As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2020
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF 1934
OR
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
Commission file number: 001-15256
Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
N/A
(Translation of Registrant’s Name into English)
The Federative Republic of Brazil
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
Rua Humberto de Campos, 425
Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 22430-190
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Camille Loyo Faria
Investor Relations Officer
Rua Humberto de Campos, 425
8º andar
Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 22430-190
Tel: +55 21 3131-2918
invest@oi.net.br
(Name, Telephone, E-mail and/or Facsimile number and Address of Company Contact Person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class
Common Shares, without par value, each represented by
American Depositary Shares
Trading Symbol
OIBR.C
Name of Each Exchange on which Registered
New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Preferred Shares, without par value, each
represented by American Depositary Shares
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
The total number of issued and outstanding shares of each class of stock of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization as of
December 31, 2019 was:
5,764,447,760 common shares, without par value
155,727,241 preferred shares, without par value
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act. Yes ☒ No ☐
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted
pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See
definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐
Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if
the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:
U.S. GAAP ☐
International Financial Reporting Standards as issued
by the International Accounting Standards Board ☒
Other ☐
If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the
registrant has elected to follow. ☐ Item 17 ☐ Item 18
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court. Yes ☒ No ☐
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
PART I
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
Item 3. Key Information
Item 4. Information on the Company
Item 4A. Unresolved Staff Comments
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
Item 8. Financial Information
Item 9. The Offer and Listing
Item 10. Additional Information
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Item 12. Description of Securities Other Than Equity Securities
PART II
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
Item 15. Controls and Procedures
Item 16A. Audit Committee Financial Expert
Item 16B. Code of Ethics
Item 16C. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
Item 16D. Exemptions from the Listing Standards for Audit Committees
Item 16E. Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
Item 16F. Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
Item 16G. Corporate Governance
Item 16H. Mine Safety Disclosure
PART III
Item 17. Financial Statements
Item 18. Financial Statements
Item 19. Exhibits
SIGNATURES
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PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER INFORMATION
All references herein to “real,” “reais” or “R$” are to the Brazilian real, the official currency of Brazil. All references to “U.S.
dollars,” “dollars” or “US$” are to U.S. dollars.
Financial Statements
We maintain our books and records in reais. Our consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and as of
and for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, and the related notes thereto, which we refer to as our audited consolidated
financial statements, are included in this annual report.
We have prepared our audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with the International Financial Reporting
Standards, or IFRS, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or the IASB, under the assumption that we will
continue as a going concern and in compliance with the legal requirements applicable to a judicial reorganization. Our audited
consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 have
been audited in accordance with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, standards.
The RJ Proceedings are aimed at ensuring the continuation of our company as a going concern. This continuity was strengthened
with the approval of the RJ Plan and, as a result, the borrowings and financing were novated and the related balances were recalculated
under the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. The continuity of our company as a going concern is ultimately depending on the
successful outcome of the RJ Proceedings and the realization of other forecasts of our company.
Our company has been successfully discharging the obligations set forth in the RJ Proceedings and even though there are no
indications in this regard, we emphasize that these conditions and circumstances indicate, by their own nature, uncertainties that may
affect the success of the RJ Proceedings and possibly cast doubts as to our ability to continue as a going concern. As at December 31,
2019 and after the implementation of the RJ Plan, total shareholders’ equity was R$17,797 million, loss for the year then ended was
R$9,095 million, and working capital (consisting of current assets less current liabilities) totaled R$6,157 million. As at December 31,
2018 and after the recognition of the effects of the RJ Plan, total shareholders’ equity was R$22,896 million, profit for the year then
ended was R$24,616 million, and working capital totaled R$10,624 million.
Since December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2, referred to as “COVID-19”) has spread throughout the world.
On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a global health emergency and on March 3, 2020,
the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
As of the date of this annual report, we have not been able to quantify any material impacts related to COVID-19 and it is too soon
to accurately determine the extent of its medium- and long-term impacts on the global and Brazilian economic scenarios. However, as it
is not possible yet to predict the duration and effects of this crisis, there is a risk of material impacts on our operations and sales,
particularly our fiber-to-the-home network expansion. For more details see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Potential Effects of the COVID-19
Pandemic.”
Additionally, our debt instruments with BNDES contain financial covenants that require Oi to maintain five specified financial
ratios, measured on a quarterly basis. Under these debt instruments, BNDES has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the date the
financial covenants are tested, we are not in compliance with any two of these ratios. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance
with these financial covenants.
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As a result of the depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the
public health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, and the related effects on our U.S. dollar-
denominated indebtedness and interest expenses, we believed that it was probable that as of March 31, 2020, we would not be in
compliance with more than one of these financial ratios. In anticipation of these ratio breaches, on March 30, 2020 we obtained a
waiver from BNDES.
For our fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, we included financial statements prepared under IFRS as part of our annual report
on Form 20-F, applying IFRS 1, “First-time Adoption of International Reporting Standards,” considering that our previous primary
GAAP was Brazilian GAAP and that January 1, 2009 was the date of transition to IFRS. Consequently, as we are not an IFRS first-time
adopter, we have included a reconciliation from U.S. GAAP to IFRS for the comparative balance sheet (i.e., as of December 31, 2018)
and comparative income statement periods preceding the most recent fiscal year (i.e., for the year ended December 31, 2018) in our
audited consolidated financial statements to present the changes in the basis of presentation.
We are also required to prepare financial statements in accordance with accounting practices adopted in Brazil, or Brazilian
GAAP, which are based on:
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the Brazilian Corporate Law (as defined below);
the rules and regulations of the Brazilian Securities Commission (Comissão de Valores Mobiliários), or the CVM, and the
Brazilian Federal Accounting Council (Conselho Federal de Contabilidade); and
the accounting standards issued by the Brazilian Accounting Pronouncements Committee (Comitê de Pronunciamentos
Contábeis).
Certain Defined Terms
General
Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references to:
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“our company,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “us” or similar terms are to Oi and its consolidated subsidiaries;
“ADSs” are to Common ADSs and Preferred ADSs;
“Africatel” are to Africatel Holdings B.V., an indirect subsidiary of Oi of which Oi’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Africatel
GmbH & Co KG, holds 86% of the equity stock;
“ANATEL” are to the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações);
“Bratel” are to Bratel S.à r.l.;
“Brazil” are to the Federative Republic of Brazil;
“Brazilian Corporate Law” are to, collectively, Brazilian Law No. 6,404/76, as amended;
“Brazilian government” are to the federal government of the Federative Republic of Brazil;
“Common ADSs” are to American Depositary Shares, each representing five Common Shares;
“Common Shares” are to common shares of Oi;
“Copart 4” are to Copart 4 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi prior
to its merger with and into Telemar in January 2019;
“Copart 5” are to Copart 5 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi prior to
its merger with and into Oi in March 2019;
“Oi” are to Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization;
“Oi Coop” are to Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of
Oi;
“Oi Mobile” are to Oi Móvel S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi;
“Pharol” are to Pharol, SGPS, S.A. (formerly known as Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A.);
“Preferred ADSs” are to American Depositary Shares, each representing one Preferred Share;
“Preferred Shares” are to preferred shares of Oi;
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“PTIF” are to Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary
of Oi, which PT Portugal transferred to us in anticipation of our sale of PT Portugal in 2015;
“PT Portugal” are to PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., which we acquired on May 5, 2014 and sold on June 2, 2015;
“Telemar” are to Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Oi;
“TmarPart” are to Telemar Participações S.A., which, prior to the capital increase of Oi on May 5, 2014, was the direct
controlling shareholder of Oi and which merged with and into Oi on September 1, 2015; and
“TNL” are to Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A., a company that was directly controlled by TmarPart prior to its merger
with and into Oi on February 27, 2012.
Judicial Reorganization
The following defined terms relate to our global judicial reorganization. For more information, see “Item 4. Information on the
Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.” Unless otherwise indicated or the
context otherwise requires, all references to:
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“ADWs” are to American Depositary Warrants;
“Brazilian Bankruptcy Law” are to Brazilian Law No. 11,101 of June 9, 2005;
“Brazilian Confirmation Date” are to February 5, 2018, the date in which the Brazilian Confirmation Order was published
in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Diário Oficial do Estado do Rio de Janeiro);
“Brazilian Confirmation Order” are to the order entered by the RJ Court on January 8, 2018, ratifying and confirming the
RJ Plan, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan;
“Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase” are to the capital increase of R$10,600,097,221.00 through the issuance of
1,514,299,603 newly issued Common Shares and 116,480,467 Warrants, paid for by conversion of claims of holders of
beneficial interests in the bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that individualized their unsecured claims evidenced by
bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF in accordance with the procedures established in the RJ Plan and by the RJ Court
with unsecured claims greater than US$750,000.00 (or the equivalent in other currencies) into Common Shares of Oi,
pursuant to Section 4.3.3.5 of the RJ Plan;
“Default Recovery” are to the general treatment provided for unsecured credits under the RJ Plan;
“Defaulted Bonds” are to the bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF that were outstanding on the date of the
commencement of the RJ Proceedings;
“GCM” are to a General Creditors’ Meeting of creditors of our company recognized by the RJ Court. A GCM was held on
December 19 and 20, 2017 to consider and vote on the RJ Plan;
“RJ Court” are to the 7th Commercial Court of the Judicial District of the State Capital of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The RJ
Court is adjudicating the judicial reorganization proceedings in Brazil involving the RJ Debtors;
“RJ Debtors” are to Oi, Telemar, Oi Mobile, Oi Coop, PTIF, Copart 4 and Copart 5;
“RJ Plan” are to the judicial reorganization plan, as amended, of the RJ Debtors that was filed with the RJ Court and, on
December 20, 2017, approved by a significant majority of creditors of each class present at the GCM held on December 19
and 20, 2017;
“RJ Proceedings” are to the Brazilian proceedings for judicial reorganization (recuperação judicial) involving the RJ
Debtors that are being adjudicated by the RJ Court, pursuant to a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization
pursuant to the Brazilian Bankruptcy Law filed by the RJ Debtors with the RJ Court initially on June 20, 2016. On June 29,
2016, the RJ Court granted the processing of the RJ Proceedings of the RJ Debtors; and
“Warrants” are to warrants (bonus de subscrição) to acquire newly issued Common Shares of Oi, which Warrants may
distributed in the form of American Depository Warrants, as further described in Section 4.3.3.6 of the RJ Plan.
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Financial Restructuring
In June 2016, after considering the challenges arising from our economic and financial situation in connection with the maturity
schedule of our financial debts, the threats to our cash flows represented by imminent attachments or freezing of assets in judicial
lawsuits, and the urgent need to adopt measures that protect our company, we concluded that filing of a request for judicial
reorganization (recuperação judicial) in Brazil would be the most appropriate course of action (1) to preserve the continuity of our
offering of quality services to our customers, within the rules and commitments undertaken with ANATEL, (2) to preserve the value of
our company, (3) to maintain the continuity of our operations and corporate activities in an organized manner that protects the interests
of our company, customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and (4) to protect our cash and cash equivalents.
On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ Debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the
Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant to an urgent measure approved by our board of directors.
On December 19 and 20, 2017, a GCM was held to consider approval of the RJ Plan. This GCM concluded on December 20, 2017
following the approval of the RJ Plan reflecting amendments to the RJ Plan presented at this GCM as negotiated during the course of
this GCM.
On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its
terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the
State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.
The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties as long as its effects are not stayed. By
operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order, the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and
discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such claims have received the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their
claims in accordance with the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. For more information regarding the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4.
Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.”
During 2018, the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in
the RJ Plan was concluded.
In January 2019, we completed a preemptive offering of Common Shares as contemplated by Section 6 of the RJ Plan under
which we issued and sold 3,225,806,451 Common Shares for an aggregate purchase price of R$4,000 million.
The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law provides that the RJ Proceedings and the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors may be terminated
on the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date if the RJ Court determines that all obligations provided for in the RJ Plan
have been satisfied based on the analysis of compliance with the RJ Plan.
On December 6, 2019, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors not be
terminated on February 5, 2020, the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in order to allow us to continue to execute
the RJ Plan and remain focused on our strategic transformation. Notwithstanding the conclusion of the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s
financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in the RJ Plan, we presented to the RJ Court
circumstances related to the complexity inherent to the magnitude of the RJ Proceedings and the ongoing reforms in the legal-regulatory
environment, which we believe require additional measures yet to be implemented under the RJ Proceedings.
On February 27, 2020, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that we be permitted to submit to our creditors for their
consideration and deliberation at a new general creditors’ meeting a proposed amendment to the RJ Plan designed to achieve greater
operational and financial flexibility for our company to continue with investments and the fulfillment of our strategic plan. At the new
general creditors’ meeting, only creditors of the RJ Debtors that held credits and had voting rights at the time of the original GCM and
who continued to hold an interest in the debt obligations or equity securities of the RJ Debtors on February 27, 2020 will be entitled to
vote.
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On March 6, 2020, the RJ Court issued a decision granting our request to hold a new general creditors’ meeting to deliberate on a
proposed amendment to the RJ Plan. The RJ Court required that:
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the RJ Debtors must submit the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court on or prior to September 8, 2020; and
the new general creditors’ meeting organized by Escritório de Advocacia Arnoldo Wald e Advogados Associados, the
judicial administrator of the RJ Debtors, or the Judicial Administrator, must take place within 60 days from the date of
submission of the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court by the RJ Debtors.
We intend to seek to amend the RJ Plan in order to facilitate asset sales contemplated by our strategic plan, including the potential
sale of our mobile business and the proposed sales of other non-core assets. We continue to discuss the terms of the proposed
amendment with various constituencies of our company and can provide no assurances with respect to the specific terms of the
proposed amendment that will be presented to the RJ Court.
Market Share and Other Information
We make statements in this annual report about our market share and other information relating to the telecommunications
industry in Brazil. We have made these statements on the basis of information obtained from third-party sources and publicly available
information that we believe are reliable, such as information and reports from ANATEL, among others. Notwithstanding any
investigation that we may have conducted with respect to the market share, market size or similar data provided by third parties or
derived from industry or general publications, we assume no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any such information.
Rounding
We have made rounding adjustments to reach some of the figures included in this annual report. As a result, numerical figures
shown as totals in some tables may not be arithmetic aggregations of the figures that precede them.
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report contains forward-looking statements. Some of the matters discussed concerning our business operations and
financial performance include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Securities Act, or the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act.
Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions or that include words such as
“expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. Although
we believe that these forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, these statements are subject to several risks
and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us.
Many important factors could cause our actual results to differ substantially from those anticipated in our forward-looking
statements, including, among other things:
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material adverse changes in economic conditions in Brazil or the other countries in which we have operations and
investments;
the Brazilian government’s telecommunications policies that affect the telecommunications industry and our business in
Brazil in general, including issues relating to the remuneration for the use of our network in Brazil, and changes in or
developments of ANATEL regulations applicable to us;
the cost and availability of financing;
any judicial action that overturns or modifies the Brazilian Confirmation Order or declares the RJ Debtors bankrupt under
Brazilian law and requires their liquidation;
the effects of intense competition in Brazil and the other countries in which we have operations and investments;
the general level of demand for, and changes in the market prices of, our services;
our ability to implement our corporate strategies in order to expand our customer base and increase our average revenue per
user;
political, regulatory and economic conditions in Brazil, notably with respect to inflation, exchange rate fluctuation of the
real, interest rates fluctuation and the political environment in Brazil;
the adverse effects of COVID-19, and public health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally,
on our employees, our business operations (including our retail operations, our network operations, our network
maintenance programs and our expansion programs), our third-party vendors and the ability of our customers to pay for
services on a timely basis;
the outcomes of legal and administrative proceedings to which we are or become a party;
changes in telecommunications technology that could require substantial or unexpected investments in infrastructure or that
could lead to changes in our customers’ behavior; and
other factors identified or discussed under “Item 3. Key Information––Risk Factors.”
Our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results or other developments may differ
materially from the expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements. As for forward-looking statements that relate to future
financial results and other projections, actual results will be different due to the inherent uncertainty of estimates, forecasts and
projections. Because of these uncertainties, potential investors should not rely on these forward-looking statements.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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ITEM 1.
IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
Not applicable.
PART I
ITEM 2.
OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
Not applicable.
ITEM 3.
KEY INFORMATION
Selected Financial Information
The following selected financial data have been derived from our consolidated financial statements. The selected financial data as
of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 have been derived from our audited
consolidated financial statements included in this annual report. The selected financial data as of December 31, 2017 have been derived
from our consolidated financial statements that are not included in this annual report. We have not included selected financial data as of
or for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015 as such information cannot be provided on a restated basis without unreasonable
effort or expense.
The following selected financial data should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the
related notes thereto, “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects” and “Presentation of Financial and Other Information.”
Oi has not paid any dividends and/or interest attributable to shareholders’ equity since January 1, 2014.
2019
For the Year Ended December 31,
2018
(in millions of reais, except per share amounts
and as otherwise indicated)
2017
Income Statement Data:
Net operating revenue
Cost of sales and services
Gross profit
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net
Operating income (loss) before financial expenses, net, and taxes
Financial expenses, net
Income (loss) before taxes
Income tax and social contribution
Net income (loss)
Net income (loss) attributable to controlling shareholders
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling shareholders
Net income (loss) applicable to each class of shares(1):
Common shares basic and diluted
Preferred shares and ADSs basic and diluted
Net income (loss) per share:
Common shares – basic and diluted
Common ADSs – basic and diluted
Preferred shares and ADSs – basic and diluted
Weighted average shares outstanding (in thousands):
Common shares – basic and diluted
Preferred shares – basic and diluted
R$
R$
R$
20,136
(15,315)
4,821
(3,548)
(2,782)
(1,469)
(2,977)
(6,110)
(9,087)
(8)
(9,095)
(9,000)
(95)
(8,765)
(236)
(1.51)
(7.57)
(1.51)
R$
R$
R$
22,060
(16,179)
5,881
(3,853)
(2,739)
(4,557)
(5,268)
26,609
21,341
3,275
24,616
24,591
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22,036
2,555
16.39
81.94
16.39
R$ 23,790
(15,669)
8,121
(4,103)
(3,137)
(3,243)
(2,361)
(3,197)
(5,558)
(1,099)
R$ (6,656)
R$ (6,365)
(291)
(4,896)
(1,469)
(9.42)
(47.10)
(9.42)
5,788,447
155,615
1,344,686
155,915
519,752
155,915
(1)
Basic and diluted earnings per share have been calculated using the “two class method.” See note 22 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in
this annual report.
