share of 54.1% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I (including the number fixed lines provided to our B2B Services customers) and a market share of 50.1% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II (including the number fixed lines provided to our B2B Services customers). Our principal competitors for fixed-line telecommunications services are (1) Claro, which had a market competition has historically been focusedshare of 24.9% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I and a market share of 19.2% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II as of December 31, 2017, based on corporate customers, however, recently our competitors have begun competinginformation available from ANATEL, and (2) Telefônica Brasil, which had a market share of 13.7% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I and a market share of 25.7% of the consumer market with bundles or services targeted to the needstotal fixed lines in service in Region II as of lower income customers. In addition,December 31, 2017, based on information available from ANATEL.

We face competition from other telecommunications services has been increasing,providers, particularly from mobile telecommunications services providers, which has led to traffic migration from fixed-line traffic to mobile traffic and the substitution of mobile services in place of fixed-line services, encouraged by the prevalence ofall-net packages and offers of aggressively-priced packages from some mobile telecommunications service providers. Finally, theThe decrease in interconnection rates has discouraged the construction of new fixed-line networks andnetworks. In addition, the decrease in interconnection rates has led to decreases in market prices for telecommunications services by enabling telecommunications service providers that use the local fixed-line networks of incumbent fixed-line providers, such as our company, to offer lower prices to their customers.

We areand other companies have combatted this trend by offering subscriptions with unlimited calling privileges at the leading provider of local fixed-line services in Regions I and II of Brazil with 16.3 million fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2014. Based on information available from ANATEL, as of December 31, 2014, we had an estimated market share of 59.1% ofsame or similar prices to mitigate the total fixed lines in service in Region I and an estimated market share of 55.7% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II. Our principalpricing pressure. Finally, our competitors for fixed-line services are

(1) Embratel (a subsidiary of América Móvil), which had an estimated market share of 24.1% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I and an estimated market share of 16.6% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II as of December 31, 2014, based on information available from ANATEL, and (2) GVT (an affiliate of Vivendi S.A. which is expected to be acquired by Telefônica Brasil), which had an estimated market share of 9.1% of the total fixed lines in service in Region I and an estimated market share of 22.8% of the total fixed lines in service in Region II as of December 31, 2014, based on information available from ANATEL.

Embratel provides local fixed-line services to residential customers through fixed devices that receive wireless signals from a single transmission tower located near the subscriber’s residence and through the cable network owned by its subsidiary Nethave begun competing in the portionsconsumer market with bundles or services targeted to the needs of Regions I and II where Net provides cable television service. As a result, Net is able to offer cable television, broadband and telephone services as a bundle at a very competitive price. We also expect competition from Embratel to increase in certain large cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Salvador, where it continues to expand its local fixed-line network.lower income customers.

GVT has been increasing its competitive activities in Regions I and II, expanding its fiber optic network in high-income residential areas and increasing its services to low- and medium-size businesses. We expect competition from GVT to increase in certain large cities, such as Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte and Salvador, and in some medium size cities with population in the range of 350,000 to 1,000,000, where GVT continues to expand its local fixed-line network.Mobile

We expect to continue to face competition from mobile services providers, which represent the main source of competition in the local fixed-line service market. Asour Residential Services business. The number of mobile subscribers in Brazil increased from 121.0 million as of December 31, 2014, there were 141.92007 to 236.5 million mobile subscribers (including our mobile customers) in Region I, a 3.3% increase overas of December 31, 2013, and there were 70.7 million mobile subscribers (including our mobile customers) in Region II, a 3.0% increase over December 31, 2013,2017, based on information available from ANATEL. The increase inIn addition, due to the numberproliferation of mobile users, in addition to reducedall-net service plans, particularly for mobile services, rates, is expected to continue to adversely affect the number of fixed-line subscriberswhich offer unlimited long-distance calls and the volume of local fixed-line traffic. In addition, because mobile providers offer promotions and servicedata combination plans, that permit subscribers to make calls within the mobile provider’s network at rates that are less than those charged for calls from a fixed-line telephone to a mobile telephone, we believe that we may be vulnerable to traffic migration as customers with both fixed-line and mobile telephones use their mobile devices to make calls to other mobile subscribers.

Long-Distance ServicesFixed Line

The long-distanceClaro, a subsidiary of América Móvil, provides local fixed-line services marketto residential customers through its cable network in the portions of Regions I and II where it provides cable television and broadband services under the “Net” brand. As a result, Claro is highly competitive. Asable to offer cable television, broadband and telephone services as a bundle at a very competitive price. We also expect competition from Claro to increase in certain cities in our service areas where the volume of December 31, 2012, based on the most recent information available from ANATEL, of the total number of national long-distance minutes originated nationwide, we had a market share of 11.0%, ranking behind TIM with 50.1% and Embratel with 27.7% and ahead of Telefônica Brasil with 8.4%.demand is attractive.

Our principal competitors for long-distance services are TIM and Embratel, which offer long-distance services throughout Brazil at rates that are charged on a per call or per day, rather than per minute, basis. We also compete in the State of São Paulo with Telefônica Brasil, which is the incumbent fixed-line service provider in the State of São Paulo.

Increased Telefônica Brasil has been increasing its competitive activities in Regions I and II, expanding its fiber optic network in high-income residential areas and increasing its services tolow- andmedium-size businesses. We expect competition from Telefônica Brasil to increase in certain cities in our service areas where the volume of demand is attractive.

Competition from long-distance fixed-line service providers has resulteddecreased as a result of recent reductions in pressure on our long-distance rates and adversely affected our revenue from these services. In addition, theinterconnections tariffs. The proliferation of new types of service plans, such “same network” subscription plans that offer unlimited long distance calls and data combination plans are impacting the long-distance services market in Brazil. Competition in the long-distance market may require us to increase our marketing expenses and/or provide services at lower rates than those we currently expect to charge for such services. Competition in the domestic market has had and could continue to have a material adverse effect on our revenues and margins.

In addition, the offering ofall-net plans by otherfixed-line and mobile services providers that include free minutes for calls to other subscribers of those mobile services providersany operator have and may continue to adversely impact our revenues from mobilefixed-line long-distance calls if our mobilefixed-line customers choose to migrate to our competitors to remain within the network of the people to whom they plan to placemobile services for long-distance calls. However, as a result of the increased use of SIM card only strategies by other mobile

service providers, there is a trend among Brazilian pre-paid customers to purchase SIM cards from multiple mobile service providers to maximize the number of calls that they can make which are covered by these promotional offers.

Newcommunications and/or cancel their fixed-line services. Moreover, new technologies that serve as an alternativealternatives to traditional long-distance telephone calls, such as VoIP may start to captureand instant internet messaging, have captured part of Brazil’s long-distance traffic.

Mobile ServicesBroadband

The mobile telecommunications services market in Brazil is characterized by intense competition among providers of mobile telecommunications services. We compete primarily with the following mobile services providers, each of which provides services throughout Brazil:

Telefônica Brasil, which is a subsidiary of Telefónica S.A, and which markets its mobile services under the brand name “Vivo���;

TIM, which is a subsidiary of Telecom Italia S.p.A.; and

Claro, which is a subsidiary of América Móvil.

In December 2010, Nextel Brazil acquired licenses to provide 3G services throughout Brazil. Nextel launched commercial services on its 3G network in December 2012.

As of December 31, 2014, based on information available from ANATEL, we had a market share of 18.1% of the total number of subscribers in Brazil, ranking behind Telefônica Brasil with 28.5%, TIM with 27.0% and Claro with 25.3%, and we captured 7.3% of all net additions of mobile subscribers in Brazil (calculated based on the number of mobile subscribers at the end of a period less the number of mobile subscribers at the beginning of that period) during 2014.

Competitive efforts in the Brazilian mobile telecommunications services market generally take the form of handset subsidies in the post-paid market, and traffic subsidies and aggressive discounts on data packages in both the pre-paid and post-paid market. The aggressiveness of promotions is generally driven by the desire of the provider offering the promotion to increase market share; however, these promotions generally are for a short duration as the pricing terms offered are not sustainable over the long term.

Data Transmission Services

Cable television providers that offer broadband services, particularly Net,Claro and Telefônica Brasil, represent our principal competition in the broadband market. We face competitionAs of December 31, 2017, Claro and Telefônica Brasil had market shares of 24.4% and 16.7%, respectively, for broadband services in Regions I and II of Brazil, while we had a market share of 33.4% for broadband services in Regions I and II of Brazil, according to data from these providers thatANATEL. Both Claro and Telefônica Brasil offer broadband services at higher speeds than our offerings, and they offer integrated packages, consisting of subscription television, broadband and voice telephone services to cable television subscribers who, in general, have more purchasing power than other consumers. Claro and Telefônica Brasil offer strong competition for fixed broadband services in municipalities that have the highest concentration of purchasing power.

Our principal competitorsIn addition, we compete in our service areas with smaller companies that have been authorized by ANATEL to provide fixed-line services, such as voice and broadband. Although regional broadband service providers do not have the same national footprint as national operators, they have established networks in the commercial data transmission servicesregions in which they operate and often have a market are Embratel, GVT and Telefônica Brasil. The commercial data transmission services market is significantly less regulated than the fixed-line, long-distance and mobile services markets. Along with growth in traffic volume and increasing demand forshare of approximately 15% of broadband capacity, we expect significant price reductions in data transmission services as competitors expand their networks. In recent years, there has been a shift in competition towards value-added services provided over IP platforms and VPN services.customers.

Subscription Television ServicesPay-TV

In Brazil, the high quality programming of television broadcasters has resulted in aggregate ratings for these broadcasters of approximately 60% of viewers and has limited the perceived value of subscription television. As a result, the subscription television market in Brazil has a low penetration compared to developed countries and even to other South American countries such as Argentina, Chile and Mexico. Penetration rates by subscription television

have grown from 8.0%approximately 8.6% of Brazilian households in 20052006 to 30%approximately 33.7% in 2014.2016. According to information available from ANATEL, the Brazilian subscription television market grewdecreased by 1%4.2% to 19.58.0 million subscribers as of December 31, 20142017 from 18.018.8 million subscribers as of December 31, 2013.2016.

The primary providers of subscription television services our fixed-line servicein the regions in which we provide Residential Services are SKY, which provides DTH services, and América Móvil,Claro, which provides DTH service through Embratel under the “Claro TV” brand and provides subscription televisionPay-TV services using coaxial cable through Net.under the “Net” brand. We commenced offeringoffer DTH subscription television services tothroughout the low-income residential marketregions in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Rio Grande do Sul, Paraná and Santa Catarina. In 2010,which we expanded this service to the Distrito Federal and the states of Bahia, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Ceará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Espírito Santo and Goiás. In 2011, we expanded this service to the remaining states of our fixed-line service areas.provide Residential Services.

In December 2012 and January 2013, we began toWe also deliverOi TV through our fiber opticFTTH network using an internet protocol, or IP TV, in the cities of Rio de Janeiro, Vilar dos Teles, Duque de Caxias and Niteroi, in the State of Rio de Janeiro, and the city of Belo Horizonte, respectively.in the State of Minas Gerais.

Personal Mobility Services

The mobile telecommunications services market in Brazil is characterized by intense competition among providers of mobile telecommunications services. We compete primarily with Telefônica Brasil, which markets its mobile services under the brand name “Vivo,” TIM and Claro, each of which provides services throughout Brazil.

As of December 31, 2017, based on information available from ANATEL (which includes B2B Services subscribers), we had a market share of 16.5% of the total number of mobile subscribers in Brazil, ranking behind Telefônica Brasil with 31.7%, Claro with 25.0% and TIM with 24.8%. As of December 31, 2017, based on information available from ANATEL, the competitive landscape for mobile services was as follows: in Region I, we had a market share of 22.4% of the total number of mobile subscribers, behind Telefônica Brasil with 28.9%, TIM with 23.9% and Claro with 22.7%; in Region II, we had a market share of 12.2% of the total number of mobile subscribers, ranking behind Telefônica Brasil with 32.5%, Claro with 28.3% and TIM with 26.7%; and in Region III, we had a market share of 9.7% of the total number of mobile subscribers, ranking behind Telefônica Brasil with 36.0%, Claro with 25.9% and TIM with 24.6%.

Competition in Mobile Voice and Data Communications Services

Competitive efforts in thepre-paid and post-paid personal mobility services market generally take the form of traffic subsidies and aggressive discounts on data packages. We no longer offer handset subsidies (with the exception of theOi Pontos program, which provides credit to existing post-paid customers to be used on the purchase of a new mobile device), but we do compete on the basis of traffic subsidies,all-net plans that eliminate the community effect of traditional telecommunications services in Brazil and discounts on data packages. The aggressiveness of promotions is generally driven by the desire of the operator offering the promotion to increase market share; however, these promotions generally are for a short duration as the pricing terms offered are not sustainable over the long term.

Studies of telecommunications consumption habits in Brazil show that, given budget restrictions caused by the macroeconomic situation, users have shifted away from owning a SIM card from each of the operators (in response to traditionalon-net plans that offer substantial discounts for calls to the same operator) and have begun to consolidate telecommunications services on a the SIM card that offers the best data package. This trend will result in a decline in the overall customer base forpre-paid services, which will require operators to offer increasingly comprehensive data packages at aggressive discounts in order to maintain and potentially increase their customer bases.

Our launches of theOi Mais,Oi Mais Controle andOi Livre portfolios have kept us on the forefront of competition in the mobile services market. We believe our innovative flat rate pricing,all-net model for voice services and text messaging, and robust data packages at competitive rates enable us to satisfy the growing customer demand for simpler product offerings and greater access to data.

In addition, we believe that in the medium-term, personal mobility service providers in Brazil will experience increasing competition from OTT providers, as customers shift from mobile voice and SMS communications to internet-based voice and data communications through computers and smartphone or tablet applications such as WhatsApp, Viber and Skype. Since November 2011, we have deployed a network ofWi-Fi hotspots, which is composed of sub networks that are accessible from (1) indoor public and commercial sites, such as coffee shops, airports and shopping centers, (2) outdoor public spaces and (3) residential access points of our fixed-line customers that share access points in association with Fon. As of December 31, 2017, ourWi-Fi network consisted of more than two million hotspots, with broadband access compatible with more than two million access points provided by Fon, which allows our customers to access Fon lines worldwide. Our data customers (both mobile and fixed) have unlimited access to ourWi-Fi hotspots, extending our mobile coverage and improving customer experience.

Competition in Mobile Data Only Services

Studies of telecommunications consumption habits in Brazil show that users are demanding more data for use in social networking sites and smartphone applications such as WhatsApp. This shift from voice to data consumption affects our Personal Mobility Services business in two ways: (1) it enables customers to use data to communicate with anyone anywhere in the world via internet instant messaging systems available on smartphone applications such as WhatsApp, and (2) it enables consumers to use data to call anyone anywhere in the world using the VoIP capabilities available in such smartphone applications.

In the post-paid mobile data communications market, our primary competitors are Telefônica Brasil, Claro and TIM. As of December 31, 2017, based on information available from ANATEL, which includes B2B Services subscribers, we had a market share of 10.4% of the total number of post-paid mobile data subscribers in Brazil (including hybrid data plan subscribers), ranking behind Telefônica Brasil with 41.8%, Claro with 23.1% and TIM with 20.2%. We believe that our most direct competitor in this market is TIM, whose customer acquisition and retention strategy of offering traffic subsidies,all-net plans and aggressive discounts on data packages most closely resembles ours. On the other hand, Telefônica Brasil and Claro, whose prices are typically higher than those of the other mobile data service providers in the market, primarily focus on thehigh-end consumer market.

In thepre-paid mobile data communications market, our primary competitors are also Telefônica Brasil, Claro and TIM. As of December 31, 2017, based on information available from ANATEL, which includes B2B Services subscribers, we had a market share of 20.1% of the total number ofpre-paid mobile data subscribers in Brazil, ranking behind TIM with 27.5%, Claro with 26.0% and Telefônica Brasil with 25.7%. As in the post-paid mobile data communications market, we believe that our most direct competitor in thepre-paid mobile data communications market is TIM, who offers plans similar toOi Livre.

Competition in Mobile Long-Distance Services

Recent reductions in the interconnection rates for Regions I, II and III have resulted in lower costs for long-distance services, both to us and to our customers. As a result, all of the major mobile services providers now offer unlimited voice and messaging plans that allow customers to call anywhere in Brazil for a flat rate. We believe that the introduction of unlimited plans, coupled with more robust data packages that allow consumers to use smartphones applications more freely, have substantially reduced competition in the mobile long-distance services market.

B2B Services

The competition risks relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our SME customers are similar to those relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our residential and personal mobility customers. The competition risks relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our corporate customers are also similar.

In recent years, there has been a shift among corporate and SME services providers toward value-added services. With the exception of theOi Mais Empresas app and web service, our value-added products and services for the SME segment are substantially similar to those offered by our competitors, and we rely on client service and customer satisfaction to maintain existing customers and attract new customers. Our principal competitors for both core and value-added services for SME and corporate customers are Claro, Telefônica Brasil and TIM, as well as smaller niche companies.

The Brazilian recession has had a significant negative effect on our operating revenue and margins as SMEs generally, including our customers, have reduced the size of their businesses and in some cases ceased operations. In addition, a number of our corporate customers have reduced their telecommunications spending as part of their overall cost-cutting efforts.

Concessions, Authorizations and Licenses

Under the General Telecommunications Law (Lei Geral das Telecomunicações) and ANATEL regulations, the right to provide telecommunications services is granted either through a concession under the public regime or an authorization under the private regime. For additional details regarding the rights and obligations of service providers operating under the public regime and the private regime, see “—TelecommunicationsTelecommunication Regulations—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Concessions and Authorizations.” We operate under:

 

a concession to provide local fixed-line services in Region I (other than the 57 municipalities in the State of Minas Gerais that are excluded from the concession area of Region I) and a concession to provide local fixed-line services in Region II (other than the nine municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná that are excluded from the concession area of Region II);

 

a concession to provide domestic long-distance services in Region I (other than the 57 municipalities in the State of Minas Gerais that are excluded from the concession area of Region I) and a concession to provide domestic long-distance services in Region II (other than the nine municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná that are excluded from the concession area of Region II);

 

authorizations to provide personal mobile services in Regions I, II and III;

radio frequency licenses to provide 3G mobile services in Regions I, II and III (other than 23 municipalities in the interior of the State of São Paulo that include the city of Franca and surrounding areas);

radio frequency licenses to provide 4G mobile services in Regions I, II and III;

authorizations to provide local fixed-line services and domestic long-distance services in (1) the 57 municipalities in the State of Minas Gerais that are excluded from the concession area of Region I, (2) the nine municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná that are excluded from the concession area of Region II, and (3) Region III;

 

authorizations to provide international long-distance services originating anywhere in Brazil;

 

  authorizations to provide Multimedia Communication Services (Serviço de Comunicação Multimídia) throughout Brazil; and

 

an authorization to provide subscription television services throughout Brazil.

These concessions and authorizations allow us to provide specific services in designated geographic areas and set forth certain obligations with which we must comply.

Fixed-Line and Domestic Long-Distance Services Concession Agreements

We have entered into concession agreements with ANATEL that govern our concessions to provide (1) fixed-line services in the Federal District and each of the states of Regions I and II and (2) domestic long-distance services originating from the Federal District and each of the states of Regions I and II. Each of our fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements:

 

expires on December 31, 2025;

 

sets forth the parameters that govern adjustments to our rates for fixed-line services;

 

requires us to comply with the network expansion obligations set forth in the General Plan on Universal Service Goals;

 

requires us to implement electronic billing systems;

sets forth the conditions under which ANATEL may access information from us; and

requires us to pay fines for systemic service interruptions.

In addition to the above, each of our concession agreements for fixed-line services requires us to comply with certain quality of service obligations set forth in these concession agreements as well as the quality of service obligations set forth in the General Plan on Quality Goals;Goals.

Each of our fixed line concessions requires payment of biannual fees equal to 2.0% of our net operating revenue that is derived from the provision of local fixed-line services (excluding taxes and social contributions) during the immediately preceding year, while allowing usyear. Similarly, each of our domestic long-distance concessions requires payment of biannual fees equal to apply2.0% of our net operating revenue that is derived from the amountprovision of such fees to financedomestic long-distance services (excluding taxes and social contributions) during the expanded service obligations created by the amendedimmediately preceding year.

The General Plan on Universal Service Goals in lieu of making payment to ANATEL;

allows us to offer subscription television services such as IP TV, over our fixed-line networks;

requires us to implement electronic billing systems;

sets forth the conditions under which ANATEL may access information from us;

requires us to pay fines for systemic service interruptions; and

requires us to rescind our contracts if ANATEL determines they are contrary to any rules or regulations, economic order or public interest.

These concession agreements also requiredrequire us to provide transmission lines connecting our fiber-optic internet backbones to municipalities in our concession areas in which we did not provide internet service, which we refer to as backhaul. Under these concession agreements, we wereare obligated to set up backhaul in 3,252 municipalities in Regions I and II. The facilities that we constructed to meet these obligations are considered to be property that is part of our concessions and will therefore revert to the Brazilian government on January 1, 2026.

These concession agreements provide that ANATEL may modify their terms in 2015 and 2020 and may revoke them prior to expiration under the circumstances described under “—Telecommunications Regulation—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Regulation of Fixed-Line Services—Termination of a Concession.” The modification right permits ANATEL to impose new terms and conditions in response to changes in technology, competition in the marketplace and domestic and international economic conditions. ANATEL is obligated to engage in public consultation in connection with each of these potential modifications.

On June 27, 2014, ANATEL opened a public comment period for the revision of the terms of our concession agreements. The comment period, which ended on December 26, 2014, was opened for comments on certain topics such as service universalization, rates and fees, among others. Throughout 2015, ANATEL, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and telecommunications service providers met regularly to discuss possible amendments to each of the concession agreements granted by ANATEL, including ours, and the implications of the developments and demands in the telecommunications sector in recent years. In September 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications created a working group to evaluate the status of the concessions and propose guidelines for the amendment of the concession agreements. In April 2016, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications issued a decree addressing guidelines for the establishment of a new regulatory framework for telecommunications, which were expected to be implemented by ANATEL through the conclusion of the concession amendments. In line with the provisions of PLC 79, these guidelines provided for, among other things, the expansion of broadband services (including in rural regions), the elimination of the reversibility of assets, and an extension of the terms of concessions, which in our case are currently scheduled to expire in 2025. As a result of the publication of these guidelines, ANATEL requested a further postponement of the review of our concession agreements, which was granted. The implementation of these guidelines, however, depends on the passage of PLC 79 to provide the necessary legal authority and framework. As a result of the Brazilian Congress’s failure to date to pass PLC 79, the review of our concession agreements, which was scheduled to occur by June 2017, has not yet taken place, and further discussions regarding amendments to our concession agreements have halted pending resolution of PLC 79. Under their existing terms, our concession agreements may be amended by December 2020 at the latest. If PLC 79 is not passed, our concession agreements will expire in 2025 without the possibility of renewal.

In connection with the consideration of revisions to the concession agreements under the public regime, in January 2017, ANATEL proposed revisions to the terms of the General Plan of Grants (Plano Geral de Outorgas), in line with the provisions of PLC 79, which include the ability of companies operating under a concession in the public regime to convert their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of substantial obligations currently imposed by the concession regime, in exchange for the assumption of obligations to make additional investments in their networks, primarily related to the expansion of broadband services or through the payment of fees to ANATEL. The value of the obligations currently imposed by the concession agreement and, therefore, the cost of the additional investments or fees to be paid to ANATEL in exchange for the elimination of such obligations, would be subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final valuation. However, as a result of the legislative gridlock faced by PLC 79, ANATEL has halted implementation of the General Plan of Grants. For more information regardingabout PLC 79 and ANATEL’s proposed revisions to the regulationterms of our fixed-line services, the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and the General Plan on Quality Goals,of Grants, see “—Telecommunications Regulation—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry— Regulation of Fixed-Line Services.Other Regulatory Matters—New Regulatory Framework.

Domestic Long-Distance Services Concession Agreements

We have entered intocannot assure you that any future amendments to our concession agreements with ANATEL that govern our concessions to provide domestic long-distance services originating from the Federal District and each of the states of Regions I and II. Each of our concession agreements:

expires on December 31, 2025;

sets forth the parameters that govern adjustments to our rates for domestic long-distance services;

requires us to comply with certain quality of service obligations set forth in these concession agreements as well as the quality of service obligations set forth inor the General Plan of Grants will not impose requirements on Quality Goals;

requires payment of biannual fees equalour company that will require us to 2.0% of ourundertake significant capital expenditures or will not modify the rate-setting procedures applicable to us in a manner that will significantly reduce the net operating revenue that is derivedwe generate from our Brazilian fixed-line businesses. If the provision of domestic long-distance services (excluding taxes and social contributions) during the immediately preceding year;

requires usamendments to implement electronic billing systems;

sets forth the conditions under which ANATEL may access information from us;

requires us to pay fines for systemic service interruptions; and

requires us to rescind our contracts if ANATEL determines they are contrary to any rules or regulations, economic order or public interest.

TheseBrazilian concession agreements provide that ANATEL may further modify their terms in 2015have these effects, our business, financial condition and 2020 and may revoke them prior to expiration under the circumstances described under “—Telecommunications Regulation—Regulationresults of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Regulation of Fixed-Line Services—Termination of a Concession.” The modification right permits ANATEL to impose new terms and conditions in response to changes in technology, competition in the marketplace and domestic and international economic conditions. ANATEL is obligated to engage in public consultation in connection with each of these potential modifications.operations could be materially adversely affected.

For more information regarding the regulation of our fixed-line services, the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and the General Plan on Quality Goals, see “—Telecommunications Regulation—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry— Regulation of Fixed-Line Services.”

Personal Mobile Services Authorization Agreements and2G Radio Frequency Spectrum Licenses

We have entered into authorization agreements with ANATEL that govern our authorizations to provide personal mobile services in Regions I, II and III. These authorizations permit us to provide personal mobile services for an indeterminate period of time, but do not provide us with the right to use specific radio frequency spectrum.

We hold fivefifteen licenses to use radio frequency spectrum to provide 2G services in Regions I and II and four in Region III. These licenses grant us permission to use the applicable radio spectrum for 15 years from the date of the authorization agreement under which they are granted and are renewable for additional15-year terms. Upon renewal of any of these licenses and on every second anniversary of such renewal, we will be required to pay an amount equal to 2.0% of our prior year’s net operating revenue from personal mobile services. The initial terms of one of our radio frequency spectrum licenses expired in 2016 and was extended for an additional 15 year term. The initial terms of the remainder of our radio frequency spectrum licenses expire between 20162022 and 2022.2023.

Our authorization agreements are subject to network scope and service performance obligations set forth in these authorization agreements. Under these obligations we are required to service all municipalities in Brazil with a population in excess of 100,000. A municipality is considered “serviced” when the covered service area contains at least 80% of the urban area in the municipality. Our failure to meet these targets may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations and, in extreme circumstances, in termination of our personal mobile services authorizations by ANATEL. As of the date of this annual report, although we have satisfiedbelieve that we are in compliance with the network scope and service performance obligations set forth in these authorization agreements; however,agreements, ANATEL has not yet made its final determination with respect to our compliance with certain obligations to provide services under the 900 MHz spectrum. We are currently discussing this matter with ANATEL. Furthermore, we have not yet received ANATEL’s inspection report.

For more information regardingobtained judicial protection under the regulation of our personal mobile services, see “—Telecommunications Regulation—RegulationRJ Proceedings to forego renewal of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Regulation of Mobile Services— Additional Obligations.”performance guarantees we would have otherwise been required to maintain with respect to the obligations under discussion.

3G Radio Frequency Licenses

We hold fivesix licenses to use radio frequency spectrum to provide 3G services in Regions I, II and III. Each of these licenses grants us permission to use the applicable radio spectrum for 15 years from the date of grant and is renewable for additional15-year terms. We will be required to pay an amount equal to 2.0% of our prior year’s net operating revenue from personal mobile services upon renewal of the license and on every second anniversary of the renewal. The initial terms of these licenses expire in 2023.

These radio frequency licenses include network scope obligations. Under these obligations, we are currently required to (1) provide service to 459 municipalities that did not have mobile services at the time these licenses were granted with either 2G or 3G mobile telecommunications services, (2) provide 3G service to all state capitals in Brazil, the Federal District and all municipalities with a population in excess of 200,000 inhabitants, (3) provide 3G service to all of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population in excess of 100,000 and (4)inhabitants, (3) provide 3G service to 50% of all of the municipalities with a population between 30,000 and 100,000. In addition, we will be required to100,000, and (4) provide 3G service to 60% of the municipalities, including 641684 specified municipalities, covered by these licenses with a population less than 30,000 by 2016.30,000.

A municipality is considered “serviced” when the covered service area contains at least 80% of the urban area in the municipality. Our failure to meet these targets may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations and, in extreme circumstances, in termination of our 3G frequency licenses by ANATEL. As of the date of this annual report, although we have satisfiedbelieve that we are substantially in compliance with the network scope and service performance obligations set forth in these licenses; however,licenses, ANATEL has not yet made its final determination with respect to our compliance. We are currently discussing this matter with ANATEL. Furthermore, we have not yet received ANATEL’s inspection report.obtained judicial protection under the RJ Proceedings to forego renewal of the performance guarantees we would have otherwise been required to maintain with respect to the obligations under discussion.

4G Radio Frequency Licenses

We hold three licenses to use radio frequencies in 2.5 GHzsub-bands to provide 4G services in Regions I, II and III. Each of these licenses grants us permission to use the applicable radio spectrum for 15 years from the date of grant and is renewable for additional15-year terms. We will be required to pay an amount equal to 2.0% of our prior year’s net operating revenue from 4G services upon renewal of the license and on every second anniversary of the renewal. The initial terms of these licenses expire in 2027.

These radio frequency licenses include network scope obligations. Under these obligations, we are currently required to provide provide:

4G service in (1) all state capitals and municipalities with a population in excess of 500,00030,000 or more and the Federal District. In addition, we will be required to:

provide 4G service to all of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population in excess of 200,000 by December 31, 2015;

provide 4G service to all of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population in excess of 100,000 by December 31, 2016;

provide 4G service to all of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population between 30,000 and 100,000 by December 31, 2017;

provide 4G service to(2) 30% of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population less than 30,000 and the Federal District; provided, however, that for the latter, we are may comply with this obligation by December 31, 2017;providing service with transmission rates equal to 1.9/2.1 GHz or above;

 

provide 4G service to 60% of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population less than 30,000 by December 31, 2018;

provide 4G service to all of the municipalities covered by these licenses with a population less than 30,000 by December 31, 2019;

provide voice services in the 450 MHz or other spectrum and data services at minimum upload speeds of 128 kbps and download speeds of 256 kbps and a minimum monthly allowance of 250 MB in 289 municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District by June 30, 2014, and in 384 such municipalities by December 31, 2015 and offer voice services in the 450 MHz spectrumgranted to us and data services at minimum upload speeds of 256 kbps and download speeds of 1Mbps and a minimum monthly allowance of 500 MB in 962 such municipalities by December 31, 2017;

provide unlimited data services at minimum upload speeds of 256 kbps and download speeds of 128 kbps to rural schools in 289 municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District by June 30, 2014, in 384 such municipalities by December 31, 2015District;

unlimited data services at minimum upload speeds of 256 kbps and download speeds of 1Mbps to rural schools in 962 such municipalities by December 31, 2017;in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District; and

 

make our fixed-line network available to other telecommunications service providers to allow them to comply with their obligations under the General Plan on Universal Service Goals in 289962 municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal DistrictDistrict.

In addition, we will be required to:

provide 4G service to 60% of the municipalities covered by June 30, 2014, in 384 suchthese licenses with a population less than 30,000 by December 31, 2018, provided, however, that for these municipalities, we are may comply with this obligation by September 30, 2014providing service with transmission rates equal to 1.9/2.1 GHz or above; and in 962 such

provide 4G service to all of the municipalities covered by September 30, 2015.these licenses with a population less than 30,000 by December 31, 2019.

In addition, our 4G radio frequency licenses impose minimum investment obligations in domestic technologies. At least 65% of the cost of all goods, services, equipment, telecommunications systems and data networks that we purchase to meet our 4G service obligations must developed in Brazil. This minimum requirement will increase to 70% between January 1, 2017 andby December 31, 2022.

Our failure to meet these targets may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations and, in extreme circumstances, in termination of our 4G frequency licenses by ANATEL. As of the date of this annual report, although we have satisfiedbelieve that we are in compliance with the network scope and service performance obligations set forth in these licenses.licenses, ANATEL is currently debating our compliance with certain obligations to provide services under the 450 MHz spectrum. Since we do not yet have all of the necessary technology to support the use of the 450 MHz spectrum using land frequencies, we have been meeting our coverage obligations in certain areas using satellites. If ANATEL decides that we have not been meeting our obligations, we will be given two years to comply, failure of which may lead to termination of our authorizations to use 450 MHz frequencies. Furthermore, we have obtained judicial protection under the RJ Proceedings to forego renewal of the performance guarantees we would have otherwise been required to maintain with respect to the obligations under discussion.

Fixed-Line Services Authorization Agreements

We have entered into authorization agreements with ANATEL that govern our authorizations to provide local fixed-line services in and domestic long-distance services originating from (1) the 57 municipalities in the State of Minas Gerais that are excluded from the concession area of Region I, (2) the nine municipalities in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul and Paraná that are excluded from the concession area of Region II, and (3) Region III. These authorizations do not have termination dates and require us to comply with certain quality of service obligations set forth in the General Plan on Quality Goals.

We have also entered into authorization agreements with ANATEL that govern our authorizations to provide international long-distance services originating from anywhere in Brazil. These authorizations do not have termination dates and require us to comply with quality of service obligations set forth in the General Plan on Quality Goals.

Multimedia Communication Services Authorization Agreements

We have a Multimedia Communication Services authorizations, which superseded our prior Telecommunications Network Transportation Services (Serviço de Rede de Transporte de Telecomunicações) authorizations, permitting us to provide high speed data service.

The Multimedia Communication Services authorizations became effective in May 2003 and cover the same geographical areas as our concession agreements. In April 2008, in connection with the amendments to our fixed-line services concessions, we agreed to provide internet service free of charge until December 31, 2025 to all urban schools in the areas of our concession agreements.

Term of Commitment to Adhere to National Broadband Plan

On June 30, 2011, we entered into a Term of Commitment (Termo de Compromisso) with ANATEL and the Brazilian Ministry of Communications to formalize our voluntary commitment to adhere to the terms of the National Broadband Plan, created in May 2010 by Executive Decree No. 7,175/10 with the goal to makeof making broadband access available at low cost, regardless of technology, throughout Brazil. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we are required to offer (1) broadband services with minimum upload and download capabilities to retail customers in certain sectors of RegionRegions I and II for a maximum price of R$35 per month (or R$29.90 in ICMS-exempt states), plus fees, and (2) access to our broadband infrastructure to certain wholesale customers, including small businesses and municipalities, in certain sectors of RegionRegions I and II for a maximum price of R$1,253 per 2 Mbps per month and aone-time installation fee, while observing all quality standards under ANATEL regulations. Both retail and wholesale services are subject to certain network capacity limits and need only be provided at the demand of the customer. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we have offered the required services to all eligible retail and wholesale customers since the date of its execution and have gradually increased the capacities offered to wholesale customers since November 2011. We have been obligated to provide the maximum capacities established by the Term of Commitment to eligible wholesale customers since June 30, 2015. In addition, the Term of Commitment requires that we:

 

provide one public internet access point for the first 20,000 inhabitants and one additional access point for each subsequent 10,000 inhabitants, with a limit of six access points, at a speed of 2 Mbps, in each municipality that has only satellite service, free of charge and upon demand of such municipality;

 

adequately advertise the services contemplated by the Term of Commitment and present to the Brazilian Ministry of Communications semi-annual reports detailing our marketing efforts; and

 

make our best efforts to offer broadband services to retail customers at speeds of up to 5 Mbps, reaching the largest possible number of municipalities by 2015.municipalities.

The Term of Commitment will expireexpired on December 31, 2016.2016 and has not been renewed. Although we believe that we are in compliance with all of our network scope and service performance obligations set forth under the Term of Commitment, as of the date of this annual report, ANATEL has yet to complete its review, and we cannot predict when it will do so. Our failure to meet our obligations may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations.

Subscription Television Authorization Agreement

In November 2008, we entered into ana15-year authorization agreement with ANATEL that governs our use of satellite technology to provide DTH satellite television services throughout Brazil. The authorization agreement permits us to provide DTH satellite television services for 15-years and is renewable for an additional 15 year term in exchange for a fee to be agreed upon between us and ANATEL.

Under this authorization, we are required to furnish equipment to certain public institutions, to make channels available for broadcasting by specified public institutions, and to comply with quality of service obligations set forth in applicable ANATEL regulations.

In December 2012, ANATEL granted our request to convert our DTH authorization agreement into a Conditional Access Service authorization allowing us to provide nationwide subscription television services through any technology, including satellite, wireline, optical fiber and coaxial cable. The Conditional Access Service authorization agreement authorized us to offer the services to be governed by such agreement, including IP TV. In accordance with the ANATEL resolution thatLaw No. 12,485/11, which approved the Conditional Access Service regime, our Conditional Access Service authorization prohibits us from creating television content or owning more than 30% of a company that creates content. We are also required to carry a certain percentage of Brazilian programming, including open channels and public access channels.

Research and Development

We conduct independent innovation, research and development in areas of telecommunications services but historically we have not independently developed new telecommunications technologies. We depend primarily on suppliers of telecommunications equipment for the development of new technology.

As a condition to ANATEL’s approval of Telemar’s acquisition of control of our company in January 2009, Telemar agreed to make annual investments in innovation, research and development through 2018 in amounts equal to at least 50% of the amounts of its contributions to the Fund for the Technological Development of Telecommunications (Fundo para o Desenvolvimento Tecnológico das Telecomunicações), or FUNTTEL. To fulfill this obligation, as well as to centralize our innovation, research and development activities and programs, in 2009, we created a division to manage innovation, research and development with the mission of coordinating and promoting efforts and projects that it develops.

Our technology laboratory performs a variety of functions, such as operation support systems, business support systems and information security. We conduct trials of technologies from different vendors in this laboratory to evaluate these technologies for deployment.

Since 2009, we have executed cooperation agreements with the following national research centers: CERTI Foundation, C.E.S.A.R., Technological Projects, Research and Studies Coordination Foundation (Fundação Coordenação de Projetos, Pesquisas e Estudos Tecnológicos – COPPETEC), Telecommunications Research and Development Foundation (Fundação Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações—CPqD), Technological Innovation Foundation (Fundação Para Inovações TecnológicasFITEC), National Institute for Telecommunications Foundation (Fundação Instituto Nacional de Telecomunicações—Inatel) andPUC-RJ. We have also executed cooperation agreements with Brazilian national telecommunications suppliers which develop technology in Brazil, such as Nokia AsGa S.A., Digitel S.A. – Indústria Eletrônica and Padtec S.A. Since 2009, we have signed more than 10 such cooperation agreements.

In order to achieve our goals on innovation investments in 2011,the last three years, we intensified the process for the exploration of innovative services and activities concerning innovation, research, development and development to promote ouran open innovation ecosystem through our inhouse incubator, “Incubadora OiTo” our inhouse development and innovation incubator in October 2011 launched the first callRio de Janeiro. “Incubadora OiTo” is a development and innovation hub responsible for Innovative Mobile Applications for Major Events through the Oi Innovation Program (Programa Oi Inovação).generating new business, accelerating technological solutions, developing startups and supporting social initiatives.

Our investments in innovation, research and development totaled R$16 million in 2014,2017, R$1320 million in 20132016 and R$1120 million in 2012.2015.

Property, Plant and Equipment in Brazil

Our principal Brazilian properties, owned and leased, are located in Regions I and II. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the net book value of our property, plant and equipment in Brazil was R$25,670 million.27,083 million and R$26,080 million, respectively. Our main equipment in Brazil consists of transmission equipment, trunking and switching stations (including local, tandem and transit telephone exchanges), metallic and fiber-optic cable networks and lines, underground ducts, posts and towers, data communication equipment, network systems and infrastructure (including alternating and direct current supply equipment) and motor-generator groups.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, of the net book value of our property, plant and equipment in Brazil, (1) transmission and other equipment represented 50.5%;49.7% and 51.4%, respectively; (2) infrastructure, primarily underground ducts, post and towers, cables and lines represented 21.0%;22.4% and 22.6%, respectively; (3) work in progress represented 10.4%;12.7% and 9.3%, respectively; (4) buildings represented 6.4% and 6.8%, respectively; (5) automatic switching equipment represented 8.7%; buildings represented 7.3%;5.2% and 6.5%, respectively; and (6) other fixed assets represented 2.2%.3.5% and 3.4%, respectively.

All Brazilian property, plant and equipment that are essential in providing the services described in our concession agreements are considered “reversible assets,” which means that, should our concession agreements expire or terminate without being renewed, these assets will automatically revert to ANATEL. There are no other encumbrances that may affect the utilization of our property, plant and equipment. For more details, see note 1413 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report.

Intellectual Property

We believe the trademarks that identify us and our Brazilian businesses are important for us, and as a result, we have taken steps to protect them. As of December 31, 2014, we had 1,091 trademarks registered withthem before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial), or BPTO. As of December 31, 2017, we had 887 trademarks registered by the BPTO and 637432 pending trademark applications. Our main trademark used in Brazil, “Oi,” is registered withby the BPTO in several classes, which allows us to use this trademark in a variety of markets in which we operate, including in connection with our fixed-line,

mobile and broadband services. Among the various registered trademarks, we have registered with the BPTO, 1614 are being contested by third parties. In addition, 58 of our 637 pending trademark applications 22 have been challenged by third parties.

As of December 31, 2014,2017, we had 1,205453 domain names registered withby the Center of Information and Coordination of Dot Br –NIC. Br, anthe agency responsible for registering domain names in Brazil. The information included on our websites or that might be accessed through our websites is not included in this annual report and is not incorporated into this annual report by reference.

As of December 31, 2014,2017, the INPIBPTO had granted 12nine patents, utility models or industrial designs toin the name of our company. We had also filed 18six patent applications, which are pending withcurrently being examined by the BPTO. Requests for technical examination have been submitted to the BPTO for all of these pending patent applications. Once the examination is concluded, aBPTO will issue an official decision accepting or rejecting the application, which will be issued.published in the Official Gazette. If granted, the patent will have a term ofbe enforced for 20 years beginning from the date of filing and no less than ten years from the date the application is granted.date.

Insurance

Pursuant to requirements in our Brazilian concession agreements, we maintain the following insurance policies: (1) all risk property insurance covering all insurable assets pertaining to the concessions; and (2) loss of profit insurance covering lost profits deriving from property damage and business interruption; and (3) performance bond insurance to assure compliance with our obligations related to quality of service and universal service targets set forth in our concession agreements.interruption.

In addition to the above policies, we maintain civil liability insurance in Brazil. Our assets that are of material value and/or exposed to high degrees of risks are also insured. All of our insurance coverage was purchased from highly rated insurance companies in Brazil.

We believe that our current insurance coverage is suitable to our Brazilian operations.

Social Responsibility

In 2001, we created Instituto Telemar, known asOi Futuro, aOi’s corporate social responsibility program thatinstitute, which has been designated a Public Interest Organization (Organização da Sociedade Civil de Interesse Público) by the Brazilian Ministry of Justice (Ministério da Justiça).Oi Futuro developsacts as an innovation network, catalyzing the transformation in the fields of education, cultural activities, social innovation and supports cultural, sustainability and educational programs using information technology and communications to promote social inclusion and human development.

sports.Oi Futuro operates two cultural centers in Rio de Janeirodevelops and a cultural center in Belo Horizonte, as well as two telecommunications museums.accelerates social impact initiatives through collaborative solutions and innovation. We believe that innovation and creativity empower personal and collective development, which should be strengthened through technology and dissemination of information.

In the field of education,Oi Futuro also manages the “Programa Oi de Patrocínios Culturais Incentivados.” In 2014, we remained one of the primary sponsors of cultural activitiesinvests in Brazil, sponsoring more than 100 projects through a public selection process.

Oi Futuro supportsnew approaches to learning and develops education projects that use new communication and information technologiesteaching to transform the classroom environment and preparepreparing young people from low-income communities for jobs of the future.Oi Futuro’s diverse initiatives include (1)future jobs. Created in 2006, the Advanced Education Center (Núcleo Avançado em Educação), or NAVE, trains young students for digital and creative economies, focusing on the production of games, applications and audiovisual products. This program, developed as a public vocationalpartnership with the Secretaries of Education of the States of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, offers integrated and professional high school establishededucation for 1,000 students. In addition to obtaining technical training, NAVE students are encouraged to develop an entrepreneurial spirit and to establish their first professional connections through projects and events, favoring their integration with the innovative market.

In the field of cultural activities,Oi Futuro also serves as a public-private partnership with campusescreative catalyst, motivating people through art and stimulating collaborative projects by sponsoring cultural projects from all regions of Brazil. In 2017,Oi Futurosponsored 68 cultural projects. We also operate a cultural center in Rio de Janeiro, with a program that stimulates avant-garde production and Recife,convergence of contemporary art and (2)technology, and manage the “Oi Kabum!” Arts and Technology School (Oi Kabum! Escola de Arte e Tecnologia) with campusesMuseum of Telecommunications in Rio de Janeiro, Recife, Belo HorizonteJaneiro. In 2017, we launched LabSonica, a sound and Salvador.

Since 2009, NAVE has been consistently recognized by Microsoft as one of the most innovative schools in the world. The NAVE Rio was the only Brazilian school invited by Qatar Foundationmusic experimentation lab created to participate in the WISE Summit (World Innovation Summit for Education) in Doha in November 2014stimulate creativity and ranks in the WISE Book, one of the most relevant publications worldwideinnovation in the field of innovationsound. With the new laboratory, we will offer technical support and education. physical structures for artistic productions, such as a recording studio, rehearsal rooms, studio, auditorium and coworking space.

In 2014, more than 1,800 students participated in both educational programs (NAVE and Oi Kabum!).

the field of social innovation,Oi Futuro launched Labora, a social impact lab that supports social-environmental programssocial entrepreneurs who put forward new ideas, actions and prototypes for addressing contemporary challenges. We promote social initiatives that aim to create a more abundant future through its “Oi Novos Brasis” program, which focuses on community development, environmentconnections between changemakers, entrepreneurs, investors and biodiversity.organizations and mentoring. In 2014, more than 5,000 people benefited from these

programs. In addition, in 2014,2017,Oi Futuro supported 1025 social innovation projects.

In the field of sports,Oi Futuro invests in projects through the Public Funds for Childhoodthat promote social inclusion and Adolescence (FIA—Fundos Públicos da Infância e da Adolescência)citizenship.

In 2017 and 16 sports projects.

We2016, we contributed R$2422 million in 2014, R$24 million in 2013 and R$2023 million, in 2012respectively, to these projects and programs.

Operations in Portugal

PT Portugal provides telecommunications services in Portugal in the following customer categories:

Residential services, which include integrated networks inside the customer’s home, enabling the simultaneous connection of multiple devices, including fixed line telephone, TV (including IPTV and DTH satellite Pay-TV services), game consoles, PCs, laptops, tablets and smartphones. PT Portugal provides these services through its subsidiaries, in particular PT Comunicações.

Personal services, which are mobile telecommunications services, such as voice, data and Internet-related multimedia services provided to personal (i.e., individual) customers across several access devices, such as mobile phones, smartphones and tablets, as well as wireless datacards and dongles (devices that attach to the USB port of a laptop/computer to provide mobile broadband service) for internet access. PT Portugal provides these services through its subsidiary MEO.

Enterprise services,which provide PT Portugal’s corporate and medium and small business customers with integrated data and business solutions, as well as IT/IS and BPO services, including:

Corporate services, which target large companies and provide data, internet, video and voice communications, services, fixed-mobile convergence solutions and selected information technology services, network managing and outsourcing; and

SME/SoHo services, which target (1) SMEs customers, providing vertical data and business solutions that are similar to PT Portugal’s corporate services and (2) SoHo customers, providing cost-effective data and business solutions for those working in small businesses or at home; and

Wholesale and other services, which primarily include wholesale telecommunications services, public pay telephones, the production and distribution of telephone directories and other services in Portugal.

The following table sets forth the total number of retail lines (or accesses), net retail additions and other information for the Portuguese operations of PT Portugal as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

   As of and For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2014   2013   2012 

Fixed retail accesses (thousands):

      

PSTN/ISDN(1)

   2,475     2,549     2,604  

Broadband customers

   1,373     1,294     1,225  

Pay-TV customers

   1,412     1,315     1,223  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed retail accesses

 5,261   5,158   5,052  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mobile customers (thousands):

Post-paid

 3,888   2,925   2,469  

Pre-paid

 4,101   4,971   5,129  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mobile customers

 7,989   7,896   7,598  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net additions (thousands):

Fixed retail accesses:

PSTN/ISDN

 (74 (55 (43

Broadband customers

 79   69   119  

Pay-TV customers

 98   91   181  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed retail accesses

 103   105   257  

Mobile customers:

Post-paid

 963   456   91  

Pre-paid

 (870 (158 63  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mobile customers

 93   298   154  

(1)The public switched telephone network, or PSTN, is the traditional telephone system that runs through copper lines. The integrated digital services network, or ISDN, is the digital telecommunications network that allows simultaneous voice and data transmission over an access line.

Services in Portugal

PT Portugal provides services in Portugal in the following customer categories: residential services, personal services, enterprise services and wholesale and other services as described below.

Residential Services

PT Portugal’s residential customer category in Portugal includes the provision of fixed-line telephone and broadband services, Pay-TV services (IPTV over ADSL and fiber, and DTH satellite TV) services and internet access services to residential customers. The table below sets forth the total number of retail lines (or accesses), net additions and other information as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

   As of and For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2014   2013   2012 

Fixed retail accesses (thousands):

      

PSTN/ISDN

   1,627     1,646     1,692  

Broadband customers

   1,095     1,027     1,015  

Pay-TV customers

   1,231     1,157     1,135  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed retail accesses

 3,953   3,830   3,841  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net additions (thousands):

PSTN/ISDN

 (19 (22 18  

Broadband customers

 69   29   104  

Pay-TV customers

 73   43   162  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net additions

 123   50   284  

Other data:

Unique customers

 1,766   1,818   1,881  

Retail RGU per PSTN/ISDN line

 2.43   2.33   2.27  

Average Revenue Per User (“ARPU”) (in Euros)(1)

 32.2   31.6   31.6  

Retail traffic (millions of minutes)

 2,363   2,748   2,935  

Non-voice revenues as percentage of revenues

 68.7   65.7   63.4  

(1)ARPU is calculated based on the total revenue for the year divided by the monthly average customer base for the year divided by 12.

Components of Revenue.PT Portugal’s revenues from residential customers of its operations in Portugal are derived from the following components:

Service revenues, which are the revenues PT Portugal generates from providing fixed telephone services, broadband internet access and Pay-TV services. These revenues generally consist of:

Fixed charges, including network access charges based on a monthly line rental and an initial installation fee, as well as, in most cases, a monthly fee from pricing packages, which can include broadband and Pay-TV services; and

Traffic, including charges for the use of PT Portugal’s fixed line network based on rates dependent on the amount and type of usage.

Sales and other revenues, which are revenues from the sale of telephone, broadband and Pay-TV equipment and other revenues, such as sales commissions.

Fixed Line Services.PT Portugal had approximately 3,953 million fixed retail accesses in service in Portugal as of December 31, 2014, excluding external supplementary lines, direct extensions and active multiple numbers. Fixed retail accesses in service include:

traffic-generating lines held by subscribing customers;

carrier pre-selection lines, which are lines of competitors for which those customers have elected to use PT Portugal’s services;

fixed broadband retail lines; and

IPTV, FTTH and DTH customers using PT Portugal’sMeo Pay-TV services.

Over the last decade, total traffic on PT Portugal’s fixed line network has declined, primarily because consumers have increasingly used mobile services instead of fixed line services and because of the migration of dial-up internet users to ADSL. As of December 31, 2014, the number of active mobile cards (the mobile equivalent of main lines) in Portugal exceeds the number of fixed line main lines. PT Portugal has responded to this trend by encouraging the use of its fixed line network for bundled services, including triple-play packages that include fixed telephone services, broadband internet access and Pay-TV services.

PT Portugal is required to provide carrier selection to its customers for all types of traffic. See “—Telecommunications Regulation—Regulation of the Portuguese Telecommunications Industry—Generally Applicable Regulations—Number Portability and Carrier Selection.” Carrier selection has been an additional factor that has contributed to the reduction in traffic on PT Portugal’s fixed-line network.

Bundled Services.In January 2013, PT Portugal announced the launch of a quadruple-play offer of converged fixed-mobile services, including TV, internet, fixed telephone and mobile telephone services under the brand “M4O.” PT Portugal designed this product after careful study of recent trends in the Portuguese market, which revealed rising consumer preference for quadruple-play services all reflected on the same bill, a desire to include the entire family in a single plan, and the importance of high-quality connectivity to the internet.M4O offers 120 TV channels, 100 Mbps broadband speed, unlimited calls and two to four mobile SIM cards, including free of charge calls and text messages to all wireline and wireless networks, using PT Portugal’s 3G and 4G networks.

Pay-TV Services.PT Portugal’s Pay-TV strategy is based on a multiplatform concept that aims to provide similar content and user experiences across television, PCs and mobile phones.Meo is PT Portugal’s TV brand across the various platforms, primarily at home (through IPTV and satellite), through mobile telephones (throughMeo Go! Mobile), or through personal computers (throughMeo Go!, a service that allows access to live TV channels on PCs, tablets and smartphones).Meo provides access to a comprehensive content offering, with more than 160 TV channels and thousands of video-on-demand titles. PT Portugal offers tiered packages of channels, as

well as on-demand availability that can be subscribed for, in real time, directly through the TV set.Meo also provides access to advanced features, such as digital recording and pause live-TV. The set-top boxes in theMeo service are all HD-compliant, using MPEG4. PT Portugal was the first operator in Portugal to introduce HDTV and has the most extensive video-on-demand offer in the market. As of December 31, 2014, Meo had approximately 1.2 million Pay-TV customers and a 42.2% share of the Pay-TV market, according to ANACOM.

Meo also offers advanced interactive applications accessed through the remote control and covering multiple categories, such as:

News, including a personalized newscast application, developed in partnership with RTP, the state-owned free-to-air channel, and theSapo Kiosk application featuring the daily covers of all local and several international newspapers and magazines;

Sports, including a soccer application, a surf application and specific sports channel applications, such as theBenficaTV application and theSportTV application;

Music, includingMusicBox, a multiscreen music streaming service,Meo Radios, a radio streaming application, andMeo Karaoke, an application that offersMeo customers the ability to subscribe and sing from a wide catalog of local and international hits;

Kids, including a comprehensive children’s portal where children can access video-on-demand content, music clips, karaoke, games and tailored educational content;

Convenience, including applications for weather, traffic and pharmacies; and

Personal content, including an online photo storage application.

In 2012,Meo launched eight new applications of this type, includingSapo Voucher, the first interactive TV application allowing financial transactions and interactions with TV advertisements.

In the first quarter of 2013, PT Portugal added a new exclusive channel,Correio da Manhã TV, in partnership with Cofina, the owner of several newspapers and magazines in Portugal, includingCorreio da Manhã. This channel is available on several screens, including PCs, smartphones and tablets, through theMeo GO! service.Meo’s content offering also includes interactivity based on anchor programs (e.g., Idols,Secret Story,Biggest Loser). PT Portugal continues to focus on the intensification of partnerships with content providers, on two-way collaborations to improve content quality, and on the renegotiation of existing content deals aimed at further adapting the content cost structure to the current environment and thereby generating savings in content costs.

In line with its strategy for content differentiation through interactivity, PT Portugal launched two new “red button” interactive applications in the third quarter of 2013, linked to two popular TV programs in Portugal: (1) “X Factor”, developed in partnership with SIC, and (2) “I love it”, a youth TV series, developed in partnership with TVI. In late September 2013, PT Portugal launched an exclusive Secret Story channel airing live 24 hours a day from the Secret Story house, leveraging the fourth edition of “Secret Story”, a reality show on TVI, with an interactive application that allowed customers to select the camera from which they wanted to follow contestants in the show and delivered exclusive content.

In January 2013, PT Portugal launchedGravações Automáticas, a recording feature that allows customers to record programs and access those recordings up to seven days after the programs were broadcast. PT Portugal also has developed new and innovative interactive solutions, such asMEO Energy, a service for monitoring home energy consumption, which includes rate recommendations based on a subscriber’s actual consumption profile and suggestions on how to lower the subscriber’s energy bill.

Personal Services

PT Portugal provides telecommunications and mobile data services for a variety of personal devices, including traditional cell phones, smartphones, tablets and laptops. MEO is the leading provider of mobile voice, data and internet services in Portugal in terms of the number of active mobile cards connected to its network, as well as by revenues and margins, based on information from the other operators’ releases. The following table sets forth the total number of mobile customers, net additions and other information as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

   As of and For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2014   2013   2012 

Mobile customers (thousands):

      

Post-paid

   2,394     1,570     1,093  

Pre-paid

   3,987     4,820     4,931  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mobile customers

 6,380   6,390   6,024  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mobile broadband customers (included in total)

 1,023   886   947  

Net additions (thousands):

Post-paid

 824   441   30  

Pre-paid

 (833 (129 62  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total mobile customers

 (9 312   92  

Mobile broadband customers (included in total)

 137   (73 5  

Other data:

MOU(1) (minutes)

 106   98   93  

ARPU (in Euros)

 7.1   7.6   8.7  

Customer

 6.5   7.1   8.0  

Interconnection

 0.6   0.5   0.7  

SARC(2) (Euro)

 23.8   24.6   27.9  

Data as percentage of service revenues

 39.1   35.8   33.2  

(1)Minutes of Usage, or MOU, represents the monthly average of outgoing traffic in minutes divided by the average number of users in the period.
(2)Subscriber Acquisition and Retention Cost, or SARC, equals (i) the sum of 70% of marketing and publicity costs plus commissions plus subsidies, divided by (ii) gross additions plus upgrades.

Components of Revenue.PT Portugal’s revenues from personal services of its operations in Portugal are derived from the following components:

Service revenues, which are the revenues PT Portugal generates from providing mobile voice telecommunications services, mobile broadband access and other mobile services. These service revenues consist of:

Customer revenues, which are revenues PT Portugal receives directly from its customers and consist primarily of traffic charges, subscription and usage charges; and

Interconnection revenues, which are the revenues PT Portugal receives from other telecommunications providers when their customers make calls or otherwise connect to PT Portugal’s network from fixed lines or mobile devices.

Sales and other revenues, which are revenues from the sale of mobile phones and related equipment.

We believe that mobile services in Portugal are priced lower than the European average and are among the lowest in Europe. Fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile interconnection charges are regulated by ANACOM and have a significant impact on PT Portugal’s business. ANACOM has determined that all mobile operators have significant market power in call termination in the mobile networks market and has imposed price controls on

interconnection rates for the termination of calls on mobile networks. ANACOM has issued successive decisions that have reduced mobile termination rates over time. Most recently, ANACOM issued a final decision in March 2012 that reduced mobile termination rates to €0.0127 as of December 31, 2012. These reductions have had, and are expected to continue to have, a significant impact on PT Portugal’s interconnection revenues and consequently its cash flows and earnings.

Mobile Services.PT Portugal’s products and services in the Personal Services category include:

a variety of voice and data tariff plans, both pre-paid and post-paid. Its post-paid tariff plans are designed to integrate unlimited voice and data plans targeted at high-value customers and its pre-paid tariff plans are designed to discourage migration to low-value tariff plans by offering additional voice and data services;

a portfolio of approximately 50 smartphones, including exclusive handsets, with the capability to use an array of value-added and convergent services (mobile TV, music on demand, navigation application, social network aggregator, cloud storage, etc.); and

mobile broadband offers with speeds of up to 150Mbps using 4G technology and offering free access to PT Portugal’s national Wi-Fi network.

As of December 31, 2014, approximately 62% of PT Portugal’s personal services subscribers were using pre-paid tariff plans.

In early 2012, PT Portugal launched a multi-SIM offer that can be used both in 3G and 4G tariff plans. This multi-SIM offer allows both MEO mobile broadband and smartphone users to share their data tariff allowance with more than one device.

PT Portugal launched a 4G offering in 2012, and it continuously invests in new services. PT Portugal markets its 4G mobile broadband services through MEO’s4G andMeo 4G brands. PT Portugal’s 4G offerings currently:

range in speed from 50Mbps to 150Mbps;

allow customers that are alsoMeo customers access to more than 60 live TV channels through theMeo Go service;

include a music streaming service throughMeo Music, a multiplatform music streaming service, providing access to a catalog of millions of music tracks;

includeMulti-SIM, for sharing of traffic among various devices, including PCs, through wireless dongles, tablets and smartphones; and

includeMeo Drive, a navigation application available in iOS and Android Marketplaces.

PT Portugal’s 4G services are offered at monthly retail prices starting €34.99 (with discounts for early subscribers under a month loyalty program).

In January 2013, following the launch of theM4O quadruple-play offering, MEO repositioned its post-paid voice and data tariff plans. In the post-paid category, unlimited plans now have four price points, or sizes:

theunlimited S, for €15.90 per month, which offers 600 MB of mobile internet, unlimited Wi-Fi access plus 100 minutes or SMS on all other networks;

theunlimited M, for €29.90 per month, which offers 1GB of mobile internet, unlimited Wi-Fi access plus unlimited voice and SMS, and 120 minutes or SMS on all other networks;

theunlimited L, for €39.90 per month, which offers 1GB of mobile internet and unlimited Wi-Fi plus unlimited voice and SMS on all other networks; and

theunlimited XL, for €69.90 per month, which offers 5GB of mobile internet and unlimited Wi-Fi access plus unlimited voice and SMS.

All of these plans includeMeo Music, which is otherwise priced at €4.99 or €6.99 per month, depending on whether the subscriber is an existing MEO customer.

In the pre-paid market, MEO extended the all-day version of its “e nunca mais acaba” tariff plan to include (1) unlimited all-day voice and SMS for the MEO network and fixed networks, and (2) the ability to apply the equivalent of €20.00 monthly toward voice minutes and SMS on other mobile networks. This tariff plan also includes unlimited in-network video calls and can be configured with a 500 MB mobile internet option for €25.00 per month. MEO also extended itsMoche tariff plans, for customers younger than 25 years of age, to include 1GB of mobile internet in the case of the monthly fee, and if the customer recharges the card with at least €11.00. TheMoche tariff plans also include SMS options for use on other mobile networks. These changes in MEO’s tariff structure were in response to price movements in the market and were aimed at maintaining MEO’s competitive position in the market.

In addition, through roaming agreements, PT Portugal’s subscribers can make and receive mobile calls throughout Europe and in many other countries around the world. Roaming agreements between operators allow their subscribers to make and receive voice calls automatically, send and receive data, or access other services when traveling outside the geographical coverage area of the home network, by using the networks of other operators abroad. As of December 31, 2014, PT Portugal had entered into 2G roaming agreements with a total of 501operators in 223 countries.

Enterprise Services

PT Portugal provides enterprise services to corporate, SMEs and SoHo customers in Portugal that need diversified telecommunications solutions and integration with IT services. PT Portugal has developed a full range of telecommunications services for businesses, and it integrates these services to provide its customers with service packages. By combining PT Portugal’s communications capabilities with its software-based integrated systems and applications, PT Portugal offers integrated voice, data and image solutions, virtual private networks, convergence solutions, consultancy and outsourcing. We believe that PT Portugal is the primary service provider in Portugal capable of offering customers a full range of integrated and customized services. The following table below sets forth the total number of retail lines (or accesses), net retail additions and other information as of the dates and for the periods indicated.

   As of and For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2014   2013   2012 

Fixed retail accesses (in thousands):

      

PSTN/ISDN

   679     720     725  

Broadband customers

   275     264     207  

Pay-TV customers

   179     155     86  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fixed retail accesses

 1,133   1,139   1,019  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mobile customers (in thousands)

 1,542   1,457   1,514  

Net additions (thousands):

Fixed retail accesses:

PSTN/ISDN

 (41 (28 (101

Broadband customers

 11   40   15  

Pay-TV customers

 24   48   18  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   As of and For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2014   2013   2012 

Total fixed retail accesses

   (6   60     (68
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mobile customers

 85   (4 69  

Other data:

Retail RGU per access

 1.67   1.58   1.41  

ARPU (in Euros)

 20.2   21.8   23.8  

Non-voice revenues as percentage of revenues

 59.1   55.0   50.3  

Components of Revenue.PT Portugal’s revenues from enterprise services of its operations in Portugal include the following components:

traffic charges for voice and data services;

outsourcing or management services and fees for BPO services; and

consultancy fees.

Enterprise Services.PT Portugal’s enterprise services include:

Network and voice services, which include fixed voice services, fixed and mobile convergence services, broadband data services, Ethernet services, digital leased lines and VSAT services, business high band fiber-based internet, VPN accesses and applications, and global services for multinational customers.

IT services, which include data center services (such as housing and hosting), cloud based solutions (primarily public and private virtual servers, remote backup and storage, hosted e-mail and web hosting), security managed services based on a security operations center, business continuity services and disaster recovery, IT infrastructure outsourcing and IT and security consultancy.

Business solutions and applications, which include unified communications, IP Centrex and voice servers, digital signage—Corporate TV, messaging and interaction solutions, business video communications and telepresence solutions, machine-to-machine managed connectivity and vertical end-to-end solutions, BPO services, vertical solutions for special business market customer categories (such as health care and the public sector), special bundling services for SMEs using the “Office Box” brand name, and outsourcing.

PT Portugal provides these services to its enterprise customers using three customer categories:

Residential+ customers, served with an offering based on the convergence of voice and broadband services;

Connected+ customers, served mainly with multi-employee connectivity services, including mobility solutions for traveling employees, and simple software solutions; and

Integrated+ customers, served with a full range of telecommunications and technological services, such as unified communications, outsourcing of ICT services, application integration, machine-to-machine and specific IT/IS solutions, BPO services and IT consultancy.

The provision of services to PT Portugal’s corporate customers is guided by the following strategic objectives:

maximize value from traditional telecommunications services by upselling additional services, including fixed-mobile convergence on FTTH, VPN, LAN management and video services;

accelerate IT transformation through cloud computing, by building upon partnerships with key suppliers to enable business process transformation and cost reductions to its corporate customers, with a special focus on “system on a chip,” or SOC, based security solutions;

capture mobile data growth through 4G solutions and new machine-to-machine projects;

use specialization to achieve gains from scale, including by focusing on outsourcing and BPO services to improve productivity; and

introduce a business consulting approach in order to extend the services provided to corporations to video, multiscreen and other convergent services.

As part of its enterprise services, PT Portugal provides a broad offer of integrated and vertical solutions. PT Portugal continues to market itsOffice Box product for SMEs, which allows integrated solutions with one bill and on a pay-per-employee basis bundling voice and data communication services: (1) connectivity: mobile and fixed voice and broadband, (2) devices: PCs, phones and mobile phones, routers and switches, and (3) mobility: cloud solutions including customized domains, e-mail accounts, hosting sites and optional software. PT Portugal provides vertical solutions through itsOffice Box product which includes tailored software systems for health clinics, restaurants and hotels, including access to an online marketing and booking system and a full suite of hotel-management software. For large corporations, PT Portugal provides: (1) integrated solutions, bundling customized connectivity and IT services with dedicated account managers, and (2) unified communications integrated services without requiring capital expenditures on a pay-per-employee basis, including a flat voice rate, customer equipment and a full set of collaboration functionalities. PT Portugal’s secure and innovative cloud offering provides a broad portfolio of services, including (1) web services, such as webhosting, instant website, database hosting and e-mail relay, (2) security services, comprising e-mail security, remote backup, video surveillance and clean pipes, and (3) IT resources, including remote desktop, public and private servers, SAP HANA and virtual drives. PT Portugal has developed this end-to-end offering with strategic partnerships that enable PT Portugal to leverage its technological skills and integration capacity in key markets in Portugal and Africa.

PT Portugal provides IT and BPO services for corporate customers through PT Sistemas de Informação, S.A., or PT SI, which provides an integrated ICT service and IT/IS outsourcing capabilities, and PT Pro, Serviços Administrativos e de Gestão Partilhados, S.A., or PT Pro, which provides BPO and shared services. See “—Shared Services Companies.”

PT Portugal has a strong and competitive position in the development of information technology solutions where communications are an integral part of the services provided. To reinforce PT Portugal’s position as a leader in this area, it is pursuing a partnership strategy with the primary information technology suppliers in the market, particularly software and hardware providers.

PT Portugal offers services in partnership with leading operators and service providers such as Telefónica, British Telecom and Orange. PT Portugal uses systems and networks in partnership with Nokia Solutions and Networks Portugal,Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei, Cisco Systems, Nortel Networks, Critical Software, Microsoft and SAP, among others.

In 2012, PT Portugal pursued partnerships with Microsoft and SAP, and in 2013 with Ericsson, towards developing, implementing and continuously launching new services in PT Portugal’s cloud computing offer,SmartCloudPT, which is intended to help companies adopt more efficient business models by reducing costs related to information technology

Wholesale and Other Services

In addition to the services PT Portugal provides in Portugal in its primary customer categories of residential services, personal services and enterprise services, it provides wholesale services and generates a small amount of revenue from other activities, such as the production and distribution of telephone directories. PT Portugal’s wholesale services consist of:

domestic and international interconnection telephone services that PT Portugal provides to other telecommunications services providers in Portugal;

provision of carrier pre-selection and number portability;

leasing of domestic and international lines to other telecommunications services providers and operators;

provision of ADSL (including “naked” DSL) on a wholesale basis to other ISPs;

provision of unbundled access (including shared access) to metallic loops and sub-loops to provide broadband and voice services to other telecommunications operators in Portugal;

provision of wholesale line rental to other telecommunications services providers in Portugal;

provision of co-location services and access to ducts, poles and associated facilities to other telecommunications operators in Portugal;

transmission of television and radio signals for major broadcast television companies in Portugal;

narrowband internet access origination services, which PT Portugal provides to ISPs;

international carrier services (transport, transit and/or termination) for international switched traffic; and

other services provided to telecommunications services providers and operators, such as IP international connectivity.

PT Portugal also provides public pay telephone services, advertising on www.sapo.pt, its internet portal, and rentals of equipment and other infrastructure. We describe some of PT Portugal’s wholesale services below.

Interconnection Traffic.The service providers who purchase interconnection services from PT Portugal include fixed and mobile network operators, voice and data communications service providers, ISPs, value-added service providers and service providers whose international calls are terminated on or carried by PT Portugal’s network. Providing interconnection services means allowing third parties to connect their networks to PT Portugal’s network, and vice versa. PT Portugal has interconnection rates primarily for call termination, call origination, transits and international interconnection. In accordance with EU and Portuguese regulations, PT Portugal’s national interconnection prices are cost-oriented applying a pure BU-LRIC cost model for call termination.

Leased Lines.PT Portugal leases lines to other telecommunications providers for fixed, mobile and data communications services, including its own subsidiaries and competitors. Leased line services involve making a permanent point-to-point connection with dedicated and transparent capacity between two geographically separate points. PT Portugal offers both national terminating segments and trunk segments at the wholesale level. PT Portugal also leases international circuits to national and international operators to allow them to complete their circuits (often circuits that pass through Portugal linking other countries), and it sells segments of international circuits to international operators. The three current mobile telephone operators in Portugal, which include PT Portugal’s subsidiary MEO, Vodafone Portugal and ZON Optimus, are among its wireline business’s largest leased line customers.

Digital Terrestrial Television Services.In 2008, pursuant to the EC’s proposal to cease analog transmissions in all member states by 2012, ANACOM launched a public tender to grant the rights of use of frequencies allocated to the transmission of digital terrestrial television, or DTT, signals. Following a public tender launched by ANACOM in 2008, PT Comunicações was granted the frequency usage rights for DTT associated with the transmission of the signal for free-to-air television programs (the RTP, SIC and TVI broadcast channels), the so-called “Multiplex A” or “Mux A.” In 2009, the Portuguese media regulatory authority (Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social), or the ERC, notified PT Portugal of its final decision to grant PT Portugal a license to act as a TV distribution

operator. Although ANACOM has revoked the rights of use of the frequencies which are necessary to use this license, the license remains valid.

PT Portugal launched DTT (using DVB-T, or terrestrial signals) in 2009, initially covering 29 municipalities and more than 40% of the population. By the end of 2011, PT Portugal achieved 100% coverage of the Portuguese population (approximately 90% using DVB-T and 10% using DVB-H (satellite)). The switch-off of the analog television network in Portugal occurred on April 26, 2012.

DTT only encompasses broadcasting of free-to-air television programs, while PT Portugal’sMeo offer comprises both free-to-air television programs, as well as Pay-TV channels, provided over FTTH, ADSL and DTH technologies.

Marketing in Portugal

Residential Services

In the third quarter of 2013, PT Portugal aired a new campaign,Mundo Meo, to strengthen its market position as an innovative brand in the Pay-TV market. This campaign describesMeo’s key differentiating features: (1) Meo Kanal,an application that allows users to produce, edit and share multimedia user content on television with other Meocustomers; (2) Meo Karaoke;(3) PVR-experience; (4) interactive apps, and (5) Meo Music (formerly Music Box), a music streaming service. In September 2013,Meo was named byMeios e Publicidade, an independent Portuguese specialized magazine, as the brand of the year.

Personal Services

In 2013, PT Portugal divided the marketing strategy for its personal segment into two key brands. PT Portugal expects to useMeo, the primary and pre-existing brand, and a leading brand in mobile telecommunications in Portugal, to serve the broader market and to focus on the growth of its post-paid base through dedicated tariff plans and attractive pricing policies in smartphones. PT Portugal markets personal services through more than 2,100 points of sale, including its sales force, retail shops, supermarket chains and independent dealers.

In January 2014, as part of its convergence strategy and building on the 2013 launch of M4O, PT Portugal announced that all services rendered by MEO would be provided under theMeo brand.

PT Portugal developedMoche, its new youth brand, to encourage a broad-based use of mobile internet.Moche is supported by its brand positioning and values and is tailored to the target youth demographic.

PT Portugal also has a low-cost brand,Uzo, that targets low-cost subscribers and uses PT Portugal’s 2G network.Uzo focuses primarily on selling SIM cards and low-cost mobile phones to its customers.Uzo is offered through the internet,Uzo call centers (which are separate from MEO’s call centers) and independent news stands and shops located throughout Portugal.

Networks in Portugal

PT Portugal’s networks in Portugal are comprised of physical and logical infrastructures through which we provide fully-integrated services, whether fixed-line or mobile, voice, data or image, thereby optimizing available resources.

Fixed Network

PT Portugal’s FTTH network covers 1.6 million homes in Portugal. In July 2014, PT Portugal entered into an agreement to deploy, exchange capacity and share its fibre network with Vodafone Portugal. This agreement includes sharing of dark fibre in approximately 900 thousand homes, in which each party shares approximately 450 thousand homes, which commenced in December 2014. PT Portugal’s network, which is developed in urban areas,

is a strategic investment to improve its competitiveness among residential customers, where it can offer distinctive Pay-TV and bundled offers.

Mobile Network

PT Portugal provides mobile telephone services using the GSM, or 2G, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System, or 3G, and Long-Term Evolution, or 4G, technologies. Within PT Portugal’s 2G offering, it provides services in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz band spectrums. At launch in March 2012, PT Portugal’s 4G service was available to 20% of the Portuguese population and as of December 31, 2014, the coverage area has been expanded to reach 93% of the Portuguese population.

IP Networks

PT Portugal provides services over the largest IP/MPLS backbone in Portugal. PT Portugal has points of presence in all major cities throughout Portugal, and PT Portugal links its network to its customers’ premises through switches and access points that it owns. This broadband data transmission network provides high capacity, flexibility and security and can progressively incorporate current voice and data infrastructures at lower costs than alternative networks. PT Portugal also provides high speed internet access through ADSL and Ethernet.

Data Center Network

Following the opening of PT Portugal’s Tier 3 top-European level data center in Covilhã in central Portugal in September 2013, PT Portugal’s data center network consists of seven data centers located in Lisbon, Oporto, the Azores, Madeira and Covilhã. The data center in Covilhã provides the base infrastructure for offering solutions that will serve the needs of national and international individuals and businesses. Against the backdrop of growth in global data usage, PT Portugal believes the Covilhã data center provides PT Portugal with the technological means to respond to customer demands for coverage, speed, reliability and security.

The Covilhã data center occupies a total area of 75,500 square meters and increases PT Portugal’s total IT room space from 14,000 square meters to 26,000 square meters, the number of servers from 6,000 to 56,000, and capacity storage from three Pbytes to 33 Pbytes. This data center is connected to PT Portugal’s backbone network (100 Gbps), enabling the export of data storage capacity and technological services abroad. The first block was inaugurated with six IT rooms of 520 square meters each and a PUE (power usage effectiveness) of 1.25. This new infrastructure will allow PT Portugal to further take advantage of the cloud services business opportunity. Cloud services are considered to be an attractive growth point in the telecommunications industry.

Suppliers in Portugal

In 2013, PT Portugal obtained telephones and equipment for its fixed line voice, broadband and Pay-TV services from several suppliers, including Novabase, Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola. PT Portugal obtains television content, including premium channels, from several national and international suppliers. PT Portugal does not manufacture handsets, but it has agreements with a number of manufacturers to sell handsets in Portugal, including Nokia, Samsung, ZTE, Huawei, Apple, Sony, LG and RIM.

Competition in Portugal

The Portuguese telecommunications market has been characterized by a broad trend towards consolidation in the past several years. In November 2008, ZON acquired several regional cable TV companies and acquired the residential business of AR Telecom in March 2012, before merging with Optimus, the third-largest mobile operator, in August 2013 to create ZON Optimus. In 2012, Altice consolidated its stake of Cabovisão, a regional residential Pay-TV operator, with Oni, a telecom company mostly focused on serving enterprise and corporate customers, to form Cabovisão/Oni Telecom.

Residential Services

We face heavy competition from various telecommunications operators in the residential services market. Our primary competitors include NOS, Vodafone Portugal (a Vodafone Group subsidiary), Cabovisão/Oni Telecom (100% owned by Altice, a European private equity group that owns Numericable, the leading cable operator in France), AR Telecom and Colt.

As of December 31, 2014, Portugal had a penetration of 44.0 per 100 inhabitants in the fixed voice market according to ANACOM, and PT Portugal held an estimated 54.1% market share of access lines.

As of December 31, 2014, fixed broadband internet reached 2,710 thousand subscribers in Portugal, with market penetration of 27.1 per 100 inhabitants, according to ANACOM data, and PT Portugal had a 48.5% market share.

As of December 31, 2014, Pay-TV reached 3,350 thousand subscribers in Portugal, with market penetration of 53.7% of Portuguese households, according to ANACOM data, and PT Portugal had a market share of 42.2%. NOS was the market leader with a 44.0% market share, followed by Vodafone with a 7.5% market share, and Cabovisão/Oni TelecomVodafone with a 6.2% market share. The remaining competitors did not have significant market shares.

Although the Portuguese regulatory regime requires that carrier pre-selection is offered in the fixed voice market, the fixed voice market in Portugal is primarily a direct access market as a result of the focus of operators on direct access commercial offers that place a strong emphasis on customer migration from pre-selection configurations. As of December 31, 2014, there were approximately 87 thousand customers in pre-selection according to ANACOM, the lowest number since 2001.

PT Portugal’s fixed services face strong competition from both fixed line operators and mobile operators. Currently, all mobile network operators offer residential services supported by mobile networks that are a direct alternative to PT Portugal’s fixed line telephone services, competing for the same customers. In addition, all mobile network operators have launched low-cost brands that are designed to reach the lower-end segment of the mobile market and have had an adverse effect on the number of subscribers to fixed line retail service.

A major trend in the Portuguese telecommunications market in recent years has been the launch of bundled offers with a strong focus on triple-play services. This strategy has been followed by several telecommunications operators, including PT Portugal (through itsMeo brand), ZON Optimus, Cabovisão/Oni Telecom and Vodafone Portugal. Among these companies, both PT Portugal and ZON Optimus have a strong triple-play customer base (as of December 31, 2014, PT Portugal had 951 thousand triple-play subscribers). As of December 31, 2014, 53.8% of our fixed line customers have triple-play services. We compete in terms of content and price through the launch of bundled offers combining several services.

The merger of ZON and Optimus increased the focus on bundled offers and the evolution from triple-play to quadruple-play services as ZON Optimus leveraged its new position as an integrated telecommunications operator by launching ZON4i in October 2013. This quadruple-play service competes with PT Portugal’sM4O service, which was launched in January 2013. PT Portugal has since then launchedM4O for satellite TV customers (adding to fiber and xDSL launch offers) andM3O (a triple play bundle offer with television, fixed voice and mobile voice). All operators are leveraging new convergentfixed-mobile offers to reduce churn and secure their market shares in both the residential and personal services markets.

ZON Optimus and Cabovisão/Oni Telecom have leveraged their coaxial cable networks to upgrade to the DOCSIS 3.0 standard. Vodafone Portugal has based its offers mainly on IPTV, relying on PT Portugal’s wholesale offer (ULL) and on its own FTTH network, covering 1.4 million homes in Portugal as of December 31, 2014. ZON Optimus is obligated to provide Vodafone Portugal with access to its fiber network as part of a remedy imposed by the Portuguese Competition Authority after the merger of ZON and Optimus.

Recently, operators have been offering unlimited voice communications to all national and up to 50 international fixed destinations, whenever the fixed voice service is purchased as part of a fixed service bundle. This competitive movement aimed to respond to the eroding revenues from international telephone service due to (1)

falling international call prices, (2) extensive usage of leased lines by large users through which they connect to networks outside Portugal, (3) aggressive competition from calling cards, (4) rerouting of calls by other international operators, and (5) VoIP, which increasingly enables communications at lower prices than traditional public switched telephone networks. These factors have resulted in significant pressure on PT Portugal to reduce international fixed line telephone tariffs.

Personal Services

In the mobile market, MEO competes with Vodafone Portugal and ZON Optimus, the two other mobile network operators licensed to provide mobile telephone services in Portugal. In 2007, CTT, the Portuguese postal company, launched “Phone-ix,” an MVNO (Mobile Virtual Network Operator) supported by MEO’s network. In 2012, an international MVNO, Lycamobile, was launched in Portugal, supported on Vodafone’s network, focusing on offering low-cost international voice and data services targeting a niche market mainly composed of immigrant communities. In early 2013, Vectone, another low-cost MVNO targeting ethnic minorities, was launched, hosted by ZON Optimus’ network. As of December 31, 2014, none of these MVNOs has been able to gain relevant market share. In 2013, Cabovisão/Oni Telecom announced that it intended to enter the mobile telephone services by late 2013, in order to compete with PT Portugal’s and ZON Optimus quadruple-play offers, and that it was engaging in negotiations with the three mobile network operators to obtain the necessary access to infrastructure. As of the date of this annual report, Cabovisão/Oni Telecom has not launched its MVNO operation.

As of December 31, 2014, there were approximately 160.5 active mobile cards per 100 inhabitants in Portugal according to ANACOM data, making Portugal one of the European countries with the highest adoption rate of mobile services. We believe that this level of penetration derives from a dynamic market, mostly based on pre-paid services, where operators are focused on providing an extended product portfolio in order to address an extensive range of communication needs for their customers.

As of December 31, 2014, MEO had a 47.3% market share in terms of active mobile cards in the Portuguese market, according to ANACOM data. As of December 31, 2014, there were 669 thousand customers using dongles/modems to receive mobile broadband service, according to ANACOM data.

In the mobile broadband market, the competitive landscape has been challenging. Both in 3G and 4G tariff plans, Vodafone Portugal and ZON Optimus have promoted their services aggressively through pricing campaigns under which they decrease the monthly fee during a certain period, as well as subsidize USB dongles.

All mobile operators launched 4G commercial offers in early 2012, both in the form of smartphones and dongles, and they have been marketing them aggressively. Operators have also been focusing on extending 4G network coverage as quickly as possible.

Market share leadership is and will continue to be MEO’s priority, as its main mobile competitors, Vodafone Portugal and ZON Optimus, are expected to continue to market their services aggressively.

A major trend in the Portuguese mobile telecommunications market in recent years has been the launch of aggressive on-net differentiated pricing plans, known as “tribal plans,” led by Optimus (with “Tag”) and followed by MEO (withMoche) and Vodafone Portugal (with “Extreme” and “Extravaganza”). These tribal plans, targeting the youth segment through strong marketing campaigns, reached beyond this segment and became mass market plans with a strong relative presence in the personal mobile market.

In addition to the tribal plans, some post-paid, on-net oriented bundles of “voice+internet” were launched by MEO (withtmn unlimited), Optimus (with “Smart”) and Vodafone Portugal (with “Best”). The focus on on-net oriented flat rate plans and bundles of “voice+internet,” which offer unlimited on-net voice calls, led to an increase in minutes of usage and an erosion of average revenue per minute.

In early 2011 MEO expanded its pricing plan portfolio with the launch ofe nunca mais acaba, a pre-paid flat-fee, on-net pricing plan that expands the tribal plan concept to all MEO customers; this concept was later followed by Vodafone (with “Vita 0”) and Optimus (with “Zero”).

In April 2012, MEO launched a tribal plan,moche sub-25, specifically designed for the youth segment, restricting new additions to those able to prove they are 25 years old or younger. This under-25 tribal plan has a different monthly fee and includes additional services that are appealing to this segment, such as music streaming, unlimited all-net SMS and an internet data allowance. The introduction of this plan was countered by Optimus with the launch of “TAG sub-25.” Vodafone Portugal chose not to launch an under-25 tribal plan, decreasing instead the monthly fee and adding internet data allowance to its mass market tribal plans. MEO and Optimus followed Vodafone Portugal’s lead in their mass market tribal plans.

Mobile operators are also undertaking aggressive marketing efforts, often offering a subscription fee that allows access to cheaper communications during a limited period. Aggressive pricing structures and campaigns have stimulated usage at the expense of eroding retail revenues. MEO has recently launched marketing campaigns focused on its under-25 tribal plan, using this tariff plan to better segment the market and target its efforts more efficiently.

Vodafone Portugal has access to substantial resources, cost synergies (e.g., network and equipment costs) and best practices (e.g., product development processes) to compete against MEO in the Portuguese mobile telephone market. In addition, by strengthening its position in the mobile business, these assets enable Vodafone Portugal to compete more directly and in fixed line services.

Enterprise Services

PT Portugal faces significant competition from several operators in the enterprise services market, primarily ZON Optimus, Vodafone Portugal, Cabovisão/Oni Telecom, AR Telecom and Colt. These companies compete with PT Portugal in providing data communications, voice services and internet services to business customers. Customers tend to have large volumes of traffic and complex virtual private network services with data, voice and video integration.

PT Portugal’s competitors may use satellite-based networks, public network operators’ infrastructure, leased lines and their own infrastructure to provide telecommunications services to customers. These are all alternatives to PT Portugal’s leased lines offer. As a result of competition, PT Portugal has reduced its prices for leased lines and is focusing on value-added solutions based on Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks, or IP VPN.

In September 2013, PT Portugal launched a Tier 3 top-European level data center in Covilhã. PT Portugal intends to use its data centers to position itself ahead of its competition in cloud computing services, which we expect will be an additional source of revenue as well as a retention and loyalty tool in PT Portugal’s data and corporate customer category.

Other Services

PT Portugal faces competition in its wholesale services. Fixed and mobile operators, other than MEO, are establishing direct international interconnections with mobile or wireline operators outside Portugal, enabling them to offer international telephone services without using PT Portugal’s network. This is decreasing wholesale revenues generated from connecting mobile operators in Portugal to operators abroad.

The interconnection business faces more direct competition as operators are focusing on installing and operating their own public wireline telephone networks in an effort to make direct access offers.

Some international operators are now providing wholesale services in Portugal, including international telephone services, network interconnection, data services, and broadband access to Portuguese ISPs.

Shared Services Companies

PT Cloud

PT Cloud e Data Centers, S.A., or PT Cloud, is responsible for data centers, information systems and information technology activities of PT Portugal’s business units in Portugal. PT Cloud provides cloud services, integrated information systems and information technology services to PT Portugal’s business units in Portugal, as well as to PT Portugal’s existing and new customers. We hold 100% of the share capital of PT Cloud.

PT Inovação e Sistemas

PT Inovação e Sistemas, S.A., or PT Inovação e Sistemas, is responsible for research and development activities in Portugal. PT Portugal’s research and development programs focus on intelligent networks, network management systems, advanced services and systems and network integration and have led to the introduction of innovative products and services. PT Inovação e Sistemas’s activities have been a driving force behind the development of new products and services, telecommunications infrastructure and information systems.

PT Contact

PT Contact – Telemarketing e Serviços de Informação, S.A., or PT Contact. is responsible for call center operations in Portugal. PT Contact takes advantage of economies of scale and process alignments to reduce costs in PT Portugal’s call center operations.

PT Pro

PT Pro aggregates all of PT Portugal’s back-office activities in Portugal. PT Pro takes advantage of economies of scale and process alignments throughout PT Portugal’s group to reduce costs in back-office activities.

Authorizations and Licenses in Portugal

PT Portugal’s Fixed Line and Data Licenses

PT Portugal holds the following licenses: (1) a non-exclusive license to provide fixed line telephone services; (2) a non-exclusive license to be a “Public Telecommunications Networks” operator; and (3) all the licenses formerly held by Telepac, S.A. including a data communications license. PT Portugal’s data communications license authorizes it to provide X.25/X.32 synchronous services and X.28 asynchronous services and other switched and non-switched data communications services, including frame relay and virtual private networks for data communications. The license also authorizes PT Portugal to provide value-added services such as electronic data interchange and videotext services. In addition, the license authorizes PT Portugal to construct certain network infrastructure in connection with licensed services. Since 1997, PT Portugal has also held a license to provide data communications services using satellite infrastructure and a license to offer voice services to corporate networks and other closed groups of users.

MEO’s Mobile Service License

Through MEO, PT Portugal holds a renewable license to provide 2G digital mobile telephone services throughout Portugal. The authorization for the use of 2G radio spectrum is valid until March 16, 2022. PT Portugal is required to comply with a number of mobile telephone service criteria, including satisfying minimum quality standards regarding blocked call rates, network effectiveness and servicing time, and providing certain services. PT Portugal is also required to provide ANACOM with information about its mobile telephone operations, including the number of customers, number and average duration of calls on a quarterly basis, and annual information about the development of infrastructure.

In March 2012, ANACOM formally allocated to MEO rights to the following spectrum for 15 years following a multiband auction for the provision of electronic communications services based on 4G technology:

2 × 10 MHz in the 800 MHz band for a final price of €90.0 million;

2 × 14 MHz in the 1800 MHz band for a final price of €11.0 million; and

2 × 20 MHz in the 2.6 GHz band for a final price of €12.0 million.

These rights are reflected in a license agreement that is valid until March 2027 and includes and supersedes the previous 2G and 3G licenses issued to MEO by ANACOM. MEO’s existing license imposes certain requirements on MEO, including the following:

Mobile network obligations for 800 MHz: MEO must enter into agreements with mobile virtual network operators and national roaming agreements with operators with rights of use on frequencies greater than 1 GHz.

Coverage obligations for 800 MHz: For each lot of 2 × 5 MHz in the 800 MHz band, MEO must cover a maximum of 80 of the 480 municipal areas without adequate broadband coverage on the date of the 4G license.

DTT Usage Rights

PT Comunicações holds frequency usage rights for DTT associated with the transport of the signal of free-to-air television channels (the RTP, SIC and TVI broadcast channels), the so-called “Multiplex A” or “Mux A.” PT Comunicações fulfilled all of its obligations with respect to the usage grant and successfully concluded the channel update process. PT Comunicações is entitled to receive compensation or reimbursement, to be provided pursuant to a governmental ordinance, for the costs related to the channel update process. The switch-off of the analog television network in Portugal occurred in April 2012. Designed to ensure equal access to DTT, the DTT usage rights require PT Comunicações to subsidize the installation and purchase of DTT-related equipment for individuals with special needs (e.g., the elderly, low income groups, etc.).

Properties in Portugal

PT Portugal’s principal properties consist of buildings and telecommunications installations. These include various sizes of exchanges, transmission equipment, cable networks, base stations for mobile networks, equipment for radio communications and a nationwide network of ducts. They are located throughout Portugal and internationally. PT Portugal and its subsidiaries own several office buildings in Portugal. PT Portugal’s main proprietary office space with over 5,000 square meters is located at the following addresses:

Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 38/40, Lisboa, Portugal (68,994 square meters);

R. José Ferreira Pinto Basto, Aveiro, Portugal (11,668 square meters);

R. Tenente Valadim, 431/453, Porto, Portugal (23,300 square meters);

R. Afonso Costa, 4, Lisboa, Portugal (13,901 square meters);

R. General Humberto Delgado, 342/368, Coimbra, Portugal (13,380 square meters);

Largo do Carmo, Faro, Portugal (8,770 square meters);

R. Andrade Corvo, 10/14, Lisboa, Portugal (12,128 square meters);

R. Postiguinho Valadares, 12, Castelo Branco, Portugal (5,206 square meters);

Av. Carvalho Araújo, 629, Vila Real, Portugal (7,599 square meters);

Av. Infante D. Henrique/Praça Vasco da Gama, Ponta Delgada, Açores, Portugal (6,295 square meters);

Av. Doutor João Martins Azevedo, 21, Torres Novas, Portugal (7,112 square meters);

Av. de Zarco, Funchal, Portugal (7,025 square meters); and

Rua Conselheiro Veloso Cruz, 532, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal (6,044 square meters).

PT Portugal is not aware of any material environmental issues that may affect its use of these properties.

Intellectual Property

PT Portugal has registered its important trademarks, such as “Portugal Telecom,” “PT Comunicações,” “Telepac,” “Sapo,” “Meo,” “Moche” and their related logos, in Portugal. PT Portugal has also applied for a

European Community trademark for “Portugal Telecom” and PT Portugal’s logo. PT Portugal does not own any registered patents or copyrights which are material to its business as a whole.

Operations in Africa

In 2007,2006, PT SGPSVentures formed Africatel Holdings B.V., or Africatel, and subsequently (1) contributed to Africatel its equity interests in (1)(a) Unitel, which operates in Angola, (2) Mobile Telecommunications Limited, or MTC, which operates in Namibia, (3)and (b) Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A., or CVTelecom, which operates in Cape Verde, among others, and (4)(2) acquired (a) 34% of the equity interest in Mobile Telecommunications Limited, or MTC, which operates in Namibia, and (b) 51% of the equity interest in CST – Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações S.A.R.L., or CST, which operatedoperates in São Tomé and Príncipe, among others.ncipe. In 2007, PT SGPSVentures sold 22% of the equity interests in Africatel to Samba Luxco, S.à.r.l., or Samba Luxco, an affiliate of Helios Investors LP, or Helios,L.P., a private equity firm operating insub-Saharan Africa, and entered into a shareholders’ agreement with Samba Luxco regarding governance and liquidity rights relating to Africatel. In 2008, PT SGPSVentures transferred its equity interests in Africatel to Pharol, which sold an additional 3% of the equity interests in Africatel to Samba Luxco. In 2009, Pharol sold 100% of the equity interests in PT Ventures to Africatel.

As of December 31, 2014,2017, in addition to its interests in Unitel, MTC, CVTelecom and CST, Africatel ownsowned Directel—Listas Telefónicas Internacionais, Lda., or Directel, which publishes telephone directories and operates related data bases in Angola, Cabo Verde, Mozambique, Uganda and Kenya.

As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal in May 2014 and PT Portugal’s transfer of all of the outstanding share capital of PT Participações, which holds our direct and indirect interests in Africatel and TPT, to Oi in connection with our sale of PT Portugal, we ownowned 75% of the equity interests in Africatel. PT Portugal,

Pharol, our subsidiaries PT Ventures and Africatel GmbH & Co KG, ofor Africatel GmbH, and Samba Luxco are parties to a shareholders’ agreement under which we have ownership and management control of Africatel, which we refer to as the Africatel shareholders’ agreement.

On In September 16, 2014, our subsidiary, Africatel GmbH, which directly holds our interest in Africatel, received a letter from Samba Luxco in which Samba Luxco claimed that Oi’s acquisition of PT Portugal was deemed a change of control of PT SGPSPharol under the Africatel shareholdersshareholders’ agreement, and that this change of control entitled Samba Luxco to exercise a put right under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement at the fair market equity value of Samba Luxco’s Africatel shares. In the letter,November 2014, Samba Luxco purported to exercise the alleged put right and thereby requirecommenced arbitral proceedings against our subsidiary, Africatel GmbH, to acquire its shares in Africatel.

On September 26, 2014, Africatel GmbH responded to Samba Luxco stating that there had not been any action or event that would trigger the right to exercise the put option under the Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement and that Africatel GmbH intended to challenge Samba Luxco’s purported exercise of the put option. On the same date, we issued a Material Fact disclosing Samba Luxco’s purported exercise of the put option, our understanding that the exercise of the put option is not applicable, and that our board of directors had authorized our management to take the necessary actions to sellwhich directly holds our interest in Africatel.

On November 12, 2014,Africatel, in the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce notified Africatel GmbH thatCommerce.

In June 2016, we and Samba Luxco had commencedentered into a settlement agreement under which (1) Samba Luxco agreed to waive certain approval rights under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement, and (2) Samba Luxco agreed to transfer to Africatel 11% of the share capital of Africatel in exchange for Africatel’s transfer to Samba Luxco of Africatel’s interest in MTC. These transfers were completed on January 31, 2017, as a result of which Samba Luxco’s equity interest in Africatel was reduced from 25% to 14%. As a consequence, on February 2, 2017, the parties to these proceedings informed the arbitral proceedings against Africatel GmbH to enforce its purported put right or,tribunal of the full and final settlement of their dispute. Samba Luxco has withdrawn all claims brought in the alternative, certain other rightsarbitration and released Oi’s subsidiaries from all past and present claims allegedly arising outrelating to alleged breaches of Oi’s acquisition of PT Portugal.the Africatel GmbH presented its answer to Samba Luxco’s request for arbitration on December 15, 2014. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on March 12, 2015. Africatel GmbH intends to vigorously defend these proceedings.shareholders’ agreement.

Unitel, Angola

In 2000, PT Ventures, then a wholly-owned subsidiary of PT SGPS,Pharol, acquired 25% of the share capital of Unitel, a 2G mobile operator in Angola. Unitel began operations in Luanda in 2001. In connection with this investment, PT Ventures entered into a shareholders’ agreement with the other shareholders of Unitel regarding governance and liquidity rights relating to Unitel, and dispute resolution provisions. In 2007, PT SGPSPharol contributed its shares of PT Ventures to Africatel. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal in May 2014 and PT Portugal’s transfer of all of the outstanding share capital of PT Participações to Oi in connection with our sale of PT Portugal, we had an 18.75% economic interest in Unitel. As a result of Samba Luxco’s transfer to Africatel 11% of the share capital of Africatel in January 2017, we have an 18.75%a 21.50% economic interest in Unitel. We account for this investment as an assetheld-for-sale.

MTC, Namibia

In 2006, PT SGPS acquired 34% We have brought suits against Unitel in the courts of Angola and have instituted arbitral proceedings against the other shareholders of Unitel in the International Court of Arbitration of the capitalInternational Chamber of MTC, a Namibian mobile operator, from Namibia PostCommerce based on our inability to collect dividends owed to us by Unitel and Telecom Holdings, a state-controlled entity, or NPTH. In connection with this transaction, PT SGPS entered into abreaches of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement with NPTH regarding governanceagreement. For more information about these proceedings, see “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our African and liquidity rights relatingAsian Operations “ and “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings—Legal Proceedings Relating to MTC, that allowed PT SGPS to set and control the financial and operating policies of MTC. In 2006, PT SGPS contributed its shares of MTC to Africatel and assigned its rights under the shareholders’ agreement to Africatel. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal, we fully consolidate MTCOur Interest in our consolidated financial statements.

As of December 31, 2014, MTC had 2,574 thousand customers, of which 94.3% were customers under pre-paid plans.

MTC was established in 1994 and provides mobile telecommunications services under the terms of a 15-year technology- and service-neutral concession granted in March 2012 that replaced its earlier licenses. Under the terms of this concession, MTC is permitted to offer 2G, 3G and 4G services. MTC commenced offering 4G services in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, in May 2012 and, as of December 31, 2014, had expanded its coverage to ten additional cities.

In 2006, a license was granted to Powercom to provide mobile telecommunications services in Namibia. Powercom commenced operations in 2007. In November 2012, Telecom Namibia, the incumbent provider of fixed-line telecommunications services in Namibia and a wholly-owned subsidiary of NPTH, acquired Powercom. Telecom Namibia re-launched Powercom’s portfolio of service plans under the brand “TN Mobile” in August 2013. In November 2013, TN Mobile began offering 4G services in Windhoek and other urban areas.

During 2014, MTC focused its marketing efforts and commercial activity on: (1) boosting broadband revenue growth, underpinned by the use of 4G technology and its Netman brand; (2) promoting the upselling of new pricing plans aimed at increasing usage and revenues, and (3) selling Smartshare, a convergent internet/ mobile service that combines Netman home (internet router) with up to three smartphones.Unitel.”

CVTelecom, Cape Verde

PT Ventures owns 40% of the share capital of CVTelecom, a provider of fixed-line and mobile services in the Cabo Verde Islands. In 2000, PT Ventures entered into a shareholders’ agreement with the other shareholders of CVTelecom, regarding governance and liquidity rights relating to CVTelecom, thatwhich allowed PT Ventures to set and control the financial and operating policies of CVTelecom. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal, we fully consolidated CVTelecom in our financial statements as of December 31, 2014.

In DecemberNovember 2014, the other shareholdersGovernment of Cape Verde, which is a shareholder of CVTelecom, notified us that as a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal, the shareholdersshareholders’ agreement governing CVTelecom had been terminated. Although we dispute this interpretation of the shareholders’ agreement and will defend our rights under the shareholders’ agreement, atAt a general shareholdersshareholders’ meeting of CVTelecom in March 2015, we werePT Ventures was only able to elect three of the seven members of the board of directors of CVTelecom. In March 2015, PT Ventures commenced an arbitration proceeding before the International Chamber of Commerce, or ICC, disputing this interpretation of the shareholders’ agreement, and PT Ventures intends to vigorously defend its rights under the shareholders’ agreement. Also in March 2015, PT Ventures commenced an arbitration proceeding against the Republic of Cabo Verde before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, or ICSID, due to the violation of CVTelecom’s exclusivity rights under the concession agreement by the Republic of Cabo Verde. Both proceedings had been temporarily suspended so that the parties could engage in negotiations to seek an alternative resolution of these disputes but the arbitrations were resumed in February 2017. As a result of these disputes, for dates and periods ending after January 1, 2015, we expect to recordhave recorded our interest in CVTelecom under the equity method.

As of December 31, 2014,2016, CVTelecom had 60 thousandapproximately 52,700 fixed-lines in service, which represents approximately 11.7 fixed main lines per 100 inhabitants.service. As of December 31, 2014,2016, CVTelecom had 435 thousandapproximately 368,000 active mobile telephone cards,cards. As of which 98.6% were pre-paidDecember 31, 2016, CVTelecom had approximately 14,400 broadband customers and 5,400 Pay TV customers.

CVTelecom was established in 1995 and provides fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services under the terms of a25-year license granted in 1996. In December 2011, CVTelecom was granted a license to provide 3G services in Cabo Verde. In May 2012, CVTelecom’s connection to the West African Cable System, a submarine cable which connects CVTelecom’s network to networks in West Africa and Europe, began operating.

In 2006, the National Communications Agency (Agência Nacional das Comunicações) granted the second license to provide fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services in Cabo Verde to T Plus S.A., or T Plus,

which commenced operations under the brand “T+” in December 2007. In December 2011, T Plus was granted a license to provide 3G services in Cabo Verde. In October 2012, a controlling interest in T Plus was acquired by Unitel Holdings, which is controlled by Mrs. Isabel dos Santos.

During 2014, CVTelecom launched several commercial offers, both mobile and fixed lines, aimed at promoting usage and customer loyalty, including: (1) the development of a youth segment, based on the “Powa Swag” service, (2) the launch of several voice promotions, such as “Di Borla Domingão,” and (3) the development of “ZAP,” an NPlay offer. As of December 31, 2014, broadband and IPTV customers represented 29.1% and 10.3% of CVTelecom’s fixed line customer base, respectively.

CST, São Tomé and Principe

Africatel owns 51.0%51% of the share capital of CST, which provides fixed and mobile services in São Tomé and Principe. As of December 31, 2014,2017, CST had 146 thousandapproximately 155,600 mobile customers.

CST was established in 1989 and provides fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services under the terms of a20-year license granted in 2007. CST began offering 3G services in São Tomé and Principe in March 2012 anticipating the connection of its network tofrom the Africa Coast to Europe submarine cable which was inaugurated at the end of 2012. In March 2013, the General Regulatory Authority (Autoridade Geral de Regulação), the telecommunications regulator in São Tomé and Principe, granted the second license to provide fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services in São Tomé and Principe to Unitel Holdings, which is controlled by Mrs. Isabel dos Santos. The second operator commenced commercial activity in July 2014.

Telecommunications Regulation

Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry

Overview

Our business, including the nature of the services we provide and the rates we charge, is subject to comprehensive regulation under the General Telecommunications Law and a comprehensive regulatory framework for the provision of telecommunications services promulgated by ANATEL. We provide fixed-line, domestic and international long-distance, and mobile telecommunications, data transmission and Pay TV services under concessions, authorizations and licenses that were granted by ANATEL and allow us to provide specified services in designated geographic areas, as well as set forth certain obligations with which we must comply. See “— Concessions, Authorizations and Licenses.”

ANATEL is a regulatory agency that was established in July 1997 pursuant to the General Telecommunications Law and theANATEL Regulation (Regulamento da Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações). ANATEL oversees our activities and enforces the General Telecommunications Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder. ANATEL is administratively independent and is financially autonomous. ANATEL is required to report on its activities to the Brazilian Ministry of Communications. ANATEL has authority to propose and to issue regulations that are legally binding on telecommunications service providers. ANATEL also has the authority to grant concessions and licenses for all telecommunications services, other than broadcasting services. Any regulation or action proposed by ANATEL is subject to a period of public comment, which may include public hearings, and ANATEL’s decisions may be challenged administratively before the agency itself or through the Brazilian judicial system.

Concessions and Authorizations

The current regulatory framework for the Brazilian telecommunications industry was adopted in 1998. Under the General Telecommunications Law and ANATEL regulations, the right to provide telecommunications services is granted either through a concession under the public regime (as discussed below) or an authorization under the private regime (as discussed below). A concession is granted for a fixed period of time following a public auction and is generally renewable only once. An authorization is granted for an indeterminate period of time and public auctions are held for some authorizations. These concessions and authorizations allow service providers to provide specific services in designated geographic areas, set forth certain obligations with which the service providers must comply and require equal treatment of customers by the service providers.

The three principal providers of fixed-line telecommunications services in Brazil, TelefóTelefônica EmbratelBrasil, Claro and our company, provide these services under the public regime. In addition, CTBC and Sercomtel, which are secondary local fixed-line telecommunications service providers, operate under the public regime. All of the other providers of fixed-line telecommunications services and all providers of personal mobile services and data transmission services in Brazil operate under the private regime.

Providers of public regime services are subject to more obligations and restrictions than providers of private regime services. Under Brazilian law, providers of public regime services are subject to certain requirements with respect to services such as quality of service, continuity and universality of service, network expansion and network modernization. Additionally, the rates that public regime service providers may charge customers are subject to ANATEL supervision.

Providers Another distinctive feature of private regime services, although not generally subjectpublic concessions is the right of the concessionaire to maintain certain economic and financial standards, which are calculated based on the requirements concerning continuity and universality of service and network modernization, are subject to certain network expansion and quality of service obligationsrules set forth in their respective authorizations.

Regulation of Fixed-Line Services

General Policies for the Regulation of the Fixed-Line Telecommunications Sector

In June 2003, Brazil’s president issued Decree No. 4,733, outlining a number of new rules and guidelines which were intended to consolidate several changes in the regulation of Brazil’s fixed-line telecommunications sector. This decree sets forth general declarations of policy regarding, among other things:

universal access to telecommunications services;

stimulation of employment and development of the Brazilian telecommunications sector;

promotion of competition and adoption of rate readjustment policies that take into account Brazilian socioeconomic considerations; and

the financial equilibrium of existing concession agreements.

This decree also defined certain changes that are reflected in theour concession agreements entered into by providersand was designed based on a price cap model. The concessions are granted for a fixed period of public regime services that became effective on January 1, 2006.time and are generally renewable only once.

Private Regime Authorizations

With the goal of introducing competition in fixed-line telephone services in Brazil, the federal government granted four private-regime authorizations in 1999 to permit fixed-line service providers to compete with the incumbent fixed-line concessionaires. Since 2002, the number of authorizations to provide fixed-line services that the federal government may issue is unlimited.

Public Regime Concessions

Each of the public regime service providers operates under concession agreements that expire in December 2025. Under these concession agreements, each of the public regime service providers is required to comply with the provisions of (1) the General Plan on Universal Service Goals that was adopted by ANATEL in June 2003, (2) the General Plan on Quality Goals that was adopted by ANATEL in June 2003, and (3) the General Plan on Competition Targets that was adopted by ANATEL in November 2012.

TheOur concession agreements provide that ANATEL may modify their terms in 2015 and 2020 and may revoke them prior to expiration under the circumstances described below under “—Termination of a Concession.” The modification right permits ANATEL to impose new terms and conditions in response to changes in technology,

competition in the marketplace and domestic and international economic conditions. ANATEL is obligated to engage in public consultation in connection with each of these potential modifications.

On June 27, 2014, ANATEL opened a public comment period for the revision of the terms of our concession agreements. The comment period, which ended on December 26, 2014, was opened for comments on certain topics such as service universalization, rates and fees, among others. Throughout 2015, ANATEL, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and telecommunications service providers met regularly to discuss possible amendments to each of the concession agreements granted by ANATEL, including ours, and the implications of the developments and demands in the telecommunications sector in recent years. In September 2015, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications created a working group to evaluate the status of the concessions and propose guidelines for the amendment of the concession agreements. In April 2016, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications issued a decree addressing guidelines for the establishment of a new regulatory framework for telecommunications, which were expected to be implemented by ANATEL through the conclusion of the concession amendments. In line with the provisions of PLC 79, these guidelines provided for, among other things, the expansion of broadband services (including in rural regions), the elimination of the reversibility of assets, and an extension of the terms of concessions, which in our case are currently scheduled to expire in 2025. As a result of the publication of these guidelines, ANATEL requested a further postponement of the review of our concession agreements, which was granted. The implementation of these guidelines, however, depends on the passage of PLC 79 to provide the necessary legal authority and framework. As a result of the Brazilian Congress’s failure to date to pass PLC 79, the review of our concession agreements, which was scheduled to occur by June 2017, has not yet taken place, and further discussions regarding amendments to our concession agreements have halted pending resolution of PLC 79. Under their existing terms, our concession agreements may be amended by December 2020 at the latest. If PLC 79 is not passed, our concession agreements will expire in 2025 without the possibility of renewal.

For more information about our concession agreements, see “—Concessions, Authorizations and Licenses—Fixed-Line and Domestic Long-Distance Services Concession Agreements.”

In connection with the consideration of revisions to the concession agreements under the public regime, in January 2017, ANATEL proposed revisions to the terms of the General Plan of Grants, in line with the provisions of PLC 79, which include the ability of companies operating under a concession in the public regime to convert their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of substantial obligations currently imposed by the concession regime, in exchange for the assumption of obligations to make additional investments in their networks, primarily related to the expansion of broadband services or through the payment of fees to ANATEL. The value of the obligations currently imposed by the concession agreement and, therefore, the cost of the additional investments or fees to be paid to ANATEL in exchange for the elimination of such obligations, would be subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final valuation. However, as a result of the legislative gridlock faced by PLC 79, ANATEL has halted implementation of the General Plan of Grants. For more information about PLC 79 and ANATEL’s proposed revisions to the terms of the General Plan of Grants, see “—Other Regulatory Matters—New Regulatory Framework.”

We cannot assure you that any future amendments to our concession agreements or the General Plan of Grants will not impose requirements on our company that will require us to undertake significant capital expenditures or will not modify the rate-setting procedures applicable to us in a manner that will significantly reduce the net operating revenue that we generate from our Brazilian fixed-line businesses. If the amendments to our Brazilian concession agreements have these effects, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. In addition, PLC 79 has faced political gridlock in the Brazilian Congress and has not yet been passed, and we cannot predict whether this legislation will ultimately be adopted by the Brazilian Congress and executed by the President or whether the features of this modification of the regulatory scheme will be adopted as proposed. We continue to analyze the potential effects of this modification of the regulatory scheme on our business, capital expenditure obligations, results of operations, cash flows and financial position and whether we would seek to convert our concessions into authorizations should this feature of the proposed modifications be adopted, but are unable to predict with any certainty the effects of this modification on our company, if adopted. Should this modification be adopted, many provisions of the proposed legislation would only have effects on our business following a rule-making procedure by ANATEL to implement the modifications to the regulatory scheme. We cannot predict the form of these new regulations or the time required for ANATEL to propose or adopt these regulations.

Providers of private regime services, although not generally subject to the requirements concerning continuity and universality of service and network modernization, are subject to certain network expansion and quality of service obligations set forth in their respective authorizations.

Under the concession agreements and authorizations, each of the service providers is required to comply with the provisions of (1) the General Plan on Universal Service Goals that was adopted by ANATEL in June 2011, (2) the General Plan on Quality Goals that was adopted by ANATEL in June 2013, and (3) the General Plan on Competition Targets that was adopted by ANATEL in November 2012. Regulatory provisions are included in the relevant concession agreements and authorizations, and the service providers are subject to public service principles of continuity, changeability and equal treatment of customers.

In addition, ANATEL is authorized to direct and control the provision of services, to apply penalties and to declare the expiration of the concession and the return of assets from the concessionaire to the government authority upon termination of the concession.

Regulation of Fixed-Line Services

Rate Regulation

PublicUnder the concession agreements, public regime service providers mustare required to offer a basic service plan comprised of the following basic services: (1) installation; (2) monthly subscription; and (3) switched local minutes. Modifications of the rates charged for these basic services are determined by referencefixed-line plans to a local rate basket that represents the weighted average of the rates for monthly subscriptions and switched local minutes.users. Rates for long-distance services originated and terminated on fixed lines vary in accordance with three basic criteria: (1) physical distance separating callers; (2) time of the day; and (3) day of the week on which the call is placed. Modifications of the rates charged for these long-distance services are determined by reference to a long-distance rate basket that represents the weighted average of the rates for long-distance calls. The rates for the provision of services through payphones and installation rates are treated separately. The rates for international long-distance services provided by Embratel, the incumbent international long-distance concessionaire, are regulated by ANATEL. However, the rates for international long-distance services charged by other long-distance service providers, all of whom provide these services under authorizations rather than concessions, are not subject to ANATEL regulation.

certain criteria. The concession agreements establish aprice-cap mechanism for annual rate adjustments for basic service plans and domestic long-distance rates based on formulas set forth in each provider’s concession agreement. The formula provides for two adjustments to the price cap based on the local rate basket, the long-distance rate basket and the use of a price index. The price cap is first revised upward to reflect increases in inflation, as measured by an index, then ANATEL applies a productivity discount factor, or Factor X, which reduces the impact of the rate readjustment provided by the index.

Prior to 2008, Factor X, which was discounted from the IST, was equal to 50% of the increase in a public regime provider’s productivity. Beginning in 2008, ANATEL has calculated the sector’s weighted average productivity rate. As of the date of this annual report, Factor X is equal to (1) 50% of the increase in the weighted average productivity rate of public regime providers, plus (2) 75% of a factor calculated by ANATEL that is designed to reflect cost optimization targets for the telecommunications industry as a whole. If the weighted average productivity rate is negative, ANATEL will not allow an annual adjustment in excess of the IST.

ANATEL has proposed new regulations under which it would modify the Factor X applicable to the determination of rate increases available to public concessionaires providing fixed-line services. These regulations were submitted forIn October 2017, ANATEL passed Resolution No. 684, which modifies the Factor X applicable to the determination of rate increases available to public consultationconcessionaires providing fixed-line services. However, this resolution will only take effect only after the publication of an Act of the Superintendent of ANATEL, which we expect to happen in July 2011 and the public consultation period ended on September 1, 2011. ANATEL is likely to launch a new public consultation in 2015.first half of 2018.

A provider may increase rates for individual services within the local rate basket or the long-distance rate basket by up to 5% more than the IST so long as the rates for other services in that rate basket are reduced to the extent necessary to ensure that the weighted average increase for the entire rate basket does not exceed the permitted annual rate adjustment.

A provider may also offer alternative plans in addition to the basic service plan. Alternative plans must be submitted for ANATEL’s approval. The rates offered under the alternative plans may be adjusted annually based on the IST.

For information on our rates and service plans, see “—Rates.”

General Plan on Universal Service Goals

The General Plan on Universal Service Goals, as amended, was approved by ANATEL in June 2003 and became effective in January 2006.2011. The General Plan on Universal Service Goals sets forth the principal network expansion and modernization obligations of the public regime providers, such as providing public telephones in localities with a population in excess of 100, and installing residential fixed lines within seven days of a request in localities with a population in excess of 300. In addition, public regime providers must comply with the Special Individual Access Class (Acesso

Individual Classe Especial) rules, which are designed to require service for economically disadvantaged people. Under the Special Individual Access Class rules, a qualifying customer may subscribe to a service plan, limited to one fixed-line per household, and pay a lower monthly fee for service than under the basic service plans.providers.

Public regime providers are also subject to network expansion requirements under the General Plan on Universal Service Goals, which are revised by ANATEL from time to time. No subsidies or other supplemental financings are anticipated to finance our network expansion obligations. Our failure to meet the network expansion and modernization obligations established by the General Plan on Universal Service Goals or in our concession agreements may result in fines and penalties of up to R$50 million, as well as potential revocation of our concessions.

On June 30, 2011, theThe General Plan on Universal Service Goals was amended. Amongrequires the following, among other things, these amendments:things:

 

expanded the obligations of local fixed-line service providers to provide individual access to fixed-line voice services to economically disadvantaged segments of the Brazilian population within their service areas, through programs to be established and regulated by ANATEL;

 

reduced the density requirements applicable to the obligations of local fixed-line service providers to provide public telephones in urban areas within their service areas;areas, including in localities with a population in excess of 100, and to install residential fixed lines within seven days of a request in localities with a population in excess of 300; and

 

expanded the obligations to provide universal service in rural and remote areas of local and long-distance fixed-line providers that obtain authorizations to use radio spectrum in the 450 Mhz band including increased obligationsto provide universal service in rural and remote areas, as well as to provide individual and group access to fixed-line voice services.

Similarly to the 2012 amendments to the General Plan on Universal Service Goals that eliminated the requirements to provide public telephone centers (postos de serviço telefônico) in exchange an increase backhaul capacity, ANATEL has proposed new amendments to the General Plan on Universal Service Goals to eliminate the requirements to provide multifacility service centers (postos de serviço multifacilidade), which are public centers that offers various telecommunications services, including voice, access to the internet and digital transmission of text and images, and to install and maintain public telephones within a fixed-line service concession, in exchange for other obligations to be defined. The value of the obligations currently imposed by the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and, therefore, the cost of the additional investments or fees to be paid to ANATEL in exchange for the elimination of such obligations, is subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final valuation. These amendments are under analysis of ANATEL and the Brazilian Ministry of Communications, and we believe that the executive decree approving the new General Plan on Universal Service Goals will be issued by the end of 2018.

Service Restrictions

Pursuant to regulations in effect as of the date of this annual report, public regime providers are subject to certain restrictions on alliances, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions with other public regime providers, including:

 

a prohibition on holding more than 20% of the voting shares of more than one other provider of public regime services; and

 

a restriction on mergers between regional fixed-line service providers.

In December 2010, ANATEL adopted new regulations eliminating the limitation on the number of authorizations to provide subscription television services. In September 2011, Law No. 12,485 became effective, which creates a new legal framework for subscription television services in Brazil, replacing and unifying the previously existing regulatory provisions that governed various forms of subscription television services, such as cable television, Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service, or MMDS, and DTH. The principal provisions of Law No. 12,485:

 

allow fixed-line telephone concessionaires, such as us, who previously were allowed to provide subscription television services using only MMDS and DTH technologies, to enter the cable television market in Brazil;

 

remove existing restrictions on foreign capital investments in cable television providers;

 

establish minimum quotas for domestic content programming on every television channel;

limit the total and voting capital held by broadcast concessionaires and authorized providers, and in television programmers and producers, with headquarters in Brazil to 30%; and

 

prohibit telecommunications service providers with collective interests from acquiring rights to disseminate images of events of national interest and from hiring domestic artistic talent.

The framework established by Law No. 12,485 increased the availability and lowerlowered the price of subscription television services in Brazil, through increased competition among providers, and improveimproved the quality, speed and availability of broadband internet services as a result of the expected proliferation of fiber optic cables used to transmit cable television.

In March 2012, ANATEL adopted new regulations under which the authorizations to provide various existing subscription television services have been consolidated into authorizations to provide a newly-defined service called Conditional Access Service. Under these regulations, authorizations to provide Conditional Access Service apply to private telecommunications services, the receipt of which are conditioned on payment by subscribers, for the distribution of audiovisual contents in the form of packages, individual channels and channels with required programming, by means of any communications technology, processes, electronic means or protocols. An authorization granted by ANATEL to provide Conditional Access Service will be valid for the entire Brazilian territory,territory; however, the provider must indicate in its application for an authorization the localities that it will service. In December 2012, ANATEL granted our request to convert our DTH authorization agreement into a Conditional Access Service authorization. In September 2014, we entered into a Conditional Access Service authorization agreement with ANATEL that authorized us to offer the services to be governed by such agreement, including IP TV.

Ownership and Corporate Governance Restrictions

In connection with the RJ Proceedings, ANATEL gained expanded powers regarding our ownership and corporate governance decisions.

On November 8, 2016, ANATEL issued an order in which it, among other things, (1) suspended the exercise of voting and veto rights by the members of Oi’s board of directors appointed by Société Mondiale, (2) prohibited the participation of members of Oi’s board of directors appointed by Societé Mondiale in Oi’s board of directors, and (3) ordered Oi to notify the Superintendence of Competition of ANATEL of the dates of meetings of Oi’s board of directors so that it could send a representative to attend such meetings.

On July 14, 2016, the RJ Court granted a request made by ANATEL that the RJ Court determine that prior approval from ANATEL is required for, among other things, the possible transfer of Oi’s corporate control, including the replacement of Oi’s board of directors.

On January 6, 2017, ANATEL issued an additional order conditioning its approval of the entry of Société Mondiale into Oi’s controlling block on the continued compliance with this obligation, among others, as well as the submission of any changes to Oi’s board of directors, including changes with respect to alternate members, for the prior approval by ANATEL.

On January 15, 2018, ANATEL approved Oi’s transitional board of directors appointed pursuant to the RJ Plan.

Termination of a Concession

ANATEL may terminate the concession of any public regime telecommunications service provider upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

an extraordinary situation jeopardizing the public interest, in which case the Brazilian government is authorized to start rendering the services set forth under the concession in lieu of the concessionaire, subject to congressional authorization and payment of adequate indemnification to the owner of the terminated concession;

 

termination by the provider (through an agreement with ANATEL or pursuant to legal proceedings) as a consequence of an act or omission of the Brazilian government that makes the rendering of the services excessively burdensome to the provider;

 

annulment of the concession due to a contractual term, which is deemed by subsequent law to be illegal;

 

material failure to comply with the provider’s universalization targets;

 

failure to meet insurance requirements set forth in the concession agreement;

 

asplit-up,spin-off, amalgamation, merger, capital reduction or transfer of the provider’s control without ANATEL’s authorization;

 

the transfer of the concession without ANATEL’s authorization;

 

the dissolution or bankruptcy of the provider; or

 

an extraordinary situation in which Brazilian government intervention, although legally permissible, is not undertaken, as such intervention would prove to be inconvenient, unnecessary or would result in an unfair benefit to the provider.

In the event a concession is terminated, ANATEL is authorized to administer the provider’s properties and its employees in order to continue rendering services.

Over the years, ANATEL has initiated several internal proceedings to monitor our financial situation and to evaluate our ability to continue to perform our obligations under our concession agreements. In light of the approval of the RJ Plan by the creditors on December 20, 2017, and its subsequent ratification and confirmation by the RJ Court, ANATEL began to monitor our operating and financial positions based on the effectiveness of the RJ Plan.

General Plan on Quality Goals

The General Plan on Quality Goals was approved by ANATEL in June 2003December 2012 and became effective in January 2006.June 2013. Each fixed-line service provider operating under the public regime or the private regime must comply with the provisions of the General Plan on Quality Goals. All costs related to compliance with the quality goals established by the General Plan on Quality Goals must be borne exclusively by the service provider. The General Plan on Quality Goals establishes minimum quality standards with regard to:

 

modernization of the network;

 

responses to repair requests;

 

responses to change of address requests;

 

rate of call completion;

operator availability;

availability of services to customers;

personal services to customers;

issuance of bills;

responses to mail received from customers; and

 

quality of public telephones.

These quality standards are measured according to the definitions and quality indicators established by ANATEL. Every month, fixed-line service providers are required to report their compliance with quality goals to ANATEL. Additionally, they are obligatedIn 2018, we began to providecollect quality data directly from broadband modems and smartphones, which we believe will allow us to take more accurate quality measurements and reduce disputes with ANATEL with an in-depth report and analysis on each quality goal that is not satisfied. ANATEL may also collect such data from fixed-line service providers at any time without prior notice. Fixed-line service providers that fail to meet quality goals established by ANATEL may be subject to warnings, fines, intervention by ANATEL, temporary suspensions of service or cancellation of their concessions and authorizations.regarding compliance.

ANATEL measures the performance of fixed-line service providers in each individual state in which they operate. As a result, the performance of fixed-line service providers in any particular state may not meet one or more quality performance targets even if such service provider’s overall performance is satisfactory. Therefore, fixed-line service providers, including us, could be subject to fines or penalties as a result of the failure to meet the quality performance targets in one or more particular states.

Regulation of Mobile Services

In September 2000, ANATEL adopted regulations that established operating rules for providers under the personal mobile service (Serviço Móvel Pessoal) regime. The regulations permitted ANATEL to grant authorizations to provide mobile telecommunications services under the personal mobile service regime. For purposes of the personal mobile service regulations, Brazil is divided into three service regions covering the same geographic areas as the concessions for fixed-line telecommunications services.

Auction of 3G Spectrum

In preparation for auctions of spectrum in Bands F, G, I and J (2.1 GHz), the use of which allows personal mobile services providers to offer 3G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that divide the Brazilian territory into nine regions for purposes of operations using these frequency bands. In December 2007, ANATEL auctioned radio frequency licenses to operate on each of these frequency bands in each of the nine regions and the related licenses to use these frequency bands. In this auction, we acquired the radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in two of the nine regions delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions II under the personal mobile services regime) and TNL PCS acquired radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in six of the nine regions delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions I and III under the personal mobile services regime, other than an area that consists of 23 municipalities in the interior of the State of São Paulo that includes the city of Franca and surrounding areas).

Authorizations to Use 450 MHz Band and 2.5 GHz Band

In preparation for auctions of the 450MHz band and 2.5 GHz band, the use of which allows personal mobile services providers to offer 4G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that divided the Brazilian territory into three regions for purposes of providing personal mobile services. In June 2012, ANATEL auctioned radio frequency licenses to operate and the related licenses to use the frequency bands in the following manner: (1) four national lots for 2.5 GHz bands, each accompanied by a regional band of 450 MHz, and (2) 132 regional lots for 2.5GHz bands. In this auction, we acquired (1) one of the national lots for 2.5 GHz and the corresponding regional lot of 450MHz to provide rural broadband services in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District, and (2) 11 regional lots for 2.5 GHz bands to provide personal mobile services in the following areas: interior of Ceará, the capital or Roraima (and its metropolitan area), the State of Amapá, the capital of Bahia (and its metropolitan area), interior of the State of Pará, the capital of Pernambuco (and its metropolitan area), interior of Paraná, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul (and its metropolitan area), the City of Jaguarão (and its metropolitan area) and the capital of São Paulo (and its metropolitan area. In July 2013, ANATEL and CADE approved the RAN Sharing Agreement between TIM and Oi for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services (voice and broadband) in the 2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of commitments. In December 2015, ANATEL and CADE approved the RAN Sharing Agreement between Telefônica Brasil, TIM and Oi for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services (voice and broadband) in the 2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of commitments. With respect to the latter agreement, ANATEL rejected the proposal to conduct RAN sharing in conurbations, however, because it detected interference in the service. As a result, ANATEL will not allow RAN sharing in municipalities experiencing interference until a solution has been found.

Obligations of Personal Mobile Services Providers

As a telecommunications service provider, we are subject to requirements concerning network expansion and quality of service, as established in applicable regulations and in our personal mobile services authorizations. If we fail to meet these obligations, we may be fined, subject to a maximum penalty of R$50 million, until we are in full compliance with our obligations. While it is possible for an authorization to be revoked fornon-compliance with these obligations, there are no precedents for such a revocation.

Quality of Service Obligations

Our personal mobile services authorizations impose obligations on us to meet quality of service standards relating to our network’s ability to make and receive calls, call failure rates, capacity to handle peak periods, failed interconnection of calls and customer complaints. ANATEL defines this quality of service standards, and we must report information in connection with such standards to ANATEL.

To restructure the process of assessing the quality of mobile service, with the inclusion of new processes and measurement of new indicators to check the quality of mobile broadband and the quality perceived by the user, and the modernization of existing indicators, ANATEL approved the Regulation for the Management of Quality of Provision of Personal Mobile Service (Regulamento de Gestão da Qualidade da Prestação de Serviço MóvelPessoal), orSMP-RGQ. TheSMP-RGQ provides for the assessment of the network connection and their respective data transmission rate, assessing aspects of availability, stability and connection speed for the data network. Targets are defined as 80% of speed hired (on average per month) by users and 40% of the instant speed, according to the definitions of the Resolution 575/2011.

In January 2018, ANATEL adopted a new model for measuring the quality of mobile broadband networks through the use of smartphones, replacing the previous model that required data from volunteers and often led to statistically insignificant results. The new model, which we have adopted by collecting user data directly from smartphones using theMinha Oi application, allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in our network.

Interconnection Regulations

Under the General Telecommunications Law, all telecommunications service providers are required, if technically feasible, to make their networks available for interconnection on anon-discriminatory basis whenever a request is made by another telecommunications service provider. Interconnection permits a call originated on the network of a requesting fixed-line or personal mobile services provider’s network to be terminated on the fixed-line or personal mobile services network of the other provider. ANATEL has adopted General Rules on Interconnection (Regulamento Geral de Interconexão) to implement these requirements.

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Fixed-Line Providers

Interconnection fees are charged at a rate per minute of use of a fixed-line provider’s network. Interconnection rates charged by a fixed-line provider to terminate a call on its local network (theTU-RL rate) or intercity network (theTU-RIU rate) are subject to a price cap established by ANATEL. The price cap for interconnection rates varies from service provider to service provider based on the retail prices of each service provider.

Fixed-line service providers must offer the sameTU-RL andTU-RIU rates to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. The price caps on interconnection rates are adjusted annually by ANATEL at the same time that rates for local and long-distance calls are adjusted.

Under ANATEL regulations, fixed-line service providers are not able to charge other fixed-line service providers for local fixed-line calls originating on their local fixed-line networks and terminating on the other provider’s local fixed-line networks.

In July 2014, ANATEL published the maximum fixed reference rates, includingTU-RL andTU-RIU, for entities with significant market power, such as our company, for 2016 through 2019. For more information aboutTU-RL andTU-RIU rates, see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Fixed-Line Networks.”

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Personal Mobile Services Providers

Interconnection fees are charged at a flat rate per minute of use of a personal mobile services provider’s network. The terms and conditions of interconnection agreements of all personal mobile services providers, including the rates charged by the operator of the network to terminate a call on its mobile network (the MTR rate), commercial conditions and technical issues, are freely negotiated between mobile and fixed-line telecommunications service providers, subject to compliance with regulations established by ANATEL relating to traffic capacity and interconnection infrastructure that must be made available to requesting providers, among other things.

Personal mobile services providers must offer the same MTR rate to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. Interconnection agreements must be approved by ANATEL before they become effective and may be rejected if they are contrary to the principles of free competition and the applicable regulations. If the providers cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of interconnection agreements, ANATEL may determine terms and conditions by arbitration. Since no agreement with fixed-line service providers could be reached regarding MTR rates when we began offering personal mobile services, ANATEL set the initial MTR rates.

Personal mobile services providers negotiate annual rate increases for their MTR charges with the fixed-line telecommunications providers. If the providers cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of annual rate increases, ANATEL may determine the annual rate increases by arbitration. In July 2014, ANATEL published the maximum MTR reference rates for entities with significant market power, such as our company. For more information about MTR rates, see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Mobile Networks.”

Consumer Protection Regulation

In March 2014, ANATEL published a regulation approving the General Regulation on Telecommunications Customers Rights (Regulamento Geral de Direitos do Consumidor de Serviços de Telecomunicações), a single regulation for the telecommunications sector with general rules for customer service, billing, and service offers, which are applicable to fixed, mobile, broadband andPay-TV customers. This regulation establishes a period ranging from 120 days to 24 months from the date of publication for entering into compliance with the new rules. Most of the new rules that expand the rights of those who use the telecommunications services entered into force on July 8, 2014. Our failure to comply with this regulation may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.

Number Portability Regulations

Number portability is the ability of a customer to move to a new home or office or switch service providers while retaining the same fixed-line or mobile telephone number. ANATEL’s General Regulation of Portability (Regulamento Geral de Portabilidade) establishes general rules regarding portability of fixed-line and mobile telephone numbers. These regulations permit fixed-line customers to retain their telephone numbers if they become customers of a different fixed-line service provider in the same municipality or if they move to a new home or office in the same municipality. Personal mobile services customers are permitted to retain their telephone numbers if they change their service plan or if they become customers of a different personal mobile services provider within the same registration area. Each telecommunications provider has been required to contract a third-party management entity to manage all procedures relating to number portability. Our failure to comply with these regulations may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.

Regulation of Data Transmission and Internet Services

Under Brazilian regulation, ISPs are deemed to be suppliers of value-added services and not telecommunications service providers. Value-added services are considered an activity that adds features to a telecommunications service supported by such value-added services. Telecommunications service providers are permitted to render value-added services through their own networks. In addition, ANATEL regulations require all telecommunications service providers and cable television operators to grant network access to any party interested in providing value-added services, including internet access, on anon-discriminatory basis, unless not technically feasible.

ANATEL has adopted regulations applicable to fixed-line service providers with significant market power. Under these regulations, these providers are required to make the forms of agreements that they use for EILD and SLD services publicly available, including the applicable rates, and are only permitted to offer these services under these forms of agreement. ANATEL publishes reference rates for these services, and if a customer of one of these providers objects to the rates which that provider charges for these services, the customer is entitled to seek to reduce the applicable rate through arbitration before ANATEL.

In July 2014, ANATEL published reference rates for EILD services that contain a single reference table which will be valid from 2016 until 2020, when rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of such service based on an efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will apply. In addition, under the General Plan of Competition Targets, companies with significant market, such as our company, are required to present a public offer every six months including standard commercial conditions, which is subject to approval by ANATEL.

Multimedia Communications Service Quality Management Regulations

In June 2011, the President of Brazil issued Executive Decree No. 7,512/11, which mandated ANATEL to take the necessary regulatory measures to establish quality standards for broadband internet services. In compliance with such decree, on October 31, 2011, ANATEL published a resolution approving the Multimedia Communications Service Quality Management Regulations (Regulamentação de Gestão da Qualidade do Serviço de Comunicação Multimídia), or the Regulations, which identify network quality indicators and establish performance goals for multimedia communications service providers, including broadband internet service providers, with more than 50,000 subscribers. Such providers will be required to collect representative data using dedicated equipment installed at the site of each network connection and be subject to periodic measurements to ensure their compliance with such regulations, including:

individual upload and download speeds of at least 40% of contracted speeds per measurement for at least 95% of all measurements;

average upload and download speeds of at least 80% of contracted speeds for all measurements; and

individual round-trip latencies for fixed-line connections of up to 80 milliseconds per measurement for at least 95% of the measurements.

To increase transparency, customers must be provided with specialized software at no cost to measure their own network quality, although such customer-generated measurements will not be included in official calculations. In addition to ensuring network quality standards, service providers must hire specialized companies to measure customer service and customer satisfaction indicators, including complaint resolution, customer service personnel competence, customer perceptions relating to billing and quality of technical support staff. Service providers must comply with the above-mentioned quality standards beginning on the thirteenth month following implementation of such regulations. Failure to meet such standards will subjectnon-compliant service providers to sanctions.

In January 2018, ANATEL adopted a new model for measuring the quality of mobile broadband networks through the use of broadband modems, replacing the previous model that required data from volunteers and often led to statistically insignificant results. The new model, which we have adopted by collecting user data directly from smartphones using theMinha Oi application, allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in our network.

National Broadband Plan

On June 30, 2011, we entered into a Term of Commitment (Termo de Compromisso) with ANATEL and the Brazilian Ministry of Communications to formalize our voluntary commitment to adhere to the terms of the National Broadband Plan, created in May 2010 by Executive Decree No. 7,175/10 with the goal to make broadband access available at low cost, regardless of technology, throughout Brazil. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we are required to offer (1) broadband services with minimum upload and download capabilities to retail customers in certain sectors of Regions I and II for a maximum price of R$35 per month (or R$29.90 in ICMS-exempt states), plus fees, and (2) access to our broadband infrastructure to certain wholesale customers, including small businesses and municipalities, in certain sectors of Regions I and II for a maximum price of R$1,253 per 2 Mbps per month and aone-time installation fee, while observing all quality standards under ANATEL regulations. Both retail and wholesale services are subject to certain network capacity limits and need only be provided at the demand of the customer. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we have offered the required services to all eligible retail and wholesale customers since the date of its execution and have gradually increased the capacities offered to wholesale customers since November 2011. We have been obligated to provide the maximum capacities established by the Term of Commitment to eligible wholesale customers since June 30, 2015. In addition, the Term of Commitment requires that we:

provide one public internet access point for the first 20,000 inhabitants and one additional access point for each subsequent 10,000 inhabitants, with a limit of six access points, at a speed of 2 Mbps, in each municipality that has only satellite service, free of charge and upon demand of such municipality;

adequately advertise the services contemplated by the Term of Commitment and present to the Brazilian Ministry of Communications semi-annual reports detailing our marketing efforts; and

make our best efforts to offer broadband services to retail customers at speeds of up to 5 Mbps, reaching the largest possible number of municipalities.

The Term of Commitment expired on December 31, 2016 and has not been renewed. Although we believe that we are in compliance with all of our network scope and service performance obligations set forth under the Term of Commitment, as of the date of this annual report, ANATEL has yet to complete its review, and we cannot predict when it will do so. Our failure to meet the quality of serviceour obligations established by the General Plan on Quality Goals or in our concession agreements may result in finesthe imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations.

Legal Framework for the Use of the Internet (Internet Bill of Rights)

In April 2014, then-President Dilma Rousseff approved the Legal Framework for the Use of the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet), or the Internet Framework, which establishes the principles, guarantees, rights and penaltiesduties for the use of upthe Internet in Brazil. The bill sets forth a number of guidelines and rules to R$40 million.be observed by internet and application service providers, such as the protection of privacy, the protection of personal data, the preservation and guarantee of net neutrality, the liability for damages caused by content generated or published by third parties and the storage and disclosure of usage logs. Certain parts of the Internet Framework went into effect on June 23, 2014 and others will become effective on the adoption of implementing regulations.

Under the Internet Framework, a presidential decree will be enacted to regulate the law’s provisions, and enacting specific rules regarding network traffic management techniques. The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Comitê Gestor da Internet) and ANATEL will express their opinion on the decree after public hearings. Brazil’s Ministry of Justice has also launched a public debate on the main themes related to this law.

In November 2016, ANATEL released a questionnaire to evaluate the market demand for unlimited data plan offerings. Responses to this questionnaire were submitted by April 2017, and ANATEL is scheduled to study its results during the first semester of 2018.

Other Regulatory Matters

General PlanAuction of 3G Spectrum

In preparation for auctions of spectrum in Bands F, G, I and J (2.1 GHz), the use of which allows personal mobile services providers to offer 3G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that divide the Brazilian territory into nine regions for purposes of operations using these frequency bands. In December 2007, ANATEL auctioned radio frequency licenses to operate on Competition Targets

The General Plan on Competition Targets, which was approvedeach of these frequency bands in each of the nine regions and the related licenses to use these frequency bands. In this auction, we acquired the radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in two of the nine regions delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions II under the personal mobile services regime) and became effectiveTNL PCS acquired radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in Novembersix of the nine regions delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions I and III under the personal mobile services regime, other than an area that consists of 23 municipalities in the interior of the State of São Paulo that includes the city of Franca and surrounding areas).

Authorizations to Use 450 MHz Band and 2.5 GHz Band

In preparation for auctions of the 450MHz band and 2.5 GHz band, the use of which allows personal mobile services providers to offer 4G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that divided the Brazilian territory into three regions for purposes of providing personal mobile services. In June 2012, contemplatesANATEL auctioned radio frequency licenses to operate and the creationrelated licenses to use the frequency bands in the following manner: (1) four national lots for 2.5 GHz bands, each accompanied by a regional band of 450 MHz, and (2) 132 regional lots for 2.5GHz bands. In this auction, we acquired (1) one entityof the national lots for 2.5 GHz and the corresponding regional lot of 450MHz to manage information aboutprovide rural broadband services in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District, and (2) 11 regional lots for 2.5 GHz bands to provide personal mobile services in the following areas: interior of Ceará, the capital or Roraima (and its metropolitan area), the State of Amapá, the capital of Bahia (and its metropolitan area), interior of the State of Pará, the capital of Pernambuco (and its metropolitan area), interior of Paraná, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul (and its metropolitan area), the City of Jaguarão (and its metropolitan area) and the capital of São Paulo (and its metropolitan area. In July 2013, ANATEL and CADE approved the RAN Sharing Agreement between TIM and Oi for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services (voice and broadband) in the 2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of commitments. In December 2015, ANATEL and CADE approved the RAN Sharing Agreement between Telefônica Brasil, TIM and Oi for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services (voice and broadband) in the 2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of commitments. With respect to the latter agreement, ANATEL rejected the proposal to conduct RAN sharing in conurbations, however, because it detected interference in the service. As a result, ANATEL will not allow RAN sharing in municipalities experiencing interference until a solution has been found.

Obligations of Personal Mobile Services Providers

As a telecommunications networks, actservice provider, we are subject to requirements concerning network expansion and quality of service, as established in applicable regulations and in our personal mobile services authorizations. If we fail to meet these obligations, we may be fined, subject to a maximum penalty of R$50 million, until we are in full compliance with our obligations. While it is possible for an intermediary in contracts between telecommunications providers and supervise the offeringauthorization to be revoked fornon-compliance with these obligations, there are no precedents for such a revocation.

Quality of wholesale data traffic services. The General PlanService Obligations

Our personal mobile services authorizations impose obligations on Competition Targets also addresses a varietyus to meet quality of other mattersservice standards relating to both fixed-lineour network’s ability to make and receive calls, call failure rates, capacity to handle peak periods, failed interconnection of calls and customer complaints. ANATEL defines this quality of service standards, and we must report information in connection with such standards to ANATEL.

To restructure the process of assessing the quality of mobile service, providers, including criteriawith the inclusion of new processes and measurement of new indicators to check the quality of mobile broadband and the quality perceived by the user, and the modernization of existing indicators, ANATEL approved the Regulation for the evaluationManagement of telecommunications providers to determine which providers have significant market power, regulations applicableQuality of Provision of Personal Mobile Service (Regulamento de Gestão da Qualidade da Prestação de Serviço MóvelPessoal), orSMP-RGQ. TheSMP-RGQ provides for the assessment of the network connection and their respective data transmission rate, assessing aspects of availability, stability and connection speed for the data network. Targets are defined as 80% of speed hired (on average per month) by users and 40% of the instant speed, according to the wholesale marketsdefinitions of the Resolution 575/2011.

In January 2018, ANATEL adopted a new model for trunk lines, backhaul, accessmeasuring the quality of mobile broadband networks through the use of smartphones, replacing the previous model that required data from volunteers and often led to internet backbonestatistically insignificant results. The new model, which we have adopted by collecting user data directly from smartphones using theMinha Oi application, allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in our network.

Interconnection Regulations

Under the General Telecommunications Law, all telecommunications service providers are required, if technically feasible, to make their networks available for interconnection on anon-discriminatory basis whenever a request is made by another telecommunications service provider. Interconnection permits a call originated on the network of a requesting fixed-line or personal mobile services and regulations relatedprovider’s network to partial unbundling and/be terminated on the fixed-line or full unbundlingpersonal mobile services network of the other provider. ANATEL has adopted General Rules on Interconnection (Regulamento Geral de Interconexão) to implement these requirements.

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Fixed-Line Providers

Interconnection fees are charged at a rate per minute of use of a fixed-line provider’s network. Interconnection rates charged by a fixed-line provider to terminate a call on its local network (theTU-RL rate) or intercity network (theTU-RIU rate) are subject to a price cap established by ANATEL. The price cap for interconnection rates varies from service provider to service provider based on the retail prices of each service provider.

Fixed-line service providers must offer the sameTU-RL andTU-RIU rates to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. The price caps on interconnection rates are adjusted annually by ANATEL at the same time that rates for local and long-distance calls are adjusted.

Under ANATEL regulations, fixed-line service providers are not able to charge other fixed-line service providers for local fixed-line calls originating on their local fixed-line networks ofand terminating on the public regime service providers.

The General Plan on Competition Targets imposes stricter restrictions on providers that are deemed to have significant market power in a particular geographic area, ranging from a neighborhood within a municipality to the entire national territory. In order to determine whether a provider has significant market power, ANATEL established criteria that consider:

thatother provider’s market share in particular mobile interconnection markets and personal mobile services market;

the economies of scope and scale available to that provider;

that provider’s dominance over infrastructure that is not economically viable to duplicate; and

that provider’s concurrent operations in the wholesale and retail markets.

Infrastructure Sharing

Prior to the adoption of the General Plan on Competition Targets, ANATEL had established rules for partial unbundling of the local fixed-line networks ofnetworks.

In July 2014, ANATEL published the public regime service providers, which we refer to as “line sharing,”maximum fixed reference rates, includingTU-RL and which (1) limited the rates service providers can chargeTU-RIU, for line sharing, and (2) addressed related matters such as co-location space requirements. Co-location means that a service provider requesting unbundling may place its switching equipment in or near the local exchange of the service provider whose network the requesting service provider wishes to use and may connect to the network at this local exchange.

The General Plan on Competition Targets requires public regime service providers that have significant market power to share their fixed-line network infrastructure with other providers, including their local fixed-line access networks. Providers that are deemed to have significant market power must offer (1) full unbundling of their copper wire or coaxial cable access networks, and (2) partial unbundling of their broadband networks to accommodate bitstreams of up to 10 Mbps. The methodology by which the wholesale prices for these services will be determined will be established by ANATEL. We expect that ANATEL will commence a public consultation process with respect thereto during the second half of 2015.

Providersentities with significant market power, must also share their passive infrastructure, such as telecommunications towers, with other service providers at prices determined by bilateral negotiations between the providers.our company, for 2016 through 2019. For more information aboutTU-RL andTU-RIU rates, see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Fixed-Line Networks.”

Utility Pole Sharing

In December 2014, ANATEL and the Brazilian Electricity Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica – ANEEL) approved a joint resolution establishing the reference value for sharing utility poles between electricity distributors and telecommunications providers. The utility poles of electricity companies are used by telecom operators for fixing wiring services like fixed telephone, cable TV and broadband. The resolution was designed to solve conflicts and define rules for the use and occupation of utility poles.

The resolution establishes a reference value of R$3.19 per month as the price to be paid by telecommunications providers to energy companies for each attachment point in the event such amount is subject to dispute resolution or contract renewal. This monthly fee can be adjusted in areas where there is greater competition in 10 year increments.

The resolution also provides that an adjustment schedule should be agreed between the parties addressing cases of pole occupation that do not comply with standards. All the regularization costs should be funded by telecommunications services providers.

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Personal Mobile Services Providers

Interconnection fees are charged at a flat rate per minute of use of a personal mobile services provider’s network. The General Plan on Competition Targets established regulations forterms and conditions of interconnection agreements of all personal mobile services providers, including the rates charged by the operator of the network to terminate a call on its mobile network (the MTR rate), commercial conditions and technical issues, are freely negotiated between mobile and fixed-line telecommunications service providers, subject to terminate callscompliance with regulations established by ANATEL relating to traffic capacity and interconnection infrastructure that must be made available to requesting providers, among other things.

Personal mobile services providers must offer the same MTR rate to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. Interconnection agreements must be approved by ANATEL before they become effective and may be rejected if they are contrary to the principles of free competition and the applicable regulations. If the providers cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of interconnection agreements, ANATEL may determine terms and conditions by arbitration. Since no agreement with fixed-line service providers could be reached regarding MTR rates when we began offering personal mobile services, ANATEL set the initial MTR rates.

Personal mobile services providers negotiate annual rate increases for their mobile networks (the VU-M rate). The General Plan on Competition Targets

established a reference value for VU-M ratesMTR charges with the fixed-line telecommunications providers. If the providers cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of providers that are deemed to hold significant market power and determined that beginning in 2016, VU-M rates will be determined onannual rate increases, ANATEL may determine the basis of costs.annual rate increases by arbitration. In July 2014, ANATEL approved a rule forpublished the definition of maximum VU-MMTR reference rates for entities with significant market power, such as our company,company. For more information about MTR rates, see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Mobile Networks.”

Consumer Protection Regulation

In March 2014, ANATEL published a regulation approving the General Regulation on Telecommunications Customers Rights (Regulamento Geral de Direitos do Consumidor de Serviços de Telecomunicações), a single regulation for the telecommunications sector with general rules for customer service, billing, and service offers, which are applicable to fixed, mobile, broadband andPay-TV customers. This regulation establishes a period ranging from 120 days to 24 months from the date of publication for entering into compliance with the new rules. Most of the new rules that expand the rights of those who use the telecommunications services entered into force on July 8, 2014. Our failure to comply with this regulation may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.

Number Portability Regulations

Number portability is the ability of a customer to move to a new home or office or switch service providers while retaining the same fixed-line or mobile telephone number. ANATEL’s General Regulation of Portability (Regulamento Geral de Portabilidade) establishes general rules regarding portability of fixed-line and mobile telephone numbers. These regulations permit fixed-line customers to retain their telephone numbers if they become customers of a different fixed-line service provider in the same municipality or if they move to a new home or office in the same municipality. Personal mobile services customers are permitted to retain their telephone numbers if they change their service plan or if they become customers of a different personal mobile services provider within the same registration area. Each telecommunications provider has been required to contract a third-party management entity to manage all procedures relating to number portability. Our failure to comply with these regulations may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.

Regulation of Data Transmission and Internet Services

Under Brazilian regulation, ISPs are deemed to be suppliers of value-added services and not telecommunications service providers. Value-added services are considered an activity that adds features to a telecommunications service supported by such value-added services. Telecommunications service providers are permitted to render value-added services through their own networks. In addition, ANATEL regulations require all telecommunications service providers and cable television operators to grant network access to any party interested in providing value-added services, including internet access, on anon-discriminatory basis, unless not technically feasible.

ANATEL has adopted regulations applicable to fixed-line service providers with significant market power. Under these regulations, these providers are required to make the forms of agreements that they use for EILD and SLD services publicly available, including the applicable rates, and are only permitted to offer these services under these forms of agreement. ANATEL publishes reference rates for these services, and if a customer of one of these providers objects to the rates which that provider charges for these services, the customer is entitled to seek to reduce the applicable rate through arbitration before ANATEL.

In July 2014, ANATEL published reference rates for EILD services that contain a single reference table which will be valid from 2016 until 2020, when rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of such service based on a long-run incremental cost methodology. Under this rule, VU-M reference ratesan efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will decline from 2016 through 2019 when VU-M reference rates reflecting the long-run incremental cost methodology will apply.

The General Plan on Competition Targets established that the VU-M would be paid only when the traffic out of a network in a given direction was greater than (1) 80% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2015, and (2) 60% of the total traffic exchanged from February 24, 2015 to February 23, 2016. After February 24, 2016, each mobile service provider would be entitled to collect the VU-M on all calls for which its network was used to originate or terminate the call.

In February 2015, ANATEL revisedaddition, under the General Plan onof Competition Targets, regulation relating to the VU-M applicable to the relationship between companies with significant market, power and companies without significant market power. Under the revised regulations, the dates and percentages applicable to the VU-M partial bill-and-keep system were revised so that the VU-M will be paid only when the traffic out of a network in a given direction is greater than:

75% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2016;

65% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2017;

55% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2018; and

50% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2019.

The full billing system is scheduled to come into effect on February 23, 2019.

Roaming

Under the General Plan on Competition Targets, a mobile service provider with significant market power, such as our company, mustare required to present a public offer roaming servicesevery six months including standard commercial conditions, which is subject to other mobile providers without significant market power at the maximum rate that the mobile service provider with significant market power is permittedapproval by ANATEL to offer such services to its retail customers.ANATEL.

Regulation of Mobile ServicesMultimedia Communications Service Quality Management Regulations

In September 2000,June 2011, the President of Brazil issued Executive Decree No. 7,512/11, which mandated ANATEL to take the necessary regulatory measures to establish quality standards for broadband internet services. In compliance with such decree, on October 31, 2011, ANATEL published a resolution approving the Multimedia Communications Service Quality Management Regulations (Regulamentação de Gestão da Qualidade do Serviço de Comunicação Multimídia), or the Regulations, which identify network quality indicators and establish performance goals for multimedia communications service providers, including broadband internet service providers, with more than 50,000 subscribers. Such providers will be required to collect representative data using dedicated equipment installed at the site of each network connection and be subject to periodic measurements to ensure their compliance with such regulations, including:

individual upload and download speeds of at least 40% of contracted speeds per measurement for at least 95% of all measurements;

average upload and download speeds of at least 80% of contracted speeds for all measurements; and

individual round-trip latencies for fixed-line connections of up to 80 milliseconds per measurement for at least 95% of the measurements.

To increase transparency, customers must be provided with specialized software at no cost to measure their own network quality, although such customer-generated measurements will not be included in official calculations. In addition to ensuring network quality standards, service providers must hire specialized companies to measure customer service and customer satisfaction indicators, including complaint resolution, customer service personnel competence, customer perceptions relating to billing and quality of technical support staff. Service providers must comply with the above-mentioned quality standards beginning on the thirteenth month following implementation of such regulations. Failure to meet such standards will subjectnon-compliant service providers to sanctions.

In January 2018, ANATEL adopted regulationsa new model for measuring the quality of mobile broadband networks through the use of broadband modems, replacing the previous model that established operating rules for providers underrequired data from volunteers and often led to statistically insignificant results. The new model, which we have adopted by collecting user data directly from smartphones using the personal mobile serviceMinha Oi application, allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in our network.

National Broadband Plan

On June 30, 2011, we entered into a Term of Commitment (Serviço Móvel PessoalTermo de Compromisso) regime. The regulations permittedwith ANATEL and the Brazilian Ministry of Communications to grant authorizationsformalize our voluntary commitment to provide mobile telecommunications services underadhere to the personal mobile service regime. For purposesterms of the personal mobile service regulations, Brazil is divided into three service regions coveringNational Broadband Plan, created in May 2010 by Executive Decree No. 7,175/10 with the same geographic areas asgoal to make broadband access available at low cost, regardless of technology, throughout Brazil. Pursuant to the concessions for fixed-line telecommunications services.

Under the personal mobile service regulations:

Band A and Band B service providers can apply for an additional frequency range;

each service provider may apply to provide domestic and international long-distance services originating from its service region;

existing service providers, as well as new entrants into the Brazilian telecommunications market, may bid for new licenses in all frequency bands, other than Band A and Band B;

personal mobile services providersTerm of Commitment, we are required to offer (1) broadband services with minimum upload and download capabilities to retail customers in certain sectors of Regions I and II for a basicmaximum price of R$35 per month (or R$29.90 in ICMS-exempt states), plus fees, and (2) access to our broadband infrastructure to certain wholesale customers, including small businesses and municipalities, in certain sectors of Regions I and II for a maximum price of R$1,253 per 2 Mbps per month and aone-time installation fee, while observing all quality standards under ANATEL regulations. Both retail and wholesale services are subject to certain network capacity limits and need only be provided at the demand of the customer. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we have offered the required services to all eligible retail and wholesale customers since the date of its execution and have gradually increased the capacities offered to wholesale customers since November 2011. We have been obligated to provide the maximum capacities established by the Term of Commitment to eligible wholesale customers since June 30, 2015. In addition, the Term of Commitment requires that we:

provide one public internet access point for the first 20,000 inhabitants and one additional access point for each subsequent 10,000 inhabitants, with a limit of six access points, at a speed of 2 Mbps, in each municipality that has only satellite service, planfree of charge and upon demand of such municipality;

adequately advertise the services contemplated by the Term of Commitment and present to theirthe Brazilian Ministry of Communications semi-annual reports detailing our marketing efforts; and

make our best efforts to offer broadband services to retail customers containing certain prescribed features;at speeds of up to 5 Mbps, reaching the largest possible number of municipalities.

The Term of Commitment expired on December 31, 2016 and has not been renewed. Although we believe that we are in compliance with all of our network scope and service performance obligations set forth under the Term of Commitment, as of the date of this annual report, ANATEL has yet to complete its review, and we cannot predict when it will do so. Our failure to meet our obligations may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations.

personal mobile services providers are required to establish interconnection ratesLegal Framework for the Use of the Internet (Internet Bill of Rights)

In April 2014, then-President Dilma Rousseff approved the Legal Framework for the Use of the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet), or the Internet Framework, which establishes the principles, guarantees, rights and duties for the use of one provider’s network by another provider;

the Internet in Brazil. The bill sets forth a number of regions in which aguidelines and rules to be observed by internet and application service providers, such as the protection of privacy, the protection of personal mobile services provider may offer services is not limited;data, the preservation and

a personal mobile services provider, guarantee of net neutrality, the liability for damages caused by content generated or its controlling shareholders, may not hold more than one personal mobile services authorization covering any specific region.

Auctionpublished by third parties and the storage and disclosure of Personal Mobile Services Spectrum

Prior to the establishmentusage logs. Certain parts of the personal mobile services regime,Internet Framework went into effect on June 23, 2014 and others will become effective on the adoption of implementing regulations.

Under the Internet Framework, a presidential decree will be enacted to regulate the law’s provisions, and enacting specific rules regarding network traffic management techniques. The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Comitê Gestor da Internet) and ANATEL had granted licenseswill express their opinion on the decree after public hearings. Brazil’s Ministry of Justice has also launched a public debate on the main themes related to mobile services providers to operate in each region of Brazil using Bands A and B. In 2001 and 2002, ANATEL successfully auctioned authorizations and licenses to operators in Band D and Band E in each region. TNL PCS was granted its initial authorization to provide personal mobile services in Region I and a license to operate in Band D in March 2001. We were granted our initial authorization to provide personal mobile services in Region II and a license to operate in Band E in December 2002.

ANATEL conducted additional auctions of radio frequency licenses in 2004 and 2006. In April 2004, we acquired an additional license to operate in Region II.this law.

In December 2007,November 2016, ANATEL auctionedreleased a questionnaire to evaluate the remaining spectrummarket demand for unlimited data plan offerings. Responses to this questionnaire were submitted by April 2017, and ANATEL is scheduled to study its results during the first semester of Bands A, B, C, D and E to existing service providers as extension blocks and auctioned additional spectrum in Band M (1.8 GHz) and Band L (1.9 GHz). In these auctions, TNL PCS acquired (1) an authorization to provide personal mobile services in the State of São Paulo and licenses to operate using Band M throughout the State of São Paulo and Band E outside of the city of São Paulo and (2) licenses to use additional spectrum in 12 states in Region I.2018.

Other Regulatory Matters

Auction of 3G Spectrum

In preparation for auctions of spectrum in Bands F, G, I and J (2.1 GHz), the use of which allows personal mobile services providers to offer 3G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that divide the Brazilian territory into nine regions for purposes of operations using these frequency bands. In December 2007, ANATEL auctioned radio frequency licenses to operate on each of these frequency bands in each of the nine regions and the related licenses to use these frequency bands. In this auction, we acquired the radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in two of the nine regions delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions II under the personal mobile services regime) and TNL PCS acquired radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in six of the nine regions delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions I and III under the personal mobile services regime, other than an area that consists of 23 municipalities in the interior of the State of São Paulo that includes the city of Franca and surrounding areas).

Authorizations to Use 450MHz450 MHz Band and 2.5 GHz Band

Under Executive Decree 7,512, dated June 30, 2011, or Executive Decree 7,512, ANATEL granted authorizations to telecommunications providers to use radio spectrum inIn preparation for auctions of the 450 Mhz450MHz band radio spectrum and the 2.5 GHz radio spectrum,band, the latteruse of which allows telecommunicationspersonal mobile services providers to offer 4G services to their customers. Among other obligations, licenseescustomers, ANATEL issued regulations that divided the Brazilian territory into three regions for purposes of radio frequencies in the 450 Mhz band radio spectrum must agree to provide individual and collective voice and data services in rural and remote areas, in accordance with the provisions of Executive Decree 7,512 and the General Plan on Universal Service Goals.providing personal mobile services. In June 2012, we acquiredANATEL auctioned radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 4Goperate and the related licenses to use the frequency bands in the following manner: (1) four national lots for 2.5 GHz bands, each accompanied by a regional band of 450 MHz, and (2) 132 regional lots for 2.5GHz bands. In this auction, we acquired (1) one of the national lots for 2.5 GHz and the corresponding regional lot of 450MHz to provide rural broadband services in 5,564 municipalities in Regions I, IIthe States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and III.

Personal Mobile Services Rate Regulation

Ratesthe Federal District, and (2) 11 regional lots for 2.5 GHz bands to provide personal mobile services are regulated by ANATEL. Personal mobile services providers are requiredin the following areas: interior of Ceará, the capital or Roraima (and its metropolitan area), the State of Amapá, the capital of Bahia (and its metropolitan area), interior of the State of Pará, the capital of Pernambuco (and its metropolitan area), interior of Paraná, the capital of Rio Grande do Sul (and its metropolitan area), the City of Jaguarão (and its metropolitan area) and the capital of São Paulo (and its metropolitan area. In July 2013, ANATEL and CADE approved the RAN Sharing Agreement between TIM and Oi for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to offer a basic service plan that consists of a monthly subscription, local calls and roaming. Basic service plans were approved by ANATEL for each of thesupport personal mobile services providers following(voice and broadband) in the grant2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of commitments. In December 2015, ANATEL and CADE approved the RAN Sharing Agreement between Telefônica Brasil, TIM and Oi for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services authorizations(voice and broadband) in the 2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to eachensure compliance with the scope of these providers.

Following the effectiveness of the basic service plans, annual adjustments of the rates under these plans have been subject to a price cap mechanism. Rates may be adjusted annually by no more than the rate of inflation, as measured by the IST.

Personal mobile services providers are permitted to offer non-discriminatory alternative planscommitments. With respect to the basic service plan. The rates charged under these plans (e.g., monthly subscription rates, charges for local calls and roaming charges) are subjectlatter agreement, ANATEL rejected the proposal to conduct RAN sharing in conurbations, however, because it detected interference in the service. As a result, ANATEL approval prior to the time that these plans are first offered to mobile customers. Following the approval of these plans, the rates under these plans may be increased up to an annual adjustment that is approved by ANATEL and is no more than the rate of inflation, as measured by the IST.will not allow RAN sharing in municipalities experiencing interference until a solution has been found.

Although subscribers of a plan cannot be forced to migrate to new plans, existing plans may be discontinued as long as all subscribers receive a notice to that effect and are allowed to migrate to new plans within six months of such notice. Discounts from the rates set in basic service plans and alternative service plans may be granted to customers without ANATEL approval.

In November 2012, ANATEL adopted revisions to the personal mobile services regulations that became effective in February 2013. Under these revised regulations, successive telephone calls originating from one telephone number to the same prior destination are considered one single call if the time elapsed between calls is equal to or less than 120 seconds, regardless of the duration of each individual call.

Obligations of Personal Mobile Services Providers

As a telecommunications service provider, we are subject to requirements concerning network expansion and quality of service, as established in applicable regulations and in our personal mobile services authorizations. If we fail to meet these obligations, we may be fined, subject to a maximum penalty of R$50 million, until we are in full compliance with our obligations. While it is possible for an authorization to be revoked fornon-compliance with these obligations, there are no precedents for such a revocation.

Network Expansion Obligations

The personal mobile services authorizations set forth certain obligations and targets that must be met by a personal mobile services provider. For a description of the obligations and targets that must be met by our company, see “—Concessions, Authorizations and Licenses—Personal Mobile Services Authorization Agreements and Radio Frequency Spectrum Licenses” and “—Concessions, Authorizations and Licenses—3G Radio Frequency Licenses.”

Quality of Service Obligations

Our personal mobile services authorizations impose obligations on us to meet quality of service standards relating to our network’s ability to make and receive calls, call failure rates, capacity to handle peak periods, failed interconnection of calls and customer complaints. ANATEL defines this quality of service standards, and we must report information in connection with such standards to ANATEL.

To restructure the process of assessing the quality of mobile service, with the inclusion of new processes and measurement of new indicators to check the quality of mobile broadband and the quality perceived by the user, and the modernization of existing indicators, ANATEL approved the Regulation for the Management of Quality of Provision of Personal Mobile Service (Additional ObligationsRegulamento de Gestão da Qualidade da Prestação de Serviço MóvelPessoal), orSMP-RGQ. TheSMP-RGQ provides for the assessment of the network connection and their respective data transmission rate, assessing aspects of availability, stability and connection speed for the data network. Targets are defined as 80% of speed hired (on average per month) by users and 40% of the instant speed, according to the definitions of the Resolution 575/2011.

Personal

In January 2018, ANATEL adopted a new model for measuring the quality of mobile services regulationsbroadband networks through the use of smartphones, replacing the previous model that required data from volunteers and often led to statistically insignificant results. The new model, which we have adopted by ANATEL impose additional obligations on personal mobile services providers, particularlycollecting user data directly from smartphones using theMinha Oi application, allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in connection with customers’ rights. These obligations require personal mobile services providers to:our network.

establish at least one customer service center in each registration area served that has more than 100,000 inhabitants;

upgrade customer service centers to improve access by people with hearing disabilities;

provide for terms applicable to pre-paid cards of a minimum of 180 days;

deliver to pre-paid customers a detailed report of service use upon request;

reimburse unused pre-paid credits;

limit the duration of contracts with pre-paid customers to 12 months;

permit customers to change service plans without penalties; and

unblock mobile handsets, allowing a customer who purchased a mobile handset from any personal mobile services provider to use it on the network of another personal mobile services provider.

Interconnection Regulations

Under the General Telecommunications Law, all telecommunications service providers are required, if technically feasible, to make their networks available for interconnection on anon-discriminatory basis whenever a request is made by another telecommunications service provider. Interconnection permits a call originated on the network of a requesting fixed-line or personal mobile services provider’s network to be terminated on the fixed-line or personal mobile services network of the other provider. ANATEL has adopted General Rules on Interconnection (Regulamento Geral de Interconexão) to implement these requirements.

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Fixed-Line Providers

Interconnection fees are charged at a rate per minute of use of a fixed-line provider’s network. Interconnection rates charged by a fixed-line provider to terminate a call on its local network (theTU-RL rate) or intercity network (theTU-RIU rate) are subject to a price cap established by ANATEL. The price cap for interconnection rates varies from service provider to service provider based on the retail prices of each service provider.

Fixed-line service providers must offer the sameTU-RL andTU-RIU rates to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. The price caps on interconnection rates are adjusted annually by ANATEL at the same time that rates for local and long-distance ratescalls are adjusted.

Prior to May 2012, (1) the TU-RL rates thatUnder ANATEL regulations, fixed-line service providers can charge each other to terminate a call on their respective networks were 40% of the rate included in their Basic Plan per Minute for a local fixed-line call, and (2) the TU-RIU rates that fixed-line service providers could charge each other to use a portion of their long-distance networks to complete long-distance calls were 30% of the applicable domestic fixed line-to-fixed line long-distance rates for calls of more than 300 km.

In May 2012, ANATEL adopted revisions to the regulations relating to TU-RL rates and TU-RIU rates that became effective in August 2012. Under the revised regulations (1) between August of 2012 and December of 2013, fixed-line service providers were able to charge other fixed-line service providers for local fixed-line calls originating on their local fixed-line networks and terminating on the other provider’s local fixed-line networks only if the outgoing traffic in a given direction of transmission is higher than 75% of the total traffic between such providers, and (2) beginning in January 2014, fixed-line service providers were no longer beare not able to charge other fixed-line service providers for local fixed-line calls originating on their local fixed-line networks and terminating on the other provider’s local fixed-line networks.

In August 2012, the TU-RIU rates were reduced to 25% of the applicable domestic fixed line rates for calls with more than 300 km, and in January 2013, TU-RIU rates were reduced to 20% of the applicable domestic fixed line rates for such calls.

In July 2014, ANATEL approved a rule forpublished the definition of maximum fixed reference rates, includingTU-RL andTU-RIU, for entities with significant market power, such as our company, based on a long-run incremental cost methodology. Under this rule, TU-RL and TU-RIU reference rates will decline fromfor 2016 through 2019 when 2019. For more information aboutTU-RL andTU-RIU reference rates, reflecting the long-run incremental cost methodology will apply.

see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Fixed-Line Networks.”

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Personal Mobile Services Providers

Interconnection fees are charged at a flat rate per minute of use of a personal mobile services provider’s network. The terms and conditions of interconnection agreements of all personal mobile services providers, including the rates charged by the operator of the network to terminate a call on its mobile network (the VU-MMTR rate), commercial conditions and technical issues, are freely negotiated between mobile and fixed-line telecommunications service providers, subject to compliance with regulations established by ANATEL relating to traffic capacity and interconnection infrastructure that must be made available to requesting providers, among other things.

Personal mobile services providers must offer the same VU-MMTR rate to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis. Interconnection agreements must be approved by ANATEL before they become effective and they may be rejected if they are contrary to the principles of free competition and the applicable regulations. If the providers cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of interconnection agreements, ANATEL may determine terms and conditions by arbitration. Since no agreement with fixed-line service providers could be reached regarding VU-MMTR rates when we began offering personal mobile services, ANATEL set the initial VU-MMTR rates.

Personal mobile services providers negotiate annual rate increases for their VU-MMTR charges with the fixed-line telecommunications providers. If the providers cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of annual rate increases, ANATEL may determine the annual rate increases by arbitration.

In November 2011, ANATEL adopted new regulations under which ANATEL was authorized to reduce the then-current VC-1, VC-2 and VC-3 rates by as much as 18% in 2011, 12% in 2012 and 10% in 2013, after giving effect to an inflation adjustment based on the IST measured from June 2009. In February 2012, ANATEL ordered us to reduce our VC-1, VC-2 and VC-3 rates by approximately 10%, although we are appealing the timing of the application of this rate decrease to our company as our VC-1 rate was increased in Region I by 1.54% in accordance with our application for this increase in February 2012. In March 2013, ANATEL reduced our VC-1 rates in Region I and Region II by approximately 18.6% and 8%, respectively. These regulations also provided procedures under which ANATEL adopted a maximum VU-M rate that is applicable in the event that providers cannot agree upon the VU-M applicable in their interconnection agreements. Under the General Plan on Competition Targets, in February 2014 the VU-M rate was reduced to 75% of the maximum VU-M rate established by ANATEL in December 2013, and in February 2015 the VU-M rate was reduced to 50% of the maximum VU-M rate established by ANATEL in December 2013. The maximum VU-M rate established by ANATEL in December 2013 is R$0.33 per minute. In July 2014, ANATEL approved a rule forpublished the definition of maximum VU-MMTR reference rates for entities with significant market power, such as our company, based on a long-run incremental cost methodology. Under this rule, VU-M referencecompany. For more information about MTR rates, will decline from 2016 through 2019 when VU-M reference rates reflecting the long-run incremental cost methodology will apply.see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Mobile Networks.”

Consumer Protection Regulation

In March 2014, ANATEL published a regulation approving the General Regulation on Telecommunications Customers Rights (Regulamento Geral de Direitos do Consumidor de Serviços de Telecomunicações), a single regulation for the telecommunications sector with general rules for customer service, billing, and service offers, which are applicable to fixed, mobile, broadband andPay-TV customers. This regulation establishes a period ranging from 120 days to 24 months from the date of publication for entering into compliance with the new rules. Most of the new rules that expand the rights of those who use the telecommunications services entered into force on July 8, 2014. Our failure to comply with this regulation may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.

Number Portability Regulations

Number portability is the ability of a customer to move to a new home or office or switch service providers while retaining the same fixed-line or mobile telephone number. ANATEL’s General Regulation of Portability (Regulamento Geral de Portabilidade) establishes general rules regarding portability of fixed-line and mobile telephone numbers. These regulations permit fixed-line customers to retain their telephone numbers if they become customers of a different fixed-line service provider in the same municipality or if they move to a new home or office in the same municipality. Personal mobile services customers are permitted to retain their telephone numbers if they change their service plan or if they become customers of a different personal mobile services provider within the

same registration area. Each telecommunications provider has been required to contract a third-party management entity to manage all procedures relating to number portability. Service providers are permittedOur failure to charge a migrating customer that elects to retain its telephone number a one-time fee of no more than R$4.00. This amount is intended to compensate the customer’s current provider for the costs associatedcomply with managing the portability process. The new providerthese regulations may elect to absorb this feeresult in various fines and penalties being imposed on behalf of the customer.us by ANATEL.

Regulation of Data Transmission and Internet Services

Under Brazilian regulation, ISPs are deemed to be suppliers of value-added services and not telecommunications service providers. Value-added services are considered an activity that adds features to a telecommunications service supported by such value-added services. Telecommunications service providers are permitted to render value-added services through their own networks. In addition, ANATEL regulations require all telecommunications service providers and cable television operators to grant network access to any party interested in providing value-added services, including internet access, on anon-discriminatory basis, unless not technically feasible.

ANATEL has adopted regulations applicable to fixed-line service providers with significant market power. Under these regulations, these providers are required to make the forms of agreements that they use for EILD and SLD services publicly available, including the applicable rates, and are only permitted to offer these services under these forms of agreement. ANATEL publishes reference rates for these services, and if a customer of one of these providers objects to the rates which that provider charges for these services, the customer is entitled to seek to reduce the applicable rate through arbitration before ANATEL.

In MayJuly 2014, ANATEL approved a standard for setting maximum values for EILD services based on a long-run incremental cost methodology. Referencepublished reference rates for EILD services were published containingthat contain a single reference table which will be valid from 2016 until 2020. Under this ANATEL regulation, EILD reference rates will decline from 2016 through 2020, when EILD reference rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the long-run incremental cost methodologyunit costs of such service based on an efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will apply. In addition, under the General Plan of Competition Targets, companies with significant market, such as our company, are required to present a public offer every six months including standard commercial conditions, which is subject to approval by ANATEL.

Multimedia Communications Service Quality Management Regulations

In June 2011, the President of Brazil issued Executive Decree No. 7,512/11, which mandated ANATEL to take the necessary regulatory measures to establish quality standards for broadband internet services. In compliance with such decree, on October 31, 2011, ANATEL published a resolution approving the Multimedia Communications Service Quality Management Regulations (Regulamentação de Gestão da Qualidade do Serviço de Comunicação Multimídia), or the Regulations, which identify network quality indicators and establish performance goals for multimedia communications service providers, including broadband internet service providers, with more than 50,000 subscribers. Such providers will be required to collect representative data using dedicated equipment installed at the site of each network connection and be subject to periodic measurements to ensure their compliance with the Regulations,such regulations, including:

 

individual upload and download speeds of at least 40% of contracted speeds per measurement for at least 95% of all measurements;

 

average upload and download speeds of at least 80% of contracted speeds for all measurements; and

individual round-trip latencies for fixed-line connections of up to 80 milliseconds per measurement for at least 95% of the measurements.

To increase transparency, customers must be provided with specialized software at no cost to measure their own network quality, although such customer-generated measurements will not be included in official calculations. In addition to ensuring network quality standards, service providers must hire specialized companies to measure customer service and customer satisfaction indicators, including complaint resolution, customer service personnel

competence, customer perceptions relating to billing and quality of technical support staff. Service providers must comply with the above-mentioned quality standards beginning on the thirteenth month following implementation of the Regulations.such regulations. Failure to meet such standards will subjectnon-compliant service providers to sanctions.

In January 2018, ANATEL adopted a new model for measuring the quality of mobile broadband networks through the use of broadband modems, replacing the previous model that required data from volunteers and often led to statistically insignificant results. The new model, which we have adopted by collecting user data directly from smartphones using theMinha Oi application, allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in our network.

National Broadband Plan

On June 30, 2011, we entered into a Term of Commitment (Termo de Compromisso) with ANATEL and the Brazilian Ministry of Communications to formalize our voluntary commitment to adhere to the terms of the National Broadband Plan, created in May 2010 by Executive Decree No. 7,175/10 with the goal to make broadband access available at low cost, regardless of technology, throughout Brazil. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we are required to offer (1) broadband services with minimum upload and download capabilities to retail customers in certain sectors of RegionRegions I and II for a maximum price of R$35 per month (or R$29.90 in ICMS-exempt states), plus fees, and (2) access to our broadband infrastructure to certain wholesale customers, including small businesses and municipalities, in certain sectors of RegionRegions I and II for a maximum price of R$1,253 per 2 Mbps per month and aone-time installation fee, while observing all quality standards under ANATEL regulations. Both retail and wholesale services are subject to certain network capacity limits and need only be provided at the demand of the customer. Pursuant to the Term of Commitment, we have offered the required services to all eligible retail and wholesale customers since the date of its execution and have gradually increased the capacities offered to wholesale customers since November 2011. We arehave been obligated to provide the maximum capacities established by the Term of Commitment to eligible wholesale customers bysince June 30, 2015. In addition, the Term of Commitment requires that we:

 

provide one public internet access point for the first 20,000 inhabitants and one additional access point for each subsequent 10,000 inhabitants, with a limit of six access points, at a speed of 2 Mbps, in each municipality that has only satellite service, free of charge and upon demand of such municipality;

 

adequately advertise the services contemplated by the Term of Commitment and present to the Brazilian Ministry of Communications semi-annual reports detailing our marketing efforts; and

 

make our best efforts to offer broadband services to retail customers at speeds of up to 5 Mbps, reaching the largest possible number of municipalities by 2015.municipalities.

The Term of Commitment will expireexpired on December 31, 2016.2016 and has not been renewed. Although we believe that we are in compliance with all of our network scope and service performance obligations set forth under the Term of Commitment, as of the date of this annual report, ANATEL has yet to complete its review, and we cannot predict when it will do so. Our failure to meet our obligations may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations.

Legal Framework for the Use of the Internet (Internet Bill of Rights)

In April 2014, Presidentthen-President Dilma Rousseff approved the Legal Framework for the Use of the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet), or the Internet Framework, which establishes the principles, guarantees, rights and duties for the use of the Internet in Brazil. The bill sets forth a number of guidelines and rules to be observed by internet and application service providers, such as the protection of privacy, the protection of personal data, the preservation and guarantee of net neutrality, the liability for damages caused by content generated or published by third parties and the storage and disclosure of usage logs. Certain parts of the Internet Framework went into effect on June 23, 2014 and others will become effective on the adoption of implementing regulations.

Under the Internet Framework, a presidential decree will be enacted to regulate the law’s provisions, and enacting specific rules regarding network traffic management techniques. The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (Comitê Gestor da Internet) and ANATEL will express their opinion on the decree after public hearings. Brazil’s Ministry of Justice has also launched a public debate on the main themes related to this law.

RegulationIn November 2016, ANATEL released a questionnaire to evaluate the market demand for unlimited data plan offerings. Responses to this questionnaire were submitted by April 2017, and ANATEL is scheduled to study its results during the first semester of 2018.

Other Regulatory Matters

General Plan on Competition Targets

The General Plan on Competition Targets, which was approved by ANATEL and became effective in November 2012, contemplates the Portuguese Telecommunications Industry

As acreation of one entity to manage information about telecommunications provider, PT Portugal is subject tonetworks, act as an intermediary in contracts between telecommunications providers and supervise the offering of wholesale data traffic services. The General Plan on Competition Targets also addresses a variety of other matters relating to both fixed-line and mobile service providers, including criteria for the evaluation of telecommunications providers to determine which providers have significant market power, regulations as well as general competition lawapplicable to the wholesale markets for trunk lines, backhaul, access to internet backbone and other laws. Such lawsinterconnection services, and regulations related to partial unbundling and/or full unbundling of the local fixed-line networks of the public regime service providers.

The General Plan on Competition Targets imposes stricter restrictions on providers that are promulgateddeemed to have significant market power in a particular geographic area, ranging from a neighborhood within a municipality to the entire national territory. In order to determine whether a provider has significant market power, ANATEL established criteria that consider:

that provider’s market share in particular mobile interconnection markets and enforcedpersonal mobile services market;

the economies of scope and scale available to varying degrees by supranational regulators such as the European Commission, or EC,that provider;

that provider’s dominance over infrastructure that is not economically viable to duplicate; and national, state, regional and local authorities. This section describes the regulatory frameworks and key regulatory developments

that provider’s concurrent operations in the EUwholesale and Portugal.

Regulatory Institutions

European Commission. The EC ensures that EU member states fully and correctly implement EU requirements in national law. The EC routinely monitors the status of EU member states in implementing EU directives. Most of the EU rules on competition and sector-specific regulation have the force of law in all EU member states and therefore apply to PT Portugal in Portugal. The Directorate-General for Competition of the EC is responsible for considering potential claims that PT Portugal’s business activities or Portuguese government regulations are inconsistent with the key provisions of the Treaty of Lisbon relating to competition in the EU. Among other things, the Treaty of Lisbon prohibits (1) agreements or coordinated action between competitors that may affect trade between EU member states and have as their objective or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition within the EU, and (2) any abuse of a market-dominant position within the EU that may affect trade between EU member states. The Directorate-General for Competition enforces these rules in cooperation with the national competition authorities. In addition, national courts have jurisdiction over violations of EU competition law. The Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (DG Connect) of the EC is responsible for, among others, coordinating the regulatory framework for competition and growth over the entire range of issues in the telecommunications field: economic analysis, impact assessment, policy development, regulatory compliance.

ANACOM. The National Communications Authority (Autoridade Nacional das Comunicações), or ANACOM, is the Portuguese telecommunications regulator. It advises the Portuguese government on telecommunications policy and legislation and monitors compliance with concessions, licenses and permits granted to telecommunications networks and services providers in Portugal. The Portuguese government has substantially increased the autonomy of ANACOM and has allowed it to become a more effective and independent regulatory body. ANACOM acts on complaints against PT Portugal by PT Portugal’s competitors, PT Portugal’s customers and other interested parties. ANACOM can impose fines on PT Portugal if PT Portugal does not meet its obligations under the law or ANACOM’s determinations. ANACOM’s decisions are subject to judicial review.

Portuguese Competition Authority. PT Portugal’s activities are also overseen by the Portuguese Competition Authority (Autoridade da Concorrência), which is responsible for enforcement of competition law in Portugal. The Portuguese Competition Authority is also responsible for considering complaints relating to PT Portugal’s business practices or other business arrangements. The Portuguese Competition Authority’s decisions are subject to judicial review.

ERC. The Regulatory Entity for Social Communication (Entidade Reguladora para a Comunicação Social), or ERC, is the independent regulatory authority for the Portuguese media. The ERC’s primary responsibilities are the regulation and supervision of all entities that undertake media activities in Portugal. The ERC is a legal entity endowed with administrative and financial autonomy. The ERC oversees compliance with respect to fundamental rights such as freedom of the press, right to information, independence from political and economic power and freedom of speech. It is also responsible for monitoring compliance by all companies operating in the media sector with standards for media and broadcast content, as well as for promoting the proper and effective functioning of the market where such companies operate. The ERC’s decisions may affect, among others, news agencies, periodicals, radio and television operators, and radio and television distribution operators.

European Union Regulatory Framework and Relevant Markets

The EU regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services consists of:

five directives governing procedures, authorizations, access, universal service and data protection;retail markets.

two regulations: one concerningIn December 2016, ANATEL launched a public consultation process to review proposed changes to the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications, or BEREC, and one other concerning roamingGeneral Plan on public mobile communications networks; and

the EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets, a recommendation on relevant product and service markets within the electronic communications sector subjectCompetition Targets, including establishing new criteria to “ex ante” regulation under a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services, which is subject to periodic revision.

EU directives, regulations and recommendations, which adopt competition law principles such as market dominance for the designation ofdetermine significant market power and creating a new competition framework. Under this new framework, municipalities will be categorized according to degree of competition present: competitive, moderately competitive, potentially competitive and not competitive. ANATEL will then regulate companies based on the definitionsdegree of relevant productcompetition present in each municipality. The public consultation period expired in March 2017, and geographic markets (which may be subjectANATEL is in the process of reviewing the proposed amendments, which we expect will become effective by the end of 2018.

Infrastructure Sharing

Prior to “ex ante” regulation), have involved constant changesthe adoption of the General Plan on Competition Targets, ANATEL had established rules for partial unbundling of the local fixed-line networks of the public regime service providers, which we refer to as “line sharing,” and refinements to this framework. The framework focuses on issueswhich (1) limited the rates service providers can charge for line sharing, and (2) addressed related matters such as reinforcing consumer rights, encouraging competitive conditions among operatorsco-location space requirements.Co-location means that a service provider requesting unbundling may place its switching equipment in or near the local exchange of the service provider whose network the requesting service provider wishes to increase consumer choice, promoting investment in new communications infrastructure (such as by freeing spectrum foruse and may connect to the provision of broadband services), and ensuring network security and integrity. Underat this framework, obligations can be imposedlocal exchange.

The General Plan on operators havingCompetition Targets requires public regime service providers that have significant market power, such as our company, to share their fixed-line network infrastructure with other providers, including their local fixed-line access networks. Providers that are deemed to have significant market power must offer (1) full unbundling of their copper wire or coaxial cable access networks, and (2) partial unbundling of their broadband networks to accommodate bitstreams of up to 10 Mbps. Providers with significant market power must also share their passive infrastructure, such as telecommunications towers, with other service providers at prices determined by bilateral negotiations between the providers.

Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Personal Mobile Services Providers

The General Plan on Competition Targets established regulations for the rates charged by mobile service providers to terminate calls on their mobile networks (the MTR rate). The General Plan on Competition Targets established a reference value for MTR rates of providers that are deemed to hold significant market power. In July 2014, ANATEL published the maximum MTR reference rates for entities with significant market power, such as our company, for 2016 through 2019, when MTR rates reflecting a methodology that takes into consideration alllong-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of such service based on an efficient network considering the existing regulatory obligations, will apply. For more information about MTR rates, see “—Rates—Network Usage (Interconnection) Rates—Mobile Networks.” Beginning on February 24, 2016, each mobile service provider became entitled to collect the MTR on all calls for which its network was used to originate or terminate the call.

In February 2015, ANATEL revised the General Plan on Competition Targets regulation relating to the MTR applicable to the relationship between companies with significant market power and companies without significant market power. Under the revised regulations, the dates and percentages applicable to the MTR partialbill-and-keep system were revised so that the MTR will be paid only when the traffic out of a network in anya given direction is greater than:

75% of the relevant markets identified by the EC. Because PT Portugal is active in all of these markets, these regulatory measures have affected and will continue to affect PT Portugal’s businesses and operations.total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2016;

Relevant Markets in Portugal

Within the EU framework, in the first round of analysis initiated in 2004, ANACOM identified 15 retail and wholesale markets in Portugal under the initial EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets published in 2003. In 2007, the revision of revised the EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets was published, reducing the list of relevant markets to the seven markets (one retail market and six wholesale markets). In October 2014, a second revision

65% of the EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets was published, further reducing the list of relevant markets to the following five wholesale markets:

Call termination on individual public telephone networks provided at a fixed location (Market 1) (formerly Market 3 under the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets and Market 9 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets);total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2017;

 

Call termination on individual mobile networks (Market 2) (formerly Market 7 under55% of the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets and Market 16 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets);

Wholesale local access provided at a fixed location (Market 3a) (formerly Market 4 (wholesale unbundled access to local metallic loops) under the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets and Market 11 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets);

Wholesale central access provided at a fixed location for mass-market products (Market 3b) (formerly Market 5 (wholesale broadband access) under the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets and Market 12 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets);total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2018; and

 

Wholesale high-quality access provided50% of the total traffic exchanged until February 23, 2019.

The full billing system is scheduled to come into effect on February 24, 2019.

Roaming

Under the General Plan on Competition Targets, a mobile services provider with significant market power, such as our company, must offer roaming services to other mobile services providers without significant market power at the maximum rate that the mobile services provider with significant market power is permitting ANATEL to offer such services to its retail customers.

In March 2017, ANATEL began a fixed location (Market 4) (formerly Market 6 (wholesale leased lines—terminating segments) underpilot program with the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Marketsfour principal mobile services providers, including our company, to share infrastructure costs to expand voice and Market 14 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets).

Generally Applicable Regulations

Authorizations and Licenses

The EU prohibits any limitation on the numberdata roaming services to 35 municipalities with fewer than 30,000 residents. As a result of new entrants in telecommunications markets, except as required to ensure efficient use of radio frequencies. Pursuant to Directive 2002/20/EC (Authorisation Directive)this program, which is part ofongoing, the EU framework, an operator must have a general authorization for the provision of electronic communications networksproviders began or services. A license for individual rights of use can be required for the use of radio frequencies or numbering resources. The objective of this authorization regime is to provide flexibility in the licensing framework.

Portuguese mobile telephone service licenses are issued by ANACOMresumed discussions about voice and are valid for 15 years .. These licenses authorize the use of radio spectrum and the installation of base stations, base station controllers and control switching centers and require the licensee to construct networks capable of reaching at least 75% of Portugal’s population within a specified period of time. Charges for the provision of mobile telephone services are not subject to regulation.

ANACOM also issues UMTS licenses, which are the European version of the globally accepted technical standards for 3G mobile communications. The broadband capacity of the frequency spectrum allocated under the 3G licenses enables operators to supply video and Internet content to mobile telephones at higher transmission speeds.

Companies are not required to have a license to provide data communications services and Internet access. Instead, it is sufficient to register their intended services with ANACOM under its service registration scheme.

Regulation on the Settlement and Collection of Regulatory Fees

Under ANACOM rules, all telecommunications providers are subject to the payment of a regulatory fee for the provision of electronic communications networks and services, through which the administrative regulatory costs of ANACOM are covered. This fee is calculated as a percentage of the revenue generated by each provider of electronic communications networks and services and is revised annually. The final contributory percentage was set at 0.4674% for 2012, 0.5575% for 2013 and 0.5999% for 2014.

Rights of Way Regime

PT Portugal is subject to a rights-of-way regime in Portugal under which each municipality may establish a fee, up to a maximum of 0.25% of each wireline services bill, to be paid by the customers of those wireline operators whose network infrastructures are located in that municipality. PT Portugal’s exemption from municipal taxes is currently being challenged in court. See “Legal Proceedings—Claims for Municipal Taxes and Fees in PT Portugal’s Portuguese Telecommunications Business.”

With respect to the roll-out of optical fiber networks, Portuguese law establishes a legal framework for the construction of and access to infrastructure suitable for the accommodation of electronic communications networks and the construction of infrastructure for telecommunications in housing developments, urban settlements and concentrations of buildings. The law addresses access to the public domain, expropriation and the constitution of public easements, and sets forth several obligations designed to allow electronic communications operators to install and develop electronic communications networks.

EU Regulations Relating to NGA Rollout Costs

Between April and July 2012, the EC held a public consultation on the reduction of NGA roll-out costs, highlighting the need for more coordination, information and transparency between the different stakeholders. According to the EC, 80% of the investment costs in NGA networks relate to the deployment of civil infrastructure (such as trenching and laying of ducts), and up to 30% of these costs are due to inefficiencies. The EC is of the opinion that the NGAs and the Member States may intervene at this level, making infrastructure sharing mandatory, including infrastructure of utility companies. The EC published the report on this public consultation in November 2012 and proposed a draft regulation in March 2013. In November 2013, the Industry, Research and Energy, or ITRE, Committee of the European Parliament proposed a number of amendments to the EC’s proposal, proposing that the measures to reduce the cost of broadband deployment should be addressed through an EU directive rather than a regulation, thus giving the Member States more flexibility to adjust specific local or national rules on this matter.

Negotiations between the European Parliament and the European Council took place in early 2014. In April 2014, the European Parliament plenary adopted the measures proposed in these negotiations to reduce the costs of deploying high-speed broadband networks with no substantial amendments to the final report published by the ITRE Committee of the European Parliament in March 2014. The directive was adopted in May 2014. Member States are required to transpose the directive into national law by January 1, 2016 and these national laws will enter into force

by July 1, 2016. The impact of this directive in Portugal will be limited since Portugal adopted most of the measures contemplated by this directive in 2009.

Proposed EC “Single Telecom Market” Legislative Package

The EC, the European Parliament and the European Council are finalizing the plans for regulation implementing a single telecommunications market—formerly called the “Connected Continent” legislation—in order to stimulate the provision of cross-border European services.

The draft legislation, in its initial wording, addressed such diverse matters as a single European authorization and convergence of regulatory remedies, a standard EU wholesale broadband access product, the harmonization of spectrum authorization procedures, net neutrality and transparency, international mobile roaming and international calls, and consumer protection. Of these matters, only net neutrality and roaming are still under consideration, and the current proposals depart considerably from the initial proposals.

In its latest formulation, the legislative package advanced by the Latvian Presidency and discussed with the EC and the European Parliament on April 15, 2015 provides, among other things:

net neutrality.

the phasing out of retail roaming surcharges, based on the introduction of a basic roaming allowance, or BRA, under which providers may not levy any surcharge in comparison to the domestic retail prices for regulated mobile communications. Under this proposal:

the BRA must be available for at least seven days per year and include a minimum daily consumption of five minutes calls made, five minutes calls received, five SMS sent and 10 Mb of data.

surcharges for traffic outside the BRA shall not exceed the maximum wholesale charges for regulated roaming calls made, regulated SMS and regulated data.

The proposal also moves up the deadline for the EC to complete a review of the EU wholesale roaming market to the end of 2017, which was previously set for mid-2018, and adds a provision stressing that the latest regulation is an interim step towards ending roaming surcharges entirely.tariffs. As of the date of this annual report, the negotiationproviders have not reached a consensus regarding roaming tariffs.

Quality of this legislative package has not concluded.

Number Portability and Carrier SelectionTelecommunications Services Regulation

Number portability allows a subscriber to change service providers without having to change telephone numbers. Under ANACOM regulations, PT Portugal is required to allow number portability for both fixed line and mobile services within one working day, other than in exceptional circumstances. Because PT Portugal has been deemed to be a fixed line network operators with significant market power, ANACOM regulations require that PT Portugal offer call-by-call carrier selection for long distance and international calls. Call-by-call carrier selection enables customers to select the carrier of their calls by dialing a code connecting them to the selected carrier. Carrier pre-selection allows customers to select the carrier that will be their default carrier. This removes the need for customers to dial any code to connect to their selected carrier when making long distance or international calls.

Network Security

In December 2011, ANACOM2017, ANATEL submitted for public consultation the Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation (Regulamento de Qualidade dos Serviços de Telecomunicações – RQUAL), a proposal to revise the methods by which the quality standards for fixed-line services, personal mobility services, multimedia communications services and subscription television services required under the General Plan on Quality Goals are measured. Under the proposal, the quality indicators would be standardized and simplified for consumer use, with the goals of assisting consumers to make informed decisions about quality and improving competition for quality among telecommunications providers. The public consultation period ended in April 2018, and we expect that the Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation will be approved a draft decision onby the circumstances, format, and procedures applicable to reports regarding security breaches or lossend of integrity with a significant impact on2018.

Regulatory Agenda 2017-2018

On January 6, 2017, ANATEL put in public consultation its proposed Regulatory Agenda for the functioning2017-2018. The proposal contains 56 topics of electronic communications networks and services availableinterest to the public. This decision also sets forth the conditions undersector, which ANACOM considers there isshould have obtained final approval or a public interestcertain level of progress in disclosing information regarding those events to the public. Under this decision, PT Portugal was required to implement all the necessary measures to comply with this decision by June 2014, which required implementing new procedures2017 and adapting information systems to produce the relevant information to notify to ANACOM.

Implementation2018. The listed items include: Revision of the Centralized Information System by ANACOM

The current Portuguese legal framework anticipates the implementation of a Centralized Information System, or SIC, to be managedConcession Agreement and operated by ANACOM, the main objective of which will be to make available informationGeneral Plan on infrastructure appropriate for the installation of electronic communications networks based on information provided by the Portuguese government, autonomous regions, municipalities, publicly held companies, concessionaires, other entities owning or using infrastructure in the public domain, and electronic communications network operators.

Through the SIC, ANACOM and market participants will be able to access information on procedures and conditions that determine the allocation of rights of way, information on construction announcements relating to new pipelines and other infrastructure suited for use by electronic communications networks, complete and georeferenced information of all infrastructure suitable for use by electronic communications networks that is owned by governmental entities or by electronic communications companies, and information on applicable procedures and conditions of access and use for each of these infrastructures.

Because PT Portugal has reference offers under which it is required to provide a substantial amount of information to operators that wish to use its ducts, poles and associated infrastructure, PT Portugal is closely monitoring the implementation of the SIC and is seeking to avoid the implementation of additional obligations to provide competitive information regarding its ducts and associated infrastructure.

Regulation of the Wholesale Market for Telecommunications Services

Designation of Carriers with Significant Market Power

In 2009, after theUniversal Service Goals, review of the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets, ANACOM conducted a market analysis to determinequality management model, review of spectrum management model, review the regulatory obligations that should be imposed on operators with significant market power inarrangements and scope of telecommunications services, review of the provision of services in Markets 3aregulation the SeAC (Serviço de Acesso Condicionado) and 3b (at that time, Markets 4 and 5). ANACOM has segmented Markets 3a and 3b between “C” (competitive) areas and “NC” (non competitive) areas. PT Portugal is obligated to provide a wholesale local loop unbundling reference offer (in relation to Market 3a) throughout Portugal and to provide a wholesale broadband (bitstream) reference offer (in relation to Market 3b) only in “NC” areas. Although PT Portugal is not required to provide a reference offer for the provision of services in Market 3b in areas designated “C,” PT Portugal maintains a reference offer for these services.

In February 2012, ANACOM approved a draft decision related to the definition of Market 3a and Market 3b, the evaluation of significant market power, and the imposition, maintenance, modification or suppressionreview of regulatory obligations. ANACOM proposed to maintain the national scope of Market 3a and the geographic segmentation in Market 3b, which is divided into unregulated “C” areas and regulated “NC” areas, and to include high-speed broadband networks (e.g., FTTH networks) in Market 3b in order to require operators with significant market power to provide access to these networks. Under this draft decision, PT Portugal would continue to be considered to have significant market power in Market 3a and Market 3b in non-competitive areas.

In 2009, ANACOM found PT Portugal to have significant market power in Market 4 (at that time, Market 6) and segmented the transit segments in this market between “C” and “NC” routes. In Market 4, ANACOM included Ethernet connections and imposed the retail-minus rule over Ethernet solutions. PT Portugal has no significant market power on the “C” routes.

In addition to PT Portugal, in 2009 all other fixed line operators in Portugal were determined to have significant market power in Market 1 and Market 2 (at that time, Markets 3 and 7).

In August 2014, ANACOM issued a final decision following its re-analysis of certain retail markets that had been included in the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets, but were no longer included in the 2014 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets, withdrawing the existing retail regulation of those markets. In the same final decision, following its re-analysis of the wholesale market for call origination on the fixed telephone network provided at a fixed location (Market 2 under the 2007 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets and Market 8reversible assets.

underNew Regulatory Framework

On November 23, 2015, the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets), or Market 2/2007, ANACOM decided to continue to fully regulate Market 2/2007, including regulationBrazilian Ministry of carrier pre-selection and wholesale line rental obligations.

Market 3a Reference Offers (Unbundling the Local Loop)

The EC requires fixed line network operators found to have significant market power in Market 3a to make the local loops between their customers and the local switches on their networks available to competitors. This allows these competitors to connect their networks to the copper “local loop” of the relevant fixed line network operator and use the local loop to provide services directly to the customers of the competitor without the competitor investing in the local loop or rely upon the relationship of the relevant fixed line network operator with the customers of the competitor. Under this regulation, PT Portugal is required to maintain a reference offer for unbundled access to its local loops and related facilities and to meet reasonable requests for unbundled access to its local loops and related facilities under transparent, fair and non-discriminatory conditions. The prices that PT Portugal includes in its reference offer must be cost-oriented. The conditions under which unbundled access to PT Portugal’s local loops are provided are set forth in a published reference offer in accordance with terms established by ANACOM. This reference offer covers all of PT Portugal’s main distribution framework buildings in which technical and space conditions permit co-location. Co-location means providing space and technical facilities to competitors to the extent necessary to reasonably accommodate and connect the relevant equipment of the competitor.

Under the February 2012 draft ANACOM decision concerning access obligations in Market 3a, in addition to the obligation of granting unbundled access to copper loops and subloops and to ducts and poles at the national level, ANACOM intended to impose a geographically differentiated obligation to provide wholesale customers with virtual access to optical fiber networks (advanced bitstream). This obligation would not be imposed in 17 municipalities that were considered to have conditions that permit other network operators to invest in optical fiber networks. The draft decision required PT Portugal to demonstrate to ANACOM that the difference between PT Portugal’s retail prices and the prices of the offers made available to other operators in Market 3a would not result in a margin squeeze. This review was not concluded, due to (1) the changes that took place in the Portuguese market during 2013 (e.g., the merger between ZON and Optimus and investments initiated by Vodafone and Altice to expand their optical fiber and cable networks), and (2) the publication in September 2013 of the EC’s recommendation on NGA non-discrimination and costing methodologies.

In 2014, the publicly funded rural NGAs started their operations. Also, in June 2014, PT Portugal and Vodafone reached a commercial co-investment agreement on FTTH which will ensure the expansion of the total fiber footprint in Portugal and the existence of at least three different NGA operators competing across that geography. In light of these developments, we believe the impetus to impose specific fiber regulation on PT Portugal has been substantially reduced. We expect ANACOM to commence a new consultation on Markets 3a and 3b during 2015.

Market 4 and Market 13/2003 Reference Offers

PT Portugal’s Leased Lines Reference Offer (oferta de referência de circuitos alugados), or ORCA, sets forth the characteristics and the technical and commercial conditions associated with the provision of leased circuits by PT Portugal in the wholesale markets. PT Portugal’s Ethernet Accesses Reference Offer (oferta de referência de circuitos Ethernet), or ORCE, sets forth the characteristics and the technical and commercial conditions associated with the provision of Ethernet circuits by PT Portugal in the wholesale markets.

Following a 2010 decision by ANACOM on leased line markets, the retail leased line market was deregulated. However, for Market 4 and the wholesale market for leased lines – trunk segments (Market 13 under the 2003 EC Recommendation on Relevant Markets), or Market 13/2003, on routes designated “NC,” in which PT Portugal has been declared an operator with significant market power, ANACOM decided to make Ethernet circuits subject to a retail-minus rule (which remains undefined by ANACOM).

In July 2012, ANACOM approved a final draft decision amending PT Portugal’s ORCA and ORCE to reduce the wholesale prices under these reference offers, and provided the draft decision to the EC (which has stated it had no comment on the decision), BEREC and the national regulatory authorities of other Member States of the EU. PT

Portugal has challenged this decision before the courts, arguing that the decision was illegal because ANACOM’s decision was not supported by real data.

In December 2014, ANACOM commenced aCommunications opened public consultation on the re-analysisnew regulatory framework for telecommunications. The consultation was based on a series of Market 4.questions under four basic topics: purpose of the public policy, universal policy, public regime versus the private regime and public concession. In April 2016, the Brazilian Ministry of Communications issued a decree addressing guidelines for the establishment of a new regulatory framework for telecommunications to be implemented by ANATEL. The guidelines provide for, among other things, the expansion of broadband services (including in rural regions), the elimination of the reversibility of assets, and an extension of the term of our concessions, which are currently scheduled to expire in 2025.

In December 2016, PLC 79 was introduced in the Brazilian Congress to substantially amend certain features of the General Telecommunications Law, based substantially on the guidelines outlined in the decree of the Brazilian Ministry of Communications. Among the proposed changes to the regulatory regime is a proposal to permit companies operating under a concession in the public regime to convert their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and to eliminate the reversibility of assets. As proposed, this modification of the regulatory scheme would permit concessionaires, by converting their concessions to authorizations, to eliminate a number of substantial obligations currently imposed by the concession regime in exchange for the assumption of obligations to make additional investments in their networks, primarily related to the expansion of broadband services or through the payment of fees to ANATEL. The value of the obligations currently imposed by the concession agreement and, therefore, the cost of the additional investments or fees to be paid to ANATEL in exchange for the elimination of such obligations, would be subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final valuation. In addition to the proposed changes to the regulatory framework for the public regime, the proposed legislation provides that (1) the initial terms of radio frequency authorizations and licenses would be increased from 15 years to 20 years, (2) these authorizations and licenses, which currently are only eligible for a single15-year renewal, would be permitted to be renewed for successive20-year terms, and (3) the concessions of telecommunications services under the public regime which are only eligible for a single20-year renewal would be permitted to be renewed for successive 20 year terms.

PLC 79 has faced political gridlock in the Brazilian Congress and has not yet been passed, and we cannot predict whether this legislation will ultimately be adopted by the Brazilian Congress and executed by the President or whether the features of this modification of the regulatory scheme will be adopted as proposed. We continue to analyze the potential effects of this modification of the regulatory scheme on our business, capital expenditure obligations, results of operations, cash flows and financial position and whether we would seek to convert our concessions into authorizations should this feature of the proposed modifications be adopted, but are unable to predict with any certainty the effects of this modification on our company, if adopted. Should this modification be adopted, many provisions of the proposed legislation would only have effects on our business following a rule-making procedure by ANATEL to implement the modifications to the regulatory scheme. We cannot predict the form of these new regulations or the time required for ANATEL to propose or adopt these regulations.

In January 2017, ANATEL proposed revisions to the terms of the General Plan of Grants (Plano Geral de Metas de Outorgas), in line with the provisions of PLC 79, which include the ability of companies operating under a concession in the public regime to convert their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of substantial obligations currently imposed by the concession regime, in exchange for the assumption of obligations to make additional investments in their networks, primarily related to the expansion of broadband services or through the payment of fees to ANATEL. The value of the obligations currently imposed by the concession agreement and, therefore, the cost of the additional investments or fees to be paid to ANATEL in exchange for the elimination of such obligations, would be subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final valuation. However, as a result of this re-analysis, PT Portugal may be subjectedthe Brazilian Congress’s failure to significant price reductions in its wholesale leased lines business on its Continente – Açores – Madeira routes. As of the date of this annual report, a final decision ANACOM with respect to this re-analysis is pending.

Market 2 Termination Rates

The regulation of Market 2 establishes a price control obligation on wholesale voice call termination services. Following EC recommendations on the regulatory treatment of fixed and mobile termination rates in the EU, this price control results in a cost-oriented price cap determined by a BU-LRIC cost model.

In April 2012, ANACOM set the termination rates to be applied in Market 2. In accordance with ANACOM’s decision, the cost model for mobile termination set the maximum prices to be applied by the three Portuguese mobile operators considered to have significant market power at €0.0127 per minute, to be billed per second from the first second and independent of the origin of the call.

ANACOMpass PLC 79, ANATEL has proposed a further decrease of the maximum termination rate to €0.0083 in 2015. A draft decision regarding mobile termination rates is currently pending, and comments may be submitted until mid-May 2015.

Interconnection Regulation

The Interconnection Framework

The EU Access and Interconnection Directive requires that interconnection services be made available in a non-discriminatory manner. The EU Access and Interconnection Directive encourages commercial negotiations among operators but requires national regulatory authorities to establish mechanisms for effective dispute resolution. Under the EU Access and Interconnection Directive, all telecommunications companies with significant market power in the call origination or termination markets must:

make interconnection access to their networks available to other network operators;

not discriminate between interconnection customers;

provide to those requesting interconnection the information and technical specifications necessary for them to interconnect their networks;

offer interconnection prices that are transparent and cost-oriented and do not discriminate between interconnection customers; and

maintain a separate accounting system for interconnection activities.

The EU Access and Interconnection Directive established the general conditions for access and interconnection among telecommunications operators in competitive markets. It guarantees the rights of new entrants to obtain interconnection from telecommunications operators with significant market power. ANACOM is entitled to review and modify PT Portugal’s proposed interconnection rates and arrangements in its reference interconnection offer. ANACOM has established an overall interconnection framework based on cost and consistent with the EU legal framework for both wireline and mobile services.

Wireline Interconnection

ANACOM regulates services in Market 1 within the scope of market analysis and significant market power designations. ANACOM has declared that PT Portugal has significant market power in these markets. As a result, PT Portugal is subject to price controls in these markets that follow EC recommendations on the regulatory treatment of fixed and mobile termination rates in the EU, resulting in a cost-oriented price cap determined by a BU-LRIC cost model.

In March 2013, ANACOM published a draft decision regarding Market 1 proposing to set an average symmetrical FTR of €0.001091 per minute from October 1, 2013 to July 1, 2014, corresponding to the average FTR of the countries that had already defined their call termination rates at a fixed location based on the pure BU-LRIC cost models recommended by the EC.

In July 2013, ANACOM notified the EC of a draft decision on the same lines as the draft decision that it submitted to a public consultation in March 2013, but proposing therein an average termination rate of €0.001114 per minute, which resulted from an update to the benchmark. In the draft decision notified to the EC, ANACOM imposed on PT Portugal an obligation to submit, within 12 months, a proposal for access and IP interconnection.

However, in August 2013, ANACOM decided to withdraw its draft decision as a consequence of the serious doubts raised by the EC, particularly regarding the inexistence of a symmetric obligation of IP interconnection imposed upon all operators with significant market power. Having taken into consideration the EC comments, in August 2013, ANACOM imposed provisional and urgent measures that determined the maximum average prices to be applied by the operators designated as having significant market power in Market 1 should be:

On October 1, 2013: €0.001114 per minute (the prices to be applied by PT Portugal in the three interconnection levels were calculated taking into account the weight of traffic in each level, so that, globally, this average price is reached).

From July 1, 2014: the maximum average prices will be set using a pure LRIC cost model, As of the date of this annual report, the pure LRIC cost model has not been finalized.

Some operators interpreted this decision in different ways, recreating situations of tariff asymmetry, which led ANACOM to adopt new and urgent provisional measures in November 2013, with effect from December 1, 2013, clarifying that if operators choose to define a simplified tariff with only one price level, that price cannot be higher than the average reference price, and that if they choose a structured tariff, with various levels of interconnection, they must provide a local interconnection price level, so that it is possible to deliver on that level the termination traffic to all customers of the operator.

In July 2014, ANACOM commenced a consultation to review Market 1 that includes a symmetric obligation to ensure IP interconnection, and on thehalted implementation of the pure LRIC model, proposing to set a fixed symmetric termination rateGeneral Plan of €0.00068. As of the date of this annual report, ANACOM’s decision following this consultation is pending.Grants.

Retail Rate Regulation

Tariffs for Mobile Telephone Services

Mobile Origination Tarriffs

In January 2012, the Portuguese Competition Authority completed an analysis on mobile rates for originating calls, finding origination rates to be excessive and stating that mobile operators must reduce their rates to the level of their costs by July 2012 or face the possibility of being sanctioned. All three mobile network operators in Portugal decided to reduce their mobile origination rates to between €0.07 and €0.0975 per minute and PT Portugal does not expect any subsequent action from the Portuguese Competition Authority.

Roaming Tariffs

The EC regulates the roaming charges that may be charged in the wholesale and retail markets in Europe. These regulations extend to data and SMS messaging. In July 2012, the previous roaming regulations were replaced by new regulations, known as “Roaming III,” which will expire in June 2022. In addition to setting maximum voice roaming rates (subject to a glide path) that may be charged with respect to the wholesale market, retail market, data and SMS, Roaming III also features (1) extended transparency and consumer-protection measures that go beyond the EU territory, (2) a cap on retail data roaming communications, (3) the introduction of an obligation for mobile operators in the wholesale market to provide reasonable network access in order to allow roaming services and (4) the decoupling of roaming services from other services, while enabling a consumer to use the same number.

On July 1, 2013, new price caps, that were valid until July 2014, entered into force:

For voice calls, at the retail level: € 0.24/min for outgoing calls and €0.07/min for incoming calls. At the wholesale level: € 0.10 for incoming calls;

For outgoing SMS: € 0.08 (retail) and € 0.02 (wholesale); and

For data traffic: € 0.45/MB (retail) and € 0.15/MB (wholesale).

As of July 1, 2014 the price caps, valid until June 30, 2017 (retail level) and June 30, 2022 (wholesale level), if not revised before, were:

For voice calls, at the retail level: €0.19/min for outgoing calls and €0.05/min for incoming calls. At the wholesale level: €0.05 for incoming calls;

For outgoing SMS, €0.06 ( retail ) and €0.02 (wholesale); and

For data traffic: €0.20/MB (retail) and €0.05/MB (wholesale).

In March 2013, BEREC published its guidelines on the interpretation and implementation of Roaming III, except with regard to Articles 3, 4 and 5 concerning the wholesale access and the separate sale of roaming services. Issues concerning wholesale access had already been subject of specific guidelines, published in September 2012, and the separate roaming services (single IMSI and LBO—Local break-out) sale was also the subject of specific guidance published in July 2013.

In addition, the EC’s proposed “Single Telecom Market” legislation could lead to the elimination of roaming charges for calls within the EU.

Regulations Applicable to Pay-TV Operators and Providers of Video-on-Demand Services

In September 2012, Portuguese Law No. 55/2012, the Cinema Law, became effective. The Cinema Law establishes principles for the promotion, development and protection of the art of cinema and cinematographic and audio-visual activities, and imposes obligations on television distributers and operators of video-on-demand services. The Cinema Law was amended on May 19, 2014 by Portuguese Law No. 28/2014. Under the amended Cinema Law, Pay-TV operators must pay a fee to the Portuguese government of €2.00 euros per subscriber per year until 2019, when this fee will be reduced to €1.75 euros per subscriber per year. Under the amended Cinema Law, ANACOM will contribute an amount equal to 75% of the amount paid by the Pay-TV operators to the financing of cinema and audiovisual productions.

In August 2013, the Portuguese Cinema and Audiovisual Institute (Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual), or ICA, adopted regulations under the Cinema Law that, among other things, establishes the obligations of the providers of on demand audiovisual media services (1) to invest 1% of video-on-demand services revenues in film production, (2) to report to ICA on or prior to June 30 of each year the video-on-demand services revenues earned in the prior year, (3) to report to ICA on or prior to January 31 of the year following the year to which the investment relates: (a) the title, type and genre of each creative national film work that was the object of an investment; (b) the identification of the independent producers, author and other rights holders of such works; (c) the amount and type

of investment made in each work; and (d) the demonstration of the actual costs with the creation of an area devoted to national works.

Regulations Applicable to Providers of Internet and Cloud Computing Services

Internet Access

As a result of past ANACOM decisions, PT Portugal offers two access regimes to ISPs: (1) the Reference Offer for Internet Access, which includes two alternative pricing methods, primarily a monthly flat rate and a per minute origination charge, and under which the connection of the ISP’s infrastructure to PT Portugal’s fixed line network is based on DSS1 signaling, and (2) the Reference Interconnection Offer, which includes a pricing method based on call origination, under which the connection of the ISP’s infrastructure to PT Portugal’s fixed line network is based on Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) protocols. The ISPs determine which regime will apply to their arrangements to connect with PT Portugal’s fixed line network.

Internet and Related Services

Various regulatory developments may affect PT Portugal’s internet business. A Data Protection Directive was adopted by the EC in 2006, imposing data-retention obligations on operators. The law implementing this directive requires internet service providers and other electronic communications providers to preserve data for a specified period of time and imposes other obligations in this area.

Cloud Computing

In September 2012, the EC issued a review of cloud computing in Europe with the goal of enabling and facilitating its adoption throughout all sectors of the economy, thereby cutting information and communications technology, or ICT, costs and boosting productivity, growth and jobs. The EC put forward a set of measures that it stated were key to promoting cloud computing and ensuring users’ rights.

In December 2012, the Directorate-General for Justice organized a workshop on cloud computing contracts, with the purpose of exploring stakeholders’ experiences and views on cloud computing contracts with the EC. The EC and stakeholders discussed possible future developments of the market, issues relating to cloud computing contracts, based on existing practice, the economic impact of these issues in cloud computing contracts and the possible ways forward. The EC considered the workshop a first step to find precise feasible mandate for an expert group that was formed in September 2013 to address cloud computing issues pertaining to fair and balanced contract terms, trust of customers and users and increased legal certainty.

Universal Service Concession Regime

Universal Service Concessions

Under the Portuguese regulatory framework, the Portuguese Ministry of Finance, Economy and Employment periodically conducts public tenders to designate universal service providers for the following functions:

connection to a public telecommunications network at a fixed location and the provision of public telephone services;

publicly available telephones (payphones); and

comprehensive directory and directory inquiry services.

Upon the completion of these public tenders, concessions to provide universal services are granted for each service for three geographic regions: North, Center and South and Islands. Universal service providers are obligated to provide access to the fixed line telephony and telephony services, under a technological neutrality rule and subject to price cap control of CPI-2.75%.

In the most recent public tender:

NOS was designated as universal service provider for connection to a public telecommunications network at a fixed location and the provision of public telephone services. NOS’ concession has a term that expires in June 2019. PT Portugal was the universal service provider for these services from 1995 to May 2014.

PT Portugal was designated as universal service provider for publicly available telephones. PT Portugal’s concession has a term that expires in April 2019.

Because no bids were presented in the public tender for comprehensive directory and directory inquiry services, the Portuguese government initiated a direct award procedure for a concession to provide these services for a period of 12 months, with the possibility of such period being extended for an additional six months. PT Portugal was awarded a concession to provide these services that expired in February 2015 and was renewed until August 2015.

Compensation Fund for Universal Service Providers

Under the Portuguese Law No. 35/2012, each telecommunications provider is required to contribute to a compensation fund for universal service providers according to its share of the revenues of the Portuguese telecommunications sector. This fund is used to compensate the universal service providers for the net costs of providing the services under the universal service obligation. The contributions depend on the amount of the Net Costs of the Universal Service, or NCUS, calculated by ANACOM. ANACOM has not yet calculated the NCUS for 2012, 2013 or 2014.

Environmental and Other Regulatory Matters in Brazil

As part of ourday-to-day operations, we regularly install ducts for wires and cables and erect towers for transmission antennae. We may be subject to federal, state and/or municipal environmental licensing requirements due to the installation of cables along highways and railroads, over bridges, rivers and marshes and through farms, conservation units and environmental preservation areas, among other places. As of the date of this annual report, we have been required to obtain environmental licenses for the installation of transmission towers and antennae in several municipalities with no material impact on our operations. However, there can be no assurances that other state and municipal environmental agencies will not require us to obtain environmental licenses for the installation of transmission towers and antennae in the future andor that such a requirement would not have a material adverse effect on the installation costs of our network or on the speed with which we can expand and modernize our network.

We must also comply with environmental legislation regarding the management of solid waste. According to resolutions adopted by the National Environmental Council (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente), companies responsible for the treatment and final disposal of solid industrial waste, special waste and solid urban waste are subject to environmental licensing. Should the waste not be disposed of in accordance with standards established by environmental legislation, the company generating such waste may be held jointly and severally liable with the company responsible for waste treatment for any damage caused. Also, in all states where we operate, we have implemented management procedures promoting the recycling of batteries, transformers and fluorescent lamps.

In addition, we are subject to ANATEL regulations that impose limits on the levels and frequency of the electromagnetic fields originating from our telecommunications transmissions stations.

We believe that we are in compliance with ANATEL standards as well as with all applicable environmental legislation and regulations. We are currently not involved in any administrative or judicial proceeding involving material liability for environmental damage.

Disclosure Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act

Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 added Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act. Section 13(r) requires an issuer to disclose in its annual or quarterly reports filed with the SEC

whether the issuer or any of its affiliates has knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions or dealings with the Government of Iran, relating to Iran or with designated natural persons or entities involved in terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction during the period covered by the annual or quarterly report. Disclosure is required even when the activities were conducted outside the United States bynon-U.S. entities and even when such activities were conducted in compliance with applicable law.

In December 2011, we entered into a roaming agreement with MTN Irancell. Pursuant to such roaming agreement, our customers are able to roam in MTN Irancell’s network (outbound roaming) and customers of MTN Irancell are able to roam in our network (inbound roaming). For outbound roaming, we pay MTN Irancell roaming fees for use of their network by our customers, and for inbound roaming MTN Irancell pays us roaming fees for use of our network by its customers.

Our inbound and outbound roaming services with MTN Irancell were launched commercially in October and November 2012, respectively. During 2014,2017, we recorded revenues of US$2,311R$3,127 and expenses of US$660R$115 in connection with this roaming agreement.

Prior to our acquisition During 2016, we recorded revenues of PT Portugal in May 2014, MEO entered into roaming agreements with MTN Irancell. Pursuant to such roaming agreement, our customers are able to roam on the Iranian network (outbound roaming),R$2,625 and customersexpenses of such Iranian operators are able to roam on MEO’s network (inbound roaming). For outbound roaming, we pay the Iranian operator roaming fees for use of its network by our customers, and for inbound roaming the Iranian operator pays MEO roaming fees for use of its network by the Iranian operator’s customers.

In 2014,R$11 in connection with the above mentionedthis roaming agreements entered into with MTN Irancell, MEO recorded gross revenues of €813 and operating costs of €6,831, corresponding to a net loss after tax of €4,634. In addition to these transactions, MEO also incurred expenses amounting to €2,431 in 2014 with the Mobile Company of Iran, corresponding to a net loss after tax of €1,872.agreement.

We do not maintain any bank accounts in Iran. All payments in connection with our international roaming agreements are effected through our bank accounts in London and Lisbon.London.

The purpose of all of these agreements is to provide our customers with coverage in areas where we do not own networks. For that purpose, we intend to continue maintaining these agreements.

We also provide telecommunications services in the ordinary course of business to the Embassy of Iran in Lisbon, Portugal. WeBrasilia. In 2017 and 2016, we recorded gross revenues of R$32,076 and net profits of less than €10,000R$30,634, respectively, from these services in 2014.services. As one of the primary providers of telecommunications services in Lisbon, Portugal,Brasilia, we intend to continue providing such services, as we do to the embassies of many other nations.

 

ITEM 4A.UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 5.OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS

The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 20142017 and 20132016 and for the three years ended December 31, 2014,2017, which are included in this annual report, as well as with the information presented under the sections entitled “Presentation of Financial and Other Information” and “Item 3. Key Information—Selected Financial Information.”

The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth in “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors.”

Overview

We are anone of the principal integrated telecommunications service provider, with operationsproviders in Brazil Portugal, Africatelwith approximately 59.7 million RGUs as of December 31, 2017. We operate throughout Brazil and Asia. In May 2014, we acquired alloffer a range of integrated telecommunications services that include fixed-line and mobile telecommunication services, network usage (interconnection), data transmission services (including broadband access services),Pay-TV (including as part of double-play, triple-play and quadruple-play packages), internet services and other telecommunications services for residential customers, small, medium and large companies and governmental agencies. We own 355,273 kilometers of installed fiber optic cable, distributed throughout Brazil. Our mobile network covers areas in which approximately 90.2% of the operating assets then held by PT SGPS, except interests held directly or indirectly in TmarPartBrazilian population lives and our company, and all of PT SGPS’ liabilitiesworks. According to ANATEL, as of the dateDecember 31, 2017, we had a 16.5% market share of the acquisition. AsBrazilian mobile telecommunications market and a result, we hold significant interests in telecommunications companies in Portugal as well as Angola, Cape Verde, Namibia, São Tomé and Principe in Africa and Timor Leste in Asia. In 2014,33.1% market share of the Brazilian fixed-line market. During 2017, we recorded net operating revenue of R$28,24723,790 million and neta loss of R$4,4064,028 million, and during 2016, we recorded net operating revenue of R$25,996 million and a loss of R$15,680 million.

On December 9, 2014, we entered into the PTP Share Purchase Agreement under which we have agreed to sell all of the share capital of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal. As a result, we record our operations in Portugal as discontinued operations in our financial statements. We expect to complete the sale of these operations during the second quarter of 2015.

On September 17, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel, representing 75% of the share capital of Africatel. As a result, we record our interest in Africatel as held-for-sale. Due to the many risks involved in the ownership of these interests, particularly our interest in Unitel, we cannot predict when a sale of these assets may be completed.

Our results of operations and financial condition have been and will be significantly influenced in future periods by the corporate reorganization ofRJ Proceedings, our company, TNL, Telemar and Coari described under “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Corporate Reorganization of TNL, Telemar and Our Company,” the Oi capital increase including the acquisitiondisposition of PT Portugal described under “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Oi Capital Increase and Acquisition of PT Portugal,” the PT Exchange described under “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange,” and our pending disposition of the Portuguese business of PT Portugal described under “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Proposed Sale of PT Portugal.”investment in Africatel. In addition, our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015 and our financial condition as of December 31, 20142017 and 20132016 have been influenced, and our future results of operations and financial condition will continue to be influenced, by a variety of factors, including:

 

the rate of growthevolution of Brazilian GDP, which grew by an estimated 0.1%1.0% in 2014,2017 and grewdeclined by 2.3%3.5% in 2013each of 2016 and 0.9% in 2012,2015, which we believe affects demand for our services and, consequently, our net operating revenue;

 

the number of our fixed lines in service, which declined to 15.812.9 million as of December 31, 20142017 and 13.7 million as of December 31, 2016 from 14.5 million as of December 31, 2015 (excluding fixed-line customers of our discontinued operations) from 16.9 million as of December 31, 2013,, and the percentage of our fixed-line customers that subscribe to our alternative plans which increaseddecreased to 84.5%85.4% as of December 31, 2014 from 80.5%2017 and 85.5% as of December 31, 2013;2016 from 86.4% as of December 31, 2015;

 

the number of our mobile customers, which increaseddeclined to 50.939.0 million as of December 31, 20142017 and 42.2 million as of December 31, 2016 from 48.1 million as of December 31, 2015 (excluding fixed-line customers of our discontinued operations) from 50.2 million as of December 31, 2013;;

the number of our fixed-line customers that subscribe to our broadband services, which remained stable at 5.9declined to 5.6 million as of December 31, 20142017 from 5.7 million as of December 31, 2016 and 2015 (excluding fixed-line customers of our discontinued operations) and December 31, 2013;;

 

the number of ourPay-TV customers, which increasedgrew to 1.5 million as of December 31, 2017 and 1.3 million as of December 31, 2016 from 1.2 million as of December 31, 20142015 (excluding fixed-line customers of our discontinued operations) from 0.8 million as of December 31, 2013;;

 

the increased competition in the Brazilian market for telecommunications services, which affects the amount of the discounts that we offer on our service rates and the quantity of services that we offer at promotional rates;

 

  inflation rates in Brazil, which were 5.72%2.9% in 20142017, 6.3% in 2016 and 4.90%10.6% in 2013,2015, as measured by the IST, and the resulting adjustments to our regulated rates in Brazil, as well as the effects of inflation on ourreal-denominated debt that is indexed to take into account the effects of inflation or bears interest at rates that are partially adjusted for inflation;

 

our compliance with our quality of service obligations under the General Plan on Quality Goals and our network expansion and modernization obligations under the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and our concession agreements, the amount of the fines assessed against us by ANATEL for alleged failures to meet these obligations and our success in challenging fines that we believe are assessed in error; and

 

  changes in the exchange rates of thereal/ against the U.S. dollar, exchange rate, including the 13.4%1.5% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar during 20142017, the 16.5% appreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar during 2016, and the 14.6%47.0% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar during 2013,2015, which has affected our financial expenses as a result of exchange variations on our indebtedness denominated in U.S. dollars, and the cost inreais of a substantial portion of the network equipment that we purchase for our capital expenditure projects, the prices of which are denominated in U.S. dollars or are U.S. dollar-linked; anddollar-linked.

the level of our outstanding indebtedness, fluctuations in LIBOR and benchmark interest rates in Brazil, principally the CDI rate and the TJLP rate, which affects our interest expenses on our floating rate debt.

Our financial condition and liquidity is influenced by a variety of factors, including:

our ability to generate cash flows from our operations;

prevailing Brazilian and international interest rates, which affect our debt service requirements;

our ability to borrow funds from Brazilian and international financial institutions and to sell our debt securities in the Brazilian securities markets, which is influenced by a number of factors discussed below;

the success of our program to monetize non-core assets;

our capital expenditure requirements, primarily relating to a variety of projects designed to expand and upgrade our data transmission networks, our mobile services networks, our voice transmission networks, our information technology equipment and our telecommunications services infrastructure; and

the requirement under the Brazilian Corporation Law and our by-laws that we pay dividends on an annual basis in an amount equal to at least 25% of our adjusted net income, unless our board of directors deems it inconsistent with our financial position.

Corporate Reorganization

On February 27, 2012, the shareholders of TNL, Telemar, Coari and Brasil Telecom approved a series of transactions including:

a split-off (cisão) and merger of shares (incorporação de ações) under Brazilian law in which:

Telemar transferred its shares of Coari to Coari;

Coari assumed a portion of the liabilities of Telemar, which became joint and several liabilities of Telemar and Coari or obligations of Coari guaranteed by Telemar;

Coari issued one common share and/or one preferred share to the holders of Telemar common and preferred shares (other than the shares of holders who exercised their withdrawal rights with respect to such shares) in exchange for each of their common and preferred shares of Telemar, respectively; and

Coari retained the Telemar shares exchanged for Coari shares and as a result, Telemar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Coari;

a merger (incorporação) under Brazilian law of Coari with and into our company, with our company as the surviving company, which we refer to as the Coari merger, in which:

each issued and then outstanding share of Brasil Telecom held by Coari and all Coari shares held in treasury were cancelled;

each issued and then outstanding common share of Coari was converted automatically into 51.149 common shares of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding preferred share of Coari was converted automatically into 3.904 common shares of Brasil Telecom and 40.034 preferred shares of Brasil Telecom;

Coari ceased to exist; and

Telemar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brasil Telecom; and

a merger (incorporação) under Brazilian law of TNL with and into our company, with our company as the surviving company, which we refer to as the TNL merger, in which:

each TNL share held in treasury prior to the TNL merger was cancelled, and each issued and then outstanding share of Brasil Telecom held by TNL was cancelled, other than 2,464,787 common shares of Brasil Telecom, which were transferred to the treasury of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding common share of TNL (other than common shares held by shareholders who exercised their withdrawal rights with respect to such common shares) was converted automatically into 23.122 common shares of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding preferred share of TNL was converted automatically into 1.879 common shares of Brasil Telecom and 19.262 preferred shares of Brasil Telecom; and

TNL ceased to exist.

In addition, on February 27, 2012, our shareholders approved:

the issuance and distribution of (1) one Class B redeemable preferred share of our company to the holder of each of our common shares, and (2) one Class C redeemable preferred share of our company to the holder of each of our preferred shares; and

the redemption of each Class B redeemable preferred share and Class C redeemable preferred share at a redemption price equal to R$25.43282 per share, or an aggregate of R$1,502 million.

Holders of Telemar common shares, class A preferred shares and class B preferred shares and holders of TNL preferred shares as of the close of trading on May 23, 2011, the date prior to the publication of the Relevant Fact that first announced the split-off and share exchange and the TNL merger were entitled to withdrawal rights in connection with the split-off and share exchange and the TNL merger. Shareholders who exercised these withdrawal rights with respect to the Telemar shares were entitled to receive R$74.37 per share and shareholders who exercised these withdrawal rights with respect to the TNL preferred shares were entitled to receive R$28.93 per share. As of March 29, 2012, the expiration of the period for the exercise of these withdrawal rights, holders of 1,020,215 Telemar common shares, 17,856,585 Telemar class A preferred shares, 47,714 Telemar class B preferred shares and 20,446,097 TNL preferred shares had validly exercised their withdrawal rights for an aggregate cost to our company of R$1,999 million.

Oi Capital Increase and Acquisition of PT Portugal

On October 1, 2013, we entered into a memorandum of understanding, or the Memorandum of Understanding, with PT SGPS, AG Telecom, LF Tel, PASA, EDSP, Bratel Brasil, BES and Ongoing, in which we and they agreed to the principles governing a series of transactions, including a business combination involving three principal components:

A capital increase of our company that was concluded on May 5, 2014 in which we issued 121,674,063 of our common shares and 280,483,641 of our preferred shares for an aggregate amount of R$8,250 million in cash, and 104,580,393 of our common shares and 172,025,273 of our preferred shares to PT SGPS in exchange for the contribution by PT SGPS to our company of all of the shares of its subsidiary PT Portugal.

A proposed merger of shares under Brazilian law, a Brazilian transaction in which, subject to the approvals of the holders of voting shares of our company and TmarPart, (1) each issued and then outstanding common share of our company not owned by TmarPart was to be converted automatically into one TmarPart common share, (2) each issued and then outstanding preferred share of our company not owned by TmarPart was to be converted automatically into 0.9211 TmarPart common shares, and (3) we were to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of TmarPart; this proposed merger of shares was subsequently abandoned.

a proposed merger (incorporação) under Portuguese and Brazilian law of PT SGPS with and into TmarPart, with TmarPart as the surviving company in which the shareholders of PT SGPS were to receive an aggregate number of TmarPart shares equal to the number of TmarPart shares held by PT SGPS immediately prior to the merger; this proposed merger was subsequently abandoned.

In May 2014, we completed the Oi capital increase in which we issued:

121,674,063 of our common shares and 280,483,641 of our preferred shares for an aggregate of R$8,250 million; and

104,580,393 of our common shares and 172,025,273 of our preferred shares to PT SGPS in exchange for the contribution by PT SGPS to us of all of the outstanding shares of PT Portugal.

For more information about the Oi capital increase, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development— Oi Capital Increase and Acquisition of PT Portugal.” For more information about the assets and businesses of PT Portugal acquired in the Oi capital increase, see “Item 4. Information on Our Company—Operations in Portugal” and “Item 4. Information on Our Company—Operations in Africa.”

Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange

Subsequent to the acquisition of PT Portugal on May 5, 2014, we discovered that (1) PT Portugal had subscribed to €200 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte that matured in July 2014, and (2) PTIF, which has been a wholly-owned subsidiary of PT Portugal at all times since May 5, 2014, had subscribed to

€697 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte that matured in July 2014. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, we became the creditor under this commercial paper.

On July 15 and 17, 2014, Rio Forte defaulted on the commercial paper held by PT Portugal and PTIF. On September 8, 2014, we, TmarPart, PT SGPS, PT Portugal and PTIF entered into the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement. Under the PT Exchange Agreement, PT Portugal and PTIF agreed to transfer the defaulted Rio Forte commercial paper to PT SGPS and PT SGPS agreed to deliver to PT Portugal and PTIF an aggregate of 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares, representing 16.9% of our outstanding share capital, including 17.1% of our outstanding voting capital prior to giving effect to the exchange.

On March 24, 2015, PT Portugal assigned its rights under the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement to PTIF. On March 27, 2015, PT Portugal assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Rio Forte commercial paper that it owned to PTIF. On March 30, 2015, the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement were completed through the transfer of Rio Forte commercial paper in the aggregate amount of €897 million to PT SGPS in exchange for 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares.

Under the PT Option Agreement, PTIF has granted to PT SGPS an option to acquire 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares.

For more information about the PT Exchange and the PT Option, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange.”

Proposed Sale of PT Portugal

Based on a reevaluation of our business strategy following these events, we determined that it was in the best interest of our company to dispose of PT Portugal and we commenced a sale process which led to the execution on December 9, 2014 of a Share Purchase Agreement among Oi, Altice Portugal and Altice. Under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, we have agreed to sell all of the share capital of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal for a purchase price equal to the enterprise value of PT Portugal of €6,900 million, subject to adjustments based on the financial debt, cash and working capital of PT Portugal on the closing date, plus an additional earn-out amount of €500 million in the event that the consolidated revenues of PT Portugal and its subsidiaries (as of the closing date) for any single year between the year ending December 31, 2015 and the year ending December 31, 2019 is equal to or exceeds € 2,750 million.

The closing under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement is conditioned on, among other things:

The completion of a PT Portugal reorganization in a manner that will result in our retaining:

100% of the share capital of PTIF;

100% of the share capital of PT Participações, which will hold the direct and indirect interests that we currently hold in Africatel TPT;

100% of the share capital of PTII;

100% of the share capital of CVTEL; and

100% of the share capital of Carrigans.

The release of PT Portugal from its obligations under a variety of debt instruments to which it is a party.

Altice has informed us that on April 20, 2015, the European Commission declared the purchase and sale of PT Portugal was cleared on the condition that Altice sells its interest in Cabovisão and Oni Telecom. The European Commission also rejected the request previously made by the Portuguese Competition Authority to analyse and review the transaction. On the same date, the Portuguese Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisory Authority also issued a decision of non-opposition to the indirect acquisition by Altice Portugal of a qualifying holding in PT Portugal’s subsidiary Previsão – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, S.A.

Although some of the conditions to the closing under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement are beyond our control, we expect that the closing of this sale will occur during the second quarter of 2015. For more information on the proposed sale of PT Portugal and the PTP Share Purchase Agreement, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Proposed Sale of PT Portugal.”

Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies

Presentation of Financial Statements

We have prepared our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 20142017 and 20132016 and for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015 in accordance with Brazilian GAAP, which differs in certain important respects from U.S. GAAP. Differences between Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP, where applicableunder the assumption that we will continue as a going concern.

Under U.S. GAAP, our management is required to assess whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about our companyability to continue as a going concern within one year after our financial statements are summarizedissued. Our management’s assessment of our ability to continue as a going concern is discussed in note 301 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. As of December 31, 2017, our management had taken relevant steps in the RJ Process, particularly the preparation, presentation and approval of the RJ Plan, which allows our viability and continuity, and the approval of the RJ Plan by our creditors on December 20, 2017. Since December 31 2017, the RJ Plan has been confirmed by the RJ Court and our management has been making the necessary efforts to implement and monitor the RJ Plan based on the understanding that our financial statements were prepared with a going concern assumption.

We incurred net losses in 2017, 2016, and 2015. We have a substantial level of indebtedness and have experienced a decline in consolidated revenues. Our commencement of the RJ Proceedings constituted an event of default of our debt and other obligations. These conditions result in material uncertainty that gives rise to substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year subsequent to December 31, 2017. We believe that our ability to continue as a going concern is contingent upon our ability to implement the RJ Plan, to maintain existing customer, vendor and other relationships and to maintain sufficient liquidity throughout the RJ Proceedings, among other factors.

Our consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities or any other adjustments that might be necessary should we be unable to continue as a going concern. While operating as under the jurisdiction of the RJ court, we may sell or otherwise dispose of or liquidate assets or settle liabilities, subject to the approval of the RJ Court, or as otherwise permitted in the ordinary course of business, for amounts other than those reflected in our consolidated financial statements.

Accounting for RJ Proceedings

As a result of the RJ Proceedings (which are considered to be similar in all substantive respects to proceedings under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code), we have applied ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements separately disclose and distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with our reorganization from transactions and events that are associated with the ongoing operations of our business. Accordingly, expenses, gains, losses and provisions for losses that are realized or incurred in the RJ Proceedings have been recorded under the classification “Restructuring expenses” in our consolidated statements of operations. In addition, our prepetition obligations that may be impacted by the RJ Proceedings based on our assessment of these obligations following the guidance of ASC 852 have been classified on our balance sheet as “Liabilities subject to compromise.” Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise are required to be reported at the amount allowed as a claim by the RJ Court, regardless of whether they may be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of the RJ Court or other events.

In connection with our emergence from the RJ Proceedings, we may be required to adopt fresh start accounting, upon which our assets and liabilities will be recorded at their fair value. The fair values of our assets and liabilities as of that date may differ materially from the recorded values of its assets and liabilities as reflected in our historical consolidated financial statements. In addition, our adoption of fresh start accounting may materially affect our results of operations following the fresh start reporting dates as we may have a new basis in our assets and liabilities. Consequently, our financial statements following our adoption of fresh start accounting may not be comparable with our financial statements prior to that date and the our historical financial statements may not be reliable indicators of our financial condition and results of operations for any period after we adopt fresh start accounting. We concluded that we are not required to adopt fresh start accounting as of December 31, 2017 and we are in the process of evaluating the potential impact of fresh start accounting on our consolidated financial statements in future periods.

Restatement of 2015 Financial Statements

The RJ Proceedings prompted us to perform a detailed analysis on the completeness and the accuracy of the judicial deposits and accounting balances of the other assets of the RJ Debtors. As a result, we identified weaknesses in some of our operational and financial reporting controls and procedures. For more information with respect to the identified material weaknesses in Oi’s internal control over financial reporting and the steps that Oi has undertaken to remediate these material weaknesses, see “Item 15. Controls and Procedures.”

Additionally, we determined the need to restate previously issued financial statements and related disclosures to correct errors. Accordingly, we are restating our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. Restatement adjustments attributable to fiscal year 2014 and previous fiscal years are reflected as a net adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2015.

The errors detected and corrected in our financial statements related to our judicial deposits, our provisions for contingencies, intragroup balances, tax credits and estimates of revenue from services rendered and not yet billed to customers, as described below.

As part of our negotiations of our RJ Plan, we obtained information from creditors that were also the depositaries of certain of our judicial deposits that was more recent and more detailed than the information with respect to these judicial deposits that was previously available to us. In addition, we were able to use new IT tools to collect updated information from website of various courts related to lawsuits for which we had made judicial deposits due to the increased use of digitalization processes by these courts. Finally the suspension of court claims against us during the pendency of our RJ proceedings resulted in a lower number of new lawsuits against us and prevented our posting of new judicial deposits.

Based on the information available to us, we reviewed some of our processes and controls related to judicial deposits. As a result of this review, we identified the errors related to (1) judicial deposits that were recognized in our balance sheet but were withdrawn in previous years by the plaintiff following unfavorable court decisions, and (2) the calculation of the statistical provision for civil and labor contingencies.

As of January 1, 2015, we wrote off R$3,133 million of judicial deposits already withdrawn and increased our provision for contingencies by R$493 million. As a result of the increase in provision for contingencies, thewrite-off of judicial deposits and the correction of the corresponding inflation adjustments on the written off judicial deposits, our restated net loss during 2015 increased by R$1,163 million compared to our net loss previously reported.

In connection with the preparation of our creditors list as part of the RJ proceedings, we performed procedures to obtain supporting documentation, which resulted in our collecting information necessary to reconcile intragroup balances. Errors discovered in the reconciliation of these intragroup balances led us to recognize additional accounts payable of R$172 million as of January 1, 2015 and to write off accounts receivable of R$167 million as of January 1, 2015, in each case related to those intragroup balances. As a result of the increase in accounts payable and thewrite-off of accounts receivable, our restated net loss during 2015 decreased by R$59 million compared to our net loss previously reported.

In connection with our internal control over financial reporting, we concluded that we had recorded balances related to direct and indirect tax credits that have expired or for which we do not have adequate supporting documentation to claim a refund from tax authorities. As of January 1, 2015, we wrote off R$199 million of unrecoverable tax credits previously recognized under taxes, and R$52 million of unrecoverable tax credits previously recognized under other assets.

We estimate revenue from services provided and not yet billed to customers using the available information provided by our operating systems. In connection with our internal control over financial reporting, we identified that the most recent operational information available as of January 1, 2015 was not used by us to estimate the revenue from our services rendered and not yet billed to customers as of that date. As a result, we wrote off R$191 million of provision for estimated unbilled revenue as of January 1, 2015.

The following table summarizes the impact of the restatement on our previously reported consolidated balance sheet:

   Balances as
previously
presented at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Current assets:

      

Trade accounts receivable, net (1), (2)

   R$8,380    R$(370)    R$8,010 

Other taxes (3)

   923    (199)    724 

Other assets

   28,912    —      28,912 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

   38,214    (569)    37,645 

Non-current assets:

      

Judicial deposits

   13,119    (4,166)    8,953 

Other assets

   48,002    (54)    47,947 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   R$99,335    R$(4,789)    R$94,545 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

      

Trade payables (1)

   R$5,036    R$218    R$5,253 

Provisions (4)

   1,021    319    1,340 

Other liabilities

   19,548    —      19,548 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   25,605    537    26,142 

Non-current liabilities:

      

Provisions (4)

   3,414    303    3,717 

Other liabilities

   53,669    —      53,669 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   82,688    840    83,528 

Shareholders’ equity:

      

Shareholders’ equity

   16,646    (5,629)    11,017 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   R$99,335    R$(4,789)    R$94,545 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Realization of intragroup balances
(2)Inappropriate estimate of revenue from services rendered and not billed
(3)Realization of tax credits
(4)Derecognition of judicial deposits and increase of provisions for contingencies

The following table summarizes the impact of the restatement on our previously reported consolidated statement of operations:

   Balances as
previously
presented
at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments
(1)
   Adjustments
(2)
   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Net operating revenue

   R$27,354    R$—      R$—      R$27,354 

Cost of sales and services

   (16,250)    —      —      (16,250) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

   11,104    —      —      11,104 

Selling expenses

   (4,720)    —      —      (4,720) 

General and administrative expenses

   (3,912)    —      —      (3,912) 

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (1,258)    (976)    (59)    (2,294) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) before financial expenses, net, and taxes

   1,213    (976)    (59)    177 

Financial expenses, net

   (6,538)    (186)    —      (6,724) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) of continuing operations before taxes

   (5,325)    (1,163)    (59)    (6,547) 

Income tax and social contribution

   (3,380)    —      —      (3,380) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) of continuing operations

   (8,705)    (1,163)    (59)    (9,927) 

Net income (loss) of discontinued operations, net of taxes

   (867)    —      —      (867) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   R$(9,572)    R$(1,163)    R$(59)    R$(10,794) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to controlling shareholders

   R$(9,159)    R$(1,163)    R$(59)    R$(10,381) 

Net income (loss) attributable tonon-controlling shareholders

   (413)    —      —      (413) 

(1)Derecognition of judicial deposits and increase of provisions for contingencies
(2)Realization of intragroup balances

The following table summarizes the impact of the restatement on our previously reported consolidated statement of cash flows:

   Balances as
previously
presented at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Operating activities:

      

Net loss for the year

   R$(9,572)    R$(1,222)    R$(10,794) 

Discontinued operations, net of tax

   867    —      867 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities:

      

Loss (gain on financial instruments)

   6,443    (34)    6,409 

Contingencies

   567    976    1,542 

Other non-cash items

   (89)    280    191 

Other

   246    —      246 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flow from operating activities – continuing operations

   (1,539)    —      (1,539) 

Cash flow from operating activities – discontinued operations

   485    —      485 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash generated (used) in operating activities

   (1,054)    —      (1,054) 

Net cash (used) generated in investing activities

   12,543    —      12,543 

Net cash (used) generated in financing activities

   (2,357)    —      (2,357) 

Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents

   3,316    —      3,316 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   12,449    —      12,449 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

   2,449    —      2,449 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

   R$14,898    R$—      R$14,898 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Business Segments and Presentation of Segment Financial Data

As a resultWe use operating segment information for decision-making. We have identified only one operating segment that corresponds to the telecommunications business in Brazil.

The Telecommunications in Brazil segment includes our telecommunications business in Brazil, In addition to our telecommunications business in Brazil, we conduct other businesses that individually or in aggregate do not meet any of our acquisition of PT Portugal, wethe quantitative indicators that would require their disclosure as reportable business segments. These businesses are conducted primarily by Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique, ELTA – Empresa de Listas Telefónicas de Angola, and Timor Telecom, which provide fixed and mobile telecommunications services and publish telephone directories in Africa and Asia, and which have been consolidated the results of PT Portugal and its subsidiaries intoin our financial statements as fromsince May 5, 2014. Following our acquisition of PT Portugal, we implemented a new organizational structure that we believe reflects our business activities and corresponds to our principal services. As a result, we had two business units and reported our results in two corresponding segments to reflect this organizational structure:

Telecommunications in Brazil—This segment includes our services in Brazil, Africa and Asia, including operations that were reported as part of our Fixed-Line and Data Transmission Services, Mobile Services and Other Services segments in prior periods. Prior to our acquisition of PT Portugal, we accounted for our operations under three segments: Fixed-Line and Data Transmission Services, Mobile Services, and Other Services. As a result of our implementation of our new organizational structure, our three previously existing segments have been combined into our Telecommunications in Brazil segment.

Telecommunications in Portugal—This segment included our services in Portugal, consisting of the operations conducted by PT Portugal’s subsidiaries PT Comunicações, Meo, PT Inovação e Sistemas and PT Data Center, which, as a result of our acquisition of all of the outstanding share capital of PT Portugal on May 5, 2014, we have consolidated as from May 5, 2014. As a result of our decision to sell our Portuguese operations, we now account for these operations as discontinued operations and no longer report results of this segment.

Following our decision to sell PT Portugal, we have reclassified the operations conducted by our Telecommunications in Portugal segment as discontinued operations and as of and for the year ended December 31, 2014 report only one segment – our Telecommunications in Brazil segment. Within our Telecommunications in Brazil segment, our management assesses revenue generation based on customer segmentation into the following categories:

 

Residential Services, focused on the sale of fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services (broadband), andPay-TV;

 

Personal Mobility Services, focused on the sale of mobile telephony services to post-paidpostpaid (subscription) and pre-paidprepaid customers that include voice services and data communication services; and

 

SMEs/Corporate,B2B Services, which includes corporate solutions offered to our small,medium-sized, and large corporate customers, including voice services and corporate data solutions.

We evaluatesolutions and manage business segment performance based on information prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP,wholesale interconnection and accordingly, the segment data included in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Oi” section is presented under Brazilian GAAP.

traffic transportation services to other telecommunications providers.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our critical accounting policies and estimates are described in note 2(c)2 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report. In preparing our consolidated financial statements we relied onin conformity with U.S. GAAP, our management uses estimates and assumptions derived frombased on historical experience and various other factors, thatincluding expected future events, which we deemedconsider reasonable and relevant. Critical accounting policies are those that are important to the portrayal of our consolidated financial position and results of operations and require management’s subjective and complex judgments, estimates and assumptions. The application of these critical accounting policies oftenfrequently requires judgments made by management regarding the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain with respect to our resultsthe outcomes of operationstransactions and the carrying value of our assets and liabilities. Our actual results of operations and financial position may differ from those set forth in our consolidated financial statements, if our actual experience differs from management’s assumptions and estimates. In order to provide an understanding of our critical accounting policies, including some of the variables and assumptions underlying the estimates, and the sensitivity of those assumptions and estimates to different parameters and conditions, we set forth below a discussion of our critical accounting policies relating to:

 

revenue recognition and trade receivables;

 

provision for doubtful accounts;

depreciation of property, plant and equipment;

 

impairment of long-lived assets;

provisions;allowances for doubtful accounts;

 

fair value of derivative financial instruments and other financial instruments;available-for-sale investments;

 

deferred income taxes and social contribution;

 

employee benefits;impairment of long-lived assets;

defined postretirement benefit plans;

contingencies; and

 

amortizationestimate of intangible assets.expected amount of the allowed claims in the RJ Proceedings.

Revenue Recognition and Trade Receivables

Our revenues correspond primarily to the amount of the payments received or receivable from sales of services in the regular course of our activities and our subsidiaries’ activities.

Service revenue is recognized when services are provided. Local and long distance calls are charged based on time measurement according to the legislation in effect. The services charged based on monthly fixed amounts are calculated and recorded on a straight-line basis. Prepaid services are recognized as unearned revenues and recognized in revenue as these services are used by customers.

Revenue from sales of handsets and accessories is recognized when these items are delivered and accepted by the customers. Discounts on services provided and sales of cell phones and accessories are taken into consideration in the recognition policyof the related revenue. Revenues involving transactions with multiple elements are identified in relation to each one of their components, and the recognition criteria are applied on an individual basis. Revenue is not recognized when there is significant because ouruncertainty as to its realization.

Our revenue is a material component of our results of operations. Management’s determination of price, collectability and the rights to receive certain revenues for the use of our network are based on judgments regarding the nature of the fee charged for services rendered, the price for certain services delivered and the collectability of those revenues. Should changes in conditions cause management to conclude that these criteria are not met for certain transactions, the amount of accounts receivable could be adversely affected. In addition, for certain categories of revenue we rely upon revenue recognition measurement guidelines set by ANATEL.

Revenues are generally recognized on an accrual basis. Revenues from local fixed-line, long-distance and post-paid mobile calls and data transmission services are recognized when services are provided. Services provided and not billed at the end of each month are estimated and recorded on an accrual basis. Late-payment interest is recognized upon the issuance of the first bill following the payment of the overdue bill.

Revenues from pre-paid mobile cards are recognized based on the use of the respective credits. Revenue from the sale of public telephone cards is recognized when the credits are effectively consumed by customers. Revenues related to the sale of mobile handsets and accessories are accounted for when the goods are delivered and accepted by the customer.

Revenues from the usage of our network by other telecommunications service providers are recorded based on a formal document of declared traffic and services rendered, the Traffic Exchange Declaration (Documento de Declaração de Tráfego e Prestação de Serviço), or DETRAF, issued by an independent, outsourced clearinghouse.

We consider revenue recognition to be a critical accounting policy, because of the uncertainties caused by different factors such as the complex information technology required, high volume of transactions, fraud and piracy, accounting regulations, management’s determination of collectability and uncertainties regarding our right to receive certain revenues (mainly revenues for use of our network). Significant changes in these factors could cause us to fail to recognize revenues or to recognize revenues that we may not be able to realize in the future, despite our internal controls and procedures. We have not identified any significant need to change our revenue recognition policy.

Provision for Doubtful Accounts

Our provision for doubtful accounts is established in order to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable and takes into account limitations we impose to restrict the provision of services to customers with past-due accounts and actions we take to collect delinquent accounts. We include government entities, corporate customers and other telecommunications service providers in the basis for our calculation of the provision for doubtful accounts. For additional information regarding our provision for doubtful accounts, see note 9 to our consolidated financial statements.

We have entered into agreements with certain customers to collect past-due accounts receivable, including agreements allowing customers to settle their delinquent accounts in installments. The amounts that we actually fail to collect in respect of these accounts may differ from the amount of the allowance established, and additional allowances may be required.

Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment

We depreciate property, plant and equipment using the straight-line method at rates we judge compatible with the useful lives of the underlying assets. The depreciation rates of our most significant assets are presented in note 1413 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report. The useful lives of assets in certain categories may vary based on whether they are used primarily to provide fixed-line or mobile services. We review the estimated useful lives of the assets taking into consideration technical obsolescence and a valuation by outside experts.

Given the complex nature of our property, plant and equipment, the estimates of useful lives require considerable judgment and are inherently uncertain, due to rapidly changing technology and industry practices, which could cause early obsolescence of our property, plant and equipment. If we materially change our assumptions of useful lives and if external market conditions require us to determine the possible obsolescence of our property, plant and equipment, our depreciation expense, obsolescencewrite-off and consequently net book value of our property, plant and equipment could be materially different.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Our allowance for doubtful accounts is established in order to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable and takes into account limitations we impose to restrict the provision of services to customers withpast-due accounts and actions we take to collect delinquent accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts estimate is recognized in an amount considered sufficient to cover possible losses on the realization of these receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts estimate is prepared based on historic default rates. For additional information regarding our allowance for doubtful accounts, see note 8 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

We have entered into agreements with certain customers to collectpast-due accounts receivable, including agreements allowing customers to settle their delinquent accounts in installments. The amounts that we actually fail to collect in respect of these accounts may differ from the amount of the allowance established, and additional allowance may be required.

Fair Value ofAvailable-for-Sale Investments

Our investments in Unitel, including our investment in its declared and unpaid dividends, and CVT are classified asavailable-for-sale investments and have been valued at fair value according to the operating assets used as basis in the valuation of these investments at the time of our May 2014 capital increase. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, onavailable-for-sale investments are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income until realized.

The fair value of theavailable-for-sale investments is estimated based on the internal valuation made, including cash flows forecasts for a five-year period, the choice of a growth rate to extrapolate the cash flows projections, and definition of appropriate discount rates and foreign exchange rates consistent with the reality of each country where the businesses are located. In addition to the financial and business assumptions referred to above, we also take into consideration the fair value measurement of cash investments, qualitative assumptions, including the impacts of developments in the lawsuits filed against third parties, and the opinion of the legal counsel on the outcome of these lawsuits. With regard to the impairment test of dividends, we use financial assumptions on the discount rate in time and the foreign exchange rate, and use qualitative assumptions based on the opinion of the legal counsel on the outcome of filed against Unitel for the nonpayment of dividends and interest. We monitor and periodically update the key assumptions and critical estimates used to calculate fair value.

During 2017 and 2016, we recorded losses onavailable-for-sale financial assets of US$39 million and US$242 million, respectively, resulting from the revision of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel, the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange rate losses related to the depreciation of the Kwanza against the U.S. dollar and thereal.

Our estimates of future cash flows from ouravailable-for-sale investments may not necessarily be indicative of the amounts that could be obtained in the current market. The use of different assumptions to measure the fair value ofavailable-for-sale investments could have a material effect on the amounts obtained and not necessarily be indicative of the cash amounts that we would receive on the disposal of anavailable-for-sale investment.

Deferred Income Taxes and Social Contribution

Income taxes in Brazil are calculated and paid on a legal entity basis, and there are no consolidated tax returns. Accordingly, we only recognize deferred tax assets, related to tax loss carryforwards and temporary differences, if it is likely that they will be realized on a legal entity basis.

We recognize and settle taxes on income based on the results of operations determined in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law, taking into consideration the provisions of Brazilian tax law, which are materially different from the amounts calculated for U.S. GAAP purposes. Under U.S. GAAP, we recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the taxable bases of the assets and liabilities, and tax loss carryforwards are recorded in assets or liabilities, as applicable. We recognize the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.

We regularly test deferred tax assets for impairment and recognize a provision for impairment losses when it is probable that these assets may not be realized, based on the history of taxable income, the projection of future taxable income, and the time estimated for the reversal of existing temporary differences. These projections require the use of estimates and assumptions. In order to project future taxable income, we need to estimate future taxable revenues and deductible expenses, which are subject to a variety of external and internal factors, such as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products sold by our company. The use of different estimates and assumptions could result in the recognition of a provision for impairment losses for the entire or a significant portion of the deferred tax assets.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We testLong-lived assets include assets that do not have indefinite lives, such as property, plant, and equipment, items and purchased intangible assets for impairment whenever (1) we decidesubject to discontinue activities in which suchamortization. These assets are used, or (2) there is evidence that future operating results will not be sufficient to ensure their realization.

Assets with finite useful lives are testedreviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. We test asset with indefinite useful lives (goodwill) for impairment at least annually.

Impairment losses, if any, are recognized in an amount by which the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible impairment, we first compare the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by that asset or asset group to its carrying amount. If the carrying amount of the long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable on an undiscounted cash flow basis, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the carrying amount exceeds its recoverablefair value. RecoverableFair value is the higher of fair value less cost to sell and the value in use. These calculations require the use of judgments and assumptions. The determination of fairdetermined through various valuation techniques including discounted cash flow models, quoted market values and discounted future operating cash flows requires that we make certain assumptions and estimates with respect to projected cash inflows

and cash outflows related to future revenue, costs and expenses. These assumptions and estimates may be influenced by different external and internal factors, suchthird-party independent appraisals, as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products sold by our company. The use of different assumptions and estimates could significantly change our consolidated financial statements.deemed necessary.

We have not recorded any impairment of our long-lived assets during the three years ended December 31, 2014.2017.

ProvisionsDefined Postretirement Benefit Plans

We recognize provisionssponsor certain defined postretirement benefit plans for losses in labor, taxour employees. We record liabilities for defined postretirement benefits plan based on actuarial valuations which are calculated based on assumptions and civil proceedings,estimates regarding discount rates, investment returns, inflation rates for future periods, mortality indices and projected employment levels relating to postretirement benefit liabilities. The accuracy of these assumptions and estimates will determine whether we have created sufficient reserves for the costs of accumulated defined postretirement benefits plans, and the amount we are required to disburse each year to fund postretirement benefits plans. These assumptions and estimates are subject to significant fluctuations due to different external and internal factors, such as well as administrative proceedings. The recognitioneconomic trends, social indicators, our capacity to create new jobs and our ability to retain our employees. All of a provisionthese assumptions are reviewed at the end of each reporting period. If these assumptions and estimates are not accurate, we may be required to revise our reserves for defined postretirement benefits, which could materially impact our results of operations.

Contingencies

Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessment, litigation, fines and penalties are recorded when it is probable that the liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated, based on the assessmentopinion of management and itsin-house and outside legal counsel. The amounts are recognized based on the cost of the riskexpected outcome of loss made for each proceeding, which includes assessing available evidence and recent decisions.ongoing lawsuits.

We classify our risk of loss in legal proceedings as remote, possible or probable. Provisions recorded in our consolidated financial statements in connection with these proceedings reflect reasonably estimated losses at the relevant date as determined by our management after consultation with our general counsel and the outside legal counsel. As discussed in note 2118 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report, we record as a liability our estimate of the costs of resolution of such claims, when we consider our losses probable. We continually evaluate the provisions based on changes in relevant facts, circumstances and events, such as judicial decisions, that may impact the estimates, which could have a material impact on our results of operations and shareholders’ equity. While management believes that the current provision is adequate, it is possible that our assumptions used to estimate the provision and, therefore, our estimates of loss in respect of any given contingency will change in the future based on changes in the relevant situation. This may therefore result in changes in future provisioning for legal claims. For more information regarding material pending claims against our company, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings” and note 2118 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report.

Fair ValueEstimate of Derivative Financial Instruments and Other Financial Instruments

We recognize derivative financial instruments at fair value based on future cash flow estimates associated with each instrument contracted. The financial assets available for sale related to our investment in Unitel have been valued at fair value according toExpected Amount of the operating assets used as basisAllowed Claims in the valuation related to the Oi capital increase. RJ Proceedings

Our estimates of future cash flows may not necessarily be indicativeestimate of the amounts that could be obtainedexpected amount of the allowed claims in the current market. The use of different assumptionsRJ Proceedings is a significant estimate. Future actions and decisions by the RJ Court may differ significantly from our own estimate, potentially having material future effects on our financial statements, particularly on liabilities subject to measure the fair value could have a material effect oncompromise. Furthermore, these liabilities are reported as the amounts obtained and not necessarilyexpected to be indicative ofallowed by the cash amounts that we would receive or pay to settle such transactions.

As a result of the execution of the agreementRJ Court, even if they may be settled for the sale of PT Portugal, we valued this investment at its fair value, as the lower of its carrying amount and its fair value less costs to sell. The fair value calculation assumptions of the investment in PT Portugal are subject to the adjustments usually adopted in similar transactions.

Deferred Income Taxes and Social Contribution

Income taxes in Brazil are calculated and paid on a legal entity basis, and there are no consolidated tax returns. Accordingly, we only recognize deferred tax assets, related to tax loss carryforwards and temporary differences, if it is likely that they willlesser amounts. There may be realized on a legal entity basis.

We recognize and settle taxes on income based on the results of operations determined in accordance with the Brazilian Corporation Law, taking into consideration the provisions of Brazilian tax law, which are materially different from the amounts calculated for Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP purposes. Under Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP, we recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities based on thesignificant differences between the carrying amountssettled amount and the taxable basesexpected amount of the assets and liabilities.

We regularly test deferred tax assets for impairment and recognize a provision for impairment losses when it is probable that these assets may not be realized, based on the history of taxable income, the projection of future taxable income, and the time estimated for the reversal of existing temporary differences. These projections requireallowed claim.

the use of estimates and assumptions. In order to project future taxable income, we need to estimate future taxable revenues and deductible expenses, which are subject to a variety of external and internal factors, such as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products sold by our company. The use of different estimates and assumptions could result in the recognition of a provision for impairment losses for the entire or a significant portion of the deferred tax assets.

Employee Benefits

We record liabilities for employee benefits based on actuarial valuations which are calculated based on assumptions and estimates regarding discount rates, investment returns, inflation rates for future periods, mortality indices and projected employment levels relating to pension fund benefit liabilities. The accuracy of these assumptions and estimates will determine whether we have created sufficient reserves for the costs of accumulated pensions and healthcare plans, and the amount we are required to disburse each year to fund pension benefits. These assumptions and estimates are subject to significant fluctuations due to different external and internal factors, such as economic trends, social indicators, our capacity to create new jobs and our ability to retain our employees. All of these assumptions are reviewed at the end of each reporting period. If these assumptions and estimates are not accurate, we may be required to revise our reserves for pension benefits, which could materially impact our results of operations.

The Brazilian Accounting Pronouncements Committee has adopted amendments to CPC 33, “Employee Benefits,” that changed the accounting for defined benefit plans and termination benefits. This amendment eliminated the use of the corridor approach to recognizing actuarial gains and losses of defined benefit plans and required that actuarial gains and losses was recognized directly in the other comprehensive income component of shareholders’ equity. This amendment became effective for periods ending on or after January 1, 2013. The revision of our accounting for defined benefit plans and termination benefits in compliance with this amendment had a negative impact on our shareholders’ equity of R$314 million (R$207 million net of taxes) as of December 31, 2012.

Amortization of Intangible Assets

Intangible assets consist primarily of authorizations to provide personal mobile services and radio frequency licenses, licenses to use software and goodwill on the acquisition of investments, which is calculated based on expected future economic benefits.

Amortization of intangible assets, other than goodwill, is calculated under the straight-line method over (1) the effective term of the authorization to provide personal mobile services or of the radio frequency license, or (2) over a maximum period of five years in the case of software licenses.

We do not amortize goodwill in our consolidated statements of income and we are required to test goodwill for impairment at least on an annual basis.

Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Effects of Investmentthe RJ Proceedings and Our Financial Restructuring

In June 2016, as a result of several factors affecting our liquidity, we anticipated that we would no longer be able to comply with our payment obligations under our loans and financing transactions and we concluded that filing of a request for judicial reorganization in Brazil would be the most appropriate course of action (1) to preserve the continuity of our offering of quality services to our customers, within the rules and Proposed Divestmentcommitments undertaken with ANATEL, (2) to preserve the value of our company, (3) to maintain the continuity of our operations and corporate activities in an organized manner that protects the interests of our company, customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and (4) to protect our cash and cash equivalents.

Our liquidity crisis was resulted principally from:

the deterioration of the Brazilian economy, which suffered low or negative GDP growth for several years and increased levels of unemployment, with negative effects on (1) our ability to retract and retain customers, and corresponding negative effects on our net operating revenue, and (2) due to increases in Brazilian interest rates and the depreciation of thereal, increases in our financing expenses;

the increasingly marginal (or in some instances, negative) returns that we achieved through network expansion designed to meet the universalization requirements imposed on our company as a fixed line concessionaire under the General Plan of Universalization Goals, which require us to make large capital expenditures in certain areas of Brazil that are remote, have low demographic density and have alow-income population, without the corresponding ability to recoup these capital expenditures through the rates that we charge customers in these areas or elsewhere;

the change in consumption patterns of Brazilian consumers of telecommunication services as a result of the increasing attractiveness of mobile telecommunications, particularly following the global introduction of the “smart phone,” which has led to continuous sequential declines in the number of subscribers to our fixed-line services, with corresponding negative effects on our net operating revenue;

the requirement under Brazilian law that we make judicial deposits in connection with our defense of labor, tax, and civil lawsuits and regulatory claims brought against our company, which resulted in a significant amount of our liquid assets being diverted into judicial deposits, with the result that these assets were not available for us to use for our capital expenditure and debt service requirements;

the imposition of large administrative fines and penalties, including interest on unpaid charges and late fees, by ANATEL, which resulted in a significant amount of our liquid assets being diverted to pay these charges or into judicial deposits as we defend against these regulatory claims, with the result that these assets were not available for us to use for our capital expenditure and debt service requirements;

the increases in our debt service requirements as we relied on funds obtained from financing transactions in the Brazilian and international markets to expand our data communications network and to implement projects to meet ANATEL’s regulatory requirements market.

On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant an urgent measure approved by our board of directors. For more information regarding the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.”

Our net operating revenue has been negatively affected by the ongoing RJ Proceedings primarily as a result of the impact of these proceedings on our ability to attract new corporate customers for our B2B business as these potential customers have been wary of entering into long-term service contracts with us during the pendency of these proceedings. We do not believe that the ongoing RJ Proceedings have had a direct impact on our net revenue from other services. However, the factors affecting our net operating revenue that led to our liquidity crisis persist.

As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we have realized gains and losses and made provisions for losses that are realized or incurred in the RJ Proceedings which have been recorded in as restructuring expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. Reorganization items, net were R$2,372 million during 2017 and R$9,006 million during 2016. The principal restructuring expenses that we have recorded relate to (1) increases in the amounts of our contingent liabilities to reflect the differences between the carrying amount of these contingent liabilities prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings and the amounts recognized by the RJ Court, and (2) fees and expenses of professional advisors who are assisting us with the RJ Proceedings.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, our loans and financings were classified as liabilities subject to compromise and as of the date of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we ceased recording interest expenses and foreign exchange gains and losses on these loans and financings as part of our financial expenses, net. In addition, in connection with our deteriorating financial condition and the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we reversed our derivative financial instruments during the second and third quarters of 2016.

On December 19 and 20, 2017, the GCM was held to consider approval of the most recently filed judicial reorganization plan. The GCM concluded on December 20, 2017 following the approval of the RJ Plan reflecting amendments to the judicial reorganization plan presented at the GCM as negotiated during the course of the GCM.

On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.

The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties as long as its effects are not stayed. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such claims are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries which the creditors under our liabilities subject to compromise are entitled to receive under the RJ Plan, see “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that the obligations recorded as liabilities subject to compromise will be substantially reduced and the recoveries delivered with respect to those obligations to be reflected on our balance sheet under the original classifications for the related liabilities or as shareholders’ equity, as applicable. In particular, we expect that our obligations for loans and financings will be substantially reduced as described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financings—Fixed-Rate Notes.” We also expect that we will record interest expenses and foreign exchange gains and losses on the loans and financings recorded as recoveries for our liabilities subject to compromise as part of our financial expenses, net.

In connection with our emergence from the RJ Proceedings, we may be required to adopt fresh start accounting, upon which our assets and liabilities will be recorded at their fair value. The fair values of our assets and liabilities as of that date may differ materially from the recorded values of its assets and liabilities as reflected in our historical consolidated financial statements. In addition, our adoption of fresh start accounting may materially affect our results of operations following the fresh start reporting dates as we may have a new basis in our assets and liabilities. Consequently, our financial statements following our adoption of fresh start accounting may not be comparable with our financial statements prior to that date and the our historical financial statements may not be reliable indicators of our financial condition and results of operations for any period after we adopt fresh start accounting. We concluded that we are not required to adopt fresh start accounting as of December 31, 2017 and we are in the process of evaluating the potential impact of fresh start accounting on our consolidated financial statements in future periods.

Effects of Disposal of Portuguese Business of PT Portugal

We have accounted for the acquisition ofOn June 2, 2015, we sold all of the sharesshare capital of PT Portugal by our company in exchangeto Altice Portugal for our common sharesa purchase price equal to the enterprise value of PT Portugal of €6,900 million, subject to adjustments based on the financial debt, cash and preferred shares in the Oiworking capital increase under the purchase method of accounting as a result of which we have recorded the assets and liabilities of PT Portugal on our balance sheet based on the fair valueclosing date, plus an additionalearn-out amount of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We have prepared a purchase price allocation under which we adjusted the carrying values of certain of the assets and liabilities of PT Portugal.

The following table sets forth the adjustments to market value made€500 million in the context ofevent that the allocation of the fair values of identifiable assets and liabilities of PT Portugal.

   Carrying
Value
   Adjustments
to market
value
   Fair
Value
 
   (in millions ofreais) 

List of residential segment customers

  R$40    R$738    R$778  

List of personal mobile segment customers

   94     1,642     1,736  

List of corporate segment customers

   37     665     701  

Mobile licenses of the operations in Portugal

   1,037     103     1,140  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjustments of intangible assets to market value

R$1,208   3,147  R$4,355  

Property, plant and equipment of operations in Portugal

 608  
    

 

 

   

Adjustments to market value before taxes

 3,755  

Effects of taxation

 (1,012
    

 

 

   

Total adjustments to market value net of taxes

R$2,743  
    

 

 

   

The following table shows the total acquisition price for, and the goodwill arising on, the acquisition of PT Portugal.

(in millions of
reais)

Equity instruments issued

R$5,710

Fair value of the stake previously held by our company in Portugal Telecom

571

Non-controlling interests

1,478

Less: fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed

(2,816

Goodwill determined on May 5, 2014

R$10,575

For more information regarding the adjustments to market value of the assets and liabilitiesconsolidated revenues of PT Portugal and its subsidiaries (as of the goodwill we recorded onclosing date) for any single year between the year ending December 31, 2015 and the year ending December 31, 2019 is equal to or exceeds €2,750 million. PT Portugal provides a broad range of telecommunications services in Portugal.

In connection with the closing, Altice Portugal disbursed €5,789 million, of which €869 million was utilized by PT Portugal to prepay outstanding indebtedness in that amount, and €4,920 million were paid to our company in cash. We used a portion of the net cash proceeds of the PT Portugal Disposition for the prepayment and repayment at maturity of indebtedness of our company.

In anticipation of the PT Portugal Disposition, PT Portugal transferred PTIF to Oi. As a result of the completion of the acquisitionPT Portugal Disposition, the indebtedness of PTIF was reclassified as indebtedness of our company. In addition, in connection with the PT Portugal Disposition, PTIF assumed all obligations under PT Portugal’s outstanding 6.25% Notes due 2016.

In addition, PT Portugal transferred to Oi all of the outstanding share capital of PT Portugal, see note 1 to Participações, SGPS, S.A., or PT Participações, which holds:

our audited financial statements.75% interest in Africatel Holding B.V., or Africatel, which holds our interests in telecommunications companies in Africa, including telecommunications companies in Angola, Cape Verde, Namibia, and São Tomé and Principe; and

our interests in TPT, which provides telecommunications, multimedia and IT services in Timor Leste.

As a result of our decision to sell PT Portugal, the revenue and expenses of PT Portugal for the year ended December 31, 2015 are presented in our income statement as discontinued operations. In addition, as a resultWe recorded loss from discontinued operations for 2015 of R$867 million, consisting of comprehensive income transferred to our decision to sell PT Portugal and its subsidiary Africatel,income statement of R$226 million, principally consisting of the assets and liabilitiescumulative foreign exchange differences related to PT Portugal, and Africatel were classified in our balance sheet as assets held for sale and liabilities of assets held for sale, respectively.

We recorded a loss from discontinued operations for 2014on the sale of R$4,415 million, consisting of a loss from discontinued operations of R$250 million and an allowance for impairment loss at fair value of the PT Portugal investment and divesture-relateddivestiture related expenses of R$4,164625 million.

We recorded net operating revenue of discontinued operations ofOur R$5,082625 million for the period from our acquisition of PT Portugal on May 5, 2014 through December 31, 2014. Our profit on discontinued operations before financial expenses and taxes was R$390 million, or 7.7% of net operating revenue of discontinued operations. Financial expenses of our discontinued operations were R$694 million and we recorded an income tax and social contribution benefit on our discontinued operations was R$54 million. As a result, the loss for our discontinued operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 was R$250 million, or 4.9% of net operating revenue of discontinued operations.

In connection with the classification of the reclassification of the assets and liabilities related to PT Portugal and Africatel, we recorded an impairment loss as part of our loss from discontinued operations for 2014 on the investment in PT Portugal, in the amount of R$4,164 million resulting from the recognition of this asset at its fair value less expenses to sell. The sale price used to determine the impairment loss allowance corresponds to the

unadjusted purchase price of R$22,267 million (€6,900 million) and liabilities on retirement and other benefits assumed by PT Portugal, amounting to R$3,872 million (€1,200 million).

Effects of Investment in Rio Forte Commercial Paper and PT Exchange

In preparing the purchase price allocation with respect to our acquisition of PT Portugal, we recognized the write-off of all commercial paper of Rio Forte owned by PT Portugal and PTIF on the date of acquisition and recorded as other assets a right to compensation receivable of R$2,763 million from PT SGPS, reflecting the face value of this commercial paper.

On March 24, 2015, PT Portugal assigned its rights under the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement to PTIF. On March 27, 2015, PT Portugal assigned all of its rights and obligations under the Rio Forte commercial paper that it owned to PTIF. On March 30, 2015, the transactions contemplated by the Exchange Agreement were completed through the transfer of Rio Forte commercial paper in the aggregate amount of €897 million to PT SGPS in exchange for 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares.

Rate of Growth of Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product and Demand for Telecommunications Services

As a Brazilian company with a substantial portion of our operations in Brazil, we are affected by economic conditions in Brazil. Brazilian GDP grew by an estimated 0.1% in 2014, and grew by 2.3% in 2013 and 0.9% in 2012. While we believe that growth in Brazil’s GDP stimulates demand for telecommunications services, we believe that demand for telecommunications services is relatively inelastic in periods of economic stagnation and that the effect on our revenues of low growth or a recession in Brazil would not be material under foreseeable scenarios. However, a substantial and prolonged deterioration of economic conditions in Brazil could have a material adverse effect on the number of subscribers to our services and the volume of usage of our services by our subscribers and, as a result, our net operating revenue.

Based on information available from ANATEL, the number of fixed lines in service in Brazil increased from 39.6 million as of December 31, 2004 to 45.0 million as of December 31, 2014, the latest date for which such information has been made available by ANATEL, and the number of mobile subscribers in Brazil increased from 65.6 million as of December 31, 2004 to 280.7 million as of December 31, 2014. Although the demand for telecommunications services has increased substantially during the past ten years, the tastes and preferences of Brazilian consumers of these services have shifted.

During the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, the number of mobile subscribers in Brazil has grown at an average rate of 5.0% per year while the number of fixed lines in service in Brazil during the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, has declined by an average rate of 1.5% per year. As the incumbent provider of fixed-line services and a provider of mobile services in our service areas, we are both a principal target and a beneficiary of this trend. During the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, the number of our mobile subscribers in Region II has grown at an average rate of 22.2% per year from 8.1 million at December 31, 2011 to 9.9 million at December 31, 2014 and the number of mobile subscribers in Region I has grown at an average rate of 13.3% per year from 27.1 million as of December 31, 2011 to 30.7 million at December 31, 2014, while the number of our fixed lines in service in Region II has declined by an average rate of 21.2% per year from 5.2 million at December 31, 2011 to 4.1 million at December 31, 2014 and the number of fixed lines in service in Region I of our subsidiary Telemar has declined by an average rate of 26.0% per year from 10.0 million at December 31, 2011 to 7.4 million at December 31, 2014.

Demand for Our Telecommunications Services

Demand for Our Local Fixed-Line Services

Brazil’s fixed-line penetration level is now similar to that of other countries with similar per capita income, and, as has happened in such other countries, the fixed-line telecommunications customer base has remained stable. Demand for local fixed-line services of our company has reached a plateau in recent years. Because the number of customers our company terminating their fixed-line services has exceeded new activations during this period, the

number of our fixed lines in service in Region II declined by 0.8 million between December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2014 and the number of fixed lines in service in Region I of Telemar declined by 1.9 million. In addition, the new fixed lines that we have activated between December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2014 generally represent customers that have changed addresses or low-income customers from whom we generate revenues at a rate below our average revenue per customer.

We have sought to combat the general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry of substitution of mobile services in place of local fixed-line services by offering a variety of bundled pans that include mobile services, broadband services andOi TV subscriptions to our fixed-line customers. As a result of these service offerings, we expect that the rate of decline in number of our fixed lines in service will be reduced. As of December 31, 2014, 7.6% of our fixed lines in service also subscribed for ADSL service. As of December 31, 2014, 43.1% of our local fixed-line customers subscribed for bundled service packages, which accounted for 27.5% of our post-paid mobile subscribers as each fixed-line subscriber may include multiple mobile devices in a bundled plan.

We are required under ANATEL regulations and our concession contracts to offer a basic service plan to our fixed-line residential customers that permits 200 minutes of usage of our fixed-line network to make local calls. A basic plan customer pays a monthly fee for this service, and when the customer makes local calls in excess of this limit, we charge the customer for the excess minutes on a per-minute basis. We offer alternative local fixed-line plans that include significantly larger numbers of minutes and charge higher monthly fees for these plans, although these monthly fees represent a discount from the amount that the customer would be charged under our basic plan if the customer used the number of minutes included in the alternative plan. As the number of our customers selecting these alternative plans has grown in response to our marketing and promotional efforts, we have recorded increased revenues for monthly subscription fees, offset by corresponding declines in revenues for the use of excess minutes. Subscribers to our alternative fixed-line plans represented 82.0% of our fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2014 as compared to 77.3% of the fixed lines in service of our company and Telemar as of December 31, 2011. We believe that our alternative local fixed-line plans contribute to a net increase in our local fixed-line revenue as many subscribers of our alternative fixed-line plans do not use their full monthly allocations of local minutes.

The substantial increase in the number of mobile service users in Brazil has also negatively impacted the use of our public telephones. As the incumbent local fixed-line service provider in Region I and Region II, we are required under ANATEL regulations and our concession contracts to meet specified targets with respect to the availability of public telephones throughout our concession area. However, as a larger portion of the population of Region I and Region II uses mobile handsets to make calls when not in proximity to a fixed-line telephone, use of public telephones of our company and Telemar declined by 85% from 2011 to 2014.

Demand for Our Mobile Services

Our customer base for mobile services has grown from 45.5 million at December 31, 2011 to 50.2 million at December 31, 2014. We believe that the primary reason that our customer base for mobile services has been the success of our marketing and promotion campaigns.

The market for mobile services is extremely competitive in each of the regions that we serve. During 2014, the average monthly churn rate of our mobile services segment was 4.1% per month. As a result, (1) we incur selling expenses in connection with marketing and sales efforts designed to retain existing mobile customers and attract new mobile customers, and (2) from time to time the discounts that we offer in connection with our promotional activities lead to charges against our gross operating revenue from mobile services. In addition, competitive pressures have in the past required us to introduce service plans under which the monthly and per-minute rates that we charge our mobile customers are lowered, reducing our average revenue per customer.

We expect our overall mobile services business to continue to grow in terms of its customer base, traffic volumes and revenues from value-added services. However, due to market saturation, we expect future growth in our mobile services business to occur at lower rates than we have historically achieved.

Demand for Our Data Transmission Services

Our broadband services customer base (including the broadband customers of Telemar prior to the corporate reorganization) has grown from 4.9 million at December 31, 2011 to 5.9 million as of December 31, 2014, primarily as a result of (1) our marketing and promotional campaigns, (2) the growth in the number of households in our fixed-line service areas that own personal computers, and (3) a shift in consumer preferences that has led an increasing number of our fixed-line customers to value the data transmission speeds available through our broadband services. We expect the number of our fixed-line customers that subscribe to our broadband services to continue to increase in the near term.

Effects of Expansion of Mobile Data Transmission Services

In December 2007, we acquired the authorizations and radio frequency licenses necessary for us to commence the offering of 3G services throughout Region II and TNL PCS acquired the authorizations and radio frequency licenses necessary for us to commence the offering of 2G services in the State of São Paulo and 3G services throughout Region I and Region III. In June 2012, we acquired the authorizations and radio frequency licenses necessary for us to commence the offering of 4G services throughout Brazil. During 2012, 2013 and 2014, we undertook extensive capital expenditure projects to install the network equipment necessary to expand our offerings of these services.

In 2014, our mobile data transmission services, consisting of 2G, 3G and 4G services to mobile handsets and mini-modems, captured approximately 702,000 net additions (calculated based on the number of subscribers at the end of a period less the number of subscribers at the beginning of that period). We increased the number of municipalities in which we offered 4G services to 45, covering 30.6% of the population of Brazil, as of December 31, 2014 from 24 municipalities, covering 23.1% of the population of Brazil, as of December 31, 2013, and we increased the number of municipalities in which we offered 3G services to 1,011, covering 69.4% of the population of Brazil, as of December 31, 2014 from 891 as of December 31, 2013. We expect that these services will generate significant additions to our mobile customer base and lead to long-term increases in our revenues and operating income before financial income (expenses) and taxes.

The aggregate cost of our 3G authorizations and radio frequency licenses and our 2G authorizations and radio frequency licenses in Region III was R$3,766 million, which we will pay to ANATEL in installments through 2023. The cost of our 4G authorizations and radio frequency licenses was R$368 million, which we will pay to ANATEL in installments through 2020.

During 2014, 2013 and 2012, Oi Mobile invested R$1,351 million, R$1,392 million and R$971 million, respectively, in the network equipment necessary to offer these services, which has increased in our depreciation expenses. We financed the purchase and installation of our network equipment through loans and vendor financing.

Under our 3G radio frequency licenses, we are required to meet certain service expansion obligations that will require capital expenditures through 2016. Under our 4G radio frequency licenses, we are required to meet certain service expansion obligations that will require capital expenditures through 2019. If we are unable to fund these capital expenditures through our operating cash flows, we may incur additional indebtedness or vendor financing obligations, which would increase our outstanding indebtedness and financial expenses.

Effects of Divestment of Non-Core Assets

Beginning in 2012, we entered into various transactions to monetize non-essential assets and acquire the services related to these assets at more favorable financial terms, with an aim to reduce future capital expenditures and maintenance expenses.

In December 2012, we sold our wholly-owned subsidiary Sumbe to São Paulo SPE Locação de Torres Ltda. for R$516 million. Sumbe owned approximately 1,200 communications towers and rooftop antennae used in our mobile services business. Contemporaneously with the sale of Sumbe, we entered into an operating lease agreement with a

termPT Portugal consisted of 15 years with Sumbe permitting us to continue to use space on these communications towers and rooftop antennae for our mobile services business

In August 2013, we completed(1) the assignment of the right to use 4,226 fixed-line communications towersderecognized investment cost that formed part of our infrastructure for commercial operations by companies whose core operations consist of providing transmission tower and radiofrequency management and maintenance services. Upon the completion of these assignments, we received proceeds of approximately R$1,087 million. We have entered into agreements to lease the communications towers from the assignees for 20-year terms (renewable for another 20 years), effective upon completion of the assignments.

In November 2013, we completed the assignment of the right to use 2,113 fixed-line communications towers that formed part of our infrastructure for commercial operations by companies whose core operations consist of providing transmission tower and radiofrequency management and maintenance services. Upon the completion of these assignments, we received proceeds of approximately R$687 million. We have entered into agreements to lease the communications towers from the assignees for 20-year terms (renewable for another 20 years), effective upon completion of the assignments.

In December 2013, we and our subsidiary BrTI sold all of our equity interests in GlobeNet (other than Brasil Telecom de Venezuela S.A.) to BTG Pactual YS Empreendimentos e Participações. On January 17, 2014, the sale was concluded for an aggregate amount of R$1,779 million (basedincludes goodwill arising on the U.S. dollar-real exchange rate on January 15, 2014), resulting in a gain of approximatelybusiness combination between our company and PT Portugal and selling expenses totaling R$1,4971,308 million, after deductingand (2) the book value of the assets and related costs of approximately R$1,497 million. GlobeNet’s principal assets consist of 22,500 kilometers of fiber optic submarine cables, composed of two rings of protected submarine cables, linking connection points between the United States, Bermuda, Colombia and Brazil. As part of this transaction, GlobeNet will supply guaranteed submarine cable capacity to us and our subsidiaries at a fixed price for a term of 13 years.

In March 2014, we sold all of our equity interests in Caryopoceae, our wholly-owned subsidiary, to SBA Torres Brasil, Ltda. for R$1,525 million. Caryopoceae owned 2,007 mobile telecommunications towers and rooftop antennae used in our mobile services business. Contemporaneously with the sale of this subsidiary, we entered into an operating lease with a 15-year term (renewable for another five years) with Caryopoceae permitting us to continue to use space on these communications towers for our mobile services business.

In December 2014, we sold all of our equity interests in Tupã Torres, our wholly-owned subsidiary, to SBA Torres Brasil, Ltda. for R$1,172 million. Tupã Torres owned 1,641 mobile telecommunications towers and rooftop antennae used in our mobile services business. Contemporaneously with the sale of Tupã Torres, we entered into an operating lease with a 15-year term (renewable for another five years) with Tupã Torres permitting us to continue to use space on these communications towers for our mobile services business.

As a result of these transactions, we have received cash683 million revenue related to these transactions and recorded gains on disposals of these assets of R$2,399 million during 2014, R$1,497 million during 2013 and R$200 million during 2012. As a result of these transactions, the amount of property and equipment that we record has been reduced, and consequently we will no longer record depreciation and amortization expenses relating to these assets, nor will we be required to maintain these assets. As a result ofcash proceeds received directly by our entering lease and other agreements to continue to use these assets in the provision of our services, we expect our lease and related expenses to increase in future periods.company.

Effects of Investments in Africatel

At the time of our acquisition of PT Portugal, PT Portugal held indirectly 75% of the outstanding share capital of Africatel which held 25% of the outstanding share capital of Unitel. Our management considers this anon-controlling stake in Unitel which does not grant our company significant influence over the financial, operating and strategic policies of Unitel since we do not elect enough members of the board of directors of Unitel to allow us to be involved in the decision-making process of these policies, including decisions on dividend and other distributions, material business relations, appointment of officers or managers, or the provision of key technical information. Accordingly, upon the acquisition of PT Portugal, we recognized this investment as anavailable-for-sale financial asset recognized at fair value. The fair value of the investment in Unitel of R$4,089 million was determined based on the valuation report prepared by Banco Santander on the valuation of PT SGPS’Pharol’s operating

assets that was used as the basis for the valuation of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase using a series of estimates and assumptions, including the cash flows projections for a four-year period, the choice of a growth rate to extrapolate the cash flows projections, and definition of appropriate discount rates.

On September 16, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel. As a result, as of our decision to sell Africatel,December 31, 2017 and 2016, we recorded the assets and liabilities related toof Africatel, including its investment in Unitel and the accounts receivable relating to declared and unpaid dividends of Unitel, were classifiedasheld-for sale, although we do not record Africatel as discontinued operations in our balance sheet asincome statement due to the immateriality of the effects of Africatel on our results of operations. Due to the many risks involved in the ownership of these interests, particularly our interest in Unitel, we cannot predict when the sale of these assets held for sale and liabilitiesmay be completed.

During 2015, we recognized a loss of assets held for sale, respectively.

As at December 31, 2014,R$408 million resulting from the revision of the fair value of the investment in Unitel as a result of our updating the main assumptions and material estimates used in the fair value measurement of our investment in Unitel, was determined using a methodology identicaltaking into consideration in this assessment possible impacts of actual events related to the investment, notably the lawsuits filed against Unitel and its shareholders in 2015.

During 2017 and 2016, we recorded losses of US$39 million and US$242 million, respectively, resulting from the revision of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel, the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange rate losses related to the depreciation of the Kwanza against the U.S. dollar and thereal.

Rate of Growth of Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product and Demand for Telecommunications Services

As a Brazilian company with substantially all of our operations in Brazil, we are affected by economic conditions in Brazil. Brazilian GDP grew by an estimated 1.0% in 2017, declined by an estimated 3.5% in 2016 and declined by 3.8% in 2015. The substantial and prolonged deterioration of economic conditions in Brazil since the second quarter of 2014 have had a material adverse effect on the number of subscribers to our services and the volume of usage of our services by our subscribers and, as a result, our net operating revenue.

Based on information available from ANATEL, the number of fixed lines in service in Brazil increased from 39.4 million as of December 31, 2007 to 40.8 million as of December 31, 2017, and the number of mobile subscribers in Brazil increased from 121.0 million as of December 31, 2007 to 236.5 million as of December 31, 2017. Although the demand for telecommunications services has increased substantially during the past ten years, the tastes and preferences of Brazilian consumers of these services have shifted.

During the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, the number of mobile subscribers in Brazil has declined at an average rate of 5.6% per year, while the number of fixed lines in service in Brazil during the three-year period ended December 31, 2017 has declined at an average rate of 3.2% per year. During the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, the number of our mobile subscribers (including customers in our Personal Mobility Services and B2B Services) has decreased at an average rate of 8.5% per year to 39.0 million at December 31, 2017 from 50.9 million at December 31, 2014, while the number of our fixed lines in service (including customers in our Residential Services and B2B Services) has declined by an average rate of 6.6% per year to 12.9 million at December 31, 2017 from 15.8 million at December 31, 2014.

Demand for Our Residential Services

Because the number of our customers terminating their residential services has exceeded new activations between December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2017, the number of our residential fixed lines in service declined by 20.3% to 9.2 million at December 31, 2017 from 11.6 million at December 31, 2014. We have focused on offering more and higher-value added services to new and existing customers by combining upselling and cross selling initiatives, thereby increasing the ARPU of our Residential Services business. We believe that through our sales of bundles consisting of more than one adoptedservice, we improve customer profitability and enhance loyalty, while also increasing ARPU and minimizing churn rates. Primarily as a result of these initiatives, the ARPU of our residential services grew by Banco Santander (Brasil)3.9% to R$79.6 during 2017 from R$76.6 during 2016, which was a 5.5% increase from R$72.6 during 2015. We believe that our focus on the sale of bundled services is the principal reason for the increase in preparing the valuationpercentage of PT Portugalour customers that subscribe to more than one of our residential services to 58.9% as of December 31, 2017 from 56.2% as of December 31, 2016 and 53.4% as of December 31, 2015.

We are required under ANATEL regulations and our concession contracts to offer a basic service plan to our residential customers that permits 200 minutes of usage of our fixed-line network to make local calls. We also offer alternative residential plans that include significantly larger numbers of minutes or unlimited minutes and charge higher monthly fees for these plans. Over the past three years, the percentage of our customers selecting these alternative plans has grown significantly. Subscribers to our alternative residential plans, including our bundled service plans, represented 85.4% of our residential customers as of December 31, 2017 as compared to 85.5% as of December 31, 2016 and 86.4% of as of December 31, 2015. We believe that our alternative residential plans contribute to a net increase in our residential services revenue as many subscribers of our alternative residential plans do not use their full monthly allocations of local minutes.

We have sought to combat the general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry of substitution of mobile services in place of local fixed-line services by offering a variety of bundled plans that include mobile services, broadband services andOi TV subscriptions to our fixed-line customers. In addition, we have been focusing on structural network investments, including the introduction of VDSL technology, in order to offer service plans that include higher broadband speeds. As of December 31, 2017:

35.4% of our residential customers subscribed for bundled service packages, an increase from the 29.1% of our residential customers that subscribed for bundled service packages as of December 31, 2016, which was an increase from the 26.3% of our residential customers that subscribed for bundled service packages as of December 31, 2015;

55.8% of our residential customers subscribed for broadband services (whether separately or as part of a bundled service plan), an increase from the Oi capital52.2% of subscribers as of December 31, 2016, which was an increase using updatedfrom the material estimates48.6% of subscribers as of December 31, 2015; and assumptions,

16.2% of our residential customers subscribed for Pay TV services (whether separately or as part of a bundled service plan), an increase from the 13.0% of subscribers as of December 31, 2016, which was an increase from the 11.0% of subscribers as of December 31, 2015.

In addition, demand for our residential services was negatively affected by a decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court that we must pay ICMS tax on customer subscriptions that do not include allowances and also taking into considerationour subsequent inclusion of this tax in customers’ bills in the events described in “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our African and Asian Operations.” Based on this determination, we did not record any impairment loss relating to this investment.first half of 2017.

EffectsDemand for Our Personal Mobility Services

Our customer base for mobility services (including customers in our Personal Mobility Services and B2B Services) has declined by 23.5% to 39.0 million at December 31, 2017 from 50.9 million at December 31, 2014. We believe that the primary reason for the decline in our Personal Mobility customer base is the reduction in the total number of Competition onmobile accesses in Brazil, reflecting the Rates that We Realizetrend to consolidate mobile use into a single SIM card, following the launch ofall-net plans in response to the successive reductions of the MTR tariffs, and the Discounts We Recordstructural market migration from voice to data in response to the offering of more robust data packages. Additionally, we have implemented a more intensive policy of disconnecting inactive users to reduce regulatory fees that we must make for each active account. Finally, we believe that the number of our prepaid accounts has been significantly reduced as a result of the increase in Brazil’s unemployment rate as our net additions of prepaid subscribers is closely correlated to movements in the unemployment rate. During 2017 and 2016, the average monthly churn rate of our Personal Mobility Services business was 4.1% and 4.4% per month, respectively.

The Brazilian telecommunications industrymarket for mobile services is highly competitive. Theextremely competitive environment is significantly affected by key trends, includingin each of the convergence of technology and services enables telecommunications service providersregions that were previously limited to providingwe serve. As a single service to provide services in other industry segments, such as in the case of broadband services provided by cable television service providers and by mobile service providers (using 3G and 4G technology) and in the case of traditional fixed-voice services transmitted by mobile telecommunications service providers.

In response to these competitive pressures,result, (1) we may offer our services at rates below the rate caps established by ANATEL,incur selling expenses in connection with marketing and sales efforts designed to retain existing mobile customers and attract new mobile customers, and (2) from time to time the discounts that we offer in connection with our promotional activities lead to charges against our gross operating revenue from mobile services. Competitive pressures have required us to introduce service plans under which we offer unlimited voice calls tied to service offerings priced in relation to the amount of data usage offered.

OurOi Livre service offering, which includes a range ofall-net voice minutes for calls within Brazil and data allowances for flat fees, has had a strong performance since its release in late 2015. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016,Oi Livre had 19.6 million and 14.8 million subscribers, respectively, corresponding to 65.5% and 44.7%, respectively, of our totalpre-paid base.

Demand for Our B2B Services

The number of RGUs of our B2B Services has declined by 10.7% to 6.5 million as of December 31, 2017 from 7.3 million as of December 31, 2014. We believe that the primary reasons for the decline in our B2B Services customer base are (1) the declining macroeconomic conditions in Brazil, which has caused many of our SME customers to downsize or cease operations, (2) contractions in the fiscal strength of many of our governmental customers, which has caused them to reduce the scope of their telecommunications expenditures, and (3) market perceptions of our company during our RJ proceedings which has made it difficult for us to enter into new agreements with corporate customers. Our corporate customers, while better able to survive the current economic instability, often respond by reducing their economic activity and their spending for telecommunications products and services. In addition, provided that our B2B Services customers also purchase the core fixed-line and mobile services with promotional discounts or offer additional complimentaryoffered to our Residential and Personal Mobility Services customers, demand for our B2B Services is subject to some of the same conditions that affect our Residential and Personal Mobility Services, including reductions in interconnection tariffs, which have led to more robust mobile package offerings and driven the traffic migration trend offixed-to-mobile substitution.

Effects of Our Absorption of Network Maintenance Service Operations and Adoption of New Customer Care Model

We have introduced programs beginning in 2015 to control costs related to network maintenance services with the purchaseand third-party services by (1) absorbing operation of several network maintenance service operations and providing these services ourselves, and (2) implementing a new customer care quality model through which we have improved our method of allocation of call center traffic to promote a greater level of customer service and digitized some of our customer interactions with respect to processing order for new services, troubleshooting service issues and dispatching maintenance personnel.

Through our subsidiary Serede, we absorbed operations of our network maintenance service operations of our contractor in Rio de Janeiro in October 2015, our network maintenance service operations of our contractor in the South region of Brazil in May 2016 and our network maintenance service operations of our contractor in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil in June 2016. As a result, 75% of the members of our technical field staff are our employees and are directly managed by our company compared to 20% prior to the absorption of these operations. We have revised the focus of our network maintenance service operations to concentrate on preventive network maintenance the reduce the number of repairs, in turn reducing the volume of network interventions and increasing field force productivity, thus freeing capacity to increase our focus on preventive maintenance. This virtuous cycle improves field operations efficiency and reduces costs in terms of both the number of technicians and the volume of materials applied.

As a result, our network maintenance services expense has declined to R$1,252 million during 2017 from R$1,540 million during 2016 and R$1,902 million during 2015, the effects of which have been partially offset by increased personnel expenses relating to these services. In addition to reducing costs, we believe that this initiative has been principally responsible for (1) a reduction of the number of repairs by 15.4% during 2017 and 8.7% during 2016, and (2) an increase in productivity of our field staff (as measured by the number of field activities carried out divided by the total number of technicians involved) by 15.0% during 2017 and 14.0% during 2016. Finally, we believe that this initiative has been principally responsible for (1) the reduction in the average time for installation of new service by 11.8% during 2017 and 58.2% during 2016, (2) the reduction in the average waiting time for resolution of a customer service issue by 9.3% during 2017 and 31.3% during 2016, and (3) a reduction of complaints to ANATEL by 23.0% during 2017 and 10.0% during 2016.

During 2016, we implemented a new customer care quality model in which, among other things, we allocated service call traffic among our call center service providers based on proven service quality. We recordbelieve that this traffic allocation model has stimulated better quality in the services sold at the rates established under our service plans or at rates approved by ANATEL and record the amountprovision of these services represented bywhile permitting us to reduce call center costs and achieve higher levels of customer satisfaction. The implementation of this allocation model resulted in an 8.9% decline in call center costs during 2017, and we believe that this allocation model was principally responsible for a 22.8% decline in the promotional discounts or delivered on a complimentary basis as discounts and returns in our income statement.volume of repeated calls during 2017.

Effects of Adjustments to Our RegulatedInterconnection Rates and Inflation

Telecommunications services rates are subject to comprehensive regulation by ANATEL. OurIn particular, interconnection rates for local fixed-line services, domestic long-distance services,and mobile services interconnection to our fixed-line network, and EILD and SLD services arein the Brazilian telecommunications industry have been subject to regulation by ANATEL. We are required to obtaincomprehensive reductions in recent years.

In July 2014, ANATEL approval prior to offering new alternative fixed-line or mobile plans. Theapproved rules under which interconnection rates established or approved by ANATEL for our services act as caps on the prices that we charge for these services, and we are permitted to offer these services at a discount from the rates approved by ANATEL. After ANATEL establishes or approves rate caps for these services, these rate caps are subject to annual adjustment based on the rate of inflation, as measured by the IST. Rate caps for local fixed-line plans are adjusted by inflation, as measured by the IST, less an amount that serves as a proxy for productivity gains achievedcharged by our company for the use of our fixed-line and mobile networks would be reduced over a period of years until they were set at rates based on along-run incremental cost methodology. For example, the rates we may charge to terminate calls on our mobile networks (MTR rates) in Regions I, II and III declined by 47.1%, 47.7% and 39.2%, respectively, in each of February 2016 and 2017, and they will decline by the same percentages in February 2019. In each of February 2017 and 2018, ourTU-RL rates in Regions I and II declined by 20.9% and 22.8%, respectively, ourTU-RIU1 rates in Regions I and II declined by 52.8% and 45.1%, respectively, and ourTU-RIU2 rates declined by 57.3% and 49.9%, respectively, and we expect that these rates will decline by the same percentages in 2019.

These rate reductions have been a primary reason for the decline in our mobile interconnection revenue to R$500 million during 2017, from R$627 million during 2016 and R$889 million during 2015, and the localdecline in our fixed-line services industry asinterconnection revenue to R$71 million during 2017, from R$113 million during 2016 and R$316 million during 2015. However, these rate reductions have also led to a whole.

Because substantially allsubstantial reduction of our cost of servicesinterconnection costs, which have declined to R$778 million during 2017, from R$1,173 million during 2016 and operating expenses are incurred inreais in Brazil, these rate increases act as a natural hedge against inflation and, asR$1,809 million during 2015.

As a result our operating margins have not been materially affected by inflation. However, because these rate adjustments are only made on an annual basis, in periods of severe inflation, we may not be able to pass our increased costs through to our customers as incurred.

A significant portion of ourreal-denominated debt bears interest at the TJLP or the CDI rate, which are partially adjusted for inflation, and the ICPA rate, an inflation index, and, as a result, inflation results in increasessubstantial reductions in our interest expensesinterconnection costs, and debt service obligations.in keeping with our strategy of simplifying our portfolios to enhance our customers’ experience, since 2015 we have been offering fixed-line and mobile plans that allowall-net calls for a flat fee.

Effects of Claims by ANATEL that Our Company Has Not Fully Complied with Our Quality of Service and Other Obligations

As a fixed-line service provider, we must comply with the provisions of the General Plan on Quality Goals. As a public regime service provider, we must comply with the network expansion and modernization obligations under the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and our concession agreements. Our personal mobile services authorizations set forth certain network expansion obligations and targets and impose obligations on us to meet quality of service standards. In addition, we must comply with regulations of general applicability promulgated by ANATEL, which generally relate to quality of service measures.

If we fail to meet quality goals established by ANATEL under the General Plan on Quality Goals, fail to meet the network expansion and modernization targets established by ANATEL under the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and our concession agreements, fail to comply with our obligations under our personal mobile services authorizations or fail to comply with our obligations under other ANATEL regulations, we may be subject to warnings, fines, intervention by ANATEL, temporary suspensions of service or cancellation of our concessions and authorizations.

On an almost weekly basis, we receive inquiries from ANATEL requiring information from us on our compliance with the various service obligations imposed on us by our concession agreements. If we are unable to respond satisfactorily to those inquiries or comply with our service obligations under our concession agreements, ANATEL may commence administrative proceedings in connection with such noncompliance. We have received numerous notices of commencement of administrative proceedings from ANATEL, mostly due to our inability to achieve certain targets established in the General Plan on Quality Goals and the General Plan on Universal Service Goals.

At the time that ANATEL notifies us it believes that we have failed to comply with our obligations, we evaluate the claim and, based on our assessment of the probability of loss relating to that claim, may establish a provision. We vigorously contest a substantial number of the assessments made against us. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, our contingencies related to claims of ANATEL were reclassified liabilities subject to compromise and were measure as required by ASC 852. As of December 31, 2014,2017 our prepetition liabilities subject to compromise included R$9,334 million related with claims of ANATEL. By operation of the total estimated contingencyRJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in connection with all pending administrative proceedings brought bya change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the claim for these contingent obligations has been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and ANATEL against us in which we deemedis entitled only to receive the risk of loss as probable totaled R$1,104 million and we had recorded an aggregate provision related to these proceedingsrecovery set forth in the same amount.RJ Plan in exchange for these contingent claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which ANATEL is entitled under the RJ Plan, see “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Civil Contingencies—ANATEL.”

In December 2013, ANATEL approved Resolution No. 629/2013 under whichEffects of Inflation

After several years of relatively modest inflation in Brazil, inflation rates increased substantially during 2015 to annual rates of 10.7% as measured by theIGP-DI and the IBGE. Inflation rates subsided during 2016 and 2017, reaching 7.2% and (0.4), respectively, as measured by theIGP-DI, and 6.3% and 3.0%, respectively as measured by the IBGE. Because substantially all of our cost of services and operating expenses are incurred inreais in Brazil, an increase in inflation has the effect of increasing our operating expenses and reducing our margins. Although we have taken significant measures to control and reduce operating expenses during 2017 and 2016, the benefits of these measures were reduced during 2016 as a Termresult of Conduct Adjustment (Termos de Ajustamento de Conduta) was adopted permitting telecommunications concessionairesthe countervailing impact of Brazilian inflation. Although our regulated rates are subject to requestannual adjustment based on the rate of inflation as measured by the IST, the majority of our revenue is generated from services delivered at rates that their obligationsare not regulated or that are provided at a discount to pay certain fines to ANATEL be satisfied through capital expenditure investments in their networks. Under this regulation, concessionaires must submitthe regulated rates as a proposal to ANATEL detailing corrective measures it plans to take (without reference to additional costs or investments) and proposed additional projects (including the actions and investments we will undertake). We are currently negotiating our proposal with ANATEL in order to balance the our financial health with regulatory obligations. We expect a decision from ANATEL regarding our proposal by November 2015.

During 2014, we recorded provisions related to administrative proceedings brought by ANATELresult of competitive pressures in the amountmarket. As a result, we may not be able to pass our increased operating costs and expenses resulting from inflationary pressures through to our customers as incurred in the form of R$60 million. Our provisions relatedhigher tariffs for our services.

A significant portion of ourreal-denominated loans and financings classified as liabilities subject to administrative proceedings brought by ANATEL generallycompromise bear contractual interest at the TJLP or the CDI rate, which are partially adjusted for inflation, and the ICPA rate, an inflation index. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we ceased recording interest expenses on these loans and financings. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), these loans and loans and financings have been sufficientnovated and discharged under Brazilian law and creditors under these loans and financings are entitled only to pay all amountsreceive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which creditors under our loans and financings are entitled under the RJ Plan, see “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing.”

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that we were ultimately requiredrecoveries of creditors under our debentures, unsecured lines of credit and lessors under the lease contracts of Oi and Telemar relating to payreal property owned by Copart 4 and Copart 5 will accrue interest based on the CDI rate. As a result, following the implementation of the RJ Plan, inflation will increase our interest expenses and debt service obligations with respect to claims brought by ANATEL.these recoveries.

Effects of Fluctuations in Exchange Rates between the Real and the U.S. Dollar and the Euro

Substantially all of our cost of services and operating expenses in Brazil are incurred inreais. As a result, the appreciation or depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar does not have a material effect on our operating margins. However, the costs of a substantial portion of the network equipment that we purchase for our capital expenditure projects are denominated in U.S. dollars or are U.S. dollar-linked. This network equipment is recorded on our balance sheet at its cost inreais based on the applicable exchange rate on the date the transfer of ownership, risks and rewards related to the purchased equipment occurs. As a result, depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar results in this network equipment being more costly inreais and leads to increased depreciation expenses. Conversely, appreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar results in this network equipment being less costly inreais and leads to reduced depreciation expenses.

Our consolidated indebtednessAs of December 31, 2017 and 2016, our loans and financing classified as liabilities subject to compromise denominated in euros and U.S. dollars and represented 39.9% and 34.6%, respectively, of our loans and financing classified as liabilities subject to compromise. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we ceased recording exchange rate gains and losses with respect to these loans and financings. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), these loans and loans and financings have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and creditors under these loans and financings are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which creditors under our loans and financings are entitled under the RJ Plan, see “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing.”

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that our obligations under (1) our New Notes that will be issued to holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that are entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes,” (2) participations under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement that will be available to holders of bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that are entitled to receive theNon-Qualified Recovery described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes,” (3) recoveries of creditors under our export credit agreements, and (4) recoveries under our bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF to holders of our U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by Oi and Oi Coop that are not entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery, will be denominated in U.S. dollars and euros represented 35.0% and 6.7%, respectively, of our consolidated outstanding indebtednesswill accrue interest at December 31, 2014, excluding debt obligations of PT Portugal that have been classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but are expected to remain obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal. fixed-rates in U.S. dollars.

As a result, when thereal appreciates against the U.S. dollar or the euro:dollar:

 

  the interest costs on our indebtedness denominated in U.S. dollars or euros declinesis expected to decline inreais, which will positively affects our results of operations inreais;

 

  the amount of our indebtedness denominated in U.S. dollars or euros declinesis expected to decline inreais, and our total liabilities and debt service obligations inreaisis expected to decline; and

 

our financial expense, net interest expenses tendis expected to decline as a result of foreign exchange gains that we record.

A depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar hasis expected to have the converse effects.

In order to mitigate the effects of foreign exchange variations, we have established a hedging policy under which our exposure to foreign exchange variations is subject to limits set by our board of directors. In compliance with this policy, we typically enter into derivative transactions to swap the foreign exchange rate variation for variations of the CDI. At December 31, 2014, we had entered into hedging transactions in respect of 100.0% of our consolidated indebtedness affected by exchange rate variations. The purpose of these hedging transactions is to seek to “match” the currency of our debt with that of our revenues to mitigate foreign exchange risk.

Effect of Level of Indebtedness and Interest Rates

AtAs of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, our total outstanding indebtedness on a consolidated basis was R$33,295 million, excluding debt obligations of PT Portugal in the amount of R$18,893 million that have beenloans and financing classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but are expectedsubject to remain obligations of our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal.compromise was R$49,130 million. The level of our indebtedness results inwas a significant interest expenses that are reflectedfactor in our income statement. Financial expensesdecision to file a request for judicial reorganization in Brazil in June 2016.

Borrowing and financing costs of our continuing operations consist of interest expense, exchange variations of U.S. dollar-on borrowings payable to third parties, inflation and other foreign currency-denominated debt, foreign exchange losses oron third-party borrowings and gains and other itemslosses on derivative financial instruments as set forth in note 6 to our consolidated financial statements. In 2014,statements included in this annual report. During 2016 and 2015, we recorded financial expensesborrowing and financing costs of our continuing operations of R$5,8911,171 million onand R$4,905 million, respectively.

As a consolidated basis, of which R$2,933 million consisted primarily of interest expenses on loans and debentures payable to third parties and R$1,464 million consisted of losses from monetary correction and exchange differences on third-party loans and financings. In addition, we recorded financial expenses of our discontinued operations of R$694 million. Partresult of the financial expensescommencement of the RJ Proceedings, we ceased recording borrowing and financing costs of our continuing operations were offsetwith respect to our loans and financings. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), these loans and loans and financings have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and creditors under these loans and financings are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which creditors under our loans and financings are entitled under the RJ Plan, see “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing.”

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that the obligations recorded as liabilities subject to compromise will be substantially reduced and the recoveries delivered with respect to those obligations to be reflected on our balance sheet under the original classifications for the related liabilities or as shareholders’ equity, as applicable. In particular, we expect that our obligations for loans and financings will be substantially reduced. We also expect that we will record interest expenses and foreign exchange gains and losses on the loans and financings recorded as recoveries for our liabilities subject to compromise as part of our financial expenses, net.

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that our obligations under (1) our New Notes that will be issued to holders of bonds issued by income from derivative transactionOi, Oi Coop and PTIF that are entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes,” (2) participations under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement that will be available to holders of R$427 millionbonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that are entitled to receive theNon-Qualified Recovery described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes,” (3) recoveries of creditors under our export credit agreements, and (4) recoveries under our bonds issued by financial income relatedOi, Oi Coop and PTIF to cash maintained offshoreholders of our U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued by Oi and Oi Coop that are not entitled to providereceive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery, will accrue interest at fixed-rates in U.S. dollars.

Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that our obligations under the recoveries of creditors under our debentures, unsecured lines of credit and lessors under the lease contracts of Oi and Telemar relating to real property owned by Copart 4 and Copart 5 will accrue interest based on the CDI rate. As a natural hedgeresult, following the implementation of R$34 million. As we hedged our foreign currency denominated debt against exchange rate fluctuations, the cost of such indebtedness is linked to fluctuationsRJ Plan, increases in the CDI rate rather thanwill increase our interest expenses and debt service obligations with respect to these recoveries.

In addition, the RJ Plan permits us to seek to raise up to R$2.5 billion in the capital markets and seek to borrow up to R$2 billion under new export credit facilities, as described under “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” This debt may accrue interest at floating rates in foreign currencies. Accordingly, we may incur interest expenses and foreign exchange rate. Thegains and losses in connection with this new debt. Increases in interest rates that we pay depend on a variety of factors, including prevailing Brazilianwill increase our interest expenses and international interest rates and risk assessments of our company, our industry and the Brazilian economy made by potential lendersdebt service obligations with respect to our company, potential purchasers of our debt securities and the rating agencies that assess our company and its debt securities.

Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch maintain ratings of our company and our debt securities. Any ratings downgrades in the future would likely result in increased interest and other financial expenses relating to loans and financings, including debt securities, and could adversely affect our ability to obtain such financing on satisfactory terms or in amounts required by us.this indebtedness.

Seasonality

WeOur primary business operations do not have material seasonal operations.operations, other than our sales of handsets and accessories in our Personal Mobility business which tends to increase during the fourth quarter of each year as compared to the other three fiscal quarters related to significant increases of volume during theyear-end holiday shopping season.

Recent Developments

Amendments to DebenturesConfirmation of RJ Plan

On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 12, 2015,5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.

The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties as long as its effects are not stayed. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of our 5th Issuance of Non-Convertible into Shares, Unsecured Debentures, in Two Series, for Public Distribution, and our 9th Issuance of Simple, Non-Convertible, Unsecured Debentures, in Two Series, for Public Distribution held meetings at which they waived compliance withsuch claims are entitled only to receive the applicable covenants under those instruments necessary for us to complete PT Portugal reorganization. In addition, the holders of our 5th Issuance of Non-Convertible into Shares, Unsecured Debentures, in Two Series, for Public Distribution approved an changerecoveries set forth in the covenants relating to financial ratios to permit our company to incur a debt to EBITDA ratio of up to 6.0 during each of the four fiscal quarters ending in 2015 if before or after the actual transfer of PT Portugal to Altice it is necessary for Oi to include the indebtedness of PT Portugal and its subsidiaries’ debts in the calculation of total gross debt under the instrument governing these debentures. In addition, Oi has negotiated similar waivers and temporary amendments to financial ratio covenants with lenders under certain of its other debt agreements.

PT Exchange

On March 30, 2015, we transferred Rio Forte commercial paper in the aggregate amount of €897 million to PT SGPSRJ Plan in exchange for 47,434,872their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of our common sharesthe RJ Plan.

Election of Recoveries under the RJ Plan

Under the RJ Plan, certain groups of creditors were entitled to make elections with respect to the form of the recovery that they were entitled to receive. The period to make these elections commenced on the Brazilian Confirmation Date and 94,869,744was scheduled to expire on February 26, 2018. On February 26, 2018, the RJ Court extended the election deadline applicable to beneficial holders of our preferred shares.bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF until March 8, 2018. For more details regardinginformation with respect to the PT Exchange,recoveries available to holders of bonds issues by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History“—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Development—Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange.Financing—Fixed-Rate Notes.

Consent Solicitation Regarding PT Portugal NotesVoting for Dutch Composition Plans

On April 9, 2015, we10, 2018, PTIF deposited a draft of the PTIF Composition Plan with the Dutch Court and Oi Coop deposited a draft of the Oi Coop Composition Plan with the Dutch Court. The PTIF Composition Plan and the Oi Coop Composition Plan each provide for the restructuring of the claims against PTIF and Oi Coop on substantially the same terms and conditions as the RJ Plan.

On April 10, 2018, Oi commenced a consent solicitation in which we are seeking the consentof votes of the holders of PT Portugal’s 6.25% Notes due 2016the seven series of bonds issued by PTIF in favor of a proposal to (1) approve extraordinary resolutions (a) releasing of Oi’s guarantee of the relevant series of bonds, and (b) instructing the trustee of such series of bonds to vote in favor of the PTIF Composition Plan and to provide a direction to the substitution,PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee in placerespect of PT Portugal,its vote on behalf of PTIF as issuer and principal obligor under these notes in order to satisfy one of the conditions to closing under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement. If the consent is granted by the holders of the notes, the notes will also be amended to grant to the holders of these notes an option to redeem their notes at specified prices based on the date ofOi Coop Composition Plan; and (2) approve the closing ofPTIF Composition Plan.

Under the sale of PT Portugal. Adocuments governing the bonds issued by PTIF, these actions may be taken at a meeting of holders of the notes to considerapplicable series of bonds at which at leasttwo-thirds of the principal amount of the applicable bonds are represented in person or by proxy. In the event that quorum is not obtained at any such meeting, these actions may be taken at a meeting of holders of the applicable series of bonds at a second meeting called for the purpose at which at leastone-third of the principal amount of the applicable bonds are represented in person or by proxy. In either case, the proposed consentextraordinary resolution may be passed by the vote of not less than 75% of the principal amount of the applicable bonds represented in the meeting.

The voting deadline under this voting solicitation was April 27, 2018 for one of these series of bonds and April 30, 2018 for the other six series of bonds. At meetings of each of these series of bonds held on May 4, 20152, 2018, quorum was adjournednot achieved for lackany of these series of bonds. As a quorum and is currently scheduled to be reconvenedresult, on May 19, 2015.3, 2018, Oi published notices to convene adjourned meetings of each of these series of bonds on May 17, 2018 and establishing a new voting deadline of May 14, 2018. Based on the votes received as of the second voting deadline, we believe that each of the extraordinary resolutions will be passed and that each of these series of bonds will vote to approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

A meeting of the creditors of PTIF has been scheduled on June 1, 2018 at which the creditors of PTIF will consider the PTIF Composition Plan and the votes solicited by Oi will be presented to the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee. Based on the results of the voting solicitation, we expect that the creditors of PTIF will approve the PTIF Composition Plan, however we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this meeting of creditors that will result in the failure of the creditors to approve the PTIF Composition Plan.

If the PTIF Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of PTIF, we expect that the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the PTIF Composition Plan. Although we expect that the Dutch Court will homologate the PTIF Composition Plan at that hearing, we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this hearing that will result in the failure of the Dutch Court to homologate the PTIF Composition Plan. If the PTIF Composition Plan is homologated, the PTIF Composition Plan will be given full force and effect in each member state of the European Union.

On April 10, 2018, Oi commenced a solicitation of votes of the holders of the two series of bonds issued by Oi Coop in favor of the Oi Composition Plan. The voting deadline under this voting solicitation was May 15, 2018. As of the voting deadline, the tabulation is in the process of being finalized.

A meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop has been scheduled on June 1, 2018 at which the creditors of Oi Coop will consider the Oi Coop Composition Plan and the votes solicited by Oi will be presented to the Oi Coop Bankruptcy Trustee and the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee is expected to vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop. Based on the preliminary results of the voting solicitation, if the extraordinary resolutions of the PTIF bonds are passed by all series of PTIF bonds instructing the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee to vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop in favor of the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect that the creditors of Oi Coop will approve the Oi Coop Composition Plan, however we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this meeting of creditors that will result in the failure of the creditors to approve the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the extraordinary resolutions of the PTIF bonds are not passed by all series of PTIF bonds, we cannot assure you as to how the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee will vote the claim represented by an intercompany loan made by PTIF to Oi Coop, and if the PTIF Bankruptcy Trustee vote this claim against approval of the Oi Coop Composition Plan, we expect the Oi Coop Composition Plan will not be approved.

If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is approved at the meeting of the creditors of Oi Coop, we expect that the Dutch Court will schedule a hearing on prior to June 15, 2018 to rule on the homologation of the Oi Coop Composition Plan. Although we expect that the Dutch Court will homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan at that hearing, we cannot assure you that procedural matters will not be raised at this hearing that will result in the failure of the Dutch Court to homologate the Oi Coop Composition Plan. If the Oi Coop Composition Plan is homologated, the Oi Coop Composition Plan will be given full force and effect in each member state of the European Union.

Filing of Chapter 15 Motion

On April 17, 2018, the foreign representative for the Chapter 15 Debtors filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking an order of that court granting, among other things, full force and effect to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the United States. The deadline for objections to the proposed order set by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court was May 11, 2018. As of that date, Pharol, Bratel B.V. and Bratel S.à r.l. filed an objection to that motion in which they argued that the motion should be denied without prejudice or deferred consideration until after certain appellate proceedings, arbitration and mediation have been concluded in Brazil. Additionally, The Bank of New York Mellon filed a limited objection requesting to revise certain portions of the proposed order, but did not object to the motion itself. The U.S. Bankruptcy Court has scheduled a hearing on the objections to the proposed order on May 29, 2018. If the U.S. Bankruptcy Court grants the requested order, the claims with respect to our bonds issued under indentures governed by New York law will be novated and discharged under New York law and the holders of these bonds will be entitled only to receive the recovery set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for the claims represented by these bonds.

Results of Operations

The following discussion of our results of operations is based on our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with BrazilianUS GAAP. In the following discussion, references to increases or decreases in any period are made by comparison with the corresponding prior period, except as the context otherwise indicates.

Year Ended December 31, 20142017 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 20132016

The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated income statement, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 20142017 and 2013.2016.

 

  Year ended December 31,  Year ended December 31, 
  2014   2013   % Change  2017 2016 %
Change
 
  (in millions ofreais, except percentages)  (in millions ofreais, except
percentages)
 

Net operating revenue

  R$28,247    R$28,422    (0.6)  R$23,790  R$25,996  (8.5

Cost of sales and services

   (15,230   (15,259  (0.2)   (15,676 (16,742 (6.4
  

 

   

 

     

 

  

 

  

 

 

Gross profit

 13,017   13,163  (1.1)   8,114  9,255  (12.2

Operating income (expenses)

    

Equity in earnings of joint ventures

 (6 (18(66.9)

Selling expenses

 (5,612 (5,5720.7   (4,400 (4,383 0.4 

General and administrative expenses

 (3,751 (3,5824.7   (3,064 (3,688 (16.9

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (1,043 (1,237 (15.7

Reorganization items, net

   (2,732 (9,006 (69.7
  

 

  

 

  

Operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes

   (2,767 (9,059 (69.5

Financial expenses, net

   (1,612 (4,375 (63.2
  

 

  

 

  

Loss before taxes

   (4,379 (13,434 (67.4

Income tax and social contribution

   351  (2,245 n.m. 
  

 

  

 

  

Net loss

  R$(4,027 R$(15,680 (74.3
  

 

  

 

  

(1)n.m. Not meaningful.

   Year ended December 31, 
   2014   2013   % Change 
   (in millions ofreais, except percentages) 

Other operating income (expenses), net

   2,026     1,295     56.5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Operating income before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 5,675   5,286   7.3  

Financial income

 1,345   1,375   (2.2)  

Financial expenses

 (5,891 (4,650 26.7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Financial expenses, net

 (4,547 (3,274 38.8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Income of before taxes

 1,128   2.012   (43.9)  

Income tax and social contribution

 (1,120 (519 115.7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income from continuing operations

 8   1,493   (99.5)  

Let loss from discontinued operations

 (4,415    n.m.  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income (loss)

R$(4,406R$1,493   (395.1)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net Operating Revenue

The following table sets forth the components of our net operating revenue, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 20142017 and 2013.2016.

 

  Year ended December 31,   Year ended December 31, 
  2014   2013   % Change   2017   2016   %
Change
 
  (in millions of reais, except percentages)   (in millions ofreais, except
percentages)
 

Telecommunications in Brazil Segment:

      

Residential

  R$9,995    R$10,303     (3.0  R$9,171   R$9,376    (2.2

Personal mobility

   9,011     9,290     (3.0   7,645    7,849    (2.6

SME/Corporate

   8,312     8,455     (1.7

Other services and businesses (1)

   929     374     148.4  

B2B

   6,486    7,607    (14.7

Other services

   256    332    (23.0
  

 

   

 

   
  23,557   25,164   (6.4) 

Other operations (1)

   233    833    (72.1
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

Net operating revenue

R$28,247  R$28,422   (0.6  R$23,790   R$25,996    (8.5
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

 

(1)(a)Other services and businessesoperations includes the net operating revenue of Africatel from the date of our acquisition of PT Portugal on May 5, 2014 through December 31, 2014.Africatel.

Net operating revenue of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment declined by 0.6%6.4% during 2014,2017, principally due to (1) a 3.0%14.7% decline in net operating revenue from B2B services, and to a lesser extent, a 2.2% decline in net operating revenue from residential services, (2)and a 3.0%2.6% decline in net operating revenue from personal mobility services, and (3) a 1.7% decline inservices. In addition, net operating revenue from SME/Corporate services. These effects were partially offsetof our other operations declined by 148.4% increase in net operating revenue from other services and businesses primarily72.1%, principally as a result of our consolidationdisposition of the results of Africatel as from May 5, 2014, which generated net operating revenue of R$635 million.our interest in MTC in January 2017.

Net Operating Revenue from Residential Customer Services

Net operating revenue from residential customer services represented 35.4%38.5% of our net operating revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014.during 2017. Residential customer services includesinclude fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services (broadband), andPay-TV. Net operating revenue from residential services declined by 3.0%2.2%, primarily due to (1) the 6.7%3.3% decline in the average number of fixed-line customers; andresidential revenue generating units, or RGUs; (2) the decline in fixed-mobile tariffs.voice traffic, and (3) the reduction inTU-RL andTU-RIU fixed line interconnection tariffs and VCfixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2017. These effects were partially offset by the 5.1%3.9% increase in the average monthly net residential revenue per user (calculated based on the total revenue for the year divided by the monthly average customer base for the year divided by 12) to R$74.079.6 in 20142017 from R$70.476.6 in 2013,2016, primarily due to thean increase in broadband andPay-TV revenues.

Net Operating Revenue from Residential Fixed-Line Services. Net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services declined by 6.1%9.5%, primarily due to:

to a 4.9% decline in net operating revenue from local fixed-line services, principally as a result of a 6.7%7.2% decline in the average number of residential fixed lines in service to 11.09.2 million during 20142017 from 11.89.9 million during 2013,2016, as a result of (1) the general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry to substitute mobile services in place of local fixed-line services;services, and

a 14.7% decline in net operating revenue from long-distance, primarily as a result of (1) aggressive discounting campaigns undertaken by our competitors, (2) the impact of two rate increases during the year. The effects of these factors were partially offset by the 6.7% decline in the numbermigration of residentialour fixed-line customers,customer base to convergent service offerings, such asOi Total, and (3) the increase in the proportionother plans offering unlimited minutes of fixed line customers that subscribe to alternative plans,usage, which include long-distance fixed line minutes as part of the monthly subscription fee.
generate greater revenue per user.

Net Operating Revenue from Broadband Services. Net operating revenue from residential broadband services increased by 3.2%0.9%, primarily as a result of a 3.2%1.5% increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber.subscriber, primarily as a result of the migration of our broadband base to service offerings with higher speed, which generate greater revenue per user. The effects of this migration were partially offset by a 0.6% decline in the average number of our residential ADSL subscribers remained stable at 5.2 million in 2014 and 2013.subscribers. As of December 31, 2014,2017, our ADSL customer basesubscribers represented 37.2%55.8% of our total residential fixed lines in service and subscribed to plans with an average speed of 8.3 Mbps as compared to 52.2% of our total residential fixed lines in service at an average speed of 6.8 Mbps as of December 31, 2016.

Net Operating Revenue fromPay-TV Services. Net operating revenue from residentialPay-TV services increased by 22.9%, primarily as a result of a 16.0% increase in the average number of our residentialPay-TV subscribers increased to 1.5 million during 2017 from 1.3 million during 2016, and a 5.9% increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber, principally as a result of the shift in the our sales mix towards more comprehensive packages of channels. As of December 31, 2017, ourPay-TV subscribers represented 16.2% of our total residential fixed lines in service as compared to 33.9%13.0% of our total residential fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2013.

Net Operating Revenue from Pay-TV Services. Net operating revenue from residential Pay-TV services increased by 11.3%, primarily as a result of the increase in the number of our residential Pay-TV subscribers to 1.2 million during 2014 from 0.9 million during 2013.2016.

Net Operating Revenue from Personal Mobility Services

Net operating revenue from personal mobility services represented 31.9%32.1% of our net operating revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014.during 2017. Personal mobility services include sales of mobile telephony services to post-paid andpre-paid customers that include voice services and data communication services. Net operating revenue from personal mobility services declined by 3.0%2.6%, primarily asdue to (1) a result of the reduction20.2% decline in VU-Mmobile interconnection tariffs. This effect was partially offset by an increase in pre-paid recharge revenues, mobile data revenue, and sales of handsets.(2) a 1.2% decline in revenue from mobile telephony services.

Net Operating Revenue from Mobile Telephony Services. Net operating revenue from mobile telephony services increaseddeclined by 3.0%1.2%, primarily due to (1) to:

a 0.7% increase9.3% decline in the number of our pre-paid mobile customers that subscribe to 41.3our prepaid plans to 29.9 million during 20142017 from 41.133.0 million during 2013,2016, principally as a result of (1) an increase in Brazil’s unemployment rate as our sales net additions of prepaid subscribers is closely correlated to movements in the unemployment rate, (2) the migration of prepaid customers in Brazil to the use of a single SIM card as operators have increased the offer of“all-net” plans following the successive reductions of the MTR tariffs, and (3) our strict disconnection policy for inactive customers, which is designed to reduce fee payments that we must make for each active account; and

a 2.1% decline in the number of mobile customers that subscribe to our postpaid plans to 6.7 million during 2017 from 6.9 million during 2016.

The effects of these declines were partially offset by a 7.5% increase in average monthly net revenue per user, primarily as a result of an increaseimprovement in pre-paid recharge revenue and mobilethe profile of our customer base. During 2017, data revenue primarilyrepresented 53.9% of net operating revenue from mobile telephony services as a result of our launches of new promotions that include bonus minutes, packages of data services and credits for use for our text messaging services, and (2) 6.4% increase in the number of our post-paid mobile customerscompared to 7.1 million47.2% during 2014 from approximately 6.7 million during 2013, primarily as a result of the success of commercial and operational initiatives focused on increasing sales of our premium services, such as data services and value added services, that are available to subscribers of our plans. These effects were partially offset by a 5.9% decline in the average monthly net mobile revenue per user to R$18.7 in 2014 from R$20.4 in 2013.2016.

Net Operating Revenue from Interconnection to Our Mobile Network. Mobile interconnection revenue declined by 34.8%20.2% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of the reduction in VU-MMTR interconnection tariffs in February 2014.2017.

Net Operating Revenue from Sales of Handsets and Accessories.Net operating revenue from sales of handsets and accessories increased by 50.7% as a result of our strategy of selling premium mobile devices, such as smart phones, as part of our efforts to acquire new high value customers and retain existing ones.

Net Operating Revenue from SME/CorporateB2B Services

Net operating revenue from SME/corporateB2B services represented 29.4%27.3% of our net operating revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014. SMEs/Corporateduring 2017. B2B services include corporate solutions offered to our small,medium-sized, and large corporate customers, including voice services and corporate data solutions.solutions, and wholesale customers. Net operating revenue

from SME/corporateB2B services declined by 1.7%14.7%, primarily as a result of (1) lower voice traffic, following the decreasenatural market trend, (2) the reduction in fixed-mobile and mobileMTR interconnection tariffs and (2) a 4.0% declineVCfixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2017, (3) the number of SME/slowdown in Brazilian economic activity, with has led to efforts by corporate and government customers to 7.9 million during 2014 from 8.2 million during 2013. These effects were partially offset byreduce costs, including telecommunications services costs, and has led to the increase in revenues from IT and data corporate services.

Net Operating Revenue from SME Services. Net operating revenue from SME services increased by 1.0%, primarily as a resultdownsizing or closing of an increased demand for these services.

Net Operating Revenue from Corporate Services. Net operating revenue from corporate services declined by 2.9%, primarily as a result of (1) the decrease in fixed-mobile and mobile interconnection tariffs, and (2) the 4.0% decline in the average numbermany of our SME customers, and (4) market perceptions of our company during our RJ proceedings which has made it difficult for us to enter into new agreements with corporate customers.

Gross Profit

As a result of the 0.6%these factors, we experienced a 1.6% decline in net operating revenue in 2014, coupled withthe total number of B2B customers to 6.5 million during 2017 from 6.6 million during 2016, principally as a result of a 3.2% decline in cost of sales and services of only 0.2%fixed line customers, partially offset by a 1.1% increase in 2014, our consolidated gross profit declined by 1.1% to R$13,017 million in 2014 from R$13,163 million in 2013. As a percentage of net operating revenue, gross profit declined to 46.1% in 2014 from 46.3% in 2013.mobile customers.

Operating Expenses

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, we are required to segregate cost of sales and services from operating expenses in the preparation of our income statement. However, in evaluating and managing our business, we prepare reports in which we review the elements included in cost of sales and services and operating expenses classified by nature, as presented in note 5 of our financial statements. We believe that this classification improves our ability to understand results and trends in our business and that financial analysts and other investors who review our performance rely on this classification in performing their own analysis. Therefore, we have presented the discussion below of our operating expenses based on the classification of operating expenses presented in note 5 of our financial statements.

The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 20142017 and 2013.2016.

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2014   2013   % Change   2017   2016   %
Change
 
  (in millions of reais, except percentages)   (in millions ofreais, except
percentages)
 

Third-party services

  R$6,259    R$6,117     2.3    R$6,221   R$6,399    (2.8

Depreciation and amortization

   4,535     4,278     6.0     5,881    6,311    (6.8

Rental and insurance

   3,120     2,120     47.2     4,163    4,330    (3.9

Personnel

   2,829     2,534     11.6     2,791    2,852    (2.1

Network maintenance services

   1,252    1,540    (18.7

Interconnection

   2,690     3,966     (32.2   778    1,173    (33.7

Network maintenance services

   1,923     2,328     (17.4

Taxes and other income (expenses)

   1,630     1,510     7.8  

Provisions (reversals)

   779     657     18.6  

Costs of handsets and accessories

   730     515     41.7  

Contingencies

   144    1,056    (86.4

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   692    643    7.5 

Advertising and publicity

   674     557     21.2     414    449    (7.9

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   649     923     (29.6

Handsets and other costs

   223    284    (21.4

Impairment losses

   47    226    (79.4

Taxes and other expenses

   345    559    (38.3

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (3,246   (2,370   37.0     1,233    227    n.m 
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

Total cost of sales and services

R$22,572  R$23,136   (2.4  R$24,184   R$26,049    (7.2
  

 

   

 

     

 

   

 

   

n.m.Not meaningful.

Operating expenses declined by 2.4%7.2% in 2014,2017, principally due to:

 

a 32.2%86.4%, or R$1,276912 million, decline in contingencies;

a 6.8%, or R$429 million, decline in depreciation and amortization costs;

a 33.7%, or R$395 million, decline in interconnection costs;

 

a 37.0%18.7%, or R$876 million, increase in other net operating income (expenses), net;

a 17.4%, or R$405289 million, decline in network maintenance services costs;services; and

 

a 29.6%38.3%, or R$273214 million, decline in the allowance for doubtful accounts.taxes and other expenses.

The effects of these factors were partially offset by the increaseour incurrence of R$1,233 million in other operating expenses, below:

a 47.2%, ornet during 2017 compared to R$1,000227 million increase in rental and insurance costs;

during 2016.

an 11.6%, or R$295 million, increase in personnel expenses;

a 6.0%, or R$257 million, increase in depreciation and amortization costs;

a 41.7%, or R$215 million, increase in costs of handsets and accessories;

a 2.3%, or R$142 million, increase in third-party service costs;

an 18.6%, or R$122 million, increase in provisions (reversals);

a 7.8%, or R$120 million, increase in taxes and other expenses; and

a 21.2%, or R$118 million, increase in advertising and publicity expenses.

Third-Party Services

Third-party service costs increaseddeclined by 2.3%,2.8% in 2017, primarily as a result of the increase inlower call center expenses on Pay-TV contentas a result of our adoption of our new customer care model and the implementationlower legal advisory and consulting services expenses as a result of IT projects for the 2014 FIFA World Cup.a reduction of judicial processes. The effects of these expendituresfactors were partially offset by a decline in expenses on consultinghigher content acquisition costs for ourPay-TV services and lower call center costs as a result of more efficientthe 16.0% increase in the average number of our residentialPay-TV subscribers, an increase in sales processes.commission expenses as a result of an increase in sales of higher value services, and a reduction in energy costs.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization costs increaseddeclined by 6.0%6.8% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of the growth of our 4G network, which has increasedincrease in the amount of our amortizable license costs and depreciablethe property, plant and equipment.equipment that has been fully depreciated.

Rental and Insurance

Rental and insurance costs increaseddeclined by 47.2%3.9% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of (1) an increasedecline inreaisof certain rental costsexpenses denominated in U.S. dollars as a result of the appreciation ofreal against U.S. dollar during 2017, particularly expenses relating to our network infrastructureagreements with GlobeNet and our lease of capacity on theSES-6 satellite, and (2) the absence of expenses during 2017 relating to settlement agreements with other operators we entered into in 2016 related to the leasing of towers and equipment. The effects of these factors was partially offset by (1) increased tower and equipment leasing costs, and (2) increased vehicles leasing costs as a result of our saleabsorption of non-strategic assets, including GlobeNet, fixed-line communications towers and mobile communications towers, (2) an increase in rental expenses relating to our leasing of capacity on the SES-6 satellite in order to provide our own head-end DTH services within Brazil, and (3) annual contractual adjustments under our other rental agreements.network maintenance operations.

Personnel

Personnel expenses (including employee benefits and social charges and employee and management profit sharing) increaseddeclined by 11.6%2.1% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of an(1) headcount reductions that we implemented in May 2016 and in the fourth quarter of 2016, and (2) initiatives that that we have implemented to promote greater efficiency and productivity as well as stricter cost controls related in personnel expenses. The effects of these factors were partially offset by (1) the increase in the number of our employees as a result of our internalizing a portionabsorption of our plant maintenancenetwork service operations in 2013, and2016, (2) increases in the compensation of some of our employees as a result of the renegotiation of some of our collective bargaining agreements at the end of 2013.

Interconnection

Interconnection costs declined by 32.2%, primarily as a result2016, (3) increased provisions for variable compensation related to the fulfillment of the 25% decline in VU-M interconnection tariffs that was mandatedoperational, financial and quality goals established for February 2014 and the decline in off-net mobile voice traffic, which reflects the success2017 under some of our offerscollective bargaining s, and (4) our implementation of certain strategic projects that incentivize on-net traffic.have resulted in the insourcing of services that used to be provided by third parties in order to improve quality and productivity in some of our critical processes.

Network Maintenance Services

Network maintenance services costs declined by 17.4%18.7% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of (1) our internalizing a portionabsorption of our plant maintenancenetwork service operations in 2013;the state of Rio de Janeiro and (2) actions taken to support our commitment to enhance efficiencyin the South, North and productivity and procedures that we adopted to reduce costs.

Taxes and Other Expenses

Taxes and other expenses increased by 7.8% in 2014, primarilyNortheast regions, as a result of a R$60 million increase in PISwhich we no longer incur costs to third parties for these services, and COFINS taxes recordedour focus on theconducting more efficient field operations focused on increased distributionsproductivity and preventive actions. The effects of interest on shareholders equity received from some of our subsidiaries.

Provisions (Reversals)

Provisions increased by 18.6% in 2014, primarily as a result of a R$116 million increase in labor provisions in 2014, compared to a R$154 million reversal of labor provisions in 2013, principally due to our revision of the methodology used to calculate the provisions for losses in labor lawsuits. These effectsthis factor were partialypartially offset by a declineour insourcing of technical support call center operations in provision for civil claims to R$340 million2017 and annual readjustments of costs under our contracts.

Interconnection

Interconnection costs declined by 33.7% in 2014 from R$528 million in 2013, primarily due to revision in 2014 of the methodology we use to calculate the provisions for losses in civil lawsuits (principally, lawsuits involving the financial participation agreements), including statistical techniques as a result of the greater experience that we have accumulated in this matter.

Costs of Handsets and Accessories

Costs of handsets and accessories increased by 41.7% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of the declines in MTR interconnection tariffs and theTU-RL andTU-RIU interconnection tariffs that were implemented in February 2017 and February 2016. The effects of these factors were partially offset by an increase in sale of smartphones as part of our strategic initiative to increase ouroff-net mobile data communications revenue.

Advertising and Publicity

Advertising and publicity expenses increased by 21.2% in 2014, primarilytraffic volume as a result of increased costsour introduction of advertising campaignsnew mobile plans based on the“all-net” model.

Contingencies

In 2016, contingencies included R$858 million related to our Oi TV service, and costslabor contingencies of advertising campaigns related to our sponsorship of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.Rede Conecta.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for doubtful accounts declinedincreased by 29.6%7.5% in 2014,2017, primarily as a result of an increase in consumer default rates as a result of the improvement of our credit policy as part of measures we adopted to lower our churn rate and improve the quality of our customer base.deterioration Brazilian macroeconomic conditions. During the year ended December 31, 2014,2017, allowance for doubtful accounts represented 2.3%2.9% of our net operating revenue compared to 3.2%2.5% in 2013.2016.

Other Operating Income (Expenses), NetAdvertising and Publicity

Advertising and publicity expenses declined by 7.9% in 2017, primarily as a result of a decline in the volume of our advertising campaigns.

Handsets and Other operating income (expenses), net increasedCosts

Handsets and other costs declined by 37.0%21.4% in 2017, primarily due to R$3,246 millionlower handset sales.

Impairment Losses

Impairment losses declined by 79.4% in 2014 from R$2,370 million2017. Impairment losses in 2013. The principal components2017 and 2016 consisted of other operating income (expenses), net in 2014 were:

a R$2,399 million gain, net of transaction expenses,losses on goodwill relating to the sale of Caryopoceae and Tupã TorresAfricatel, which owned an aggregate of 3,648 mobile communications towers used in our mobile services business;

is reported as a R$355 million reversal of allowance arising from our review of the methodology used to calculate allowances for losses on corporate processes; and

a R$476 million reversal of the allowance relating to the Brazilian government’s tax refinancing programheld-for-sale asset as a result of our settlementannual impairment testing.

