New York Stock Exchange To Delay Trading on the American Depositary Shares of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A.

The New York Stock Exchange announced that trading in the American Depositary Shares of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. -- ticker symbol TNE -- will be delayed because the offer to purchase the American Depositary Shares of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. by Telemar Participações S.A. is set to expire today at 10.00 a.m. The delay will be in effect until the results of the offer to purchase by Telemar Participações S.A. are published.


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