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Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Trade accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts
Assets held for sale
Total current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net
Non-current judicial deposits
Intangible assets, net
Total assets
Short-term borrowings and financing (including current portion of long-term debt)
Short-term leases payables
Short-term trade payables
Liabilities of assets held for sale
Total current liabilities
Long-term borrowings and financing
Long-term leases payables
Total liabilities
Share capital
Shareholders’ equity
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2019
As of December 31,
2018
(in millions of reais)
2017
R$ 2,082
184
6,335
4,391
17,993
38,911
6,651
3,998
71,892
326
1,510
4,794
494
11,836
17,900
6,640
54,095
32,539
17,797
R$ 4,385
202
6,517
4,923
21,313
28,426
7,019
6,948
65,438
673
—
5,024
527
10,689
15,777
—
42,542
32,038
22,896
R$ 6,863
21
7,367
4,675
23,748
26,989
8,290
8,351
68,639
54,515
—
4,924
354
67,892
—
—
82,152
21,438
(13,513)
Risk Factors
You should consider the following risks as well as the other information set forth in this annual report when evaluating an
investment in our company. In general, investing in the securities of issuers in emerging market countries, such as Brazil, involves a
higher degree of risk than investing in the securities of issuers in the United States. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently
known to us, or those that we currently deem to be immaterial, may also materially and adversely affect our business, results of
operations, financial condition and prospects. Any of the following risks could materially affect us. In such case, the market price of the
Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs could be adversely affected.
Risks Relating to the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry and Regulatory Environment
The Brazilian telecommunications industry is highly regulated. Changes to these regulations have and may continue to adversely
impact our business.
The Brazilian telecommunications industry is highly regulated by ANATEL. ANATEL regulates, among other things, rates,
quality of service and universal service goals, as well as competition among telecommunications service providers. Changes in laws and
regulations, grants of new concessions, authorizations or licenses or the imposition of additional universal service obligations, among
other factors, may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. For more information, see “Item 4.
Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry.”
We cannot predict whether ANATEL or the Brazilian government will adopt these or other telecommunications sector policies in
the future, or the consequences of such policies on our business or the business of our competitors. In the event that any modification of
the regulatory scheme or new regulations applicable to our company are adopted that increase the costs of compliance to our company,
whether through capital expenditure requirements, increased service requirements, increased costs for renewal of our authorizations and
licenses, increased exposure to regulatory penalties or otherwise, these modifications and regulations could have a material adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our concession agreements and authorizations contain certain obligations, and our failure to comply with these obligations may result
in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by ANATEL.
Our local fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements in Brazil contain terms reflecting the General Plan of
Universal Service Goals (Plano Geral de Metas de Universalização), or the PGMU, the Quality Management Regulations
(Regulamento de Gestão da Qualidade), or the RGQ, which was adopted by ANATEL in June 2013, and was partially superseded by
the Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation (Regulamento de Qualidade dos Serviços de Telecomunicações), or the
RQUAL, in December 2019, and other regulations adopted by ANATEL, the terms of which could affect our financial condition and
results of operations. Our local fixed-line concession agreements in Brazil also require us to meet certain network expansion, quality of
service and modernization obligations in each of the Brazilian states in our service areas. In the event of noncompliance with ANATEL
targets in any one of these states, ANATEL can establish a deadline for achieving the targeted level of such service, impose penalties
and, in extreme situations, terminate the applicable concession agreement for noncompliance with our quality and universal service
obligations. See “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Our
Services—Fixed-Line Telephone Services.”
In addition, our authorizations to provide personal mobile services contain certain obligations requiring us to meet network scope
and quality of service targets. If we fail to meet these obligations, we may be fined by ANATEL until we are in full compliance with
our obligations and, in extreme circumstances, our authorizations could be revoked by ANATEL. See “Item 4. Information on the
Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Our Services—Mobile Telephone Services.”
On an almost weekly basis, we receive inquiries from ANATEL requiring information from us on our compliance with the various
service obligations imposed on us by our concession agreements. If we are unable to respond satisfactorily to those inquiries or comply
with our service obligations under our concession agreements, ANATEL may commence administrative proceedings in connection with
such noncompliance. We have received numerous notices of commencement of administrative proceedings from ANATEL, mostly due
to our inability to achieve certain targets established in the PGMU and the RGQ. For more information, see “Item 8. Financial
Information—Legal Proceedings—Civil Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations—Administrative Proceedings.”
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Our concession agreements in Brazil are subject to periodic modifications by ANATEL, and we cannot assure you that the
modifications to these concession agreements will not have adverse effects on our company.
We provide fixed-line telecommunications services in our Brazilian service areas pursuant to concession agreements with the
Brazilian government. These concession agreements expire on December 31, 2025 and may be amended by the parties every five years
prior to the expiration date. In connection with each five-year amendment, ANATEL has the right, following public consultations, to
impose new terms and conditions in response to changes in technology, competition in the marketplace and domestic and international
economic conditions. Under their existing terms, our concession agreements may be amended by December 2020 at the latest.
We cannot assure you that any future amendments to our concession agreements will not impose requirements on our company
that will require us to undertake significant capital expenditures or will not modify the rate-setting procedures applicable to us in a
manner that will significantly reduce the net operating revenue that we generate from our Brazilian fixed-line businesses. If the
amendments to our Brazilian concession agreements have these effects, our business, financial condition and results of operations could
be materially adversely affected.
We cannot assure you that we will be able to convert our concessions into authorizations or renew our concessions in a timely or cost-
effective manner.
On October 3, 2019, the President of Brazil signed Law No. 13,879, which amended the Brazilian General Telecommunications
Law (Lei Geral das Telecomunicações), or the General Telecommunications Law, to allow, among other things, providers of fixed-line
telecommunications services operating under a concession in the public regime to convert their concessions into authorizations to
operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of obligations currently imposed by the concession regime. In exchange,
providers may be required to assume obligations to make additional investments in their networks, primarily related to the expansion of
broadband services. The cost of the additional investments in exchange for the elimination of such obligations, would be subject to
discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final valuation. In addition, the new law permits providers
to renew their concession for indefinite additional 20-year periods, whereas previously only one 20-year renewal period was allowed,
provided that at least 30 months prior to each expiration date, the providers have complied with the obligations required of them under
the applicable concession. Prior to the passage of Law No. 13,879, our concession agreements would have expired in 2025 without the
possibility of renewal. In February 2020, ANATEL proposed regulations to implement Law No. 13,879, including the rules that will
govern the conversion of concessions into authorizations. These proposed regulations are subject to a public consultation period that is
expected to expire on April 30, 2020. We cannot predict when and to what extent these regulations will be adopted. Once these
regulations are adopted, we expect that we will be able to migrate our public regime concessions into private-regime authorizations or
renew our concessions, which would otherwise expire on December 31, 2025. However, as of the date of this annual report, we have
not decided which option to pursue and cannot predict the cost of pursuing any of these options. For more information about Law
No. 13,879, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Public
Regime—Amendments to the General Telecommunications Law” and “Item 4. Information on the Company—Regulation of the
Brazilian Telecommunications Industry—Our Services—Fixed-Line Telephone Services.”
If we are not able to convert our concessions into authorizations or renew our concessions prior to the expiration of our existing
concessions, we may be able to participate in competitive auctions for new concessions that the Brazilian government may choose to
conduct. However, our existing fixed-line and domestic long-distance concession agreements will not entitle us to preferential treatment
in these auctions, and we may not be able to secure new concessions for our existing service areas in any future auctions or such
concessions may be on less favorable terms than our current concessions. In such cases, our business, financial condition and results of
operations would be materially adversely affected.
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The mobile telecommunications industry and participants in this industry, including us, may be required to adopt an extensive program
of field measurements of radio frequency emissions and be subject to further regulation and/or claims based on concerns regarding
potential health problems and interfere with medical devices.
Media and other entities have suggested that the electromagnetic emissions from mobile handsets and base stations may cause
health problems. If consumers harbor health-related concerns, they may be discouraged from using mobile handsets. These concerns
could have an adverse effect on the mobile telecommunications industry and, possibly, expose mobile services providers to litigation.
We cannot assure you that further medical research and studies will refute a link between the electromagnetic emissions of mobile
handsets and base stations, including on frequency ranges we use to provide mobile services, and these health concerns. Government
authorities could increase regulation on electromagnetic emissions of mobile handsets and base stations, which could have an adverse
effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The expansion of our network may be affected by these perceived
risks if we experience problems in finding new sites, which, in turn, may delay the expansion and may affect the quality of our services.
In July 2002, ANATEL enacted regulations that limit emission and exposure for fields with frequencies between 9 kHz and 300
GHz. In May 2009, Law No. 11,934 was enacted, which established the need for field measurements by telecommunications service
providers of all radio-communication transmitting stations every five years with respect to emission and exposure to these fields. In
September 2018, ANATEL published Resolution No. 700/2018, a regulation pursuant to Law No. 11,934 that makes field
measurements mandatory by telecommunication service providers of all radio-communication transmission stations every five years
beginning in 2019. In January 2019, ANATEL passed Act No. 458/2019 regarding the technical requirements of Resolution
No. 700/2018. However, Act No. 458/2019 is not yet in full force because the measurement parameters have not yet been defined, and
ANATEL has had difficulties implementing internal systems to monitor compliance. We are still evaluating the scope of the technical
and financial impact of these new regulations on our company, as ANATEL has not yet defined all of the relevant technical
requirements related to these regulations as of the date of this annual report.
Companies in the Brazilian telecommunication industry, including us, may be harmed by restrictions regarding the installation of new
antennas for mobile services.
As of the date of this annual report, there are approximately 250 municipal laws in Brazil that limit the installation of new
antennas for mobile service, which has been a barrier to the expansion of mobile networks. Those laws are meant to regulate issues
related to zoning and the alleged effects of the radiation and radiofrequencies of the antennas. The federal law, that establishes new
guidelines to create a consolidated plan for the installation of antennas was approved in 2015, however, it is still pending specific
regulation. Despite the federal initiative, as long as the municipal laws remain unchanged, the risk of noncompliance with regulations
and of having services of limited quality in certain areas continues to exist, which could materially and adversely affect our business,
results of operations and financial condition.
Additional antenna installation is also limited as a result of concerns that radio frequency emissions from base stations may cause
health problems. See “—The mobile telecommunications industry and participants in this industry, including us, may be required to
adopt an extensive program of field measurements of radio frequency emissions and be subject to further regulation and/or claims based
on concerns regarding potential health problems and interfere with medical devices.”
The telecommunications industry is subject to frequent changes in technology. Our ability to remain competitive depends on our ability
to implement new technology, and it is difficult to predict how new technology will affect our business.
Companies in the telecommunications industry must adapt to rapid and significant technological changes that are usually difficult
to anticipate. The mobile telecommunications industry in particular has experienced rapid and significant technological development
and frequent improvements in capacity, quality and data-transmission speed. We expect that new products and technologies will emerge
and that existing products and technologies will be further developed. For example, ANATEL is expected to conduct auctions for
radiofrequencies in the 5G spectrum during 2020. The advent of new products and technologies could have a variety of consequences.
Our future success depends on our ability to anticipate and adapt in a timely manner to technological changes. Technological changes
may render our equipment, services and technology obsolete or inefficient, which may adversely affect our competitiveness or require
us to increase our capital expenditures in order to maintain our competitive position. These new products and technologies may reduce
the price of our services by providing lower-cost alternatives and the creation of new digital services.
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For example, personal mobility service providers in Brazil are experiencing increasing competition from over-the-top, or OTT,
providers, which provide content (such as WhatsApp, Skype and YouTube) over an internet connection rather than through a service
provider’s network. OTT providers are becoming increasingly competitive as customers shift from mobile voice and SMS
communications to internet-based voice and data communications through computers and smartphone or tablet applications. In addition,
as providers of fixed and mobile telecommunications services, we face more legal, regulatory and tax barriers than providers of OTT
services, increasing our costs in relation to these provides and preventing us from being able to fully compete with them.
We may not obtain the expected benefits of our investments if more advanced technologies are adopted by the market. Even if we
adopt new technologies in a timely manner as they are developed, the cost of such technology may exceed the benefit to us, and we
cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our level of competitiveness.
Our operations depend on our ability to maintain, upgrade and operate efficiently our accounting, billing, customer service,
information technology and management information systems and to rely on the systems of other carriers under co-billing agreements.
Our success largely depends on the continued and uninterrupted performance of our controls, network technology systems and of
certain hardware. Our technical infrastructure (including our network infrastructure for mobile telecommunications services) is
vulnerable to damage or interruption from information and telecommunication technology failures, power loss, floods, windstorms,
fires, terrorism, intentional wrongdoing, human error and similar events. Our controls are dependent, not exclusively, on these
technological systems and are also subject to interruptions and failures. Unanticipated problems with our controls, or at our facilities,
system failures, hardware or software failures, computer viruses or hacker attacks could affect the quality of our services and cause
service interruptions. Any of these occurrences could result in reduced user traffic and reduced revenue and could harm our levels of
customer satisfaction, our reputation and compliance with certain of our regulatory obligations.
Sophisticated information and processing systems are vital to our growth and our ability to monitor costs, render monthly invoices
for services, process customer orders, provide customer service and achieve operating efficiencies. We cannot assure you that we will
be able to operate successfully and upgrade our accounting, information and processing systems or that these systems will continue to
perform as expected. We have entered into co-billing agreements with each long-distance telecommunications service provider that is
interconnected to our networks in Brazil to include in our invoices the long-distance services rendered by these providers, and these
providers have agreed to include charges owed to us in their invoices. Any failure in our accounting, information and processing
systems, or any problems with the execution of invoicing and collection services by other carriers with whom we have co-billing
agreements, could impair our ability to collect payments from customers and respond satisfactorily to customer needs, which could
adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We face various cyber-security risks that, if not adequately addressed, could have an adverse effect on our business.
We face various cyber-security risks that could result in business losses, including but not limited to contamination (whether
intentional or accidental) of our networks and systems by third parties with whom we exchange data, equipment failures or
unauthorized access to and loss of confidential customer, employee and/or proprietary data by persons inside or outside of our
organization. We are also exposed to cyber attacks causing systems degradation or service unavailability, the penetration of our
information technology systems and platforms by ill-intentioned third parties, and infiltration of malware (such as computer viruses)
into our systems.
The risks of cyber attacks has been exacerbated as a result of measures that we have adopted to combat the COVID-19 pandemic,
principally the institution of a “work-from-home” policy for our employees. Because our managers and employees have access to our
information systems from their remote locations, the demands on our security systems have increased. Although we have implemented
measures to prevent unauthorized access to our systems through the compromise of these remote access points, we cannot assure you
that perpetrators of cyber attacks will be prevented from accessing our information systems in all cases.
Cyber attacks against companies have increased in frequency, scope and potential harm in recent years. Further, the perpetrators of
cyber attacks are not restricted to particular groups or persons. These attacks may be committed by company employees or third parties
operating in any region, including jurisdictions where law enforcement measures to address such attacks are unavailable or ineffective.
We may not be able to successfully protect our operational and information technology systems and platforms against such threats.
Further, as cyber attacks continue to evolve, we may incur significant costs in the attempt to modify or enhance our protective measures
or investigate or remediate any vulnerability.
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The inability to operate our networks and systems as a result of cyber attacks, even for a limited period of time, may result in
significant expenses to us and/or a loss of market share to other telecommunications providers. The costs associated with a major cyber
attack could include expensive incentives offered to existing customers and business partners to retain their business, increased
expenditures on cyber-security measures and the use of alternate resources, lost revenues from business interruption and litigation. If we
are unable to adequately address these cyber-security risks, our operating network and information systems could be compromised,
which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Risks Relating to Our Company
Our debt instruments contain covenants that could restrict our financing and operating flexibility and have other adverse
consequences.
As of December 31, 2019, we had total outstanding borrowings and financing of R$31,642 million, excluding the fair value
adjustment to our borrowings and financing and debt issuance costs, and R$18,227 million, after giving effect to the fair value
adjustment and debt issuance costs. In addition, in February 2020, an investor subscribed to an aggregate amount of R$2,500 million of
Oi Mobile’s non-convertible debentures. We are subject to certain financial covenants under the instruments that govern our
indebtedness that limit our ability to incur additional debt. The level of our consolidated indebtedness and the requirements and
limitations imposed by these debt instruments could adversely affect our financial condition or results of operations. In particular, the
terms of some of these debt instruments restrict or may restrict our ability, and the ability of our subsidiaries, to:
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incur or guarantee additional debt;
grant liens over or pledge assets;
sell or dispose of assets;
merge or consolidate with another company;
pay dividends or distributions on capital stock or repurchase capital stock; and
make certain acquisitions, mergers and consolidations.
These covenants could limit our ability to plan for or react to market conditions or to meet our operational or capital needs, which
could reduce future net operating revenue and adversely affect our cash flows and profitability. Our ability to comply with these
covenants may be affected by events beyond our control, and we may have to curtail some operations to maintain compliance. As of
December 31, 2019, we were in full compliance with our financial covenants under our financial instruments.
In addition, the failure of Oi and our restricted subsidiaries to comply with these covenants could result in a default under our debt
agreements, which could permit the holders to accelerate our obligation to repay the debt and may be cross-defaulted to other debt. Our
assets or cash flow may not be sufficient to fully repay borrowings under our outstanding debt agreements if accelerated upon an event
of default, and there is no guarantee that we would be able to repay, refinance or restructure the payments on those debt agreements.