Taxes and Other Expenses

Taxes and other expenses declined by 38.3% in 2017, primarily due to a decrease in other tax expenses, due to a decrease in other revenues in which other taxes are associated and a decrease in expenses for fines.

Other Operating Expenses, Net

Other operating expenses, net increased to R$1,233 million in 2017 from R$227 million in 2016, primarily as a result of a portionthe effects of our obligations for principal, interest and fines utilizingnon-recurring expenses related to unrecoverable tax, loss carryforwards.

The principal componentswrite-off of other operating income (expenses), net in 2013 were:

a R$1,497 million gain, net of transactionassets and other expenses relatingdue to reconcile the sale of GlobeNet;

a R$330 million reversal of accrued profit sharing;

a R$201 million reversal of allowance arising from our reviewaccounting balances as part of the methodology used to calculateRJ Proceedings.

Reorganization Items, Net

As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we have applied ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Accordingly, certain expenses, realized gains and losses and provisions for losses on labor claims; and

that are realized or incurred in the RJ Proceedings have been recorded in as restructuring expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

Reorganization items, net declined by 69.7% to R$2,732 million during 2017 from R$9,006 million during 2016. Reorganization items, net during 2017 consisted of (1) a R$1731,569 million gain, netincrease of transaction expenses, relatedthe amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities owed to ANATEL to the saleamount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings (2) a property.

R$1,146 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, and (2) fees and expenses of R$370 million of professional advisors who are assisting us with the RJ Proceedings. The effects of these expenses were partially offset by our recognition of income from short-term investments of R$713 million, which were recognized as reorganization items.

Reorganization items, net during 2016 consisted of (1) a R$6,604 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities owed to ANATEL to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, (2) a R$2,350 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our other contingent liabilities to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings and (2) fees and expenses of R$253 million of professional advisors who are assisting us with the RJ Proceedings. The effects of these expenses were partially offset by our recognition of income from short-term investments of R$202 million, which were recognized as reorganization items.

Operating IncomeLoss before Financial Income (Expenses)Expenses, Net, and Taxes

As a result of the foregoing, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment declined by 70.1%, to R$2,697 million during 2017 from R$9,008 million during 2016. As a percentage of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment declined to 11.4% during 2017 from 35.8% during 2016.

Operating expenses of our other operations declined by 68.5% to R$303 million during 2017 from R$884 million during 2016, principally as a result of our disposition of our interest in MTC in January 2017. The operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our other operations increased by 37.5%, to R$70 million during 2017 from R$51 million during 2016. As a percentage of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our other operations increased to 30.0% during 2017 from 6.1% during 2016.

Our consolidated operating incomeloss before financial income (expenses)expenses, net, and taxes increaseddeclined by 7.3%69.5%, to R$5,6752,767 million in 2014during 2017 from R$5,2879,059 million in 2013.during 2016. As a percentage of net operating revenue, operating incomeloss before financial income (expenses)expenses, net, and taxes increaseddeclined to 20.1% in 201411.6% during 2017 from 18.6% in 2013.34.8% during 2016.

Financial Expenses, Net

Financial Income

Financial income declinedincreased by 2.2%32.4% to R$1,3451,550 million in 2014during 2017 from R$1,3751,171 million in 2013,during 2016, primarily due to:

to (1) a 36.2%70.7% increase in interest on other assets to R$1,050 million during 2017 from R$615 million during 2016, principally as a result of interest on judicial deposits and monetary variation on others assets and (2) our recording no gain on exchange rate differences on translating foreign short-term investments during 2017, as part of the recognition as reorganization items, net compared to a R$135 million loss during 2016. The effects of these factors was partially offset by (1) our recording no income from short-term investments during 2017, as part of the recognition as reorganization items, net compared to income of R$112 million during 2016, and (2) a 13.5% decline in other financial income to R$162500 million in 2014during 2017 from R$254578 million in 2013;
during 2016.

Financial Expenses

a 59.0% decline in dividends received

Financial expenses declined by 43.0% to R$323,162 million in 2014during 2017 from R$785,546 million during 2016, primarily due to the elimination of our borrowing and financing costs in 2013;2017 as a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings in June 2016, compared to our borrowing and

financing costs of R$2,746 million during 2016, the effects of which were partially offset by a 12.9% increase in other charges to R$3,162 million during 2017 from R$2,800 million during 2016.

a 53.4% decline in exchange rate gains on foreign investments to R$32 million during 2014 from R$70 million during 2013, primarily as a result of a decrease in our balances invested in foreign currencies and the 13.4% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar during 2014 compared to the 14.6% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar during 2013.

Other charges increased primarily as a result of (1) a 174.3% increase in interest on other liabilities to R$1,641 million during 2017 from R$598 million during 2016, principally due to the commencement of our participation in the Tax Recovery Program (REFIS) in May 2017, and (2) a 158.6% increase in other expenses to R$450 million during 2017 from R$174 million during 2016. The effects of these factors was partially offset by (1) a 27.3% increase75.5% decline in income from short-term investmentsloss on available for sale financial assets to R$355267 million during 20142017 from R$2791,090 million during 2013, primarily2016, principally as a result of an increase in the averagereduction of the loss recorded based on our revision of the recoverable amount of our short-term investments,dividends receivable from Unitel, the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange losses rate related to the depreciation of the Kwanza against the U.S. dollar and thereal to US$39 million during 2017 from US$242 million during 2016, and (2) a 9.8% increase in interest and inflation adjustments on other assets to R$762 million during 2014 from R$695 million during 2013, primarily as a result of an increase in average amount of our other assets.

Financial Expenses

Financial expenses increased by 26.7% to R$5,891 from R$4,650 million in 2013, primarily due to:

a 63.1%24.6% decline in gains on derivatives transactions to R$427 million during 2014 from R$1,159 million during 2013, primarily as a result of the 13.4% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar and the stability of therealagainst the Euro during 2014 compared to the 14.6% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the 19.7% depreciation of thereal against the Euro during 2013;

a 19.6% increase in interest on loans payable to third parties and interest on debentures to R$2,933 million during 2014 from R$2,452 million during 2013, primarily as a result of an increase in the average amount of our loans payable to third parties and debentures;

a 31.8% increase in interest and inflation adjustments on other liabilities to R$812 million during 2014 from R$616 million during 2013, primarily as a result of an increase in average amount of our other liabilities; and

a 99.9% increase in withholding income tax on financial transactions and chargesbank fees to R$386512 million during 20142017 from R$193679 million during 2013, primarily2016, principally due to a reduction in these types of expenses as a result of our incurrence of these expenses in connection with the Oi capital increase.

The effects of these factors were partially offset by a 27.2% decline in inflation adjustment and exchange differences on third party borrowing to R$1,465 million during 2014 from R$2,013 million during 2013, primarily as a result of. the 13.4% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar and the stability of therealagainst the Euro during 2014 compared to the 14.6% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the 19.7% depreciation of thereal against the Euro during 2013.judicial recovery.

Income Tax and Social Contribution

The composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate was 34% in each of 20142017 and 2013. Income2016. We recorded an income tax and social contribution expense increased by 115.7 % tobenefits of R$1,120351 million fromduring 2017 and an income tax and social contribution expenses of R$5192,245 million in 2013. Ourduring 2016. The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was 93.1% in 20148.0% during 2017 and 29.0% in 2013.(16.7)% during 2016. The table below sets forth a reconciliation of the composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate to our effective tax rate for each of the periods presented.

 

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2014  2013 

Composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate

   34.0  34.0

Tax effects of equity method

   0.2    0.3  

Tax effects of permanent exclusions (additions)

   63.1    (7.1

Tax incentives (SUDENE)

   (3.0  (1.5

Utilization of tax loss carryforwards

   0.0    (1.3

Tax effects of unrecognized deferred tax assets

   3.9    4.6  

Tax effects of differentiated tax rates

   (0.6  —    

Tax effects of recognized deferred tax assets

   (4.4  —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Effective rate

 93.1 29.0
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2017   2016 

Composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate

   34.0%    34.0% 

Valuation allowance

   (25.9)    (30.1) 

Effects of foreign rate differential

   (0.5)    (0.1) 

Tax effects of permanent additions

   (2.1)    (21.5) 

Tax effects of permanent exclusions

   8.5    0.9 

Tax incentives

   0.3    0.2 

Tax amnesty program

   (6.3)    —   

Other

   0.0    0.0 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective rate

   8.0%    (16.7)% 

OurThe effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was 93.1%8.0% in 2014, primarily as2017, resulting in a result of the tax effect of permanent exclusions related to (1) the settlement of principal, fines and interest in amount of R$443 million payable to the Brazilian government’s tax refinancing program through the use of tax loss carryforwards as permitted by Article 2 of Law 12996/2014 and Article 33 of Law 13043/2014, and (2) the write-off of R$266 million of tax credits related to potential loss on the shares of PT SGPS held Telemar, which increased our effective tax rate by 63.1%.

Our effective tax rate was 29.0% in 2013,benefit, primarily as a result of (1) the tax effecteffects of valuation allowance and valuation allowance, which resulted in a decline in our tax assets by R$1,135 million, that were recognized for the companies that as at December 31, 2017, do not expect to generate sufficient future taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 25.9%, (effectively reducing our tax benefit) and (2) the tax effects of amnesty program which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 6.3%. The effects which were partially offset by the tax effects of permanent exclusions, which increased the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 8.5% (effectively increasing our tax benefit).

The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (16.7)% in 2016, resulting in a tax expense despite our incurring a loss before taxes, primarily as a result of (1) the tax effects of valuation allowance, which resulted in a decline in our tax assets by R$4,050 million that were recognized for the companies that, as at December 31, 2016, do not expect to generate sufficient future taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 30.1% (effectively increasing our tax expense), and (2) the tax effects on permanent additions, primarily as a resultsresult of the net effects of permanent exclusion (additions)the adjustments of prescribed dividends, nondeductible fines, tax incentivesdebt obligations due to the filing of the judicial reorganization petitions and sponsorships,based on the RJ Plan, which decreased ourreduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 7.1%21.5% (effectively increasing our tax expense).

Net Loss

As a result of the foregoing, our consolidated net loss declined by 74.3% to R$4,027 million during 2017 from R$15,680 million during 2016. As a percentage of net operating revenue, our net loss declined to 16.9% during 2017 from 60.3% during 2016.

Year Ended December 31, 2016 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2015

The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated income statement, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

   Year ended December 31, 
   2016  2015  %
Change
 
      (restated)    
   (in millions ofreais, except
percentages)
 

Net operating revenue

  R$25,996  R$27,354   (5.0

Cost of sales and services

   (16,742  (16,250  3.0 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Gross profit

   9,255   11,104   (16.7

Operating income (expenses)

    

Selling expenses

   (4,383  (4,720  (7.1

General and administrative expenses

   (3,688  (3,912  (5.7

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (1,237  (2,294  (46.1

Restructuring items

   (9,006  —     n.m. 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes

   (9,059  177   n.m. 

Financial expenses, net

   (4,375  (6,724  (34.9
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Loss before taxes

   (13,435  (6,547  105.2 

Income tax and social contribution

   (2,245  (3,380  (33.6
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Net income (loss) from continuing operations

   (15,680  (9,927  58.0 

Net income (loss) from discontinued operations

   —     (867  (100.0
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Net loss

  R$(15,680 R$(10,794  45.3 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

(1)n.m. Not meaningful.

Net Operating Revenue

The following table sets forth the components of our net operating revenue, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

   Year ended December 31, 
   2016   2015   % Change 
   (restated) 
   (in millions of reais, except percentages) 

Telecommunications in Brazil Segment:

      

Residential

   R$9,376    R$9,779    (4.1

Personal mobility

   7,849    8,431    (6.9

B2B

   7,607    7,974    (4.6

Other services

   332    257    29.2 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   
   25,164    26,441    (4.8

Other operations (1)

   833    913    (8.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net operating revenue

   R$25,996    R$27,354    (5.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

(1)Other operations includes the net operating revenue of Africatel.

Net operating revenue of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment declined by 4.8% during 2016, principally due to (1) a 6.9% decline in net operating revenue from personal mobility services, (2) a 4.1% decline in net operating revenue from residential services, and (3) a 4.6% decline in net operating revenue from B2B services. Net operating revenue of our other operations declined by 8.7%.

Net Operating Revenue from Residential Customer Services

Net operating revenue from residential customer services represented 36.1% of our net operating revenue during 2016. Net operating revenue from residential services declined by 4.1%, primarily due to (1) the 9.3% decline in the average number of residential RGUs, and (2) the tax effect of tax incentives providedreduction inTU-RL andTU-RIU fixed line interconnection tariffs and VCfixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2016. These effects were partially offset by the Superintendency5.5% increase in the average monthly net residential revenue per user (calculated based on the total revenue for the Developmentyear divided by the monthly average customer base for the year divided by 12) to R$76.6 in 2016 from R$72.6 in 2015, primarily due to the increase in broadband andPay-TV revenues.

Net Operating Revenue from Residential Fixed-Line Services. Net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services declined by 5.5%, primarily due to a 5.4% decline in the average number of residential fixed lines in service to 9.9 million during 2015 from 10.5 million during 2015, as a result of the Northeast Regiongeneral trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry to substitute mobile services in place of local fixed-line services. The effects of this factor was partially offset by the migration of our fixed-line customer base to convergent service offerings, such asOi Total, which generate greater revenue per user.

Net Operating Revenue from Broadband Services. Net operating revenue from residential broadband services increased by 6.9%, primarily as a result of (1) a 5.3% increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber, primarily as a result of the migration of our broadband base to service offerings with higher speed, which generate greater revenue per use, and (2) a 1.5% increase in the average number of our residential ADSL subscribers to 5.2 million during 2016 from 5.1 million during 2015. As of December 31, 2016, our ADSL subscribers represented 52.2% of our total residential fixed lines in service and subscribed to plans with an average speed of 6.9 Mbps as compared to 48.6 % of our total residential fixed lines in service at an average speed of 5.6 Mbps as of December 31, 2015.

Net Operating Revenue fromPay-TV Services. Net operating revenue from residentialPay-TV services increased by 23.6%, primarily as a result of a 12.1% increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber, principally as a result of the shift in the our sales mix towards more comprehensive packages of channels, and a 10.4% increase in the average number of our residentialPay-TV subscribers to 1.3 million during 2016 from 1.2 million during 2015. As of December 31, 2016, ourPay-TV subscribers represented 13.7% of our total residential fixed lines in service as compared to 11.0% of our total residential fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2015.

Net Operating Revenue from Personal Mobility Services

Net operating revenue from personal mobility services represented 30.2% of our net operating revenue during 2016. Net operating revenue from personal mobility services declined by 6.9%, primarily due to (1) a 29.5% decline in mobile interconnection revenue, (2) a 39.9% decline in revenue from sales of handsets and accessories, and (3) a 1.9% decline in revenue from mobile telephony services.

Net Operating Revenue from Mobile Telephony Services. Net operating revenue from mobile telephony services declined by 1.9%, primarily due to a 15.5% decline in the number of mobile customers that subscribe to our prepaid plans to 33.0 million during 2016 from 39.1 million during 2015, principally as a result of (1) the migration of prepaid customers in Brazil (to the use of a single SIM card as operators have increased the offer of“all-net” plans following the successive reductions of the MTR tariffs, and (2) our strict disconnection policy for inactive customers, which is designed to reduce fee payments that we must make for each active account. The effects of this decline were partially offset by (1) a 15.9% increase in average monthly net revenue per user, primarily as a result of an increase in data revenue, and (2) a 1.2% increase in the number of mobile customers that subscribe to our postpaid plans to 6.9 million during 2016 from 6.8 million during 2015, principally as a result of a trend toward the migration from prepaid customers to postpaid offers. During 2016, data revenue represented 47.2% of net operating revenue from mobile telephony services as compared to 37.2% during 2015.

Superintendência de Desenvolvimento do NordesteNet Operating Revenue from Interconnection to Our Mobile Network.) Mobile interconnection revenue declined by 29.5% in 2016, primarily as a result of the reduction in MTR interconnection tariffs in February 2016.

Net Operating Revenue from Sales of Handsets and Accessories.Net operating revenue from sales of handsets and accessories (primarily SIM cards) declined by 39.9%, principally as a result of our strategy to outsource handsets sales in order to increase logistical efficiency and improve the supply of handsets in our sales channels.

Net Operating Revenue from B2B Services

Net operating revenue from B2B services represented 29.3% of our net operating revenue during 2016. Net operating revenue from B2B services declined by 4.6%, primarily as a result of (1) the slowdown in Brazilian economic activity, with has led to efforts by corporate and government customers to reduce costs, including telecommunications services costs, and has led to the downsizing or closing of many of our SME customers, and (2) the reduction in MTR interconnection tariffs and VCfixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2016, and (3) market perceptions of our company during our RJ proceedings which has made it difficult for us to enter into new agreements with corporate customers.

As a result of these factors, we experienced a 2.1% decline in the total number of B2B customers to 6.6 million during 2016 from 6.8 million during 2017, principally as a result of a 4.6% decline in fixed line customers, partially offset by a 3.0% increase in mobile customers.

Operating Expenses

The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015.

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2016   2015   % Change 
   (in millions of reais, except percentages) 

Third-party services

   R$6,399    R$6,317    1.3 

Depreciation and amortization

   6,311    6,195    1.9 

Rental and insurance

   4,330    3,600    20.3 

Personnel

   2,852    2,720    4.9 

Network maintenance services

   1,540    1,902    (19.0

Interconnection

   1,173    1,809    (35.1

Contingencies

   1,056    1,838    (42.5

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   643    721    (10.8

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2016   2015   % Change 
   (in millions of reais, except percentages) 

Advertising and publicity

   449    406    10.7 

Handsets and other costs

   284    285    (0.2

Impairment losses

   226    591    (61.8

Taxes and other expenses

   559    1,013    (44.8

Other operating income (expenses), net

   227    219    n.m 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total cost of sales and services

   R$26,049    R$27,176    (4.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

n.m.Not meaningful.

Operating expenses declined by 4.1% in 2016, principally due to:

a 42.5%, or the SUDENE, resulting from R$782 million, increase in contingencies;

a reduction35.1%, or R$635 million, decline in interconnection costs;

a 44.8%, or R$454 million, decline in taxes and other expenses;

a 61.8%, or R$365 million, decline in impairment losses; and

a 19.0%, or R$361 million, decline in network maintenance services.

The effects of these factors were partially offset by:

a 20.3%, or R$730 million, increase in rental and insurance costs;

our incurrence of R$227million in other operating expenses, net during 2016 compared to R$218 million in other operating income, net during 2015; and

a 4.9%, or R$133 million, increase in personal expenses.

Third-Party Services

Third-party service costs increased by 1.3% in 2016, primarily as a result of an increase in costs under our contract for satellite services with Globosat and increased content acquisition costs for ourPay-TV services as a result in the basisimprovement of calculation of profit in the regions promoted by the SUDENE, which reduced our effective tax rate by 1.5%, (3) the tax effect of our utilization of tax loss carryforwards, which reduced our effective tax rate by 1.3%.Pay-TV customer mix. The effects of these factors were partially offset by lower call center expenses as a result of our adoption of our new customer care model and a reduction in sales commission expenses as a result of our efforts to optimize our sales channels through the taxincreased use of our own channels.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization costs increased by 1.9% in 2016, primarily as a result of the growth of our data and mobile network due to our strategy of modernization of the core network focusing on transmission and transport infrastructure, which has increased the amount of depreciable property, plant and equipment and amortizable license.

Rental and Insurance

Rental and insurance costs increased by 20.3% in 2016, primarily as a result of (1) an increase inreaisof certain rental expenses denominated in U.S. dollars as a result of the depreciation ofreal against U.S. dollar during 2016, particularly expenses relating to our agreements with GlobeNet and our lease of capacity on theSES-6 satellite, (2) the effects of Brazilian inflation on certain of our contracts that index our costs to Brazilian inflation indexes, (3) an increase in the quantity of submarine cable capacity that we rent, (4) increased vehicles leasing costs as a result of our absorption of network maintenance operations, and (5) our entering into settlement agreements with other operators related to the leasing of towers and equipment.

Personnel

Personnel expenses (including employee benefits and social charges and employee and management profit sharing) increased by 4.9% in 2016, primarily as a result of (1) an increase in the number of our employees as a result of our absorption of network service operations in the state of Rio de Janeiro and in the South, North and Northeast regions, and (2) increases in the compensation of some of our employees as a result of the renegotiation of some of our collective bargaining agreements at the end of 2015. The effects of these increases were partially offset by (1) headcount reductions that we implemented in April 2015, May 2016 and in the fourth quarter of 2016, and (2) reduced provisions for employee profit sharing in 2016.

Network Maintenance Services

Network maintenance services costs declined by 19.0% in 2016, primarily as a result of our absorption of network service operations in the state of Rio de Janeiro and in the South, North and Northeast regions, as a result of which we no longer incur costs to third parties for these services. The effects of this factor were partially offset by annual contractual adjustments under our agreements with network maintenance service providers.

Interconnection

Interconnection costs declined by 35.1%, primarily as a result of the declines in MTR interconnection tariffs and theTU-RL andTU-RIU interconnection tariffs that were implemented in February 2015 and February 2016. The effects of these factors were partially offset by an increase inoff-net mobile traffic volume as a result of our introduction of new mobile plans based on the“all-net” model.

Contingencies

In 2016, contingencies included R$858 million related to labor contingencies of Rede Conecta. In 2015, contingencies included R$976 million related to the effect of unrecognized deferred taxthe increase in provision for contingencies, the write-off of judicial deposits and the correction of the corresponding inflation adjustments on the written off judicial deposits, our restated net loss during 2015.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for doubtful accounts declined by 10.8% in 2016, primarily as a result of an improvement in our customers’ payment profile, reflecting our focus on sales quality, particularly in the B2B Services revenue segment. During the year ended December 31, 2016, allowance for doubtful accounts represented 2.5% of our net operating revenue compared to 2.7% in 2015.

Advertising and Publicity

Advertising and publicity expenses increased by 10.7% in 2016, primarily as a result of our resumption of commercial activities at the end of 2015 with the increased focused on o the launch of ourre-branding and marketing campaigns to supportOi Total,Oi Livre,Oi MaisandOi Mais Empresas.

Handsets and Other Costs

Handsets and other costs remained substantially unchanged in 2016 compared to 2015.

Impairment Losses

Impairment losses declined by 61.8% in 2016. Impairment losses in 2016 consisted of the impairment loss on goodwill related to Africatel, which is reported as aheld-for-sale asset, as a result of our annual impairment testing . Impairment losses in 2015 consisted of (1) R$501 million related to goodwill and trademarks for the operations in Brazil due to a significant change in the macroeconomic conditions in Brazil, and (2) R$89 million related to loss on goodwill related to our operations in Africa.

Taxes and Other Expenses

Taxes and other expenses declined by 44.8% in 2016 primarily due to reducing costs as part of the RJ Proceedings.

Other Operating Income (Expenses), Net

Other operating expense, net was R$227 million in 2016 compared to other operating income, net of R$219 million in 2015. The principal components of other operating income, net in 2016 include expenses related to write-off of other assets regarding legal entitiesand other expenses of R$132 million due to reconcile the accounting balances as part of the RJ Proceedings. The principal components of other operating income, net in 2015 include the reversal of a civil contingency amounting to R$325,709 arising from the revision of the calculation methodology and R$47,756 in costs relating to terminations of employments contracts in this period.

The principal components of other operating income, net in 2015 were (1) a R$326 million reversal of a civil contingency arising from the revision of the methodology we use to calculate civil contingencies, and (2) R$48 million in costs relating to terminations of employees during 2015.

Reorganization Items, Net

As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we have applied ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Accordingly, certain expenses, realized gains and losses and provisions for losses that are realized or incurred in the RJ Proceedings have been recorded in as restructuring expenses in our consolidated statements of operations.

Reorganization items, net during 2016 consisted of (1) a R$6,600 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities owed to ANATEL to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings (2) a R$2,350 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our other contingent liabilities to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, and (3) fees and expenses of R$253 million of professional advisors who are assisting us with the RJ Proceedings. The effects of these expenses were partially offset by our recognition of income from short-term investments of R$202 million, which were recognized as reorganization items.

We did not eligiblerecognize reorganization items, net during 2015.

Operating Income (Loss) before Financial Income (Expenses) and Taxes

As a result of the foregoing, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment increased to recognizeR$15,794 million during 2016 from R$319 million during 2015. As a percentage of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment increased to 62.8% during 2016 from 1.2% during 2015.

Operating expenses of our other operations increased by 38.9% to R$884 million during 2016 from 636 million during 2015, principally as a result of exchange rate losses related to the depreciation of the Kwanza against the U.S. dollar and thereal. Operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our other operations was R$51 million during 2016 compared to operating income before financial expenses, net, and taxes of R$276 million during 2015. As a percentage of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our other operations was 6.1% during 2016 compared to operating income before financial expenses, net, and taxes of 30.3% during 2015.

Our consolidated operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes increased to R$9,059 million during 2016 from income of R$177 million during 2015. As a percentage of net operating revenue, operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes increased to 34.8% during 2016 from operating income before financial expenses, net, and taxes to 0.6% during 2015.

Financial Expenses, Net

Financial Income

Financial income declined by 78.2% to R$1,171 million during 2016 from R$5,364 million during 2015, primarily due to (1) our recording a R$135 million loss on exchange rate differences on translating foreign short-term investments during 2016 compared to gain of R$3,350 million during 2015, principally as a result of the appreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the Euro in 2016, and (2) decline in other income to R$578 million during 2016 from R$1,010 million during 2015 as a result of the to the gain on debenture repayment transactions and US$187.5 million (R$733 million) related with our portion of dividends approved by Unitel.

Financial Expenses

Financial expenses declined by 54.1% to R$5,546 million during 2016 from R$12,089 million during 2015, primarily due to (1) our a 70.0% decline in borrowing and financing costs to R$2,746 million during 2016 from R$9,162 million during 2015, and (2) a 24.6% decline in other charges to R$2,800 million during 2016 from R$2,927 million during 2015.

Borrowing and financing costs declined primarily as a result of our recording a gain on inflation and exchange losses on third-party borrowings of R$4,580 million during 2016 compared to a loss of R$10,908 million during 2015, primarily as a result of (1) the elimination of our borrowing and financing costs in second half as a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings in June 2016, and (2) the appreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the Euro in 2016, and to a lesser extent, a 46.2% decline in interest on borrowings payable to third parties to R$2,178 million during 2016 from R$4,050 million during 2015, primarily as a result of (1) the elimination of our borrowing and financing costs in second half as a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings in June 2016. The effects of these factors were partially offset by our recording a R$5,148 million loss on derivatives transactions during 2016 compared to a gain of R$5,797 million during 2015, primarily as a result of the appreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the Euro in 2016.

Other charges declined primarily as a result of (1) a decline on interest on other liabilities to R$598 million during 2016 from R$833 million during 2015, principally due to reducing cost as part of the RJ Proceedings, and (2) a 63.5% decline in other expenses to R$174 million during 2016 from R$477 million during 2015, principally due to reducing cost as part of the RJ Proceedings, and (3) a 67.5% decline in inflation adjustment of provisions to R$238 million during 2016 from R$363 million during 2015. The effects of these factors was partially offset by a 143.5% increase in loss on available for sale financial assets to R$1,090 million during 2016 from R$448 million during 2015, principally as a result of the loss recorded based on our revision of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel, the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange losses rate related to the depreciation of the Kwanza against the U.S. dollar and thereal to US$242 million during 2016 from US$188 million during 2015.

Income Tax and Social Contribution

The composite corporate statutory income tax credits onand social contribution rate was 34% in each of 2016 and 2015. We recorded an income tax and social contribution expenses of R$2,245 million during 2016 and R$3,380 million during 2015. The effective tax rate applicable to our loss carryforwards, which increasedbefore taxes was (11.1)% during 2016 and (51.6)% during 2015. The table below sets forth a reconciliation of the composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate to our effective tax rate for each of the periods presented.

   Year Ended
December 31,
 
   2016  2015 

Composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate

   34.0%   34.0% 

Valuation allowance

   (30.1  (79.0

Effects of foreign rate differential

   (0.1  (1.6

Tax effects of permanent additions

   (21.5  (4.1

Tax effects of permanent exclusions

   0.9   1.7 

Tax incentives

   0.2   0.1 

Tax amnesty program

      (2.5

Other

   0.0   (0.2
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Effective rate

   (16.7)%   (51.6

The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (16.71)% in 2016, resulting in a tax expense despite our incurring a loss before taxes, primarily as a result of (1) the tax effects of valuation allowance, which resulted in a decline in our tax assets by 4.6%R$4,050 million that were recognized for the companies that, as at December 31, 2016, do not expect to generate sufficient future taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 30.1% (effectively increasing our tax expense), and (2) the tax effects on permanent additions, primarily as a result of the effects of the adjustments of debt obligations due to the filing of the judicial reorganization petitions and based on the RJ Plan, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 21.5% (effectively increasing our tax expense).

The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (51.6)% in 2015, resulting in a tax expense despite our incurring a loss before taxes, primarily as a result of the tax effects of valuation allowance, which resulted in a decline in our tax assets by R$5,171 million, that were recognized for the companies that, as at December 31, 2015, do not expect to generate sufficient future taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 79.0% (effectively increasing our tax expense).

Net IncomeLoss from Continuing Operations

Our net incomeloss from continuing operations declined by 99.5%58.0% to R$815,680 million in 2014during 2016 from R$1,49310,794 million in 2013.during 2015. As a percentage of net operating revenue, net incomeloss from continuing operations declinedincreased to 0.0%60.3% during 2016 from 36.3% in 2014 from 5.3% in 2013.2015.

Net Loss from Discontinued Operations

We had no net income or loss from discontinued operations during 2016.

Net loss from discontinued operations in 2015 of R$867 million consisted of (1)a R$226 million loss related to the allowancecumulative foreign exchange differences recognized in other comprehensive income, transferred from equity to net income from discontinued operations for loss in the amount of R$4,164 million onyear due to the investmentsale of PT Portugal resulting fromand expenses of R$625 million of expenses related to the recognitionderecognized investment cost that includes goodwill arising on the business combination of assets ofour company with PT Portugal at fair value, less selling expenses and (2) loss from discontinued operations of PT Portugal in the amount of R$250 million. The sales price used to determine the allowance for loss corresponds to purchase price under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement of

R$22,267 million (€6,900 million) and liabilities on retirement and other benefits assumed by PT Portugal, amounting to R$3,872 million (€1,200 million).cash received directly our company.

Net Income

As a result of the foregoing, we recorded aour consolidated net loss ofincreased by 45.3% to R$4,40615,680 million during 2014 compared to consolidated net income of income2016 from R$1,49310,794 million in 2013.during 2015. As a percentage of net operating revenue, our net loss was 15.6% during 2014 compared to net income of 5.3% in 2013

Year Ended December 31, 2013 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2012

The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated income statement, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

   Year ended December 31, 
   2013   2012   % Change 
   (in millions ofreais, except percentages) 

Net operating revenue

  R$28,422    R$25,161     13.0  

Cost of sales and services

   (15,259   (12,670   20.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Gross profit

 13,163   12,491   5.4  

Operating income (expenses)

Equity in earnings of joint venture

 (18 (13 37.8  

Selling expenses

 (5,572 (4,841 15.1  

General and administrative expenses

 (3,582 (2,993 19.7  

Other operating income (expenses), net

 1,295   116   1,018.7  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Operating income before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 5,287   4,760   11.1  

Financial income

 1,375   2,275   (39.6

Financial expenses

 (4,650 (4,491 3.5  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Financial expenses, net

 (3,274 (2,216 47.8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Income before taxes

 2.012   2,544   (20.9

Income tax and social contribution

 (519 (759 (31.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net income

R$1,493  R$1,785   (16.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net Operating Revenue

The following table sets forth the components of our net operating revenue, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

   Year ended December 31, 
   2013   2012   % Change 
   (in millions of reais, except percentages) 

Residential

  R$10,303    R$8,941     15.2  

Personal mobility

   9,290     8,010     16.0  

SME/Corporate

   8,455     7,695     9.9  

Other

   374     515     (27.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net operating revenue

R$28,422  R$25,161   13.0  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net operating revenue increased by 13.0% during 2013, principally due to (1) a 15.2% increase in net operating revenue from residential services, (2) a 16.0% increase in net operating revenue from personal mobility services, and (3) a 9.9% increase in net operating revenue from SME/Corporate services.

Net Operating Revenue from Residential Customer Services

Net operating revenue from residential customer services represented 36.3% of our net operating revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013. Net operating revenue from residential services increased by 15.2%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from residential services of R$6,978 million during 2013 compared to R$5,586 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012 (the period of 2012 during which we consolidated the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries), the effects of which were partially offset by a 0.9% decline in net operating revenue from residential services of our legacy operations.

The average monthly net residential revenue per user (calculated based on the total revenue for the year divided by the monthly average customer base for the year divided by 12) generated by our residential services increased by 6.0% to R$70.4 in 2013 from R$66.4 in 2012.

Net Operating Revenue from Residential Fixed-Line Services. Net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services increased by 7.2%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services of R$4,276 million during 2013 compared to R$3,769 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012 (the period of 2012 during which we consolidated the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries), the effects of which were partially offset by a 4.2% decline in net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services of our legacy operations.

The average number of our fixed-line residential customers increased by 8.7% to 12.1 million during 2013 from 11.2 million during 2012, primarily as a result of the inclusion in our customer base of 9.0 million fixed-line residential customers of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012. The average number of our fixed-line residential customers of our legacy operation remained stable at 3.8 million in 2013 and 2012.

Net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services of our legacy operations declined as a result of:

a 3.6% decline in net operating revenue from local fixed-line services of our legacy operations to R$2,009 million during 2013 from R$2,084 during 2012, principally as a result of the general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry to substitute mobile services in place of local fixed-line services; and

a 12.3% decline net operating revenue from long-distance of our legacy operations, primarily as a result of (1) aggressive discounting campaigns undertaken by our competitors, and (2) the increase in the proportion of fixed line customers that subscribe to alternative plans, which include long-distance fixed line minutes as part of the monthly subscription fee.

Net Operating Revenue from Broadband Services. Net operating revenue from residential broadband services increased by 26.4%, primarily due to (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from residential broadband services of R$1,398 million during 2013 compared to R$1,066 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) a 10.3% increase in net operating revenue from residential broadband services of our legacy operations.

The average number of our broadband residential customers, including customers that subscribe to our broadband SME/Corporate services, increased by 21.1% to 5.9 million during 2013 from 4.9 million during 2012, primarily as a result of (1) the inclusion in our customer base of 2.9 million broadband residential customers of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012.

Net operating revenue from residential broadband services of our legacy operations increased as a result of an 8.5% increase in the average number of ADSL subscriptions to approximately 2.3 million during 2013 from approximately 2.1 million during 2012, and a 0.8% increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber.

As of December 31, 2013, our ADSL customer base represented 33.9% of our total fixed lines in service as compared to 30.4% as of December 31, 2012.

Net Operating Revenue from Pay-TV Services. Net operating revenue from residential Pay-TV services increased by 109.3%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from residential Pay-TV services of R$672 million during 2013 compared to R$321 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012.

The number of our Pay-TV residential customers increased by 136.2% to approximately 829 thousand during 2013 from approximately 351 thousand during 2012, primarily as a result of our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization.

Net Operating Revenue from Personal Mobility Services

Net operating revenue from personal mobility services represented 32.7% of our net operating revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013. Net operating revenue from personal mobility services increased by 16.0%, primarily due to (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from personal mobility services of R$7,589 million during 2013 compared to R$6,333 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) a 1.4% increase in net operating revenue from personal mobility services of our legacy operations.

The average monthly net revenue per user (calculated based on the total revenue for the year divided by the monthly average customer base for the year divided by 12) generated by our personal mobility services declined by 7.7% to R$20.4 in 2013 from R$22.1 in 2012.

Net Operating Revenue from Mobility Telephony Services. Net operating revenue from mobility telephony services increased by 20.4%, primarily due to (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from mobility telephony services by R$5,341 million during 2013 compared to R$4,317 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) a 8.2% increase in net operating revenue from mobility telephony services of our legacy operations primarily as a result of 8.2% increase in the average number of our pre-paid and post-paid mobile customers of our legacy operations, principally due to the success of commercial and operational initiatives focused on increasing sales of our premium services, such as data services and value added services markets, that are available to subscribers of our plans.

The average number of our pre-paid mobile customers increased by 17.3% to 41.5 million during 2013 from 35.3 million during 2012, primarily as a result of (1) the inclusion in our customer base of 32.5 million pre-paid customers of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, and (2) our launch of new promotions that include bonus minutes for long distance calls, packages of data services and credits for use for our text messaging services.

The average number of our post-paid mobile customers, including customers that subscribe to our post-paid SME.Corproate services, increased by 36.7% to approximately 8.4 million during 2013 from approximately 6.1 million during 2012, primarily as a result of (1) the inclusion in our customer base of 4.7 million post-paid customers of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, and (2) the success of commercial and operational initiatives focused on increasing sales of our premium services, such as data services and value added services markets, that are available to subscribers of our plans.

Net Operating Revenue from Interconnection to Our Mobile Network. Mobile interconnection revenue increased by 4.6%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February

27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from mobile interconnection revenue by R$1,720 million during 2013 compared to R$1,554 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012. This effect was partially offset by a 14.3% decrease in mobile interconnection revenue of our legacy operations primarily as a result of the reduction in VU-M interconnection rates beginning in February 2013 as mandated under the General Plan on Competition Targets tariffs.

Net Operating Revenue from Sales of Handsets and Accessories.Net operating revenue from sales of handsets and accessories increased by 11.8% primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from sales of handsets and accessories by R$527 million during 2013 compared to R$469 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012.

Net Operating Revenue from SME/Corporate Services

Net operating revenue from SME/corporate services represented 29.7% of our net operating revenue for the year ended December 31, 2013. Net operating revenue from SME/corporate services increased by 9.9%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from SME/Corporate services of R$5,282 million during 2013 compared to R$4,426 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, the effects of which were partially offset by a 2.9% decline in net operating revenue from SME/corporate services of our legacy operations.

Net Operating Revenue from SME Services. Net operating revenue from SME services increased by 8.0%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from SME services of R$1,627 million during 2013 compared to R$1,415 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, the effects of which were partially offset by a 0.9% decline in net operating revenue from SME services of our legacy operations primarily as a result of the decline in the average number of our fixed-line SME customers of our legacy operations.

Net Operating Revenue from Corporate Services. Net operating revenue from corporate services increased by 11.0%, primarily due to our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012 due to the corporate reorganization, which generated net operating revenue from corporate services of R$3,656 million during 2013 compared to R$3,002 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, the effects of which were partially offset by a 4.0% decline in net operating revenue from corporate services of our legacy operations, primarily as a result of the decrease in the average number of our fixed-line corporate customers of our legacy operations.

Gross Profit

As a result of the 13.0% increase in net operating revenue in 2013, coupled with the 20.4% increase in cost of sales and services in 2013, our consolidated gross profit increased by 5.4% to R$13,163 million in 2013 from R$12,491 million in 2012. As a percentage of net operating revenue, gross profit declined to 46.3% in 2013 from 49.6% in 2012.

Operating Expenses

Under the Brazilian Corporation Law, we are required to segregate cost of sales and services from operating expenses in the preparation of our income statement. However, in evaluating and managing our business, we prepare reports in which we review the elements included in cost of sales and services and operating expenses classified by nature, as presented in note 5 of our financial statements. We believe that this classification improves our ability to understand results and trends in our business and that financial analysts and other investors who review our performance rely on this classification in performing their own analysis. Therefore, we have presented the discussion below of our operating expenses based on the classification of operating expenses presented in note 5 of our financial statements.

The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2013   2012   % Change 
   (in millions of reais, except percentages) 

Third-party services

  R$6,117    R$5,347     14.4  

Depreciation and amortization

   4,278     3,221     32.8  

Rental and insurance

   2,120     1,603     32.3  

Personnel

   2,534     2,238     13.2  

Interconnection

   3,966     3,915     1.3  

Network maintenance services

   2,328     2,029     14.7  

Taxes and other income (expenses)

   1,510     586     157.7  

Provisions (reversals)

   657     400     64.4  

Costs of handsets and accessories

   515     507     1.6  

Advertising and publicity

   557     443     25.6  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   923     503     83.6  

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (2,370   (390   507.8  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total cost of sales and services

R$23,136  R$20,401   13.4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Operating expenses increased by 13.4% in 2013, principally due to:

a 32.8%, or R$1,058 million, increase in depreciation and amortization costs;

a 157.7%, or R$924 million, increase in taxes and other expenses;

a 14.4%, or R$770 million, increase in third-party services costs;

a 83.6%, or R$517 million, increase in rental and insurance costs;

an 83.6%, or R$420 million, increase in allowance for doubtful accounts;

a 14.7%, or R$299 million, increase in network maintenance services;

a 13.2%, or R$296 million, increase in personal expenses;

a 64.4%, or 257 million, increase in provisions (reversals);

a 25.6%, or 114 million, increase in advertising and publicity; and

a 1.3%, or 51 million, increase in interconnection.

The effects of these factors was partially offset by a 507.8%, or R$1,980 million increase in other operating income (expenses), net.

Third-Party Services

Third-party services costs increased by 14.4% in 2013, primarily as a result of our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred third-party services costs of R$4,722 million during 2013 compared to R$3,780 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, the effects of which were partially offset by an 8.9% decline in third-party services costs of our legacy operations, primarily as a result of the decline in our sales commission expenses primarily due to our efforts to improve our franchise commission policy which resulted in the restructuring of the franchise network based on sales efficiency and quality, resulting in a reduction in the total number of franchisees.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization costs increased by 32.8% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred depreciation and amortization costs of R$3,369 million during 2013 compared to R$2,150 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) the commencement of 4G services by our legacy operations and the growth of this

network, which has increased the amount of amortizable license costs and depreciable property, plant and equipment of our legacy operations.

Rental and Insurance

Rental and insurance costs increased by 32.2% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred rental and insurance costs of R$1,895 million during 2013 compared to R$1,256 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) an increase in real estate rental and network infrastructure leasing costs of our legacy operations as a result of our sales of non-strategic assets which we now rent or lease.

Personnel

Personnel expenses (including employee benefits and social charges and employee and management profit sharing) increased by 13.2% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred personnel costs of R$1,361 million during 2013 compared to R$1,248 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, (2) a 19.3% increase in personnel costs and expenses of our legacy operations, principally due to an increase in the number of employees of our call center, and increases in the compensation of some employees of our legacy operations as a result of the renegotiation of some of our collective bargaining agreements at the end of 2012.

Interconnection

Interconnection costs increased by 1.3% in 2013, primarily as a result of our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred Interconnection costs of R$2,909 million during 2013 compared to R$2,711 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, the effects of which were partially offset by a 12.2% decline in interconnection costs of our legacy operations, primarily due to a decrease in the VU-M rates charged by mobile providers beginning in February 2013 as mandated under the General Plan on Competition Targets.

Network Maintenance Services

Network maintenance services costs increased by 14.7% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred network maintenance services costs of R$1,596 million during 2013 compared to R$1,303 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) our negotiations with third-party network maintenance providers focused on improving the quality of the broadband network of our legacy operations to permit us to improve the services that we provide to our customers.

Taxes and Other Expenses

Taxes and other expenses increased by 157.7% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred taxes and other expenses of R$1,107 million during 2013 compared to R$254million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, (2) an increase in ICMS, PIS and COFINS taxes due to an increase in other revenues; and (3) late-payment charges of R$102 million during 2013 compared to R$3 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012.

Provisions (Reversals)

Provisions (reversals) increased by 64.4% in 2013, primarily as a result of our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred provisions/reversals of R$470 million during 2013 compared to R$173 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012.

Advertising and Publicity

Advertising and publicity expenses increased by 25.6% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred advertising and publicity expenses of R$419 million during 2013 compared to R$307 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) an increase in expenditures on our advertising campaigns to launch to promote theOi Galera mobile campaign and expenditures on advertising campaigns to promote Oi at Rock in Rio.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

Allowance for doubtful accounts increased by 83.6% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which incurred allowance for doubtful accounts expenses of R$703 million during 2013 compared to R$335 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012, and (2) an increase in the percentage of accounts receivable of our legacy operations that we record as a provision based on an increase in the rate of delinquency of our fixed-line customers.

Other Operating Income (Expenses), Net

Other operating income (expenses), net increased to R$2,370 million in 201360.3% during 2016 from R$390 million in 2012. The principal components of other operating income (expenses), net in 2013 were:

a R$1,497 million gain, net of transaction expenses, relating to the sale of GlobeNet;

a R$330 million reversal of accrued profit sharing;

a R$201 million reversal of allowance arising from our review of the methodology used to calculate provisions for losses on labor claims; and

a R$173 million gain, net of transaction expenses, related to the sale of a property.

The principal components of other operating income (expenses), net in 2012 were gains from our sales of non-strategic assets.

Operating Income before Financial Income (Expenses) and Taxes

As a result of the foregoing, our consolidated operating income before financial income (expenses) and taxes increased by 11.1% to R$5,287 million in 2013 from R$4,760 million in 2012. As a percentage of net operating revenue, operating income before financial income (expenses) and taxes declined to 18.6% in 2013 from 18.9% in 2012.

Financial Expenses, Net

Financial Income

Financial income declined by 39.6% to R$1,375 million in 2013 from R$2,275 million in 2012, primarily due to:

an 89.3% decline in exchange rate gains on foreign investments to R$70 million during 2013 from R$650 million during 2012, primarily as a result of a decrease in our balances invested in foreign currencies and the 14.6% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar during 2013 compared to the 8.9% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar during 2012; and

a 45.9% decline in income from short-term investments to R$279 million39.5% during 2013 from R$515 million during 2012, primarily as a result of a decrease in the average amount of our short-term investments.

Financial Expenses2015.

Financial expenses increased by 3.5% to R$4,650 million in 2013 from R$4,491 million in 2012, primarily due to:

an 18.7% increase in interest on loans payable to third parties and interest on debentures to R$2,452 million during 2013 from R$2,066 million during 2012, primarily as a result of an increase in the average amount of our loans payable to third parties and debentures, principally as a result of our consolidation of the indebtedness of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012; and

a 26.2% increase in interest and inflation adjustments on other liabilities to R$616 million during 2013 from R$488 million during 2012, primarily as a result of (1) an increase in interest and inflation adjustments of our legacy operations primarily due to an increase in average amount of its other liabilities, and (2) our consolidation of the results of Telemar and its subsidiaries as from February 27, 2012, which recorded interest and inflation adjustments of R$285 million during 2013 compared to R$242 million during the ten-month period ended December 31, 2012.

The effects of these factors were partially offset by a 23.0% increase in gains on derivatives transactions to R$1,159 million during 2013 from R$942 million during 2012, primarily as a result of the 14.6% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the 19.7% depreciation of thereal against the Euro during 2013 compared to the 8.9% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the 10.7% depreciation of thereal against the Euro during 2012.

Income Tax and Social Contribution

The composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate was 34% in each of 2013 and 2012. Income tax and social contribution expense declined by 31.6% to R$519 million in 2013 from R$759 million in 2012. Our effective tax rate was 29.0 % in 2013 and 29.9% in 2012. The table below sets forth a reconciliation of the composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate to our effective tax rate for each of the periods presented.

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2013  2012 

Composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate

   34.0  34.0

Tax effects of equity method

   0.3    0.2  

Tax effects of interest on shareholders’ equity

   —      0.2  

Tax effects of permanent exclusions (additions)

   (7.1  0.5  

Tax incentives (SUDENE)

   (1.5  (6.1

Utilization of tax loss carryforwards

   (1.3  0.0  

Tax effects of unrecognized deferred tax assets

   4.6    1.6  

Tax effects of recognized deferred tax assets

   —      (0.3
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Effective rate

 29.0 29.9
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Our effective tax rate was 29.0% in 2013, primarily as a result of (1) the tax effect of permanent additions, primarily as a results of the net effects of permanent exclusion (additions) of prescribed dividends, nondeductible fines, tax incentives and sponsorships, which decreased our effective tax rate by 7.1%, (2) the tax effect of tax incentives provided by the SUDENE, resulting from a reduction in the basis of calculation of profit in the regions promoted by the SUDENE, which reduced our effective tax rate by 1.5%, (3) the tax effect of our utilization of tax loss carryforwards, which reduced our effective tax rate by 1.3%. The effects of these factors were partially offset by the tax effect of unrecognized deferred tax assets regarding legal entities that are not eligible to recognize tax credits on tax loss carryforwards, which increased our effective tax rate by 4.6%.

Our effective tax rate was 29.9% in 2012, primarily as a result of tax incentives provided by the SUDENE resulting from a reduction in the basis of calculation of profit in the regions promoted by SUDENE, which lowered our effective tax rate by 6.1%. These effects of this incentive was partially offset by (1) the tax effect of unrecognized deferred tax assets regarding legal entities that are not eligible to recognize tax credits on tax loss carryforwards, which increased our effective tax rate by 1.6%, and (2) the tax effect of permanent additions,

primarily as a results of the net effects of permanent exclusion (additions) of prescribed dividends, nondeductible fines, tax incentives and sponsorships, which increased our effective tax rate by 0.5%.

Net Income

Our consolidated net income declined by 16.4% to R$1,493 million in 2013 from R$1,785 million in 2012. As a percentage of net operating revenue, net income declined to 5.3% in 2013 from 7.1% in 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal cash requirements consisthave historically consisted of the following:

 

working capital requirements;

 

servicing of our indebtedness;

 

capital expenditures related to investments in operations, expansion of our networks and enhancements of the technical capabilities and capacity of our networks; and

 

dividends on our shares, including in the form of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity.

UnlessAs a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings in June 2016, we ceased to pay principal and interest on our loans and financings subsequent to the date of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of the Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), our loans and financings have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and creditors under our loans and financings are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries which the creditors under our liabilities subject to compromise are entitled to receive under the RJ Plan, see “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”

Under our bylaws, unless our board of directors deems it inconsistent with our financial position, payment of dividends is mandatorymandatory. Notwithstanding the requirements of our bylaws, under the RJ Plan, we are prohibited from declaring or paying any dividend, return on capital, or making any other payment or distribution on (or related to) our by-laws and, consequently, may give riseshares prior to significant cash requirements in future periods.the sixth anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Order.

Our principal sources of liquidity have traditionally consisted of the following:

 

cash flows from operating activities;

 

short-term and long-term loans; and

 

sales of debt securities in domestic and international capital markets;markets.

As a result of the commencement of our RJ Proceedings in June 2016, our access to short-term and

during 2012, 2013 long-term loans and 2014, sales of non-core assets.
our ability to sell debt securities in domestic and international capital markets has been substantially curtailed.

During 2014,2017 and 2016, our operations generated cash flows of R$4,402 million and R$3,100 million, respectively. We used R$6,224 million of our cash to repay loans and financings in 2016 prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings. In addition, our capital expenditures during 2017 and 2016 were R$4,334 million and R$3,264 million, respectively. We believe that our continued program of capital expenditures is necessary in order for us to operate in the competitive environment for telecommunications services in Brazil. As our cash flow generated byfrom our operations was used primarily forhas not been sufficient to meet the demands of our investing and financing activities, for working capital requirementsour balances of cash and to service our outstanding debt obligations. cash equivalents have declined as of December 31, 2016 and 2017.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, our consolidated cash and cash equivalents and cash investments amounted to R$2,621 million.6,999 million and R$7,849 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had working capital (consisting of current assets less current liabilities, excluding assetsheld-for-sale and liabilities ofassets-held-for-sale)of R$6,730 million. 9,284 million and R$11,944 million, respectively.

We expect to use our cash flows from operating activities and our cash and cash equivalents and short-term cash investments to fund our capital expenditures and debt service obligations. Following the implementation of the RJ Plan, we expect that the obligations recorded as liabilities subject to compromise will be substantially reduced and the recoveries delivered with respect to those obligations to be reflected on our balance sheet under the original classifications for the related liabilities or as shareholders’ equity, as applicable. In particular, we expect that our obligations for loans and financings will be substantially reduced as described under “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financings—Fixed-Rate Notes.” However, we will have cash interest payment obligations under our New Notes which we will be required to fund from our available cash resources.

We anticipate that we will be required to spend approximately R$968 million to meet our short-term contractual obligations and commitments during 2018, and an additional approximately R$4,736 million to meet our long-term contractual obligations and commitments in 2019 and 2020.

As part of the RJ Plan, we negotiated the terms of the Commitment Agreement with members of the Ad Hoc Group, the IBC and certain other unaffiliated bondholders under which such bondholders agreed to backstop an eventual cash capital increase of R$4 billion by our company, which will be commenced following the full implementation of the RJ Plan provided that certain conditions set forth in the Commitment Agreement are met. In addition, the RJ Plan permits us to seek to raise up to R$2.5 billion in the capital markets and seek to borrow up to R$2 billion under new export credit facilities. In the absence of the funds committed under the Commitment Agreement or other funds obtained in the capital markets or under new credit export facilities, we may have insufficient funds to implement our capital expenditure program and modernize our infrastructure, which could result in a significant deterioration of our ability to generate cash flows from operating activities.

Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern. Our management’s assessment of our ability to continue as a going concern is discussed in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. As of December 31, 2017, our management had taken relevant steps in the RJ Process, particularly the preparation, presentation and approval of the RJ Plan, which allows our viability and continuity, and the approval of the RJ Plan by our creditors on December 20, 2017. Since December 31 2017, the RJ Plan has been confirmed by the RJ Court and our management has been making the necessary efforts to implement and monitor the RJ Plan based on the understanding that our financial statements were prepared with a going concern assumption.

We believe that our working capitalability to continue as a going concern is contingent upon our ability to implement the RJ Plan, to maintain existing customer, vendor and other relationships and to maintain sufficient for our requirements during 2015.liquidity throughout the RJ Proceedings, among other factors. For a discussion of risks relating to the implementation of the RJ Plan, see “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Financial Restructuring.”

Cash Flow

Cash Flows from Operating ActivitiesThe following table sets forth certain information about our consolidated cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

   Year ended December 31, 
   2017   2016   2015 
           (restated) 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Net cash generated (used) in operating activities

   R$4,402    R$3,100    R$(1,054) 

Net cash (used) generated in investing activities

   (4,422)    (3,917)    12,543 

Net cash (used) generated in financing activities

   (692)    (6,119)    (2,356) 

Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents

   11    (398)    3,316 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   (701)    (7,335)    12,449 

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year

   7,563    14,898    2,449 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

   R$6,863    R$7,563    R$14,898 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Our primary source of operating funds ishas historically been cash flow generated from our operations. Net cash provided by operating activities was R$5,531 million during 2014, including cash flow from discontinued operations of R$1,878 million, R$7,035 million during 2013 and R$3,910 million during 2012. We consider cash flows provided by our operating activities to be sufficient for our expected cash requirements related to operations. However, we generally financehave financed our investments in property, plant and equipment through the use of bank loans, vendor financing, capital markets and other forms of financing. However, during 2015, our operations generated negative cash flows of R$1,054 million we financed our investments in property, plant and equipment, net judicial deposits and net debt servicing costs with the net cash proceeds received upon our sale of PT Portugal.

Subsequent to 2015, our cash flow generated from our operations has recovered, however our access to new funds to finance our investments in property, plant and equipment in the form of bank loans, vendor financing, capital markets and other forms of financing has been substantially eliminated following the commencement of our RJ proceedings. During 2016, we used a substantial portion of our cash and cash equivalents to pay indebtedness as it matured (whether at maturity or, in certain cases, upon acceleration) prior to the commencement of our RJ proceedings. As our cash flow generated from our operations has not been sufficient to meet the demands of our investing and financing activities, our balances of cash and cash equivalents have declined as of December 31, 2016 and 2017.

2017 Cash Flows

Cash Flows Usedfrom Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was R$4,402 million during 2017 compared to net loss of R$4,028 million during 2017, primarily as a result of:

the effects of our incurrence ofnon-cash depreciation and amortization expenses of R$5,881 million during 2017; and

the effects of our incurrence of non-cash provision for reorganization items, net of R$2,371 million during 2017, primarily as a result of (1) a R$1,569 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities owed to ANATEL to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings (2) a R$1,146 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, and (3) fees and expenses of R$370 million of professional advisors who are assisting us with the RJ Proceedings.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Investing activities used net cash of R$4,303 million during 2014, includingNet cash used by discontinued operations ofinvesting activities was R$2,813 million, R$6,7704,422 million during 2013 and R$6,495 million during 2012.

2017. During 2014,2017, investing activities of our continuing operations for which we used cash primarily consisted of (1) investments of R$5,3704,344 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion of our data communications network and IT capacity to increase the acquisitionquality and capacity of our 4G authorizationnetwork in order to promote more efficient operational performance and improvements in service quality and customer experience.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Financing activities used net cash of R$692 million during 2017. During 2017, we used cash principally (1) to purchase shares the 50% of the shares of Rio Alto that we did not own for R$300 million, (2) to make installment payments under the tax refinancing plan in the aggregate amount of R$227 million, and (3) to make installment payments relating to our permits and concessions in the aggregate amount of R$104 million.

2016 Cash Flows

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was R$3,100 million during 2016 compared to net loss of R$15,680 million during 2016, primarily as a result of:

the effects of our incurrence of non-cash provision for reorganization items, net of R$9,006 million during 2016, primarily as a result of (1) a R$6,600 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities owed to ANATEL to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, (2) a R$2,350 million increase of the amount recorded relating to our contingent liabilities to the amount allowed for these claims in the RJ Proceedings, which was greater than their carrying amount prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, and (2) fees and expenses of R$253 million of professional advisors who are assisting us with the RJ Proceedings;

the effects of our incurrence of non-cash provision for contingencies of R$1,056 million, primarily as a result of an increase of the amount recorded relating to our other contingent liabilities;

the effects of our incurrence of non-cash depreciation and amortization expenses of R$6,311 million during 2016;

the effects of our incurrence of non-cash deferred income tax expenses of R$1,532 million during 2016, primarily as a result of valuation allowance of deferred taxes, net of the increase in deferred tax recognized; and

the effects of our incurrence of non-cash losses on derivative financial instruments of R$5,150 million during 2016 prior to our reversal of our derivative financial instruments during the second and third quarters of 2016, primarily as a result of the 17.8% appreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar and the 16,7% appreciation of therealagainst the Euro during the first half of 2016.

The effects of these factors were partially offset by the effects of our incurrence ofnon-cash gains on financial instruments of R$5,343 million during 2016, primarily as a result of the 17.8% appreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar and the 16.7% appreciation of therealagainst the Euro during the first half of 2016.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

During 2016, investing activities of our continuing operations which used cash primarily consisted of (1) investments of R$3,264 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion of our data communications network and IT capacity to increase the quality and capacity of our network in order to promote more efficient operational performance and improvements in service quality and customer experience, and (2) net judicial deposits (consisting of deposits less redemptions) of R$660 million, primarily related to provisions for labor, taxes and civil contingencies.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

During 2016, we used cash principally (1) to repay R$5,845 million principal amount of our outstanding loans and financings, net of derivatives financial instruments, consisting primarily of (i) a revolving credit facility in the aggregate amount of US$700 million, (ii) the PTIF 5.625% Notes due 2016 in the aggregate amount of €532 million, (iii) an export credit facility guaranteed by EKN in the aggregate amount of US$62 million (iv) an export credit facility with China Development Bank in the aggregate amount of US$27 million, (v) the 1st and 2nd Series of the 9th Issuance of Debentures and the 2nd Series of the 5th Issuance of Debentures in an aggregate amount of R$59 million (vi) an aggregate of R$290 million under credit facilities with BNDES, (2) to make installment payments relating to our permits and concessions in the aggregate amount of R$205 million, and (3) to make installment payments under the tax refinancing plan in the aggregate amount of R$94 million.

2015 Cash Flows

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Net cash used by operating activities was R$1,054 million during 2015, after giving effect to net cash provided by discontinued operations of R$485 million, compared to net loss of R$10,794 million during 2015, primarily as a result of:

the effects of our incurrence ofnon-cash gains on financial instruments of R$6,409 million during 2015, primarily as a result of the 47.0% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar and the 31.7% depreciation of therealagainst the Euro during 2015;

the effects of our incurrence ofnon-cash depreciation and amortization expenses of R$6,195 million during 2015;

the effects of our incurrence ofnon-cash deferred income tax gains of R$2,598 million during 2015, primarily as a result of the valuation allowance for deferred taxes net of the increase in deferred tax recognized; and

the effects of our recordingnon-cash provisions for contingencies of R$1,543 million during 2015, primarily as a result of our review of the process and recalculation of our statistical provision for contingencies.

The effects of these factors were partially offset by:

the effects of our incurrence ofnon-cash gains on derivative financial instruments of R$5,796 million during 2015, primarily as a result of the 47.0% depreciation of therealagainst the U.S. dollar and the 31.7% depreciation of therealagainst the Euro during 2015;

the effects of an increase in accounts receivable of R$1,622 million during 2015; and

the effects of a net cash outflows related to contingencies of R$1,079 million during 2015.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Investing activities used net cash of R$12,543 million during 2015, giving effect to net cash used by discontinued operations of R$195 million. During 2015, investing activities of our continuing operations which provided cash primarily consisted of our sale of PT Portugal which generated cash of R$17,218 million. During 2015, investing activities of our continuing operations for which we used cash primarily consisted of (1) investments of R$3,681 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion of our data communications network and the implementation of projects to meet ANATEL’s regulatory requirements, and (2) net judicial deposits (consisting of deposits less redemptions) of R$938 million, primarily related to provisions for labor, taxes and civil contingencies. During 2014, investing activities generated cash flows of (1) R$4,454 million from the sale of permanent assets, primarily consisting of the net proceeds of our sales of GlobeNet, Caryopoceae, and Tupã Torres, and (2) R$357 million from the acquisition of PT Portugal, net of cash and cash equivalents of assets classified as held-for sale.

During 2013, investing activities for which we used cash primarily consisted of (1) investments of R$5,976 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion of our data communications network, the acquisition of our 4G authorization and the implementation of projects to meet ANATEL’s regulatory requirements, and (2) net judicial deposits (consisting of deposits less redemptions) of R$7351,006 million, primarily related to provisions for labor, taxes and civil contingencies.

During 2012, investing activities for which we used cash primarily consisted of (1) investments of R$5,330 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion of our data communications network, the acquisition of our 4G authorization and the implementation of projects to meet ANATEL’s regulatory requirements, and (2) net judicial deposits (consisting of deposits less redemptions) of R$1,662 million, primarily related to provisions for labor, taxes and civil contingencies.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Financing activities used net cash of R$1,1752,357 million during 2014,2015, including cash used by discontinued operations of R$5,533 million, R$2,299 million during 2013, and provided net cash of R$975 million in 2012.492 million.

During 2014,2015, our principal sources of borrowed funds consisted of (1) R$1,300the issuance of €600 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2021, (2) US$700 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under a US$1,000 million revolving credit facility that weOi entered into with a syndicate financials institution during December 2012, (2) R$836 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under a credit facility with the Brazilian National Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômio e Social), or BNDES that we entered into in December 2012,2011, (3) US$104600 million aggregate principal amount under an export credit facility that Telemar entered into with ExportChina Development Canada, or EDC,Bank during July 2012, and2015, (4) US$98141 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under ana US$397 million export credit facility agreement that Oi entered into withduring 2014 that is guaranteed by Finnvera plc, the Finnish Export Credit Agency, or FINNVERA, (5) US$43 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under a US$257 million export credit facility agreement that Oi entered into during 2013 that is insured by the Office National Du Ducroire/Nationale Delcrederedienst, the Belgian national export credit agency, or ONDD, during March 2013. In addition, we generated cash (net of issue premium and related costs) of R$7,827 million through our sale of common shares and preferred shares for cash in the Oi capital increase.

During 2014, in addition to the R$5,533 million used by discontinued operations, we used cash to (1) repay R$5,054 million principal amount of our outstanding loans and financings and derivatives, (2) to make installment payments under the tax refinancing plan in the aggregate amount of R$870 million, and (3) to make installment payments relating to our permits and concessions in the aggregate amount of R$205.

During 2013, our principal sources of borrowed funds consisted of (1) R$1,500 million aggregate principal amount of non-convertible debentures issued in March 2013, (2) R$873.5(6) US$33 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under a R$5.4 billion credit facility with BNDES that we entered into in December 2012, (3) US$96600 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under an export credit facility that Telemar entered into with EDC in July 2012, and (4) US$37 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under an export credit facility that Telemar entered into with SEK in July 2011.China Development Bank, or CDB, during 2015.

During 2013,2015, we used cash to (1) repay R$3,5688,604 million principal amount of our outstanding loans and financings and derivatives, (2) to make installment payments relating to our permits and concessions in the aggregate amount of R$711 million, (3) to pay dividends and interest on shareholders’ equity in the aggregate amount of R$1,280349 million, and (4)(3) to make installment payments under the tax refinancing plan in the aggregate amount of R$17493 million.

During 2012, our principal sources of borrowed funds consisted of (1) the issuance of US$1,500 million aggregate principal amount of 5.75% Senior Notes due 2022, (2) the issuance of R$2,000 million aggregate principal amount of non-convertible debentures due 2020, and (3) R$2,000 million aggregate principal amount borrowed under a R$5.4 billion credit facility with BNDES that we entered into in December 2012. In addition, we consolidated cash and cash equivalents of R$4,930 million as a result of the corporate reorganization.

During 2012, we used cash to (1) repay R$4,980 million principal amount of our outstanding loans and financings and derivatives, (2) to pay dividends and interest on shareholders’ equity in the aggregate amount of R$2,405 million, (3) to pay R$2,008 million to shareholders of TNL and Telemar who exercised their withdrawal rights in connection with the corporate reorganization, and (4) to pay R$1,156 million for the redemption of class B and class C preferred shares issued as a bonus and distributed to shareholders of our common and preferred shares.

Projected Sources and Uses of Cash

We anticipate that we will be required to spend approximately R$10.2 billion to meet our short-term contractual obligations and commitments during 2015 (excluding contractual obligations and commitments and budgeted capital expenditures of our discontinued operations), and an additional approximately R$24.2 billion to meet our long-term contractual obligations and commitments in 2016 and 2017 (excluding contractual obligations and commitments and budgeted capital expenditures of our discontinued operations). We expect that we will meet these cash requirements for (1) our operating and maintenance activities through sales of our services, and (2) our debt service and capital expenditure commitments through a combination of cash generated from operating activities and cash generated by financing activities, including new debt financings and the refinancing of our existing indebtedness as it becomes due.

We have commitments from several financial institutions to provide us with financing in the future, including commitments from under two revolving credit facilities that we entered into in November 2011 and December 2012, an export credit facility that we entered into in July 2012 and unused commitments under various other credit facilities described under “—Indebtedness.” We pay commitment fees to these financial institutions in connection with their commitments.

In November 2011, Oi, Oi Mobile, Telemar and TNL PCS entered together into a revolving credit facility with a syndicate of international institutions. As a result of the merger of TNL PCS with and into Oi Mobile in February 2014, Oi Mobile assumed all of TNL PCS’s rights and obligations under this credit facility. Under this facility, up to US$1 billion aggregate principal amount will be available for disbursement to the borrowers during the five-year term of this facility. As of December 31, 2014, there were no outstanding loans under this facility.

In January 2013, PT SGPS, PT Comunicações, S.A. and PTIF, as borrowers, entered into an export credit facility with the Bank of China, under which the Bank of China agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of €100 million. As a result of a corporate reorganization of the subsidiaries of PT SGPS on May 5, 2014, PT Portugal assumed PT SGPS and PT Comunicações, S.A.’s obligations under this credit facility. The proceeds of this credit facility have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases and related service purchases pursuant to supply agreements with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Loans under this credit facility bear interest at an average rate of EURIBOR plus 3% plus mandatory costs per annum, as defined therein. Interest on each of these loans is payable monthly, quarterly or semi-annually, as selected by the borrower, in arrears through maturity in January 2022. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 12 equal semi-annual installment commencing in November 2016. In connection with our acquisition of PT Portugal, in May 2014 we guaranteed all obligations under this loan agreement. As of December 31, 2014, there were no outstanding loans under this facility.

In October 2014, we entered into an export credit facility agreement with FINNVERA under which FINNVERA agreed to disburse loans in two tranches, in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$232.7 million

and US$164.7 million. The proceeds of this export credit facility will be used to fund the supply and installation of fixed and wireless telecommunication infrastructure and related services. Loans under this export credit facility bear interest at an average rate of LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity in November 2022 or November 2023, depending on the tranche. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 17 equal semi-annual installments commencing in November 2014 or November 2015, depending on the tranche. As of December 31, 2014, there were no outstanding loans under this facility.

In December 2014, we entered into a credit facility with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A., or BNB, under which BNB agreed to disburse loans in an aggregate principal amount of up to R$371 million. The proceeds of this credit facility have been used for capital expenditures in our telecommunications infrastructure in the northeastern region of Brazil. Loans under this credit facility bear interest at 8.24% per annum, with a 15% discount available for timely payment of interest under these loans. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears from December 2014 through December 2016 and monthly in arrears thereafter through maturity in December 2022. The outstanding principal amount is payable in 72 equal monthly installments, commencing in January 2017. As of December 31, 2014, there were no outstanding loans under this facility.

Contractual Commitments

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2014:2017:

 

   Payments Due by Period 
   Less than
One Year
   One to
Three Years
   Three to
Five Years
   More than
Five Years
   Total 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Continuing operations:

          

Loans and financings (1)

  R$6,317    R$15,891    R$6,730    R$3,900    R$32,838  

Debentures (2)

   1,094     6,206     5,165     8     12,473  

Unconditional purchase obligations (3)

   1,737     758     343       2,838  

Concession fees (4)

   288     306     348     1,43     2,379  

Usage rights (5)

   676     686     —       —       1,362  

Pension plan contributions (6)

   129     388     258     517     1,292  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations and commitments from continuing operations

 10,241   24,235   12,844   5,862   53,182  

Discontinued operations:

Financial obligations classified as liabilities of assets held for sale (7)

 4,828   7,354   6,979   5,619   24,780  

Unconditional purchase obligations (3)

 140   —     —     —     140  

Usage rights (5)

 19   33   —     —     53  

Operating lease obligations (8)

 98   113   85   93   389  

Post-retirement benefit payments of Portuguese operations (9)

 499   868   722   1,376   3,465  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total contractual obligations and commitments discontinued operations

 5,584   8,368   7,786   7,088   28,827  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total commitments

R$15,825  R$32,603  R$12,288  R$12,950  R$82,009  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Payments Due by Period 
   Less
than
One
Year
  One to
Three
Years
   Three to
Five
Years
   More than
Five Years
   Total 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Pre-petition liabilities subject to compromise:

         

Class I (1)

   R$459   R$756    R$327    R$851    R$2,393 

Class II (1)

   —     —      887    7,742    8,629 

Class III and IV (1)(2)

   (1,260  3,050    2,855    59,168    63,813 

Post-petition commitments:

         

Unconditional purchase obligations (3)

   1,748   571    —      —      2,319 

Concession fees (4)

   —     359    210    235    804 

Usage rights (5)

   21   —      —      —      21 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   R$968   R$4,736    R$4,279    R$67,996    R$77,979 
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)Includes (1) estimated future payments of interest on our loans and financings, calculated based on interest rates and foreign exchange rates applicable at December 31, 2014 and assuming that all amortization payments and payments at maturity on our loans and financings will be made on their scheduled payment dates, and (2) estimated future cash flows on our derivative obligations, calculated based on interest rates and foreign exchange rates applicable as of December 31, 2014 and assuming that all payments on our derivative obligations will be made on their scheduled payment dates.See “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”
(2)IncludesIn 2018, the estimated future paymentscash flow in connection with the RJ Plan includes the reimbursement to us of interest on our debentures, calculated based on interest rates applicable asjudicial deposits amounts in excess of December 31, 2014 and assuming that all amortization payments and payments at maturity on our debentures will be made on their scheduled payment dates.the amount paid to the prepetition creditors.
(3)Consists of (1) obligations in connection with a business process outsourcing agreement, and (2) purchase obligations for network equipment pursuant to binding obligations which include all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction.
(4)Consists of estimatedbi-annual fees due to ANATEL under our concession agreements expiring in 2025. These estimated amounts are calculated based on our results for the year ended December 31, 2014.2017.
(5)Consists of payments due to ANATEL and ANACOM for radio frequency licenses. Includes accrued and unpaid interest as of December 31, 2014.2017.

The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2016:

   Payments Due by Period 
   Less than
One Year
   One to
Three
Years
   Three to
Five
Years
   More than
Five Years
   Total 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Pre-petition liabilities subject to compromise:

          

Class I (1)

   R$    R$1,060    R$230    R$1,102    R$2,392 

Class II (1)

   —      —      424    8,205    8,629 

Class III and IV (1)(2)

   328    735    2,311    60,767    64,141 

Post-petition commitments:

          

Unconditional purchase obligations (2)

   1,274    682    —      —      1,956 

Concession fees (3)

   199    172    187    444    1,002 

Usage rights (4)

   107    4    —      —      111 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   R$1,908    R$2,653    R$3,152    R$70,518    R$78,231 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(6)(1)See “—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”
(2)Consists of expected contributions(1) obligations in connection with a business process outsourcing agreement, and (2) purchase obligations for network equipment pursuant to amortizebinding obligations which include all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the actuarial deficitapproximate timing of the BrTPREV plan.transaction.
(7)(3)IncludesConsists of estimated future payments of interest on debt obligations of PT Portugal that have been classified as liabilities of assets held for sale but will remain obligations ofbi-annual fees due to ANATEL under our company following the completion of our sale of PT Portugal,concession agreements expiring in 2025. These estimated amounts are calculated based on interest rates and foreign exchange rates applicable atour results for the year ended December 31, 2014 and assuming that all amortization payments and payments at maturity on these debt obligations will be made on their scheduled payment dates.2017.
(8)(4)Consists of obligations under contractual rental agreements and includes obligations related to leased lines and the rental of buildings. Operating leases are accounted for as a cost in the period that the corresponding expense is incurred.
(9)Consists primarily of the undiscounted payments to be made by PT Comunicações related to salaries due to pre-retiredANATEL for radio frequency licenses. Includes accrued and suspended employees, described below in “—Post-Retirement Benefits.” The total amount relating to our Portuguese telecommunications business differs from the net accrued post-retirement liability recognized in our consolidated statementunpaid interest as of financial position primarily because the latter amount relates to the discounted unfunded obligations. These obligations will be assumed by Altice in connection with the closing of the sale of PT Portugal.December 31, 2017.

We are also subject to contingencies with respect to tax, civil, labor and other claims and have made provisions for accrued liability for legal proceedings related to certain tax, civil, labor and other claims of R$5,1321,368 million as of December 31, 2014.2017 and R$1,129 million as of December 31, 2016. See “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings” and note 2118 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report.

IndebtednessPrepetition Liabilities Subject to Compromise

Under IFRS 5,As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we have applied ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements separately disclose and distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with our reorganization from the transactions and events that are associated with the ongoing operations of our business. Accordingly, our prepetition obligations that may be impacted by the RJ Proceedings based on our assessment of these obligations following the guidance of ASC 852 have been classified on our balance sheet as “Liabilities subject to compromise.” Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise are required to be reported at the amount allowed as a claim by the RJ Court, regardless of whether they may be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of the RJ Court or other events. The following table reflects prepetition liabilities subject to compromise as at December 31, 2014, we were2016 and 2017:

   Year ended December 31, 

Type of Claim

  2017   2016 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Loans and financing

   R$49,130    R$49,265 

Civil contingencies – ANATEL

   9,334    7,765 

Civil contingencies – other claims

   2,929    3,096 

Trade payables

   2,139    2,159 

Labor contingencies

   899    753 

Pension plans

   560    560 

Derivative financial instrument

   105    105 

Other

   43    43 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities subject to compromise (1)

   R$65,139    R$63,746 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1)Total liabilities subjected to compromise is different from the aggregate amount of liabilities stated on the Second Creditors List of R$63,960 million. Under ASC 852, we are required to use the criteria set forth in Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 450 “Contingencies”, or ASC 450, to estimate the total amount of allowed claims, including non-liquid claims that were excluded from the Second Creditors List.

Under the RJ Plan, claims are classified in one of four classes and the treatment of claims is differentiated for each of these classes:

Class I – labor-related claims;

Class II – secured claims;

Class III – unsecured claims, statutorily or generally privileged claims, and subordinated claims; and

Class IV – claims held by “small companies” under Brazilian law.

The following discussion briefly describes the material types of claims classified as “Liabilities subject to classify all financial obligationscompromise,” describes the classification of PT Portugal as liabilitiesthose claims under the RJ Plan, the treatment of assets held for sale. We expectthose claims under the RJ Plan and our expectations with respect to complete the PT Portugal reorganization by June 9, 2015 which is expected to result in 100%settlement of the share capital of PTIFthose claims.

Loans and PT Participações being transferred from PT Portugal to Oi S.A. Upon the completion of this transfer, all financial obligations of PTIF and PT Participações and its subsidiaries are expected to be reclassified as indebtedness of our company.Financing

On a consolidated basis, ourreal-denominated Euro-denominated indebtedness was R$19,578 million as of each of December 31, 2014 was R$21,191 million,2017 and 2016, our U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness was R$12,706 million, and our Euro-denominated indebtedness was R$2,426 million. As of December 31, 2014, ourreal-denominated indebtedness bore interest at an average rate of 12.91% per annum, our Euro-denominated indebtedness bore interest at an average rate of 5.125% per annum, and our U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness bore interest at an average rate of 5.08% per annum. As of December 31, 2014, 79.4% of our debt bore interest at floating rates, including the effect of swap operations.

Short-Term Indebtedness

Our short-term debt, consisting of the current portion of long-term loans and financings and debentures, was R$4,46416,978 million as of December 31, 2014. 2017 and 2016, and ourreal-denominated indebtedness was R$12,573 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Under the instruments governing all of our financial indebtedness, the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016 constituted an event of default. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, all principal and interest under each of these debt instruments was deemed immediately due and payable. As a result of our application of ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements, all of our loans and financings outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been classified as “Liabilities subject to compromise” in our balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, our financial liabilities are part of the list of payables subject to renegotiation, payment of interest and repayment of principal of our loans and financing policy,were suspended from the date of the commencement of the RJ proceeding through December 31, 2017, and we generally dohave not incur short-term indebtedness, as we believe that our cash flows from operations generally will be sufficient to service our current liabilities.

Long-Term Indebtednessrecorded interest expenses on the balances of these financial liabilities during 2017 or 2016.

Our principal sources of long-term debt are:loans and financings consist of:

credit facilities with BNDES;

 

fixed-rate notes issued in the international market;

debentures issued in the Brazilian market;

credit facilities with BNDES;

unsecured lines of credit obtained from Brazilian financial institutions;

 

credit facilities with international export credit agencies;

 

unsecured lines of credit obtained from Brazilian and international financial institutions;

debentures issued in the Brazilian market; and

real estate securitization transactions; andtransactions.

credit facilities with a development bank.

Some of our debt instruments require that Oi and /or certain of its subsidiaries comply with financial covenants, semi-annually or quarterly. Under each of these debt instruments, the creditor has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the end of any applicable period we are not in compliance with the defined financial covenants ratios. We were in compliance with these financial covenants at December 31, 2014, and we believe that we will be able to comply with these financial covenants during 2015. In addition, we believe that our compliance with these financial covenants will not adversely affect our ability to implement our financing plans.

The instruments governing a substantial portion of our indebtedness contain cross-default or cross-acceleration clauses and the occurrence of an event of default under one of these instruments or under the financial obligations of PT Portugal classified as liabilities of assets held for sale could trigger an event of default under other indebtedness or enable the creditors under other indebtedness or under financial obligations of PT Portugal classified as liabilities of assets held for sale to accelerate that indebtedness or those obligations.

As of December 31, 2014, all of our debt instruments with BNDES were secured by pledges of certain of our accounts receivable.

The following discussion briefly describes certain of our significant financing transactions.

Fixed-Rate Notes

We have issued five series of fixed-rate debt securitiesthe claims recognized in the international market. All of these securities pay interest semi-annuallyRJ proceedings with respect to our loans and annually in arrears. All of these securities pay interest semi-annually or annually in arrears.

The following table sets forth our outstanding fixed-rate debt securities as of December 31, 2014,financings and the outstanding principal amount of these securitiesloans and their maturity dates.

Security

Outstanding Principal
Amount
Final Maturity
(in millions)

Oi 9.75% senior notes due 2016(1)

R$1,100September 2016

Oi 5.125% senior notes due 2017(2)

750December 2017

Oi 9.500% senior notes due 2019(3)

US$142April 2019

Oi 5.500% senior notes due 2020(4)

US$1,787October 2020

Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. 5.75% senior notes due 2022(3)

US$1,500February 2022

(1)These notes are denominated inreaisand payments of principal and interestfinancings under these notes are payable in U.S. dollars at prevailing exchange rates at the time of payment.
(2)These notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Telemar Norte Leste S.A.
(3)These notes are obligations of Oi’s subsidiary Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. and are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Oi S.A.

Debentures

We have issued several series of debentures in the Brazilian market. All of these securities pay interest annually or semi-annually in arrears. The table below sets forth our outstanding debentures as of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount of these securities, the applicable interest rates, and their maturity dates.RJ Plan.

Security

Outstanding Principal
Amount
Interest RateFinal Maturity
(in millions ofreais)

Oi debentures due 2017

R$400CDI plus 0.94March 2017

Oi debentures due 2017

R$1,000CDI plus 1.00August 2017

Oi debentures due 2018

R$2,350CDI plus 1.15December 2018(1)

Oi debentures due 2019

R$1,500CDI plus 0.75March 2019

Oi debentures due 2020

R$1,600IPCA plus 6.20March 2020(2)

Oi debentures due 2020

R$246IPCA plus 7.98April 2020

Telemar debentures due 2021

R$31IPCA plus 0.50July 2021

(1)The outstanding principal amount of these debentures is payable in three equal annual installments commencing in December 2016.
(2)The outstanding principal amount of these debentures is payable in two equal annual installments commencing in March 2019.

Credit Facilities with BNDES

WeAs of December 31, 2017 and our subsidiaries have entered into2016, we had a variety of outstanding credit facilities with BNDES. The proceeds of these credit facilities have been used for a variety of purposes, including funding our investment plans, funding the expansion of our telecommunications plant (voice, data and video), and making operational improvements to meet the targets established in the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and the General Plan on Quality Goals in effect at the time of these loans. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, all of our debt instruments with BNDES were secured by pledges of certain of our accounts receivable.

The following table sets forth selectedfor certain information with respect to our BNDESoutstanding credit facilities with BNDES, including the aggregate amount of the claims under such credit facilities recognized by the RJ Court.

   Year ended
December 31,
 

Facility

  2017   2016 
   (in millions of reais) 

Oi loans

   851    851 

Telemar loans

   1,494    1,494 

Oi Mobile loans

   982    982 

Under the RJ Plan, the claim of BNDES under these credit facilities was classified as a Class II claim. Under the RJ Plan, creditors holding Class II claims will be entitled to receive payment of 100% of the principal amount of their recognized claims inreais, adjusted by the interest/inflation adjustment rate. The principal amount of these claims will be paid in 108 monthly installments beginning in the 73rd month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 0.33% of the outstanding principal for the first 60 monthly installments, 1.67% of the outstanding principal for the next 47 monthly installments and the remainder at maturity on the 15th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The principal amount of these claims will accrue interest at the TJLP rate plus 2.946372%per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these claims on an annual basis during the first four years following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid monthly in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Fixed-Rate Notes

As of December 31, 2014.2017 and 2016, we had 13 series of fixed-rate debt securities that were issued in the international market. The following table sets forth for each series of our fixed rate notes the aggregate amount of the claims for such series recognized by the RJ Court.

 

Facility

  Outstanding
Principal
Amount
   Interest Rate  Amortization
Schedule
  Final Maturity
   (in millions
of
reais)
          

Oi Mobile 2009 credit facility(1):

      

Floating-rate loans

   459     TJLP plus 3.95  Monthly(2)  December 2018

Fixed-rate loans

   22     4.50  Monthly(2)  December 2018

Oi Mobile 2009 credit facility:

      

A loans

   359     TJLP plus 3.95  Monthly(2)  December 2018

B loans

   9     4.50  Monthly(2)  December 2018

Telemar 2012 credit facility:

      

A loans

   610     TJLP plus 4.08  Monthly(3)  July 2021

B loans

   129     2.50  Monthly(3)  January 2021

D loans

   150     TJLP plus 2.18  Monthly(3)  January 2021

Oi Mobile 2012 credit facility(4):

      

A loans

   312     TJLP plus 4.08  Monthly(3)  July 2021

B loans

   80     2.50  Monthly(3)  January 2021

C loans

   20     2.50  Monthly(3)  January 2021

Oi 2012 credit facility:

      

A loans

   339     TJLP plus 4.08  Monthly(3)  July 2021

B loans

   58     2.50  Monthly(3)  January 2021

C loans

   169     2.50  Monthly(3)  January 2021

Oi Mobile 2012 credit facility:

      

A loans

   90     TJLP plus 4.08  Monthly(3)  July 2021
   Year ended
December 31,
 
   2017   2016 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Bonds issued by Oi S.A.:

    

9.75% senior notes due 2016

  R$1,083   R$1,083 

5.125% senior notes due 2017

   2,273    2,273 

9.500% senior notes due 2019

   474    474 

5.500% senior notes due 2020

   6,099    6,099 

Bonds issued by Oi Coop

    

5.625% senior notes due 2021

   2,427    2,427 

5.75% senior notes due 2022

   4,945    4,945 

Bonds issued by PTIF

    

6.25% notes due 2016

   908    908 

4.375% notes due 2017

   1,487    1,487 

5.242% notes due 2017

   989    989 

5.875% notes due 2018

   2,902    2,902 

5.00% notes due 2019

   2,962    2,962 

4.625% notes due 2020

   3,851    3,851 

4.5% notes due 2025

   1,916    1,916 

As a result of payments made to some of the holders of the bonds issued by PTIF that participated in the Small Creditors Program in Portugal, the total claims represented by these bonds has been reduced by R$136 million. For more information regarding the Small Creditors Program, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Small Creditor Program.”

Under the RJ Plan, the claims of holders of these bonds were classified as Class III claims. Under the RJ Plan, each Bondholder is entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery (as described below), theNon-Qualified Recovery (as described below) or the Default Recovery in respect of the claims evidenced by the bonds such Bondholder beneficially holds, which we refer to as Bondholder Credits.

Under the RJ Plan, Eligible Bondholders were permitted to make an election as to the form of recovery that they wish to receive. All other Bondholders are only entitled to receive the Default Recovery.

Under the RJ Plan, Qualified Bondholders were entitled to elect to receive either the Qualified Recovery or the Default Recovery.Non-Qualified Bondholders were entitled to elect to receive either theNon-Qualified Recovery or the Default Recovery.

Under the RJ Plan, Eligible Bondholders were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on March 8, 2018. Holders that made valid recovery elections will be entitled to participate in settlement procedures that we expect to conduct shortly following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the issuance of the new common shares set forth in the RJ Plan.

Qualified Recovery

Under the RJ Plan, the Qualified Recovery with respect to each US$1,000 of Bondholder Credits (or the equivalent in other currencies) will consist of:

US$195.61 aggregate principal amount of New Notes;

179.09 New Shares, subject to reduction in the event that any common shares of Oi are subscribed in thepre-emptive offer of these common shares that Oi is required to conduct prior to issuing the common shares to the Bondholders, in which event such Bondholder will receive the cash proceeds related to the number of common shares by which such allocation was reduced;

 

13.75 common shares of Oi currently held by PTIF in ADS form, which are expected to be issued in the form of American Depositary Warrants; and

warrants to acquire 13.78 newly issued common shares of Oi for at an exercise price of US$0.01 per common shares, subject to reduction in the event that any common shares of Oi are subscribed in thepre-emptive offer of these common shares that Oi is required to conduct prior to issuing the common shares to the Bondholders.

The New Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Oi denominated in U.S. dollars that will mature on the seventh anniversary of their issuance. The New Notes will be initially be guaranteed, jointly and severally, each Telemar, Oi Mobile, Copart 4 and Copart 5. Upon the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of Oi Coop and PTIF, Oi has agreed to cause Oi Coop and PTIF to guarantee the obligations of Oi under the New Notes. The New Notes will accrue interest from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest on the New Notes will accrue:

for the first three years (1) at a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum payable in cash on a semi-annual basis, or (2) a fixed rate of 12.0% per annum, of which 8.0% shall be paid in cash on a semi-annual basis and 4.0% shall be payable by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding New Notes or by issuingpaid-in-kind notes; and

for the fourth year onwards, at a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum payable in cash on a semi-annual basis.

Each Warrant will entitle its holder to subscribe for one common share at an exercise price of the equivalent inreais of US$0.01 per common share. Each Warrant will be exercisable at any time, at the sole discretion of the holder, during a period of 90 days, which we refer to as the Exercise Period, beginning on the date that is 12 months after the date on which the Warrants are issued, unless the commencement of the Exercise Period is accelerated upon the earliest to occur of the events described below.

If Oi calls a general shareholders’ meeting of Oi or meeting of Oi’s board of directors’ to approve the commencement of the rights offering relating to the cash capital increase described in Section 6 of the RJ Plan and in the Commitment Agreement, Oi will publish a Material Fact relating to that meeting at least 15 business days prior to that meeting in which Oi will notify holders of Warrants that the Exercise Period relating to the Warrants will commence on the date of publication of that Material Fact.

In the event that any transaction occurs that results in the change of Oi’s “control” (as such term is defined in the RJ Plan), Oi will publish a Material Fact relating to that transaction in which Oi will notify holders of Warrants that the Exercise Period relating to the Warrants will commence on the date of the completion of such transaction. The RJ Plan defines “control” as (1) the ownership of partner rights that ensure to its holder, on a permanent basis, the majority of the votes in the social deliberations and the power to elect the majority of the company managers; and (2) the effective use of this power to direct social activities and guide the operation of the company’s bodies.

In the event that the settlement procedures with respect to the Qualified Recovery are concluded with respect to the New Notes, the new common shares and the Warrants prior to the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of PTIF, we expect to distribute the common shares of Oi currently held by PTIF in ADS form to Bondholders entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery upon the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of PTIF.

Non-Qualified Recovery

Under the RJ Plan, theNon-Qualified Recovery with respect to each US1,000 of Bondholder Credits (or the equivalent in other currencies) will consist of a participation interest under a credit agreement to be entered into between the RJ Debtors and an administrative agent in a principal amount of US$500.

TheNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be a senior unsecured obligation of Oi. TheNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be initially be guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each Telemar, Oi Mobile, Copart 4 and Copart 5. Upon the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of Oi Coop and PTIF, Oi has agreed to cause Oi Coop and PTIF to guarantee the obligations of Oi under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement. Principal under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be paid in 12 semiannual installments beginning in the 78th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date in the amount of 4% of the outstanding principal for the first six semi-annual installments, 12.66% of the outstanding principal for the next five semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 12th anniversary of the effectiveness of theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement. TheNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will accrue interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement on an annual basis, and will be paid together with principal beginning in the 78th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date.

Default Recovery

Under the RJ Plan, Bondholders that were not Eligible Bondholders, did not make a valid election of the form of recovery for their Bondholder Credits, or do not participate in the settlement procedures will only be entitled to the Default Recovery with respect to the Bondholder Credits represented by their Bonds.

As a result of the confirmation of the RJ Plan by the RJ Court, following the issuance by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of an order recognizing the RJ Plan and the Confirmation Order, which we refer to as the U.S. Recognition Order, the Indentures governing the bonds issued by Oi and Oi Coop will be novated and Bondholder Credits represented by Bonds issued under those Indentures will entitle the holders of those Bonds (other than Bonds the holders of which receive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery in accordance with the settlement procedures) to the Default Recovery. Similarly, following (1) the homologation of the Dutch Composition Plan for PTIF by the Dutch Court (the “Homologation Order”) and the resulting automatic recognition of the Dutch Composition Plan for PTIF under English law pursuant to the European Insolvency Regulation (2015/848), and (2) the contractual release of the Oi guarantee of the bonds issued by PTIF pursuant to the terms of the PTIF Consent Solicitation, the Trust Deed governing the bonds issued by PTIF will be novated and Bondholder Credits represented by Bonds issued under the Trust Deed will entitle the holders of those Bonds (other than Bonds the holders of which receive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery in accordance with the settlement procedures) to the Default Recovery.

Under the RJ Plan, the Default Recovery will consist of an unsecured right to receive payment of 100% of the principal amount of the Bondholder Credits represented by:

(1)On September 30, 2013,bonds issued by Oi or Oi Coop in five annual, equal installments, commencing on the obligations20th anniversary of Telemar under its 2009 Credit Facilitythe date of the U.S. Recognition Order; and

bond issued by PTIF in five annual, equal installments, commencing on the obligations20th anniversary of Oi under its 2009 Credit Facility were assumed by TNL PCS,the date of the Homologation Order, which, in each case, withwe refer to as the consent of BNDES. As a result of the merger of TL PCS with and into Oi Mobile in February 2014, Oi Mobile assumed TNL PCS’s obligations under this credit facility.Default Recovery Entitlement.
(2)Amortization on this facility commenced in January 2012.
(3)Amortization on this facility commences in August 2015.
(4)As a result of the merger of TL PCS with and into Oi Mobile in February 2014, Oi Mobile assumed TNL PCS’s obligations under this credit facility.

A Bondholder’s Default Recovery Entitlement will be denominated in the currency of the Bonds with respect to which the Default Recovery Entitlement relates. The Default Recovery Entitlement with respect to Bonds denominated in U.S. dollars or euros will not bear any interest. The Default Recovery Entitlement with respect to Oi’s 9.75% senior notes due 2016 will bear interest at the Brazilian TR rate (payable together with the last installment of principal), which will accrue as additional principal amount of the Default Recovery Entitlement during until the 20th anniversary of the date of the U.S. Recognition Order, and thereafter be payable together with payments of principal amount of the Default Recovery Entitlement. The principal and accrued interest with respect to the Default Recovery Entitlement may be redeemed at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, by the RJ Debtors at a redemption price of 15% of the aggregate principal amount of the Default Recovery Entitlement.

Results of Recovery Elections

As of the end of the election period, Qualified Bondholders with Bondholder Credits representing an aggregate of US$8,463 million of claims had elected to receive the Qualified Recovery andNon-Qualified Bondholders with Bondholder Credits representing an aggregate of US$187 million of claims had elected to receive theNon-Qualified Recovery. In the event that all such holders participate in the settlement procedures, we expect (1) to issue approximately US$1,655 million principal amount of New Notes, approximately 1,516 million new common shares and Warrants to subscribe to approximately 117 million new common shares, (2) that the aggregate principal amount of theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be approximately US$94 million, and (3) the holders of the remaining outstanding Bondholder Credits will be entitled to the Default Recovery with an aggregate principal amount of approximately US$1,094 million.

Export Credit Agreement

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had export credit facility agreements under which we have borrowed funds to make equipment purchases related our fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. The lender under some of these export credit facility agreements are the export credit agencies. Under the remainder of these export credit facility agreements, the export credit agencies have guaranteed or insured our obligations to the lenders, which are international financial institutions. The following table sets forth certain information for each series of our export credit facility agreements, including the aggregate amount of the claims for such series recognized by the RJ Court.

       Year ended
December 31,
 

Export Credit Agency

  Borrower   2017   2016 
       (in millions of reais) 

FINNVERA

   Oi    389    389 

ONDD

   Oi    388    388 

China Development Bank

   Telemar    2,272    2,272 

FINNVERA

   Telemar    1,465    1,465 

Export Development Canada

   Telemar    478    478 

ONDD

   Telemar    367    367 

Nordic Development Bank

   Telemar    100    100 

Under the RJ Plan, the claims of lenders under export credit facility agreements were classified as Class III claims. Under the RJ Plan, each of the lenders under these export credit facility agreements were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. Each of the lenders under export credit facility agreements elected to receive payment of the amount of their recognized claims, which will be paid in U.S. dollars in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66thmonth following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the recognized claims for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The recognized claims will accrue interest at the rate of 1.75% per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these claims on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Debentures

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had three series of debt securities that were issued in the Brazilian market. The following table sets forth for each series of our outstanding debentures the aggregate amount of the claims for such series recognized by the RJ Court.

   Year ended
December 31,
 
   2017   2016 
   (in millions of reais) 

Oi 8th issuance

  R$2,515   R$2,515 

Oi 10th issuance

   1,549    1,549 

Telemar 2nd issuance

   55    55 

Under the RJ Plan, the claims of holders of these debentures were classified as Class III claims. Under the RJ Plan, each holder of beneficial interests in the debentures issued by Oi and Telemar were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. Each holder of beneficial interests in these debentures elected to receive debentures denominated inreais an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal of their recognized claims. The principal amount of these debentures will be paid inreais in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the outstanding principal for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the outstanding principal for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The principal amount of these debentures will accrue interest at the rate of 80% of the CDI rate from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these debentures on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Unsecured Lines of Credit

In May 2008, Telemar entered into an unsecured line of credit with a Brazilian financial institution in the aggregate amount of R$4,300 million to finance the acquisition of control of Oi. The principal of the loans under this unsecured line of credit originally bore interest at the rate of the CDI rate plus 1.30% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears in May and November of each year, commencing in May 2010. As a result of the renegotiation of the terms and conditions of these loans in May 2011, these loans bear interest at the rate of the CDI rate plus 1.00% per annum from May 2011 to May 2014 and at the rate of CDI rate plus 1.83% per annum from May 2014 to May 2018. The principal of these loans iswas payable in seven equal annual installments, commencing in May 2010. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the outstanding principalaggregate amount of the claims under this unsecured line of credit recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,324 million.

Under the RJ Plan, the claims of the lender under this unsecured line of credit were classified as Class III claims. Under the RJ Plan, the lender under this unsecured line of credit was R$3,071 million.

In December 2012, Oi entered into a revolvingentitled to make an election of the form of its recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. The lender under this unsecured line of credit facility with a syndicateelected to receive payment of financial institutions. Under this facility, up to R$1.5 billion aggregate principalthe amount of its recognized claims, which will be available for disbursement to Oi during the three-year term of this facility. The loans under this credit facility bear interest at a rate of Inter-financial Deposits (Depósitos Interfinanceiros), as calculated by CETIP S.A. - Mercados Organizados, plus 1.10% per annum. Oi may receive up to 10 disbursements during the term of this credit facility, each with a minimum value of R$300 million. Principal and interest for each disbursement are paid in accordance with the terms of each disbursement request. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was R$1,300 million, which is duereais in December 2015.

Credit Facilities with Export Credit Agencies

Credit Facilities with FINNVERA

In June 2008, Telemar entered into an export credit facility agreement with FINNVERA under which FINNVERA agreed to disburse loans24 semi-annual installments beginning in the aggregate principal66th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of up to US$300 million. Disbursements2.0% of US$192 millionthe recognized claims for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the next 13 semi-annual installments and US$108 million under this export credit facility were received in 2008 and 2009, respectively.the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The proceeds of this export credit facility have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on its fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this export credit facility bear interest at an average rate of LIBOR plus 1.07% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity in December 2018. The outstanding principalrecognized amount of these loans is payable in 17 equal semi-annual installments commencing in December 2010. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$141 million.

In August 2009, Telemar entered into an export credit facility agreement with FINNVERA under which FINNVERA agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$500 million. Disbursements of US$208 million, US$27 million, US$74 million, US$97 million and US$92 million under this export credit facility were received in February 2010, May 2010, February 2011, June 2011 and January 2012, respectively. The proceeds of this export credit facility have been andclaims will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on our fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this export credit facility bear interest at an average rate of LIBOR plus 1.70% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity in August 2019. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 17 equal semi-annual installments commencing in August 2011. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$294 million.

In December 2011, Telemar entered into an export credit facility with FINNVERA under which FINNVERA agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$200 million. A disbursement of US$188 under this export credit facility was received in December 2012. The proceeds of this export credit facility have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on our fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this facility bearaccrue interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 0.90% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears. The principal80% of the CDI rate from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these loans is payable in 17 semi-annual

installments commencing in February 2013. As of December 31, 2014,claims on an annual basis during the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$153 million.

Credit Facility with Nordic Investment Bank

In July 2008, Telemar entered into a credit facility with Nordic Investment Bank under which Nordic Investment Bank disbursed loans infirst 66 month following the aggregate principal amount of US$250 million. The proceeds of this credit facility have been used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s infrastructure.

Under this credit facility, loans in the principal amount of US$100 million (the A loan) and US$150 million (the B loan) were disbursed in July 2008. The A loan bears interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 1.18% per annum and the B loan bears interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 0.80% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity. The outstanding principal amount of the A loan is payable in 17 equal semi-annual installments commencing in July 2010, and the outstanding principal amount of the B loan is payable in 11 equal semi-annual installments commencing in July 2010. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$74 million.

Credit Facilities with China Development Bank

In February 2009, Telemar entered into a credit facility agreement with China Development Bank Corporation, or China Development Bank, under which China Development Bank agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$300 million. Disbursements of US$227 million and US$52 million under this credit facility were received in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The proceeds of this credit facility have beenBrazilian Confirmation Date, and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this credit facility bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payablepaid semi-annually in arrearscash thereafter through maturity in February 2016. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 11 equal semi-annual installments commencing in April 2011 and terminating upon maturity in February 2016. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$82 million.

In October 2009, Telemar entered into a credit facility agreement with China Development Bank under which China Development Bank agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$500 million. Disbursements of US$94 million and US$98 million under this credit facility were received in 2010 and 2011, respectively. The proceeds of this credit facility have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this credit facility bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 2.5% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity in October 2016. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 11 equal semi-annual installments commencing in April 2012 and terminating upon maturity in October 2016. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$88 million.

Credit Facility with Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

In April 2010, Telemar entered into an export credit facility agreement with Crédit Agricole, as lender and facility agent, under which Crédit Agricole agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$220 million, in two tranches of US$110 million each. Disbursements in the aggregate principal amount of US$46 million and US$31 million under the first tranche of this facility were received in July 2010 and February 2011, respectively, and a disbursements in the aggregate principal amount of US$55 million and US$89 million under the second tranche of this facility were received in May 2011 and February 2012, respectively. The proceeds of these disbursements have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on its fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under the first and second tranches of this facility bear interest at an average rate of LIBOR plus 1.40% per annum. Loans under the first tranche of this facility pay interest semi-annually in arrears through maturity in August 2019. Loans under the second tranche of this facility pay interest semi-annually in arrears through maturity in August 2020. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 17 equal semi-annual installments, commencing in August 2011 for the first tranche and in August 2012 for the second tranche. ONDD, the Belgian national export credit

agency, is providing an insurance policy in connection with this facility. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$146 million.

Export Credit Facility with Swedish Export Corporation

In June 2011, Telemar entered into an export credit facility with Swedish Export Corporation, or SEK, and Deutsche Bank under which SEK agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$103 million. Disbursements of US$5 million, US$9 million, US$39 million, US$14 million, US$21 million, US$6 million and US$10 million under this export credit facility were received in July 2011, November 2011, July 2012, October 2012, February 2013, June 2013 and October 2013, respectively. The proceeds of this export credit facility have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on its fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this export credit facility bear interest at the rate of 2.21% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, through maturity in February 2020. The principal of these loans is payable in 17 equal semi-annual installments, commencing in February 2012. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$76 million.

Export Credit Facility with Export Development Canada

In July 2012, Telemar entered into an export credit facility agreement with EDC under which EDC agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$200 million. A disbursement of US$96 million and US$104 million under this export credit facility were received in February 2013 and April 2014, respectively. The proceeds of this export credit facility have been and will be used to fund equipment purchases related to Telemar’s capital expenditures on its fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. Loans under this export credit facility bear interest at the rate of 2.25% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity in May 2022. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 17 semi-annual installments commencing in May 2014. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$177 million.

Export Credit Facility with the Office National Du Ducroire/Nationale Delcrederedienst

In March 2013, Oi entered into an export credit facility agreement with ONDD, under which ONDD agreed to disburse loans in two tranches in the aggregate principal amount of up to US$257 million. A disbursement of US$98 million under this export credit facility was received in March 2014. The proceeds of this export credit facility will be used to fund equipment purchases from Alcatel-Lucent. Loans under this export credit facility bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 1.50% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable semi-annually in arrears through maturity in March 2024. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 18 semi-annual installments commencing in September 2014. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was US$92 million.final maturity.

Real Estate Securitization Transaction

In August 2010, Telemar transferred 162 real estate properties to our wholly-owned subsidiary Copart 4 Participações S.A., or Copart 4, and Oi transferred 101 real estate properties to Copart 5 Participações S.A., or Copart 5, our wholly-owned subsidiary.subsidiary Copart 5. Telemar entered into lease contracts with terms of up to 12 years for the continued use of all of the properties transferred to Copart 4 and Oi entered into lease contracts with terms of up to 12 years for the continued use of all of the properties transferred to Copart 5.

Copart 4 and Copart 5 assigned the receivables representing all payments under these leases to Brazilian Securities Companhia de Securitização, which issued Real Estate Receivables Certificates (Certificados de Recebíveis Imobiliários), or CRIs, backed by these receivables. The CRIs were purchased by Brazilian financial institutions.

We received net proceeds from the assignment of lease receivables in the total aggregate amount of R$1,585 million on a consolidated basis, and recorded our obligations to make the assigned payments as short- and long-term debt in our consolidated financial statements. The aggregate net effective interest rate on this transaction is 102% of

the CDI rate. The proceeds raised in this transaction were used to repay short-term debt. In June 2012, each of Copart 4 and Copart 5 partially redeemed the CRIs that they had issued for an aggregate amount of R$393 million. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the aggregate liability under these leases was R$808 million.

Credit Facilities with Development Banks

In February 2009, TNL PCS entered into a credit facility with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S.A., or BNB, under which BNB agreed to disburse loans in an aggregate principal amount of upthe claims under our obligations to make the assigned payments recognized by the RJ Court was R$3691,519 million.

Under the RJ Plan, the creditors under the CRIs were classified as Class III claims. Under the RJ Plan, each of the creditors under the CRIs were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. Each of creditors under the CRIs elected to receive payment of the principal of their recognized claims, which will be paid inreais in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the recognized claims for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The amount of these recognized claims will accrue interest at the rate of 80% of the CDI rate from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these claims on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Civil Contingencies – ANATEL

As a result of the merger of TNL PCS with and into Oi Mobile in February 2014, Oi Mobile assumed TNL PCS’s obligations under this credit facility. The proceeds of this credit facility have been used for capital expenditures on Telemar’s mobile telecommunications infrastructure for the northeastern region of Brazil. Disbursements of R$370 million under this credit facility were received in 2009. Loans under this credit facility bear interest at 10.0% per annum, with a 15% discount available for timely paymentcommencement of the interest payments under these loans. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears from May 2009 through February 2011 and monthly in arrears thereafter through maturity in February 2019. TheRJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding principal amount is payable in 96 equal monthly installments commencing in March 2011. At December 31, 2014,claims of ANATEL against the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was R$192 million.

Financial Obligations Included in Liabilities of Assets Held for Sale

Under IFRS 5,RJ Debtors as of December 31, 2014, we were requiredthat date became subject to classify all financial obligations of PT Portugal as liabilities of assets held for sale. We expect to complete the PT Portugal reorganization by June 9, 2015 which is expected to result in 100% of the share capital of PTIF and PT Participações being transferred from PT Portugal to Oi S.A. Upon the completion of this transfer, all financial obligations of PTIF and PT Participações and its subsidiaries are expected to be reclassified as indebtedness ofcompromise under our company.

RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for claims of ANATEL recognized by the RJ Court was R$9,334 million and R$7,765, respectively. For more information regarding these civil contingencies, see note 28 to our consolidated financial obligationsstatements included in this annual report.

Under the RJ Plan, claims of PT PortugalANATEL were classified as liabilitiesClass III claims. Under the RJ Plan, liquidated claims of assets heldANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been novated and in calculating the recovery of ANATEL under these claims the amounts of all accrued interest included in these claims will be reduced by 50% and the amounts of all late charges included in these claims will be reduced by 25%. The remaining amount of these claims will be settled in 240 monthly installments, beginning on June 30, 2018, in the amount of 0.160% of the outstanding claims for sale was R$18,893 million, consistingthe first 60 monthly installments, 0.330% of R$1,934 millionthe outstanding claims for the next 60 monthly installments, 0.500% of short-term financial obligationsthe outstanding claims for the next 60 monthly installments, 0.660% of the outstanding claims for the next 59 monthly installments, and R$16,958 millionthe remainder at maturity on June 30, 2038. Beginning on July 31, 2018, the amounts of long-term financial obligations.each monthly installment will be adjusted by the SELIC variation. Payments of monthly installments will be made through the application of judicial deposits related to these claims until the balance of these judicial deposits has been exhausted and thereafter will be payable in cash inreais.

Under the RJ Plan,non-liquidated claims of ANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been novated and ANATEL will be entitled to a recovery with respect to those clams similar to the Default Recovery described in “—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.”

In the event that a legal rule is adopted in Brazil that regulates an alternative manner for the settlement of the claims of ANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016, the RJ Debtors may adopt the new regime, observing the terms and conditions set forth in Oi’s bylaws.

Civil Contingencies – Other Claims

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding unsecured civil claims against the RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to compromise under our RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2014, all2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for civil claims (other than claims of ANATEL and other regulatory agencies) recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,929 million and R$3,096 million, respectively. For more information regarding these civil contingencies, see note 28 to our consolidated financial obligations of PT Portugalstatements included in this annual report.

Under the RJ Plan, unsecured civil claims against the RJ Debtors were classified as liabilitiesClass III and IV claims. Under the RJ Plan, if judicial deposits have been made with respect to adjudicated civil claims, holders of assets held for sale were denominatedthese civil claims that expressly agree with the amounts of the civil claims acknowledged by the RJ Debtors, including those indicated in Eurosthe Second List of Creditors, and bore interestwaive the right to offer, propose, or proceed with credit actions, qualifications, divergences, objections, or any other measure (including appeals) which aim at an average rateincreasing the amounts of 4.71% per annum.their civil claims, will be paid, subject to the reduction of the amount of any civil claim classified as a Class III claim as described below, through the application of judicial deposits related to these civil claims until the balance of the relevant judicial deposits has been exhausted. Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described in “—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described in “—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” In the event that the related judicial deposit is greater than the amount that the holder of a civil claim is entitled to withdraw, the RJ Debtors will be entitled to withdraw the difference from the judicial deposit.

The amount of the claim of a holder of civil claims (other than claims of ANATEL and other regulatory agencies) that have been classified as Class III claims will be reduced based on the amount of such civil claims as follows:

Civil claims of more than R$1,000 and equal to or less than R$5,000 will be reduced by 15%;

Civil claims of more than R$5,000 and equal to or less than R$10,000 will be reduced by 20%;

Civil claims of more than R$10,000 and equal to or less than R$150,000 will be reduced by 30%; and

Civil claims of more than R$150,000 will be reduced by 50%.

Under the RJ Plan, if judicial deposits have been made with respect to unadjudicated civil claims, following adjudication of their claims, the holders of these civil claims that expressly agree with the amounts of the civil claims acknowledged by the RJ Debtors, including those indicated in the Second List of Creditors, and waive the right to offer, propose, or proceed with credit actions, qualifications, divergences, objections, or any other measure (including appeals) which aim at increasing the amounts of their civil claims, will be paid, subject to the reduction of the amount of any civil claim classified as a Class III claim as described above, through the application of judicial deposits related to these civil claims until the balance of the relevant judicial deposits has been exhausted. Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described in “—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described in “—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” In the event that the related judicial deposit is greater than the amount that the holder of a civil claim is entitled to withdraw, the RJ Debtors will be entitled to withdraw the difference from the judicial deposit.

Trade Payables

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding trade payables as of that date became subject to compromise under our RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2014, 19.5%2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the financial obligationsclaims of PT Portugalour trade creditors recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,139 million and R$2,159 million, respectively.

Under the RJ Plan, the claims of our trade creditors were classified as liabilities of assets held for sale bore interest at floating rates.

Short-Term Financial Obligations Included in Liabilities of Assets Held for Sale

Our short-term financial obligations included in liabilities of assets held for sale was R$1,934 million as of December 31, 2014, including commercial paper facilities inClass III or Class IV claims. Under the outstanding principal amount of €396.3 million (R$1,236 million).

Long-Term Financial Obligations Included in Liabilities of Assets Held for Sale

Some of the instruments governing the financial obligations of PT Portugal classified as liabilities of assets held for sale require that Oi and/or certain of its subsidiaries comply with financial covenants, semi-annually or quarterly. UnderRJ Plan, each of these financial instruments,trade creditors were entitled to make an election of the creditor hasform of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018.

Trade creditors that, under the rightRJ Plan, continued to acceleratesupply goods and/or services to the obligation if, atRJ Debtors without any unreasonable change in the terms and conditions and that do not have anyon-going litigation against any of the RJ Debtors, other than litigation related to the RJ Proceeding were deemed to be “Strategic Supplier Creditors” under the RJ Plan. Strategic Supplier Creditors with claims of R$150,000 or less (or the equivalent in other currencies), other than claims arising from loans or other funding provided to Oi Coop, were entitled to elect to receive 100% of their claims in cash within 20 business days after the end of any applicable period we are notthe election period. Strategic Supplier Creditors with claims of more than R$150,000 (or the equivalent in compliance withother currencies), other than claims arising from loans or other funding provided to Oi Coop, were entitled to elect to receive R$150,000 (or the defined financial covenants ratios. We wereequivalent in compliance with these financial covenants at December 31, 2014, and we believe that we will be able to comply with these financial covenants during 2015.

The instruments governing a substantial portionother currencies) in cash within 20 business days after the end of the financial obligationselection period and 90% of PT Portugal classified as liabilitiestheir remaining claims in cash in four equal annual installments, plus interest on the amount of assets heldtheir claims at the rate of TR plus 0.5% per annum for sale require contain cross-defaultclaims denominated inreais, and at the rate of 0.5% per annum for claims denominated in U.S. dollars or cross-acceleration clauses andeuros.

Trade creditors that were not deemed to be “Strategic Supplier Creditors” under the occurrenceRJ Plan were entitled to elect to:

receive the entire amount of an eventtheir claim in cash in a single installment if the aggregate amount of defaulttheir claims was less than or equal to R$1,000;

receive R$1,000 in cash in a single installment with respect to the entire amount of their claim if the aggregate amount of their claims was more than R$1,000; or

receive the entire amount of their claim under terms similar to (1) those described under “—Loans and Financing—Unsecured Lines of Credit” if their claims were denominated inreais, or (2) those described under “—Loans and Financing—Export Credit Agreements” if their claims were denominated in a currency other thanreais.

Trade creditors that did not elect one of these instruments could (1) trigger an event ofrecovery options are entitled to a default under our indebtedness orrecovery similar to the instruments that govern the financial obligations of PT Portugal classified as liabilities of assets held for sale, or (2) enable the creditors under our indebtedness or the instruments governing the financial obligations of PT Portugal classified as liabilities of assets held for sale to accelerate that indebtedness or those obligations.Default Recovery described in “—Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.”

The following discussion briefly describes certain of the significant financing transactions of PT Portugal classified as liabilities of assets held for sale.Labor Contingencies

Fixed-Rate Notes

In connection with Oi’s acquisition of PT Portugal on May 5, 2014, Oi guaranteed all of the notes outstanding notes under Portugal Telecom’s Euro Medium Term Note Programme, or the EMTN program. Most of these notes were issued by PTIF, a subsidiary of PT Portugal; one series of notes was issued by Portugal Telecom and on May 5, 2014, PT Portugal was substituted as the issuer for this series of notes. All of these securities pay interest semi-annually or annually in arrears.

On April 9, 2015, we commenced a consent solicitation in which we are seeking the consent of the holders of PT Portugal’s 6.25% Notes due 2016 to the substitution, in place of PT Portugal, of PTIF as issuer and principal obligor under these notes in order to satisfy one of the conditions to closing under the PTP Share Purchase Agreement. If the consent is granted by the holders of the notes, the notes will also be amended to grant to the holders of these notes an option to redeem their notes at specified prices based on the date of the closing of the sale of PT Portugal. A meeting of holders of the notes to consider the proposed consent held on May 4, 2015 was adjourned for lack of a quorum and is currently scheduled to be reconvened on May 19, 2015.

The following table sets forth the notes of PT Portugal and PTIF classified as liabilities of assets held for sale as of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount of these securities and their maturity dates.

Security

Outstanding Principal
Amount
Final Maturity
(in millions)

PTIF 5.625% Notes due 2016(1)

600February 2016

PT Portugal 6.25% Notes due 2016(1)

400July 2016

PTIF 5.242% Notes due 2017(1)

250November 2017

PTIF 4.375% Notes due 2017(1)

500March 2017

PTIF 5.875% Notes due 2018(1)

750April 2018

PTIF 5.00% Notes due 2019(1)

750November 2019

PTIF 4.625% Notes due 2020(1)

1,000May 2020

PTIF 4.5% Notes due 2025(1)

500June 2025

(1)These notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Oi S.A.

EIB Amortizing Loans

From April 2008 to November 2011, PT SGPS entered into five loan agreements with EIB under which EIB agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of up to €530 million. As a result of a corporate reorganizationthe commencement of the subsidiariesRJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding labor claims against the RJ Debtors as of PT SGPS on May 5, 2014, PT Portugal assumed PT SGPS’s obligationsthat date became subject to compromise under these loan agreements. Loans under these loan agreements bear interest at an average rate of 2.76% per annum. Interest on each of these loans is payable annually in arrears through maturity between December 2017 and October 2019. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in annual installments commencing between December 2011 and September 2014.our RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for labor claims recognized by the RJ Court was R$899 million and R$752 million, respectively. For more information regarding these labor contingencies, see note 28 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

Under the RJ Plan, labor claims were classified as Class I claims. Under the RJ Plan, generally all labor claims will be paid in five equal monthly installments, beginning on the6-month anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Labor claims not yet adjudicated will be paid in five equal monthly installments, beginning six months after a final,non-appealable ruling of the relevant court hearing a labor claim.

Labor claims for which a judicial deposit has been posted by any of the RJ Debtors will be paid through the immediate disbursement of the amount deposited in court and, in the event that the related judicial deposit is lower than the labor claim listed by the RJ Debtors in the Second Creditor List, the judicial deposit shall be used to pay part of the labor claim and the outstanding principalbalance of the labor claim will be paid after a decision is issued by the RJ Court that ratifies the amount under these loan agreements was €466 million.

Bank of China Credit Facility

due in five equal monthly installments, beginning six months after the Brazilian Confirmation Date. In May 2011, PT SGPS, PT Comunicações, S.A. and PTIF, as borrowers, entered into an export credit facility with the Bank of China Limited, London Branch, orevent that the Bank of China, under whichrelated judicial deposit is greater than the Bank of China agreed to disburse loans in the aggregate principal amount of €80 million. the labor claim, the RJ Debtors will be entitled to withdraw the difference from the judicial deposit.

Labor claims for which no judicial deposit has been posted by any of the RJ Debtors will be paid through judicial deposits to be attached to the court records of the related case.

Pension Plans

As a result of a corporate reorganizationthe commencement of the subsidiariesRJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, our obligations to fund certain of PT SGPS on May 5, 2014, PT Portugal assumed PT SGPSour post-retirement defined benefit plans as of that date became subject to compromise under our RJ Proceedings. As of each of December 31, 2017 and PT Comunicações, S.A.’s2016, the aggregate amount of our unfunded obligations under this credit facility. The proceedsour post-retirement defined benefit plans the contingencies recognized by the RJ Court was R$560 million, all of this credit facility have beenwhich related to claims of FATL.

Under the RJ Plan, our obligations to fund our post-retirement defined benefit plans were classified as Class I claims. Claims due to FATL will be payable in six annual, equal installments, beginning on the fifth anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date and the amount due will bear interest at the rate of the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) plus 5.5% per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance of these claims on an annual basis during the first five years following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be usedpaid annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Capital Expenditures

During 2017 and 2016, we modernized our core network, with a focus on infrastructure improvements and enhancing our customers’ experience, by making strategic investment decisions that allow us to fund equipment purchases

and related service purchases pursuant to supply agreementsdo more with Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. Loans under this credit facility bear interest at an average rate of EURIBOR plus 1.65% plus mandatory costs per annum, as defined therein. Interest on each of these loans is payable monthly, quarterly or semi-annually, as selected by the borrower, in arrears through maturity in May 2023. The outstanding principal amount of these loans is payable in 20 equal semi-annual installment commencing in November 2013. In connection with our acquisition of PT Portugal, in May 2014 we guaranteed all obligations under this loan agreement. As of December 31, 2014, the outstanding principal amount under this credit facility was €62 million.

Post-Retirement Benefits of Our Discontinued Operations

As of December 31, 2014, our projected post-retirement benefit obligations, or PBO, from our Portuguese operations related to pension supplements and healthcare amounted to R$1,691 million, and the market value of assets under management amounted to R$810 million. In addition, we had liabilities in the form of salaries due to suspended and pre-retired employees amounting to R$2,453 million as of December 31, 2014, including curtailment costs recorded in 2014, which are not subject to any legal funding requirement. These monthly salaries are paid directly by our company to the beneficiaries until retirement age.less. As a result, total gross unfunded obligations fromwe expanded our Portuguese businesses amountedfiber optic backbone, which enhanced our data traffic capabilities for fixed and mobile networks, to R$3,335 million.keep up with the growing demand, In addition, our performance on ANATEL’s network quality metrics improved.

The following table showsOur efforts to be more efficient in our capital expenditures in 2017 and 2016 include: (1) renegotiating contracts with our suppliers; (2) increasing our involvement in fixed network sharing, including RAN sharing on our 4G network; and (3) structural projects that increase the amountefficiency of Oi’s liabilities for post-retirement benefits of its Portuguese operations recorded on its statements of financial position as of December 31, 2014.services to both fixed and mobile broadband customers (i.e. faster downloads, higher quality HD video channels, and improved voice and video calls) and reduce infrastructure costs.

 

As of December
31, 2014
(in millions of
reais)

Gross projected pension benefits obligations

R$399

Gross projected healthcare benefits obligations

1,292

Total projected pension and healthcare benefits obligations

1,691

Market value of funds

810

Unfunded pension and healthcare benefits obligations

881

Obligations for salaries to suspended and pre-retired employees

2,453

Gross unfunded obligations from Portugal Telecom’s Portuguese operations

3,335

Capital Expenditures

Our capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment and intangible assets of our continuing operations were R$5,3825,629 million in 2014,2017, R$6,6144,759 million in 20132016 and R$6,4774,048 million in 2012. Our capital expenditures on property, plant and equipment and intangible assets of our discontinued operations were R$911 million in 2014.2015. The following table sets forth our capital expendituresexpenditure payments on plant expansion and modernization of our continuing operations for the periods indicated.

 

   Year Ended December 31, 
   2014   2013   2012 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Data transmission equipment

  R$1,207    R$1,740    R$1,365  

Installation services and devices

   878     411     1,318  

Mobile network and systems

   877     1,147     1,081  

Voice transmission

   663     908     645  

Information technology services

   454     378     392  

Telecommunication services infrastructure

   281     539     322  

Buildings, improvements and furniture

   166     542     244  

Submarine cables

   —       25     152  

Network management system equipment

   113     202     142  

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2014   2013   2012   2017   2016   2015 
  (in millions ofreais)   (in millions ofreais) 

Data transmission equipment

  R$1,846   R$1,377   R$1,201 

Installation services and devices

   644    489    358 

Mobile network and systems

   602    707    528 

Voice transmission

   726    713    605 

Information technology services

   729    536    380 

Telecommunication services infrastructure

   496    468    444 

Buildings, improvements and furniture

   80    69    73 

Network management system equipment

   94    124    72 

Backbone transmission

   159     71     36     237    196    293 

Internet services equipment

   3     7     19     1    7    2 

Other

   581     644     761     174    73    92 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total capital expenditures

 5,382   6,614   6,477    R$5,629   R$4,759   R$4,048 

(Unpaid) amount and cash outflow to settle previously recorded liabilities

 (122 (638 (1,147
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total capital expenditures according to the cash flow statement

R$5,260  R$5,976  R$5,330  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Our principal capital expenditures relate to a variety of projects designed to expand and upgrade our data transmission networks, our mobile services networks, our voice transmission networks, our information technology equipment and our telecommunications services infrastructure.

Data Transmission Equipment Programs

In our access networks, we have been in engaged in a program of deploying FTTH technology to support our “triple play” and “quadruple play” services, using a GPON network engineered to support satellite video transport services, IP TV and RF overlay video services, internet with speeds up to up to 200 Mbps, and VoIP services.

We have been engaged in a program of acquiringacquired and installinginstalled data communications equipment to convert elements of our networks that useused ATM protocol over legacy copper wire and SDH protocols to MPLS protocol over optical fiber, which supports IP and permits the creation of VPNs through our MetroEthernet networks.

Our transport network currently is based on 10/40 Gbps line rate interfaces and we are upgrading our optical network OTN DWDM and IP backbone routers to support 100 Gbps line rates. We also deployed an optical switching layer based on optical transport network technology in order to provide more efficient use of our DWDM capacity, fast restorations, and IP routers traffic offloading.

In 2015 Oi began implementing a new broadband data communications network architecture, which we refer to as the Single Edge project. This architecture enables Oi to offer access network services such as mobile, broadband, IPTV, and corporate customer links in a single platform, which eliminates the need for individual management of each type of access network, expedites the resolution of networks problems and minimizes maintenance and operation costs.

In 2015, we transformed our IP backbone to expand its capacity and speed to operate 10/100 Gbps line rate interfaces on our new OTN/DWDM network over 30,000 km of fiber-optic cable. The OTN/DWDM network is designed to protect against interruptions in service caused by external events and accidents. Since January 2014, Our OTN/DWDM network has experienced an average annual growth of traffic, especially in data traffic, of more than 40% per year.

In addition to theexpanding our IP backbone capacity, expansion, we are simplifyingcontinuing to simplify our transport network architecture through the adoption of the single edge concept, which means using one single router to perform manyjoin our commercial, mobile and residential functions such as aggregation, service protocol termination, access gateway and others, that would otherwise would require many specialized routers. We believe that this network simplification will reduce both capital and operational expenditures.

Mobile Services Network Programs

2G & 3G Networks

We are implementing wireless local loop technology in areas not supported by our fixed-line network to provide service to our customers through our 2G network.

We have undertaken a project to upgrade a portion of our mobile networks to enable us to increase the capacity of our mobile network. In 2012, we constructed 2,237 new radio base stations to support the growth of our subscriber base and expand the capacity at many of our existing radio base stations. In addition, we have undertaken a project to replace approximately 1,407 of our radio base stations in Region I, all of which employ Alcatel-Lucent technology, with Huawei base stations. We completed the replacement of these radio base stations in December 2012. Our investment in these projects in 2012 was R$1,000 million.

We are engaged in a program of introducing wireless local loop technology which will provide service to our customers through our 2G network in areas not supported by our fixed-line network.

Since December 2007, when we acquired our authorizations to provide 3G services, we have engaged in a program of developing our 3G network. We are deploying new radio base stations and transceivers to improve our 3G coverage and quality in areas which we already serve, reducing the level of signal congestion in these areas, and to expand our 3G service to municipalities in Regions I, II and III where we currently do not provide 3G service. We are continuing to upgrade portions of our 3G mobile network to support greater data rates through the HSPA+ standard.

We performed capacity expansions in 35% of our existing 3G sites during 2017 to increase the speed of our 3G connection. Furthermore, in order to improve the experience of our data service users, we began granting our 2G users access to our 3G network by migrating the user’s data plan from 2G to 3G and upgrading their devices to be 3G compatible.

4G Network

In June 2012, we acquired the authorizations and radio frequency licenses necessary for us to commence the offering of 4G services throughout Brazil. We intend to offer these4G services throughout Brasil using LTE network technology and have begun deploying our 4G network. As part of this project, we have upgraded our existing mobile core to the LTE Evolved Packet Core, using an Evolved NodeB base station under a Radio Access Network that we will share with other Brazilian mobile services operators. In 2013, we commenced offering 4G

We extended LTE services in the 12 cities where the FIFA World Cup was held. Our deployment was conducted in cooperation with TIM, another Brazilian mobile operator, under a RAN Sharing regime. Through this regime, both operators share the same physical network, each using its own frequency spectrum resources, thus reducing the deployment costs by approximately 50% while maintaining all of the characteristics of an individual network with respect2015 to our customers. RAN sharing makes use of 3GPP standard features, permitting full technical support. The deployment of this network under a RAN sharing arrangement was the first of its kind in Latin America.

In November 2011, we began deploying a network of Wi-Fi hotspots in order to offload traffic from our mobile network. The Oi Wi-Fi network is composed of sub networks that are accessible (1) from indoor public and commercial sites, (2) from outdoor public spaces, and (3) from residential access points of our fixed-line customers that share access points in association with Fon.

In 2014, we extended our service area to include 118 new municipalities with 3G technology. We also activated HSPA+ in 3,302 sites in 2014, which allowed our customers to transfer data at higher speeds. In addition, we offer 4G technology under our RAN sharing arrangement with TIM to over 80% of urban areas in all Brazilian capital cities and cities with over 500,000 inhabitants.200,000 inhabitants, including 88 new municipalities, to cities with over100,000 inhabitants in 2016, including 151 new municipalities, and to cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants in 2017, including 529 new municipalities as a result of obligations imposed by ANATEL.

Voice Transmission Network Programs

We are engaged in a program of investing in new equipment for our switching station to support next-generation networks to support offerings of new value-added services to our fixed-line customers. We believe that our investment in next-generation networks will:

 

assist us in meeting the increased demand for long distance traffic, both domestic and international, through the use of VoIP;

 

permit us to offer differentiated services, such voice over broadband; and

 

significantly promote fixed-mobilefixed-to-mobile convergence.

As part of this program, we are concluding the deployment of an IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS, core that will facilitate our convergent voice, broadband and IP TV offerings. The IMS core not only will provide control for the VoIP resource but also integrated access control and authentication for all three services, significantly improving automation and speed for customer provisioning.

We are also undertaking a program of removing and replacing smaller switching stations and integrating these operations with other switching stations to promote efficiency in our operations.

We monitor the anticipated demands of new residential developments and the service demand growth of existing residential areas to ensure that we make adequate network equipment available to service the demands of these areas.

Information Technology Services Programs

We are investing in the expansion of capacitysupply of our servers dedicatedcloud computing services in data centers, particularly in the State of São Paulo, in order to support the growing demand from our corporate customers. Our cloud computing services enable us to provide our customers with a view to increasing the efficiency of the services that we provide to these customers and to support ourOi Smart Cloud service, which we launched in 2012 to provide end-to-end virtualintegrated telecommunications and information technology solutions for our corporate clients.solutions.

Telecommunications Services Infrastructure Programs

We are investing in several structural projects in order to improve and modernize our business support systems, or BSS, and operational support systems, or OSS, and consolidate duplicative systems resulting from integrating previously acquired companies, thereby optimizing our capital and operational expenditure investments. Based on the expansionTelemanagement Forum frameworks and best practices, our main projects are unified customer relationship management; network provisioning services; order management; consolidation of network inventory; network planning, project and construction; network fault management; performance management; customer experience management; API management and digital self-care, among others.

One of the primary projects connected to the OSS is related to assurance and quality. In March 2013, we began investing in a transition from a network operating platform supportingcentric monitoring system to a customer focused approach and thereby our network operations centerwill migrate from network operations centers to assist usservice operations centers which will provide more efficient and customer-based support. We completed this project in monitoring transmission failures in real time and assist us in correlating and integrating data related to these transmission failures to their root causes with the aimJanuary 2017.

Another of reducing the frequency of these events. In 2012, we initiatedour projects to consolidate and replace Oi´s systems architecture.

We are currently undergoing an effort to transform the existing service provisioning systems and to create new ones according to a TOM framework. Our goal is to speedimprove fulfillment by speeding up service creation and provisioning, reduce costly human intervention and increase overall customer quality of experience through automation of fulfillment processes. Our goal is to evolve as close as possible to azero-touch provisioning process, without user intervention. This project began in March 2012 and was completed in December 2016.

We are investing in the expansion of our transport networks in an effort to ensure that our networks continue to have the capacity to serve our existing customers and to support our plans to expand our services. Among other investments,In 2015, we are investingactivated the first chain in Brazil of entirely 100 Gbps interfaces along our OTN/DWDM network of over 30,000 km of fiber optic cables connecting 12 Brazilian capitals (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Vitoria, Porto Alegre, Florianópolis, Curitiba, Salvador, Fortaleza, Recife, Teresina and Brasilia). This structural transformation is intended to increase the expansionquality and data transmission capacity of our national backbone to support the expansion of 4G services, broadband servicesnetwork as well as protect against interruptions in service caused by external events and new services, taking measures to improve our network synchronization and signaling links, taking measures to improve our interconnection traffic, investing in projects to improve route optimization.accidents.

We are also investing in projects to improve our networks by increasing the redundancy of our wire and fiber optic cable routes and establishing network mesh routes. We also perform preventive maintenance on sections of our network that have unusually high failure rates, and have a program to replace network elements in these sections.

We are investing in the standardization of our facilities to deter fraud and improve the quality of our services, including the replacement of some of our public telephones.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not currently have any transactions involvingoff-balance sheet arrangements.

U.S. GAAP Reconciliation

We reported a net loss in accordance with Brazilian GAAP in the amount of R$4,406 million in 2014 and net income of R$1,493 million in 2013 and R$1,785 million in 2012. Under U.S. GAAP, we would have reported a net loss of R$4,780 million in 2014, and net income of R$604 million in 2013 and R$866 million in 2012.

Our total shareholders’ equity in accordance with Brazilian GAAP was R$19,311 million as of December 31, 2014 and R$11,524 million as of December 31, 2013. Under U.S. GAAP, we would have reported total shareholders’ equity of R$27,153 million as of December 31, 2014 and R$20,013 million as of December 31, 2013.

The principal differences between Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP that affected our net income in 2014, 2013 and 2012, as well as total shareholders’ equity as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, are described in note 30 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report. The differences that result in significant adjustments relate to the accounting treatment of the following items:

the corporate reorganization that occurred in February 2012;

business combinations prior to January 1, 2009 and goodwill;

pre-paid pension plan costs and other post-retirement benefits;

capitalized interest;

income tax and social contribution; and

the valuation of long-lived assets.

ITEM 6.DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES

OurOi’s board of directors (conselho de administração) and ourOi’s board of executive officers(diretoria) are responsible for operating our business.

Board of Directors

OurOi’s board of directors is a decision-making body responsible for, among other things, determining policies and guidelines for our business and ourOi’s wholly-owned subsidiaries and controlled companies. OurOi’s board of directors also supervises ourOi’s board of executive officers and monitors its implementation of the policies and guidelines that are established from time to time by the board of directors. Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, ourOi’s board of directors is also responsible for hiring independent accountants.

Our Oi’sby-laws provide for a board of directors of up to 1711 members and an equal number of alternate members. As of the date of this annual report, our board of directors is composed of 15 members and 15 alternate members. During periods of absence or temporary unavailability of a regular member of ourOi’s board of directors, the corresponding alternate member substitutes for the absent or unavailable regular member.

TheGenerally, the members of ourOi’s board of directors are elected at general meetings of shareholders fortwo-year terms and are eligible for reelection. The terms of all current members expire at our annual shareholders’ meeting in 2016.reelection, pursuant to Oi’sby-laws. Members of ourOi’s board of directors are subject to removal at any time with or without cause at a general meeting of shareholders. Our Oi’sby-laws do not contain any citizenship or residency requirements for members of ourOi’s board of directors. OurOi’s board of directors is presided over by the chairman of the board of directors, and, in his absence, on an interim basis, by his designated alternate. TheTypically, the chairman of ourOi’s board of directors is elected by the membersgeneral meeting of shareholders that elects the board of directors, serves for a two-year term and is eligible for reelection. Our directors. Oi’sby-laws provide that the chairman of ourOi’s board of directors may not serve as ourOi’s chief executive officer.

OurThe RJ Plan, however, provides for a new framework of corporate governance rules that will apply with respect to Oi’s board of directors ordinarily meets once every monthduring the effectiveness of the RJ Plan, as described below, superseding the provisions of Oi’sby-laws.

On July 14, 2016, the RJ Court granted a request made by ANATEL that the RJ Court determine that prior approval from ANATEL is required for, among other things, the possible transfer of Oi’s corporate control, including the replacement of Oi’s board of directors.

On November 8, 2016, ANATEL issued an order requiring that Oi notify its Superintendence of Competition of the dates of meetings of Oi’s board of directors so that it could send a representative to attend such meetings. On January 6, 2017, ANATEL issued an additional order conditioning its approval of the entry of Société Mondiale into Oi’s controlling block on the continued compliance with this obligation, among others, as well as the submission of any changes to Oi’s board of directors, including changes with respect to alternate members, for the prior approval by ANATEL.

On January 15, 2018, ANATEL approved the board of directors appointed pursuant to Section 9.2 of the RJ Plan and extraordinarily whenset forth in Exhibit 9.2 of the RJ Plan,or the Transitional Board, effective as from the date of approval of the RJ Plan on December 20, 2017, in accordance with the RJ Plan. For more information about the members of the board of directors who held office prior to the date of approval of the RJ Plan, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Changes to the Membership of Our Board of Directors and Board of Executive Officers.” Members of the Transitional Board do not have alternates and may not be removed until a new board of directors, or the New Board, is elected by a general shareholders’ meeting that is calledrequired to be held within 45 business days following the conclusion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase, as set forth in Section 9.3 of the RJ Plan. The Transitional Board shall call this general shareholders’ meeting within five business days following the conclusion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase.

The Transitional Board is presided over by the chairman or any two other members of our boardthe Transitional Board, and, in his absence, on an interim basis, by the vice-chairman of directors. Decisionsthe Transitional Board. In accordance with Oi’sby-laws, decisions of our board of directorsthe Transitional Board require a quorum of a majority of the directors and are taken by a majority vote of those directors present. A director may not cast votes with respect to matters in which he has a conflicting interest. In the event of a tie, the chairman of the Transitional Board shall cast the deciding vote. In addition to their ordinary course functions provided under Oi’sby-laws, the members of the Transitional Board must oversee the execution of the terms of the RJ Plan.

All prior members or alternates of the Board of Directors who were not designated as members of the Transitional Board of Directors pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Plan have been suspended from their duties, including as members of Oi’s advisory committees, and therefore cannot participate of any meeting of the Transitional Board of Directors. These members and alternates (a) shall be formally replaced by operation of the RJ Plan after the investiture of the New Board in accordance with the RJ Plan and the applicable legislation in Brazil, or (b) shall be removed due to the expiration of their terms of office, whichever occurs first.

Pursuant to Section 9.3 of the RJ Plan, the New Board will be composed of 11 members and no alternate members, all of whom must be independent as defined in Oi’sby-laws, provided that one such member shall be Mr. Eleazar de Carvalho Filho (see “—Directors—Eleazar de Carvalho Filho”). The members of the New Board will be chosen by the Transitional Board and will serve for a term of two years. The members of the New Board may not be removed from office, except due to gross mistake, willful misconduct, gross negligence, abuse of term of office or violation of fiduciary duties in accordance with applicable law. Following the expiration of the term of the New Board, the election of subsequent boards of directors will follow the rules established by Oi’sby-laws and the Brazilian Corporate Law.

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the current members of our board of directors and their alternates.the Transitional Board.

 

Name

  Position  Member Since  Age 

José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha

  Chairman  February 2009   6568 

José Augusto da Gama FigueiraRicardo Reisen de Pinho

  AlternateVice-Chairman  April 201167

Shakhaf Wine

DirectorApril 201247

Pedro Guimarães e Melo de Oliveira Guterres

AlternateOctober 201440

Rafael Luís Mora Funes

DirectorOctober 201450

João Manuel de Mello Franco

AlternateApril 201469

Armando Galhardo Nunes Guerra Jr

DirectorApril 201258

Paulo Márcio de Oliveira Monteiro

AlternateApril 2012August 2016   56 

Sergio Franklin QuintellaMarcos Duarte Santos

  Director  April 2012August 2016   7948 

Bruno Gonçalves Siqueira

AlternateApril 201229

Renato Torres de FariaMarcos Rocha

  Director  April 2012January 201853

Eleazar de Carvalho Filho

DirectorJanuary 201860

Marcos Grodetzky

DirectorJanuary 201860

Luís Maria Viana Palha da Silva (1)

DirectorSeptember 201561

Pedro Zañartu Gubert Morais Leitão (1)

DirectorJuly 2016   52 

Carlos Fernando Horta Bretas

AlternateApril 201255

Rafael Cardoso CordeiroHélio Calixo da Costa (1)

  Director  April 201234

André Sant’Anna Valladares de Andrade

AlternateApril 201230

Fernando Magalhães Portella

DirectorApril 201263

Sérgio Bernstein

AlternateApril 2014September 2016   78 

Alexandre Jereissati Legey

(1)
DirectorApril 201244

Carlos Francisco Ribeiro Jereissati

AlternateApril 201268

Carlos Jereissati

DirectorApril 201443

Cristina Anne Betts

AlternateApril 201245

Cristiano Yazbek Pereira

DirectorApril 201239

Erika Jereissati Zullo

AlternateApril 201244

Fernando Marques dos Santos

DirectorMay 201262

Laura Bedeschi Rego de Mattos

AlternateApril 201239

José Valdir Ribeiro dos Reis

DirectorApril 201269

Luciana Freitas Rodrigues

AlternateApril 201248

Carlos Augusto Borges

DirectorApril 201255

Marcos Rocha de Araújo

AlternateMay 201465

Henrique Jäger

DirectorApril 201549

Ricardo Berreta Pavie

AlternateApril 201541On March 7, 2018, the RJ Court suspended the voting rights of the certain shareholders of Oi that participated in the purported extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting held on February 7, 2018, including Bratel S.à r.l and Société Mondiale, and ordered the removal of the members of Oi’s board of directors that had been elected/indicated by such shareholders them the completion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase as part of the RJ Plan. As a result, Luis Maria Viana Palha da Silva, Pedro Zañartu Gubert Morais Leitão and Hélio Calixto da Costa were temporarily removed as members of Oi’s board of directors effective on March 7, 2018. Hélio Calixto da Costa also resigned as a member of Oi’s board of executive officers. The judicial decision also ordered the subpoena of the current executive officers of Oi and the shareholders whose voting rights were suspended, to express their interest in establishing a mediation proceeding. Oi (on behalf of itself and its executive officer), Bratel S.à r.l and Société Mondiale have manifested their interest in a mediation. Oi filed a petition stating that, since Société Mondiale has sold its shares and is no longer a shareholder of Oi, it should not be a part of the mediation. Despite Oi’s position, the RJ Court issued a decision ordering the mediation to be initiated.

We summarize below the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of ourOi’s current directors and their alternates.directors.

Directors

Active Directors

José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha.Mr. Cunha has served as ourthe chairman since February 2009, and serves on ourof Oi’s board of directors as a nominee of FATL.since February 2009. From January 2013 until June 2013, Mr. Cunha served as ourOi’s interim chief executive officer, during which time he resigned as chairman and member of ourOi’s board of directors. He resumed his position as ourOi’s chairman and a member of ourOi’s board of directors in June 2013. Mr. Cunha has also served as chairman of the board of directors of Dommo Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A. from 2007 until December 2016. He previously served as chairman of the board of directors of (1) TNL from April 1999 until March 2003 and from April 2007 until February 2012. He has2012, where he also beenserved as an alternate director of TmarPart sincein 2006; (2) Telemar from April 2008. Mr. Cunha was2007 until April 2012, where he served as a member of the board of directors of Telemar from April 1999 tountil May 2012; (3) TNL PCS from April 2007 until April 2012; (4) Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A. from April 2008 until February 2012; and (5) Coari Participações S.A. from May 2007 until February 2012. In addition, Mr. Cunha was a director of TmarPart from April 2008 until September 2015. He has also served on the board of directors of Santo Antonio Energia S.A. since April 2008 and Pharol since May 2015. He was a member of the board of directors of Vale S.A. sincefrom April 2010.2010 until April 2015. Mr. Cunha was an executive officer of Lupatech S.A. from April 2006 to April 2012, where he served as a member of the board of directors from April 2006 to April 2012. He has also held several executive positions at the BNDES, and was a member of its board of executive officers from 1991 to 2002. He was the vice president of strategic planning of Braskem S.A. from February 2003 to October 2005, and business consultant from November 2005 to February 2007. Mr. Cunha was a member of the board of directors ofLog-In Logistica Intermodal S.A. from April 2007 to March 2011, Braskem S.A. from July 2007 to April 2010, Banco do Estado do Espírito Santo S.A. (Banestes) from April 2008 to April 2009, Light Serviços de Eletricidade S.A. from

December 1997 to July 2000, Aracruz Celulose S.A. from June 1997 to July 2002, FUNTTEL from December 2000 to January 2002, FUNCEX- Fundação Centro de Estudos do Comércio Exterior from June 1997 to January 2002, and Politeno Indústria e Comércio S.A. from April 2003 to April 2004. Mr. Cunha holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Universidade Católica de Petrópolis in Rio de Janeiro and a master’s degree in industrial and transportation projects from Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra dePós-Graduação (COPPE) at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He attended the Executive Program in Management at the Anderson School at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Shakhaf WineRicardo Reisen de Pinho.. Mr. WineReisen has served as the independent vice-chairman of Oi’s board of directors since January 2018. Previously, he served as a member of ourOi’s board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of Bratel Brasil and was afrom 2016 until 2018. He is also an independent member of the board of directors of TNL fromLight S.A. and Brado Logística S.A., a member of the advisory board of Editora do Brasil S.A. and a member of Bradespar’s fiscal council, all with terms ending in April 2011 until February 2012. He has been chief executive officer and chairman2019. Previously, Mr. Reisen served as an independent member of the board of directors of Portugal Telecom BrasilBR Insurance S.A. since September 2010.from 2016 until 2018, Tupy S.A. and Itacaré Capital Investments Ltd. From 2009 until 2015, Saraiva S.A. Livreiros Editores from 2013 until 2015 and 2009 until 2012, Metalfrio Solutions S.A. from 2007 until 2011, and Banco Nossa Caixa S.A. from 2008 until 2009. He has served as chairmanwas also a member of the boardfiscal council of directors of PT Multimédia.com Brasil Ltda., vice-chairman of the board of directors of Brasilcel N.V. and president of the controlling committee of Brasilcel N.V., each since September 2010. Mr. Wine was an investment banking manager responsible for European corporate client relationships in the global communications group at Merrill Lynch International from 1998 until 2003; senior associate in the Latin America and telecommunications groups at Deutsche Morgan Grenfell & Co. from 1993 until 1998; and a foreign exchange trader and dealer for Banco Central do Brasil at Banco Icatu from 1991 to 1993. Previously, he held various board positions, including chairman of the board of directors of: Mobitel S.A. until June 2011; vice-chairman of the board of directors of VivoEmbratel Participações S.A. from 2009 until September 2010; and a memberto 2010), chairman of the advisory board of directors of: Universo OnlineLAB SSJ S.A. from 2009 until January 2011, PT Investimentos Internacionais – Consultoria Internacional S.A.2013, and a voluntary board member of AACD from 2006 until March 2009, PT Participações SGPS S.A. from March 20082014. As a board member, he has participated in advisory committees in the areas of finance, audit, risk and compliance, people and strategy in the above-mentioned companies. He served as an executive in areas of corporate finance, corporate and investment banking and strategic planning in ABNAmro Bank Brasil, Banco Garantia and Banco Itaú between 1989 and 2001. From 2002 until March 2009, PT Móveis—Serviços de Telecomunicações SGPS S.A. from May 2006 until March 2009, PT Ventures SGPS S.A. from May 2006 until March 2009, Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participações, S.A. from March 2004 until October 2006, Tele Sudeste Celular Participações, S.A. from March 2004 until February 2006, Tele Leste Participações S.A. July 2005 until February 2006, Celular CRT Participações S.A. from March 2004 until February 2006, Banco1.net S.A., from April 2003 until July 2004 and PT Multimédia.com Participações Ltda., from April 2005 until November 2007.2014, Mr. Reisen was a senior researcher at Harvard Business School. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economicsmechanical engineering and a master’s degree in production engineering/finance from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ).and a doctorate in business administration/strategy from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – EAESP. Mr. Reisen also holds a degree in business administration through the Advanced Management Program of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the Program for Management Development of Harvard Business School. He has been a Certified Accredited Board Member by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa – IBGC) since 2010 and earned a specialization in corporate governance from Harvard Business School.

Rafael Luís Mora Funes.Marcos Duarte Santos.Mr. FunesDuarte has served as a member of ourOi’s board of directors since October 2014August 2016. He has served as director of Gestora Pólo Capital since 2003. Previously, he served as a member of Oi’s fiscal council as a nominee of Bratel Brasil.Oi’s preferred shareholders from April 2010 until April 2014. Before that, he was a member of the fiscal council of Brasil Telecom S.A. in 2005, 2006 and from 2008 to 2014. He served as a member of the fiscal council of Telemar from April 2007 through February 2012. Mr. Funes is currentlyDuarte was a vice president and fixed income trader at Credit Suisse First Boston – Garantia from 1997 to 1998, a vice president for Bankers Trust Company in New York from 1996 to 1997, and a vice president for Bankers Trust Company in Rio de Janeiro from January 1994 until June 1996. He served as a member of the fiscal councils of Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A., Telecomunicações do Ceará S.A. and Tele Espírito Santo S.A. from 2001 to 2002. He holds a bachelor’s degree in production engineering from the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Marcos Rocha. Mr. Rocha has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since January 2018. He has been a member of the board of directors of PT SGPS, vice chairman of the board of directors and COO of Ongoing Strategy Investments, SGPS, S.A., chairman of the board of directors of BRZ Tech, chairman of the board of directors of IBT Internet Business Technologies, member of the board of directors of RS Holding, SGPS, member of the School Advisory Business Council of INDEG-ISCTE and member of the Governance and Sustainability Committee of the Milennium BCP Group since 2007.

Armando Galhardo Nunes Guerra Jr. Mr. Guerra has served as a member of our board of directorsBC2 Construtora since April 2012 as a nominee of AG Telecom. During his career, Mr. Guerra has developed various projects in the management and restructuring departments of companies such as Braspérola, Portal Clicon, Cia AIX de Participações, AGSA, Brasil Ferrovias S.A., Ponteio Lar Shopping and Shopping Píer 21. He also serves as2016, a member of the board of directors of CosiparBrazil Fast Food Corporation since 2009, a senior partner at DealMaker since July 2015 and anon-executive senior advisor at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants since September 2015. Between 2010 and 2015, Mr. Rocha was the vice president of finance and administration at InveparCia Siderúrgica do Pará, Kepler Weber S.A., MASB – Desenvolvimento Imobiliário S.A., ESTRE Ambiental S.A. since and Contax Holdings. Previously, Mr. Guerra was chief executive officer of UNIPAR – União de Indústrias Petroquímicas S.A.; FEM – Projetos, ConstruçInvestimentos e Participações e Montagens S.A. from and MRS Logística S.A.; director of the Ministry of Mines and Energy;em Infraestrutura and a member of the National Councilboards of Privatization, supervising state-owned steel mills, Companhia Valedirectors of the companies in its portfolio. He was a member of the fiscal council of Abril Educação from 2012 to 2015. Between 2008 and 2009, Mr. Rocha was the CFO, investor relations officer, CIO, shared services officer and human resources officer at Globex Utilidades. Previously, he held the following positions: general executive officer at Banco Investcred Unibanco S.A. – Pontocred from 2005 until 2008; CFO and investor relations officer at Sendas S.A. from 2003 until 2005; CFO at the following companies: Horizon Telecom International from 2001 until 2002, GVT – Global Village Telecom in 2001, Global Telecom S.A. from 2000 until 2001 and Brazil Fast Food Corp (Bob´s) from 1996 until 1998; administrative officer at Sony Music Entertainment, from 1998 until 1999; and controller at Cyanamid Química do Rio DoceBrasil from 1991 until 1996. Mr. Rocha holds bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME), an MBA in finance fromPUC-RJ and DNPM.an Executive MBA in management from PDG/EXEC – SDE/IBMEC.

Eleazar de Carvalho Filho. Mr. Carvalho has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since January 2018. He currently works at Virtus BR Partners, where he is a founding partner. Mr. Carvalho also has served as a member of the board of directors at Brookfield Partners Renewables L.P., TechnipFMC and Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (Grupo Pão de Açucar) / Cnova N.V.). He is also chairman of Quattorthe board of trustes of the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Foundation. Previously, Mr. Carvalho was CEO of Unibanco Banco de Investimento, BNDES and UBS Brasil. He was head of the corporate finance division of Banco Garantia in Rio de Janeiro, director and treasurer of Alcoa Alumínio and director of the international area of Crefisul (Citigroup). Mr. Carvalho has extensive experience as a director of large companies listed in Brazil and abroad. He was a member of the boards of directors of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A.; Brasil Ferrovias S.A.; Unipar; Cosipa; CSN;S.A, Petrobras, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, Eletrobrás, Alpargatas, among others and CST. Mr. Guerraalso President of BHP Billiton Brasil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting and economics from Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais.New York University and a master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.

Sergio Franklin QuintellaMarcos Grodetzky. Mr. QuintellaGrodetzky has served as a member of ourOi’s board of directors since April 2012January 2018 and previously served as an alternate member of Oi’s board of directors from September 2015 until January 2018. Currently, he is an independent member of the board of directors of Smiles S.A., Centro de Cultura Judaica and Eneva S.A., and the CFO of União Israelita Brasileira do Bem Estar Social – UNIBES, a philanthropic nonprofit organization, senior advisor to Banco UBS, and a founding member of Mediator Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. Until October 2013, Mr. Grodetzky served as CEO of DGB S.A., a logistics holding company of Grupo Abril S.A. and parent company of the following companies: Dinap – Dist. Nacional de Publicações, Magazine Express Comercial Imp e Exp de Revistas, Entrega Fácil Logística Integrada, FC Comercial e Distribuidora, Treelog S.A. – Logística e Distribuição, DGB Logística e Distribuição Geográfica, and TEX Courier (Total Express). In addition, he served as finance and investor relations vice-president of Telemar/Oi, Aracruz Celulose/Fibria, and Cielo S.A from 2002 until 2010. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and attended the Senior Management Program at INSEAD/FDC.

Temporarily Removed Directors

On March 7, 2018, the RJ Court suspended the voting rights of the certain shareholders of Oi that participated in the purported extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting held on February 7, 2018, including Bratel S.à r.l and Société Mondiale, and ordered the removal of the members of Oi’s board of directors that had been elected/indicated by such shareholders them the completion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase as part of the RJ Plan. As a result, Luis Maria Viana Palha da Silva, Pedro Zañartu Gubert Morais Leitão and Hélio Calixto da Costa were temporarily removed as members of Oi’s board of directors effective on March 7, 2018. Hélio Calixto da Costa also resigned as a nomineemember of AG TelecomOi’s board of executive officers. The judicial decision also ordered the subpoena of the current executive officers of Oi and the shareholders whose voting rights were suspended, to express their interest in establishing a mediation proceeding. Oi (on behalf of itself and its executive officer), Bratel S.à r.l and Société Mondiale have manifested their interest in a mediation. Oi filed a petition stating that, since Société Mondiale has sold its shares and is no longer a shareholder of Oi, it should not be a part of the mediation. Despite Oi’s position, the RJ Court issued a decision ordering the mediation to be initiated.

We summarize below the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of these temporarily removed directors.

Luís Maria Viana Palha da Silva. Mr. Silva became a member of Oi’s board of directors in September 2015. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Pharol Mr. Silva served as vice-chairman of the board of directors and executive committee of GALP Energia, SGPS, SA from 2012 to 2015. He was a member of the board of directors and audit committee of TNLNYSE Euronext from April 2011 until February 2012. From 1965 until 1991, he was vice-president of Montreal Engenharia2012 to 2013. Mr. Silva worked at Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. Mr. Quintella has served as a member of the Technical Council of the National Confederation of Trade (Conselho Técnico da Confederação Nacional do Comércio) since 1990CFO from 2001 to 2004, and as aCEO from 2004 to 2010. In 2011, he worked at Jerónimo Martins, SGPS, S.A. asnon-executive member of the board of directors of Petrobras since 2009. He was presidentand chairman of the Auditors Tribunal (Tribunal de Contas) of the State of Rio de Janeiro from 1993 until 2005, CEO of Companhia do Jarí from 1982 until 1983, chief executive officer of IESA – Internacional de Engenharia S.A. from 1979 until 1990,

and president of the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas) from 1975 until 1977. Mr. Quintella alsocorporate responsibility committee. He served as a memberCFO of the boards of directors of the Brazilian National Monetary CouncilCIMPOR – Cimentos de Portugal from 1985 until 1990, Refrescos do Brasil S.A from 1980 until 1985, Caemi Mineração e Metalurgia S.A. from 1979 until 1983, Sulzer S.A. from 1976 until 1979 and BNDES from 1975 until 1980. Mr. Quintella has served at several academic institutions, including as a member of the development councils for Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro since 1978 and Universidade Estácio de Sá since 20021995 to 2001 and as vice presidentState Secretary of Fundação Getúlio Vargas since 2005. He alsoCommerce of Portugal from 1992 to 1995, responsible for foreign economic relations, trade and investment, and supervision of domestic trade, food security, and antitrust enforcement. Mr. Silva served as CFO at COVINA, Companhia Vidreira Nacional, from 1987 to 1992. Mr. Silva holds a board member of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (Conselho Diretor dobachelor’s degree in economics from Instituto NacionalSuperior de Altos Estudos) from 1991 until 2010. Mr. Quintella holds bachelor’s degreesEconomia and in engineeringbusiness administration from Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, economics from Faculdade de Economia do Rio de Janeiro, economic engineering from Escola Nacional de Engenharia and a MBA from IPSOA in Italy.Portuguesa. He also completedattended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard BusinessUniversity of Pennsylvania – Wharton School and an extension course in public finance at Pennsylvania State University – Philadelphia.of Economics.

Renato Torres de FariaPedro Zañartu Gubert Morais Leitão.. Mr. Torres de Faria has served asLeitão became a member of ourOi’s board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of AG Telecom and was a member of the board of directors of TNL from April 2011 until February 2012. He has been financial officer and investor relations officer of Andrade Gutierrez Concessões S.A, or AG Concessões, a company of the Andrade Gutierrez Group that focuses on investments and operations through concessions and participation in companies in the highway, airport, port, energy and sanitation sectors, among others, since May 2002 and an officer of several real estate companies within AGSA, since 2004. From February 2009 until April 2011, Mr. Torres de FariaJuly 2016. Previously, he served as executive superintendent of Fundo AG-Angra, a fund created by AGSA and Angra Partners, which invests in infrastructure in Brazil. He has also served as superintendent officer and member of the board of directors of Dominó Holdings S.A., a business investment vehicle of Companhia de Saneamento do Paraná – SANEPAR since February 2000, chief executive officer of Water Port S.A. Engenharia e Saneamento, or Water Port, a water and sewage company hired by CODESP to develop and implement the new water and sewer system on the right margin of the Port of Santos, since March 2004, and member of the board of directors of Concessões Rodoviárias S.A. – CCR since March 2002 and Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais, or CEMIG, an energy company, since August 2010. Mr. Torres de Faria holds a bachelor’s degree in mining engineering and an MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral and Universidade de São Paulo.

Rafael Cardoso Cordeiro. Mr. Cordeiro has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of AG Telecom and was an alternate member of theOi’s board of directors of TNL from April 2011September 2015 until February 2012. He has been finance manager for AG Concessões since June 2002. From May 2005 until April 2011, he worked in the areas of treasury, structured finance, financial institution relations, capital markets, investor relations and economic-financial analysis of new projects at AG Concessões. From May 2004 until April 2005, he was a project engineer at Water Port. Currently, Mr. Cordeiro is a member of the board of directors of Contax Holdings and CTX. He is a member of the Fiscal Council of CEMIG—Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais and a member of the board of directors of Water Port. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

Fernando Magalhães Portella. Mr. Portella has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of L.F. Tel, and was a member of the board of directors of TNL from May 2008 until February 2012. Previously, he served as the chief executive officer of Organização Jaime Camara from July 2006 until January 2011.2016. He has served as a member of the board of directors of Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A. since January 2007, and he was a member of the advisory council of Intermedica Sistema de Saude S.A. from February 2008 until February 2010. He was the vice-president of Citibank Brasil from 1986 until 1992 and a partner of Gemini Consulting from 1992 until 1996. He was also the CEO of Grupo de Comunicação O Dia and a member of the board of directors of the Associação Nacional de Jornais from 1996 until August 2003. Mr. Portella also served as the president of Associação Brasileira de Marketing e Negócios from 1999 until 2000. He was chief executive officer of Magalhães Portella & Associados from January 2004 to July 2006. Mr. Portella has a bachelor’s degree in agronomics engineering from Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) and has an executive MBA from Columbia University. He is also an alumnus of the General Management Program and the Corporate Leader Program at Harvard Business School.

Alexandre Jereissati Legey. Mr. Legey has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of LF Tel and was a member of the board of directors of TNL from May 2008 until February 2012. He has served as an alternate director of TmarPart since April 2011 and a member of the finance committee of Telemar

since its inception in 1999. Mr. Legey has been chief financial officer and market relations officer of LF Tel and Jereissati Telecom since 1998, chief economic-financial officer and market relations officer of Privatinvest Participações S.A. since 2008, and superintendent officer and market relations officer of Allum Participações S.A. since 2008. From January 2007 until January 2008, he was new business director of Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Center S.A., a shopping center management company, where he identified, evaluated and determined the viability of new shopping centers. Mr. Legey began his career with the Jereissati Group in 1993 and served as its chief financial officer from 1993 until 1996. Currently, he is a member of the board of directors of several holding companies, such as CTX since 2009, since Privatinvest Participações S.A. since 2008, Alium Participações S.A. since 2008, and Contax Holdings since 2008. Mr. Legey holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ and an MBA from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a nephew of our alternate director Carlos Francisco Ribeiro Jereissati and cousin of our director Pedro Jereissati and our alternate directors Carlos Jereissati and Erika Jereissati Zullo.

Carlos Jereissati.Mr. Jereissati has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2014 as a nominee of LF Tel and was an alternate member of our board of directors from April 2012 to April 2014, and an alternate member of the board of directors of TNL from May 2008 until February 2012. He has served as a member of the board of directors of TmarPart since 2008. He has been the chief executive officer of Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A., where he has worked since 1996. Mr. Jereissati is a member of the board of directors of various companies in other sectors, including Jereissati Participações S.A. since 2008, Jereissati Telecom since 2008 and CTX since 2009. From 2002 until 2004 and from 2005 until 2006, Mr. Jereissati served as president and vice-president of the Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers (Associação Brasileira de Shopping Centers S.A.), of which he is presently a member of the advisory board. Mr. Jereissati has been a member of the Brazil Volunteer Association (IBRAVO – Associação Brasil Voluntário) since 1995 and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) since 1994. He was a member of the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Council (Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social) from 2002 until 2006. In 2007, Mr. Jereissati was named a “Young Global Leader” by the World Economic Forum. Mr. Jereissati holds a bachelor’s in business administration from FGV in São Paulo, and has completed many courses and seminars abroad, including Management for Success at the University of Michigan Business School, the Spring Convention of the International Council of Shopping Centers, and Real Estate Finance and Investment from Euromoney Training. Mr. Jereissati is the son of our alternate director Carlos Francisco Ribeiro Jereissati, brother of our director Pedro Jereissati and our alternate director Erika Jereissati Zullo and cousin of our director Alexandre Jereissati Legey.

Cristiano Yazbek Pereira. Mr. Pereira has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of LF Tel and was an alternate member of the board of directors of TNL from April 2010 until February 2012. He has been manager of corporate strategy of LF Tel since July 2009 and a member of the board of directors of Contax Holdings since 2010. Mr. Pereira worked at Telefônica Brasil a as strategy, regulatory and commercial manager for small- and medium-sized companies in Latin America from January 2003 to July 2009. Mr. Pereira was a consultant at A.T. Kearney from 2001 to 2002 and Accenture from 2000 to 2001. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo and an Executive MBA from Business School São Paulo (BSP). He has also taken management courses at the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto and Escuela Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas (ESADE) in Barcelona.

Fernando Marques dos Santos. Mr. Santos has served as a member of our board of directorsPharol since May 2012 as a nominee of BNDES Participações S.A., or BNDESPar. Since 2012, he has been an executive officer of BNDES, where he is responsible for the human resources, AGIR Project and information technology and processes departments. Prior to being named an executive officer, he served in the office of the president and vice-president of BNDES. Mr. Santos has worked at BNDES since 1983, having served as superintendent of the credit department from 1994 to 2003, manager of the credit department (compliance) from 1989 to 1994 and manager of the projects department from 1983 to 1989. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ.

José Valdir Ribeiro dos Reis. Mr. Reis has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of PREVI. He has been chief executive officer2015 and chairman of the board of directors of the Economic and Credit CooperativePrio Energy SGPS, S.A. since May 2015, where he also served as chairman of the Employees of Federal Financial Institutions (COOPERFORTE—Cooperativa de Economia e Crédito Mútuo dos Funcionários de Instituições Financeiras Públicas Federais) since July 1997. He was chief executive officer of PREVI—Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil, or PREVI,

pension fund for employees of Banco do Brasil, from 1993 until 1996.committee. He served as a member of the board of directors of Teka S.A. from 2002 until 2003; chairman of the board of directors of FundiçãONI SGPS, S.A. from 2012 to 2013, administrator of UnyLeya Brasil and UnyLeya Portugal from 2010 to 2011. Mr. Leitão Tupycurrently holdsnon-executive roles, including at MoteDAlma SGPS, S.A., since 2009, Villas Boas ACE, S.A. since 2012, and FikOnline Ltda. Since 2003. He previously held othernon-executive roles, including at Quifel Natural Resources, S.A. from 1996 until 2002;2007 to 2012 and MegaFin S.A. from 2009 to 2012. Mr. Leitão holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and a master’s degree in business administration from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.

Hélio Calixto da Costa.Mr. Calixto became a member of Oi’s board of directors in January 2017. He serves as the chairman of the board of directors of GTDPetroRio S.A. (formerly HRT Participações em Petróleo S.A. from 1995 until 1996;) and as chairman of the deliberativeethics and regulations council of Fenabb – Federação das AABBsthe Brazilian Association of Teleservices. Previously, he served as a Senator of the state of Minas Gerais from 2002 until 2010, as Communications Minister from 2005 until 2008; and vice-president of the Brazilian Confederation of Credit Cooperatives (Confebrás – Confederação Brasileira das Cooperativas de Crédito) from 2003 until 2007. Mr. Reis holds a degree in economics from Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – Minas Gerais and a post-graduate degree in financial administration from AEUDF/ICAT—Brasília—DF.

Carlos Augusto Borges. Mr. Borges has served2010, as a member of our boardthe lower house of directors since April 2012the Brazilian Congress from 1998 until 2005, and as a nomineefederal deputy from 1999 to 2002 and from 1987 to 1991. Previously, he worked as editor at The Voice of FUNCEF—Fundação dos Economiários Federais, or FUNCEF. He has been director of corporateAmerica in Washington, D.C. in 1967, foreign correspondent in 1972 and real estate holdings at FUNCEF since May 2011. He has also been a memberoffice manager of the boardNew York News at Rede Globo de Televisão, or Rede Globo, and assisted with the opening of directors of Valepar since June 2011. He served as vice-president of transference of benefits, services and distribution and a member of the board of trustees of FGTS from 2003 until 2007; vice-president of services and distribution of VIGAT from 2003 until 2007; ombudsman for the Brazilian Central Bank and president of its statutory committee for the prevention of money laundering from 2007 until 2011; an alternate member of the Advisory Council of FUNCEF from July 2004 until September 2008; a member of the board of directors of CAIXA Seguradora S.A. from July 2007 until April 2011; a member of the board of directors of Empresa Hidrotérmica S.A. from October 2010 until April 2011; and a member of the board of directors of Sete Brasil from May 2011 until October 2011.Rede Globo’s offices in Europe. Mr. BorgesCalixto holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Universidade Federal do Maranhão.

Henrique Jäger. Mr. Jäger has served as a memberjournalism, attended classes at the School of our boardLetters and Sciences at the University of directors since April 2015 as a nominee of PETROS. He has served as president of Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social, or PETROS, since March 2015, as a member of the fiscal council of Lupatech S.A. since April 2014, as a member of the board of directors of the Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa since August 2014Maryland and as a member of the fiscal council of Lupatech S.A. since April 2014. Previously, he served as an independent member of the board of directors of Banco do Brasil from 2008 to 2015, member of the board of directors of Telemig Celular from 2006 to 2008 and independent member of the board of directors of Brasil Telecom from 2008 to 2009. Mr. Jäger also served as a member of the fiscal council of Paranapanema from 2009 to 2011, Banco do Brasil from 2005 to 2006 and Norte-Energia (Belo Monte) from 2011 to 2014. He was a member of the curating board of the Fundação Banco do Brasil (Titular) from 2008 to 2014 and was responsible for advising the Inter-Union Department of Statistics and Socioeconomic Studiesforeign correspondent at the Federação Única dos Petroleiros from 2003 to 2012. Mr. Jäger holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro and a post-graduate degree in economics from the Universidade Federal Fluminense.Catholic University.

Alternate Directors

José Augusto da Gama Figueira. Mr. Figueira has served as an alternate memberAs of ourthe date of this annual report, Oi’s board of directors since April 2011 as a nominee of FATL. From January 2013 until June 2013, Mr. Cunha served as our interim chairman. He resumed his position as Mr. Cunha’sdoes not have any alternate on our board of directors in June 2013. He was an alternate member of the board of directors of TNL from April 2004 until February 2012. He has served as a director of TmarPart since April 2008 and an executive officer of TmarPart since June 1999. He was an alternate director of TNL from March 2007 until February 2012, and an alternate director of Telemar from 2002 until February 2012. He previously served as a member of our board of directors from February 2009 until April 2011 and as an alternate member of TNL’s board of directors from April 2003 until March 2004. He has also served as president of Instituto Telemar since August 2001. He was an executive officer of Pegasus, a company in the Andrade Gutierrez Group, from July 1997 to August 1999, and a member of the fiscal council of Telecomunicações do Espírito Santo S.A., Telecomunicações do Piauí S.A. and Telecomunicações do Amazonas S.A. from April to December 1999. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and an MBA from FGV.members.

Pedro Guimarães e Melo de Oliveira Guterres. Mr. Guterres has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since October 2014 as a nominee of Bratel Brasil. Mr. Guterres is an officer of Telemar Participações SA, a member of the board of Medi Telecom from 2008, member of the board of directors Forecast—Management Company Pension Fund SA since 2009 and Director of Planning and Control PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A. since 2009. Previously in his career, Mr. Guterres held the positions of director of corporate finance of Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. from 2008 to 2010, director of planning and control of PT Comunicações S.A. from 2007 to 2008, director of

planning and control of PT Multimédia.com Brasil Ltda. from 2003 to 2007 and director of business development of Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. from 2000 to 2003. Before joining the Portugal Telecom Group, Mr. Guterres worked at Merrill Lynch Investment Banking from 1997 to 2000. Mr. Guterres holds a degree in economics from the New University of Lisbon.

João Manuel de Mello Franco. Mr. Mello Franco has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of Bratel Brasil. Mr. Mello Franco has served as a non-executive director of PT SGPS since 1998 and as president of the auditing committing of PT SGPS since 2007. He has served as a member of the evaluation committee since 2008 and served as a member of the compensation committee since from 2003 until 2008. Mr. Mello Franco has also served as a non-executive director of EDP Renováveis, S.A. since 2008, chairman of the audit committee since 2014 and member of the related party transactions committee since 2014. Previously, he served as chairman of the fiscal council of the Sporting Clube de Portugal and Sporting SAD from 2011 until 2013; chairman of the board of directors of Soponata – Sociedade Portuguesa de Navios Tanques, S.A. (Soponata) from 2000 until 2001, Companhia Portuguesa Rádio Marconi from 1994 until 1995 and TLP – Telefones de Lisboa e Porto, S.A. from 1989 until 1994; vice chairman of the board of directors of José de Mello Imobiliária from 2001 until 2004 and LISNAVE from 1995 until 1997; director of Soponata from 1997 until 2000 and chairman of the executive committee of LISNAVE from 1995 until 1997. Mr. Mello Franco holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico and participated in a continuing education program in strategic management and high business management (PADE).

Paulo Márcio de Oliveira Monteiro. Mr. Monteiro has served as an alternate member of our board of directors as a nominee of AG Telecom since April 2012. Since March 2003, he has been financial manager of AG Concessões, where he has worked since January 2000. Mr. Monteiro has served an alternate member of the board of directors of Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais—CEMIG, a company in the electrical energy generation, transmission and distribution sector, and an alternate member of the board of directors of CCR S.A. each since 2011. Mr. Monteiro holds a degree in civil engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, a master’s degree in finance from Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey—ITESM, in Mexico City, an MBA from Universidade de São Paulo – USP and a post-graduate degree in business management from Universidade Panamericana—IPADE, in Mexico City.

Bruno Gonçalves Siqueira. Mr. Siqueira has served as an alternate member of our board of directors as a nominee of AG Telecom since April 2012. He has been a controlling and accounting analyst at AG Concessões since March 2010, working primarily in the areas of accounting, tax, finance and investor relations. From September 2007 until May 2010, he was an accounting and controlling analyst at AngloGold Ashanti Brasil Mineração S.A., a multinational corporation in the gold production chain. Mr. Siqueira has served as a member of the fiscal council of Contax Holdings since 2012 and was a member of its board of directors from 2011 until 2012. He holds degrees in economics from Faculdade IBMEC/MG and accounting sciences from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and a post-graduate degree in management with a specialization in finance from Fundação Dom Cabral de Belo Horizonte.

Carlos Fernando Horta Bretas. Mr. Bretas has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of AG Telecom. He has been project manager in the financial and project development departments at AG Concessões since 1994. From May 1988 until February 1989, Mr. Bretas served as controller engineer of the state of Goiás office of Mendes Junior Edificações S.A., a civil engineering firm, where he also worked as a production engineer of this firm from 1984 until 1988. He was an alternate member of the board of directors of Contax Holdings from 2011 until February 2012. Mr. Bretas holds a degree in civil engineering and a post-graduate degree in economic engineering from Fundação Dom Cabral de Belo Horizonte, an MBA in finance from USP, and an MBA in corporate law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas.

André Sant’Anna Valladares de Andrade. Mr. Andrade has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of AG Telecom. Since January 2008, he has worked at AG Concessões, where he is currently a project analyst with an emphasis on technical studies for project development, economic-financial analysis, portfolio management and control and company valuations. Mr. Andrade graduated with a degree in production engineering from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais.

Sérgio Bernstein. Mr. Bernstein has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2014 as a nominee of LF Tel. Mr. Bernstein is a member of the board of directors of Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers

S.A., a holding company that invests in other companies. He began his career as a trainee in the finance department of General Electric do Brasil in 1961, where he eventually served as director controller for six years and vice-president of finance for four years. He also served as vice-president of finance of Grupo Jereissati from 1990 until 2007, chairman of the fiscal council of TNL from May 2009 until February 2012 and member of the fiscal council of Coari from September 2009 until February 2012. Mr. Bernstein holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Escola Nacional de Engenharia do Rio de Janeiro.

Carlos Francisco Ribeiro Jereissati. Mr. Jereissati has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of LF Tel and was an alternate member of the board of directors of TNL from April 2007 until February 2012, having previously served as a member of TNL’s board of directors from August 1998 to April 2007, including as chairman from August 1998 to August 2000, from November 2002 to October 2003, and from November 2005 to April 2007. He has also served as a member of the board of directors of TmarPart since 1999, LF Tel since April 1999, and chairman of the board of directors of LF Tel since July 1999. He has been the chief executive officer of Jereissati Telecom since April 1984. Since 1970, Mr. Jereissati has served as the chief executive officer of Jereissati Participações S.A., a holding company that controls several companies, including Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A. and Jereissati Telecom. He also served as a member of the board of directors of the BM&FBOVESPA, vice-chairman of the board of directors of Companhia Vidraria Santa Marina (a member of the Saint Gobain Group), president of the executive council of the Brazilian Association of Shopping Centers (Associação Brasileira de Shopping Centers), and member of the consultant council of the São Paulo State Union of Real Estate Companies. Mr. Jereissati holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Mackenzie University of São Paulo. Mr. Jereissati is the father of our director Pedro Jereissati and our alternate directors Carlos Jereissati and Erika Jereissati Zullo and uncle of our director Alexandre Jereissati Legey.

Cristina Anne Betts. Ms. Betts has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of LF Tel. She has been vice-president of finance at Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A. since April 2008. She was a member of the board of directors of Contax Holdings from 2009 until 2012. Previously, she worked at Tam Linhas Aéreas S.A., where she was director of the strategic planning and controlling departments and investor relations officer from 2004 until 2008; Bain & Company from 1999 until 2004; Banco Credit Suisse First Boston Garantia from 1995 until 1999; and PriceWaterhouse from 1992 until 1995. Ms. Betts holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and an MBA from INSEAD in France.

Erika Jereissati Zullo.Ms. Zullo has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of LF Tel. She is vice-president for retail at Iguatemi Empresas de Shopping Centers, where she has worked since 1989. She has been an associate of the ICSC – International Council of Shopping Centers since 1994, an associate of the Luxury Marketing Council since June 1996 and an alternate member of the board of directors of Abrasce –Associação Brasileira de Shopping Center S.A. since June 1996. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Universidade Makenzie and a post-graduate degree in communication and marketing from ESPM in 1995. Ms. Zullo is the daughter of our alternate director Carlos Francisco Ribeiro Jereissati, sister of our director Pedro Jereissati and our alternate director Carlos Jereissati and cousin of our director Alexandre Jereissati Legey.

Laura Bedeschi Rego de Mattos.Mrs. Mattos has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of BNDESPar and was an alternate member of the board of directors of TNL from April 2011 until February 2012. She has ten years of experience structuring debt and equity transactions at various institutions in the financial sector (BNDESPar, BNDES and FINEP). Since March 2002, Mrs. Mattos has worked at BNDES, where she has chaired the department that manages equity investments at BNDESPar since December 2010. In this role, Mrs. Mattos is responsible for leading the team that manages BNDESPar’s equity positions in the logistics, mining, steel, pulp and paper, telecommunications, capital goods, information technology and pharmaceutical industries. She also has experience structuring debt and infrastructure project finance transactions. From May 2005 to December 2010, Mrs. Mattos served as manager and chair of the capital markets investment department, where she was responsible for BNDESPar’s equity investments in new companies for the portfolio. Since December 2010, she has served as an alternate member of the board of directors of Valepar S.A., the controlling company of Vale S.A. Since April 2011, she has served as an alternate member of the board of directors of América Latina Logística S/A. Since December 2011, she has served as an alternate member of the board of directors of Fibria Celulose S/A. Mrs. Mattos holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, a post-graduate degree in finance from IBMEC – Instituto Brasileiro de Mercados de

Capitais – Rio de Janeiro and a master’s degree in energy planning from Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra de Pós-graduação e Pesquisa de Engenharia (COPPE) at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Luciana Freitas Rodrigues. Ms. Rodrigues has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2012 as a nominee of PREVI. She is core manager at PREVI, where she has worked since 2000. She has been a member of the board of directors of Valepar S.A., the holding company that controls Vale S.A., since April 2011. Previously, she was a member of the board of directors of Termopernambuco S.A. from April 2003 until April 2011; COSERN—Companhia Energética do Rio Grande do Norte from April 2003 until April 2011; ITAPEBI Geração de Energia S.A. from April 2003 until April 2011; and Neoenergia from April 2003 until April 2011. Ms. Rodrigues holds bachelor’s degrees in statistics from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and actuarial sciences from Universidade Estácio de Sá, an MBA in finance from IBMEC, an MBA in corporate governance from Fundação Getúlio Vargas and an MBA in complementary social security from IDEAS.

Marcos Rocha de Araújo. Mr. Araújo has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since May 2014 as a nominee of FUNCEF. Mr. Araújo has served as a management specialist at FUNCEF since February 2010, working in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital and a member of the board of directors of Valepar S.A. since June 2012. He was a member of the fiscal councils of América Latina Logística from April 2010 until May 2011 and TNCP from April 2007 until May 2008 and a member of the board of directors of TG Participações S.A. from April 2009 until April 2012. Previously, he was an investment management analyst at FUNCEF, where he gained experience in capital markets, credit risk, structured transactions, company valuations and finance. He also worked at Aplicações da Fundação do Banco Central (Centrus) for 15 years. Mr. Araújo holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from 1997.

Ricardo Berreta Pavie. Mr. Pavie has served as an alternate member of our board of directors since April 2015 as a nominee of PETROS. He currently serves as executive manager of new projects at PETROS since 2007 and an alternate member to the board of directors of Sete Brasil since 2011. Previously, Mr. Pavie worked at Banco Cindam from 1993 to 1996, Furnas Centrais Elétricas from 2001 to 2007 and Vanguarda Agro during 2007. He also served as an alternate member of the board of directors of Log In from 2011 to 2012, member of the fiscal council of Vanguarda Agro from 2011 to 2011, member of our fiscal council from 2012 to 2013 and member of the fiscal council of Lupatech during 2013. In addition, Mr. Pavie represents PETROS in various national and international congresses and seminars. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Universidade Candido Mendes, a post-graduate degree in finance from the University of California Los Angeles, a post-graduate degree in business of electricity from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro and a master’s degree in finance from IBMEC/RJ.

Executive Officers

OurThe board of executive officers is ourOi’s executive management body. OurOi’s executive officers are ourOi’s legal representatives and are responsible for ourOi’s internal organization andday-to-day operations and the implementation of the general policies and guidelines established from time to time by ourOi’s board of directors.

Our Oi’sby-laws require that the board of executive officers consist of between twothree and tensix members, including a chief executive officer, and a chief financial officer, investor relations officer and chief legal officer. Our Oi’sby-laws provide that ourOi’s chief executive officer may not serve as chairman of ourOi’s board of directors. Each officer is responsible for business areas that ourOi’s board of directors assigns to them. The members of our board of executive officers,them and, other than ourOi’s chief executive officer and ourOi’s chief financial officer, need not have no formal titles (other than the title of executive officer or “Diretor”).

TheGenerally, the members of ourOi’s board of executive officers are elected by ourOi’s board of directors fortwo-year terms and are eligible for reelection. The current term of all of our executive officers ends on the date of our first board of directors’ meeting following our annual shareholders’ meeting in 2015. OurOi’s board of directors may remove any executive officer from office at any time with or without cause. According to the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, executive officers must be residents of Brazil but need not be shareholders of our company. OurOi. Oi’s board of executive officers holds meetings when called by ourOi’s chief executive officer or any two other members of ourOi’s board of executive officers.

The RJ Plan, however, provides for a new framework of corporate governance rules that will apply with respect to Oi’s board of executive officers during the effectiveness of the RJ Plan, superseding the provisions of Oi’sby-laws. Pursuant to Section 9.1 of the RJ Plan, Eurico De Jesus Teles Neto, Carlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão and José Claudio Moreira Gonçalves may not be removed from their positions as chief executive officer, chief financial officer/investor relations officer and chief operating officer, respectively, during the Transitional Period, which is defined as the period between (1) the date of approval of the RJ Plan, which occurred on December 20, 2017, and the earlier to occur of (2) (i) the conclusion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase, (ii) twelve months from the date of the Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan and (iii) February 28, 2019. After the Transitional Period, the Transitional Board or the New Board, as the case may be, may freely appoint a new board of executive officers, provided that Mr. Teles and Mr. Brandão must remain on the board of executive officers as chief executive officer and chief financial officer/investor relations officer, respectively, until the closing of the RJ Plan, which shall occur upon the verification of the compliance of all obligations set forth in the RJ Plan that expire within two years of the Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan; provided that, if Mr. Teles and Mr. Brandão are removed from their positions as chief executive officer and chief financial officer/investor relations officer, respectively, prior to the closing of the RJ Plan, then they receive the compensation packages to which they are currently entitled.

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the current members of ourOi’s board of executive officers.

 

Name

  

Position

  

Date Elected/
Appointed

  Age 

Bayard De Paoli GontijoEurico de Jesus Teles Neto

  

Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer

  January 2015

November 2017

   4361 

Flavio Nicolay GuimarãesCarlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão

  Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer  April 2015

March 2018

   4043 

Eurico De Jesus Teles NetoJosé Claudio Moreira Gonçalves

  Executive Officer without specific designation  April 2012

March 2018

   5851 

Jason Santos InácioBernardo Kos Winik

  Executive Officer without specific designation  January 201441

Marco Norci SchroederMarch 2018

Executive OfficerApril 2015   50 

Summarized below is information regarding the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of ourOi’s current executive officers.

Bayard De Paoli Gontijo. Mr. Gontijo has served as our chief executive officer since January 2015 and our chief financial officer and investor relations officer since June 2013. Mr. Gontijo served as our interim chief executive officer between October 2014 and January 2015, and has served as one of our executive officers since April 2012. Mr. Gontijo started working at Oi as Treasury Manager in 2003. Mr. Gontijo has over 19 years’ experience in the financial market and, since 1993, works with large companies and banks such as Banco Bamerindus do Brasil S.A, HSBC Bank Brasil S.A., and NET Serviços de Comunicações S.A. Mr. Gontijo holds a degree in Business Administration and holds an MBA from Coppead / UFRJ.

Flavio Nicolay Guimarães. Mr. Guimarães has served as our chief financial officer and investor relations officer since April 2015. Previously, he served as our treasury director from May 2010 to April 2015, regional corporate treasurer at Noble Brasil S.A. from 2008 to 2010 and treasury manager at Brookfield Brasil form 2006 to 2008. Mr. Guimarães has also served as a trader at CSN—Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional from 2003 to 2006 and Ford Motor Company Brasil from 2000 to 2003. He holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign trade from Faculdades Associadas de São Paulo and a specialization in the executive development program from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.

Eurico de Jesus Teles NetoNeto.. Mr. Teles has served as Oi’s chief executive officer since November 2017 and as Oi’s chief legal officer since May 2016, having previously served as one of ourOi’s executive officers sincefrom April 2012.2012 until May 2016. He was a member of ourOi’s board of directors from 2009 to 2011 and an alternate member of ourOi’s board of directors until April 2012. He previously served as a member of the board of directors of Coari Participações S.A. from 2009 until February 2012 and has been a member of the board of directors of Telemar since 2009.from 2009 until its termination in 2012. He was the legal officer of TNL from April 2007 through February 2012 and the legal manager of Telemar from April 2005 until April 2007. He previously served as manager of the real estatesecurities division at Telebahia,Telecomunicações de Bahia S.A., where he went on to hold the position of legal consultant in 1990. Mr. Teles holds a bachelor’s degree in legaleconomic sciences and law from Universidade Católica de Salvador and holds a master’s degree in Employment Lawemployment law from Universidade Estácio de Sá.

Jason Santos InácioCarlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão. Mr. Inácio was appointed to our board of executive officers in January 2014 and began to exercise his duties as a member of our board of executive officers in June 2014, upon obtaining his permanent visa to work in Brazil as a manager of Brazilian companies. Beginning in 2006, he had previously worked at PT SGPS, where he served in various capacities, most recently as infrastructure and operations director of PTM.com, a multimedia division of Pay-TV Multimídia. In 2007, he joined PT SGPS’ telecommunications division, where he was responsible for several large transformation projects. Mr. Inácio joined PT SGPS in 2006 as operations manager at PTM.Com, a multimedia unit of the PT SGPS’ subscription television division. Mr. Inácio holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Instituto Superior de Línguas e AdministraçãBrandão (ISLA) and a post-graduate degree in business management from Instituto para o Desenvolvimento da Gestão Empresarial (INDEG) do Instituto Superior de Ciências do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE).

Marco Norci Schroeder. Mr. Schroeder has served as one of our executive officers since April 2015. He has also served as the financial officer of our international operations since July 2014 and was elected as vice president

and chief financial officer of PT Portugal in August 2014. Previously, Mr. Schroeder has served asOi’s chief financial officer and investor relations officer of Contax Participaçõessince March 2018. He served as Oi’s interim chief financial officer and interim investor relations officer since October 2017. Previously, he was an analyst at Energisa S.A., from 20112000 to 2013, a member of the board of directors of Fundação Sistel2001, an analyst at Furnas S.A. from 20092002 to 2012, officer of the controlling area of2003 and specialist in planning and control at Sendas S.A. from 2003 to 2004. He has held various positions within Oi and Telemar Norte Leste S.A. since 2004, including Market Specialist, Revenue Planning Coordinator, Business Valuation Manager, Senior Manager of New Business and M&A, Senior Manager of Planning and Budget, Director of Strategy and Fronts of Transformation and Director of International Operations. He holds a degree in management from 2002 to 2011,UFJF (Federal University of Juiz de Fora) and a degree in statistics from UFJF as well as a master’s degree in finance from IBMEC.

José Claudio Moreira Gonçalves. Mr. Gonçalves has served as Oi’s chief financialoperating officer since March 2018. He built his career in the telecommunications industry and has expertise in the operation, maintenance and technological development of Televisão Gaucha S.A. from 1991 to 1997, chief financial officerOi’s networks. Mr. Gonçalves previously served as Oi’s executive director of Televisão Cidade S.A. from 1999 to 2001operations since June 2011. He joined Oi in March 2000, having served as operations manager, director of network deployment and officerdirector of the controlling area of Net Controller from 1998 to 1999. He chairs the fiscal council of FATL.engineering. Mr. SchroederGonçalves holds a bachelor’s degree in economicsmechanical production engineering from Federal University of Rio Grande do SulPontifícia Universidade Católica(PUC-Rio), a master’s degree in business administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas(FGV-RJ), an executive MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and a specializationpost-executive MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

Bernardo Kos Winik. Mr. Winik has served as Oi’s chief commercial officer since March 2018. He previously served as Oi’s director of retail since December 2014 and director of retail sales from September 2011 to December 2014. He has experience in the general management program at Harvard Business School.technology, consulting and telecommunications markets, having worked in companies such as Claro, BS Consulting, NCR and EDS do Brasil. Mr. Winik holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology form Universidade Mackenzie and a post-graduate degree in business from Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP/FGV).

Fiscal Council

The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law requires usOi to establish a permanent ornon-permanent fiscal council(conselho fiscal).Our Oi’sby-laws provide for a permanent fiscal council composed of between three and five members and their respective alternate members. The fiscal council is a separate corporate body independent of ourOi’s board of directors, ourOi’s board of executive officers and ourOi’s independent accountants. The primary responsibility of the fiscal council is to review ourOi’s management’s activities and ourOi’s financial statements and to report their findings to ourOi’s shareholders.

The members of ourOi’s fiscal council are elected by ourOi’s shareholders at the annual shareholders’ meeting forone-year terms and are eligible for reelection. The terms of the members of ourOi’s fiscal council expire at the next annual shareholders’ meeting.meeting in 2019. Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, the fiscal council may not contain members who are members of ourOi’s board of directors or ourOi’s board of executive officers, spouses or relatives of any member of ourmemberof Oi’s board of directors or ourOi’s board of executive officers, or our employees. To be eligible to serve on ourOi’s fiscal council, a person must be a resident of Brazil and either be a university graduate or have been a company officer or fiscal council member of another Brazilian company for at least three years prior to election to ourOi’s fiscal council. Holders of preferred shares without voting rights andnon-controlling common shareholders that together hold at least 10.0% of ourOi’s voting share capital are each entitled to elect one member and his or her respective alternate to the fiscal council.

The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the current members of ourOi’s fiscal council and their alternates.

 

Name

  Position   Member Since Age

Allan Kardec de Melo FerreiraPedro Wagner Pereira Coelho

   Chairman   February 2009April 2016 6869

Newton Brandão Ferraz RamosPiero Carbone

   Alternate   April 20122016 4561

Aparecido Carlos Correia GaldinoÁlvaro Bandeira

   Member   April 20142016 6367

Sidnei NunesWiliam da Cruz Leal

   Alternate   April 20142018 5561

Umberto ContiDaniela Maluf Pfeiffer

   Member   March 2013April 2018 4047

Alcinei Cardoso RodriguesElvira Baracuhy Cavalcanti Presta

   Alternate   April 20152018 5049

Manuel Jeremias Leite Caldas(1)Domenica Eisenstein Noronha (1)

   Member   March 2013April 2018 5941

Vanessa Montes de Moraes(1)Maurício Rocha Alves Carvalho (1)

   Alternate   March 2013April 2018 3356

 

(1)Elected by the minorityOi’s preferred shareholders.

We summarize below the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of the current members of ourOi’s fiscal council and their alternates.

Fiscal Council Members

Allan Kardec de Melo Ferreira.Pedro Wagner Pereira Coelho. Mr. FerreiraCoelho has served as chairman of ourOi’s fiscal council since February 2009.April 2017 and member since April 2016. He has also served as an alternatechairman of the fiscal council of Magnesita Refratários S.A. since April 2008, as member of the fiscal council of TmarPartParnaiba Gas Natural S.A. since October 2015 and as member of the supervisory board of Estácio Participações S.A. since April 20062012. Mr. Coelho was also a partner of Carpe Diem – Consultoria, Planejamento e Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. From 2011 until 2016. He worked as controller at Banco de Investimentos Garantia S/A., investment bank, from May 1982 until July 1997 and as an auditor at Pricewaterhouse Coopers Auditores Independentes from October 1978 to April 1981. Previously, he was chairman of the fiscal council of Lojas Americanas S.A., Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A., Telemar Participações S.A., TAM S.A. and Empresa Energética de Mato Grosso do Sul S.A. (Enersul). Mr. Coelho holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Sociedade Universitária Augusto Motta – SUAM and in accounting from Sociedade Madeira de Ley – SOMLEY.

Álvaro Bandeira. Mr. Bandeira has served as a member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2017 and as an alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2016. He has also served as chief economist of Brokerage Modalmais since 2015, the year he joined the institution. Mr. Bandeira also served as chief economist of Orama from 2011 to 2015 and held various positions at Ágora Corretora from April 2001 until December 2010. He was president of the Brazilian Futures Exchange, president of regional chapters of APIMEC for five administrations, Director of BVRJ and BM&F, as well as former full member of the Supervisory Board of Souza Cruz. Mr. Bandeira has spoken in several conferences related to the capital markets and personal finance and has developed lectures at universities and companies on related issues. He regularly contributes to publications regarding economics, and on financial education websites including Dinheirama and Infomoney. Mr. Bandeira holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from UFRJ and a graduate degree in administration from Coppe –RUFRJ.

Daniela Maluf Pfeiffer.Mrs. Pfeiffer has served as a member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2018. She has worked as a senior analyst at DXA Investments, an investment firm, since January 2018. She was a partner at Canepa Asset Brasil, a funds management company, and was responsible for investors’ relations from January 2014 to October 2017. She previously worked as a partner at Nova Gestão de Recursos, an investment firm, from October 2011 to June 2013. Currently, Mrs. Pfeiffer is not a member of any management body of a publicly-held company. She was previously a member of the fiscal council of Banco Sofisa S.A. from April 2014 to April 2017; a member of the fiscal council of Viver Incorporadora e Construtora S.A. from April 2011 to April 2017; a member of the fiscal council of Banco Panamericano S.A. from September 2010 to April 2014; a member of the fiscal council of Santos Brasil S.A. from 2003 to 2005; a member of the Board of Directors of Brasil Telecom S.A. from 2003 to 2005; a member of the Board of Directors of Telemig Celular S.A. from 2003 to 2005; a member of the Board of Directors of Amazônia Celular S.A. from 2003 to 2005; a member of the Fiscal Council of Amazônia Celular S.A. from 1998 to 2002 and a member of the fiscal council of TNLTelemig Celular S.A. from April 2002 through February 2012. From 19711998 to 1993, he was200. She is an in-house counsel with Construtora Andrade Gutierrez. His current activities include management consultancy services to a number of companies in the civil, commercial and tax areas, participation in corporate restructuring processes (mergers, spin-offs, disposals, sale of assets) of the telecommunications companies of the Andrade Gutierrez Group and in several bidding processes conducted by the Minas Gerais Roads Department (Departamento de Estrada de Rodagem de Minas Gerais), the Belo Horizonte Traffic Department (Empresa de Transporte e Trânsito de Belo Horizonte), the

Ministry of Communications, the National Road Department(Departamento Nacional de Estradas de Rodagem)and ANATEL. HeIBGC- certified fiscal council member. Mrs. Pfeiffer holds a degree in lawadministration by UFRJ from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais,1992 and is currently enrolled in additionan MBA program in corporate management at FGV, which she is expected to having participatedcomplete in several extension courses in foreign trade, in particular export services, at Fundação Centro de Comércio Exterior, FDC, Foreign Trade Ministry, and Construtora Andrade Gutierrez.March 2019.

Aparecido Carlos Correia GaldinoDomenica Eisenstein Noronha. Mr. GaldinoMs. Noronha has served as a member of ourOi’s fiscal council since April 2014. He previously served as an alternate member2018. Mrs. Noronha has more than 19 years of our fiscal council from March 2013 to April 2014, and asexperience in the financial industry. Since 2010, she has been a member of our fiscal council, from February 2011 to March 2013. He has alsoTempo Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda., an independent fund manager focused on the Brazilian equity market. Her responsibilities include economic and financial analysis of investments, investor relations, supervision of compliance and regulatory review. Previously, Mrs. Noronha worked for 11 years at Morgan Stanley in New York, where she was involved in M&A for Latin American companies, and São Paulo, where she was executive director responsible for equity and debt capital markets transactions. She served as a member of the fiscal council of TmarPart sincethe following publicly-held companies in Brazil: Fibria Celulose S.A., from February 2017 to April 2008. Mr. Galdino was an alternate member of the fiscal council of TNL2018; Usinas Siderúrgica de Minas Gerais S.A. – Usiminas, from April 2009 through February 2012. He joined the Jereissati Group in 19712015 to April 2016 and has been managing officerfrom April 2017 to April 2018; and investor relations officer of JereissatiEmbratel Participações S.A. since, from April 1990. He has served as the chief financial officer of La Fonte Participações S.A. since April 1990, and has been a member of the board of directors of LF Tel since February 2008, Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A. since July 2008 and Jereissati Telecom since April 1991. He has served as a member of the fiscal council of Contax Holdings since April 2008, as a member of the fiscal council of Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A. from May 20082012 to present and as a member of the fiscal council of Amazônia Celular S.A. from May 2008 to March 2009.August 2014). Mr. GaldinoNoronha holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Faculdades Integradas Princesa Isabel.

Umberto Conti. Mr. Conti has served as a member of our fiscal council since March 2013. Since October 2010, he has been the new business development coordinator at FUNCEF, where he previously served as special consultant to the president from November 2006 to October 2010. From September 1999 to November 2006, Mr. Conti was an economist at Caixa Econômica Federal. He has also served as a member of the investment committees of the Brazilian private equity investment funds FIP CRP VII since March 2010 and FIP Terra Viva since January 2009. He holds bachelor’s degrees in data processing technology from Universidade Mackenzie and geography from Universidade de São Paulo and a graduate degreeGeorgetown University, majoring in finance, from IBMEC.

Manuel Jeremias Leite Caldas. Mr. Caldas has served as a member of our fiscal council as a nominee of our minority shareholders since March 2013. He has been a consultant at Alto Capital Gestão de Recursos since 2007. Previously, he was manager of the technical department of Banco PEBB S.A. from 1996 to 2006, research manager at Banco Gulfinvest S.A. from 1994 to 1995, manager of the economics department at Banco Nacional S.A. from 1991 to 1994, financial analyst at Banco Bozano Simonsen S.A. from 1990 to 1991, engineer at Light Serviços de Eletricidade S.A. from 1989 to 1990international business and engineer at Usina Itaipu in 1981. Mr. Caldas has served as a member of the board of directors of Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de São Paulo S.A. since April 2012, an alternate member of the board of directors of Contax Holdings since 2012 and São Carlos Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. since 2011 and a member of the fiscal council of Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. – Eletrobras since 2012. He also served as a member of the fiscal council of Companhia Energética do Rio Grande do Norte (Cosern) from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Caldas holds a bachelors’ degree in electrical engineering from Instituto Militar de Engenharia – IME and a master’s degree and a doctorate in economics from FGV.economics.

Alternate Fiscal Council Members

Newton Brandão Ferraz RamosPiero Carbone. Mr. RamosCarbone has served as an alternate member of ourOi’s fiscal council since April 2012.2016. He also currently serves as a member of the supervisory board of the following companies: Ciapam Cia. Agropastoril Mucuri since 2015, Gado e Cana de Açúcar Fontes Agropecuária S.A. since 2015, Gado e Cana de Açúcar Itaguay Imobiliária e Participações S.A. since 2015, Condor S.A. since 2014, Risk Office S.A. since 2014 and Cultura Inglesa S.A. since 2011. Previously, he worked in accounting at Telemar and Oi from May 1999 until June 2011 and as an audit trainee at PricewaterhouseCoopers from 1978 to 1998. Mr. Carbone holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University Santa Ursula, an MBA in business management from FDC, and a degree in executive education at the University Estacio de Sá.

Wiliam da Cruz Leal. Mr. Leal has served as an alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2018. He has extensive experience in corporate governance, corporate sustainability, enterprise risk management, internal controls, technology and information security. Since 2011 he has been a managing partner at Cruz Leal Gestão Empresarial Ltda., a consulting firm specialized in motivation, leadership, technology, corporate governance and sustainability. He has been certified by the controllerBrazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa – IBGC) since 2009. Previously, Mr. Leal worked at AG ConcessõTele Norte Leste Participações since July 1998.S.A., from 2000 to 2009, having served as executive manager of corporate governance, internal controls manager, budget and special projects manager and systems audit manager. He also worked at Banco do Brasil S.A., from 1975 to 2000, having served as executive manager of changes and analyst information technology consultant. Mr. RamosLeal holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Fundação de Ensino Superior de Itaúna, Minas Gerais.

Elvira Baracuhy Cavalcanti Presta. Mrs. Presta has served as an alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2018. She has held the following positions: executive director of planning and control at Neoenergia S.A., an electricity company, from October 2013 to August 2016; finance director at MRS Logística S.A., a rail transportation company, from July 2010 to September 2013; superintendent of controllership of Light S.A., an electricity company from August 2006 to June 2010; executive at ALL Logística S.A. (Brazil and Argentina), a rail transportation company, from 2002 to 2005; planning and budget manager at Americel (Claro), from 2001 to 2002; and finance administrative manager and trainee at Brahma (Ambev), from 1990 to 1999. Mrs. Presta served as statutory director of Neoenergia S.A., Companhia de Eletricidade da Bahia (Coelba), Companhia de Eletricidade de Pernambuco (Celpe) and Companhia de Eletricidade do Rio Grande do Norte (Cosern) from October 2013 to August 2016. She was also a member of the fiscal council of Cia.Norte Energia S.A. from April 2015 to April 2016. Mrs. Presta holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in corporate management form Universidade Federal de Saneamento do Paraná – SANEPAR since 2006, Cia. de Concessões Rodoviárias—CCR S.A. since 2005Pernambuco (UFPE) and Dominó Holdings S.A. since 2008. He hasa postgraduate degree in business management from Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC). She also served as an alternate membercompleted executive education programs at IMD (Switzerland), ESADE (Spain), University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and Universidad Austral (Argentina). In 2017, she completed the board of directors training course from the Brazilian Institute of CEMIG—Companhia EnergéticaCorporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Minas Gerais S.A. since 2010.Governança Corporativa – IBGC).

Maurício Rocha Alves de Carvalho. Mr. Ramos holds a degree in accounting sciences from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais, a graduate degree in business administration from Universidade FUMEC and an MBA in finance from Fundação Dom Cabral.

Sidnei Nunes. Mr. NunesCarvalho has served as an alternate member of ourOi’s fiscal council since April 2014. He served as a member2018. Mr. Carvalho has more than 25 years of our fiscal council from March 2013 to April 2014, as an alternate member of our fiscal council from April 2012 to March 2013experience in the financial industry, developing business and as a member of our fiscal council from April 2011 to April 2012. He served as an alternate member of the fiscal council of TNL from April 2007 through February 2012, an alternate member of the fiscal council of TmarPart since April 2008investment strategies aimed at creating value and an alternate member of the fiscal council of Telemar from April 2007 through February 2012. He served as an alternate member of our fiscal council from February 2009 to April 2011.sustainability. He has been managing officer of Jereissati Participações S.A. since April 2008, chief financial officer of

Jereissati Telecom since April 2008consulted on M&A strategies and managing officer of LF Tel since April 2006. Mr. Nunes has served as a member of the boards of directors of Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers S.A. since April 2006, LF Tel since April 2006, and Grande Moinho Cearense S.A. since April 2005. Mr. Nunes is a financial officer and controller of several companies of the Jereissati Group since September 1995. Mr. Nunes holds bachelor’s degreesexperience in business administration and accounting from the Faculdade de Administração Paulo Eiró and an MBA from the University of São Paulo.

Alcinei Cardoso Rodrigues. Mr. Rodrigues has served as an alternate member of our fiscal council since April 2015. Mr. Rodrigues has served as voordinator of FUNCEF since November 2011. Mr. Rodrigues served as an alternate member of our board of directors from April 2012 to October 2013 and was an alternate member of the board of directors of TNL from April 2011 until February 2012. Previously, Mr. Rodrigues worked at PETROS from June 2003 until November 2011, as executive manager of real estate holdings and executive manager of planning. Mr. Rodrigues serves as a member of the board of Eldorado Celulose S.A. andcapital markets. He served as a member of the board of directors of Sete Brasil S.A.lntersmart Distribuidora de Equipamentos de T.I. from November 20132009 to March 2014 and president of its finance committee from 2011 to 2014. He also served as a member of the board of directors of Investimento em Infraestrutura S.A (Invepar) from May 2010 until April 2011, and as a memberfiscal council of the board of directors of Lupatech S.A.following publicly-held companies in Brazil: Grendene S.A from May 2009 until April 2011. He2012 – 2015; SLC Agrícola from 2013 – 2016; Mills S.A from 2011 – 2014; Sonae Sierra Brasil from 2012 – 2013; and Tupy from 2010 – 2012. Mr. Carvalho holds a bachelor’s degree in economic sciences from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Sāo Paulo (PUC-SP), a master’s degree in economics from PUC-SP and a post-graduate degree in complementary social securitymechanical engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ).

Vanessa Montes de Moraes. Ms. Moraes has served as an alternate member of our fiscal council since March 2013. She has been a partner at Argucia Capital Management Ltda. since February 2006, where she is responsible for the compliance, risk and products department. From August 2003 to December 2005, she was an analyst and variable income manager at Mellon Global Investments Brasil S/C Ltda.; from April 2003 to August 2003, she worked in the treasury department of Souza Cruz S.A.; and from January 2002 to October 2002, she was a research assistant at FGV. Ms. Moraes served as a member of the fiscal council of Contax Holdings from 2010 to 2011 and an alternate memberMBA from the Wharton School – University of Companhia Energética do Rio Grande do Norte (Cosern) from 2009 to 2011. Ms. Moraes holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in economics from IBMEC, and graduate degrees in corporate law from FGV and IBMEC.Pennsylvania.

Compensation

According to our Oi’sby-laws, our Oi’s shareholders are responsible for establishing the aggregate compensation we pay to the members of ourOi’s board of directors, and our board of executive officers as well as the individual compensation we pay to members of ourand fiscal council. OurOi’s shareholders determine this compensation at theOi’s annual shareholders’ meeting. Once aggregate compensation is established, ourOi’s board of directors is responsible for distributing such aggregate compensation individually to the members of ourOi’s board of directors and ourOi’s board of executive officers in compliance with our Oi’sby-laws.

The aggregate compensation paid by us to all members of ourOi’s board of directors, board of executive officers and our fiscal council for services in all capacities in 2017 and 2016 was R$2655.6 million in 2014.and R$39.3 million, respectively. This amount includes pension, retirement or similar benefits for ourOi’s officers and directors. On April 29, 2015, ourAt Oi’s 2018 annual shareholders’ meeting, Oi’s shareholders (acting in the annual general meeting) established the following compensation for the year 2015:2018:

 

board of directors:directors (including aggregate directors): an aggregate limit of approximately R$86.9 million;

 

board of executive officers: an aggregate limit of approximately R$5074.6 million; and

 

fiscal council: an aggregate limitthe minimum amount established under Paragraph 3 of R$0.6 million.Article 162 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.

We compensate ourOi compensates its alternate directors for each meetingon a monthly basis, and compensation is not contingent upon attendance at the meetings of ourthe board of directors that they attend. We compensatedirectors. Oi compensates alternate members of ourits fiscal council for each meeting of ourthe fiscal council that they attend.

OurOi’s executive officers receive the same benefits generally provided to our employees, such as medical (including dental) assistance, private pension plan and meal vouchers. Like our employees, ourOi’s executive officers

also receive an annual bonus equal toone-month’s salary (known as(knownas the “thirteenth” (monthly) salary in Brazil), an additionalone-third ofone-month’s salary for vacation, and contributions of 8.0% of their salary into a defined contribution pension fund known as the Guarantee Fund for Time of Service(Fundo de Garantia por Tempo de Serviço).Members of ourOi’s board of directors and fiscal council are not entitled to these benefits.

Members of ourOi’s board of directors, board of executive officers and fiscal council are not parties to contracts providing for benefits upon the termination of employment other than, in the case of executive officers, the benefits described above.

Our Human ResourcesLong-Term Incentive Program

On March 13, 2015, Oi’s board of directors approved a long-term incentive plan for certain of Oi’s executives. The purpose of the long-term incentive plan is to encourage integration, align the interests of management with that of shareholders and retain our strategic executives in the medium- and long-term. The long-term incentive plan program ran from 2015 until 2017. Compensation under the long-term incentive plan, calculated based on Oi’s share price, was paid in two annual installments in 2016 and 2017, with one remaining installment to be paid in 2018. In 2016 and 2017, we paid aggregate amounts of R$15.7 million and R$$13.6 million, respectively, pursuant to the long-term incentive plan.

People, Designation and Compensation Committee or the

The People, Appointments and Compensation Committee is an advisory committee to ourOi’s board of directors. It meets ordinarily every twosix months but may hold additional meeting if necessary.meetings when called by any member of the People, Appointments and Compensation Committee or the chairman of Oi’s board of directors. According to its charter,internal regulations, the People, Appointments and Compensation Committee is responsible for: (1) 

reviewing, recommending and monitoring talentstrategies for developing and managing the talents and human resources trainingcapital of Oi and management strategies; (2) assisting ourits subsidiaries;

preparing and periodically reviewing, in merely indicative terms, the selection criteria and summary of qualifications, knowledge and professional experience as a proper profile for performing functions as a member of an administrative body of Oi and its subsidiaries;

giving opinions on the profiles of candidates for member of Oi’s board of directors, with large-scaleboard of executive officers and members of Oi’s advisory committees, in the processes of presenting candidates by the board of directors and designation or substitution by the board of directors, considering that the hiring of officers that report to the chief executive officer must be informed in advance to this Compensation Committee;

taking part in discussions regarding major changes to ourthe organizational structure of Oi and its subsidiaries (first and second levels below the chief executive officer);

monitoring the succession program for the principal executives of Oi and its subsidiaries, recommending actions at the first management level and second organizationalestablishing directives for the succession program for other levels belowof Oi and its subsidiaries;

giving opinions on the Chief Financial Officer; (3) appointment process to management of important subsidiaries;

analyzing, our global compensationrecommending and monitoring special programs, such as voluntary termination and early retirement, among others;

evaluating the strategy for developing and training third parties;

analyzing and recommending to the board of directors the policy for compensating members of bodies and employees of Oi and its subsidiaries, including fixed and variable compensation,remuneration, any type of incentive, benefits programs and long-term incentives,stock options;

analyzing and recommending to the board of directors parameters for the bonus guidelines; (4) preparing an assessmentprogram for Oi and its subsidiaries;

analyzing and recommending to the board of directors compensation policies and practices for members of the Chief Financial Officer and reviewing the evaluations of our senior executives for submission to our board of directors;directors itself, the advisory committees and (5) the audit board, subject to the provisions of Art. 162, §3, of Law 6.404/76 and subsequent changes;

recommending defining goals for Oi and its subsidiaries and metrics and scale of variable annual compensation and for each term, especially, as a function of compliance with strategy, risk profile, plans and budget;

reviewing compliance of annual performance based on the defined goals;

reviewing and recommending an employeea system of evaluation of performance, including its timing and methods;

preparing the annual evaluation system, among other things.

The Compensation Committee is composed of three to eight members, including members of our board of directors, who are elected by our board of directors. The current membership of the Compensation Committee includes members of our board of directors (José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha, Armando Galhardo Nunes Guerra Junior, Carlos Jereissati and Shakhaf Wine), alternate members of our board of directors (Laura Bedeschi Rego de Mattos and Marcos Rocha de Araujo), and other individuals (Virginia Cavalcante de Melo and Daniel Gonçalves Pereira). Allperformance of the members of the board of directors and officers in relation to the goals approved by the board of directors, reviewing the evaluations of the high executives of Oi and its subsidiaries and submitting the evaluation to the board of directors;

recommending to the board of directors distribution of individual compensation by the members of the board of directors and officers; and

recommending strategy to the board of directors regarding pension plans of Oi and its subsidiaries, particularly regarding extraordinary contributions to complementary retirement funds.

The People, Appointments and Compensation Committee have been electedmust be composed of three to six members appointed by Oi’s board of directors, from among its members following deliberation specifically for this purpose, at the first meeting of the board of directors that takes place after the end of the members’ terms, that expire at our annual general shareholders’ meeting towith no hierarchy among the members, one of whom will be held in April 2016.the coordinator. The following members of the of Oi’s board of directors are the current members of the People, Appointments and Compensation Committee (Ricardo Reisen de Pinho as chairman of the committee, and Eleazar de Carvalho Filho, Marcos Bastos Rocha, Marcos Grodetzky and José Mauro M. Carneiro da Cunha as members).

Share Ownership

As of May 4, 2015,10, 2018, the number of ourOi’s common and preferred shares held by the members of ourOi’s board of directors and board of executive officers, supervisory or management bodies, including outstanding stock options, do not exceed 1% of either class of ourOi’s outstanding shares.

Employees

As of December 31, 2014,2017, we had a total of 55,08655,446 employees. All of our employees are employed on a full-time basis, divided into the following functions: network operations, sales and marketing, information technology, call center operations, support areas and authorized agents.

The table below sets forth a breakdown of our employees by main category of activity and geographic location as of the dates indicated:

 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2014   2013   2012   2017   2016   2015 

Number of employees by category of activity:

            

Employees of Continuing Operations:

            

Plant operation, maintenance, expansion and modernization

   16,082     13,943     9,286     33,019    32,066    18,623 

Sales and marketing

   5,167     5,572     5,421     5,069    4,945    5,480 

Call center operations

   17,544     18,831     16,994     13,202    12,700    15,168 

Support areas

   3,649     3,939     4,778     4,002    3,912    4,599 

Authorized agents

   354     286     260     154    143    163 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total employees of continuing operations

 42,796   42,571   36,739  

Employees of discontinued operations

 12,290   —     —    

Employees of continuing operations

   55,446    53,766    44,033 

Employees of available for sale operations

   —      —      1,092 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

   55,446    53,766    45,125 
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Number of employees by geographic location:

      

Employees of Continuing Operations:

      

Brazil:

      

Rio de Janeiro

   16,657    16,235    20,125 

Goiás

   6,795    7,036    7,605 

Paraná

   6,040    5,654    3,802 

Mato Gross do Sul

   3,077    2,383    3,147 

São Paulo

   1,612    1,626    1,581 

  Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31, 
  2014   2013   2012   2017   2016   2015 

Total

   55,086     42,571     36,739  
  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Number of employees by geographic location:

Employees of Continuing Operations:

Brazil:

Rio de Janeiro

 14,356   13,285   10,924  

Goiás

 8,838   9,865   9,564  

Paraná

 4,322   4,527   4,359  

Mato Gross do Sul

 3,739   4,005   3,725  

São Paulo

 1,854   1,954   2,046  

Minas Gerais

 1,831   1,953   1,243     1,506    1,475    1,723 

Rio Grande do Sul

 1,195   957   721     3,555    3,318    737 

Bahia

 1,265   893   589     3,439    3,658    1,171 

Federal District

 741   799   699     588    541    603 

Santa Catarina

 646   652   319     2,503    2,337    514 

Pernambuco

 802   601   442     1,756    1,763    495 

Ceará

 588   560   412     1,746    1,810    518 

Pará

 470   416   296     1,536    1,465    342 

Mato Grosso

 272   275   192     195    191    219 

Maranhão

 304   259   158     963    960    216 

Amazonas

 246   236   219     624    613    146 

Espírito Santo

 215   223   145     143    147    174 

Paraiba

 175   161   116     503    485    168 

Piauí

 138   146   71     572    447    118 

Rondônia

 134   143   68     86    87    106 

Rio Grande do Norte

 159   136   97     495    452    140 

Sergipe

 178   125   73     345    362    110 

Alagoas

 105   89   57     326    341    86 

Tocantins

 79   79   40     55    59    67 

Amapá

 54   61   34     153    142    41 

Acre

 50   50   22     40    41    45 

Roraima

 40   44   34     136    138    34 

United States, Bermuda, Venezuela and Colombia

 —     77   74  
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total employees of continuing operations

 42,571   36,739     55,446    53,766    44,033 

Employees of Discontinued Operations:

  

 

   

 

   

 

 

Employees of Available for Sale Operations:

      

Portugal

 10,701   —     —       —      —      7 

Namibia

 503   —     —       —      —      540 

Cabo Verde Islands

 512   —     —    

São Tomé and Principe

 95   —     —       —      —      97 

Timor Leste

 479   —     —       —      —      448 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total employees of discontinued operations

 12,290   —     —    

Total employees of available for sale operations

   —      —      1,092 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

 55,086   42,571   36,739     55,446    53,766    45,125 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

We negotiate separate collective bargaining agreements with two union committees each representing the local unions in each of theseveral Brazilian states for our company and each of our subsidiaries operating in such states. New collective bargaining agreements with these unions are negotiated every year. We maintain good relations with each of the unions representing our employees. As of December 31, 2014,2017, approximately 17%41.6% of the employees of our company were members of state labor unions associated either with the National Federation of Telecommunications Workers (Federação Nacional dos Trabalhadores em Telecomunicações), or Fenattel, or with the Interstate Federation of Telecommunications Workers (Federação Interestadual dos Trabalhadores em Telecomunicações), or Fittel. We have never experienced a strike that had a material effect on our operations.

Employee Benefits in Brazil

Pension Benefit Plans

Sistel

Sistel is anot-for-profit private pension fund created by Telebrás in November 1977 to supplement the benefits provided by the federal government to employees of the former Telebrás System. The following are pension plans managed by Sistel.

PBS-A Plan

Since the privatization of Telebrás, the Sistel Benefits Plan (Plano de Benefícios da Sistel – Assistidos), orPBS-A plan, a defined benefit plan, has been sponsored by the fixed-line telecommunications companies that resulted from the privatization of Telebrás, including our company and TNL. ThePBS-A plan is self-funded and has been closed to new members since January 2000. Contributions to thePBS-A plan are contingent on the determination of an accumulated deficit and we are jointly and severally liable, along with other fixed-line telecommunications companies, for 100% of any insufficiency in payments owed to members of thePBS-A plan. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, thePBS-A plan had a surplussurpluses of R$3,583 million.2,787 million and R$2,388 million, respectively. We were not required to make contributions to thePBS-A plan in 2014, 20132017 or 2012.2016.

PAMA Plan and PCE Plan

Since the privatization of Telebrás, the Medical Assistance Plan to the Retired (Plano de Assistência Médica ao Aposentado), or PAMA, a health-care plan managed by Sistel, has been sponsored by the fixed-line telecommunications companies that resulted from the privatization of Telebrás, including our company. The PAMA plan has been closed to new members since February 2000, other than new beneficiaries of current members and employees that are covered by thePBS-A plan who have not yet elected to join the PAMA plan. In December 2003, we and the other telecommunications companies that resulted from the privatization of Telebrás began sponsoring the PCE –Special Coverage Plan, or the PCE plan, a health-care plan managed by Sistel. The PCE plan is open to employees that are covered by the PAMA plan. From February to July 2004, December 2005 to April 2006, June to September 2008, July 2009 to February 2010, March to November 2010, February 2011 to March 2012 and March 2012 until today, we offered incentives to our employees to migrate from the PAMA plan to the PCE plan.

In October 2015, in compliance with a court order, Sistel transferred the R$3,042 million surplus in thePBS-A plan to the PAMA plan to ensure the solvency of the PAMA plan. Of the total amount transferred, R$2,127 million is related to the plans sponsored by the company, apportioned proportionally to the obligations of the defined benefit plan.

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the PAMA plan had surpluses of R$129 million and R$395 million, respectively. We were not required to make contributions to the PAMA plan in 2017 or 2016.

Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social

FATL is anot-for-profit, independent private pension fund that manages pension plans for the employees of its plans’ sponsors.

PBS-TNCP Plan

Since the privatization of Telebrás, our subsidiary Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A., or TNCP, has sponsored the Sistel Benefits Plan – TNCP (Plano de Benefícios da Sistel – TNCP), orPBS-TNCP plan. ThePBS-TNCP plan has been closed to new members since April 2004. Contributions to thePBS-TNCP plan are contingent on the determination of an accumulated deficit. As a result of the corporate reorganization and TNL’s earlier acquisition of control of TNCP, we are liable for 100% of any insufficiency in payments owed to members of thePBS-TNCP plan. Since January 2016, thePBS-TNCP plan has been managed by FATL. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, thePBS-TNCP plan had a surplussurpluses of R$23 million.28 million and R$25 million, respectively. We made contributions to thePBS-TNCP plan of less than R$1 million in each of 2014, 2013 and 2012.2017 or 2016.

CELPREV Plan

In March 2004, Amazônia Celular S.A., or Amazônia, a subsidiary of TNCP, began sponsoring the CelPrev Amazônia, or CELPREV, plan, a defined contribution plan managed by Sistel. Since January 2016, the CELPREV plan has been managed by FATL. The CELPREV plan was offered to employees of Amazônia who did not participate in thePBS-TNCP plan, as well as to its new employees. Participants in thePBS-TNCP plan were encouraged to migrate to the CELPREV plan. Approximately 27.3% of Amazônia’s active employees that were participants in thePBS-TNCP plan migrated to the CELPREV plan. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the CELPREV plan had a surplussurpluses of R$2 million.0.1 million and R$2.4 million, respectively. We made contributions to the CELPREV plan of less than R$1 million in each of 2014, 2013 and 2012.2017 or 2016.

Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social

FATL is a not-for-profit, independent private pension fund that manages pension plans for the employees of its plans’ sponsors.

TCSPREV Plan

In December 1999, we and the other companies that participate in the plans managed by Sistel agreed to withdraw the active participants insponsorship of these plans and each company agreed to establish its own separate new plan for these participants. In February 2000, we began sponsoring the TCSPREV Plan, a private defined contribution pension plan and settled benefit plan offered to our employees that participated in the PBS-A plan and new employees who were employed by our company after the privatization of the Telebrás System.plan. Approximately 80% of our active employees that were participants in thePBS-A plan migrated to the TSCPREV plan. In March 2005, Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada, or Fundação 14, a privatenot-for-profit pension fund created by Brasil

Telecom Holding in 2004 to manage the TSCPREV plan, began managing themanagingthe TSCPREV plan. In January 2010, FATL began managing themanagingthe TSCPREV plan.

The TCSPREV plan offers three categories of benefits to its members: (1) risk benefits, which are funded according to the defined benefit method; (2) programmable benefits, which are funded according to the defined contribution method; and (3) proportional paid benefits, applicable to those employees who migrated to a defined contribution method with their rights reserved as contributors to the defined benefit system. This plan wasis closed to new participants in March 2003; however, we resumed offering programmable benefits under this plan to new employees beginning in March 2005.entrants. We are liable for any deficits incurred by the TCSPREV plan according to the existing proportion of the contributions we make to this plan. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the TCSPREV plan had a surplussurpluses of R$932 million.1,329 million and R$1,273 million, respectively. We were not required to make contributions to the TCSPREV plan in 2014, 20132017 or 2012.2016.

BrTPREV Plan

In 2000, as a result of our acquisition of CRT—Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicações, or CRT, we assumed liability for retirement benefits to CRT’s employees by means of the creation of the Fundador/Alternativo plan, a defined benefit plan, which iswas managed by Fundação BrTPREV, a privatenot-for-profit pension fund created by CRT in 1971 to manage the CRT plans. This plan has been closed to new members since October 2002.

In October 2002, we began sponsoring the BrTPREV plan, a private defined contribution pension plan and settled benefit plan offered to our employees that participated in the Fundador/Alternativo plan and new employees of our company.plan. Approximately 96% of our active employees that were participants in the Fundador/Alternativo plan migrated to the BrTPREV plan. This plan was offered to our new employees from March 2003 to February 2005, when it was closed to new participants. In March 2005, Fundação BrTPREV began managing thesemanagingthese plans. In January 2010, FATL began managing themanagingthe Fundador/Alternativo plan and the BrTPREV plan. In July 2012, the Fundador/Alternativo plan was merged into the BrTPREV plan, and participants and beneficiaries of the Fundador/Alternativo plan automatically became members of the BrTPREV plan.

The BrTPREV plan offers three categories of benefits to its members: (1) risk benefits, which are funded according to the defined benefit method; (2) programmable benefits, which are funded according to the defined contribution method; (3) proportional paid benefits, applicable to those employees who migrated to a defined contribution method with their rights reservedpreserved as contributors to the defined benefit system. We are liable for any deficits incurred by the BrTPREV plan according to the existing proportion of the contributions we make to this plan. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the BrTPREV plan had a deficitdeficits of R$474213 million which is being amortized through 2022. Since February 2003, we have been making additional monthly contributions to the Fundador/Alternativo plan and R$93 million, respectively. However, the BrTPREV plan holds a large portfolio of federal government bonds(NTN-B) carried to reduce thesematurity, which significantly offsets the deficits. During This position, which is recognized by Resolution No. 16/2014 2013 andof the National Council of Supplementary Pensions (CNPC), reduces the deficit recorded as of December 31, 2016 of R$47 million.

In 2012, we contributed R$123 million, R$117 million and R$95 million and, respectively, toas sponsor of the BrTPREV planPlan, Oi entered into a financial obligation agreement with FATL with respect to deficits under the BrTPREV Plan. This obligation is classified as a Class I claim under the RJ Plan. For more information about this claim, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Pension Plans.” As of each of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Fundador/Alternativo plan to reduce these deficits.aggregate amount of the claim recognized by the RJ Court was R$560 million.

PBS Telemar Plan

In September 2000, Telemar began sponsoring thePBS-Telemar plan, a private defined benefit plan offered to Telemar’s employees. In February 2005, FATL began managing the PBS Telemar plan. As a result of the corporate reorganization, we have assumed Telemar’s obligations under thePBS-Telemar plan.

ThePBS-Telemar plan has the same characteristics as thePBS-A plan. ThePBS-Telemar plan was closed to new participants in September 2000. We are responsible for any deficits incurred by thePBS-Telemar plan according to the existing proportion of the contributions we make to this plan and those made by participants. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, thePBS-Telemar plan had a surplussurpluses of R$10 million.53 million and R$28 million, respectively. We were not required to makemade contributions to the PBS-Telemar plan of less than R$1 million in 2014, 2013 or 2012.each of 2017 and 2016.

TelemarPrev Plan

In September 2000, Telemar began sponsoring the TelemarPrev plan, a private defined contribution pension plan and settled benefit plan offered to Telemar’s employees that participated in the PBS-Telemar plan and new employees who were employed by Telemar after the privatization of the Telebrás System.plan. Approximately 96% of Telemar’s active employees that were participants in thePBS-Telemar plan migrated to the TelemarPrev plan. In February 2005, FATL began managing the TelemarPrev plan. As a result of the corporate reorganization, we have assumed Telemar’s obligations under the TelemarPrev plan.

The TelemarPrev plan offers two categories of benefits to its members: (1) risk benefits, which are funded according to the defined benefit method; and (2) programmable benefits, which are funded according to the defined contribution method. We are liable for any deficits incurred by the TelemarPrev plan according to the proportion of the contributions we make to this plan. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the TelemarPrev plan had a surplusdeficits of R$237 million. 26 million and R$45 million, respectively. However, the TelemarPrev plan holds a large portfolio of federal government bonds(NTN-B) carried to maturity, which significantly offsets the deficits. This position, which is recognized by Resolution No. 16/2014 of the National Council of Supplementary Pensions (CNPC), is higher than the deficit recorded, resulting in a positive net result in 2017 and 2016 of R$317 million and R$362 million, respectively.

PAMEC-BrT Plan

We also provide health care benefits for some retirees and pensioners that are members of the TCSPREV plan under thePAMEC-BrT plan, a defined benefit plan. The contributions for thePAMEC-BrT plan were fully paid in July 1998 through a single payment. In November 2007, the assets and liabilities ofPAMEC-BrT were transferred from Fundação 14 to us, and we began managing the plan. As a result of the transfer, we do not requiredrecognize assets to makecover current expenses and we fully recognize the actuarial obligations as liabilities. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, thePAMEC-BrT plan had deficits of R$3,3 million and R$3,2 million, respectively. We made contributions to the TelemarPrevPAMEC-BrT plan of less than R$1 million in 2014, 20132017 or 2012.2016.

For more information on our pension benefit plans, see note 2422 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report.

Medical, Dental and Employee Assistance Benefits

We provide our employees with medical and dental assistance, pharmacy and prescription drug assistance, group life insurance and meal, food and transportation assistance. We and our employees cover the costs of these benefits on a shared basis. In 2014,2017, we contributed R$119250 million to the medical and dental assistance plans, R$68 million to the occupational medicine plans, R$136300 million for the Worker’s Food Program (Programa de Alimentação do Trabalhador), or PAT, and R$2979 million to the other benefits programs. In 2016, we contributed R$210 million to the medical and dental assistance plans, R$10 million to the occupational medicine plans, R$303 million for the PAT, and R$82 million to the other benefits programs.

Profit Sharing Plans

Our collective bargaining agreementsThe operational targets are part of a profit sharing plan implemented by the Company as an incentive for employees to pursue our goals and to align employees’ interests with several labor unions require us to pay bonuses to employees who reach certainthose of our shareholders. Profit sharing occurs if financial and operational targets.targets defined annually by our board of directors are achieved. As of December 31, 2014,2017, we had provisioned R$290310 million to be distributed in bonuses with respect to 2014.2017. As of December 31, 2016, we had provisioned R$74 million to be distributed in bonuses with respect to 2016.

We also have implemented a profit sharing plan as an incentive for employees to pursue our goals and to align employees’ interests with those of our shareholders. Profit sharing occurs if economic value-added targets and other targets defined annually by our board of directors are achieved.

Education and Training

We contribute to the professional qualification of our employees by offering training for the development of organizational and technical skills. WeIn 2017, we offered approximately 270,0001,430,000 hours of training, in 2014. In 2014,and we invested approximately R$522 million in the qualification and training of our employees. In 2016, we offered approximately 1,600,000 hours of training, and we invested approximately R$21 million in the qualification and training of our employees.

 

ITEM 7.MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Major Shareholders

Oi has two outstanding classes of share capital: common shares and preferred shares with no par value. Generally, only Oi’s common shares have voting rights. Oi’s preferred shares have voting rights only in exceptional circumstances. Currently, Oi’s preferred shares have full voting rights pursuant to Oi’sby-laws as a result of Oi’s failure to make mandatory dividend payments since 2014. For more information, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy—Payment of Dividends” and “Item 10. Additional Information—Description of Oi’sBy-laws—Voting Rights—Voting Rights of Preferred Shares.”

As of May 4, 2015, we10, 2018, Oi had 286,155,319issued 825,760,902 total shares, consisting of 668,033,661 issued common shares and 572,316,691157,727,241 issued preferred shares, including 55,859,940148,282,000 common shares and 102,150,5501,811,755 preferred shares held in treasury.

As of May 4, 2015, we10, 2018, Oi had approximately 1.11.09 million shareholders, including 6745 U.S. resident holders of ourOi’s common shares and approximately 19744 U.S. resident holders of ourOi’s preferred shares (including The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary under ourOi’s American Depositary Receipt, or ADR, facilities). As of May 4, 2015,10, 2018, there

were 47,921,01959,547,231 common shares (including common shares represented by ADSs) and 156,817,33749,674,843 preferred shares (including preferred shares represented by ADSs) held by U.S. resident holders.

Under Oi’sby-laws, any shareholder or group of shareholders, representing the same interest or bound by a voting agreement, that hold or may hold in the future, alone or jointly, interest in Oi representing more than 15% of Oi’s voting capital shall have its voting rights limited to 15% of the shares with voting rights, subject to certain exceptions. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Description of Oi’sBy-laws—Limitation on Voting Rights.” As set forth below, Bratel S.à r.l. holds more than 15% of Oi’s voting capital stock, but, due to the limitation set forth in Oi’sby-laws, its vote is limited to 15% of Oi’s voting capital stock.

The following table sets forth information concerning the ownership of ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares as of May 4, 2015,10, 2018, by each person whom we know to be the owner of more than 5% of ourthe outstanding common shares of any class of Oi’s share capital, and by all of ourOi’s directors and executive officers as a group. Except for the shareholders listed below, we are not aware of any other of our shareholdersshareholder holding more than 5% of any class of ourOi’s share capital. OurOi’s principal shareholders have the same voting rights with respect to each class of ourOi’s shares that they own as other holders of shares of that class.

   Common Shares   Preferred Shares   Total 

Name

  Number of
Shares
   %   Number of
Shares
   %   Number of
Shares
   % 

Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.(1)

   137,272,169     49.4     195,420,832     34.6     322,693,001     39.5  

Andrade Gutierrez S.A. (2)

   29,054,978     12.6     8,956,520     1.9     38,011,498     5.4  

Jereissati Telecom S.A. (3)

   29,054,978     12.6     8,956,492     1.9     38,011,470     5.4  

Telemar Participações S.A.(4)

   29,054,978     12.6     1,828,991     0.4     30,883,969     4.4  

Caravelas Fundo de Investimento em Ações

   17,136,248     7.4     35,917,151     7.6     53,053,399     7.6  

BNDESPar

   12,249,173     5.3     26,531,269     5.6     38,780,442     5.5  

All directors, fiscal council members, their alternates and executive officers as a group (43 persons)

   3,826     *     4,880     *     8,706     *  
   Common Shares   Preferred Shares   Total 

Name

  Number of
Shares
   % of Shares
Outstanding
   Number of
Shares
   % of Shares
Outstanding
   Number of
Shares
   % of Shares
Outstanding
 

Bratel S.à r.l. (1)

   209,277,035    38.37    51,229,662    24.73    260,506,697    34.62 

JGP (2)

   39,027,862    7.51            39,027,862    5.78 

BNDESPar

   38,254,636    7.36            38,254,636    5.66 

Goldman Sachs (3)

   10,536,251    2.03    8,323,663    5.34    18,859,914    2.79 

Solus Funds (4)

           15,109,224    9.69    15,109,224    2.24 

Marathon Funds (5)

           14,500,000    9.30    14,500,000    2.15 

Mare Finance Investment Holdings D.A.C.

           12,708,500    8.15    12,708,500    1.88 

All directors, fiscal council members, their alternates and executive officers as a group (18 persons)

   3,194    *    25    *    3,219    * 

 

(1)Bratel S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharol. Represents 57,145,521183,662,204 common shares and 77,155,529 preferred shares held directly by PT SGPS, 3,636,799Bratel S.à r.l. and 25,614,831 common shares and 21,566,568 preferred shares held by Bratel, a wholly-owned subsidiary of PT SGPS, 29,054,978 common shares and 1,828,991 preferred shares held directly and indirectly by TmarPart, and 47,434,872 common shares and 94,869,74451,229,662 preferred shares which PT SGPSPharol has the option to acquire from PTIF. PT SGPS disclaims beneficial ownershipPercentages assume that all shares subject to Pharol’s call option are outstanding, although the shares subject to the call option held in treasury by Oi until the earlier of the sharesexercise or expiration of our company owned by TmarPart, other than with respect to its proportionate interest in these shares.the call option. See “—PT Option Agreement.”
(2)Represents 157,331 preferredthe aggregate number of shares held directly by Andrade Gutierrez S.A., 6,970,198 preferred shares held directly by AG Telecom, a subsidiary of Andrade Gutierrez S.A.,Brazilian fund manager JGP Gestão de Recursos Ltda. and 29,054,978 common shares and 1,828,991 preferred shares held directly and indirectly by TmarPart. Andrade Gutierrez S.A. disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of our company owned by AG Telecom and TmarPart, other than with respect to its proportionate interest in these shares.affiliate JGP Gestão Patrimonial Ltda.
(3)Represents 157,389 preferredthe number of shares held directlyowned by Jereissati Telecom S.A., 6,970,155 preferred shares held directly by LF Tel,Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, or Goldman Sachs, a subsidiary of Jereissati Telecom S.A.The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and 29,054,978 common shares and 1,828,991 preferred shares held directly and indirectly by TmarPart. Jereissati Telecom S.A. beneficial ownership ofor the shares of our company owned by LF Tel and TmarPart, other than with respect to its proportionate interest in these shares.GS Group.
(4)Represents 24,973,483 common shares and 1,828,991Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the investment manager to certain funds and/or accounts, or the Solus Funds, with respect to the preferred shares held directly by TmarPart, and 4,081,495 common sharesof Oi held by Valverde,the Solus Funds. Solus GP LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiaryDelaware limited liability company, serves as the general partner to Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, and Mr. Christopher Pucillo, a United States citizen, serves as the managing member to Solus GP LLC. This information is based on the Schedule 13G publicly filed by Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, Solus GP LLC and Mr. Christopher Pucillo with the SEC in February 2018.
(5)Marathon Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the investment manager to certain funds and/or accounts, or the Marathon Funds, with respect to the preferred shares of TmarPart.Oi held by the Marathon Funds. Marathon Asset Management GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the general partner to Marathon Asset Management LP, and Mr. Bruce Richards and Mr. Louis Hanover serve as the managing members to Marathon Asset Management GP LLC.
*less than 1%

Under the RJ Plan, certain groups of creditors were entitled to make elections with respect to the form of the recovery that they were entitled to receive. The period to make these elections ended on March 8, 2018. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Implementation of the Judicial Reorganization Plan.” Based on the results of this election, following the conclusion of the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and assuming that (1) all Qualified Bondholders who elected to receive the Qualified Recovery successfully participate in the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure and (2) none of Oi’s existing shareholders exercise their rights of first refusal granted under Brazilian law to subscribe for New Shares in connection with the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure, the exercise of which would reduce the number of New Shares and corresponding number Warrants that Qualified Bondholders will receive under the RJ Plan, we expect that existing shareholders’ ownership interests in Oi will be diluted by 72.1%, with no single shareholder expected to own 10% or more of Oi’s voting or total shares. Under the RJ Plan, the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure is required to occur on or prior to July 31, 2018. For more information about the possible effects of the failure of the Qualified Recovery Settlement Procedure to take place on or prior to July 31, 2018, see “Item 3. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Financial Restructuring—If we fail to comply with certain conditions subsequent set forth in the RJ Plan, the RJ Plan may terminate and we may be declared bankrupt under Brazilian law and liquidated.”

Changes in Share Ownership

On February 27, 2012, the shareholders of TNL, Telemar, Coari and Brasil Telecom approved the corporate reorganization, including:

the Coari merger, in which:

each issued and then outstanding share of Brasil Telecom held by Coari and all Coari shares held in treasury were cancelled;

each issued and then outstanding common share of Coari was converted automatically into 51.149 common shares of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding preferred share of Coari was converted automatically into 3.904 common shares of Brasil Telecom and 40.034 preferred shares of Brasil Telecom;

Coari ceased to exist; and

Telemar became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brasil Telecom; and

The TNL merger, in which:

each TNL share held in treasury prior to the TNL merger was cancelled, and each issued and then outstanding share of Brasil Telecom held by TNL was cancelled, other than 2,464,787 common shares of Brasil Telecom, which were transferred to the treasury of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding common share of TNL (other than common shares held by shareholders who exercised their withdrawal rights with respect to such common shares) was converted automatically into 23.122 common shares of Brasil Telecom;

each issued and then outstanding preferred share of TNL was converted automatically into 1.879 common shares of Brasil Telecom and 19.262 preferred shares of Brasil Telecom; and

TNL ceased to exist.

On August 21, 2013, TmarPart issued 252,729,128 common shares to its shareholders in exchange for an aggregate amount of R$100 million in cash and preferred shares of our company. In connection with this transaction, Bratel Brasil contributed 300,236 of our preferred shares to TmarPart, AG Telecom contributed 481,492 of our preferred shares to TmarPart, LF Tel contributed 481,492 of our preferred shares to TmarPart, BNDESPar contributed 324,652 of our preferred shares to TmarPart, and PREVI contributed 241,121 of our preferred shares to TmarPart.

In May 2014, we completed the Oi capital increase in which we issued:

121,674,063 of our common shares and 280,483,641 of our preferred shares for an aggregate of R$8,250 million; and

104,580,393 of our common shares and 172,025,273 of our preferred shares to PT SGPS in exchange for the contribution by PT SGPS to us of all of the outstanding shares of PT Portugal.

As a result of the Oi capital increase:

PT SGPS acquired direct ownership of 32.8% of our outstanding share capital, including 37.7% of our outstanding voting share capital, in addition to the indirect interests in our company that it owned prior to the Oi capital increase;

Caravelas Fundo de Investimento em Ações acquired 6.3% of our outstanding share capital, including 6.2% of our outstanding voting share capital; and

TmarPart’s direct and indirect proportional share ownership of Oi was reduced to 4.4% of our outstanding share capital, including 12.6% of our outstanding voting share capital.

In March 2015, we completed the PT Exchange in which 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares were transferred to our wholly-owned subsidiary, PTIF. Under Brazilian law, these shares are deemed to be held in treasury. As a result of this transaction, the current ownership structure of our common shares is as set forth in the chart below.

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Agreements Among Our Shareholders

Temporary Voting Agreement of the Shareholders of Oi and TmarPart

We entered, as an intervening party, a Temporary Voting Agreement dated February 19, 2014, as amended on September 8, 2014 and March 31, 2015, with PT SGPS, TmarPart, Caravelas, Bratel Brasil, Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Jereissati Telecom S.A. The Temporary Voting Agreement will remain in effect until the earlier of (1) the implementation the corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company, and (2) October 31, 2015.

Under the Temporary Voting Agreement, PT SGPS, TmarPart, Caravelas, Bratel Brasil, Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Jereissati Telecom S.A., who collectively hold directly or indirectly 46.5% of our outstanding common shares, agreed:

to perform all necessary acts and to cooperate with the performance of all necessary acts by the other parties to this agreement and our company for the implementation of the following actions and transactions, as they may be detailed in the prior meetings of TmarPart’s shareholders to be held to approve all corporate authorizations and agreements pertaining to these actions and transactions:

the corporate ownership simplification;

the adoption of our new by-laws;

the election of new members of the board of directors of our company for terms expiring at the General Shareholders’ Meeting that approves our financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2017; and

the voluntary share exchange;

to exercise their voting rights in order to maintain the ordinary course of our business during the term of the Temporary Voting Agreement;

to keep the members of our board of directors in their current positions until the implementation of the corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of our new by-laws and the election of new members of our board of directors;

in case of vacancy or resignation of any member of our board of directors during the term of the Temporary Voting Agreement, to permit TmarPart to nominate the replacement member according to the rules provided in the General Shareholders’ Agreement.

to vote in favor of the members of our new board of directors at our shareholders’ meeting called to elect these members;

to vote against the adoption of the cumulative voting procedure provided for under Brazilian law in the election of members of the members of our new board of directors and, if the cumulative voting procedure is adopted at such meeting, to exercise their voting rights in order to maximize the number of members of our board of directors that the parties to the Temporary Voting Agreement may collectively nominate; and

to convert all of our preferred shares that they own into our common shares in the voluntary share exchange, provided that holders of at least two-thirds of our preferred shares agreed to participate in the voluntary share exchange.

The corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company are expected to occur on the same date and are expected to be deliberated at shareholders’ meetings of the relevant entities during the third quarter of 2015, subject to the prior consent to the implementation of the corporate ownership simplification of ANATEL.

Under the Temporary Voting Agreement, PT SGPS, TmarPart, Caravelas, Bratel Brasil, Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Jereissati Telecom S.A. agreed, during the term of the Temporary Voting Agreement, not to sell, dispose or transfer, directly or indirectly, by any means or manner, their shares of our company or create encumbrances or liens of any nature on their shares of our company.

Corporate Ownership Simplification

PriorIn September 2015, TmarPart merged with and into Oi. Immediately prior to the beginning of the period for the voluntary share exchange, we understand that the shareholders of TmarPart intend to cause:this merger:

 

AG Telecom to mergeParticipações S.A. merged with and into PASA;PASA Participações S.A.;

 

LF Tel to mergeS.A. merged with and into EDSP;EDSP75 Participações S.A.;

 

PASA Participações S.A. and EDSP75 to mergeParticipações S.A. merged with and into Bratel Brasil;Brasil S.A.;

 

Valverde to mergeParticipações S.A. merged with and into TmarPart;

 

Venus RJ Participações S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. to mergemerged with and into Bratel Brasil;Brasil S.A.; and

 

Bratel Brasil to mergeS.A. merged with and into TmarPart;TmarPart.

As a result of these transactions, as of September 1, 2015, the ownership structure of Oi’s common shares and

TmarPart to merge with preferred shares was as set forth in the chart below. The percentages in bold and into our company.

Our Proposed New By-laws

Prior toitalics represent the beginningpercentage of the periodthen-outstanding common shares owned by each shareholder, and the percentages not in bold and italics represent the percentage of the then-total outstanding share capital owned by each shareholder.

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Voluntary Share Exchange and Decrease of Caravelas Shareholding Interest

In October 2015, Oi completed a voluntary share exchange under which Oi had offered (1) the holders of Oi’s preferred shares (including preferred shares represented by the Preferred ADSs), the opportunity to convert their preferred shares into Oi’s common shares at a ratio of 0.9211 common shares for each preferred share, plus cash in lieu of any fractional share, and (2) the holders of the Preferred ADSs the opportunity to exchange their Preferred ADSs for Common ADSs at a ratio of 0.9211 Common ADSs for each Preferred ADS, plus cash in lieu of any fractional Common ADS. Holders of 314,250,655 of Oi’s preferred shares were tendered for conversion or exchange of the related ADSs. Each of Pharol and Caravelas Fundo de Investimentos em Ações, or Caravelas, an investment vehicle managed through Banco BTG Pactual S.A., participated in the voluntary share exchange and surrendered all of its preferred shares for conversion. As a result of the shareholdersvoluntary share exchange, 314,250,655 of TmarPart intendOi’s outstanding preferred shares were cancelled, and in exchange Oi issued 289,456,278 of its common shares. Since that time, the composition of Oi’s issued and outstanding capital stock has not changed.

In March 2016, Oi received a letter from BTG Pactual Asset Management S.A. DTVM, or BTG Pactual AM, informing it that Caravelas had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi from 50,219,535 common shares, or 9.67% of Oi’s outstanding common stock, to propose21,625,834 common shares, or 4.16% of Oi’s outstanding common stock, as a result of the partial redemption and subsequent transfer of assets to the former quotaholder of Caravelas. Therefore, Caravelas no longer hold a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Transfer of Shares from Pharol to Bratel B.V.

In May 2016, Oi received a letter from Pharol informing it that ourPharol had transferred its shareholding interests in Oi to itswholly-owned subsidiary Bratel B.V.

Decrease of Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board Shareholding Interest

In June 2016, Oi received a letter from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, or OTPP, informing it that OTPP had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 32,332,099 common shares, which was equivalent to 6.22% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

As of May 10, 2018, according to Oi’s shareholder records, OTTP no longer holds a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Decrease of Blackrock Shareholding Interest

In June 2016, Oi received a letter from BlackRock, Inc., or BlackRock, informing it that BlackRock had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 5,373,823 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 3.45% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock. As a result, BlackRock no longer holds a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Changes in Morgan Stanley Shareholding Interest

In June 2016, Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda. Jointly filed a Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that Morgan Stanley owned, directly or through Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda., an aggregate 50,503,269 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 9.72% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

In January 2017, Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda. Jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that Morgan Stanley, directly or through Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda., had decreased its aggregate interest in Oi to 25,053,686 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 4.82% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in January 2017, Morgan Stanley filed a Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that it owned 33,478,863 of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.44% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

In January 2018, Morgan Stanley filed an amendment to Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that it had decreased its interest in Oi to 11,532,313 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 2.22% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in January 2018, Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda. Jointly filed a Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that Morgan Stanley owned, directly or through Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda., an aggregate 32,412,449 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.24% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

In April 2018, Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda. Jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that Morgan Stanley, directly or through Morgan Stanley Uruguay Ltda., had decreased its aggregate interest in Oi to 7,470,107 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 1.44% of Oi’s outstanding common stock. As a result, Morgan Stanley no longer holds, directly or indirectly, a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Changes in PointState Capital Shareholding Interest

In July 2016, PointState Capital LP, a Delaware limited partnership that serves as the investment manager to the PointState Funds with respect to the common shares of Oi held by the PointState Funds, and Mr. Zachary J. Schreiber jointly filed a Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing that the PointState Funds held an aggregate 43,250,000 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 8.32% of Oi’s outstanding common stock. Mr. Schreiber, a United States citizen, serves as the managing member to PointState Capital GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company adopt new by-laws that will be intendedserves as the general partner to PointState Capital LP.

In April 2017, PointState Capital LP, among others, jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing that the PointState Funds had decreased their aggregate interest in Oi to 36,797,846 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 7.08% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in April 2017, PointState Capital LP, among others, jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing that the PointState Funds had decreased their aggregate interest in Oi to 29,393,846 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 5.66% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in April 2017, PointState Capital LP, among others, jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing that the PointState Funds had reduced their aggregate interest in Oi to 25,624,831 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 4.93% of Oi’s outstanding common stock. As a result, Point State Capital LP no longer hads a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Increase in Marathon Shareholding Interest

In July 2016, Oi received a letter from Marathon Asset Management LP informing it that Marathon Asset Management LP had acquired 14,500,000 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 9.30% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

Changes in Société Mondiale Shareholding Interest

In July 2016, Oi received a letter from Société Mondiale, a Brazilian investment fund managed by Bridge Administradora de Recursos Ltda. and whose ultimate beneficial owner is Mr. Nelson Tanure, a Brazilian citizen, informing it that Société Mondiale held 46,820,800 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 9.01% of Oi’s outstanding common stock, and 7,934,624 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 5.09% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

Also in July 2016, Oi received a letter from Société Mondiale informing it that Société Mondiale had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 46,770,800 common shares, which is equivalent to 9.00% of Oi’s outstanding common stock, and 5,434,624 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 3.49% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In January 2018, Oi received a letter from Société Mondiale informing it that Société Mondiale had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 30,306,300 common shares, which is equivalent to 5.83% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

As of May 10, 2018, according to Oi’s shareholder records, Société Mondiale no longer holds a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Changes in CQS Shareholding Interest

In September 2016, Oi received a letter from CQS Directional Opportunities Master Fund Limited, or CQS, informing it that CQS held 8,167,700 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 5.24% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

Also in September 2016, Oi received a letter from CQS informing it that CQS had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 5,434,624 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 4.75% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock. As a result, CQS no longer holds a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Changes in Bank of America Shareholding Interest

In September 2016, Oi received a letter from Bank of America Corporation, or Bank of America, informing it that Bank of America held 8,197,782 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 5.26% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In October 2016, Oi received a letter from Bank of America informing it that Bank of America had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 7,450,982 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 4.78% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In July 2017, Oi received a letter from Bank of America informing it that Bank of America had increased its shareholding interests in Oi to 8,260,257 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 5.30% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In October 2017, Oi received a letter from Bank of America informing it that Bank of America had decreased its shareholding interests in Oi to 7,284,029 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 4.67% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock. As a result, Bank of America no longer holds a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Changes in Safra Shareholding Interest

In February 2017, Oi received a letter from J. Safra Serviços de Administração Fiduciaria Ltda., or Safra, a subsidiary of Banco Safra S.A., in its capacity as manager of the Safra Funds, informing it that the funds managed by Safra held an aggregate 18,019,200 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 11.56% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In March 2017, Oi received a letter from Safra, in its capacity as manager of the Safra Funds, informing it that the funds managed by Safra held an aggregate 25,416,800 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 16.30% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

Also in March 2017, Oi received a letter from Safra, in its capacity as manager of the Safra Funds, informing it that the funds managed by Safra held an aggregate 23,585,000 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 15.13% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In July 2017, Oi received a letter from Safra, in its capacity as manager of the Safra Funds, informing it that the funds managed by Safra decreased their shareholding interests in Oi to an aggregate 15,576,000 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 9.99% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock, and increased their shareholding interests in Oi to an aggregate 33,629,400 common shares, which was equivalent 6.47% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

In August 2017, Oi received a letter from Safra, in its capacity as manager of the Safra Funds, informing it that the funds managed by Safra decreased their shareholding interests in Oi to an aggregate 7,788,700 preferred shares, which was equivalent to 5.00% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock, and decreased their shareholding interests in Oi to an aggregate 33,273,000 common shares, which was equivalent 6.40% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

As of May 10, 2018, according to Oi’s shareholder records, Safra no longer holds a material shareholding interest in Oi.

Changes in Goldman Sachs Shareholding Interest

In April 2017, the GS Group and Goldman Sachs jointly filed a Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that the GS Group owned, through its subsidiary Goldman Sachs, 16,490,470 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 10.58% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

In February 2018, the GS Group and Goldman Sachs jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that the GS Group, through its subsidiary Goldman Sachs, had increased its interest in Oi to 19,006,517 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 12.19% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

Also in February 2018, the GS Group and Goldman Sachs jointly filed an amendment to Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing that GS Group owned, through its subsidiary Goldman Sachs, 36,417,260 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 7.01% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

As of May 10, 2018, according to Oi’s shareholder records, subsidiaries of the GS Group owned 10,536,251 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 2.03% of Oi’s outstanding common stock, and 8,323,663 preferred shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 5.34% of Oi’s preferred stock.

Transfer of Shares from Bratel B.V. to Bratel S.à r.l.

In September 2017, Oi received letters from Bratel B.V. informing it that Bratel B.V. had transferred its shareholding interests in Oi to its wholly-owned subsidiary Bratel S.à r.l.

Changes in JGP Shareholding Interest

In February 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 34,502,800 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.64% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in February 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 31,231,200 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.01% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in February 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 34,640,300 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.67% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in February 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 32,918,900 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.33% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in February 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 35,263,200 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.78% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

In March 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 32,683,762 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 6.29% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Also in March 2018, Oi received a letter from JGP informing it that JGP held an aggregate 28,990,362 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 5.58% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

In April 2018, Oi received a letter from JPG informing it that JGP held an aggregate 39,027,862 common shares of Oi, which was equivalent to 7.51% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.

Increase in Solus Shareholding Interest

In February 2018, Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the investment manager to the Solus Funds with respect to the preferred shares of Oi held by the Solus Funds, Solus GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that serves as the general partner to Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, and Mr. Christopher Pucillo, a United States citizen, serves as the managing member to Solus GP LLC jointly filed a Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing the Solus Funds’ ownership of 15,109,224 preferred shares of Oi as of December 31, 2017, which was equivalent to 9.69% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock.

PT Option Agreement

In May 2014, Oi completed a capital increase our corporate governance standards as well as to limit the voting rights of holders of large concentrations of our shares. The proposed new by-laws will include,in which it issued, among other things the following provisions:

in the event104,580,393 of a saleOi’s common shares and 172,025,273 of a controlling interest of Oi, the third party offeror will be required to offer to purchase the minority interest at the same price and on the same conditions as offered to the shareholder selling its controlling interest in Oi;

the maintenance of the existing limited voting rights of our preferred shares;

a provision permitting our board of directors to periodically permit holders of ourOi’s preferred shares to Pharol in exchange thosefor the contribution by Pharol to Oi of all of the outstanding shares forof PT Portugal. However, prior to this capital increase, Pharol’s then wholly-owned subsidiaries PTIF and PT Portugal subscribed to an aggregate of €897 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte that matured in July 2014. As a result of our acquisition of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, we became the creditor under this commercial paper.

On July 15 and 17, 2014, Rio Forte defaulted on the commercial paper held by PTIF and PT Portugal. On September 8, 2014, we, TmarPart, Pharol and our subsidiaries PT Portugal and PTIF, entered into the PT Exchange Agreement and a stock option agreement, or the PT Option Agreement. On the same date, we, Pharol and TmarPart executed a terms of commitment agreement, or the Terms of Commitment Agreement. For more information regarding the Terms of Commitment Agreement, see “—Terms of Commitment Agreement.”

On March 24, 2015, PT Portugal assigned its rights and obligations under the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option Agreement to PTIF. On March 27, 2015, PT Portugal assigned the Rio Forte commercial paper that it owned to PTIF. Under the PT Exchange Agreement, on March 30, 2015, we transferred the defaulted Rio Forte commercial paper to Pharol and Pharol delivered to us an aggregate of 47,434,872 of Oi’s common shares and 94,869,744 of Oi’s preferred shares, representing 16.9% of Oi’s outstanding share capital, including 17.1% of Oi’s outstanding voting capital prior to giving effect to the PT Exchange. Under Brazilian law, these shares are deemed to be held in accordance withtreasury.

Under the termsPT Option Agreement, PTIF granted to Pharol an option, or the PT Option, to acquire 47,434,872 of Oi’s common shares and conditions established by our board94,869,744 of directors;Oi’s preferred shares. Pharol is entitled to exercise the PT Option in whole or in part, at any time prior to March 31, 2021. The number of shares subject to the PT Option is reduced on each March 31 such that:

100% was available until March 31, 2016;

 

a limitation on the voting rights of any single shareholder to 15% of the total votes on any resolution of our shareholders meeting;90% was available between March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017;

 

a requirement that at least 20% of the members of our board of directors be independent;72% was available between March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018;

 

the establishment of a concurrent term of two years for the members of our board of directors, with the exception of the board of directors elected at the meeting at which these by-laws are adopted, which shall have a term of three years;54% will be available between March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019;

 

a prohibition against the same person holding the positions of chairman of our board of directors36% will be available between March 31, 2019 and chief executive officer (except during the first three years after the adoption of these by-laws);March 31, 2020; and

 

an obligation18% will be available between March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021,

in each case, less the number of our boardshares with respect to the PT Option has been previously exercised. As of directors to provide a recommendationMay 10, 2018, Pharol had not exercised the PT Option with respect to any public offer to purchase Oi shares;

an obligation of our company to make an offer to purchase our commonOi’s shares at a price at least equal to the economic value of these shares in the case of termination of the registration of our company with the CVM or the exit of our company from Level 1 Corporate Governance of the BM&FBOVESPA, except in the event that we enter the Level 2 Corporate Governance or the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA; and

the requirement that disputes or controversies between our company and, any of our shareholders are resolved through arbitration in front of the Market Arbitration Chamber (Câmara de Arbitragem do Mercado).

Under the proposed by-laws, the limitation on voting rights described above will cease to be in effect upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

a capital increase or corporate reorganization of our company that results in a dilution of the current shareholder base of more than 50%;

as a result, the option over 21,820,041 of an offer to purchase all outstandingOi’s common shares and 43,640,082 of our company, either (1)Oi’s preferred shares has lapsed. The exercise prices under the offeror acquires at least 20% of our outstandingPT Option are R$20.104 per common shares, or (2) such offeror or a group of shareholders representingshare and R$18.529 per preferred share, in each case as adjusted by the same or related interestCDI rateplus 1.5% per annum, calculatedpro rata temporis, from March 31, 2015 to the date of the offeror by voting agreement comes to hold, either individually or together, an interest in excess of 50% of our voting capital; or

at any time, no shareholder or group of shareholders representing the same or related interest by voting agreement, holds, individually or together, an interest in excess of 15% of our voting capital.

Proposal for New Members of Our Board of Directors

The nominees to be memberseffective payment of the New Board are expectedexercise price.

Oi is not required to be José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha, Sérgio Franklin Quintella, Fernando Marques dos Santos, Rafael Luís Mora Funes, each of whom is a current member ofmaintain the board of directors of Oi, and Ricardo Malavazi Martins, Thomas Cornelius Azevedo Reichenheim, Francisco Cary, Vitor Gonçalves, Jorge Cardoso, Robin Bienenstock and Marten Pieters. José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha is expectedshares subject to be nominated to serve as chairman of the New Board.PT Option in treasury. In the event that, at the shareholders’ meetingtime of Oi at which the electionexercise of the membersPT Option, PTIF and/or any of Oi’s other subsidiaries do not hold, in treasury, the number of shares with respect to which Pharol exercises the PT Option, the PT Option may be financially settled through payment by PTIF of the New Board occurs, (1)amount corresponding to the holdersdifference between the market price of preferredthe shares and the minority holdersexercise price corresponding to these shares.

We may terminate the PT Option if (1) theby-laws of common sharesPharol are entitledamended to nominateremove or amend the provision of thoseby-laws that limits the voting right to 10% of all votes corresponding to the capital stock of Pharol, except if this removal or amendment is required by law or by order of a member ofcompetent governmental authority; (2) Pharol directly or indirectly engages in activities that compete with the New Board, this nominee will replace either Robin Bienenstockactivities Oi or Marten Pieters as a nominee forOi’s subsidiaries in the New Board, and (2)countries in which we or they operate; or (3) Pharol violates certain obligations under the holders of preferred shares and the minority holders of common shares are entitled to separately nominate members of the New Board, these nominees will replace Robin Bienenstock and Marten Pieters as nominees for the New Board.

Proposed Voluntary Share Exchange

Following the completion of the corporate ownership simplification, the adoption of new by-laws of our company and the election of new members of the board of directors of our company, we intend to conduct a voluntary exchange of our preferred shares for our common shares at the option of the preferred shareholder at an exchange rate of 0.9211 of our common shares for each of our preferred shares. The voluntary share exchange proposal requires that the holders of at least two-thirds of our preferred shares (excluding treasury shares) agree to exchange our preferred shares that they own for our common shares within a period of 30 days commencing after our General Shareholders’ Meeting at which the opening of the period for the exchange is deliberated.

TmarPart Shareholders’ AgreementsPT Option Agreement.

Prior to the earlier of the expiration or full exercise of the PT Option, Pharol may not purchase shares of Oi, capital increase, TmarPart owned, directly or indirectly, in any manner other than by exercising the PT Option. If the PT Option is exercised, Pharol will undertake its best efforts to integrate the shareholder bases of Pharol and Oi in the shortest time possible.

Pharol may not directly or indirectly 56.4%transfer or assign the PT Option, in whole or in part, nor grant any rights under the PT Option, including any security interest in the PT Option or the shares underlying the PT Option, without the consent of our outstanding common shares. The shareholdersOi. If Pharol issues, directly or indirectly, any derivative instrument that is backed by or references Oi’s shares, it shall immediately use all proceeds derived directly or indirectly from such derivative instrument to acquire shares pursuant to the exercise of TmarPart havethe PT Option.

On March 31, 2015, we, Pharol and PTIF entered into shareholders’ agreementsan amendment to the PT Option Agreement. Under this amendment, (1) Pharol will be permitted to assign the PT Option to a third party provided that address, among other matters,such assignment involves at leastone-quarter of Oi’s shares subject to the nomination of members of our board of directorsPT Option, and the boards of directors of certain of our subsidiaries, the election of our executive officers and executive officers of certain of our subsidiaries and rights(2) Pharol has granted Oi a right of first refusal and preemptiveexercisable prior to any such assignment. This amendment does not affect the agreement of Pharol not to grant any rights for disposal and purchaseunder the PT Option, including any security interest in the PT Option or the shares underlying the PT Option, without the consent of ourOi, or the requirement that Pharol use all proceeds derived directly or indirectly from the issuance of any derivative instrument that is backed by or references Oi’s shares heldto acquire shares pursuant to the exercise of the PT Option.

The effectiveness of the amendment to the PT Option Agreement was subject to (1) the authorization of the amended terms by the CVM, and (2) the approval of the amendment to the PT Option Agreement by a general meeting of Oi’s shareholders of TmarPart. Asat which Oi’s common and preferred shareholders will be entitled to vote. However, in December 2015, the CVM collegiate declined to authorize the amended terms, as a result of which this amendment has no effect.

Terms of Commitment Agreement

On March 31, 2015, we and Pharol entered into an amendment to the Terms of Commitment Agreement. The Terms of Commitment Agreement, as amended, will remain in effect until the integration of the shareholder bases of Oi capital increase and the PT Exchange, TmarPart currently holds 12.6% of our outstanding common shares. As a result, although the agreements among the shareholders of TmarPart remain effective and bind these shareholders, these shareholders may not be able to effect the elections of directors of our company otherwise granted under these shareholders agreements.

General Shareholders’ Agreement

AG Telecom, AGSA, BNDESPar, PREVI, FATL, FUNCEF, PETROS, Jereissati Telecom, LF Tel and Bratel Brasil are partiesPharol pursuant to a shareholders’ agreement dated April 25, 2008, as amended on January 25, 2011, February 19,

2014 and September 8, 2014, with TmarPart and PT SGPS, as intervening parties,legally permissible structure, which we refer to as the General Shareholders’ Agreement.

The initialIntegration Transaction, has been fully completed, including in respect of any shares of Oi that may be acquired by Pharol during the term of the General Shareholders’PT Option.

Under the Terms of Commitment Agreement, expireswe and Pharol each agreed:

to use our respective best efforts and to take all reasonable measures to also implement the listing of Oi’s shares (or securities backed by Oi’s shares or Oi’s successor in case of a corporate reorganization) on the regulated market of Euronext Lisbon concurrently with the migration of Oi to theNovo Mercado segment of the B3, which we refer to as the migration, provided that in the event that it is not possible for any reason beyond the control of the parties for these listings to occur prior to or concurrently with the approval of the migration, they will use their best efforts and to take all reasonable measures to implement these listings as soon as possible following the migration.

to perform all acts, provide any required information, prepare all necessary documentation and to present and duly file all necessary filings before all appropriate governmental bodies and authorities so as to implement the listing on the laterregulated market of April 25, 2048Euronext Lisbon and Integration Transaction as soon as possible.

to undertake to perform all necessary acts to implement the expiration date of the lastIntegration Transaction relating to expire of the concessions or authorizations held by TmarPart or its subsidiaries. The term of the General Shareholders’ Agreement may be extended for successive periods of 10 years with the consent of each of the parties thereto. In connection with the corporate ownership simplification, we expect the General Shareholders’ Agreement to be terminated.

The parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement have agreed to the following provisions with respect to elections of members of the boards of directors and executive officers, and the voting of theirall shares of Oi and each of our subsidiaries that have annual net operating revenue equal to or greater than R$100 million, which we refer to as the controlled subsidiaries:

AG Telecom, LF Tel, BNDESPar, Bratel Brasil, FATL, PREVI, FUNCEF and PETROS will hold pre-meetings prior to meetings of shareholders and of the boards of directors of TmarPart, Oi and each of the controlled subsidiaries and will vote their shares of TmarPart, Oi and the controlled subsidiaries, and instruct their representatives on these boards of directors to vote, in accordance with the decisions made at the pre-meetings;

AG Telecom, LF Tel, and FATL will together have the right to designate a majority of the members of the board of directors of Oi and each of the controlled subsidiaries;

each increment of 7% of the voting share capital of TmarPart held by eachPharol as of AG Telecom, LF Tel and FATL will entitleMarch 31, 2015 or that partyPharol shall come to designate one member of the board of directors of Oi and each of the controlled subsidiaries and his or her alternate;

hold for so long as it holds at least 7%the Terms of Commitment Agreement is in force, including, but not limited to:

preparing and filing any prospectuses, including for admission to trading, registration statements or other documents with the CVM, the CMVM, Euronext Lisbon and the SEC by Pharol and/or Oi (or Oi’s successor in case of a corporate reorganization), as the case may be, including the preparation of audited and unaudited financial statements required by the rules of such government authorities, and

engaging independent auditors, independent financial institutions or other experts to prepare financial statements, valuation reports and/or other necessary reports or documents and to use best efforts to cause such experts to consent to the inclusion their reports or other documents in the prospectuses, registration statements or other documents to be filed with CVM, CMVM, Euronext Lisbon and the SEC.

In addition, under the Terms of Commitment Agreement we agreed to attend any general meetings of the voting share capitalshareholders of TmarPart, Bratel Brasil will be entitled to designate two members of the board of directors of Oi and their alternates from among the directors and executive officers of Bratel Brasil;

each increment of 7% of the voting share capital of TmarPart held in the aggregate by BNDESPar, PREVI, PETROS and FUNCEF will entitle those parties to collectively designate one member of the board of directors of Oi and each of the controlled subsidiaries and his or her alternate;

AG Telecom, LF Tel, BNDESPar, Bratel Brasil, FATL, PREVI, PETROS, and FUNCEF will together, through rules outlined in the Global Shareholders’ Agreement, select the chief executive officers of Oi and each of the controlled subsidiaries;

the chief executive officer of Oi will select the other executive officers of Oi;

the chief executive officer of Oi in conjunction with the chief executive officer of each of the other controlled subsidiaries will select the other executive officers of that controlled subsidiary; and

BNDESPar, PREVI, PETROS, and FUNCEF collectively have the right to designate one member to the Fiscal Council of Oi each of the controlled subsidiaries.

Under the General Shareholders’ Agreement, each of the parties has agreed:

not to enter into other shareholders’ agreements with respect to its TmarPart shares, other than (1) the General Shareholders’ Agreement, (2) the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement, (3) the EDSP Shareholders’ Agreement (described below) and (4) the PASA Shareholders’ Agreement (described below);

not to amend the General Shareholders’ Agreement, the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement, the EDSP Shareholders’ Agreement or the PASA Shareholders’ Agreement without the consent of all parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement;

to grant a right of first refusal to the other parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement with respect to any transfer of its TmarPart shares, except that FATL must grant the right of first refusal for its TmarPart shares to AG Telecom and LF Tel;

to grant tag along rights to the other parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement with respect to any sale of its TmarPart shares;

that the other parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement have the right to sell, and Bratel Brasil has the obligation to buy, up to all of the other parties’ shares of TmarPart in the event that Bratel Brasil acquires control of TmarPart;

to offer its TmarPart shares to the other parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement in the event of a transfer of control of such shareholder;

that AG Telecom or LF Tel, as the case may be, must offer its TmarPart shares to the other parties to the General Shareholders’ Agreement in the event that Bratel Brasil acquires control of AG Telecom or LF Tel; and

that the other shareholders have the right to purchase all of the TmarPart shares held by Bratel Brasil in the event of a change of control of PT SGPS.

Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement

AG Telecom, LF Tel and FATL, are parties to a shareholders’ agreement dated April 25, 2008, as amended on January 25, 2011, February 19, 2014 and September 8, 2014, with TmarPart, as an intervening party, which we refer to as the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement.

The initial term of the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement expires on April 25, 2048 and may be extended for successive periods of 10 years with the consent of each of the parties thereto. In connection with the corporate ownership simplification, we expect the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement to be terminated.

Under the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement, each of the parties has agreed:

to hold pre-meetings prior to the pre-meetings to be held pursuant to the Global Shareholders’ Agreement and to vote their TmarPart shares in accordance with the decisions made at such pre-meetings;

that any TmarPart shares sold by a party to the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement to any other party to this agreement will remain subject to this agreement; and

that if a party to the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement sells all or part of its TmarPart shares to another party or to a third party, the purchaser(s) and the selling party, as the case may be, will be considered one voting blockPharol convened for the purposes of deliberating on the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement (even ifacts and authorizations required for the purchaser(s) is/are alreadyIntegration Transaction, whether through a partyreduction of the share capital of Pharol, pursuant to the agreement)alternative structure under analysis described in the Information Statement issued by Pharol, dated August 13, 2014, or through another legally permissible alternative structure, and that such voting block will hold pre-meetings prior to the meetingsvote in favor of the parties to the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement.

PASA and EDSP Shareholders’ Agreements

Jereissati Telecom S.A. and Bratel Brasil are parties to a shareholders’ agreement dated January 25, 2011, as amended on February 19, 2014 and September 8, 2014, with EDSP, LF Tel, PASA, AGSA, AG Telecom, PT Portugal, Sayed, Venus and PTB2 S.A.as an intervening parties, which we refer to as the EDSP Shareholders’ Agreement.

AGSA and Bratel Brasil are parties to a shareholders’ agreement dated January 25, 2011, as amended on February 19, 2014 and September 8, 2014, with PASA, AG Telecom, Jereissati Telecom, EDSP, LF Tel, PT Portugal, Sayed, Venus and PTB2 S.A.as an intervening parties, which we refer to as the PASA Shareholders’ Agreement.

The initial terms of these shareholders’ agreements expire on April 25, 2048 but may be extended for successive periods of 10 years with the consent of each of the parties, subject to the agreement of the parties to the EDSP Shareholders’ Agreement and the PASA Shareholders’ Agreement to terminate these agreements upon the completion of the mergers of EDPS and PASA with and into Bratel Brasil.

These shareholders’ agreements are intended to coordinate the corporate governance of PASA and EDSP and streamline the decision-making process among Jereissati Telecom, AGSA and PT SGPS in connection with TmarPart. These shareholders’ agreements provide that, among other things:

pre-meetings are to be held between the shareholders to decide in advance the matters to be analyzed during pre-meetings to be held under the Global Shareholders’ Agreement and the Control Group Shareholders’ Agreement; and

approval of certain matters are subject to the supermajority vote of the shareholders, including:

approval of, and amendments to, the annual budget of PASA, EDSP, AG Telecom and LF Tel, which are subject to an 83% majority vote;

the entering by PASA, EDSP, AG Telecom or LF Tel into any loan agreements in excess of R$50 million, or the entering into any agreement imposing a pecuniary obligation on PASA, EDSP, AG Telecom or LF Tel in excess of R$50 million, or the granting of any guarantees by PASA, EDSP, AG Telecom or LF Tel in excess of R$50 million, which are subject to a 90% majority vote; and

any amendments to the Global Shareholders’ Agreement or the issuance of preferred shares by PASA, EDSP, AG Telecom or LF Tel, the approval of any decision subject to supermajority vote under the Global Shareholders’ Agreement (defined as a “material decision” under the PASA Shareholders’ Agreementthese acts and the EDSP Shareholders’ Agreement), among other matters, which are subjectauthorizations, to the unanimous voteextent our legitimate interests are preserved.

The obligations assumed by Oi and Pharol described above apply equally in the event the Integration Transaction continues in respect of any of Oi’s shares that Pharol may receive upon exercise of the shareholders.

These shareholders’ agreements also contemplate:

rights of first offer to the shareholders with respect to the transfer of the shares issued by PASA and EDSP;

tag-along rights for the benefit of PT SGPS in case of the sale of PASA and EDSP shares by AGSA or Jereissati Telecom, as the case may be;

Option.

a general restriction on the sale of the shares issued by PASA and EDSP by AGSA or Jereissati Telecom, as the case may be, to competitors of PT SGPS; and

a general right to PREVI, PETROS, FUNCEF and BNDESPar, while they remain shareholders of TmarPart, or to any third parties that may acquire the shares held by these companies in TmarPart, to substitute AGSA or Jereissati Telecom in the exercise of their preemptive rights under the PASA Shareholders’ Agreement and the EDSP Shareholders’ Agreement if PT SGPS or one of its subsidiaries sells its shares in PASA and/or EDSP.

Related Party Transactions

The following summarizes the material transactions that we have engaged in with ourOi’s principal shareholders and their affiliates since January 1, 2014.

We are a party to two shareholder’s agreements and a Temporary Voting Agreement with the controlling shareholders of our company. See “—Major Shareholders—Agreements Among Our Shareholders.”2016.

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, each of ourOi’s directors, their alternates and ourOi’s executive officers cannot vote on any matter in which they have a conflict of interest and such transactions can only be approved on reasonable and fair terms and conditions that are no more favorable than the terms and conditions prevailing in the market or offered by third parties. However, if one of ourOi’s directors is absent from a meeting of ourOi’s board of directors, that director’s alternate may vote even if that director has a conflict of interest, unless the alternate director shares that conflict of interest or has another conflict of interest.

Acquisition of PT Portugal

In connection with our acquisition of PT Portugal, we have entered into several transactions with our major shareholders, including:

On May 5, 2014, we acquired all of the shares of PT Portugal from PT SGPS in exchange for 104,580,393 newly issued common shares and 172,025,273 newly issued preferred shares.

On May 5, 2014, we guaranteed all of the indebtedness of PT Portugal and its consolidated subsidiaries, other than its obligations under two Export Credit Facility Agreement and obligations to the EIB under amortizing loans entered into between PT SGPS and the EIB, under agreements that provide for the release of all obligations of PT SGPS under keep-well agreements related to this indebtedness.

On September 16, 2014, we guaranteed the indebtedness of PT Portugal under two export credit facility agreements under agreements that provide for the release of all obligations of PT SGPS under keep-well agreements related to this indebtedness.

Agreements Relating to PT Exchange

On March 30, 2015, under the PT Exchange Agreement, we transferred the defaulted Rio Forte commercial paper to PT SGPS and PT SGPS delivered to us an aggregate of 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares, representing 16.9% of our outstanding share capital, including 17.1% of our outstanding voting capital prior to giving effect to the PT Exchange.

Under the PT Option Agreement, PTIF has granted to PT SGPS an option to acquire 47,434,872 of our common shares and 94,869,744 of our preferred shares at exercise prices of R$20.104 per common share and R$18.529 per preferred share, in each case as adjusted by the CDI rateplus 1.5% per annum, calculatedpro rata temporis, from March 31, 2015 to the date of the effective payment of the exercise price.

Under the Terms of Commitment Agreement, we have made numerous commitments relating to the listing of our shares on the regulated market of Euronext Lisbon and the implementation of the Integration Transaction.

For more information regarding the PT Exchange Agreement, the PT Option Agreement and the Terms of Commitment Agreement, see “Item 4.—Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Rio Forte Defaults and PT Exchange.”

BNDES Facilities

For a description of our credit facilities with BNDES, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—IndebtednessLiabilities Subject to Compromise—Loans and Financing Strategy—Long-Term Indebtedness.Financing—Credit Facilities with BNDES.” For other information about these agreements, see note 1728 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report.

Transactions with AIX

Companhia AIX de Participações S.A., in which we own 50% of the outstanding share capital, renders services to us relating to the rental of ducts for transmission of traffic originated outside our local network in Region I of Brazil. In 2014,During 2017 and 2016, our total consolidated expenses for services rendered by AIX amounted to R$22 million.28 million and R$26 million, respectively.

Transactions with ContaxHispamar

On November 30, 2004, Telemar and TNL PCS entered into a call center services agreement with Contax S.A., or Contax, a call center business owned principally by someWe own 19% of the controlling shareholderscapital stock of TmarPart, underHispamar. We lease transponders on the Amazonas 3 satellite from Hispamar, which Contax renders call center serviceswe use to TNL PCS on a fully outsourced basis. Telemarprovide voice and TNL PCS agreed to pay an estimated amount of R$550 million per year, subject to adjustment based on services actually rendered at the request of Telemardata services. During 2017 and TNL PCS. As a result of the merger of TNL PCS with and into Oi Mobile in February 2014, Oi Mobile assumed all of TNL PCS’s rights and obligations under this agreement. Contax currently provides a variety of services to Telemar and Oi Mobile, including customer services for our fixed-line business in Regions I and III of Brazil, outbound telemarketing to attract additional mobile customers, customer support for pre-paid and post-paid mobile telephone users, technical support for ADSL subscribers and debt collection services. In 2014,2016, our total consolidated expenses for services rendered by Contaxunder the lease agreements amounted to R$1,611 million.185 million and R$221 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had accounts payable to Hispamar of R$62 million and R$79 million, respectively.

 

ITEM 8.FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information

Reference is made to Item 19 for a list of all financial statements filed as part of this annual report.

Legal Proceedings

General

We are a party to certain legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business, including civil, administrative, tax, social security, labor, government and arbitration proceedings. We classify our risk of loss in legal proceedings as “remote,” “possible” or “probable,” and we only record provisions for reasonably estimable probable losses, as determined by our management.

As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we have applied ASC 852 in preparing our consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements separately disclose and distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with our reorganization from the transactions and events that are associated with the ongoing operations of our business. Accordingly, our prepetition obligations, including certain of our legal contingencies, that may be impacted by the RJ Proceedings based on our assessment of these obligations following the guidance of ASC 852 have been classified on our balance sheet as “Liabilities subject to compromise.” Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise are required to be reported at the amount allowed as a claim by the RJ Court, regardless of whether they may be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of the RJ Court or other events. For more information about the impact of the RJ Proceedings on our legal proceedings, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Labor Contingencies,” “—Civil Contingencies – ANATEL,” and “—Civil Contingencies – Other Claims” and note 28 to our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the total estimated amount in controversy for those proceedings not subject to the RJ Plan in respect of which the risk of loss was deemed probable or possible totaled approximately R$28,42029,535 million and R$29,077 million, respectively, and we had established provisions of $1,368 million and R$5,1321,129 million, respectively, relating to these proceedings. Our provisions for legal contingencies are subject to monthly monetary adjustments. For a detailed description of our provisions for contingencies, see note 2118 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report.

In certain instances, we are required to make judicial deposits or post financial guarantees with the applicable judicial bodies. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had made judicial deposits in the aggregate amount of R$13,3949,313 million and R$9,366 million, respectively, and obtained financial guarantees from third parties in the aggregate amount of R$14,210 million.14,847 million and R$14,556 million, respectively. During 2014,2017 and 2016, we paid fees in the aggregate amount of R$187298 million and R$306 million, respectively, to the financial institutions from which we had obtained these guarantees, and as of each of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had pledged 2,851,8731,811,755 of ourOi’s preferred shares, representing 1.10%1.15% of our outstanding share capital, as security for one of these financial guarantees.

Tax Proceedings Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the total estimated contingency in connection with tax proceedings against us in respect of which the risk of loss was deemed probable or possible totaled R$21,59226,835 million and R$26,534 million, respectively, and we had recorded provisions of R$533660 million and R$576 million, respectively, relating to these proceedings. In accordance with Brazilian law, our tax contingencies are not subject to the RJ Plan.

The Brazilian corporate tax system is complex, and we are currently involved in tax proceedings regarding, and have filed claims to avoid payment of, certain taxes that we believe are unconstitutional. These tax contingencies, which relate primarily to value-added tax, service tax and taxes on revenue, are described in detail in note 2118 to our consolidated financial statements.statements included in this annual report. We record provisions for probable losses in connection with these claims based

on an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. We currently do not believe that the proceedings that we consider as probable losses, if decided against us, will have a material adverse effect on our financial position. It is possible, however, that our future results of operations could be materially affected by changes in our assumptions and the effectiveness of our strategies with respect to these proceedings.

Value-Added State Taxes (ICMS)

Under the regulations governing the ICMS, in effect in all Brazilian states, telecommunications companies must pay ICMS on every transaction involving the sale of telecommunications services they provide. We may record ICMS credits for each of our purchases of operational assets. The ICMS regulations allow us to apply the credits we have recorded for the purchase of operational assets to reduce the ICMS amounts we must pay when we sell our services.

We have received various tax assessments challenging the amount of tax credits that we recorded to offset the ICMS amounts we owed. Most of the tax assessments are based on two main issues: (1) whether ICMS is due on those services subject to the Local Service Tax (Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza), or ISS; and (2) whether some of the assets we have purchased are related to the telecommunications services provided, and, therefore, eligible for an ICMS tax credit. A small part of the assessments that are considered to have a probable risk of loss are related to: (1) whether certain revenues are subject to ICMS tax or ISS tax; (2) offset and usage of tax credits on the purchase of goods and other materials, including those necessary to maintain the network; and (3) assessments related tonon-compliance with certain ancillary(non-monetary) obligations.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$7,55411,730 million and R$10,983 million, respectively, of these assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments. As of that date,December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$363539 million and R$405 million, respectively, for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

Local Service Tax (ISS)

We have received various tax assessments claiming that we owe ISS taxes on supplementary services. We have challenged these assessments on the basis that ISS taxes should not be applied to supplementary services (such as, among others things, equipment leasing and technical and administrative services) provided by telecommunications service providers, because these services do not clearly fit into the definition of “telecommunications services.”

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$2,5893,388 million and R$3,356 million, respectively, of these assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments. As of that date,December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$7273 million and R$67 million, respectively, for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

FUST and FUNTTEL

The FUST is a fund that was established to promote the expansion of telecommunications services tonon-commercially viable users. The FUNTTEL was established to finance telecommunications technology research. We are required to make contributions to the FUST and the FUNTTEL. Due to a change by ANATEL in the basis for calculation of our contributions to the FUST and the FUNTTEL, we made provisions for additional contributions to the FUST and TNL made provisions for additional contributions to the FUST and the FUNTTEL. With respect to the calculation of the contribution to the FUST, the Brazilian Association of Fixed-Line Companies(Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Telefonia Fixa) of which we are members, filed a lawsuit to request a review of the applicable legislation.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$2,6294,553 million and R$3,639 million, respectively, of these assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments.

Contributions to the INSS

Pursuant to Brazilian social security legislation, companies must pay contributions to the National Social Security Institute (Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social), or INSS, based on their payroll. In the case of outsourced services, the contracting parties must, in certain circumstances, withhold the social contribution due from the third-party service providers and pay the retained amounts to the INSS. In other cases, the parties are jointly and severally liable for contributions to the INSS. Assessments have been filed against us primarily relating to claims regarding joint and several liability and claims regarding the percentage to be used to calculate workers’ compensation benefits and other amounts subject to social security tax.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$996574 million and R$1,074 million, respectively, of these assessments. As of that date,December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions of R$3220 million and R$31 million, respectively, for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

PIS and COFINS

In 2006, the Brazilian federal tax authorities filed a claim in the amount of R$1,026.41,026 million related to the basis for the calculation of PIS/COFINS. In 2007, TNL obtained a partially favorable decision in a lower court that reduced the amount of this claim to R$584.5585 million. Both TNL and the Brazilian federal tax authorities filed appeals, with respect to which decisions are pending. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$3,5272,278 million and R$3,362 million, respectively, of these assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of this claim.

ILL

TNL used credits from the Tax on Net Profit(Imposto sobre Lucro Líquido), or ILL, to offset certain other taxes based on decisions rendered by the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court in cases brought by other taxpayers that have held this tax unconstitutional. No final administrative or judicial ruling has been rendered setting forth the criteria by which to calculate the amounts permitted to be offset. As of December 31, 2014, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$21 million for those assessments in respect of which we deem the risk of loss as probable.

Other Tax Claims

There are various federal taxes that have been assessed against us, largely relating to (1) assessments of taxes against our company that we do not believe are due and which we are contesting, and (2) our use of tax credits to offset certain federal taxes, which the federal tax authorities are contesting.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$3,7643,653 million and R$3,532 million, respectively, of these assessments. As of that date,December 31, 2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$4627 million and R$71 million, respectively, for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

Civil Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the total estimated contingency in connection with civil claims against us including ANATEL proceedings,not subject to the RJ Plan in respect of which the risk of loss was deemed probable or possible, totaled R$4,591203 million and R$185 million, respectively, and we had recorded provisions of R$3,44411 million and R$10 million, respectively, relating to these proceedings.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding civil claims against the RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to compromise under our RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for civil claims (other than claims of ANATEL) recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,929 million and R$3,096 million, respectively.

Under the RJ Plan, unsecured civil claims against the RJ Debtors were classified as Class III and IV claims. For more information about these claims and related recoveries under the RJ Plan, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise—Civil Contingencies – Other Claims” and “—Civil Contingencies – ANATEL.”

Administrative Proceedings

Almost every week,On an almost weekly basis, we receive notificationsinquiries from ANATEL requestingrequiring information aboutfrom us on our compliance with the various servicesservice obligations imposed on our companyus by virtue of our concession agreements. WhenIf we are not ableunable to respond satisfactorily to those inquiries or comply with these requests or withour service obligations under our concession obligations,agreements, ANATEL may initiatecommence administrative proceedings to impose sanctions on us.in connection with such noncompliance. We have received various notifications, mainly for not meetingnumerous notices of commencement of administrative proceedings from ANATEL, mostly due to our inability to achieve certain goals or obligations set outtargets established in the General Plan on Quality Goals and the General Plan on Universal Service Goals orGoals.

At the General Plantime that ANATEL notifies us it believes that we have failed to comply with our obligations, we evaluate the claim and, based on Quality Goals, such as responding to complaintsour assessment of the probability of loss relating to billing errors, requests for service repairs onthat claim, may establish a timely basisprovision. We vigorously contest a substantial number of the assessments made against us. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, our contingencies related to claims of ANATEL were reclassified liabilities subject to compromise and requests from locations with collective or individual access.

were measure as required by ASC 852. As of December 31, 2014, we deemed2017 our prepetition liabilities subject to compromise included R$9,334 million related with claims of ANATEL. By operation of the riskRJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order (provided that no stay or appeal of loss as possible with respectthe Brazilian Confirmation Order results in a change of the Brazilian Confirmation Date), the claim for these contingent obligations has been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and ANATEL is entitled only to approximately R$144 million of these claims and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these claims. As of that date, we had recorded provisionsreceive the recovery set forth in the amount of R$1,104 millionRJ Plan in exchange for thosethese contingent claims in respect of which we deemedaccordance with the risk of loss as probable.

As a condition to ANATEL’s approvalterms and conditions of the Portugal Telecom Alliance,RJ Plan. For more information regarding the recoveries to which ANATEL required that Telemaris entitled under the RJ Plan, see “Item 5 Operating and Oi pay all pending administrative fines, amountingFinancial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to approximately R$218 million, regardless of the procedural posture of the proceedings which Telemar and Oi had instituted to contest these fines. Telemar and Oi deemed the risk of loss as possible and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these claims. Telemar and Oi sought and have been granted injunctive relief which has permitted them to make judicial deposits of these amounts while preserving its rights to contest these fines. ANATEL has appealed these injunctions, which appeals remain pending.Compromise—Civil Contingencies – ANATEL.”

Brazilian Antitrust Proceedings

We are subject to administrative proceedings and preliminary investigations conducted by the Brazilian antitrust authorities with respect to potential violations of the Brazilian antitrust law. Such investigations may result in penalties, including fines. ToDuring 2016, 2017 and 2018 to date, no fines or penalties have been levied against us. We deemed the risk of loss as possible that we will be fined in one or more of such proceedings and have not recorded any provisions for those claims.

Financial Interest Agreement (CRTAgreements (PEX and PCT)

Prior to the privatization of Telebrás, users of fixed-line telephony services in Brazil were required to purchase the right to use fixed telephone lines. These purchases could be made through two types of financial interest agreements: (1) Plan of Expansion (Plano de Expansão), or PEX, contracts; and (2) Community Telephone Program)Programs (Planta Comunitária de Telefonia

As successor), or PCT, contracts. Under PEX contracts, customers who purchased a telephone line acquired the right subscribe for a number of a telephone company’s shares. Under the PCT program, users who purchased a telephone line acquired a participation in an association formed by a local community that subcontracted the construction or expansion of necessary infrastructure, which was then sold to CRT, which we acquiredthe telephone company, in July 2000, we are subject to various civil claims. The claims, filed in 1998 and 1999, allege: (1) error in the sale of CRT’s share capital; (2) the illegality of bidding procedure No. 04/98; (3) errors in the calculationexchange for shares of the company. The number of shares offered; (4) procedural nonconformities into be issued to each user was determined based on a formula that divided the shareholders’ meeting that approvedcontract value by the sale of shares of CRT; and (5) errors in the valuationbook value of the shares of CRT.shares.

We are also a defendant in several claims filed by users of telephone lines in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Prior to our acquisition of control of CRT in July 2000, CRT entered into financial interest agreementsPEX contracts with its fixed-line subscribers. Under these financial interest agreements, customers subscribing to CRT’s fixed-line service had the right to subscribe to a number of CRT shares. The number of shares to be issued to such subscribers was determined based on a formula that divided the cost of the fixed-line subscription by the book value of CRT’s shares.

Beginning in June 1997, certain of CRT’s fixed-line subscribers began to file suits in which they claimed that the calculation used by CRT to arrive at the number of shares to be issued pursuant to the financial interest agreements was incorrect and resulted in the claimants receiving too few shares.

In addition, as successor to Telecomunicações do Mato Grosso do Sul S.A. – Telems, Telecomunicações de Goiás S.A. – Telegoiás and Telecomunicações do Mato Grosso S.A. – Telemat, which were operatingvarious companies that Brasil Telecom Holdingwe acquired in the privatization of Telebrás and which were subsequently merged into our company, we are subject to various civil claims filed by PCT participants who also disagree with the value of their shares in connection with telephone programs (Community Telephone Programs) established inthose companies and who seek to recover the States of Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás and Mato Grosso.amounts they invested.

In 2009, two court decisions significantly changed the assumptions underlying our estimate of the potential losses relating to these suits.

On In March 30, 2009, the Superior Court of Justice ruled that for suits that had yet to be adjudicated, the number of shares to be issued must be calculated using CRT’s balance sheet at the end of the month in which the shares were issued. However, for those lawsuits that have already been adjudicated, the number of shares to be issued must be calculated according to the most recent judicial decision, which, in most of the cases, used the balance sheet at the end of the year prior to the date on which the shares were issued.

On May 28, 2009, a member of the Brazilian Supreme Court published a decision ruling that the financial interest agreements are not subject to athe twenty-year statute of limitations which resulted in a change inprescribed by the Brazilian Civil Code, as opposed to the three-year statute of limitations prescribed by the Brazilian Corporate Law. This decision increased the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome in a greater number of these pending cases than previously anticipated. Also in March 2009, the Superior Court of Justice ruled that the number of shares to probable.be issued must be calculated using the book value of the shares listed on company’s balance sheet at the end of the first month in which the shares were issued.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$1,5501,575 million and R$1,617 million, respectively, for those claims in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

Customer Service Centers

We are a defendant in 6749 civil class actions filed by the Attorney General of the National Treasury jointly with certain consumer agencies demanding there-opening of customer service centers. The lower courts have rendered decisions in all of these proceedings, some of which have been unfavorable to us. All of these proceedings are currently under appeal. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$119.7 million and R$3.5 million, respectively, for those claims in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

Customer Service

We are a defendant in a civil class action lawsuit filed by the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Ministério PúblicoFederal)seeking recovery for alleged collective moral damages caused by TNL’s allegednon-compliance with the Customer Service (Serviço de Atendimento ao ConsumidorSAC)regulations established by the Ministry of Justice (Ministério da Justiça). TNL presented its defense and asked for a change of venue to federal court in Rio de Janeiro, where we are headquartered. Other defendants have been named and await service of process. The amount involved in this action is R$300 million. As a result of the corporate reorganization, we have succeeded to TNL’s position as a defendant in this action. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to these lawsuits and had not made any provisions with respect to this action since it was awaiting the court’s initial decision.

Special Civil Court Proceedings

We are party to proceedings in special civil courts relating to customer claims in connection with our basic subscription services. The value of any individual claim does not exceed 40 minimum wages. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$282261 million and R$354 million, respectively, for these claims in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

Other Claims

We are defendants in various claims involving contract termination, indemnification of former suppliers and contractors, review of contractual conditions due to economic stabilization plans and breach of contract. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$508884 million and R$800 million, respectively, in respect of these claims.

Labor Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations

We are a party to a large number of labor claims arising out of the ordinary course of our businesses. We do not believe any of these claims, individually or in the aggregate would have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations if such claims are decided against us. These proceedings generally involve claims for: (1) risk premium payments sought by employees working in dangerous conditions; (2) wage parity claims seeking equal pay among employees who do the same kind of work, within a given period of time, and have the same productivity and technical performance; (3) indemnification payments for, among other things, work accidents, occupational injuries, employment stability, child care allowances and achievement of productivity standards set forth in our collective bargaining agreements; (4) overtime wages; and (5) joint liability allegations by employees of third-party service providers.

As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, the total estimated contingency in connection with labor claims against us not subject to the RJ Plan in respect of which the risk of loss was deemed probable or possible totaled R$2,2381,547 million and R$1,294 million, respectively, and we had recorded provisions of R$1,155697 million and R$543 million, respectively, relating to these proceedings.

LegalAs a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings Relatingon June 20, 2016, all outstanding labor claims against the RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to PT Portugal

Claims for Municipal Taxes and Fees in PT Portugal’s Portuguese Telecommunications Business

Under a 1997 Portuguese statute, PT Portugal, as an operator of a basic telecommunications network, was exempt from municipal taxes and rights-of-way and other fees with respect to its Portuguese network in connection with its obligationscompromise under its concession. The Portuguese government advised PT Portugal that this statute confirmed the tax exemption under its concession.

In 2004, Portugal enacted a new law that established a new rights-of-way regime in Portugal under which each municipality was permitted to establish a fee, up to a maximum of 0.25% of each wireline services bill, to be paid by the customers of those wireline operators whose network infrastructures are located in that municipality. This law was implemented in 2005, but some municipalities interpret this law as having no effect on their authority to establish other taxes but rather interpret this law as affecting only federal and regional taxing authorities. In 2009, a decree-law was enacted that clarified that no other tax should be enacted by municipalities in addition to the taxes permitted by the 2004 law. This decree-law was confirmed by the Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal in several cases. Some municipalities, however, continue to hold the position that the 2004 law does not expressly prohibit other taxes that the municipalities wish to establish, because the 2004 law is not applicable to the public municipality domain. PT Portugal continues to be party to legal proceedings in some municipalities regarding this matter.our RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2014, we have not recorded any provisions2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for those legal actions in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as possible.

Regulatory Proceedings in PT Portugal’s Portuguese Telecommunications Business

PT Portugal is regularly involved in regulatory inquiries and investigations involving its operations. In addition, ANACOM, the European Commission and the Portuguese Competition Authority regularly make inquiries and conduct investigations concerning PT Portugal’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Current inquires and investigations include several investigationslabor claims recognized by the Portuguese Competition AuthorityRJ Court was R$899 million and R$752 million, respectively.

Under the RJ Plan, labor claims were classified as Class I claims. For more information about these claims and related recoveries under the RJ Plan, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to PT Comunicações and MEO for alleged anti-competitive practices in Digital Terrestrial Television and the public mobile telephone markets, respectively.

PT Portugal believes that its subsidiaries have consistently followed a policy of compliance with all relevant competition laws. PT Portugal continually reviews its commercial offers in order to reduce the risk of competition law infringement. PT Portugal believes that most of the complaints that have resulted in such investigations should be dismissed due to the nature of the alleged abuses. However, if PT Portugal is found to be in violation of applicable competition laws and regulations in these or other regulatory inquiries and investigations, it could become subject to penalties, fines, damages or other sanctions.

Portuguese Competition Authority. The Portuguese Competition Authority is currently conducting inquiries relating to alleged anti-competitive practices in the terrestrial television and mobile services markets. The Portuguese Competition Authority informed PT SGPS, following a complaint by the third mobile operator in July 2013, that the Portuguese Competition Authority had initiated an administrative offence proceeding inquiry regarding allegedly discriminatory on-net/off-net prices in the retail mobile communications market and allegedly excessive SMS termination prices. If, after the investigative proceedings, the Portuguese Competition Authority decides that there is a reasonable likelihood that sanctions will be imposed, a prosecution proceeding will follow. After the conclusion of any prosecution proceeding, if the Portuguese Competition Authority concludes that an anti-competitive practice did occur, it may decide to impose a fine of up to 10% of PT SGPS’ revenues during the year immediately preceding the final decision. Although PT SGPS has not historically been assessed fines of the magnitude permitted by the law, any fine that the Portuguese Competition Authority decides to impose could be material.

European Commission.In January 2011, the European Commission opened an investigation into an alleged agreement between Telefónica and PT SGPS not to compete in the Iberian telecommunications markets. PT SGPS historically developed various strategic partnerships with Telefónica. Although PT Portugal does not believe theCompromise—Labor Contingencies.”

existence of these partnerships has impeded competition and ordinary activities of PT Portugal and Telefónica, its relationship with Telefónica was investigated. In October 2011, PT SGPS received a Statement of Objections from the European Commission on this matter, which specifically referred to alleged cooperation between the two companies after the 2010 sale by PT SGPS of its interests in Vivo. PT SGPS contested the allegations in this statement of objections.

In January 2013, the European Commission announced a decision finding that PT SGPS and Telefónica had infringed Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, or TFEU, with reference to PT SGPS’ July 2010 agreement with Telefónica concerning the acquisition by Telefónica of PT SGPS’ stake in Vivo, which the European Commission found to be a non-compete commitment with impact on the Iberian market. In January 2013, PT SGPS was fined an amount of €12.3 million, which PT SGPS believes is unjustified. In April 2013, PT SGPS brought an action for annulment before the Court of Justice of the European Union. The European Commission’s decision concluded an investigation, begun in January 2011, in which the European Commission analyzed the relationship between both companies since 1996. In connection with the Oi capital increase, we agreed to assume PT SGPS’ liability with respect to this matter and will continue to vigorously defend the matter. As of December 31, 2014, we have not recorded any provisions for this claim.

Tax Contingencies in PT Portugal’s Portuguese Telecommunications Business

PT Portugal and certain of its Portuguese subsidiaries are subject to tax claims that relate primarily to the deductibility of certain financial costs incurred between 2004 and 2010 (€243 million). PT Portugal disagrees with these assessments and is vigorously defending against these assessments. We believe that the risk of loss related to these tax contingencies is remote.

Other Legal Proceedings in PT Portugal’s Portuguese Telecommunications Business

In March 2004, TV TEL Grande Porto—Comunicações, S.A., or TV TEL, a telecommunications company based in Oporto, Portugal, filed a claim against PT Comunicações in the Lisbon Judicial Court alleging that, since 2001, PT Comunicações has unlawfully restricted and/or refused TV TEL access to the telecommunications ducts in Oporto, thereby undermining and delaying the installation and development of TV TEL’s telecommunications network. TV TEL alleges that PT Comunicações intended to favor both itself and TV Cabo Portugal, S.A. TV TEL is claiming damages of approximately €15 million from PT Portugal for losses allegedly caused as a result of the delay in the installation of its telecommunications network in Oporto. In addition, TV TEL has demanded that PT Comunicações be required to give full access to its ducts in Oporto. PT Comunicações submitted its defense to these claims in June 2004, stating that (1) TV TEL did not have a general right to install its network in PT Comunicações’s ducts, (2) all of TV TEL’s requests were lawfully and timely responded to by PT Comunicações according to its general infrastructure management policy, and (3) TV TEL’s claims for damages and losses were not factually sustainable. On February 2013, the court ruled on a compensation structure which would provide increased costs of financing incurred by TV TEL and provide reparations for TV TEL’s loss of clients. Both parties have appealed. As of December 31, 2014, we recorded a provision in the amount of R$3 million for this claim in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.

In March 2011, Optimus filed a claim against PT Comunicações in the Judicial Court of Lisbon for approximately €11 million related to a matter similar to a matter in a proceeding in which the Portuguese Competition Authority imposed a fine on PT SGPS of approximately €45.0 million that terminated in 2011 due to prescription purposes. Optimus claim that it suffered losses and damages as a result of PT SGPS’ conduct for it was fined. PT SGPS is currently waiting for the trial to be scheduled. As of December 31, 2014, PT Comunicações did not record any provisions for this claim, the risk of which is deemed to be possible.

Legal Proceedings Relating to Our Interest in Africatel

On September 16, 2014, Africatel GmbHKG received a letter from Samba Luxco in which Samba Luxco claimed that Oi’s acquisition of PT Portugal in May 2014 was deemed a change of control of PT SGPSPharol under the Africatel shareholdersshareholders’ agreement, and that this change of control entitled Samba Luxco to exercise a put right under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement at the fair market equity value of Samba Luxco’s shares of Africatel shares.BV. In the letter, Samba Luxco purported to exercise the alleged put right and thereby require Africatel GmbHKG to acquire itsSamba Luxco’s shares in

Africatel. Africatel BV.

On November 12, 2014, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce notified Africatel GmbHKG that Samba Luxco had commenced arbitral proceedings against Africatel GmbHKG to enforce its purported exercise of the put right or, in the alternative, certain ancillary rights and claims. Africatel GmbHKG presented its answer to Samba Luxco’s request for arbitration on December 15, 2014. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on March 12, 2015 and held a first management conference in London on May 8, 2015.

On July 22, 2015, Samba Luxco submitted its Statement of Claim, and on October 9, 2015, Pharol and Africatel KG submitted their Statement of Defence. On January 25, 2016, Samba Luxco submitted its Reply and, on March 14, 2016, Pharol and Africatel KG submitted their Rejoinder. On April 25, 2016, the parties executed a memorandum of understanding following which they agreed to defer a hearing on the merits of the arbitral proceedings.

On June 16, 2016, PT Participações, Africatel KG and Africatel BV entered into a series of agreements with Samba Luxco with the primary purpose of settling the arbitral proceedings, including an amendment to the Africatel shareholders agreement and the Settlement Agreement, under which Samba Luxco agreed, upon the implementation of the Settlement Agreement: (1) to terminate the ongoing arbitration proceeding and release our subsidiaries from all past and present claims related to alleged breaches of the Africatel shareholders agreement asserted in the arbitration proceeding, (2) to waive certain approval rights it had under the Africatel shareholders agreement, and (3) to transfer 11,000 shares of Africatel BV to Africatel BV, resulting in a decline of Samba Luxco’s stake in Africatel BV from 25% to 14%. In exchange, Africatel BV agreed to transfer to Samba Luxco its stake in the capital of Mobile Telecommunications Limited, a the telecommunications operator in Namibia, or MTC, which represented approximately 34% of the share capital of MTC.

On January 31, 2017, the transactions provided for in the Settlement Agreement were completed. As a consequence, on February 2, 2017, the parties to the arbitral proceedings informed the arbitral tribunal of the full and final settlement of their dispute. Samba Luxco has withdrawn all claims brought in the arbitration and released us from all past and present claims relating to alleged breaches of the Africatel shareholders’ agreement.

Legal Proceedings Relating to Our Interest in Unitel

On October 13, 2015, PT Ventures initiated an arbitration proceeding against the other Unitel shareholders as a result of the violation by those shareholders of a variety of provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement and Angolan law, including the provisions entitling PT Ventures to nominate the majority of the members of the board of directors of Unitel and its chief executive officer and the fact that the other Unitel shareholders caused Unitel not to pay dividends owed to PT Ventures and withheld information and clarifications on such payment.

On March 14, 2016, the other shareholders of Unitel initiated an arbitration proceeding against PT Ventures, claiming that Pharol’s sale of a minority interest in Africatel to our company in May 2014 constituted a breach of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement. PT Ventures disputes this interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, and we believe that the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement apply only to a transfer of Unitel shares by PT Ventures itself.

The arbitral tribunal was constituted on April 14, 2016. On May 19, 2016, the arbitration proceeding against PT Ventures initiated by the other Unitel shareholders was consolidated with the arbitration initiated by PT Ventures. On October 14, 2016, PT Ventures filed its Statement of Claim in the arbitration and the Unitel shareholders presented their statement of defense and counterclaim on February 28, 2017. A hearing in the arbitration was held from February 7 to 16, 2018, where each party presented its arguments and the factual witnesses and experts from each side were heard. We intend to continue to vigorously defend Africatel GmbHthese proceedings. As of the date of the hearing, PT Ventures’s financial expert assessed PT Ventures’s claim at US$ 2,988 million (as of December 2014), plus interest since December 2014.

Legal Proceedings Relating to Our Financial Restructuring

PTIF Avoidance Proceedings

On March 16, 2016, Capricorn Capital Ltd., or Capricorn, commenced actions against Oi, Oi Mobile, Oi Coop, PTIF, as well as several directors of Oi Coop and PTIF seeking the avoidance of certain loans that PTIF made to Oi Coop. In this action, Capricorn seeks to hold PTIF, Oi Coop and Oi, as well as the individual defendants, liable for damages that Capricorn has claimed that it suffered as a consequence of transactions that Capricorn alleges prejudiced its interests as holders of bonds issued by PTIF.

On March 30, 2016, Capricorn commenced interim relief proceedings (kort geding) in which Capricorn demanded an injunction preventing Oi Coop fromon-lending monies to any of the RJ Debtors for so long as Oi Coop has any outstanding obligations under its loan to PTIF. The Dutch District Court denied Capricorn’s demand for an injunction on May 2, 2016. This decision was affirmed by the Dutch Court of Appeals on July 19, 2016.

On November 14, 2017, the Dutch District Court held a hearing on Capricorn’s claims. On March 21, 2017, the Dutch District Court rendered a judgment denying Capricorn’s claims against the directors of Oi Coop and PTIF. The Court held that theno-action clause in the Trust Deed governing the bonds issued by PTIF precluded Capricorn from advancing claims against these directors. Although Oi did not appear in these proceedings, it appears the Dutch District Court also found that the right under the Trust Deed governing the bonds issued by PTIF to bring proceedings against Oi is vested exclusively in the Trustee under the Trust Deed.

Judicial Reorganization Proceedings

On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to Brazilian Law No. 11,101 of June 9, 2005, or the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law, with the 7th Commercial Court of the Judicial District of the State Capital of Rio de Janeiro, or the RJ Court, pursuant an urgent measure approved by our board of directors.

On December 20, 2017, the RJ Plan was approved by a significant majority of creditors of each class present at the GCM. On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018.

For more information regarding the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.”

Recognition Proceedings in the United States

On June 22, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court entered an order granting the provisional relief requested by the Chapter 15 Debtors in their cases that were filed on June 21, 2016 under Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. On July 22, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court granted the U.S. Recognition Order.

On July 7, 2017, Mr. J.R. Berkenbosch, in his capacity as Oi Coop’s bankruptcy trustee in The Netherlands, filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court a motion seeking modification or termination of the U.S. Recognition Order in respect of Oi Coop and filed a competing petition for recognition of the Dutch Bankruptcy Proceeding in respect of Oi Coop as the foreign main proceeding for purposes of U.S. law.

On December 4, 2017, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court issued a written opinion, denying Mr. Berkenbosch’s motion and petition in its entirety and entered an order to that effect on December 26, 2017. On January 8, 2018, Mr. Berkenbosch filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court indicating his intention to appeal the December 4 decision and the December 26 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. On January 9, 2018, the IBC also filed a notice of appeal indicating its intention to appeal the December 4 decision and the December 26 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Neither Mr. Berkenbosch nor the IBC has sought a stay of the December 4 decision and the December 26 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

The Chapter 15 Debtors intend to seek entry of an order from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court giving full force and effect to the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the United States and all other appropriate and necessary measures in order to implement the RJ Plan.

For more information regarding the proceedings of the Chapter 15 Debtors before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Recognition Proceedings in the United States.”

Recognition Proceedings in the United Kingdom

On June 23, 2016, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales granted the U.K. Recognition Orders. On July 28, 2016, the U.K. Recognition Order granted in respect of Oi Mobile was partially modified to lift the suspension on its rights to transfer, encumber or otherwise dispose of its assets.

For more information regarding the proceedings in the United Kingdom relating to the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings—Recognition Proceedings in the United Kingdom.”

Restructuring of Our Dutch Finance Subsidiaries

On June 27, 2016, Syzygy, an affiliate of Aurelius, filed a petition for the involuntary bankruptcy of Oi Coop before the Dutch District Court, requesting that the Dutch District Court (1) declare Oi Coop in a state of bankruptcy, and (2) declare the bankruptcy of Oi Coop a main insolvency proceeding within the meaning of Article 3.1 of the European Insolvency Regulation (EC no. 1346/2000). On July 8, 2016, Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund also filed a petition for the involuntary bankruptcy of Oi Coop in the Dutch District Court making similar requests as those made in the Oi Coop proceeding. On July 11, 2016, a group of beneficial holders of Oi Coop bonds filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Oi Coop in the Dutch District Court. On July 15, 2016, another group of beneficial holders of Oi Coop bonds filed an involuntary bankruptcy petition against Oi Coop in the Dutch District Court.

On August 9, 2016 Oi Coop filed with the Dutch District Court a petition for a Dutch suspension of payments(verzoekschrift tot aanvragen surseance van betaling) proceeding, an insolvency proceeding aimed at facilitating the reorganization, rather than the liquidation, of an insolvent debtor by imposing a temporary stay against creditor actions. On August 9, 2016, the Dutch District Court granted the request of Oi Coop for the commencement of suspension of payment proceedings.

On August 22, 2016, Citicorp Trustee Company Limited, or Citicorp, in its capacity as the trustee in respect of the a series of bonds issued by PTIF, purportedly acting at the direction of the requisite majority of the holders of these bonds, filed a petition for the involuntary bankruptcy of PTIF in the Dutch District Court requesting that the Dutch District Court (1) order the bankruptcy of PTIF, and (2) declare the bankruptcy of PTIF a main insolvency proceeding within the meaning of Article 3.1 of the European Insolvency Regulation (EC no. 1346/2000)

On September 30, 2016, PTIF filed with the Dutch District Court a petition for a Dutch suspension of payments proceeding. On October 3, 2016, the Dutch District Court granted the request of PTIF for the commencement of suspension of payment proceedings.

On December 1, 2016, both Mr. Berkenbosch for Oi Coop and Mr. Groenewegen for PTIF filed a petition with the Dutch District Court requesting that the Oi Coop suspension of payments proceedings and the PTIF suspension of payments proceedings, respectively, be withdrawn and advising the Dutch District Court to declare Oi Coop and PTIF bankrupt. Subsequently, on December 23, 2016, the IBC filed a petition with the Dutch District Court requesting that the Oi Coop suspension of payments proceeding be withdrawn and that Oi Coop be declared bankrupt. On January 4, 2017, Citicorp filed a petition with the Dutch District Court requesting that the PTIF suspension of payments proceeding be withdrawn and PTIF be declared bankrupt.

On February 2, 2017, following hearings to consider these requests on January 12, 2017, the Dutch District Court rendered decisions denying each of these requests.

On February 10, 2017, the IBC and Citicorp appealed the rulings of the Dutch District Court denying their respective requests to the Dutch Court of Appeal.

On April 19, 2017, the Dutch Court of Appealsgranted the appeals of the IBC and Citicorp, overturning the Dutch District Court decisions and ordering that thesuspension of payments proceedings in respect of Oi Coop and PTIF be converted into Dutchbankruptcy proceedings. The Dutch Court ofAppeals further appointed Mr. Berkenbosch as Oi Coop’s bankruptcy trustee in theNetherlands, and Mr. Groenewegen as PTIF’s bankruptcy trustee in the Netherlands.

On July 7, 2017, upon certain appeals of the decisions of the Dutch Court of Appeals, the Dutch Supreme Court issued a decision affirming the decisions of the Dutch Court of Appeals.

Oi Coop Avoidance Proceedings

On May 30, 2017, Mr. Berkenbosch, as Oi Coop’s bankruptcy trustee in theNetherlands, commenced a Dutch Pauliana action on behalf of the Dutch bankruptcy estate of Oi Coop against Oi and Oi Mobile in the Dutch District Court seeking repayment of and damages in relation to several intercompany loans made by Oi Coop to Oi and Oi Mobile. On July 26, 2017, two funds that are holders of bonds issued by Oi Coop filed a request to join these proceedings in their capacity as creditors of Oi Coop andparties-in-interest the side of Oi and Oi Mobile.

On August 16, 2017 and August 23, 2017, Oi and Oi Mobile, respectively, filed motions contesting jurisdiction of the Dutch District Courts to hear the claims of Mr. Berkenbosch asserted in these proceedings, which motion remains pending.

Non-Provisioned Contingencies

We are defendants in various proceedings with no legal precedent involving network expansion plans, compensation for moral and material damages, collections and bidding proceedings, intellectual property and supplementary pension plan, among others, for which we deem the risk of loss as possible and have not recorded any provisions. As of December 31, 2014,2017 and 2016, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to R$23,288 billion28,167 million and R$27,949 million, respectively, of these proceedings. This amount is based on total value of the damages being sought by the plaintiffs.plaintiffs; however, the value of some of these claims, cannot be estimated at this time. Typically, we believe the value of individual claims to be beyond the merits of the case in question.

Dividends and Dividend Policy

The following discussion summarizes the principal provisions of the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’sby-laws and the RJ Plan relating to the distribution of dividends, including interest attributable to shareholders’ equity.

Payment of DividendsDividend Policy

OurOi’s dividend distribution policy has historically included the distribution of periodic dividends, based on the annual balance sheetsfinancial statements approved by our board of directors. On January 21, 2015, ourOi’s board of directors, approved the cancellation of the previously announced amendment to our shareholder compensation policy for the 2013 to 2016 fiscal years. As a result, the payment of dividends is currently subject only to the provisions ofin accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law and our as set forth in Oi’sby-laws, which provide that, the dividends will be paid in thegeneral, a minimum amount of 25% of Oi’s consolidated net profit for each fiscal year, as adjusted net income. Our distribution policyfor amounts allocated to legal and other applicable reserves in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law, must be distributed to shareholders. We refer to this amount as the mandatory distributable amount. Oi may be implemented throughpay the distribution ofmandatory distributable amount as dividends, payment of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, which is similar to a dividend but is deductible in calculating income tax obligations, subject to certain limitations imposed by law as described in “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Interest on capital,Shareholders’ Equity,” share grants or redemption, capital reduction or other forms that enable the distribution of funds to shareholders. Payment of intermediate or interim dividends willis also be permitted, subject to market conditions, ourOi’s then-prevailing financial condition and other factors deemed relevant by ourOi’s board of directors. Oi may set off any payment of interim dividends against the amount of the mandatory distributable amount to be paid in the year in which the interim dividends are paid.

When we

Notwithstanding the above, the RJ Plan provides for a new dividend policy that supersedes the provisions of Oi’sby-laws. Under Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan, Oi and the other RJ Debtors are prohibited from declaring or paying dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or making any other payment or distribution on or related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) until the sixth anniversary of the date of the Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan, subject to the following exceptions:

distributions made between the RJ Debtors;

payments by Oi and the other RJ Debtors to dissenting shareholders, according to applicable law, carried out after the date of the Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan; and

any distribution made in accordance with the RJ Plan.

After the sixth anniversary of the date of the Judicial Ratification of the RJ Plan, Oi and the other RJ Debtors will be permitted to declare or pay dividends, we are generally requiredinterest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or make any other payment or distribution on or related to pay them within 60 daystheir shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) if the ratio of declaring them unlessOi’s consolidated net debt (defined as Financial Credits, minus Cash Balance, plus the shareholders’ resolution establishes another payment date. In any event,Pre-Petition Credits held by ANATEL (in each case as defined in the RJ Plan)) to EBITDA (as defined in the RJ Plan)) is less than or equal to 2 to 1. After the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase and the Cash Capital Increase, Oi and the other RJ Debtors will be permitted to declare or make such payments if we declare dividends, we must pay them by the endratio of Oi’s consolidated net debt (defined as Financial Credits, minus Cash Balance (in each case as defined in the RJ Plan)) to EBITDA (as defined in the RJ Plan) for the fiscal year for which they are declared. Under Article 9 of Law No. 9,249/95 and our by-laws, we also may pay interest attributableended immediately prior to shareholders’ equity as an alternative formany such declaration or payment is less than or equal to 2 to 1. There shall not be any restriction to the distribution of dividends upon approvalafter the full payment of our boardthe Financial Credits. The restrictions of directors. For a more detailed descriptionthe payment of interest attributabledividends and other distributions described in this paragraph are superseded by the same exceptions described in the paragraph above.

Pursuant to shareholders’ equity, see “—Section 10.2 of the RJ Plan, if at any time any two of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch rate Oi as investment grade and no default occurs, the restrictions on distributions imposed by Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan will be suspended. However, if any rating agency subsequently cancels or downgrades Oi’s rating, then the suspended restrictions will be reinstated.

Historical Payment of Dividends and Interest Attributable to Shareholders’ Equity—Interest Attributable to Shareholders’ Equity.”

The following table sets forth the dividends and/or interest attributable to shareholders’ equity paid to holders of ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares since January 1, 20102013 inreaisand in U.S. dollars translated fromreaisat the commercial market selling rate in effect as of the payment date.

 

      NominalReais per   US$ equivalent per 

Year

  

Payment Date

  Common
Shares
   Preferred
Shares
   Common
Shares
   Preferred
Shares
 

2010

  January 21, 2010(1)   1.528     1.528     7.605     7.605  

2011

  May 9, 2011(2)   7.352     7.352     4.539     4.539  

2012

  August 27, 2012(3)   6.097     6.097     3.004     3.004  

2013

  March 28, 2013(4)   5.107     5.107     2.536     2.536  
  April 1, 2013 (5)   0.991     0.991     0.491     0.491  
  October 11, 2013(6)   3.049     3.049     1.397     1.397  
      NominalReais per   US$ equivalent per 

Year

  

Payment Date

  Common
Shares
   Preferred
Shares
   Common
Shares
   Preferred
Shares
 
2013  

March 28, 2013 (1)

   5.107    5.107    2.536    2.536 
  

April 1, 2013 (2)

   0.991    0.991    0.491    0.491 
  

October 11, 2013 (3)

   3.049    3.049    1.397    1.397 

 

(1)Represents interest attributable to shareholders’ equity.
(2)Represents interest attributable to shareholders’ equity of R$4.360 (US$2.692) per common and preferred share, plus dividends of R$2.992 (US$1.847) per common and preferred share.

(3)Represents dividends of R$3.095 (US$1,525) per common and preferred share, plus payment for the redemption of class B and class C preferred shares issued as a bonus and distributed to shareholders of our common and preferred shares in the total amount of R$3.002 (US$1.479) per common and preferred share.
(4)Represents dividends of R$5.107(US$2.536) per common and preferred share.
(5)(2)Represents payment for the redemption of class B and class C preferred shares issued as a bonus and distributed to shareholders of Oi’s common and preferred shares of the Company in the total amount of R$0.991(US$0.491) per common and preferred share.
(6)(3)Represents dividends of R$3.049 (US$1.397) per common and preferred share.

The following discussion summarizes the principal provisions of the Brazilian Corporation Law and our by-laws relating to the distributionmandatory distributable amount of dividends includingand interest attributable to shareholders’ equity.equity is recognized as a provision at theyear-end. Any proposed dividends above the mandatory distributable amount are only recognized when duly declared.

CalculationAny holder of Adjusted Net Profit

At each annual shareholders’ meeting, our boardrecord of directorsshares at the time that a dividend is declared by Oi is entitled to receive dividends. Pursuant to the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi is generally required to recommend how to allocate our net profit forpay dividends within 60 days after declaring them, unless the preceding fiscal year,shareholders’ resolution establishes another payment date, which, recommendation our board of executive officers initially submits to our board of directors for approval. This allocation is subject to approval by our common shareholders. The Brazilian Corporation Law defines “net profit” for any fiscal year as our net income after income taxes for that fiscal year, net of any accumulated losses from prior fiscal years and any amounts allocated to employees’ participation in our net profit in that fiscal year. Under the Brazilian Corporation Law, our adjusted net profit available for distribution are equal to our net profit in any fiscal year, reduced by amounts allocatedcase, must occur prior to our legal reserve and other applicable reserves, and increased by any reversalsthe end of reserves that we constituted in prior years.

Our calculation of net profit and allocations to reserves for any fiscal year are determined on the basis of financial statements prepared in accordance with Brazilian GAAP.

Reserve Accounts

Under the Brazilian Corporation Law and our by-laws, we are required to maintain a legal reserve. In addition, we are permitted by the Brazilian Corporation Law to establish the following discretionary reserves:

a contingency reserve for an anticipated loss that is deemed probable in future years. Any amount so allocated in a previous year must be reversed in the fiscal year in which the loss had been anticipated if the loss does not occur as projected or charged off in the event that the anticipated loss occurs;

a reserve for investment projects, in an amount based on a capital expenditure budget approved by our shareholders;

a special goodwill reserve for the merger, which represents the net amount of the counterpart of the premium amount recorded in the asset, pursuant to provisions of CVM Instruction No. 319/1999;

an unrealized income reserve described under “—Mandatory Distributions” below; and

a tax incentive investment reserve, included in our capital reserve accounts, in the amount of the reduction in our income tax obligations due to government tax incentive programs.

Allocations to each of these reserves (other than the legal reserve) are subject to approval by our common shareholders voting at our annual shareholders’ meeting.

The Brazilian Corporation Law provides that the legal reserve and the tax incentive investment reserve may be credited to shareholders’ equity or used to absorb losses, but these reserves are unavailable for the payment of distributions in subsequent years. The amounts allocated to the other reserves may be credited to shareholders’ equity and used for the payment of distributions in subsequent years.dividend is declared.

Legal Reserve Account

Under the Brazilian Corporation Law and our by-laws, we must allocate 5% of our net profit for each fiscal year to our legal reserve until the aggregate amount of our legal reserve equals 20% of our paid-in capital. However, we are not required to make any allocations to our legal reserve in a fiscal year in which our legal reserve, when added to our other reserves, exceeds 30% of our shareholders’ equity. At December 31, 2014, we used this reserve to offset losses.

Capital Reserve Accounts

Under the Brazilian Corporation Law, we are also permitted to record a capital reserve that may be used only (1) to absorb losses which exceed retained earnings and income reserves as defined in the Brazilian Corporation Law, (2) to redeem or repurchase share capital and/or participation certificates, (3) to increase our capital, or (4) if specified in our by-laws (which currently do not so specify), to pay preferred share dividends. Amounts allocated to our capital reserves are unavailable for the payment of distributions and are not taken into consideration for purposes of determining the mandatory distributable amount. At December 31, 2014, we had a balance of R$3,978 million in our capital reserve account

Dividend Preference of Preferred Shares

As permitted by the Brazilian Corporation Law, our by-laws specify that 25% of our adjusted net income for each fiscal year must be distributed to shareholders as dividends or interest attributable to shareholders’ equity. We refer to this amount as the mandatory distributable amount. Distributions of dividends in any year are made:

 

first, to the holders of preferred shares, up to the greaternon-cumulative amount of: (1) 6.0% per year of the amount resulting from ourOi’s share capital divided by the number of ourOi’s total issued shares, or (2) 3.0% per year of the book value of ourOi’s shareholders’ equity divided by the number of ourOi’s total issued shares, or the Minimum Preferred Dividend;

 

then, to the holders of common shares, until the amount distributed in respect of each common share is equal to the amount distributed in respect of each preferred share; and

 

  thereafter, to the common and preferred shareholders on apro rata basis.

IfUnder the Brazilian Corporate Law, if the Minimum Preferred Dividend is not paid for a period of three years, holders of preferred shares shall beare entitled to full voting rights.

Mandatory Distributions

The mandatory distributable amount As a result of dividendsOi’s failure to pay the Minimum Preferred Dividend for 2014, 2015 and interest attributable to shareholders’ equity is recognized as a provision at the year-end. Any proposed dividends above the mandatory distributable amount are only recognized when declared.

Under the Brazilian Corporation Law, the amount by which the mandatory distributable amount exceeds the “realized” portion of net income for any particular year may be allocated to the unrealized income reserve, and the mandatory distribution may be limited to the “realized” portion of net income. The “realized” portion of net income is the amount by which our net income exceeds the sum of (1) our net positive results, if any, from the equity method of accounting for earnings and losses of our subsidiaries and certain associated companies, and (2) the profits, gains or income obtained on transactions maturing after the end of the following fiscal year. As amounts allocated to the unrealized income reserve are realized in subsequent years, such amounts must be added to the dividend payment relating to the year of realization.

In addition to the mandatory distributable amount, our board of directors may recommend that2016, holders of our common shares approve the payment of additional distributions. Distributions made to holders of our preferred

shares are computed in determining whether we have paid the required mandatory distribution. We net any payment of interim distributions against the required mandatory distribution for that fiscal year.

The Brazilian Corporation Law permits us to suspend the mandatory distribution in respect of common shares andOi’s preferred shares if our board of directors reports toobtained full voting rights on April 28, 2017, the date that our annual shareholders’ meeting approved our financial statements for fiscal year 2016.

Shareholders have three years to claim dividend distributions made with respect to their shares, as from the date that the distribution wouldwas approved, after which any unclaimed dividend distributions legally revert to Oi. Oi is not required to readjust any amounts of any dividends to be incompatible with our financial condition atdistributed by the inflation rates that time. Our fiscal council must approve any suspensionoccurred during the period counted as of the mandatory distribution. In addition, our management must report the reasonsdate of any suspensiondeclaration of the mandatory distribution to the CVM. We must allocate net profit not distributed by our company as a result of a suspension to a special reserve and, if not absorbed by subsequent losses, we must distribute these amounts as soon as our financial condition permits. In case our profits reserves, as defined in the Brazilian Corporation Law, exceed our share capital, the excess must be credited to shareholders’ equity or used for thedividend until its payment of distributions.

Payment of Dividends and Interest Attributable to Shareholders’ Equity

We may pay the mandatory distributable amount as dividends or as interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, which is similar to a dividend but is deductible in calculating our income tax obligations.date.

Because ourOi’s shares are issued in book-entry form, dividends with respect to any share are automatically credited to the account holding such share. Shareholders who are not residents of Brazil must register with the Brazilian Central Bank in order forto receive dividends, sales proceeds or other amounts with respect to their shares to be eligible to be remitted outside of Brazil.

The common and preferred shares underlying ourOi’s ADSs are held in Brazil by the depositary, which has registered with the Brazilian Central Bank as the registered owner of ourOi’s common and preferred shares. Payments of cash dividends and distributions, if any, will be made in Brazilian currency to the depositary. The depositary will then convert such proceeds into dollars and will cause such dollars to be distributed to holders of ourOi’s ADSs. As with other types of remittances from Brazil, the Brazilian government may impose temporary restrictions on remittances to foreign investors of the proceeds of their investments in Brazil, as it did for approximately six months in 1989 and early 1999, and on the conversion of Brazilian currency into foreign currencies, which could hinder or prevent the depositary from converting dividends into U.S. dollars and remitting these U.S. dollars abroad. See “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to OurOi’s Common Shares, Preferred Shares and the ADSs.”

In addition, remittancesTaxation of Dividends

Under the current Brazilian tax law, dividends paid to persons who are not Brazilian residents, including holders of ADSs, are not subject to a Brazilian financial transactionswithholding tax, except for dividends declared based on profits generated prior to December 31, 1995, which as of the date of this annual report is 0%, but may be subject to change.

Normative Instruction No. 1,397/2013, or NI 1,397/2013, published in the Official Gazette on September 17, 2013, was enacted to regulate the transitional tax regime, or RTT, in force as of January 1, 2008 to adjust, for tax purposes, the net profit calculated under the IFRS rules in accordance with Law No. 11,638/2007. According to NI 1,397/2013, for purposes of calculating dividends and interest on net equity, taxpayers must use the accounting books prepared according to the criteria in force on December 31, 2007, and not IFRS. According to such provisions, depending on the tax basis used by the taxpayer, certain dividend distributions may be subject to a 15%Brazilian withholding tax (or 25% if the taxpayer resides in a “tax haven” jurisdiction. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

Nevertheless, the taxation established by NI 1,397/2013 on dividend distributions in an amount exceeding the net profit calculated in accordance with the criteria in force on December 31, 2007, was overruled by Law No. 12,973, enacted on May 13, 2014. Law No. 12,973 established that dividends calculated over profits recorded up to December, 31, 2013 are exempt, even if the amount computed according to the IFRS exceeds the criteria in force on December, 31, 2007.

Dividends

We are required by the Brazilian Corporation Law and by our by-laws to hold an annual shareholders’ meeting by April 30 of each year. At our annual shareholders’ meeting, our common shareholders may vote to declare an

annual dividend. Our payment of annual dividends is based on our audited financial statements prepared for our preceding fiscal year.

Any holder of record of shares at the time that a dividend is declared is entitled to receive dividends. Under the Brazilian Corporation Law, we are generally required to pay dividends within 60 days after declaring them, unless the shareholders’ resolution establishes another payment date, which, in any case, must occur prior to the end of the fiscal year in which the dividend is declared.

Our board of directors may declare interim dividends based on the accrued profits recorded or the realized profits in our annual or semi-annual financial statements. In addition, we may pay dividends from net income based on our unaudited quarterly financial statements. We may set off any payment of interim dividends against the amount of the mandatory distributable amount for the year in which the interim dividends were paid.

Interest Attributable to Shareholders’ Equity

Brazilian companies, including our company, are permitted to pay interest attributable to shareholders’ equity as an alternative form of payment of dividends to our shareholders. These payments may be deducted when calculating Brazilian income tax and social contribution tax. The interest rate applied to these distributions generally cannot exceed the TJLP for the applicable period. The amount of interest paid that we can deduct forat varying tax purposes cannot exceed the greater of:

50% of our net income (after the deduction of the provision for social contribution tax and before the deduction of the provision for corporate income tax) before taking into account any such distribution for the period for which the payment is made; and

50% of the sum of our retained earnings and income reserves.

rates. Any payment of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity to holders of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares or our ADSs, whether or not they are Brazilian residents, is subject to Brazilian withholding tax at the rate of 15%, except that a 25% withholding tax rate applies if the recipient is a resident of a “tax haven” jurisdiction. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—jurisdiction for this purpose. For information regarding Brazilian Tax Considerations.” Under our by-laws, we may include the amount distributed astax implications of dividends and interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, netsee “Item 10. Additional Information— Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

Holders of any withholdingOi’s commons shares, preferred shares or ADSs may also be subject to U.S. federal income taxation on dividends and interest attributable to shareholders’ equity. For more information on the U.S. federal tax as partimplications of the mandatory distributable amount.

Prescription of Payments

Our shareholders have three yearsdividends and interest attributable to claim dividend distributions made with respect to their shares, as from the date that we distribute the dividends to our shareholders, after which any unclaimed dividend distributions legally revert to us. We are not required to adjust the amount of any distributions for inflation that occurs during the period from the date of declaration to the payment date.shareholders’ equity, see “Item 10. Additional Information— Taxation—U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Significant Changes

Other than as disclosed in this annual report, no significant change has occurred since the date of the audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.

ITEM 9.THE OFFER AND LISTING

Markets for OurOi’s Equity Securities

The principal trading market for ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares is the BM&FBOVESPA,B3, where they are traded under the symbols “OIBR3” and “OIBR4,” respectively. OurOi’s common shares and preferred shares began trading on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 on July 10, 1992. On November 16, 2001, ourOi’s Preferred ADSs began trading on the NYSE under the symbol “BTM.” On November 17, 2009, ourOi’s Common ADSs began trading on the NYSE under the

symbol “BTMC.” On April 9, 2012, the trading symbols for ourOi’s Preferred ADSs and Common ADSs on the NYSE were changed to “OIBR” and “OIBR.C,” respectively.

We haveOn June 21, 2016, the NYSE determined that Oi’s Preferred ADSs should be suspended immediately from trading and commenced procedures to remove Oi’s Preferred ADSs from listing and registration on the NYSE based on the “abnormally low” trading price of the Preferred ADSs. On June 23, 2016, the OTC Markets Group, Inc. began publishing quotations for Oi’s Preferred ADS in the “pink sheets” under the trading symbol OIBRQ. On July 6, 2016, the NYSE filed a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with the SEC with respect to Oi’s Preferred ADSs and the Preferred ADSs were removed from listing and registration on the Exchange on July 18, 2016. Oi’s Common ADSs continue to be listed and registered ouron the NYSE.

On May 17, 2017, the NYSE provided a notice to Oi stating that Oi was not in compliance with the NYSE’s continued listing requirements under the timely filing criteria established in Section 802.01E of the NYSE Listed Company Manual. The NYSE decided not to delist Oi’s Common ADSs as a result of thisnon-compliance and granted an initialsix-month extension for Oi to comply with such continued listing requirements. On November 21, 2017, the NYSE granted an additionalsix-month cure period for satisfying the continued listing requirements, which will expire on May 17, 2018. Oi has been in contact with the NYSE regularly. As a result of the filing of this annual report, Oi believes it has cured the delinquency and is in compliance with the NYSE continued listing requirements.

Oi has registered its Common ADSs and Preferred ADSs with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act. On December 31, 2014,2017, there were 40,315,75116.472.915 Common ADSs, outstanding, representing 40,315,75182.364.575 common shares, or 15%15.85% of ourOi’s outstanding common shares, and 92,305,15143.337.848 Preferred ADSs outstanding, representing 92,305,15143.337.848 preferred shares, or 16%27.80% of ourOi’s outstanding preferred shares.

Price History of OurOi’s Common Shares, Preferred Shares and the ADSs

The tables below set forth the high and low closing sales prices and the approximate average daily trading volume for ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 and the high and low closing sales prices and the approximate average daily trading volume for the Common ADSs and the Preferred ADSs on the NYSE for the periods indicated.

 

  BM&FBOVESPA   NYSE   B3   NYSE 
  Reais per Preferred Share(1)   U.S. dollars per Preferred ADS(1)(2)   Reais per Common Share(1)   U.S. dollars per Common ADS(1) 
  Closing Price per
Preferred Share
   

Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
shares)

   Closing Price per
Preferred ADS
   

Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
Preferred ADSs)

   Closing Price per
Common Share
   Average
Daily Trading Volume
(thousands of shares)
   Closing Price per
Common ADS
   Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
Common ADSs)
 
High   Low   High   Low    High   Low   High   Low   
  (in reais)       (in U.S. dollars)       (inreais)       (in U.S. dollars)     

2010

   174.30     104.50     90.0     103.00     56.90     82.2  

2011

   167.70     101.50     81.9     104.10     54.40     72.3  

2012

   127.30     75.20     437.1     70.00     36.70     234.3  

2013

   91.70     33.40     1,009.0     44.20     14.60     389.7     101.70    35.40    169.7    251.5    75.0    1.9 

2014

   44.20     8.61     3,692.3     18.80     3.17     1,263.4     48.80    9.15    467.8    101.5    16.6    36.3 

2013

            

2015

   9.12    2.06    1,060.9    16.4    2.5    57.7 

2016

   4.20    0.80    5,236.0    6.1    1.1    178.3 

2017

   6.06    2.62    1,973.5    9.49    3.94    61.4 
            

2016

            

First Quarter

   91.70     58.60     729.1     44.20     29.00     311.1     2.55    1.05    3,587.2    3.60    1.40    180.5 

Second Quarter

   61.90     35.70     983.4     30.70     16.20     350.6     1.97    0.80    5,017.4    3.18    1.06    330.6 

Third Quarter

   51.50     33.40     1,055.9     22.90     14.60     443.2     4.20    2.00    4,811.5    6.10    3.25    153.7 

Fourth Quarter

   44.40     33.70     1,256.3     20.70     15.10     449.0     3.81    2.23    1,632.2    5.88    3.25    46.7 

2014

            

2017

            

First Quarter

   44.20     31.20     1,107     18.80     13.30     712.9     5.42    2.62    2,533.6    8.48    3.94    64.7 

Second Quarter

   33.00     18.30     4,584     14.70     8.00     1,559.1     4.65    3.59    978.9    7.24    5.27    112.3 

Third Quarter

   18.10     11.90     5,309     8.00     5.20     1,639.2     5.10    4.00    1,218.0    8.09    6.20    36.7 

Fourth Quarter

   16.70     8.61     3,679     6.70     3.17     1,038.0     6.06    3.38    3,232.5    9.49    5.00    32.3 

2015

            

First Quarter

   8.43     4.96     4,933     3.15     1.54     3,854.4  

Most Recent Six Months

            

November 2014

   15.20     12.00     3,336     5.90     4.80     891.4  

December 2014

   13.00     8.61     2,936     5.00     3.17     865.5  

January 2015

   8.43     4.96     7,646     3.15     1.80     5,386.7  

February 2015

   7.46     5.30     3,268     2.69     1.99     2,720.1  

March 2015

   6.71     5.13     3,705     2.19     1.54     3,371.1  

April 2015

   6.52     5.65     3,686     2.14     1.85     2,367.5  

May 2015(3)

   5.56     5.56     2,818     1.94     1.82     1,585.9  

   B3   NYSE 
   Reais per Common Share(1)   U.S. dollars per Common ADS(1) 
   Closing Price per
Common Share
   Average
Daily Trading Volume
(thousands of shares)
   Closing Price per
Common ADS
   Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
Common ADSs)
 
  High   Low     High   Low   
   (inreais)       (in U.S. dollars)     

Most Recent Six Months

            

November 2017

   5.30    4.36    1,398.3    8.47    6.60    19.4 

December 2017

   4.89    3.38    5,724.1    7.29    5.00    48.6 

January 2018

   3.80    3.29    5,580.3    6.40    5.09    112.1 

February 2018

   4.04    3.19    6,459.6    6.22    4.85    96.8 

March 2018

   4.50    3.70    5,282.9    6.88    5.43    113.5 

April 2018

   4.04    3.70    3,511.4    5.98    5.36    204.1 

May 2018 (2)

   3.96    3.79    2,410.8    5.70    5.25    279.1 

 

(1)Adjusted to reflect the reverse split of all of ourOi’s issued common shares into one common share for each 10 issued common shares that became effective on December 22, 2014 and change in the ratio applicable to Oi’s Common ADSs as a result of which each Common ADS which formerly represented one common share has represented five common shares since February 1, 2016.
(2)Through May 10, 2018.
Source:Quantum Finance/IPREO

   B3   NYSE/OTC MARKET 
   Reais per Preferred Share(1)(2)   U.S. dollars per Preferred ADS(2) 
   Closing Price per
Preferred Share
   Average
Daily Trading Volume
(thousands of shares)
   Closing Price per
Preferred ADS
   Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
Preferred ADSs)
 
  High   Low     High   Low   
   (inreais)       (in U.S. dollars)     

2013

   91.70    33.40    1,009.0    44.20    14.60    389.7 

2014

   44.20    8.61    3,692.3    18.80    3.17    1,263.4 

2015

   8.43    1.30    4,608.5    3.15    0.34    2,327.2 

2016(3)

   3.47    0.80    8,047.5    0.92    0.17    —   

2017

   5.10    2.26    4,152.6    1.55    0.65    —   
            

2016

            

First Quarter

   1.89    1.15    3,258.9    0.45    0.26    413.1 

Second Quarter(4)

   1.80    0.80    2,860.8    0.45    0.17    292.5 

Third Quarter

   3.47    1.32    13,367.3    0.91    0.37    —   

Fourth Quarter

   2.90    2.09    4,705.9    0.92    0.59    —   

2017

            

First Quarter

   4.80    2.26    6,839.0    1.48    0.65    —   

Second Quarter

   3.91    2.98    2,120.9    1.24    0.88    —   

Third Quarter

   3.72    3.16    1,970.5    1.14    0.95    —   

Fourth Quarter

   5.10    3.05    5,797.2    1.55    0.92    —   

   B3   NYSE/OTC MARKET 
   Reais per Preferred Share(1)(2)   U.S. dollars per Preferred ADS(2) 
   Closing Price per
Preferred Share
   Average
Daily Trading Volume
(thousands of shares)
   Closing Price per
Preferred ADS
   Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
Preferred ADSs)
 
  High   Low     High   Low   
   (inreais)       (in U.S. dollars)     

Most Recent Six Months

            

November 2017

   4.42    3.86    4,833.6    1.30    1.08    —   

December 2017

   4.17    3.05    7,544.2    1.21    0.92    —   

January 2018

   3.70    3.29    2,384.3    1.11    0.96    —   

February 2018

   3.80    3.32    1,551.7    1.10    0.96    —   

March 2018

   3.92    3.39    1,472.6    1.16    0.97    —   

April 2018

   3.53    3.24    1,562.6    1.03    0.90    —   

May 2018 (5)

   3.39    3.24    1,166.7    1.00    0.90    —   

(1)Adjusted to reflect the reverse split of all of Oi’s issued preferred shares into one preferred share for each 10 issued preferred shares that became effective on December 22, 2014.
(2)Adjusted to reflect change of ratio from three preferred shares per Preferred ADS to one preferred share per Preferred ADS effective as of August 15, 2012.

(3)NYSE/OTC Market prices and volumes represent (1) the closing prices reported by (a) the NYSE from January 1, 2016 through June 21, 2016, the date on which trading of Oi’s Preferred ADSs was suspended by the NYSE, and (b) the OTC Markets Group, Inc. from June 23, 2016, the date on which quotation reporting for Oi’s Preferred ADSs commenced on the “pink sheets” of the OTC Markets Group, Inc., through December 31, 2016, and (2) the average of (a) the volumes reported by the NYSE from January 1, 2016 through June 21, 2016, and (b) the volumes reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. from June 23, 2016 through December 31, 2016.
(4)NYSE/OTC Market prices and volumes represent (1) the closing prices reported by (a) the NYSE from March 31, 2016 through June 21, 2016, the date on which trading of Oi’s Preferred ADSs was suspended by the NYSE, and (b) the OTC Markets Group, Inc. from June 23, 2016, the date on which quotation reporting for Oi’s Preferred ADSs commenced on the “pink sheets” of the OTC Markets Group, Inc., through June 30, 2016, and (2) the average of (a) the volumes reported by the NYSE from March 31, 2016 through June 21, 2016, and (b) the volumes reported by OTC Markets Group, Inc. from June 23, 2016 through June 30, 2016.
(5)Through May 4, 2015.May10, 2018.

