TELMEX PRESS RELEASE:TELMEX ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN NET SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO JUNE 28,2004

FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

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TELMEX ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE INTEREST IN NET SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO

Mexico City, Mexico, June 28, 2004 - Telefonos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (TELMEX) (BMV: TELMEX, NYSE: TMX, NASDAQ: TFONY, LATIBEX: XTMXL) today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Globo Comunicações e Participações S.A. (Globopar) to acquire an equity interest in Net Serviços de Comunicação S.A. (Net). Net is the largest cable television operator in Brazil.

The agreement provides that TELMEX will acquire shares of Net itself and shares of a holding company that will hold a majority of the voting shares of Net. TELMEX's aggregate equity interest in Net (including TELMEX's proportionate share of the shares held by the new holding company) is expected to be approximately 30% to 60% of the outstanding shares of Net. The purchase price will depend on the outcome of the debt restructuring of Net but it is estimated that it will be equivalent to between U.S.$250 million and U.S.$370 million.

The transaction is subject to extensive conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals, the completion of a restructuring of Net's debt, and the conclusion of agreements with Globopar and certain of the other shareholders of Net. There can be no assurance that these conditions will be met, in particular those relating to the restructuring of Net's debt. The transaction is not expected to close before the end of 2004.

Globopar also has a put option that gives it the right but not the obligation, at any time after October 31, 2004, to sell to TELMEX directly or indirectly a combination of voting and non-voting shares of Net, equal to approximately 34% of the outstanding shares of Net, for the equivalent of approximately U.S.$130 million. The put option expires on July 1, 2005 or upon closing of the purchase transactions described above.

Under current Brazilian law, TELMEX is not permitted to acquire a controlling interest in Net. If after the closing of either transaction the law should change to permit TELMEX to do so, TELMEX will have the right to purchase from Globopar, and Globopar will have the right to sell to TELMEX, an interest in the new holding company that will give TELMEX voting control of Net.

TELMEX is the leading telecommunications company in Mexico with 16.1 million telephone lines in service, 2.5 million line equivalents for data transmission and 1.5 million Internet accounts. TELMEX offers telecommunications services through a 75 thousand kilometer fiber optic digital network. TELMEX and its subsidiaries offer a wide range of advanced telecommunications, data and video services, Internet access as well as integrated telecom solutions for corporate customers. Additionally, the company offers telecommunications services through its affiliates in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Peru. More information about TELMEX can be accessed on the Internet at www.telmex.com.

 

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: June 28, 2004

TELEFONOS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.

By: __________________          

Name: Adolfo Cerezo Perez
Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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