Furthermore, our debt instruments with BNDES contain financial covenants that require Oi to maintain five specified financial
ratios, measured on a quarterly basis. Under these debt instruments, BNDES has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the date the
financial covenants are tested, we are not in compliance with any two of these ratios. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance
with these financial covenants. As a result of the depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and the public health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, and the related
effects on our U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness and interest expenses, we believed that it was probable that as of March 31, 2020,
we would not be in compliance with more than one of these financial ratios. In anticipation of these ratio breaches, on March 30, 2020
we obtained a waiver from BNDES. The cross-default or cross-acceleration clauses in the instruments governing our other indebtedness
(other than Oi Mobile’s non-convertible debentures) provide that an event of default under our debt instruments with BNDES do not
trigger an event of default under our other indebtedness or enable the creditors under other indebtedness to accelerate that indebtedness.
Under the RJ Plan, until February 5, 2023, we are required to apply an amount equivalent to 100% of the net revenue from our
sale of assets in excess of US$200 million to investments in our activities. Beginning on February 5, 2024, we are required to allocate to
the repayment of debt instruments representing recoveries under the RJ Plan on an annual basis an amount equivalent to 70% of the
amount by which (1) our cash and cash equivalents and financial investments at the end of each fiscal year exceeds (2) the greater of (a)
25% of our operating expenses and capital expenses for that fiscal year, and (b) R$5,000 million, subject to adjustment in the event that
we conclude any capital increases. The cash required to make these repayments will reduce the amount available to us to make capital
expenditures.
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The RJ Plan permits us to borrow up to R$2 billion under new export credit facilities, as described under “Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects—Liquidity and Capital Resources.” This debt may be denominated in reais or in foreign currencies.
Accordingly, we may incur interest expenses and foreign exchange gains and losses in connection with this new debt. A significant
increase in any of these interest rates could adversely affect our financial expenses and negatively affect our overall financial
performance.
If the Brazilian Confirmation Order is overturned or modified, the RJ Debtors may be declared bankrupt under Brazilian law and
liquidated.
On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ Debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the
Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant to an urgent measure approved by our board of directors. On December 19 and
20, 2017, a GCM was held to consider approval of the most recently filed judicial reorganization plan. This GCM concluded on
December 20, 2017 following the approval of the RJ Plan reflecting amendments to the judicial reorganization plan presented at this
GCM as negotiated during the course of this GCM. On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order,
ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de
Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date. For more information with respect to the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4.
Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings.”
The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is currently binding on all parties, although it is subject to six pending
appeals with no suspensive effect attributed to those appeals. By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order,
provided that the Brazilian Confirmation Order is not overturned or altered as a result of the pending appeals filed against it by certain
creditors, the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and holders of such
claims are entitled only to receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the RJ Plan.
If the Brazilian Confirmation Order is overturned or modified and, as a result, the RJ Debtors are declared bankrupt, which under
Brazilian law is generally followed by a liquidation of the debtors’ assets, the rights and guarantees of the creditors recognized by the
RJ Court will be restored under the original terms as if the RJ Plan had never been approved, net of amounts validly received pursuant
to the RJ Plan, in accordance with Brazilian Bankruptcy Law. A modification of the Brazilian Confirmation Order may lead to a breach
of the RJ Plan by the RJ Debtors. In case of breach of the RJ Plan by the RJ Debtors, creditors will be entitled to (1) approve a
modification to the RJ Plan at a meeting of creditors complying with the quorum requirements established in the Brazilian Bankruptcy
Law, or (2) seek to have the RJ Debtors adjudicated as bankrupt by the RJ Court.
We are subject to numerous legal and administrative proceedings, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and
financial condition.
We are subject to numerous legal and administrative proceedings. It is difficult to quantify the potential impact of these legal and
administrative proceedings. We classify our risk of loss from legal and administrative proceedings as “probable,” “possible” or
“remote.” We make provisions for probable losses but do not make provisions for possible and remote losses.
As of December 31, 2019, we had provisioned R$5,252 million for probable losses relating to various tax, labor and civil legal and
administrative proceedings against us. As of December 31, 2019, we had claims against us of R$28,416 million in tax proceedings,
R$798 million in labor proceedings and R$1,668 million in civil proceedings with a risk of loss classified as “possible” for which we
had made no provisions. We are not required to disclose or record provisions for proceedings in which our management judges the risk
of loss to be remote. However, the amounts involved in certain of the proceedings in which we believe our risk of loss is remote could
be substantial. Consequently, our losses could be significantly higher than the amounts for which we have recorded provisions.
If we are subject to unfavorable decisions in any legal or administrative proceedings and the losses in those proceedings
significantly exceed the amount for which we have provisioned or involve proceedings for which we have made no provision, our
results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. Even for the amounts recorded as provisions for
probable losses, a judgment against us would have an effect on our cash flow if we are required to pay those amounts. Unfavorable
decisions in these legal proceedings may, therefore, reduce our liquidity and adversely affect our business, financial condition and
results of operations. For a more detailed description of these proceedings, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings.”
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We have indemnification obligations with respect to the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Portugal disposition that could materially
adversely affect our financial position.
In the exchange agreement, or the PT Exchange Agreement, that we entered into with Pharol under which we transferred defaulted
commercial paper of Rio Forte Investments S.A., or Rio Forte, to Pharol in exchange for the delivery to our company of Common
Shares and Preferred Shares as described under “Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions—Major Shareholders—PT
Option Agreement,” we agreed to indemnify Pharol against any loss arising from (1) Pharol’s contingent or absolute tax or anti-trust
obligations in relation to the assets contributed to our company in the Oi capital increase in connection with which we acquired PT
Portugal from Pharol in May 2014 and (2) Pharol’s management activities, with reference to acts or triggering events occurring on or
prior to May 5, 2014, excluding any losses incurred by Pharol as a result of the financial investments in the Rio Forte commercial paper
and the acquisition of the Rio Forte commercial paper from Oi under the PT Exchange Agreement.
In the share purchase agreement under which we sold PT Portugal in the PT Portugal disposition, we agreed to indemnify Altice
Portugal for breaches of our representations and warranties under the share purchase agreement, subject to certain customary procedural
and financial limitations. There can be no assurance that we will not be subject to significant claims under these indemnification
provisions and if we are subject to such claims under these indemnification provisions, we could be required to pay significant amounts,
which would have an adverse effect on our financial condition.
In the PT Ventures Share Purchase Agreement under which we sold PT Ventures to Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de
Angola, Empresa Pública – Sonangol E.P., or Sonangol, we agreed to indemnify Sonangol for breaches of our representations and
warranties under the PT Ventures Share Purchase Agreement, subject to certain customary procedural and financial limitations. There
can be no assurance that we will not be subject to significant claims under these indemnification provisions and if we are subject to such
claims under these indemnification provisions, we could be required to pay significant amounts, which would have an adverse effect on
our financial condition.
We are subject to credit risks with respect to our customers. If we are unable to limit payment delinquencies by our customers, or if
delinquent payments by our customers increase, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.
Our business significantly depends on our customers’ ability to pay their bills and comply with their obligations to us. During
2019, we recorded provisions for doubtful accounts in the amount of R$489 million, or 2.4% of our net operating revenue, primarily
due to subscribers’ delinquencies. As of December 31, 2019, our provision for doubtful accounts was R$774 million.
ANATEL regulations allow us to implement certain policies to reduce customer defaults, such as service restrictions or limitations
on the types of services provided based on a subscriber’s credit record. If we are unable to successfully implement policies to limit
delinquencies of our Brazilian subscribers or otherwise select our customers based on their credit records, persistent subscriber
delinquencies and bad debt will continue to adversely affect our operating and financial results.
In addition, if the Brazilian economy declines due to, among other factors, a reduction in the level of economic activity, an
increase in inflation or an increase in domestic interest rates, a greater portion of our customers may not be able to pay their bills on a
timely basis. For example, although do not have sufficient experience with the effects of the public health measures adopted in Brazil in
response to the COVID-19 pandemic to reliably estimate the quantitative effects of these measures, we expect that these public health
measures will have significant impacts on the income and purchasing power of many of our subscribers, particularly low-income
subscribers and SMEs, some of whom may cease operations. Any increase in expected losses on trade receivables would adversely
affect our financial condition and results of operations.
We are dependent on key personnel and the ability to hire and retain additional personnel.
We believe that our success will depend on the continued services of our senior management team and other key personnel. Our
management team is comprised of highly qualified professionals, with extensive experience in the telecommunications industry. The
loss of the services of any of our senior management team or other key employees could adversely affect our business, financial
condition and results of operations. We also depend on the ability of our senior management and key personnel to work effectively as a
team.
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Our future success also depends on our ability to identify, attract, hire, train, retain and motivate highly skilled technical,
managerial, sales and marketing personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense, and we cannot guarantee that we will
successfully attract, assimilate or retain a sufficient number of qualified personnel. Failure to retain and attract the necessary technical,
managerial, sales and marketing and administrative personnel could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
The outcome of Operation Mine Map, a criminal investigation being conducted by Brazilian authorities that involves historical
agreements of our company with certain entities, and any further investigations that may be commenced related to these agreements,
could have a material adverse effect on our company.
On December 10, 2019, the Brazilian Federal Police launched Operation Mine Map (Operação Mapa da Mina). One of the main
targets of Operation Mine Map was Fábio da Silva, son of former president Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva. The subject of the investigation
includes payments made by us to two groups of companies, Gamecorp and Grupo Gol. Brazilian authorities allege that these payments
were made in exchange for benefits from the Brazilian government. In connection with the investigation, our headquarters and some
other buildings in the States of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and in Brasília were searched and documents were seized relating to our
business with Gamecorp and Grupo Gol.
We have been cooperating with Brazilian authorities involved in Operation Mine Map and have provided information and
documents. We have not been notified that we are a target of any investigation relating to Operation Mine Map. None of our current
executive officers or members of our board of directors were involved in our historical relationships with Gamecorp and Grupo Gol.
We cannot predict when the Operation Mine Map investigation will be completed or the results of such investigation, including
whether any litigation or enforcement action will be brought against us or the outcome or impact of any resulting litigation or
enforcement action, nor can we predict any potential actions that may be taken by the relevant authorities. Any adverse development in
the Operation Mine Map investigation could subject us to potential fines or penalties under applicable law, materially adversely affect
our public reputation, and could have a material adverse effect on us, including: (1) threatening our ability to obtain new financing,
which could impair our ability to operate our business; and (2) shifting management’s focus to these matters, which could harm our
ability to meet our strategic objectives. Additionally, while we have taken, and are continuing to take, measures to enhance our
compliance programs, which are intended to assist us in detecting and preventing bribery and corruption, there can be no assurance that
these efforts will enable us to detect or prevent all such activities.
We could be adversely affected by violations of anti-corruption laws and regulations.
We are required to comply with Brazilian anti-corruption laws and regulations, including Brazilian Law No. 12,846/2013, or the
Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law, as well as anti-corruption laws and regulations in other jurisdictions, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977, or the FCPA.
The Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law, the FCPA and similar anti-corruption laws in other jurisdictions generally prohibit companies
and their intermediaries from making improper payments to government officials or other persons for the purpose of obtaining or
retaining business. Recent years have seen a substantial increase in anti-corruption law enforcement activity, with more frequent and
aggressive investigations and enforcement proceedings by both the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, or SEC, increased enforcement activity by non-U.S. regulators, and increases in criminal and civil proceedings brought
against companies and individuals. Our policies mandate compliance with these anti-corruption laws. We operate, through our
businesses, in countries that are recognized as having governmental and commercial corruption. We cannot assure you that our internal
control policies and procedures will protect us from reckless or criminal acts committed by our employees, the employees of any of our
businesses, or third party intermediaries. In the event that we believe or have reason to believe that our employees or agents have or
may have violated applicable anti-corruption laws, including the FCPA, we may be required to investigate or have outside counsel
investigate the relevant facts and circumstances, which can be expensive and require significant time and attention from senior
management. Violations of these laws may result in criminal or civil sanctions, inability to do business with existing or future business
partners (either as a result of express prohibitions or to avoid the appearance of impropriety), injunctions against future conduct, profit
disgorgements, disqualifications from directly or indirectly engaging in certain types of businesses, the loss of business permits or other
restrictions which could disrupt our business and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of
operations or liquidity.
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Risks Relating to Our Operations
We face significant competition in the Brazilian market and increasing competition from other services, which may adversely affect our
results of operations.
We face increasing competition throughout Brazil from other telecommunications service providers in each of our core service
businesses. In our Residential Services business, we compete with other fixed-line voice service providers, primarily Claro S.A., or
Claro, a subsidiary of América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V., and Telefônica Brasil S.A., a subsidiary of Telefónica S.A., or Telefônica Brasil.
In addition to Claro and Telefônica Brasil, our Residential Services business competes for broadband subscribers with a myriad of
smaller local and regional broadband services providers. Finally, our Residential Services business competes for Pay-TV broadband
subscribers with Claro and SKY Brasil Serviços Ltda., or SKY, and Telefônica Brasil. In our Personal Mobility Services business, we
compete with Telefônica Brasil, Claro, and TIM Participações S.A., a subsidiary of Telecom Italia S.p.A., or TIM. In our Business to
Business, or B2B, Services business, we compete with all of these competitors for small- and medium-sized enterprise, or SME, and
corporate subscribers (including governmental entities) for our fixed-line and mobile services.
Our primary competitors, Telefônica Brasil, TIM and Claro are each controlled by multinational companies that may have more
significant financial and marketing resources, and greater abilities to access capital on a timely basis and on more favorable terms, than
our company.
As a result of competition from mobile services, we expect (1) the number of our fixed lines in service to continue to decline as
some of our customers eliminate their fixed-line services in favor of mobile services, and (2) the use of existing fixed lines for making
voice calls to decline, as customers replace fixed-line calls in favor of calls on mobile phones as a result of the emergence of “all-net”
plans, which allow a customer to make calls to any fixed-line or mobile device of any operator for a flat monthly fee. The reduction in
the number of our fixed lines in service has negatively affected and is likely to continue to negatively affect our net operating revenue
and margins.
The primary drivers of competition in the broadband industry are stability and quality of the service, speed and price, with
discounts typically offered in the form of bundled services. Claro and Telefônica Brasil each offer broadband services at higher speeds
than ours and both offer integrated voice, broadband and Pay-TV services, typically as bundles, to the residential services market
through a single network infrastructure. In addition, an increasing number of small local and regional providers are competing in the
broadband space offering fiber-to-the-home, or FTTH, at competitive prices. Future offerings by our competitors that are aggressively
priced or that offer additional services could have an adverse effect on our net operating revenue and our results of operations.
We offer Pay-TV services throughout the regions in which we provide residential services. The Pay-TV market in Brazil has been
facing a steady drop in the number of subscribers since 2015 as a result of the financial crisis, piracy, and an increase in the cord-cutting
effect resulting from more widespread use of OTT services in Brazil, such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, HBO Go and others.
We and each of our principal competitors in the mobile telecommunications market offer Universal Mobile Telecommunications
System (UMTS), or 3G, and our Long Term Evolution (LTE), or 4G, mobile telecommunications network technology. Our competitors
have a much larger coverage footprint (in terms of cities covered) than we do both in 3G and 4G. In addition, the cost of maintaining
our revenue share in this market may increase and in the future we may incur higher advertising and other costs as we attempt to
maintain or expand our market presence. As mobile interconnection, or MTR, tariffs have declined in recent years, a trend towards SIM
card consolidation has developed, reversing the trend of customers using multiple SIM cards to participate in on-net calling plans
offered by multiple service providers; this trend has resulted, and may continue to result in, a decline in the size of our customer base.
Acquiring each additional personal mobility customer entails costs, including sales commissions and marketing costs. Recovering these
costs depends on our ability to retain such customers. Therefore, high rates of customer churn could have a material adverse effect on
the profitability of our Personal Mobility Services business. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the average monthly churn rate
of our Personal Mobility Services business, representing the number of subscribers whose service was disconnected during each month,
whether voluntarily or involuntarily, divided by the number of subscribers at the beginning of such month, was 3.28% per month. Our
inability to compete effectively to maintain and increase our market share in this market could adversely affect our net operating
revenue and profitability.
Our mobile subscribers are demanding higher quality and more data availability, which require higher investments in
development, modernization, expansion and continuous improvement in service quality and customers’ experience. As discussed above,
some of our competitors may have greater access to cheaper capital and the ability to invest in new technologies, including 4.5G and
700 MHz frequencies. Oi is the only operator in the market that does not have a license for the 700 MHz frequency.
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As a result of the increased availability of 4G mobile network technology, there has been an increase in the use of OTT services in
Brazil, including instant internet messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP, and services on smartphone applications such as
Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. OTT applications are often free of charge, other than for data usage, accessible by smartphones,
tablets and computers and allow their users to have access to potentially unlimited messaging and voice services over the internet,
bypassing more expensive traditional voice and messaging services such as two-way short (or text) message services known as SMS,
which have historically been, but are no longer a source of significant revenues. With the growing use of smartphones in Brazil, an
increasing number of customers are using OTT application services as a substitute for traditional voice or SMS communications. As a
result, we see the migration of traffic from voice to data and consequently the introduction of offers from almost all competitors of
unlimited voice plans in their portfolio, accelerating the process of commoditization of voice service. These trends could have an
adverse effect on the average revenue per unit, or ARPU, generated by our mobile customer base and our profitability.
The COVID-19 pandemic could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a novel strain of coronavirus referred to as COVID-19, has spread throughout the world. On
January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a global health emergency and on March 3, 2020, the
World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous deaths and the
imposition of local, municipal and national governmental “shelter-in-place” and other public health measures, border closures and other
travel restrictions, causing unprecedented economic disruption in much of the world, including in Brazil.
The local, national and international response to the virus is quickly developing, fluid and uncertain. During March and April of
2020, state, local and municipal authorities within Brazil promoted and enforced public health measures, including social isolation and
quarantine measures, and have enacted regulations limiting the operations of “non-essential” businesses. In mid-March 2020, Rio de
Janeiro and other Brazilian states declared a state of emergency. Although the Brazilian government has determined that the telecom
sector is an essential service, which allows us to continue our field maintenance activities without violating restrictions on movement
that have generally been imposed to combat the pandemic, in accordance with the recommendations of the authorities, we transitioned a
substantial majority of our employees to work from home.
Although we have devoted considerable resources to preventative measures in order to reduce the potential impacts of the
COVID-19 pandemic on our employees, business, service and operations, there can be no assurance that these measures will be
effective or that the pandemic will not have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For
example, public health measures could affect our network quality in the event that our networks are unable to meet increased demand as
a result of orders from the authorities that individuals stay at or work at home. In addition, sales of certain of our products and services,
such as services offered through door-to-door sales channels and sales made through our retail stores, will be reduced as a result of
public health measures, which could negatively impact us. The impact of public health measures adopted in Brazil on the income and
purchasing power of our subscribers, particularly low-income subscribers and SMEs, some of whom may cease operations, could
reduce their ability to pay us for services, which could result in a decline in our cash flows from operations and an increase in our
expected losses on trade receivables. If any applicable governmental body imposes rules preventing our termination services as a result
of non-payment, thus encouraging customer defaults on invoices, such measures are likely to result in a decline in our cash flows from
operations and an increase in our expected losses on trade receivables. Finally, as a result of restrictions on certain activities, it is
possible that our personnel may be unable to perform routine maintenance and installation activities, which could adversely affect our
operations and sales. For more information about specific measures that we have adopted and potential impacts on our business
operations, see “Item. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results
of Operations—Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
We cannot predict the full effect of the pandemic on our business or on the Brazilian economy. Federal, state and municipal
governments in Brazil may announce further restrictions on the general population and we cannot predict what effect this will have on
our operations and sales in the long term. We cannot predict the duration of the pandemic, the effectiveness of governmental or other
measures taken to attempt to curb the pandemic, or the duration of any such measures. In addition, following the pandemic and the
termination of any such governmental restrictions, the needs and preferences of our customers may have been altered. None of the
losses incurred or to be incurred by us as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, whether as a result of business interruption or inability to
attract new customers, is covered by insurance currently held by us. As a result, any such losses could have a material adverse effect on
our business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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We may be unable to implement our plans to expand and enhance our existing networks in Brazil in a timely manner or without
unanticipated costs, which could hinder or prevent the successful implementation of our business plan and result in revenues and net
income being less than expected.
Our business as a telecommunications services provider depends on our ability to maintain and expand our telecommunications
services network. Our ability to achieve our strategic objectives depends in large part on the successful, timely and cost-effective
implementation of our plans to expand and enhance our networks in Brazil. We believe that our expected growth will require, among
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efficiently allocating our capital;
increasing marketing activities;
improving our understanding of customer wants and needs;
continuous attention to service quality; and
attracting, training and retaining qualified management, technical, customer relations, and sales personnel.
We believe that these requirements will place significant demand on our managerial, operational and financial resources. Factors
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delays in the delivery of telecommunications equipment by our vendors, which could be exacerbated by the effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of our equipment suppliers;
the failure of the telecommunications equipment supplied by our vendors to comply with the expected capabilities;
the failure to obtain licenses necessary for our projects; and
delays resulting from the failure of third-party suppliers or contractors to meet their obligations in a timely and cost-
effective manner, which could be exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operations of our third-
party suppliers or contractors.
Although we believe that our cost estimates and implementation schedule are reasonable and have not been affected by factors
relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot assure you that the actual costs or time required to complete the implementation of
these projects will not substantially exceed our current estimates, particularly if the COVID-19 pandemic increases in severity or
extends over a prolonged period of time. Any significant cost overrun or delay could hinder or prevent the successful implementation of
our business plan and result in revenues and net income being less than expected. Failure to manage successfully our expected growth
could reduce the quality of our services, with adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We make investments based on demand forecasts that may become inaccurate due to economic volatility and may result in revenues
that are lower than expected.
We make certain investments, such as the procurement of materials and the development of our network infrastructure, based on
our forecasts of the amount of demand that customers will have for our services at a later date. However, any major changes in the
Brazilian economic scenario may affect this demand and therefore our forecasts may turn out to be inaccurate. For example, economic
impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health measures adopted in Brazil to combat this pandemic, economic crises that
restrict credit to the population, and uncertainties relating to employment may result in a delay in the decision to acquire new products
or services (such as broadband or Pay-TV). As a result, it is possible that we may make larger investments based on demand forecasts
than were necessary given actual demand at the relevant time, which may directly affect our cash flow.
Furthermore, improvements in economic conditions may have the opposite effect. For example, an increase in demand not
accompanied by our investment in improved infrastructure may result in a possible loss of opportunity to increase our revenue or result
in the degradation of the quality of our services.
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We rely on strategic suppliers of equipment, materials and certain services necessary for our operations and expansion. If these
suppliers fail to provide equipment, materials or services to us on a timely basis, we could experience disruptions, which could have an
adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations.
We are in the process of vendor consolidation by using only on a few strategic and most representative technology suppliers
around the world to provide us with equipment and materials that we need in order to expand and to operate our business in Brazil. In
addition, we rely on a third-party provider of network maintenance services in certain regions where we operate. There are a limited
number of suppliers with the capability of providing the mobile network equipment and fixed-line network platforms that our
operations and expansion plans require or the services that we require to maintain our networks. In addition, because the supply of
mobile network equipment and fixed-line network platforms requires detailed supply planning and this equipment is technologically
complex, it would be difficult for our company to replace the suppliers of this equipment. Suppliers of cables that we need to extend
and maintain our networks may suffer capacity constraints or difficulties in obtaining the raw materials required to manufacture these
cables. As a result, we are exposed to risks associated with these suppliers, including restrictions of production capacity for equipment
and materials, availability of equipment and materials, delays in delivery of equipment, materials or services, and price increases, many
of which may be exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and public health measures in Brazil and internationally to
combat the pandemic. If these suppliers or vendors fail to provide equipment, materials or services to us on a timely basis or otherwise
in compliance with the terms of our contracts with these suppliers, we could experience disruptions or declines in the quality of our
services, which could have an adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations, and we might be unable to satisfy the
requirements contained in our concession and authorization agreements.
Certain essential equipment is subject to risks related to importation, and we acquire other essential equipment from a limited number
of domestic suppliers, which may further limit our ability to acquire such essential equipment in a timely and cost effective manner.
The high growth in data markets in general, and broadband in particular, may result in a limited supply of equipment essential for
the provision of such services, such as data transmission equipment and modems. The restrictions on the number of manufacturers
imposed by the Brazilian government for certain essential equipment, mainly data transmission equipment and modems, and the
geographical locations of non-Brazilian manufacturers of this essential equipment, pose certain risks, including:
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vulnerability to currency fluctuations in cases where essential equipment is imported and paid for with U.S. dollars, Euros
or other foreign currencies, which could be exacerbated by the macroeconomic effects in Brazil of the COVID-19
pandemic and the public health measures adopted in Brazil to combat the pandemic;
difficulties in managing inventory due to an inability to accurately forecast the domestic availability of certain essential
equipment, which could be exacerbated by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the public health measures adopted
in Brazil to combat the pandemic; and
the imposition of customs or other duties on essential equipment that is imported.
If any of these risks materialize, they may result in our inability to provide services to our customers in a timely manner or may
affect the prices of our services, which may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We may be unable to respond to the trend towards consolidation in the Brazilian telecommunications market.
The Brazilian telecommunications market has been subject to consolidation. Mergers and acquisitions may change market
dynamics, create competitive pressures and force small competitors to find partners, and may require us to adjust our operations,
marketing strategies, and product portfolio. For example, in March 2015, Telefónica S.A., or Telefónica, acquired from Vivendi S.A.,
all of the shares of GVT Participações S.A., the controlling shareholder of Global Village Telecom S.A. This acquisition increased
Telefónica’s share of the Brazilian telecommunications market, and we believe such trend is likely to continue in the industry as
participants continue to pursue economies of scale. The entry of a new market participant with significant financial resources or
potential changes in strategy by existing telecommunications service providers can change the competitive environment in the Brazilian
market. We may be unable to keep pace with these changes, which could affect our ability to compete effectively and have a material
adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Additional joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions among telecommunications service providers are possible in the future. If such
consolidation occurs, it may result in increased competition within our market. We may be unable to adequately respond to pricing
pressures resulting from consolidation in our market, adversely affecting our business, financial condition and results of operations. We
may also consider engaging in merger or acquisition activity in response to changes in the competitive environment, which could divert
resources away from other aspects of our business.
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Our commitment to meet the obligations of our Brazilian employees’ pension plans, managed by Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social
and Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social may be higher than what is currently anticipated, and therefore, we may be required to
make additional contributions of resources to these pension plans or to record liabilities or expenses that are higher than currently
recorded.
As sponsors of certain private employee pension plans in Brazil, which are managed by Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social, or
Sistel, and Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social, or FATL, our subsidiaries cover the actuarial deficits of these pension benefit
plans, which provide guaranteed benefits to our retirees in Brazil and guaranteed future benefits to our current Brazilian employees at
the time of their retirement. As of December 31, 2019, our Brazilian pension benefit plans had an aggregate deficit of R$633 million.
Our commitment to meet these deficit obligations may be higher than we currently anticipate, and we may be required to make
additional contributions or record liabilities or expenses that are higher than we currently record, which may adversely affect our
financial results. If the life expectancy of the beneficiaries should exceed the life expectancies included in the actuarial models, the level
of our contributions to these plans could increase. If the managers of these plans should suffer losses on the investments of the assets of
these plans, we would be required to make additional contributions to these plans in order for these plans to be able to provide the
agreed benefits. Any increase in the level of our contributions to these plans as a result of an increase in life expectancy or a decline in
investment returns could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. For a more detailed
description of our Brazilian pension plans, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Employees—Employee
Benefits—Pension Benefit Plans.”
As a result of the RJ Proceedings, certain of our unfunded obligations under our post-retirement plans were novated. As of
December 31, 2019, we had recorded R$633 million on our balance sheet as “liability for pension benefits,” net of provision for
unfunded status on our balance sheet, represented by the commitment under the terms of the RJ Plan related to the financial obligations
agreement, entered into by Oi and FATL intended for the payment of the mathematical provision without coverage by the plan’s assets.
For more information, see “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Employees—Employee Benefits—Pension Benefit
Plans—Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social—TCSPREV Plan” and note 27 to our audited consolidated financial statements
included in this annual report.
Risks Relating to Brazil
The Brazilian government has exercised, and continues to exercise, significant influence over the Brazilian economy. This influence, as
well as Brazilian political and economic conditions, could adversely impact our business, results of operations and financial condition
and the market prices of our Common Shares, preferred shares and ADSs.
Oi is a Brazilian corporation, and substantially all of our operations and customers are located in Brazil. Accordingly, our financial
condition and results of operations are substantially dependent on Brazil’s economy. The Brazilian federal government frequently
exercises significant influence over the Brazilian economy and occasionally makes significant changes in policy and regulations. The
Brazilian government’s actions to control inflation and implement macroeconomic policies have often involved, among other measures,
changes in interest rates, changes in tax policies, wage and price controls, foreign exchange controls, currency devaluations, blocking
access to bank accounts, imposing capital controls and limits on imports. We do not have any control over, and are unable to predict,
which measures or policies the Brazilian government may adopt in the future. Our business, results of operations and financial
condition and the market price of our Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs may be adversely affected by changes in
government policies or regulations, especially those related to the telecommunications sector, such as changes in rates and competitive
conditions, as well as general economic factors, including:
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fluctuating exchange rates;
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interest rates and monetary policies;
reductions in salaries or income levels and unemployment rates;
liquidity of domestic capital and lending markets;
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exchange controls and restrictions on remittances abroad;
changes to the regulatory framework governing our industry;
fiscal policies and changes in tax laws;
labor and social security policies, laws and regulations; and
other political, diplomatic, social and economic developments in or affecting Brazil.
Uncertainty over whether the Brazilian federal government will implement changes to the policies, regulations or standards
affecting these or other factors in the future may affect economic performance and contribute to economic uncertainty in Brazil and to
heightened volatility in the Brazilian securities markets and securities issued abroad by Brazilian issuers, which may have an adverse
effect on us and the trading price of our Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs.
Ongoing political instability has adversely affected the Brazilian economy, our business and results of operations and may adversely
affect the market price of our Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs.
The Brazilian economy has been affected by political events in Brazil, which have also affected the confidence of investors and
the public in general, adversely impacting the performance of the Brazilian economy and heightening the volatility of securities issued
by Brazilian companies.
Brazilian markets have also experienced heightened volatility due to uncertainties derived from the ongoing investigations
conducted by the Brazilian Federal Police and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Ministério Público Federal), among which is Operation
Car Wash (Operação Lava Jato). Such investigations have impacted the Brazilian economy and political environment. Numerous
members of the Brazilian government and of the legislative branch, as well as senior officers of large state-owned and private
companies, have been convicted of political corruption related to bribes by means of kickbacks on contracts granted by the government
to several infrastructure, oil and gas and construction companies, among others. Profits of these kickbacks allegedly financed the
political campaigns of political parties that were unaccounted for or not publicly disclosed, and served to further the personal
enrichment of the recipients of the bribery schemes. As a result, a number of senior politicians, including former president Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva, congressmen and officers of the major state-owned and private companies in Brazil, resigned and/or have been arrested,
and numerous senior elected officials and other public officials are being investigated for unethical and illegal behavior.
The outcome of these investigations is uncertain, but they have already had an adverse impact on the image and reputation of the
implicated companies, and on the general market perception of Brazil. The development of these investigations has and may continue to
adversely affect us. We cannot predict whether the ongoing investigations will affect the market or will lead to heightened economic
and political volatility in Brazil, nor whether new investigations against politicians and/or officers of private companies will occur in the
future.
In addition, in October 2018, Brazilians elected federal congressmen, state congressmen, two-thirds of the total number of senators
and governors, and the president, and the new elected officials took office at the beginning of 2019. Following a divisive presidential
race, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro became Brazil’s president on January 1, 2019.
Any continuation of such divisions could result in congressional deadlock, political unrest and massive demonstrations and/or
strikes that could materially adversely affect our operations. Uncertainties in relation to the implementation by the new administration
of changes relating to monetary, tax and pension funds policies, as well as to the relevant legislation that must be passed to implement
them, may contribute to economic instability. These uncertainties and new measures may increase market volatility of Brazilian
securities issued abroad.
The President of Brazil has the power to determine policies and issue governmental acts related to the Brazilian economy that
affect the operations and financial performance of companies, including us. We cannot predict which policies the newly elected
president will adopt or if these policies or changes in current policies may have an adverse effect on us or the Brazilian economy.
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Fluctuations in exchange rates may lead to substantial losses on our liabilities denominated in or linked to foreign currencies.
Since 1999, exchange rates for the real have been set by the market, i.e., a floating exchange rate system. Although long-term
depreciation of the real is generally linked to the rate of inflation in Brazil, depreciation of the real occurring over shorter periods of
time has resulted in significant variations in the exchange rate between the real, the U.S. dollar and other currencies. The exchange rate
between the U.S. dollar and the Brazilian real has experienced significant fluctuations in recent years. The real depreciated against the
U.S. dollar by 47.1% during 2015. During 2016, the real appreciated against the U.S. dollar by 16.5% and the real depreciated against
the U.S. dollar by 1.5% in 2017, 17.1% in 2018, and 4.0% in 2019.
As of December 31, 2019, R$18,294 million, or 57.8%, of our total consolidated borrowings and financing was denominated in
currencies other than the real, excluding the fair value adjustment to our borrowings and financing and debt issuance costs, and
R$9,521 million, or 52.2%, of our total consolidated borrowings and financing was denominated in currencies other than the real, after
giving effect to the fair value adjustment to our borrowings and financing and debt issuance costs. When the real depreciates against
foreign currencies, we incur losses on our liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, such as our U.S. dollar-denominated PIK
Toggle Notes and export credit facilities, and we incur gains on our monetary assets denominated in or indexed to foreign currencies, as
the liabilities and assets are translated into reais. On the other hand, when the real depreciates against foreign currencies, we incur gains
on the balance of our fair value adjustment as a consequence of the gross debt balance, which partially offsets the negative impact on
our borrowings and financings. If significant depreciation of the real were to occur when the value of such liabilities significantly
exceeds the value of such assets, including any financial instruments entered into for hedging purposes, we could incur significant
losses, even if the value of those assets and liabilities has not changed in their original currency. In addition, a significant depreciation
in the real could adversely affect our ability to meet certain of our payment obligations. A failure to meet certain of our payment
obligations could trigger a default under certain financial covenants in our debt instruments, which could have a material adverse effect
on our business and results of operations.
The significant depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the public
health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, is expected to have effects on our U.S. dollar-
denominated indebtedness and interest expenses, negatively affecting our results of operations. Notwithstanding the adverse effects on
the carrying amounts of our financial liabilities, we do not anticipate any substantial effect on our liquidity as there are few short-term
payment obligations under our indebtedness, which we have hedged by continuing to hold a portion of the proceeds from our sale of PT
Ventures in U.S. dollars. However, a prolonged deterioration of the value of the real could adversely affect our ability to meet our
payment obligations on our indebtedness when future amortization payments become due. A portion of our capital expenditures and
operating leases require us to acquire assets or use third-party assets at prices denominated in or linked to foreign currencies, some of
which are financed by liabilities denominated in foreign currencies, principally the U.S. dollar. We generally do not hedge exposures
relating to our capital expenditures against risks related to movements of the real against foreign currencies. To the extent that the value
of the real decreases relative to the U.S. dollar, it becomes more costly for us to purchase these assets or services, which could
adversely affect our business and financial performance. Despite the 17.1% depreciation of the real during 2018, the slow recovery of
the Brazilian economy limited inflation and allowed the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil), or the Brazilian Central
Bank to reduce the SELIC rate (the Brazilian Central Bank’s overnight rate) by 0.50% during 2018, ending 2018 at 6.5%. As of
December 31, 2019, the SELIC rate was 4.5%.
The significant depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019 is expected to have effects on our U.S. dollar-
denominated capital expenditure and operating lease costs, although we do not anticipate any substantial effects in the short-term as we
generally fix the exchange rates applicable to our network equipment orders at the time that these orders are placed and we have hedged
our U.S. dollar-denominated operating expenses by continuing to hold a portion of the proceeds from our sale of PT Ventures in U.S.
dollars. A prolonged deterioration of the value of the real could adversely affect our ability to implement our capital expenditure
program and increase our operating costs, adversely affect our operating results and overall financial performance.
Appreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar may lead to a deterioration of the country’s current account and the balance of
payments, as well as to a dampening of export-driven growth. Any such appreciation could reduce the competitiveness of Brazilian
exports and adversely affect net sales and cash flows from exports. Depreciation of the real relative to the U.S. dollar could create
additional inflationary pressures in Brazil by increasing the price of imported products, which may result in the adoption of deflationary
government policies. The sharp depreciation of the real in relation to the U.S. dollar may generate inflation and governmental measures
to fight possible inflationary outbreaks, including the increase in interest rates, which reduces the purchasing power of consumers and
raises the cost in the credit market. Any such macroeconomic effects could adversely affect our net operating revenues and our overall
financial performance.
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If Brazil experiences substantial inflation in the future, our margins and our ability to access foreign financial markets may be reduced.
Inflation and government measures to curb inflation may have adverse effects on the Brazilian economy, the Brazilian securities market
and our business and results of operations.
In the past, Brazil has experienced extremely high rates of inflation. Inflation, policies adopted to curb inflationary pressures and
uncertainties regarding possible future governmental intervention have had and are expected to continue to have significant negative
effects on the Brazilian economy generally, and have contributed to economic uncertainty and heightened volatility in the Brazilian
capital markets.
According to the Broad Consumer Price Index (Índice Nacional de Preços ao Consumidor Ampliado), or IPCA, published by the
Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística), the Brazilian consumer price inflation
rates were 10.7% during 2015, 6.3% during 2016, 3.0% during 2017, 3.8% during 2018 and 4.3% during 2019. Brazil may experience
high levels of inflation in the future and inflationary pressures may lead to the Brazilian government’s intervening in the economy and
introducing policies that could harm our business and the price of our Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs.
As of the date of this annual report, fixed broadband and mobile service providers use the General Market Price Index — Internal
Availability (Índice Geral de Preços — Disponibilidade Interna), or IGP-DI, to adjust their prices. The IGP-DI is an inflation index
developed by the Fundação Getúlio Vargas, or FGV, a private organization. The IGP-DI index was 10.7% during 2015, 7.2% during
2016, (0.42)% during 2017, 7.1% during 2018 and 7.7% during 2019.
Since 2006, rates for fixed-line services have been indexed to the Telecommunication Services Index (Índice de Serviços de
Telecomunicações), or IST, adjusted by a productivity factor, which is defined by ANATEL Resolution 507/2008. The IST is an index
composed of other domestic price indexes (including the IPCA, the IGP-DI and the General Market Price Index (Índice Geral de
Preços ao Mercado), or IGP-M, published by FGV, among others) that is intended to reflect the telecommunications industry’s
operating costs. As a result, this index serves to reduce potential discrepancies between our industry’s revenue and costs, and thus
reduce the apparent adverse effects of inflation on our operations. The productivity factor, pursuant to which ANATEL is authorized to
adjust fee rates, is calculated based on a compensation index established by ANATEL to incentivize operational efficiency and to share
related gains in earnings from fixed line services with customers through fee rate adjustments. The IST is calculated based on a
12-month period average. This may cause increases in our revenues above or below our costs (including salaries), with potentially
adverse impacts on our profitability.
If Brazil experiences substantial inflation in the future, our costs may increase and our operating and net margins may decrease.
Although ANATEL regulations provide for annual price increases for most of our services in Brazil, such increases are linked to
inflation indices, discounted by increases in our productivity. During periods of rapid increases in inflation, the price increases for our
services may not be sufficient to cover our additional costs and we may be adversely affected by the lag in time between the incurrence
of increased costs and the receipt of revenues resulting from the annual price increases. Inflationary pressures may also curtail our
ability to access foreign financial markets and may lead to further government intervention in the economy, including the introduction
of government policies that may adversely affect the overall performance of the Brazilian economy.
Fluctuations in interest rates could increase the cost of servicing our debt and negatively affect our overall financial performance.
Our financial expenses are affected by changes in the interest rates that apply to our floating rate debt. As of December 31, 2019,
we had, among other consolidated debt obligations, excluding the fair value adjustment to our borrowings and financing and debt
issuance costs, R$13,087 million of borrowings and financing that were subject to variable interest rates, including R$9,140 million of
borrowings and financing and debentures that were subject to the Interbank Certificate of Deposit (Certificado de Depósito
Interbancário), or CDI, rate, an interbank rate, and R$3,947 million of borrowings and financing that were subject to the Long-Term
Interest Rate (Taxa de Juros de Longo Prazo), or TJLP, a long-term interest rate. As of December 31, 2019, we had, among other
consolidated debt obligations, after giving effect to the fair value adjustment to our borrowings and financing and debt issuance costs,
R$9,148 million of borrowings and financing that were subject to variable interest rates, including R$4,695 million of borrowings and
financing and debentures that were subject to the CDI rate, and R$3,946 million of borrowings and financing that were subject to the
TJLP.
The TJLP includes an inflation factor and is determined quarterly by the National Monetary Council (Conselho Monetário
Nacional). In particular, the TJLP and the CDI rate have fluctuated significantly in the past in response to the expansion or contraction
of the Brazilian economy, inflation, Brazilian government policies and other factors. For example, the CDI rate decreased from 11.57%
per annum as of December 31, 2014 to 14.13% per annum as of December 31, 2015, and decreased to 13.63% per annum as of
December 31, 2016, 6.89% per annum as of December 31, 2017, 6.40% per annum as of December 31, 2018 and 4.40% per annum as
of December 31, 2019.
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The market value of securities issued by Brazilian companies is influenced by the perception of risk in Brazil and other countries, which
may have a negative effect on the trading price of Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs and may restrict our access to
international capital markets.
Economic and market conditions in other countries and regions, including the United States, the European Union and emerging
market countries, may affect to varying degrees the market value of securities of Brazilian issuers. Although economic conditions in
these countries and regions may differ significantly from economic conditions in Brazil, investors’ reactions to developments in these
other countries may have an adverse effect on the market value of securities of Brazilian issuers, the availability of credit in Brazil and
the amount of foreign investment in Brazil. Crises in the European Union, the United States and emerging market countries have at
times resulted in significant outflows of funds from Brazil and may diminish investor interest in securities of Brazilian issuers,
including our company. This could materially and adversely affect the market price of our securities, and could also make it more
difficult for us to access the capital markets and finance our operations in the future on acceptable terms or at all.
Risks Relating to the Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs
Holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs may not receive any dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity.
According to Oi’s by-laws and the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi must pay its shareholders at least 25% of Oi’s consolidated annual
net income as dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity, as calculated and adjusted in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law.
This adjusted net income may be capitalized, used to absorb losses or otherwise retained as allowed under the Brazilian Corporate Law
and Oi’s by-laws and may not be available to be paid as dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity. Holders of Common Shares or
Common ADSs may not receive any dividends or interest on shareholders’ equity in any given year due to the dividend preference of
Preferred Shares. Additionally, the Brazilian Corporate Law allows a publicly traded company like Oi to suspend the mandatory
distribution of dividends in any particular year if Oi’s board of directors informs Oi’s shareholders at the ordinary general shareholders’
meeting that such distributions would be inadvisable in view of Oi’s financial condition or cash availability and subject to approval of
the general shareholders’ meeting. In addition, the members of Oi’s fiscal council must issue an opinion with respect to the suspension
of the mandatory distribution of dividends and Oi’s board of directors must submit to the CVM the justification for such suspension.
Moreover, under the RJ Plan, Oi and the other RJ Debtors are prohibited from declaring or paying dividends, interest on
shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or making any other payment or distribution on or related to their shares
(including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) until February 5, 2024. After February 5, 2024, Oi and the other RJ
Debtors will be permitted to declare or pay dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or make any
other payment or distribution on or related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) if Oi meets a
certain financial ratio, as described under “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy.” There shall not be any
restriction to the distribution of dividends under the RJ Plan after the full payment of the Financial Credits (as defined in the RJ Plan).
The restrictions of the payment of dividends and other distributions described in this paragraph are subject to certain exceptions, as
described under “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy.”
Holders of ADSs are not entitled to attend shareholders’ meetings and may only vote through the depositary.
Under Brazilian law, only shareholders registered as such in Oi’s corporate books may attend Oi’s shareholders’ meetings. All
Common Shares and Preferred Shares underlying our ADSs are registered in the name of the depositary. Consequently, a holder of
ADSs is not entitled to attend Oi’s shareholders’ meetings. Holders of ADSs may exercise the voting rights with respect to Common
Shares and the limited voting rights with respect to Preferred Shares represented by our ADSs only in accordance with the applicable
deposit agreement relating to the ADSs. There are practical limitations upon the ability of holders of ADSs to exercise their voting
rights due to the additional steps involved in communicating with holders of ADSs. For example, Oi is required to publish a notice of
Oi’s shareholders’ meetings in certain newspapers in Brazil. To the extent that holders of Common Shares or Preferred Shares are
entitled to vote at a shareholders’ meeting, they will be able to exercise their voting rights by attending the meeting in person or voting
by proxy. By contrast, holders of ADSs will receive notice of a shareholders’ meeting by mail from the depositary following Oi’s
notification to the depositary of the shareholders’ meeting and Oi’s request that the depositary inform holders of ADSs of the
shareholders’ meeting. To exercise their voting rights, holders of ADSs must instruct the depositary on a timely basis. This voting
process will take longer for holders of ADSs than for holders of Common Shares or Preferred Shares. If the depositary fails to receive
timely voting instructions for all or part of ADSs, the depositary will assume that the holders of those ADSs are instructing it to give a
discretionary proxy to a person designated by us to vote their ADSs, except in limited circumstances.
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We cannot assure you that holders of ADSs will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that such holders can instruct the
depositary to vote Common Shares or Preferred Shares underlying their ADSs. In addition, the depositary and its agents are not
responsible for failing to carry out voting instructions of the holders of ADSs or for the manner of carrying out those voting
instructions. Accordingly, holders of ADSs may not be able to exercise voting rights, and they will have no recourse if the Common
Shares or Preferred Shares underlying their ADSs are not voted as requested.
Holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs in the United States may not be entitled to participate in future preemptive
rights offerings of Common Shares or Preferred Shares.
Under Brazilian law, if Oi offers to issue new shares in exchange for cash or assets as part of a capital increase, Oi generally must
grant its shareholders the right to purchase a sufficient number of the offered shares to maintain their existing ownership percentage.
Rights to purchase shares in these circumstances are known as preemptive rights. Oi may not legally be permitted to allow holders of
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs in the United States to exercise any preemptive rights in any future capital increase unless
either (1) Oi files a registration statement with the SEC with respect to that offering of shares, as Oi did for its most recent capital
increase, or (2) that offering of shares qualifies for an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. At the time of
any future capital increase, Oi will evaluate the costs and potential liabilities associated with filing a registration statement with the SEC
and any other factors that Oi considers important in determining whether to file such a registration statement. Oi is not obligated to file
a registration statement in connection with any future capital increase, and Oi cannot assure the holders of Common Shares, Preferred
Shares or ADSs in the United States that it will file a registration statement with the SEC to allow them to participate in a preemptive
rights offering. As a result, the equity interest of such holders in Oi may be diluted.
If holders of ADSs exchange them for Common Shares or Preferred Shares, they may risk temporarily losing, or being limited in, the
ability to remit foreign currency abroad and certain Brazilian tax advantages.
The Brazilian custodian for the Common Shares and Preferred Shares underlying our ADSs has obtained an electronic registration
number with the Brazilian Central Bank to allow the depositary to remit U.S. dollars abroad. ADS holders benefit from the electronic
certificate of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank obtained by the custodian for the depositary, which permits it
to convert dividends and other distributions with respect to the Common Shares or Preferred Shares into U.S. dollars and remit the
proceeds of such conversion abroad. If holders of our ADSs decide to exchange them for the underlying Common Shares or Preferred
Shares, they will be required to appoint a Brazilian financial institution to act as their legal representative who shall be responsible,
among other things, for keeping and updating the investors’ certificates of registrations with the Brazilian Central Bank, as provided in
CMN Resolution No. 4,373. Investors will only be able to remit U.S. dollars abroad if the relevant new electronic certificate of foreign
capital registration in connection with the Common Shares or Preferred Shares is previously obtained. If such investors fail to obtain or
update the relevant certificates of registration, it may result in additional expenses and may cause delays in receiving distributions. See
“Item 10. Additional Information—Exchange Controls.”
In addition, if holders of our ADSs exchange our ADSs for Common Shares or Preferred Shares, generally they may be subject to
a less favorable tax treatment on the proceeds from any sale of, our Common Shares or Preferred Shares. See “Item 10. Additional
Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”
Holders of ADSs may face difficulties in serving process on or enforcing judgments against us and other persons.
Oi is incorporated as a corporation under the laws of Brazil and substantially all of Oi’s assets are located in Brazil. In addition, all
of Oi’s directors and executive officers reside outside the United States and all or a significant portion of the assets of such persons may
be located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for holders of ADSs to effect service of process within the
United States or other jurisdictions outside Brazil upon such persons, or to enforce against such persons judgments of U.S. courts,
including judgments predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws or the laws of such other
jurisdictions.
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Holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares will be subject to, and holders of ADSs could be subject to, Brazilian income tax on
capital gains from sales of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
According to Article 26 of Brazilian Law No. 10,833/2003, if a holder not deemed to be domiciled in Brazil for Brazilian tax and
regulatory purposes, or a Non-Brazilian Holder, disposes of assets located in Brazil, the transaction will be subject to taxation in Brazil,
even if such disposition occurs outside Brazil or if such disposition is made to another Non-Brazilian Holder. Accordingly, on the
disposition of common shares or preferred shares, which are considered assets located in Brazil, the Non-Brazilian Holder will be
subject to income tax on the gains assessed, following the rules described under “Item 10. Additional
Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains,” regardless of whether the transactions are conducted in
Brazil or abroad and with a Brazilian resident or not. A disposition of our ADSs, however, involves the disposal of a non-Brazilian
asset, which in principle should not be subject to taxation in Brazil. Nevertheless, in the event that the concept of “assets located in
Brazil” is interpreted to include our ADSs, this tax law could result in the imposition of withholding taxes on the disposition of our
ADSs made by Non-Brazilian Holders. Due to the fact that, as of the date of this annual report, Article 26 of Brazilian Law
No. 10,833/2003 has no judicial guidance as to its application to ADSs, we are unable to predict which interpretation would ultimately
prevail in Brazilian courts. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations —Taxation of Gains.”
Oi believes that it was not a passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) for its taxable year ended December 31, 2019.
Oi will be classified as a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, in any taxable year if either: (1) 50% or more of the fair
market value of our gross assets (determined on the basis of a quarterly average) for the taxable year produce passive income or are held
for the production of passive income, or (2) 75% or more of our gross income for the taxable year is passive income. As a publicly
traded foreign corporation, Oi intends for this purpose to treat the aggregate fair market value of our gross assets as being equal to the
aggregate value of our outstanding stock plus the total amount of our liabilities (“market capitalization”) and to treat the excess of the
fair market value of our assets over their book value as a nonpassive asset to the extent attributable to our nonpassive income. Based on
the market price of the Common Shares and the Preferred Shares and the composition of our assets, Oi believes that it was not a PFIC
for U.S. federal income tax purposes for its taxable year ended December 31, 2019, although Oi believes that it was a PFIC for the
taxable year ended December 31, 2018. Nevertheless, because PFIC status is determined annually based on Oi’s income, assets and
activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to determine whether Oi will be characterized as a PFIC for the taxable year
ending December 31, 2020, or for any subsequent year, until after the close of the year. Furthermore, because Oi determines the value
of its gross assets based on the Market Capitalization test, a decline in the value of its Common Shares and Preferred Shares may result
in Oi becoming a PFIC. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that Oi will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year.
If contrary to Oi’s belief, Oi were characterized as a PFIC for its taxable year ended December 31, 2019, certain adverse U.S.
federal income tax consequences could apply to a U.S. investor who holds Common Shares or Preferred Shares or ADSs with respect to
any “excess distribution” received from Oi and any gain from a sale or other disposition of Common Shares or Preferred Shares or
ADSs, and U.S. investors also may be subject to additional reporting obligations with respect to Common Shares or Preferred Shares or
ADSs. In such case, Oi does not intend to provide the information necessary for a U.S. investor to make a qualified electing fund
election with respect to the Common Shares or Preferred Shares or ADSs. See “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation – U.S.
Federal Income Tax Considerations – Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules.”
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If a United States person is treated as owning at least 10% of Oi’s shares, such holder may be subject to adverse U.S. federal income
tax consequences.
If a United States person is treated as owning (directly, indirectly or constructively) at least 10% of the value or voting power of
Oi’s shares, such person may be treated as a “United States shareholder” with respect to each “controlled foreign corporation” in our
group (if any). If United States shareholders own (or are treated as owning) more than 50% of the value or voting power of Oi’s shares,
Oi would (and our non-U.S. subsidiaries could) be treated as controlled foreign corporations. In addition, if our group includes one or
more U.S. subsidiaries, certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries could be treated as controlled foreign corporations (regardless of whether
we are treated as a controlled foreign corporation). A United States shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation may be required to
report annually and include in its U.S. taxable income its pro rata share of “Subpart F income,” “global intangible low-taxed income”
and investments in U.S. property by controlled foreign corporations, regardless of whether we make any distributions. An individual
that is a United States shareholder with respect to a controlled foreign corporation generally would not be allowed certain tax
deductions or foreign tax credits that would be allowed to a United States shareholder that is a U.S. corporation. Failure to comply with
these reporting obligations may subject you to significant monetary penalties and may prevent the statute of limitations with respect to
your U.S. federal income tax return for the year for which reporting was due from starting. We cannot provide any assurances that we
will assist investors in determining whether any of our non-U.S. subsidiaries are treated as a controlled foreign corporation or whether
such investor is treated as a United States shareholder with respect to any of such controlled foreign corporations or furnish to any
United States shareholders information that may be necessary to comply with the aforementioned reporting and tax paying obligations.
Certain of our shareholders may be United States shareholders. The determination of controlled foreign corporation status is complex
and includes attribution rules, the application of which is not entirely certain. A United States investor should consult its advisors
regarding the potential application of these rules to an investment in Oi’s Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
Trading on over-the-counter markets may be volatile and sporadic, which could depress the market price of the Preferred ADSs and
make it difficult for holders to resell Oi’s Preferred ADSs.
On June 21, 2016, the Preferred ADSs were delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE. On June 23, 2016, OTC
Markets Group, Inc. began publishing quotations for the Preferred ADS in the “pink sheets” under the trading symbol OIBRQ. Trading
in stock quoted on over the counter markets is often thin, volatile, and characterized by wide fluctuations in trading prices due to many
factors that may have little to do with our operations or business prospects. This volatility could depress the market price of the
Preferred ADSs for reasons unrelated to operating performance. Moreover, the over the counter markets are not a stock exchange, and
trading of securities on the over the counter markets is often more sporadic than the trading of securities listed on other stock exchanges
such as the NYSE, the NASDAQ Stock Market or the American Stock Exchange. Accordingly, holders of Preferred ADSs may have
difficulty reselling such securities.
ITEM 4.
INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
Overview
We are one of the principal integrated telecommunications service providers in Brazil with approximately 53.4 million revenue
generating units, or RGUs, as of December 31, 2019. We operate throughout Brazil and offer a range of integrated telecommunications
services that include Residential Services, Personal Mobility Services and B2B Services.
Our Residential Services business includes local and long-distance fixed-line voice services, broadband services and Pay-TV
services provided to residential customers in our fixed-line concession service areas, comprising the entire territory of Brazil other than
the State of São Paulo. We are the largest fixed-line telecommunications company in Brazil in terms of total number of lines in service
as of December 31, 2019 based on our 10.3 million fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2019, with a market share of 48.4% of the
total fixed lines in service in our service areas as of that date. We own the largest fiber optic network in Brazil, with more than 376,000
kilometers of installed fiber optic cable, distributed throughout Brazil. We focus on increasing the revenue generated by this customer
base by aggressively promoting convergent services (double-play, triple-play and quadruple-play packages) including our mobile,
broadband and Pay-TV services. We offer a variety of high-speed broadband services. As of December 31, 2019, we had 4.2 million
asymmetric digital subscriber line, or ADSL, subscribers, representing 60.0% of our residential fixed line customers as of that date. We
offer Pay-TV services under our Oi TV brand. We deliver Pay-TV services throughout our residential service areas using DTH satellite
technology. As of December 31, 2019, we had 1.5 million residential Pay-TV subscribers, representing 20.7% of our residential fixed
line customers as of that date.
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Our Personal Mobility Services business offers mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil. Our mobile network
covers areas in which approximately 94% of the Brazilian population lives and works. In addition, we provide network usage
(interconnection) services. Based on our 36.8 million mobile subscribers as of December 31, 2019, we had a 16.2% market share of the
Brazilian mobile telecommunications market as of that date.
Our B2B Services business provides voice, broadband, Pay-TV, data transmission and other telecommunications services to small
and medium sized enterprises, or SMEs, corporation and governmental agencies throughout Brazil. We also provide wholesale
interconnection, network usage (interconnection) services and traffic transportation services to other telecommunications providers.
Our principal executive office is located at Rua Humberto de Campos No. 425, 8th floor–Leblon, 22430-190 Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
Brazil, and our telephone number at this address is (55-21) 3131-2918.
Our Recent History and Development
Our Judicial Reorganization Proceedings
On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ Debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the
Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant to an urgent measure approved by our board of directors.
On December 19 and 20, 2017, a GCM to consider approving the RJ Plan was held following the confirmation that the required
quorum of creditors of each of classes I, II, III, and IV was in attendance. As part of the RJ Plan, we negotiated the terms of a
commitment agreement, which we refer to as the Commitment Agreement, with members of a diverse ad hoc group of holders of the
bonds issued by Oi, Oi Coop and PTIF, which we refer to as the Ad Hoc Group, the International Bondholder Committee, a group of
creditors in the Netherlands, which we refer to as the IBC, and certain other unaffiliated bondholders. Under the terms of the
Commitment Agreement, such bondholders, which we refer to as the Backstop Investors, agreed to backstop our preemptive offering of
Common Shares, subject to the terms and conditions of the Commitment Agreement. This GCM concluded on December 20, 2017
following the approval of the RJ Plan by a significant majority of creditors of each class present at this GCM, reflecting amendments to
the RJ Plan presented at this GCM as negotiated during the course of this GCM.
On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its
terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the
State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.
The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is currently binding on all parties. By operation of the RJ Plan and the
Brazilian Confirmation Order the unsecured claims against the RJ Debtors have been novated and discharged under Brazilian law and
holders of such claims will receive the recoveries set forth in the RJ Plan in exchange for their claims in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the RJ Plan.
During 2018, the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in
the RJ Plan was concluded.
Extension of the Judicial Reorganization Proceedings
The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law provides that the RJ Proceedings and the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors may be terminated
on the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date if the RJ Court determines that all obligations provided for in the RJ Plan
have been satisfied based on the analysis of compliance with the RJ Plan.
On December 6, 2019, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors not be
terminated on February 5, 2020, the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in order to allow us to continue to execute
the RJ Plan and remain focused on our strategic transformation. Notwithstanding the conclusion of the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s
financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in the RJ Plan, we presented to the RJ Court
circumstances related to the complexity inherent to the magnitude of the RJ Proceedings and the ongoing reforms in the legal-regulatory
environment, which we believe require additional measures yet to be implemented under the RJ Proceedings.
On February 27, 2020, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that we be permitted to submit to our creditors for their
consideration and deliberation at a new general creditors’ meeting a proposed amendment to the RJ Plan designed to achieve greater
operational and financial flexibility for our company to continue with investments and the fulfillment of our strategic plan. At the new
general creditors’ meeting, only creditors of the RJ Debtors that held credits and had voting rights at the time of the original GCM and
who continued to hold an interest in the debt obligations or equity securities of the RJ Debtors on February 27, 2020 will be entitled to
vote.
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On March 6, 2020, the RJ Court issued a decision granting our request to hold a new general creditors’ meeting to deliberate on a
proposed amendment to the RJ Plan. The RJ Court required that:
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the RJ Debtors must submit the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court on or prior to September 8, 2020; and
the new general creditors’ meeting organized by the Judicial Administrator must take place within 60 days from the date of
submission of the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court by the RJ Debtors.
We intend to seek to amend the RJ Plan in order to facilitate asset sales contemplated by our strategic plan, including the potential
sale of our mobile business and the proposed sales of other non-core assets. We continue to discuss the terms of the proposed
amendment with various constituencies of our company and can provide no assurances with respect to the specific terms of the
proposed amendment that will be presented to the RJ Court.
Preemptive Offering and Closing Under Commitment Agreement
As contemplated by Section 6 of the RJ Plan, on November 13, 2018, we commenced a preemptive offering of Common Shares
that was registered with the SEC under the Securities Act under which holders of our Common Shares and Preferred Shares received
1.333630 transferable rights for each Common Share or Preferred Share held as of November 19, 2018. Each subscription right entitled
its holder to subscribe to one Common Share at a subscription price of R$1.24 per Common Share. In addition, each holder of a
subscription right was entitled to request the subscription for additional Common Shares, up to the total of 3,225,806,451 Common
Shares that were offered in the preemptive offering less the total number of initial Common Shares.
The subscription rights expired on January 4, 2019. On January 16, 2019, we issued 1,530,457,356 Common Shares to holders of
subscription rights that had exercised those subscription rights with respect to the initial Common Shares. On January 21, 2019, we
issued 91,080,933 Common Shares to holders of subscription rights that had requested subscriptions for excess Common Shares. The
proceeds of these subscriptions were R$2,011 million.
On January 25, 2019, we issued 1,604,268,162 Common Shares, representing the total number of Common Shares that were
offered in the preemptive offering less the total number of initial Common Shares and excess Common Shares, to the Backstop
Investors in a private placement under the terms of the RJ Plan and the Commitment Agreement for the aggregate amount of
R$1,989 million. In addition, under the terms of the RJ Plan and the Commitment Agreement, on that date we issued 272,148,705
Common Shares in a private placement to the Backstop Investors and paid US$13 million to the Backstop Investors as compensation
for their commitments under the Commitment Agreement.
Pharol Settlement Agreement
On January 8, 2019, Oi and its subsidiaries Telemar and PT Participações entered into a settlement agreement with Bratel and
Pharol, or the Pharol Settlement Agreement, which provides, among other things, for the termination of all then-existing litigation
involving the parties in Brazil and abroad.
Under the Pharol Settlement Agreement Oi was required to: (1) pay Bratel an amount in U.S. dollars corresponding to €25 million,
which under the Pharol Settlement Agreement was used by Pharol for the subscription of 85,721,774 Common Shares issued by Oi in
our preemptive offering of Common Shares; and (2) upon confirmation of the Pharol Settlement Agreement by the RJ Court,
(a) transfer to Bratel 32,000,000 Common Shares and 1,800,000 Preferred Shares of Oi held in treasury, (b) pay Pharol the annual fees
related to certain obligations assumed by Oi with respect to proceedings of Pharol in Portugal, and (c) in case of a sale of at least 50%
of the shares of Unitel indirectly held by Oi, deposit into an escrow account an amount necessary to guarantee the payment of any
potential liabilities of Pharol in tax proceedings whose chance of loss is assessed as possible or probable.
Under the Pharol Settlement Agreement, on February 8, 2019, the member designated by Oi was elected to Pharol’s board of
directors.
On February 28, 2019, the RJ Court confirmed the Pharol Settlement Agreement by a decision published in the Official Gazette of
the State of Rio de Janeiro on March 12, 2019. This decision became final on April 3, 2019.
During February 2019, we repurchased a total of 1,800,000 Preferred Shares over the B3 at prices ranging between R$1.42 and
R$1.45 per Preferred Share, for an aggregate purchase price of R$2.6 million. These Preferred Shares were transferred to Pharol to
satisfy the terms of the Pharol Settlement Agreement. Oi has satisfied the other terms of the Pharol Settlement Agreement applicable to
our company and on April 4, 2019, all then-existing litigation involving the parties in Brazil and abroad was terminated.
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Merger of Copart 4 with and into Telemar and Merger of Copart 5 with and into Oi
In January 2019, Copart 4 was merged with and into Telemar and in March 2019, Copart 5 was merged with and into Oi.
Sale of Interest in CVTelecom
On May 21, 2019, PT Ventures sold all of the shares that it owned of Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A., or CVTelecom, a provider of
fixed-line and mobile services in the Cabo Verde Islands, representing 40% of CVTelecom’s share capital, to the National Social
Security Institute (Instituto Nacional de Previdência Social) and state-owned company, ASA – National Airport and Aerial Security
Company (ASA – Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea, S.A.), for US$26 million. This sale generated a net gain of
R$67 million.
In connection with the sale of the CVTelecom shares, PT Ventures entered into an agreement with the government of Cabo Verde
for the definite termination of the arbitration proceedings pending before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes
and the International Chamber of Commerce that had been filed by PT Ventures against the government of Cabo Verde in March 2015.
Adoption of Strategic Plan
On July 16, 2019, we announced our plan to pursue strategic alternatives, with a focus on the improvement of our operational and
financial performance with a sustainable business model, for the purpose of maximizing enterprise value, in the context of the RJ
process. We developed this plan in collaboration with a group of strategic advisors following an assessment of each of our business
units focused on competitive advantages, effective capital allocation and anticipated funding needs to execute this plan.
The principal elements of this plan include:
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accelerating our deployment of FTTH leveraging our non-replicable fiber optic network to become the national leader in
FTTH;
accelerating our wholesale operation to exploit the full potential of the unregulated market for wholesale transmission
services utilizing our fiber optic network as we seek to become the leading provider of infrastructure in support of 5G
services in Brazil;
increasing our focus on our information and communications technology solutions business;
leveraging our mobile network capacity by increasing our investment in 4G and 4.5G services using our available 1.8 GHz
spectrum and increasing our marketing efforts focused on high-value post-paid customers to increase revenue of our mobile
services;
exploring strategic alternatives with respect to our mobile business to maximize shareholder value;
implementing a sustainable program of cost reductions based on opportunities identified by our management in our sales
and marketing, organizational processes, information technology, procurement and network operations activities;
divesting non-core assets, including communications towers, data centers, our African investments, certain real estate and
other non-strategic assets, as part of our efforts to finance our capital expenditure plans.
Sale of PT Ventures
On January 24, 2020, Africatel sold and transferred 100% of the share capital of PT Ventures to Sonangol for an aggregate
purchase price of US$1 billion, of which US$61 million was paid to Africatel prior to the transfer of the shares, and Sonangol paid
US$699 million of the purchase price in cash on the closing date. The remaining US$240 million of the purchase price is to be paid to
Africatel by Sonangol by July 31, 2020, with a guaranteed minimum monthly payment of US$40 million beginning in February 2020
and we have received the minimum monthly payments due in February and March 2020. Payment of the remaining purchase price is
fully guaranteed by a letter of credit. Pursuant to the Pharol Settlement Agreement, we deposited 34 million euros of the proceeds of
this sale in an escrow account to cover losses relating to certain tax proceedings against Pharol.
The principal assets of PT Ventures included (1) a 25% stake in Unitel, (2) a 40% stake in Multitel Serviços de Telecomunicações
Lda., (3) rights to dividends previously declared by Unitel, but not received by PT Ventures, and (4) all rights arising from a final award
in the amount of approximately US$659 million in an arbitration proceeding initiated by PT Ventures against the other Unitel
shareholders.
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Sale of Botafogo Property
On February 21, 2020, we sold our property at Rua General Polidoro nº 99, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, to Alianza Gestão de
Recursos Ltda. for R$120.5 million.
Market Sounding Regarding Mobile Business
During the first quarter of 2020, our financial advisor, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, conducted a market sounding process
seeking to gauge the interest of a variety of strategic investors in the acquisition of our mobile business. The goal of the market
sounding process was to assist us in identifying opportunities relating to our mobile business, and to enable us to make a preliminary
assessment regarding the creation of value arising out of a potential sale of our mobile business.
In March 2020, Bank of America Merrill Lynch received manifestations of interest from several of these investors. We continue to
analyze these manifestations of interest, and are engaging is discussions with certain of these investors regarding due diligence matters.
However, we have not entered into any binding agreement with respect to any proposed sale of our mobile business and cannot do so
without approval of the RJ Court. Although we may engage in negotiations with certain of these investors to discuss the terms under
which these investors would be willing to make a binding proposal, any binding proposals would be required to be submitted pursuant
to a process supervised by the RJ Court following an amendment to the RJ Plan to include the process necessary to solicit such binding
proposals.
There can be no assurance that the RJ Plan will be amended in a manner necessary to facilitate the potential sale of our mobile
business, that a process to solicit binding proposals supervised by the RJ Court will result in our receiving proposals containing terms
and conditions, including the purchase price, that will be satisfactory to our company, that we will be able to fulfill the conditions
included in any binding proposal, or the timing of the completion of any potential sale of our mobile business.
Changes to the Membership of Oi’s Board of Directors and Board of Executive Officers
Since January 1, 2019, there have been several changes to the composition of Oi’s board of directors and board of executive
officers.
On June 3, 2019, Ricardo Reisen de Pinho resigned as a member of Oi’s board of directors.
On September 20, 2019, Oi’s board of directors elected Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu to serve as a member of our board of
executive officers, without specific designation, to act as our chief operating officer, and Mr. Abreu resigned as a member of our board
of directors.
On October 31, 2019, Carlos Augusto Machado Pereira de Almeida Brandão resigned as our chief financial officer and investor
relations officer and Eurico de Jesus Teles Neto resigned as our chief legal officer. On the same date, Oi’s board of directors elected
Camille Loyo Faria to serve as our chief financial officer and investor relations officer and elected Antonio Reinaldo Rabelo Filho to
serve as our chief legal officer.
On January 31, 2020, Eurico de Jesus Teles Neto resigned as our chief executive officer. On the same date, Oi’s board of directors
elected Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu to serve as our chief executive officer.
On March 4, 2020, Oi’s board of directors appointed Claudia Quintella Woods to fill one of the vacancies on Oi’s board of
directors, and on March 13, 2020, Oi’s board of directors appointed Armando Lins Netto to fill the remaining vacancy on Oi’s board of
directors. The investiture of Mr. Armando Lins Netto is conditioned upon the prior assessment of ANATEL.
For information about the current members of Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers, see “Item 6. Directors,
Senior Management and Employees.”
Issuance of Oi Mobile Debentures
In February 2020, an investor subscribed to an aggregate amount of R$2,500 million of Oi Mobile’s non-convertible secured
debentures. These debentures are guaranteed by Oi and Telemar and are secured by a pledge of cash flows from our receivables in an
amount up to R$200 million per month and a first-priority lien on our right to use mobile frequencies. These debentures mature in
January 2022 in the event that we raise more than R$5 billion from our divestments by July 31, 2020, and will amortize at a rate of
R$100 million per month beginning in August 2020 through January 2022 in the event that we do not achieve this divestment target.
These debentures bear PIK interest, capitalized monthly, through January 2021 at a rate of 12.66% per annum based on the daily U.S.
dollar equivalent principal amount determined in accordance with the daily exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Brazilian
real, and interest at a rate of 13.61% per annum, payable in cash, thereafter.
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Corporate Structure
The following chart presents Oi’s corporate structure and principal operating subsidiaries as of April 24, 2020. For a complete list
of our subsidiaries, see Exhibit 8.01 to this annual report.
Our Services
We provide the following services:
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Residential Services throughout Brazil (other than in the State of São Paulo) consisting of local and long-distance fixed-line
voice services, broadband services and Pay-TV services under our Oi TV brand, primarily through direct to home, or DTH
(a satellite technology), which we offer throughout Brazil;
Personal Mobility Services throughout Brazil consisting of mobile voice and data telecommunications services as well as
value-added services; and
B2B Services throughout Brazil consisting of our fixed-line and mobile voice and data telecommunications services,
broadband services and Pay-TV services, which are marketed and delivered to SME, corporate and governmental
customers, as well as interconnection services, wholesale network usage services and traffic transportation services, which
are primarily marketed and delivered to corporate customers (including other telecommunications providers).
Residential Services
We offer our residential services as bundles, including bundles with other services including our mobile voice and data
communications services, as well as on an a la carte basis. In the Residential Services business, we view the household, rather than an
individual, as our customer, and our offerings, particularly our bundled offerings, are designed to meet the needs of the household as a
whole.
Fixed-Line Voice Services
Local fixed-line services include installation, monthly subscription, metered services, collect calls and supplemental local services.
Metered services include local calls that originate and terminate within a single local area and calls between separate local areas within
specified metropolitan regions, which we refer to as local calls. ANATEL has divided our fixed-line service areas into approximately
4,400 local areas.
Calls within Brazil that are not classified as local calls are classified as domestic long-distance calls. We provide domestic and
international long-distance services for calls originating from fixed-line devices in our fixed-line service areas.
Under our concession agreements, we are required to offer two local fixed-line plans to users: the Basic Plan per Minute (Plano
Básico de Minutos) and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan (Plano Alternativo de Serviços de Oferta Obrigatória), to which a
small percentage of our residential customers subscribe. A large majority of our residential customers subscribe to one of a variety of
alternative fixed-line plans that we offer, which are designed to meet our customers’ usage profiles, including our bundled services
plans. We continually monitor customer usage profiles and preferences and periodically revise our alternative fixed-line plans and
promotions in order to better service the needs of our residential customers.
Broadband Services
We offer fixed broadband services through xDSL technologies and FTTH, with speeds ranging from 1 megabit per second, or
Mbps, to 200 Mbps. We offer broadband services to our residential customers as mostly part of bundled plans with our traditional fixed-
line services. Customers pay a fixed monthly subscription fee, irrespective of their actual connection time to the internet.
As of December 31, 2019, our network covered 85.3% of the municipalities in our fixed-line service areas, reaching a total of
more than 3.6 million fixed broadband customers, and our national fiber network reached approximately 4.6 million homes through
FTTH. As of December 31, 2019, we offered FTTH in 82 municipalities, an increase of 54 municipalities as compared to December 31,
2018. We continue to strategically invest in our broadband network in areas that we believe have the greatest potential for sales and
growth.
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As with our traditional fixed-line services, we continually monitor customer usage profiles and preferences and periodically revise
our broadband plans and promotions in order to better service the needs of our residential customers, to encourage our existing
broadband customers to migrate to plans offering higher speeds and to attract new customers to our broadband services.
Pay-TV Services
We deliver Pay-TV services throughout our fixed-line service areas using our DTH satellite network. We also deliver Pay-TV
services through our fiber optic network (internet protocol Pay-TV, or IPTV) in all the cities where we have deployed FTTH.
We offer Pay-TV services to our residential customers as part of bundled plans with our traditional fixed-line services or on an a la
carte basis. We offer several packages of Pay-TV channels at different price points and offer subscribers to each of these packages the
option to customize the package through the purchase of additional channels featuring films offered by HBO/Cinemax and Telecine and
sports offered by Futebol.
As with our traditional fixed-line services, we continually monitor customer usage profiles and preferences and periodically revise
our Pay-TV plans and promotions in order to better service the needs of our residential customers and to attract new customers to our
Pay-TV services.
Bundled Services
As an integrated telecommunications service provider, we focus a significant part of our marketing efforts on promoting our
bundled services offerings, including through offers of free installation of fixed-line and broadband services, free modem and Wi-Fi and
access to certain smartphone applications free of charge. Our bundled services offerings for residential customers have focused on
increasing our profitability by providing a more comprehensive mix of higher-value services to our customers. Our market research has
shown that bundled offerings build customer loyalty and serve to reduce churn rates as compared to standalone services. In addition, we
believe that by developing unique, multi-product bundles with joint installation, integrated billing and unified customer service, we set
ourselves apart from other service providers.
We offer a variety of bundled services, including our Oi Total portfolio, consisting of:
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Oi Total Solução Completa, our quadruple-play bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data, Pay-TV and mobile
voice and data services;
Oi Total Conectado, our triple-pay bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data and mobile voice and data
services;
Oi Total Residencial, our residential bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband data and Pay-TV;
Oi Total TV + Fixo, a bundle that combines fixed-line voice and Pay-TV; and
Oi Total Play, a bundle that combines fixed-line voice, broadband access and OTT content (Oi Play).
Customers who subscribe to bundles receive price discounts and double the data allowance that we offer on an a la carte basis.
In addition to Oi Total, we offer bundles for residential customers that subscribe to our IPTV service that include broadband
subscriptions at speeds of up to 200 Mbps. Subscriptions to our IPTV packages are only available in areas in which we have deployed
our FTTH network. Outside our FTTH network, we offer Pay-TV services throughout our fixed-line service areas using our DTH
satellite network.
Personal Mobility Services
Our Personal Mobility Services business offers pre-paid and post-paid mobile voice and data communications plans: Oi Livre
plans for the pre-paid market; Oi Mais plans for the post-paid market; and Oi Mais Controle as a hybrid solution. Although we no
longer offer new subscriptions for voice-only mobile services, we continue to provide services to customers that have subscribed to
these legacy plans. Since our 3G and 4G networks offer greater capacity to meet the growing demand for data, we are focused on
accelerating the migration of users from 2G to 3G and from 3G to 4G by encouraging sales of 3G/4G smartphones and by including
more data allowances in our new mobile offers.
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Pre-Paid Plans
Pre-paid customers activate their cellular numbers through the purchase and installation of a SIM card in their mobile handsets.
We offer pre-paid voice and data bundles through our Oi Livre portfolio. Our Oi Livre portfolio includes a range of all-net voice
minutes for calls within Brazil (including unlimited minutes through the Oi Livre Ilimitado plans) and data allowances (ranging from 1
GB to 4 GB of 4G mobile data) for flat fees. Customers choose the amount of time they have to use their voice and data allowances,
ranging from seven to 30 days. Using the Minha Oi application on their smartphones, customers can freely switch between their data
and voice allowances depending on their individual needs using a pre-determined exchange rate. Our pre-paid customers are able to add
credits to their accounts through point-of-sale machines, ATMs, Apple and Android applications installed on their mobile devices such
as Minha Oi and Recarga Oi using a credit card, our toll-free number or the purchase of pre-paid cards at a variety of prices. These
credits are valid for a fixed period of time following activation and can be extended when additional credits are purchased.
Post-Paid Plans
Customers of our post-paid plans are billed on a monthly basis for contracted services used during the previous month, in addition
to any fees for special services. Our Oi Mais Digital portfolio offers unlimited text messages, unlimited minutes for calls to any operator
in Brazil and two mobile data plans (8 GB and 50 GB) with no usage restrictions, plus no data traffic charge for major social networks
and video to apps, which vary according to the data plan, and include, among others: YouTube, Netflix, Facebook, Instagram,
WhatsApp and Messenger. Customers can include up to four additional lines and manage or share their data plan through our self-serve
application, Minha Oi. Our premium plan subscription also includes Oi Play bundled with video streaming services. To increase our
value proposition, in addition to mobile voice and data services, we bundle premium content and services including newspapers,
magazines and e-books.
Hybrid Plans
Our hybrid plans present strategic value for our company because they combine the advantages of pre-paid offerings, such as the
absence of bad debt and a favorable impact on working capital, with advantages of post-paid offerings, such as a heavier consumption
profile and higher ARPUs. We improve our revenues and market share through the offer of hybrid plans by consolidating customer
recharges in our hybrid plans’ SIM cards and by improving the mix of offerings to the post-paid market.
We offer the Oi Mais Controle portfolio of plans for customers who wish to combine the cost savings of our post-paid plans with
the self-imposed limits of our pre-paid plans. Oi Mais Controle subscribers have similar benefits as the Oi Mais customers, such as data
packages with no usage restrictions, unlimited text messaging and unlimited all-net voice minutes for calls within Brazil, combined with
the ability of Oi Livre customers to freely switch between their data and voice allowances depending on their individual needs using a
pre-determined exchange rate using the Minha Oi application on their smartphones.
Value-Added Services
In 2019, we continued to accelerate our digital transformation process, which included restructuring our value-added services
under the following categories: (1) films and series; (2) education; (3) health; (4) written media; and (5) utilities. Within each category,
we highlight the following value-added services:
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Education
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Busuu: a language learning application offering 11 languages and a social network for users;
Oi Para Aprender: a learning platform that provides a variety of courses and tips regarding languages, entrance
examinations, job assessments, how to develop a home office business and software lessons, among others; and
Descomplica: a premium learning streaming platform that provides high quality courses focused on the Brazilian university
entrance examination.
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BT FIT: an automated personal trainer service that provides a variety of courses and exercises and creates personalized
training program for the user; and
Saúde UP: a service that offers health content, as well as discounts in a wide network of pharmacies, medical exams and
medical consultations, as well as a nurse on call.
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Oi Revistas: a service that provides online and downloadable access to hundreds of magazines from renowned publishers
such as Globo, Abril, Editora Três and others; and
Oi Jornais: a service that provides online and downloadable access to various newspapers, as well as real time news
notifications.
Utilities
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Oi Apps Club: a subscription-based marketplace for highly rated Android apps, Oi Apps Club provides customers unlimited
access to download apps, charged to the customer’s Oi bill rather than a credit card;
Oi Games Pro: a multiplatform gaming experience that offers unlimited games on mobile phones as well as a new
computer game per month;
Truecaller: a caller ID service with the ability to block undesired calls; and
Oi Segurança: a service that offers a variety of functionality, such as antivirus, backup, device locator and parental controls,
among others.
Our value-added services are developed by third-party application or content providers and offered to our customers.
B2B Services
In our B2B Services business, we serve SME, corporate and governmental customers and other telecommunications providers. We
offer a variety of services to our SME, corporate and governmental customers, including our core fixed-line, broadband and mobile
services, as well as our value-added services, advanced voice services and commercial data transmission services. For our corporate
customers, we also offer information technology services, such as network management and security, storage, Smartcloud, anti-
distributed denial of service and machine-to-machine products, which enable communication between a product and its control center or
database (such as a car and its GPS navigation system), in order to expand our revenue sources from corporate customers beyond voice
services, increase customer loyalty and ensure greater revenue predictability. We also provide specialized wholesale services, consisting
of data network services and facilities, interconnection, national and international voice traffic transit and roaming.
Services for SMEs
We offer SME services similar to those offered to our residential and personal mobility customers, including fixed-line and mobile
voice services, and fixed-line and mobile broadband services. We also launched FTTH plans for SMEs. In addition, we offer SMEs:
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advanced voice services, primarily 0800 (toll free) services, as well as voice portals where customers can participate in real-
time chats and other interactive voice services;
dedicated internet connectivity and data network services; and
value-added services, such as help desk support that provides assistance for technical support issues, web services with
hosting, e-mail tools and website builder and security applications.
In general, our sales team works with our SME customer to determine that customer’s telecommunications needs and negotiates a
package of services and pricing structure that is best suited to its needs.
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Services for Corporate Customers
We offer corporate customers all of the services offered to our SME customers. In addition, we provide a variety of customized,
high-speed data transmission services through various technologies and means of access to corporate customers. Our principal data
transmission services for corporate customers are:
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we act as the internet service provider for our corporate customers, connecting their networks to the internet;
Dedicated Line Services (Serviços de Linhas Dedicadas), or SLD, under which we lease dedicated lines to corporate
customers for use in private networks that link different corporate websites; and
IP services which consist of dedicated internet connection, as well as Virtual Private Network, or VPN, services that enable
our customers to connect their private intranet and extranet networks to deliver videoconferencing, video/image
transmission and multimedia applications.
We provide these services at data transmission speeds of 2 Mbps to 100 Gbps.
We also offer information technology infrastructure services to our corporate customers, seeking to offer them end-to-end
solutions through which we are able to provide and manage their connectivity and information technology needs. For example, we offer
Oi SmartCloud, a suite of data processing and data storage services that we perform through our five cyber data centers located in
Brasília, São Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre. In addition, through these data centers, we provide hosting, collocation and IT
outsourcing services, permitting our customers to outsource their IT infrastructures to us or to use these centers to provide backup for
their IT systems.
We also offer the following five major service groups through Oi SmartCloud, which operate through our five cyber data centers:
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collaborative solutions, a hosting and sharing platform that provides employees with access to company documents;
business applications, an in-memory computing platform for large amounts of data;
Oi Gestão Mobilidade, a mobile device management service focused on providing logistics and security solutions relating
to mobile devices;
Security services, a centralized, anti-spam filtering solution for corporate email; and
Telepresence as a Service (TPaaS), a video-conferencing service that allows collaboration among people at remote
locations.
We also offer various services based on IT applications:
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fleet management services, which provide a management system for fleet monitoring and location targeting, economies of
scale for fuel costs, driver profile analysis and kilometer control for maintenance;
Interação Web, a digital marketing service, which allows us to implement on the website of our B2B Services customers an
intelligent interaction with their digital users in real time;
workforce management, which provides a system with web and mobile applications to monitor and control the workforce in
the field and optimize routes and control logistics activities; and
digital content management (corporate TV platform and queue management), which provides a digital signage platform
with queue management solutions, creating a powerful marketing tool for companies that have interactions with customers
at points of sale.
In order to provide complete solutions to our corporate clients, we have entered into service agreements for the joint supply of
international data services with a number of important international data services providers. These commercial relationships with
international data services providers are part of our strategy of offering telecommunications services packages to our customers.
Wholesale Services
We are the largest wholesale service provider in Brazil. We are responsible for providing services over the local access network
and over the long distance network. Almost 2,000 service providers use our network to deliver services ranging from telephony and
broadband to high-speed data connections for businesses of all sizes.
Our portfolio includes specialized services, consisting of data network services and facilities, interconnection, national and
international voice traffic transit, roaming and infrastructure sharing.
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Data Network Services and Facilities
We provide services referred to as industrial exploration of dedicated line (Exploração Industrial de Linha Dedicada), or EILD,
pursuant to our concession agreement. The EILD consists of leased lines and clear channel protocols for the provision of services to
third parties.
In addition, we are able to offer a complete portfolio of wholesale products, including fiber-to-the-x, or FTTx, solutions, IP,
Ethernet and Multi-Protocol Label Switching, or MPLS. All of these products are used to meet the demands of other network operators
and regional internet providers. The circuits are requested with different service level agreements; and we are required to provide the
facilities with contingency routes, sites and equipment to improve the service against points of failure.
Interconnection
As part of our wholesale services, we provide interconnection services to users of other network providers. The interconnection is
a link between compatible telecommunications networks which permits that a fixed or mobile service user of one network can
adequately communicate with the users of a network from another provider. All providers of telecommunication services (fixed or
mobile) are required to provide interconnection upon request to any other telecommunication collective service provider. The
interconnection agreements are negotiated according to the General Rules on Interconnection (Regulamento Geral de Interconexão),
established by ANATEL.
Voice Traffic Transit
We offer national and international voice traffic transit that meets all our customers’ expectations and satisfies the dynamic needs
of the telecommunications market. Direct interconnections with the major national and international telecommunication carriers, as well
as most small carriers, ensure high-quality voice traffic transit in Brazil.
Roaming
We provide Global System for Mobile Communications, or GSM, roaming in Brazil to national and international mobile
operators. Our roaming agreements enables mobile users to automatically make and receive voice calls, send and receive SMS as well
as access internet service while traveling outside the geographical coverage area of their own home network by using our mobile
network.
Marketing and Distribution
We focus our marketing efforts on the upselling to our existing clients while strengthening the “Oi” brand through our convergent
services offerings and promotion of our Minha Oi smartphone application, which allows our pre-paid customers to freely switch
between their data and voice allowances. We also engage in digital marketing and multiple customer relationship management (CRM)
marketing programs to support our B2B Services business.
We strive to increase the visibility of our brand and provide a consistent branding message. In the year ended December 31, 2019,
we adjusted our brand strategy and placed greater emphasis on marketing our fiber services and post-paid mobile packages. In addition,
we developed a new strategy for addressing our corporate clients, which now focuses on providing products and infrastructure to
address the needs of large corporations, including ACT solutions, outsourcing, and cybersecurity.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, we increased our investment in advertising, with a focus on digital advertising, with
the goal of improving traffic to our digital channels and generating sales in other channels. In addition to digital advertising, we used
traditional advertising mediums, such as cable and network television and radio to increase our presence and the reach of our branding.
In addition, we developed a detailed communications strategy to grow sales of our FTTH services.
To grow our customer base, we use proprietary media tools including telemarketing, e-mail and text messages. We also developed
a branded content strategy, combining sponsorships of events, athletes and influencers to increase brand awareness and demonstrate our
credibility.
Distribution Channels
We distribute our services through channels focused on three separate sectors of the telecommunications services market:
(1) residential customers, including customers of our mobile services to whom we sell bundled plans; (2) personal mobility customers
that purchase our mobile services independently of our bundled plans; and (3) business and corporate customers.
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Residential Services
Our distribution channels for residential customers are focused on sales of fixed-line services, including voice, broadband services
and Oi TV, and post-paid mobile services. As of December 31, 2019, the principal distribution channels that we used for sales to
residential customers were:
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our own network of stores, which included 125 “Oi” branded stores;
508 “Oi” franchised service stores and kiosks located in the largest shopping malls and other high density areas throughout
Brazil;
6,837 stores located throughout our service areas that primarily sell telecommunications products and services and have
entered into exclusivity agreements with us;
our telemarketing sales channel, which is operated by our call center and other third-party agents and consists of 1,400 sales
representatives that answer more than 314,000 calls per month. This channel provides us with the ability to proactively
reach new customers, thereby increasing our client base and revenues, and also receives calls prompted by our offers made
in numerous types of media;
our “teleagents” channel, which consists of 679 local sales agents that operate in specific regions and complement our
telemarketers;
door-to-door sales calls made by our sales force of 2,537 salespeople trained to sell our services throughout Brazil in places
where customers generally are not reachable by telemarketing; and
our e-commerce sites through which customers may purchase a variety of our services.
