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Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile, S.A.
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1. Material Event regarding Company’s call for an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting
Item 1.
Material Events of Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A.
At the meeting held on September 16, 2008, Board of Directors of Compañia de Telecomunicaciones de Chile S.A, further to a petition made by the shareholder Telefónica Internacional Chile S.A., holder of more than 10% of the shares with voting rights issued by the company, and in compliance with the provisions of article 58 N° 3 of Law 18,046, summons to an Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on October 7, 2008 at 9:30 am at the Claudio García S. auditorium, located at the corporate building at Avda. Providencia 111, to approve the amendment to the company’s bylaws, excluding the restrictions and references containing the bylaws in compliance with the provisions of Section XII of Decree-Law N° 3,500.
Additionally, the related operations in articles 44 and 89 of Law 18,046 will be reported during the aforementioned meeting.
Reported to the Chilean Securities and Exchange Commission on September 16, 2008
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COMPAÑÍA DE TELECOMUNICACIONES DE CHILE S.A.
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/S/ Isabel Margarita Bravo C.
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Name: Isabel Margarita Bravo C.
Title: Financial Director |
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