SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October 2010
(Commission File No. 1-15256)
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
BRAZIL TELECOM COMPANY
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
SIA Sul, Área de Serviços Públicos, Lote D, Bloco B
Brasília, D.F., 71.215-000
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of Registrant’s principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file
annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)__.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K
in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)__.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the
information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the
information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Yes ¨ No x
If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the
registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):
| TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. Publicly-Held Company Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry (CNPJ/MF) Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 33300262539 |
TELEMAR NORTE LESTE S.A. Publicly-Held Company Corporate Taxpayers’ Registry (CNPJ/MF) Board of Trade (NIRE) No. 33300152580 |
BRASIL TELECOM S.A.
CORPORATE TAXPAYERS’ REGISTRY (CNPJ/MF)
NO. 76.535.764/0001-43
BOARD OF TRADE (NIRE) NO. 33300295208
Publicly-Held Company
Notice to the Market
Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. (“TNL”), Telemar Norte Leste S.A. (“TMAR”) and Brasil Telecom S.A. (“BRT”, and together with TNL and TMAR, collectively the “Companies”), in order to maintain their shareholders and the market in general informed, communicate to the public that, on this date, the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica—CADE) approved the sale of BRT to Oi without structural restrictions, and a Statement of Commitment to Performance (Termo de Compromisso de Desempenho) was executed.
Rio de Janeiro, October 20, 2010.
Alex Waldemar Zornig
Investor Relations Officer
Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A.
Telemar Norte Leste S.A.
Brasil Telecom S.A.
SIGNATURES
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: October 20, 2010
| BRASIL TELECOM S.A. | ||||
| By: |
/S/ ALEX WALDEMAR ZORNIG | |||
| Name: | Alex Waldemar Zornig | |||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer | |||