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TIM PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
     Publicly-Held Company
CNPJ/MF 02.558.115/0001 -21
NIRE 33.300.276.963

CALL NOTICE – EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING

The Shareholders of TIM Participações S.A. (“Company”) are called upon, as set forth in Section No.124 of the Brazilian Law No. 6.404/76, to attend to the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on December 30^th, 2009, at 09:00 am, at the Company’s headquarters, located at Avenida das Américas, No. 3434, 1^st Block, Barra da Tijuca, in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro, in order to resolve on the following Agenda:

(i) to examine, discuss and approve the Protocol and Justification of the Merger of Holdco Participações Ltda. (“Holdco”) into the Company (the “Merger”); (ii) to approve and ratify the appointment of the specialized company responsible for the valuation report of Holdco’s shareholders’ equity, as well as the financial institution responsible for the economic valuation report; (iii) to analyze and approve the valuation report of Holdco prepared for purposes of the Merger, as well as the economic valuation report and the applicable substitution ratio; (iv) to approve the merger of Holdco into the Company, pursuant to the Protocol and Justification of the Merger, as well as authorize the management of the Company to take any and all supplementing measure deemed necessary to conclude the Merger; (v) to approve the capital increase of the Company due to the merger of Holdco, including the issuance of new common and preferred shares to JVCO Participações Ltda. (“JVCO”) and, as consequence, approve the modification of the Section 5^th of the Company’s By-Laws; and (vi) to ratify the election by co-optation of Mr. Marco Patuano as member of the Company’s Board of Directors for complementation of the term of office, pursuant to the Section 150 of the Brazilian Law No. 6.404/76 and the Section 28, sole paragraph, of the Company’s By-Laws, in accordance with the approval resolved on in the meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors held on November 27^th, 2009.

General Instructions:

1. The documents pertinent to the matters to be analyzed and discussed at the Shareholders’ Meeting are at the shareholders’ disposal at the Company’s headquarters and at the electronic address www.tim.com.br/ir.

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2. The shareholders or their qualified representatives shall observe, for participation in the Shareholders’ Meeting called upon herein, the provisions set forth in the Section No. 126 of the Brazilian Law No. 6.404/76 and the sole paragraph of the Section 15 of the Company’s By-Laws. Accordingly, the shareholders to be represented at the Shareholders’ Meeting shall deposit at the Company’s headquarters the respective documentation which support such shareholders’ representation, including the power of attorney and/or articles of incorporation and corporate acts related to the appointment, as the case may be, and the representative’s identification document, in up to 02 (two) business days prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting. Within the same term, the holders of book entry shares or shares held in custody shall deposit copies of the identity card and the respective share statement issued at least 05 (five) business days prior to the Shareholders’ Meeting. The documentation mentioned herein shall be forwarded to the following address: TIM Participações S.A., Investor Relations Department, Mr. Claudio Zezza, Avenida das Américas, No. 3434, 1^st Block, 6^th floor, Zip Code: 22.640 -102, Barra da Tijuca, in the City and State of Rio de Janeiro.

Rio de Janeiro (RJ), December 14^th, 2009.
Mario Cesar Pereira de Araujo
Chairman of the Board of Directors

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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 15, 2009	By:	/s/ Claudio Zezza
		Name: Claudio Zezza
		Title: CFO and Investor Relations Officer

 

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