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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Publicly-Held Company
CNPJ/MF: 02,558,115/0001-21
NIRE: 33,300,276,963
MATERIAL FACT NOTICE
TIM Participações S.A. (“Company”) hereby, pursuant to the provisions set forth under §4º of Section 157 of Law 6,404/76 and CVM – Comissão de Valores Mobiliários Rule 358/02, informs its shareholders, the market in general and other interested parties as follows:
The Company’s results for the third quarter of 2006 (and, as a consequence, for year 2006) were positively impacted due to an accounting treatment change performed by the Company’s subsidiaries (TIM Celular S.A. and TIM Nordeste S.A.) in connection with the costs associated to subsidized handsets sales to subscribers under the post-paid system. In accordance with their sales strategy, the Company’s subsidiaries started to defer such costs during a 12-month period, so as to better reflect the post-paid segment performance (in the past, the subsidiaries recognized these costs of subsidized sales directly in the results).
In view of this accounting treatment change, a credit in the value of approximately R$135.9 million was made to the handsets-sold account, having as counter-entry a registry in the same amount to the prepaid expenses account in the current assets of the balance sheet.
Further information about the matter herein described may be found in the Informações Trimestrais - ITR and in the Press Release both relating to the 2006 third quarter results, which are available at TIM Participações S.A. internet homepage (www.timpartri.com.br).
Rio de Janeiro (RJ), November 3, 2006.
TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
Stefano De Angelis
Investor Relations Officer
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. | |||
| Date: December 01, 2006 | By: | /s/ Stefano De Angelis | |
| Name: Stefano De Angelis | |||
| Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
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