Source: Economática Ltda./ Bloomberg

   BM&FBOVESPA   NYSE 
   Reais per Common Share(1)   U.S. dollars per Common ADS(1) 
   Closing Price per
Common Share
   

Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
shares)

   Closing Price per
Common ADS
   

Average Daily
Trading Volume

(thousands of
Common ADSs)

 
  High   Low     High   Low   
   (in reais)       (in U.S. dollars)     

2010

   285.50     137.50     11.1     166.00     72.60     7.1  

2011

   184.50     112.50     7.0     116.50     58.50     1.3  

2012

   142.00     87.10     58.2     78.40     40.30     10.2  

2013

   101.70     35.40     169.7     50.30     15.00     9.4  

2014

   48.80     9.15     467.8     20.30     3.31     195.4  

2013

            

First Quarter

   101.70     67.20     104.7     50.30     33.60     9.1  

Second Quarter

   71.10     38.80     235.8     35.10     16.90     16.3  

Third Quarter

   54.00     36.40     51.4     23.50     15.60     6.8  

Fourth Quarter

   46.60     35.40     184.0     21.50     15.00     5.3  

2014

            

First Quarter

   48.80     32.00     137.7     20.30     14.00     8.0  

Second Quarter

   32.70     19.50     637.4     15.70     8.40     342.6  

Third Quarter

   19.60     12.40     646.0     8.65     5.48     228.5  

Fourth Quarter

   17.40     9.15     441.5     7.05     3.31     128.3  

2015

            

First Quarter

   9.12     5.14     753.2     3.27     1.63     278.6  

Most Recent Six Months

            

November 2014

   16.00     12.90     325.3     6.23     4.82     146.0  

December 2014

   13.80     9.15     273.9     5.10     3.31     94.0  

January 2015

   9.12     5.24     1,109.6     3.27     1.90     410.9  

February 2015

   7.65     5.71     329.4     2.71     2.11     19.0  

March 2015

   7.10     5.14     759.6     2.30     1.63     387.4  

April 2015

   6.68     5.65     870.9     2.17     1.90     206.1  

May 2015(2)

   5.58     5.58     994.9     1.98     1.80     127.6  

(1)Adjusted to reflect the reverse split of all of our issued common shares into one common share for each 10 issued common shares that became effective on December 22, 2014.
(2)Through May 4, 2015.

Source: Economática Ltda./ BloombergQuantum Finance/IPREO

On May 4, 2015,10, 2018, the closing sales price of:

 

ourOi’s common shares on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 was R$5.583.79 per common share;

 

ourOi’s Common ADSs on the NYSE was US$1.805.29 per Common ADS;

 

ourOi’s preferred shares on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 was R$5.563.24 per preferred share; and

 

ourOi’s Preferred ADSs onin the NYSE“pink sheets” as reported by the OTC Markets Group, Inc. was US$1.820.90 per Preferred ADS.

Regulation of Brazilian Securities Markets

The Brazilian securities markets are regulated by the CVM, which has regulatory authority over the stock exchanges and the securities markets generally, the National Monetary Council and the Brazilian Central Bank, which has, among other powers, licensing authority over brokerage firms and which regulates foreign investment and foreign exchange transactions. The Brazilian securities markets are governed by (1) Law No. 6,385, as amended and supplemented, which is the principal law governing the Brazilian securities markets, (2) the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, and (3) the regulations issued by the CVM, the National Monetary Council and the Brazilian Central Bank.

These laws and regulations provide for, among other things, disclosure requirements applicable to issuers of publicly traded securities, restrictions on insider trading (including criminal sanctions under the Brazilian Penal Code) and price manipulation, protection of minority shareholders and disclosure of transactions in a company’s securities by its insiders, including directors, officers and major shareholders. They also provide for the licensing and oversight of brokerage firms and the governance of Brazilian stock exchanges.

However, the Brazilian securities markets are not as highly regulated or supervised as U.S. securities markets or securities markets in some other jurisdictions. In addition, rules and policies against self-dealing or for preserving shareholder interests may be less well-defined and enforced in Brazil than in the United States, which may put holders of ourOi’s preferred shares and the ADSs at a disadvantage. Finally, corporate disclosures also may be less complete than for public companies in the United States and certain other jurisdictions.

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, a company is either publicly held (companhia aberta), as we are,Oi is, or privately held (companhia fechada). All publicly held companies are registered with the CVM and are subject to reporting and regulatory requirements. A company registered with CVM may have its securities traded either on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 or in the Brazilianover-the-counter market. Shares of companies, such as our company,Oi, that are listed on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 may not simultaneously trade on the Brazilianover-the-counter market. The shares of a publicly held company may also be traded privately, subject to certain limitations.

The Brazilianover-the-counter market consists of direct trades between individuals in which a financial institution registered with the CVM serves as intermediary. No special application, other than registration with the CVM, is necessary for securities of a public company to be traded in this market. The CVM requires that it be given notice of all trades carried out in the Brazilianover-the-counter market by the respective intermediaries.

Disclosure Requirements

Law No. 6,385 requires that a publicly traded company, such as our company, submit to the CVM and the BM&FBOVESPA certain periodic information, including annual and quarterly reports prepared by management and independent auditors. Law No. 6,385 also requires us to file with the CVM our shareholders’ agreements, notices of shareholders’ meetings and copies of the minutes of these meetings.

CVM Instruction No. 358, which became effective in April 2002, revised and consolidated the requirements regarding the disclosure and use of information related to material facts and acts of publicly traded companies, including the disclosure of information in the trading and acquisition of securities issued by publicly traded companies.

CVM Instruction No. 358 includes provisions that:

establish the concept of a material fact that gives rise to reporting requirements. Material facts include decisions made by the controlling shareholders, resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders and of management of the company, or any other facts related to the company’s business (whether occurring within the company or otherwise related thereto) that may influence the price of its publicly traded securities, or the decision of investors to trade such securities or to exercise any of such securities’ underlying rights;

specify examples of facts that are considered to be material, which include, among others, the execution of agreements providing for the transfer of control, the entry or withdrawal of shareholders that maintain any managing, financial, technological or administrative function with or contribution to the company, and any corporate restructuring undertaken among related companies;

require the investor relations officer, controlling shareholders, other officers or directors, members of the fiscal council and other advisory boards to disclose material facts;

require simultaneous disclosure of material facts to all markets in which the company’s securities are admitted for trading;

require the acquirer of a controlling stake in a company to publish material facts, including its intentions as to whether or not to de-list the company’s shares, within one year;

establish rules regarding disclosure requirements in the acquisition and disposal of a material shareholding stake; and

prohibit trading on the basis of material non-public information.

Brazilian regulations also require that any person or group of persons representing the same interest that has directly or indirectly acquired ancarried out a material transaction or set of transactions by which the equity interest corresponding toheld by such person or group of persons surpasses or falls below the thresholds of 5%, or any 5% multiple thereof, of a type or class of shares of a publicly traded company must provide such publicly traded company with information on such acquisitiontransaction and its purpose, and such company must transmit this information to the CVM. If this acquisition causes a change in the control of the company or in the administrative structure of the company, or if this acquisition triggers the obligation to make a public offering in accordance with CVM Instruction No. 361, as amended, then the acquirer must disclose this information to the applicable stock exchanges and the appropriate Brazilian newspapers.

Integrated Disclosure

CVM Instruction No. 480, which the CVM issued in December 2009:

created two different categoriessame means of securities issuers in accordance with the securities that those issuers are authorized to issue in the Brazilian regulated markets and established different disclosure requirements for each category. A category A issuer is authorized to issue any and all securities and is subject to more stringent disclosure requirements. A category B issuer is authorized to issue any and all securities, other than shares, share certificates and other securities issuedcommunication usually adopted by the issuer of such shares or shares certificates or by a company of its group that grants to its holders the right to acquire such shares or shares certificates.

created the current CVM form for annual reports (Formulário de Referência). TheFormulário de Referência requires extensive disclosures in several areas, including, among others, management’s discussion and analysis of the financial statements, management compensation and risk controls and derivative policies.

introduced a requirement that an issuer publish an offering note with respect to a public securities offering with information on the public securities offering to supplement theFormulário de Referência.

classified as Well-Known Seasoned Issuers (Emissor de Grande Exposição ao Mercado) companies (1) that have had securities traded in the BM&FBOVESPA for at least three years, (2) that are in compliance with the CVM rules on current and periodic reporting obligations in the previous 12 months, and (3) which have shares traded in the market with a market value equal or greater than R$5 billion. The CVM is expected to issue regulations regarding which public securities offerings by Well-Known Seasoned Issuers that will permit these issuers to register public securities offerings through an expedited procedure.

Recommendations Regarding Business Combination Transactions Between Affiliated Companies

In September 2008, the CVM issued CVM Practice Bulletin No. 35/08 (Parecer de Orientação No. 35/08) recommending that where a controlling company and its subsidiaries or affiliated companies engage in a business combination transaction, certain additional procedures be followed to protect the non-controlling shareholders. The release constitutes guidance for Brazilian companies engaging in business combination transactions, and does not mandate that any procedure be followed. The release recommends that the constituent companies implement one of the following procedures in connection with a business combination transaction:

establish an independent advisory committee to protect the interests of the non-controlling shareholders and to negotiate the terms and conditions for such business combination transaction; or

condition the of approval of the business combination transaction upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the non-controlling shareholders of the controlled company, including the minority holders of the voting and the non-voting shares of the controlled company.

Proxy Solicitation Rules

CVM Instruction No. 481, which the CVM issued in December 2009, sets forth (1) the procedures relating to the public solicitation of proxies for the exercise of voting rights at shareholders’ meetings of publicly held companies, and (2) disclosure requirements to be followed by publicly held companies before such shareholders meetings.

CVM Instruction No. 481 provides that:

shareholders that own 0.5% or more of a company’s share capital may nominate members of the board of directors and the fiscal council in a public solicitation of proxies conducted by the company’s management, and that shareholders will be entitled to vote with respect to these nominations;

companies that accept digital proxies sent through the internet must allow shareholders who hold 0.5% or more of the company’s share capital to make a public solicitation of proxies through the company’s digital proxy system; and

publicly held companies that do not accept digital proxies sent through the internet must pay part of the costs of the public solicitation of proxies made by shareholders that own 0.5% or more of the company’s share capital.

CVM Instruction No. 481 also specifies the information and documents that must be made available to shareholders following the date of the publication of the first call notice for the shareholders’ meeting. The information and documents that must be provided varies according to the agenda of the shareholders’ meeting. This information must be available through the CVM’s website before the shareholders’ meeting, must be prepared in accordance with the requirements of Instruction No. 481, and, if the information and documents relate to the annual shareholders’ meeting, must include management’s discussion and analysis of the financial statements, personal data and history of the nominees for election to the company’s board of directors and/or fiscal council, and a proposal for the compensation of the company’s management.

Trading on the BM&FBOVESPAB3

Overview of the BM&FBOVESPAB3

In 2000, the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo S.A. – BVSP), or the BOVESPA, was reorganized through the execution of memoranda of understanding by the Brazilian stock exchanges. Following this reorganization, the BOVESPA was anon-profit entity owned by its member brokerage firms and trading on the BOVESPA was limited to these member brokerage firms and a limited number of authorized nonmembers. Under

the memoranda, all securities are now traded only on the BOVESPA, with the exception of electronically traded public debt securities and privatization auctions, which are traded on the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange.

In August 2007, the BOVESPA underwent a corporate restructuring that resulted in the creation of BOVESPA Holding S.A., a public corporation, whose wholly-owned subsidiaries were (1) the BOVESPA, which is responsible for the operations of the stock exchange and the organizedover-the-counter markets, and (2) the Brazilian Settlement and Custodial Company (Companhia Brasileira de Liquidação e Custódia), or CBLC, which is responsible for settlement, clearing and depositary services. In the corporate restructuring, all holders of membership certificates of the BOVESPA and of shares of CBLC became shareholders of BOVESPA Holding S.A. As a result of the corporate restructuring, access to the trading and other services rendered by the BOVESPA is not conditioned on stock ownership in BOVESPA Holding S.A.

In May 2008, the BOVESPA merged with the Commodities and Futures Exchange (Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros) to form the BM&FBOVESPA. In November 2008, the CBLC merged with the BM&FBOVESPA. As a result, the BM&FBOVESPA now performs its own settlement, clearing and depositary services. In March 2017, BM&FBOVESPA merged with Cetip S.A. – Mercados Organizados, a settlement and clearing house in Brazil to form the B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão.

Trading and Settlement

Trading of equity securities on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 is conducted through an electronic trading system called Megabolsa every business day, typically from 10:00 a.m. to 5:3000 p.m., São Paulo time. TradingDuring certain months, however, to account for daylight saving time in Brazil and more closely align with trading hours in the United States, trading hours on the B3 are extended by one hour to 6:00 p.m., São Paulo time. When trading ends at 5:00 p.m. São Paulo time, trading of equity securities on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 is also conducted after market between 6:005:25 p.m. and 7:306:00 p.m., São Paulo time, in an after-market system connected to both traditional brokerage firms and brokerage firms operating on the internet. This after-market trading is subject to regulatory limits on price volatility of securities and on the volume of shares traded by investors operating on the internet. When trading ends at 5:00 p.m. São Paulo time, there is no after market trading.

Since March 2003, market making activities have been allowed on the BM&FBOVESPA. On July 23, 2012, we announcedB3. As of the engagementdate of Brasil Pluralthis annual report, Credit Suisse (Brasil) S.A. Corretora de Câmbio, Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A. (formerly known as Flow Corretora de Câmbio, Títulos e Valores Mobiliários S.A.)acts as market maker of ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares on the BM&FBOVESPA.B3. Trading in securities listed on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 may be effected off the exchange in the unorganizedover-the-counter market under certain circumstances, although such trading is very limited.

The trading of securities of a company on the BM&FBOVESPA may beB3 is automatically suspended at the request ofwhen a company in anticipation of the announcement ofCompany announces a material event. A requestingIt is also recommended that the company must alsosimultaneously make a request to suspend trading of its securities onin any international stock exchanges onexchange in which its securities are traded. The CVM and the BM&FBOVESPAB3 have discretionary authority to suspend trading in shares of a particular issuer, based on or due to a belief that, among other reasons, a company has provided inadequate information regarding a material event or has provided inadequate responses to inquiries by the CVM or the BM&FBOVESPA.B3.

In order to reduce volatility, the BM&FBOVESPAB3 has adopted a “circuit breaker” mechanism under which trading sessions may be suspended for a period of 30 minutes or one hour whenever the Ibovespa index falls 10% or 15%, respectively, compared to the closing of the previous trading session. Also, if after the reopening of the market the Ibovespa falls 20% compared to the closing of the previous day, the operations are suspended for a certain period to be defined by the B3. This mechanism is not applied in the last half hour of the trading session.

Settlement of transactions on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 is effected three business days after the trade date, without adjustment of the purchase price for inflation. Delivery of and payment for shares is made through the facilities of the clearing and settlement chamber of the BM&FBOVESPA.B3. The seller is ordinarily required to deliver shares to the clearing and settlement chamber of the BM&FBOVESPAB3 on the second business day following the trade date.

Market Size

Although the Brazilian equity market is Latin America’s largest in terms of market capitalization, it is smaller, more volatile and less liquid than the major U.S. and European securities markets. Moreover, the BM&FBOVESPAB3 is significantly less liquid than the NYSE or other major exchanges in the world.

As of December 31, 2014,2017, the aggregate market capitalization of all companies listed on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 was equivalent to approximately R$2.23.2 trillion (US$845955.6 billion) and the 10 largest companies listed on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 represented approximately 51%53% of the total market capitalization of all listed companies. By comparison, as of December 31, 2014,2017, the aggregate market capitalization of the companies (including U.S. andnon-U.S. companies) listed on the NYSE was approximately US$19.422.1 trillion. The average daily trading volume of the BM&FBOVESPAB3 and the NYSE for 20142017 was approximately R$7.38.7 billion (US$3.12.6 billion) and US$6358.2 billion, respectively.

Although any of the outstanding shares of a listed company may trade on the BM&FBOVESPA,B3, in most cases fewer than half of the listed shares are actually available for trading by the public, the remainder being held by small groups of controlling persons, one principal shareholder or governmental entities that rarely trade their shares. For this reason, data showing the total market capitalization of the BM&FBOVESPAB3 tends to overstate the liquidity of the Brazilian equity market. The relative volatility and illiquidity of the Brazilian equity markets may substantially limit your ability to sell ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares at the time and price you desire and, as a result, could negatively impact the market price of these securities.

Regulation of Foreign Investments

Trading on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 by a holder not deemed to be domiciled in Brazil for Brazilian tax and regulatory purposes, or anon-Brazilian holder, is subject to certain limitations under Brazilian foreign investment regulations. With limited exceptions,non-Brazilian holders may trade on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 only in accordance with the requirements of Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 of the National Monetary Council. Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 requires that securities held bynon-Brazilian holders be registered, maintained in the custody of, or maintained in deposit accounts with, financial institutions that are authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank and the CVM, as applicable. Subject to limited exceptions provided in the CVM regulation or previous CVM authorization, Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 requiresnon-Brazilian holders (1) to restrict their securities trading to transactions on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 or qualifiedover-the-counter markets; and (2) to not transfer the ownership of investments made under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 to other non-Brazilian holders through private transactions. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Exchange Controls—Resolution No. 4,373” for further information about Resolution No. 4,373, and “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains” for a description of certain tax benefits extended tonon-Brazilian holders who qualify under Resolution No. 4,373.

BM&FBOVESPAB3 Corporate Governance Standards

In December 2000, the BM&FBOVESPAB3 introduced three special listing segments:

 

Level 1 of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices;

 

Level 2 of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices; and

 

  TheNovo Mercado (New Market).

These special listing segments were designed for the trading of shares issued by companies that voluntarily undertake to abide by corporate governance practices and disclosure requirements in addition to those already required by Brazilian law. The inclusion of a company in any of the special listing segments requires adherence to a series of corporate governance rules. These rules were designed to increase shareholders’ rights and enhance the quality of information provided to shareholders.

OurOi’s shares joined Level 1 of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices on December 14, 2012. As a Level 1 company, weOi must, among other things:

 

ensure that shares representing 25% of ourits total share capital are effectively available for trading;

 

adopt offering procedures that favor widespread ownership of shares whenever we makeOi makes a public offering;

comply with minimum quarterly disclosure standards, including issuing consolidated financial information, a cash flow statement, and special audit revisions on a quarterly basis;

 

follow stricter disclosure policies with respect to contracts with related parties, material contracts and transactions involving ourits securities made by ourits controlling shareholders, if any, directors or executive officers;

 

make a schedule of corporate events available to ourits shareholders; and

 

hold public meetings with analysts and investors at least annually.

Pursuant to the regulations of the BM&FBOVESPA,B3, the members of ourOi’s board of directors and board of executive officers are personally liable for ourits compliance with the rules and regulations of the BM&FBOVESPA’sB3’s Level 1 Listing Segment.

Moreover, in September 2015, Oi amended its bylaws in order to comply with the rules of theNovo Mercado segment of the B3 even though Oi has not formally joined this special listing segment. These amendments include the requirement that at least 20% of the members of Oi’s board of directors be independent members as defined in the listing regulations of theNovo Mercado and Article 141, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.

 

ITEM 10.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Description of Our Company’s Oi’sBy-laws

The following is a summary of the material provisions of our Oi’sby-laws and of the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law. In Brazil, a company’sby-laws (estatuto social) are the principal governing document of a corporation (sociedade anônima). This summary also includes relevant provisions of the RJ Plan. In case of a conflict and/or discrepancy between the RJ Plan and Oi’sby-laws’ rules, the RJ Plan shall prevail.

General

OurOi’s registered name is Oi S.A., – In Judicial Reorganization, and ourits registered office is located in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. OurOi’s registration number with the Board of Trade of the State of Rio de Janeiro isNo. 33.3.0029520-8. We have Oi has been duly registered with the CVM under No. 11312 since March 27, 1980. OurOi’s headquarters are located in City of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Our companyOi has a perpetual existence.

As of December 31, 2017 and May 4, 2015, we10, 2018, Oi had outstanding share capital of R$21,438,374,154.00, comprised of 858,472,010825,760,902 total shares, consisting of 286,155,319668,033,661 issued common shares and 572,316,691157,727,241 issued preferred shares, including 55,859,940148,282,000 common shares and 102,150,5501,811,755 preferred shares held in treasury. All of ourOi’s outstanding share capital is fully paid. All of ourOi’s shares are without par value. Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, the aggregate number of our Oi’snon-voting and limited voting preferred shares may not exceedtwo-thirds of ourOi’s total outstanding share capital. In addition, ourOi’s board of directors may increase ourOi’s share capital to a number of common and preferred shares equivalent to R$34,038,701,741.49, provided that no preferred shares are issued by Oi in public or private subscriptions.

On March 5, 2018, Oi’s board of directors approved the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase provided under Sections 4.3.3.2 and 4.3.3.5 of the RJ Plan, pursuant to which Oi will issue and distribute between 1,039,868,479 and 1,756,054,163 common shares of Oi, at a price of R$7.00 per share, resulting in an aggregate capital increase between R$7,279,079,353.00 and R$12,292,379,141.00. The Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase is subject to certain conditions precedent, in accordance with Section 4.3.3.5 of the legal limit for non-votingRJ Plan, and limited voting preferred shares described above.must be completed by July 31, 2018.

Section 6.1 of the RJ Plan provides that following the completion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase, Oi must complete the Cash Capital Increase, pursuant to which Oi must increase its share capital by R$4.0 billion, in order to ensure that it has the funds necessary to complete the capital expenditures necessary to modernize its infrastructure and implement the business plan provided under Section 6 of the RJ Plan. The Cash Capital Increase is subject to certain conditions precedent, in accordance with the Commitment Agreement, and must be completed as soon as possible following the completion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase and, in any event, by no later than February 28, 2019.

Section 5.3 of the RJ Plan also allows Oi to raise up to R$2.5 billion in additional funds during thetwo-year period beginning on the Brazilian Confirmation Date, which occurred on February 5, 2018, including through additional capital increases. Any such additional capital increases must comply with the terms of the RJ Plan and Oi’sby-laws.

Corporate Purposes

Under Article 2 of our Oi’sby-laws, our Oi’s corporate purposes are:

 

to offer telecommunications services and all activities required or useful for the operation of these services, in conformity with ourits concessions, authorizations and permits;

 

to participate in the capital of other companies;

 

to organize wholly-owned subsidiaries for the performance of activities that are consistent with ourits corporate purposes and recommended to be decentralized;

 

to import, or promote the importation of, goods and services that are necessary to the performance of activities consistent with ourits corporate purposes;

 

to provide technical assistance services to other telecommunications companies engaged in activities of common interest;

to perform study and research activities aimed at the development of the telecommunications sector;

 

to enter into contracts and agreements with other telecommunications companies or other persons or entities to assure the operations of ourits services, with no loss of its attributions and responsibilities; and

 

to perform other activities related to the above corporate purposes.

Board of Directors

Oi’sby-laws provide for a board of directors of up to 11 members and an equal number of alternate members. During periods of absence or temporary unavailability of a regular member of Oi’s board of directors, the corresponding alternate member substitutes for the absent or unavailable regular member. Under our Oi’sby-laws, any matters subject to the approval of ourOi’s board of directors can be approved only by an absolutea majority of votes of the members of ourOi’s board of directors. In the event of a tie, the chairman of the board of directors shall cast the deciding vote. Under our Oi’sby-laws, our Oi’s board of directors may only deliberate if a majority of its members are present at a duly convened meeting.

Pursuant to Section 9.2 of the RJ Plan,, as from the date of the approval of the RJ Plan on December 20, 2017, Oi has had a Transitional Board composed of the members set forth in Exhibit 9.2 of the RJ Plan in order to execute the measures provided for in the RJ Plan and taking in consideration the several interests involved in the scope of the judicial reorganization. Members of the Transitional Board do not have alternates and may not be removed until the New Board is elected by a general shareholders’ meeting that is required to be held within 45 business days following the conclusion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase, as set forth in Section 9.3 of the RJ Plan. The Transitional Board shall call this general shareholders’ meeting within five business days following the conclusion of the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase. For more information about the Transitional Board and its members, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Board of Directors.”

The Transitional Board is presided over by the chairman of the Transitional Board, and, in his absence, on an interim basis, by the vice-chairman of the Transitional Board. In accordance with Oi’sby-laws, decisions of the Transitional Board require a quorum of a majority of the directors and are taken by a majority vote of those directors present. A director may not cast votes with respect to matters in which he has a conflicting interest. In the event of a tie, the chairman of the Transitional Board shall cast the deciding vote. In addition to their ordinary course functions provided under Oi’sby-laws, the members of the Transitional Board must oversee the execution of the terms of the RJ Plan.

All prior members or alternates of the Board of Directors who were not designated as members of the Transitional Board of Directors pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Plan have been suspended from their duties, including as members of Oi’s advisory committees, and therefore cannot participate of any meeting of the Transitional Board of Directors. These members and alternates (a) shall be formally replaced by operation of the RJ Plan after the investiture of the New Board in accordance with the RJ Plan and the applicable legislation in Brazil, or (b) shall be removed due to the expiration of their terms of office, whichever occurs first.

Pursuant to Section 9.3 of the RJ Plan, the New Board will be composed of 11 members and no alternate members, all of whom must be independent as defined in Oi’sby-laws, provided that one such member shall be Mr. Eleazar de Carvalho Filho (see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Board of Directors—Directors—Eleazar de Carvalho Filho”). The members of the New Board will be chosen by the Transitional Board and will serve for a term of two years. The members of the New Board may not be removed from office, except due to gross mistake, willful misconduct, gross negligence, abuse of term of office or violation of fiduciary duties in accordance with applicable law. Following the expiration of the term of the New Board, the election of subsequent boards of directors will follow the rules established by Oi’sby-laws and the Brazilian Corporate Law.

The following paragraphs describe the material provisions of Oi’sby-laws and of the Brazilian Corporate Law that will apply to the members of Oi’s board of directors that are elected following the expiration of the New Board’stwo-year term pursuant to the RJ Plan.

Election of Directors

The shareholders of TmarPart, our controlling shareholder, have entered into shareholders agreements that determine the representation of these shareholders on our board of directors. See “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders—Agreements Among Our Shareholders—TmarPart Shareholders’ Agreements.” The members of ourOi’s board of directors are elected at general meetings of shareholders for concurrenttwo-year terms. The tenure of the members of the board of directors and board of executive officers will be conditioned on such members signing a Term of Consent (Termo de Anuência dos Administradores) in accordance with the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the BM&FBOVESPAB3 and complying with applicable legal requirements.

Qualification of Directors

There is no minimum share ownership or residency requirement to qualify for membership on ourOi’s board of directors. Our Oi’sby-laws do not require the members of ourits board of directors to be residents of Brazil. The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law requires each of ourOi’s executive officers to be residents of Brazil. The tenure of the members of the board of directors will be conditioned toon the appointment of a representative who resides in Brazil, with powers to receive service of process in proceedings initiated against such member based on the corporate legislation, by means of apower-of-attorney with a validity term of at least three years.years after the end of the term of office. Pursuant to Oi’sby-laws, Oi’s directors may not (1) hold positions, particularly positions in advisory, management or audit committees, of companies that compete with Oi or its subsidiaries, and (2) may not have conflicts of interest with Oi or its subsidiaries.

Pursuant to Oi’sby-laws, at least 20% of the members of Oi’s board of directors must be independent members as defined in the listing regulations of theNovo Mercado segment of the B3 and Article 141, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.

Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest

All members of ourOi’s board of directors and their alternates owe fiduciary duties to usOi and all of ourOi’s shareholders.

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, if one of ourOi’s directors or his or her respective alternate or one of ourOi’s executive officers has a conflict of interest with our companyOi in connection with any proposed transaction, such director, alternate director or executive officer may not vote in any decision of ourOi’s board of directors or of ourOi’s board of executive officers, as the case may be, regarding such transaction and must disclose the nature and extent of his or her conflicting interest for inclusion in the minutes of the applicable meeting. However, if one of ourOi’s directors is absent from a meeting of ourOi’s board of directors, that director’s alternate may vote even if that director has a conflict of interest, unless the alternate director shares that conflict of interest or has another conflict of interest.

Any transaction in which one of ourOi’s directors (including the alternate members) or executive officers may have an interest, including any financings, can only be approved on reasonable and fair terms and conditions that are no more favorable than the terms and conditions prevailing in the market or offered by third parties. If any such transaction does not meet this requirement, then the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law provides that the transaction may be nullified and the interested director or executive officer must return to usOi any benefits or other advantages that he or she obtained from, or as result of, such transaction. Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law and upon the request of a shareholder who owns at least 5.0% of ourOi’s total share capital, ourOi’s directors and executive officers must reveal to ourOi’s shareholders at an ordinary meeting of ourOi’s shareholders certain transactions and circumstances that may give rise to a conflict of interest. In addition, our companyOi or shareholdersany shareholder who ownowns 5.0% or more of ourOi’s share capital may bring an action for civil liability against directors and executive officers for any losses caused to usOi as a result of a conflict of interest.

Compensation

Under our Oi’sby-laws, our Oi’s common shareholders approve the aggregate compensation payable to ourOi’s board of directors, board of executive officers and members of our fiscal council. Subject to this approval, ourOi’s board of directors establishes the compensation of its members and of ourOi’s executive officers. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Compensation.”

Mandatory Retirement

Neither the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law nor our Oi’sby-laws establish any mandatory retirement age for ourOi’s directors or executive officers.

Share Capital

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, the number of ourOi’s issued and outstandingnon-voting shares or shares with limited voting rights, such as ourOi’s preferred shares, may not exceedtwo-thirds of ourOi’s total outstanding share capital.

Each of ourOi’s common shares entitles its holder to one vote at ourOi’s annual and extraordinary shareholders’ meetings. Holders of ourOi’s common shares are not entitled to any preference in respect of our dividends or other distributions or otherwise in case of ourOi’s liquidation.

OurOi’s preferred shares arenon-voting, except in limited circumstances, and do not have priority over ourOi’s common shares in the case of ourOi’s liquidation. See “—Voting Rights” for information regarding the voting rights of ourOi’s preferred shares and “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy—Calculation of Adjusted Net Profit” and “—Dividend Preference of Preferred Shares” for information regarding the distribution preferences of ourOi’s preferred shares.

The issuance of new preferred shares by Oi is prohibited.

Shareholders’ Meetings

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, weOi’s shareholders must hold antheir ordinary annual shareholders’ meeting by April 30 of each year in order to:

 

approve or reject the financial statements approved by ourOi’s board of directors and board of executive officers, including any recommendation by ourOi’s board of directors for the allocation of net profit and distribution of dividends; and

 

elect members of ourOi’s board of directors (upon expiration of theirtwo-year terms) and members of our fiscal council, subject to the right of preferred shareholders and minority common shareholders to elect members of our board of directors and ourOi’s fiscal council.

In addition to the annual shareholders’ meetings, holders of ourOi’s common shares have the power to determine any matters related to changes in ourOi’s corporate purposes and to pass any resolutions they deem necessary to protect and enhance ourOi’s development whenever ourOi’s interests so require, by means of extraordinary shareholders’ meetings.

We convene ourOi convenes shareholders’ meetings, including ourthe annual shareholders’ meeting, by publishing a notice in the national edition ofValor Econômico, a Brazilian newspaper, and in the Official Gazette of the stateState of Rio de Janeiro (Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro). OnJaneiro. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, on the first call of any meeting, the notice must be published no fewer than three times, beginning at least 15 calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting date. For meetings involving the issuance of securities or deliberations where preferred shareholders are entitled to vote, thedate, and companies that have issued ADRs must publish their notice must be published at least 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting date. Oi publishes notices of meetings 30 calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting date. The notice must contain the meeting’s place, date, time, agenda and, in the case of a proposed amendment to our Oi’sby-laws, a description of the subject matter of the proposed amendment.

OurOi’s board of directors may convene a shareholders’ meeting. Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, shareholders’ meetings also may be convened by ourOi’s shareholders as follows:

 

by any of ourOi’s shareholders if, under certain circumstances set forth in the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, ourOi’s directors do not convene a shareholders’ meeting required by law within 60 days;

 

by shareholders holding at least 5% of ourOi’s total share capital if, after a period of eight days, ourOi’s directors fail to call a shareholders’ meeting that has been requested by such shareholders; and

 

by shareholders holding at least 5% of either ourOi’s total voting share capital or ourOi’s totalnon-voting share capital, if after a period of eight days, ourOi’s directors fail to call a shareholders’ meeting for the purpose of appointing a fiscal council that has been requested by such shareholders.

In addition, ourOi’s fiscal council may convene a shareholders’ meeting if ourOi’s board of directors does not convene an annual shareholders’ meeting within 30 days or at any other time to consider any urgent and serious matters.

Each shareholders’ meeting is presided overshall be convened by the chief executive officer, who ischairman of the board of directors. In case of absence or impediment of the chairman of the board of directors, the meeting shall be convened by any director chosen at the meeting; and if all other directors are absent or impeded, the shareholders present at the meeting shall be responsible for choosing athe chairman and the secretary of the meeting. A shareholder may be represented at a shareholders’ meeting by an attorney-in-fact appointed by the shareholder not more than one year before the meeting. The attorney-in-fact must be a shareholder, a member of our board of directors, a member of our board of executive officers, a lawyer or a financial institution, and the power of attorney appointing the attorney-in-fact must comply with certain formalities set forth under Brazilian law. To be admitted to a shareholders’ meeting, a person must produce proof of his or her shareholder status or a valid power of attorney.

In order for a valid action to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting, shareholders representing at least 25% of ourOi’s issued and outstanding voting share capital must be present on first call. However, shareholders representing at leasttwo-thirds of ourOi’s issued and outstanding voting share capital must be present on first call at a shareholders’ meeting called to amend our Oi’sby-laws. If a quorum is not present, ourOi’s board of directors may issue a second call by publishing a notice as described above at least eight calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the quorum requirements do not apply to a meeting held on the second call, and the shareholders’ meetings may be convened with the presence of shareholders representing any number of shares (subject to the voting requirements for certain matters described below). A shareholder without a right to vote may attend a shareholders’ meeting and take part in the discussion of matters submitted for consideration.

Voting Rights

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law and our Oi’sby-laws, each of ourOi’s common shares entitles its holder to one vote at ourOi’s shareholders’ meetings. OurOi’s preferred shares generally do not confer voting rights, except in limited circumstances described below. WeOi may not restrain or deny any voting rights without the consent of the majority of the shares affected. Whenever the shares of any class of share capital are entitled to vote, each share is entitled to one vote.

In accordance with article 72 of Oi’sby-laws, any shareholder or group of shareholders representing a common interest or bound by a voting agreement that holds a stake of more than 15% of the number of shares into which the voting capital stock of Oi is divided will have their voting rights limited to 15% of the number of Oi’s shares in which the voting capital stock is divided. Currently, such limitation is being applied to the votes corresponding to the shares held by Bratel S.à r.l., which exceed the 15% threshold of Oi’s voting capital.

Voting Rights of Common Shares

Except as otherwise provided by law, resolutions of a shareholders’ meeting are passed by a simple majority vote of the holders of ourOi’s common shares present or represented at the meeting, without taking abstentions into account. Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, the approval of shareholders representing at least half of ourOi’s outstanding voting shares is required for the types of action described below:

 

creating preferred shares or disproportionately increasing an existing class of our preferred shares relative to the other classes of our preferred shares, other than to the extent permitted by our by-laws;

changing a priority, preference, right, privilege or condition of redemption or amortization of any class of our preferred shares or creating a new class of preferred shares that has a priority, preference, right, condition or redemption or amortization superior to an existing class of our preferred shares;

reducing the mandatory dividend set forth in our Oi’sby-laws;

 

changing ourits corporate purpose;

 

merging our companyOi with another company, or consolidating our company,Oi, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law;

 

  transferring all of ourOi’s shares to another company, known as an “incorporação de ações” under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law;

 

  participating in a centralized group of companies (grupo de sociedades) as defined under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law and subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law;

dissolving or liquidating our companyOi or canceling any ongoing liquidation of our company;liquidation;

 

  creating any founders’ shares (partes beneficiárias) entitling the holders thereof to participate in the profits of our company;Oi’s profits; and

 

spinning-off of all or any part of our company.Oi.

Decisions on the transformation of our companyOi into another form of company require the unanimous approval of ourOi’s shareholders, including the holders of ourOi’s preferred shares.

Our companyOi is required to give effect to shareholdersshareholders’ agreements that contain provisions regarding the purchase or sale of ourOi’s shares, preemptive rights to acquire ourOi’s shares, the exercise of the right to vote ourOi’s shares or the power to control our company,Oi, if these agreements are filed with ourat Oi’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law obligatesrequires the president of any shareholdermeeting of shareholders or board of directors meeting to disregard any vote taken by any of the parties to any shareholdersshareholders’ agreement that has been duly filed with our companyOi that violates the provisions of any such agreement. In the event that a shareholder that is party to a shareholdersshareholders’ agreement (or a director appointed by such shareholder) is absent from any shareholders’meeting of shareholders or board of directors’ meetingdirectors or abstains from voting, the other party or parties to that shareholdersshareholders’ agreement have the right to vote the shares of the absent or abstaining shareholder (or on behalf of the absent director) in compliance with that shareholdersshareholders’ agreement. Currently, no shareholders’ agreement affecting Oi’s shares has been filed at Oi’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, neither our Oi’sby-laws nor actions taken at a shareholders’ meeting may deprive any of ourOi’s shareholders of certain specific rights, including:

 

the right to participate in the distribution of ourOi’s profits;

 

the right to participate in any remaining residual assets in the event of ourOi’s liquidation;

 

the right to supervise the management of ourOi’s corporate business as specified in the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law;

 

the right to preemptive rights in the event of an issuance of ourOi’s shares, debentures convertible into ourOi’s shares or subscription bonuses, other than with respect to a public offering of our securities;as provided in the Brazilian Corporate Law; and

 

the right to withdraw from our companyOi under the circumstances specified in the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law.

Voting Rights of Minority Shareholders

Shareholders holding shares representing not less than 5% of ourOi’s voting shares have the right to request that weOi adopt a cumulative voting procedure for the election of the members of ourOi’s board of directors. This procedure must be requested by the required number of shareholders at least 48 hours prior to a shareholders’ meeting.

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, shareholders that are not controlling shareholders, but that together hold either:

 

non-voting preferred shares representing at least 10% of ourOi’s total share capital; or

 

common shares representing at least 15% of ourOi’s voting capital,

have the right to appoint one member and an alternate to ourOi’s board of directors at ourOi’s annual shareholders’ meeting. If no group of ourOi’s common or preferred shareholders meets the thresholds described above, shareholders holding preferred shares or common shares representing at least 10% of ourOi’s total share capital are entitled to combine their holdings to appoint one member and an alternate to ourOi’s board of directors. In the event that minority holders of common shares and/or holders ofnon-voting preferred shares elect a director and the cumulative voting procedures described above are also used, ourOi’s controlling shareholders, if any, always retain the right to elect at least one member more than the number of members elected by the other shareholders, regardless of the total number of members of ourOi’s board of directors. The shareholders seeking to exercise these minority rights must prove that they have held their shares for not less than three months preceding the shareholders’ meeting at which the director will be appointed. Any directors appointed

Under Oi’sby-laws, holders of preferred shares may appoint, by the non-controlling shareholders have the right to veto for cause the selection of our independent registered public accounting firm.separate voting, one board member and one alternate.

In accordance with the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, the holders of Oi’s preferred shares without voting rights or with restricted voting rights are entitled to elect one member and an alternate to ourOi’s fiscal council in a separate election. Minority shareholders have the same right as long as they jointly represent 10% or more of the voting shares. The other shareholders with the right to vote may elect the remaining members and alternates, who, in any event, must number more than the directors and alternates elected by the holders of the non-voting preferred shares and the minority shareholders.

Voting Rights of Preferred Shares

Holders of ourOi’s preferred shares are not entitled to vote on any matter, except:

 

with respect to the election of a member of ourOi’s board of directors by preferred shareholders holding at least 10% of ourOi’s total share capital as described above;

 

with respect to the election of a member and alternate member of ourOi’s fiscal council as described above;

 

with respect to the approval of the contracting of foreign entities related to the controlling shareholders of our companyOi, if any, to render management services, including technical assistance, in which decisions preferred shares will have the right to vote separately from the common shares;

 

with respect to decisions relating to the employment of foreign entities linked to the controlling shareholders of our companyOi, if any, to provide management services, including technical assistance, if the remuneration for such services will exceed 0.2% of ourOi’s consolidated annual sales for fixed switched telephone service, network service transport telecommunications and the mobile highway telephone service, after deductions of tax and contributions; and

 

in the limited circumstances described below.

The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law and our Oi’sby-laws provide that ourOi’s preferred shares will acquire unrestricted voting rights afterand will be entitled to vote together with Oi’s common shares on all matters put to a vote in Oi’s shareholders’ meetings if the third consecutive fiscal year that we failMinimum Preferred Dividend is not paid for a period of three years. As a result of Oi’s failure to pay the minimum dividends to which ourMinimum Preferred Dividend for 2014, 2015 and 2016, holders of Oi’s preferred shares are entitled. obtained full voting rights on April 28, 2017, the date that our annual shareholders’ meeting approved our financial statements for fiscal year 2016.

This voting right will continue until the past due minimum dividenddate on which Oi pays the Minimum Preferred Dividend for the then-most recently completed fiscal year. During the period during which holders of Oi’s preferred shares are entitled to vote together with Oi’s common shares, holders of Oi’s preferred shares will not be entitled to the separate votes described above with respect to the election of a member of Oi’s board of directors, a member and alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council, the approval of the contracting of foreign entities, or decisions relating to the employment of foreign entities.

Limitation on Voting Rights

Under Oi’sby-laws,any yearshareholder or group of shareholders, representing the same interest or bound by a voting agreement, that hold or may hold in that three consecutive-year period is paidthe future, alone or jointly, interest in full. Our preferred shareholders will also obtain unrestrictedOi representing more than 15% of Oi’s voting capital shall have its voting rights if we enter intolimited to 15% of the shares with voting rights.

The limitation above shall be deemed void and without effect in case (1) of capital increase or corporate reorganization that cause a liquidation process.

Underdilution superior to 50% of the Brazilian Corporation Law,corporate capital; (2) of public tender offer, in which the following actions require ratificationoffering shareholder or a group of shareholders, bound by the majorityvoting agreement, acquire more than 50% of issued and outstandingthe shares of the affected class within one year fromcorporate capital; or (3) no shareholder or group of shareholders hold, alone or jointly, interests representing more than 15% of Oi’s voting capital.

Any declaration of vote that overcomes the limits of theby-laws shall not be computed in the shareholders’ meeting at which the common shareholders approve the action:meeting.

the creation of preferred shares or a disproportionate increase of an existing class of our preferred shares relative to the other classes of our preferred shares, other than to the extent permitted by our by-laws;

a change of a priority, preference, right, privilege or condition of redemption or amortization of any class of our preferred shares; or

the creation of a new class of preferred shares that has a priority, preference, right, condition or redemption or amortization superior to an existing class of our preferred shares.

Liquidation

WeOi may be liquidated in accordance with the provisions of Brazilian law. In the event of ourOi’s extrajudicial liquidation, a shareholders’ meeting will determine the manner of ourOi’s liquidation and appoint ourOi’s liquidator and ourOi’s fiscal council that will function during the liquidation period.

Upon ourOi’s liquidation, ourOi’s preferred shares do not have a liquidation preference over ourOi’s common shares in respect of the distribution of ourOi’s net assets.assets, but shall be entitled to unrestricted voting rights. In the event of ourOi’s liquidation, the assets available for distribution to ourOi’s shareholders would be distributed to ourOi’s shareholders in an amount equal to theirpro rata share of ourOi’s legal capital. If the assets to be so distributed are insufficient to fully compensate our all of ourOi’s shareholders for their legal capital, each of ourOi’s shareholders would receive apro rataamount (based on theirpro ratashare of ourOi’s legal capital) of any assets available for distribution.

Preemptive Rights

Under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, each of ourOi’s shareholders has a general preemptive right to subscribe for ourOi’s shares or securities convertible into ourOi’s shares in any capital increase, in proportion to the number of ourOi’s shares held by such shareholder.

Under our Oi’sby-laws, our Oi’s board of directors or ourOi’s shareholders, as the case may be, may decide not to extend preemptive rights to ourOi’s shareholders with respect to any issuance of ourOi’s shares, debentures convertible into ourOi’s shares or warrants made in connection with a public exchange made to acquire control of another company or in connection with a public offering or sale through a stock exchange. The preemptive rights are transferable and must be exercised within a period of at least 30 days following the publication of notice of the issuance of shares or securities convertible into ourOi’s shares. Holders of our ADSs may not be able to exercise the preemptive rights relating to ourOi’s shares underlying their ADSs unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is effective with respect to those rights or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. We areOi is not obligated to file a registration statement with respect to the shares relating to these preemptive rights or to take any other action to make preemptive rights available to holders of our ADSs, and we mayOi is not required to file any such registration statement.

Redemption, Amortization, Tender Offers and Rights of Withdrawal

Our Oi’sby-laws or ourOi’s shareholders at a shareholders’ meeting may authorize usOi to use ourits profits or reserves to redeem or amortize ourOi’s shares in accordance with conditions and procedures established for such redemption or amortization. The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law defines “redemption” (resgate de ações) as the payment of the value of the shares in order to permanently remove such shares from circulation, with or without a corresponding reduction of ourOi’s share capital. The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law defines “amortization” (amortização) as the distribution to the shareholders, without a corresponding capital reduction, of amounts that they would otherwise receive if weOi were liquidated. If an amortization distribution has been paid prior to ourOi’s liquidation, then upon ourOi’s liquidation, the shareholders who did not receive an amortization distribution will have a preference equal to the amount of the amortization distribution in the distribution of ourOi’s capital.

The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law authorizes usOi’s shareholders to redeemapprove in a shareholders’ meeting the redemption of Oi’s shares not held by ourOi’s controlling shareholders, if any, if after a tender offer effected for the purpose of delisting Oi as a consequence of delisting or a substantial reduction in the liquidity of our shares, ourpublicly held company, Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, increase their participation in ourOi’s total share capital to more than 95%. The redemption price in such case would be the same price paid for ourOi’s shares in any such tender offer.

The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law and our Oi’sby-laws also require the acquirer of control (in case of a change of control) or the controller (in case of delisting or a substantial reduction in liquidity of ourOi’s shares) to make a tender offer for the acquisition of the shares held by minority shareholders under certain circumstances described below under “—Mandatory Tender Offers.” The shareholder can also withdraw its capital from our companyOi under certain circumstances described below under “—Rights of Withdrawal.”

Mandatory Tender Offers

The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law requires that if ourOi’s common shares are delisted from the BM&FBOVESPAB3 or there is a substantial reduction in liquidity of ourOi’s common shares, as defined by the CVM, in each case as a result of purchases by ourOi’s controlling shareholders, ourOi’s controlling shareholders must effect a tender offer for acquisition of ourOi’s remaining common shares at a purchase price equal to the fair value of ourOi’s common shares taking into account the total number of ourOi’s outstanding common shares.

If ourOi’s controlling shareholders enter into a transaction which results in a change of control of our company,Oi, the controlling shareholders must include in the documentation of the transaction an obligation to effect a public offer for the purchase of all ourOi’s common shares for the same price per share paid to the controlling shareholders. The tender offer must be submitted to the CVM within 30 days from the date of execution of the documents that provide for the change of control.

Rights of Withdrawal

The Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law provides that, in certain limited circumstances, a dissenting shareholder may withdraw its equity interest from our companyOi and be reimbursed by usOi for the value of ourOi’s common or preferred shares that it then holds.

This right of withdrawal may be exercised by the dissenting ornon-voting holders of the adversely affected class of shares (including any holder of preferred shares of an adversely affected class)shares) in the event that the holders of a majority of all outstanding common shares authorize:

 

the creation of preferred shares or a disproportionate increase of an existing class of our preferred shares relative to the other classes of our preferred shares, other than to the extent permitted by our by-laws;

a change of a priority, preference, right, privilege or condition of redemption or amortization of any class of our preferred shares; or

the creation of a new class of preferred shares that has a priority, preference, right, condition or redemption or amortization superior to an existing class of our preferred shares.

In addition, this right of withdrawal may be exercised by any dissenting or non-voting shareholder (including any holder of preferred shares) in the event that the holders of a majority of the outstanding common shares authorize:

a reduction of the mandatory dividend set forth in our Oi’sby-laws;

to create preferred shares or to increase the existing classes of preferred shares, without maintaining the proportion with the remaining classes of preferred shares, except if provided for and authorized in theby-laws, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;

 

ourchanges in the preferences, advantages and conditions of redemption or amortization of one or more classes of preferred shares, or the creation of a new class with greater privileges, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;

Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies;

 

to merge into another company or to consolidate with another company, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;

a change in ourOi’s corporate purpose;

spinning-offspinning off of all or any part of our company,Oi, if suchspin-off implies results in (1) a change in ourOi’s business purpose (except if thespun-off assets revert to a company whose main purpose is the same as ours)Oi’s), (2) a reduction of the mandatory dividend set forth in our Oi’sby-laws, or (3) ourOi’s participation in a centralized group of companies; or

 

in one of the following transactions in which the shares held by such holders do not meet liquidity and dispersion thresholds under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law:

 

the merger of our company
the merger of Oi with another company, or the consolidation of our company, in a transaction in which our company, or the consolidation of Oi, in a transaction in which Oi is not the surviving entity;

��the transfer of all of our outstanding shares to another company in anincorporação de ações transaction;

 

 the transfer of all of the outstanding shares of another company to usOi in anincorporação de ações transaction; or

 

the acquisition of control of another company at a price that exceeds certain limits set forth in the Brazilian Corporation Law.
Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies.

Dissenting ornon-voting shareholders are also entitled to withdraw in the event that the entity resulting from a merger orspin-off does not have its shares listed in an exchange or traded in the secondary market within 120 days from the shareholders’ meeting that approved the relevant merger orspin-off.

Notwithstanding the above, in the event that we areOi is consolidated or merged with another company, becomebecomes part of a centralized group of companies, or acquireacquires the control of another company for a price in excess of certain limits imposed by the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, holders of any type or class of ourOi’s shares or the shares of the resulting entity that have minimal market liquidity and are dispersed among a sufficient number of shareholders will not have the right to withdraw. For this purpose, shares that are part of general indices representative of portfolios of securities traded in Brazil or abroadthe IBOVESPA index are considered liquid, and sufficient dispersion will exist if the controlling shareholder, the parent company or other companies under its control hold less than half of the total number of outstanding shares of that type or class. In case of aspin-off, the right of withdrawal will only exist if (1) there is a significant change in the corporate purpose, (2) there is a reduction in the mandatory dividend, or (3) thespin-off results in ourOi’s participation in a centralized group of companies.

Only shareholders who own shares on the date of publication of the first notice convening the relevant shareholders’ meeting or the press releasematerial fact notice concerning the relevant transaction is published, whichever is earlier, will be entitled to withdrawal rights. Shareholders will only be entitled to exercise withdrawal rights with respect to the shares held by them from such date until the date withdrawal rights are exercised.

The redemption of shares arising out of the exercise of any withdrawal rights would be made at the economicbook value of the shares, generally equal to the book value per share, determined on the basis of ourOi’s most recent audited balance sheet approved by ourOi’s shareholders. The economic value of the shares may be lower than the net book value amount if it is based on the economic value of the enterprise, as determined by an appraisal process in accordance with Brazilian Corporation Law. If the shareholders’ meeting approving the action that gave rise to withdrawal rights occurred more than 60 days after the date of the most recent approved audited balance sheet, a shareholder may demand that its shares be valued on the basis of a balance sheet prepared specifically for this purpose.

The right of withdrawal lapses 30 days after the date of publication of the minutes of the shareholders’ meeting that approved the action that gave rise to withdrawal rights, except when the resolution is approved pending confirmation by the holders of ourOi’s preferred shares (such confirmation to be given at an extraordinary meeting of such preferred shareholders to be held within one year). In this event, the30-day period for dissenting shareholders begins at the date of publication of the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of such preferred shareholders. OurOi’s shareholders may reconsider any resolution giving rise to withdrawal rights within 10 days after the expiration of the exercise period of withdrawal rights if we believeOi’s management believes that the withdrawal of shares of dissenting shareholders would jeopardize ourOi’s financial stability.

Liability of OurOi’s Shareholders for Further Capital Calls

Neither Brazilian law nor our Oi’sby-laws require any capital calls. OurOi’s shareholders’ liability for capital calls is limited to the payment of the issue price of any shares subscribed or acquired.

Inspection of Corporate Records

Shareholders that own 5% or more of ourOi’s outstanding share capital have the right to inspect ourOi’s corporate records, including shareholders’ lists, corporate minutes, financial records and other documents of our company,Oi, if (1) weOi or any of ourits officers or directors have committed any act contrary to Brazilian law or our Oi’sby-laws, or (2) there are grounds to suspect that there are material irregularities in our company.Oi. However, in either case, the shareholder that desires to inspect ourOi’s corporate records must obtain a court order authorizing the inspection.

Disclosures of Share Ownership

Brazilian regulations require that (1) each of ourOi’s direct or indirect controlling shareholders, directly or indirectly,if any, and (2) shareholders who have elected members of our board of directors or fiscal council, and (3) any person or group of persons representing a person that has directly or indirectly acquired or sold an interest that would result in an increase or decrease corresponding to at least 5%, or any 5% multiple thereof, of the total number of ourOi’s shares of any type or class to disclose its or their share ownership or divestment to us,Oi, and we areOi is responsible for transmitting such information to the CVM and the market. In addition, if a share acquisition results in, or is made with the intention of, change of control or company’s management structure, as well as acquisitions that cause the obligation of performing a tender offer, the persons acquiring such number of shares are required to publish a statement containing certain required information about such acquisition.

OurOi’s controlling shareholders, shareholders that appointif any, members of our board of directors or fiscal council and members of ourOi’s board of directors, board of executive officers, or fiscal council and members of other bodies created pursuant to Oi’sby-laws with technical or consulting functions must file a statement of any change in their holdings of ourOi’s shares with the CVM and the Brazilian stock exchanges on which ourOi’s securities are traded. Oi also must disclose any trading of its shares by Oi or Oi’s controlled or related companies.

Form and Transfer

OurOi’s preferred shares and common shares are in book-entry form, registered in the name of each shareholder or its nominee. The transfer of ourOi’s shares is governed by Article 35 of the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, which provides that a transfer of shares is effected by ourOi’s transfer agent, Banco do Brasil S.A., by an entry made by the transfer agent in its books, upon presentation of valid written share transfer instructions to usOi by a transferor or its representative. When preferred shares or common shares are acquired or sold on a Brazilian stock exchange, the transfer is effected on the records of ourOi’s transfer agent by a representative of a brokerage firm or the stock exchange’s clearing system. The transfer agent also performs all the services of safe-keeping of ourOi’s shares. TransfersProvided that the provisions of ourResolution No. 4,373 are observed, transfers of Oi’s shares by anon-Brazilian investor are made in the same manner and are executed on the investor’s behalf by the investor’s local agent. If the original investment was registered with the Brazilian Central Bank pursuant to foreign investment regulations, thenon-Brazilian investor is also required to amend, if necessary, through its local agent, the electronic certificate of registration to reflect the new ownership.

The BM&FBOVESPAB3 operates a central clearing system.system, the CSD. A holder of ourOi’s shares may choose, at its discretion, to participate in this system, and all shares that such shareholder elects to be put into the clearing system are deposited in custody with the clearing and settlement chamber of the BM&FBOVESPACSD (through a Brazilian institution that is duly authorized to operate by the Brazilian Central Bank and maintains a clearing account with the clearing and settlement chamber of the BM&FBOVESPA)CSD). Shares subject to the custody of the clearing and settlement chamber of the BM&FBOVESPACSD are noted as such in ourOi’s registry of shareholders. Each participating shareholder will, in turn, be registered in the register of the clearing and settlement chamber of the BM&FBOVESPACSD and will be treated in the same manner as shareholders registered in ourOi’s books.

Material Contracts

We have not entered into any material contracts, other than those described in this annual report or entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Exchange Controls

There are no restrictions on ownership or voting of ourOi’s capital stock by individuals or legal entities domiciled outside Brazil. However, the right to convert dividend payments, payments of interest on shareholders’ equity and proceeds from the sale of ourOi’s share capital into foreign currency and to remit such amounts outside Brazil is subject to exchange control restrictions under foreign investment legislation and foreign exchange regulations, which generally require, among other things, the registration of the relevant investment with the Brazilian Central Bank andand/or the CVM.CVM, as the case may be.

Investments in ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares by (1) a holder not deemed to be domiciled in Brazil for Brazilian tax purposes (2)(including anon-Brazilian holder holder) who is registered with the CVM under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, or (3)(2) the depositary, are eligible for registration with the Brazilian Central Bank. This registration (the amount so registered is referred to as registered capital) allows the remittance outside Brazil of foreign currency, converted at the commercial market rate, acquired with the proceeds of distributions on, and amounts realized through, dispositions of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares.

The registered capital per newly issued common share or preferred share purchased in the form of an ADS, or purchased in Brazil under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 and deposited with the depositary in exchange for an ADS, will be equal to its purchase price and to the amountmarket value of the Symbolic FX Agreements (as defined below),corresponding shares on the date of the deposit, respectively.

The registered capital under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 per common share or preferred share withdrawn upon cancellation of a corresponding ADS will be the U.S. dollar equivalent of the market value of the common or preferred share, as the case may be, on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 on the day of withdrawal. Such cancellation is also subject to the execution of simultaneous foreign exchange agreements without the actual inflow and outflow of funds to and from Brazil, or the Symbolic FX Agreements. The U.S. dollar equivalent will be determined upon the execution of the Symbolic FX Agreement.

Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment

Investors (individuals, legal entities, mutual funds and other collective investment entities) domiciled, residing or headquartered outside Brazil may register their investments in ourOi’s shares as foreign portfolio investments under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 (described below) or as foreign direct investments under Law No. 4,131 (described below). Registration under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 or Law No. 4,131 generally enables non-Brazilian investors to convertthe conversion of dividends, other distributions and sales proceeds received in connection with registered investments into foreign currency and to remitthe remittance of such amounts outside Brazil. Registration under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 affords favorable tax treatment tonon-Brazilian portfolio investors who are not resident in a favorable tax jurisdiction, which is defined by Brazilian tax legislation as any country or location that: (1) does not tax income, or taxes income at a rate lower than 20% (or 17% in the case of countries or regimes abiding by the international policy for tax transparency); or (2) does not disclose or imposes restrictions on the disclosure of certain information concerning the shareholding composition of a legal entity, its ownership or the effective beneficiary of income attributable to the foreigners. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373

All investments made by anon-Brazilian investor under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 are subject to an electronic registration with the Brazilian Central Bank. This registration permits non-Brazilian investors to convertthe conversion of dividend payments, payments of interest on shareholders’ equity and proceeds from the sale of ourOi’s share capital into foreign currency and to remitthe remission of such amounts outside Brazil.

Under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373,non-Brazilian investors registered with the CVM may invest in almost all financial assets and engage in almost all transactions available to Brazilian investors in the Brazilian financial and capital markets without obtaining a separate Brazilian Central Bank registration for each transaction, provided that certain requirements are fulfilled. Under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, the definition of anon-Brazilian investor includes individuals, legal entities, mutual funds and other collective investment entities domiciled or headquartered outside Brazil.

Pursuant to Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373,non-Brazilian investors must:

 

appoint at least one representative in Brazil with powers to take action relating to its investments;investments, which must be a financial institution duly authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank;

 

appoint an authorized custodian in Brazil for its investments, which must be a financialan institution duly authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank and CVM;

 

complete the appropriate foreign investor registration forms;

 

appoint a tax representative in Brazil;

 

through its representative, register as anon-Brazilian investor with the CVM;

 

through its representative, register its investments with the Brazilian Central Bank; and

 

obtain a taxpayer identification number from the Brazilian federal tax authorities.

The securities and other financial assets held by anon-Brazilian investor pursuant to Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 must be registered or maintained in deposit accounts or under the custody of an entity duly licensed by the Brazilian Central Bank or the CVM, as applicable, or be registered in registration, clearing and custody systems authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank or by the CVM, as applicable. Subject to limited exceptions provided in the CVM regulation or previous CVM authorization, the trading of securities held under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 is restricted to transactions carried out on stock exchanges or through organizedover-the-counter markets licensed by the CVM.

The offshore transfer or assignment of the securities or other financial assets held bynon-Brazilian investors pursuant to Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 are prohibited, except for transfers (1) resulting from consolidation,spin-off, merger or merger of shares or occurring upon the death of an investor by operation of law or will; or (2) resulting from a corporate reorganization effected abroad, as long as the final beneficiaries and the amount of the assets remain the same.same, or (3) authorized by the CVM.

Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373 – ADSs

Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373 of the National Monetary Council provides for the issuance of depositary receipts in foreign markets in respect of shares of Brazilian issuers. The Common and Preferred ADS program was approved by the Brazilian Central Bank and the CVM prior to the issuance of the Common and Preferred ADSs. Accordingly, as a general rule, the proceeds from the sale of ADSs bynon-Brazilian resident ADS holders outside Brazil are not subject to Brazilian foreign investment controls, and holders of the ADSs who are not resident in a “tax haven” jurisdiction are entitled to favorable tax treatment. See “—Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains.”

Oi pays dividends and other cash distributions with respect to Oi’s common shares and preferred shares inreais. Oi has obtained electronic certificates of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank in the name of the Preferred ADS Depositary and the Common ADS Depositary to be maintained by the custodian on behalf of the Preferred ADS Depositary and the Common ADS Depositary. Pursuant to this registration, the custodian is able to convert dividends and other distributions with respect to Oi’s common shares and preferred shares represented by ADSs into foreign currency and remit the proceeds outside Brazil to the Preferred ADS Depositary and the Common ADS Depositary so that the Preferred ADS Depositary and the Common ADS Depositary may distribute these proceeds to the holders of record of the ADSs.

In the event that a holder of Common or Preferred ADSs exchanges those Common or Preferred ADSs for the underlying common shares or preferred shares, respectively, the holder must:

convert its investment in those shares into a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, subject to the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements; or

convert its investment in those shares into a direct foreign investment under Law No. 4,131, subject to the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements.

The custodian is authorized to update the electronic registration of the Common and Preferred ADS Depositary to reflect conversions of Common and Preferred ADSs into foreign portfolio investments under Resolution No. 4,373.

If a holder of Common or Preferred ADSs elects to convert its Common and Preferred ADSs, as the case may be, into a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 or into a foreign direct investment under Law No. 4,131, the conversion will be effected before the Brazilian Central Bank by the custodian after receipt of an electronic request from the depositary with details of the transaction. If a foreign direct investor under Law No. 4,131 elects to deposit its common shares or preferred shares into the relevant ADS program in exchange for ADSs, such holder will be required to present to the custodian evidence of payment of capital gains taxes and of the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements. See “—Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains” for details of the tax consequences to an investor residing outside Brazil of investing in Oi’s common shares or preferred shares in Brazil.

If a holder of ADSs wishes to convert its investment in Oi’s shares into either a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 or a foreign direct investment under Law No. 4,131, it should begin the process of obtaining its own foreign investor registration with the Brazilian Central Bank or with the CVM, as the case may be, in advance of exchanging the Common or Preferred ADSs for the underlying common or preferred shares, respectively. Anon-Brazilian holder of common or preferred shares may experience delays in obtaining a foreign investor registration, which may delay remittances outside Brazil, which may in turn adversely affect the amount, in U.S. dollars, received by thenon-Brazilian holder.

Unless the holder has registered its investment with the Brazilian Central Bank, the holder may not be able to convert the proceeds from the disposition of, or distributions with respect to, such preferred shares or the common shares into foreign currency or remit those proceeds outside Brazil. In addition, if thenon-Brazilian investor resides in a “tax haven” jurisdiction or is not an investor registered under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, the investor will be subject to less favorable tax treatment than a holder of ADSs. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

Law 4,131

To obtain a certificate of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank under Law No. 4,131, a foreign direct investor must:

 

register as a foreign direct investor with the Brazilian Central Bank;

 

obtain a taxpayer identification number from the Brazilian tax authorities;

 

appoint a tax representative in Brazil; and

 

appoint a representative in Brazil for service of process in respect of suits based on the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law.

Foreign direct investors under Law No. 4,131 may sell their shares in either private or open market transactions, but these investors will generally be subject to less favorable tax treatment on gains with respect to ourOi’s common or preferred shares. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

ADS - Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373

Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373 of the National Monetary Council provides for the issuance of depositary receipts in foreign markets in respect of shares of Brazilian issuers. The ADS program was approved by the Brazilian Central Bank and the CVM prior to the issuance of the ADSs. Accordingly, as a general rule, the proceeds from the sale of ADSs by ADR holders outside Brazil are not subject to Brazilian foreign investment controls, and holders of the ADSs who are not resident in a “tax haven” jurisdiction are entitled to favorable tax treatment. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”

We pay dividends and other cash distributions with respect to our common shares and preferred shares inreais. We have obtained an electronic certificate of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank in the name of the depositary with respect to our ADSs to be maintained by the custodian on behalf of the depositary. Pursuant to this registration, the custodian is able to convert dividends and other distributions with respect to our common shares and preferred shares represented by ADSs into foreign currency and remit the proceeds outside Brazil to the depositary so that the depositary may distribute these proceeds to the holders of record of the ADSs.

In the event that a holder of ADSs exchanges those ADSs for the underlying common shares or preferred shares, the holder must:

convert its investment in those shares into a foreign portfolio investment under Resolution No. 4,373, subject to the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements; or

convert its investment in those shares into a direct foreign investment under Law No. 4,131, subject to the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements.

The custodian is authorized to update the depositary’s electronic registration to reflect conversions of ADSs into foreign portfolio investments under Resolution No. 4,373.

If a holder of ADSs elects to convert its ADSs into a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 or into a foreign direct investment under Law No. 4,131, the conversion will be effected by the Brazilian Central Bank after receipt of an electronic request from the custodian with details of the transaction. If a foreign direct investor under Law No. 4,131 elects to deposit its common shares or preferred shares into the relevant ADR program in exchange for ADSs, such holder will be required to present to the custodian evidence of payment of capital gains taxes and of the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements. The conversion will be effected by the Brazilian Central Bank after receipt of an electronic request from the custodian with details of the transaction. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations” for details of the tax consequences to an investor residing outside Brazil of investing in our common shares or preferred shares in Brazil.

If a holder of ADSs wishes to convert its investment in our shares into either a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 or a foreign direct investment under Law No. 4,131, it should begin the process of obtaining its own foreign investor registration with the Brazilian Central Bank or with the CVM, as the case may be, in advance of exchanging the ADSs for the underlying common shares or preferred shares. A non-Brazilian holder of common shares or preferred shares may experience delays in obtaining a foreign investor registration, which may delay remittances outside Brazil, which may in turn adversely affect the amount, in U.S. dollars, received by the non-Brazilian holder.

Unless the holder has registered its investment with the Brazilian Central Bank, the holder may not be able to convert the proceeds from the disposition of, or distributions with respect to, such common shares or preferred shares into foreign currency or remit those proceeds outside Brazil. In addition, if the non-Brazilian investor resides in a “tax haven” jurisdiction or is not an investor registered under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, the investor will be subject to less favorable tax treatment than a holder of ADSs. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.

Taxation

The following discussion contains a description of the material Brazilian and U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs. The following discussion does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase, hold or dispose of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs. This discussion is based upon the tax laws of Brazil and the United States and regulations under these tax laws as currently in effect, which are subject to change.

Although there is at present no income tax treaty between Brazil and the United States, the tax authorities of the two countries have had discussions that may culminate in such a treaty. No assurance can be given, however, as to whether or when a treaty will enter into force or how it will affect the U.S. holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs.

Prospective purchasers of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs should consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs in their particular circumstances.

Brazilian Tax Considerations

The following discussion contains a description of the material Brazilian tax consequences, subject to the limitations set forth herein, of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs by a holder not deemed to be domiciled in Brazil for purposes of Brazilian taxation, or a Non-Brazilian Holder.non-Brazilian holder. This discussion is based on the tax laws of Brazil and regulations thereunder in effect on the date hereof, which are subject to change (possibly with retroactive effect). This discussion does not specifically address all of the Brazilian tax considerations that may be applicable to any particular Non-Brazilian Holder.non-Brazilian holder. Therefore, each Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder should consult its own tax advisor about the Brazilian tax consequences of an investment in ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs.

Individuals domiciled in Brazil and Brazilian companies are taxed in Brazil on the basis of their worldwide income which includes earnings of Brazilian companies’ foreign subsidiaries, branches and affiliates. The earnings of branches of foreign companies andnon-Brazilian residents, or nonresidents, in general are taxed in Brazil only on income derived from Brazilian sources.

In addition, the remittances are subject to a Brazilian financial transactions tax, which as of the date of this annual report is 0%, but may be subject to change.

NI 1,397/2013 published in the Official Gazette on September 17, 2013, was enacted to regulate the transitional tax regime, or RTT, in force as of January 1, 2008 to adjust, for tax purposes, the net profit calculated under the IFRS rules in accordance with Law No. 11,638/2007. According to NI 1,397/2013, for purposes of calculating dividends and interest on net equity, taxpayers must use the accounting books prepared according to the criteria in force on December 31, 2007, and not IFRS. According to such provisions, depending on the tax basis used by the taxpayer, certain dividend distributions may be subject to a 15% withholding tax (or 25% if the taxpayer resides in a “tax haven” jurisdiction.

However, the instruction established by NI 1,397/2013 relating to the taxation on dividends distribution made prior to November 12, 2013 was overruled by Law No. 12,973, enacted on May 13, 2014. According to Law No. 12,973, dividends calculated on profits recorded up to December, 31, 2013 are exempt from such tax, even in the event that the amount computed under the IFRS rules exceeds the criteria in force on December, 31, 2007.

Dividends

Dividends paid by a Brazilian corporation, such as Oi, including stock dividends and other dividends paid to a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, are currently not subject to income tax withholding in Brazil to the extent that such amounts are related to profits generated after January 1, 1996. Dividends paid from profits generated before January 1, 1996 may be subject to Brazilian income tax withholding at varying rates, according to the tax legislation applicable to each corresponding year. See “—New Tax Regime Created by Law No. 12,973” for further information regarding dividends based on the 2014 calendar-year profits.

Interest on Shareholders’ Equity

Law No. 9,249, dated December 26, 1995, as amended, allows a Brazilian corporation, such as Oi, to make distributions to shareholders of interest on shareholders’ equity, and treat those payments as a deductible expense for purposes of calculating Brazilian corporate income tax, and, since 1998, social contribution on net profit as well, as long as the limits described below are observed. These distributions may be paid in cash. For tax purposes, the deductible amount of this interest is limited to the daily pro rata variation of the TJLP, as determined by the Brazilian Central Bank from time to time, and the amount of the deduction may not exceed the greater of:

 

50% of net income (after the deduction of social contribution on net profit but before taking into account the provision for corporate income tax and the amounts attributable to shareholders as interest on shareholders’ equity) for the period in respect of which the payment is made; and

50% of the sum of retained profits and income reserves as of the date of the beginning of the period in respect of which the payment is made.

Payment of interest on shareholders’ equity to a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder is subject to income tax withholding at the rate of 15%, or 25% if the Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder is domiciled in a country or location that is considered to be a “tax haven jurisdiction” for this purpose. For this purpose, the definition of “tax haven” encompasses countries and locations (1) that do not impose income tax, (2) that impose income tax at a rate of 20% or less, or (3) that impose restrictions on the disclosure of thewhere local laws do not allow access to information related to shareholding composition, ownership of investments, or of the identity of the ultimate beneficiarybeneficial owners of earnings that are attributed tonon-residents. See “—Interpretation of

On November 28, 2014, the Brazilian Revenue Service issued Rule No. 488, which reduces the threshold income tax rate for determining a “tax favorable jurisdiction” from 20% to 17%. Please refer to “—Discussion on the Definition of ‘Tax Haven’ Jurisdictions.”

Jurisdictions” below for a discussion that the definition of “tax haven” jurisdiction may be broadened by an interpretation of Law No. 11,727. These payments of interest on shareholders’ equity may be included, at their net value, as part of any mandatory dividend. To the extent payment of interest on net equity is so included, Oi is required to distribute to shareholders an additional amount to ensure that the net amount received by them, after payment of the applicable income tax withholding, is at least equal to the mandatory dividend.

Payments of interest on shareholders’ equity are decided by Oi’s shareholders, at its annual shareholders meeting, on the basis of recommendations of its board of directors. No assurance can be given that ourOi’s board of directors will not recommend that future distributions of profits should be made by means of interest on shareholders’ equity instead of by means of dividends.

Taxation of Gains

Under Law No. 10,833, enacted on December 29, 2003, the gain on the disposition or sale of assets located in Brazil by a Non-Brazilian Holder,non-Brazilian holder, whether to anothernon-Brazilian resident or to a Brazilian resident, may be subject to income tax withholdingcapital gain taxes in Brazil.

With respect to the disposition of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares, as they are assets located in Brazil, the Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder should be subject to income tax on the gains assessed, following the rules described below, regardless of whether the transactions are conducted in Brazil or with a Brazilian resident.

With respect to ourOi’s ADSs, although the matter is not entirely clear, arguably the gains realized by a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder upon the disposition of ADSs to anothernon-Brazilian resident will not be taxed in Brazil, on the basis that ADSs are not “assets located in Brazil” for the purposes of Law No. 10,833. We cannot assure you, however, that the Brazilian tax authorities or the Brazilian courts will agree with this interpretation. As a result, gains on a disposition of ADSs by a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder to a Brazilian resident, or even to anon-Brazilian resident, in the event that courts determine that ADSs would constitute assets located in Brazil, may be subject to income tax in Brazil according to the rules applicable to ourOi’s common shares and preferred shares, described above.

As a general rule, gains realized as a result of a disposition of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs are the positive difference between the amount realized on the transaction and the acquisition cost of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs.

Under Brazilian law, however, income tax rules on such gains can vary depending on the domicile of the Non-Brazilian Holder,non-Brazilian holder, the type of registration of the investment by the Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder with the Brazilian Central Bank and how the disposition is carried out, as described below.

Gains realized on a disposition of shares carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange (which includes the organizedover-the-counter market) are:

 

exempt from income tax when realized by a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder that (1) has registered its investment in Brazil with the Brazilian Central Bank under the rules of Resolution No. 4,373, dated September 14, 2014, which replaced Resolution 2,689 (a “2,689dated January 26, 2000 (“4,373 Holder”), and (2) is not a resident in a country or location which is defined as a “tax haven” jurisdiction for this purposes (as described below); or

subject to income tax at a rate of up to 25% in any other case, including a case of gains assessed by a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder that is not a 2,6894,373 Holder, and is a resident of a country or location defined as a “tax haven” jurisdiction for this purpose (as described below). In these cases, a withholding income tax of 0.005% of the sale value will be applicable and can be later offset with the eventual income tax due on the capital gain. This 0.005% withholding income tax is not levied on day trade transactions.

Any other gains assessed on a disposition of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares that is not carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange are subject to income tax at the rate of 15%, or 25% in the case of a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder which resides in a “tax haven” jurisdiction according to the definition applicable to this situation. In the case that these gains are related to transactions conducted on the Braziliannon-organizedover-the-counter market with intermediation, income tax withholding of 0.005% will also be applicable and can be offset against the eventual income tax due on the capital gain. This 0.005% income tax withholding is not levied in day trade transactions.

In the case of 2,6894,373 Holders, a country or location should only be defined as a “tax haven” jurisdiction when it (1) does not tax income, or (2) taxes income at a rate of 20% or less. In the case of gains realized by Non-Brazilian Holdersnon-Brazilian holders other than 2,6894,373 Holders, a country or location should be defined as a “tax haven” jurisdiction when it (a) does not tax income, (b) taxes income at a rate of 20% or less, or (c) imposes restrictions on the disclosure ofwhere local laws do not allow access to information related to shareholding composition, of the ownership of investments, or of the identity of the ultimate beneficiarybeneficial owners of earnings that are attributed tonon-residents. However, there is doubt as to the application of these criteria by the Brazilian tax authorities. See “—Interpretation of the Discussion on the Definition of ‘Tax Haven’ Jurisdictions.”Jurisdictions” for more information on this maximum rate of 20% and its reduction to 17%.

In the case of redemption of securities or capital reduction by a Brazilian corporation, such as Oi, the positive difference between the amount effectively received by the Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder and the corresponding acquisition cost is treated, for tax purposes, as capital gain derived from sale or exchange of shares not carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange market, and is therefore subject to income tax at the rate of 15% or 25%, as the case may be.

The deposit of ourOi’s common or preferred shares in exchange for ADSs will be subject to Brazilian income tax if the acquisition cost of the shares is lower than (1) the average price per share on a Brazilian stock exchange on which the greatest number of such shares were sold on the day of deposit, or (2) if no shares were sold on that day, the average price on the Brazilian stock exchange on which the greatest number of shares were sold in the 15 trading sessions immediately preceding such deposit. In such case, the difference between the acquisition cost and the average price of the shares calculated as above will be considered to be a capital gain subject to income tax withholding at the rate of 15% or 25%, as the case may be. In some circumstances, there may be arguments to claim that this taxation is not applicable in the case of a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder that is a 2,6894,373 Holder and is not a resident in a “tax haven” jurisdiction for this purpose. The availability of these arguments to any specific holder of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares will depend on the circumstances of such holder. Prospective holders of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares should consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of the deposit of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares in exchange for ADSs.

Any exercise of preemptive rights relating to ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs will not be subject to Brazilian taxation. Any gain on the sale or assignment of preemptive rights relating to ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares, including the sale or assignment carried out by the depositary, on behalf of Non-Brazilian Holdersnon-Brazilian holders of ADSs, will be subject to Brazilian income taxation according to the same rules applicable to the sale or disposition of ourOi’s common shares or preferred shares.

As a Non-Brazilian Holder of ADSs, you may cancel your TmarPart ADSsOn March 16, 2016, Provisional Measure No. 692 was converted into Law 13,259/16 and exchange them for TmarPart shares. Incomeincreased tax will not be leviedrates on such exchange, as long as the appropriate rules are complied with in connection with the registration of the investment with the Central Bank, and as long as ADSs are not deemed to be “assets located in Brazil.

Any gaincapital gains earned by a Non-Brazilian HolderBrazilian individuals and certain legal entities. The new rates should apply as from 2017 as follows: (1) 15% on the exercisecapital gain not exceeding R$5,000,000; (2) 17.5% on the capital gain amount between R$5,000,000 and R$10,000,000; (3) 20% on the capital gain amount between R$10,000,000 and R$30,000,000; and (4) 22.5% on the capital gain which exceeds R$30,000,000. The new rates should also apply tonon-Brazilian holders depending on their type of appraisal rights (which consists of a disposition of Oi shares, in exchange for a cash payment by Oi) will beinvestment, jurisdiction and the sale transaction, subject to Brazilian income taxation according to the same rules applicable to the sale or disposition of shares of TmarPart.

Any exercise of preemptive rights relating to the subscription of new TmarPart shares or ADSs, uponconfirmation on a capital increase of TmarPart, will not be subject to Brazilian taxation. Any gain on the sale or assignment of preemptive rights relating to shares of TmarPart, including the sale or assignment carried outcase by the TmarPart Depositary, on behalf of Non-Brazilian Holders of ADSs, will be subject to Brazilian income taxation according to the same rules applicable to the sale or disposition of shares of TmarPart. The current preferential tax treatment for 2,689 Holders, as described above, may be extinguished in the future.case basis.

Interpretation of the Discussion on the Definition of “Tax Haven” Jurisdictions

Until December 2008, under Brazilian tax laws, a Low Tax Jurisdiction (“LTJ”) was defined as a country or location that does not impose taxation on income, or imposes the income tax at a rate lower than 20%. There was also the concept of Tax Favorable Jurisdiction (“TFJ”) which also included the jurisdictions where local laws do not allow access to information related to shareholding composition, ownership of investments, or the identity of the beneficial owners of earnings that are attributed tonon-resident. There was a list of LTJsTFJs enacted by Brazilian tax authorities by means of Normative Instruction No. 188/2002. More recently, some amendments were implemented in connection with

On June 24, 2008, Law No. 11,727 introduced the concept of LTJ, via the enactment of Law No. 11,727/08, in force as of January 2009, in order to include in said concept the provision in the sense that the country or location which imposes restrictions on the disclosure of shareholding composition or the ownership of the investment should also be considered as a LTJ.

Additionally, Law No. 11,727/08 also created the concept of privileged tax regimesPrivileged Tax Regimes (“PTRs”), which encompasses the countries and jurisdictions that: (i)(1) do not tax income or tax it at a maximum rate lower than 20%; (ii)(2) grant tax advantages to anon-resident entity or individual (a) without the need to carry out a substantial economic activity in the country or a said territory or (b) conditioned toon thenon-exercise of a substantial economic activity in the country or a said territory; (iii)(3) do not tax or taxes proceeds generated abroad at a maximum rate lower than 20.0%; or (iv) restricts(4) restrict the ownership disclosure of assets and ownership rights or restricts disclosure about economic transactions carried out.

As a consequence, in 2010, a new list was enacted by Brazilian tax authorities, via Normative Instruction 1,037/10 (“NI 1,037/10”), which includes the countries considered as LTJsTFJs and the locations considered as granting privileged tax regimes.PTRs. Under Section 2 of NI 1,037/10, companies incorporated as LLCs in the US, and companies benefiting out offrom some holding regimes in Europe, may be considered as granting privileged tax regimes.PTRs. We highlight that there would be solid legal grounds to sustain that the list should be interpreted as an exhaustive list, so that only the countries and locations listed should be viewed as LTJsTFJs and privileged tax regimes,PTRs, according to their specific qualification. The interpretation of the current Brazilian tax legislation should lead to the conclusion that the concept of PTR should only apply for certain Brazilian tax purposes, such as transfer pricing and thin capitalization. According to this interpretation, the concept of PTR should not be applied in connection with the taxation of dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity and gains related to investments made by Non-Brazilian Holdersnon-Brazilian holders in Brazilian corporations, such as TmarPart.corporations. Regulations andnon-binding tax rulings issued by Brazilian federal tax authorities seem to confirm this interpretation.

Notwithstanding the above, we recommend that you consult your own tax advisors regarding the consequences of the implementation of Law No. 11,727, NI 1,037/10 and of any related Brazilian tax law or regulation concerning LowLTJs, TFJs, or Nil Tax JurisdictionsPTRs.

On November 28, 2014, the Brazilian Revenue Service issued Rule No. 488, which reduces the threshold income tax rate for determining a TFJ from 20% to 17%. This rule also applies for purposes of the definition of PTRs. In any event, differing interpretations by the tax authorities in the application of this rule may result in a lower number of jurisdictions being characterized as TFJ. Furthermore, the RFB issued Normative Instruction No. 1,530/14 providing that compliance with such standards requires: (1) signature or PTRs.negotiations completion for a treaty or agreement allowing the exchange of information related to identification of income beneficiaries, shareholding structure, ownership of goods or rights, or economic transactions that are carried out; and (2) commitment to the criteria set out in internationalanti-tax evasion forums of which Brazil is a member. A new list of TFJs and PTRs has not been issued to date.

Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions (IOF/Exchange Tax)

Brazilian law imposes a Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions, or IOF/Exchange, on the conversion ofreais into foreign currency and on the conversion of foreign currency into reais.reais. The currently applicable rate for most types of foreign exchange transactions is 0.38%. However, other rates apply to specific types of transactions.

In particular, foreign exchange transactionsAny inflow of funds related to inflows of funds to Brazil for investments made by Non-Brazilian Holderscarried out on the Brazilian financial and capital markets areby 4,373 Holders is currently subject to the IOF/Exchange Tax at a rate of zero percent rate.

percent. Foreign exchange transactions related to outflows of funds in connection with investments carried out on the Brazilian financial and capital markets are also subject to the IOF/Exchange Tax at a rate of zero percent.

The IOF/Exchange also levies at a zero percent rate in case of dividends and interest on shareholders’ equity paid by a Brazilian corporation such as TmarPart, to Non-Brazilian Holders.non-Brazilian holders.

The Brazilian government is permitted to increase the rate of the IOF/Exchange at any time by up to 25% on the foreign exchange transaction amount. However, any increase in rates will only apply to transactions carried out after such increase in rates enters into force.

The purchase of ADSs by anon-Brazilian holder outside Brazil generally does not require the execution of a foreign exchange agreement with the Brazilian Central Bank. If this is the case, the IOF/Exchange Tax is not due. The IOF/Exchange Tax is levied at a zero percent rate in connection with foreign exchange agreements, without any actual flows of funds, that are required for a cancellation of ADSs and exchange for shares traded on a Brazilian stock exchange.

Tax on Transactions Involving Securities (IOF/ Securities Tax)

Brazilian law imposes a Tax on Transactions Involving Bonds and Securities, or IOF/Bonds and Securities, due on transactions involving bonds and securities, including those carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange.

The rate of IOF/Bonds and Securities applicable to most transactions involving shares and ADSs is currently zero, although the Brazilian government may increase such rate at any time up to 1.5% of the transaction amount per day, but only in respect of future transactions.

The transfer (cessão) of shares traded on a Brazilian stock exchange for the issuance of depositary receipts to be traded outside Brazil, such as ADSs, is currently subject to the IOF/Bonds and Securities at a zero percent rate.

New Tax Regime Created by Law No. 12,973

Normative Instruction No. 1,397/2013, or NI 1,397/2013, published in the Official Gazette on September 17, 2013, was enacted to regulate the transitional tax regime, or RTT, in force between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2014, to adjust, for tax purposes, the net profit calculated under the IFRS rules in accordance with Law 11,638/2007. According to NI 1,397/2013, for purposes of calculating dividends and interest on net equity, taxpayers must use the accounting books prepared according to the criteria in force on December 31, 2007, and not IFRS. According to such provisions, depending on the tax basis used by the taxpayer, certain dividend distributions may be subject to a 15% withholding tax (or 25% if the taxpayer resides in a “tax haven” jurisdiction).

Provisional Measure 627/2013 was converted into Law No. 12,973, enacted on May 13, 2014 (“Law 12,973/14”), which revoked the RTT and introduced a new tax regime, in line with the current Brazilian accounting standards (IFRS). According to Law 12,973/14, companies electing to be taxed under the new regime on January 1, 2014 as opposed to January 1, 2015 will not be subject to taxation under NI 1,397/2013 on their dividend distributions based on 2014 profits. Companies that did not elect to be taxed under the new regime on January 1, 2014, might be subject to withholding income tax on a part of the dividend distributions based on 2014 profits, according to the rules set forth under NI 1,397/2013.

Other Brazilian Taxes

There are no Brazilian inheritance, gift or succession taxes applicable to the ownership, transfer or disposition of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs by a Non-Brazilian Holdernon-Brazilian holder except for gift and inheritance taxes levied by some states in Brazil. There are no Brazilian stamp, issue, registration, or similar taxes or duties payable by Non-Brazilian Holdersnon-Brazilian holders of ourOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

The following is a discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be relevant with respect to the acquisition, ownership and disposition of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, of Oi, which are evidenced by ADRs. This description addresses only the U.S. federal income tax considerations of U.S. Holders (as defined below) that are initial purchasers of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi and that will hold such shares or ADSs as capital assets. This description does not address tax considerations applicable to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, such as banks, financial institutions, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, grantor trusts, regulated investment companies, dealers or traders in securities or currencies,tax-exempt entities, pension funds, persons that received theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi pursuant to an exercise of employee stock options or rights or otherwise as compensation for the performance of services, persons that will hold theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi as a position in a “straddle” or as a part of a “hedging,” “conversion” or other risk reduction transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, persons that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar, persons that will own the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi through partnerships or other pass through entities, holders subject to the alternative minimum tax, certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States or holders that own (or are deemed to own) 10% or more (by combined voting power)power or combined value) of the shares of Oi.Oi’s shares.

This description does not address any state, local ornon-U.S. tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi by U.S. Holders. Moreover, this description does not address the consequences of any U.S. federal tax other than income tax, including but not limited to the U.S. federal estate and gift taxes. This description is based on (1) the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), existing and temporary U.S. Treasury Regulations and judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, in each case as in effect and available on the date of this annual report, as well as proposed Treasury Regulations available on the date of this annual report, and (2) in part, the representations of the depositary and the assumption that each obligation in the deposit agreement and any related agreement will be performed in accordance with its terms. All of the foregoing is subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below. Holders should consult their tax advisers to determine the particular tax

consequences to such holders of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, of Oi, including the applicability and effect of U.S. state, local andnon-U.S. tax laws.

As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means, for U.S. federal tax purposes, a beneficial owner of Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi that is:

 

an individual citizen or resident of the United States;

 

a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or

 

a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration, and (2) one or more United States persons have the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of such trust.

If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, of Oi, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. A partnership or its partners should consult their tax advisor as to its tax consequences.

Treatment of ADSs

In general, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a holder of an ADR evidencing an ADS will be treated as the beneficial owner of theOi’s common shares or preferred shares of Oi represented by the applicable ADS. The U.S. Treasury Department has expressed concern that depositaries for ADSs, or other intermediaries between the holders of shares of an issuer and the issuer, may be taking actions that are inconsistent with the claiming of U.S. foreign tax credits by U.S. Holders of such receipts or shares. Such actions include, for example, apre-release of an ADS by a depositary. Accordingly, the analysis regarding the availability of a U.S. foreign tax credit for Brazilian taxes, the sourcing rules described below and the availability of the reduced tax rate for dividends received by certainnon-corporate holders, each could be affected by future actions that may be taken by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Taxation of Dividends

Subject to the discussion below under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” in general, the gross amount of a distribution made with respect to a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi (which for this purpose shall include distributions of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity before any reduction for any Brazilian taxes withheld therefrom) will, to the extent made from the current or accumulated earnings and profits of Oi, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, constitute a dividend to a U.S. Holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Non-corporate U.S. Holders may be taxed on dividends from a qualified foreign corporation at the lower rates applicable to long-term capital gains (i.e., gains with respect to capital assets held for more than one year). A foreign corporation is treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends received from that corporation on shares or ADSs that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Treasury Department guidance indicates that the ADSs of Oi (which are listed on the NYSE), but not the common or preferred shares of Oi, are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Thus, subject to the discussion below under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” dividends that Oi pays on the ADS, but not on the common shares or preferred shares of Oi, currently meet the conditions required for these reduced tax rates. However, there can be no assurance that the ADSs will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in later years. Furthermore, a U.S. Holder’s eligibility for such preferential rate is subject to certain holding period requirements and the non-existence of certain risk reduction transactions with respect to the ADSs. Such dividends will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. Subject to the discussion below under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” if a distribution exceeds the amount of the current and accumulated earnings and profits of Oi, it will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi on which it is paid and thereafter as capital gain. Oi does not maintain calculations of the earnings and profits of Oi

under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that distributions by Oi generally will be treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

A dividend paid in reais will be includible in the income of a U.S. Holder at its value in U.S. dollars calculated by reference to the prevailing spot market exchange rate in effect on the day it is received by the U.S. Holder in the case of the common shares or preferred shares of Oi or, in the case of a dividend received in respect of ADSs of Oi, on the date the dividend is received by the depositary, whether or not the dividend is converted into U.S. dollars. Assuming the payment is not converted at that time, the U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in reais equal to that U.S. dollar amount, which will be used to measure gain or loss from subsequent changes in exchange rates. Any gain or loss realized by a U.S. Holder that subsequently sells or otherwise disposes of reais, which gain or loss is attributable to currency fluctuations after the date of receipt of the dividend, will be ordinary gain or loss. The amount of any distribution of property other than cash will be the fair market value of such property on the date of distribution.

The gross amount of any dividend paid (which will include any amounts withheld in respect of Brazilian taxes) with respect to a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as foreign source dividend income, which may be relevant in calculating a U.S. Holder’s foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to limitations under U.S. federal income tax law concerning credits or deductions for foreign taxes and certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions, any Brazilian withholding tax will be treated as a foreign income tax eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability (or at a U.S. Holder’s election, may be deducted in computing taxable income if the U.S. Holder has elected to deduct all foreign income taxes for the taxable year). The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for the U.S. foreign tax credit is calculated separately with respect to specific “baskets” of income. For this purpose, the dividends should generally constitute “passive category income,” or in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “general category income.” The rules with respect to foreign tax credits are complex, and U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

Treatment of Preferred Stock

Section 305 of the Code provides special rules for the tax treatment of preferred stock. According to the U.S. Treasury Regulations under that section, the term preferred stock generally refers to stock which enjoys certain limited rights and privileges (generally associated with specified dividend and liquidation priorities) but does not participate in corporate growth to any significant extent. While Oi’s preferred shares have some preferences over its common shares, the preferred shares are not fixed as to dividend payments or liquidation value. Consequently, although the matter is not entirely clear, because the determination is highly factual in nature, it is more likely than not that the preferred shares of Oi will be treated as “common stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code. If the preferred shares are treated as “common stock” for purposes of section 305 of the Code, distributions to U.S. Holders of additional shares of such “common stock” or preemptive rights relating to such “common stock” with respect to their preferred shares or ADSs that are made as part of a pro rata distribution to all shareholders in most instances will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. On the other hand, if the preferred shares are treated as “preferred stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code, and if a U.S. Holder receives a distribution of additional shares or preemptive rights as described in the preceding sentence, such distributions (including amounts withheld in respect of any Brazilian taxes), as discussed more fully below, will be treated as dividends to the same extent and in the same manner as distributions payable in cash. In that event, the amount of such distribution (and the basis of the new shares or preemptive rights so received) will equal the fair market value of the shares or preemptive rights on the date of distribution.

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs of Oi

A deposit or withdrawal of common shares or preferred shares by a U.S. Holder in exchange for the ADS that represent such shares will not result in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to the discussion below under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi held by the U.S. Holder or the depositary, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in its common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi (determined in U.S. dollars) and the U.S. dollar amount realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition. If a Brazilian tax is withheld on the sale,

exchange or other disposition of a share, the amount realized by a U.S. Holder will include the gross amount of the proceeds of that sale, exchange or other disposition before deduction of the Brazilian tax. In the case of a non-corporate U.S. Holder, the maximum marginal U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to capital gain generally will be lower than the maximum marginal U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income (other than, as discussed above, certain dividends) if such holder’s holding period for such common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi exceeds one year (i.e., such gain is a long-term capital gain). Capital gain, if any, realized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or exchange of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi generally will be treated as U.S. source income for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Consequently, in the case of a disposition or deposit of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi that is subject to Brazilian tax, the U.S. Holder may not be able to use the foreign tax credit for that Brazilian tax unless it can apply the credit against U.S. tax payable on other income from foreign sources in the appropriate income category, or, alternatively, it may take a deduction for the Brazilian tax if it elects to deduct all of its foreign income taxes. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.

The initial tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will be the U.S. dollar value of the reais-denominated purchase price determined on the date of purchase. If the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi are treated as traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis U.S. Holder, or, if it elects, an accrual basis U.S. Holder, will determine the dollar value of the cost of such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs by translating the amount paid at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the purchase. The conversion of U.S. dollars to reais and the immediate use of that currency to purchase common shares, preferred shares or ADSs generally will not result in taxable gain or loss for a U.S. Holder.

With respect to the sale or exchange of common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, the amount realized generally will be the U.S. dollar value of the payment received determined on the date of disposition. If the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi are treated as traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis taxpayer, or, if it elects, an accrual basis taxpayer, will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules

ANon-U.S. corporation will be classified as a “passive foreign investment company,” or a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules, either (1) at least 75 percent of its gross income is “passive income,” or (2) at least 50 percent of the average value of its gross assets is attributable to assets that produce “passive income” or is held for the production of passive income. Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents and gains from commodities and securities transactions. For purposes of the PFIC asset test, the aggregate fair market value of the assets of a publicly traded foreign corporation generally is treated as being equal to the sum of the aggregate value of the outstanding stock and the total amount of the liabilities of such corporation (the “Market Capitalization”).

Based on certain estimates of the gross income and gross assets of Oi, the nature of its business, the size of its investment in certain subsidiaries, and its anticipated Market Capitalization, Oi believes that for Oi’s taxable years ended December 31, 2016, and December 31, 2017, it was not a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Nevertheless, because PFIC status is determined annually based on our income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to determine whether we will not be classifiedcharacterized as a PFIC for itsthe taxable year endedending December 31, 2014. Because Oi currently holds, and expects to continue to hold and potentially to increase its holdings of, a substantial amount of cash and cash equivalents and other passive assets used in our business, and because the value of Oi’s gross assets is likely to be determined in large part by reference to Oi’s Market Capitalization, Oi would likely become a PFIC2018, or for a given taxableany subsequent year, if the market price of Oi’s common shares or preferred shares were to decrease significantly, and may be a PFIC depending on the timing of any sale of any significant assets of Oi (such as the sale by Oi of PT Portugal) and the use of the proceeds of any such sale. The application of the PFIC rules is subject to uncertainty in several respects, and Oi must make a separate determinationuntil after the close of each taxable year as to whether it wasthe year. Furthermore, because Oi determines the value of our gross assets based on the Market Capitalization test, a decline in the value of our ordinary shares and preferred shares may result in our becoming a PFIC. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for suchany taxable year. Moreover, Oi has not obtained an opinion from counsel regarding the PFIC status of Oi for any taxable period.

If Oi is a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, Oi generally will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, unless Oi ceases to be a PFIC and such U.S. Holder makes a “deemed sale” election with respect to such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi. If such election is made, such U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi held by such U.S. Holder at their fair market value on the last day of the last taxable year in which Oi qualified as a PFIC, and any gain from such deemed sale would be subject to the consequences described in the following paragraph. After the deemed sale election, such U.S. Holder’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi with respect to which the deemed sale election was made will not be treated as shares in a PFIC, and such U.S. Holder would not be subject to the rules described below with respect to any “excess distribution” such U.S. Holder receives from Oi or any gain from an actual sale or other disposition of such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, unless Oi subsequently becomes a PFIC.The rules dealing with deemed sale elections are complex. U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisor as to the possibility and consequences of making a deemed sale election if Oi ceases to be treated as a PFIC (exceptand such election becomes available to U.S. Holders.

For each taxable year that Oi is treated as discussed below),a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder, any excess distribution (generally a distribution in excess of 125% of the average distribution over a three-year period or shorter holding period for Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or preferred shares)ADSs) and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income and will be subject to tax as if (1) the excess distribution or gain had been realized ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period, (2) the amount deemed realized in each year had been subject to tax in each such year at the highest marginal rate for such year (other than income allocated to the current period or any taxable period before Oi became a PFIC, which would be subject to tax at the U.S. Holder’s

regular ordinary income rate for the current year and would not be subject to the interest charge discussed below), and (3) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the taxes deemed to have been payable in those years. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences that would arise ifof Oi werebeing treated as a PFIC.PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holders. The tax liability for amounts allocated to taxable years prior to the year of disposition or excess distribution cannot be offset by any net operating losses for such years, and gains (but not losses) realized on the sale or other disposition of common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi cannot be treated as capital, even if a U.S. Holder holds the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi as capital assets. In addition, a U.S. Holder’s tax basis in common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi that are acquired from a decedent would not receive astep-up to fair market value as of the date of the decedent’s death but instead would be equal to the decedent’s basis, if lower.

If Oi wereis treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder for any taxable year, to the extent any of Oi’s subsidiaries are also PFICs or Oi makes direct or indirect equity investments in other entities that are PFICs, such U.S. Holder may be deemed to own shares in such lower-tier PFICs that are directly or indirectly owned by Oi in that proportion which the value of the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi such U.S. Holder owns bears to the value of all of Oi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs, and such U.S. Holder may be subject to the adverse tax consequences described in the preceding two paragraphs with respect to the shares of such lower-tier PFICs that such U.S. Holder would be deemed to own. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisor regarding the application of the PFIC rules to any of Oi’s subsidiaries.

If Oi is treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder of the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, such U.S. Holder may be able to make certain elections that may alleviate certain of the tax consequences referred to above. Where a company that is a PFIC meets certain reporting requirements, a U.S. Holder can avoid certain adverse PFIC consequences described above by making a “qualified electing fund,” or QEF, election to be taxed currently on its proportionate share of the PFIC’s ordinary income and net capital gains. However, Oi does not intend to comply with the necessary accounting and record keeping requirements that would allow a U.S. Holder to make a QEF election with respect to Oi.

If theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi are “regularly traded” on a “qualified exchange,” a U.S. Holder may make amark-to-market election with respect to the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, as the case may be. If a U.S. Holder makes themark-to-market election, for each year in which Oi is a PFIC, the holder will generally include as ordinary income the excess, if any, of the fair market value of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs, of Oi, as the case may be, at the end of the taxable year over their adjusted tax basis, and will be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted tax basis of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, of Oi, over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of previously included income as a result of themark-to-market election). If a U.S. Holder makes the election, the holder’s tax basis in theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, of Oi, as the case may be, will be adjusted to reflect the amount of any such income or loss. Any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will be treated as ordinary income. TheOi’s common shares, preferred shares and ADSs of Oi will be considered “marketable stock” if they are traded on a qualified exchange, other than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. The NYSE is a qualified exchange and the BM&FBOVESPAB3 may constitute a qualified exchange for this purpose provided the BM&FBOVESPAB3 meets certain trading volume, listing, financial disclosure, surveillance and other requirements set forth in applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations. However, Oi cannot be certain that theits common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will continue to trade on the BM&FBOVESPAB3 or the NYSE, respectively, or that theits common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will be traded on at least 15 days in each calendar quarter in other than de minimis quantities. U.S. Holders should be aware, however, that iffor each taxable year that Oi were determinedis treated as a PFIC with respect to be a PFIC,U.S. Holder, the interest charge regime described above could be applied to indirect distributions or gains deemed to be attributable to such U.S. HoldersHolder in respect of any of itsOi’s subsidiaries that also may be determined to be a PFIC, and themark-to-market election generally would not be effective for such subsidiaries. Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor to determine whether amark-to-market election is available and the consequences of making an election if Oi were characterized as a PFIC.

If a U.S. Holder owns common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi during any year in which Oi was a PFIC, such U.S. Holder generally must file IRS Form 8621 with respect to Oi, generally with the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax return for that year.

Taxation of Dividends

Subject to the discussion above under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” in general, the gross amount of a distribution made with respect to a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi (which for this purpose shall include distributions of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity before any reduction for any Brazilian taxes withheld therefrom) will, to the extent made from the current or accumulated earnings and profits of Oi, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, constitute a dividend to a U.S. Holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes.Non-corporate U.S. Holders may be taxed on dividends from a qualified foreign corporation at the lower rates applicable to long-term capital gains (i.e., gains with respect to capital assets held for more than one year). A foreign corporation is treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends received from that corporation on shares or ADSs that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Treasury Department guidance indicates that the ADSs of Oi (which are listed on the NYSE), but not the common or preferred shares of Oi, are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Thus, subject to the discussion above under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” dividends that Oi pays on the ADS, but not on the common shares or preferred shares of Oi, currently meet the trading conditions discussed above required for these reduced tax rates. However, there can be no assurance that the ADSs will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in later years. Furthermore, a U.S. Holder’s eligibility for such preferential rate is subject to certain holding period requirements and thenon-existence of certain risk reduction transactions with respect to the ADSs and such preferential rate is not available if Oi is a PFIC for the taxable year in which such dividend is paid or was a PFIC for the taxable year preceding the taxable year in which such dividend is paid. Such dividends will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. Subject to the discussion above under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” if a distribution exceeds the amount of the current and accumulated earnings and profits of Oi, it will be treated as anon-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi on which it is paid and thereafter as capital gain. Oi does not maintain calculations of the earnings and profits of Oi under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that distributions by Oi generally will be treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

A dividend paid inreais will be includible in the income of a U.S. Holder at its value in U.S. dollars calculated by reference to the prevailing spot market exchange rate in effect on the day it is received by the U.S. Holder in the case of Oi’s common shares or preferred shares or, in the case of a dividend received in respect of ADSs of Oi, on the date the dividend is received by the depositary, whether or not the dividend is converted into U.S. dollars. Assuming the payment is not converted at that time, the U.S. Holder will have a tax basis in reais equal to that U.S. dollar amount, which will be used to measure gain or loss from subsequent changes in exchange rates. Any gain or loss realized by a U.S. Holder that subsequently sells or otherwise disposes of reais, which gain or loss is attributable to currency fluctuations after the date of receipt of the dividend, will be ordinary gain or loss. The amount of any distribution of property other than cash will be the fair market value of such property on the date of distribution.

The gross amount of any dividend paid (which will include any amounts withheld in respect of Brazilian taxes) with respect to a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as foreign source dividend income, which may be relevant in calculating a U.S. Holder’s foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to limitations under U.S. federal income tax law concerning credits or deductions for foreign taxes and certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions, any Brazilian withholding tax will be treated as a foreign income tax eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability (or at a U.S. Holder’s election, may be deducted in computing taxable income if the U.S. Holder has elected to deduct all foreign income taxes for the taxable year). The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for the U.S. foreign tax credit is calculated separately with respect to specific “baskets” of income. For this purpose, the dividends should generally constitute “passive category income,” or in the case of certain U.S. Holders, “general category income.” The rules with respect to foreign tax credits are complex, and U.S. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.

Treatment of Preferred Stock

Section 305 of the Code provides special rules for the tax treatment of preferred stock. According to the U.S. Treasury Regulations under that section, the term preferred stock generally refers to stock which enjoys certain limited rights and privileges (generally associated with specified dividend and liquidation priorities) but does not participate in corporate growth to any significant extent. While Oi’s preferred shares have some preferences over its common shares, the preferred shares are not fixed as to dividend payments or liquidation value. Consequently, although the matter is not entirely clear, because the determination is highly factual in nature, it is more likely than not that the preferred shares of Oi will be treated as “common stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code. If the preferred shares are treated as “common stock” for purposes of section 305 of the Code, distributions to U.S. Holders of additional shares of such “common stock” or preemptive rights relating to such “common stock” with respect to their preferred shares or ADSs that are made as part of a pro rata distribution to all shareholders in most instances will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax. On the other hand, if the preferred shares are treated as “preferred stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code, and if a U.S. Holder receives a distribution of additional shares or preemptive rights as described in the preceding sentence, such distributions (including amounts withheld in respect of any Brazilian taxes), as discussed more fully below, will be treated as dividends to the same extent and in the same manner as distributions payable in cash. In that event, the amount of such distribution (and the basis of the new shares or preemptive rights so received) will equal the fair market value of the shares or preemptive rights on the date of distribution.

Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs of Oi

A deposit or withdrawal of common shares or preferred shares by a U.S. Holder in exchange for the ADS that represent such shares will not result in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to the discussion above under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or other disposition of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi held by the U.S. Holder or the depositary, as the case may be, in an amount equal to the difference between the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in its common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi (determined in U.S. dollars) and the U.S. dollar amount realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition. If a Brazilian tax is withheld on the sale, exchange or other disposition of a share, the amount realized by a U.S. Holder will include the gross amount of the proceeds of that sale, exchange or other disposition before deduction of the Brazilian tax. In the case of anon-corporate U.S. Holder, the maximum marginal U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to capital gain generally will be lower than the maximum marginal U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income (other than, as discussed above, certain dividends) if such holder’s holding period for such common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi exceeds one year (i.e., such gain is a long-term capital gain). Capital gain, if any, realized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or exchange of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi generally will be treated as U.S. source income for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Consequently, in the case of a disposition or deposit of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi that is subject to Brazilian tax, the U.S. Holder may not be able to use the foreign tax credit for that Brazilian tax unless it can apply the credit against U.S. tax payable on other income from foreign sources in the appropriate income category, or, alternatively, it may take a deduction for the Brazilian tax if it elects to deduct all of its foreign income taxes. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.

The initial tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will be the U.S. dollar value of the reais-denominated purchase price determined on the date of purchase. If the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi are treated as traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis U.S. Holder, or, if it elects, an accrual basis U.S. Holder, will determine the dollar value of the cost of such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs by translating the amount paid at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the purchase. The conversion of U.S. dollars to reais and the immediate use of that currency to purchase common shares, preferred shares or ADSs generally will not result in taxable gain or loss for a U.S. Holder.

With respect to the sale or exchange of Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs, the amount realized generally will be the U.S. dollar value of the payment received determined on the date of disposition. If Oi’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs are treated as traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis taxpayer, or, if it elects, an accrual basis taxpayer, will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.

Other Brazilian Taxes

Any Brazilian IOF/Exchange Tax or IOF/Bonds and Securities Tax (as discussed under “—Brazilian Tax Considerations” above) may not be treated as a creditable foreign tax for U.S. federal income tax purposes, although a U.S. Holder may be entitled to deduct such taxes if it elects to deduct all of its foreign income taxes. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of these taxes.

3.8% Medicare Tax On “Net Investment Income”

Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals, estates or trusts may be required to pay an additional 3.8% tax on, among other things, dividends and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of Oi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs of Oi.ADSs.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

In general, information reporting will apply to dividends in respect of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs of Oi and the proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of theOi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs of Oi that are paid to a U.S. Holder within the United States (and in certain cases, outside the United States) by a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman, unless such U.S. Holder is an exempt recipient such as a corporation. A backup withholding tax may apply to such payments if a U.S. Holder fails to provide a taxpayer identification number or certification of other exempt status or fail to report in full dividend and interest income.

Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability provided the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner.

Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals are required to report information relating to an interest in theOi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs, of Oi, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for Oi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs of Oi held in accounts maintained by U.S. financial institutions). U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting obligations, if any, with respect to their acquisition, ownership and disposition of Oi’s common shares, preferred shares, or ADSs of Oi.ADSs.

Documents on Display

Statements contained in this annual report regarding the contents of any contract or other document filed as an exhibit to this annual report summarize their material terms, but are not necessarily complete, and each of these statements is qualified in all respects by reference to the full text of such contract or other document.

We are subject to the periodic reporting and other informational requirements of the Exchange Act applicable to a foreign private issuer. Accordingly, we are required to file with or furnish to the SEC reports and other information, including annual reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K.

As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt under the Exchange Act from, among other things, the rules prescribing the furnishing and content of proxy statements, and members of our board of directors and board of executive officers and our principal shareholders are exempt from reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, as a foreign private issuer, we will not be required under the Exchange Act to file periodic reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S. companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act.

You may inspect and copy reports and other information that we file with or furnish to the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room located at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of these materials may be obtained by mail from the SEC’s Public Reference Room at prescribed rates. The public may obtain information on the operation of the SEC’s Public Reference Room by calling the SEC in the United States at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an internet website at www.sec.gov from which you can electronically access these materials.

We also file financial statements and other periodic reports with the CVM, which are available for investor inspection at the CVM’s offices located at Rua Sete de Setembro, 111, 2nd2nd floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, and Rua Cincinato Braga, 340, 2nd, 3rd2nd, 3rd and 4th4th floors, São Paulo, SP. The telephone numbers of the CVM in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are +55-21-3554-8686+55-21-3554-8686 and +55-11-2146-2000,+55-11-2146-2000, respectively.

Copies of ourOi’s annual report on Form20-F and documents referred to in this annual report and our Oi’sby-laws are available for inspection upon request at ourOi’s headquarters at Rua do Lavradio, 71, 2 andar – Centro, CEP20.230-070 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. OurOi’s filings are also available to the public through the internet at ourOi’s website at www.oi.com.br/ir. The information included on ourOi’s website or that might be accessed through ourOi’s website is not included in this annual report and is not incorporated into this annual report by reference.

 

ITEM 11.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are exposed to market risks related to changes in exchange rates and interest rates. The principal market for the products and services of our continuing operations is Brazil, and substantially all of the revenues of our continuing operations are denominated inreais.

We have historically conducted derivative transactions to manage certain market risks, mainly the interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk. However, In connection with our deteriorating financial condition and the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we reversed our derivative financial instruments during the second and third quarters of 2016. As at December 31, 2017 and 2016, we are not a party to any derivative financial instruments.

Exchange Rate Risk

We are exposed to foreign exchange risk because a significant portion of our equipment costs, such as costs relating to switching centers and software used for upgrading network capacity, are primarily denominated in foreign currencies or linked to foreign currencies, primarily the U.S. dollar. In 2014,During 2017 and 2016, approximately 28.5%10.9% and 14.8%, respectively, of our capital expenditures were U.S. dollar-denominated or linked to the U.S. dollar. A hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0% depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar as of (1) December 31, 20142017 would have resulted in an increase of R$36456.3 million in the cost of our capital expenditures during 2017, and (2) December 31, 2016 would have resulted in 2014,an increase of R$308.6 million in the cost of our capital expenditures during 2016, assuming that we would have incurred all of these capital expenditures notwithstanding the adverse change in the exchange rates.

Our financing cost and the amount of financial liabilities that we record are also exposed to exchange rate risk. As of December 31, 20142017, R$15,13336,577 million, or 41.7%74.4%, of our total consolidated indebtednessloans and financing was denominated in foreign currency, and as of December 31, 2016, R$36,693 million, or 74.5%, of our total consolidated loans and financing was denominated in foreign currency. AtAs a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, our foreign currency-denominated financial liabilities are part of the list of payables subject to renegotiation, payment of interest and repayment of principal of our loans and financing were suspended from the date of the commencement of the RJ proceeding through December 31, 2014,2017, and we protected 100% of our indebtedness affected byhave not recorded exchange rate variation against significant variations in exchange rates (primarily U.S. dollarsgains and euros) by using foreign currency swaps, non-deliverable forwards and foreign currency investments. The aggregate amountlosses on the balances of these financial liabilities during 2017 or 2016.

Had our hedge position, including our U.S. dollar and euro cash positions, was US$7,004 million as of December 31, 2014. The maturity of our swap contracts is coupled to the maturity of debt that is hedged bypayment obligations under these swap contracts. As of December 31, 2014, the fair value of our swap contracts and non-deliverable forwards was a receivable in the amount of R$2,555 million. As of December 31, 2014, the aggregate notional principal amount of our swap contracts and non-deliverable forwards was approximately US$11,840 million, which mature in one to eight year.

In 2014,financial liabilities not been suspended, we experienced losses onwould have recorded foreign currency and monetary restatement duelosses of R$2,932 million during 2017 and R$2,461 million during 2016 with respect to our foreign currency-denominated financial liabilities, based on exchange rates in effect at the depreciationend of thereal against foreign currencies of R$1,002 million, including results recorded on our exchange rate hedges (non-deliverable forwards, swaps2017 and foreign currency investments). As we were almost 100% hedged, the2016. The potential additional losses on foreign currency and monetary restatement during 20142017 that would result from a hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the euro as of December 31, 20142017 would be approximately R$83,986 million, after giving effect to our results under our exchange rate swaps, assuming that the amount and composition of our debt instruments were unchanged. The potential increase in our total consolidated debt obligations that would result from a hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the euro as of December 31, 20142017 would be approximately R$233,995 million.

The potential additional losses on foreign currency and monetary restatement during 2016 that would result from a hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the euro as of December 31, 2016 would be approximately R$3,490 million, consideringassuming that the net impactamount and composition of theour debt instruments were unchanged. The potential increase in our total consolidated debt obligations that would result from a hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0% depreciation of thereal against the U.S. dollar and the decrease in our swap position. For further information about our swap agreements, see note 3 to our consolidated financial statements.euro as of December 31, 2016 would be approximately R$3,499 million.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to interest rate risk because a significant portion of our indebtedness bears interest at floating rates. As of December 31, 2014,2017, our total outstanding indebtednessloans and financing was R$33,29549,130 million, of which R$21,19515,870 million, or 60.3%32.3%, bore interest at floating rates, including R$19,05410,889 million ofreal-denominated indebtedness that bore interest at rates based on the CDI rate, TJLP rate or IPCA rate, and R$2,8604,982 million of foreign currency-denominated indebtedness that bore interest at rates based on U.S. dollar and Euro LIBOR.

As of December 31, 2014, we had interest rate swap agreements under which 79.4% of our consolidated indebtedness exposed to U.S. dollar and Euro LIBOR, which represents 7.9% of2016, our total outstanding indebtedness was converted into CDIR$49,265 million, of which R$15,870 million, or 32.2%, bore interest at floating rates, matching theincluding R$10,889 million ofreal-denominated indebtedness that bore interest rate index of our investments. As of December 31, 2014, we did not have any outstanding derivative agreements to limit our exposure to variations inat rates based on the CDI rate, TJLP rate or IPCA rate.rate, and R$4,982 million of foreign currency-denominated indebtedness that bore interest at rates based on U.S. dollar LIBOR.

We invest our excess liquidity (R$2,7326,999 million as of December 31, 2014)2017 and R$7,849 million as of December 31, 2016) mainly in (1) certificates of deposit and time deposits issued by global and domestic financial institutions with AAA and AA ratings from international rating agencies, (2) in short-term instruments denominated inreais that generally pay interest at overnight interest rates based on the CDI rate which partially mitigates our exposure to Brazilian interest rate risk, and (3) in investment funds created by top Brazilian asset managers exclusively for us. The fund managers of the investment funds created for us are responsible for managing our funds, subject to the direction of our senior management and board of directors. Currently, these funds are comprised mainly of government bonds and otherlow-risk financial instruments linked to the CDI rate.

In 2014,As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, our financial liabilities are part of the list of payables subject to renegotiation, payment of interest and repayment of principal of our loans and financing were suspended from the date of the commencement of the RJ proceeding through December 31, 2017, and we have not recorded interest expenses fromon the balances of these financial liabilities during 2017 or 2016.

Had our foreign currency denominated indebtednesspayment obligations under these financial liabilities not been suspended, we would have recorded interest expenses of R$1,0023,334 million which includes results from exchange rate variationsduring 2017 and hedges (non-deliverable forwards, swapsR$3,410 million during 2016 with respect to our financial liabilities, based on the applicable interest rates in effect at the end of 2017 and foreign currency investments). As we hedged our foreign currency denominated debt against exchange rate fluctuations, the cost of such indebtedness is linked to fluctuations in the CDI rate rather than the exchange rate.2016. The potential additional interest expense during 20152017 that would resulthave resulted from a hypothetical, instantaneous and unfavorable change of 100 basis points in the interest rates on January 1, 20152017 would be approximately R$197141 million after giving effect to our results under our interest rate swaps, considering the impact in our debt obligations, but excluding the additional interest income that we would receive on our financial investments. The potential additional interest expense during 2016 that would have resulted from a hypothetical, instantaneous and unfavorable change of 100 basis points in the interest rates on January 1, 2016 would be approximately R$128 million considering the impact in our debt obligations, but excluding the additional interest income that we would receive on our financial investments.

This sensitivity analysis is based on the assumption of an unfavorable 100 basis points movement of the interest rates applicable to each homogeneous category of financial liabilities and sustained over a period of one year. A homogeneous category is defined according to the currency in which financial assets and liabilities are denominated and assumes the same interest rate movement within each homogeneous category (e.g.,reais). As a result, our interest rate risk sensitivity model may overstate the impact of interest rate fluctuation for such financial instruments, as consistently unfavorable movements of all interest rates are unlikely.

Hedging Policy

We employ financial risk management strategies using cross-currency swaps, interest rate swaps, series swaps and non-deliverable forwards. Our financial risk management strategy is designed to protect us against devaluation of thereal against foreign currencies and increases in foreign currency interest rates, according to our foreign-currency exposure in connection with our financings. We do not enter into derivatives transactions for speculative or any other purposes.

 

ITEM 12.DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES

The depositary collects its fees for the delivery and surrender of ADSs directly from investors depositing shares or surrendering ADSs or from intermediaries acting for them. The depositary also collects fees for making distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. The depositary may collect its annual fee for depositary services by deductions from cash distributions or by directly billing investors or by charging the book-entry system accounts of participants acting for them. The depositary may generally refuse to providefee-attracting services until its fees for those services are paid.

Persons depositing or withdrawing shares must pay:

 

US$5.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion of 100 ADSs) for the issuance of ADSs, including issuances resulting from a distribution of shares or rights or other property;

 

US$5.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion of 100 ADSs) for the cancellation of ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal, including in the event of the termination of the deposit agreement;

 

US$0.02 (or less) per ADS (or portion thereof) for any cash distribution;

 

US$0.02 (or less) per ADS (or portion thereof) per calendar year for depositary services;

 

in the event of distributions of securities (other than ourOi’s Class A preferred shares), a fee equivalent to the fee for the execution and delivery of ADRs referred to above, which would have been charged, as a result

of the deposit of such securities (treating such securities as Class A Preferred Shares for the purposes of this fee);

of the deposit of such securities (treating such securities as Class A Preferred Shares for the purposes of this fee);

 

registration or transfer fees for the transfer and registration of shares on ourOi’s share register to or from the name of the depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw shares;

 

expenses of the depositary for (1) cable, telex and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the deposit agreement), and (2) converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars;

 

taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian have to pay on any ADS or share underlying an ADS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes, as necessary; and

 

any charges incurred by the depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities, as necessary.

Subject to certain terms and conditions, the depositary has agreed to reimburse usOi for certain expenses it incurs that are related to establishment and maintenance expenses of the ADS program, including the standardout-of-pocket maintenance costs for the ADRs, which consist of the expenses of postage and envelopes for mailing annual and interim financial reports, printing and distributing dividend checks, electronic filing of U.S. Federal tax information, mailing required tax forms, stationery, postage, facsimile, and telephone calls. There are limits on the amount of expenses for which the depositary will reimburse us, but the amount of reimbursement available to usOi is not necessarily tied to the amount of fees the depositary collects from investors.

During the year ended December 31, 2014,2017, we received US$3 million427,905 in reimbursements from the depositary of ourOi’s ADSs. During the year ended December 31, 2016, we did not receive reimbursements from the depositary of Oi’s ADSs.

PART II

 

ITEM 13.DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

Not applicable.Our commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016 constituted a n event of default under all of our outstanding financial indebtedness. As a result, upon the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, all principal and interest under each of the debt instruments governing our financial indebtedness became immediately due and payable.

As of December 31, 2016 and 2017, we were in default under all of our outstanding financial indebtedness, including under the following debt instruments, each of which represented more than 5% of our consolidated assets as of the dates indicated:

      As of December 31, 

Obligor

  

Debt Instrument

  2017   2016 
      (principal amount in
millions (1))
 

Oi

  5.500% senior notes due 2020(1)   US$1,787    US$1,787 

PTIF

  4.625% Notes due 2020(2)   €1,000    €1,000 

Oi Coop

  5.75% senior notes due 2022(2)   US$1,500    US$1,500 

(1)Under the RJ Proceedings, the amount of the claims of the holders of each of these debt instruments includes accrued interest from the last date of payment to June 20, 2016, the date on which we commenced the RJ Proceedings.
(2)These notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Telemar.
(3)These notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Oi.

As a result of the publication of the Brazilian Confirmation Order in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the claims against the RJ Debtors represented by our financial instruments have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such claims are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan.

For more information regarding the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.” For more information regarding the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan to which holders of claims against the RJ Debtors represented by our financial instruments are entitled, see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Liabilities Subject to Compromise.”

 

ITEM 14.MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 15.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our chief executive officer, or CEO, and chief financial officer, or CEO, isCFO, are responsible for establishing and maintaining our disclosure controls and procedures. These controls and procedures were designed to ensure that information that we are required to disclose in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the applicable rules and forms of the SEC, and that it is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

We performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 20142017 under the supervision of our CEO. CEO and CFO. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.

Based on our evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective at a reasonable assurance level as of December 31, 2014.2017, and that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to provide reasonable assurance that all material information relating to our company was reported as required because material weaknesses in the current operation of our internal control over financial reporting were identified as described below.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting.

Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets, (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management conducted an assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20142017 based on the criteria established in “Internal Control —Integrated Framework (1992)(2013)” issued by COSO. As a resultthe Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this assessment, described above, our management concluded that as of December 31, 2014, we did maintain effective2017, our internal control over financial reporting basedwas not effective because material weaknesses existed. A material weakness is a control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the annual consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses identified as of December 31, 2017 were:

a)We did not design, establish and maintain effective procedures to ensure adequate review, approval, and existence of sufficient supporting documentation over manual journal entries. This weakness could impact in a failure to timely detect the totality of manual journal entries, as well as their adequate approval and revision.

b)We did not design, establish or maintain effective controls over the communication of activity that impacted the judicial deposits and contingencies balances. Further, effective controls over the timely reconciliation of these accounts were not established or maintained.

c)We did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the preparation, timely review, and documented approval of the reconciliation of unbilled revenues. Specifically, we did not have effective controls over the completeness and accuracy of supporting schedules. The schedules and historical information used in this process were not reviewed in a periodic and timely manner.

d)We did not have sufficient and skilled accounting and finance personnel necessary to perform appropriate processes and controls related to the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which includes timely identification and review of significant non-routine transactions. As a result, a number of errors in our financial statements were detected and corrected and could not be detected on a timely basis by management in the normal course of the business.

e)We did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the completeness and accuracy of consolidation entries, which includes timely review of reconciliation of intercompany balances and its elimination in the consolidation process.

f)We did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the process level control to capture and identify the statute of limitation of its recoverable taxes.

These deficiencies resulted in material misstatements to the criteria established in “Internal Control — Integrated Framework (1992)” issued by COSO.Company’s financial statements for 2015 and previous years, which were corrected through restatement of those periods, and to the preliminary 2016 and 2017 financial statements, which were corrected prior to issuance.

Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG Auditores Independentes, has issued an audit reportadverse opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Thatreporting as of December 31, 2017 as stated in their report is included elsewherebeginning on page F-4.

Remediation of Material Weakness

We have implemented and continue to implement measures designed to remediate the material weaknesses and, in this annual report.the short term, to mitigate the potential adverse effects of the material weaknesses.

We are committed to continuing to improve our internal control processes and will continue to diligently review our financial reporting controls and procedures in order to ensure our compliance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the related rules promulgated by the SEC.

Actions taken and planned to be taken by management to improve the internal control over financial reporting include.

a)We have reinforced the access granting and profile management controls to mitigate the risk of improper access. In addition, we intend to implement an automated tool to allow the appropriate identification, review and approval of manual journal entries.

b)With the purpose of promoting the timely capture of the alterations to the status of the lawsuits and their relevant deposits, and also the effective impact on our records, we are structuring a set of actions mainly based on the following items:

Centralize the back office areas;

Standardize procedures;

Implement automated controls, and improve the interfaces between all systems considered in this process;

Create an internal governance structure for periodic monitoring of inconsistencies arising from conciliation activities, with subsequent treatment of actions; and

Negotiate with banks to improve the accuracy of information.

c)We are implementing a process of periodic review of the estimates and parameters used to compose the unbilled revenues provision. In addition, we are planning to implement a multidisciplinary management review process, to periodically perform the analysis and reconciliation of those accounts.

d)We plan to possibly hire additional senior level accounting personnel for our U.S. GAAP managing function to allow U.S. GAAP executives to perform higher level review duties timely, enhancing timely internal reviews of our U.S. GAAP financial statements, including clarifying roles and accountabilities, implementing additional prevent and detect controls, providing additional staff training, and other procedures, to improve the interim and annual financial statement closing process.

e)In 2013, we started an automatization process called“Dupla Contabilização” (Double Accounting) with the purpose of automating and standardizing the registration of expense / accounts payable with the registration of revenue / accounts receivable. This project entered into operation in August 2016, but it showed some failures, and at this moment, we have this activity partially performed and the resource under correction of failures. We expect that by the end of 2018 we will have all the failures corrected and 100% of invoices issued through our official invoicing systems with revenue / accounts receivable and expenses / accounts payable in automated manner. In addition, we are reinforcing our procedures of reconciliation to ensure that it occurs in a timely manner.

f)We will strengthen the controls of managerial revision, through the implementation of a multidisciplinary structure of review for tax recoverable balances. In addition, we will revise and reformulate our policies and procedures, in order to ensure that these amounts be effectively considered and timely reviewed.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There wereOther than as set forth above, there have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the year ended December 31, 20142017 that have materially affected or couldare reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.reporting as of December 31, 2017.

 

ITEM 16A.AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

OurOi’s fiscal council currently includes an “audit committee financial expert” within the meaning of this Item 16A. OurOi’s fiscal council has determined that Aparecido Carlos Correia GaldinoÁlvaro Bandeira is ourOi’s fiscal council financial expert. Mr. Galdino’sBandeira’s biographical information is included in “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees.” Mr. GaldinoBandeira is independent, as that term is defined in Rule 303A.02 of the New York Stock Exchange’s Listed Company Manual.

 

ITEM 16B.CODE OF ETHICS

We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to members of ourOi’s board of directors, fiscal council and board of executive officers, as well as to our other employees. On December 13, 2013, we amended and restated our code of ethics to:

adopt new requirements provided for under Law No. 12,846/2013, the recently adopted Brazilian anti-corruption law;

reinforce the commitment of our employees, suppliers, subcontractors, representatives and business partners to our code of ethics and extend the applicable period of such commitment, in accordance with existing legislation and anti-corruption and conflict of interest best practices;

revise what constitutes prohibited relationships to include unlawful acts, self-interested actions and actions the prevent supervision by regulators; and

enumerate prohibitions related to tenders and contracts.

A copy of our code of ethics may be found on ourOi’s website at www.oi.com.br/codigodeetica.http://ri.oi.com.br/conteudo_en.asp?idioma=1&conta=44&tipo=43644. The information included on ourOi’s website or that might be accessed through ourOi’s website is not included in this annual report and is not incorporated into this annual report by reference.

 

ITEM 16C.PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Audit andNon-Audit Fees

The following table sets forth the fees billed to usOi by ourOi’s independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG Auditores Independentes, during the fiscal years ended December 31, 20142017 and 2013.2016.

 

   Year ended December 31, 
   2014   2013 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Audit fees (1)

  R$10.4    R$5.1  

Audit-related fees

   0.3     1.1  

Tax fees

   1.6     —    

All other fees

   2.2     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fees

R$14.4  R$        6.2  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Year ended December 31, 
   2017   2016 
   (in millions ofreais) 

Audit fees (1)

  R$5.3   R$5.9 

Tax fees

   0.5    2.4 

All other fees

       0.2 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total fees

  R$5.8   R$8.5 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees billed by KPMG Auditores Independentes in connection with the audits of ourOi’s annual financial statements, interim reviews of our quarterly financial information, issuance of comfort letters, review of financial statements and review of documents filed with the CVM and the SEC.statements.

Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

OurOi’s fiscal council and board of directors have approved an Audit andNon-Audit ServicesPre-Approval Policy that sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by ourOi’s independent auditors may bepre-approved. This policy is designed to (1) provide both generalpre-approval of certain types of services through the use of an annually established schedule setting forth the types of services that have already beenpre-approved for a certain year and, with respect to services not included in an annual schedule, specialpre-approval of services on acase-by-case basis by ourOi’s fiscal council and ourOi’s board of directors, and (2) assess compliance with thepre-approval policies and procedures. OurOi’s management periodically reports to ourOi’s fiscal council the nature and scope of audit andnon-audit services rendered by ourOi’s independent auditors and is also required to report to ourOi’s fiscal council any breach of this policy of which ourOi’s management is aware.

ITEM 16D.EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES

We areOi is relying on the general exemption from the listing standards relating to audit committees contained in Rule10A-3(c)(3) under the Exchange Act for the following reasons:

 

we areOi is a foreign private issuer that has a fiscal council, which is a board of auditors (or similar body) established and selected pursuant to and as expressly permitted under Brazilian law;

 

Brazilian law requires ourOi’s fiscal council to be separate from ourOi’s board of directors;

 

members of ourOi’s fiscal council are not elected by ourOi’s management, and none of ourOi’s executive officers is a member of ourOi’s fiscal council;

 

Brazilian law provides standards for the independence of ourOi’s fiscal council from ourOi’s management;

 

ourOi’s fiscal council, in accordance with its charter, makes recommendations to ourOi’s board of directors regarding the appointment, retention and oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm engaged (including, the intermediation of disagreements between ourOi’s management and ourOi’s independent auditors regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attestattestation services for our company,Oi, as Brazilian law requires that ourOi’s board of directors appoint, retain and oversee the work of ourOi’s independent public accountants;

 

ourOi’s fiscal council (1) has implemented procedures for receiving, retaining and addressing complaints regarding accounting, internal control and auditing matters, including the submission of confidential, anonymous complaints from employees regarding questionable accounting or auditing, and (2) has authority to engage independent counsel and other advisors as it determines necessary to carry out its duties; and

 

our companyOi compensates ourits independent auditors and any outside advisors hired by ourOi’s fiscal council and provides funding for ordinary administrative expenses incurred by the fiscal council in the course of its duties.

We,Oi, however, do not believe that ourits reliance on this general exemption will materially adversely affect the ability of ourits fiscal council to act independently and to satisfy the other requirements of the listing standards relating to audit committees contained in Rule10A-3 under the Exchange Act.

ITEM 16E.PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 16F.CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT

Not Applicable.

 

ITEM 16G.CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

According to the corporate governance rules of the NYSE, foreign private issuers that are listed on the NYSE, such as Oi, are subject to a more limited set of corporate governance requirements than those imposed on U.S. domestic issuers. As a foreign private issuer, Oi must comply with the following four requirements imposed by the NYSE:

 

Oi must satisfy the audit committee requirements of Rule10A-3 under the Exchange Act;

 

Oi’s Chief Executive Officer must promptly notify the NYSE in writing if any executive officer of Oi becomes aware of any materialnon-compliance with any of the applicable NYSE corporate governance rules;

 

Oi must provide a brief description of any significant ways in which Oi’s corporate governance practices differ from those required to be followed by U.S. domestic issuers under the NYSE corporate governance rules; and

 

Oi must submit an executed written affirmation annually to the NYSE and an interim written affirmation to the NYSE each time a change occurs to Oi’s board of directors or any committees of Oi’s board of directors that are subject to section 303A, in each case in the form specified by the NYSE.

Significant Differences

The significant differences between Oi’s corporate governance practices and the NYSE’s corporate governance standards are mainly due to the differences between the U.S. and Brazilian legal systems. Oi must comply with the corporate governance standards set forth under the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, the rules of the CVM and the applicable rules of the BM&FBOVESPA,B3, as well as those set forth in Oi’sby-laws.

The significant differences between Oi’s corporate governance practices and the NYSE’s corporate governance standards are set forth below.

Independence of Directors and Independence Tests

In general, the NYSE corporate governance standards require listed companies to have a majority of independent directors and set forth the principals by which a listed company can determine whether a director is independent. However, under the NYSE corporate governance standards, aIn general, listed company (whether U.S or foreign) of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by another company (a “controlled company”), need notcompanies are required to comply with the following NYSE corporate governance standards:

 

a controlled company need not have a majority of independent directors;

 

a controlled company need not have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed of independent directors with a charter that complies with the NYSE corporate governance rules; and

 

a controlled company need not have a compensation committee composed of independent directors with a charter that complies with the NYSE corporate governance rules.

Because a majority of the voting power of Oi’s capital stock is directly controlled by TmarPart, Oi is a controlled company, and would therefore not be required to have a majority of independent directors if it were a U.S. domestic issuer.

Although Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law and Oi’sby-laws establish rules in relation to certain qualification requirements of its directors, neither Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law nor Oi’sby-laws require that Oi have a majority of independent directors nor require Oi’s board of directors or management to test the independence of Oi’s directors before such directors are appointed.

Executive Sessions

The NYSE corporate governance standards requirenon-management directors of a listed company to meet at regularly scheduled executive sessions without management.

According to the Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, up toone-third of the members of Oi’s board of directors can be elected to management positions. The remainingnon-management directors are not expressly empowered to serve as a check on Oi’s management, and there is no requirement that those directors meet regularly without management. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Oi’s board of directors consists entirely ofnon-management directors; therefore Oi believes it would be in compliance with this NYSE corporate governance standard.

Nominating/Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees

The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company have a nomination/corporate governance committee and a compensation committee, each composed entirely of independent directors and each with a written charter that addresses certain duties. However, as a controlled company, Oi would not be required to comply with these requirements if it were a U.S. domestic company.

Oi isAlthough not required under Brazilian law, Oi has a People, Designation and Compensation Committee to have, and accordingly does not have, a nominating/corporate governance committee. Oi believes that, pursuant to its by-laws, the role of a nominating committee is generally performed by Oi’s board of directors and the role of the corporate governance committee is generally performed by eitherassist its board of directors, orwith the purpose of (1) supervising human resources strategies and attracting and retaining talent for Oi and its senior management.subsidiaries and matters related to the organizational structure; (2) monitoring the succession program, the processes of selecting members of the management bodies and internal committees and special programs for human resources, at the discretion of the chairman of the board of directors; (3) analyzing and defining the total remuneration strategy and evaluating the performance of the members of the administrative bodies and the internal committees and the employees of Oi and its subsidiaries; and (4) making an annual evaluation of performance, based on defined goals, of the members of the administrative bodies and internal committees of Oi.

Oi is

Although not required under Brazilian law, Oi has a Corporate Governance and Finance Committee to have, and accordingly does not have, a compensation committee ofassist its board of directors. Under Brazilian Corporation Law,directors, with the purpose of: (1) monitoring the policies for corporate governance, maintaining the level of governance adopted by Oi and ensuring the effective adoption of best practices; (2) monitoring the principles and practices of conduct of Oi and its subsidiaries; (3) monitoring compliance with the directives established in the Listing Regulations of the Level 1 of the B3 and other policies adopted by Oi, as well as other applicable legislation, regulations and foreign good practices, including, among others, conditions for maintaining Oi’s shareholders establishlisting on the aggregate compensationNYSE; and (4) supervising financial and tax planning, the annual budget, the financial performance of the business and various financial matters at the discretion of the chairman of the board of directors, at the level of Oi and of its directors and executive officers, including benefits and allowances, at a general shareholder’s meeting based onsubsidiaries.

Oi believes that these committees substantially serve the recommendationfunctions of Oi’s boardthe committees required under NYSE corporate governance standards, although the terms of directors.reference of these committees may not include each of the duties required under the NYSE corporate governance standards.

Audit Committee and Audit Committee Additional Requirements

The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company have an audit committee with a written charter that addresses certain specified duties and that is composed of at least three members, all of whom satisfy the independence requirements of Rule10A-3 under the Exchange Act and section 303A.02 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual.

As a foreign private issuer that qualifies for the general exemption from the listing standards relating to audit committees set forth inSection 10A-3(c)10A-3©(3) under the Exchange Act, Oi is not subject to the independence requirements of the NYSE corporate governance standards. See “Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees.”

Shareholder Approval of Equity Compensation Plans

The NYSE corporate governance standards require that shareholders of a listed company must be given the opportunity to vote on all equity compensation plans and material revisions thereto, subject to certain exceptions.

Under Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, shareholderpre-approval is required for the adoption and revision of any

equity compensation plans, but this decision may be delegated to the board of directors.

Corporate Governance Guidelines

The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company must adopt and disclose corporate governance guidelines that address certain minimum specified standards which include: (1) director qualification standards; (2) director responsibilities; (3) director access to management and independent advisors; (4) director compensation; (5) director orientation and continuing education; (6) management succession; and (7) annual performance evaluation of the board of directors.

Oi must comply with certain corporate governance standards set forth under Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law, CVM rules and the applicable rules of the BM&FBOVESPAB3 for Level 1 companies. See “Item 9. The Offer and Listing—Regulation of Brazilian Securities Markets” and “Item 9. The Offer and Listing—Trading on the BM&FBOVESPA—BM&FBOVESPAB3—B3 Corporate Governance Standards.” The Level 1 rules do not require Oi to adopt and disclose corporate governance guidelines covering the matters set forth in the NYSE’s corporate governance standards. However, certain provisions of Brazilian CorporationCorporate Law that are applicable to Oi address certain aspects of director qualifications standards and director responsibilities.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics

The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company must adopt and disclose a code of business conduct and ethics for directors, officers and employees and promptly disclose any waivers of the code for directors or officers. Each code of business conduct and ethics should address the following items: conflicts of interest; corporate opportunities; confidentiality; fair dealing; protection and proper use of company assets; compliance with laws, rules and regulations (including insider trading laws); and encouraging the reporting of any illegal or unethical behavior.

Although the adoption of a code of ethics is not required by Brazilian law, Oi has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its directors, officers and employees, which addresses each of the items listed above. See “Item 16B. Code of Ethics.”

 

ITEM 16H.MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not Applicable.

PART III

 

ITEM 17.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

We have responded to Item 18 in lieu of responding to this item.

 

ITEM 18.FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Reference is made to Item 19 for a list of all financial statements filed as part of this annual report.

 

ITEM 19.EXHIBITS

 

 (a)Financial Statements

Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization

 

Management’s Report on Internal ControlsControl over Financial Reporting

 F-2 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 F-3F-4 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Consolidated Financial Statements

F-4

Consolidated Balance Sheets of Oi S.A. as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

F-5

Consolidated Income Statements of Oi S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

 F-7 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016

F-9

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income of Oi S.A.Operations for the years ended December  31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

  F-8F-11

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

F-12 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity of Oi S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

  F-9F-13 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of Oi S.A. for the years ended December  31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

F-11

Statements of Value Added of Oi S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

 F-14 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 F-16 

(b)

(b)List of Exhibits

1.01By-laws of Oi S.A., as amended through February 25, 2015 (English translation).

 

1.01By-laws of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, as amended through November  13, 2015 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.01 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on May 20, 2016).
2.01Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, among Oi S.A., – In Judicial Reorganization, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to FormF-6 of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on February 28, 2012).

2.02Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement, among Oi S.A., – In Judicial Reorganization, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 to FormF-6 of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on February 28, 2012).

3.01Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of April 25, 2008, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., L.F. Tel S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, Asseca Participações S.A. and, as intervening parties, Telemar Participações S.A. and Andrade Gutierrez Investimentos em Telecomunicações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.4 to Schedule 13D of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on November 27, 2009).

3.022.03*Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of January 25, 2011, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., Luxemburgo Participações S.A., L.F. Tel S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, and, as intervening party, Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.02 to Form 20-F of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on May 2, 2011).

3.03Second Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, and, as intervening party, Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.03 to Form 20-FJudicial Reorganization Plan of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.04Third Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of– In Judicial Reorganization, Telemar ParticipaçõesNorte Leste S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações – In Judicial Reorganization, Oi Móvel S.A., LF Tel S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, and, as intervening party, Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.6 to Amendment No. – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

3.05Terms of Termination of the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of February 19,

2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, and, as intervening party, Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.04 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.06Amendment to the Terms of Termination of the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, and, as intervening party, Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.8 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

3.07Private Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of April 25, 2008, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., L.F. Tel S.A., Asseca Participações S.A., BNDES Participações S.A. – BNDESPar, Fiago Participações S.A., Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, and, as intervening parties, Telemar Participações S.A., Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil – PREVI, Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social – PETROS, Fundação dos Economiários Federais – FUNCEF and Andrade Gutierrez Investimentos em Telecomunicações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to Schedule 13D of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on November 27, 2009).

3.08Amendment to Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of January 25, 2011, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., Luxemburgo Participações S.A., BNDESIn Judicial Reorganization, Copart 5 Participações S.A. – BNDESPar, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco doIn Judicial Reorganization, Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization and Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. PREVI, Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários FederaisIn Judicial Reorganization, dated December 20, 2017 (in Portuguese).
2.04*Judicial Reorganization Plan of Oi S.A.FUNCEF, Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade SocialIn Judicial Reorganization, Telemar Norte Leste S.A.PETROS, L.F. TelIn Judicial Reorganization, Oi Móvel S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, Telemar – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 4 Participações S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.04 to Form 20-F of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on May 2, 2011).

3.09Second Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., BNDES Participações S.A.—BNDESPar, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil—PREVI, Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários Federais—FUNCEF, Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social—PETROS, LF Tel S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, Telemar– In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 5 Participações S.A. and– In Judicial Reorganization, Portugal Telecom SGPS S.A.International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization and Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, dated December 20, 2017 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.07 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.10Third Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., BNDES Participações S.A.—BNDESPar, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil—PREVI, Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários Federais—FUNCEF, Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social—PETROS, Jereissati Telecom S.A., LF Tel S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, Telemar Participações S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.12 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

3.11Terms of Termination of the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., BNDES Participações S.A.—BNDESPar, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil—PREVI, Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários Federais—FUNCEF, Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social—PETROS, LF Tel S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, Telemar Participações S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.08 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.12Amendment to the Terms of Termination of the Shareholders Agreement of Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, among AG Telecom Participações S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., BNDES Participações S.A.—BNDESPar, Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil—PREVI, Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, Fundação dos Economiários Federais—FUNCEF, Fundação Petrobras de Seguridade Social—PETROS, Jereissati Telecom S.A., LF Tel S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, Telemar Participações S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.14 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

3.13Shareholders Agreement of Pasa Participações S.A., dated as of January 25, 2011, between Andrade Gutierrez Telecomunicações Ltda., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, Pasa Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Luxemburgo Participações S.A., La Fonte Telecom S.A., EDSP75 Participações S.A., L.F. Tel S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.05 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on April 27, 2012).

3.14First Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of PASA Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014,

between Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, PASA Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Jereissati Telecom S.A., EDSP75 Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A., Venus RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.15Second Amendment to the Shareholders’ Agreement of PASA Participações S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, between Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, PASA Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Jereissati Telecom S.A., EDSP75 Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A., Venus RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. (English Translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.17 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of AG Telecom Participações S.A., filed on September 17, 2014).

3.16Terms of Termination of the Shareholders Agreement of PASA Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, between Andrade Gutierrez S.A. and Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, PASA Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Jereissati Telecom S.A., EDSP75 Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.11 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.17Shareholders Agreement of EDSP75 Participações S.A., dated as of January 25, 2011, between La Fonte Telecom S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, EDSP75 Participações S.A., L.F. Tel S.A., PASA Participações S.A., Andrade Gutierrez Telecomunicações Ltda., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Luxemburgo Participações S.A., and Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (English translation). (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.06 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on April 27, 2012) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.18First Amendment to the Shareholders Agreement of EDSP75 Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, between Jereissati Telecom S.A. and Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, EDSP75 Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., PASA Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A., Venus RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.13 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.19Second Amendment to the Shareholders’ Agreement of EDSP75 Participações S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, between Jereissati Telecom S.A. and Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, EDSP75 Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., PASA Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A., Venus RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. (English Translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.21 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of LF Tel S.A., filed on September 17, 2014).

3.20Terms of Termination of the Shareholders Agreement of EDSP75 Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, between Jereissati Telecom S.A. and Bratel Brasil S.A. and, as intervening parties, EDSP75 Participações S.A., LF Tel S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., PASA Participações S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.14 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.21Temporary Voting Agreement of the Shareholders of Oi S.A. and Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of February 19, 2014, among Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A., Caravelas Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Bratel Brasil S.A., Telemar Participações S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., Jereissati Telecom S.A. and, as intervening party, Oi S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.15 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

3.22Amendment to the Temporary Voting Agreement of the Shareholders of Oi S.A. and Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of September 8, 2014, among Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A., Caravelas Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Bratel Brasil S.A., Telemar Participações S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., Jereissati Telecom S.A. and, as intervening party, Oi S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.16 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

3.23Second Amendment to the Temporary Voting Agreement of the Shareholders of Oi S.A. and Telemar Participações S.A., dated as of March 31, 2015, among Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A., Caravelas Fundo de Investimento em Ações, Bratel Brasil S.A., Telemar Participações S.A., Andrade Gutierrez S.A., Jereissati Telecom S.A. and, as intervening party, Oi S.A. (English translation).

4.01Memorandum of Understanding, dated as of October 1, 2013, among Oi S.A., Portugal Telecom SGPS, S.A., AG Telecom Participações S.A., LF Tel. S.A., PASA Participações S.A., EDSP75 Participações S.A., Bratel Brasil S.A., Avistar, SGPS, S.A. and Nivalis Holding B.V. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of Form 6-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 2, 2013 by Oi S.A.).

4.02Agreement for Subscription of Shares, dated February 19, 2013, between Oi S.A. and Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

4.03Agreement for Subscription of Shares, dated February 19, 2013, between Oi S.A. and Caravelas Fundo de Investimento em Ações (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.06 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. filed on March 11, 2014).

4.04Exchange Agreement, dated September 8, 2014, among PT International Finance B.V., PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Oi S.A. and Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.17 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

4.05Call Option Agreement, dated September  8, 2014, among PT International Finance B.V., PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.18 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

4.06
4.02Private Instrument for the Assignment of Rights and Obligations and Other Covenants, dated March  24, 2015, among PT International Finance B.V., PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Telemar Participações S.A. and Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.06 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on May 7, 2015).

4.07
4.03First Amendment to the Call Option Agreement and Other Covenants, dated March  31, 2015, among PT International Finance B.V., Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Telemar Participações S.A. and Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.07 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on May 7, 2015).

4.08
4.04Terms of Commitment, dated September  8, 2014, among Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.19 to Amendment No.  4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).

4.09
4.05First Amendment to the Terms of Commitment, dated March  31, 2015, among Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A., Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.09 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on May 7, 2015).

4.10
4.06Concession Agreement for Local, Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service between ANATEL and Brasil Telecom S.A., No. 109/2011, dated June  30, 2011 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to FormF-4 of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on September 1, 2011).

4.11
4.07Schedule of Omitted Concession Agreements for Local Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).

4.12
4.08Concession Agreement for Domestic Long-Distance, Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service between ANATEL and Brasil Telecom S.A., No.  143/2011, dated June 30, 2011 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to FormF-4 of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on September 1, 2011).

4.13
4.09Schedule of Omitted Concession Agreement for Domestic Long-Distance, Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.07 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).

4.14
4.10Statement of Authorization for Personal Mobile Services between ANATEL and Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., No. 026/2002, dated December  18, 2002 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to Form20-F of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on July 13, 2009).

4.15
4.11Schedule of Omitted Authorizations for Personal Mobile Services (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.09 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).

4.16
4.12Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 2G services between ANATEL and 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., No.  24/2004, dated May 3, 2004 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.07 to Brasil Telecom S.A.’s annual report on Form20-F filed on July 13, 2009).

4.17
4.13Schedule of Omitted Instruments of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 2G services (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.11 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).

4.18
4.14Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 3G services between ANATEL and 14 Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., No.  24/2008, dated April 29, 2008 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.09 to Brasil Telecom S.A.’s annual report on Form20-F filed on July 13, 2009).

4.19
4.15Schedule of Omitted Instruments of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 3G services (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.13 to Form20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).

4.20Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) License,
4.16*Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 4G services between ANATEL and TNL PCS S.A., No. 520/2012, dated January 11, 2001, issued to MEO—Serviços de ComunicaçOctober 16, 2012 (English translation).
4.17*Schedule of Omitted Instruments of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 4G services.
4.18*Subscription and Commitment Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2017, among Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Oi Móvel S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 4 Participações e Multimédia, S.A. by the Portuguese Government, as amended February 10, 2004, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 of– In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 5 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Portugal Telecom SGPS S.A.’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on June 29, 2007 (File No. 001-13758)International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization, Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and certain bondholders (included in Exhibits 2.03 and 2.04).

  4.21English Language Summary of the Material Provisions of the Long Term Evolution (LTE) Technology License, dated March 9, 2012, issued to MEO—Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, S.A. by the Portuguese Government, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.20 of Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A.’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the Commission on April 30, 2012 (File No. 001-13758).

  8.01
8.01*List of subsidiaries (incorporated by reference to note 1 to our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report).fssubsidiaries.

12.01
12.01*Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

12.02
12.02*Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

13.01
13.01*Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.2002.
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There are numerous instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term indebtedness of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and its consolidated subsidiaries, none of which authorizes securities that exceed 10% of the total assets of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any such agreements to the SEC upon request.

(*) Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

 

Date: May 6, 201516, 2018OIOi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
/s/ Bayard De Paoli GontijoS/    EURICODE JESUS TELES NETO
Name: Eurico de Jesus Teles Neto
Title: Chief Executive Officer

Name:Bayard De Paoli Gontijo
Title:Chief Executive Officer

Date: May 6, 2015

16, 2018
Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
/s/ Flavio Nicolay GuimarãesS/    CARLOS AUGUSTO MACHADO PEREIRADE ALMEIDA BRANDÃO
Name:Flavio Nicolay Guimarães Carlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão
Title:Chief Financial Officer


INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization

 

Management’s Report on Internal ControlsControl over Financial Reporting

 F-2 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 F-3F-4 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Consolidated Financial Statements

F-4

Consolidated Balance Sheets of Oi S.A. (formerly Brasil Telecom S.A.) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013

F-5

Consolidated Income Statements of Oi S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

 F-7 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2017 and 2016

F-9

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income of Oi S.A.Operations for the years ended December  31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

  F-8F-11

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015

F-12 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity of Oi S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

  F-9F-13 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of Oi S.A. for the years ended December  31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

F-11

Statements of Value Added of Oi S.A. for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

 F-14 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

 F-16 

MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting.

Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets, (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management conducted an assessment of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 20142017 based on the criteria established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework (1992)(2013)” issued by COSO.

As a result of themanagement’s assessment described above,of our management concluded that as of December 31, 2014, we did maintain effective internal control over financial reporting based onas of December 31, 2017, management concluded that the criteria establishedfollowing material weaknesses in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework (1992)” issuedour internal control over financial reporting existed:

a)

We did not design, establish and maintain effective procedures to ensure adequate review, approval, and existence of sufficient supporting documentation over manual journal entries. This weakness could impact in a failure to timely detect the totality of manual journal entries, as well as their adequate approval and revision.

b)

We did not design, establish or maintain effective controls over the communication of activity that impacted the judicial deposits and contingencies balances. Further, effective controls over the timely reconciliation of these accounts were not established or maintained.

c)

We did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the preparation, timely review, and documented approval of the reconciliation of unbilled revenues. Specifically, we did not have effective controls over the completeness and accuracy of supporting schedules. The schedules and historical information used in this process were not reviewed in a periodic and timely manner.

d)

We did not have sufficient and skilled accounting and finance personnel necessary to perform appropriate processes and controls related to the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which includes timely identification and review of significantnon-routine transactions. As a result, a number of errors in our financial statements were detected and corrected and could not be detected on a timely basis by management in the normal course of the business.

e)

We did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the completeness and accuracy of consolidation entries, which includes timely review of reconciliation of intercompany balances and its elimination in the consolidation process.

f)

We did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the process level control to capture and identify the statute of limitation of its recoverable taxes.

Because of the existence of this material weakness, management has concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective as of December 31, 2017.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting has been audited by COSO. Our independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG Auditores Independentes has issuedas stated in their report included in this Annual Report on Form20-F, which expresses an audit reportadverse opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. That report isreporting as of December 31, 2017. Ours independent registered public accountants, KPMG Auditores Independentes, audited the consolidated financial statements included in this annualAnnual Report on Form20-F, and their adverse opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control did not affect their audit report on Form 20-F.to our financial statements.

May 6, 201515, 2018

 

/s/ Bayard De Paoli Gontijo/s/    Flavio Nicolay GuimarãesEurico Teles         /s/    Carlos Brandão        
Name: Bayard De Paoli Gontijo

Eurico Teles

Name: Flavio Nicolay Guimarães

Carlos Brandão

Title:

Chief Executive Officer

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Oi S.A.—Under JudicialReorganization—Debtor-in-possession

Opinion on Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting

To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of

Oi S.A.

Rio de Janeiro - RJ

We have audited Oi S.A.’s – Under Judicial Reorganization –Debtor-in-possession and subsidiaries (the “Company”)Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014,2017, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Control—Integrated Framework (1992)(2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Oi S.A.’sCommission. In our opinion, because of the effect of those material weaknesses, described below, on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated May 15, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses described below have been identified and included in management’s assessment:

The Company did not design, establish and maintain effective procedures to ensure adequate review, approval, and existence of sufficient supporting documentation over manual journal entries.

The Company did not design, establish or maintain effective controls over the communication of activity that impacted the judicial deposits and contingencies balances. Further, effective controls over the timely reconciliation of these accounts were not established or maintained.

KPMG Auditores Independentes, uma sociedade simples brasileira e firma-membro da rede KPMG de firmas-membro independentes e afiliadas à KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), uma entidade suíça.KPMG Auditores Independentes, a Brazilian entity and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.

LOGO

The Company did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the preparation, timely review, and documented approval of the reconciliation of unbilled revenues. Specifically, the Company did not have effective controls over the completeness and accuracy of supporting schedules.

The Company did not have sufficient and skilled accounting and finance personnel necessary to perform appropriate processes and controls related to the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“US GAAP”), which includes timely identification and review of significantnon-routine transactions.

The Company did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the completeness and accuracy of consolidation entries, which includes timely review of reconciliation of intercompany balances and its elimination in the consolidation process.

The Company did not design, establish or maintain effective control over the process level control to capture and identify the statute of limitation of its recoverable taxes.

These deficiencies resulted in material misstatements to the Company’s financial statements for 2015 and previous years which were corrected through restatement of those periods, and to the preliminary 2016 and 2017 financial statements, which were corrected prior to issuance.

These material weaknesses were considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2017 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control overOver Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with the accounting practices adopted in Brazil (BR GAAP), along with a reconciliation of net income and equity from BR GAAP to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with BR GAAP along with a reconciliation of net income and equity from BR GAAP to US GAAPgenerally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Disclaimer on Additional Information in Management’s Report

We do not express an opinion or any other form of assurance on management’s statements, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, referring to corrective actions taken after December 31, 2017, relative to the aforementioned material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ KPMG Auditores Independentes

KPMG Auditores Independentes

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

May 15, 2018

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors of Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization –Debtor-in-possession

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization –Debtor-in-possession and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, shareholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, Oi S.A. maintained,the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, effective internal control overthe financial reportingposition of the Company as of December 31, 2014, based on2017 and 2016, and the criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committeeresults of Sponsoring Organizationsits operations and its cash flows for each of the Treadway Commission.years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of Oi S.A. and subsidiariesCompany’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and2017, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the related consolidated statementsCommittee of income, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, cash flows and value added for eachSponsoring Organizations of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014,Treadway Commission, and our report dated May 6, 2015,15, 2018 expressed an unqualifiedadverse opinion on thosethe effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Going Concern

The accompanying consolidated financial statements.statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company has suffered recurring losses from operations, has a net capital deficit and net shareholders’ deficit, and needs to achieve the conditions of the judicial reorganization plan which include: (a) the conversion of the debt into equity of the qualified bondholders’ credits and (b) a capital increase in the amount of $4 billion Reais (local currency) via a public offering. These events or conditions raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

/s/ KPMG Auditores Independentes

KPMG Auditores Independentes,
Rio uma sociedade simples brasileira e firma-membro da rede KPMG de Janeiro, Brazilfirmas-membro independentes e afiliadas à KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), uma entidade suíça.
May 6, 2015KPMG Auditores Independentes, a Brazilian entity and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.

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To the Board of Directors and Shareholders ofBasis for Opinion

Oi S.A.

Rio de Janeiro - RJ

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Oi S.A. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in shareholders’ equity, cash flows and value added for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includesmisstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supportingregarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An auditOur audits also includes assessingincluded evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statement presentation.statements. We believe that our audit providesaudits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Oi S.A. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, and the results of their operations, their cash flows and their value added for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2014, in conformity with the accounting practices adopted in Brazil.

The accounting practices adopted in Brazil vary, in certain significant respects, from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in Note 30 to the consolidated financial statements.

We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2014, based on criteria established inInternal Control — Integrated Framework (1992) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated May 6, 2015 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ KPMG Auditores Independentes

KPMG Auditores Independentes

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2012.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

May 15, 2018

KPMG Auditores Independentes,
Rio uma sociedade simples brasileira e firma-membro da rede KPMG de Janeiro, Brazilfirmas-membro independentes e afiliadas à KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), uma entidade suíça.
May 6, 2015KPMG Auditores Independentes, a Brazilian entity and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and 2016

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   Note   12/31/2017   12/31/2016 

Current assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

   7    6,862,684    7,563,251 

Short-term investments

   7    21,447    116,532 

Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of R$1,084,895 in 2017 and R$1,342,211 in 2016

   8    7,367,442    7,891,078 

Other taxes

   10    1,081,587    978,247 

Recoverable income taxes

   9    1,123,510    1,542,169 

Judicial Deposits

   11    1,023,348    977,550 

Inventories

     253,624    355,002 

Prepaid expenses

     307,162    293,689 

Pension plan assets

   22    1,080    6,539 

Held-for-sale assets

   25    4,675,216    5,403,903 

Other assets

     780,627    1,083,768 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     23,497,727    26,211,728 

Non-current assets

      

Long-term investments

   7    114,839    169,473 

Other taxes

   10    627,558    738,825 

Judicial Deposits

   11    8,289,762    8,387,974 

Investments

   12    136,510    135,652 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   13    27,083,454    26,079,832 

Intangible assets

   14    9,254,839    10,511,059 

Pension plan assets

   22    1,699,392    1,635,322 

Other assets

     282,687    176,989 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totalnon-current assets

     47,489,041    47,835,126 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

     70,986,768    74,046,854 

Liabilities not subject to compromise

      

Current liabilities

      

Trade payables

   15    5,170,970    4,115,632 

Loans and financing

     54,251    54,915 

Payroll, related taxes and benefits

     924,560    668,498 

Income taxes payable

   9    567,129    472,959 

Other taxes

   10    1,443,662    1,814,335 

Tax financing program

   17    278,277    105,514 

Dividends and interest on capital

     6,222    6,442 

Unearned revenues

   20    139,012    148,504 

Advances from customers

     402,774    878,548 

Licenses and concessions payable

   16    20,306    106,677 

Liabilities associated toheld-for-sale assets

   27    354,127    544,865 

Other payables

   19    469,214    527,144 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     9,830,504    9,444,033 

Non-current liabilities

      

Other taxes

   10    867,664    1,073,380 

Deferred taxes liabilities

   9    497,375    676,005 

Tax financing program

   17    610,500    654,942 

Provision for contingencies

   18    1,368,435    1,129,074 

Liability for pensions benefits

   22    72,374    —   

Unearned revenues

   20    1,633,816    1,724,428 

Advances from customers

     67,143    67,773 

Licenses and concessions payable

   16    604    4,073 

Other payables

   19    583,186    876,316 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totalnon-current liabilities

     5,701,097    6,205,991 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 20142017 and 20132016

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise

   28    65,139,228   63,746,124 

Total liabilities

     80,670,829   79,396,148 

Shareholders’ deficit

   21    

Preferred shares, no par value

     4,094,909   4,094,909 

Authorized 157,727 shares; issued and outstanding 155,915 shares in 2017 and 155,915 in 2016

     

Common shares, no par value

     17,343,465   17,343,465 

Authorized 668,034 shares; issued and outstanding 519,752 shares in 2017 and 519,752 in 2016

     —    
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total share capital

     21,438,374   21,438,374 

Share issuance costs

     (444,943  (444,943

Capital reserves

     17,762,545   17,762,545 

Treasury shares

     (5,531,092  (5,531,092

Other comprehensive loss

     (1,175,521  (1,074,812

Accumulated losses

     (42,026,880  (38,290,362

Total deficit attributable to the Company and subsidiaries

     (9,977,517  (6,140,290
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-controlling interest

   25    293,456   790,996 
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total deficit

     (9,684,061  (5,349,294
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ deficit

     70,986,768   74,046,854 
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (restated)

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   Note   2017  2016  2015
(restated)
 

Net operating revenue

   4    23,789,654   25,996,423   27,353,765 

Cost of sales and services

   5    (15,676,216  (16,741,791  (16,250,083
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross profit

     8,113,438   9,254,632   11,103,682 
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating (expenses) income

      

Selling expenses

   5    (4,399,936  (4,383,163  (4,719,811

General and administrative expenses

   5    (3,064,252  (3,687,706  (3,912,178

Other operating income (expenses), net

   5    (1,043,922  (1,237,085  (2,294,320

Reorganization items, net

   27    (2,371,918  (9,005,998 
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loss before financial and taxes

     (2,766,590  (9,059,320  177,373 
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Financial expenses, net

   6    (1,612,058  (4,375,309  (6,724,489
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (4,378,648  (13,434,629  (6,547,116

Income tax expense (current and deferred)

   9    350,987   (2,245,113  (3,379,928
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

     (4,027,661  (15,679,742  (9,927,044

Loss for the year from discontinued operations, net

   25    —      (867,139
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss for the year

     (4,027,661  (15,679,742  (10,794,183
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to owners of the Company

     (3,736,518  (15,502,132  (10,381,490

Net loss attributable tonon-controlling interests

     (291,143  (177,610  (412,693
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss allocated to common shares—basic and diluted

     (2,874,290  (11,924,904  (4,473,818

Net loss allocated to preferred shares—basic and diluted

     (862,228  (3,577,228  (5,907,672

Weighted average number of outstanding shares

      

(in thousands of shares)

      

Common shares—basic and diluted

     519,752   519,752   314,518 

Preferred stock—basic and diluted

     155,915   155,915   415,321 

Net loss per share attributable to owners of the Company (in Reais):

   21     

Common shares—basic and diluted

     (5.53  (22.94  (14.22

Preferred stock—basic and diluted

     (5.53  (22.94  (14.22

Net loss per share from continuing operation attributable to owners of the Company:

      

Common shares—basic and diluted

     (5.53  (22.94  (13.04

Preferred shares—basic and diluted

     (5.53  (22.94  (13.04

Net loss per share from discontinued operation attributable to owners of the Company:

      

Common shares—basic and diluted

     —     —     (1.13

Preferred shares—basic and diluted

     —     —     (1.13

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (restated)

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2017  2016  2015
(restated)
 

Net loss for the year

   (4,027,661  (15,679,742  (10,794,183

Other comprehensive income (loss)

    

Foreign currency translation adjustments

   165,713   (1,176,359  172,597 

Less reclassification of losses included in discontinued operations

     (481,499

Decrease in stake in subsidiary

   (374,130  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   (208,417  (1,176,359  (308,901

Available-for-sale

    

Unrealized gain

   —     —     1,907,018 

Portion of loss recognized in other comprehensive income for other-than-temporary losses on investment

   —     —     (2,315,347
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   —     —     (408,329

Pension and other postretirement benefit plans:

    

Net actuarial gain (loss) from continuing operations

   (130,846  (120,357  121,664 

Less amortization of prior service cost and actuarial gain (loss) included in net periodic pension cost

   —     (755  39,151 

Net actuarial loss from discontinued operations

    

Less reclassification of actuarial gains included in discontinued operations

   —     —     901,453 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Pension and other postretirement benefit plans

   (130,846  (121,112  1,062,268 

Changes in effective portion of the fair value of hedging financial instrument

   —     546,253   (802,063

Less reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income (loss)

   —     64,360   4,113 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
    610,613   (797,950

Income tax effect on other comprehensive loss:

    

Pensions from continuing operations

   32,157   

Less reclassification of pension tax effects included in discontinued operations

   —     —     (194,020
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   32,157   —     (194,020
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

   (4,334,767  (16,366,600  (11,441,115

Less comprehensive loss attributable tonon-controlling interest

   (64,153  (399,551  (318,650
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net comprehensive loss attributable to controlling shareholders

   (4,270,614  (15,967,049  (11,122,465
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity / (Deficit) for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (restated)

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

  Attributable to owners of the Company  Total equity/
(deficit)
attributed to
controlling
shareholders
  Non-controlling
shareholders
  Total
equity/
(deficit)
 
  Share
capital
  Share
issue
costs
  Capital
reserves
  Obligations
in equity
instruments
  Treasury
shares
  Accumulated
losses
  Other
comprehensive
income (loss)
    

Balance originally stated at January 1, 2015

  21,438,220   (309,592  17,640,287   (2,894,619  (2,367,552  (7,993,945  131,081   25,643,880   1,509,197   27,153,077 

Restatement adjustments to prior years (Note 2)

       (4,406,986   (4,406,986   (4,406,986
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at January 1, 2015 (restated)

  21,438,220   (309,592  17,640,287   (2,894,619  (2,367,552  (12,400,931  131,081   21,236,894   1,509,197   22,746,091 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Acquisition of interests – TMARPart (Note 1)

    122,412     (5,809   116,603    116,603 

Capital increase

  154    (154      —      —   

Share exchange costs

   (135,351       (135,351   (135,351

Obligations in equity instruments

     (268,921     (268,921   (268,921
Exchange for treasury shares (note 21.b)     3,163,540   (3,163,540    —      —   

Loss for the year (restated)

       (10,381,490   (10,381,490  (412,693  (10,794,183

Other comprehensive income (loss)

        (740,976  (740,976  94,043   (646,933
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015 (restated)

  21,438,374   (444,943  17,762,545    (5,531,092  (22,788,230  (609,895  9,826,759   1,190,547   11,017,306 
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loss for the year

       (15,502,132   (15,502,132  (177,610  (15,679,742

Other comprehensive loss

        (464,917  (464,917  (221,941  (686,858
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

  21,438,374   (444,943  17,762,545    (5,531,092  (38,290,362  (1,074,812  (6,140,290  790,996   (5,349,294
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Loss for the year

       (3,736,518   (3,736,518  (291,143  (4,027,661

Other comprehensive loss

        (100,709  (100,709  (206,397  (307,106
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

  21,438,374   (444,943  17,762,545    (5,531,092  (42,026,880  (1,175,521  (9,977,517  293,456   (9,684,061
 

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (restated)

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2017  2016  2015
(restated)
 

Operating activities

    

Loss for the year

   (4,027,661  (15,679,742  (10,794,183

Discontinued operations, net of tax

   —     —     867,139 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities

    

Loss(gain) on financial instruments

   (1,115,823  (5,342,872  6,408,711 

Derivatives financial instruments

    5,150,478   (5,795,744

Depreciation and amortization

   5,881,302   6,310,619   6,195,039 

Impairment ofavailable-for-sale securities

   267,008   1,090,295   447,737 

Provision for bad debt

   784,403   729,752   726,944 

Provision for contingencies

   143,517   1,056,410   1,542,831 

Provision for pension plans

   (197,141  (198,554  (107,368

Impairment (reversal) of assets

   46,534   225,512   524,870 

Deferred tax expense (benefit)

   (1,257,068  1,532,299   2,598,353 

Reorganization items, net

   2,371,918   9,005,998   —   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisition:

    

Accounts receivable

   (253,469  (390,361  (1,622,343

Other taxes

   477,164   (618,074  119,887 

Purchase of short-term investments

   (601,200  (1,877,885  (8,790,093

Redemption of short-term investments

   775,456   3,570,453   7,958,169 

Trade payables

   (374,003  (585,813  117,271 

Payroll, related taxes and benefits

   (42,727  (175,690  (351,128

Provision for contingencies

   (114,336  (692,001  (1,079,323

Net increase in income taxes refundable and payable

   399,182   213,586   154,873 

Provision for pension plans

   54   (50,000  (139,325

Employee and management profit sharing

   298,789   84,000  

Changes in assets and liabilities held for sale

   701,416   (557,330  (786,914

Other

   238,443   299,240   265,584 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities—continuing operations

   4,401,758   3,100,320   (1,539,013

Cash flows provided by operating activities—discontinued operations

   —     —     485,342 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   4,401,758   3,100,320   (1,053,671

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 (restated)

(In thousands of Brazilian Reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2017  2016  2015
(restated)
 

Investing activities

    

Capital expenditures

   (4,344,238  (3,263,571  (3,681,484

Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment

   5,016   6,405   14,996 

Cash received for the sale of PT Portugal (Note 25)

     17,218,275 

Purchase of judicial deposits

   (425,563  (1,366,907  (2,044,796

Redemption of judicial deposits

   343,129   706,657   1,039,221 

Other

     191,546 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities—continuing operations

   (4,421,656  (3,917,416  12,737,758 

Cash flows used in investing activities—discontinued operations

     (194,739
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) by in investing activities

   (4,421,656  (3,917,416  12,543,019 

Financing activities

    

Borrowings net of costs

   —     —     7,218,639 

Repayment of principal of borrowings, financing

   (659  (6,223,703  (11,308,213

Cash impacts on derivatives transactions

    443,709   2,704,155 

Payments of obligation for licenses and concessions

   (104,449  (204,779  (348,545

Payments of obligation for tax refinancing program

   (226,776  (96,638  (93,266

Share buyback

   (300,429  

Payment of dividends and interest on capital

   (59,462  (37,806  (57,608

Cash and cash equivalents of investee acquired by merger

   —     —     20,346 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows used in financing activities—continuing operations

   (691,775  (6,119,217  (1,864,492

Cash flows used in financing activities—discontinued operations

     (492,194
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (691,775  (6,119,217  (2,356,686

Foreign exchange differences on cash and cash equivalents

   11,106   (398,499  3,316,195 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   (700,567  (7,334,812  12,448,857 

Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year

   7,563,251   14,898,063   2,449,206 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents end of year

   6,862,684   7,563,251   14,898,063 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash transactions

   2017   2016   2015 

Acquisition of Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible assets (incurring liabilities)

   1,451,068    1,873,573    568,973 

Offset of judicial deposits against provision for contingencies

   382,071    1,841,299    374,295 

Share exchange (Note 21.b and Note 26)

   —      —      3,163,540 

Other transactions

   2017  2016  2015 

Income taxes paid

   (3,927  (499,228  (626,703

Financial charges paid

   (506,898  (2,232,977  (4,057,529

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

(Amounts in thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

 

 

1.       BASIS OF PRESENTATION

   Note 12/31/2014   12/31/2013 

Current assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

  8  2,449,206     2,424,830  

Cash investments

  8  171,415     492,510  

Derivative financial instruments

  18  340,558     452,234  

Trade receivable, net

  9  7,450,040     7,096,679  

Inventories, net

    478,499     432,633  

Current recoverable taxes

  10  1,097,189     907,140  

Other taxes

  11  1,054,255     1,474,408  

Judicial deposits

  12  1,133,639     1,316,252  

Other receivables

  28(d)    1,775,691  

Pension plan assets

  24  1,744     9,596  

Dividends and interest on capital

     

Other investments

     

Held-for-sale assets

  28  33,926,592     242,040  

Other assets

    1,183,658     1,305,165  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

 49,286,795   17,929,178  

Non-current assets

Long-term investments

8 111,285   99,129  

Derivative financial instruments

18 2,880,923   1,620,945  

Deferred taxes

10 7,625,772   8,274,432  

Other taxes

11 741,911   890,835  

Available-for-sale financial asset

3 914,216  

Judicial deposits

12 12,260,028   11,050,936  

Pension plan assets

24 45,752   60,197  

Prepaid expenses

 104,398   145,506  

Other assets

 222,843   231,280  

Investments

13 148,411   173,640  

Property, plant and equipment, net

14 25,670,026   24,786,286  

Intangible assets, net

15 3,690,978   3,919,491  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

 53,502,327   52,166,893  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

 102,789,122   70,096,071  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

Payroll, related taxes and benefits

 744,439   650,982  

Trade payables

16 4,336,566   4,732,174  

Loans and financing

17 4,463,728   4,158,708  

Derivative financial instruments

18 523,951   409,851  

Current income taxes payable

10 477,282   432,317  

Taxes other than income tax

11 1,667,599   2,112,598  

Dividends and interest on capital

 185,138   230,721  

Licenses and concessions payable

19 675,965   457,173  

Tax financing program

20 94,041   100,302  

Provision for pension plan

24 129,662   184,295  

Liabilities associated to held-for-sale assets

28 27,178,221  

Provisions

21 1,058,521   1,223,526  

Other payables

22 1,021,719   847,810  
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 42,556,832   15,540,457  

Non-Current liabilities

Loans and financing

17 31,385,667   31,694,918  

Derivative financial instruments

18 142,971   156,800  

Taxes other than income tax

11 874,727   1,747,012  

Licenses and concessions payable

19 685,975   1,027,234  

Tax financing program

20 896,189   1,020,002  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2014 and 2013

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Provision for pension plan

 24   346,873   459,267  

Provisions

 21   4,073,247   4,392,791  

Deferred taxes

Other payables

 22   2,515,152   2,533,452  
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

 40,920,801   43,031,476  

Equity attributable to controlling shareholders

 23  

Share capital

 21,438,220   7,471,209  

Share issue costs

 (309,592 (56,547

Capital reserves

 3,977,623   3,977,623  

Income reserves

 1,933,354   2,323,992  

Treasury shares

 (2,367,552 (2,104,524

Obligations in equity instruments

 (2,894,619

Other comprehensive income

 45,126   (91,531

Change in equity interest’s

 3,916   3,916  

Accumulated losses

 (4,024,184
    

 

 

  

 

 

 
 17,802,292   11,524,138  

Equity attributable to noncontrolling shareholders

 1,509,197  
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total equity

 19,311,489   11,524,138  
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total equity and liabilities

 102,789,122   70,096,071  
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   

Note

 2014  2013  2012 

Net operating revenue

  4 and 5  28,247,099    28,422,147    25,161,031  

Cost of sales and services

  5  (15,229,602  (15,259,215  (12,670,413
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross profit

 13,017,497   13,162,932   12,490,618  
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income (expenses)

Share of profits of subsidiaries

5 and 13 (5,881 (17,750 (12,880

Selling expenses

5 (5,611,772 (5,571,891 (4,840,707

General and administrative expenses

5 (3,751,410 (3,581,544 (2,993,131

Other operating income

5 4,466,914   3,193,024   1,996,101  

Other operating expenses

5 (2,440,710 (1,898,154 (1,880,352
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (7,342,859 (7,876,315 (7,730,969
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 5,674,638   5,286,617   4,759,649  

Financial income

5 and 6 1,344,767   1,375,217   2,275,106  

Financial expenses

5 and 6 (5,891,332 (4,649,665 (4,490,889
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Financial income (expenses)

5 and 6 (4,546,565 (3,274,448 (2,215,783
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Income before taxes

 1,128,073   2,012,169   2,543,866  

Income tax and social contribution

Current

7 (622,001 (418,498 (932,871

Deferred

7 (497,954 (100,656 173,932  
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit from continuing operations

 8,118   1,493,015   1,784,927  
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Discontinued operations

Loss for the year from discontinued operations, net (net of taxes)

28 (4,414,539

Profit (loss) for the year

 (4,406,421 1,493,015   1,784,890  
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Company

 (4,407,711 1,493,015   1,784,890  

Profit (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests

 1,290   37  

Basic and diluted earnings per share

23(i)

Common shares – basic and diluted (R$)

 (7.15 9.10   1.09  

Preferred shares – basic and diluted (R$)

 (7.15 9.10   1.09  

Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share—continuing operations:

Common shares – basic and diluted (R$)

 0.01   9.10   1.09  

Preferred shares – basic and diluted (R$)

 0.01   9.10   1.09  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014  2013  2012 

Continuing operations

    

Profit (loss) for the year

   (4,406,421  1,493,015    1,784,927  

Increase due to corporate reorganization

     87,550  

Hedge accounting gains (losses)

   122,791    (139,334  52,634  

Actuarial gains (losses)

   59,998    114,896    (168,293

Exchange gains on investment abroad

   464,981    

Comprehensive income (loss) – continuing operations

   (3,758,651  1,468,577    1,756,818  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Discontinued operations

Comprehensive income of discontinued operations

 (387,677
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year

 (4,146,328 1,468,577   1,756,781  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to owners of the Company

 (4,271,054 1,468,577   1,756,781  

Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests

 124,726   37  

Statement of comprehensive income (loss) items are carried net of taxes

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

 Attributable to owners of the Company Total
equity
attributed
to contro-

lling
share-
holder’s
 Non-contro-
lling share-
holder’s
 Total
equity
 
Share
capital
 Share
issue
costs
 Capital reserves Income reserves Obliga-
tions in
equity
instru-

ments
Treasury
shares
 Reserve
for
additio-

nal
dividends
 Retained
earnings

(accum-
ulated
losses)
 Change
in
equity
interest
perc-
entage’
 Other
compre-

hensive
income
(loss)
 
Invest-
ment
grants
 Share
subscrip-

tion
premium
 Goodwill
special
reserve

on
merger
 Net assets
- special
reserve
on
merger
 Interest
on
construc-

tion in
progress
 Special
monetary
correc-

tion –
Law
8200/1991
 Stock
options
 Other
reserves
 Legal Invest-
ments
 

At January 1, 2012

 3,731,059   123,558   372,670   2,967,829   745,756   31,287   104   126,372   383,527   507,715   (149,642 1,748,567   (38,984 10,549,818   370   10,550,188  

Capital increase with redeemable shares

 492,285   (492,285

Cancellation of treasury shares

 (99,822 (49,820 149,642  

Corporate
reorganization  

 3,085,409   (272,848 (890,621 2,309,296   (76,552 (96,199 87,550   4,146,035   40,094   4,186,129  

Share issue costs

 (56,609 (56,609 (56,609

Stock option plan termination

 (104 104  

Hedge accounting gain

 35,842   35,842   35,842  

Subsidiaries’ hedge accounting gain

 16,792   16,792   16,792  

Actuarial gains and (losses)

 (168,989 (168,989 (168,989

Subsidiaries’ actuarial gains and (losses)

 696   696   696  

Approval of proposed dividends

 (1,748,567 (1,748,567 (1,748,567

Redemption of bonus shares (R$0.3002 per share)

 (492,285 (492,285 (492,285

Interim dividends (R$0.3096 per share)

 (507,715 (507,715 (507,715

Withdrawal rights related to the corporate reorganization

 (2,008,325 (2,008,325 (2,008,325

Dividends and interest on capital declared by subsidiaries

 (1,536 (1,536

Acquisition on non-controlling interests

 (35,032 (35,032

Change in equity interest percentage

 3,916   3,916   (3,916

Other

 (17 (17

Net income for the year

 1,784,890   1,784,890   37   1,784,927  

Allocation of net income for the year:

Declared dividends (R$0.2720 shares)

 (446,222 (446,222 (446,222

Proposed additional dividends (R$0.2386 per share)

 391,322   (391,322

Investment reserve

 947,450   (947,450

Balance at December 31, 2012

 7,308,753   (56,609 123,558   1,092,638   2,309,296   745,756   31,287   383,527   947,450   (2,104,524 391,322   3,916   (67,093 11,109,277   11,109,277  

Capital increase with redeemable shares

 162,456   (162,456

Redeemable bonus shares

 (162,456 (162,456 (162,456

Share issue costs

 62   62   62  

Approval of proposed additional dividends

 (391,322 (391,322 (391,322

Interim dividends (R$03.049 per share)

 (500,000 (500,000 (500,000

Net income for the year

 1,493,015   1,493,015   1,493,015  

Hedge accounting losses

 (119,229 (119,229 (119,229

Subsidiaries’ hedge accounting loss

 (20,105 (20,105 (20,105

Actuarial gains and (losses)

 113,972   113,972   113,972  

Subsidiaries’ actuarial gains and (losses)

 924   924   924  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Allocation of profit for the year:

Recognition of investment reserve

 1,493,015   (1,493,015

Balance at December 31, 2013

 7,471,209   (56,547 123,558   767,726   2,309,296   745,756   31,287   383,527   1,940,465   (2,104,524 3,916   (91,531 11,524,138   11,524,138  

Acquisition of interests - PT Portugal

 1,468,602   1,468,602  

Capital increase

 13,959,900   13,959,900   13,959,900  

Capital increase with reinvestment tax incentives

 7,111   (7,111

Attributed dividends

 (84,131 (84,131

Share issue costs (Note 3.1)

 (253,045 (253,045 (253,045

Obligations in equity instruments

 (2,894,619 (2,894,619 (2,894,619

Treasury shares

 (263,028 (263,028 (263,028

Loss (profit) for the year

 (4,407,711 (4,407,711 1,290   (4,406,421

Realization of legal reserve

 (383,527 383,527  

Hedge accounting gain

 128,982   128,982   128,982  

Subsidiaries’ hedge accounting losses

 (6,191 (6,191 (6,191

Actuarial gains

 58,885   58,885   58,885  

Subsidiaries’ actuarial losses

 (714,654 (714,654 (714,654

Exchange gains on investment abroad

 441,899   441,899   123,436   565,335  

Exchange gains on subsidiaries’ investment abroad

 132,993 �� 132,993   132,993  

Other comprehensive income

 94,743   94,743   94,743  
 21,438,220   (309,592 123,558   767,726   2,309,296   745,756   31,287   1,933,354   (2,894,619 (2,367,552 (4,024,184 3,916   45,126   17,802,292   1,509,197   19,311,489  

Balance at December 31, 2014

 21,438,220   (309,592 3,977,623 1,933,354   (2,894,619 (2,367,552 (4,024,184 3,916   45,126   17,802,292   1,509,197   19,311,489  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014  2013  2012 

Cash flows from operating activities– continuing operations

    

Income before income tax and social contribution

   1,128,073    2,012,169    2,543,866  

Non-cash items

    

Charges, interest income, and inflation adjustment (i)

   4,163,880    4,329,432    4,045,769  

Depreciation and amortization

   4,535,418    4,278,477    3,220,589  

Losses on receivables

   649,463    849,779    502,509  

Provisions

   463,087    381,949    399,632  

Provision for pension plans

   8,897    10,325    8,118  

Share of profits of subsidiaries

   5,881    17,750    12,880  

Loss on write-off of permanent assets

   16,277    395,004    267,273  

Income from asset sales

    (214,127  (389,128

Concession Agreement Extension Fee—ANATEL

   123,731    93,563    121,430  

Employee and management profit sharing

   291,885    (115,671  386,639  

Derivative financial instrument transactions

   (427,384  (1,158,520  (942,021

Inflation adjustment to intragroup receivables and private debentures (ii)

     (48,233

Inflation adjustment to provisions (iii)

   233,276    246,205    233,017  

Inflation adjustment to tax refinancing program (iv)

   132,194    81,262    81,371  

Expired dividends

   (40,411  (35,744  (74,732

Other

   (223,569  1,851,062    1,376,661  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 11,060,698   13,022,915   11,745,640  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Changes in assets and liabilities

Accounts receivable

 (1,057,184 556,009   (1,722,341

Inventories

 (38,721 (53,696 (234,494

Taxes

 (790,262 (594,144 583,571  

Held-for-trading cash investments

 (4,754,150 (6,230,243 (8,885,812

Redemption of held-for-trading cash investments

 5,021,859   8,203,246   8,963,131  

Trade payables

 (221,347 (250,056 (761,011

Payroll, related taxes and benefits

 (198,428 (972 64,290  

Provisions

 (775,583 (934,039 (771,155

Provision for pension plans

 (131,156 (124,246 (100,526

Other assets and liabilities

 (878,008 (3,535,925 (1,272,604
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (3,822,980 (2,964,066 (4,136,951
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Financial charges paid

 (2,852,682 (2,448,391 (2,502,884

Income tax and social contribution paid—Company

 (432,999 (314,221 (992,820

Income tax and social contribution paid—third parties

 (322,513 (325,931 (286,538

Dividends received

 23,263   65,006   83,087  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (3,584,931 (3,023,537 (3,699,155
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities—continuing operations

 3,652,787   7,035,312   3,909,534  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities—discontinued operations

 1,877,782  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash generated by operating activities

 5,530,569   7,035,312   3,909,534  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(continued)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014  2013  2012 

Cash flows from investing activities – continuing operations

    

Purchase of tangibles and intangibles

   (5,370,351  (5,976,488  (5,329,827

Due from related parties and debentures—disbursements

     133,023  

Proceeds from the sale of investments, tangibles and intangibles

   4,453,611    4,127    716,475  

Judicial deposits

   (1,660,987  (1,693,945  (2,409,166

Redemption of judicial deposits

   722,836    958,529    747,696  

Acquisition on non-controlling interests

     (35,032

Cash flow arising on the loss of control of subsidiaries

    (50,732 

Acquisition of investment in PT Portugal on May 5, 2014

   1,087,904    

Cash and cash equivalents transferred to held-for-sale assets

   (730,572  

Available-for-sale financial asset

     (250,186

Increase/(decrease) in permanent investments

   8,091    (11,796  (67,657
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities—continuing operations

 (1,489,468 (6,770,305 (6,494,674
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities—discontinued operations

 (2,813,437
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 (4,302,905 (6,770,305 (6,494,674
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities—continuing operations

Borrowings net of costs

 2,665,098   3,434,762   7,067,093  

Repayment of principal of borrowings, financing, and derivatives

 (5,053,939 (3,567,958 (4,980,381

Licenses and concessions

 (204,779 (710,968 (319,667

Tax refinancing program

 (870,215 (174,455 (153,227

Capital increase

 8,230,606  

Payment of dividends and interest on capital

 (5,172 (1,280,162 (2,405,419

Issue premium and related costs

 (403,375

Bonus shares

 (1,155,811

Cash and cash equivalents acquired by merger

 4,930,186  

Share reimbursement

 (2,008,325
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities—continuing operations

 4,358,224   (2,298,781 974,449  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities—discontinued operations

 (5,532,725
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in / originated from financing activities

 (1,174,501 (2,298,781 974,449  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents

 (28,787 50,443   14,346  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash flows for the year

 24,376   (1,983,331 (1,596,345
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

Closing balance

 2,449,206   2,424,830   4,408,161  

Opening balance

 2,424,830   4,408,161   6,004,506  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Changes in the year

 24,376   (1,983,331 (1,596,345
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(i)Includes: (1) inflation adjustment on provision for pension plans that are adjusted by estimated inflation rate based on actuarial assumptions (see note 24) and (2) inflation adjustment on licenses and concessions payable that are adjusted by Telecommunications Service Index (IST) plus 1% p.m. and General Price Index—Domestic Availability (IGP-DI) plus 1% p.m.;
(ii)Adjusted for inflation by reference to the 4% p.y. compound DI rate variation;

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(iii)Adjusted for inflation in accordance with the specific indexes defined by the respective courts or legislation in force;
(iv)Adjusted for inflation by Special System for Settlement and Custody Rate – Selic.

Additional disclosures relating to the statement of cash flows

Non-cash transactions

   2014  2013   2012 

Acquisition of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (incurring liabilities)

   (122,072  637,884     1,146,565  

Offset of judicial deposits against provisions

   405,329    495,259     378,693  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Value Added

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014  2013  2012 

Revenue

    

Sales of goods and services

   45,357,481    45,252,584    39,900,634  

Voluntary discounts and returns

   (8,203,473  (7,291,814  (5,908,606

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   (649,463  (922,779  (502,509

Other income

   4,349,667    3,565,329    1,947,124  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 40,854,212   40,603,320   35,436,643  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Inputs purchased from third parties

Interconnection costs

 (2,689,815 (3,965,623 (3,914,543

Supplies and power

 (1,032,922 (892,830 (858,143

Cost of sales

 (834,606 (585,656 (576,664

Third-party services

 (9,368,482 (9,540,361 (8,112,951

Other

 (933,314 (906,911 (980,320
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (14,859,139 (15,891,381 (14,442,621
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross value added

 25,995,073   24,711,939   20,994,022  

Retentions

Depreciation and amortization

 (4,535,418 (4,278,477 (3,220,589

Provisions (includes inflation adjustment)

 (1,012,590 (903,054 (632,649

Loss for the year of discontinued operations

 (4,414,539 (143,612

Other expenses

 (486,772 (378,737
 (10,449,319 (5,560,268 (3,996,850
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Wealth created by the Company

 15,545,754   19,151,671   16,997,172  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Value added received as transfer

Share of profits of subsidiaries

 (5,881 (17,750 (12,880

Financial income

 1,344,767   1,375,217   2,275,106  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 1,338,886   1,357,467   2,262,226  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Wealth for distribution

 16,884,640   20,509,138   19,259,398  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Wealth distributed

Personnel

Salaries and wages

 (1,890,798 (1,606,504 (1,517,035

Benefits

 (435,655 (404,991 (310,046

Severance Pay Fund (FGTS)

 (135,915 (142,216 (113,749

Other

 (77,467 (68,661 (56,354
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (2,539,835 (2,222,372 (1,997,184
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Taxes and fees

Federal

 (2,677,587 (2,235,938 (2,096,625

State

 (7,083,455 (7,951,660 (7,385,323

Municipal

 (153,296 (89,368 (74,446
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (9,914,338 (10,276,966 (9,556,394
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Value Added

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(continued)

   2014  2013  2012 

Lenders and lessors

    

Interest and other financial charges

   (5,717,367  (4,397,101  (4,317,734

Rents, leases and insurance

   (3,119,521  (2,119,684  (1,603,159
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 (8,836,888 (6,516,785 (5,920,893
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Shareholders

Non-controlling interests

 (1,290 (37

Dividends

 (446,222

Retained earnings (accumulated losses)

 4,407,711   (1,493,015 (1,338,668
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
 4,406,421   (1,493,015 (1,784,927
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Wealth distributed

 (16,884,640 (20,509,138 (19,259,398
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

1.GENERAL INFORMATION

Oi S.A.Under Judicial Reorganization –Debtor-in-Possession (“Company” or “Oi”), is a Switched Fixed-line Telephony Services (“STFC”) concessionaire, operating since July 1998 in Region II of the General Concession Plan (“PGO”), which covers the Brazilian states of Acre, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Goiás, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, and the Federal District, in the provision of STFC as a local and intraregional long-distance carrier. SinceFrom January 2004 on, the Company also provides domestic and international long-distance services in all Regions and since January 2005 started to provide local services outside Region II started to be provided in January 2005.II. These services are provided under concessions granted by Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações—ANATEL (National Telecommunications Agency), the regulator of the Brazilian telecommunications industry.industry (“ANATEL” or “Agency”).

The Company is headquartered in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, at Rua do Lavradio, 71 – 2º floor.andar.

The Company also holds: (i) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Telemar Norte Leste S.A. - Under Judicial Reorganization –Debtor-in-Possession(“TMAR”Telemar”) a concession to provide fixed telephone services in Region I and nationwide International Long-distance services; and (ii) through its indirect subsidiary Oi Móvel S.A. - Under Judicial Reorganization –Debtor-in-Possession (“Oi Móvel”) a license to provide mobile telephony services in Region I, II and III.

The local and nationwide STFC long-distance concession agreements entered into by the Company and its subsidiary TMARTelemar with the ANATEL are effective until December 31, 2025. These concession agreements provide for reviews on a five-year basis and in general have a higher degree of intervention in the management of the business than the licenses to provide private services, and also include several consumer protection provisions, as perceived by the regulator.

The On December 30, 2015, ANATEL announced that the review to be implemented by the end of 2015 had been postponed to April 30, 2016. Subsequently, On April 29, 2016, ANATEL decided, under a Resolution Circular Letter, to postpone until December 31, 2016 the execution of the revised agreements. On December 30, 2016 and under a Resolution Circular Letter, ANATEL postponed again the execution of the new concession agreements up to June 30, 2017. On June 29, 2017, ANATEL informed, in an official letter, that it would no longer make any further amendments to the concession agreements at this instance. Note that until the end of the concession agreement on December 31, 2025 there would still be a period for revision, on December 31, 2020. It is worth noting that Congress Bill 79/2016 provides for a special amendment of concession agreements to adjust them to the possibility of migrating from a public utility regime to an STFC service provision under a private law regime. Thus, if this bill is passed into law, the concession agreement is subject to amendment in any date other than December 31, 2020. Throughout the years, ANATEL initiated some procedures aiming at monitoring the Company’s financial situation, as well as to assess the Company’s ability to discharge its obligations arising from the terms of the licensing agreements are disclosedconcession agreements. In light of the approval of the Judicial Reorganization Plan by the creditors and its subsequent ratification by the competent court ANATEL started to monitor the Oi Group Companies’ operating and financial positions based on the effectiveness of said Judicial Reorganization Plan (JRP).

In Africa, the Company provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services indirectly through Africatel Holding BV (“Africatel”). The Company provides services in Note 15.Mozambique, and São Tomé, among other countries, notably through its subsidiaries Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique (“LTM”) and CST – Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, SARL (“CST”). Additionally, Africatel holds an indirect 25% stake in Unitel S.A. (“Unitel”) and a 40% stake in Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A. (“CVT”), which provides telecommunications services in Angola and Cape Verde.

In Asia, the Company provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services basically through its subsidiary Timor Telecom.

The Company is registered with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Its shares are traded on the São Paulo Mercantile andB3 S.A. – Brasil, Stock Exchange, (“BM&FBOVESPA”)OTC, and its American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) arerepresenting Oi common shares and preferred shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

JUDICIAL REORGANIZATION

On November 18, 2014,June 20, 2016, Oi, together with its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries Oi Móvel, Telemar, Copart 4 Participações S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization -Debtor-in-Possession (“Copart 4”), Copart 5 Participações S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization -Debtor-in-Possession (“Copart 5”), Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – Under Judicial Reorganization -Debtor-in-Possession (“PTIF”), and Oi Brasil Holdings Cooperatief U.A. – Under JudicialReorganization—Debtor-in-Possession (“Oi Holanda”) (collectively with the Company, the “Oi Companies” or “RJ Debtors”) filed, as a matter of urgency, a request for judicial reorganization with the Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro, as approved a 10by the Company’s Board of Directors and the competent governing bodies.

As broadly disclosed to the market, the Company had been taking actions and conducting studies, together with its financial and legal advisors to optimize its liquidity and debt profile. The Company, after considering the challenges arising from its economical and financial situation and in light of the maturity schedule of its financial debts, threats to cash flows represented by imminent block or pledge of amounts in lawsuits, and in light of the urgency to adopt protection measures of the Oi Companies, concluded that the request for 1 reverse share splitjudicial reorganization was the most appropriate course of action at that time to (i) preserve the continuity of its offering of quality services to its customers, within the rules and commitments undertaken with the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL), (ii) preserve the value of the Oi Companies, (iii) maintain the continuity of operations and corporate activities in an organized manner, thus protecting the interests of the Oi Companies, its customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and (iv) protect the Oi Companies’ cash and cash equivalents.

The filing of the judicial reorganization was another step towards the Company’s financial restructuring, who continues working to secure new customers while maintaining its service and product sales to all Company common sharesmarket segments, in all of its distribution and preferred shares, consolidating 10 shares into a single common or preferred share, as applicable.customer service channels. The Company’s shares traded on the NYSE as ADSs wereinstallation, maintenance and repair activities also subject to this reverse share slip, following the same reverse share slip ratio used in Brazil, so these ADSs will continue to be tradedperformed on a timely basis by the Oi Companies and their subsidiaries. All of Company’s workforce has been maintaining the work as usual, including sales, operating and administrative activities. Oi keeps focusing on its investments in structuring projects aimed at promoting the ratioimprovement of one ADS per each share.service quality to continue to bringing technological advances, high service standards, and innovation to its customers.

In May 2014,

On June 22, 2016, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (“U.S. Bankruptcy Court”) entered an order granting the provisional relief requested by the Company, Telemar, Oi Holanda and Oi Móvel (all four collectively referred to as “Debtors”) in their United States bankruptcy code Chapter 15 cases that were filed on June 21, 2016.

The Provisional Relief prevents creditors from initiating actions against the Debtors or their property located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States and parties from terminating their existing U.S. contracts with the Debtors.

On June 23, 2016, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales issued orders recognizing the judicial reorganization request in respect of the Company, Telemar and Oi Móvel filed in Brazil pursuant to Law 11101/2005, as a foreign main proceeding in accordance with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, as set out in Schedule 1 to the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006 No. 1030) (“Recognition Orders”).

The Recognition Orders establish that the commencement or continuation of proceedings (including enforcement actions) in England and Wales relating to the Company’s, Telemar’s and Oi Móvel’s assets, rights, obligations or liabilities are stayed from June 23, 2016.

On June 29, 2016, the Judge of the 7th Corporate Court of the Judicial District of the State Capital of Rio de Janeiro (“Judicial Reorganization Court”) granted the processing of the judicial reorganization of the Oi Companies.

The decision granting the processing of the judicial reorganization of the Oi Companies determined that all the procedural time limits are counted in business combinationdays. To this regard, even though the decision has determined that the Judicial Reorganization Plan (“JRP” or “Plan”) be filed within 60 business days, the Public Prosecution Service filed an interlocutory appeal requesting that this time limit be counted in calendar days. In light of the interlocutory appeal filed by the Public Prosecution Service, the Judicial Reorganization Court revised its decision, establishing that the JRP be filed within 60 calendar days, counted from the issuance of the decision granting the processing of the judicial reorganization.

On July 21, 2016, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court held a hearing to judge the Debtors’ requests and since no objection to the recognition was filed, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court recognized the judicial reorganization as a main foreign proceeding with regard to each of the Debtors. As a result of this recognition, a stay was automatically applied, preventing the filing, in the United States, of any actions against the Debtors or their properties located within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States and parties from terminating their existing U.S. contracts with the Debtors.

On July 22, 2016, the judicial reorganization request was ratified by the shareholders at the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting.

The shareholders also authorized the Company’s management to take all the actions and practice all the acts necessary with regard to the judicial reorganization of the Oi Companies and ratified all the actions taken up to that date.

On July 22, 2016, the Judicial Reorganization Court appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. as the court-appointed financial administrator, and the law firm Arnoldo Wald to act as the court-appointed legal administrator (collectively, “Judicial Administrator”) of the Oi Companies.

Considering that the Judicial Reorganization Court changed the way the deadline to file the plan is counted, as referred to above, on September 5, 2016 the Oi Companies filed the JRP, which establishes the terms and conditions for the restructuring of the Oi Companies’ debt, and the main actions that could be adopted to overcome the current financial situation of the Oi Companies and their continuity as going concerns, including by (i) restructuring and balancing their liabilities; (ii) prospecting and adopting actions during the judicial reorganization aiming to obtain new funds; and (iii) potential sale of capital assets.

The first list of creditors submitted by the Oi Companies was published on September 20, 2016 (“First List of Creditors”). Payables to parties not controlled by Oi, according to the First List of Creditors, totaled approximately R$65.1 billion. As from the date of this publication, the creditors had fifteen (15) business days to file with the Judicial Administrator (i) a proof of claim (the “Proof of Claim” or “Claim”), if their receivables were not included in the First List of Creditors, or (ii) the discrepancy (the “Discrepancy”) if, according to the creditor, the amount in the First List of Creditors is incorrect or its credits were incorrectly classified. The deadline for creditors to file a Claim and/or a Discrepancy was October 11, 2016.

On March 2, 2017, the 3rd Lisbon Commercial Court issued a decision acknowledging, with regard to Oi and Telemar, the decision that approved the processing of the judicial reorganization requested filed in Brazil.

On March 22, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the basic financial conditions to be adjusted in the JRP and authorized the Company’s Executive Officers and advisors to file, as soon as possible, an amendment to the JRP with the Judicial Reorganization Court, as disclosed by Oi in a Material Fact Notice on the same date, and these conditions were presented in court on March 28, 2017. The amended JRP was filed with the court on October 11, 2017.

On March 31, 2017, the Judicial Reorganization Court issued a decision replacing PricewaterhouseCoopers Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. as financial administrator for the BDOPro Consortium, which declined the appointment. Thus on April 10, 2017, the law Firm Arnoldo Wald was appointed as the sole judicial administrator of the Oi Companies’ Judicial Reorganization.

The judicial administrator reviewed the First List of Creditors and after reviewing this List, taking into consideration the Claims and Discrepancies, submitted the list of creditors published in the Notice of May 29, 2017 (“List of Creditors”).

The publication of the List of Creditors set two deadlines for the creditors: (i) aten-business day deadline to file with the Judge their challenges to Second List of Creditors (the “Challenge”); and (ii) a thirty-business day deadline to file with the Judge their objections to the Judicial Reorganization Plan (the “Objection”).

On August 23, 2017, the Judicial Reorganization Court scheduled the date of the first Creditors’ General Meeting (“CGM”) for October 9, 2017 (on its first notice to convene) and October 23, 2017 (on its second notice to convene).

On September 27, 2017, in light of the negotiated decisions to ensure the approval of the JRP and the procedural aspects related to holding the General Creditors’ Meeting (“CGM”), which could result in changes in the voting system, the Oi Companies requested to the Judicial Reorganization Court the postponement of the CGM to October 23, 2017, on its first notice to convene, and November 27, 2017, on its second notice to convene, at Riocentro. The Judicial Reorganization Court approved this request on the same day, seconding the favorable opinions of the judicial administrator and the Rio de Janeiro State’s Public Prosecution Office.

On October 10, 2017, the majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors approved the new version of the JRP.

On October 11, 2017, the RJ Debtors filed a new, joint version of the JRP with the Judicial Reorganization Court, to be reviewed and approved at the CGM on the dates referred to above, as well as the report of the independent appraiser.

On October 20, 2017, in response to the requests made by certain creditors, the Judicial Reorganization Court determined the postponement of the GCM for November 6, 2017, on its first notice to convene, and November 27, 2017, on its second notice to convene.

In compliance with the provisions of Article 36 of Law 11101/2005, the Judicial Reorganization Court, in response to a request from the Judicial Administrator, determined the postponement of the CGM date, firstly scheduled for November 6, 2017, on its first notice to convene, for November 10, 2017, and maintained November 27, 2017 to hold the CGM, on its second notice to convene.

On November 9, 2017, in response to the new requests made by certain creditors, the Judicial Reorganization Court determined once again the postponement of the CGM to December 7, 2017, on its first notice to convene, which may continue on December 8, 2017, if necessary, and February 1, 2018, on its second notice to convene, which may continue on February 2, 2018, if necessary.

Again, on November 29, 2017, the Judicial Reorganization Court determined once again the postponement of the CGM to December 19, 2017, on its first notice to convene, which may continue on December 20, 2017, if necessary, and February 1, 2018, on its second notice to convene, which may continue on February 2, 2018, if necessary.

On December 19, 2017, after confirming that the required quorum of classes I, II, III, and IV creditors was in attendance, the CGM was held and the JRP was approved by a vast majority of creditors on December 20, 2017.

On January 8, 2018, the Judicial Reorganization Court issued a decision that ratifies the JRP and grants the judicial reorganization to the Oi Companies. Said decision was published on February 5, 2018, initiating the period for the creditors of the RJ Debtors to elect one of the payment options to recover their claims, as provided for in the JRP, which ended on February 26, 2018, except for bondholders, whose deadline was extended to March 8, 2018, as decided by the Judicial Reorganization Court on February 26, 2018.

In the course of the preparation of the JRP, the Company assessed a significant set of scenarios and forecasts for the evolution of its operations and financial, and conducted discussions with creditors and partners affected by the JRP. This preparatory work was in line with the complexity and sheer size of the Company’s business, the existing high number of operating and financial processes and controls with an impact on the assumptions used by Management, and the volume and diversity of the information used.

The Company’s management identified, during the preparation of the JRP, that there were weaknesses in some of these processes and controls and an opportunity to obtain further information from the entities involved in the process.

In light of the identification of weaknesses in controls, the Company’s management immediately took the necessary actions to measure possible impacts of the JRP on cash flows and the Company’s historic financial statements, namely with regard to the realizable value of assets. In a short period of time, Management initiated the procedures aimed at identifying the root cause of the weaknesses, the design, and the implementation, within a short and, appropriate time horizon, of new and improved controls. Finally, this work allowed Management to conclude that there should not be any impact on the Judicial Reorganization Plan’s Cash Flows and make the corresponding corrections of accounting errors (Note 2).

The prepetition liabilities subjected to compromise will be recovered by the creditors in accordance with the JRP approved at the CGM on December 19 and 20, 2017 and ratified by the Judicial Administrator Court on January 8, 2018, which was submitted on December 22, 2017 by the Trustee, in the records of digital caseNo. 0203711-65.2016.8.19.0001, available for consultation on the Company’s website (www.recjud.com.br) and the Court of Justice’s website (www.tjrj.jus.br). :

Creditors Settlement Program

On June 23, 2017, the Company disclosed a Notice to the Market informing that, as authorized by the Judicial Reorganization Court, the Company was going to initiate a program to enter into settlements with the Oi Companies’ creditors listed in the Judicial Administrator’s List of Creditors, published on May 29, 2017 (“Oi Creditor” and “Creditors Settlement Program” or “Program”, respectively), and creditors could join the program via the websitewww.credor.oi.com.br.

The Creditors Settlement Program was applicable for creditors with claims amounting to R$50,000 or lower, and allowed the prepayment of 90% of the claim on the acceptance of the creditor and the remaining 10% of the claim after the approval of the JRP, to be paid under the terms and conditions of the Creditors Settlement Program. A Oi Creditor whose claim was higher than R$50,000 would be

entitled to join the Creditors Settlement Program, in which case they would receive a R$50,000 prepayment, upon acceptance by such Oi Creditor of the settlement under the terms and conditions set out in the Creditors Settlement Program and the exceeding amount will be paid as set out in the Plan. The Creditors Settlement Program benefited the participating Oi Creditors as it allowed for the prepayment of part of the amount under the Program.

The Program was temporarily suspended by force of a judicial decision but on August 29, 2017 the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice overturned this decision and upheld the validity of the Creditors Settlement Program. Accordingly, the Creditors Settlement Program was implemented as from this date, and ended in December 8, 2017.

Approximately 35,000 creditors jointed the Creditors Settlement Program, of which about 30,000 in Brazil and 5,000 in Portugal, and approximately R$360 million were made available for the prepayment of the settlements entered into under the Program.

Pre-petition Claims, Regulatory Agencies

The Company has reported that it has knowledge of regulatory punitive administrative proceedings and lawsuits that could amount to approximately R$14.5 billion as at June 30, 2016, including fines imposed, expected fines to be imposed and corresponding inflation adjustments. The Company disagrees and is challenging a material portion of the noncompliance events pointed out by ANATEL and it is also challenging the disproportionateness of the punitive actions taken, emphasizing their unreasonableness.

It is worth noting that in the context of the judicial reorganization of the Oi Companies, ANATEL challenged, amongst others, the decision that approved the processing of the judicial reorganization, as well as the beginning of a mediation proceeding between the RJ Debtors and itself, by filing bills of reviewNo. 0043065-84.2016.8.19.0000 andNo. 0060963-13.2016.8.19.0000. As for bill of reviewNo. 0043065-84.2016.8.19.0000, filed against the decision that approved the processing of the judicial reorganization, this appeal found that ANATEL’s credits are subject to the reorganization. The interlocutory appeal filed against the mediation proceeding between the RJ Debtors and ANATEL is still pending trial. Notwithstanding, in light of the lack of interest of ANATEL in this mediation proceeding, on February 26, 2018 the 7th Corporate Court of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice issued a decision where it rules the suspension of the mediation proceeding between ANATEL and the Company.

It is worth noting that ANATEL also challenged the submission of its claims to the judicial reorganization proceeding, by filing interlocutory appealNo. 0057446-63.2017.8.19.0000 against the decision issued on its claim Challenge case, in which the Judicial Reorganization Court reaffirms the understanding on thepre-petition nature of the regulator’s nontax claims. In his judgment of the advanced relief request filed by ANATEL, State Justice Cezar Augusto Rodrigues Costa, reporting judge at the time, decided to maintain such claims under the Judicial Reorganization Court and granted partial suspensory effect to determine the exclusion of possible tax claims assigned to ANATEL, as well as the statutory charges arising on their collection and the related punitive fines for tax infractions. Currently, the Company is awaiting a decision on the Interlocutory appeal filed

by ANATEL against this decision and the judgment of the appeal merits by the 8th Civil Court. In addition Justice Marco Buzzi, from the Superior Court of Justice decided, in the context of Conflict of Competence No. 154.977/RJ, based on the opinion of the Federal Public Prosecution Office, to acknowledge that the submission of ANATEL claims must be discussed in the context of the Judicial Reorganization, using the appropriate appeal.

In addition to the appeals referred to above, ANATEL filed interlocutory appealNo. 0048971-21.2017.8.19.0000 against the decision issued on its objection to the judicial reorganization plan without judgment on the objection’s merits. As a result of this appeal, the requested suspensory effect was partially upheld by State Justice Cezar Augusto, from the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice, by suspending the enforcement of Clauses 4.3.2.8 andSub-clauses 4.3.2.8.1 and 4.3.2.8.2 of the JRP that had been filed by the RJ Debtors in what they concern ANATEL. Said clauses address the payment of ANATEL’spre-petition claims and the initiation of the mediation between the RJ Debtors and ANATEL. Oi, however, changed the terms of the JRP, which maintains the treatment of ANATEL claims aspre-petition claims and was approved by a vast majority of creditors at the Creditors’ General Meeting on December 19 and 20, 2017, and ratified by the 7th Corporate Court of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice on January 8, 2018.

ANATEL also filed interlocutory appealNo. 0055283-13.2017.8.19.0000 against the decision issued within the judicial reorganization’s court records, which permitted holding a Creditors’ General Meeting without granting the request made by ANATEL to exclude all its claims. The appeal was not accepted and the Company is currently awaiting the 8th Civil Court’s decision on the interlocutory appeal filed by ANATEL.

The JRP submitted to and approved at the CGM on December 20, 2017, which was ratified by the Judicial Reorganization Court on January 8, 2018, lays down the payment methodPre-petition Claims, Regulatory Agencies, which include ANATEL’snon-tax claims amounting to approximately R$14.5 billion as of June 30, 2016:

(i)

Payment of nontaxpre-petition claims that are under the jurisdiction of the Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) in two hundred forty (240) installments, commencing June 30, 2018, as follows: (i) from the 1st to the 60th installment: 0.160%; (ii) from the 61st to the 120th installment: 0.330%; (iii) from the 121st to the 180th installment: 0.500%; (iv) from the 181st to the 239th installment: 0.660%; and (v) 240th installment: the outstanding balance. The first installments shall be fully paid by cashing amounts initially deposited in courts as collateral of these claims, to be supplemented, if necessary, in cash. Beginning in the subsequent month, Oi shall pay the other installments in cash. As from the second installment, the monthly installments shall be adjusted for inflation using the SELIC (Central Bank’s policy rate);

Because the other nontaxpre-petition claims of regulatory agencies challenged at the administrative level are illiquid up to this date, they shall be paid as laid down in Clause 4.3.6 of the JRP, general payment method of unsecure claims.

The Plan also provides for the possibility of the Company adopting a general statutory rule to be published in the future in order to regulate thenon-tax claims of regulatory agencies subject to the Judicial Reorganization.

Note, however, that ANATEL filed interlocutory appealNo. 001068-32.2018.8.19.0000 against the decision that ratified the judicial reorganization plan, alleging the invalidity of Clause No. 4.3.4, which sets the method for settlement of ANATEL’s claims. This appeal is pending trial.

Accordingly, the court decisions in effect establish that ANATEL’snon-tax claims against the Oi Companies are subject to the judicial reorganization proceeding and shall be paid as provide for byPre-petition Claims, Regulatory Agencies (Clause 4.3.4 of the approved and ratified Judicial Reorganization Plan), as decided by the Oi Group’s creditors at the CGM, and decided by the Judicial Reorganization Court, pursuant to Law 11101/2005.

Payment proposals in the JRP approved at the CGM on December 20, 2017 and ratified by the Judicial Reorganization Court on January 8, 2018

The Oi Group’s creditors shall become creditors of the debt(s) issued by the RJ Debtor that was their original debtor.

Plan for Creditors (Note 28)

This section presents a summarized version of the key terms of the repayment Plan to Oi Group Creditors, including certain information on the financial terms and conditions included in the JRP.

Note that, as defined in Appendix 1.1 to the JRP, the publication date of the Judicial Reorganization Court’s decision ratifying the JRP, i.e., the lower court decision granting the judicial reorganization, against which no appeal with a suspensory effect is upheld, which is January 8, 2018, published on the Official Gazette on February 5, 2018, is taken into consideration for purposes of the way the time limit in the payment terms is counted.

Class I – Labor Claims

The payment of Labor Claims is described below:

General rule: labor claims shall be paid in five (5) equal monthly installments, with a180-day grace period after the Court Ratification of the Plan. Labor claims not yet acknowledged shall be paid in five (5) equal monthly installments, with asix-month grace period after a final, unappeasable court on the amount due decision is issued.

Labor Claims that are collateralized by judicial deposits:

Shall be paid through the immediate withdrawal of the amount deposited in court.

If the deposited amount is lower than the debt listed by the Oi Companies, the deposit shall be used to pay part of the debt and the outstanding balance shall be paid after a decision is issued by the Court that ratifies the amount due in five (5) equal monthly installments, with a180-day grace period from the Court Ratification of the Plan. If the deposit is higher than the debt, the Oi Companies shall withdraw the difference.

Labor Claims not collateralized by judicial deposits shall be paid via judicial deposits attached to the court records of the related case.

Fundação Atlântico (pension fund) claims:

Payable in six (6) annual, equal installments, with a five-year grace period as from the Court Ratification of the Plan.

Interest/inflation adjustment: five-year grace period for interest. National Consumer Price Index (INPC) + 5.5% per year, levied as from the Court Ratification of the Plan, annually accrued during the grace period and payable annually, as from the sixth year, together with the principal installments.

Class II – Collateralized Payables

Class 2 claims shall be paid as follows:

Each creditor shall receive the original debt amount, as disclosed in the List of Creditors, adjusted by the interest/inflation adjustment rate, as follows:

Principal shall be repaid as follows:

72-month grace period for principal as from the Court Ratification date of the Judicial Reorganization Plan;

Principal shall be repaid in 108 monthly installments, as described in the table below:

Months

Percentage of the amount to be
repaid per month

0 a 72nd

0.0%

73rd to 132nd

0.33%

133rd to 179th

1.67%

180th

1.71%

Four-year grace period on interest.

Interest: Long-term Interest Rate, released by the Central Bank, plus spread of 2.946372%, where the interest levied in the first four (4) years shall not be paid and shall be accrued annually and added to the principal.

Classes III and IV – Unsecured Creditors and MBOs/SBs

The payment proposal for claims of Unsecured Creditors and Micro-business Owners (“MBOs”) and Small Businesses (“SBs”) is described below, according to the thresholds established in the JRP:

Linear payment to Unsecured Creditors:

Linear payment to Unsecured Creditors: Unsecured Creditors’ and MEs/EPPs’ claims of amounting up to R$1,000 were paid in a single installment within 20 business days after the Court Ratification of the Plan.

Unsecured Creditors and MEs/EPPs with claims above R$1,000 can elect to receive their claims in a single installment, providing that they agree to receive only R$1,000 as the full payment of their claims an related costs, payable within 20 business days after the end of the period to elect the payment option.

Unsecured Creditors with Judicial Deposits: Class 3 and 4 claims held by Unsecured Creditors shall be paid after the withdrawal of the judicial deposits, using the following discount percentages:

Claim Amount Interval

Discount %

Up to R$1,000.00

0%

R$1,000.01 to R$5,000.00

15%

R$5,000.01 to R$10,000.00

20%

R$10,000.01 to R$150,000.00

30%

Over R$150,000.00

50%

Shall be paid through the withdrawal of the deposited amount;

If the deposit is lower than the debt (after the discount above, as applicable), the deposit shall be used to pay part of the debt and the outstanding balance shall be paid after a decision issued by the competent court that ratifies the amount due according to the General Payment Method described below;

If the deposit is higher than the debt (calculated after the discount above, as applicable), The Oi Companies shall withdraw the difference.

Unsecured Creditors and MEs/EPPs that are not paid as provided for above can opt for payments using one of the method described below, limited to a maximum amount per offer.

Restructuring Option 1:

Part of Classes 3 and 4 claims shall be denominated in Brazilian reais by the amount of Classes 3 and 4 Creditors that elected this option, up to a ceiling of R$10,000,000,000; these Creditors can elect one of the following methods: (i) claim restructuring; (ii) private debentures, or (iii) public debentures.

Part of Classes 3 and 4 claims shall be denominated in US dollars by the amount claimed of Classes 3 and 4 Creditors that elected this option, up to a maximum of US$1,150,000,000.

60-month grace period on principal;

Principal shall be repaid in 24 semiannual, successive installments, as shown in the table below:

Six-month periods

Percentage of the amount to be repaid per
six-month period

0 to 10th

0.0%

11th to 20th

2.0%

21st to 33rd

5.7%

34th

5.9%

The interest rate shall be (i) an annual rate equivalent to 80% of the interbank deposit rate (CDI) for claims denominated in Brazilian reais and (ii) 1.75% per year for claims denominated in US dollars; interest shall be annually accrued to the principal and paid semiannually as from the 66th month after the Ratification of the Judicial Reorganization Plan;

Once this offer’s maximum amounts are reached, the outstanding balances of the claims payable under this offer shall be paid according to the General Payment Method described below.

Restructuring Option 2:

The claims of the Creditors that elect this payment method shall be restructured in US dollars within up to six (6) months after the Court Ratification of the Plan, limited to a maximum of US$850,000,000.

60-month grace period on principal;

Principal shall be repaid in 24 semiannual, successive installments, as shown in the table below:

Six-month periods

Percentage of the amount to be repaid per
six-month period

0 to 10th

0.0%

11th to 20th

2.0%

21st to 33rd

5.7%

34th

5.9%

Interest of 1.25% per year, annually accrued to the principal and paid semiannually as from the 66th month after the Ratification of the Judicial Reorganization Plan, where:

During the principal grace period, 10% of total interest shall be paid semiannually, while the remaining 90% shall be accrued to the principal annually. After this period, 100% of total interest shall be paid semiannually.

Once this offer’s maximum amounts are reached, the outstanding balances of the claims payable under this offer shall be paid according to the General Payment Method described below.

The creditors’ rights granted under this offer can only be assigned with the prior consent of Oi.

Bond restructuring Option 3:

Restructuring of unqualified bonds:

This offer is available only to bondholders with claims up to US$750,000, and it is limited to a maximum of US$500,000,000.

50% discounts, firstly applied to interest and subsequently to principal.

Grace period on principal: six years as from the Ratification of the Plan.

Principal shall be equivalent to 50% of the unqualified bondholders’ claims, capped at US$250,000,000, and shall be repaid in twelve (12) semiannual, successive installments, as shown in the table below:

Six-month periods

percentage of the amount to be repaid per
six-month period

0 to 12th

0.0%

13th to 18th

4.0%

19th to 23rd

12.66%

24th

12.70%

Interest: 6% per year in US dollars, annually accrued to the principal as from the 78th month after the Court Ratification of the Plan.

Restructuring of qualified bonds:

This offer is available only to bondholders with claims in excess of US$750,000, which will receive the following:

Common shares issued by Oi and currently held by PTIF;

New notes;

New I Common Shares; and

Subscription Warrants

Exchange ratios: for each US$664,573.98:

9,137 common shares issued by Oi and currently held by PTIF;

New Notes, issued at the overall price of US$145,262, which consists of a par value of US$130,000 and an issue premium of US$15,262;

119,017 New I Common Shares;

9,155 Subscription Warrants.

Note: the exchange ratios assume that the number of Oi common shares and Oi preferred shares is 825,760,902.

The New Notes shall be issued in US$1,000 multiples and shall have a maximum par value of R$6,300,000,000, equivalent to a maximum par value of US$1,918,100,167.

Maturity: 7th year after its issue date.

Principal: shall be repaid in a bullet payment maturing on the 84th month after its issue date;

Interest: can be paid under one of the following two methods:

10% per year, paid semiannually; or

During the first three (3) years as from the plan’s ratification, 12% interest paid semiannually, of which 8% of the annual interest paid is in cash semiannually and 4% compounded semiannually and paid in the 36th month after the issue date of the New Notes, and beginning in the 4th year when annual 10% interest in being charged, paid semiannually.

The New I Common Shares shall be due as a result of the capital increase, through the capitalization of the claims:

Up to 1,756,054,163 New I Common Shares shall be issued with par value ranging from R$6.70 to R$7 to a total ranging from R$11,756,562,892.10 to R$12,292,379,141.

Subscription warrants: Oi shall issue up to 135,081,089 subscription warrants.

Restructuring Option 4: General Payment Method

This offer applies to creditors that do not meet the terms and conditions of the previous offers or if the offers highlighted above exceed their maximum amounts and the creditor still holds an outstanding balance.

Principal shall be repaid in five (5) equal annual, successive installments after the20-year grace period.

Interest/inflation adjustment:

Interest equivalent to TR, a benchmark rate, per year in the case of unsecure claims whose holders elect to receive payment for their claims in Brazilian reais; this interest shall be levied as from the Court Ratification of the Plan, and total interest and inflation adjustment accrued in the period shall be paid only and together with the last principal installment.

No interest, in the case of unsecured claims whose holders elect to receive payment for their claims in US dollars.

The Company shall have an early repayment option consisting of the payment of 15% of principal and accrued interest.

Payment maximum: R$70,000,000,000, minus the amount ofpre-petition claims that are restructured under the other offers of the Plan.

Restructuring Option 5: Strategic Supplier Creditors

The claims of Strategic Supplier Creditors, suppliers of goods and/or services that kept the terms and conditions practiced prior to the filing of the Judicial Reorganization Plan, that do not arise from loans or financing facilities granted to the Oi Companies, shall be paid, up to a maximum of R$150,000, within up to 20 business days after the end of the period to elect the payment option.

If these suppliers have claims in excess of R$150,000, they shall receive the outstanding amount minus a 10% discount in four (4) equal annual, successive installments, plus (i) TR + 0.5% in the case of real-denominated claims and (ii) 0.5% per year in the case of US dollar- or euro-denominated claims.

Claims of related parties

Claims that refer to intragroup loans among the RJ Debtors, by using cash generated by transactions conducted in the international market by the RJ Debtors, shall be paid as described below:

Principal shall be repaid beginning on the 20th year after the settlement of the General Payment Method claims. Principal shall be repaid in five (5) equal annual, successive installments.

Interest/inflation adjustment: TR for real-denominated intragroup claims 0.5%, levied as from the Court Ratification of the Plan. Total interest and inflation adjustment accrued in the period shall be paid only and together with the last principal installment. No interest, in the case of dollar- or euro-denominated intragroup claims.

The Oi Companies may mutually agree an alternative method for the settlement of intragroup claims, under the originally agreed terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, by netting their payables and receivables, as provided for by the law.

Cash Sweep

Unsecured Creditors, MEs/EPPs, and Secured Creditors can accelerate the receipt of their claims against the Oi Companies with the cash sweep, which shall be proportionally distributed among the claims, under the following terms:

In the first five (5) years after the Court Ratification of the Plan, the Oi Companies shall assign the equivalent to 100% of the net revenue from the sale of assets that exceeds US$200 million.

Beginning on the 6th year after the Court Ratification of the Plan, the Oi Companies shall assign the equivalent to 70% of its Cash Balance that exceeds the Minimum Cash Balance.

The Minimum Cash Balance is defined as the higher of:

(i)

25% of the aggregate of prior year’s OPEX and CAPEX; or

(ii)

R$5 billion.

Additionally, any funds originating from a capital increase shall be added to the calculation of the Minimum Cash Balance.

Capital Increases – New Funds

Pursuant to the shareholders’ right of first refusal and in accordance with the conditions precedent described in next topic, the Company is required to make a Capital Increase – New Funds totaling R$4,000,000,000.

In accordance with the JRP approved in December 20, 2017 the Issue Price of the New II Common Shares shall be calculated by dividing R$3,000,000,000 by the number of Oi shares outstanding on the business day immediately prior to the capital increase.

A Commitment Fee of 8% in US dollars or 10% in Company shares shall be due to the investors identified in the Backstop Agreement that have committed to promptly provide or obtain firm commitments for the full subscription of the capital increase, as established in said Backstop Agreement. Certain aspects related to the Backstop Agreement can be changed as a result of the decision that ratified the judicial reorganization plan, against which motions for clarification were filed, notably due to the extension of the of the commitment premium to other similar creditors that are subject to the same conditions of the investors who are identified in the Backstop Agreement that has been determined.

Further Obligations and other relevant situations:

Restriction to Dividend Payments: The Oi Companies shall be restricted from declaring or paying any dividends, return on capital, or make any other payment or distribution on (or relating to) its own shares (including any payment relating to any merger or consolidation involving any RJ Debtors), except as otherwise provided for in the Plan.

The RJ Debtors shall only distribute dividends to their shareholders as follows: (i) up to the sixth anniversary of the Court Ratification of Plan, as applicable, the RJ Debtors shall not pay any dividends; and (ii) after the sixth anniversary of the Court Ratification of Plan, as applicable, the RJ Debtors shall be authorized to pay dividends if, and only if, the Company’s netdebt-to-EBITDA ratio is two (2) or lower, after the end of the relevant financial year.

Suspension of the Obligations: Beginning on the day of a Suspension of Obligations Event and ending on a Reversal Date (as defined below) (“Suspension Period”) with regard to thePre-petition Claims, the following obligations shall no longer apply to thePre-petition Claims to be restructured and paid under the Judicial Reorganization Plan (for purposes of this Clause, “Suspended Obligations”):

Annual early redemption with Surplus Cash Generation;

Restriction to Dividend Payments.

The RJ Debtors shall be fully exempt from liabilities resulting from any actions taken or events incurred during the Suspension Period or, also, any contractual obligation prior to a Reversal Date (as if, in this period of time, these actions, events, or contractual obligations were allowed).

At any time, if two (2) credit rating agencies rate Oi with an investment grade and no noncompliance occurs, the obligations listed above shall be suspended (“Obligation Suspension Event”). If on any subsequent date (“Reversal Date”), one (1) or both rating agencies cancel the investment grade or downgrade Oi below the investment grade, the suspended obligations shall be reinstated.

Conditions Precedent.The JRP, in the Appendix to Clause 4.3.3.5, provides for a set of resolution and suspensory conditions precedent that need to be checked or formally and expressly waived by the qualified unsecured creditors until the actual conversion of the claims in Company securities. As at December 31, 2017 Management is not aware of any events of noncompliance with these conditions.

Sale of Capital Assets. The JRP, in the Appendix to Clause 3.1.3, lists a set of capital assets that Management may sell in order to raise additional funds. The Company’s management has been undertaking efforts to sell some financial investments, having not yet completed any transaction.

Corporate Restructuring activities. The JRP, in the Appendix to Clause 7.1., lists a set of corporate transactions that Management may implement to optimize and increase the Company’s results, contributing to the compliance with the JRP obligations. The merger of Oi Internet with and into Oi Móvel was completed on March 1, 2018.

Liabilities subject to compromise (Note 28)

As a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy Petitions, the company has applied the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 852Reorganizationsin preparing its consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Accordingly, certain expenses, realized gains and losses and provisions for losses that are realized or incurred in the judicial reorganization proceedings have been recorded in a reorganization line item in its consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the prepetition obligations that may be impacted by the judicial reorganization proceedings have been classified on the balance sheet as liabilities subject to compromise. These liabilities are reported as the amounts expected to be allowed by the Judicial Reorganization Court, even if they may be settled for lesser amounts.

In connection with an emergence from the Judicial Reorganization Cases, the Company may be required to adopt fresh start accounting, upon which the Company’s assets and liabilities will be recorded at their fair value. The fair values of the Company’s assets and liabilities as of that date may differ materially from the recorded values of its assets and liabilities as reflected in its historical consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Company’s adoption of fresh start accounting may materially affect its results of operations following the fresh start reporting dates as the Company may have a new basis in its assets and liabilities. Consequently, the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable with the financial statements prior to that date and the historical financial statements may not be reliable indicators of its financial condition and results of operations for any period after it adopts fresh start accounting. The Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impact of the fresh start accounting on its consolidated financial statements, which is not possible to conclude at the moment due to the pending swap of claims by equity, necessary for the conclusion of the mentioned fresh start accounting.

Summary of acquisitions, corporate restructuring and divestures

Company’s capital increase through the contribution by Pharol (formerly Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (“, “Pharol”) of all PT SGPS” or “PT”),Portugal shares.

As mentioned below, as part of the Company’sbusiness combination, a capital increase of the Company was approved, which was partiallypaid-inthrough the paymentcontribution, by Portugal TelecomPharol, of all the shares ofissued by PT Portugal SGPS, S.A. (“PT Portugal”).

PT Portugal and its subsidiaries operate basically in the telecommunications and multimedia industries, in Portugal and in other countries in Africa and in Asia.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

NotesPursuant to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

In Portugal, fixed-line telephony services are provided by MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia (“MEO”), previously called PT Comunicações, S.A., which also provides pay TV services, through the IPTV, FTTH and DTH platforms, Internet services to residential customers and small and medium-sized entities, data transmission and Internet services to large customers, and mobile telephony services using the platforms Global System for Mobile Communications (“GSM”), UMTS— “Universal Mobile Telecommunications System” and LTE – “Long Term Evolution”.

In Africa, the Group provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services indirectly through Africatel Holding BV (“Africatel”). The Group provides services in Namibia, Mozambique, Cape Verde, and São Tomé, among other countries, especially through its subsidiaries Mobile Telecommunications Limited (“MTC”), LTM – Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique (“LTM”), Cabo Verde Telecom, and CST – Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, SARL (“CST”). Additionally, the Group holds a 25% stake in Unitel, which provides telecommunications services in Angola.

In Asia, the Group provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services basically through its subsidiary Timor Telecom.

As referred to in Note 28, the Company’s shareholders approved the general terms and conditions for the sale of all PT Portugal shares to Altice Portugal S.A. (“Altice PT”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Altice S.A., (“Altice”), basically involving the operations conducted by PT Portugal in Portugal and in Hungary.

The actual sale of PT Portugal shares is still subject to the completion of the corporate reorganization actions in order to mark out the businesses that will be sold and obtain the required competitive authorizations, according to the applicable law.

The Company’s financial statements were analyzed and approved by the Board of Directors, and authorized for issuance at the meeting held on March 25, 2015.

Company’s capital increase through the payment by PT of all PT Portugal shares

In accordance with the Definitive Agreements executed on February 19, 2014, which described the steps necessary to implement this Transaction, the Company’s Board of Directors decided at the meetings held on April 28 and 30, 2014, to increase capital by R$13,217,865 thoughthrough a public distribution of Company common and preferred shares, with the issue of 2,142,279,524 common shares, for public subscription, including 396,589,982 common shares in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), and 4,284,559,049 preferred shares, including 828,881,795 preferred shares in the form of ADSs.

On May 5, 2014, Banco BTG Pactual S.A., as Public Offering Stabilizing Underwriter, exercised, under Article 24 of CVM Instruction 400, part of the distribution option for 120,265,046 Oi common shares and 240,530,092 Oi preferred shares (“Overallotment Shares”), amounting to R$742,035. As a result, on said date the Company capital increased to R$21,431,109.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The shares were issued at the price of R$2.17 per common share and R$2.00 per preferred share. The common shares in the form of ADSs (“ADSs ON”, each representing one common share) were issued at the price of US$0.970 per ADS ON, and the preferred shares in the form of ADSs (“ADSs PN”, each representing one preferred share) were issued at the price of US$0.894 per ADS PN.

Finally, the issued shares were paid in (i) by Portugal Telecom in assets, by Pharol through the assignmentcontribution to the Company of all PT Portugal SGPS, S.A. (“PT Portugal”) shares, which holdsheld all the (i.a) operating assets of Portugal Telecom,Pharol amounting to R$30,299 (mostly represented byavailable-for-sale securities, tangible and intangible assets), except its direct or indirect interests in the Company and in Contax Participações S.A., and (i.b) liabilities of Portugal TelecomPharol at the assignmentcontribution date amounting to R$33,115 (mostly represented bynon-current debt), as determined in the Valuation Report prepared by Banco Santander (Brasil) S.A. (“PT Assets”), approved at the Company’s Shareholders’ Meeting held on March 27, 2014; and (ii) in cash, on the subscription date, in local legal tender.tender amounting to R$8.25 billion. Accordingly, the Company’s capital increase totaled the gross amount of R$13.96 billion, including PT’s assets valued at R$5.71 billion.

AcquisitionSale of PT Portugal assets and liabilitiesShares

The acquisitionsale of all the shares of PT Portugal to Altice Portugal S.A. (“Altice”), involving basically the operations of PT Portugal in Portugal and in Hungary, was completed on June 2, 2015 (see note 27 for financial impacts). After this sale, the Company retained its stakes in the following former PT Group subsidiaries:

(i)

100% of the shares of PT Participações SGPS, S.A. (“PT Participações”), holding of the operations in Africa, through Africatel Holdings BV (“Africatel”), and Timor, through Timor Telecom, S.A. (“Timor Telecom”);

(ii)

100% of the shares of Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. (“PTIF”), CVTEL B.V. (“CVTEL”), and Carrigans Finance S.à.r.l. (“Carrigans”).

Corporate reorganization

On March 31, 2015, the shareholders of TmarPart acting at apre-meeting of the shareholders of TmarPart (1) unanimously approved the adoption of an alternative share structure, after analyzing options and taking into consideration the obstacles to the completion of the previously announced merger of shares of Oi and TmarPart, and (2) authorized the managements of TmarPart and Oi to begin taking the applicable steps to implement the alternative share structure. The alternative share structure was intended to achieve many of the primary purposes of the merger of shares of Oi and TmarPart, including the adoption by the company of the best corporate governance practices required by BM&FBovespa’s Novo Mercado segment and the elimination of the control of Oi through the various shareholders’ agreements governing Oi, while maintaining the goal of implementing a transaction that would result in the listing of the shares of Oi on the Novo Mercado.

The implementation of the alternative share structure consisted of the corporate ownership simplification transactions (described below), the adoption of newby-laws of the Company, the election of a new board of directors of the Company, and a voluntary share exchange through which holders of the Company’s preferred shares were entitled to exchange their preferred shares for the Company’s common shares (“voluntary convertion”).

On September 1, 2015, the Company and several of its direct and indirect shareholders undertook the following transactions, which refer to collectively as the corporate ownership simplification transactions:

AG Telecom merged with and into PASA;

LF Tel merged with and into EDSP;

PASA and EDSP merged with and into Bratel Brasil;

Valverde merged with and into TmarPart;

Venus RJ Participações S.A., Sayed RJ Participações S.A. and PTB2 S.A. merged with and into Bratel Brasil;

Bratel Brasil merged with and into TmarPart; and

TmarPart merged with and into the Company.

In connection with these transactions, all of the shareholders agreements to which the Company was an intervening party and through which the direct and indirect shareholders of TmarPart had rights to influence the Company’s management and operations were terminated. In the merger of TmarPart with and into Oi, the net assets of TmarPart, in the amount of R$122,412 was merged into the shareholders’ equity of Oi and liabilitiesas a result of the merger, TmarPart ceased to exist. The merger of TmarPart with and into Oi also resulted in the recognition its shareholders’ equity of a tax benefit related to the step up of goodwill tax basis in the amount of R$982,768 with a corresponding valuation allowance by the same amount derived from the acquisition of equity interest in TmarPart recorded by Bratel Brasil, AG Telecom, LF Tel, in accordance with applicable Brazilian law. This tax benefit was recorded directly in equity as it was a transaction among and with shareholders’ of Oi.

In the merger of TmarPart with and into Oi, shareholders of TmarPart received the same number of shares of Oi as were held by TmarPart immediately prior to the merger of TmarPart with and into Oi in proportion to their holdings in TmarPart. No withdrawal rights for the holders of shares of Oi were available in connection with the merger of TmarPart with and into Oi.

At an extraordinary shareholders meeting of the Company held on September 1, 2015, the shareholders (1) adopted amendedby-laws of the Company that were intended to increase the corporate governance standards applicable to the Company as well as to limit the voting rights of holders of a large concentration of common shares, and (2) elected a new board of directors with terms of office until the shareholders’ meeting that approves the financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2017.

With regard to the Voluntary Conversion, a total of 314,250,655 Oi preferred shares, or 66.84% of total preferred sharesex-treasury, were offered for conversion by their holders, attaining the minimum acceptance threshold of 2/3 of the holders of preferred sharesex-treasury to which the Voluntary Conversion was subject, was reached.

The Company’s Board of Directors ratified the voluntary conversion, accepted the conversion requests filed by the holders of Preferred ADSs, and approved the summon of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to reflect the new share structure, as a result of the Voluntary Conversion, in the Company’s Bylaws.

2.       SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accounting policies detailed below have been consistently applied in all periods presented in this consolidated financial statements.

Basis of presentation and going concern assumption

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared according to United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”), which have been prepared under the assumption that the Company will continue as a going concern.

In August 2014, the FASB issued an accounting standards update which requires management to assess whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the financial statements are issued. If substantial doubt exists, additional disclosures are required. This update was effective for the Company’s annual periods starting ended December 31, 2016. The Company’s assessment of the ability to continue as a going concern is further discussed below. The adoption of the new standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows or disclosures

The Company’s current financial situation is a result of several factors. The retention of a large amount of funds in judicial deposits related with discussions within the regulatory, labor, tax, and civil scope, with immediate impact on the liquidity position of Oi Companies, as well as with the imposition of high administrative fines, particularly by ANATEL, has contributed to the worsening financial situation.

The change in the standards of consumption of telecommunication services, due to the technological evolution, worsened this scenario of financial difficulties even more. With the mass supply of mobile telephony, cable TV and Internet services, the attractiveness of fixed telephony services was reduced, which resulted in a decrease in the base of subscribers of Oi Companies in this segment.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the level of the objectives and goals associated with the obligations of universalization of fixed telephony services (consolidated in the General Plan of Universalization Goals, as provided for in the General Telecommunications Law) has remained stable since 1998, the year on which the concession agreements in effect were signed. Therefore, within the context of the referred obligations of universalization, Oi Companies finds itself forced to make large investments in certain regions and remote locations, with low demographic density and alow-income population, obtaining, as compensation, a small financial return as compared with the regulatory requirement of these investments.

The costs to obtain funds incurred by Oi Companies – taking into account the high interest rates adopted nationwide, as well as the need for and cost of foreign exchange protection for funds obtained abroad – are higher than the costs to obtain funds incurred by its direct competitors, who are international players, which also contributed to the deterioration of Oi Companies’ financial situation.

It is notable that the Country’s economic scenario has been recognized usingdeteriorating over the acquisition method,past years, thus directly impacting the operations performed by Oi Companies and negatively affecting its liquidity. Moreover, the profile of the market covered by fixed telephony concessionaires competing with the RJ Debtors is more homogeneous and the economic power of their users is materially higher than that of those covered by Oi Companies in its area of activity (larger and more heterogeneous than the area of activity of its competitors).

These events are significant to the financial condition of the company and the combination of these factors prevented compliance with several obligations, primarily those assumed by reason of operations involving financial loans and fund raising through the issuance of bonds and debentures, representatives of the majority of Oi Companies’s current indebtedness, which gave rise to the request for Judicial Reorganization and raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as prescribeda going concern within one year after the date of these financial statements are issued.

On December 20, 2017 the JRP was approved by CPC 15 (R1)thePre-petition Creditors, which was ratified by the Judicial Reorganization Court on January 8, 2018. This ratification decision was issued on February 5, 2018 and, as a result, there was the novation of thepre-petition credits. In the course of 2018 and in accordance with ASC 852, thepre-petition balances must be recalculated pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Judicial Reorganization Plan, in compliance with the actions needed for its implementation. Judicial Reorganization Plan includes:

Oi Companies will restructure and equalize its liabilities associated withPre-Petition Credits and, at the discretion of Oi Companies, with Post-Petition Credits whose holders wish to be subject to the effects of this Plan.

The company will employ its best efforts to cancel the respective bonds issued and currently existing, in compliance with the provisions of the applicable legislation to each jurisdiction of the RJ Debtors, and may take all applicable and required measures in any and every applicable jurisdiction, including Brazil, Netherlands, United States of the America and United Kingdom, in order to comply with the respective applicable legislations and implement the measures set forth in this Plan.

Oi Companies will dispose of certain assets to provide additional funds. Oi Companies shall increase the capital in four billion Reais (R$ 4,000,000,000), basedin order to ensure the minimum funds to make the necessary capital expenditures investments and modernization of its infrastructure.

Oi Companies will also prospect and adopt measures, including during the Judicial Reorganization, with the purpose of obtaining new funds, through the implementation of eventual capital increases or other manners of raising funds in the capital market.

Oi Companies will reorganize its corporate structure, with the purpose of obtaining a more efficient structure that is appropriate to the implementation of the proposals provided for above and/or any other corporate reorganization.

After the Judicial Ratification of the Plan, Oi Companies can immediately withdraw the full amount of the Court Deposits that have not been used for payment, as provided for in this Plan.

The Oi Companies may institute Mediation / Conciliation / Settlement procedures with its Creditors listed in the List of Creditors.

In order to ensure the execution of the measures provided for in the Plan and considering the various interests involved in the Judicial Recovery, the Plan contains transitional corporate governance rules regarding the creation of a Transitional Board of Directors and the formation of a New Board of Directors. To ensure the institutional stability of the Oi Companies and the implementation of the Plan.

Perform periodic meetings with the FCC according to the above conditions relating to the plan 07/31/18.

Conduct periodic meetings with Bondholders to communicate the evolution of the implementation of the Plan.

Its historical operating results indicate substantial doubt exists related to the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. It is believed that the actions discussed above are probable of occurring and mitigating the substantial doubt raised by the historical operating results and satisfying the estimated liquidity needs 12 months from the issuance of the financial statements. However, it is not possible to predict, with certainty, the outcome of such actions to generate liquidity, including the availability of additional debt financing, or whether such actions would generate the expected liquidity as currently planned. In addition, the JRP, contains certain limitations on the fair valueCompany’s ability to sell assets, which could impact its ability to complete asset sale transactions or to use proceeds from those transactions to fund its operations. Therefore, the planned actions take into account the applicable restrictions under the reorganization plan. If the Company continues to experience operating losses, and is not able to generate additional liquidity through the mechanisms described above or through some combination of other actions, while not expected, it may not be able to access additional funds and might need to secure additional sources of funds, which may or may not be available. Additionally, a failure to generate additional liquidity could negatively impact its access to invest in capital expenditures that are important to stay competitive in the relevant industry.

Additionally, the Company’s Board of Directors has a reasonable expectation that the Oi Companies will be able to maintain its usual activities, hoping that the contracts will remain valid and effective throughout the process of implementing the measures approved in the PRJ. Also, an independent appraiser was engaged to issue an economic and financial feasibility valuation report of the identifiable assets acquiredCompanies Undergoing Reorganization under the JRP, in accordance with Law 11101, of February 9, 2005 that regulates the judicial reorganization. The issued economic and liabilities assumed.financial feasibility report is attached to the judicial reorganization’s records. The net assets acquiredcontinuity of the Company as a going concern is ultimately depending on the transactionsuccessful outcome of the judicial reorganization and the realization

of other forecasts of the Oi Companies. To date, as underpinned in the statement attached to the court of the Judicial Reorganization on April 10, 2018, by qualified bondholders who have already elected to convert their prepetition claims into Company shares, pursuant to Clause 4.3.3.2 of the Judicial Reorganization Plan, not only the Companies Undergoing Reorganization but also some of their key creditors have worked together to satisfactorily comply with all the deadlines, legal requirements, and obligations to which they are broken downsubject in the context of the judicial reorganization.

Although, as said, the Oi Companies have fulfilled the obligations established in the Judicial Reorganization proceedings and in the approved PRJ within the established time limits, it is emphasized that these conditions and circumstances indicate the existence of significant uncertainty that may affect the success of the judicial reorganization and cast doubts as to the Oi Companies ability to continue as going concern, including the compliance with the resolution and suspensory conditions precedent included in the PRJ.

Restatement of previously issued financial statements

The Judicial Reorganization proceedings prompted the Company to engage in a detailed analysis on the completeness and the accuracy of judicial deposits and other assets accounting balances of the entities involved in the judicial reorganization. As a result, it was identified weaknesses in some of operational and financial reporting controls and procedures (Note 1).

As a result of the detailed analysis, it was determined the need to restate previously issued financial statements and related disclosures to correct errors. Accordingly, the Company is restating its consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2015. Restatement adjustments attributable to fiscal year 2014 and previous are reflected as a net adjustment to retained earnings as of January 1, 2015.

Errors detected and correct by the Company are as follows:

 

   (In millions of Brazilian reais—R$) 
   Carrying
amount
   Fair value
adjustments (i)
   Fair value at
May 5, 2014
(revised)
 

Assets

      

Cash and cash equivalents

   1,088       1,088  

Cash investments

   2,870     (2,763   107  

Accounts receivable

   2,371       2,371  

Inventories

   285       285  

Current recoverable taxes

   266       266  

Prepaid expenses

   214       214  

Available-for-sale financial asset (ii)

   4,089       4,089  

Intangible assets

   2,346     3,147     5,493  

Property, plant and equipment

   10,432     608     11,040  

Deferred taxes recoverable

   556       556  

Assets related to pension plans

   6       6  

Other assets (iii)

   2,021     2,763     4,784  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets acquired

 26,544   3,755   30,299  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities

Borrowings and financing—current

 6,209   6,209  

Borrowings and financing—non-current

 19,026   19,026  

Trade payables

 1,795   1,795  

Current taxes payable

 229   229  

Provisions

 142   142  

Provisions for pension plans

 2,688   2,688  

Deferred taxes recoverable

 258   1,012   1,270  

Other payables

 1,756   1,756  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

 32,103   1,012   33,115  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets acquired and liabilities assumed

 (5,559 2,743   (2,816
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
(a)

Write-off of judicial deposits and increase of provisions for contingencies

Under the Judicial Reorganization Proceedings (i) the Company had the chance to obtain updated and more detailed information on judicial bank deposits from creditors that were also the depositaries of judicial bank deposits; (ii) due to the digitalization of a higher number of lawsuits the Company was able to use new IT tools to collect updated information from courts of justice’s website related with lawsuits with judicial bank deposits; (iii) the determination of the suspension of court claims resulted in a lower number of new lawsuits against the Company and also prevented new judicial bank deposits, allowing the Company to focus in reconcile amounts deposits recognized in balance sheets and bank statements information.

With all these information it was identified the opportunity to review some of process and controls related with judicial bank deposits. The Company implementedin-house interdisciplinary workgroups and engaged outside independent experts to review the controls related with the reconciliation of accounting information of judicial bank deposits’ balances and the correspondent bank statements obtained and the recalculation of statistical provisions for contingencies.

As a result of the above-mentioned it was identified the need to correct errors related with (i) the judicial bank deposits that were recognized in the balance sheet but were withdrawn in previous years by the plaintiff following unfavorable court decisions, of which the Company was not aware until the time of this work or because not all elements were available at that time; and (ii) the recalculation of the statistical provision for civil and labor contingencies due to updated historical information on unfavorable court decisions (Note 19).

As of January 1, 2015 it was derecognized judicial bank deposits already withdrawn totaling R$3,133 million and increased the provision for contingencies by R$493 million. Net loss for 2015 was increased by R$1,163 million due to the increase on provision for contingencies, thewrite-off of judicial bank deposits and the correction of the correspondent inflation adjustments.

 

(i)(b)The nature

Recoverable amount of the adjustments to market value is detailed below.intragroup balances

During the preparation of the Judicial Reorganization’s list of creditors and due to JRP provision that establishes the rules to recover intercompany claims, the Company performed additional procedures to obtain supporting documentation, reconciled intragroup balances and concluded for need to recognize additional accounts payable and derecognize accounts receivable related with those intragroup balances.

As of January 1, 2015 the Company derecognized accounts receivable totaling R$167 million and increased accounts payables by R$172 million. Net loss for 2015 was decreased by R$ 59 million.

(c)

Recoverable amount of tax credits

The Company concluded that, at December 31, 2015, there was balances related with direct and indirect taxes credits that were expired or did not have adequate supporting documentation to claim their refund from tax authorities.

As of January 1, 2015 the Company derecognized balances of unrecoverable tax credits, recognized under taxes and other assets amounting to R$199 million and R$52 million, respectively.

(d)

Inappropriate estimate of revenue from services rendered and not yet billed to customers

The Company estimates revenue from services provided and not yet billed to customers using the available information provided by the operating systems. It was identified that the most recent operational information available as of January 1, 2015 was not used to estimate the revenue from services rendered and not yet billed to customers as of that date.

As of January 1, 2015 there was a reduction in provision for estimated unbilled revenue in the amount R$191 million.

The following table summarizes the impact of the restatement on previously reported consolidated balance sheet:

The tables below show the effects of the aforementioned adjustments:

   Balances as
previously
presented at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments   As restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 
      

Current assets

   38,214,287    (568,910   37,645,377 

Accounts receivable (b) (d)

   8,379,719    (369,914   8,009,805 

Other taxes (c)

   922,986    (198,996   723,990 

Other assets

   28,911,582      28,911,582 

Non-current assets

   61,120,312    (4,220,462   56,899,850 

Judicial deposits (a)

   13,119,130    (4,165,986   8,953,144 

Other assets (b) (d)

   48,001,182    (54,476   47,946,706 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   99,334,599    (4,789,372   94,545,227 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

   25,605,031    536,517    26,141,548 

Trade payables (b)

   5,035,793    217,590    5,253,383 

Provision for contingencies (a)

   1,020,994    318,927    1,339,921 

Other liabilities

   19,548,244    —      19,548,244 

Non-current liabilities

   57,083,129    303,244    57,386,373 

Provision for contingencies (a)

   3,413,972    303,244    3,717,216 

Other liabilities

   53,669,157    —      53,669,157 

Shareholders’ equity

   16,646,439    (5,629,133   11,017,306 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   99,334,599    (4,789,372   94,545,227 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

 

(ii)Corresponds to the fair value of the investment in Unitel, based on a report prepared by Banco Santander on the valuation of PT’s operating assets and used as basis for the valuation of the capital increase. Note that as at December 31, 2014 this investment is classified as a held-for-sale asset (Note 28).
(iii)This line item includes R$2,763 million (€897 million) corresponding to the rights to compensation receivables. The Company revised the recognition and the measurement of the identifiable assets and liabilities at the date of acquisition on May 5, 2014. Based on the additional material information resulting from the non-settlement of the commercial papers by Rio Forte Investments, S.A., as described in further detail in Note 28, Other Information, and based on the exception rules on the recognition and measurement of a business combination (paragraph 27 of CPC 15), the Company recognized on the same date the write-off of all these papers totaling R$2,763 million and the recognition in line item Other assets of a right to compensation receivable from the underwriting shareholder, measured on the same bases as the Rio Forte commercial papers. Management, based on the opinion of its legal counsel, believes that there is no need to recognize an allowance for doubtful accounts as at December 31, 2014.

The nature of theRestatement adjustments to market value made in the context of the allocation of the fair values of identifiable assets and liabilities is as follows:

   (In millions of Brazilian reais—R$) 
   Carrying
amount
   Fair value
adjustments
   Fair
value
 

List of residential segment customers (i)

   40     738     778  

List of personal mobile segment customers (i)

   94     1,642     1,736  

List of corporate segment customers (i)

   37     665     701  

Mobile licenses of the operations in Portugal (ii)

   1,037     103     1,140  

Market value adjustments to intangible assets

   1,208     3,147     4,355  

Property, plant and equipment of operations in Portugal (iii)

     608    

Market value adjustments before taxes

     3,755    

Taxation

     (1,012  
    

 

 

   

Total market value adjustments, net of taxes

 2,743  
    

 

 

   

(i)The fair values of the customer lists have been determined under the Revenue Approach, more specifically, the Surplus Profit Method. Under the Revenue Approach, fair value is determined based on the cash flows (discounted) that an asset should generate during its remaining useful life. The Surplus Profit Method is a variation of the Revenue Approach that considers the use of other assets to generate the projected cash flows of a specific asset to isolate the economic benefit generated by an intangible asset. These assets’ contribution is estimated based on the capital cost of the different contributive assets. In calculating the customer-related fair value, in addition to the future cash flows, the ARPU estimates and the customer churning rates have also been taken into account. These intangible assets will be amortized over the estimated customer retention, which varied from 7 to 13 years, depending on the customer segment.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(ii)The fair value of the mobile operations licenses in Portugal has been determined based on the Market Approach, using the analysis of different band auctions comparable to the radiofrequency auctions in which PT participated, in terms of (a) bandwidth, (b) geography (Western Europe), and (c) valuation date. The fair value was calculated as the average price per MHz of the selected auctions. These licenses are being amortized through their termination dates.
(iii)The fair value of property, plant and equipment was determined based on a Cost Approach, using the Replacement Cost Method. The New Replacement Cost was estimated by using cost indices, per year, which were applied to the historic costs of the property, plant and equipment items. Subsequently, depletion, obsolescence, and other forms of amortization that affect the assets, taking into consideration useful life estimates and the residual value of several asset classes.

The table below shows the total acquisition price, and the goodwill arising on the acquisition of PT Portugal’s assets and liabilities:shareholders’ equity:

 

(In millions

(a) Derecognition of Brazilian reais—R$)

Capital instruments issued

5,710

Fair valuejudicial deposits and increase of the stake previously held by the Company in PT

571

Non-controlling interests

1,478

Less: Fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumedprovisions for contingencies

   (2,8164,788,157

Goodwill determined on May 5, 2014(b) Recoverable amount of intragroup balances

   10,575(398,738

(c) Recoverable amount of tax credits

(251,451

(d) Inappropriate estimate of revenue from services rendered and not billed

(190,787

Total adjustments to Shareholders’ equity related to the restated

(5,629,133

 

In business combinations it is common to exist a portionReconciliation of the acquisition price that is not possible to attribute in accounting terms to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed, which are therefore recognized as goodwill. In the case of the acquisition of PT Portugal, goodwill is related to several components that cannot be individually reliably quantified and separated from each other, including skilled labor, technologic capacities, and established market reputation.

The change in goodwill as compared to the balance at December 31, 2014 arises from the foreign exchange differences determined from the acquisition date through the end of the reporting period, which are recognized directly as other comprehensive income.

As at December 31, 2014 the acquisition price allocation process has been completed.

Due to the signature of the sale agreement of PT Portugal operations and the offer for sale of the operations in Africa, the assets and liabilities related to these operations were classified in the balance sheet as available-for-sale assets and liabilities. Additionally, in the case of PT Portugal the corresponding revenue and expenses are presented in the income statement as discontinued operations (Note 28).

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Merger of the activities of Oi S.A. and PT

On October 2, 2013 Oi published a Material Fact Notice informing that Oi, Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT SGPS” or “PT”), AG Telecom Participações S.A. (“AG”), LF Tel. S.A. (“LF”), PASA Participações S.A. (“PASA”), EDSP75 Participações S.A. (“EDSP75”), Bratel Brasil S.A. (“Bratel Brasil”), Avistar, SGPS, S.A. (“BES”), and Nivalis Holding B.V. (“OnGoing”) entered into a memorandum of understanding that lays down the bases and the principles that would govern the negotiations for a potential transaction involving PT, Oi, and some of their controlling shareholders to incorporate a company (“CorpCo”) that would gather the shareholders of Oi, PT, and Telemar Participações S.A. (“TelPart”) and combine the activities businesses undertaken by Oi in Brazil and PT in Portugal, Africa, and Asia aimed at consolidating the industrial alliance between Oi and PT (“Transaction”).

On February 19, 2014, following the memorandum entered into on October 1, 2013, Oi and PT signed the definitive contractual agreements that describe the stages necessary to implement the Transaction (“Definitive Agreements”). These Definitive Agreements establish that TelPart would be the company that would gather the shareholders of Oi and PT, and provide for the different stages of the Transaction, including the following:

(a) Increase of Oi’s capital through a public offering of Oi shares, approved at the Board of Directors’ meetings held on April 28, 2014, April 30, 2014, and May 5, 2014;

(b) Capitalization of AG, LF and TelPart with the funds required to repay their debts, completed in May 2014;

(c) A corporate reorganization involving the companies PASA, AG, EDSP75, LF, Bratel Brasil, and TelPart to streamline their corporate structure. After this step, TelPart will become the holder of Oi shares only and will not have any debt or have sufficient cash or cash equivalents to repay its debt;

(d) Listing of TelPart on the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA and termination of AG’s, LF’s and TelPart’s shareholders’ agreements; and

(e) Merger of Oi shares into TelPart, causing Oi to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of TelPart.

Each Oi common share will be exchanged for a CorpCo share and each Oi preferred share will be exchanged for 0.9211 CorpCo shares. The exchange ratios have been determined based on the quotations of Oi common shares and preferred shares over the 30-day period prior to the publication of the Material Fact Notice that disclosed the transaction and the direct or indirect stakes held by the companies involved in the transaction in Oi, under the premise that such companies will not have any liabilities or assets or will have sufficient cash or cash equivalents to fully settle their debts.

Initially the Definitive Agreements also provided for the merger of PT with and into TelPart, and a result of this merger PT’s shareholders would receive a number of TelPart shares equivalent to the number of TelPart shares held by PT, immediately before the merger.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Due to the negotiations between Oi and PT related to the short-term investments made by PT in Rio Forte Investments S.A. (“Rio Forte”) securities, as described in further detail in Note 28, Other Information, the merger of PT with and into CorpCo will no longer be implemented as part of the Transaction, without prejudice to PT potentially adopting an alternative structure to reach the same purpose of combining the share bases of Oi and PT.

After the transaction is completed, TelPart shares will be listed for trading on the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&FBOVESPA and on the NYSE Euronext Lisbon and the NYSE.

On January 14, 2014, the Transaction’s approval by the Brazilian Antitrust Agency (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica, or CADE) was published on the Federal Official Gazette and on January 29, 2014 was the deadline for third parties to file any appeals against this agency’s decision or file a proceeding with the CADE Court. No appeals or proceedings against the decision were filed. Accordingly, CADE’s decision, published on January 14, 2014, was confirmed in all other respects.

Risks Relating to Our African and Asian Operations

We may be unable to dispose of our interest in Africatel for a consideration that exceeds its carrying value in our financial statements or at all. Any impairment of the fair market value of at which we record our indirect investment in Unitel in our financial statements would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

On September 17, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel, representing 75% of the share capital of Africatel. As a result, as of December 31, 2014, we have recorded our interest in Africatel as discontinued operations. We have engaged a financial advisor to assist us with marketing and selling our interest in Africatel.

As of December 31, 2014, we recorded in our consolidated financial statements as assets held for sale R$7,643 million relating to our interest in Africatel, including R$1,261 of accrued dividends owed to our company by Unitel and R$4,164 representing the fair market value of Africatel’s 25% interest in Unitel at the time of the Oi capital increase, and recorded as liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale of R$851 million relating to our interest in Africatel.

We may not be able to sell our interest in Africatel for consideration that exceeds the book value of our interest in Africatel, or at all. The book value of our indirect investment in Unitel is subjected to testing for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the value of our indirect investment in Unitel may be lower than the fair market value at which we carry this investment. Any impairment of our indirect investment in Unitel may result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operating results.

We cannot assure you as to when PT Ventures will realize the accounts receivable recorded with respect to the declared and unpaid dividends owed to PT Ventures by Unitel or when PT Ventures will receive dividends that may have been declared with respect to 2013 or may be declared with respect to succeeding fiscal years.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Since November 2012, PT Ventures has not received any payments for outstanding amounts owed to it by Unitel with respect to dividends declared by Unitel for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. Based on the dividends declared by Unitel for those fiscal years, PT Ventures is entitled to receive the total amounts of US$190.0 million (R$504 million) with respect to fiscal year 2012, US$190.0 million (R$504 million ) with respect to fiscal year 2011, and US$157.5 million (R$418 million ) with respect to fiscal year 2010. As of the date of this annual report, PT Ventures has only received US$63.7 million (R$169 million ) of its share of the dividends declared by Unitel with respect to fiscal year 2010, and has not received any amount in respect of dividends declared by Unitel with respect to fiscal years 2011 and 2012.

At a general meeting of Unitel held on November 4, 2013, the other shareholders discussed the financial statements as well as the payment of dividends with respect to the fiscal year of 2013. PT Ventures was unable to attend that meeting because the financial statements and the other relevant information about the meeting were not included in the prior notice for the meeting, nor were they made available to PT Ventures, despite the fact that PT Ventures requested those materials on several occasions. In addition, PT Ventures has not received the minutes of the meeting nor has it been informed about the decisions taken, in spite of PT Ventures’ several requests.

As of the date of this annual report, Unitel has not declared dividends with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.

On March 25, 2014, Unitel issued a statement claiming that PT Ventures is not listed on the shareholders’ register of Unitel, and that the board of directors of Unitel had notified PT SGPS about the existence of an irregularity, which purportedly resulted in Unitel being unable to distribute dividends to PT Ventures until the resolution of this irregularity. In June 2014, PT Ventures (formerly known as Portugal Telecom Internacional, SGPS, S.A.) resolved the alleged irregularity with the Angolan Foreign Investment Institute. On June 3, 2014, PT Ventures was issued a Foreign Investment Certificate endorsing its current name.

On several occasions, PT Ventures has requested an explanation from Unitel about its failure to pay to PT Ventures its share of the declared dividends. As of the date of this annual report, PT Ventures has not received a satisfactory explanation regarding this failure to pay, nor has PT Ventures received reliable indications as to the expected timing of the payment of the accrued dividends. We cannot assure you as to the timing of the payment of the accrued dividends to our company or whether we will be able to receive dividends that may be declared by Unitel in the future. Our inability to receive these dividends could have a material adverse impact on the fair value of our investment in Unitel, our financial position and our results of operations.

The other shareholders of Unitel have indicated to PT Ventures that they believe that PT SGPS’ sale of a minority interest in Africatel did not comply with the Unitel shareholders’ agreement.

The Unitel shareholders’ agreement provides a right of first refusal to the other shareholders of Unitel if any shareholder desires to transfer any or all of its shares of Unitel, other than transfers to certain affiliated companies. This agreement also provides that if any shareholder breaches a material obligation under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, the other shareholders will have a right to purchase the breaching shareholder’s stake in Unitel at its net asset value.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The other shareholders of Unitel have asserted to PT Ventures that they believe that PT SGPS’ sale of a minority interest in Africatel to Samba Luxco during 2007 was in breach of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement. PT Ventures disputes this interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, and we believe that the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement apply only to a transfer of Unitel shares by PT Ventures itself.

As of the date of this report, we have not been notified of any proceedings initiated with respect to PT SGPS’ sale of a minority interest in Africatel to Samba Luxco. If the other shareholders of Unitel were to assert that this sale was in breach of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, and if a binding decision by an appropriate forum to this effect were to be rendered in favor of those shareholders, PT Ventures could be required to sell its interest in Unitel for a value significantly lower than the amount that we record in our financial statements with respect to our indirect investment in Unitel. The sale of PT Ventures’ interest in Unitel in these circumstances could have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

The other shareholders of Unitel may claim that, as a result of PT SGPS’ failure to offer its indirect interest in Unitel to such shareholders prior to our acquisition of PT Portugal, these shareholders have the right to acquire the shares of Unitel held by PT Ventures at their net asset value.

On March 25, 2014, Unitel issued a public statement in which Unitel implied that its shareholders had a right of first refusal related to PT SGPS’ then-pending sale of its indirect interest in Unitel to our company. Subsequently, the other shareholders of Unitel delivered a notice to PT SGPS in which they claimed that our indirect acquisition of PT Ventures’ interest in Unitel as part of the Oi capital increase would trigger this right. We believe that the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement would apply only to a transfer of Unitel shares by PT Ventures itself.

As of the date of this annual report, we have not been notified of any proceedings initiated with respect to PT SGPS’s failure to offer its indirect interest in Unitel to the other shareholders of Unitel prior to our acquisition of PT Portugal. If the other shareholders of Unitel were to claim that PT SGPS’ failure to offer its indirect interest in Unitel to those shareholders resulted in a breach of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, and if a binding decision by an appropriate forum to this effect were to be rendered in favor of those shareholders, PT Ventures could be required to sell for its interest in Unitel for its net asset value, which is significantly lower than the amount that we record in our financial statements with respect to our indirect investment in Unitel. The sale of PT Ventures’ interest in Unitel in these circumstances would have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

The other shareholders of Unitel have prevented PT Ventures from exercising its rights to appoint the chief executive officer and a majority of the board of directors of Unitel.

Under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, PT Ventures is entitled to appoint three of the five members of Unitel’s board of directors and its chief executive officer. Under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, the appointment of the chief executive officer of Unitel is subject to the approval of the holders of 75% of Unitel’s shares. However, the other shareholders of Unitel have failed to vote to elect the directors nominated by PT Ventures at Unitel’s shareholders’ meetings, and as a result, PT Ventures’ representation on Unitel’s board of directors was reduced to a single director in June 2006, and the chief executive officer of Unitel has not been PT Ventures’ appointee since June 2006.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

On July 22, 2014, the only member of Unitel’s board of directors that had been appointed by PT Ventures resigned from his position, and the other shareholders of Unitel have not permitted PT Ventures to appoint a replacement. In November 2014, the other shareholders of Unitel notified PT Ventures that its rights as a shareholder of Unitel had been purportedly suspended in October 2012, although these other shareholders have not indicated any legal basis for this alleged suspension. At a general shareholders meeting on Unitel held on December 15, 2014, an election of members of the board of directors of Unitel was held. At this meeting, Unitel’s other shareholders claimed that PT Ventures was not entitled to vote as a result of the alleged suspension of its rights as a shareholder of Unitel in October 2012, and they refused to elect the member nominated by PT Ventures to Unitel’s board of directors.

PT Ventures has filed a suit in Angolan court to annul the results of the election of members of the Unitel board of directors on December 15, 2014. As of the date of this annual report, no nominee of PT Ventures serves on the Unitel board of directors.

Unitel has granted loans to a related party and entered into a management contract with a third-party without the approval of PT Ventures.

Under the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, the shareholders of Unitel and their affiliates are not permitted to enter into any contracts with Unitel unless the contracts are approved by a resolution of Unitel’s board of directors adopted by at least four members of its board of directors. As a result of the inability of PT Ventures to appoint members of the Unitel board of directors, PT Ventures is unable to effectively exercise its implied veto right over related party transactions of Unitel.

Between May and October 2012, Unitel made disbursements to Unitel International Holdings B.V. of €178.9 million (R$576 million) and US$35.0 million (R$93 million) under a “Facility Agreement” entered into between Unitel and Unitel International Holdings B.V. , or Unitel Holdings, an entity that competes with Africatel in Cabo Verde and in São Tomé and Principe. Unitel Holdings is controlled by Mrs. Isabel dos Santos, an indirect shareholder of Unitel, and according to public information disclosed by NOS, one of the indirect controlling shareholders of ZOPT, SGPS, S.A. (which holds a majority of the voting and total share capital of NOS). PT Ventures’ representative on the Unitel board of directors voted against these transactions at the time of their proposed execution by Unitel, and PT Ventures abstained when the consolidated financial statements of Unitel that included these transactions were approved by the other Unitel shareholders at a shareholders meeting.

Unitel has made additional loans to related parties during 2013. We have been unable to obtain information with respect to the existence of similar transactions during 2014.

Any failure by Unitel Holdings to make timely payment under this Facility Agreement could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition and results of operations of Unitel and therefore the value of our investment in Unitel.

In addition, Unitel has recorded a management fee of US$155.7 million payable to a third-party in its unaudited stand-alone financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 prepared under Angolan GAAP. This management fee was not presented to the board of directors or shareholders’ meeting of Unitel for approval and was not approved by PT Ventures. The payment of this management fee by Unitel could have a material adverse effect on the financial condition

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

and results of operations of Unitel and therefore the value of our indirect investment in Unitel.

We cannot assure you that we will be able to prevent Unitel from taking actions that should require the approval of the members of the Unitel board of directors nominated by PT Ventures, including approving related party transactions with the other shareholders of Unitel that we believe are detrimental to the financial condition and results of operations of Unitel. The use of the resources of Unitel in this manner could have a material adverse impact on the financial position and results of operations of Unitel and therefore the value of our investment in Unitel.

The other shareholders of Unitel have attempted to dilute our indirect ownership of Unitel through a capital increase in which we could be technically unable to participate, and have called meetings at which they have indicated the desire to unilaterally amend the bylaws of Unitel and the Unitel shareholders’ agreement.

At a general shareholders meeting of Unitel held on December 15, 2014, the other shareholders of Unitel voted to increase Unitel’s share capital and alter the nominal value of its shares. Although PT Ventures requested the proposal and other relevant information in respect with this and other items in the agenda of the meeting on several occacions, PT Ventures has never been provided with such documents and information. The details of this capital increase are obscure as they were not included in the prior notice for this meeting nor were they discussed in detail during this meeting. Additional details of this capital increase have been included in draft minutes of this meeting provided to PT Ventures and it appears that, although PT Ventures has determined to subscribe to itspro rata share of this capital increase to avoid dilution of its interest in Unitel, payment of the subscription price will be due on an accelerated timetable that would not permit PT Ventures to obtain the necessary foreign exchange approvals prior to the date on which payment would be due. PT Ventures has filed a suit in Angolan court to annul the approval of the Unitel capital increase at this shareholders meeting.

The agenda of this general shareholders meeting of Unitel included amendments to Unitel’s by-laws and the purported amendments to Unitel shareholders’ agreement, in addition to other matters that may have been raised at the shareholders’ meeting itself, which included investments by Unitel in Zimbabwe and a study in order to implement a corporate reorganization of Unitel. PT Ventures has not been provided of the details of the proposed bylaw amendments nor of any purported amendments to the Unitel shareholders’ agreement, despite its several requests before, during and after the meeting held on December 15, 2014. The meeting was suspended without any action taken on these items and is expected to be reconvened on April 9, 2015. PT Ventures has filed a suit in Angolan court to annul the approval of investments by Unitel in Zimbabwe and a study in order to implement a corporate reorganization of Unitel.

We cannot assess the impact to Unitel or our company of the matters considered at the December 15, 2014 general shareholders meeting of Unitel or the proposed amendments to Unitel’s by-laws and purported amendments to the Unitel shareholders’ agreement as we have not been provided with sufficient details to appropriately analyze these matters. In addition, we note that there appears to be no legal authority for the other shareholders of Unitel to amend the Unitel shareholders’ agreement through actions taken at a meeting of shareholders, as this agreement is an agreement among the parties thereto. Should the other shareholders approve actions detrimental to Unitel or our investment in Unitel, these actions could have a material adverse impact on the

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

financial position and results of operations of Unitel and therefore the value of our investment in Unitel.

Unitel’s concession to operate in Angola has expired and has not yet been renewed.

Unitel’s concession to provide mobile telecommunications services in Angola expired in April 2012. We cannot provide you with any assurances regarding the terms under which the Angolan National Institute of Telecommunications (Instituto Angolano das Comunicações), or INACOM, would grant a renewal of this concession, if at all. A failure of Unitel to obtain a renewal of this concession could have a material adverse effect on the ability of Unitel to continue to provide mobile telecommunications services in Angola, which would have a material adverse effect on Unitel’s financial position and results of operations and the value of our investment in Unitel.

Adverse political, economic and legal conditions in the African and Asian countries in which we have acquired investments may hinder our ability to receive dividends from our African and Asian subsidiaries and investments.

The governments of many of the African and Asian countries in which we have investments have historically exercised, and continue to exercise, significant influence over their respective economies and legal systems. Countries in which we have investments may enact legal or regulatory measures that restrict the ability of our subsidiaries and investees to make dividend payments to us. Similarly, adverse political or economic conditions in these countries may hinder our ability to receive dividends from our subsidiaries and investees. Historically, PT SGPS has received dividends from the African and Asian subsidiaries and investees that we have acquired, however, a limitation on our ability to receive a material portion of those dividends could adversely affect our cash flows and liquidity.

In addition, our investments in these regions are exposed to political and economic risks that include, but are not limited to, exchange rate and interest rate fluctuations, inflation and restrictive economic policies and regulatory risks that include, but are not limited to, the process for the renewal of licenses and the evolution of regulated retail and wholesale tariffs. In addition, our ventures in African and Asian markets face risks associated with increasing competition, including due to the entrance of new competitors and the rapid development of new technologies.

The development of partnerships in these markets raises risks related to the ability of the partners to jointly operate the assets. Any inability of our company and our partners to operate these assets may have a negative impact on our strategy and all of these risks may have material effects on our results of operations.

Our acquisition of PT Portugal may have triggered claims of our other joint venture partners or may otherwise lead to an unwinding of those joint ventures.

Some of the agreements governing our joint ventures in Africa and Asia, other than Unitel, contain provisions that may confer certain rights, including call and put rights, on our joint venture parties in the event of a change of control or merger of PT SGPS. If these rights are triggered, we could be forced to exit one or more profitable joint ventures and sell our shares to our joint venture partners at a price significantly lower than the fair market value of our interests in those joint ventures. Alternatively, we could be required to use cash to purchase the joint venture interests of our

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

partners in one or more joint ventures. Any such event could have a material adverse effect on our investment strategy for Africa and Asia, our growth prospects and/or our liquidity and cash flow.

Even if no contractual provision is triggered by any step in the business combination, our relationship with these joint venture partners could change or worsen as a result of the business combination for political, commercial or other reasons. We do not own a controlling stake in most of these joint ventures, and any challenges that arise with our joint venture partners as a result of the business combination or otherwise could lead to costly and time-consuming negotiations, arbitration or litigation or potentially to the unwinding of our investment in those ventures at a price significantly lower that the fair market value of our investment.

We are a party to joint ventures and partnerships that may not be successful and may expose our company to future costs.

We are a partner in joint ventures and partnerships in Africa and Asia. Our partnering arrangements may fail to perform as expected for various reasons, including an incorrect assessment of our needs or the capabilities or financial stability of our strategic partners. Our share of any losses from or commitments to contribute additional capital to such partnerships may also adversely affect our results of operations or financial position.

Our ability to work with these partners or develop new products and solutions may become constrained, which could harm our competitive position in the markets served by these joint ventures and partnerships. We may have disputes with our partners in these joint ventures, and we may have difficulty agreeing with our partners on actions that we believe would be beneficial to those joint ventures and partnerships. In addition, the joint ventures and partnerships in African and Asian countries are typically governed by the laws of those countries, and our partners are often established participants in those markets and may have greater influence in those economies than we will. To the extent we experience difficulties with our joint venture partners, we may encounter difficulties in protecting our investments in those countries.

Any of these factors could cause these joint ventures and partnerships not to be profitable and could cause us to lose all or part of the value of our investments in those ventures.

The minority shareholder of Africatel has asserted that our acquisition of PT Portugal triggered its right to require us to purchase its shares of Africatel under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement. If we are required to purchase this interest in Africatel, it will divert resources that could otherwise be deployed to reduce indebtedness or make investments under our business plan. If any such purchase is funded through our incurrence of additional debt, there would be a material adverse effect on our consolidated leverage.

We indirectly own 75% of the share capital of Africatel. Samba Luxco S.à.r.l., an affiliate of Helios Investors LLP, or Samba Luxco, owns the remaining 25%. Africatel holds all of our interests in telecommunications companies in sub-Saharan Africa, including our interests in Unitel, Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A. in Cape Verde, Mobile Telecommunications Limited in Namibia, and CST Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações S.A.R.L. in São Tomé and Príncipe, among others. PT SGPS, our subsidiaries Africatel GmbH & Co. KG, or Africatel GmbH, and PT Ventures, and Samba Luxco are parties to a shareholders’ agreement, which we refer to as the

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Africatel shareholders’ agreement.

On September 16, 2014, our subsidiary, Africatel GmbH, which directly holds our interest in Africatel, received a letter from Samba Luxco in which Samba Luxco claimed that Oi’s acquisition of PT Portugal was deemed a change of control of PT SGPS under the Africatel shareholders agreement, and that this change of control entitled Samba Luxco to exercise a put right under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement at the fair market equity value of Samba Luxco’s Africatel shares. In the letter, Samba Luxco purported to exercise the alleged put right and thereby require Africatel GmbH to acquire its shares in Africatel.

On September 26, 2014, Africatel GmbH responded to Samba Luxco stating that there had not been any action or event that would trigger the right to exercise the put option under the Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement and that Africatel GmbH intended to challenge Samba Luxco’s purported exercise of the put option. On the same date, we issued a Material Fact disclosing Samba Luxco’s purported exercise of the put option, our understanding that the exercise of the put option is not applicable, and that our board of directors had authorized our management to take the necessary actions to sell our interest in Africatel.

On November 12, 2014, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce notified Africatel GmbH that Samba Luxco had commenced arbitral proceedings against Africatel GmbH to enforce its purported put right or, in the alternative, certain ancillary rights and claims. Africatel GmbH presented its answer to Samba Luxco’s request for arbitration on December 15, 2014. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on March 12, 2015. We intend to vigorously defend Africatel GmbH in these proceedings.

If we were to acquire the interest of Samba Luxco in Africatel as a result of the exercise of Samba Luxco’s purported put right under the Africatel shareholders’ agreement, our acquisition of this interest would reduce the resources that would be available to us to reduce our outstanding indebtedness or pursue other investment opportunities. If any such purchase were to be funded through our incurrence of additional debt, the consolidated leverage of our company could increase materially, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Merger of TNL PCS S.A. (“TNL PCS”) with and into Oi Móvel

In February 2014 TNL PCS (mobile telephony operator in Regions I and III) was merged with and into Oi Móvel (mobile telephony operator in Region II). As a result of the merger, Oi Móvel became the Company’s sole operator to provide mobile telephony services in Brazil.

The merger was undertaken at historical carrying amounts of the involved entities as it consisted of a transaction between entities under common control.

The table below shows the equity interests held in the capital of the Company’s subsidiaries:

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Companies related to the continuing operations

Company

  

Business

  Home
country
  Direct
2014
 Indirect
2014
 Direct
2013
 Indirect
2013

Oi Móvel S.A.

  Mobile telephony – Region II  Brazil   100%  100%

Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda. (“BrT Multimídia”)

  Data traffic  Brazil   100%  100%

BrT Card Serviços Financeiros Ltda. (“BrT Card”)

  Financial services  Brazil   100%  100%

Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A. (“BrT Call Center”)

  Call center and telemarketing services  Brazil   100%  100%

BrT Serviços de Internet S.A. (“BrTI”)

  Holding company  Brazil   100%  100%

Oi Internet S.A (“Oi Internet”)

  Internet  Brazil   100%  100%

Oi Paraguay Multimedia Comunicaciones SRL

  Data traffic  Paraguay   100%  100%

Rio Alto Gestão de Créditos e Participações S.A. (“Rio Alto”)

  Receivables portfolio management and interests in other entities  Brazil  50%  50% 

Copart 5 Participações S.A. (“Copart 5”)

  Property investments  Brazil   100%  100%

Telemar Norte Leste S.A.

  Fixed-line telephony – Region I  Brazil  100%  100% 

TNL PCS S.A. (i)

  Mobile Telephony – Regions I and III  Brazil     100%

Paggo Empreendimentos S.A.

  Payment and credit systems  Brazil   100%  100%

Paggo Acquirer Gestão de Meios de Pagamentos Ltda.

  Payment and credit systems  Brazil   100%  100%

Paggo Administradora de Crédito Ltda. (“Paggo Administradora”)

  Payment and credit systems  Brazil   100%  100%

Oi Serviços Financeiros S.A. (“Oi Serviços Financeiros”)

  Financial services  Brazil  99.87% 0.13% 99.87% 0.13%

Copart 4 Participações S.A. (“Copart 4”)

  Property investments  Brazil   100%  100%

Telemar Internet Ltda. (“Telemar Internet”)

  Internet  Brazil   100%  100%

Dommo Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A.

  Purchase and sale of real estate  Brazil   100%  100%

SEREDE – Serviços de Rede S.A.

  Network services  Brazil  0.01% 99.99% 0.01% 99.99%

Pointer Networks S.A. (“Pointer”)

  Wi-Fi internet  Brazil   100%  100%

VEX Wifi Tec España S.L

  Wi-Fi internet  Spain   100%  100%

VEX Venezuela C.A

  Wi-Fi internet  Venezuela   100%  100%

VEX Wifi S.A.

  Wi-Fi internet  Uruguay   100%  100%

VEX Ukraine LLC

  Wi-Fi internet  Ukraine   90%  90%

VEX USA Inc.

  Wi-Fi internet  United
States of
America
   100%  100%

VEX Bolivia SRL

  Wi-Fi internet  Bolivia     100%

Pointer Networks S.A. – SUC Argentina

  Wi-Fi internet  Argentina   100%  100%

VEX Wifi Canadá Ltd.

  Wi-Fi internet  Canada   100%  100%

VEX Chile Networks Serv Tec Ltda.

  Wi-Fi internet  Chile     100%

VEX Colombia Ltda.

  Wi-Fi internet  Colombia   100%  100%

VEX Paraguay S.A.

  Wi-Fi internet  Paraguay   99.99%  99.99%

Pointer Peru S.A.C

  Wi-Fi internet  Peru   100%  100%

VEX Portugal S.A.

  Wi-Fi internet  Portugal   98.58%  98.58%

VEX Panamá S.A.

  Wi-Fi internet  Panama     100%

Oi Brasil Holdings Cooperatief UA (“Oi Holanda”)

  Payment and credit systems  The
Netherlands
  100%  100% 

Tupã Torres S.A.

  Property investments  Brazil     100%

Caryopoceae Participações S.A.

  Property investments  Brazil     100%

Bryophyta SP Participações S.A.

  Property investments  Brazil   100%  100%

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Companies related to the discontinued operationsequity:

 

CompanyOriginally stated shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2015

Business

Home
country
Direct
2014
   Indirect
201416,646,439

Restatement adjustment effect on 2015 net income

   Direct
2013(1,222,147
Indirect
2013

PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A.Restatement adjustment effect on opening balance accumulated losses

Management of equity investmentsPortugal   100(4,406,986%) 
  

 

Directel—Listas Telefónicas Internacionais, Lda. (“Directel”)Shareholders’ equity restated at December 31, 2015

Telephone directory publishing and operation of related databases, in international operationsPortugal   7511,017,306 
  

Janela Digital—Informativo e Telecomunicações, Lda

 Development of information technologies for real estate agentsPortugal50

Openideia—Tecnologias de Telecomunicações e Sistemas de Informação, S.A.

Provision of systems and IT servicesPortugal100

Portugal Telecom Data Center, S.A.

Service provision and product supply in the information systems and IT area, including data processing, hosting and related aspects.Portugal100

PT Pay, S.A.

Provision of payment servicesPortugal100

Portugal Telecom Inovação e Sistemas, S.A. (“PT Inovação e Sistemas”)

Innovation, research, development and service and telecommunications solutions integration, engineering services, and telecommunications trainingPortugal100

Postal Network – Prestação de Serviços de Gestão de Infraestrutura de comunicações ACE

Provision of postal servicesPortugal51

Previsão – Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Pensões, S.A.

Pension fund managementPortugal82

PT Centro Corporativo, S.A.

Provision of consulting services to Group companiesPortugal100

MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia (“MEO”) (formerly PT Comunicações, S.A.) (ii)

Establishment, management and operation of telecommunications infrastructures and provision of public telecommunication services and TV broadcasting services, and mobile telecommunicationsPortugal100

PT Contact—Telemarketing e Serviços de Informação, S.A. (“PT Contact”)

Production, promotion and sale of information systems, including information products and services and related technical assistancePortugal100

PT Imobiliária, S.A.

Real estate asset management, real estate investment consulting, management of real estate developments, and property purchase and salePortugal100

PT Investimentos S.A. (“PT I”)

Business consulting and management services, preparation of projects and economic studies, and investment management.Portugal100

PT Móveis, SGPS, S.A. (“PT Móveis”)

Management of equity investments in the mobile businessesPortugal100

PT Participações, SGPS, S.A.

Management of equity investmentsPortugal100

PT Prestações-Mandatária de Aquisições e Gestão de Bens, S.A. (“PT Prestações”)

Chattels and real estate acquisition and management, and conducting investmentsPortugal100

PT Pro- Serviços Administrativos e de Gestão Partilhados, S.A.

Provision of business consulting services and business managementPortugal100

PT Sales—Serviços de Telecomunicações e Sistemas de Informação, S.A. (“PT Sales”)

Provision of services in the telecommunications and information systems and services areasPortugal100

PT Ventures, SGPS, S.A.

Management of equity interests in international investmentsPortugal75

PT Cloud e Data Centers, S.A.(“PT IS”)

Provision of systems and IT servicesPortugal100

TPT—Telecomunicações Publicas de Timor, S.A. (“TPT”)

Provision of telecommunications, multimedia and IT services, and purchase and sale of related products in TimorPortugal76

Carrigans Finance S.A. R.L.

Investment managementLuxembourg100

PT Brasil

Investment managementBrazil100

Portugal Telecom Inovação Brasil, Ltda.

Development of IT and telecommunications services.Brazil100

PT Multimédia.com Brasil, Ltda. (“PTM.com Brasil”)

Investment managementBrazil100

Cabo Verde Móvel, S.A.

Operation of mobile telecommunications serviceCape Verde30

Cabo Verde Multimédia, S.A.

Operation of mobile multimedia servicesCape Verde30

Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A. R.L.

Operation of telecommunications serviceCape Verde30

Contact Cabo Verde – Telemarketing e Serviços de Informação, S.A.

Management of a call and contact centerCape Verde100

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Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years endedReconciliation of statement of operations as at December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)2015:

 

   Balances
originally
stated at
12/31/2015
   (a)   (b)   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 

Net operating revenue

   27,353,765        27,353,765 

Cost of sales and/or services

   (16,250,083       (16,250,083

Gross profit

   11,103,682        11,103,682 

Operating expenses/income

        

Share of profits of investees

        

Selling expenses

   (4,719,811       (4,719,811

General and administrative expenses

   (3,912,178       (3,912,178

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (1,258,654   (976,215   (59,451   (2,294,320

Profit (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

   1,213,039    (976,215   (59,451   177,373 

Financial income (expenses)

   (6,538,008   (186,481     (6,724,489

Profit (loss) before taxes on income

   (5,324,969   (1,162,696   (59,451   (6,547,116

Income tax and social contribution

   (3,379,928       (3,379,928

Loss from continuing operations

   (8,704,897   (1,162,696   (59,451   (9,927,044

Loss from discontinuing operations

   (867,139       (867,139

Loss for the year

   (9,572,036   (1,162,696   (59,451   (10,794,183

Attributable to the Company owner

   (9,159,343   (1,162,696   (59,451   (10,381,490

Attributable tonon-controlling interests

   (412,693       (412,693

Reconciliation of the statement of cash flows as at December 31, 2015:

 

Company

Business

Home
country
Direct
2014
Indirect
2014
Direct
2013
Indirect
2013

CST – Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, S.A. R.L.

Operation of fixed and mobile telecommunication public services in São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé
and Príncipe
38

Directel Cabo Verde – Serviços de Comunicação, Lda.

Telephone directory publishing and operation of related databases in Cape VerdeCape Verde57

Directel Uganda – Telephone Directories, Limited

Telephone directory publishingUganda75

Elta—Empresa de Listas Telefónicas de Angola, Lda.

Telephone directory publishingAngola41

Openideia Marrocos, S.A.

Provision of systems and IT servicesMorocco100

Openideia Angola, S.A.

Provision of services in the telecommunications and information systems and services areasAngola100

Kenya Postel Directories, Ltd.

Production, publishing and distribution of telephone directories and other publicationsKenya45

LTM—Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique, Lda.

Management, publishing, operation and sale of telecommunications subscriber and classified ads directoriesMozambique38

Mobile Telecommunications Limited

Operation of mobile serviceNamibia26

TMM—Telecomunicações Móveis de Moçambique, S.A.

Operation of mobile serviceMozambique98

Africatel GmbH

Investment managementGermany100

Africatel Holdings, BV

Investment managementThe
Netherlands
75

CVTEL, BV

Investment managementThe
Netherlands
100

Portugal Telecom Internacional Finance B.V (“PTIF”)

Raising funds in the international marketThe
Netherlands
100

Timor Telecom, S.A.

Telecommunications services concessionaire in TimorTimor44

PT BlueClip

Provision of consulting services to Group companiesPortugal100
   Balances
originally
stated at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 

Net loss for the year

   (9,572,036   (1,222,147   (10,794,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Discontinued operations, net of tax

   867,139      867,139 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities

      

Charges, interest income, and inflation adjustment (a)

   6,442,647    (33,936   6,408,711 

Provision for contingencies (a)

   566,616    976,215    1,542,831 

Othernon-cash items

   (89,060   279,867    190,807 

Other

   245,682    —      245,682 

Cash flows from operating activities—continuing operations

   (1,539,013     (1,539,013

Cash flows from operating activities—discontinued operations

   485,342      485,342 

Net cash generated (used) by operating activities

   (1,053,671     (1,053,671

Net cash (used) generated by in investing activities

   12,543,019      12,543,019 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (2,356,686     (2,356,686

Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents

   3,316,195      3,316,195 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   12,448,857      12,448,857 

Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year

   2,449,206      2,449,206 

Cash and cash equivalents end of year

   14,898,063      14,898,063 

(i)Company merged in February 2014, as described in Note 1.
(ii)On December 29, 2014 the company merged the former MEO – Serviços de Comunicações e Multimédia, which provides mobile telephony services in Portugal

The equity interests in joint arrangements are measured using the equity methodThere is no impact on operating, investing, and are as follows:

Company

  

Business

  Home
country
  Direct
2014
  Indirect
2014
  Direct
2013
  Indirect
2013
 

Companhia AIX de Participações (“AIX”)

  Data traffic  Brazil     50    50

Paggo Soluções e Meios de Pagamento S.A. (“Paggo Soluções”)

  Financial company  Brazil     50    50

Ericsson Inovação, S.A.

  Development and licensing of off-the-shelf software  Brazil     49   

2.SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accounting policies detailed below have been consistently applied in all fiscal years presented in these Individual and Consolidated financial statements, and have been consistently applied both by the Company and its subsidiaries.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(a)Reporting basis

The financial statements have been prepared based on the historic cost, except for certain financial instruments measured at their fair values, as describedfinancing activities disclosed in the accounting policies in (b) below.

The preparationstatements of financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates and the exercise of judgment by the Company’s management in the application of the Group’s accounting policies. Those areas that involve a higher degree of judgment or complexity or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant are disclosed in note (c) below.

There were no changes in the accounting policies adopted incash flows for the year ended December 31, 2014 as compared2015.

Use of estimates

In preparing the financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the Company’s management uses estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors, including expected future events, which are considered reasonable and relevant. The use of estimates and assumptions frequently requires judgments related to those applicable inmatters that are uncertain with respect to the year ended December 31, 2013,outcomes of transactions and there are nothe amount of assets and liabilities. Actual results of operations and the financial position may differ from these estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the useful lives of fixed assets, allowances for doubtful accounts, the valuation of derivatives, the valuation ofavailable-for-sale investment, deferred tax assets, valuation of fixed assets, pension plan, income tax uncertainties and contingencies.

The estimate of the expected amount of the allowed claim is a significant differences inestimate. As the accounting policies adopted by PT Portugal as compared to those adoptedestimation process is inherently uncertain, future actions and decisions by the Company.

For the purpose improvingJudicial Reorganization Court may differ significantly from its own estimate, potentially having material future effects on its financial reporting,statements. Furthermore, these liabilities are reported as the Company madeamounts expected to be allowed by the following changes in its financial statements: (i) presentationJudicial Reorganization Court, even if they may be settled for lesser amounts. There may be significant variation between the settled amount and the expected amount of revenue and expenses by nature in a single note; (ii) presentation of expenses on employee and officer profit sharing in line item personnel expenses. In order to ensure the comparability with current year, the corresponding 2013 figures have been reclassified.allowed claim.

Consolidated Financial Statements

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting practices adopted in Brazil, including the pronouncements, guidelines and interpretations issued by the Accounting Pronouncements Committee (CPC), approved by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM).

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

 

Restatement adjustments to shareholders’ equity:

 

(b)Significant accounting policies

(a) Derecognition of judicial deposits and increase of provisions for contingencies

(4,788,157

(b) Recoverable amount of intragroup balances

(398,738

(c) Recoverable amount of tax credits

(251,451

(d) Inappropriate estimate of revenue from services rendered and not billed

(190,787

Total adjustments to Shareholders’ equity related to the restated

(5,629,133

Consolidation criteriaReconciliation of subsidiaries by the full consolidation method

Full consolidation was prepared in accordance with CPC 36 (R2)Consolidated Financial Statements and incorporates the financial statements of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries. The main consolidation procedures are as follows:shareholders’ equity:

 

the balances

Originally stated shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2015

16,646,439

Restatement adjustment effect on 2015 net income

(1,222,147

Restatement adjustment effect on opening balance accumulated losses

(4,406,986

Shareholders’ equity restated at December 31, 2015

11,017,306

Reconciliation of assets, liabilities, income and expenses, according to their accounting nature, are added up;

intragroup assets and liabilities and material income and expenses are eliminated;

investments and related interests in the equitystatement of subsidiaries are eliminated;

non-controlling interest in equity and profit or loss for the year are separately stated; and

exclusive investment funds (Note 8) are consolidated.

Functional and presentation currency

The Company and its subsidiaries operate mainly as telecommunications industry operators in Brazil and Portugal, and engage in activities typical of this industry. The items included in the financial statements of each group company are measured using the currency of the main economic environment where it operates (“functional currency”). The individual and consolidated financial statements are presented in Brazilian reais (R$), which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency.

To define its functional currency, management considered the currency that influences:

the sales prices of its goods and services;

the costs of services and sales;

the cash flows arising from receipts from customers and payments to suppliers;

interest, investments and financing.

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency-denominated transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Foreign exchange gains and losses arising on the settlement of the transaction and the translation at the exchange rates prevailing at yearend, related foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are recognized in the income statement, except when qualified as hedge accounting and, therefore, deferred in equity as cash flow hedges and met investment hedges.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Group companies with a different functional currency

The profit or loss and the financial position of all Group entities, none of which uses a currency from a hyperinflationary economy, whose functional currency is different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

assets and liabilities are translating at the rate prevailing at the end of the reporting period;

revenue and expenses disclosed in the income statement are translated using the average exchange rate;

all resulting foreign exchange differences are recognized as a separate component of equity, in line item ‘Valuation adjustments to equity’;

the exchanges differences arising on translating the net investment in foreign operations and loans and other foreign currency instruments designated as hedges of these investments are recognized in equity. When a foreign transaction is partially disposed of or sold, the foreign exchange differences previously recognized in equity are recognized in the income statement as part of the gain or loss from the sale; and

goodwill and fair value adjustments, arising from the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign entity and translated at the closing exchange rate.

Segment information

The information about operating segments is presented consistently with the internal report provided to the chief operating decision maker of the Company, its management. The results of operations are regularly reviewed about the resources to be allocated to assess their performance and for strategic decision-making.

Business combinations

The Company uses the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair value of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred, and the equity instruments issued. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of assets and liabilities resulting from a contingent consideration contract, where applicable. The identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially measured as their fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company depreciates amounts recognized based on the appreciation of the acquired assets, according to the useful lives of the underlying assets, and tests such assets to determine any asset impairment losses when there is evidence of impairment; on the other hand, the Company tests for impairment amounts based on future earnings (goodwill) on an annual basis.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Cash and cash equivalents

Comprise cash and imprest cash fund, banks, and highly liquid short-term investments (usually maturing within less than three months), immediately convertible into a known cash amount, and subject to an immaterial risk of change in value, which are stated at fair value at the end of the reporting period and which do not exceed their market value, and whose classification is determined as shown below.

Cash investments

Cash investments are classified according to their purpose as: (i) held for trading; (ii) held to maturity; and (iii) available for sale.

Held-for-trading investments are measured at fair value and their effects are recognized in profit or loss. Held-to-maturity investments are measured at cost plus income earned, less the allowance for adjustment to probable recoverable amount, when applicable, and its effects are recognized in profit or loss. Available-for-sale investments are measured at fair value and their effects are recognized in valuation adjustments to equity, when applicable.

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable from telecommunications services provided are stated at the tariff or service amount on the date they are provided and do not differ from their fair values.

These receivables also include receivables from services provided and not billed by the end of the reporting period and receivables related to handset, SIM cards, and accessories. The allowance for doubtful accounts estimate is recognized in an amount considered sufficient to cover possible losses on the realization of these receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts estimate is prepared based on a history of default.

Inventories

Inventories are segregated and classified as described below:

Maintenance material inventories classified in current assets in accordance with the period in which they will be used are stated at average cost, not exceeding replacement cost.

Inventories for expansion, classified in property, plant and equipment, are stated at average cost and are used to expand the telephone plant.

Inventories of merchandise for resale classified in current assets are stated at average cost and are basically represented by handsets and accessories. Adjustments to net realizable value are recognized for handsets and accessories purchased for amounts that exceed their sales prices. Impairment losses are recognized for obsolete inventories.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Available-for-sale financial asset

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are designated as available for sale or that are not classified as (a) loans and receivables, (b) held-to-maturity investments, or (c) financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. The Company initially records available-for-sale financial assets at their fair value plus any cost of cost directly attributable to the transaction. After their initial recognition, they are measured at fair value and any changes, other than impairment losses and foreign currency differences on translating available-for-sale debt instruments, are recognized in other comprehensive income and presented as part of equity. When an investment is derecognized, the gains or losses accumulated in other comprehensive income are transferred to profit or loss.

Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations

Non-current assets are classified as assets held for sale when their carrying amount is recoverable, principally through a sale, and when such sale is highly probable. These assets are stated at the lower of their carrying amount and their fair value less costs to sell. Any impairment loss on a group of assets held for sale is initially allocated to goodwill and, then, to the remaining assets and liabilities on a pro rata basis.

A discontinuing operation is a component of an entity or a business unit that can be clearly distinguished operationally from the rest of the Company. The classification of a discontinuing operation is made when the operation is sold or meets the criteria to be classified as held for sale. As at December 31, 2014 the Company classified as discontinued operation its businesses in Portugal held by PT Portugal and that are committed for sale to Altice, and classified its investments in the African businesses as held for sale.

Investments

Financial information on subsidiaries and joint ventures is recognized in the individual financial statements of the Company by the equity method. Other investments are carried at cost, less an allowance for write-down to realizable value, when applicable.

The financial statements of the subsidiaries are fully consolidated in the Consolidated Financial Statements from the time control is obtained until the date it no longer exists. The investments in joint ventures are recognized in the Consolidated Financial Statements by the equity method of accounting.

The accounting policies of the subsidiaries and joint ventures are aligned with the policies adopted by the Company.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost of purchase or construction, less accumulated depreciation. Historical costs include expenses directly attributable to the acquisition of assets. They also include certain costs on facilities, when it is probable that the future economic benefits related to such costs will flow into the Company, and asset dismantlement, removal and restoration costs. The borrowings and financing costs directly attributable to the purchase, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalized in the initial cost of such asset. Qualifying assets are those that necessarily require a significant time to be ready for use.

Subsequent costs are added to the carrying amount as appropriate, when, and only when, these assets generate future economic benefits and can be reliably measured. The residual balance of the replaced asset is derecognized. Maintenance and repair costs are recorded in profit or loss for the period when they are incurred, and they are capitalized when, and only when, they clearly represent an increase in installed capacity or the useful lives of assets.

Assets under finance leases are recorded in property, plant and equipment at the lower of fair value or the present value of the minimum lease payments, from the initial date of the agreement.

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis, based on the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are annually reviewed by the Company.

Intangible assets

Acquired intangible assets with finite useful lives are recognized at cost, less amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The estimated useful life and amortization method are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period, and the effect of any changes in estimates is accounted for on a prospective basis. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

Software licenses purchased are capitalized based on the costs incurred to purchase the software and make it ready for use.

Software maintenance costs are recognized as expenses when incurred. The development costs that are directly attributable to the project and the tests of identifiable and exclusive software, controlled by the Company, are recognized as intangible assets when the following criteria are met:

Completing the software so that it will be available for use is technically feasible.

Management has the intention to complete the software and use or sell it.

It can be demonstrated that the software will generate probable future economic benefits.

There are adequate technical, financial and other resources available to complete the development and to use or sell the software.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The expenditure attributable to the software during its development can be measure reliably.

Directly attributable costs that are capitalized as part of software include the costs on the employees allocated to software development and an adequate portion of the applicable direct expenditure. Costs also include borrowings costs incurred during the software development period.

Other development expenditure that does not meet these criteria is recognized as expenses, when incurred. Development costs previously recognized as expenses are not recognized as assets in a subsequent period.

Impairment of long-lived assets

Assets are tested for impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets might be impaired. Long-lived assets may be identified as assets that have indefinite useful lives and assets subject to depreciation and amortization (property, plant and equipment and intangible assets). Impairment losses, if any, are recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable value. Recoverable value is the higher of fair value less cost to sell and the value in use. In order to be tested for impairment, assets are grouped into the smallest identifiable group for which there are cash-generating units (CGUs), and projections are made based on discounted cash flows, supported by expectations on the Company’s operations.

The CGUs are identifiable business units of the Company with cash generating ability.

Net Present Value (NPV) projections for the CGUs are prepared taking into consideration the following assumptions:

Entity-specific inputs: evidence of obsolescence or damage, discontinuation plans, performance reports, etc.;

External sources of inputs: market prices of the assets, technologic environment, market environment, economic environment, regulatory environment, legal environment, interest rates, return rates on investments, market value of Company shares, etc.

In regard to the assets with finite and indefinite useful lives, the recoverable amounts of the CGUs have been determined based on projections of value in use, and these projections support the recovery of such assets.

Discount to present value

The Company values its financial assets and financial liabilities to identify instances of applicability of the discount to present value. Leased assets are discounted to present value.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Generally, when applicable, the discount rate used is the average return rate on investments for financial assets or interest charged on Company borrowings for financial liabilities. The balancing item is the asset or liability that has originated the financial instrument, when applicable, and the deemed borrowing costs are allocated to the Company’s profits over the transaction term.

The Company believes that, except for unrecognized revenue from the assignment of fixed towers, none of the assets and liabilities as at December 31, 2014 and 2013 is subject to the discount to present value, in view2015:

   Balances
originally
stated at
12/31/2015
   (a)   (b)   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 

Net operating revenue

   27,353,765        27,353,765 

Cost of sales and/or services

   (16,250,083       (16,250,083

Gross profit

   11,103,682        11,103,682 

Operating expenses/income

        

Share of profits of investees

        

Selling expenses

   (4,719,811       (4,719,811

General and administrative expenses

   (3,912,178       (3,912,178

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (1,258,654   (976,215   (59,451   (2,294,320

Profit (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

   1,213,039    (976,215   (59,451   177,373 

Financial income (expenses)

   (6,538,008   (186,481     (6,724,489

Profit (loss) before taxes on income

   (5,324,969   (1,162,696   (59,451   (6,547,116

Income tax and social contribution

   (3,379,928       (3,379,928

Loss from continuing operations

   (8,704,897   (1,162,696   (59,451   (9,927,044

Loss from discontinuing operations

   (867,139       (867,139

Loss for the year

   (9,572,036   (1,162,696   (59,451   (10,794,183

Attributable to the Company owner

   (9,159,343   (1,162,696   (59,451   (10,381,490

Attributable tonon-controlling interests

   (412,693       (412,693

Reconciliation of the following factors: (i) their nature; (ii) short-term realizationstatement of certain balances and transactions; (iii) absence of monetary assets and monetary liabilities with implicit or explicit embedded interest. Financial instruments measured at the amortized costs are adjusted for inflation using relevant contractual indices.

Impairment of financial assets

The Company assesses at the yearend whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset or a group of financial assets is impaired. A financial asset or group of financial assets is considered impaired when there is objective evidence, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, that its recoverable amount has been reduced and when the estimated future cash flows have been impacted.as at December 31, 2015:

In the case of equity investments classified as available for sale, a significant or prolonged decline in their fair value below cost

   Balances
originally
stated at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 

Net loss for the year

   (9,572,036   (1,222,147   (10,794,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Discontinued operations, net of tax

   867,139      867,139 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities

      

Charges, interest income, and inflation adjustment (a)

   6,442,647    (33,936   6,408,711 

Provision for contingencies (a)

   566,616    976,215    1,542,831 

Othernon-cash items

   (89,060   279,867    190,807 

Other

   245,682    —      245,682 

Cash flows from operating activities—continuing operations

   (1,539,013     (1,539,013

Cash flows from operating activities—discontinued operations

   485,342      485,342 

Net cash generated (used) by operating activities

   (1,053,671     (1,053,671

Net cash (used) generated by in investing activities

   12,543,019      12,543,019 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (2,356,686     (2,356,686

Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents

   3,316,195      3,316,195 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   12,448,857      12,448,857 

Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year

   2,449,206      2,449,206 

Cash and cash equivalents end of year

   14,898,063      14,898,063 

There is also objective evidence of impairment.

Borrowingsno impact on operating, investing, and financing

Borrowings and financing are stated at amortized cost, plus inflation adjustment or foreign exchange differences and interest incurred through the end of the reporting period.

Transaction costs incurred are measured at amortized cost and recognized in liabilities, as a reduction to the balance of borrowings and financing, and are expensed over the relevant agreement term.

Derivative financial instruments

Derivative financial instruments are contracted to mitigate exposure to market risks arising from changes in exchange rates on foreign currency-denominated debts and short-term investments held abroad, and also from changes activities disclosed in the floating ratesstatements of debt.

Derivatives are initially recognized at cost at the inception of the derivative contract and are subsequently measured at fair value. Changes in the fair value of any of these derivatives are recorded directly in the income statement.

Financial liabilities and equity instruments

Debt or equity instruments issued the Company and its subsidiaries are classified as financial liabilities or equity instruments, according to the contractual substance of the transaction.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The Company uses hedge accounting for derivative financial instruments. The purpose of this practice is to reduce the volatility of the gains or losses recognized due to changes in the fair values of these derivative financial instruments. Derivative financial instruments that qualify for hedge accounting are submitted to periodic prospective and retrospective effectiveness tests using the dollar offset method.

Derivative financial instruments contracted and designated for hedge accounting are formally identified through initial designation documentation prepared in accordance with the requirements of CPC 38. Derivative financial instruments classified as cash flows hedges were designated for hedge accounting.

The effective portion, as defined in CPC 38, is recognized is an equity line item called ‘Other comprehensive income’, net of taxes, and is reclassified to financial income (expenses) using the effective rate. The ineffective portion, measured after the quarterly effectiveness tests, is recognized in financial income (expenses) in the same period it occurs.

Changes in the fair values of derivative financial instruments that are not designated for purposes of hedge accounting are accounted as financial income or expenses in the income statement for the period they occur.

The hedge relationship expires and the designation is removed when:

(i)The derivative contract is exercised, terminated or settled, or if the Company or its subsidiary TMAR voluntarily removes the designation, according to the criteria set out in CPC 38. If the hedged item continues to exist, the balances accumulated in other comprehensive income related to the changes in the fair value of the derivative are allocated to profit or loss for the year in which the hedged interest expenses and foreign exchange fluctuations are allocated.

(ii)The debt was either prepaid or extinct. In this case, the balance accumulated in other comprehensive income is immediately allocated to financial income or expenses in profit or loss for the year their designation is terminated.

The required information on derivative financial instruments and the effects recognized for the year ended December 31, 2014 are described in Note 3.2015.

Provisions

The amount recognized as provision is the best estimateUse of the disbursement required to settle the present obligation at the end of the reporting period, based on the opinion of the management and its in-house and outside legal counsel, and the amounts are recognized based on the cost of the expected outcome of ongoing lawsuits.estimates

The increase in the obligation as a result of the passage of time is recognized as financial expenses.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Employee benefits

Pension plans: private pension plans and other postretirement benefits sponsored by the Company and its subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees are managed by two foundations. Contributions are determined based on actuarial calculations, when applicable, and charged to profit or loss on the accrual basis.

The Company and its subsidiaries have defined benefit and defined contribution plans.

In the defined contribution plan, the sponsor makes fixed contributions to a fund managed by a separate entity. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit expenses as incurred. The sponsor does not have the legal or constructive obligation of making additional contributions, in the event the fund lacks sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits related to the services provided in the current year and prior years.

The defined benefit is annually calculated by independent actuaries, who use the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows, using the projected inflation rate plus long-term interest. The obligation recognized in the balance sheet as regards the defined benefit pension plans presenting a deficit, corresponds to the present value of the benefits defined at the balance sheet date, less the fair value of the plan’s assets.

The actuarial gains and losses resulting from the changes in the actuarial valuations of the pension plans, whose actuarial obligations or actuarial assets are recorded by the Company, are fully recognized in other comprehensive income, in equity (Note 23).

The asset recognized in balance sheet corresponds to the present value of available economic benefits, consisting of refunds or reductions in future contributions to the plan.

Employee profit sharing: the accrual includes the employee profit sharing plan is accounted for on the accrual basis and involves all eligible employees, proportionately to the period of time worked in the year, according to the Plan’s rules. The amount, which is paid by April of the year subsequent to the year profit sharing is accrued, is determined based on the target program established with the employees’ unions, under a specific collective bargaining agreement, and cost in recognized annually in personnel expenses.

Benefits to employees in Portugal included in liabilities associated to the assets held for sale and discontinued operations (Note 28)

Liabilities with pension supplement benefits

Under the defined benefit plans, MEO and PT Cloud e Data Centers, S.A. are responsible to pay pension supplements to a group of employees, and MEO incorporated various funds to fund these obligations.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The related liabilities with defined benefit plans are estimated using actuarial valuations periodically obtained of the liabilities using the “Projected Unit Credit Method”. Actuarial gains and losses are recognized directly in the statement of comprehensive income, namely those resulting from changes in actuarial assumptions and the differences between actual data and the same actuarial assumptions.

Changes in plans related to reductions or increases in the benefits granted to employees are recognized as past service gains or losses. Gains arising on the settlement of a plan are recognized when earned, in profit or loss.

The obligations recognized in the represent the present value of the obligations to defined benefit plans, less the adjusted fair value of the funds’ assets.

The plans posting an actuarial surplus are recognized as an asset when there is an express authorization to offset them against future employer contributions or if the reimbursement of such surpluses is expressly authorized or permitted.

The contributions made in the context of defined contribution pension plans are recognized in the income statement on the date they are due. Under these plans, in the event the fund lacks sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits related to the current and prior years’ services, the sponsor has no legal or constructive obligation for making additional contributions.

Liabilities with healthcare

MEO and PT Cloud e Data Centers are responsible to grant some of their employees and eligible family members this healthcare after the retirement date, which qualifies as a defined benefit plan. This healthcare plan is managed by Portugal Telecom – Associação de Cuidados de Saúde (PT-ACS) and in 2004, an autonomous fund was incorporated to fund these liabilities, managed by PT Prestações – Mandatária de Aquisições e Gestão de Bens, SA (“PT Prestações”).

The liabilities related to the payment of said postretirement healthcare are estimated using actuarial valuations periodically obtained of the liabilities using the “Projected Unit Credit Method”. Actuarial gains and losses are recognized directly in the statement of comprehensive income, namely those resulting from changes in actuarial assumptions and the differences between actual data and the same actuarial assumptions.

Changes in plans related to reductions or increases in the benefits granted to employees are recognized as past service gains or losses in profit or loss. Gains arising on the settlement of a plan are recognized when earned, in profit or loss.

The healthcare liabilities recognized in the balance sheet represent the present value of the obligations to defined benefit plans, less the adjusted fair value of the fund’s assets.

The plans posting an actuarial surplus are recorded as an asset when there is an express authorization to offset them against future employer contributions or if the reimbursement of such surpluses is expressly authorized or permitted.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Pre-retired and suspended employees

As part of the preretirement or employment contract suspension programs, a liability is recognized in the balance sheet corresponding to the present value of salaries payable up to the retirement age. The related cost is recognized in profit or loss.

Revenue recognition

Revenues correspond basically to the amount of the payments received or receivable from sales of services in the regular course of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ activities.

Revenue is recognized when it can be reliably measured, it is probable that future economic benefits will be transferred to the Company, the transaction costs incurred can be measured, the risks and rewards have been substantially transferred to the buyer, and certain specific criteria of each of the Company’s activities have been met.

Service revenue is recognized when services are provided. Local and long distance calls are charged based on time measurement according to the legislation in effect. The services charged based on monthly fixed amounts are calculated and recorded on a straight-line basis. Prepaid services are recognized as unearned revenues and recognized in revenue as services are used by customers.

Revenue from sales of handsets and accessories is recognized when these items are delivered and accepted by the customers. Discounts on services provided and sales of cell phones and accessories are taken into consideration in the recognition of the related revenue. Revenues involving transactions with multiple elements are identified in relation to each one of their components and the recognition criteria are applied on an individual basis. Revenue is not recognized when there is significant uncertainty as to its realization.

Revenue from sales of payphone cards—Public Use Telephony (TUP)—is recognized when the credits are effectively consumed by the customers.

Customer loyalty program (“Oi Pontos”)

The subsidiary Oi Móvel implemented a customer loyalty program (“Oi Pontos”), under which mobile telephony customers accumulate points related to the amounts paid for mobile telephony, fixed telephony, internet and pay TV services, which can be exchanged for mobile telephony service packages, handset discounts, events available at “Oi experiences” and/or transferred to the Multiplus Fidelidade Program (partner of said subsidiaries) to be exchanged for several other awards of this program, such as air tickets, fuel in gas stations, etc.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The Company accounts for the points awarded under the program as a separately identifiable component of the sales transaction in which they are granted. The fair value of the consideration received or receivable in respect of the initial sale is allocated between the award credits and the other components of the sale. The consideration allocated to the points is measured by reference to their fair value, i.e., the amount for which the award credits could be sold separately. This amount is deferred and the related revenue is recognized when, and only when, the points are redeemed or transferred to partner programs. Revenue recognition is based on the number of points that have been redeemed in exchange for awards relative to the total number expected to be redeemed.

Expense recognition

Expenses are recognized on the accrual basis, considering their relation with revenue realization. Prepaid expenses attributable to future years are deferred over the related periods.

Financial income and expenses

Financial income is recognized on the accrual basis and comprises interest on receivables settled after due date, gains on short-term investments and gains on derivative instruments. Financial expenses represent interest effectively incurred and other charges on borrowings, financing, derivative contracts, and other financial transactions.

Current and deferred income tax and social contribution on profit

Income tax and social contribution on profit are recorded on the accrual basis. Said taxes attributed to temporary differences and tax loss carryforwards are recorded in assets or liabilities, as applicable, only under the assumption of future realization or payment. The Company prepares technical studies that consider the future generation of taxable income, according to management expectations, considering the continuity of the companies as going concerns. The Company writes down the carrying amount of deferred tax assets when it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable income will be available to allow the utilization of the whole or part of the deferred tax assets.

Any write-down of deferred tax assets is reversed when it is probable that sufficient taxable income will be available. The technical studies are updated annually, approved by the Board of Directors and reviewed by the Supervisory Board, and the tax credits are adjusted based on the results of these reviews. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the tax rates applicable for the period in which the liability is expected to be settled or the asset is expected to be realized, based on the tax rates set forth in the tax law prevailing at the end of each reporting period, or when new legislation has been substantially enacted. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of each reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of these assets and liabilities.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Government grants and government assistance

Government grants are initially recognized as deferred revenue at fair value when there is reasonable assurance that they will be received and that the Company will comply with the conditions attaching to them. Government grants received as compensation for Company’s expenses incurred are recognized as income on a systematic basis in the same periods when such expenses are recognized, and grants received as compensation for the cost on an asset are recognized as income on a systematic basis over the useful life of the asset.

Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share are calculated through profit or loss for the year attributable to the owners of the Company, divided by the weighted average number of common and preferred shares outstanding in the year. Diluted earnings per share are calculated using said weighted average number of outstanding shares adjusted by potentially dilutive instruments convertible into shares in the reporting years, pursuant to CPC 41.

Statements of value added

The Company prepared consolidated statements of value added (“DVA”) as required by CPC 09Statements of Value Added, which are presented as an integral part of the financial statements in accordance with the accounting practices adopted in Brazil applicable to publicly–traded companies.

Statements of cash flows

The statement of cash flows is prepared in accordance with CPC03 (R2, under the indirect method. The Company classifies in line item ‘Cash and cash equivalents’ the balances amounts immediately convertible into cash and highly-liquid investments (usually with maturities of less than three months) subject to an immaterial risk of change in value.

Cash flows are classified, depending of their nature, as: (i) operating activities; (ii) investing activities; and (iii) financing activities. Cash flows arising from operating activities basically comprise trade receivables, trade payables, personnel expenses, financial charges, and losses on lawsuits. Cash flows arising from investing activities basically comprise the acquisition and disposal of investments, judicial deposits and withdrawals, and cash payments and cash receipts from the purchase and sale of capital assets. Cash flows arising from financing activities basically include cash payments and cash proceeds related to borrowings and financing, derivative financial instruments, and payments of dividends and interest on capital.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(c)Critical estimates and accounting judgments

In preparing the financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the Company’s management uses estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors, including expected future events, which are considered reasonable and relevant. The use of estimates and assumptions frequently requires judgments related to matters that are uncertain with respect to the outcomes of transactions and the amount of assets and liabilities. Actual results of operations and the financial position may differ from these estimates. TheSignificant items subject to such estimates that represent a significant risk of causing material adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are as follows:

Revenue recognition and trade receivables

The Company’s revenue recognition policy is significant as it is a material component of operating results. Management’s pricing, collection ability, and the rights to receive certain network usage revenue are based on judgment related to the nature of the tariff collected for the services provided, the price of certain products, and the right to collect this revenue. If changes in conditions cause management to conclude that such criteria are not met in certain operations, the amount of trade receivables might be affected. In addition, the Company depends on guidelines to measure certain revenue set by the ANATEL (Brazilian telecommunications industry regulator).

Allowance for doubtful accounts

The allowance for doubtful accounts is set up to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable taking into account the measures implemented to restrict the provision of services to and collect late payments from customers.

The Company’s management includes government entities, corporate customers, and other providers of telecommunications services in the base to calculate the allowance. There are cases of agreements with certain customers to collect past-due receivables, including agreements that allow customers to settle their debts in installments. The actual amounts not received may be different from the allowance recognized, and additional accruals might be required.

Depreciation and amortization of assets with finite useful lives

Property, plant and equipment items and intangible assets with finite useful lives are depreciated and amortized, respectively, on a straight-line basis, overassumptions include the useful lives of the related asset. The depreciation and amortization rates of the most significantfixed assets, are shown in Notes 14 and 15, respectively.

The useful lives of certain assets may vary as they are used in the fixed-line or mobile telephony segments. The Company reviews the useful lives of assets annually.

Impairment of long-lived assets

The Company tests property, plant and equipment items and intangible assetsallowances for impairment either in light of decisions to discontinue activities where such assets are used or when there are evidences that the future operating revenue will not be sufficient to assure their realization.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Assets with finite useful lives are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset might be impaired. The Company tests assets with indefinite useful lives (goodwill) for impairment annually in accordance with the accounting policy described in Note 2 (b).

The recoverable amounts of assets are determined by comparing the calculations of their value in use and their sales prices. These calculations require the use of judgments and assumptions. The determination of fair values and discounted future operating cash flows requires that the Company makes certain assumptions and estimates with respect to projected cash inflows and cash outflows related to future revenue, costs and expenses. These assumptions and estimates may be influenced by different external and internal factors, such as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products sold by the Company to the market. The use of different assumptions may significantly change our financial statements.

Provisions

The Company recognizes provisions for losses on labor, tax and civil lawsuits, as well as administrative proceedings, as presented in Note 21. The recognition of a provision for contingent liabilities is based on the assessment of the risk of loss made for each proceeding, which includes assessing available evidences recent decisions and statistical assumptions, and reflects a reasonable estimate as assessed by management, the General Counsel, and the outside legal counsel. It is possible that the assumptions used to estimate the provision for contingent liabilities change, which can, therefore, result in changes in future provisions for contingent liabilities.

Fair value of derivative financial instruments and other financial instruments

Derivative instruments are recognized at fair value based on future cash flow estimates associated to each instrument contracted. The financial assets available for sale related to the investment in Unitel have been valued at fair value according to the operating assets used as basis indoubtful accounts, the valuation of PT’s capital increase, as referred to in Note 1 (Risks related toderivatives, the stake held in Unitel). The estimates presented may not necessarily be indicativevaluation of the amounts that could be obtained in the current market. The use of different assumptions to measure the fair value could have a material effect on the amounts obtained and not necessarily be indicative of the cash amounts that the Company would receive or to settle such transactions.

As a result of the execution of the agreement for the sale of PT Portugal’s operations, thisavailable-for-sale investment, was valued by the Company at its fair value, as the lower of its carrying amount and its fair value less costs to sell (Note 28). The fair value calculation assumptions of the investment in PT Portugal are subject to the adjustments usually adopted in similar transactions.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Deferred income tax and social contribution

The Company recognizes and settles taxes on income based on the results of operations determined in accordance with the Brazilian corporate law, taking into consideration the provisions of the tax law, which are materially different from the amounts calculated for CPC purposes. Pursuant to CPC 32, the Company recognizes deferred tax assets, valuation of fixed assets, pension plan, income tax uncertainties and liabilities based on the differences between the carrying amounts and the taxable basescontingencies.

The estimate of the assets and liabilities.

The Company regularly tests deferred tax assets for impairment and recognizes an allowance for impairment losses when it is probable that these assets may not be realized, based on the history of taxable income, the projection of future taxable income, and the time estimated for the reversal of existing temporary differences. These calculations require the use of estimates and assumptions. The use of different estimates and assumptions could result in the recognition of an allowance for impairment losses for the entire or a significant portion of the deferred tax assets.

Employee benefits

The actuarial valuation is based on assumptions and estimates related to interest rates, return on investments, inflation rates for future periods, mortality indices, and an employment level projection related the pension fund benefit liabilities. The accuracy of these assumptions and estimates will determine the creation of sufficient reserves for the costs of accumulated pensions and healthcare plans, and the amount to be disbursed annually on pension benefits.

These assumptions and estimates are subject to significant fluctuations due to different internal and external factors, such as economic trends, social indicators, and our capacity to create new jobs and retain our employees. All assumptions are reviewed at the end of the reporting period. If these assumptions and estimates are not accurate, there may be the need to revise the reserves for pension benefits, which could significantly impact Company results.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

3.FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK ANALYSIS

3.1.Overview

The table below summarizes our financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value at December 31, 2014 and 2013.

   Accounting
measurement
  2014 
    Carrying
amount
   Fair value 

Assets

      

Cash equivalents

  Fair value   1,916,921     1,916,921  

Cash investments

  Fair value   282,700     282,700  

Derivative financial instruments

  Fair value   3,221,481     3,221,481  

Due from related parties

  Amortized cost    

Accounts receivable (i)

  Amortized cost   7,455,687     7,455,687  

Dividends and interest on capital receivable

  Amortized cost    

Held-for-sale assets

  Fair value   33,926,592     33,926,592  

Liabilities

      

Trade payables (i)

  Amortized cost   4,331,286     4,331,286  

Borrowings and financing

      

Borrowings and financing (ii)

  Amortized cost   28,072,519     27,534,247  

Debentures

  Amortized cost   7,776,876     7,513,867  

Derivative financial instruments

  Fair value   666,922     666,922  

Dividends and interest on capital

  Amortized cost   185,138     185,138  

Licenses and concessions payable (iii)

  Amortized cost   1,361,940     1,361,940  

Tax refinancing program (iii)

  Amortized cost   990,230     990,230  

Other payables (payable for the acquisition of equity interest) (iii)

  Amortized cost   408,978     408,978  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   Accounting
measurement
  2013 
    Carrying
amount
   Fair value 

Assets

      

Cash equivalents

  Fair value   2,118,646     2,118,646  

Cash investments

  Fair value   591,639     591,639  

Derivative financial instruments

  Fair value   2,073,179     2,073,179  

Due from related parties

  Amortized cost    

Accounts receivable (i)

  Amortized cost   7,096,679     7,096,679  

Dividends and interest on capital receivable

  Amortized cost    

Other receivables

  Amortized cost   1,775,691     1,775,691  

Available-for-sale financial asset (iv)

  Fair value   914,216     914,216  

Liabilities

      

Trade payables (i)

  Amortized cost   4,732,174     4,732,174  

Borrowings and financing

      

Borrowings and financing (ii)

  Amortized cost   26,478,941     26,103,901  

Debentures

  Amortized cost   9,374,685     9,303,058  

Derivative financial instruments

  Fair value   566,651     566,651  

Dividends and interest on capital

  Amortized cost   230,721     230,721  

Licenses and concessions payable (iii)

  Amortized cost   1,484,407     1,484,407  

Tax refinancing program (iii)

  Amortized cost   1,120,304     1,120,304  

Other payables (payable for the acquisition of equity interest) (iii)

  Amortized cost   418,069     418,069  

As at December 31, 2014, the Company had the right to compensation from PT SGPS related to the subscription of the May 5, 2014 capital increase, measured at R$2,895 million (equivalent to €897 million) and has an obligation to acquire Oi shares from PT SGPS (which will be held in treasury) in exchange for this compensation asset, under the exchange agreement entered into on September 8, 2014, approved by PT SGPS’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting, the CVM, and subject to approval by the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting scheduled for March 26, 2015. Considering that this asset and this liability have the same amount, they can be settle with the same entity and at the same time, the Company stated them on a net basis.

(i) The balances of accounts receivables and trade payables have near terms and, therefore, they are not adjusted to fair value.

(ii) A significant portion of this balance consists of borrowings and financing granted by the BNDES, export credit agencies, and other related parties, which correspond to exclusive markets and, therefore, their fair values is similar to their carrying amounts.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(iii) There is no active market for licenses and concessions payable, the tax refinancing program, and other payables (payable for the acquisition of equity interest); therefore, they are not adjusted to fair value.

(iv) As a result of the Company’s capital increase subscribed by PT SGPS with PT Portugal assets, of the amount recognized at April 30 2014, R$570,990 was reclassified as PT Portugal’s investment amount and R$263,028 was reclassified to treasury shares, since subsequently to the Company’s capital increase a PT SGPS maintained only the investment in Oi.

3.2.Fair value of financial instruments

The Company and its subsidiaries have measured their financial assets and financial liabilities at their market or actual realizable values (fair value) using available market inputs and valuation techniques appropriate for each situation. The interpretation of market inputs for the selection of such techniques requires considerable judgment and the preparation of estimates to obtain an amount considered appropriate for each situation. Accordingly, the estimates presented may not necessarily be indicative of the amounts that could be obtained in an active market. The use of different assumptions for the calculation of the fair value may have a material impact on the amounts obtained.

(a)Derivative financial instruments

The method used for calculating the fair value of derivative financial instruments was the future cash flows associated to each instrument contracted, discounted at market rates prevailing at December 31, 2014.

(b)Non-derivative financial instruments measured at fair value

The fair value of securities traded in active markets is equivalent to theexpected amount of the last closing quotation available atallowed claim is a significant estimate. As the endestimation process is inherently uncertain, future actions and decisions by the Judicial Reorganization Court may differ significantly from its own estimate, potentially having material future effects on its financial statements. Furthermore, these liabilities are reported as the amounts expected to be allowed by the Judicial Reorganization Court, even if they may be settled for lesser amounts. There may be significant variation between the settled amount and the expected amount of the reporting period, multiplied by the number of outstanding securities.

For the remaining contracts, the Company carries out an analysis comparing the current contractual terms and conditions with the terms and conditions effective for the contract when they were originated. When terms and conditions are dissimilar, fair value is calculated by discounting future cash flows at the market rates prevailing at yearend, and when similar, fair value is similar to the carrying amount at the reporting date.

(c)Fair value measurement hierarchy

CPC 46 defines fair value as the price for which an asset could be exchanged, or a liability settled, between knowledgeable, willing parties, in an arm’s length transaction on measurement date. The standard clarifies that the fair value must be based on the assumptions that market participants would consider in pricing an asset or a liability, and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to build such assumptions. The fair value measurement hierarchy attaches more importance to available market inputs (i.e., observable data) and a less weight to inputs based on data without transparency (i.e., unobservable data). Additionally, the standard requires that an entity consider all nonperformance risk aspects, including the entity’s credit, when measuring the fair value of a liability.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

allowed claim.

CPC 40 establishes a three-level hierarchy to measure and disclose fair value. The classification of an instrument in the fair value measurement hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input significant for its measurement. We present below a description of the three-level hierarchy:

Level 1—inputs consist of prices quoted (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities to which the entity has access on measurement date;

Level 2—inputs are different from prices quoted in active markets used in Level 1 and consist of directly or indirectly observable inputs for the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability or that can support the observed market inputs by correlation or otherwise for substantially the entire asset or liability.

Level 3—inputs used to measure an asset or liability are not based on observable market variables. These inputs represent management’s best estimates and are generally measured using pricing models, discounted cash flows, or similar methodologies that require significant judgment or estimate.

There were no transfers between levels and/or allocations to Level 3 between December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014.

   Fair value
measurement
hierarchy
  Fair value   Fair value 
    2014   2013 

Assets

      

Cash equivalents

  Level 2   1,916,921     2,118,646  

Cash investments

  Level 2   282,700     591,639  

Derivative financial instruments

  Level 2   3,221,481     2,073,179  

Available-for-sale financial asset

  Level 1     914,216  

Held-for-sale assets (i)

  Level 3   4,284,416    

Liabilities

      

Derivative financial instruments

  Level 2   666,922     566,651  

(i)Refers to the recognized fair value related to Unitel, transferred to held-for-sale assets, as referred to in Note 28. The fair value of this investment at the date de acquisition was estimated based on the valuation made by Banco Santander (Brasil), which used a series of estimates and assumptions, including the cash flows projections for a four-year period, the choice of a growth rate to extrapolate the cash flows projections, and definition of appropriate discount rates. As at December 31, 2014, the fair value of this investment was determined using a methodology identical to the one adopted by Banco Santander (Brasil), which updated the material estimates and assumptions, and also took into consideration the events described in Note 1 (“Risks related to the stake held in Unitel”). Accordingly, the Company believes that the fair value of Unitel represents the best estimate for the realization of this investment.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

3.3.Measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities at amortized cost

We concluded that the discount to present value of financial assets and financial liabilities under the amortized cost method does not apply, based on the valuation made for this purpose, for the following main reasons:

Accounts receivables: near-term maturity of bills.

Trade payables, dividends and interests on capital: all obligations are due to be settled in the short term.

Borrowings and financing and due from and to related parties: all transactions are adjusted for inflation based on contractual indices.

Licenses and concessions payable, tax refinancing program and other payables (payable for the acquisition of equity interests): all payables are adjusted for inflation based on the contractual indices.

3.4.Financial risk management

The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ activities expose them to several financial risks, such as: market risk (including currency fluctuation risk, interest rate risk on fair value, interest rate risk on cash flows, and price risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk. The Company and its subsidiaries use derivative financial instruments to protect them against certain exposures to these risks.

Risk management is carried out by the Company’s treasury officer, in accordance with the policies approved by management.

The Hedging and Cash Investments Policies, approved by the Board of Directors, document the management of exposures to market risk factors generated by the financial transactions of the Oi Group companies.

Under the Hedging Policy, market risks are identified based on the features of financial transactions contracted and to be contracted during the year. Several scenarios are then simulated for each of the risk factors using statistical models, used as basis to measure the impacts the on Group’s financial income (expenses). Based on this analysis, the Executive Committee annually agrees with the Board of Directors the Risk Guideline to be followed in each financial year. The Risk Guideline is equivalent to the worst expected impact of financial income (expenses) on the Group’s net income, with 95% of level of confidence. To ensure a proper risk management, according to the Risk Guideline, the treasury can contract hedging instruments, including derivative transactions such as swaps and currency forwards. The Company and its subsidiaries do not use derivative financial instruments for other purposes.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

With the approval of the Policies, a Financial Risk Management Committee that meets monthly was created, currently consisting of the CEO, the CFO, the Executive Planning Officer, the Development and New Business Management Officer, the Tax Officer, the General Controller, and the Treasury Officer, and the Internal Audit Officer as observer.

According to their nature, financial instruments may involve known or unknown risks, and it is important to assess to the best judgment the potential of these risks.

3.4.1. Market risk

(a)Foreign exchange risk

Financial assets

Foreign currency-denominated cash equivalents and cash investments are basically maintained in securities issued by financial institutions abroad similar to Bank Certificates of Deposit (CDBs) traded in Brazil (time deposits).

The risk associated to these assets arises from the possible exchange rate fluctuations that may reduce the balance of these assets when translated into Brazilian reais. The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ assets subject to this risk represent approximately 11.41% (13.25% at December 31, 2013) of our total cash and cash equivalents and cash investments.

Net investment in foreign subsidiaries

The risks related to the Company’s investments in foreign currency arise mainly from the investments in subsidiary PT Portugal and its subsidiaries. The Company does not have any contracted instrument to hedge against the risk associated to the net investments in foreign companies; however, the Company contracted non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) to hedge part of the euro-denominated debt of its foreign subsidiaries.

Financial liabilities

The Company and its subsidiaries have foreign currency-denominated or foreign currency-indexed borrowings and financing. The risk associated with these liabilities is related to the possibility of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates that could increase the balance of such liabilities. The Company’s and subsidiaries’ borrowings and financing exposed to this risk represent approximately 41.7% (41.1% at December 31, 2013) of total liabilities from borrowings and financing, less the currency hedging transactions contracted. In order to minimize this type of risk, we enter into foreign exchange hedges with financial institutions. Out of the consolidated foreign currency-denominated debt, 100.0% (99.6% at December 31, 2013) is protected by exchange swaps, currency forwards, and cash investments in foreign currency. Additionally, at the end of December 2014, the Company had contracted derivative transactions totaling €950 million to hedge against the foreign exchange risk on part of PT’s the euro-denominated debt. The unrealized gains or losses on hedging transactions are measured at fair value, as described in 3.2 (a) above.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

These financial assets and liabilities are presented in the balance sheet as follows:

   2014   2013 
  Carrying
amount
   Fair value   Carrying
amount
   Fair value 

Financial assets

        

Cash equivalents

   224,806     224,806     369,292     369,292  

Cash investments

   86,807     86,807     30,334     30,334  

Available-for-sale financial asset

       914,216     914,216  

Derivative financial instruments

   3,025,464     3,025,464     1,954,915     1,954,915  

Financial liabilities

        

Borrowings and financing

   14,781,242     14,781,242     14,566,437     14,566,437  

Derivative financial instruments

   425,784     425,784     369,464     369,464  

Derivative financial instruments are summarized as follows:

   Derivatives designated for hedge accounting 
  Maturity
(years)
   Fair value 
    Amounts (payable)/receivable 
    2014   2013 

US$/R$ cross currency swaps

   0.5 - 8.2     1,816,206     865,664  

US$/fixed rate cross currency swaps

   5.8     649,293     420,215  

EUR/R$ non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)

   < 1 year     23,524    
   Derivatives not designated for hedge accounting 
  Maturity
(years)
   Fair value 
    Amounts (payable)/receivable 
    2014   2013 

US$/R$ cross currency swaps

   1.1     24,122     21,649  

R$/US$ cross currency swaps

   1.1     (31,290   (31,969

US$/R$ non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)

   < 1 year     107,718     177,140  

EUR/R$ non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)

   < 1 year     10,107     132,752  

The main foreign currency hedge transactions contracted with financial institutions to minimize the foreign exchange risk are as follows:

Cross currency swap contracts (plain vanilla)

US$/R$: Refer to foreign exchange swaps to protect its US dollar-denominated debt payments. Under these contracts, the asset position is in US dollars plus a fixed interest rate or in US LIBOR plus a fixed interest rate, and the liability position a percentage of interbank deposit rate (CDI) or a fixed rate in real. The main risk of loss in the asset position of these instruments is the US dollar exchange rate fluctuation; however, such losses would be fully offset by the US dollar-denominated debt’s maturities.

R$/US$: Refer to foreign exchange swaps to reverse swap contracts. Under these contracts, the asset position is in US dollar plus a fixed rate and the liability position is a percentage of CDI. The main risk of loss in the liability position of these instruments is the US dollar exchange rate

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

fluctuation; however, such possible losses would be fully offset by the maturities of the reversed US dollar-denominated swaps.

Non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)

US$/R$: Refer to future US dollar sales transactions using NDFs to protect against a depreciation of the Brazilian real in relation to the US dollar. The main strategy for these contracts is to set the foreign exchange rate for the contract period at a fixed amount, thus mitigating the risk of adverse fluctuations on US dollar-denominated debt. In order to extend the hedging period, we can roll over these instruments by selling US dollars for the period equivalent to the short-term NDF in the portfolio and simultaneously purchase US dollars for longer positions.

Euro/R$: Refer to future Euro dollar sales transactions using NDFs to protect against a depreciation of the Brazilian real in relation to the US dollar. The main strategy for these contracts is to set the foreign exchange rate for the contract period at a fixed amount, thus mitigating the risk of adverse fluctuations on euro-denominated debt. In order to extend the hedging period, we can roll over these instruments by selling Euro for the period equivalent to the short-term NDF in the portfolio and simultaneously purchase euro for longer positions.

As at December 31, 2014 and 2013, the amounts shown below were recorded as gain or loss on derivatives (see note 6):

   2014   2013   2012 

Gain (loss) on currency swaps

   674,228     676,490     458,774  

Currency forwards

   (317,740   478,152     467,041  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 356,488   1,154,642   925,815  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The movements below, related currency hedges designated for hedge accounting treatment, were recognized in other comprehensive income:

Table of movements in hedge accounting effects in other comprehensive income

Balance in 2012

128,127

Loss on designated hedges

(126,511

Transfer on ineffective portion to profit or loss

(16,611

Amortization of hedges to profit or loss at effective rate

36,072

Deferred taxes on hedge accounting

36,397

Balance in 2013

57,474

Gain on designated hedges

143,524

Transfer on ineffective portion to profit or loss

10,443

Amortization of hedges to profit or loss at the effective rate

9,081

Deferred taxes on hedge accounting

(55,437

Balance in 2014

165,085

(a.1) Foreign exchange risk sensitivity analysis

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

As at December 31, 2014, management estimated the depreciation scenarios of the Brazilian real in relation to other currencies at yearend. The rates used for the probable scenario were the rates prevailing at the end of December 2014. The probable rates were then depreciated by 25% and 50% and used as benchmark for the possible and remote scenarios, respectively.

   Rate 

Description

  2014   Depreciation 

Probable scenario

    

US dollar

   2.65620     0

Euro

   3.22700     0

Possible scenario

    

US dollar

   3.32025     25

Euro

   4.03375     25

Remote scenario

    

US dollar

   3.98430     50

Euro

   4.84050     50

As at December 31, 2014, management estimated the outflow for the payment of interest and principal of its debt pegged to exchange rates based on the interest rates prevailing at the end of this annual reporting period and the exchange rates above.

The impacts of foreign exchange exposure, in the sensitivity scenarios estimated by the Company, are shown in the table below:

2014

 

Description

  Individual risk  Probable
scenario
   Possible
scenario
   Remote
scenario
 

US dollar debt

  Dollar appreciation   12,706,455     15,883,069     19,059,683  

Derivative financial instruments (net position—US$)

  Dollar depreciation   (12,835,310   (16,044,138   (19,252,965

US dollar cash

  Dollar depreciation   (286,628   (358,285   (429,942

Euro debt

  Euro appreciation   2,426,157     3,032,696     3,639,236  

Derivative financial instruments (net position—euro)

  Euro depreciation   (5,456,191   (6,820,239   (8,184,287

Euro cash

  Euro depreciation   (24,985   (31,231   (37,478
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total pegged to exchange rate

 (3,470,502 (4,338,128 (5,205,753
  

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(b)Interest rate risk

Financial assets

Cash equivalents and cash investments in local currency are substantially maintained in financial investment funds exclusively managed for the Company and its subsidiaries, and investments in private securities issued by prime financial institutions.

The interest rate risk linked to these assets arises from the possibility of decreases in these rates and consequent decrease in the return on these assets.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

 

Financial liabilities

The Company and its subsidiaries have borrowings and financing subjectRestatement adjustments to floating interest rates, based on the Long-term Interest Rate (TJLP) or the CDI, in the case of real-denominated debt, and on the LIBOR, in the case of U.S. dollar-denominated debt.

As at December 31, 2014, approximately 60.3% (63.2% at December 31, 2013) of the incurred debt, less adjustment for derivative transactions, was subject to floating interest rates. After the derivative transactions, approximately 79.4% (76.0% at December 31, 2013) of the consolidated debt was subject to floating interest rates. The most material exposure of Company’s and its subsidiaries’ debt after the hedging transactions is to CDI. Therefore, a continued increase in this interest rate would have an adverse impact on future interest payments and hedging adjustments. However, as the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ cash is invested mainly in securities pegged to the CDI fluctuation, the net exposure to CDI of current liabilities does not constitute a material risk for the Company and its subsidiaries.

We continuously monitor these market rates to assess the possible contracting of instruments to hedge against the risk of fluctuation of these rates.

These assets and liabilities are presented in the balance sheet as follows:

   2014   2013 
  Carrying
amount
   Market
value
   Carrying
amount
   Market
value
 

Financial assets

        

Cash equivalents

   1,692,115     1,692,115     1,749,354     1,749,354  

Cash investments

   195,893     195,893     561,305     561,305  

Derivative financial instruments

   196,017     196,017     118,264     118,264  

Financial liabilities

        

Borrowings and financing

   17,722,928     17,722,928     19,115,168     19,115,168  

Derivative financial instruments

   241,138     241,138     197,187     197,187  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The amounts of contracted derivatives to hedge against floating interest rates on outstanding debt are summarized below:

   Derivatives designated for hedge accounting 
  Maturity (years)   Fair value 
    Amounts (payable)/receivable 
    2014   2013 

Fixed rate/DI rate swaps

   5.8     (37,627   (53,625

US$ LIBOR/US$ fixed rate swaps

   0.5     (1,413   (4,066
   Derivatives not designated for hedge accounting 
  Maturity (years)   Fair value 
    Amounts (payable)/receivable 
    2014   2013 

US$ LIBOR/US$ fixed rate swaps

   1.1 - 7.1     (200,771   (133,417

US$ fixed rate/US$ LIBOR swaps

   7.1     194,690     112,185  

The main hedging transactions contracted with financial institutions to minimize the interest rate risk are as follows:

Interest rate swaps

US$ LIBOR/US$ fixed rate: Refer to interest rate swaps to protect debt payments pegged to US dollar floating rates from exchange fluctuation. Under these contracts, the asset position in US dollar LIBOR and the liability position is a fixed rate. The risk of loss in the asset position of these instruments is, therefore, the fluctuation of the US dollar LIBOR; however, such possible losses would be fully offset by maturities of US dollar-denominated debt pegged to LIBOR.

US$ fixed rate/US$ LIBOR: Refers to the interest rate swap transaction that changes US dollar-denominated debt payments from fixed rate to floating rate. Under this contract, the asset position is a US dollar fixed rate and a LIBOR liability position to reduce the cost of the backing debt, as part of the Company’s onerous liability management strategy.

R$ fixed rate/CDI: Refer to interest rate swaps to convert a foreign exchange swap liability position at a fixed rate into R$ to a liability subject to a DI percentage. This transaction is intended to swap the exchange peg of a certain dollar-denominated debt to a floating DI position, cancelling the debt’s current fixed rate position.

As at December 31, 2014 and 2013, the amounts shown below were recorded as gain or loss on derivatives: (see Note 6)

   2014   2013   2012 

Gain (loss) on interest rate swap

   70,896     3,878     16,206  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 70,896   3,878   16,206  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The movements below, related interest rate hedges designated for hedge accounting treatment, were recognized in other comprehensive income:

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

shareholders’ equity:

 

Table(a) Derecognition of movements in hedge accounting effects in other comprehensive income

Balance in 2012

12,057

Loss on designated hedgesjudicial deposits and increase of provisions for contingencies

   (80,4874,788,157

Transfer on ineffective portion to profit or loss

500

Amortization(b) Recoverable amount of hedges to profit or loss at effective rateintragroup balances

   (24,075398,738

Deferred taxes on hedge accounting

35,381

Balance in 2013(c) Recoverable amount of tax credits

   (56,624251,451

Gain on designated hedges

20,029

Transfer on ineffective portion to profit or loss(d) Inappropriate estimate of revenue from services rendered and not billed

   (97190,787

Amortization of hedges to profit or loss at the effective rate

  

3,070

 

Deferred taxes on hedge accountingTotal adjustments to Shareholders’ equity related to the restated

   (7,8205,629,133

Share of subsidiary’s hedge accounting

 

Reconciliation of shareholders’ equity:

Balance in 2014Originally stated shareholders’ equity at December 31, 2015

16,646,439

Restatement adjustment effect on 2015 net income

   (41,4421,222,147

Restatement adjustment effect on opening balance accumulated losses

(4,406,986

Shareholders’ equity restated at December 31, 2015

11,017,306

(b.1)Reconciliation of statement of operations as at December 31, 2015:

   Balances
originally
stated at
12/31/2015
   (a)   (b)   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 

Net operating revenue

   27,353,765        27,353,765 

Cost of sales and/or services

   (16,250,083       (16,250,083

Gross profit

   11,103,682        11,103,682 

Operating expenses/income

        

Share of profits of investees

        

Selling expenses

   (4,719,811       (4,719,811

General and administrative expenses

   (3,912,178       (3,912,178

Other operating income (expenses), net

   (1,258,654   (976,215   (59,451   (2,294,320

Profit (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

   1,213,039    (976,215   (59,451   177,373 

Financial income (expenses)

   (6,538,008   (186,481     (6,724,489

Profit (loss) before taxes on income

   (5,324,969   (1,162,696   (59,451   (6,547,116

Income tax and social contribution

   (3,379,928       (3,379,928

Loss from continuing operations

   (8,704,897   (1,162,696   (59,451   (9,927,044

Loss from discontinuing operations

   (867,139       (867,139

Loss for the year

   (9,572,036   (1,162,696   (59,451   (10,794,183

Attributable to the Company owner

   (9,159,343   (1,162,696   (59,451   (10,381,490

Attributable tonon-controlling interests

   (412,693       (412,693

Reconciliation of the statement of cash flows as at December 31, 2015:

   Balances
originally
stated at
12/31/2015
   Adjustments   Restated
balances at
12/31/2015
 

Net loss for the year

   (9,572,036   (1,222,147   (10,794,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Discontinued operations, net of tax

   867,139      867,139 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities

      

Charges, interest income, and inflation adjustment (a)

   6,442,647    (33,936   6,408,711 

Provision for contingencies (a)

   566,616    976,215    1,542,831 

Othernon-cash items

   (89,060   279,867    190,807 

Other

   245,682    —      245,682 

Cash flows from operating activities—continuing operations

   (1,539,013     (1,539,013

Cash flows from operating activities—discontinued operations

   485,342      485,342 

Net cash generated (used) by operating activities

   (1,053,671     (1,053,671

Net cash (used) generated by in investing activities

   12,543,019      12,543,019 

Net cash used in financing activities

   (2,356,686     (2,356,686

Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents

   3,316,195      3,316,195 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   12,448,857      12,448,857 

Cash and cash equivalents beginning of year

   2,449,206      2,449,206 

Cash and cash equivalents end of year

   14,898,063      14,898,063 

There is no impact on operating, investing, and financing activities disclosed in the statements of cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Use of estimates

In preparing the financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, the Company’s management uses estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors, including expected future events, which are considered reasonable and relevant. The use of estimates and assumptions frequently requires judgments related to matters that are uncertain with respect to the outcomes of transactions and the amount of assets and liabilities. Actual results of operations and the financial position may differ from these estimates. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the useful lives of fixed assets, allowances for doubtful accounts, the valuation of derivatives, the valuation ofavailable-for-sale investment, deferred tax assets, valuation of fixed assets, pension plan, income tax uncertainties and contingencies.

The estimate of the expected amount of the allowed claim is a significant estimate. As the estimation process is inherently uncertain, future actions and decisions by the Judicial Reorganization Court may differ significantly from its own estimate, potentially having material future effects on its financial statements. Furthermore, these liabilities are reported as the amounts expected to be allowed by the Judicial Reorganization Court, even if they may be settled for lesser amounts. There may be significant variation between the settled amount and the expected amount of the allowed claim.

Consolidated Financial Statements

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company accounts for investments over which it has significant influence but not a controlling financial interest using the equity method of accounting.

The assets and liabilities related to the operations in Africa are stated in a single line item of the balance sheet asheld-for-sale assets as a result of Management’s expectation and decision to hold these assets and liabilities for sale. In the statement of operations, however, costs/expenses and revenue/gains are stated under the full consolidation method because these assets do not meet the criteria to be classified as ‘discontinued operation.

New Accounting Standards

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)” (“ASU2014-09”), and has since modified the standard with several ASUs. The standard is effective for the Company, and was adopted on January 1, 2018.

The standard requires entities to recognize revenue through the application of a five-step model, which includes: identification of the contract; identification of the performance obligations; determination of the transaction price; allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations; and recognition of revenue as the entity satisfies the performance obligations.

The guidance permits two methods of adoption, the full retrospective method applying the standard to each prior reporting period presented, or the modified retrospective method with a cumulative effect of initially applying the guidance recognized at the date of initial application. The standard also allows entities to apply certain practical expedients at their discretion. The Company will adopt the standard using the modified retrospective method with a cumulative catch up adjustment and will provide additional disclosures comparing results to previous GAAP in the 2018 consolidated financial statements. The Company plans to apply the new revenue standard only to contracts not completed as of the date of initial application, referred to as open contracts.

The most significant judgments and impacts upon adoption of the standard include the following items: Sales of handheld devices at a discount—The Company offers its customers, who have acquired a given service package or entered into certain mobility contracts, handheld devices at a discount. Since the equipment (cellphone) is not a key condition for the provision of the service and there is no customization by the Company to offer the service using a given device, the Company considers such sale a separate performance obligation. The discount should be allocated to the performance obligations arising on the sale of plans and in a mobility contract (corporate customers) and the revenue from the sale of handheld devices should increase due to the recognition of the revenue from the sale of

cellphones at the time the control over the good is transferred to the customer, while the service revenue should be reduced throughout the transfer of the promised service. The total revenue earned throughout the entire service agreement will not change and there will be no change either in the revenue process from customers and the Company’s cash flows.

Revenue from registration/service installation fees—The registration/installation fee collected from customers at the time a contract is nonrefundable and refers to the activity the Company is required to undertake when entering into a contract or a comparable activity required to fulfill such contract, while such activity does not entail the transfer of a good or the service promised to the customer. The fee is an advance payment for future goods or services and, therefore, should be recognized as revenue when such goods or services are supplied. Considering that such fees are a separate performance obligation, revenue must be recognized together with the revenue of said service provision, i.e., it should be deferred and recognized in profit or loss throughout the contract period. As a cumulative effect adjustment to equity net of taxes, it is expected to record deferred revenue of R$138 million upon adoption on January 1, 2018.

Recognition of costs incurred on the performance of a contract—The Company must recognize as an asset the incremental costs with commission incurred to obtain a contract with a customer that are expected to be recovered, and must recognize an impairment loss in profit or loss as the carrying amount of the recognized asset exceed the remaining amount of the consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for the goods and services to which the asset refers. The Company must recognize in assets certain costs that are currently recognized directly in profit or loss and recognize them on a systematic basis, consistent with the transfer of the goods and services to which the asset refers to the customer. Incremental contract acquisition costs paid on open contracts of approximately R$793 million are expected to be capitalized and subsequently amortized upon adoption on January 1, 2018 as a cumulative effect adjustment to equity, which consists primarily of commissions paid to acquire branded postpaid service contracts. Contract costs capitalized for new contracts will accumulate during 2018 as deferred assets. As a result, it is expected there will be a net benefit to operating income during 2018. As capitalized costs amortize into expense over time the accretive benefit to operating income anticipated in 2018 is expected to moderate in 2019 and become insignificant in 2020 as the timing benefits of deferring these costs dissipate.

The Company is in the process of implementing new revenue accounting systems, processes and internal controls over revenue recognition to assist its in the application of the new standard. The cumulative effect of initially applying the new revenue standard on January 1, 2018 is estimated to be a decrease to Accumulated deficit of approximately R$ 655 million.

Business Combinations—In September 2015, the FASB issued ASUNo. 2015-16, “Business Combinations – Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement- Period Adjustments” (ASU2015-16), which results in the ability to recognize, in current period earnings, any changes in provisional amounts during the measurement period after the closing of an acquisition, instead of restating prior periods for these changes. This standard had no impact on the consolidated balance sheet, or consolidated operating results and cash flows for the years ended.

Leases—In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-02 which supersedes FASB ASC Topic 840, Leases, and makes other conforming amendments to U.S. GAAP. ASU2016-02 requires, among other changes to the lease accounting guidance, lessees to recognize most leaseson-balance sheet via a right of use asset and lease liability, and additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. ASU2016-02 is effective for the Company for annual periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, permits early adoption, and mandates a modified retrospective transition method. The Company is required to adopt ASU2016-02 on January 1, 2019, but is evaluating whether to early adopt the new standard. The Company will adopt the new standard on January 1, 2019, and is currently evaluating the effect that ASU2016-02 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-01 which makes targeted improvements to the accounting for, and presentation and disclosure of, financial instruments, except those accounts for under the equity method or those that result in consolidation. ASU2016-01 requires that most equity investments be measured at fair value, with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in net income. ASU2016-01 does not affect the accounting for investments that would otherwise be consolidated or accounted for under the equity method. The new standard also impacts financial liabilities under the fair value option and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The provisions of ASU2016-01 are effective for the Company for annual periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company will adopt the new standard on January 1, 2019, and is currently evaluating the effect that ASU2016-01 will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments—In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-13 which requires a financial asset (or a group of financial assets) measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The measurement of expected credit losses is based on relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. The standard will become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2020 and will require a cumulative-effect adjustment to Accumulated deficit as of the beginning of the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective (that is, a modified-retrospective approach). Early adoption is permitted as of January 1, 2019. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance will have on the consolidated financial statements and the timing of adoption.

Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments in the Cash Flow—In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-15, which provides guidance on how certain cash receipts and payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows, including beneficial interests in securitization, which would impact the presentation of the deferred purchase price from sales of receivables. The standard is intended to reduce current diversity in practice. The standard will become effective beginning January 1, 2018 and will require a retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company is currently evaluating the standard, but expect that it will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Accounting for Income Taxes: Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory—In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-16 which requires that the income tax impact of intra-entity sales and transfers of property, except for inventory, be recognized when the transfer occurs. The standard will

become effective beginning January 1, 2018 and will require any deferred taxes not yet recognized on intra-entity transfers to be recorded to retained earnings under a modified retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard, but expects that it will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Classification of Restricted Cash in the cash flow—In November 2016, the FASB issued ASU2016-18 which requires entities to include in their cash and cash-equivalent balances in the statement of cash flows those amounts that are deemed to be restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents. The ASU does not define the terms “restricted cash” and “restricted cash equivalents.” The standard will be effective beginning January 1, 2018 and will require a retrospective approach. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard, but expects that it will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment—In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU2017-04 which eliminates the requirement to measure the implied fair value of goodwill by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all assets and liabilities within that unit (“the Step 2 test”) from the goodwill impairment test. Instead, if the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited by the amount of goodwill in that reporting unit. The standard will become effective beginning January 1, 2020 and must be applied to any annual or interim goodwill impairment assessments after that date. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard, but expects that it will not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Functional and presentation currency

The Company and its subsidiaries operate primarily as telecommunications operators in Brazil, Africa, and Asia, and engage in activities typical of this industry. The items included in the financial statements of each group company are measured using the currency of the main economic environment of the respective company’s operations (“functional currency”). The consolidated financial statements are presented in Brazilian Reais (R$), which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency.

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency-denominated transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing on the transaction dates. Foreign exchange gains and losses arising on the settlement of the transaction and the translation at the exchange rates prevailing at year end, related foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are recognized in the statement of profit or loss, except when qualified as hedge accounting and, therefore, deferred in equity as cash flow hedges.

Group companies with a different functional currency

The profit or loss and the financial position of all Group entities, none of which uses a currency from a hyperinflationary economy, whose functional currency is different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

assets and liabilities are translated at the prevailing rate at the end of the reporting period;

revenue and expenses disclosed in the statement of profit or loss are translated using the average exchange rate;

all the resulting foreign exchange differences are recognized as a separate component of equity in other comprehensive income; and

goodwill and fair value adjustments, arising from the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign entity and translated at the closing exchange rate.

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities were translated into Brazilian Reais using mainly the following foreign exchange rates:

   Closing rate   Average rate 

Currency

  2017   2016   2015   2017   2016   2015 

Euro

   3.9693    3.4384    4.2504    3.6089    3.8543    4.2158 

US dollar

   3.3080    3.2591    3.9048    3.1925    3.4833    3.8711 

Cape Verdean escudo

   0.0360    0.0313    0.0390    0.0327    0.0352    0.0298 

Sao Tomean dobra

   0.000162    0.000140    0.000174    0.000149    0.000160    0.000132 

Kenyan shilling

   0.0321    0.0318    0.0382    0.0309    0.0343    0.0293 

Namibian dollar

   0.2687    0.2325    0.2510    0.2401    0.2369    0.2297 

Mozambican metical

   0.0565    0.0450    0.0832    0.0499    0.0579    0.0767 

Angolan kwanza

   0.0200    0.0197    0.0290    0.0193    0.0214    0.0278 

Segment information

The presentation of information relating to operating segments is consistent with the internal reports provided to the chief operating decision maker of the Company, defined by the Company as the Board of Executive Officers (Comitê de Gestão). The results of segment operations are regularly reviewed in order to make decisions about the allocation of resources to assess operational performance and for strategic decision-making.

Business combinations

The Company uses the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair value of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred, and the equity instruments issued. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of assets and liabilities resulting from a contingent consideration contract, where applicable. The identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are initially measured at their fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company depreciates amounts recognized according to the useful lives of the underlying assets, and tests such assets to determine any asset impairment losses when there is evidence of impairment. The Company tests goodwill for impairment on an annual basis.

Investment Securities

Investment securities at December 31, 2017 and 2016 consist of short-term and long-term investments classified as trading and an investment at Unitel classified asavailable-for-sale. Trading andavailable-for-sale securities are recorded at fair value. Unrealized holding gains and losses on trading securities are included in earnings. Unrealized holding gains and losses, net of the related tax effect, onavailable-for-sale securities are excluded from earnings and are reported as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive income until realized.

A decline in the market value of anyavailable-for-sale below cost that is deemed to be other-than-temporary results in an impairment to reduce the carrying amount to fair value. To determine whether an impairment is other-than-temporary, the Company considers all available information relevant to the collectability of the security, including past events, current conditions, and reasonable and

supportable forecasts when developing estimate of cash flows expected to be collected. Evidence considered in this assessment includes the reasons for the impairment, the severity and duration of the impairment, changes in value subsequent toyear-end, forecasted performance of the investee, and the general market condition in the geographic area or industry the investee operates in.

Cash and cash equivalents

This caption includes cash and cash fund, banks, and highly liquid short-term investments (usually maturing within less than three months), immediately convertible into a known cash amount, and subject to an immaterial risk of change in value, which are stated at fair value at the end of the reporting period and which do not exceed their market value, and whose classification is determined as shown below.

Cash investments

Cash investments are classified according to their purpose as: (i) held for trading; (ii) held to maturity; and (iii) available for sale.

Held-for-trading investments are measured at fair value and their effects are recognized in profit or loss.Held-to-maturity short-term investments are measured at the cost of acquisition plus interest earned, less allowance for impairment losses, where applicable, and their effects are recognized in profit or loss.Available-for-sale investments are measured at fair value and their effects are recognized in valuation adjustments to equity, when applicable.

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable from telecommunications services provided are stated at the tariff or service amount on the date they are provided and do not differ from their fair values.

These receivables also include receivables from services provided and not billed by the end of the reporting period and receivables related to handset, SIM cards, and accessories. The allowance for doubtful accounts estimate is recognized in an amount considered sufficient to cover possible losses on the realization of these receivables. The allowance for doubtful accounts estimate is prepared based on historic default rates.

The allowance for doubtful accounts is set up to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable taking into account the measures implemented to restrict the provision of services to and collect late payments from customers.

There are cases of agreements with certain customers to collectpast-due receivables, including agreements that allow customers to settle their debts in installments. The actual amounts not received may be different from the allowance recognized, and additional accruals might be required.

Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations

Disposals that represent a strategic shift that should have or will have a major effect on the Company’s operations and financial results qualify as discontinued operations. The results of discontinued operations are reported in discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of income for current and prior periods commencing in the period in which the business meets the criteria of a discontinued operation, and include any gain or loss recognized on closing or adjustment of the carrying amount to fair value less cost to sell.

Property, plant and equipment

Property and equipment consists of transmission equipment, trunking and switching stations, metallic and fiber-optic cable networks and lines, underground ducts, posts and towers, data communication equipment, network systems and infrastructure and motor-generator groups.

Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost of purchase or construction, less accumulated depreciation. Historical costs include expenses directly attributable to the acquisition of assets. They also include certain costs for facilities, when it is probable that the future economic benefits related to such costs will flow to the Company. The borrowings and financing costs directly attributable to the purchase, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalized in the initial cost of such asset. Qualifying assets are those that necessarily require a significant time to be ready for use.

Costs of major replacements and improvements are capitalized. Repair and maintenance expenditures which do not enhance or extend the asset’s useful life are charged to operating expenses as incurred.

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis, based on the estimated useful lives of the assets. The useful lives are reviewed annually by the Company.

Intangible assets

Acquired intangible assets with finite useful lives are recognized at cost, less amortization and accumulated impairment losses. Amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis over the asset’s estimated useful life. The estimated useful life and method of amortization are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period, and the effect of any changes in estimates is accounted for on a prospective basis. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

Software licenses purchased are capitalized based on the costs incurred to purchase the software and make it ready for use. Software maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Regulatory licenses acquired in a business combination are amortized over the STFC concession period.The regulatory licenses for the operation of the mobile telephony services are recognized at cost of acquisition and amortized over the effective period of each licenses.

Long-lived assets

Long-lived assets include assets that do not have indefinite lives, such as property, plant, and equipment, and purchased intangible assets subject to amortization. They are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If any indicators of impairment are present, it is performed a test for recoverability. The carrying value of a long-lived asset or asset group is not recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated from the use and eventual disposition of the asset or asset group. If the undiscounted cash flows do not exceed the asset or asset group’s carrying amount, then an impairment loss is recorded, measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of a long-lived asset or asset group exceeds its fair value.

Provision for contingencies

Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessment, litigation, fines and penalties are recorded when it is probable that the liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated, based on opinion of the management and itsin-house and outside legal counsel, and the amounts are recognized based on the cost of the expected outcome of ongoing lawsuits.

Pension and other postretirement plans

The Company and its subsidiaries have defined benefit and defined contribution plans. The Company also sponsors a defined benefit health care plan for retirees and employees.

Private pension plans and other postretirement benefits sponsored by the Company and its subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees are managed by two foundations. Contributions are determined based on actuarial calculations, when applicable, and charged to profit or loss on the accrual basis

In the defined contribution plan, the sponsor makes fixed contributions to a fund managed by a separate entity. The contributions are recognized as employee benefit expenses as incurred. The sponsor does not have the legal or constructive obligation of making additional contributions, in the event the fund lacks sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits related to the services provided in the current year and prior years.

For the defined benefit plans, the Company records annual amounts relating to its pension and postretirement plans based on calculations that incorporate various actuarial and other assumptions, including discount rates, mortality, assumed rates of return, compensation increases, turnover rates and healthcare cost trend rates. The Company reviews its assumptions on an annual basis and makes modifications to the assumptions based on current rates and trends when it is appropriate to do so. The effect of modifications to those assumptions is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and amortized to net periodic cost over future periods using the corridor method. The Company believes that the assumptions utilized in recording its obligations under its plans are reasonable based on its experience and market conditions.

The Company recognizes the over or under-funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its balance sheet and to recognizes changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through other comprehensive income.

The Company is not required to record actuarial calculations for multi-employer pension plans such as thePBS-A and contributions to such plans are recorded on an accrual basis. Refunds from these plans are recorded only upon the cash receipt.

Revenue recognition

Revenues correspond basically to the amount of the payments received or receivable from sales of services in the regular course of the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ activities.

Service revenue is recognized when services are provided. Local and long distance calls are charged based on time measurement according to the legislation in effect. The services charged based on monthly fixed amounts are calculated and recorded on a straight-line basis. Prepaid services are recognized as unearned revenues and recognized in revenue as services are used by customers.

Revenue from sales of handsets and accessories is recognized when these items are delivered and accepted by the customers. Discounts on services provided and sales of cell phones and accessories are taken into consideration in the recognition of the related revenue. Revenues involving transactions with multiple elements are identified in relation to each one of their components and the recognition criteria are applied on an individual basis. Revenue is not recognized when there is significant uncertainty as to its realization.

Financial income and expenses

Financial income is recognized on an accrual basis and comprises interest on receivables settled after the due date, gains on short-term investments and gains on derivative instruments. Financial expenses represent interest effectively incurred and other charges on borrowings, financing, derivative contracts, and other financial transactions. They also include banking fees and costs, financial intermediation costs on the collection of trade receivables, and other financial transactions.

Income taxes

Income taxes are recorded under the asset and liability method. Deferred taxes assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their tax basis and for tax loss carryforwards. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance to the amount more likely than not to be realized. The Company recognizes the effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.

The company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in all jurisdictions in which they do business (Brazil is the only major tax jurisdiction). In Brazil, income tax returns are subject to review and adjustment by the tax authorities during a period of five calendar years. Positions challenged by the taxing authorities may be settled or appealed by the company. In Brazil all audit periods prior to 2012 are closed for federal examination purposes.

As of December 31, 2017 the company has no unrecognized tax benefits, nor any interest and penalties thereon. Interest and penalties on an underpayment of income taxes are recognized as part of interest expense and other expenses, respectively.

3.       FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK ANALYSIS

3.1.

Overview

The table below summarizes the financial assets and financial liabilities carried at fair value at December 31, 2017 and 2016, excluding Liabilities subjected to compromise (note 28).

   Accounting
measurement
   2017   2016 
    Carrying
amount
   Fair value   Carrying
amount
   Fair value 

Assets

          

Cash and banks

   Fair value    277,500    277,500    270,310    270,310 

Cash equivalents

   Fair value    6,585,184    6,585,184    7,292,941    7,292,941 

Short-term investments

   Fair value    136,286    136,286    286,005    286,005 

Accounts receivable (i)

   Amortized cost    7,367,442    7,367,442    8,347,459    8,347,459 

Available-for-sale financial asset

   Fair value    1,965,972    1,965,972    2,047,379    2,047,379 

Dividends receivable

   Amortized cost    2,012,146    2,012,146    2,008,556    2,008,556 

Liabilities

          

Trade payables (i)

   Amortized cost    5,170,970    5,170,970    4,115,632    4,115,632 

Borrowings and financing

   Amortized cost    54,251    54,251    54,915    54,915 
Dividends and interest on capital   Amortized cost    6,222    6,222    6,262    6,262 
Licenses and concessions payable (ii)   Amortized cost    20,910    20,910    110,750    110,750 
Tax refinancing program (ii)   Amortized cost    888,777    888,777    760,456    760,456 

Other payables (payable for the acquisition of equity interest) (ii)

   Amortized cost        342,086    342,086 

Accordingly, for the closing of 2017:

(i)

The balances of accounts receivables if the fourth quarter of 2017 and trade payables have short terms and, therefore, they are not adjusted to fair value.

(ii)

The licenses and concessions payable, the tax refinancing program, and other obligations (payable for the acquisition of equity interest) are stated at the amounts that these obligations are expected to be discharged.

Fair value of financial instruments

The Company and its subsidiaries have measured their financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value using available market inputs and valuation techniques appropriate for each situation. The interpretation of market inputs for the selection of such techniques requires considerable judgment and the preparation of estimates to obtain an amount considered appropriate for each situation. Accordingly, the estimates presented may not necessarily be indicative of the amounts that could be obtained in an active market. The use of different assumptions for the calculation of the fair value may have a material impact on the amounts.

(a)

Derivative financial instruments

The method used for calculating the fair value of derivative financial instruments was the future cash flows associated to each instrument contracted, discounted at market rates.

The Company conducted derivative transactions to manage certain market risks, mainly the interest rate risk and foreign exchange risk. As a result of the Company’s Board of Directors’ decision, and because of the expected debt restructuring, these derivative contracts were cancelled and their balances reversed throughout the second and third quarters of 2016. As at December 31, 2017 the Company no longer held derivative contracts.

(b)

Non-derivative financial instruments measured at fair value

The fair value of securities traded in active markets is equivalent to the amount of the last closing quotation available at the end of the reporting period, multiplied by the number of outstanding securities.

For the remaining contracts, the Company carries out an analysis comparing the current contractual terms and conditions with the terms and conditions effective for the contract when they were originated. When terms and conditions are dissimilar, fair value is calculated by discounting future cash flows at the market rates prevailing at the end of the period, and when similar, fair value is similar to the carrying amount on the reporting date.

Refers to the fair value of the financial investment in Unitel and CVT, classified as anavailable-for-sale financial asset and recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel. The fair value of the investments is estimated based on the internal valuation made, including cash flows forecasts for a five-year period, the choice of a growth rate to extrapolate the cash flows projections, and definition of appropriate discount rates and foreign exchange rates consistent with the reality of each country where the businesses are located. In addition to the financial and business assumptions referred to above, the Company also takes into consideration the fair value measurement of cash investments, qualitative assumptions, including the impacts of developments in the lawsuits filed against third parties, and the opinion of the legal counsel on the outcome of these lawsuits. With regard to the impairment test of dividends, the Company uses financial assumptions on the discount rate in time and the foreign exchange rate, and uses qualitative assumptions based on the opinion of the legal counsel on the outcome of filed against Unitel for the nonpayment of dividends and interest.

The Company monitors and periodically updates the key assumptions and critical estimates used to calculate fair value.

(c)

Fair value measurement hierarchy

Fair value is the price for which an asset could be exchanged, or a liability settled, between knowledgeable, willing parties, in an arm’s length transaction on measurement date. The fair value is be based on the assumptions that market participants consider in pricing an asset or a liability, and in the establishment a hierarchy that prioritizes the information used to build such assumptions. The fair value measurement hierarchy attaches more importance to available market inputs (i.e., observable data) and a less weight to inputs based on data without transparency (i.e., unobservable data). Additionally, the Company considers all nonperformance risk aspects, including the entity’s credit, when measuring the fair value of a liability.

The classification of an instrument in the fair value measurement hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input significant for its measurement. The description of three-level hierarchy is presented below:

Level 1—inputs consist of prices quoted (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities to which the entity has access on measurement date;

Level 2—inputs are different from prices quoted in active markets used in Level 1 and consist of directly or indirectly observable inputs for the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability or that can support the observed market inputs by correlation or otherwise for substantially the entire asset or liability.

Level 3—inputs used to measure an asset or liability are not based on observable market variables. These inputs represent management’s best estimates and are generally measured using pricing models, discounted cash flows, or similar methodologies that require significant judgment or estimate.

There were no transfers between levels during December 31, 2017 and 2016.

   Fair value
measurement
hierarchy
   Fair value
2017
   Fair value
2016
 

Assets

      

Cash

   Level 1    277,500    270,310 

Cash equivalents

   Level 2    6,585,184    7,292,941 

Short-term investments

   Level 2    136,286    286,005 

Derivative financial instruments

   Level 2     

Available-for-sale financial asset (Note 27)

   Level 3    1,965,972    2,047,379 

There were no transfers between levels in the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016. In the second and third quarters of 2016, because of the expected debt restructuring, the Company cancelled all its derivative contracts. The remaining balance refers to an agreement entered into with a financial institution that is now included in the list of Company creditors and it is under the Judicial Reorganization and should not change in the future as a result of any development in the foreign exchange and interest areas.

3.2.

Measurement of financial assets and financial liabilities at amortized cost

The fair value of the financial instruments mentioned below is substantially close to the carrying amounts due to the following reasons:

Accounts receivables: short-term maturity of bills.

Trade payables, dividends and interests on capital: all obligations are due to be settled in the short term.

Borrowings and financing: all transactions are adjusted for inflation based on contractual indices.

Licenses and concessions payable, tax refinancing program and other payables (payable for the acquisition of equity interests): all payables are adjusted for inflation based on the contractual indices.

3.3.

Financial risk management

The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ activities expose them to several financial risks, such as: market risk (including currency fluctuation risk, interest rate risk on fair value, interest rate risk on cash flows, and price risk), credit risk, and liquidity risk. According to their nature, financial instruments may involve known or unknown risks, and it is important to assess to the best judgment the potential of these risks. The Company and its subsidiaries may use derivative financial instruments to mitigate certain exposures to these risks.

The Company’s treasury officer, in accordance with the policies approved by the Board of Directors, carries out risk management.

The Hedging and Cash Investments Policies, approved by the Board of Directors, document the management of exposures to market risk factors generated by the financial transactions of the Oi Group companies.

As decided by the Board of Directors, in light of the expected debt restructuring and the filing of the Company’s judicial reorganization, the Company’s derivatives portfolio was reversed throughout the second quarter until it was fully settled in July of 2016.

3.4.1.

Market risk

(a)

Foreign exchange risk

Financial assets

The Company is not exposed to any material foreign exchange risk involving foreign currency-denominated financial assets at December 31, 2017, except with regard to the assets held for sale, for which there was no currency hedging transactions.

Net investment in foreign subsidiaries

The risks related to the Company’s investments in foreign currency arise mainly from the investments in the subsidiaries in Africa. The Company does not have any contracted instrument to hedge against the risk associated to the net investments in foreign companies.

Foreign currency-denominated financial assets are presented in the balance sheet as follows (includes intragroup balances):

   2017  2016 
  Carrying
amount
   Fair value  Carrying
amount
  Fair value 

Financial assets

        

Cash

   82,482    82,482   80,655   80,655 

Cash equivalents

   1,307    1,307   2,381   2,381 

Short-term investments

   662    662     

Foreign exchange risk sensitivity analysis

Management believes that the most significant risk related to interest rate fluctuations arises from its liabilities pegged to the TJLP, the USD LIBOR, and mainly the CDI. This risk is associated to an increase in those rates.

As atAt December 31, 2014,2017, management estimated the fluctuationdepreciation scenarios of the rates CDI, TJLPBrazilian real in relation to other currencies, at the end of the reporting period. It is worth noting, however, that in light of the filing of the judicial reorganization request on June 20, 2016—as referred to in Note 1—the Company’s foreign currency-denominated financial liabilities are part of the list of payables subject to renegotiation. Contingent to the successful implementation of said negotiation, the scenarios described below should not represent a cash outflow risk. In the period from the filing and USD LIBOR. Theapproval and ratification of the judicial reorganization plan by the creditors the payment of interest and repayment of principal of the Company’s borrowings and financing are suspended.

For purposes of this Instruction, however, the rates used for the probable scenario were the rates prevailing at the end of the reporting period. TheseDecember 2017. The probable rates have been stressedwere then depreciated by 2525% and 50 percent,50% and used as benchmark for the possible and remote scenarios. Note that the TJLP has remained stable since January 2013 at 5.0% per year.scenarios, respectively.

 

2014

 

Interest rate scenarios

 

Probable scenario

  Possible scenario  Remote scenario 

CDI

  TJLP  6M USD
LIBOR
  CDI  TJLP  6M USD
LIBOR
  CDI  TJLP  6M USD
LIBOR
 

11.57%

   5.00  0.36280  14.46  6.25  0.45350  17.36  7.50  0.54420

As at December 31, 2014, management estimated the future outflows for the payment of interest and principal of its debt pegged to CDI, TJLP, and USD LIBOR based on the interest rates above. The outflows for repayment of Oi Group related party debt were not considered.

Such sensitivity analysis considers payment outflows in future dates. Thus, the aggregate of the amounts for each scenario is not equivalent to the fair values, or even the present values of these liabilities. The fair values of these liabilities, should the Company’s credit risk remain unchanged, would not be impacted in the event of fluctuations in interest rates, as the interest rates used to estimate future cash outflows would be the same rates that discount such flows to present value.

   Rate  Rate 

Description

  2017   Depreciation  2016   Depreciation 

Probable scenario

       

US dollar

   3.3080    0  3,2591    0

Euro

   3.9693    0  3,4384    0

Possible scenario

       

US dollar

   4.1350    25  4,0739    25

Euro

   4.9616    25  4,2980    25

Remote scenario

       

US dollar

   4.9620    50  4,8887    50

Euro

   5.9540    50  5,1576    50

The impacts of foreign exchange exposure, to interest rates, in the sensitivity scenarios estimated by the Company, are shown in the table below:

2017

Description

  Individual risk   Probable
scenario
  Possible
scenario
  Remote
scenario

US dollar cash

   Dollar    (2,639  (3,298 (3,958)

Euro cash

   Euro    (81,812  (102,265 (122,718)
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Total assets indexed to exchange fluctuation

     (84,451  (105,563 (126,676)
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Total (gain) loss

      21,113  42,225
     

 

 

  

 

Oi S.A.

2016

 

Description

  Individual risk   Probable
scenario
  Possible
scenario
  Remote
scenario
 

US dollar cash

   Dollar    (3,028  (3,785  (4,542

Euro cash

   Euro    (80,007  (100,009  (120,011
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total assets indexed to exchange fluctuation

     (83,035  (103,794  (124,553
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total (gain) loss

      20,759   41,518 
     

 

 

  

 

 

 

(b)

Interest rate risk

Financial assets

Cash equivalents and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

short-term investments in local currency are substantially maintained in financial investment funds exclusively managed for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013Company and 2012its subsidiaries, and investments in private securities issued by prime financial institutions.

(In thousandsThe interest rate risk linked to these assets arises from the possibility of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)decreases in these rates and consequent decrease in the return on these assets.

These assets are presented in the balance sheet as follows:

 

2014

 

Transaction

  

Individual risk

  Probable
scenario
   Possible
scenario
   Remote
scenario
 

CDI-indexed debt

  CDI increase   3,253,387     3,919,869     4,580,353  

Derivative financial instruments (net position—CDI)

  CDI increase   4,574,062     5,614,431     6,642,085  

TJLP-indexed debt

  TJLP increase   1,380,926     1,550,066     1,681,962  

US LIBOR-indexed debt

  US LIBOR increase   144,220     150,194     156,167  

Derivative financial instruments (net position—LIBOR)

  US LIBOR decrease   (103,482   (108,081   (112,679
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total pegged to interest rates

 9,249,113   11,126,479   12,947,888  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2017   2016 
   Carrying
amount
   Fair value   Carrying
amount
   Fair value 

Financial assets

        

Cash equivalents

   6,583,877    6,583,877    7,290,561    7,290,561 

Short-term investments

   135,624    135,624    286,005    286,005 

 

3.4.2.

Credit risk

The concentration of credit risk associated to trade receivables is immaterial due to the diversification of the portfolio. Doubtful receivables are adequately covered by an allowance for doubtful accounts.

Transactions with financial institutions (cash investments and borrowings and financing) are made with prime entities, avoiding the concentration risk. The credit risk of financial investments is assessed by setting caps for investment in the counterparts, taking into consideration the ratings released by the main international risk rating agencies for each one of such counterparts. As atAt December 31, 2014,2017, 2016 and 2015, approximately 99.49%95.8%, 95.8% and 99.2% of the consolidated cashshort term investments were made with counterparties with an AAA, AA, orA, and sovereign risk rating.

The Company hadhas credit risks related to dividends receivable associated to the investment in Unitel. The credit risks associated to these dividends receivable from Unitel are detailed in Note 1 (Risks related to the stake held in Unitel)(Note 25).

3.4.3.

Liquidity risk

The liquidity risk also arises from the possibility of the Company being unable to discharge its liabilities on maturity dates and obtain cash due to market liquidity restrictions.

Management uses its resources mainly to fund capital expenditures incurred on the expansion and upgrading of the network, invest in new businesses, pay dividends,businesses.

The Company’s management monitors the continual forecasts of the liquidity requirements to ensure that the company has sufficient cash to meet its operating needs and refinancefund capital expenditure to modernize and expand its debt.network.

Conditions are met with internally generated cash flows, short- and long-term debt, and third party financing. These sourcesIn light of funds, coupled withthe current judicial reorganization scenario, as referred to in Note 1, the Company’s solid financial position, will continueobligations related to ensure the compliance with established capital requirements.

The Oi Group has two revolving credit facilities that increases short-term liquidity and increases the cash management efficiency, and is consistent with its capital cost reduction strategic focus. The revolving credit facilities were contracted in November 2011 and December 2012 with syndicates consisting of several global banks.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The following are the contractual maturities of the financial liabilities, including estimatedthe payments of interest payments, where applicable:

   Less than a
year
   One to three
year
   Four to
five years
   Over five
years
   Total 

Balance at December 31, 2014

          

Borrowings and financing, and derivative financial instruments (i)

   6,316,935     15,891,380     6,730,358     3,899,588     32,838,261  

Debentures (i)

   1,094,384     6,206,427     5,165,382     8,179     12,474,372  

Trade payables (ii)

   1,486,268           1,486,268  

Licenses and concessions (iii)

   675,965     685,693     282       1,361,940  

Tax refinancing program (iv)

   94,041     302,115     201,410     392,664     990,230  

The amounts disclosed in borrowings, financing and debentures, were negotiated with creditors and will be repaid under the tables take into accountterms of the contractual undiscounted payment outflow estimates, these amounts are not reconciled with the amounts disclosed in the balance sheet for borrowings and financing, derivative financial instruments, and trade payables.JRP.

 

(i)4.Includes the future interest payment estimates, calculated based on the applicable interest rates and takes into account all the interest and principal payments that would be made on the contractual settlement dates;

NET OPERATING REVENUE

 

(ii)Consists of the estimated obligations for the purchase of fixed-line and mobile telephony equipment in Brazil with contractual obligations entered into with our suppliers, including all the significant terms and conditions, and the approximate transaction life;

(iii)Consists of obligations due to ANATEL related to the radiofrequency licenses. Includes accrued, unpaid interest for each period; and

(iv)Consists of obligations installment of taxes that were included in tax refinancing program. Includes accrued, unpaid interest for each period.

Capital management

The Company manages its equity structure according to best market practices.

The objective of capital management is to ensure that liquidity levels and financial leverage that allow the sustained growth of the Group, the compliance with the strategic investment plan, and returns to our shareholders.

The Company may change its capital structure, according to existing economic and financial conditions, to optimize its financial leverage and debt management.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The indicators used to measure capital structure management are: gross debt to accumulated twelve-month EBITDA (Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization), net debt (gross debt less cash and cash equivalents and cash investments) to accumulated twelve-month EBITDA, and the interest coverage ratio, as follows:

Gross debt to EBITDAfrom 2x to 4.0x
Net debt to EBITDAfrom 1.4x to 3x
Interest coverage ratio (*)greater than 1.75
   2017   2016   2015 

Gross operating revenue (*)

   36,338,432    45,327,110    44,519,320 

Deductions from gross revenue

   (12,548,778   (19,330,687   (17,165,555

Taxes

   (7,707,961   (7,760,930   (8,148,655

Discounts and other deductions (*)

   (4,840,817   (11,569,757   (9,016,900
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating revenue

   23,789,654    25,996,423    27,353,765 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(*)Measures

The Company simplified the Company’s abilitybreakdown of its bills sent to settle its future interest obligations.customers. The changes in billing do not impact the taxes levied on sales and/or services or the net revenue.

3.4.4.Risk of acceleration of maturity of borrowings and financing

Under some debt instruments of the Company, default events can trigger the accelerated maturity of other debt instruments. The impossibility to incur in new debt might prevent such companies from investing in their business and incur in required or advisable capital expenditures, which would reduce future sales and adversely impact their profitability. Additionally, the funds necessary to meet the payment commitments of the borrowings raised can reduce the amount of funds available for capital expenditures.

The risk of accelerated maturity arising from noncompliance of financial covenants associated to the debt is detailed in Note 17, ‘Covenants’.

5.       OPERATING EXPENSES

 

4.NET OPERATING REVENUE

   2014   2013   2012 

Gross operating revenue

   45,357,481     45,252,584     39,900,634  

Deductions from gross revenue

   (17,110,382   (16,830,437   (14,739,603

Taxes

   (8,906,909   (9,538,623   (8,830,997

Other deductions

   (8,203,473   (7,291,814   (5,908,606

Net operating revenue

   28,247,099     28,422,147     25,161,031  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

5.REVENUE AND EXPENSES BY NATURE

   2014   2013   2012 

Net operating revenue

   28,247,099     28,422,147     25,161,031  

Operating income (expenses):

      

Interconnection

   (2,689,815   (3,965,623   (3,914,543

Personnel

   (2,829,307   (2,534,222   (2,238,101

Third-party services

   (6,258,606   (6,119,733   (5,347,005

Grid maintenance service

   (1,923,074   (2,328,140   (2,029,245

Handset and other costs

   (730,444   (515,377   (507,465

Advertising and publicity

   (674,275   (556,500   (442,932

Rentals and insurance

   (3,119,521   (2,119,684   (1,603,159

Provisions/reversals

   (779,314   (656,849   (399,632

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   (649,463   (922,779   (502,509

Taxes and other income (expenses) (i)

   (1,628,867   (1,507,701   (586,063

Other operating income (expenses), net (ii)

   3,245,643     2,369,555     389,859  

Operating expenses excluding depreciation and amortization

   (18,037,043   (18,857,053   (17,180,795

Depreciation and amortization

   (4,535,418   (4,278,477   (3,220,587
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 (22,572,461 (23,135,530 (20,401,382
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Profit before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 5,674,638   5,286,617   4,759,649  

Financial income (expenses):

Financial income

 1,344,767   1,375,217   2,275,106  

Financial expenses

 (5,891,332 (4,649,665 (4,490,889
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total financial income (expenses)

 (4,546,565 (3,274,448 (2,215,783
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pre-tax profit

 1,128,073   2,012,169   2,543,866  

Income tax and social contribution

 (1,119,955 (519,154 (758,939

Profit for the year from continuing operations

 8,118   1,493,015   1,784,927  

Discontinued operations

Loss for the year from discontinued operations, net (net of taxes)

 (4,414,539

Profit (loss) for the year

 (4,406,421 1,493,015   1,784,927  

Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Company

 (4,407,711 1,493,015   1,784,890  

Profit attributable to non-controlling interests

 1,290   37  

Operating expenses by function:

Cost of sales and/or services

 (15,229,602 (15,259,215 (12,670,413

Selling expenses

 (5,611,772 (5,571,891 (4,840,707

General and administrative expenses

 (3,751,410 (3,581,544 (2,993,131

Other operating income

 4,466,914   3,193,024   1,996,101  

Other operating expenses

 (2,440,710 (1,898,154 (1,880,352

Share of profits of subsidiaries

 (5,881 (17,750 (12,880
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 (22,572,461 (23,135,530 (20,401,382
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2017   2016   2015
restated
 

Operating expenses by nature

      

Third-party services

   (6,221,058   (6,399,191   (6,317,233

Depreciation and amortization

   (5,881,302   (6,310,619   (6,195,039

Rentals and Insurance

   (4,162,659   (4,329,546   (3,599,830

Personnel

   (2,791,331   (2,852,224   (2,719,530

Network maintenance service

   (1,251,511   (1,540,320   (1,901,569

Interconnection

   (778,083   (1,173,475   (1,808,845

Provision for contingencies

   (143,517   (1,056,410   (1,837,714

Provision for bad debt

   (691,807   (643,287   (721,175

Advertising and marketing

   (413,580   (448,990   (405,626

Handset and other costs

   (223,335   (284,119   (284,637

Impairment losses (i)

   (46,534   (225,512   (590,641

Taxes and other expenses

   (345,132   (559,162   (1,013,057

Other operating income (expenses), net (ii)

   (1,234,477   (226,890   218,504 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   (24,184,326   (26,049,745   (27,176,392
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses by function

      

Cost of sales and/or services

   (15,676,216   (16,741,791   (16,250,083

Selling expenses

   (4,399,936   (4,383,163   (4,719,811

General and administrative expenses

   (3,064,252   (3,687,706   (3,912,178

Other operating income

   1,985,101    1,756,100    373,975 

Other operating expenses

   (3,028,590   (2,988,067   (2,646,412

Equity pick up

   (433   (5,118   (21,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

   (24,184,326   (26,049,745   (27,176,392
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(i)Includes share

As at December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company conducted the annual impairment test and recognized a loss on goodwill related to Africa (Note 25) which is being reported as held for sale, in amounting R$46,534 and R$225,512, respectively. As at December 31, 2015, the Company conducted the annual impairment test and recognized a loss on goodwill amounting to R$501,465 related to goodwill and trademarks for the Telecommunication services in Brazil due to a significant change in the macroeconomic conditions in Brazil and R$89,176 related to Africa which is being reported as held for sale. The fair value of profitsthe reporting unit was estimated using the expected present value of subsidiaries totaling income of R$5,881 (R$17,750 in 2013 and R$12,880 in 2012).future cash flows.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(ii)

In 2014, revenue (expenses) basically include: (i) R$2,399 million, net2017 refers to the effects of transactionnon-recurring expenses related to unrecoverable tax,write-off of other assets and other expenses of R$1,188 million (R$227 million in 2016) due to reconcile the sale of 100%accounting balances as part of the capitalprocess of two subsidiaries, ownersJRP. In 2015 primarily include the reversal of telecommunications towers used in the mobile telephony services; (ii)a civil contingency amounting to R$355 million325,709 arising from the provision reversal due to the revision of the calculation methodology and R$47,756 in costs relating to terminations of provisions for lossesemployment contracts in corporate lawsuits; (iii) R$476 million reversal of the provision duethis period.

6.       FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)

   2017   2016   2015
Restated
 

Financial income

      

Exchange differences on translating foreign short-term investments (trading)

     (135,226   3,349,783 

Interest on other assets

   1,049,923    615,085    740,417 

Income from short-term investments

     112,394    235,042 

Interest on related parties loans

       29,057 

Other income (i)

   500,260    578,452    1,010,235 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   1,550,183    1,170,705    5,364,534 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial expenses and other charges

      

a) Borrowing and financing costs (ii)

      

Inflation and exchange losses on third-party borrowings

     4,580,177    (10,908,438

Interest on borrowings payable to third parties

     (2,177,976   (4,050,438

Derivatives

     (5,147,958   5,797,102 
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal:

     (2,745,757   (9,161,774
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

b) Other charges

      

Loss on available for sale financial assets (i)

   (267,008   (1,090,295   (447,737

Interest on other liabilities

   (1,641,278   (598,301   (833,276

Tax on transactions and bank fees

   (512,003   (679,294   (712,799

Inflation adjustment to provisions for contingencies

   (264,511   (238,428   (362,778

Interest on taxes in installments—tax financing program

   (27,294   (19,869   (93,784

Other expenses (iii)

   (450,147   (174,070   (476,875
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal:

   (3,162,241   (2,800,257   (2,927,249
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   (3,162,241   (5,546,014   (12,089,023
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial expenses, net

   (1,612,058   (4,375,309   (6,724,489
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)

In 2017, refers to the adherence to the REFIS. In 2013, revenue (expenses) basically include: (i)loss of R$201129 million / US$39 million (R$789 million / US$242 million in 2016 and R$732 million / US$ 188 million in 2015) resulting from the reversal recognized following the revision of the calculation methodologyrecoverable amount of provisions fordividends receivable from Unitel and the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange losses in labor lawsuits; (ii) R$330 million resulting from the reversal of accrued employee profit sharing; (iii) R$173 million related to the saledepreciation of a property; and (iv) R$1,497 million, less related transaction expenses, associated to the sale of GlobeNet.

6.FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)

   2014   2013   2012 

Financial income

      

Interest on and inflation adjustment to other assets

   762,498     694,734     719,510  

Income from cash investments

   354,526     278,598     514,617  

Dividends received (i)

   32,060     78,173     99,181  

Exchange differences on translating foreign cash investments

   32,444     69,626     650,487  

Interest on and inflation adjustment to intragroup loans

   1,066       48,233  

Other income

   162,173     254,086     243,078  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 1,344,767   1,375,217   2,275,106  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial expenses and other charges

a) Borrowing and financing costs

Interest on borrowings payable to third parties

 (1,979,414 (1,591,915 (1,313,059

Inflation adjustment to and exchange losses on third-party borrowings

 (1,464,510 (2,013,066 (2,076,652

Interest on debentures

 (953,863 (860,400 (753,185

Derivative transactions

 427,384   1,158,520   942,021  

Interest on and inflation adjustment to intragroup borrowings

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal:

 (3,970,403 (3,306,861 (3,200,875
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

b) Other charges

Interest on and inflation adjustment to other liabilities

 (811,791 (615,810 (488,074

Tax on transactions and bank fees

 (385,824 (193,048 (249,087

Inflation adjustment to provisions

 (233,276 (246,205 (233,017

Interest on taxes in installments—tax financing program

 (132,194 (81,262 (81,371

Other expenses

 (357,844 (206,479 (238,465
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal:

 (1,920,929 (1,342,804 (1,290,014
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 (5,891,332 (4,649,665 (4,490,889
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial income (expenses)

 (4,546,565 (3,274,448 (2,215,783
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)In May 2014, subsidiary TMAR received dividends from PT of € 0.10 per share, totaling €8,965 million, which had been attributed on April 30, 2014.

7.INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Income taxes encompass the income tax and the social contribution. The income tax rate is 25% and the social contribution rate is 9%, generating aggregate nominal tax rate of 34%.

The provision for income tax and social contribution is broken down as follows:

   2014   2013   2012 

Income tax and social contribution

      

Current taxes

   (622,001   (418,498   (932,871

For the year

   (617,528   (493,298   (932,871

For previous year (i)

   (4,473   74,800    

Deferred taxes

   (497,954   (100,656   173,932  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 (1,119,955 (519,154 (758,939
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current and deferred taxes (for the year)

 (1,115,482 (593,954 (758,939

Current taxes (for previous year)

 (4,473 (74,800
   2014   2013   2012 

Pre-tax profit (loss)

   1,128,073     2,012,169     2,543,866  

Profit of companies not subject to income tax and social contribution calculation

   69,984     38,372     (8,348
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total taxed income

 1,198,057   2,050,541   2,535,518  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax and social contribution

Income tax and social contribution on taxed income

 (407,339 (697,184 (862,076

Share of profits of subsidiaries

 (2,000 (6,035 (4,379

Tax effects of interest on capital

 (4,406

Tax incentives (basically, operating profit) (ii)

 36,281   31,573   155,662  

Permanent deductions (add-backs) (ii)

 (755,879 145,688   (12,504

Utilization of tax loss carryforwards

 446   25,783   613  

Unrecognized deferred tax assets (iv)

 (46,917 (93,779 (40,530

Recognized deferred tax assets

 52,438   8,681  

Effects of differentiated tax rates (v)

 7,488  

Income tax and social contribution effect on profit or loss

 (1,115,482 (593,954 (758,939

(i)In 2014, refers toKwanza against the derecognition of expired tax creditsUS dollar and the recognition of a negative balance in 2010. In 2013, refers to adjustments to the negative balance of income tax and social contribution in calendar 2008.Brazilian real.

(ii)Refers to

Contractual interest and foreign currency fluctuation that would have accrued absent the exploration profit recognizedjudicial reorganization R$3,340 million in the profit or loss of subsidiary Oi Móvel pursuant to Law 11638/2007.2017 and R$1,682 million in 2016 and R$2,593 million in 2017 and R$2,920 million in 2016, respectively.

(iii)The main components of permanent deduction (addition) tax effects are: nondeductible fines, sponsorships

Represented mainly by financial fees and nondeductible donations, income from expired dividends, goodwill amortization (pre-merger period), settlement of principal, fine and interest utilizing tax loss carryforwards as permitted by Article 2 of Law 12996/2014 and Article 33 of Law 13043/2014 in amount of R$443 million, and write-off of tax credits for unlikely realization, related to potential loss on the PT SGPS shares held subsidiary TMAR in amount of R$266 million.commissions.

(iv)Refer to adjustments to deferred tax assets because of subsidiaries that do not recognize tax credits on tax loss carryforwards.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries7.       CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(v)This line item corresponds to the effects of the difference between the tax rate levied in Brazil and the tax rates levied on other Group companies, namely in Africa.

The financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 have been prepared considering management’s best estimates and the criteria set out in the Transitional Tax Regime (RTT).

Management conducted an early assessment of the material aspects of its operations/activities, based on the new provisions of the tax introduced by Provisional Act 627, of November 11, 2013 (“MP 627/2013”), as subsequently amended during its approval procedure by the National Congress, resulting in Bill 02/2014 (“PLV 02/2014”), and the provisions of Regulatory Instruction 1397, of September 16, 2013, as amended by Regulatory Instruction 1422, of December 19, 2013 (“IN 1397/2013”). Based on this valuation, Management did not identify any material impacts as compared to the currently used regime.

We emphasize that the PLV 02/2014 resulted in the publication of the Law 12973/2014 on May 14, 2014, which, in a preliminary analysis, does not change the conclusions described above. The Company elected not to anticipate the effects of this law. The necessary adjustments have not been determined since the early adoption was not elected.

8.CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND CASH INVESTMENTS

CashShort-term investments made by the Company and its subsidiaries infor the years ended December 31, 20142017 and 2013,2016, are classified as held for trading securities and are measured at their fair values.

 

(a)

Cash and cash equivalents

 

   2014   2013 

Cash and banks

   532,285     306,184  

Cash equivalents

   1,916,921     2,118,646  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 2,449,206   2,424,830  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2014   2013 

Exclusive investment funds

   1,007,728     1,354,627  

Bank certificates of deposit (CDBs)

   652,948     500,984  

Time deposits

   187,117     225,944  

Repurchase agreements

   66,183     30,250  

Other

   2,945     6,841  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

 1,916,921   2,118,646  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2017   2016 

Cash

   277,500    270,310 

Cash equivalents

   6,585,184    7,292,941 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   6,862,684    7,563,251 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   2017   2016 

Time deposits

   6,225,547    5,859,969 

Bank certificates of deposit (CDBs)

   348,318    1,319,321 

Repurchase agreements

   1,307    1,586 

Other

   10,012    112,065 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash equivalents

   6,585,184    7,292,941 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(b)Cash

Short-term investments

 

   2014   2013 

Exclusive investment funds

   171,415     492,510  

Private securities

   111,285     99,129  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 282,700   591,639  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 171,415   492,510  

Non-current

 111,285   99,129  

(c)Breakdown of the exclusive investment funds portfolios

   2014   2013 

Repurchase agreements

   707,304     772,862  

Bank certificates of deposit (CDBs)

   267,168     445,981  

Time deposits

   18,406     117,224  

Other

   14,850     18,560  

Securities classified as cash equivalents

   1,007,728     1,354,627  

Government securities

   171,415     462,177  

Other

     30,333  

Securities classified as short-term investments

   171,415     492,510  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total invested in exclusive funds

 1,179,143   1,847,137  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2017   2016 

Private securities

   114,839    169,473 

Government securities

   21,447    116,532 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   136,286    286,005 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   21,447    116,532 

Non-current

   114,839    169,473 

The Company and its subsidiaries have cashhold short-term investments in exclusive investment funds in Brazil and abroad for the purpose of obtaining a returnearning interest on its cash, and which are benchmarked against theto CDI in Brazil, LIBOR for the US dollar-denominated portion, and LIBOR abroad.EURIBOR for the euro-denominated portion.

8.       TRADE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET

 

9.ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

   2014   2013 

Billed services

   5,481,028     5,589,716  

Unbilled services

   1,450,777     1,467,865  

Mobile handsets and accessories sold

   1,032,022     693,140  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   (513,787   (654,042
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 7,450,040   7,096,679  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries
   2017   2016 

Billed services

   7,478,145    6,932,915 

Unbilled services

   634,241    1,199,395 

Mobile handsets and accessories sold

   597,267    843,663 

Provision for bad debt

   (1,342,211   (1,084,895
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   7,367,442    7,891,078 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The aging list of trade receivables is as follows:

 

  2014   2013   2017   2016 

Current

   5,878,915     5,857,598     6,096,205    6,464,895 

Past-due up to 60 days

   1,388,330     1,161,464     919,421    1,090,901 

Past-due from 61 to 90 days

   136,200     170,111     144,818    176,730 

Past-due from 91 to 120 days

   113,212     150,222     130,633    136,134 

Past-due from 121 to 150 days

   102,139     118,171     128,175    129,842 

Over 150 days past-due (i)

   345,031     293,155  

Over 150 dayspast-due

   1,290,401    977,471 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

 7,963,827   7,750,721     8,709,653    8,975,973 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The movements in the allowance for doubtful accounts were as follows:

 

Balance at Jan 1, 2013in 2015

 (751,2871,104,375

AllowanceProvision for doubtful accountsbad debt

 (849,779708,986

Trade receivables written off as uncollectible

 947,024728,466 

Balance in 20132016

 (654,0421,084,895

Acquisition of investments—PT PortugalProvision for bad debt

 (652,964

Allowance for doubtful accounts (1)

(684,017777,106

Trade receivables written off as uncollectible

 712,128

Foreign exchange differences

6,841

Transfer to assets held for sale

758,267519,790 
  

 

 

 

Balance in 20142017

 (513,7871,342,211
  

 

 

 

9.       INCOME TAXES

(1)The movements in the allowance for doubtful accounts in 2014 include the movements in continuing operations and in discontinued operations. The allowance for doubtful accounts include expenses related to continuing operations totaling R$649,463 (Note 5), and the remaining amount refers to discontinued operations.

 

10.(a)CURRENT AND DEFERRED TAXES

Tax rate reconciliation

   Assets 
  2014   2013 

Current recoverable taxes

    

Recoverable income tax (IRPJ) (i)

   485,929     411,782  

Recoverable social contribution (CSLL) (i)

   182,772     158,475  

IRRF/CSLL—withholding income taxes (ii)

   428,488     336,883  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current

 1,097,189   907,140  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred taxes recoverable

Income tax on tax credits – merged goodwill (iii)

 1,180,524   1,311,330  

Social contribution on tax credits – merged goodwill (iii)

 424,989   472,079  

Income tax on temporary differences (iv)

 2,073,875   2,739,904  

Social contribution on temporary differences (iv)

 655,156   848,677  

Income tax on tax loss carryforwards (iv)

 2,353,806   1,859,941  

Social contribution on tax loss carryforwards (iv)

 876,478   747,316  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal—deferred recoverable taxes

 7,564,828   7,979,247  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other deferred taxes (v)

 60,944   295,185  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-total current

 7,625,772   8,274,432  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A.Income taxes encompass the income tax and Subsidiaries

Notesthe social contribution in Brazil. The income tax rate is 25% and the social contribution rate is 9%, an aggregate nominal tax rate of 34%. Income tax expense attributable to income (loss) from continuing operations was an income tax benefit of R$350,987 for the Financial Statements

year ended December 31, 2017, and an income tax expenses of R$2,245,113 and R$3,379,928 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132016 and 20122015, respectively.

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)Total income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 were allocated as follows:

 

   2017   2016   2015
restated
 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

   350,987    (2,245,113   (3,379,928

Loss from discontinued operations

     —      (327,115
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income tax (expense) benefit recognized in earnings

   350,987    (2,245,113   (3,707,043
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax (expense) recognized in other comprehensive income

   32,157      (194,020

Income tax (expense) benefit attributable to income from continuing operations consists of:

 

   Liabilities 
  2014   2013 

Current taxes payable

    

Income tax payable

   306,366     275,735  

Social contribution payable

   170,916     156,582  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current

 477,282   432,317  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2017   2016   2015
restated
 

Income tax and social contribution

      

Current tax (expense)

   (906,080   (712,814   (781,576

Deferred tax (expense) benefit

   1,257,067    (1,532,299   (2,598,352
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   350,987    (2,245,113   (3,379,928
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The tax rate reconciliation from continuing operation consists of the following:

   2017   2016   2015 

Income (loss) before taxes (i)

   (4,378,648   (13,434,628   (6,547,115

Income tax and social contribution

      

Income tax and social contribution at statutory rate (34%)

   1,488,740    4,567,774    2,226,019 

Valuation allowance (ii)

   (1,134,511   (4,048,859   (5,170,681

Effect of foreign tax rate differential (iii)

   (23,063   (12,574   (106,388

Tax effects of nondeductible expenses (iv)

   (92,831   (2,892,381   (268,989

Tax effects oftax-exempt income (iv)

   373,321    121,546    114,052 

Tax incentives (basically, operating income) (v)

   14,007    21,121    7,332 

Tax amnesty program (vi)

   (274,529   —      (165,676

Other

   (147   (1,740   (15,597
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax and social contribution effect on profit or loss

   350,987    (2,245,113   (3,379,928
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(i)

At December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 loss before income taxes and income tax (expense) benefit for continuing operations is as follows:

   2017 
   Brazil   Foreign
operations
  Total 

Loss before income taxes

   (3,115,832   (1,262,816  (4,378,648

Income tax benefit

   311,895    39,092   350,987 

Current tax (expense)

   (893,031   (13,049  (906,080

Deferred tax (expense) benefit

   1,204,926    52,141(*)   1,257,067 

(*)

The amount of R$52,141 is related to the Tax effect of the entities classified as held-for-sale.

   2016 
   Brazil   Foreign
operations
   Total 

Loss before income taxes

   (12,402,406   (1,032,222   (13,434,628

Income tax (expense)

   (2,054,234   (190,879   (2,245,113

Current tax (expense)

   (521,773   (191,041   (712,814

Deferred tax (expense) benefit

   (1,532,461   162    (1,532,299
   2015 
   Brazil   Foreign
operations
   Total 

Loss before income taxes

   (5,650,150   (896,965   (6,547,115

Income tax (expense)

   (3,191,187   (188,741   (3,379,928

Current tax (expense)

   (589,090   (192,486   (781,576

Deferred tax (expense) benefit

   (2,602,097   3,745    (2,598,352

(ii)

Refers to the increase in the valuation allowance related to the deferred tax assets in 2017, 2016, and 2015.

(iii)

Refers to the effects of the difference between the applicable tax rate in Brazil and the tax rates applicable to other Group companies located abroad.

(iv)

The main effects of nondeductible expenses refers to: (1) the effects of the adjustments of debt obligations due to the filing of the Bankruptcy Petitions and based on the Plan of R$26 million (R$1.860 million in 2016); (2) the impairment of Unitelavailable-for-sale investment which is not tax deductible in the amount of R$90 million (R$371 million in 2016 and R$152 million in 2015) (Note 24), and (3) the impairment of goodwill and trademarks for the Telecommunication services in Brazil and impairment of goodwill related to África, which is not tax deductible in the amount of R$16 million (R$77 million in 2016 and R$91 million in 2015).

(v)

These tax incentives correspond mainly to a 75% reduction in the current tax due on operating income obtained as a result of telecommunication services rendered in certain northern and northeast regions of Brazil, where the Company holds facilities for the purpose of rendering those services. This tax benefit is usually granted for a 10 year period, limited up to January 1, 2024.

(vi)

Refers to a tax position taken in prior periods which were assessed by the taxing authorities. Although the Company believed in prior periods that these positions wouldmore-likely-than-not of being sustained, it was decided to adhere to PRORELIT and avoid substantial costs to keep on going discussions with government. PRORELIT program allowed taxpayers to settle federal tax debts accrued prior to June 30th, 2015, excluding tax debts that are subject to tax installment payments.

In order to enroll, tax payers were requested to resign their litigation rights with respect to the settled debt amount and pay at least 30% of their outstanding consolidated tax debt accrued through June 30th, 2015 in cash. The remaining 70% of the debt would be settled with tax loss carryforwards. Apart from the initial 30% down payment, no guarantees or collateral is needed.

The Company has submitted its application for PRORELIT to settle several tax debts. Nevertheless, tax authorities have a five years term to ratify the amounts of tax loss carryforwards utilized by taxpayers.

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of total unrecognized tax benefits for the year ended December 31, 2015 as follows:

   2017   2015 

Balance, beginning of year

   —      84,650 

Increase related to prior year tax position

   274,529    165,676 

Settlements

   (274,529   (250,326

Balance, end of year

    

In 2017 the Company recognized in current tax the tax debts included in the Tax Compliance Program (PRT) and in the Special Tax Compliance Program (PERT).

(b)

Significant components of current and deferred taxes

   ASSETS 
  2017   2016 

Current recoverable taxes

    

Recoverable income tax (IRPJ) (i)

   565,725    390,809 

Recoverable social contribution (CSLL) (i)

   135,348    168,133 

IRRF/CSLL—withholding income taxes (ii)

   422,437    983,227 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current

   1,123,510    1,542,169 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   2017   2016 

Deferred taxes assets

    

Other temporary differences (iii)

   8,854,946    8,849,961 

Tax loss carryforwards (iv)

   5,752,241    4,956,994 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred taxes assets

   14,607,187    13,806,955 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other intangibles

   (2,428,128   (2,707,265

Pension plan assets

   (333,899   (316,060

Other temporary diferences (v)

   (1,073,293   (1,324,904
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

   (3,835,320   (4,348,229
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Valuation allowance (iii)

   (11,269,242   (10,134,731
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total deferred taxes, net

   (497,375   (676,005
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)

Refer mainly to prepaid income tax and social contribution that will be offset against federal taxes payable in the future.

(ii)

Refer to corporatewithholding income tax (IRRF) credits on cash investments, derivatives, intragroup loans, government entities, and other amounts that are used as deductions from income tax payable for the years, and social contribution withheld at source on services provided to government agencies.

(iii)

For the year ended December 31, 2017, total valuation allowance increased from R$10,134,731 (6,239,713 in 2015) to R$11,269,242, reflecting a net change in the valuation allowance totaling R$1,134,511 recognized for the companies that, as of December 31, 2017, do not expect to generate sufficient future taxable profits, based on consistent assumptions and timing used in the analysis of the potential impairment of long-lived assets and goodwill, against which tax assets could be offset. Most of deferred tax assets have been reduced by a valuation allowance to the amount supported by reversing taxable temporary difference. The Company mergeddeferred tax assets not offset by valuation allowance are dependent upon the generation of future pretax income in certaintax-paying components in Brazil that have a history of profitability and an expectation of continued profitability. Management believes it is more likely than not that the results of future operations will generate sufficient taxable income to realize the deferred tax assets that are not subject to the valuation allowance. However, deferred income tax and social contribution amounts calculated as tax benefit originating fromassets can be reduced in the goodwill paid on acquisition and recognized bynear term if estimates of future taxable income during the acquirees in 2009. The tax creditscarryforward period are realized as goodwill based on the STFC license and the appreciation of tangible assets is amortized, and should be utilized in tax offsetting estimated until 2034.reduced.

(iv)Deferred income tax and social contribution assets are recognized only to the extent that it is probable that there will be a positive tax base for which temporary differences can be used and

The tax loss carryforwards cancarryfowards of approximately R$16,918,355 corresponding to R$5,752,241 million of deferred tax assets, do not expire, and may be offset. Deferred income tax and social contribution assets are reviewed at the end of each annual period and are written down as their realization is no longer possible.carried forward indefinitely. The Company and its subsidiariescan offset their tax loss carryforwards against taxable income up to a limit of 30% per year, pursuant to the prevailing tax law.

(v)

Refer mainly the tax effects of foreign exchange liabilities, inflation adjustments of judicial deposits and tax incentives.

Additionally, as at December 31, 2014, only part of

Movements in deferred tax credits on tax loss carryforwards or tax credits on temporary differences has been recognized for directassets and indirect subsidiaries that do not have a profitability history and or do not expect to generate sufficient taxable profit. Unrecognized tax credits total R$217,655 (R$223,503 at December 31, 2013).liabilities

The table below showsdo not consider the expected realization periodsrollforward of the deferred tax assets resultingasset from tax credits on tax loss carryforwards and temporary differences:held-for-sale companies:

 

2015

 360,631  

2016

 387,429  

2017

 426,881  

2018

 526,947  

2019

 988,339  

2020 to 2022

 2,877,700  

2023 to 2024

 391,388  
  

 

 

 

Total

 5,959,315  
  

 

 

 
   Balance at
2016
  Recognized in
continuing
operations
  Other
comprehensive
income
   Add-backs/
Offsets (*)
  Balance at
2017
 

Deferred tax assets arising on:

       

Temporary differences

       

Provision for contingencies

   3,827,131   408,666      4,235,797 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   654,624   38,691      693,315 

Profit sharing

   22,304   79,689      101,993 

Foreign exchange differences

   1,062,308   —        1,062,308 

Other temporary differences

   2,037,477   (383,604     1,653,873 

License

   1,246,117   (138,457     1,107,660 

Tax loss carryforwards

       

Tax loss carryforwards

   4,956,994   1,853,701     (1,058,454  5,752,241 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total deferred taxes assets

   13,806,955   1,858,686   —      (1,058,454  14,607,187 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other intangibles

   (2,707,265  279,137      (2,428,128

Pension plan assets

   (316,060  (49,996  32,157     (333,899

Other temporary differences

   (1,324,904  251,611      (1,073,293
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

   (4,348,229  480,752   32,157     (3,835,320
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Valuation allowance

   (10,134,731  (1,134,511  —       (11,269,242
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net deferred tax

   (676,005  1,204,927   32,157    (1,058,454  (497,375
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

(v)(*)Refer mainly

This year offsets relates to prior years’ prepaid incomethe tax debts included in the Tax Compliance Program (PRT) and social contribution that will bein the Special Tax Compliance Program (PERT), as it was possible to convert some amount of tax loss carryforwards into tax credits in order to offset against federal taxes payable.part of the debts paid under the rules of such Programs, in the amount of R$1,035 million and R$21 million, respectively (Note 17). R$208,642 refers to the utilization of tax loss carryforwards for Income Tax and R$849,812 refers to utilization of tax loss carryforwards for non-income tax.

   Balance at
2015
  Recognized in
continuing
operations
  Other
comprehensive
income
  Balance at 2016 

Deferred tax assets arising on:

     

Temporary differences

     

Provision for contingencies

   1,539,343   2,287,788    3,827,131 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   658,870   (4,246   654,624 

Profit sharing

   64,243   (41,939   22,304 

Foreign exchange differences

   1,778,361   (716,053   1,062,308 

Hedge accounting

   207,608    (207,608  —   

Other temporary differences

   1,590,285   447,192    2,037,477 

License

   1,384,574   (138,457   1,246,117 
     

Tax loss carryforwards

     
     

Tax loss carryforwards

   4,134,378   822,616    4,956,994 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total deferred taxes assets

   11,357,662   2,656,901   (207,608  13,806,955 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Other intangibles

   (3,047,832  340,567    (2,707,265

Pension plan assets

   (299,574  (70,253  53,767   (316,060

Other temporary differences

   (914,086  (410,818   (1,324,904
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

   (4,261,492  (140,504  53,767   (4,348,229
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Valuation allowance

   (6,239,713  (4,048,859  153,841   (10,134,731
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total net deferred tax

   856,457   (1,532,462   (676,005
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

On June 20, 2016, the Company filed a request for judicial reorganization, which was granted by the RJ Judge on June 29, 2016 (Note 1—Judicial Reorganization). Even though there are no indications in this regard, this circumstance indicates the existence of significant uncertainty that may affect the Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

NotesCompanies’ ability to continue as going concern basis. Due to the Financial Statements

foraforementioned conditions and circumstances the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Movements inCompany adjusted its recognition criteria for deferred income tax and social contributionfor the year 2016.

10.     OTHER TAXES

 

   Balance in
2013
   Acquisition of
investment-
PT Portugal
   Recognized
in deferred
tax income/
expenses
   Add-backs/
(offsets)
   Recognized
directly in
equity
   Foreign
exchange
differences
   Held-for-
sale assets
   Balance in
2014
 

Deferred tax assets arising on:

                

Temporary differences

                

Business combination with PT

     (1,508,157)     66,370         (68,868)     1,510,655    

PROVISIONS

   1,704,234     134,714     (167,146)     (936)       6,530     (142,604)     1,534,792  

Provisions for suspended taxes

   206,653       (72,695)             133,958  

Provisions for pension funds and impacts of CPC 33 (R1)

   228,124     857,606     (178,148)       166,260     42,484     (933,178)     183,148  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   611,713     32,271     (13,270)         1,829     (40,264)     592,279  

Profit sharing

   63,031       23,503             86,534  

Foreign exchange differences

   493,488       62,901             556,389  

Merged goodwill

   1,783,409       (177,896)             1,605,513  

Adjustment to fair value of financial assets

   238,974       (238,974)            

Hedge accounting

   (438)           (63,257)         (63,695)  

Other temporary add-backs and deductions

   42,802     25,334     (355,144)     14,495     8,485     1,418     (31,764)     (294,374)  

Tax loss carryforwards

                

Income tax loss carryforwards

   1,859,941     1,751     483,270     (1,752)     114,996     4,979     (109,379)     2,353,806  

Social contribution carryforwards

   747,316       87,763       41,399         876,478  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 7,979,247   (456,481)   (479,466)   11,807   267,883   (11,628)   253,466   7.564,828  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities related to:

Unattributed dividends

 (201,270)   (642)   (269)   (161)   202,342  

Other temporary differences

 (56,542)   (116)   (3,572)   60,230  
    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total

 (257,812)   (758)   (269)   (3,733)   262,572  
    

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   
   ASSETS 
  2017   2016 

Recoverable State VAT (ICMS) (i)

   1,411,538    1,351,048 

Taxes on revenue (PIS and COFINS)

   244,853    275,717 

Other

   52,754    90,307 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   1,709,145    1,717,072 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   1,081,587    978,247 

Non-current

   627,558    738,825 

 

(1)The movements in deferred income tax and social contribution in 2014 include the movements in continuing operations and in discontinued operations. The deferred income tax and social contribution expenses recognized in profit for the year include expenses related to continuing operations totaling R$497,954 (Note 7), and the remaining amount refers to discontinued operations.

11.OTHER TAXES

   ASSETS 
  2014   2013 

Recoverable State VAT (ICMS) (i)

   1,512,543     2,102,249  

Taxes on revenue (PIS and COFINS)

   181,772     197,036  

Other

   101,851     65,958  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 1,796,166   2,365,243  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 1,054,255   1,474,408  

Non-current

 741,911   890,835  

   Liabilities 
  2014   2013 

State VAT (ICMS)

   709,126     1,248,232  

ICMS Agreement No. 69/1998

   80,287     443,305  

Taxes on revenue (PIS and COFINS)

   664,278     1,141,601  

FUST/FUNTTEL/broadcasting fees

   807,576     762,289  

Other

   281,059     264,183  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 2,542,326   3,859,610  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 1,667,599   2,112,598  

Non-current

 874,727   1,747,012  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   LIABILITIES 
   2017   2016 

State VAT (ICMS) (i)

   610,847    681,167 

ICMS Agreement No. 69/1998

   22,595    25,766 

Taxes on revenue (PIS and COFINS) (ii)

   184,472    853,747 

FUST/FUNTTEL/broadcasting fees

   963,259    934,914 

Other (iii)

   530,153    392,121 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   2,311,325    2,887,715 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   1,443,662    1,814,335 

Non-current

   867,664    1,073,380 

 

(i)

Recoverable ICMS arises mostly from prepaid taxes and credits claimed on purchases of property, plant and equipment, which can be offset against ICMS payable within 48 months, pursuant to Supplementary Law 102/2000. Further, pursuant to Rio de Janeiro State Laws 7298/2016 and 7019/2015, the Company and its subsidiaries joined the program under which State Government debts can be offset against ICMS tax payable by the Company and its subsidiaries, as provided for by Articles 170 and170-A of the National Tax Code and Article 190 of the Rio de Janeiro State Tax Code.

(ii)

Refers basically to the Social Integration Program Tax on Revenue (PIS) and Social Security Funding Tax on Revenue (COFINS) on revenue, financial income, and other income.

The Company and its subsidiary Oi Móvel filed lawsuits claiming the deduction of State VAT (ICMS) from the tax base of Revenue Taxes (PIS and COFINS) and, backed by a favorable appellate court decision on the claim’s merits, suspended the payment of the revenue tax amount related to the state tax. During the period when the procedure was adopted, both companies recognized accounting

12.JUDICIAL DEPOSITS

provisions of the amounts under discussion, in both cases adjusted for inflation using the Central Bank’s policy rate (SELIC). The balances recognized as at December 31, 2016 referred to the unsettled PIS and COFINS amounts of December 2013-July 2014 and July 2015-February 2017 for the Company, and November 2008, December 2013-July 2014, and July 2016-February 2017 for Oi Móvel, the collection of which was fully suspended in light of the mentioned court decision.

In March 2017, the Federal Supreme Court (STF) declared theadd-back of ICMS to the tax base of PIS and COFINS unconstitutional. Based on this decision and the opinion of its legal counsel that likelihood of an unfavorable outcome in those lawsuits became remote as from the STF’s decision, the Company reversed the provisions for contingencies related to the deduction of ICMS from the PIS and COFINS tax base, recognized for the aforementioned periods, through the date said decision was issued. The provision reversal amounts is R$237 million and the recognized inflation adjustment amounts is R$45 million.

It is worth noting that the STF could understand that applying the modulation mechanism to this decision, which is used to determine the timing effects of an unconstitutionality decision, is necessary. Should the STF apply the modulation mechanism, limiting the decision’s scope in time, it could be necessary to reassess the risk of an unfavorable outcome in said lawsuits and, as a result, to recognize new provisions for these contingencies in the future. However, even in this case, according to the Company’s and its legal counsel’s assessment, the likelihood of using the modulation mechanism to force taxpayers to pay unsettled tax debts related to taxable events prior to the STF’s decision is remote.

(iii) Consisting basically of withholding tax on intragroup loans and interest on capital.

11.     JUDICIAL DEPOSITS

In some situations the Company makes, as ordered by legal requirementcourts or even at its own discretion to provide guarantees, judicial deposits to ensure the continuity of ongoing lawsuits. These judicial deposits can be required for lawsuits with a likelihood of loss, as assessed by the Company based on the opinion of its legal counsel,counselors, as probable, possible, or remote.

   2014   2013 

Civil

   8,919,658     8,355,816  

Tax

   2,466,187     2,277,236  

Labor

   2,007,822     1,734,136  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 13,393,667   12,367,188  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 1,133,639   1,316,252  

Non-current

 12,260,028   11,050,936  

As set forth by relevant legislation, judicial deposits are adjusted for inflation.

 

   2017   2016 

Civil

   6,948,344    6,949,458 

Tax

   2,660,132    2,664,038 

Labor

   1,637,668    1,641,591 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Subtotal

   11,246,144    11,255,087 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Provision for losses (i)

   (1,933,034   (1,889,563
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   9,313,110    9,365,524 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   1,023,348    977,550 

Non-current

   8,289,762    8,387,974 

13.(i)INVESTMENTS

As mentioned in Note 2, during 2017 the Company performed a reconciliation of the judicial deposits and as a result of that reconciliation the Company recognized a write off in prior years and also recorded this provision for estimated losses for the judicial deposits that was estimated based on external information available (bank statements received from the depositaries and/or information obtained on the State Judicial Court’s website) and internal information available (internal systems).

12.     INVESTMENTS

 

  2014   2013   2017   2016 

Investment in subsidiaries

    

Joint arrangements

   74,803     86,633  

Joint venture

   42,346    45,464 

Investments in associates

   42,115    38,139 

Tax incentives, net of allowances for losses

   31,579     31,656     31,579    31,579 

Other investments

   42,029     55,351     20,470    20,470 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

 148,411   173,640     136,510    135,652 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Summary of the movements in investment balances

 

Balance at Jan 1, 20132015

154,890
  179,594

 

Share of profits of subsidiaries (i)

 (17,7505,118

Capital increaseAssociates’ share of other comprehensive income

  5,500(8,541) 

Other

 6,296(5,579

 

Balance in 2013at 2016

135,652
  173,640

 

Share of profits of subsidiaries (i)

 (5,881433

Subsidiaries’ dividends and interest on capitalAssociates’ share of other comprehensive income

  (4,968)1,949 

Other

 (14,380658

Balance in 2014at 2017

136,510
  148,411

 

13.     PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

   Works in
progress
  Automatic
switching
equipment
  Transmission
and other
equipment (i)
  Infrastructure  Buildings  Other assets  Total 

Cost of PP&E (gross amount)

 

Balance at 2015

   1,656,581   19,887,701   54,387,097   26,453,239   4,287,337   5,669,999   112,341,953 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Additions

   4,071,230   82   382,529   99,796   19,058   34,353   4,607,048 

Write-offs

   (27,492  (528  (7,904  (131,314  (1,168  (5,866  (174,272

Other

   4,841   261   300   1,045   1,438   72,190   80,075 

Transfers

   (3,291,390  86,930   1,958,411   1,145,825   4,868   95,356   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2016

   2,413,770   19,974,446   56,720,433   27,568,591   4,311,533   5,866,031   116,854,804 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Additions

   4,661,570   2,060   375,050   268,931   17,906   55,614   5,381,131 

Write-offs

   (93,922  (2,235  (19,656  (666,885  (821  (31,193  (814,712

Transfers

   (3,547,305  33,016   1,875,594   1,170,165   141,666   326,864   —   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2017

   3,434,113   20,007,287   58,951,421   28,340,802   4,470,284   6,217,316   121,421,223 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation

        

Balance at 2015

    (17,886,743  (40,922,163  (20,598,165  (2,431,267  (4,685,795  (86,524,133
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation expenses

    (380,959  (2,400,603  (1,184,822  (116,566  (263,802  (4,346,752

Write-offs

     520   7,013   114,224   910   4,722   127,389 

Transfers

     (410  (8,702  3,844   (89  5,357  

Other

     (108  (163  (504  (626  (30,074  (31,475
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2016

     (18,267,700  (43,324,619  (21,665,423  (2,547,638  (4,969,592  (90,774,972
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Depreciation expenses

     (338,003  (2,175,732  (1,158,457  (96,940  (396,589  (4,165,721

Write-offs

     1,158   18,610   558,879   817   23,458   602,922 

Transfers

     —     (473  (625  (84,895  85,995   2 
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2017

     (18,604,545  (45,482,214  (22,265,626  (2,728,656  (5,256,728  (94,337,769
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

         

Balance at 2015

   1,656,581    2,000,958   13,464,934   5,855,074   1,856,070   984,203   25,817,820 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2016

   2,413,770    1,706,746   13,395,814   5,903,168   1,763,895   896,439   26,079,832 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2017

   3,434,113    1,402,742   13,469,207   6,075,176   1,741,628   960,588   27,083,454 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Annual depreciation rate (average)

     11  10  8  8  12 

 

(i)The share of profits of subsidiaries refers to the investments in joint arrangements, AIX, and Paggo Soluções.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

14.PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

   Works in
progress
  Automatic
switching
equipment
  Transmission
and other
equipment (1)
  Infrastructure  Buildings  Other assets  Total 

Cost of PP&E (gross amount)

 

Balance at Jan 1, 2013

   4,127,123    17,927,129    38,362,151    25,665,996    3,448,139    4,829,266    94,359,804  

Additions

   2,962,149    250,669    1,748,747    624,339    44,182    172,192    5,802,278  

Write-offs

   (395,610  (1,834  (483,638  (268,723  (12,504  (65,411  (1,227,720

Transfers

   (2,123,980  257,082    1,159,470    665,141    (129,241  171,528   

Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

      (125,920  (448,815   (574,735

Balance in 2013

   4,569,682    18,433,046    40,786,730    26,560,833    2,901,761    5,107,575    98,359,627  

Acquisition of investments-PT Portugal

   452,844    6,004,681    4,537,199    16,357,177    2,957,154    9,693,740    40,002,795  

Additions

   3,029,820    63,899    1,000,298    308,985    92,788    271,954    4,767,744  

Write-offs

   (2,083  (1,782  (62,981  (103,997  (268  (8,410  (179,521

Transfers

   (4,944,777  317,773    6,045,939    (1,711,939  537,675    (368,441  (123,770

Foreign exchange differences

   20,468    288,829    255,552    785,557    148,022    469,466    1,967,894  

Transfers to assets held for sale

   (468,545  (6,338,824  (4,900,950  (17,171,247  (2,995,379  (10,373,620  (42,248,565

Balance in 2014

   2,657,409    18,767,622    47,661,787    25,025,369    3,641,753    4,792,264    102,546,204  

Accumulated depreciation

        

Balance at Jan 1, 2013

    (15,867,104  (28,888,749  (20,526,497  (2,258,125  (3,716,231  (71,256,706

Depreciation expenses

    (340,215  (1,782,551  (776,526  (78,654  (213,307  (3,191,253

Write-offs

    1,684    289,858    157,705    6,640    25,182    481,069  

Transfers

    (2  (570  (529  1,542    (441 

Transfer to non-current assets held for sale

      39,090    354,459     393,549  

Balance in 2013

    (16,205,637  (30,382,012  (21,106,757  (1,974,138  (3,904,797  (73,573,341

Acquisition of investments-PT Portugal

    (5,685,512  (3,169,003  (11,029,655  (1,238,292  (7,840,705  (28,963,167

Depreciation expenses (2)

    (400,354  (2,452,283  (746,509  (151,149  (580,115  (4,330,410

Write-offs

    1,017    50,470    50,394    186    7,697    109,764  

Transfers

    (3,027  (2,132,253  2,022,793    381,324    (145,499  123,338  

Foreign exchange differences

    (275,108  (168,315  (534,544  (63,973  (393,646  (1,435,586

Transfers to assets held for sale

    6,032,368    3,559,523    11,706,376    1,273,000    8,621,957    31,193,224  

Balance in 2014

    (16,536,253  (34,693,873  (19,637,902  (1,773,042  (4,235,108  (76,876,178

Property, plant and equipment, net

        

Balance in 2013

   4,569,682    2,227,409    10,404,718    5,454,076    927,623    1,202,778    24,786,286  

Balance in 2014

   2,657,409    2,231,369    12,967,914    5,387,467    1,868,711    557,156    25,670,026  

Annual depreciation rate (average)

    11  10  8  8  12 

(1)Transmission and other equipment includes transmission and data communication equipment.
(2)The movements in property, plant and equipment in 2014 include the movements in continuing operations and in discontinued operations. The depreciation expenses include expenses related to continuing operations totaling R$3,451,043, and the remaining amount refers to discontinued operations.

Additional disclosures

Pursuant to ANATEL’s concession agreements, all property, plant and equipment items capitalized by the Company that are indispensable for the provision of the services granted under said agreements are considered returnable assets and are part of the concession’s cost. These assets are handed over to ANATEL upon the termination of the concession agreements that are not renewed.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

As at December 31, 2014,2017, the residual balance of the Company’s returnable assets is R$8,199,356 (R$7,685,240 in 2013)7,625,622 and consistconsists of assets and installations in progress, switching and transmission equipment, payphones, outside network equipment, power equipment, and systems and operation support equipment.

In the year ended December 31, 2014, financial charges and transaction costs incurred on works in progress were capitalized at the average rate of 9% per year.14.     INTANGIBLE ASSETS

 

15.INTANGIBLE ASSETS

   Goodwill  Intangibles in
progress
  Data processing
systems
  Regulatory
licenses
  Customer
portfolio
  Other  Total 

Cost of intangibles (gross amount)

  

Balance at Jan 1, 2013

   615,473    292,081    6,133,834    3,962,822     620,836    11,625,046  

Additions

    177,302    292,658    78,189     263,945    812,094  

Write-offs

     (4,163    (2,217  (6,380

Transfers

    (284,996  235,596      49,400   

Balance in 2013

   615,473    184,387    6,657,925    4,041,011     931,964    12,430,760  

Acquisition of investments-PT Portugal

   10,574,704    52,819    575,983    1,656,050    3,215,523    3,091,687    19,166,766  

Additions

    487,895    248,470      282,688    1,019,053  

Write-offs

   (1,754  (1,574     (15,031  (18,359

Transfers

    (519,904  451,615      36,401    (31,888

Foreign exchange differences

   507,532    1,256    44,200    78,963    153,469    124,238    909,658  

Transfers to assets held for sale

   (11,082,236  (48,161  (667,884  (1,735,013  (3,368,992  (3,291,736  (20,194,022

Balance in 2014

   613,719    156,718    7,310,309    4,041,011     1,160,211    13,281,968  

Accumulated amortization

        

Balance at Jan 1, 2013

   (461,078   (4,857,715  (1,828,483   (282,218  (7,429,494

Amortization expenses

     (493,715  (244,124   (349,385  (1,087,224

Write-offs

     3,370      2,074    5,444  

Transfers

     3      2    5  

Balance in 2013

   (461,078   (5,348,057  (2,072,607   (629,527  (8,511,269

Acquisition of investments-PT Portugal

     (428,721  (514,850   (2,155,564  (3,099,135

Amortization expenses (1)

     (571,298  (359,396  (169,982  (392,628  (1,493,304

Write-offs

   1,433     11,673      26,373    39,479  

Transfers

     (28,171  (26,246  (7,970  (89,734  (152,121

Foreign exchange differences

     (260    260   

Transfers to assets held for sale

     489,838    578,878    177,952    2,378,692    3,625,360  

Balance in 2014

   (459,645   (5,874,996  (2,394,221   (862,128  (9,590,990

Intangible assets, net

        

Balance in 2013

   154,395    184,387    1,309,868    1,968,404     302,437    3,919,491  

Balance in 2014

   154,074    156,718    1,435,313    1,646,790     298,083    3,690,978  

Annual amortization rate (average)

     20  9   16 

(1)The movements in intangible assets in 2014 include the movements in continuing operations and in discontinued operations. The amortization expenses include expenses related to continuing operations totaling R$1,084,375 and the remaining amount refers to discontinued operations.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries
   Intangibles
in progress
  Data
processing
systems
  Regulatory
licenses (i)
  Other  Total 

Cost of intangibles (gross amount)

 

Balance at 2015

   125,841   7,907,751   18,992,604   1,878,738   28,904,934 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Additions

   362,413   24,344   84,312   56,505   527,573 

Transfers

   (375,411  338,803   25   36,583  

Other

    30,732     30,732 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2016

   112,842   8,301,630   19,076,941   1,971,826   29,463,239 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Additions

   332,500   4,356    74,972   411,828 

Transfers

   (428,295  438,138    (9,843 

Other

    (1,111   (382  (1,493
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2017

   17,047   8,743,013   19,076,941   2,036,573   29,873,574 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Accumulated amortization

      

Balance at 2015

    (6,538,340  (8,987,479  (1,598,979  (17,124,798
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Amortization expenses

    (596,617  (1,082,332  (133,659  (1,812,608

Transfers

    898   (1,553  655  

Other

    (14,774    (14,774
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2016

    (7,148,833  (10,071,364  (1,731,983  (18,952,180
   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Amortization expenses

    (524,414  (1,025,438  (116,756  (1,666,608

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Goodwill

The Company and its subsidiaries also recognize goodwill arising on the acquisition of investments based on expected future earnings.

In December 2014, annual impairment tests were conducted based on ten-year discounted cash flow projections, using perpetuity-based amounts in the last year, which is the period in which the entity expected to recover the investments made when the business was acquired, by applying an average growth rate of 24.2% for Pay TV, 14.5% for Means of Payment, 6.0% for RII Internet provider, and 4.7% for RII Multimedia, discount rate of 12.3%, and use of perpetuity-based amounts in the last year. The tests did not show any impairment losses, as summarized below:

Cash-generating unit (CGU)

  Asset balance   Goodwill
allocated to the

CGU
   Recoverable amount
valuation basis
   Value in use 

Pay TV

   46,723     37,690     84,413     912,893  

Means of payment

   77,591     36,211     113,802     139,781  

RII Internet service provider

   27,189     72,828     100,017     287,755  

RII multimedia

   169,474     7,345     176,819     650,116  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 320,977   154,074   475,051   1,990,545  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Regulatory licenses

Execution
date
TerminationAcquisition
cost

Concession/license

Oi Móvel’s Region 2 radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

12/18/200212/17/2017191,502

Oi Móvel’s Region 2 radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

05/03/200412/22/201728,624

Oi Móvel’s Region 2 radiofrequencies and SMP (3G)

04/29/200804/30/2023488,235

Oi Móvel’s Region 2 radiofrequencies and SMP (H Band)

05/26/201104/30/20231,073

TNL PCS’s Region 1 radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

03/13/200103/13/20161,102,007

TNL PCS’s Region 1 radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

07/11/200303/13/201666,096

TNL PCS’s Region 1 radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

01/22/200403/13/201645,218

TNL PCS’s Region 3 radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

04/29/200804/30/2023131,106

TNL PCS’s Region 1 and 3 radiofrequencies and SMP (3G)

04/29/200804/30/2023867,018

TNL PCS’s Region 3 (inland) radiofrequencies and SMP (2G)

09/08/200812/07/2022126,820

TNL PCS’s radiofrequencies and SMP

12/07/200712/07/20228,868

Fair value of Amazônia Celular’s SMP licenses

04/03/200803/13/2016230,030

Oi Móvel’s and TNL PCS’s radiofrequencies (sub-bands 2.5 GHz (4G) and 450 MHz)

06/30/201206/30/2027368,848

2013 Oi Móvel Sobras 1.8MHz Concession Agreement

06/30/201304/30/202378,189

Other licenses

307,377

Total

4,041,011

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

16.TRADE PAYABLES

   2014   2013 

Infrastructure, network and plant maintenance materials

   1,708,777     1,806,553  

Services

   1,985,629     2,057,117  

Rental of polls and rights-of-way

   422,423     608,006  

Other

   219,737     260,498  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 4,336,566   4,732,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

17.BORROWINGS AND FINANCING

Borrowings and financing by type

   2014   2013   Maturity (principal and interest)   TIR
%
 

Development Banks-BNDES

   5,871,576     5,915,781     Dec 2014 to Jul 2021     10.64  

Public debentures

   7,807,389     9,414,240     Dec 2014 to Jul 2021     11.49  

Financial institutions

   22,644,230     21,053,207      

Bank Credit Note (CCB)

   4,503,810     3,192,051     Dec 2014 to Jan 2028     11.82  

Senior Notes-local currency

   1,136,801     1,136,599     Dec 2014 to Sep 2016     11.91  

-Certificates of Real Estate Receivables (CRI)

   1,496,674     1,428,511     Dec 2014 to Aug 2022     8.08  

ECA-Export Credit Agency

   3,532,048     4,354,639     Dec 2014 to May 2022    8.26  

Senior Notes-foreign currency (i)

   11,600,563     10,593,584     Dec 2014 to Feb 2022     12.56  

Other

   374,334     347,823     Dec 2014 to Dec 2033     11.97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Subtotal

 36,323,195   36,383,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Incurred debt issuance cost

 (473,800 (529,602
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Total

 35,849,395   35,853,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Current

 4,463,728   4,158,708  

Non-current

 31,385,667   31,694,918  

Transfers

     53     53 
       

Balance at 2017

     (7,673,194  (11,096,802  (1,848,739  (20,618,735
    

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Intangible assets, net

       

Balance at 2015

   125,842    1,369,411   10,005,125   279,759   11,780,136 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2016

   112,842    1,152,797   9,005,577   239,843   10,511,059 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at 2017

   17,047    1,069,819   7,980,139   187,834   9,254,839 
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Annual amortization rate (average)

     20  10  16 

 

(i)In 2014

Includes mainly the Company bought back own obligations maturing in 2022, in the nominal amountfair value of US$33 million (R$87 million at December 31, 2014), which the Company intendsintangible assets related to cancel or hold to maturity.purchase of control of BrT (now Oi, S.A.).

Debt issuance15.     TRADE PAYABLES

The trade payables are represented by the suppliers that provide services related to the infrastructure services, network maintenance services, interconnection costs, by typerental and insurance, rights of way and other third-party services.

16.     LICENSES AND CONCESSIONS PAYABLE

 

   2014   2013 

Financial institutions

   438,690     484,494  

BNDES

   4,597     5,552  

Public debentures

   30,513     39,556  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 473,800   529,602  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 107,695   97,055  

Non-current

 366,105   432,547  

Breakdown of the debt by currency

   2014   2013 

Brazilian reais

   21,068,153     21,287,189  

US dollar

   12,368,551     12,158,610  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Euro

 2,412,691   2,407,827  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 35,849,395   35,853,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Breakdown of the debt by currency

   2014   2013 

Fixed rate

   14,146,444     13,078,474  

CDI

   9,811,490     10,233,218  

TJLP

   5,149,392     5,138,940  

LIBOR

   2,762,046     3,743,010  

IPCA

   3,798,431     3,576,429  

INPC

   181,592     83,555  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 35,849,395   35,853,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Maturity schedule of the long-term debt and debt issuance costs allocation schedule

   Long-term debt   Debt issuance costs 
  2014 

2016

   5,129,882     88,271  

2017

   7,284,801     77,207  

2018

   3,509,024     70,324  

2019

   3,944,732     61,647  

2020 and following years

   11,883,333     68,656  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 31,751,772   366,105  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Description of main borrowings and financing

Local currency-denominated financing

Development Banks

The Company and its subsidiary obtained financing facilities with BNDES to fund the expansion and improve the quality of their fixed and mobile nationwide networks and meet their regulatory obligations.

In April 2014, the Company and its subsidiaries disbursed R$836 million (of which R$209.7 million to Oi, R$408.4 million to TMAR, and R$217.9 million to Oi Móvel). The related debt issuance costs, totaling R$3.4 million, are being amortized through profit or loss for the year, according to this issuance’s contractual terms, using its effective interest rate.

In 2014, the Company amortized principal installments plus adjusted interest totaling R$1,356 million.

Additionally, the Company and its subsidiaries are parties to current financing agreements with the BNDES and other development banks from the North and Northeast of Brazil, entered into in 2004 and 2009 to finance investment projects with goals the referred to above.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Revolver credit facilities

In August 2014, R$1,300 million were disbursed through a Bank Credit Note (CCB), under a revolver credit facility transaction entered into by Oi with Banco do Brasil, Bradesco, HSBC and Santander in December 2012, totaling R$1,500 billion.

Foreign currency-denominated financing

ECA credit facilities

The Company and TMAR contract financing facilities with export credit agencies to finance part of the investments in equipment and services that incorporate foreign technology.

In June 2014, US$382.5 million (R$855.8 million) were repaid of a financing agreement entered into by TMAR with the China Development Bank in July 2011.

In May 2014, US$30.3 million (R$67.8 million) were repaid of a financing agreement entered into by TMAR with Cisco System Capital in March 2011.

In April 2014, US$104.0 million (R$276.9 million) were disbursed under a financing agreement entered into by TMAR with the Export Development Canada in July 2012.

In March 2014, US$92.5 million (R$209.4 million) were disbursed under a financing agreement entered into by Oi with the ONDD (Office National Du Ducroire/Nationale Delcrederedienst) amounting to US$257 million to finance part of Oi’s investments for the next two years.

TMAR is a party to current agreements with major export credit agencies, including: SEK – Swedish Export Corporation; CDB – China Development Bank; and ONDD – Office National Du Ducroire; and FEC – Finnish Export Credit.

Public and private debentures

Issuer

 

Issue

 

Principal

 

Maturity

 

2014

 

2013

Oi

 10th R$1,500 million 2019 1,633,137 1,604,207

Oi

 9th R$2,000 million 2020 2,386,594 2,262,961

Oi

 8th R$2,350 million 2018 2,352,258 2,350,976

Oi

 7th R$1,000 million 2017 1,047,432 1,039,569

Oi

 5th (1st series) (i) R$1,754 million 2014  1,792,259

Oi

 5th (2nd series) R$246 million 2020 340,957 320,088

TMAR

 2nd R$31 million 2021 47,011 44,180
    

 

 

 

Public debentures

7,807,3899,414,240
    

 

 

 

(i)In April 2014, the Company fully repaid R$1,754 million of the 1st issue of the 5th series of public debentures of Oi S.A.

The debentures issued by the Company and its subsidiaries do not contain renegotiation clauses.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Guarantees

BNDES financing facilities are collateralized by receivables of the Company and its subsidiaries TMAR and Oi Móvel. The Company provides guarantees to its subsidiaries TMAR and Oi Móvel for such financing facilities, totaling R$4,864 million.

Covenants

The financing agreements of the Company and subsidiaries TMAR and Oi Móvel with the BNDES and other financial institutions, and the debentures issued requires compliance with financial ratios (covenants). The financial ratios of the BNDES agreements are calculated semiannually, in June and December. Other financial ratios are calculated on a quarterly and annually basis.

Specifically for the subsidiaries’ BNDES agreements, the financial ratios are calculated based on the Company’s consolidated financial reporting.

On February 12, 2015, the General Debentureholders’ Meeting of the 9th Issue Debentures ratified the permission for the sale of PT Portugal to Altice, including undertaking the corporate reorganization necessary to implement sale. Also on this date, the General Debentureholders’ Meeting of the 5th Issue Debentures approved: (i) the permission to undertake the corporate reorganization, through the merger of Company shares with and into Telemar Participações S.A. that results in the increase of the Company’s governance level on the BM&FBOVESPA; and (ii) temporary change of the ratios resulting from the calculation of the maximum leverage financial covenants to be determined by the Company for the four quarters of 2015, obtained by dividing the Company’s Total Gross Debt by EBITDA, which must be 4.5 times or lower, except if before or after the actual transfer of PT Portugal shares to Altice and their payment to the Company it is necessary to take into account PT Portugal’s and its subsidiaries’ debts to calculate the Total Gross Debt, which must be 6.0 times or lower, calculated using the Company’s 2015 quarterly financial information and annual financial statements.

Beginning in the first quarter of 2016 (included), the ratios resulting from the calculation of the financial covenants referred to above shall return to the ratios described in the Debenture Indentures, i.e., the Company’s total debt to EBITDA must be 4.0 times or lower, calculated based on the consolidated balance sheet or an EBITDA-to-debt service ratio of 1.75 or higher, also based on the consolidated balance sheet, with the corresponding amendment to the Debenture Indenture.

As a result of the approval of the terms above, the Company approved the payment of a waiver fee to the 5th Issue Debentureholders of R$143.107735 per 2nd series debenture (Cetip Code: TNLE25), totaling R$3,521, and to the 9th Issue Debentureholders of R$105.378745 and R$126.997862 per 1st series (Oi BR-D91) and 2nd series (Oi BR-D92) debenture, totaling R$4,215 and R$20,320, respectively.

The Company has negotiated with its creditors the temporary amendment of the financial covenant ceilings for the leverage ratio (gross debt to EBITDA) for the four quarters of 2015 in context of the sale of PT Portugal to Altice.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

As at December 31, 2014 all ratios had been complied with.

Committed and not used credit facilities

In December 2014 the Company signed a financing agreement with Banco do Nordeste do Brasil (BNB) amounting to R$370.6 million to finance part of the investments in the Northeast of Brazil in the next two years. There was no disbursement from this facility to date.

In October 2014 the Company entered into a financing agreement with the agency Finnvera (Finnish Export Credit Ltd.) totaling US$397.4 million to finance part of the investments to be made in the next two years. There was no disbursement from this facility to date.

The revolver credit facility transactions were structured so that the Company and its subsidiaries can use the credit facility at any time, over the contractual periods. These transactions provide a comfortable liquidity cushion, strengthening the Group’s capital structure and credit profile, and increase our cash management efficiency.

18.DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

   2014   2013 

Assets

    

Currency swaps

   2,871,904     1,631,015  

Interest rate swaps

   196,017     118,264  

Non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)

   153,560     323,900  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 3,221,481   2,073,179  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 340,558   452,234  

Non-current

 2,880,923   1,620,945  

Liabilities

Currency swaps

 413,573   355,456  

Interest rate swaps

 241,138   197,187  

Non-deliverable forwards (NDFs)

 12,211   14,008  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 666,922   566,651  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 523,951   409,851  

Non-current

 142,971   156,800  

19.LICENSES AND CONCESSIONS PAYABLE

  2014   2013   2017   2016 

SMP

   1,238,209     1,484,407  

Personal Mobile Services—SMP

   4,649    7,812 

STFC concessions

   123,731       16,261    102,938 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

 1,361,940   1,484,407     20,910    110,750 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Current

 675,965   457,173     20,306    106,677 

Non-current

 685,975   1,027,234     604    4,073 

Correspond to the amounts payable to ANATEL for the radiofrequency concessions and the licenses to provide the SMP services, and STFC service concessions, obtained at public auctions.

The In 2016 the Company settled the remaining amount of the 3G licenses as laid down in the payment schedule is as follows:schedule.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries17.     TAX FINANCING PROGRAM

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

2015

 675,965  

2016

 679,977  

2017

 2,858  

2018

 2,858  

2019

 282  
  

 

 

 

Total

 1,361,940  
  

 

 

 

20.TAX REFINANCING PROGRAM

The outstanding balance of the Tax Debt Refinancing Program is broken down as follows:

 

  2014   2013   2017   2016 

Law 11941/09 and Law 12865/2013 tax financing program

   983,904     1,108,435     638,409    756,120 

REFIS II—PAES

   6,326     11,869     4,336    4,336 

PRT (MP 766/2017) (i)

   233,051    —   

PERT (Law 13496/2017) (ii)

   12,981    —   
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

 990,230   1,120,304     888,777    760,456 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Current

 94,041   100,302     278,277    105,514 

Non-current

 896,189   1,020,002     610,500    654,942 

The amounts of the tax refinancing program created under Law 11941/2009, Provisional Act (MP) 766/2017, and Law 13469/2017, divided into principal, fine and interest, which include the debt declared at the time the deadline to join the program (Law 11941/2009 installment plan) was reopened as provided for by Law 12865/2013 and Law 12996/2014, are broken down as follows:

 

  2014   2013   2017   2016 
Principal   Fines   Interest   Total   Total  Principal   Fines   Interest   Total   Total 

Tax on revenue (COFINS)

   268,148     16,453     279,245     563,846     610,313     110,410      189,123    299,533    358,115 

Income tax

   59,753     4,476     55,218     119,447     186,882     23,450    1,891    42,944    68,285    85,050 

Tax on revenue (PIS)

   68,916     1,640     32,042     102,598     80,575     52,247    273    37,434    89,954    103,258 

Social security (INSS – SAT)

   2,900     2,742     8,210     13,852     43,204     3,334    1,828    3,288    8,450    14,005 

Social contribution

   15,842     806     14,337     30,985     50,679     4,418    792    12,129    17,339    21,617 

Tax on banking transactions (CPMF)

   16,962     1,670     21,085     39,717     35,471     19,076    2,147    28,045    49,268    48,780 

PRT – Other Debts—RFB

   48,579    12,266    166,416    227,261   

PRT – Social Security—INSS

   5,117      673    5,790   

PERT – Other Debts—RFB

   7,494      5,487    12,981   

Other

   46,903     5,581     67,301     119,785     113,180     34,072    4,986    70,858    109,916    129,631 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

Total

 479,424   33,368   477,438   990,230   1,120,304     308,197    24,183    556,397    888,777    760,456 
  

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

   

 

 

The payment schedule is as follows:

 

2015

 94,041  

2016

 100,705  

2017

 100,705  

2018

 100,705  

2019

 100,705  

2020 to 2022

 302,115  

2023 to 2025

 191,254  
  

 

 

 

Total

 990,230  
  

 

 

 

2018

   278,277 

2019

   155,875 

2020

   94,060 

2021

   94,060 

2022

   94,060 

2023 to 2024

   172,445 
  

 

 

 

Total

   888,777 
  

 

 

 

The Company hereby clarifies that tax debts, as is the case of the debts included in tax refinancing plans under Law 11941/2009 and Law 12865/2013programs, are divided into 180 monthly installments. Companies are required to ensure the timely payment of all the installments

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notesnot subject to the Financial Statements

forterms of the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

judicial reorganization terms.

and will be excluded from the program if they have three installments outstanding, whether consecutive or otherwise, or fail to pay one installment, if all the others have been paid.
(i)

Tax Compliance Program (PRT)

The Company’sCompany elected to include and its subsidiaries’ debt is being consolidatedsettle under said tax refinancing program, created by the Federal Revenue ServiceGovernment, under Provisional Act 766/2017 (PRT), the administrative proceedings with a probable likelihood of an unfavorable outcome and those where, while attributed a possible likelihood of an unfavorable outcome, the cost effectiveness of including them provided to be highly advantageous in light of the benefits offered by the program.

The Company elected the payment method that allows settling 76% of the debt utilizing tax credits arising on tax loss carryforwards amounting to R$1,035 million, and paid the remaining 24% in 24 monthly installments totaling R$327 million plus SELIC interest charged as from the adherence month. All the procedures necessary for the Company joining the PRT were completed within the statutory deadline, while MP 766/2017 was still dependin effect.

Subsequently, on confirmation. The judicial deposits relatedJune 1, 2017 the effective period of said Provisional Act ended because it was not passed into law within the relevant constitutional deadline. However, as established by the Federal Constitution, the legal relationships established and arising from actions taken while a provisional act not passed into law was effective, as in the case of the Company’s joining the PRT, continue to be governed by the former provisional act, except where the National Congress provides for otherwise, by means of a legislative decree.

Note that the PRT, governed by MP 766/2017, is not equivalent to the lawsuits transferred to the newtax installment plan will be converted, pursuant to the applicable law, into Federal Government revenue.established by MP 783/2017 (PERT), of May 31, 2017, because of differences in payment terms and conditions, plan scope, and access requirements.

(ii)

Special Tax Compliance Program (PERT)

The Company’s and some of its subsidiaries’ joined the new tax installment program governed by Article 2 of Law 12996/2014, under which they can include federal tax debts past due until December 31, 2013. In its application to the new program, the Company elected to pay its debtinclude in 30 monthly installments.and settle through PERT only tax debts that in aggregate do not exceed the fifteen million Brazilian reais (R$15,000,000) ceiling set by Article 3 of Law 13496/2017.

In November 2014The tax debts included in said program were those being disputed at the balancesadministrative level in proceedings classified with a low likelihood of the tax installment plans entered into byCompany winning and which, in the Company event of an unfavorable outcome, would result in a lawsuit—and its subsidiaries under Article 2 of Law 12996/2014 were fully settled as provided for by Article 33 of Law 13043/2014, i.e.entail all the associated costs—, the companies offset their own tax loss carryforwards against 70%reason why the cost effectiveness of their tax debts R$302,014, and settledjoining the remaining 30%program was quite positive, because of R$129,435 in cash. The Company and its subsidiaries with all the requirements set out in said Law and the administrative order that regulated its application and the related deadlines, includingbenefits offered by PERT (especially the payment of amounts that had to be paidjust 5% of the debt in cash, while the utilization of tax loss carryforwards is still subject to analysis and confirmation by the Federal Revenue Service.cash).

18.     PROVISION FOR CONTINGENCIES

 

21.PROVISIONS

Broken down as follows:

   

Type

  2014   2013 
  Labor    

(i)

  

Overtime

   471,506     474,910  

(ii)

  

Indemnities

   152,113     150,612  

(iii)

  

Sundry premiums

   131,963     128,765  

(iv)

  

Stability/reintegration

   126,070     120,863  

(v)

  

Additional post-retirement benefits

   83,417     75,048  

(vi)

  

Salary Differences and related effects

   52,852     56,997  

(vii)

  

Lawyer/expert fees

   29,382     30,969  

(viii)

  

Severance pay

   20,235     24,945  

(ix)

  

Labor fines

   15,562     16,758  

(x)

  

Severance Pay Fund (FGTS)

   9,359     10,723  

(xi)

  

Employment relationship

   5,717     5,467  

(xii)

  

Joint liability

   1,581     2,292  

(xiii)

  

Other claims

   55,267     43,925  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total 1,155,024   1,142,274  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Tax

(i)

State VAT (ICMS)

 363,025   361,540  

(ii)

FUST/FUNTTEL

 147,350  

(iii)

Tax on services (ISS)

 71,666   67,350  

(iv)

Tax on net income (ILL)

 20,691   19,998  

(v)

INSS (joint liability, fees, and severance pay)

 31,735   12,462  

(vi)

Other claims

 45,504   31,672  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total 532,621   640,372  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

  Civil    

(i)

      Corporate   1,549,525     2,062,709  

(ii)

      ANATEL estimates   597,437     557,960  

(iii)

      ANATEL fines   506,726     487,548  

(iv)

      Small claims courts   282,209     137,859  
(v)      Other claims   508,226     587,595  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total 3,444,123   3,833,671  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total provisions 5,131,768   5,616,317  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 
Current 1,058,521   1,223,526  
Non-current 4,073,247   4,392,791  
   2017   2016 

Labor

   697,190    543,026 

Tax

   660,304    576,133 

Civil

   10,941    9,915 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total provisions

   1,368,435    1,129,074 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

In compliance with the relevant Law, the provisions are adjusted for inflation on a monthly basis.

BreakdownThe following summarizes the activity of contingent liabilities, per naturethe contingency provision:

   Labor   Tax   Civil   Total 

Balance originally stated at December 31, 2015

   849,477    492,357    3,093,132    4,434,966 

Restatement adjustments to prior years

   2,059      620,112    622,171 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2015 (restated)

   851,536    492,357    3,713,244    5,057,137 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflation adjustment

   15,062    87,679    135,686    238,427 

Additions/(reversals)

   569,521    57,812    433,422    1,060,755 

Write-offs for payment/terminations

   (130,425   (61,715   (499,861   (692,001

Reclassification to liabilities subjected to compromise on June 20, 2016

   (762,668     (3,772,576   (4,535,244
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance in 2016

   543,026    576,133    9,915    1,129,074 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Inflation adjustment

   162,695    99,902    1,914    264,511 

Additions/(reversals)

   92,803    49,616    1,098    143,517 

Write-offs for payment/terminations

   (101,334   (65,347   (1,986   (168,667
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance in 2017

   697,190    660,304    10,941    1,368,435 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Labor

The breakdownCompany is a party to a large number of contingent liabilities withlabor lawsuits and calculates the related provision based on a possible unfavorable outcomestatistical methodology that takes into consideration, but not limited to, the total number of existing lawsuits, the claims make in each lawsuit, the amount claimed in each lawsuit, the history of payments made, and therefore, not recognized in accounting, is as follows:the technical opinion of the legal counsel.

 

   2014   2013 

Labor

   1,082,677     877,287  

Tax

   21,059,009     17,995,906  

Civil

   1,146,745     1,037,903  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 23,288,431   19,911,096  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Summary of movements in provision balances

   Labor   Tax   Civil   Total 

Balance at Jan 1, 2013

   1,579,138     765,294     4,075,205     6,419,637  

Inflation adjustment

   139,698     63,633     42,874     246,205  

Additions/(reversals)

   (154,616   8,223     528,342     381,949  

Write-offs for payment/terminations

   (421,946   (196,778   (812,750   (1,431,474

Balance in 2013

   1,142,274     640,372     3,833,671     5,616,317  

Acquisition of investments—PT Portugal

   7,471     86,198     48,040     141,709  

Inflation adjustment

   147,825     (29,680   115,131     233,276  

Additions/(reversals)(1) (i)

   116,230     13,895     340,472     470,597  

Write-offs for payment/terminations

   (250,830   (82,593   (848,190   (1,181,613

Foreign exchange differences

   5     69     36     110  

Liabilities on held-for-sale assets

   (7,951   (95,640   (45,037   (148,628

Balance in 2014

   1,155,024     532,621     3,444,123     5,131,768  

(1)The movements in the provision in 2014 include the movements in continuing operations and in discontinued operations. The increase (reversal) of the provision include expenses related to continuing operations totaling R$463,087, and the remaining amount Overtime—refers to discontinued operations.
(i)In September 2014, Management reviewed the methodology used to calculate the provisions for losses in civil lawsuits—corporate lawsuits involving the financial participation agreements—including statistical techniques as a result of the higher experience accumulated in the matter. The change in estimate generated a reversal amounting to R$354,869, recognized in other operating income (expenses), net, which also include R$46,347 related to other expenses on the provision of contingencies.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statementsclaim for payment of salary and premiums by alleged overtime hours;

Sundry premiums—refer to claims of hazardous duty premium, based on Law 7369/85, regulated by Decree 93412/86, due to the alleged risk from employees’ contact with the electric power grid, health hazard premium, pager pay, and transfer premium;

Indemnities—refers to amounts allegedly due for occupational accidents, leased vehicles, occupational diseases, pain and suffering, and tenure;

Stability/reintegration—claim due to alleged noncompliance with an employee’s special condition which prohibited termination of the employment contract without cause;

Supplementary retirement benefits—differences allegedly due on the benefit salary referring to payroll amounts;

Salary differences and related effects—refer mainly to claims for salary increases due to alleged noncompliance with trade union agreements. As for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013effects, these refer to the impact of the salary increase allegedly due on the other amounts calculated based on the employee’s salary;

Lawyers/expert fees—installments payable to the plaintiffs’ lawyers and 2012court appointed experts, when necessary for the case investigation, to obtain expert evidence;

(In thousands

Severance pay—claims of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)amounts which were allegedly unpaid or underpaid upon severance;

 

Labor fines—amounts arising from delays or nonpayment of certain amounts provided for by the employment contract, within the deadlines set out in prevailing legislation and collective bargaining agreements;

 

In 2013, Management reviewedEmployment relationship—lawsuits filed by outsourced companies’ former employees claiming the methodology usedrecognition of an employment relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries by alleging an illegal outsourcing and/or the existence of elements that evidence such relationship, such as direct subordination;

Supplement to calculateFGTS fine—arising from understated inflation, refers to claims to increase the provisions for losses in labor lawsuits including statistical techniquesFGTS severance fine as a result of the higher experience accumulated in the matter. The change in estimate generated a reversal amountingadjustment of accounts of this fund due to R$315,648.inflation effects.

Summary of the main matters related to the recognized provisions and contingent liabilities

Provisions

Labor

(i)Overtime—refers to the claim for payment of salary and premiums by alleged overtime hours;

(ii)Indemnities—refers to amounts allegedly due for occupational accidents, leased vehicles, occupational diseases, pain and suffering, and tenure;

(iii)Sundry premiums—refer to claims of hazardous duty premium, based on Law 7369/85, regulated by Decree 93412/86, due to the alleged risk from employees’ contact with the electric power grid, health hazard premium, pager pay, and transfer premium;

(iv)Stability/reintegration—claim due to alleged noncompliance with an employee’s special condition which prohibited termination of the employment contract without cause;

(v)Supplementary retirement benefits—differences allegedly due on the benefit salary referring to payroll amounts;

(vi)Salary differences and related effects—refer mainly to claims for salary increases due to alleged noncompliance with trade union agreements. As for the effects, these refer to the impact of the salary increase allegedly due on the other amounts calculated based on the employee’s salary;

(vii)Lawyers/expert fees—installments payable to the plaintiffs’ lawyers and court appointed experts, when necessary for the case investigation, to obtain expert evidence.

(viii)Severance pay—claims of amounts which were allegedly unpaid or underpaid upon severance;

(ix)Labor fines—amounts arising from delays or nonpayment of certain amounts provided for by the employment contract, within the deadlines set out in prevailing legislation and collective bargaining agreements;

(x)Supplement to FGTS fine—arising from understated inflation, refers to claims to increase the FGTS severance fine as a result of the adjustment of accounts of this fund due to inflation effects.

The Company filed a lawsuit against Caixa Econômica Federal to assure the reimbursement of all amounts paid for this purpose;

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

NotesJoint liability—refers to the Financial Statements

forclaim to assign liability to the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012Company, filed by outsourced personnel, due to alleged noncompliance with the latter’s labor rights by their direct employers;

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

 

Other claims—refer to different litigation including rehiring, profit sharing, qualification of certain allowances as compensation, etc.

Tax

(xi)Employment relationship—lawsuits filed by outsourced companies’ former employees claiming the recognition of an employment relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries by alleging an illegal outsourcing and/or the existence of elements that evidence such relationship, such as direct subordination;

(xii)Joint liability—refers to the claim to assign liability to the Company, filed by outsourced personnel, due to alleged noncompliance with the latter’s labor rights by their direct employers;

(xiii)Other claims—refer to different litigation including rehiring, profit sharing, qualification of certain allowances as compensation, etc.

TaxThe provisions for tax lawsuits are calculated individually taking into consideration Management and the legal counsel’s risk assessment. These contingencies are not included in the Judicial Reorganization Plan.

 

(i)

ICMS—Refers to the provision considered sufficient by management to cover the various tax assessments related to: (a) levy of ICMS and not ISS on certain revenue; (b) claim and offset of credits on the purchase of goods and other inputs, including those necessary for network maintenance; and (c) tax assessments related to alleged noncompliance with accessory obligations.

 

(ii)FUNTTEL—Provision recognized based on the change in the Universal Telecom Service Fund (FUST) fee calculation methodology, under ANATEL Abstract 7 (which no longer allows the deduction of Industrial Exploitation of Dedicated Lines (EILD) and interconnection charges from the calculation basis, not even retrospectively) and the potential impact on the FUNTTEL calculation basis. Based to the assessment conducted by the legal counsel retained by the Company to handle these administrative proceedings and lawsuits that the risk of an unfavorable outcome is possible, Management reversed the related provision.

(iii)ISS—the Company and TMAR have provisions for tax assessment notices challenged because of the levy of ISS on several value added, technical, and administrative services, and equipment leases.

(iii)

INSS—Provision related basically to probable losses on lawsuits discussing joint liability and indemnities.

 

(iv)

ILL—TMAR offset the ILL paid up to calendar 1992 based on Federal Supreme Court (“STF”) decisions that declare the unconstitutionality of this tax. However, even though there is higher courts’ case law on the matter, a provision is maintained, as there is no final decision of the criteria for the adjustments of these credits.

(v)INSS—Provision related basically to probable losses on lawsuits discussing joint liability and indemnities.

(vi)Other claims—Refer basically to provisions to cover Real Estate Tax (IPTU) assessments and several tax assessments related to income tax and social contribution collection.

Contingent liabilities (Note 28)

Oi S.A.The Company and Subsidiariesits subsidiaries are also parties to several lawsuits in which the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is classified as possible, in the opinion of their legal counsel, and for which no provision for contingent liabilities has been recognized.

NotesThe breakdown of contingent liabilities of the companies not under judicial reorganization with a possible unfavorable outcome and, therefore, not recognized in accounting, is as follows:

   2017   2016 

Labor

   53,328    36,708 

Tax

   26,175,239    25,958,044 

Civil

   191,819    175,064 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total   26,420,386    26,169,816 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The main contingencies classified with possible likelihood of an unfavorable outcome, according to the Financial StatementsCompany´s management’s opinion, based on its legal counsel’s assessment, are summarized below:

Labor

Refer to several lawsuits claiming, but not limited to, the payment of salary differences, overtime, hazardous duty and health hazard premium, and joint liability.

Tax

The main ongoing lawsuits have the following matters:

(i)

ICMS – it refers to discussions concerning the levy of this tax on certain activities and/or the provision of certain services, such as, for example, the levy of ICMS on noncore activities, supplemental services, services provided totax-exempt customers, subscriptions minimum contract period, or even the disallowance of tax credits because some States qualify them as undue, including, but not limited to, tax credits of capital assets, different calculation of the tax credit ratio (CIAP), totaling approximately R$11,730,162 (R$10,982,916 in 2016 and R$10,144,485 at January 1, 2016);

(ii)

ISS – alleged levy of this tax on subsidiary telecommunications services and discussion regarding the classification of the services taxed by the cities listed in Supplementary Law 116/2003, amounting approximately to R$3,387,630 (R$3,356,305 in 2016 and R$2,908,031 at January 1, 2016);

(iii)

INSS – tax assessments to add amounts to the contribution salary allegedly due by the Company, amounting approximately to R$573,619 (R$1,073,453 in 2016 and R$1,029,470 at January 1, 2016); and

(iv)

Federal taxes—several tax assessment notifications regarding basically the disallowances made on the calculation of taxes, errors in the completion of tax returns, transfer of PIS and COFINS and FUST related to changes in the interpretation of these taxes tax bases by ANATEL. These lawsuits amount approximately to $10,483,828 (R$10,545,370 in 2016 and R$9,965,543 at January 1, 2016).

19.     OTHER PAYABLES

   2017   2016 

Provisions for indemnities payable (Note 27)

   607,559    526,935 

Payable for the acquisition of equity interest

   —      342,086 

Third party consignment

   35,293    66,293 

Provision for asset decommissioning

   16,716    16,064 

Other

   392,832    452,082 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   1,052,400    1,403,460 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   469,214    527,144 

Non-current

   583,186    876,316 

20.     UNEARNED REVENUES

Refers to the amounts received in advance for the assignment of the right to the commercial operation and use of infrastructure assets that are recognized in revenues over the effective period of the underlying agreements and prepaid mobile telephone services that are recognized in revenue when the customers use the services.

21.     SHAREHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(a)

Share capital

Subscribed andpaid-in capital is R$21,438,374 (R$21,438,374 at December 31, 2016), represented by the followingno-par value shares:

   Number of shares (in thousands) 
  2017   2016 

Total capital in shares

    

Common shares

   668,034    668,034 

Preferred shares

   157,727    157,727 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   825,761    825,761 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Treasury shares

    

Common shares

   148,282    148,282 

Preferred shares

   1,812    1,812 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   150,094    150,094 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding shares

    

Common shares

   519,752    519,752 

Preferred shares

   155,915    155,915 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total outstanding shares

   675,667    675,667 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred shares are nonvoting, but are assured priority in the payment of the noncumulative minimum dividends equal to the higher of 6% per year of the amount obtained by dividing capital stock by the total number of shares of the Company or 3% per year of the amount obtained by dividing book equity by the total number of shares of the Company.

The Company is authorized to increase its capital under a Board of Directors’ resolution, in common and preferred shares, up to the share capital limit of R$34,038,701,741.49, within the legal limit of 2/3 for the issuance of new nonvoting preferred shares.

By resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting or Board of Directors’ Meeting, the Company’s capital can be increased by capitalizing retained earnings or reserves previously set up for this purpose by the Shareholders’ Meeting. Under these conditions, the capitalization can be made without any change in the number of shares.

Capital is represented by common and preferred shares with no par value. The Company is not required to maintain the current proportion of common to preferred share on capital increases.

On February 25, 2015 the Board of Directors approved a capital increase of R$154 without the issue of new shares, through the capitalization of the investment reserve.

In October 2015, the voluntary conversion of Company preferred shares into common shares was completed (Note 1).

(b)

Treasury shares

Treasury shares at December 31, 2015 originate from the corporate events that took place in the first quarter of 2015, the second quarter of 2014, and the first half of 2012, described below:

(i)

On February 27, 2012, the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company approved the Merger Protocol and Justification of Coari with and into the Company and, as a result, the cancelation of the all the treasury shares held by the Company on that date;

(ii)

On February 27, 2012, the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of the Company approved the Merger Protocol and Justification of TNL with and into the Company, and the Company’s shares then held by TNL, as a result of the merger of Coari with and into the Company, were canceled, except for 24,647,867 common shares that remained in treasury;

(iii)

Starting April 9, 2012, Oi paid the reimbursement of shares to withdrawing shareholders.

(iv)

As a result of the Company’s capital increase approved by the Board of Directors on April 30 and May 5, 2014, and due to subscription made by Pharol in PT Portugal assets, R$263,028 was reclassified to treasury shares.

(v)

Under the exchange agreement entered into with Pharol on September 8, 2014 (Note 26), approved at Pharol’s extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission—CVM, and at the Company’s extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, on March 30, 2015 the Company conducted a share exchange under which Pharol delivered to PTIF Oi shares divided into 474,348,720 OIBR3 shares and 948,697,440 OIBR4 shares (47,434,872 and 94,869,744 after the reverse stock split, respectively); in exchange, the Company delivered Rio Forte securities to PT SGPS, in the total principal amount of R$3,163 million (€897 million).

The treasury share position corresponding to items (i), (ii) and (iii) referred to above, do not take into consideration item (iv) because this refers to a reclassification derived from cross-shareholdings, as follows:

   Common
shares (*)
   Amount   Preferred
shares (*)
   Amount 

Balance in 2016

   148,282    5,208,938    1,812    59,125 

Balance in 2017

   148,282    5,208,938    1,812    59,125 

(*)

Number of shares in thousands

Historical cost in purchase of treasury shares (R$ per share)

  2017   2016 

Weighted average

   13.40    13.40 

Minimum

   3.79    3.79 

Maximum

   15.25    15.25 

(c)

Capital reserves

Capital reserves consist mainly of the Special Reserve on Merger that is represented by the corporate reorganizations primarily due to the corporate reorganization approved on February 27, 2012. In 2015, the increase in this reserve refers to net assets recorded that are related to the merger of TmarPart. The TmarPart merger was approved on September 1, 2015 and totaled R$1,105,180 (Note 1).

(d)

Dividends and interest on capital

Dividends are calculated pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws and the Brazilian Corporate Law. Preferred dividends or priority dividends are calculated pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws.

Preferred shares are nonvoting, but are assured priority in the payment of the noncumulative minimum dividends equal to the higher of 6% per year of the amount obtained by dividing capital stock by the total number of shares of the Company or 3% per year of the amount obtained by dividing book equity by the total number of shares of the Company.

By decision of the Board of Directors, the Company can pay or credit, as dividends, interest on capital pursuant to Article 9, paragraph 7, of Law 9249/1995. The interest paid or credited will be offset against the annual mandatory minimum dividend amount, pursuant to Article 43 of the Bylaws.

The mandatory minimum dividends, which are calculated pursuant to Article 202 of Law 6404/1976 (Brazilian Corporate Law), were not calculated because the Company reported losses in 2017, 2016 and 2015.

(e)

Share issue costs

This line item includes the share issue costs net of taxes amounting to R$377,429, of which R$194,464 is taxes. These costs are related to the following corporate transactions: (1) capital increase, in accordance with the plan for the business combination between the Company and Pharol and (2) the corporate reorganization of February 27, 2012, and (3) merger of TmarPart with and into Oi. These costs directly attributable to the mentioned events are basically represented by expenses on the preparation of prospectus and reports, third-party professional services, fees and commissions, transfer costs, and registration costs.

(f)

Other comprehensive income

The Company recognizes in this line item other comprehensive income, which includes hedge accounting gains and losses, actuarial gains and losses, foreign exchange differences arising on translating the net investment in foreign subsidiaries, and the tax effects related to these components, which are not recognized in the statement of profit or loss.

(g)

Basic and diluted loss per share

The table below shows the calculations of basic and diluted loss per share

   2017   2016   2015
(restated)
 

Loss for the year

   (4,027,661   (15,679,742   (10,794,183
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss attributable to owners of the Company

   (3,736,518   (15,502,132   (10,381,490

Net loss attributable tonon-controlling interests

   (291,143)     (177,610   (412,693
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss allocated to common shares – basic and diluted

   (2,874,290   (11,924,904   (4,473,818

Loss allocated to preferred shares—basic and diluted

   (862,228   (3,577,228   (5,907,672

Weighted average number of outstanding shares

      

(in thousands of shares)

      

Common shares – basic and diluted

   519,752    519,752    314,518 

Preferred stock – basic and diluted

   155,915    155,915    415,321 

Loss per share attributable to owners of the Company (in Reais):

      

Common shares—basic and diluted

   (5.53   (22.94   (14.22

Preferred stock—basic and diluted

   (5.53   (22.94   (14.22

Loss per share from continuing operation attributable to owners of the Company:

      

Common shares—basic and diluted

   (5.53   (22.94   (13.04

Preferred shares—basic and diluted

   (5.53   (22.94   (13.04

Loss per share from discontinued operation attributable to owners of the Company:

      

Common shares—basic and diluted

   —      —      (1.13

Preferred shares—basic and diluted

   —      —      (1.13

In accordance with the JRP the New I Common Shares will dilute the equity interest ofpre-petition shareholders, potentially diluting current shareholders equity up to 72.12%.

22.     PROVISION FOR PENSION PLAN

(a)

Pension funds

The Company and its subsidiaries sponsor retirement benefit plans for their employees, provided that they elect to be part of such plan. The table below shows the existing pension plans at December 31, 2017.

Benefit plans

Sponsors

Manager

TCSPREV

Oi, Oi Móvel, BrT Multimídia and Oi Internet

FATL

BrTPREV

Oi, Oi Móvel, BrT Multimídia and Oi Internet

FATL

TelemarPrev

Oi, TMAR, Oi Móvel and Oi Internet

FATL

PBS-Telemar

Telemar

FATL

PAMEC

Oi

Oi

PBS-A

Telemar and Oi

Sistel

PBS-TNCP

Oi Móvel

Sistel

CELPREV

Oi Móvel

Sistel

PAMA

Oi and Telemar

Sistel

Sistel – Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social

FATL – Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social

For purposes of the pension plans described in this note, the Company can also be referred to as the “Sponsor”.

The sponsored plans are valued by independent actuaries at the end of the annual reporting period. The Bylaws provide for the approval of the pension plan policy, and the joint liability attributed to the defined benefit plans is governed by the agreements entered into with the pension fund entities, with the agreement of the National Pension Plan Authority (PREVIC), as regards the specific plans. PREVIC is the official agency that approves and oversees said plans.

The sponsored defined benefit plans are closed to new entrants because they areclose-end pension funds. Participants’ and the sponsors’ contributions are defined in the funding plan.

Underfunded status

The unfunded status are as follows:

   2017   2016 

BrTPREV plan

   629,120    500,816 

PAMEC plan

   3,300    3,276 

Financial obligations—BrTPREV plan (i)

   —      55,954 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total unfunded status

   632,420    560,046 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reclassification to liabilities subject to compromise (Note 28).

   (560,046   (560,046
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totalnon-current

   72,374    —   

(i)

Represented by the agreement of financial obligations, entered into by the Company and Fundação Atlântico intended for the payment of the mathematical provision without coverage by the plan’s assets. This obligation represents the additional commitment between the provision recognized pursuant to the actuarial assumptions and the financial obligations agreement calculated based on the laws applicable toclose-end pension funds, regulated by PREVIC. This agreement was added to the court reorganization’s list of creditors under Class I (Note 1).

Over funded status

These assets are broken down as follows:

   2017   2016 

TCSPREV plan

   1,329,931    1,272,889 

TelemarPrev plan

   317,500    362,251 

PBS – Telemar plan

   53,041    28,044 

Other

   —      (21,323
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   1,700,472    1,641,861 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

   1,080    6,539 

Non-current

   1,699,392    1,635,322 

Characteristics of the sponsored pension plans

1)

FATL

FATL,closed-end, multiple sponsor, multiple plan pension fund, is a nonprofit, private pension-related entity, with financial and administrative independence, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, engaged in the management and administration of pension benefit plans for the employees of its sponsors.

Plans

(i)

BrTPREV

Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the National Register of Benefit Plans (CNPB) underNo. 2002.0017-74.

The monthly, mandatory Basic Contribution of the BrTPREV group Participants corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage to the Contribution Salary (SP), according to the Participant’s age and option, as follows: (i) Age up to 25 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 3% and 8% of the SP; (ii) Age 26 to 30 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 4% to 8% of the SP; (iii) Age 31 to 35 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 5% to 8% of the SP; (iv) Age 36 to 40 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 6% to 8% of the SP; (v) Age 41 to 45 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 7% to 8% of the SP; and (vi) Age 46 years old or more—Basic Contribution cohort of 8% of the SP.

The monthly Contribution of the Fundador/Alternativo group (merged) Participants corresponds to the sum of: (i) 3% charged on the Contribution Salary; (ii) 2% charged on the Contribution Salary that exceeds half of the highest Official Pension Scheme Contribution Salary, and (iii) 6.3% charged on the Contribution Salary that that exceeds the highest Official Pension Scheme Contribution Salary.

In accordance with regulatory criteria, the Sponsors’ contributions, related to each BrTPREV group Participant, are automatically cancelled on the month subsequent to the month when the same Participant reaches the age of 60 years old, 10 years of Credited Services, and 10 years of Plan membership.

The BrTPREV group Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage of up 22%, elected by the Participant, to the Participation Salary. The Sporadic Contribution of a BrTPREV group Participant is optional and both its amount and frequency are freely chosen by the Participant, provided it is not lower than one (1) UPBrT (BrT’s pension unit). The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to the Participant’s Voluntary or Sporadic Contribution.

The Plan’s Charter provides for contribution parity by the Participants and the Sponsors. The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.

(ii)

PBS-Telemar

Defined contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB underNo. 2000.0015-56.

The contributions from Active Participants of thePBS-Telemar Benefit Plan correspond to the sum of: (i) 0.5% to 1.5% of the Contribution Salary (according to the participant’s age on enrollment date); (ii) 1% of Contribution Salary that exceeds half of one Standard Unit; and (iii) 11% of the Contribution Salary that exceeds one Standard Unit. The Sponsors’ contributions are equivalent to 8% of the payroll of active participants of the plan. The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.

(iii)

TelemarPrev

Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB underNo. 2000.0065-74.

A participant’s regular contribution is comprised of two portions: (i) basic—equivalent to 2% of the contribution salary; and (ii) standard—equivalent to 3% of the positive difference between the total contribution salary and the social security contribution. The additional extraordinary contributions from participants are optional and can be made in multiples of 0.5% of the Contribution Salary, for a period of not less than six (6) months. Nonrecurring extraordinary contributions from a participant are also optional and cannot be lower than 5% of the Contribution Salary ceiling.

The Plan’s Charter requires the parity between participants’ and sponsors’ contributions, up to the limit of 8% of the Contribution Salary, even though a sponsor is not required to match Extraordinary Contributions made by participants. The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.

(iv)

TCSPREV

Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB underNo. 2000.0028-38.

The monthly, mandatory Basic Contribution of the TCSPREV group Participants corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage, chosen by the Participant, to the Contribution Salary (SP) as follows: (i) Age up to 25 years old—basic contribution cohort of 3% and 8% of the SP; (ii) Age 26 to 30 years old—basic contribution cohort of 4% to 8% of the SP; (iii) Age 31 to 35 years old—basic contribution cohort of 5% to 8% of the SP; (iv) Age 36 to 40 years old—basic contribution cohort of 6% to 8% of the SP; (v) Age 41 to 45 years old—basic contribution cohort of 7% to 8% of the SP; and (vi) Age 46 years old or more—basic contribution cohort of 8% of the SP.

In accordance with regulatory criteria, the Sponsors’ contributions, related to each TCSPREV group Participant, are automatically cancelled on the month subsequent to the month when the same Participant reaches the age of 60 years old, 10 years of Credited Services, and 10 years of Plan membership.

For participants migrating from other plans, the Sponsors’ contributions are cancelled on the month subsequent to the month when a Participant reaches the age of 57 years old, 10 years of uninterrupted membership ofPBS-TCS and the TCSPREV Plan, 10 years of Credited Services at the sponsor, and 35 years of registration with the official Social Security scheme.

The TCSPREV group Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage of up 22%, elected by the Participant, to the Participation Salary. The Sporadic Contribution of a Participant is optional and both its amount and frequency are freely chosen by the Participant, provided it is not lower than one (1) UPTCS (TCSPREV’s pension unit). The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to the Participant’s Voluntary or Sporadic contribution.

The Plan’s Charter provides for contribution parity by the Participants and the Sponsors. The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.

(v)

PBS-TNC

Defined contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB underNo. 2000.0013-19.

The contributions from Active Participants of thePBS-TNC Benefit Plan correspond to the sum of: (i) 0.28% to 0.85% of the Contribution Salary (according to the participant’s age on enrollment date); (ii) 0.57% of Contribution Salary that exceeds half of one Standard Unit; and (iii) 6.25% of the Contribution Salary that exceeds one Standard Unit. The Sponsors’ contributions are equivalent to a percentage of the payroll of the employees who are Active Plan Participants, as set on an annual basis in the Costing Plan.

The contribution of the Current Beneficiaries (only those who receive a retirement allowance) is equivalent to a percentage to be set on an annual basis in the Costing Plan, applied on the overall benefit, limited to the amount of the allowance.

The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.

(vi)

CELPREV

Defined Contribution Pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB underNo. 2004.0009-29.

The Participant’s Basic Regular Contribution corresponds to the product obtained by applying a percentage, 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% or 2%, depending on each participant’s option, to his or her Contribution Salary (SP). The Sponsors contribute with an amount equivalent to such contribution, less the monthly, mandatory contribution of each Sponsor required to fund risk costs (Sick Pay Benefit).

The Additional Regular Contribution corresponds The Participant’s Basic Regular Contribution corresponds to the product obtained by applying a percentage ranging from 0% to 6%, in multiples of 0.5%, as elected by each participant, on the Contribution Salary exceeding 10 Plan Benchmark Units (URPs). The Sponsors contribute with an equivalent amount.

The Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to a whole number percentage, freely elected by each participant, applied on the Contribution Salary. The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to this contribution.

The Sponsor’s Nonrecurring Contribution is voluntarily and corresponds to applying a percentage ranging from 50% to 150% of the aggregate Basic Regular and Additional Regular Contributions of the Sponsor, pursuant to consistent,non-discriminatory criteria, made with the frequency set by the Sponsor.

The Sponsor’s Special Contribution is specific for new Plan members who have joined the plan within 90 days starting March 18, 2004.

The Sponsor’s monthly, mandatory Risk Contribution, required to fund the Sick Pay Benefit, corresponds to percentage ofNon-migrating Participants’ Contribution Salary payroll. The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.

2)

SISTEL

SISTEL is a nonprofit, private welfare and pension entity, established in November 1977, which is engaged in creating and operating private plans to grant benefits in the form of lump sums or annuities, supplementary or similar to the government retirement pensions, to the employees and their families who are linked to SISTEL’s sponsors.

Plans

(i)

PBS-A

Multiemployer pension plan jointly sponsored with other sponsors associated to the provision of telecommunications services and offered to participants who held the status of beneficiaries on January 1, 2000.

Contributions to thePBS-A are contingent on the determination of an accumulated deficit and the Company is jointly and severally liable, along with other fixed-line telecommunications companies, for 100% of any insufficiency in payments owed to members of thePBS-A plan. As of December 31, 2017, thePBS-A plan had a surplus of R$2,387,963. No contributions were required in 2017, 2016 and 2015.

(ii)

PAMA

PAMA is a multiemployer healthcare plan for retired employees aimed at providing medical care to beneficiaries, with copayments by and contributions from the latter. The PAMA plan has been closed to new members since February 2000, other than new beneficiaries of current members and employees that are covered by thePBS-A plan who have not yet elected to join the PAMA plan. In December 2003, the Company began sponsoring the PCE –Special Coverage Plan, or the PCE plan, a health-care plan managed by Sistel. The PCE plan is open to employees that are covered by the PAMA plan. From February to July 2004, December 2005 to April 2006, June to September 2008, July 2009 to February 2010, March to November 2010, February 2011 to March 2012 and March 2012 until today, the Company offered incentives to its employees to migrate from the PAMA plan to the PCE plan.

In October 2015, in compliance with a court order, Sistel transferred the surpluses of thePBS-A benefits plan, amounting to R$3,042 million, to ensure the solvency of the plan PAMA. Of the total amount transferred, R$2,127 million is related to the plans sponsored by the Company, apportioned proportionally to the obligations of the defined benefit plan.

As of December 31, 2017, the PAMA plan had a surplus of R$395,359. No significant contribution in 2017, 2016 and 2015.

3)

PAMEC-BrT—Assistance plan managed by the Company

Defined benefit plan intended to provide medical care to the retirees and survivor pensioners linked to the TCSPREV pension plan managed by FATL.

The contributions forPAMEC-BrT were fully paid in July 1998, through a bullet payment. However, as this plan is now administrated by the Company, after the transfer of management by Fundação 14 in November 2007, there are no assets recognized to cover current expenses, and the actuarial obligation is fully recognized in the Company’s liabilities.

Funded Status

Changes in the actuarial obligations, fair value of assets and amounts recognized in the balance sheet

   2017  2016 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-
Telemar
  PAMEC  TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-
Telemar
  PAMEC 

Projected benefit obligation at the beginning of the year

   572,477   2,306,858   3,491,343   286,159   3,276   497,129   2,000,754   2,792,547   244,178   2,585 

Service cost

   457   102   1,545   33   —     551   138   2,042   24  

Interest cost

   64,927   260,650   397,842   32,488   378   62,214   249,319   350,701   30,475   330 

Benefits paid

   (54,979  (205,879  (263,493  (23,158  (122  (53,329  (196,368  (245,496  (21,746  (157

Participan’s contributions

   —     —     —     41   —        42  

Changes in actuarial assumptions

   42,384   162,980   197,816   12,096   (232  65.912   253.015   591.550   33.216   517 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Projected benefit obligation at the end of the year

   625,266   2,524,711   3,825,053   307,659   3,300   572,477   2,306,858   3,491,343   286,159   3,276 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   2017  2016 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-
Telemar
  PAMEC  TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-
Telemar
  PAMEC 

Fair value of plan assets at the beginning of the year

   1,845,367   1,806,042   3,853,595   314,203    1,558,858   1,601,000   3,275,485   277,624  

Actual return on plan assets

   163,580   295,413   552,451   69,540    340,110   354,410   823,606   58,211  

Company’s contributions

   —     15    73   122    47,000    72   157 

Participan’s contributions

   —     —      41       42  

Benefits paid

   (54,979  (205,879  (263,493  (23,158  (122  (53,329  (196,368  (245,496  (21,746  (157
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at the end of the year

   1,953,967   1,895,591   4,142,553   360,700    1,845,367   1,806,042   3,853,595   314,203  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   2017  2016 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-
Telemar
  PAMEC  TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-
Telemar
  PAMEC 

Funded (unfunded) status of plan

   (1,328,701  629,120   (317,500  (53,041  3,300   (1,272,889  500,816   (362,251  (28,044  3,276 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic defined benefit pension cost for the years ended December 31, 2014, 20132017, 2016 and 20122015 includes the following:

(In thousands

   2017
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-Telemar  

 

Net service cost

   457   102   1.545   0,.033  

Interest cost

   64,927   260,650   397.842   32.488  

Expected return on plan assets

   (220,246  (210,579  (440.696  (35.817 

Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)

     16.482   

Amortization of prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636  1,552    

Amortization of initial transition obligation

      
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

   (160,498  51,724   (24,828  (3.297 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

   2016 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-Telemar  PAMEC 

Net service cost

   551   138   2,042   24  

Interest cost

   62,214   249,319   350,701   30,475   330 

Expected return on plan assets

   (193,747  (206,407  (413,965  (34,872 

Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)

     4,380   

Amortization of prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636  1,552    

Amortization of initial transition obligation

     (1,051  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

   (136,618  44,603   (57,894  (4,373  330 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   2015 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-Telemar  PAMEC 

Net service cost

   586   142   2,785   80  

Interest cost

   57,066   228,738   328,289   28,089   345 

Expected return on plan assets

   (162,701  (180,363  (356,313  (29,293 

Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)

     47,438   

Amortization of prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636  1,552    

Amortization of initial transition obligation

     (4,203  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

   (110,684  50,069   17,996   (1,124  345 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The net periodic pension cost expected to be recognized in 2018 are as follows:

   2018 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV  TelemarPrev  PBS-Telemar  PAMEC 

Net service cost

   192   81   1,870   40  

Interest cost

   59,093   237,931   362,886   29,114   317 

Expected return on plan assets

   (195,301  (189,525  (420,557  (36,744 

Amortization of net actuarial losses (gains)

    9,038   32,823   

Amortization of prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636  1,552    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

   (141,652  59,077   (22,978  (7,590  317 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

The following actuarial assumptions were used to determine the actuarial present value of the Company’s projected benefit obligation:

   2017 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV
and PAMEC
  TelemarPrev
and
PBS-Telemar
 

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligations

   9.83  9.83  9.83

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   9.83  9.83  9.83

Annual salary increases

   By Sponsor   By Sponsor   By Sponsor 

Rate of compensation increase

   4.30  4.30  4.30

Inflation rate assumption used in the above

   4.30  4.30  4.30

   2016 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
  TelemarPrev
and
PBS-Telemar
 

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligations

   11.83  11.83  11.83

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   11.83  11.83  11.83

Annual salary increases

   6.45  1.5  5.50

Rate of compensation increase

   5.50  5.50  5.50

Inflation rate assumption used in the above

   5.50  5.50  5.50

Investment policy of the plans

The investment policies and strategies for the two single-employer benefit pension plansPBS-Telemar and TelemarPrev are subject to Resolution N° 3,121 of the National Monetary Council, which establishes investment guidelines.

TelemarPrev is a defined contribution plan with individual capitalization. Management allocates the investments in order to conciliate the expectations of the sponsors, active and assisted participants. The assets on December 31, 2017 consists mainly of the following portfolio: 91% in debt securities, 5% in equity of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)companies and 4% in real estate and other assets.

PBS-Telemar plan is closed for new participants and the vast majority of the current participants are receiving their benefits. The mathematical reserves are readjusted annually considering an interest rate of 6% per annum over the variation of the National Consumer Price Index (“INPC”). Therefore, management’s strategy is to guarantee resources that exceed this readjustment. Management also prepares a long-term cash-flow to match assets and liabilities. Therefore, debt securities investments are preferred when choosing the allocation of its assets, representing 89% of the portfolio in December 31, 2017.

The investment policies and strategies for BrTPREV, TCSPREV and PAMEC, which is approved annually by the pension fund’s board states that the investment decisions should consider: (i) capital preservation; (ii) diversification; (iii) risk tolerance; (iv) expected returns versus benefit plan’s interest rates; (v) compatibility between investments liquidity and pensions’ cash flows and (vi) reasonable costs. It also defines volume ranges for the different types of investment allowed for pension funds, which are: domestic fixed income, domestic equity, loans to pension fund’s members and real estate. In the fixed income portfolio, only low credit risk securities are allowed.

Derivative instruments are only permitted for hedging purposes. Loans are restricted to certain credit limits. Tactical allocation is decided by the investment committee, consisted of the pension fund’s officers, investment manager and one member designated by the Board. Execution is performed by the Finance Department.

The average ceilings set for the different types of investment permitted for pension funds are as follows:

 

ASSET SEGMENT  TCSPREV  BrTPREV  PBS-
Telemar
  TelemarPrev 

Fixed income

   100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00

Variable income

   17.00  17.00  17.00  17.00

Structured investments

   20.00  20.00  20.00  20.00

Investments abroad

   5.00  5.00  2.00  5.00

Real estate

   8.00  8.00  8.00  8.00

Loans to participants

   15.00  15.00  15.00  15.00

The allocation of plan assets at December 31, 2017 is as follows:

 

ASSET SEGMENT  TCSPREV  BrTPREV  PBS-
Telemar
  TelemarPrev 

Fixed income

   85.86  94.57  91.26  92.28

Variable income

   3.46  0.81  1.04  1.99

Equity securities

   9.68  3.21  6.48  4.33

Real estate

   0.74  0.80  0.85  0.75

Loans to participants

   0.26  0.61  0.37  0.65

Total

   100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00

CivilExpected contribution and benefits

The estimated benefit payments, which reflect future services, as appropriate, are expected to be paid as follows (unaudited):

   TCSPREV   BrTPREV   PBS-
Telemar
   TelemarPrev 

2018

   48,225    208,535    22,972    266,863 

2019

   47,856    206,160    23,849    274,123 

2020

   49,704    212,574    24,712    285,297 

2021

   51,621    218,956    25,568    296,944 

2022

   53,373    225,217    26,426    308,884 

2023 until 2027

   293,164    1,212,616    144,602    1,730,074 

(b)

Employee profit sharing

In the year ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 the Company and its subsidiaries recognized provisions for employee profit sharing based on individual and corporate goal attainment estimates totaling R$309,744, R$74,211 and R$210,054, respectively.

(c)

Share-based compensation

The Long-term Incentive Program (2015-2017), approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on March 13, 2015, seeks a greater alignment with the Company’s management cycle and business priorities. The Program consists of the payment of gross cash reward, in accordance with the Laws and Regulations, as a result of the compliance with the goals set for 2015-2017. The gross cash reward is benchmarked to the quotation of Company shares. The Company also disclose that the beneficiaries are not entitled to receiving Company shares since the Program does not provide for the transfer of shares to its beneficiaries.

23.     SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company uses operating segment information for decision-making. The Company identified only one operating segment that corresponds to the telecommunications business in Brazil.

In addition to the telecommunications business in Brazil, the Company conducts other businesses that individually or in aggregate do not meet any of the quantitative indicators that would require their disclosure as reportable business segments. These businesses refer basically to the following companies: Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique, ELTA – Empresa de Listas Telefónicas de Angola, and Timor Telecom, which provide fixed and mobile telecommunications services and publish telephone directories, and which have been consolidated since May 2014.

The revenue generation is assessed by the Company based on a view segmented by customer, into the following categories:

Residential Services, focused on the sale of fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services (broadband), and pay TV;

Personal Mobility, focused on the sale of mobile telephony services to subscription and prepaid customers, and mobile broadband customers; and

SMEs/Corporate, which includes corporate solutions offered to small,medium-sized, and large corporate customers.

No single customer represent more than 10% of revenues neither 10% of receivables,

Telecommunications in Brazil

In preparing the financial statements for this reportable segment, the transactions between the companies included in the segment have been eliminated. The financial information of this reportable segment for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

   2017   2016   2015 

Residential

   9,170,835    9,376,266    9,779,218 

Personal mobility

   7,644,515    7,848,610    8,430,890 

SMEs/Corporate

   6,485,898    7,606,598    7,973,893 

Other services and businesses

   255,692    332,078    257,090 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating revenue

   23,556,940    25,163,552    26,441,091 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating expenses

      

Depreciation and amortization

   (5,803,487   (6,128,402   (5,996,157

Interconnection

   (771,212   (1,141,786   (1,757,277

Personnel

   (2,749,038   (2,750,323   (2,618,139

Third-party services

   (6,149,189   (6,243,623   (6,154,900

Network maintenance services

   (1,235,760   (1,501,701   (1,860,646

Handset and other costs

   (214,102   (252,265   (226,826

Advertising and publicity

   (410,495   (427,463   (379,537

Rentals and Insurance

   (4,152,521   (4,284,672   (3,553,881

Provisions/reversals

   (143,517   (1,056,436   (1,836,380

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   (740,575   (622,527   (692,935

Impairment losses

     (225,512   (501,465

Taxes and other expenses

   (277,372   (399,123   (961,957

Other operating income, net

   (1,234,477   (132,211  

Reorganization items, net

   (2,371,919   (9,005,998  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME BEFORE FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES) AND TAXES

   (2,696,724   (9,008,490   (99,009
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)

      

Financial income

   1,331,699    944,611    4,493,042 

Financial expenses

   (2,075,430   (4,539,997   (11,420,837
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

PRETAX INCOME

   (3,440,455   (12,603,876   (7,026,804
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax and social contribution

   (1,498,216   (87,379   (3,202,817
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

   (4,938,671   (12,691,255   (10,229,621
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Reconciliation of revenue and income (loss) and information per geographic market

In the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the reconciliation of the revenue of the segment Telecommunications in Brazil and total consolidated revenue is as follows:

   2017   2016   2015 

Net operating revenue

      

Revenue related to the reportable segment

   23,556,940    25,163,552    26,441,091 

Revenue related to other businesses

   232,714    832,871    912,674 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated net operating revenue

   23,789,654    25,996,423    27,353,765 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

In the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, the reconciliation between the profit (loss) before taxes of the segment telecommunications in Brazil and the consolidated profit (loss) before taxes is as follows:

   2017   2016   2015 

Profit (loss) before taxes

      

Telecommunications in Brazil

   (3,440,455   (12,603,876   (7,026,804

Other businesses

   (938,193   (830,752   479,688 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated income before taxes

   (4,378,648   (13,434,628   (6,547,116
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets, liabilities and property, plant and equipment and intangible assets per geographic market at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

   2017 
  Total assets   Total
liabilities
   Property,
plant and
equipment
assets
   Intangible
assets
   Capital
expenditures
on property,
plant and
equipment
and
intangible
assets
 

Brazil

   66,311,553    80,316,703    26,934,278    9,206,776    4,258,545 

Other, primarily Africa

   4,675,216    354,127    149,176    48,063    57,947 

   2016 
  Total assets   Total
liabilities
   Property,
plant and
equipment
assets
   Intangible
assets
   Capital
expenditures
on property,
plant and
equipment
and
intangible
assets
 

Brazil

   68,642,952    78,851,283    25,696,473    10,353,896    3,120,854 

Other, primarily Africa

   5,403,903    544,865    383,359    157,163    142,717 

No single customer accounts for more than 10% of consolidated revenue.

24.     RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with joint venture, associates, and unconsolidated entities

   2017   2016 

Accounts receivable and other assets

   5,929    5,328 

Other entities

   5,929    5,328 

   2017   2016 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

   67,654    87,085 

Hispamar

   62,094    79,354 

Other entities

   5,560    7,731 

   2017   2016 

Revenue

    

Revenue from services rendered

   119    86 

Other entities

   119    86 

   2017   2016 

Costs/expenses

    

Operating costs and expenses

   (215,079   (258,114

Hispamar

   (185,223   (220,951

Other entities

   (29,856   (37,163

The balances and transactions with jointly controlled entities, associates, and unconsolidated entities result from business transactions carried out in the normal course of operations, namely the provision of telecommunications services by the Company to these entities and the acquisition of these entities’ contents and the lease of their infrastructure.

Under the terms of the agreements entered into Company and Pharol aimed at the union of their share bases, a set of Pharol’s assets and liabilities were transferred to the Company, which assumed the compensation or payment obligation of possible incurred contingencies. Up to December 31, 2017, the Company paid to third parties contingencies incurred by Pharol amounting to €5.5 million and as at December 31, 2017 it held judicial deposits and an escrow deposit in favor of third parties totaling €21.6 million, and was the guarantor in certain bank guarantees of Pharol, on account of lawsuits, totaling to €187.4 million.

Compensation of key management personnel

In 2017 the compensation of the officers responsible for the planning, management and control of the Company’s activities, including the compensation of the directors and executive officers in 2017, totaled R$49,688 (R$39,022 in 2016). The ratification of the JRP by the Court, after its voting and approval by the creditors at the creditors’ general meeting entails the payment of an extraordinary, nonrecurring compensation to the statutory executive committee, of up to R$15.5 million, net of taxes and charges, as established in the agreements entered into with the executive officers and previously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.

25.    HELD-FOR-SALE ASSETS

Sale of PT Portugal shares to Altice

On December 9, 2014, the Company and Altice entered into a purchase and sale agreement of all PT Portugal shares to Altice, basically involving the operations conducted by PT Portugal in Portugal and in Hungary.

On January 22, 2015, Pharol shareholders approved the sale by Oi of all PT Portugal shares to Altice, under the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement. Accordingly, the suspensive condition provided for in said agreement to its effectiveness was implemented.

On June 2, 2015, the sale by Oi to Altice of its entire stake in PT Portugal was completed, after the compliance with all the conditions precedent. Altice Portugal paid a total of €5,789 million for PT Portugal, of which €4,920 million were received in cash by Oi and PTIF and €869 million were immediately allocated to settle PT Portugal euro-denominated debt. The price paid by Altice is subject to a contractually established adjustment mechanism and the agreement also provides for anearn-out of €500 million related to PT Portugal’s future generation of revenue. The recognition of this latter amount will depend on the achievement of contractual indicators. In addition, Oi provided to the buyer a set of guarantees and representations, usual in this type of agreements.

With the sale of PT Portugal shares to Altice, the loss on divesture is presented as discontinued operations in a single line of the income statement, as follows:

2015

Loss on sale of PT Portugal and divesture-related expenses (i)

(625,464

Comprehensive income transferred to the income statement (ii)

(225,934

Loss for the period of discontinued operations (iii)

(15,741

Profit for the period from discontinued operations (iv)

(867,139

 

(i)Corporate – Financial Participation Agreements—these agreements were governed

The loss on the sale of PT Portugal includes: (1) the derecognized investment cost that includes goodwill arising on the business combination between the Company and PT less the R$3.8 billion allowance for loss recognized in December 2014, and selling expenses totaling R$1.3 billion; and (2) the R$0.7 billion revenue related to cash proceeds received directly by Administrative Rules 415/1972, 1181/1974, 1361/1976, 881/1990, 86/1991, and 1028/1996. Subscribers held a financial interestthe Company. The final price is subject to possible post-closing adjustments to be determined in the concessionaire after payingfollowing months based on changes in the cash, debt, and working capital positions at the closing date.

(ii)

Refers to the cumulative foreign exchange differences gains totaling R$0.5 billion and actuarial losses from pensions and postretirement benefits plans totaling R$0.7 billion recognized in other comprehensive income, transferred from equity to profit or loss for the year due to divesture.

(iii)

Refers to PT Portugal’s loss recognized as equity in profits of subsidiaries for 2015.

Approval of preparatory actions for the sale of Africatel

At the Board of Directors’ meeting held on September 16, 2014, the Company’s management was authorized to take all the necessary actions to divest the Company’s stake in Africatel, representing at the time 75% of Africatel’s share capital, and/or dispose of its assets. Oi would lead the sale process, even though it believes that it would be in the best interests of both Africatel shareholders to maximize the value of their investments, that this sale be coordinated with Samba Luxco, a Helios Investors L.P. affiliate that held the remaining 25% of Africatel’s share capital. Oi was committed to working with its local partners and each one of the operating companies where Africatel holds investments to ensure a coordinated transition of its interests in these companies.

Notwithstanding the above, the indirect subsidiary Africatel GmbH & Co. KG (“Africatel GmbH”), direct holder of the Company’s investment in Africatel, received on September 16, 2014 a letter from Samba Luxco, where Samba Luxco exercised an alleged right to sell the shares it holds in Africatel (put option), pursuant to Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement. According to this letter, this put option results from the indirect transfer of Africatel shares, previously indirectly held by Pharol, to the Company as the payment for the capital increase made in May 2014. In the letter, Samba Luxco purported to exercise the alleged put right and thereby required Africatel GmbH to acquire its shares in Africatel.

The Company believes that there was not any action or event that, under Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement terms, would trigger the right to exercise the put option. Accordingly, without prejudice to the value the Company attributes to maintaining a relationship of mutual respect with Samba Luxco, Africatel GmbH decided to challenge the exercise of this put option by Samba Luxco, pursuant to Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement, which was duly notified in Africatel GmbH’s reply to Samba Luxco’s letter, on September 26, 2014.

Thus, on November 12, 2014, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce notified Africatel GmbH that Samba Luxco had commenced arbitral proceedings against Africatel GmbH to enforce its purported put right or, in the alternative, certain ancillary rights and claims. Africatel GmbH presented its reply to Samba Luxco’s request for arbitration on December 15, 2014. The arbitral tribunal was constituted on March 12, 2015 and Africatel GmbH filed its defense on October 9, 2015.

At the same time it intended to vigorously defend Africatel GmbH in this proceeding, Oi also focused its efforts on the sale of Africatel and/or its assets, since the Company believed that if this goal were successfully met, the initiated arbitration proceeding would lose its purposes.

On June 16, 2016, PT Participações, Africatel GmbH and Africatel, and Company subsidiaries, entered into a series of contractual agreements with Samba Luxco, with the primary purpose of resolving and terminate the arbitration proceeding.

The agreements entered into include the amendments to Africatel’s Shareholders’ Agreement and a Settlement and Share Exchange Agreement (“SSEA”), under which Samba Luxco should, upon the implementation of the agreement: (i) terminate the ongoing arbitration proceeding and exempt the Company’s subsidiaries with regard to all the past and current demands related to alleged breaches of Africatel’s Shareholders’ Agreement and raise in the arbitration proceeding, (ii) waive certain approval rights it had under Africatel’s Shareholders’ Agreement, and (iii) transfer to Africatel 11,000 Africatel shares, each with a par value of €1.00, thus decreasing Samba Luxco’s stake in Africatel from 25% to 14%. In exchange, Africatel BV should transfer to Samba Luxco its current stake of approximately 34% in the capital of the Namibian telecommunications operator Mobile Telecommunications Limited (“MTC”).

On January 31, 2017, since all the required regulatory and anti-competition approvals were obtained and all other contractual terms and conditions were complied, the transactions provided for in the contractual agreements entered into on June 16, 2016 were obtained. As a result, Samba Luxco reduced its stake in Africatel to 14,000 shares and the latter transferred to Samba Luxco entire its stake in MTC.

Samba Luxco also irrevocably and unconditionally held harmless Africatel GmbH, Africatel, Pharol, and their associates and their successors from all claims presented in the arbitration proceeding. The parties required the arbitration court constituted pursuant to the International Chamber of Commerce to issue a Consent Sentence to register the terms of the agreement established in the SSEA, and accordingly, the arbitration proceeding was terminated and Oi subsidiaries received a settlement of all past and current demands of Samba Luxco related to the alleged violations of Africatel’s Shareholders’ Agreement, raised during the arbitration proceeding.

Subsequently, on March 29, 2017, Africatel GmbH and Samba Luxco approved, in a Shareholders’ Resolution, the cancellation of the 11,000 Africatel shares that Samba Luxco had transferred to the latter and which were held in treasury. The shareholders also approved the cancellation of an additional 1,791 Africatel shares held by Samba Luxco, and as a result the stakes of Africatel GmbH and Samba Luxco in Africatel changed to 86% and 14%, respectively.

The effects of the assignment/transfer among shareholders of Africatel’s 34% stake in subsidiary MTC – Mobile Telecommunications Limited, in exchange for the reduction of thenon-controlling shareholder’s stake, Samba Luxco, in Africatel were R$145,787 in equity attributable to owners of the company and R$228,343 in equity attributable tonon-controlling interests.

With regards to Africatel’s indirect stake in Unitel, through its subsidiary PT Ventures, it is worth noting that on October 13, 2015 PT Ventures initiate the arbitration proceeding against Unitel’s shareholders as a result of the violation by the latter of several rules of Unitel’s shareholders’ agreement and the Angolan law, including the fact that such shareholders caused Unitel not to pay the dividends paid to PT Ventures and retain the information and clarifications on such payment. On October 14, 2016, PT Ventures filed its initial arguments, together with a report issued by a financial specialist. The amount claimed by PT Ventures is US$3,036,494,891, plus interest accrued through the actual payment date by the Defendants, totaling US$3,400,847,957 on October 14, 2016, according to the financial specialist’s report. An arbitration judgment hearing was held from February 7 to 16, 2018, where each party presented its arguments and the factual witnesses and experts from each side were heard.

Additionally, on October 20, 2015, PT Ventures filed an action for a declaration of sentence against Unitel with an Angolan court, claiming the recognition of PT Ventures’ right to receive the outstanding dividends declared in 2010, and the dividends for the years 2011, 2012, and 2013.

The other shareholders of Unitel have asserted to PT Ventures that they believe that Pharol’s sale of anon-controlling interest in Africatel to Samba Luxco in 2007, and the indirect transfer of Unitel shares previously indirectly held by Pharol to the Company to pay in the capital increase complete in May 2014, constituted a breach the Unitel shareholders’ agreement. PT Ventures disputes this interpretation of the relevant provisions of the Unitel shareholders’ agreement and believes that such provisions apply only to a transfer of Unitel shares by PT Ventures itself. By the date of this report, the Company had not been notified of any proceedings initiated with respect to Pharol’s sale of anon-controlling stake in Africatel to Samba Luxco.

The assets of the African operations are stated at the lower of their carrying amounts and their fair values less costs to sell. The sale of the African assets is being actively marketed and the Company has received some indications of interest. The PRJ prepared by the Company and approved by the creditors and the Court, includes an additional measure to obtain cash related with the sale of international assets.

The African operations are consolidated in the statement of profit or loss since May 5, 2014.

The main components of the assets held sale and liabilities associated to assets held for sale of the African operations are as follows:

   2017   2016 

Held-for-sale assets

   4,675,216    5,403,903 

Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments

   156,128    241,982 

Accounts receivable

   123,109    143,152 

Dividends receivable (i)

   2,012,146    2,008,556 

Available-for-sale financial asset (ii)

   1,965,972    2,047,379 

Other assets

   123,865    120,277 

Deferred Income Tax

   54,540    460 

Investments

   42,217    33,859 

Property, plant and equipment

   149,176    383,359 

Intangible assets

   48,063    157,163 

Goodwill (iii)

   —      267,716 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities directly associated to assets held for sale

   354,127    544,865 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Borrowings and financing

   260    550 

Trade payables

   34,407    80,477 

Provisions for pension plans

   366    465 

Other liabilities

   319,094    463,373 

Non-controlling interests (iv)

   293,456    790,996 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets held for sale and liabilities associated to assets held for sale

   4,027,633    4,068,042 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)

This caption refers to the estimated recoverable amount of dividends and correspondent interests receivable from Unitel. As of December 31, 2017 gross amount of unpaid dividends by Unitel to PT Ventures totaled US$796 million and refers to the distribution of accumulated earnings in 2009 and the distribution of profits for fiscal years 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. In order to estimate the present value of the recoverable amount of unpaid dividends the Company takes into account (1) its legal advisors’ opinion regarding the outcome of the law suits filed in a certain amount, initially recordedAngolan’s Court and Paris’ ICC to collect this amounts from Unitel, (2) the liquidity position of Unitel as capitalizable fundsof December 31, 2017, (3) the decision of Unitel to accrue interests on the delayed payments and subsequently recorded(4) a weight average cost of capital and an interest rate for accrual of interests;

(ii)

Refers mainly to the fair value of the indirect interest financial investment of 25% of Unitel’s share capital, classified as held for sale. As at December 31, 2017 the estimated fair value of the investment in Unitel was R$1,920 million (R$1,995 million at December 31, 2016). The fair value of this investment is computed by the Company using a discounted cash-flow methodology, which includes (1) cash flows forecasts for a five-year period, (2) a 1,5% growth rate to extrapolate the cash flows projections (1,5% in 2016), (3) exchange rate forecasts of Angolan Kwanza and (4) a weight average cost of capital of 17.1% (19% in 2016), which was computed based on financial market information and on the assessment of the management regarding the business environment and relationship with the others shareholders and Unitel itself. The Company monitors and periodically updates the main assumptions used in the concessionaire’s equity, after a capital increase was approved byfair value measurement considering the shareholders’ meeting, thus generatingchanges occurred in financial market conditions and the issuanceimpacts of shares. Thenews events related to the investment, notably the lawsuits filed against Unitel and its shareholders in Angolan Courts and ICC Paris.

(iii)

The reduction in goodwill is primarily represented by the former CRT—Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicações,implementation of, in the first quarter of 2017, the transactions provided for in the contractual instruments entered into with Samba Luxco, which reduced its stake in Africatel, while Africatel transferred to Samba Luxco its entire stake in MTC. In December 2017, annual impairment tests were conducted based on the internal valuation made, including cash flows forecasts for a company mergedfive-year period, the choice of a growth rate to extrapolate the cash flows projections, and definition of an appropriate discount rate, calculated based on the weight average cost of capital of from 11.7% to 17.7%, taking into consideration Africans business environment.

(iv)

Represented mainly by the Samba Luxco’s 14% stake in Africatel and, consequently, in its net assets.

26.     OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Rio Forte Securities

On June 30, 2014, the Company was informed, through a notice disclosed by Pharol, of the investment made by PTIF and PT Portugal, companies contributed by Pharol to Oi in the capital increase, in a commercial paper of Rio Forte Investments S.A. (“Securities” and “Rio Forte”, respectively), a company part of the Portuguese group Espírito Santo (“GES”), when both PTIF and PT Portugal were Pharol subsidiaries.

According to said notice, the Securities had been issued in the total amount of €897 million, and bore average annual interest of 3.6% and matured on July 15 and July 17, 2014 (€847 and €50 million, respectively), stressing that since April 28, 2014 no other investment and/or renewal of this type of investments had been made.

Both PT Portugal and PTIF (collectively “Oi Subsidiaries”) became Company subsidiaries due to the assignment of all PT Portugal shares to the Company by Pharol, on May 5, 2014, to pay in the Company’s capital increase approved on April 28 and 30, 2014.

The Securities matured in July 2014 and subsequent the cure period for payment of the securities ended without Rio Forte paying the amount due. The Luxembourg Commercial Court denied Rio Forte’s request for controlled management on October 17, 2014 and Rio Forte’s bankruptcy was declared on December 8, 2014.

Agreements entered into by the Company, TmarPart, and Pharol related to the cash investments made in Rio Forte commercial papers

On September 8, 2014, after obtaining the due corporate approvals, the Company, Oi Subsidiaries, TmarPart, and Pharol entered into definitive agreements related to the investments made in the Securities. The agreements provided for (i) an exchange (the “Exchange”) through which Oi Subsidiaries transferred the Securities to Pharol in exchange for preferred and common shares of the Company held by Pharol, as well as (ii) the assignment by Oi Subsidiaries of a call option on the Company shares to the benefit of PT (“Call Option”).

On March 26, 2015, in order to comply with the conditions presented by the CVM’s Board to grant the waivers necessary for the implementation of the Share Exchange and Put Option, according to the decision issued on March 4, 2015, the Company held a Shareholders’ Meeting which approved the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange and Put Option agreements.

On March 31, 2015, the Company announced in a Material Fact Notice, the consummation of the Exchange, under which Pharol delivered to PTIF unencumbered Oi shares corresponding to 47,434,872 OIBR3 (common shares) and 94,869,744 OIBR4 (preferred shares) (“Exchanged Shares”); and in exchange Oi, through PTIF, delivered the Securities to Pharol, totaling €897 million, with no money involved.

With implementation of the Exchange, Pharol became the holder of the Securities and the sole responsible for negotiating with Rio Forte and the decisions related to the Securities, and the Company is responsible for the supporting documentation to Pharol to take the necessary actions to collect the receivables represented by the Securities.

As a result of the consummation of the Exchange, Pharol’s direct interest in Oi decreased from 104,580,393 common shares and 172,025,273 preferred shares, representing 37.66% of the voting capital(ex-treasury) and 32.82% of the total capital of Oi(ex-treasury) to 57,145,521 common shares and 77,155,529 preferred shares, representing 24.81% of the voting capital(ex-treasury) and 19.17% of the total capital of Oi(ex-treasury).

Main terms of the Call Option for the Purchase of Shares (“Option Contract”)

Under the Call Option Agreement entered into on September 8, 2014 by Pharol, PTIF, PT Portugal, Oi, and TmarPart, the call option became exercisable with the consummation of the Exchange, beginning March 31, 2015, at any time, during asix-year period.

Under the terms of the Call Option Agreement, the Call Option will involve 47,434,872 Oi common shares and 94,869,744 Oi preferred shares (“Shares Subject to the Option”) and can be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time, pursuant to the following terms and conditions:

(i) Term: six (6) years, noting that Pharol’s right to exercise the Option on the Shares Subject to the Option will be reduced by the percentages below:

Date of Reduction

% of Shares Subject to the Option that ceases to be
subject to the Option each  year

As from 03/31/2016

10

As from 03/31/2017

18

As from 03/31/2018

18

As from 03/31/2019

18

As from 03/31/2020

18

As from 03/31/2021

18

(ii) Exercise Price: R$1.8529 per Company preferred share and R$2.0104 per Company common share, before the reverse share split approved on November 18, 2014, as adjusted by the interbank deposit rate (CDI), plus 1.5% per annum, calculated on a pro rata temporis basis, from the date of the Exchange to the date of the effective payment of each exercise price, in whole or in part, of the Option. The exercise price of the shares will be paid in cash, at the transfer date of the Shares Subject to the Option.

By March 31, 2017, Pharol had not exercised the Option, in whole or in part, on the Shares Subject to the Option. Accordingly, since March 31, 2016, 4,743,487 common shares and 9,486,974 preferred shares issued by the Company, equivalent to 10% of the Shares Subject to the Option and since March 31, 2017, another 8,538,277 common shares and 17,076,554, equivalent to 18% of the Shares Subject to the Option are no longer subject to the Option. 34,153,108 common shares and 68,306,216 preferred shares are still subject to the Option.

Oi is not required to maintain the Exchanged Shares in treasury. In the event that PTIF or any of The Company’s subsidiaries do not hold, in treasury, a sufficient number of Shares Subject to the Option to transfer to Pharol, the Option may be financially settled through payment by Oi Subsidiaries of the amount corresponding to the difference between the market price of the Shares Subject to the Option and the respective exercise price corresponding to these shares.

While the Option remains effective, Pharol may not purchase Oi shares, directly or indirectly, in any manner other than by exercising the Option. Pharol may not transfer or assign the Option, nor grant any rights under the Option, including security, without the consent of Oi. If Pharol issues, directly or indirectly, derivatives that are backed by or referenced to Oi shares, it shall immediately use the proceeds derived from such a derivative transaction, directly or indirectly, to acquire the Shares Subject to the Option.

Oi may terminate the Option if (i) the Bylaws of Pharol are amended voluntarily to remove or amend the provision that limits the voting right to 10% of all votes corresponding to the capital stock of Pharol; (ii) Pharol directly or indirectly engages in activities that compete with the activities of Oi or its subsidiaries in the countries in which they operate; (iii) Pharol violates certain obligations under the Option Contract.

On March 31, 2015, the Option Agreement was amended to provide for (i) the possibility of Pharol assigning or transferring the Call Option, regardless of previous consent by Oi, provided that such assignment or transfer covers at least 14 of the Shares Subject to the Option, and Pharol can freely use the proceeds of such transactions, (ii) the possibility of Pharol, subject to previous, written consent from Oi, creating or granting any rights arising on the Call Option or, pledging the guarantees supported by the Call Option, and (iii) the grant of a right of first refusal to Oi for the acquisition of the Call Option, should Pharol wish to sell, assign, transfer, contribute the capital of another entity, transmit, or otherwise sell or dispose of the Call Option.

This amendment has been executed with a suspensive condition and would be only effective after an authorization from the CVM to amend the Option Agreement were granted. However, at a meeting held on December 16, 2015, the CVM’s board decided to refuse the entire request filed by the Company for waiver of the requirements of CVM Instructions 10/1980 and 390/2003 to amend the Option Agreement.

These Instructions determine that the acquisition and sale of shares of a publicly held company must be conducted in a stock exchange and that the stock options transactions of a publicly held company must be conducted in the markets where the company’s shares are traded, and interdicts any private transactions. The waiver of these requirements would allow the enforcement of the provisions of the amendment to the Call Option Agreement related to (i) the possibility of privately transferring the Call Option from Pharol to Oi; (ii) granting a right of first refusal to Oi to acquire the Call Option; and (iii) the possibility of making the payment of the Option acquisition price in Oi shares, if the right of first refusal if exercised.

As at December 31, 2017, the fair value of the Call Option is estimated at R$13 million calculated by the Company using theBlack-Scholes model and theoretical share volatility assumptions, using the Revenue Approach valuation technique.

(b)

Actions to suspension of payments of Oi Holanda and PTIF

On August 9, 2016 and September 30, 2016, due to the risk of the Judicial Reorganization process in Brazil not being directly recognized in the Netherlands, as based on some treaty or regulation, Oi Holanda and PTIF separately filed requests to suspension of payments (“verzoekschrift tot aanvragen surseance van betaling”) with the Amsterdam District Court and concurrently filed the draft of the composition with creditors plan (“akkoord” or “Composition Plan”).

The requests filed to suspension of payments of Oi Holanda and PTIF were temporarily granted by the Amsterdam District Court on August 9, 2016 and October 3, 2016, respectively. In the decision that granted the payment stay request, the court appointed as trustees in the Netherlands (collectively, the “Dutch Trustees”) in the Netherlands for Oi Holanda and PTIF.

On December 1, 2016, the Dutch Trustees submitted requests to convert PTIF and Oi Holanda payments suspension proceedings into bankruptcy (collectively, the “Conversion Requests”). On January 12, 2017, the Dutch Court held hearings to decide on the Conversion Requests, at which occasion the Dutch Court informed that it would issue a decision on this matter on January 26, 2017. However, On January 26, 2017 the decision on the Conversion Requests was postponed to February 2, 2017, and on this date the Dutch Court rejected the Conversion Requests, thus maintaining the Suspension of Payments lawsuits of Oi Holanda and PTIF.

On February 10, 2017, certain creditors filed appeals against the decisions that rejected the Conversion Requests of Oi Holanda and PTIF (“Appeals”). On February 20, 2017, the Amsterdam Appellate Court, in the Netherlands, set the hearings on the appeals to March 29, 2017. On March 29, 2017, the hearings were held and the Dutch Appellate Court informed that it intended to disclose the related decisions on April 19, 2017. On April 19, 2017, said Appellate Court upheld the Appeals and determined that the suspension of payments proceedings of Oi Holanda and PTIF be converted into bankruptcy proceedings in the Netherlands. These decisions of the Dutch Appellate Court are restricted to its jurisdiction and the Dutch laws, are not final, and were subject to the appeals lodged by Oi Holanda and PTIF with the Dutch Supreme Court on May 1, 2017. On July 7, 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court overruled the appeals filed by Oi Holanda and PTIF and upheld the decisions of the Dutch Appellate Court that the proceedings must be converted into bankruptcy proceedings in the Netherlands. These Dutch Supreme Court decisions have no impact in Brazil while they are not ratified by the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (and the Company is not aware that a proceeding aimed at such ratification has been initiated) and other jurisdictions that acknowledge the competence of the Brazilian courts to process the Judicial Reorganization.

On April 10, 2018, PTIF and Oi Holanda filed with the Dutch Court their composition plans—the terms of which are similar to those of the JRP approved by the creditors at the Creditor’ General Meeting on December 19 and 20, 2017 and ratified by the Judicial Reorganization Court on January 8, 2018(“Composition Plan” or “Composition Plans”)—and require setting dates for the submission of claims and a vote on the Composition Plans, which was granted by the Dutch Court on the same date, which set May 17, 2018 as the deadline for the submission of claims and June 1, 2018 to hold a vote on each Composition Plan.

On the same date, i.e., April 10, 2018, Oi released a Notice to the Market informing about the decision above and the detailing the consent solicitation procedure to PTIF’s and Oi Holanda’s for purposes of voting on their Composition Plan to be granted by the noteholders of 6.25% Notes issued by PTIF maturing in 2016 (ISIN Nº PTPTCYOM0008) (“PTIF Retail Notes”); 4.375% Notes issued by PTIF maturing in March 2017 (ISIN No. XS0215828913); 5.242% Notes issued by PTIF maturing in November 2017 (ISIN No. XS0441479804); 5.875% Notes issued by PTIF maturing in 2018 (ISIN No. XS 0843939918); 5.00% Notes issued by PTIF maturing in 2019 (ISIN No. XS0462994343); Notes 4.625% issued by PTIF maturing in 2020 (ISIN No. XS0927581842); 4.50% Notes issued by PTIF maturing in 2025 (ISIN No. XS0221854200); 5.625% Senior Notes issued by Oi Holanda maturing in 2021 (ISIN No. XS1245245045 e XS1245244402); and 5.75% Senior Notes issued by Oi Holanda maturing in 2022 (CUSIP/ISIN No. 10553M AD3/US10553MAD39 and P18445 AG4/USP18445AG42).

(c)

Lawsuits in the Netherlands

Syzygy Capital Management, Ltd., Loomis Sayles Strategic Income Fund, and two groups of Italian bond holders: (i) Sandro Boscolo Bragadin, Stefano Crispo, Paolo Denicoli, Ivano Falceri, Alex Lo Furno, Dario Farina, Aldo Fazzini, Walter Masoni, Salvatore Lucio Marcuccio, Luca Marsili, Aniello Aatrone, Vincenzo Matrone, Mario Parcianello, Francesca Risicato, Antonio Scalzullo, Giovanni Marcheselli, Nadia Benedett, and (ii) Allesandro Callegari, Stefano Capodarca, Banco Consulia S.P.A., Valentina Basso, and Piero Basso, have filed to date request for the declaration of bankruptcy of Oi Holanda with the Amsterdam District Court on June 27, 2016, July 8, 2016, July 11, 2016, and June 15, 2016, respectively.

Citicorp Trustee Company Limited, the trustee of the bonds issued by PTIF, filed on August 22, 2016 a request for the declaration of bankruptcy of PTIF with the Amsterdam District Court.

The bankruptcy requests referred to above remained suspended because Oi Holanda and PTIF filed payment suspension lawsuits.

On December 23, 2016, Citadel Horizon S.à.r.l., Citadel Equity Fund Ltd., Syzygy Capital Management Ltd., Trinity Investments Designated Activity Company, and York Global Finance Fund L.P. filed requests for the conversion of Oi Holanda’s payment suspension action into bankruptcy with the Amsterdam District Court. Citadel Horizon S.à.r.l. withdrew its request because it was proven that it is not an Oi Holanda creditor. The requests of the other creditors were rejected on February 2, 2017 under the same decision that rejected the Conversion Requests filed by the Dutch

Trustees since the foundations of all these requests were similar. On February 20, 2017, the Amsterdam Appellate Court, in the Netherlands, set the hearings on the appeals to March 29, 2017. On March 29, 2017, the hearings were held and the Appellate Court informed that it intends to disclose the related decisions on April 19, 2017. On April 19, 2017, the Appellate Court upheld the appeals and determined that the suspension of payments proceedings of Oi Holanda and PTIF be converted into bankruptcy proceedings in the Netherlands. These decisions of the Dutch Appellate Court are restricted to its jurisdiction and the Dutch laws since Oi Holanda and PTIF have appealed against them with the Dutch Supreme Court on May 1, 2017.

On May 30, 2017, the Dutch Trustee of Oi Holanda filed a lawsuit in the Netherlands against Oi Móvel and Oi requiring, in brief: (i) the annulment of the loans entered into by Oi Holanda/Oi and Oi Holanda/Oi Móvel; and, as a result, (ii) the sentencing of Oi and Oi Móvel to repaying the loans, and (iii) the sentencing of Oi and Oi Móvel to the payment of compensation for damages resulting on account of the alleged wrongdoing, to be determined and discussed in a special proceeding.

On July 5, 2017, Oi Holanda filed an intervention request that was denied and which is now the subject of an appeal pending decision.

On July 7, 2017, the Dutch Supreme Court overruled the appeals filed by PTIF and Oi Holanda and on May 1, 2017 the same court upheld the decisions of the Dutch Appellate Court that the proceedings are to be converted into bankruptcy proceedings in the Netherlands. These Dutch Supreme Court decisions have no impact in Brazil while they are not ratified by the Superior Court of Justice (and the Company is not aware that a proceeding aimed at such ratification has been initiated) and other jurisdictions that acknowledge the competence of the Brazilian courts to process the Judicial Reorganization.

27.     REORGANIZATION ITEMS, NET

Transactions and events directly associated with the reorganization are required, under the guidance of ASC 852 Reorganizations, to be separately disclosed and distinguished from those of the ongoing operations of the business. The Company used the classification “Reorganization items, net” on the consolidated statements of operations to reflect expenses, gains and losses that are the direct result of the reorganization of its business.

   2017   2016 

Anatel provision for contigencies

   (1,568,798   (6,604,718

Other provision for contingencies (a)

   (736,301   (1,851,698

Inflation adjustment of provision for contingencies

   (410,157   (498,200

Income from short-term investments

   713,276    201,533 

Professional fees (b)

   (369,938   (252,915
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total reorganization items, net

   (2,371,918   (9,005,998
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(a)

These amounts are the result of the adjustment to record contingent liabilities to their allowed claim amount which is difference than their carrying amount prior to the RJ proceedings.

(b)

During the year ended December 31, 2017, and 2016 the Company incurred in R$369 million and R$253 million related to professional advisors who are assisting with the bankruptcy process, respectively.

28.     LIABILITIES SUBJECT TO COMPROMISE

As a result of the judicial reorganization proceedings in Brazil and other international jurisdictions (which are considered to be similar in all substantive respects to Chapter 11) prepetition liabilities, as shown below were classified as subject to compromise based on the assessment of these obligations following the guidance ofASC 852 Reorganizations. Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise are required to be reported at the amount expected to be allowed as a claim by the Judicial Reorganization Court, regardless of whether they may be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of the Judicial Reorganization Court, rejection of executory contracts, proofs of claims or other events. The following table reflects prepetition liabilities subject to compromise as at December 31, 2017 and 2016:

   2017   2016 

Loans and financing

   49,129,546    49,265,232 

Derivative financial instrument

   104,694    104,694 

Trade payables

   2,139,312    2,158,852 

Provision for civil contingencies—Anatel

   9,333,795    7,764,994 

Provision of pension plan

   560,046    560,046 

Other

   43,334    43,334 

Provision for labor contingencies

   899,226    752,485 

Provision for civil—other claims

   2,929,275    3,096,487 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities subject to compromise (*)

   65,139,228    63,746,124 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(*)

The total amount of prepetition liabilities subjected to compromise differs from the R$63,960,008 amount of the Creditors List prepared by the Company challengeand filed on May 29, 2017. Per ASC 852, prepetition liabilities subject to compromise included the way sharesbest estimate, as per the criteria set forth in ASC 450, of contingencies/claims subject to compromise and that in accordance with the Brazilian Law were grantednot included in the Creditor’s List.

Under the Judicial Reorganization proceedings, claims are classified in one of four classes and the treatment of claims under the JRP is differentiated for each of these classes:

Class I – labor-related claims;

Class II – secured claims;

Class III – unsecured claims, statutorily or generally privileged claims, and subordinated claims; and

Class IV – claims held by “small companies” under Brazilian law.

The following discussion briefly describes the material types of claims classified as “Liabilities subject to compromise,” describes the classification of those claims under the JRP and, the treatment of those claims under the JRP.

Loans and Financing

On a consolidated basis, the Euro-denominated indebtedness was R$19,578 million as of each of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness was R$16,978 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, and thereal-denominated indebtedness was R$12,573 million as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Under the instruments governing all of the financial indebtedness, the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016 constituted an event of default. As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, all principal and interest under each of these debt instruments was deemed immediately due and payable. As a result of the application of ASC 852 in preparing the consolidated financial statements, all loans and financings outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been classified as “Liabilities subject to compromise” as of December 31, 2017 and 2016. The Company did not recorded interest expenses and/ or exchange currency fluctuations on the balances of these financial liabilities during 2017 or 2016.

Principal loans and financings consist of:

credit facilities with BNDES;

fixed-rate notes issued in the international market;

credit facilities with international export credit agencies;

unsecured lines of credit obtained from Brazilian and international financial institutions;

debentures issued in the Brazilian market; and

real estate securitization transactions.

The following discussion briefly describes the claims recognized in the RJ proceedings with respect to loans and financings and the loans and financings under the JRP.

Credit Facilities with BNDES

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had a variety of outstanding credit facilities with BNDES. The proceeds of these credit facilities have been used for a variety of purposes, including funding of investment plans, funding the expansion of telecommunications plant (voice, data and video), and making operational improvements to meet the targets established in the General Plan on Universal Service Goals and the General Plan on Quality Goals in effect at the time of these loans. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, all debt instruments with BNDES were secured by pledges of certain limited amount of accounts receivable.

The following table sets forth for certain information with respect to outstanding credit facilities with BNDES, including the aggregate amount of the claims under such credit facilities recognized by the RJ Court.

Facility

  2017   2016 
   (in millions of
reais)
     

Oi loans

   851    851 

Telemar loans

   1,494    1,494 

Oi Móvel loans

   982    982 

Under the JRP, the claim of BNDES under these credit facilities was classified as a Class II claim. Under the JRP, creditors holding Class II claims will be entitled to receive payment of 100% of the principal amount of their recognized claims inreais, adjusted by the interest/inflation adjustment rate. The principal amount of these claims will be paid in 108 monthly installments beginning in the 73rd month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 0.33% of the outstanding principal for the first 60 monthly installments, 1.67% of the outstanding principal for the next 47 monthly installments and the remainder at maturity on the 15th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The principal amount of these claims will accrue interest at the TJLP rate plus 2.946372%per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these claims on an annual basis during the first four years following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid monthly in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Fixed-Rate Notes

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had 13 series of fixed-rate debt securities that were issued in the international market. The following table sets forth for each series of fixed rate notes the aggregate amount of the claims for such series recognized by the RJ Court.

   2017   2016 
   (in millions of reais)     

Bonds issued by the Company.:

    

9.75% senior notes due 2016

   1,083    1,083 

5.125% senior notes due 2017

   2,273    2,273 

9.500% senior notes due 2019

   474    474 

5.500% senior notes due 2020

   6,099    6,099 

Bonds issued by Oi Holanda

    

5.625% senior notes due 2021

   2,427    2,427 

5.75% senior notes due 2022

   4,945    4,945 

Bonds issued by PTIF

    

6.25% notes due 2016

   908    908 

4.375% notes due 2017

   1,487    1,487 

5.242% notes due 2017

   989    989 

5.875% notes due 2018

   2,902    2,902 

5.00% notes due 2019

   2,962    2,962 

4.625% notes due 2020

   3,851    3,851 

4.5% notes due 2025

   1,916    1,916 

As a result of payments made to some of the holders of the bonds issued by PTIF that participated in the Settlement Creditors Program in Portugal (Note 1), the total claims represented by these bonds has been reduced by R$136 million.

Under the JRP, the claims of holders of these bonds were classified as Class III claims. Under the JRP, each holder of beneficial interests in the bonds issued by the Company, Oi Holanda and PTIF, or Bondholders, is entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery (as described below), theNon-Qualified Recovery (as described below) or the general treatment provided for unsecured credits under the JRP, which is referred to as the Default Recovery, in respect of the claims evidenced by the bonds such Bondholder beneficially holds, which is the Company referred to as Bondholder Credits.

Under the JRP, Bondholders that had individualized their Bondholder Credits in accordance with the procedures established in the JRP and by the RJ Court, which referred to as Eligible Bondholders, were permitted to make an election as to the form of recovery that they wish to receive. All other Bondholders are only entitled to receive the Default Recovery.

Under the JRP, Eligible Bondholders with Bondholder Credits in excess of US$750,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies), which referred to as Qualified Holders, were entitled to elect to receive either the Qualified Recovery or the Default Recovery. Eligible Bondholders with Bondholder Credits of less than US$750,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies), which referred to asNon-Qualified Holders, were entitled to elect to receive either theNon-Qualified Recovery or the Default Recovery.

Under the JRP, Eligible Bondholders were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on March 8, 2018. Holders that made valid recovery elections will be entitled to participate in settlement procedures and the Company expects to conduct shortly following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the issuance of the new common shares set forth in the JRP.

Qualified Recovery

Under the JRP, the Qualified Recovery with respect to each US1,000 of Bondholder Credits (or the equivalent in other currencies) will consist of:

US$195.61 aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes of the Company, or the New Notes;

179.09 newly issued common shares of the Company, which are expected to be issued in the form of ADSs, subject to reduction in the event that any common shares of the Company are subscribed in thepre-emptive offer of these common shares that the Company is required to conduct prior to issuing the common shares to the Bondholders, in which event such Bondholder will receive the cash proceeds related to the number of common shares by which such allocation was reduced;

13.75 common shares of the Company currently held by PTIF in ADS form, which are expected to be issued in the form of American Depositary Warrants; and

warrants to acquire 13.78 newly issued common shares of the Company for at an exercise price of US$0.01 per common shares, subject to reduction in the event that any common shares of the Company are subscribed in thepre-emptive offer of these common shares that the Company is required to conduct prior to issuing the common shares to the Bondholders.

The New Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company denominated in U.S. dollars that will mature on the seventh anniversary of their issuance. The New Notes will be initially be guaranteed, jointly and severally, each Telemar, Oi Móvel, Copart 4 and Copart 5. Upon the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of Oi Holanda and PTIF, the Company has agreed to cause Oi Holanda and PTIF to guarantee the obligations of the Company under the New Notes. The New Notes will accrue interest from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest on the New Notes will accrue:

for the first three years (1) at a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum payable in cash on a semi-annual basis, or (2) a fixed rate of 12.0% per annum, of which 8.0% shall be paid in cash on a semi-annual basis and 4.0% shall be payable by increasing the principal amount of the outstanding New Notes or by issuingpaid-in-kind notes; and

for the fourth year onwards, at a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum payable in cash on a semi-annual basis.

Each Warrant will entitle its holder to subscribe for one common share at an exercise price of the equivalent inreais of US$0.01 per common share. Each Warrant will be exercisable at any time, at the sole discretion of the holder, during a period of 90 days, which the Company refers to as the Exercise Period, beginning on the date that is 12 months after the date on which the Warrants are issued, unless the commencement of the Exercise Period is accelerated upon the earliest to occur of the events described below.

If the Company calls a general shareholders’ meeting of the Company or meeting of the Company board of directors’ to approve the commencement of the rights offering relating to the cash capital increase described in Section 6 of the JRP and in the Commitment Agreement, the Company will publish a Material Fact relating to that meeting at least 15 business days prior to that meeting in which the Company will notify holders of Warrants that the Exercise Period relating to the Warrants will commence on the date of publication of that Material Fact.

In the event that any transaction occurs that results in the change of the Company “control” (as such term is defined in the JRP), the Company will publish a Material Fact relating to that transaction in which the Company will notify holders of Warrants that the Exercise Period relating to the Warrants will commence on the date of the completion of such transaction. The JRP defines “control” as (1) the ownership of partner rights that ensure to its holder, on a permanent basis, the majority of the votes in the social deliberations and the power to elect the majority of the company managers; and (2) the effective use of this power to direct social activities and guide the operation of the company’s bodies.

In the event that the settlement procedures with respect to the Qualified Recovery are concluded with respect to the New Notes, the new common shares and the Warrants prior to the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of PTIF, the Company will distribute the common shares of the Company currently held by PTIF in ADS form to Bondholders entitled to receive the Qualified Recovery upon the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of PTIF.

Non-Qualified Recovery

Under the JRPJRP, theNon-Qualified Recovery with respect to each US1,000 of Bondholder Credits (or the equivalent in other currencies) will consist of a participation interest under a credit agreement to be entered into between the RJ Debtors and an administrative agent in a principal amount of US$500.

TheNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be a senior unsecured obligation of the Company. TheNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be initially be guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each Telemar, Oi Móvel, Copart 4 and Copart 5. Upon the conclusion of the Dutch insolvency proceedings of Oi Holanda and PTIF, the Company has agreed to cause Oi Holanda and PTIF to guarantee the

obligations of the Company under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement. Principal under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will be paid in 12 semiannual installments beginning in the 78th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date in the amount of 4% of the outstanding principal for the first six semi-annual installments, 12.66% of the outstanding principal for the next five semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 12th anniversary of the effectiveness of theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement. TheNon-Qualified Credit Agreement will accrue interest at the rate of 6% per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under theNon-Qualified Credit Agreement on an annual basis, and will be paid together with principal beginning in the 78th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date.

Default Recovery

Under the JRP, Bondholders that were not Eligible Bondholders, did not make a valid election of the form of recovery for their Bondholder Credits, or do not participate in the settlement procedures will only be entitled to the Default Recovery with respect to the Bondholder Credits represented by their Bonds.

As a result of the confirmation of the JRP by the RJ Court, following the issuance by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of an order recognizing the JRP and the Confirmation Order, which the Company refer to as the U.S. Recognition Order, the Indentures governing the bonds issued by the Company and Oi Holanda will be novated and Bondholder Credits represented by Bonds issued under those Indentures will entitle the holders of those Bonds (other than Bonds the holders of which receive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery in accordance with the settlement procedures) to the Default Recovery. Similarly, following (1) the homologation of the Dutch Composition Plan for PTIF by the Dutch Court (the “Homologation Order”) and the resulting automatic recognition of the Dutch Composition Plan for PTIF under English law pursuant to the European Insolvency Regulation (2015/848), and (2) the contractual release of the Company guarantee of the bonds issued by PTIF pursuant to the terms of the PTIF Consent Solicitation, the Trust Deed governing the bonds issued by PTIF will be novated and Bondholder Credits represented by Bonds issued under the Trust Deed will entitle the holders of those Bonds (other than Bonds the holders of which receive the Qualified Recovery or theNon-Qualified Recovery in accordance with the settlement procedures) to the Default Recovery.

Under the JRP, the Default Recovery will consist of an unsecured right to receive payment of 100% of the principal amount of the Bondholder Credits represented by:

bonds issued by the Company or Oi Holanda in five annual, equal installments, commencing on the 20th anniversary of the date of the U.S. Recognition Order; and

bond issued by PTIF in five annual, equal installments, commencing on the 20th anniversary of the date of the Homologation Order, which, in each case, the Company refers to subscribers based on said financial participation agreements.as the Default Recovery Entitlement.

A Bondholder’s Default Recovery Entitlement will be denominated in the currency of the Bonds with respect to which the Default Recovery Entitlement relates. The Default Recovery Entitlement with respect to Bonds denominated in U.S. dollars or euros will not bear any interest. The Default Recovery Entitlement with respect to the Company 9.75% senior notes due 2016 will bear interest at the Brazilian TR rate (payable together with the last installment of principal), which will accrue as additional principal amount of the Default Recovery Entitlement during until the 20th anniversary of the date of the U.S. Recognition Order, and thereafter be payable together with payments of principal amount of the Default Recovery Entitlement. The principal and accrued interest with respect to the Default Recovery Entitlement may be redeemed at any time and from time to time, in whole or in part, by the RJ Debtors at a redemption price of 15% of the aggregate principal amount of the Default Recovery Entitlement.

Export Credit Agreement

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had export credit facility agreements under which the Company have borrowed funds to make equipment purchases related to the fixed-line and mobile telecommunications infrastructure. The lender under some of these export credit facility agreements are the export credit agencies. Under the remainder of these export credit facility agreements, the export credit agencies have guaranteed or insured obligations to the lenders, which are international financial institutions. The following table sets forth certain information for each series of export credit facility agreements, including the aggregate amount of the claims for such series recognized by the RJ Court.

Export Credit Agency

  Borrower   2017   2016 
       (in millions of reais) 

FINNVERA

   Company    389    389 

ONDD

   Company    388    388 

China Development Bank

   Telemar    2,272    2,272 

FINNVERA

   Telemar    1,465    1,465 

Export Development Canada

   Telemar    478    478 

ONDD

   Telemar    367    367 

Nordic Development Bank

   Telemar    100    100 

Under the JRP, the claims of lenders under export credit facility agreements were classified as Class III claims. Under the JRP, each of the lenders under these export credit facility agreements were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. Each of the lenders under export credit facility agreements elected to receive payment of the amount of their recognized claims, which will be paid in U.S. dollars in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66thmonth following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the recognized claims for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The recognized claims will accrue interest at the rate of 1.75% per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these claims on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Debentures

As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had three series of debt securities that were issued in the Brazilian market. The following table sets forth for each series of outstanding debentures the aggregate amount of the claims for such series recognized by the RJ Court.

   2017   2016 
   (in millions of reais) 

The Company 8th issuance

   2,515    2,515 

The Company 10th issuance

   1,549    1,549 

Telemar 2nd issuance

   55    55 

Under the JRP, the claims of holders of these debentures were classified as Class III claims. Under the JRP, each holder of beneficial interests in the debentures issued by the Company and Telemar were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. Each holder of beneficial interests in these debentures elected to receive debentures denominated inreais an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal of their recognized claims. The principal amount of these debentures will be paid inreais in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the outstanding principal for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the outstanding principal for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The principal amount of these debentures will accrue interest at the rate of 80% of the CDI rate from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these debentures on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Unsecured Lines of Credit

In May 2008, Telemar entered into an unsecured line of credit with a Brazilian financial institution in the aggregate amount of R$4,300 million to finance the acquisition of control of the Company. The principal of the loans under this unsecured line of credit was payable in seven equal annual installments, commencing in May 2010. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the claims under this unsecured line of credit recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,324 million.

Under the JRP, the claims of the lender under this unsecured line of credit were classified as Class III claims. Under the JRP, the lender under this unsecured line of credit was entitled to make an election of the form of its recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. The lender under this unsecured line of credit elected to receive payment of the amount of its recognized claims, which will be paid inreais in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the recognized claims for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the

next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The recognized amount of these claims will accrue interest at the rate of 80% of the CDI rate from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these claims on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Real Estate Securitization Transaction

In August 2010, Telemar transferred 162 real estate properties to thewholly-owned subsidiary Copart 4 and the Company transferred 101 real estate properties to thewholly-owned subsidiary Copart 5. Telemar entered into lease contracts with terms of up to 12 years for the continued use of all of the properties transferred to Copart 4 and the Company entered into lease contracts with terms of up to 12 years for the continued use of all of the properties transferred to Copart 5.

Copart 4 and Copart 5 assigned the receivables representing all payments under these leases to Brazilian Securities Companhia de Securitização, which issued Real Estate Receivables Certificates (Certificados de Recebíveis Imobiliários), or CRIs, backed by these receivables. The CRIs were purchased by Brazilian financial institutions.

The Company received net proceeds from the assignment of lease receivables in the total aggregate amount of R$1,585 million on a consolidated basis, and recorded theobligations to make the assigned payments as short- and long-term debt in the consolidated financial statements. The proceeds raised in this transaction were used to repay short-term debt. In June 2012, each of Copart 4 and Copart 5 partially redeemed the CRIs that they had issued for an aggregate amount of R$393 million. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the claims under the obligations to make the assigned payments recognized by the RJ Court was R$1,519 million.

Under the JRP, the creditors under the CRIs were classified as Class III claims. Under the JRP, each of the creditors under the CRIs were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018. Each of creditors under the CRIs elected to receive payment of the principal of their recognized claims, which will be paid inreais in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the 66th month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in the amount of 2.0% of the recognized claims for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at maturity on the 17th anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. The amount of these recognized claims will accrue interest at the rate of 80% of the CDI rate from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these claims on an annual basis during the first 66 month following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid semi-annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Civil Contingencies – ANATEL

On June 20, 2016 the Company was a party to noncompliance administrative proceedings and lawsuits filed by ANATEL and the Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU). As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for claims of ANATEL recognized by the JRP Court was R$14.5 billion, including R$8.4 billion in eligible claims and R$6.1 billion innon-liquid claims. As of December 31, 2017, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for claims of ANATEL recognized in Liabilities subjected to compromise was R$9.3 billion, including R$8.4 billion in eligible claims and R$0.9 billion in non-liquid claims (R$7.7 billion as of December 31, 2016, including R$7.0 billion in eligible claims and R$0.7 billion innon-liquid claims.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding claims of ANATEL against the RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to compromise under the RJ Proceedings.

Under the JRP, claims of ANATEL were classified as Class III claims. Under the JRP, liquidated claims of ANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been novated and in calculating the recovery of ANATEL under these claims the amounts of all accrued interest included in these claims will be reduced by 50% and the amounts of all late charges included in these claims will be reduced by 25%. The remaining amount of these claims will be settled in 240 monthly installments, beginning on June 30, 2018, in the amount of 0.160% of the outstanding claims for the first 60 monthly installments, 0.330% of the outstanding claims for the next 60 monthly installments, 0.500% of the outstanding claims for the next 60 monthly installments, 0.660% of the outstanding claims for the next 59 monthly installments, and the remainder at maturity on June 30, 2038. Beginning on July 31, 2018, the amounts of each monthly installment will be adjusted by the SELIC variation. Payments of monthly installments will be made through the application of judicial deposits related to these claims until the balance of these judicial deposits has been exhausted and thereafter will be payable in cash inreais.

Under the JRP,non-liquidated claims of ANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been novated and ANATEL will be entitled to a recovery with respect to those clams similar to the Default Recovery described above in “ —Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.”

In the event that a legal rule is adopted in Brazil that regulates an alternative manner for the settlement of the claims of ANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016, the RJ Debtors may adopt the new regime, observing the terms and conditions set forth in the Company’s bylaws.

Labor Contingencies

The Company is a party to a large number of labor lawsuits and calculates the related provision based on a statistical methodology that takes into consideration, but not limited to, the total number of existing lawsuits, the claims make in each lawsuit, the amount claimed in each lawsuit, the history of payments made, and the technical opinion of the legal counsel.

Overtime - refers to the claim for payment of salary and premiums by alleged overtime hours;

Sundry premiums - refer to claims of hazardous duty premium, based on Law 7369/85, regulated by Decree 93412/86, due to the alleged risk from employees’ contact with the electric power grid, health hazard premium, pager pay, and transfer premium;

Indemnities - refers to amounts allegedly due for occupational accidents, leased vehicles, occupational diseases, pain and suffering, and tenure;

Stability/reintegration - claim due to alleged noncompliance with an employee’s special condition which prohibited termination of the employment contract without cause;

Supplementary retirement benefits - differences allegedly due on the benefit salary referring to payroll amounts;

Salary differences and related effects - refer mainly to claims for salary increases due to alleged noncompliance with trade union agreements. As for the effects, these refer to the impact of the salary increase allegedly due on the other amounts calculated based on the employee’s salary;

Lawyers/expert fees - installments payable to the plaintiffs’ lawyers and court appointed experts, when necessary for the case investigation, to obtain expert evidence;

Severance pay - claims of amounts which were allegedly unpaid or underpaid upon severance;

Labor fines - amounts arising from delays or nonpayment of certain amounts provided for by the employment contract, within the deadlines set out in prevailing legislation and collective bargaining agreements;

Employment relationship - lawsuits filed by outsourced companies’ former employees claiming the recognition of an employment relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries by alleging an illegal outsourcing and/or the existence of elements that evidence such relationship, such as direct subordination;

Supplement to FGTS fine - arising from understated inflation, refers to claims to increase the FGTS severance fine as a result of the adjustment of accounts of this fund due to inflation effects;

The Company filed a lawsuit against Caixa Econômica Federal to assure the reimbursement of all amounts paid for this purpose;

Joint liability - refers to the claim to assign liability to the Company, filed by outsourced personnel, due to alleged noncompliance with the latter’s labor rights by their direct employers;

Other claims - refer to different litigation including rehiring, profit sharing, qualification of certain allowances as compensation, etc.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding labor claims against the RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to compromise under the RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for labor claims recognized by the RJ Court was R$899 million and R$752 million, respectively.

Under the JRP, labor claims were classified as Class I claims. Under the JRP, generally all labor claims will be paid in five equal monthly installments, beginning on the 6-month anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Labor claims not yet adjudicated will be paid in five equal monthly installments, beginning six months after a final, non-appealable ruling of the relevant court hearing a labor claim.

Labor claims for which a judicial deposit has been posted by any of the RJ Debtors will be paid through the immediate disbursement of the amount deposited in court and, in the event that the related judicial deposit is lower than the labor claim listed by the RJ Debtors in the Second Creditor List, the judicial deposit shall be used to pay part of the labor claim and the outstanding balance of the labor claim will be paid after a decision is issued by the RJ Court that ratifies the amount due in five equal monthly installments, beginning six months after the Brazilian Confirmation Date. In the event that the related judicial deposit is greater than the amount of the labor claim, the RJ Debtors will be entitled to withdraw the difference from the judicial deposit.

Labor claims for which no judicial deposit has been posted by any of the RJ Debtors will be paid through judicial deposits to be attached to the court records of the related case.

Civil Contingencies – Other Claims

Corporate – Financial Participation Agreements

These agreements were governed by Administrative Rules 415/1972, 1181/1974, 1361/1976, 881/1990, 86/1991, and 1028/1996. Subscribers held a financial interest in the concessionaire after paying in a certain amount, initially recorded as capitalizable funds and subsequently recorded in the concessionaire’s equity, after a capital increase was approved by the shareholders’ meeting, thus generating the issuance of shares. The lawsuits filed against the former CRT—Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicações, a company merged by the Company, challenge the way shares were granted to subscribers based on said financial participation agreements.

The Company used to recognize a provision for the risk of unfavorable outcome in these lawsuits based on certain legal doctrine. During 2009, however, decisions issued by appellate courts led the Company to revisit the amount accrued and the risk classification of the relevant lawsuits. The Company, considering obviously the peculiarities of each decision and based on the assessment made by its legal department and outside legal counsel, changed its estimate on the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome from possible to probable. In 2009, the Company’s management, based on the opinions of its legal department and outside legal counsel, revised the measurement criteria of the provision for contingencies related to the financial interest agreements. Said revision contemplated additional considerations regarding the dates and the arguments of the final and unappealable decisions on ongoing lawsuits, as well as the use of statistical criteria to estimate the amount of the provision for those lawsuits. The Company currently accrues these amounts mainly taking into consideration (i) the criteria above, (ii) the number of ongoing lawsuits by matter discussed, and (iii) the average amount of historical losses, broken down by matter in dispute.dispute, and (iv) the impacts of the payment of these contingencies in the context of the Judicial Reorganization Plan ratified on January 8, 2018. In addition to these criteria, in 2013 the courts recognized, in several decisions, the enforcement of the twenty-year statute of limitations for the lawsuits that met this criterion and the Company, based on the opinion of itsin-house and outside legal counsel, understands that the likelihood of loss is remote. Therefore, it is not necessary to set up a provision.

At the end of 2010, the website of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ) disclosed news that this court had set compensation criteria to be adopted by the Company to the benefit of the shareholders of the former CRT for those cases new shares, possibly due, could not be issued because of the sentence issued. According to this court judgment news, which does not correspond to a final decision, the criteria must be based on (i) the definition of the number of shares that each claimant would be entitled, measuring the capital invested at the book value of the share reported in the company’sCRT’s monthly trial balance on the date it waspaid-in, (ii) after said number of shares is determined, it must be multiplied by its quotation on the stock exchange at the closing of the trading day the final and unappealable decision is issued, when the claimant becomes entitled to sell or disposed of the shares, and (iii) the result obtain must be adjusted for inflation (IPC/INPC) from the trading day of the date of the final and unappealable decision, plus legal interest since notification. In the case of succession, the benchmark amount will be the stock market price of the successor company.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Based on current information, management believes that its estimate would not be materially impacted as at December 31, 2014, had these criteria already been adopted.2017. There may be, however, significant changes in the items above, mainly regarding the market price of Company shares.

Small claims courts

(ii)ANATEL estimates—refer basically to alleged noncompliance with General Universal Service Targets Plan (“PGMU”)

Claims filed by customers for which the individual indemnification compensation amounts do not exceed the equivalent of forty (40) minimum wages; and General Quality Targets Plan (“PGMQ”) obligations;

(iii)ANATEL fines—they largely refer to provisions for fines arising from failures to meet quality targets under the terms of the Procedures to Determine Noncompliance with Obligations (“PADOs”) of the PGMQ and the Quality Indicators Regulation (“RIQ”); and

(iv)Small claims courts—claims filed by customers for which the individual indemnification compensation amounts do not exceed the equivalent of forty minimum wages;

(v)Other claims—refer to several of ongoing lawsuits discussing contract terminations, certain agencies requesting the reopening of customer service centers, compensation claimed by former suppliers and building contractors, in lawsuits filed by equipment vendors against Company subsidiaries, revision of contractual terms and conditions due to changes introduced by a plan to stabilize the economy, and litigation mainly involving discussions on the breach of contracts, to which management and its legal counsel attribute a probable likelihood of an unfavorable outcome, etc.

Contingent liabilities

The Company is a party to a large number of lawsuits filed in small claims courts and calculates the related provision based on a statistical methodology that takes into consideration, but not limited to, the total number of existing lawsuits, the claims make in each lawsuit, the amount claimed in each lawsuit, the history of payments made, and the technical opinion of the legal counsel and the impacts of the Judicial Reorganization Plan, issued on January 8, 2018.

Other claims

Refer to several of ongoing lawsuits discussing contract terminations, certain agencies requesting the reopening of customer service centers, compensation claimed by former suppliers and building contractors, in lawsuits filed by equipment vendors against Company subsidiaries, revision of contractual terms and conditions due to changes introduced by a plan to stabilize the economy, and litigation mainly involving discussions on the breach of contracts.

As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding unsecured civil claims against the RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to compromise under the RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the aggregate amount of the contingencies for civil claims (other than claims of ANATEL and other regulatory agencies) recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,929 million and R$3,096 million, respectively.

Under the JRP, unsecured civil claims against the RJ Debtors were classified as Class III and IV claims. Under the JRP, if judicial deposits have been made with respect to adjudicated civil claims, holders of these civil claims that expressly agree with the amounts of the civil claims acknowledged by the RJ Debtors, including those indicated in the Second List of Creditors, and waive the right to offer, propose, or proceed with credit actions, qualifications, divergences, objections, or any other measure (including appeals) which aim at increasing the amounts of their civil claims, will be paid, subject to the reduction of the amount of any civil claim classified as a Class III claim as described below, through the application of judicial deposits related to these civil claims until the balance of the relevant judicial deposits has been exhausted. Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described above in “ —Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described above in “ —Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” In the event that the related judicial deposit is greater than the amount that the holder of a civil claim is entitled to withdraw, the RJ Debtors will be entitled to withdraw the difference from the judicial deposit.

The amount of the claim of a holder of civil claims (other than claims of ANATEL and other regulatory agencies) that have been classified as Class III claims will be reduced based on the amount of such civil claims as follows:

Civil claims of more than R$1,000 and equal to or less than R$5,000 will be reduced by 15%;

Civil claims of more than R$5,000 and equal to or less than R$10,000 will be reduced by 20%;

Civil claims of more than R$10,000 and equal to or less than R$150,000 will be reduced by 30%; and

Civil claims of more than R$150,000 will be reduced by 50%.

Under the JRP, if judicial deposits have been made with respect to unadjudicated civil claims, following adjudication of their claims, the holders of these civil claims that expressly agree with the amounts of the civil claims acknowledged by the RJ Debtors, including those indicated in the Second List of Creditors, and waive the right to offer, propose, or proceed with credit actions, qualifications, divergences, objections, or any other measure (including appeals) which aim at increasing the amounts of their civil claims, will be paid, subject to the reduction of the amount of any civil claim classified as a Class III claim as described above, through the application of judicial deposits related to these civil claims until the balance of the relevant judicial deposits has been exhausted. Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described above in “ —Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” Any amount of a civil claim remaining unpaid after the application of the related judicial deposit will entitle the holder to a recovery with respect to the balance of that civil claim similar to the Default Recovery described above in “ —Loans and Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.” In the event that the related judicial deposit is greater than the amount that the holder of a civil claim is entitled to withdraw, the RJ Debtors will be entitled to withdraw the difference from the judicial deposit.

Contingencies liabilities (Note 18)

The Companies under judicial reorganization and its subsidiaries are also parties to several lawsuits in which the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is classified as possible, in the opinion of their legal counsel, and for which no provision for contingent liabilities has been recognized.

The main contingencies classifiedbreakdown of contingent liabilities with a possible likelihood of an unfavorable outcome accordingand, therefore, not recognized in accounting, is as follows:

   2017   2016 

Labor

   796,471    714,376 

Civil

   950,208    1,064,642 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   1,746,679    1,779,018 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Trade Payables

The trade payables are represented by the suppliers that provide services related to the Company´s management’s opinion, based on its legal counsel’s assessment, are summarized below:

Labor

Refer to several lawsuits claiming, but not limited to, the paymentinfrastructure services, network maintenance services, interconnection costs, rental and insurance, rights of salary differences, overtime, hazardous dutyway and health hazard premium, and joint liability, which total approximately R$1,082,677 (R$877,287 in 2013).

Tax

The main ongoing lawsuits have the following matters:

(i)ICMS—several ICMS assessment notifications, including two main matters: ICMS levied on certain revenue from services already subject to ISS or which are not part of the ICMS tax base, and utilization of ICMS credits claimed on the purchase of goods and other inputs, amounting approximately to R$7,554,421 (R$5,865,591 in 2013);

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(ii)ISS—alleged levy of this tax on subsidiary telecommunications services and discussion regarding the classification of the services taxed by the cities listed in Supplementary Law 116/2003, amounting approximately to R$2,588,849 (R$2,078,234 in 2013);

(iii)INSS—tax assessments to add amounts to the contribution salary allegedly due by the Company, amounting approximately to R$995,994 (1,002,090 in 2013); and

(iv)Federal taxes—several tax assessment notifications regarding basically the disallowances made on the calculation of taxes, errors in the completion of tax returns, transfer of PIS and COFINS and FUST related to changes in the interpretation of these taxes tax bases by ANATEL. These lawsuits amount approximately to R$9,919,745 (R$9,049,991 in 2013).

Civil

The main ongoing lawsuits do not have any lawsuits for which no court decision has been issued, and are mainly related, but not limited to, challenging of network expansion plans, compensation for pain and suffering and material damages, collection lawsuits, and bidding processes. These lawsuits total approximately R$1,146,745 (R$1,037,903 in 2013).

Guarantees

The Company has bank guarantee letters and guarantee insurance granted by several financial institutions and insurers to guarantee commitments arising from lawsuits, contractual obligations, and biddings with the ANATEL. The total adjusted amount of contracted guarantees and guarantee insurance, effective at December 31, 2014, corresponds to R$16,488,245 (R$15,498,243 in 2013),. The commission charges on these contracts are based on market rates.

22.OTHER PAYABLES

   2014   2013 

Unearned revenues

   2,388,086     2,387,336  

Advances from customers

   635,681     485,619  

Payable for the acquisition of equity interest

   408,978     418,069  

Payables for surety received from related companies

    

Consignation to third parties

   43,062     59,291  

Provision for asset decommissioning

   14,835     14,256  

Amounts payable—reverse share split

     8,881  

Other

   46,229     7,810  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 3,536,871   3,381,262  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 1,021,719   847,810  

Non-current

 2,515,152   2,533,452  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

23.EQUITY

(a)Issued capital

Capital increase as a result of the business combination of Oi S.A. and PT

The Board of Directors approved, at the meetings held on April 30, 2014 and May 5, 2014, the capital increase of the Company totaling R$13,960 million (of which R$8,250 million in cash and R$5,710 million through the assignment of PT assets (Note 1)), through the issue and subscription of 2,262,544,570 common shares and 4,525,089,141 preferred shares, all of which are registered, book-entry and without par value.

Capital increase through the capitalization of reserves

The Board of Directors approved, at the meeting held on June 18, 2014, the capital increase of the Company totaling R$7,111, without the issue of new shares, through the capitalization of the profit reserve, aimed at incorporating into issued capital the reinvestment tax incentive of calendar year 2008. This capitalization shall be in due time submitted to the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting for a decision on the amendment to Article 5 of our Bylaws.

Reverse Share Split

On November 18, 2014, the Company approved a 10 for 1 reverse share split of all Company common shares and preferred shares. i.e., consolidating 10 shares into a single common or preferred share, as applicable. The Company’s shares traded on the NYSE as ADSs were also be subject to this reverse share slip, following the same reverse share slip ratio used in Brazil, so that these ADSs will continue to be traded at the ratio of one ADS per each share.other third-party services.

As a result of the reverse share slip,commencement of the previous 2,861,553,190 common sharesRJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding trade payables as of that date became subject to compromise under the RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2017 and 5,723,166,910 preferred shares2016, the aggregate amount of the claims of trade creditors recognized by the RJ Court was R$2,139 million and R$2,159 million, respectively.

Under the JRP, the claims of trade creditors were classified as Class III or Class IV claims. Under the JRP, each of these trade creditors were entitled to make an election of the form of their recovery during an election period that commenced on February 6, 2018 and ended on February 26, 2018.

Trade creditors that, under the JRP, continued to supply goods and/or services to the RJ Debtors without any unreasonable change in the terms and conditions and that do not have anyon-going litigation against any of the RJ Debtors, other than litigation related to the RJ Proceeding were deemed to be “Strategic Supplier Creditors” under the JRP. Strategic Supplier Creditors with claims of R$150,000 or less (or the equivalent in other currencies), other than claims arising from loans or other funding provided to Oi Holanda, were entitled to elect to receive 100% of their claims in cash within 20 business days after the end of the election period. Strategic Supplier Creditors with claims of more than R$150,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies), other than claims arising from loans or other funding provided to Oi Holanda, were entitled to elect to receive R$150,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies) in cash within 20 business days after the end of the election period and 90% of their remaining claims in cash in four equal annual installments, plus interest on the amount of their claims at the rate of TR plus 0.5% per annum for claims denominated inreais, and at the rate of 0.5% per annum for claims denominated in U.S. dollars or euros.

Trade creditors that were not deemed to be “Strategic Supplier Creditors” under the JRP were entitled to elect to:

receive the entire amount of their claim in cash in a single installment if the aggregate amount of their claims was less than or equal to R$1,000;

receive R$1,000 in cash in a single installment with respect to the entire amount of their claim if the aggregate amount of their claims was more than R$1,000; or

receive the entire amount of their claim under terms similar to (1) those described under “ —Loans and Financing—Unsecured Lines of Credit” if their claims were denominated inreais, or (2) those described under “ —Loans and Financing—Export Credit Agreements” if their claims were denominated in a currency other thanreais.

Trade creditors that did not elect one of these recovery options are now represented by 286,155,319 common sharesentitled to a default recovery similar to the Default Recovery described in “ —Loans and 572,316,691 preferred shares, respectively.Financing—Fixed Rate Notes—Default Recovery.”

Pension Plans

As a result of the changes above, subscribed and paid-in capital is represented by the following shares without par value:

   Number of shares (in thousands) 
  12/31/2014   05/05/2014   12/31/2013 

Total capital in shares

      

Common shares

   286,155     2,861,553     599,009  

Preferred shares

   572,317     5,723,167     1,198,078  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 858,472   8,584,720   1,797,087  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Treasury shares

Common shares

 8,425   84,251   84,251  

Preferred shares

 7,281   72,808   72,808  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 15,706   157,059   157,059  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding shares

Common shares

 277,730   2,777,302   514,758  

Preferred shares

 565,036   5,650,359   1,125,270  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total outstanding shares

 842,766   8,427,661   1,640,028  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The Company is authorized to increase its capital under a Board of Directors’ resolution, in common and preferred shares, up to the share capital ceiling of R$34,038,701,741.49, within the legal ceiling of 2/3 for the issuance of new nonvoting preferred shares.

By resolutioncommencement of the Shareholders’ Meeting or Board of Directors’ Meeting, the Company’s capital can be increased by capitalizing retained earnings or reserves previously set up for this purpose by the Shareholders’ Meeting. Under these conditions, the capitalization can be made without any change in the number of shares.

Capital is represented by common and preferred shares without par value, andRJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, the Company is not requiredobligations to maintain the current proportionfund certain of these types of share on capital increases.

By resolution of the Shareholders’ Meeting or the Board of Directors, the preemptive right on issuance of shares, warrants or convertible debentures can be cancelled in the cases provided for in Article 172 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.

(b)Treasury shares

Treasury shares as at December 31, 2014 originate from the corporate events that took place in the first half of 2012 and the second quarter of 2014, described below:

(i)on February 27, 2012 the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Oi S.A. approved the Merger Protocol and Justification of Coari with and into the Company and, as a result, the cancelation of the all the treasury shares held by the Company on that date;

(ii)on February 27, 2012 the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of Oi S.A. approved the Merger Protocol and Justification of TNL with and into the Company, and the Company’s shares then held by TNL, as a result of the merger of Coari with and into the Company, were canceled, except for 24,647,867 common shares that remained in treasury;

(iii)starting April 9, 2012 Oi paid the reimbursement of shares to withdrawing shareholders;

(iv)as a result of the Company’s capital increase approved by the Board of Directors on April 30 and May 5, 2014, and due to subscription made by PT in PT Portugal assets, R$263,028 was reclassified to treasury shares (Note 3.1—iv).

The treasury shares position corresponding to items (i), (ii) and (iii) referred to above, not taking into consideration item (iv) because this refers to a reclassification derived from cross-shareholdings, is as follows:

   Common
shares (*)
   Amount   Preferred
shares (*)
   Amount 

Balance at Jan 1, 2013

   84,251     880,378     72,808     1,224,146  

Balance in 2013

   84,251     880,378     72,808     1,224,146  

Reverse share split

   (75,826     (65,527  

Balance in 2014

   8,425     880,378     7,281     1,224,146  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(*)Number of shares in thousands

Historical cost in purchase of treasury shares (R$ per share)  2014   2013 

Weighted average

   13.40     13.40  

Minimum

   3.79     3.79  

Maximum

   15.25     15.25  

Fair value of treasury shares

The fair value of treasury shares at the end of the reporting period was as follows:

   2014   2013 
   Preferred   Common   Preferred   Common 

Number of treasury shares (in thousands)

   7,281     8,425     72,808     84,251  

Quotation per share on BOVESPA (R$)

   8.61     9.15     3.59     3.61  

Market value

   62,689     77,089     261,381     304,146  

The table below shows the deduction of the amount of treasury shares from the reserve used in the repurchase:

   2014   2013 

Carrying amount of capital reserves

   3,977,623     3,977,623  

Treasury shares

   (2,104,524   (2,104,524

Balance, net of treasury shares

   1,873,099     1,873,099  

(c)Capital reserves

Capital reserves are recognized pursuant to the following practices:

Special merger goodwill reserve: represents the net amount of the balancing item to goodwill recorded in assets, as provided for by CVM Instruction 319/1999.

Special merger reserve: net assets: represents the net assets merged by the Company under the corporate reorganization approved on February 27, 2012.

Investment grant reserve: recognized due to the investment grants received before the beginning of FY 2008 as a balancing item to an asset received by the Company.

Law 8200/91 special inflation adjustment reserve: recognized due to the special inflation adjustments to capital assets, the purpose of which was to offset distortions in inflation adjustment indices prior to 1991.

Interest on works in progress: consists of the balancing item to interest on works in progress incurred through December 31, 1998.

Other capital reserves: consist of the funds invested in income tax incentives before the beginning of FY 2008.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(d)Profit reserves

Profit reserves are recognized pursuant to the following practices:

Legal reserve: allocation of 5% of profit for the year up to the limit of 20% of capital. This allocation is optional when the legal reserve plus the capital reserves exceeds 30% of capital. This reserve is only used for capital increases or offset losses.

Investments reserve: consists of the balances of profit for the year, adjusted pursuant to Article 202 of Law 6404/76 and allocated after the payment of dividends. The profits for the year used to recognize this reserve were fully allocated as retained earnings by the related shareholders’ meetings in light of the Company’s investment budget and in accordance with Article 196 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.

(e)Dividends and interest on capital

The Company’s Board of Directors approved the cancellation of the shareholder compensation policy for FYs 2013-2016, disclosed in a Material Fact Notice of August 13, 2013; therefore, the Company is subject only to the provisions of Law 6404/1976 and its Bylaws.

Dividends are calculated pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws and the Brazilian Corporate Law. Mandatory minimum dividend are calculated in accordance with Article 202 of Law 6404/76, and preferred or priority dividends are calculated pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws.

Preferred shares are nonvoting, except in the cases specified in paragraphs 1-3 of Article 12 of the Bylaws, but are assured priority in the payment of the noncumulative minimum dividends equal to the higher of 6% per year of the amount obtained by dividing capital stock by the total number of shares of the Company or 3% per year of the amount obtained by dividing book equity by the total number of shares of the Company.

By decision of the Board of Directors, the Company can pay or credit, as dividends, interest on capital pursuant to Article 9, paragraph 7, of Law 9249/1995. The interest paid or credited will be offset against the annual mandatory minimum dividend amount, pursuant to Article 43 of the Bylaws.

On February 25, 2015, the Board of Directors approved the capitalization of the investment reserve balance totaling R$1,933,354, as follows: (i) R$154 to capital increase and (ii) R$1,933,200 to recognize the capital reserves, without the issue of new shares.

The Company recorded loss for the year ended December 31, 2014 amounting to R$4,407,711. On March 25, 2015 the Board of Directors approved the Company profit allocation proposal, subject to approval by the da Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, as follows: (i) absorption of the legal reserve amounting to R$383,527 and R$4,024,184 for accumulated losses.

Mandatory minimum dividends calculated in accordance with Article 202 of Law 6404/1976:

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014   2013  2012 

Profit (loss) for the year

   (4,407,711   1,493,015    1,784,890  

% of mandatory dividends

     x 25  x 25

Mandatory minimum dividends

     373,254    446,222  

Additional dividends

     126,746    391,322  
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total dividends paid to shareholders

 500,000   837,544  
    

 

 

  

 

 

 

The Company did not recognize a legal reserve of 5% of profit for the year in 2013 because the balance of this reserve, plus the amount of the capital reserves, exceeds 30% of capital.

(f)Share issue costs

We recognized in this line item the share issue costs in an amount of R$309,592, net of R$159,519, related to the corporate transactions: (1) capital increase, in accordance with the plan for the business combination between the Company and PT (Note 1) and (2) corporate reorganization of February 27, 2012. These costs directly attributable to the mentioned events are basically represented by expenses on the preparation of prospectus and reports, third-party professional services, fees and commissions, transfer costs, and registration costs.

(g)Obligations in equity instruments

Under the exchange agreement entered into with PT SGPS on September 8, 2014, already approved at a PT SGP’S extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, the CVM, and still subject to approval at Oi’s extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, the Company assumed the obligation of acquiring for PT SGPS its own shares to settle the compensation right. Taking into account the nature of the asset received by the Company to consummate the Exchange, the contractual obligation was recognized as a contra entry to equity (Note 3.1).

(h)Other comprehensive income

We recognize in this line item other comprehensive income, which includes hedge accounting gains and losses, actuarial gains and losses, foreign exchange differences arising on translating the net investment in foreign subsidiaries, including exchange differences in intragroup loans that are part of the net investment in foreign subsidiaries, reclassification adjustments, and the tax effects related to these components, which are not recognized in the income statements.

(i)Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share

The Company’s Bylaws award different rights to holders of common and preferred shares with respect to dividends, voting rights, and in case of liquidation of the Company. Accordingly, basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share were calculated based on profit for the year available to common and preferred shareholders.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Basic

Basic earnings (losses) per share are calculated by dividing the profit (loss) attributable to the owners of the Company, available to common and preferred shareholders, by the weighted average number of common and preferred shares outstanding during the year.

Diluted

Diluted earnings (losses) per share are calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of outstanding common and preferred shares, to estimate the dilutive effect of all convertible securities. Currently we do not have any potentially dilutive shares.

The table below shows the calculations of basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share:

   2014   2013   2012 

Profit for the year from continuing operations

   6,828     1,493,015     1,784,890  

Loss for the year from discontinued operations (net of taxes)

   (4,414,539    

Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Company

   (4,407,711   1,493,015     1,784,890  

Profit (loss) allocated to common shares – basic and diluted

   (4,407,711   468,615     560,225  

Profit allocated to preferred shares – basic and diluted

     1,024,400     1,224,665  

Weighted average number of outstanding shares

(in thousands of shares)

      

Common shares – basic and diluted

   202,312     51,476     51,476  

Preferred shares – basic and diluted

   414,200     112,527     112,527  

Earnings (losses) per share (in reais):

      

Common shares – basic and diluted

   (7.15   9.10     10.90  

Preferred shares – basic and diluted

   (7.15   9.10     10.90  

Earnings per share – continuing operations

      

Common shares – basic and diluted

   0,01     9.10     10.90  

Preferred shares – basic and diluted

   0.01     9.10     10.90  

Earnings (losses) per share – discontinued operations:

      

Common shares – basic and diluted

   (7.16    

Preferred shares – basic and diluted

   (7.16    

Retrospective adjustment

As required by CPC 41, we have adjusted retrospectively the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share taking into consideration the new shareholding structure resulting from the reverse share split described in item (a) above.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

24.EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

(a)Pension funds

The Company and its subsidiaries sponsor retirement benefit plans (“pension funds”) for their employees, provided that they elect to be part of such plan, and current beneficiaries. The table below shows the existing pension plans at December 31, 2014.

Benefit plans

Sponsors

Manager

TCSPREV

Oi, Oi Móvel, BrT Multimídia, Oi Internet and BrTIFATL

BrTPREV

Oi, Oi Móvel, BrT Multimídia, Oi Internet and BrTIFATL

TelemarPrev

Oi, TMAR, Oi Móvel and Telemar InternetFATL

PAMEC

OiOi

PBS-A

TMAR and OiSistel

PBS-Telemar

TMARFATL

PBS-TNCP

Oi MóvelSistel

CELPREV

Oi MóvelSistel

Sistel – Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social

FATL – Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social

Telemar Participações S.A., the Company’s parent, is one of the sponsors the TelemarPrev benefit plan.

For purposes of the pension plans described in this note, the Company can also be referred to as the “Sponsor”.

The sponsored plans are valued by independent actuaries at the end of the annual reporting period. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the actuarial valuations were performed by Mercer Human Resource Consulting Ltda. The Bylaws provide for the approval of the supplementary pension plan policy, and the joint liability attributed to the defined benefit plans is ruled by the agreements entered into with the pension fund entities, with the agreement of the National Pension Plan Authority (PREVIC), as regards the specific plans. PREVIC is the official agency that approves and oversees said plans.

The sponsored defined benefit plans are closed to new entrants because they are close-end pension funds. Participants’ and the sponsors’ contributions are defined in the funding plan.

Actuarial liabilities are recognized for the sponsored defined benefit plans that report an actuarial deficit. For the plans that report an actuarial surplus, assets are recorded when there is an express authorization for offsetting them against future employer contributions.

Provisions for pension funds

Refer to the recognition of the actuarial deficit of thepost-retirement defined benefit plans as shown below:

   2014   2013 

BrTPREV plans

   473,554     640,145  

PAMEC plan

   2,981     3,417  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 476,535   643,562  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notesof that date became subject to compromise under the Financial Statements

for the years endedRJ Proceedings. As of each of December 31, 2014, 20132017 and 20122016, the aggregate amount of unfunded obligations under the post-retirement defined benefit plans the contingencies recognized by the RJ Court was R$560 million, all of which related to claims of Fundação Atlântico.

(In thousandsUnder the JRP, obligations to fund the post-retirement defined benefit plans were classified as Class I claims. Claims due to Fundação Atlântico will be payable in six annual, equal installments, beginning on the fifth anniversary of the Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)Confirmation Date and the amount due will bear interest at the rate of the National Consumer Price Index (INPC) plus 5.5% per annum from the Brazilian Confirmation Date. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance of these claims on an annual basis during the first five years following the Brazilian Confirmation Date, and will be paid annually in cash thereafter through the final maturity.

Current

 129,662   184,295  

Non-current

 346,873   459,267  

Assets recognized to be offset against future employer contributions29.     CONDENSED COMBINED AND CONSOLIDATED DEBTORIN-POSSESSION FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The Company recognized TCSPREV Plan assets related to: (i) sponsor contributions which participants that leftfinancial statements below represent the Plan are not entitled to redeem; and (ii) partcondensed combined financial statements of the Plan’s surplus attributedDebtors. The nonfiling entities are accounted for as nonconsolidated subsidiaries in these financial statements and, as such, their net loss is included using the equity method of accounting. Intercompany balances among the Debtors amounting to the sponsor.

The assets recognized are used to offset future employer contributions. These assets are broken down as follows:

   2014   2013 

TCSPREV Plan

   47,496     69,793  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 47,496   69,793  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 1,744   9,596  

Non-current

 45,752   60,197  

Features of the sponsored supplementary pension plans

1)FATL

FATL, close-end, multiple sponsor, multiple plan pension fund, is a nonprofit, private pension-related entity,R$50,1 billion in 2017 (R$45,6 billion in 2016) related mainly with financialloans granted and administrative independence, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, engagedhave been eliminated in the managementfinancial statements presented below. Intercompany balances among the Debtors and administrationthe nonfiling entities have not been eliminated.

   12/31/2017   12/31/2016 

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   6,690,900    6,942,528 

Short-term investments

   14,605    106,589 

Trade accounts receivable

   6,590,543    6,973,983 

Inventories

   137,575    182,095 

Related parts

   949,851    848,259 

Recoverable taxes

   1,818,242    2,159,230 

Judicial Deposits

   1,000,519    948,991 

Pension plan assets

   1,072    6,414 

Dividends and interest on capital

   529,934    814,952 

Other assets

   1,546,295    1,823,577 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

   19,279,536    20,806,620 

Non-current assets

    

Long-term investments

   114,839    169,473 

Other taxes

   626,057    933,049 

Judicial Deposits

   8,110,179    8,109,743 

Investments

   5,852,604    7,223,447 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   26,561,160    25,546,349 

Intangible assets

   9,185,107    9,715,303 

Pension plan assets

   1,598,792    1,634,695 

Other assets

   372,142    181,529 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Totalnon-current assets

   52,420,878    53,513,589 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   71,700,415    74,320,209 

Current liabilities

    

Trade payables

   6,697,217    5,962,864 

Loans and financing

   530,051    501,547 

Payroll, related taxes and benefits

   575,673    345,980 

Current income taxes payable

   1,334,859    1,776,239 

Tax financing program

   271,503    92,748 

Dividends and interest on capital

   6,222    6,262 

Licenses and concessions payable

   20,306    106,677 

Other payables

   1,146,780    1,632,393 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   10,582,610.4    10,424,711 

Non-Current liabilities

    

Related parts

   1,116,169    237,637 

Other taxes

   867,657    1,073,168 

Deferred taxes

   497,375    676,005 

Tax financing program

   599,047    633,776 

Provisions for Contingencies

   617,103    750,549 

Liability for pensions benefits

   10,433    —   

Licenses and concessions payable

   604    4,073 

Unearned revenues

   1,596,462    1,661,460 

Advances from customers

   9,964    10,831 

Other payables

   641,253    947,802 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

   5,956,067    5,995,300 

Total liabilities not subject to compromise

   16,538,677    16,420,011 

Liabilities subject to compromise

   65,139,227    63,746,124 

Total liabilities

   81,677,904    80,166,135 

Shareholders’ equity

    

Total share capital

   21,438,374    21,438,374 

Share issued costs

   (377,429   (377,429

Capital reserves

   13,242,374    13,242,374 

Treasury shares

   (5,531,092   (5,531,092

Other comprehensive income

   (241,780   (221,172

Accumulated losses

   (38,507,937   (34,396,982

Total shareholders’ equity

   (9,977,489   (5,845,926
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   71,700,415    74,320,209 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intercompany transactions among the Debtors amounting to R$5,64 billion in 2017 (R$1,56 billion in 2016) related mainly with interests and interconnection charges and have been eliminated in the financial statements presented below. Intercompany transactions among the Debtors and the nonfiling entities have not been eliminated.

   12/31/2017   12/31/2016 

Net operating revenue

   20,429,388    22,946,936 

Cost of sales and services

   (15,573,190   (16,083,725
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

   4,856,197    6,863,211 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating (expenses) income

    

Selling expenses

   (4,077,876   (4,051,095

General and administrative expenses

   (2,438,107   (3,093,767

Other operating income (expenses), net

   118,609    (962,897

Equity pickup

   (138,999   (4,884,167

Reorganization items

   (2,371,919   (2,405,625
  

 

 

   

Loss before financial and taxes

   (4,052,094   (8,534,340

Financial expenses, net

   (566,679   (3,335,464
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before taxes

   (4,618,772   (11,869,803

Income tax and social contribution

   884,602    (1,597,577

Net loss for the year

   (3,734,170   (13,467,380
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

30.     SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Merger of pension benefit plans for the employees of its sponsors.

Plans

(i)BrTPREV

Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolledOi Internet with the CNPB under No. 2002.0017-74.and into Oi Móvel

On July 31, 2012 the Fundador/Alternativo Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 1991.0015-92,March 1, 2018 Oi Internet was effectively merged with and into the BrTPREV Benefit Plan, approved by PREVIC Administrative Rule 378, of July 11, 2012.

Upon the effective merger (on July 31, 2012), the Participants and BeneficiariesOi Móvel, both indirect subsidiaries of the Fundador/Alternativo Benefit Plan automatically become ParticipantsCompany, in compliance with the provisions of clauses 3.1.6 and Beneficiaries7.1 of BrTPREV, maintainingJRP. In addition, the same categories they had on the day immediately before that date.

The monthly, mandatory Basic Contributionmerger of the BrTPREV group Participants corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage to the Contribution Salary (SP), according to the Participant’s age and option, as follows: (i) Age up to 25 years old—Basic Contribution cohortoperations of 3 and 8 percent of the SP; (ii) Age 26 to 30 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 4 to 8 percent of the SP; (iii) Age 31 to 35 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 5 to 8 percent of the SP; (iv) Age 36 to 40 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 6 to 8 percent of the SP;

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(v) Age 41 to 45 years old—Basic Contribution cohort of 7 to 8 percent of the SP; and (vi) Age 46 years old or more—Basic Contribution cohort of 8 percent of the SP.

The monthly Contribution of the Fundador/Alternativo group (merged) Participants corresponds to the sum of: (i) 3 percent charged on the Contribution Salary; (ii) 2 percent charged on the Contribution Salary that exceeds half of the highest Official Pension Scheme Contribution Salary, and (iii) 6.3 percent charged on the Contribution Salary that that exceeds the highest Official Pension Scheme Contribution Salary.

A BrTPREV group Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage of up 22 percent, elected by the Participant, to the Participation Salary. The Sporadic Contribution of a BrTPREV group Participant is optional and both its amount and frequency are freely chosen by the Participant, provided it is not lower than one (1) UPBrT (BrT’s pension unit). The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to the Participant’s Voluntary or Sporadic Contribution.

The Plan’s Charter provides for contribution parity by the Participants and the Sponsors. The plan is funded under the capitalization approach.

(ii)PBS-Telemar

Defined contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2000.0015-56.

The contributions from Active Participants of the PBS-Telemar Benefit Plan correspond to the sum of: (i) 0.5 to 1.5 percent of the Contribution Salary (according to the participant’s age on enrollment date); (ii) 1% of Contribution Salary that exceeds half of one Standard Unit; and (iii) 11% of the Contribution Salary that exceeds one Standard Unit. The Sponsors’ contributions are equivalent to 8% of the payroll of active participants of the plan. The plan is funded under the capitalization approach.

(iii)TelemarPrev

Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2000.0065-74.

A participant’s regular contribution is comprised of two portions: (i) basic—equivalent to 2% of the contribution salary; and (ii) standard—equivalent to 3% of the positive difference between the total contribution salary and the social security contribution. The additional extraordinary contributions from participants are optional and can be made in multiples of 0.5 percent of the Contribution Salary, for a period of not less than six (6) months. Nonrecurring extraordinary contributions from a participant are also optional and cannot be lower than 5 percent of the Contribution Salary ceiling.

The Plan’s Charter requires the parity between participants’ and sponsors’ contributions, up to the limit of 8% of the Contribution Salary, even though a sponsor is not required to match Extraordinary Contributions made by participants. The plan is funded under the capitalization approach.

(iv)TCSPREV

Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the National Register of Benefit Plans (CNPB) under No. 2000.0028-38.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The monthly, mandatory Basic Contribution of the TCSPREV group Participants corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage, chosen by the Participant, to the Contribution Salary (SP) as follows: (i) Age up to 25 years old—basic contribution cohort of 3 and 8 percent of the SP; (ii) Age 26 to 30 years old—basic contribution cohort of 4 to 8 percent of the SP; (iii) Age 31 to 35 years old—basic contribution cohort of 5 to 8 percent of the SP; (iv) Age 36 to 40 years old—basic contribution cohort of 6 to 8 percent of the SP; (v) Age 41 to 45 years old—basic contribution cohort of 7 to 8 percent of the SP; and (vi) Age 46 years old or more—basic contribution cohort of 8 percent of the SP.

The TCSPREV group Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by applying a percentage of up 22 percent, elected by the Participant, to the Participation Salary. The Sporadic Contribution of a Participant is optional and both its amount and frequency are freely chosen by the Participant, provided it is not lower than one (1) UPTCS (TCSPREV’s pension unit). The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to the Participant’s Voluntary or Sporadic contribution.

The Plan’s Charter provides for contribution parity by the Participants and the Sponsors. The plan is funded under the capitalization approach.

2)Sistel

Sistel is a nonprofit, private welfare and pension entity, established in November 1977, which is engaged in creating private plans to grant benefits in the form of lump sums or annuities, supplementary or similar to the government retirement pensions, to the employees and their families who are linked to Sistel’s sponsors.

Plans

(i)PBS-A

Defined benefit plan jointly sponsored with other sponsors associated to the provision of telecommunications services and offered to participants who held the status of beneficiaries on January 1, 2000.

Contributions to the PBS-A are contingent on the determination of an accumulated deficit. As at December 31, 2014, date of the last actuarial valuation, the plan presented a surplus.

(ii)PBS-TNCP

Defined benefit plan, which, in addition to the official pension supplementation benefit, grants medical care (PAMA) to retirees and their dependents, on shared-cost basis. Contributions to the PBS-TNCP and PAMA plans are set based on actuarial studies prepared by independent actuaries according to the regulations in force in Brazil. Funding is determined using the capitalization system and the contribution due by the sponsor is 5.39% of the payroll of its employees participating in the plan, of which 6.39% are used to fund the PBS-TNCP plan.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The pension benefit is defined as the difference between 90% of average salary of the previous 36 months, adjusted for inflation up to the retirement date, and the retirement benefit paid by the INSS.

PBS-TNCP has been closed to new participants since April 2004.

(iii)CELPREV

In 2004, Amazônia (merged with and into TNL PCS) obtained from PREVIC the approval to create a new Pension Plan. The variable contribution plan, called CelPrev Amazônia (“CELPREV”), was offered to the employees who did not participate of the PBS-TNCP plan, and to new employees hired by its subsidiary. The participants of the PBS-TNCP plan were offered the possibility and encouraged to migrate to the CELPREV plan.

A participant can make three types of contributions: (i) basic regular contribution: percentage ranging from 0 to 2 percent of his/her contribution salary; (ii) additional regular contribution: percentage from 0 to 6 percent of the share of his/her contribution salary that exceeds one Standard Reference Unit of the Plan; and (iii) voluntary contribution: percentage of the contribution salary freely chosen by the participant.

The sponsor can make four types of contributions: (i) basic regular contribution: contribution equal to the participant’s basic regular contribution, less the contributions made to fund sick pay and administrative expenses; (ii) additional regular contribution: equal to the participant’s additional regular contribution, less the contributions to administrative expense; (iii) nonrecurring contribution: made voluntarily and with the frequency set by the sponsor; and (iv) special contribution: contribution intended exclusively for the sponsor’s employees who are not part of the PBS plan and who have joined the plan within 90 days from the effective date of CELPREV.

3)PAMEC-BrT—Assistance plan managed by the Company

Defined benefit plan intended to provide medical care to the retirees and survivor pensioners linked to the TCSPREV pension plan managed by FATL.

The contributions for PAMEC-BrT were fully paid in July 1998, through a bullet payment. However, as this plan is now administrated by the Company, after the transfer of management by Fundação 14 in November 2007, there are no assets recognized to cover current expenses, and the actuarial obligation is fully recognized in the Company’s liabilities.

Status of the sponsored plans, revalued at the end of the reporting period (FATL)

The table below shows the data of the sponsored defined benefit pension plans:

   2014 
  BrTPREV   TCSPREV   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

RECONCILIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

  

Actuarial obligations on vested benefits

   1,998,671     441,505     240,702     2,489,091  

Actuarial obligations on unvested benefits

   25,178     60,928     7,131     392,919  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(=) Total present value of actuarial

 2,023,849   502,433   247,833   2,882,010  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets

 (1,550,295 (1,434,836 (257,937 (3,118,897

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

   473,554     (932,403   (10,104   (236,887

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

     884,907     10,104     236,887  

(=) Recognized net actuarial liability/(asset) (1)

   473,554     (47,496    
   2013 
  BrTPREV   TCSPREV   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

RECONCILIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

  

Actuarial obligations on vested benefits

   1,916,503     415,262     227,664     2,318,635  

Actuarial obligations on unvested benefits

   25,198     65,793     8,220     404,307  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(=) Total present value of actuarial

 1,941,701   481,055   235,884   2,722,942  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets

 (1,301,556 (1,442,656 (264,224 (3,203,900

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

 640,145   (961,601 (28,340 (480,958

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

 891,808   28,340   480,958  

(=) Recognized net actuarial liability/(asset) (1)

 640,145   (69,793

(1)The Company determines the amount available to deduct from future contributions according to the applicable legal provisions and the benefit plan charter.

The amount of he asset linked to the TCSPREV plan recognized in the Company’s financial statements, totaling R$47,496 (R$69,793 in 2013), does not exceed the present value of future contributions.

   2014 
  BrTPREV   TCSPREV   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

MOVEMENTS IN NET ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES/(ASSETS)

  

Present value of actuarial obligation at beginning of year

   1,941,701     481,055     235,884     2,722,942  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   219,629     54,689     26,755     310,463  

Cost of current service

   230     797     121     3,589  

Participant contributions made in the year

       52    

Benefits paid, net

   (167,661   (36,569   (18,507   (216,057

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   29,950     2,461     3,528     61,073  

Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year

   2,023,849     502,433     247,833     2,882,010  

Fair value of assets at beginning of year

   1,301,556     1,442,656     264,224     3,203,900  

Return of plan assets

   151,143     168,446     30,117     367,360  

Amortizing contributions received from sponsor

   123,304        

Regular contributions received by plan

       129    

Sponsor

       77    

Participants

       52    

Payment of benefits

   (167,661   (36,569   (18,507   (216,057

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   141,953     (139,697   (18,026   (236,306

Fair value of plan assets at yearend

   1,550,295     1,434,836     257,937     3,118,897  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) amount

   473,554     (932,403   (10,104 �� (236,887

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

     884,907     10,104     236,887  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) recognized

   473,554     (47,496    
   2013 
  BrTPREV   TCSPREV   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

MOVEMENTS IN NET ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES/(ASSETS)

  

Present value of actuarial obligation at beginning of year

   2,262,524     571,785     277,397     3,266,856  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   194,093     49,310     23,839     282,499  

Cost of current service

   782     1,836     235     12,197  

Participant contributions made in the year

       52    

Benefits paid, net

   (160,633   (35,504   (18,309   (203,607

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   (355,065   (106,372   (47,330   (635,003

Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year

   1,941,701     481,055     235,884     2,722,942  

Fair value of assets at beginning of year

   1,396,614     1,543,104     323,480     3,526,899  

Return of plan assets

   121,714     135,651     27,942     305,614  

Amortizing contributions received from sponsor

   116,803        

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Regular contributions received by plan

       137    

Sponsor

       85    

Participants

       52    

Payment of benefits

   (160,633   (35,504   (18,309   (203,607

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   (172,942   (200,595   (69,026   (425,006

Fair value of plan assets at yearend

   1,301,556     1,442,656     264,224     3,203,900  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) amount

   640,145     (961,601   (28,340   (480,958

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

     891,808     28,340     480,958  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) recognized

   640,145     (69,793    
   2014 
  BrTPREV   TCSPREV   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

BENEFIT EXPENSE (INCOME) COMPONENT

  

Cost of current service

   230     797     121     3,589  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   219,629     54,689     26,755     310,463  

Return of plan assets

   (151,143   (168,446   (30,117   (367,360

Interest on onerous liability

     105,501     3,353     56,897  

Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset

       (112   (3,589

Expense (income) recognized in income statement

   68,716     (7,459    

Expense (income) recognized in other comprehensive income

   (112,003   29,756      
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Total expense (income) recognized

 (43,287 22,297  
  

 

 

   

 

 

     
   2013 
  BrTPREV   TCSPREV   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

BENEFIT EXPENSE (INCOME) COMPONENT

  

Cost of current service

   782     1,837     235     12,197  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   194,092     49,310     23,839     282,499  

Return of plan assets

   (121,714   (135,651   (27,942   (305,614

Interest on onerous liability

     76,507     4,096     23,115  

Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset

       (228   (12,197

Expense (income) recognized in income statement

   73,160     (7,997    

Expense (income) recognized in other comprehensive income

   (182,121   48,826      
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

Total expense (income) recognized

 (108,961 40,829  
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

The sponsors’ contributions to the pension plans estimated for 2015 amount R$129,378.

The main actuarial assumptions used in the calculations of the TelemarPREV, PBS-Telemar, BrTPREV, and TCSPREV plans were as follows:

   2014 
  BrTPREV  TCSPREV  PBS-Telemar  TelemarPrev 

MAIN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS USED

  

Nominal discount rate of actuarial liability

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

Estimated inflation rate

   5.50  5.50  5.50  5.50

Estimated nominal salary increase index

   7.08  6.45  5.5  6.56% to 8.24

Estimated nominal benefit growth rate

   5.50  5.50  5.50  5.50

Total expected rate of return on plan assets

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

General mortality biometric table

   AT-2000    AT-2000    AT-2000    AT-2000  

Biometric disability table

   
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  

Biometric disabled mortality table

   Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss  

Turnover rate

   7.3  8.2  Nil    0% to 12

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2013 
  BrTPREV  TCSPREV  PBS-Telemar  TelemarPrev 

MAIN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS USED

  

Nominal discount rate of actuarial liability

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

Estimated inflation rate

   5.50  5.50  5.50  5.50

Estimated nominal salary increase index

   7.93  7.93  7.93  5.5% to 10.9%  

Estimated nominal benefit growth rate

   5.50  5.50  5.50  5.50

Total expected rate of return on plan assets

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

General mortality biometric table

   AT2000    AT2000    AT2000    AT2000  

Biometric disability table

   
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  

Biometric disabled mortality table

   Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss  

Turnover rate

   6  6  Nil    0% to 14.5

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES—2014

a)Plans’ assets and liabilities correspond to the amounts as at December 31, 2014.
b)Master file data used for the plans managed by FATL are as at August 31, 2014, projected for December 31, 2014.

Status of the sponsored plans, revalued at the end of the annual reporting period (SISTEL and PAMEC)

   2014 
  PBS-A   PAMEC   PBS-TNCP   CELPREV 

RECONCILIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

        

Actuarial obligations on vested benefits

   3,869,773     2,981     23,551    

Actuarial obligations on unvested benefits

       2,291     94  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(=) Total present value of actuarial

 3,869,773   2,981   25,842   94  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets

 (7,452,866 (48,794 (2,367

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

 (3,583,093 2,981   (22,952 (2,273

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

 2,741,475   22,952   2,273  

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

 (841,618 2,981  

Unrecognized net actuarial asset

 841,618  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) recognized

 2,981  
   2013 
  PBS-A   PAMEC   PBS-TNCP   CELPREV 

RECONCILIATION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

        

Actuarial obligations on vested benefits

   3,727,809     3,417     22,229    

Actuarial obligations on unvested benefits

       1,968     117  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(=) Total present value of actuarial

 3,727,809   3,417   24,197   117  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets

 (6,968,153 (45,312 (1,668

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

 (3,240,344 3,417   (21,115 (1,551

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

 2,496,803   21,115   1,551  

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

 (743,541 3,417  

Unrecognized net actuarial asset

 743,541  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) recognized

 3,417  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014 
   PBS-A   PAMEC   PBS-TNCP   CELPREV 

MOVEMENTS IN NET ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES/(ASSETS)

  

Present value of actuarial obligation at beginning of year

   3,727,809     3,417     24,197     117  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   420,619     396     2,758     13  

Cost of current service

       58     5  

Benefits paid, net

   (354,808   (110   (1,835  

Participant contributions made in the year

       56     2  

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   76,153     (722   608     (43

Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year

   3,869,773     2,981     25,842     94  

Fair value of assets at beginning of year

   6,968,153       45,312     1,668  

Expected return for the year

   803,952       5,258     197  

Regular contributions received by plan

     110     77     7  

Sponsor

     110     21     5  

Participants

       56     2  

Payment of benefits

   (354,808   (110   (1,835  

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   35,569       (18   495  

Fair value of plan assets at yearend

   7,452,866       48,794     2,367  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) amount

   (3,583,093   2,981     (22,952   (2,273

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

   2,741,475       22,952     2,273  

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

   (841,618   2,981      

Unrecognized net actuarial asset

   841,618        

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) recognized

     2,981      
   2013 
  PBS-A   PAMEC   PBS-TNCP   CELPREV 

MOVEMENTS IN NET ACTUARIAL LIABILITIES/(ASSETS)

  

Present value of actuarial obligation at beginning of year

   4,269,767     4,877     28,570     128  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   365,303     426     2,464     11  

Cost of current service

       82     5  

Benefits paid, net

   (380,863   (253   (1,929  

Participant contributions made in the year

       23     5  

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   (526,398   (1,633   (5,013   (32

Present value of actuarial obligation at end of year

   3,727,809     3,417     24,197     117  

Fair value of assets at beginning of year

   6,717,801       53,299     1,933  

Expected return for the year

   582,933       4,664     172  

Regular contributions received by plan

     253     62     9  

Sponsor

     253     39     4  

Participants

       23     5  

Payment of benefits

   (380,863   (253   (1,929  

Result of the benefit obligation allocated to other comprehensive income

   48,282       (10,784   (446

Fair value of plan assets at yearend

   6,968,153       45,312     1,668  

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) amount

   (3,240,344   3,417     (21,115   (1,551

Effect of the asset/onerous liability recognition ceiling

   2,496,803       21,115     1,551  

(=) Actuarial liability/(asset), net

   (743,541   3,417      

Unrecognized net actuarial asset

   743,541        

(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset) recognized

     3,417      

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014 
   PBS-A   PAMEC   PBS-TNCP   CELPREV 

BENEFIT EXPENSE (INCOME) COMPONENT

  

Cost of current service

     396     58     5  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   420,619       2,758     13  

Return of plan assets

   (803,951     (5,258   (197

Interest on onerous liability

   295,371       2,498     184  

Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset

   87,961       (56   (5

Expense (income) recognized in income statement

     396      

Expense (income) recognized in other comprehensive income

   10,116     (723   (35  

Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset

   (10,116     35    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total expense (income) recognized

 (327
    

 

 

     
   2013 
  PBS-A   PAMEC   PBS-TNCP   CELPREV 

BENEFIT EXPENSE (INCOME) COMPONENT

  

Cost of current service

     426     82     5  

Interest on actuarial liabilities

   365,304       2,464     11  

Return of plan assets

   (582,934     (4,664   (171

Interest on onerous liability

   183,681       2,199     160  

Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset

   33,949       (81   (5

Expense (income) recognized in income statement

     426      

Expense (income) recognized in other comprehensive income

   327,711     (1,632   (42   (1

Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset

   (327,711     42     1  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expense (income) recognized

 (1,206
    

 

 

     

The sponsors’ contributions to the pension plans managed by Sistel estimated for 2015 amount R$30.

The main actuarial assumptions used in the calculations of the PBS-A, PAMEC, PBS-TNCP and CELPREV plans were as follows:

   2014 
  PBS-A  PAMEC  PBS-TNCP  CELPREV 

MAIN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS USED

  

Nominal discount rate of actuarial liability

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

Estimated inflation rate

   5.50  5.50  5.50  5.50

Estimated nominal salary increase index

   N.A.    N.A.    10.45  5.50

Estimated nominal benefit growth rate

   5.50  N.A.    5.50  5.50

Nominal medical costs growth rate

   N.A.    8.67  N.A.    N.A.  

Total expected rate of return on plan assets

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

General mortality biometric table

   AT2000    AT2000    AT2000    AT2000  

Biometric disability table

   
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  

Biometric disabled mortality table

   Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss  

Starting age of benefit

   N.A.    N.A.    57 years    55 years  

Turnover rate

   N.A.    N.A.    Nil    Nil  
   2013 
  PBS-A  PAMEC  PBS-TNCP  CELPREV 

MAIN ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS USED

  

Nominal discount rate of actuarial liability

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

Estimated inflation rate

   5.50  5.50  5.50  5.50

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Estimated nominal salary increase index

   N.A.    N.A.    10.92  8.80

Estimated nominal benefit growth rate

   5.50  N.A.    5.50  5.50

Nominal medical costs growth rate

   N.A.    7.67  N.A.    N.A.  

Total expected rate of return on plan assets

   11.83  11.83  11.83  11.83

General mortality biometric table

   AT2000    AT2000    AT2000    AT2000  

Biometric disability table

   
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  
  
 
Zimmermann
Nichzugs
  
  

Biometric disabled mortality table

   Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss    Winklevoss  

Starting age of benefit

   N.A.    N.A.    N.A.    55 years  

Turnover rate

   N.A.    Nil    Nil    Nil  

N.A. = Not applicable.

ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES—2014

a)The plans’ assets and liabilities correspond to the amounts as at December 31, 2014.
b)Master file data used for the SISTEL plans are as at July 31, 2014 and for PAMEC plans are as at October 31, 2014, both projected for December 31, 2014.

The amounts above do not consider the assets and liabilities of the PAMA plan because it is multi-sponsored and similar to defined contribution plans (benefits paid are limited to the amount of the contributions received by the plan), and there are no other obligations in addition to the existing balances.

Investment policy of the plans

The investment strategy of the benefit plans is described in their investment policy, which is annually approved by the governing board of the sponsored funds. This policy establishes that investment decision-making must take into consideration: (i) the preservation of capital; (ii) the diversification of investments; (iii) the risk appetite according to conservative assumptions; (iv) the expected return rate based on actuarial requirements; (v) the compatibility of investment liquidity with the plans’ cash flows, and (vi) reasonable management costs. The policy also defines the volume interval for different types of investment allowed for the pension funds, as follows: local fixed income, local variable income, loans to participants, and real estate investments. The fixed income portfolio can only include low credit risk securities. Derivatives are only allowed for hedging purposes. Loans are restricted to certain credit limits. Tactical allocation is decided by the investment committee consisting of the benefit plans’ executives. Execution is undertaken by the finance department.

The average ceilings set for the different types of investment permitted for pension funds are as follows:

ASSET SEGMENT

  PBS-Telemar  Telemar
Prev
  CEL
PREV
  PBS-TNCP  BrTPREV  TCS
PREV
  PBS-A 

Fixed income

   100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00  100.00

Variable income

   70.00  70.00  70.00  70.00  70.00  70.00  70.00

Structured investments

   20.00  20.00  20.00  20.00  20.00  20.00  20.00

Investments abroad

   10.00  10.00  10.00  10.00  10.00  10.00  10.00

Real estate

   8.00  8.00  8.00  8.00  8.00  8.00  8.00

Loans to participants

   15.00  15.00  15.00  15.00  15.00  15.00  15.00

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The allocation of plan assets as at December 31, 2014 is as follows:

ASSET SEGMENT

  PBS-
Telemar
  Telemar
Prev
  CEL
PREV
  PBS-TNCP  BrTPREV  TCS
PREV
  PBS-A 

Fixed income

   83.00  81.00  85.00  90.00  83.00  83.00  77.00

Variable income

   4.00  6.00  13.00  9.00  4.00  4.00  15.00

Structured investments

   11.00  11.00  —      —      11.00  11.00  —    

Investments abroad

   —      —      —      —      —      —      —    

Real estate

   1.00  1.00  —      —      1.00  1.00  7.00

Loans to participants

   1.00  1.00  2.00  1.00  1.00  1.00  1.00
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

(b)Employee profit sharing

In the period ended December 31, 2014, the Company and its subsidiaries recognized provisions for employee profit sharing based on individual and corporate goal attainment estimates totaling R$290,137.

Share-based compensation

The Company requested the CVM’s approval of the transfer of Company treasury shares, specifically as regards the shares linked to the Special Long-term Bonus Program, as prescribed by Article 2 of CVM Instruction 10/1980. On December 3, 2013, the CVM’s board unanimously decided to (i) authorize the transfer of Company treasury share to the Long-term Incentive (ILP) beneficiaries, provided that all the requirements of CVM Instruction 10/1980 were met, and (ii) require the approval of the Company’s ILP plan at a shareholders’ meeting. However, the Company and the Board of Directors are revising the Long-term Incentive Plan to ensure it is better greater aligned with the new Company management cycle and priorities.

25.SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company’s management uses operating segment information for decision-making. The operating segments are identified according to the nature of the services and the technology used to provide the telecommunications services.

The revenue generation of each business segment is assessed by Management based on a view segmented by customer, into the following categories:

Residential Services, focused on the sale of fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services (broadband), and pay TV;

Personal Mobility, focused on the sale of mobile telephony services to subscription and prepaid customers, and mobile broadband customers; and

SMEs/Corporate, which includes corporate solutions offered to our small, medium-sized, and large corporate customers.

The performance of each business segment of the continuing operations is obtained in the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ accounting records and is segregated as follows:

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Breakdown of results from operations

   2014   2013   2012 

Residential

   9,995,205     10,302,910     8,940,965  

Personal mobility

   9,011,200     9,289,893     8,010,324  

SMEs/Corporate

   8,311,458     8,454,923     7,695,184  

Other services and businesses

   929,236     374,421     514,558  

Net operating revenue

   28,247,099     28,422,147     25,161,031  

Operating expenses

      

Depreciation and amortization

   (4,535,418   (4,278,477   (3,220,587

Interconnection

   (2,689,815   (3,965,623   (3,914,543

Personnel

   (2,829,307   (2,534,222   (2,238,101

Third-party services

   (6,258,606   (6,119,733   (5,347,005

Grid maintenance service

   (1,923,074   (2,328,140   (2,029,245

Handset and other costs

   (730,444   (515,377   (507,465

Advertising and publicity

   (674,275   (556,500   (442,932

Rentals and insurance

   (3,119,521   (2,119,684   (1,603,159

Provisions/reversals

   (779,314   (656,849   (399,632

Allowance for doubtful accounts

   (649,463   (922,779   (502,509

Taxes and other expenses

   (1,628,867   (1,507,701   (586,063

Other operating income, net

   3,245,643     2,369,555     389,859  

OPERATING INCOME BEFORE FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES) AND TAXES

   5,674,638     5,286,617     4,759,649  

FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)

      

Financial income

   1,344,767     1,375,217     2,275,106  

Financial expenses

   (5,891,332   (4,649,665   (4,490,889

PRETAX INCOME

   1,128,073     2,012,169     2,543,866  

Income tax and social contribution

   (1,119,955   (519,154   (758,939

PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE YEAR

   8,118     1,493,015     1,784,927  

26.RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Transactions with unconsolidated related parties

   2014   2013 

Accounts receivable and other assets

   1,586,372     19,237  

PT Portugal

     10,272  

Unitel (i)

   1,375,162     1,855  

Multitel (ii)

   24,282    

PT-ACS

   15,114    

Fundação PT

   7,387    

Sportinvest Multimédia (iii)

   105,492    

Siresp

   40    

Fibroglobal (iv)

   48,134    

Yunit (v)

   7,454    

Contax

   3,307     6,540  

TODO

     570  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(i)This line item includes dividends receivable by PT Ventures from said subsidiary, amounting to R$1,260 million and accounts receivable related to services rendered amounting to R$52.5 million.
(ii)This line item includes financing granted to this subsidiary amounting approximately to R$3.0 million.
(iii)This line item includes financing granted to this subsidiary amounting approximately to R$105.3 million.
(iv)This line item includes financing granted to this subsidiary amounting approximately to R$44.4 million.
(v)This line item includes financing granted to this subsidiary amounting approximately to R$7.2 million.

   2014   2013 

Trade and other payables

   61,603     57,626  

PT Portugal

     2,006  

Unitel

   1,484    

Multitel

   1,217    

PT-ACS

   599    

Fundação PT

   2    

Sportinvest Multimédia

   291    

Siresp

   6    

Fibroglobal

   9,564    

Yunit

   669    

Contax

   41,832     27,625  

TODO

   5,587     19,692  

Ability

   7    

PT Inovação e Sistemas

     7,384  

Veotex

   345     919  

   2014   2013 

Revenue

    

Revenue from services rendered

   34,596     42,727  

PT Portugal

     11,348  

Unitel

   2,816     1,116  

Contax

   30,754     27,383  

TODO

   1,026     2,169  

Ability

     711  

   2014   2013 

Costs/expenses

    

Operating costs and expenses

   (57,278   (77,652

PT Portugal

     (2,268

PT Inovação e Sistemas

     (8,559

PT Cloud e Data

     (375

PT Comunicações

     (892

Unitel

   (8.204  

Multitel

   (339  

PT-ACS

   (3.887  

Sportinvest Multimédia

   (669  

Fibroglobal

   (10.974  

Veotex

   (10,221   (9,642

TODO

   (22,984   (31,742

Ability

     (24,174

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Services provided by Contax

The Company and subsidiaries TMARInternet and Oi Móvel, engage call center and collection services from Contax, which is controlled by shareholders that are part of the Company’s control block. Contax provides customer services to fixed-line telephony customers, outbound telemarketing services to capture new mobile telephony customers, support to prepaid and subscription mobile telephony customers, technical support to Velox subscribers (ADSL), and collection services. Total costs of services provided by Contax for the year ended December 31, 2014 were R$1,610,923 (R$1,602,170 in 2013).

Financing agreements with the BNDES

The Company entered into financing agreements with BNDES, controlling shareholder of BNDESPAR, which holds 5.099% (13.05% in 2013) of the voting capital of TmarPart, holding company of the Group and, therefore, a Company related party.

The balance due related to BNDES financing, as at December 31, 2014, was R$5,872 million (R$5,916 million in 2013) and related financial expenses totaling R$476 million (R$464 million in 2013) were recognized.

Amounts receivable from and payable to the owners of the Company

As at December 31, 2014 the Company recognizes receivables from and payables to the Andrade Gutierrez group amounting to R$1,523 and R$238, respectively, receivables from the La Fonte group amounting to R$301, and receivables from Fundação Petros amounting to R$313.

Compensation of key management personnel

The compensation of the officers responsible for planning, managing and controlling the Company’s activities, including the compensation of the directors and executive officers, totaled R$25,565 (R$15,147 in 2013).

27.INSURANCE

During the concession period, the concessionary has the obligation of maintaining the following insurance coverage, over the prescribed terms: “all risks” policy that covers property damages to all insurable assets belonging to the concession, insurance against economic losses to insure the continuity of services, and insurance guaranteeing payment of obligations related to the quality and universal services, as provided for by the Concession Agreements. All material and/or high-risk assets and liabilities in are insured. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain insurance coverage against property damages, loss of revenue arising from such damages (loss of profits), etc. Management understands that the amount insured is sufficient to assure the integrity of assets and the continuity of operations, and the compliance with the rules set out in the Concession Agreements.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The insurance policies provide the following coverage, per risk and type of asset:

   2014   2013 

Insurance line

    

Operational risks and loss of profits

   600,000     600,000  

Civil liability—third parties (i)

   212,496     187,408  

Fire—inventories

   150,000     100,000  

Concession warranty—TMAR

   27,816     49,551  

Concession warranty—Oi

   11,170     16,694  

Theft—inventories

   20,000     20,000  

Civil liability—general

   20,000     20,000  

Civil liability—vehicles

   3,000     3,000  

(i)Based on the foreign exchange rate prevailing at December 31, 2014 (ptax): US$1=R$2.6562

28.OTHER INFORMATION

(a)Held-for-sale assets and discontinued operations

Sale of PT Portugal shares to Altice

On December 9, 2014, the Company and Altice Portugal S.A. (“Altice PT”), wholly-owned subsidiary of Altice S.A., (“Altice”), entered into a purchase and sale agreement of all of the shares PT Portugal to Altice PT, basically involving the operations conducted by PT Portugal in Portugal and in Hungary.

On January 22, 2015, PT SGPS shareholders approved the sale by Oi of all the PT Portugal shares to Altice PT, under the terms and conditions of the Share Purchase and Sale Agreement. Accordingly, the suspensive condition provided for in said agreement to its effectiveness was implemented.

Based on the approved transaction, Oi shall sell to Altice all the PT Portugal shares, for an enterprise value of €7.4 billion, with adjustments to cash and debt, including an earn-out amounting to €500 million related to PT Portugal’s generation of future revenue. The price payable by Altice shall be subject to the adjustments usually adopted in similar transactions, based on PT Portugal’s cash position at the closing of the transaction.

The effective sale of the PT Portugal shares is also subject to the completion of the corporate reorganization actions in order to mark out the businesses that will be sold and separate PT Portugal’s investments that will not be sold, including the investments in Africatel GmbH & Co. KG, Timor Telecom S.A., and the investments held by PT Portugal in Rio Forte Investments S.A. (which could be exchanged by PT for Oi shares, still subject to approval by the Securities Exchange Commission), as well as the whole or part of PT Portugal’s debt, and also obtaining the required competitive authorizations, pursuant to the applicable law.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Approval of preparatory actions for the sale of Africatel

At the Board of Directors’ meeting held on September 16, 2014, Oi’s management was authorized to take all the necessary actions to divest the Company’s stakes in Africatel Holdings B.V. (“Africatel”), representing 75% Africatel’s share capital, and/or dispose of its assets. Oi will lead the sale process, even though we believe that it would be in the best interests of both Africatel shareholders to maximize the value of their investments, that this sale be coordinated with Samba Luxco S.à.r.l (“Samba Luxco”), a Helios Investors L.P. affiliate that holds the remaining 25% of Africatel’s share capital. Oi is committed to work with its local partners and each one of the operating companies where Africatel holds investments to ensure a coordinated transition of its interests in these companies.

Notwithstanding the above, our indirect subsidiary Africatel GmbH & Co. KG (“Africatel GmbH”), direct holder of the Oi’s investment in Africatel, received on September 16, 2014 a letter from Samba Luxco, where Samba Luxco exercises an alleged right to sell the shares it holds in Africatel (put option), pursuant to Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement. According to this letter, this put option results from the indirect transfer of Africatel shares, previously held by PT, to the Company as the payment for the capital increase made in May last year (Note 1).

As disclosed in Note 1 “Risks related to the stake held in Unitel”, the Company believes that there was not any action or event that, under Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement terms, would trigger the right to exercise the put option. Accordingly, without prejudice to the value the Company attributes to maintaining a relationship of mutual respect with Samba Luxco, Africatel GmbH intends to challenge the exercise of this put option by Samba Luxco in the current circumstances, which, pursuant to Africatel’s shareholders’ agreement. In November 2014, Samba Luxco initiated the arbitration proceeding against Africatel GmbH and PT to resolve this issue.

Oi intends to focus its efforts on the sale of Africatel and/or its assets and believes that if this goal is successfully met through the arbitration proceeding already initiated.

Classification of the assets and liabilities held for sale and discontinued operations

On May 5, 2014, the Company acquired PT Portugal and since then it also fully consolidated its profits or losses, assets and liabilities. With the sale of PT Portugal to Altice and the approval of the preparatory for the sale of Africatel, the Company classified PT Portugal’s operations and the operations in Africa as assets held for sale and the liabilities associated to assets held for sale, in accordance with CPC 31.

Additionally, because it represents an important separated business lines, the results of PT Portugal’s operations, for the period May 5 to December 31, 2014, are presented as discontinued operations in a single line of the income statement. The line item “Discontinued operations” in the income statement includes loss of R$4,164,478 related to the adjustment of PT Portugal’s carrying amount to its sale price less related expenses.

The operations in Africa are consolidated in the statement in the income statement since May 5, 2014.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The group of assets and of PT Portugal’s operations and the operations in Africa are stated at the lower of their carrying amounts and their fair values less costs to sell.

The main components of the assets for held sale and associated to assets held for sale are as follows:

   PT Portugal
operations
   Operations in
Africa
   Total 
   2014 

Held-for-sale assets

   26,283,854     7,642,738     33,926,592  

Cash, cash equivalents and cash investments

   590,111     170,056     760,167  

Accounts receivable

   2,270,140     195,690     2,465,830  

Dividends receivable (i)

   1,948     1,261,826     1,263,774  

Available-for-sale financial asset (ii)

     4,284,416     4,284,416  

Other assets

   1,085,751     164,121     1,249,872  

Investments

   134,272     63,267     197,539  

Property, plant and equipment

   10,560,140     506,347     11,066,487  

Intangible assets

   5,271,808     376,441     5,648,249  

Goodwill

   6,369,684     620,574     6,990,258  

Liabilities directly associated to assets held for sale

   26,326,948     851,273     27,178,221  

Borrowings and financing (iii)

   18,892,793     83,843     18,976,636  

Trade payables

   2,260,503     97,600     2,358,103  

Provisions for pension plans

   3,347,667     997     3,348,664  

Other liabilities

   1,825,985     668,833     2,494,818  

Non-controlling interests

     1,509,197     1,509,197  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets held for sale and liabilities associated to assets held for sale—consolidated

 (43,049 5,282,268   5,239,174  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Intragroup eliminations

 26,202  
      

 

 

 

Total assets held for sale – Parent company

 5,265,376  
      

 

 

 

Investment in PT Portugal

 2.821.322  

Due from related parties (iv)

 2.444.054  

(i)Refers basically to dividends receivable from Unitel;
(ii)Refers to the fair value of the investment determined based on PT Portugal’s asset valuation reports, as part of the capital increase transaction (Note 1).
(iii)The borrowings and financing related to PT Portugal’s operations are as follows:

2014

Non-convertible bonds

15,776,993

European Investment Bank

1,754,070

Commercial paper

1,281,153

Other

127,768

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Debt issuance costs

(47,191

Total

18,892,793

Current

1,934,473

Non-current

16,958,320

Guarantees of PT Portugal debt

On May 5, 2014 the outstanding EMTN Notes, Exchangeable Bonds and financing agreements of PT Portugal and Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. started to be guaranteed by Oi, except for the commercial papers issued by PT Portugal.

(iv)Due from related parties consist of consists of Notes issued by PTIF totaling €750,000 and fully acquired by the Company, maturing in 2015, which bear 6M Euribor + 2.5% p.a.

Discontinued operations

The loss for the year of discontinued operations for the period May 5-December 31, 2014 is broken down as follows:

2014

Allowance for impairment loss at fair value of the PT Portugal investment and divesture-related expenses

(4,164,478

Loss for the year of discontinued operations

(250,061

Loss for the year of discontinued operations

(4,414,539

The allowance for impairment losses on the investment in PT Portugal, amounting to R$4,164,478, results from the recognition of this asset at its fair value less expenses to sell. The sale price used to determine the allowance corresponds to Altice’s offer of R$23,880 million (€7,400 million) less the R$1,613 million earn-out (€500 million) and liabilities on retirement and other benefits assumed by PT Portugal, amounting to R$3,872 million (€1,200 million).

The main revenue and expense components related to the loss for the year of discontinued operations are as follows:

Operations
in Portugal
2014

Net operating revenue

5,081,579

Depreciation and amortization

(1,507,294

Third-party services

(1,308,211

Personnel

(719,613

Interconnection

(468,842

Grid maintenance service

(126,392

Other costs and expenses

(560,976

Profit before financial income (expenses) and taxes

390,251

Financial income (expenses)

(694,052

Pre-tax profit (loss)

(303,801

Income tax and social contribution

53,740

Loss for the year of discontinued operations

(250,061

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The cash flow components related to the discontinued operations are as follows:

Operations
in Portugal
2014

Cash flows from operating activities of discontinued operations

1,877,781

Cash flows from investing activities of discontinued operations

(2,813,437

Cash flows from financing activities of discontinued operations

(5,532,725

Total cash flows of discontinued operations

(6,468,381

(b)Rio Forte Securities

On June 30, 2014, Portugal Telecom, the Company was informed, through a notice disclosed by Portugal Telecom, SGPS S.A. (“PT”) related to the investment made by PT International Finance BV (“PTIF”) and PT Portugal SGPS S.A. (“PT Portugal”), companies contributed by PT to Oi in the capital increase, in a commercial paper of Rio Forte Investments S.A., a company part of the Portuguese group Espírito Santo (“GES”), (respectively, “Securities” and “Rio Forte”), when both PTIF and PT Portugal were PT subsidiaries.

According to said notice, the Securities had been issued in the total amount of €897 million, and bore average annual interest of 3.6% and matured on July 15 and July 17, 2014 (€847 and €50 million, respectively), stressing since April 28, 2014 no other investment and/or renewal of this type of investments had been made.

Both PT Portugal and PTIF (collectively “Oi Subsidiaries”) became Company subsidiaries due to the assignment of all PT Portugal shares to the Company by PT, on May 5, 2014, to pay in the Company’s capital increase approved on April 28 and 30, 2014.

The Securities, amounting to €847 million, matured on July 15, 2014. The remaining Securities, amounting to €50 million, matured on July 17, 2014. Rio Forte did not settle its liabilities on the due dates and the cure period for payment of the securities that matured on July 15 and 17, 2014 ended on July 22 and 24, 2014, respectively, without the repayment of the securities.

The Luxembourg Commercial Court denied Rio Forte’s request for controlled management on October 17, 2014 and Rio Forte’s bankruptcy was declared on December 8, 2014. As at December 31, 2014, the bankruptcy proceeding was in the proof of claim submission stage, which will end only on March 31, 2015.

Terms of the agreement entered into by the Company, Telemar Participações S.A. (“TmarPart” or “CorpCo”) and PT related to the cash investments made in Rio Forte securities

On July 15, 2014, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with PT aimed at laying down the bases for an agreement with regard to the cash investments made in the Securities. On July 28, 2014, Oi and PT established the terms that will be included in the definitive agreements and which would be submitted to the approval of Oi’s Board of Directors and PT’s shareholders’ meeting.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

On September 8, 2014, PT’s shareholders’ meeting and the Boards of Directors of the Company and TmarPart approved the terms and conditions of the definitive agreements related to the investments made in the Securities. These agreements were executed on the same date by the Company, Oi Subsidiaries, TmarPart, and PT. The agreements provide for (i) an exchange (the “Exchange”) through which Oi Subsidiaries transfer the Securities to PT in exchange for preferred shares and common shares of the Company and held by PT, as well as (ii) the assignment by Oi Subsidiaries of a call option on the Company shares to the benefit of PT (“Call Option”).

In view of legal and regulatory restrictions to the Exchange and the Call Option, the Company filed an authorization request with the CVM with regard to the Exchange and the Call Option. The Company was informed of the decision issued by the CVM’s Board on March 4, 2015 that this Commission granted the necessary waivers for the implementation of the Exchange and the Call Option transactions, contingent to (i) the approval of the transactions’ terms and conditions by the Company’s Shareholders’ Meeting and (ii) the grant of voting rights to the preferred shareholders in said Shareholders’ Meeting. The minutes’ extract of the CVM Board Meeting that decided on this matter emphasizes the need to comply with Article 115, Par. 1, of Law 6404/1976, especially because it refers to a transaction with a related party.

Accordingly, on March 10, 2015, in order to comply with the CVM decision, the Company convened a Shareholders’ Meeting for March 26, 2015, the agenda of which is the approval of the Exchange and the Call Option agreements’ terms and conditions.

Main terms of the Exchange Agreement and Other Covenants (“Exchange Agreement”)

The Oi Subsidiaries and PT SGPS will conduct an exchange whereby PT SGPS will transfer to the Oi Subsidiaries unencumbered Oi shares corresponding to 474,348,720 OIBR3 and 948,697,440 OIBR4 shares (the “Exchanged Shares”); and Oi, as compensation, will transfer the Commercial Paper to PT SGPS, in the total principal amount of €897 million, with no additional consideration (the “Exchange”).With implementation of the Exchange, PT will become the holder of the Securities and the sole responsible for negotiating with Rio Forte and the decisions related to the Securities, and the Company is responsible for the supporting documentation to PT to take the necessary actions to collect the receivables represented by the Securities.

The Exchange, which includes the transfer of the Exchanged Shares to the Oi Subsidiaries and the transfer of the Securities to PT, shall be concluded within three business days after the date of CVM’s approval. Since the decision issued by the CV Board on March 4, 2015 contains some conditions for granting the waivers necessary to complete the Exchange and the Call Option transactions, the Exchange must be completed within three business days from the implementation of such conditions. In the event that the Exchange is not approved by March 31, 2015, none of the parties will be obligated to consummate the Exchange

On December 31, 2014 the market value of all the shares to be received under the share exchange transaction, estimated based on the shares’ stock market quotation on the same date, is R$1,251 million.

Main terms of the Call Option for the Purchase of Shares (“Option Contract”)

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

The terms of the Call Option Agreement, the Call Option will involve 474,348,720 Oi common shares and 948,697,440 Oi preferred shares (“Shares Subject to the Option”) and can be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time, pursuant to the following terms and conditions:

(i) Term: six (6) years, noting that PT SGPS’s right to exercise the Option on the Shares Subject to the Option will be reduced by the percentages below:

Date of Reduction

% of Shares Subject to the Option that cease to the

subject to the Option each year

From the 1st anniversary of the Closing Date10%
From the 2nd anniversary of the Closing Date18%
From the 3rd anniversary of the Closing Date18%
From the 4th anniversary of the Closing Date18%
From the 5th anniversary of the Closing Date18%
From the 6th anniversary of the Closing Date18%

(ii) Exercise Price: R$1.8529 per preferred share and R$2.0104 per common share of Oi (and, as the case may be, R$2.0104 per common share of TmarPart), as adjusted by the interbank deposit rate (CDI), plus 1.5% per annum, calculated pro rata temporis, from the date of the Exchange to the date of the effective payment of each exercise price, in whole or in part, of the Option.

Neither Oi nor CorpCo are required to maintain the Exchanged Shares in treasury. In the event that PT Portugal, PT Finance and/or any of Oi’s subsidiaries do not hold, in treasury, a sufficient number of Shares Subject to the Option to transfer to PT, the Option may be financially settled through payment by the Oi Subsidiaries of the amount corresponding to the difference between the market price of the Shares Subject to the Option and the respective exercise price corresponding to these shares.

Whenever the Option is exercised, PT will undertake its best efforts to integrate the shareholder bases of PT and CorpCo in the shortest time possible.

While the Option is effective, PT may not purchase shares of Oi or TmarPart, directly or indirectly, in any manner other than by exercising the Option. PT may not transfer or assign the Option, nor grant any rights under the Option, including security, without the consent of Oi. If PT issues, directly or indirectly, derivatives that are backed by or referenced to Oi or TmarPart shares, it shall immediately use the proceeds derived from such a derivative transaction, directly or indirectly, to acquire the Shares Subject to the Option.

Oi may terminate the Option if (i) the Bylaws of PT SGPS are amended voluntarily to remove or amend the provision that limits the voting right to 10% of all votes corresponding to the capital stock of PT; (ii) PT directly or indirectly engages in activities that compete with the activities of Oi or its subsidiaries in the countries in which they operate; (iii) PT SGPS violates certain obligations under the Option Contract.

The Option shall only become effective and in full effect after the consummation of the Exchange and will terminate automatically if the Exchange is not consummated by March 31, 2015.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

As at December 31, 2014 the fair value of the call option referred to above, the exercise of which is subject to the implementation of the CVM Board’s decision made on March 4, 2015 and issued on March 6, 2015, is estimated at R$112 million calculated by the Company using theBlack-Scholes model and theoretical share volatility assumptions, using the Revenue Approach valuation technique provided for by paragraphs B10 and B11 of CPC 46Fair Value Measurement.

As a result of the sale of PT Portugal to Altice, the call option is assured exclusively by the Company and PTIF.

Other information regarding the Transaction, corporate approval and business combination of Oi and PT

In addition to the definitive agreements related to the cash investments in the Securities, on September 8, 2014 the parties also signed amendments to the agreements executed on February 19, 2014 and which regulate the Transaction, to provide for, without limitation: (i) the extension of the deadlines to complete the Transaction; (ii) the merger of PT with and into CorpCo will no longer occur as part of the Transaction, without preventing PT from potentially adopting an alternative structure to attain the same goal of combining the share bases of Oi and PT; and (iii) the amendment of the bylaws of CorpCo to limit to 7.5% of the voting rights (I) of PT SGPS, and (II) of any shareholder that, as a result of the distribution of CorpCo shares by PT to its shareholders, results in a shareholding greater than 15% of the shares representing the total capital stock of CorpCo, excluding the CorpCo shares previously held or that will be acquired by other means. Under the agreements of September 8, 2014, the implementation of the Transaction had forecast on March 31, 2015.

Other information

The Company reiterates that the definitive agreements agreed on September 8, 2014 will enable the continued implementation of the Transaction in order to migrate CorpCo to the Novo Mercado segment of the BM&FBovespa, with the highest standards of corporate governance, increase in liquidity, and dispersed ownership in the market. The completion of the Exchange and the Call Option was approved in March 4, 2015 by the CVM and is subject to the approval of the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting of March 26, 2015.

(c)Transfer of mobile towers

On December 3, 2013 the Company entered into an agreement with SBA Torres Brasil for the transfer of the shares representing 100% of the capital of one of the latter’s subsidiaries that held 2,007 mobile telecommunications towers. This transaction was completed on March 31, 2014 and the gain recognized in other operating income, less transaction cost, was R$1.3 billion.

On June 24, 2014 the Company entered into a new agreement with SBA Torres Brasil for the transfer of the shares representing 100% of the capital of one of the latter’s subsidiaries that held 1,641 mobile telecommunications towers. This transaction was completed on December 1, 2014 and the gain recognized in other operating income, less transaction cost, was R$1.1 billion.

(d)GlobeNet

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

In December 2013 the Company announced that it had completed the transfer of all its equity interest in GlobeNet to BTG Pactual YS Empreendimentos e Participações S.A. The financial settlement of the transaction, amounting to R$1,779 million, was made in January 2014.

The gain on the sale of GlobeNet, amounting to R$ 1,497 million was recognized in December 2013, in other operating income, less related transaction costs.

(e)Increase of Switched Fixed-line Telephone Services Tariff

The STFC tariff adjustment authorized by the ANATEL for Company and its subsidiary TMAR is effective beginning April 18, 2014. The increases of the following tariffs were approved: local services and national long-distance services by 0.65%, local interconnection fees (TU-RL) by 10.69%, beginning April 17, 2014, and the credit amount to be used in Payphones by 0.40%.

(f)Execution of an agreement with Banco BTG Pactual S.A. regarding a proposal for the acquisition of a stake in TIM

On August 26, 2014, Oi entered into an agreement with Banco BTG Pactual S.A. under which the latter will act as commissioner to develop alternatives aimed at render viable a proposal for the acquisition of the stake indirectly held by Telecom Italia SpA in TIM Participações S.A.

As already reported to the market, BTG Pactual held discussions with third parties regarding a possible transaction and the role of BTG Pactual includes contracting other market players that could be interested in the transaction, as Company agent for the transaction.

No definite decision or agreement as yet been reached with regard to the transaction’s structure and no instruments or proposals aimed at conducting a transaction.

29.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

CVM’s authorization of the Exchange and the Call Option transactions

On March 6, 2015 the Company was informed of the unanimous decision made by the Board of the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”), of March 4, 2015, about the request filed by the company to conduct the exchange and call option transactions with PT SGPS (respectively, “Exchange” and “Call Option”) related to PT SGPS’s investments in Rio Forte Investments, S.A. securities.

We reproduce below said CVM decision.

“Finally, the Reporting Member emphasizes the need to comply with Article 115, Par. 1, of Law 6404/1976, in particular since this being a related-party transaction.

The Board has unanimously, agreeing with the Reporting Member’s vote, decided to grant the waiver requested by the Company, contingent to (i) the approval of the Agreement in the

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

shareholders’ meeting; and (ii) the granting of voting rights to the preferred shareholders in said shareholders’ meeting.”

At the request of the CVM, Oi’s Board of Directors convened the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting, held on March, 2015, to make a decision on the Exchange and the Call Option transactions. According to Oi’s management’s decision, PT SGPS and its subsidiary did not vote in the shareholders’ meeting, in line with the stance adopted by their representatives on Oi’s Board of Directors. The shareholders approved the transaction in said shareholders’ meeting and the Company will make the appropriate registrations within the deadline set by the executed agreement, which is three business days.

Corporate reorganization of the Oi Internet Group

On February 2, 2015, as part of the corporate and asset reorganization process of the Oi’s direct or indirect subsidiaries, Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meetings were held to decide on the mergers of the following companies with and into Oi Internet:

(i)Merger of BrTI and its liquidation; and

(ii)Merger of Telemar Internet and its liquidation.

The combination of BrTI and Telemar Internet operations with Oi Internet, through the consolidation of the activities carried out by these companiesperformed, will generate considerablebring administrative, economic, and economictax benefits, through cost cutswith a decrease of costs and the generation of synergy gains.gains that will increase efficiency in the supply of services.

CEOConclusion of Memorandum of Understanding – Oi S.A. and Tim S.A.

On February 26, 2018, the Company entered into memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TIM Participações S.A. (“TIM”) which is another Telecom Company in Brazil. This memorandum begun a negotiation aimed at solving any existing disagreements and initiates a new infrastructure sharing planning cycle, in line with the partnerships that are already common practice in the Brazilian telecommunications market. This initiative strengthens a propositional and industrial collaboration environment within a context of healthy competition in the telecommunications industry.

Judicial Reorganization

On January 21, 20158, 2018, the Company’s Board of elected Mr. Bayard De Paoli Gontijo asJudicial Reorganization Court issued a decision that ratifies the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, combined with his current position as Chief FinanceJRP and Investor Relations Officer.

30. RECONCILIATION BETWEEN BRAZILIAN GAAP AND U.S. GAAP

30.1 – Description of GAAP differences:

The condensed consolidated financial statementsgrants the judicial reorganization to the Oi Companies. Said decision was published on February 5, 2018, initiating the period for the creditors of the Company are preparedRJ Debtors to elect one of the payment options to recover their claims, as provided for in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil (“Brazilian GAAP”),the JRP, which comply with those prescribed by Brazilian corporate law, the technical pronouncements, interpretations and orientations issuedended on February 26, 2018, except for bondholders, whose deadline was extended to March 8, 2018, as decided by the Accounting Pronouncements Committee (Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis – CPC) and specific standards established by the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM). Note 2 to the condensed consolidated financial statements summarizes the accounting policies adopted by the Company. Differences between those accounting policies and accounting policies generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), where applicable to Oi, are summarized below.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Judicial Reorganization Court on February 26, 2018.

 

(a)Accounting treatment for the RestructuringF-127

As mentioned in Note 1, the shareholders of the Oi companies (TNL, TMAR, Coari and Oi) approved at the shareholders’ meetings held on February 27, 2012 the corporate reorganization that consisted of the partial split-off of TMAR with the merger of the split-off portion by Coari followed by the merger of TMAR shares by Coari and the mergers of Coari and TNL with and into Oi, the company that now concentrates all the shareholdings in Oi companies and is the only Oi company listed in a stock exchange, and whose corporate name was changed to Oi S.A. at the time of the same shareholders’ meetings. Prior to this restructuring, TNL was the company that concentrated all the shareholdings in the Oi companies, including TMAR, which owned Coari that held a 49.3% interest in Brasil Telecom, S.A. (now Oi S.A.).

FASB ASC 805-50 establishes that the financial statements of the receiving entity, Oi S.A., shall report results of operations and other financial information for the period in which the transfer occurs as though the transfer of net assets or exchange of equity interests had occurred at the beginning of the period. In addition, U.S. GAAP also requires financial statements and other financial information presented to be retrospectively adjusted to furnish comparative information for all periods during which the entities were under common control, which for these purposes is since January 1, 2009.

Brazilian GAAP permits but does not require retrospective adjustment of the comparative financial information and to adjust its current reporting period before the date of the transaction, as if the combination had occurred before the start of the earliest period presented during which the entities were under common control. The effects of the corporate restructuring were applied prospectively from February 27, 2012 in Oi S.A.’s consolidated financial statements.

Furthermore, in accordance with Brazilian GAAP, the Company has accounted for the reverse mergers mentioned above using the carry-over basis of its own assets and liabilities and of the assets and liabilities assumed of TNL, Telemar and Coari as from the date of the reorganization. The carry-over basis of the assets and liabilities were determined at the lowest level entity in the group (i.e., the effects of the acquisition accounting relating to Coari’s acquisition of Brasil Telecom, now Oi S.A., were not reflected in the assets and liabilities of Oi S.A. in its consolidated financial statements as a result of the TNL merger).

In accordance with FASB ASC 805-50 – Business Combination – Related Issues, the assets and liabilities transferred between entities under common control are to be initially recognized by the receiving entity at the carrying amounts that were recorded in the financial statements of the parent company of the entities under common control, which is equivalent to apply the carry-over basis of the highest level entity in the group prior to the corporate reorganization.

Considering the requirements of FASB ASC 805-50, the Company presented as reconciling items between Brazilian and U.S. GAAP (a) the impact of including the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the entities involved in the corporate restructuring that were under common control prior to the restructuring referred to above using Brazilian GAAP historical amounts, and (b) the adjustments to reflect the acquisition accounting of BrT that were written off under Brazilian GAAP. The adjustments are comprised by: (1) the addition of Oi’s (former Brasil Telecom) TNL, TMAR and Coari assets, liabilities and results of operations prepared under Brazilian GAAP in

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

order to reflect the effects of the corporate restructuring as if it had occurred at the earliest comparative period in which the entities were under common control; and (2) the recognition of the fair value adjustments recorded by Coari under the purchase price allocation of Brasil Telecom in 2009, which in accordance with Brazilian GAAP were fully reversed following the mergers occurred in February 2012 in Oi’s consolidated financial statements.

The table below presents the impacts of the fair value adjustments relating to the acquisition of Brasil Telecom as from February 29, 2012:

Balance sheets

  2014   2013 

Property, plant and equipment, net

   770,745     1,139,512  

Intangible assets, net

   9,418,679     10,270,291  

Deferred taxes

   (3,464,404   (3,885,565

Other non-current assets

   —       18,330  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total US GAAP shareholders’ equity adjustment

 6,725,020   7,542,568  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The tables below present a summary of the impacts of including the results of operations of the entities under common control with the Company, as from January 8, 2009 up to February 29, 2012, and reflecting the fair value adjustments relating to the acquisition of Brasil Telecom as from February 29, 2012:

Income statements

  2014 (i)   2013 (i)   2012 (i) (ii) 

Net operating revenue

   —       —       2,972,266  

Cost of sales and services

   (1,112,789   (1,274,732   (3,217,747
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

 (1,112,789 (1,274,732 (245,481

Operating income (expenses):

Selling expenses

 —     —     (578,703

General and administrative expenses

 (123,903 (141,935 (294,590

Other operating income (expenses), net

 (2,016 (34,020 (508,939
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 (1,238,708 (1,450,687 (1,627,714

Financial income (expenses), net

 —     —     (350,960
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before taxes

 (1,238,708 (1,450,687 (1,978,674

Income tax and social contribution

 421,161   483,191   693,818  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) for the year

 (817,547 (967,496 (1,284,856

(i)Reflects the amortization of the fair value adjustments of the Coari acquisition of Brasil Telecom in 2009, net of their related tax effect.
(ii)Reflects the retrospective adjustments using Brazilian GAAP amounts of the results of operations of TNL, TMAR and Coari for the period as from January 1, 2012 through February 26, 2012 (the date the corporate restructuring was effective), amounting to a net loss of R$144 million.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(b)Business combinations prior to January 1, 2009

As from January 1, 2010, companies in Brazil adopted a new set of accounting policies consistent with IFRS, which in relation to Oi’s business combinations occurred after January 1, 2009 are not materially different from US GAAP. Prior to this date, accounting for business combinations was not specifically addressed under Brazilian GAAP.

For all business combinations prior to January 1, 2009, the Company typically recognized the difference between the purchase price and the historical book value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as goodwill, which was amortized over the estimated period over which the Company expected to benefit from the goodwill. This period was determined based on the reasons attributed by management for the payment of goodwill. A test for impairment was made at least annually or if there is an indication that the unit in which the goodwill was allocated may be impaired.

Under U.S. GAAP, for the acquisitions of interests in Pegasus, Way-TV, Paggo and TNCP (Amazônia) that occurred prior to January 1, 2009, the Company adopted the procedures determined by FASB ASC 805 Business Combinations, resulting in a difference as compared to the Company’s accounting policy in force prior to that date. The accounting method used under U.S. GAAP in business combination transactions is the “purchase method”, which requires that acquirers reasonably determine the fair-value of the identifiable assets and liabilities of acquired companies, individually, to determine goodwill paid.

Under U.S. GAAP, goodwill represents the excess of cost over the fair value of the net assets of the business acquired. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a purchase business combination and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but instead tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of FASB ASC 350—Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. FASB ASC 350 also requires that intangible assets with estimable useful lives be amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with FASB ASC 350.

Under FASB ASC 350, the Company evaluates goodwill for impairment by determining the fair value of each reporting unit and comparing it to the carrying amount of the reporting unit on a yearly basis. To the extent the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds the respective fair value, the respective goodwill is considered to be impaired.

Reporting units

For U.S. GAAP purposes, the Company defines its reporting units, according to FASB ASC 280, as units comprising components with the same economic characteristics and which are reported together to the chief operating decision maker.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

For U.S. GAAP purposes, the same way as for Brazilian GAAP, the Company’s management uses operating segment information for decision-making. The operating segments are identified according to the nature of the services and the technology used to provide the telecommunications services.

The revenue generation of each business segment is assessed by Management based on a view segmented by customer, into the following categories:

Residential Services, focused on the sale of fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services (broadband), and pay TV;

Personal Mobility, focused on the sale of mobile telephony services to subscription and prepaid customers, and mobile broadband customers; and SMEs/Corporate, which includes corporate solutions offered to our small, medium-sized, and large corporate customers.

The Company was not required to recognize an impairment loss under US GAAP for any of the periods presented for any of its reporting units.

Acquisition of Pegasus

The Company acquired Pegasus in December 27, 2002. Under U.S. GAAP, of the difference amounting to R$253 million between the purchase price and the historical book value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, an amount of R$87 million was allocated to the data-transmission services reporting unit, since the acquisition of Pegasus generated a significant reduction in network maintenance costs for that reporting unit. The remaining portion in the amount of R$166 million was allocated to the fixed-line telecommunications services reporting unit, given that the acquisition of Pegasus allowed the fixed-line telecommunications services reporting unit, to expand its corporate market share by offering data transmission services throughout Brazil on a nationwide basis.

Acquisition of Way-TV

The Company acquired Way-TV in November 2007. For U.S. GAAP purposes, all initial goodwill recorded under Brazilian GAAP, in the amount of R$64 million, was allocated to intangible assets, together with an amount of R$17 million, which under Brazilian GAAP is recorded as interest expense and for U.S. GAAP was included as part of the purchase price allocation. Under U.S. GAAP, the Company allocated R$56 million to the intangible asset “client base” and added R$25 million to the intangible asset “licenses”, which already existed on Way-TV’s balance sheet. The client base was amortized on a straight- line basis over the company’s churn rate of approximately 4 years and 6 months. The amount added to licenses was amortized over the remaining period of the licenses, which was 6 years and 10 months as of November 2007.

Acquisition of Paggo

The Company acquired Paggo in December 2007. For U.S. GAAP purposes, the initial goodwill recorded under Brazilian GAAP, in the amount of R$80 million, has been subject to fair value valuation but no intangible assets or fair value adjustments were identified, maintaining the same

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

amount of goodwill under U.S. GAAP, which has been assigned to the reporting unit mobile telecommunications services.

In December 2011, following the completion of the sale of a 50% interest in this business, the Company recognized a U.S. GAAP adjustment of R$4 million relating to the gain on the sale that arose from the difference in the book value of the goodwill between Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP on the date of sale.

(c)Pension plans and other post-retirement benefits

Under Brazilian GAAP, amounts due to a multi-sponsored pension plan are treated on an accrual basis when the obligations fall due. In December 1999, the Company split-up the Sistel multi-sponsored defined benefit plan and formed a single-sponsored defined benefit plan. However, the Company and the co-sponsors of the multi-employer pension plan agreed to jointly maintain a plan offering the current levels of benefits under Sistel for those employees who have retired before January 30, 2000. On September 21, 2000, the Company created a new defined contribution plan, which replaced the defined benefit plan by migrating active employees to the new plan. By the end of March 2001, the deadline for voluntary migrations, 96.0% of the active participants of the previous plan had migrated to the new defined contribution plan and the accrual of future benefits under the defined benefit plan relating to the post-retirement health care plan for these participants was eliminated. Under Brazilian GAAP, there was no requirement to recognize a gain or loss caused by a curtailment of a benefit plan. A summary of the actuarial position of plans which the Company sponsors, including the Company’s allocated assets and liabilities of multi-sponsored plans such as the PBS-A plan, is disclosed under Brazilian GAAP (Note 23). If a plan has a positive funded status, which is not expected to generate future benefits, the company does not recognize the funded status, unless in case of express authorization for offsetting with future employer contribution.

Under U.S. GAAP, the Company applies FASB ASC 715—Retirement Benefits, which requires an employer to recognize the over- or under-funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its balance sheet and to recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through other comprehensive income. The Company measured the defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the balance sheet date. For U.S. GAAP purposes, the differences between the fair value of the net pension obligation (assets) and the amount already recognized through the statement of income and the related deferred tax effects that were recorded as adjustments directly to shareholders’ equity have been considered as other comprehensive income.

To calculate the funded status of the plans, the provisions of FASB ASC 715 “Retirement Benefits” were applied with effect from January 1, 1992 because it was not feasible to apply them from the effective date specified in such provisions. For U.S. GAAP purposes the funded status of the pension plans is presented as a prepaid asset according to FASB ASC 715.

For U.S. GAAP purposes, unrecognized net gain or losses are recognized following the “corridor” approach, i.e. the portion which exceeds 10% of the greater of the projected benefit obligation or

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

the market-related value of plan assets is recognized, and the unrecognized prior service cost or benefit and unrecognized transition obligation are deferred according to the actuarial valuation. In accordance with Brazilian GAAP, the Company adopted the standard CPC 19 (R2) that requires net actuarial losses and gains to be recognized directly to shareholders’ equity in the period they occur.

U.S. GAAP do not require the sponsor to record actuarial calculations for multi-sponsored pension plans such as the PBS-A and contributions to such plans are recorded on an accrual basis. For U.S. GAAP purposes, refunds from these plans are recorded only upon the cash receipt.

In 2007, the Company made a payment in the amount of R$260 million to cover the increase in future contributions to the pension plan, due to changes in the actuarial assumptions. This amount was recorded as prepaid expenses under Brazilian GAAP, while under U.S. GAAP was recognized directly in earnings. Consequently, as from that date, the amortization of this prepaid expense under Brazilian GAAP is reversed for U.S. GAAP purposes.

(d)Capitalized interest

Until December 31, 1993, capitalized interest was not added to the individual assets in property, plant and equipment; instead, it was capitalized separately and amortized over a period different from the estimated useful lives of the related assets. Under U.S. GAAP, capitalized interest is added to the individual assets and is amortized over their estimated useful lives.

Also, under Brazilian GAAP, as applied to companies in the telecommunications industry, interest attributable to construction in-progress was calculated, up to December 31, 1998, at the rate of 12% per annum of the balance of construction-in-progress and that part which related to interest on third party loans was credited to interest expense based on actual interest costs with the balance relating to self- funding being credited to capital reserves. Starting 1999, Brazilian Corporate Law required capitalization of interest on loans specifically related to financing of construction in progress, and interest on self- financing is no longer allowed.

Starting January 1, 2009, in accordance with Brazilian GAAP, financial charges on obligations financing assets and construction works in progress are capitalized, including interest expenses and certain foreign exchange differences. Under U.S. GAAP, the Company capitalizes only interest expenses to the extent that borrowings do not exceed the balances of construction in-progress, as generally foreign exchange differences are not eligible for being recorded as part of the cost of the asset.

(e)Income tax and social contribution

The differences identified between Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP regarding income taxes relate to the tax effects on the other adjustments included in the reconciliations of net income and shareholders’ equity. These differences are presented in the reconciliations under the line items “Deferred tax on above adjustments”, except for the adjustments relating to the accounting treatment of the combined entity (Note 30.1.a) which are presented net of the related tax effect.

In addition, under Brazilian GAAP deferred taxes are classified entirely as non-current, while under U.S. GAAP deferred taxes are classified between current and non-current.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(f)Valuation of long-lived assets

FASB ASC 360—Property, Plant and Equipment provides a single accounting model for the disposal of long-lived assets. FASB ASC 360 also changes the criteria for classifying an asset as held for sale; and broadens the scope of businesses to be disposed of that qualify for reporting as discontinued operations and changes the timing of recognizing losses on such operations. In accordance with FASB ASC 360, long-lived assets, such as property, plant, and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of would be separately presented in the balance sheet and reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and are no longer depreciated. The assets and liabilities of a disposed group classified as held for sale would be presented separately in the appropriate asset and liability sections of the balance sheet.

Brazilian GAAP requires an assessment which is performed annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be recoverable. For all periods presented, no impairment losses were recognized under Brazilian GAAP and U.S. GAAP.

(g)Cumulative amount of currency translation adjustments related to held for sale operations

In accordance with U.S.GAAP, the cumulative amount of currency translation adjustments should be included as part of the carrying amount of a consolidated investment in a foreign entity classified as held for sale when evaluating such investment for impairment. Under Brazilian GAAP, no such requirement exists. Therefore, for U.S. GAAP purposes, the positive cumulative amount as of December 31, 2014 of currency translation adjustments related to the Portuguese operations to be disposed of to Altice was included as part of the carrying amount of those operations, as a result of which the impairment loss was reduced as compared to the amount recorded under Brazilian GAAP.

30.2 – Reconciliation of the differences between U.S. GAAP and Brazilian GAAP in equity as at December 31, 2014 and 2013

The following is a summary of the significant adjustments to shareholders’ equity as at December 31, 2014 and 2013 which would be required if U.S. GAAP had been applied instead of Brazilian GAAP in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Equity reconciliation

  Note
30.1
   2014   2013 

Equity of Oi S.A. under Brazilian GAAP

     19,311,489     11,524,138  

Fair value adjustments on BrT business combination:

   (a    

Gross amount

     10,189,425     11,428,133  

Deferred tax

     (3,464,404   (3,885,565

Other adjustments:

      

Reversal of accumulated goodwill amortization under Brazilian GAAP

   (b   386,235     386,235  

Additional accumulated depreciation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

   (b   (179,660   (174,987

Reversal of financial expense in acquisition of WAY TV

   (b   17,000     17,000  

Indefeasible rights of use Pegasus

   (b   1,541     1,983  

Pension and other post-retirement benefits:

      

TCSPREV

   (c   885,308     891,808  

BrTPREV/PAMEC

   (c   (99   —    

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

TelemarPrev and PBS Telemar

 (c 247,411   509,895  

TelemarPrev and PBS Telemar—Reversal of prepaid pension cost

 (c (75,135 (101,508

Capitalized interest:

Gross amount

 (d (116,963 (114,606

Accumulated depreciation

 (d 29,024   18,500  

Cumulative amount of currency translation adjustments related to held for sale operations

 (g 328,090   —    

Deferred tax on above adjustments

 (e (406,184 (487,669
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity of Oi S.A. under U.S. GAAP

 27,153,077   20,013,357  
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to controlling shareholders

 25,643,880   20,013,357  

Attributable to non-controlling shareholders

 1,509,197   —    
    

 

 

   

 

 

 

30.3 – Reconciliation of the differences between U.S. GAAP and Brazilian GAAP in net income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

The following is a summary of the significant adjustments to net income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 which would be required if U.S. GAAP had been applied instead of Brazilian GAAP in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Net Income Reconciliation

  Note
30.1
   2014   2013   2012 

Net income of Oi S.A. under Brazilian GAAP

     (4,406,421   1,493,015     1,784,927  

Combined effect of entities under common control:

   (a      

Gross amount

     —       —       (249,682

Deferred tax

     —       —       105,960  

Fair value adjustments on BrT business combination:

   (a      

Gross amount

     (1,238,709   (1,450,687   (1,728,992

Deferred tax

     421,161     483,191     587,858  

Other adjustments:

        

Additional depreciation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets

   (b   (4,673   (5,597   (11,054

Indefeasible rights of use Pegasus

   (b   (442   (442   (442

Pension and other post-retirement benefits:

        

TCSPREV – Change in prepaid pension cost

   (c   98,599     111,165     109,435  

BRTPREV and PAMEC

   (c   (8,492   (16,624   (3

TelemarPrev and PBS Telemar—Change in prepaid pension cost

   (c   55,392     22,826     95,383  

TelemarPrev and PBS Telemar—Reversal of amortization of prepaid pension cost

   (c   26,373     26,373     26,373  

PBS-A

   (c   —       —       379,757  

Capitalized interest:

        

Gross amount

   (d   (2,357   (27,508   (50,813

Accumulated depreciation

   (d   10,524     9,359     5,611  

Cumulative amount of currency translation adjustments related to held for sale operations

   (g   328,090     —       —    

Deferred tax on above adjustments

   (e   (59,475   (40,648   (188,443
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income of Oi S.A. under U.S. GAAP

 (4,780,430 604,423   865,873  
    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Attributable to controlling shareholders

 (4,781,720 604,423   859,247  

Attributable to noncontrolling shareholders

 1,290   —     6,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

30.4 – Condensed financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP

We present below a set of condensed financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, which reflect the U.S. GAAP adjustments disclosed above in Notes 30.2 and 30.3.

(a) Condensed balance sheets as at December 31, 2014 and 2013

Condensed balance sheets

  2014   2013 

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   2,449,206     2,424,830  

Short-term investments

   171,415     492,510  

Trade receivable, net

   7,450,040     7,096,679  

Judicial deposits

   1,133,639     1,316,252  

Pension plan assets

   1,744     9,596  

Deferred taxes

   1,631,155     412,730  

Held for sale assets (i)

   34,254,682     —    

Other current assets

   4,261,854     6,347,271  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

 51,353,735   18,099,868  

Non-current assets:

Property, plant and equipment, net

 26,244,309   25,725,058  

Intangible assets, net

 13,553,821   14,666,132  

Long-term investments

 111,285   99,129  

Judicial deposits

 12,260,028   11,050,936  

Deferred taxes

 2,124,027   3,488,468  

Pension plan assets

 1,103,337   1,360,392  

Other non-current assets

 4,464,591   4,236,792  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current assets

 59,861,398   60,626,907  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

 111,215,133   78,726,775  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current liabilities

Trade payable

 4,359,785   4,763,134  

Loans and financing

 4,571,423   4,158,708  

Provisions

 1,058,521   1,223,526  

Provision for pension plan

 129,662   184,295  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Licenses and concessions payable

 675,965   457,173  

Liabilities associated to held for sale assets (i)

 27,178,222   —    

Other current liabilities

 4,714,169   4,784,581  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 42,687,747   15,571,417  

Non-current liabilities

Loans and financing

 31,751,772   31,694,918  

Provisions

 4,073,247   4,392,791  

Provision for pension plan

 346,972   459,267  

Licenses and concessions payable

 685,975   1,027,234  

Other non-current liabilities

 4,516,343   5,567,791  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-current liabilities

 41,374,309   43,142,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 84,062,056   58,713,418  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity attributable to controlling shareholders

 25,643,880   20,013,357  

Equity attributable to non-controlling shareholders

 1,509,197   —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

 27,153,077   20,013,357  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

 111,215,133   78,726,775  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)The held for sale assets caption includes goodwill arising on the acquisition of PT Portugal in the amount of R$7,318 million, which is not amortizable and currently not deductible for tax purposes. Additionally, held for sale assets and liabilities include net deferred tax liabilities amounting to R$489 million that are part of the net assets to be disposed. The detailed composition of this captions is disclosed at note 28 above.

(b) Condensed Income Statements for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Condensed income statements

  2014   2013   2012 

Net operating revenue

   28,247,099     28,422,147     28,141,496  

Cost of sales and services

   (16,257,192   (16,466,773   (15,825,268
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

 11,989,907   11,955,374   12,316,228  

Operating income (expenses):

Selling expenses

 (5,565,757 (5,532,045 (5,344,802

General and administrative expenses

 (3,834,563 (3,683,440 (3,214,656

Other operating income (expenses), net

 2,023,622   1,243,100   (19,286
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes

 4,613,209   3,982,989   3,737,484  

Financial income (expenses), net

 (4,548,922 (3,301,956 (2,617,300
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before taxes

 64,287   681,033   1,120,184  

Income tax and social contribution

 (758,268 (76,610 (254,311

Net income from continuing operations

 (693,981 —     —    

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Net income from discontinued operations

   (4,086,449   —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 (4,780,430 604,423   865,873  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to controlling shareholders

 (4,781,720 604,423   859,247  

Net income attributable to non-controlling shareholders

 1,290   —     6,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) allocated to common shares—basic

 (1,569,149 189,711   289,299  

Net income (loss) allocated to common shares—diluted

 (1,569,149 189,711   289,299  

Net income (loss) allocated to preferred shares—basic

 (3,212,571 414,712   569,948  

Net income (loss) allocated to preferred shares—diluted

 (3,212,571 414,712   569,948  

Weighted average number of outstanding shares

(in thousands of shares)

Common shares—basic

 202,312   51,476   50,499  

Common shares—diluted

 202,312   51,476   50,499  

Preferred stock—basic

 414,200   112,527   99,488  

Preferred stock—diluted

 414,200   112,527   99,488  

Net income (loss) per share (in Reais):

Common shares—basic

 (7.76 3.69   5.73  

Common shares—diluted

 (7.76 3.69   5.73  

Preferred stock—basic

 (7.76 3.69   5.73  

Preferred stock—diluted

 (7.76 3.69   5.73  

Net income (loss) per share from continuing operation:

Common shares—basic

 (1,13 3,69   5,73  

Common shares—diluted

 (1,13 3,69   5,73  

Preferred shares—basic

 (1,13 3,69   5,73  

Preferred shares—diluted

 (1,13 3,69   5,73  

Net income (loss) per share from discontinued operation:

Common shares—basic

 (6,63 —     —    

Common shares—diluted

 (6,63 —     —    

Preferred shares—basic

 (6,63 —     —    

Preferred shares—diluted

 (6,63 —     —    

(c)Condensed Statement of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Condensed statement of comprehensive income

  2014   2013   2012 

Net income (loss) for the year

   (4,780,430   604,423     865,873  

Other comprehensive income (loss) for the year

      

Pension of Telemar

   (317,875   193,002     (439,589

Pension of TCS Prev

   (128,474   (128,425   (40,547

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Pension of BRTPrev/Pamec

 121,088   198,046   (214,608

Pension related

 (325,261 262,623   (694,744

Currency translation adjustments on foreign investments

 466,028   —     —    

Hedging financial instruments

 186,047   (211,112 211,412  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive loss, before tax

 326,814   51,511   (483,332) 

Tax effect on other comprehensive income (loss):

Pensions

 110,589   (89,292 236,213  

Hedging financial instruments

 (63,256 71,778   (71,880
 —     —     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss) from continuing operations

 374,147   33,997   (318,999) 

Total comprehensive income (loss) from discontinuing operation(i)

 (387,677)  —     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 (4,793,960)  638,420   546,874  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Attributable to controlling shareholders

 (4,795,250 638,420   540,248  

Attributable to non-controlling shareholders

 1,290   —     6,626  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)The total comprehensive income (loss) from discontinuing operations includes the tax effect of PT Portugal pensions plans in the amount of R$196 million.

(d)Condensed Statement of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Condensed statement of changes in equity

  Attributable to
controlling
shareholders
   Attributable to
non-controlling
shareholders
   Total
shareholders’
equity
 

Balance as of January 31, 2012

   13,826,236     11,393,196     25,219,431  

Corporate reorganization

   11,359,320     (11,359,320   —    

Withdrawal rights related to the corporate reorganization

   (2,008,325   —       (2,008,325

Share issue costs

   (56,609   —       (56,609

Redemption of bonus shares

   (492,285   —       (492,285

Dividends and interest on capital

   (2,702,504   (1,536   (2,704,040

Acquisition of non-controlling interests

   35,032     (35,032   —    

Change in equity interest percentage

   3,916     (3,916   —    

Other comprehensive income

   (318,999   —       (318,999

Other

   (76,376   (18   (76,393

Net income for the year

   859,247     6,626     865,873  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2012

 20,428,653   —     20,428,653  

Share issue costs

 62   —     62  

Redemption of bonus shares

 (162,456 —     (162,456

Dividends and interest on capital

 (891,322 —     (891,322

Other comprehensive income

 33,997   —     33,997  

Net income for the year

 604,423   —     604,423  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2013

 20,013,357   —     20,013,357  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Share issue costs

 (253,045 —     (253,045

Acquisition of financial investments – PT Portugal

 —     1,468,602   1,468,602  

Share capital increase of Oi

 13,959,900   —     13,959,900  

Obligations in equity instruments

 (2,894,619 —     (2,894,619

Treasury shares

 (263,028 —     (263,028

Dividends and interest on capital

 —     (84,131 (84,131

Other comprehensive income

 (136,966 123,436   (13,530

Net income for the year

 (4,781,720 1,290   (4,780,430
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2014

 25,643,880   1,509,197   27,153,077  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(e)Condensed Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

Condensed statement of cash flows

  2014   2013   2012 

Cash flow from operating activities

   5,530,569     7,035,312     4,510,301  

Cash flow from investing activities

   (4,302,905   (6,770,305   (7,214,154

Cash flow from financing activities

   (1,174,501   (2,298,781   (3,903,310

Effect of exchange differences

   (28,787   45,562     (4,471
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 24,376   (1,988,212 (6,611,634
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

 2,449,206   2,424,830   4,413,042  

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

 2,424,830   4,413,042   11,024,676  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 24,376   (1,988,212 (6,611,634
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The effects of the U.S. GAAP adjustments refer mainly to the retrospective effect of corporate reorganization, as mentioned in Note 30.1.

30.5 – Additional disclosures in accordance with U.S. GAAP

As mentioned above, the effects of the corporate restructuring were applied from February 27, 2012 in Oi S.A.´s consolidated financial statements. Following this corporate restructuring, only the income statement was impacted by the results of operations of TNL, TMAR and Coari for the period as from January 1, 2012 through February 26, 2012, the date the corporate restructuring was effective, and for the year ended December 31, 2011.

Therefore, in addition to the condensed financial statements presented above, we provide below some additional disclosures prepared under U.S. GAAP.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Regarding segment information, we refer to Note 25 that includes the financial information used for decision-making purposes. We highlight that U.S. GAAP adjustments presented in this Note 30 would impact each of the segment measures used by the chief operating decision maker.

(a)Net operating revenues

The detail of net operating revenues in the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

Net operating revenue

  2014   2013   2012 

Gross operating revenue

   45,357,481     45,252,584     44,275,981  

Deductions from gross revenue:

      

Taxes

   (8,906,909   (9,538,623   (9,922,658

Other deductions

   (8,203,473   (7,291,814   (6,211,827
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net operating revenue

 28,247,099   28,422,147   28,141,496  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(b)Expenses by nature

In the years ended December 31, 2014. 2013 and 2012, the nature of operating expenses was as follows:

Operating expenses by nature

  2014   2013   2012 

Third party services

   (8,181,680   (8,447,873   (8,236,753

Depreciation and amortization

   (5,766,702   (5,691,824   (5,270,377

Rents and insurance

   (3,119,521   (2,119,684   (1,806,723

Personnel

   (2,829,307   (2,534,222   (2,434,944

Interconnection

   (2,689,815   (3,965,623   (4,414,481

Telecommunications Inspection Fund (FISTEL) fee

   —       —       (714,804

Provisions for contingencies

   (779,314   (656,849   (441,473

Provision for doubtful accounts

   (649,463   (922,779   (596,440

Costs of handsets and other

   (730,444   (515,377   (541,982

Advertising and publicity

   (674,275   (556,500   (486,431

Taxes and other income (expenses)

   (1,459,012   (1,397,981   540,396  

Other operating income (expenses), net

   3,245,643     2,369,555     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 (23,633,890 (24,439,157 (24,404,012
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Classified as:

Cost of sales and/or services

 (16,257,192 (16,466,773 (15,825,268

Selling expenses

 (5,565,757 (5,532,045 (5,344,802

General and administrative expenses

 (3,834,563 (3,683,440 (3,214,656

Other operating income

 4,466,914   3,193,024   2,189,914  

Other operating expenses

 (2,437,411 (1,932,173 (2,209,201

Equity income (expenses)

 (5,881 (17,750 —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 (23,633,890 (24,439,157 (24,404,012
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(c)Financial income (expenses)

In the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, financial income (expenses) were recognized under the following captions:

Financial income (expenses)

  2014   2013   2012 

Financial income

      

Interest and monetary correction on other assets

   762,498     694,734     780,142  

Exchange differences on translation foreign short and long term equivalents

   32,444     69,626     616,546  

Investments yield

   354,526     278,598     608,273  

Dividends received (i)

   32,060     78,173     99,181  

Interest and inflation adjustment to intragroup loans

   1,066     —       —    

Other

   162,173     254,086     228,302  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 1,344,767   1,375,217   2,332,444  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financial expenses

Inflation adjustment and exchange differences on third-party loans

 (1,464,510 (2,013,066 (1,336,344

Interest on outstanding loans from third parties

 (1,979,414 (1,591,915 (1,639,893

Interest on debentures

 (953,863 (860,400 (661,182

Interest and inflation adjustment on other liabilities

 (814,148 (643,318 (586,443

Inflation adjustment of provisions

 (233,276 (246,205 (286,197

Tax on transactions and bank fees

 (385,824 (193,048 (274,398

Derivative transactions

 427,384   1,158,520   244,358  

Impairment of available for sale financial assets (i)

 —     —     (59,354

Interest on taxes in installments—tax financing program

 (132,194 (81,262 (94,489

Other

 (357,844 (206,479 (255,802
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 (5,893,689 (4,677,173 (4,949,744
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 (4,548,922 (3,301,956 (2,617,300
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)Dividends received and depreciation of financial assets available for sale relates to the investment held by TMAR in Portugal Telecom.

(d)Income tax expense

The composition of income tax for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

Income Tax and Social Contribution

  2014   2013   2012 

Current taxes

   (622,001   (418,498   (1,014,883

Deferred taxes

   (136,267   341,888     760,572  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income tax and social contribution

 (758,268 (76,610 (254,311
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The reconciliation between the statutory and effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 is as follows:

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Income Tax Reconciliation

  2014   2013   2012 

Income before taxes (i)

   64,287     681,034     1,120,184  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax and social contribution at statutory rate
(34%) (10%+15%+9%=34%)

 (21,858)   (231,552)   (380,863)  

Effect of companies not subject to income tax and social contribution calculation

 (23,795)   (13,046)   2,839  

Tax effects of interest on capital

 —     —     (4,406)  

Tax incentives (basically, operating income) (ii)

 36,281   31,573   180,281  

Tax effects on permanent exclusions (additions) (iii)

 (318,951)   204,411   (20,433)  

Tax effect of REFIS permanent additions (iv)

 
(443,401)
  
 —     —    

Compensation of tax loss carryforwards not previously recognized of subsidiaries

 446   25,783   613  

Difference in tax rates

 7,488   —     —    

Valuation allowance additions

 (46,917)   (93,779)   (41,022)  

Valuation allowance reductions (v)

 52,438   —     8,681  

Income tax and social contribution effect on the income

statement (i)

 (758,268)   (76,610)   (254,310)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effective rate

 -1179.5%   -11.25%   -22.7%  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)In 2013 and 2012, substantially all pre tax income and income tax are related to Brazilian Companies. In 2014, the disclose of income before taxes and income tax is as follows:

   Brazil   Africa   Total 

Income (loss) before taxes

   (145,581)     209,868     64,287  

Income tax

   (615,406)     (142,862)     (758,268)  

Current taxes

   (479,061)     (142,940)     (622,001)  

Deferred taxes

   (136,345)     78     (136,267)  

(ii)These tax incentives correspond mainly to a 75% reduction in the current income tax due on operating income obtained as a result of telecommunication services rendered in certain northern and northeast regions of Brasil, where the Company holds facilities for the purpose of rendering those services. This tax benefit is usually granted for a 10 year period, limited up to January 1, 2024.

(iii)Refers to permanent additions of R$688,719 and of R$76,433 and permanent exclusions of R$376,241 and of R$280,844 in 2014 and in 2013, respectively. The main components of permanent deduction (addition) tax effects are: nondeductible fines, sponsorships and nondeductible donations, income from expired dividends, goodwill amortization (pre-merger period) and write-off of tax credits for unlikely realization, related to potential loss on the PT SGPS shares held subsidiary TMAR (R$266 million on a consolidated basis).

(iv)Refers to permanent additions of settlement of principal, fine and interest utilizing tax loss carryforwards to pay non income tax liabilities, as permitted by Article 2 of Law 12996/2014 and Article 33 of Law 13043/2014.

(v)Refers basically to the recognition of deferred taxes since the reviewed earnings projections point to the recoverability of these amounts.

(e)Deferred taxes

The composition of deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

   2014   2013 

Deferred tax assets:

    

Tax loss carryforwards

   3,447,939     2,830,760  

Provisions

   1,534,792     1,704,234  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Provision for doubtful accounts

 592,279   611,713  

Available-for-sale financial assets

 —     238,974  

Business combinations—goodwill

 1,605,513   1,783,409  

Other temporary additions and deductions

 433,116   1,055,118  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gross deferred tax assets

 7,613,639   8,224,208  

Valuation allowance

 (217,655)   (223,503)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net deferred tax assets

 7,395,984   8,000,705  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Business combinations – other intangibles (i)

 (3,464,404)   (3,885,565)  

Provisions for pension funds

 (176,397)   (213,942)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gross deferred tax liabilities

 (3,640,802)   (4,099,507)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net

 3,755,182   3,901,198  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current

 1,631,155   412,730  

Non-current

 2,124,027   3,488,468  

For the year ended December 31, 2014, total valuation allowance decreased from R$224 million to R$218 million as of December 31, 2014, reflecting unrecognized temporary differences generated in 2014, amounting to R$94 million, net of prior year unrecognized temporary differences that were recorded in 2013, amounting to R$26 million. Approximately half of our deferred tax assets are supported by reversing taxable temporary differences. The remaining deferred tax assets are dependent upon the generation of future pretax income in certain of our tax-paying components in Brazil over an indefinite period. It is more likely than not that the results of future operations will generate sufficient taxable income to realize the deferred tax assets.

The tax loss carryfowards of approximately R$ 10,141 million, corresponding to R$ 3,448 million of deferred tax assets, do not expire, and may be carried forward indefinitely.

We recognize the financial statement effects of a tax return position when it is more likely than not, based on the technical merits, that the position will be sustained. Tax positions that meet this recognition threshold, are measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized.

The company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in all jurisdictions in which they do business (Brazil is the only major tax jurisdiction). In Brazil, income tax returns are subject to review and adjustment by the tax authorities during a period of five calendar years. Positions challenged by the taxing authorities may be settled or appealed by the company. All audit periods prior to 2009 are closed for federal examination purposes.

As of December 31, 2014 the company has no unrecognized tax benefits, nor any interest and penalties thereon. Interest and penalties on an underpayment of income taxes are recognized as part of Interest expense and General and administrative expenses, respectively.

(f)Property, plant and equipment, net

The composition of Property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2014   2013 

Property, Plant and Equipment

  Cost   Accumulated
depreciation
  Net   Net 

Transmission equipment

   52,193,041     (38,856,572  13,336,469     11,025,655  

Infrastructure

   25,455,362     (20,063,001  5,392,361     5,486,642  

Automatic switching equipment

   19,808,094     (17,461,235  2,346,859     2,401,221  

Buildings

   4,391,214     (2,441,274  1,949,940     1,029,414  

Work in progress

   2,657,409     —      2,657,409     4,569,682  

Other assets

   4,885,567     (4,324,296  561,271     1,212,443  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 
 109,390,687   (83,146,378 26,244,309   25,725,058  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(g)Intangible assets

The composition of intangible assets as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows:

   As of December 31,   

 

 
   Gross
amount
   Accumulated
amortization
   2014   2013 
       Net   Net 
         

Intangible assets other than goodwill:

        

Licences (i)

   18,992,604     (7,849,911)     11,142,692     12,317,024  

Customer list

   55,828     (55,828)     0     0  

Indefeasible rights of use (IRU) (ii)

   601,188     (489,122)     112,066     143,468  

Computer software

   7,310,309     (5,874,996)     1,435,313     1,309,868  

Other

   1,316,868     (862,130)     454,738     486,761  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 28,276,797   (15,131,988)   13,144,810   14,257,120  

Goodwill:

Pegasus

 253,000   —     253,000   253,000  

Paggo

 40,235   —     40,235   40,235  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 293,235   —     293,235   293,235  

Trademark – internet

 115,777   —     115,777   115,777  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total intangible assets

 28,685,809   (15,131,988)   13,553,821   14,666,132  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(i)Includes mainly the fair value of intangible assets related to purchase of control of BrT (now Oi, S.A.).

(ii)Refers to several indefeasible rights of use contracts of Pegasus.

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

30.6 – Information related to pension plans

(a)Change in benefit obligation

The following table sets forth the defined benefit parts of the plans of Telemar (TelemarPrev and PBS- Telemar) and Brasil Telecom (TCSPREV, BrTPrev and PAMEC) defined benefit pension plan’s changes in projected benefit obligation:

   2014   2013 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Projected benefit obligation at the beginning of the year

   480,601     1,945,119     2,958,864     571,330     2,267,402     3,544,361  

Service cost

   797     230     3,713     1,837     782     12,441  

Interest cost

   54,689     220,025     337,222     49,310     194,520     306,347  

Benefits paid

   (36,569)     (167,771)     (234,901)     (35,505)     (160,887)     (221,917)  

Participants’ contributions

   —       —       52     —       —       53  

Changes in actuarial assumptions

   (2,607)     (971)     (5,821)     (106,713)     (374,366)     (738,420)  

Experience actuarial (gain) loss

   5,067     30,199     74,449     342     17,668     55,998  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Projected benefit obligation at end of the year

 501,978   2,026,831   3,133,577   480,601   1,945,119   2,958,864  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(b)Change in plan assets

The following table sets forth the change in the fair value of the assets:

   2014   2013 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Fair value of plan assets at the beginning of the year

   1,442,657     1,301,556     3,468,759     1,543,104     1,396,615     3,850,778  

Actual return on plan assets

   28,747     293,096     147,002     (64,943)     (51,229)     (160,240)  

Company’s contributions

   —       123,304     77     —       116,803     85  

Participants’ contributions

   —       —       52     —       —       53  

Benefits paid

   (36,569)     (167,661)     (234,901)     (35,505)     (160,633)     (221,917)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at end of year

 1,434,835   1,550,295   3,380,989   1,442,657   1,301,556   3,468,759  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(c)Accrued prepaid pension cost

Prepaid pension cost recognized is computed as follows for the defined benefit pension plans and parts at December 31:

   2014  2013 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
  TCSPREV  BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Funded (unfunded) status of plan

   (932,857  476,535     (247,411  (962,056  643,563     (509,895
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(d)Pension costs

Net periodic defined benefit pension cost for the years ended December 31, includes the following:

   2014 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Net service cost

   797     230     3,713  

Interest cost

   54,689     219,926     337,222  

Expected return on plan assets

   (150,078)     (151,143)     (397,552)  

Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial losses (gains)

   (5,831)     6,940     9,131  

Amortization of unrecognized prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636)     1,552     —    

Amortization of initial transition obligation

   —       —       (4,202)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

 (106,059)   77,506   (51,687)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   2013 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Net service cost

   1,837     782     12,441  

Interest cost

   49,310     194,520     306,347  

Expected return on plan assets

   (145,230)     (130,340)     (355,151)  

Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial losses (gains)

   (19,443)     23,698     30,174  

Amortization of unrecognized prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636)     1,552     —    

Amortization of initial transition obligation

   —       —       (4,203)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

 (119,162)   90,212   (10,392)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   2012 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Net service cost

   1,751     2,422     11,249  

Interest cost

   47,390     189,650     285,900  

Expected return on plan assets

   (156,476)     (136,664)     (392,439)  

Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial losses (gains)

   (27,956)     9,530     —    

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

Amortization of unrecognized prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636)     1,608     —    

Amortization of initial transition obligation

   —       —       (4,202)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

 (140,927)   66,546   (99,492)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company also participates in a multi-employer defined benefit pension plan (PBS-Assistidos) for employees, which had retired prior to the split-up of Sistel. The Company made no contributions to this plan during the years 2014 and 2013.

The net periodic pension cost expected to be recognized in 2015 are as follows:

   2015 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Net service cost

   586     168     2,904  

Interest cost

   57,066     229,083     356,801  

Expected return on plan assets

   (162,701)     (175,332)     (375,221)  

Amortization of unrecognized net actuarial losses (gains)

   —       6,398     47,438  

Amortization of unrecognized prior year service costs (gains)

   (5,636)     1,552     (4,202)  

Amortization of initial transition obligation

   —       —      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net periodic pension cost (benefit)

 (110,684)   61,869   27,720  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(e)Assumptions used in each year (expressed in nominal terms)

The following actuarial assumptions were used to determine the actuarial present value of the Company’s projected benefit obligation:

   2014 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
   TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligations

   11.83%     11.83%     11.83%  

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   11.83%     11.83%     11.83%  

Annual salary increases

   7.93%     7.93%     7.93%  

Rate of compensation increase

   5.50%     5.50%     5.50%  

Inflation rate assumption used in the above

   5.50%     5.50%     5.50%  

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

   2013 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
  TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligations

   11.83  11.83  11.83

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   11.83  11.83  11.83

Annual salary increases

   7.93  7.93  7.93

Rate of compensation increase

   5.50  5.50  5.50

Inflation rate assumption used in the above

   5.50  5.50  5.50

   2012 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV
and
PAMEC
  TelemarPrev
and

PBS-Telemar
 

Discount rate for determining projected benefit obligations

   8.89  8.89  8.89

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets

   9.52  9.52  9.52

Annual salary increases

   8.68  8.68  8.68

Rate of compensation increase

   4.50  4.50  4.50

Inflation rate assumption used in the above

   4.50  4.50  4.50

(f)Investment requirements

The Company has no specific investment targets. Its objective is to follow guidelines established by “Secretaria de Previdência Complementar” (Secretary for complementary pension plans), as shown below.

   2014 
   TelemarPrev  PBS-Telemar 

Equity securities

   6.00  4.00

Debt securities

   81.00  83.00

Real estate

   1.00  1.00

Others

   12.00  12.00
   2014 
   TCSPREV  BrTPREV 

Equity securities

   4.00  4.00

Debt securities

   83.00  83.00

Real estate

   1.00  1.00

Others

   12.00  12.00

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

(g)Composition of plan assets

   TelemarPrev   PBS-Telemar 
   2014   2013   2014   2013 

Equity securities

   6.00%     8.00%     4.00%     8.00%  

Fixed income

   81.00%     80.00%     83.00%     80.00%  

Real estate

   1.00%     1.00%     1.00%     1.00%  

Other

   12.00%     11.00%     12.00%     11.00%  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 100.00%   100.00%   100.00%   100.00%  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV 
   2014   2013   2014   2013 

Equity securities

   4.00%     8.00%     4.00%     8.00%  

Fixed income

   83.00%     80.00%     83.00%     80.00%  

Real estate

   1.00%     1.00%     1.00%     1.00%  

Other

   12.00%     11.00%     12.00%     11.00%  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

 100.00%   100.00%   100.00%   100.00%  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(h)Description of investment policies and strategies

The investment policies and strategies for the two single-employer benefit pension plans PBS-Telemar and TelemarPrev are subject to Resolution N° 3,121 of the National Monetary Council, which establishes investment guidelines.

TelemarPrev is a defined contribution plan with individual capitalization. Management allocates the investments in order to conciliate the expectations of the sponsors, active and assisted participants. The assets on December 31, 2014 consists mainly of the following portfolio: 81% in debt securities, 6% in equity of Brazilian companies and 1% in real estate and other assets.

PBS-Telemar plan is closed for new participants and the vast majority of the current participants are receiving their benefits. The mathematical reserves are readjusted annually considering an interest rate of 6% per annum over the variation of the National Consumer Price Index (“INPC”). Therefore, management’s strategy is to guarantee resources that exceed this readjustment. Management also prepares a long-term cash-flow to match assets and liabilities. Therefore, debt securities investments are preferred when choosing the allocation of its assets, representing 83% of the portfolio in December 31, 2014.

The investment policies and strategies for BrTPREV, TCSPREV and PAMEC is described in Investment Policy, which is approved annually by the pension fund’s board. It states that the investment decisions should consider: (i) capital preservation; (ii) diversification; (iii) risk tolerance; (iv) expected returns versus benefit plan’s interest rates; (v) compatibility between investments liquidity and pensions’ cash flows and (vi) reasonable costs. It also defines volume ranges for the different types of investment allowed for pension funds, which are: domestic fixed

Oi S.A. and Subsidiaries

Notes to the Financial Statements

for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012

(In thousands of Brazilian reais - R$, unless otherwise stated)

income, domestic equity, loans to pension fund’s members and real estate. In the fixed income portfolio, only low credit risk securities are allowed.

Derivative instruments are only permitted for hedging purposes. Loans are restricted to certain credit limits. Tactical allocation is decided by the investment committee, consisted of the pension fund’s officers, investment manager and one member designated by the Board. Execution is performed by the Finance Department.

(i)Expected contribution and benefits

The estimated benefit payments, which reflect future services, as appropriate, are expected to be paid as follows (unaudited):

   PBS-Telemar   TelemarPrev 

2015

   20,783     214,234  

2016

   21,754     227,271  

2017

   22,751     240,637  

2018

   23,805     254,911  

2019

   24,872     269,126  

2020 until 2024

   140,627     1,581,779  
   TCSPREV   BrTPREV 

2015

   40,090     180,617  

2016

   42,468     188,598  

2017

   44,957     196,535  

2018

   47,588     204,524  

2019

   50,040     212,583  

2020 until 2024

   288,037     1,182,127  

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