Personal Mobility Services
Our distribution channels for personal mobility customers are focused on sales of mobile services to post-paid customers and
pre-paid customers, including mobile broadband customers. As of December 31, 2019, the principal distribution channels that we used
for sales of our pre-paid Personal Mobility Services were:
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our own network of stores, which included 175 “Oi” branded stores;
540 “Oi” franchised service stores and kiosks located in the largest shopping malls and other high density areas throughout
Brazil;
524 stores that are part of large national chains that sell our post-paid and pre-paid Personal Mobility Services and SIM
cards;
approximately nine multi-brand distributors that distribute our SIM cards and pre-paid mobile cards to approximately
280,000 pharmacies, supermarkets, newsstands and similar outlets;
our telemarketing sales channel has 1,832 sales representatives that answer more than 659,000 calls per month selling our
post-paid personal mobility services; and
our website, through which our pre-paid customers may recharge their SIM cards.
B2B Services
We have established separate distribution channels to serve SME and corporate customers. As of December 31, 2019, the principal
distribution channels that we use to market our services to SMEs were:
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“Oi” exclusive agents with 1,057 door-to-door sales consultants that are dedicated to understanding and addressing the
communications needs of our existing and prospective SME customers;
our telemarketing sales channel, which consists of two agents that use sales representatives that are specifically trained to
discuss the business needs of our prospective SME customers to make sales calls, as well as representatives in our call
center and representatives at call centers under contract with us to receive calls from existing and prospective SME
customers to sell services to new customers and promote higher-value and additional services to existing customers. In
addition, our telemarketing channel utilizes customer retention representatives; and
our website and the Oi Mais Empresas application.
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We market our entire range of services to corporate customers through our own direct sales force which meets with current and
prospective corporate customers to discuss the business needs of these enterprises and design solutions intended to address their
communications needs. Our client service model focuses on post-sale service and we regularly discuss service needs and improvements
through calls and meetings with our customers. As of December 31, 2019, our corporate sales team, excluding post-sale service
personnel, was composed of approximately 326 employees operating in 10 regional offices.
Rates, Billing and Collection
Rates
Our rates for certain services, including basic local fixed-line and domestic long-distance plans, interconnection, EILD and SLD
services, are generally subject to regulation by ANATEL. Under our current authorizations, we are allowed to set prices for our mobile
service plans, provided that such amounts do not exceed a specified inflation adjusted cap. The rates for other telecommunications
services, such as broadband services, IP services and frame relay services are market oriented but may still be subject to ANATEL
regulation. Furthermore, the rates for DTH and IP TV services are not subject to ANATEL regulation.
For more information about the regulations applicable to our rates, see “—Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications
Industry.”
Billing and Collection
Residential Services
We send each of our Residential Services customers a monthly bill covering all the services provided during the prior monthly
period. Customers are grouped in billing cycles based on the date their bills are issued. Each bill separately itemizes service packages,
local calls, long-distance calls, calls terminating on a mobile network, toll-free services and other services such as call waiting,
voicemail and call forwarding. Payments of Residential Services bills are due within an average of 15 days after the billing date. We
charge late-payment interest at a rate of 1% per month plus a one-time late charge of 2% of the amount outstanding. We have
agreements with several banks for the receipt and processing of payments from our Residential Services customers. A variety of
businesses, such as lottery houses, drugstores and grocery stores, accept payments from our Residential Services customers as agents
for these banks. As of December 31, 2019, 16.5% of all accounts receivable due from our Residential Services customers in Brazil were
outstanding for more than 30 days and 13.5%, were outstanding for more than 90 days.
We are required to include in our monthly Residential Services bills charges incurred by our customers for long-distance services
provided by other long-distance service providers upon the request of these providers. We have billing agreements with each long-
distance telecommunications service provider that interconnects with our networks under which we bill our customers for any long-
distance calls originated on our network that are carried by another long-distance service provider and transfer the balance to the
relevant provider after deducting any access fees due for the use of our network.
ANATEL regulations permit us to restrict outgoing calls made by a Residential Services customer 15 days after we send the
customer a past due notice, restrict incoming calls received by a Residential Services customer 30 days after the restriction on outgoing
calls is imposed, and disconnect a Residential Services customer after 30 days after the restriction on incoming calls is imposed. The
disconnection process thus comprises several stages, including customer notification regarding the referral of their delinquency to credit
bureaus, before the Residential Services customer may be ultimately disconnected due to non-payment. Notices range from voice
messages to active calls for negotiation with the customer. Our collection system enables us to access delinquent subscribers’ accounts
according to their payment profile. This profile takes into consideration, among other things, the length of subscription, the outstanding
balance of the account and the longest payment delays.
Personal Mobility Services
We bill our post-paid Personal Mobility Services customers on a monthly basis and itemize charges in the same manner as we bill
our Residential Services customers. In addition, the monthly bills also provide details regarding minutes used and roaming charges.
Payments are due within an average of 15 days after the billing date. We charge late-payment interest at a rate of 1% per month plus a
one-time late charge of 2% of the amount outstanding. As with our Residential Services business, we have agreements with several
banks for the receipt and processing of payments from our post-paid Personal Mobility Services customers. A variety of businesses,
such as lottery houses, drugstores and grocery stores, accept payments from our post-paid Personal Mobility Services customers as
agents for these banks. As of December 31, 2019, 19.3% of all accounts receivable due from our Personal Mobility Services customers
in Brazil were outstanding for more than 30 days, and 17.0% were outstanding for more than 90 days.
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ANATEL regulations permit us to restrict outgoing calls made and text messages sent by a post-paid Personal Mobility Services
customer 15 days after we send the customer a past due notice, restrict incoming calls and text messages received by a post-paid
Personal Mobility Services customer 30 days after the restriction on outgoing calls and text messages is imposed, and cancel services to
a post-paid Personal Mobility Services customer after 30 days after the restriction on incoming calls is imposed. The cancellation
process thus comprises several stages, including customer notification regarding the referral of their delinquency to credit bureaus,
before services to the post-paid Personal Mobility Services customer may be ultimately cancelled due to non-payment. Notices range
from text messages to active calls for negotiation with the customer. Our collection system enables us to access delinquent subscribers’
accounts according to their payment profile. This profile takes into consideration, among other things, the length of subscription, the
outstanding balance of the account and the longest payment delays. We have also implemented an information tool to assist with
account management that is designed to warn subscribers of high outstanding amounts due and unpaid.
Customers of our pre-paid Personal Mobility Services can only use a paid service if they have enough active credits in their
accounts to do so. In order to acquire credits, customers must recharge their SIM cards in one of our many points of sales. Services are
charged directly from the customer’s accounts and are free of bad-debt risk.
Competition
The Brazilian telecommunications industry is highly competitive. The competitive environment is significantly affected by key
trends, including technological and service convergence, market consolidation and combined service offerings by service providers.
Residential Services
We are a leading provider of residential services in our fixed-line service areas. Based on information available from ANATEL, as
of December 31, 2019, we had a market share of 48.4% of the total fixed lines in service in our service areas (including the number
fixed lines provided to our B2B Services customers). Our principal competitors for fixed-line services in our service areas are Claro and
Telefônica Brasil.
We face competition from other telecommunications services providers, particularly from mobile telecommunications services
providers, which has led to traffic migration from fixed-line traffic to mobile traffic and the substitution of mobile services in place of
fixed-line services.
In addition, we face competition from providers of cable television services, particularly Claro and Telefônica Brasil, which
provide local fixed-line services and broadband services (in many areas at higher speeds than our offerings) to residential customers
through their cable network in municipalities in our service areas that have the highest concentration of purchasing power.
Telefônica Brasil has been increasing its competitive activities through traditional fixed-line networks in our fixed-line service
areas, expanding its fiber optic network in high-income residential areas and increasing its services to low- and medium-size businesses.
The decrease in interconnection rates has led to decreases in market prices for telecommunications services by enabling
telecommunications service providers that use the local fixed-line networks of incumbent fixed-line providers, such as our company, to
offer lower prices to their customers for fixed-line services, such as voice and broadband. Although regional broadband service
providers do not have the same national footprint as our company, they have established networks in the regions in which they operate
and often have a market share of approximately 15% of broadband customers.
The primary providers of subscription television services in the regions in which we provide Residential Services are SKY, which
provides DTH services, and Claro, which provides DTH service under the “Claro TV” brand and Pay-TV services using coaxial cable
under the “Net” brand.
Personal Mobility Services
The mobile telecommunications services market in Brazil is characterized by intense competition among providers of mobile
telecommunications services. We compete primarily with Telefônica Brasil, which markets its mobile services under the brand name
“Vivo,” TIM and Claro, each of which provides services throughout Brazil. As of December 31, 2019, based on information available
from ANATEL (which includes B2B Services subscribers), we had a market share of 16.2% of the total number of mobile subscribers
in Brazil.
We believe that in the medium-term, personal mobility service providers in Brazil will experience increasing competition from
OTT providers, as customers shift from mobile voice and SMS communications to internet-based voice and data communications
through computers and smartphone or tablet applications such as WhatsApp, Viber and Skype.
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B2B Services
The competitive landscape we face relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our B2B customers are similar to
those relating to the fixed-line and mobile services we provide to our residential and personal mobility customers.
In recent years, there has been a shift among corporate and SME services providers toward value-added services. With the
exception of the Oi Mais Empresas application and web service, our value-added products and services for the SME segment are
substantially similar to those offered by our competitors; and we rely on client service and customer satisfaction to maintain existing
customers and attract new customers. Our principal competitors for both core and value-added services for SME and corporate
customers are Claro, Telefônica Brasil and TIM, as well as smaller niche companies.
Technology
Our Brazilian networks are comprised of physical and logical infrastructures through which we provide fully integrated services,
whether fixed-line or mobile, voice, data or image, thereby optimizing available resources. We monitor our networks remotely from our
centralized national network operations center in Rio de Janeiro. Network operating and configuration platforms, located at the network
operations center, perform failure monitoring, database and configuration management, security management and performance analysis
for each network.
Access Networks
Our Brazilian access networks connect our customers to our aggregation and transportation networks. We have a large number of
network access points, including twisted copper pair wires to residences and commercial buildings, fiber optic lines to residences and
commercial buildings, wireless transmission equipment and Wi-Fi hotspots. Our fixed-line networks are fully digitalized.
Voice and data signals that originate through fixed-line access points are routed through Multi-service Access Nodes (MSANs), or
Subscriber Line Access Multiplexers (DSLAMs) to our aggregation and transportation networks. The analog voice signals are split
from the data signals, which are transmitted using ADSL or very high bitrate digital subscriber line, or VDSL, technology, allowing us
to offer broadband and analog voice on a single copper wire pair. Our network supports next generation ADSL and VDSL technologies.
ADSL2+ allows data transmission at speeds of up to 20 Mbps downstream and 1 Mbps upstream. VDSL2 allows data transmission at
speeds of up to 35 Mbps downstream and 3.5 Mbps upstream. As of December 31, 2019, approximately 91% of our fixed-line network
supported ADSL2+ or VDSL2 and we provided ADSL2+ or VDSL2 services in approximately 4,700 municipalities.
We are engaged in a long-term program to upgrade portions of our fixed-line access networks with optical FTTH networks based
on gigabit passive optical network, or GPON, technology to support our FTTH triple-play services. The implementation of this
technology permits us to provide broadband with speeds up to 200 Mbps to residential customers and up to 1 Gbps to commercial
customers. As of December 31, 2019, our FTTH network reached more than 4.6 million homes passed, and approximately 675,000
homes connected. We expect to reach more than eight million homes passed and an additional one million homes connected by the end
of 2020.
Mobile devices access our GSM, or 2G, mobile networks on frequencies of 900 MHz/1800 MHz, our 3G mobile networks on
frequencies of 2100 MHz and our 4G/4.5G mobile networks on frequencies of 1800 MHz/2600 MHz. Our 2G access points use General
Packet Radio Service (GPRS), which allows speeds in the range of 115 kilobytes per second (kbps), and Enhanced Data Rates for
Global Evolution, or EDGE, which allows speeds in the range of 230 kbps, to send and receive data signals. Our 3G access points use
High Speed Packet Access, or HSPA, and HSPA+, which allows speeds in the range of 42.2 Mbps, to send and receive data signals.
Our 4G access points use 10+10 MHz and 2x2 and 4x4 multiple-input multiple-output, or MIMO, depending on the site configuration,
which allows speeds in the range of 75 Mbps (2x2 MIMO configuration sites) and 300 Mbps (4x4 MIMO and carrier aggregation
configuration sites), to send and receive data signals. Although currently the majority of voice signals are sent and received through our
2G and 3G access points are routed to our aggregation networks, we are initiating Voice over LTE (VoLTE) that will enable 4G routes
voice signal over 4G access points, allowing offering new type of services based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem, or IMS, platform.
Our mobile networks have unique data core and are fully integrated with our fixed-line data networks.
In addition to these mobile access networks, we also operate Wi-Fi hotspots in indoor public and commercial areas such as coffee
shops, airports and shopping centers. Since 2012, we have provided outdoor urban wireless networks, including in the neighborhoods of
Copacabana and Ipanema in the city of Rio de Janeiro. As of December 31, 2019, our Wi-Fi network consisted of more than two
million hotspots with broadband access compatible with more than two million access points provided by Fon Wireless Ltd., or Fon,
which allows our customers to access Fon lines worldwide.
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Aggregation Networks
Voice and data signals sent through our access network are routed through our aggregation networks to digital switches which
connect voice calls and route digital signals to their destinations. In the past, we used ATM protocol to transport digital signals through
our access network from non-residential customers that required dedicated bandwidth to our switching stations. In response to changing
customer needs, we converted elements of our network that use ATM and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, or SDH, protocols which
permit us to offer dedicated bandwidth to our customers to MPLS protocol, which supports IP and permits the creation of VPNs
through our MetroEthernet networks. We now use MPLS—Transport Profile, or MPLS-TP, capable devices that have been designated
to interface with our existing Metro Ethernet Network to increase the bandwidth of our networks to support our 4G network data traffic
and replace our legacy SDH networks. In large metropolitan areas where the density of access point results in increased demand, we
have deployed Metro Ethernet networks. Our Metro Ethernet and MPLS-TP networks are fully integrated to management systems and
provide:
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ethernet data services from 4 Mbps up to 1 Gbps for point-to-point and multipoint dedicated access;
ethernet access services from 4 Mbps up to 1 Gbps for IP access and MPLS/VPN access;
aggregation network services for ADSL2+ and VDSL2 platforms;
aggregation network services for GPON platforms; and
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplex, or DWDM, systems for services above 1Gbps to prevent overbooking our Metro
Ethernet network.
Transportation Networks
We have a nationwide long-distance backbone, consisting of our optical fiber network that covers more than 2,275 municipalities,
connecting the Federal District and all state capitals in Brazil. Our fiber network supports high capacity DWDM systems that can
operate with up to 80 channels at 10, 100 and 200 Gbps. Our optical network is complemented by microwave links and satellite
transport to reach smaller cities and towns.
In 2015, we completed the implementation of a new Optical Transport Network/DWDM, or OTN/DWDM network, with 100
Gbps links, that connect 11 state capitals, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and Belo Horizonte. This new OTN/DWDM
network spreads over approximately 30,000 km of optical cables. In the first half of 2018, we completed the extension of the
OTN/DWDM network, with 100 Gbps links, to an additional seven state capitals and spread over an additional 18,000 km of optical
cables. This year, we expect to further extend our OTN/DWDM network, with 100 Gbps links, to reach 26 state capitals and spread
over 65,400 km of optical cables. In addition, in 2019, we began to expand our OTN/DWDM network using 200 Gbps links, having
deployed some routes using this technology, among them a route between the cities of Goiânia and Brasília. As demand increases, more
expansions of our 200 Gbps network will be implemented and we will begin to replace our existing 100 Gbps links with 200 Gbps links
where technically feasible.
We employ automatic traffic protection to improve the reliability of our network and increase its traffic capacity. The network is
fully supervised and operated by management systems that allow rapid response to customer service requests and reduce the recovery
time in case of failure.
We operate an internet backbone network and a fully IP-routed network, which provides a backbone for all internet-dedicated
services and VPN offerings through access routers, for customer aggregation, configured as single edge routers (i.e., offering various
types of services aggregation over a single box), allowing us to reduce capital and operation expenses. Our internet backbone connects
to the public internet via national peering links and international links that we maintain in the United States.
Our transportation network is directly interconnected to the national and international long-distance networks of all long-distance
service providers operating in Regions I, II and III and all mobile services providers in Regions I, II and III.
IPTV Network
Through our FTTH network, we offered IPTV services in 86 cities in more than 20 states as of December 31, 2019. For
subscribers of our Oi TV services, through our DTH or FTTH networks, we also offer OTT services, which provide customers with
access to different content on different devices (mobile phones, tablets and computers).
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Property, Plant and Equipment
As of December 31, 2019, the net book value of our property, plant and equipment was R$38,911 million. As of December 31,
2019, of the net book value of our property, plant and equipment, (1) transmission and other equipment, primarily data communication
equipment, network systems and infrastructure (including alternating and direct current supply equipment) and motor-generator groups,
represented 43.6%; (2) infrastructure, primarily consisting of metallic and fiber-optic cable networks and lines, underground ducts,
posts and towers, represented 21.8%; (3) right of use – leases, primarily consisting of communications towers, real estate, stores,
vehicles, and sites (physical spaces), represented 20.3%; (4) work in progress represented 5.5%; (5) buildings represented 3.9%; (6)
automatic switching equipment, consisting of trunking and switching stations (including local, tandem and transit telephone exchanges),
represented 2.6%; and (7) other fixed assets represented 2.2%.
All Brazilian property, plant and equipment that are essential in providing the services described in our fixed-line concession
agreements are considered “reversible assets,” which means that, should our fixed-line concession agreements expire or terminate
without being renewed, these assets will automatically revert to ANATEL. There are no other encumbrances that may affect the
utilization of our property, plant and equipment. For more details, see note 16 to our audited consolidated financial statements included
in this annual report.
Transmission and Other Equipment
We have a nationwide long-distance backbone, consisting of an optical fiber network that covers more than 2,275 municipalities,
connecting the Federal District and all state capitals in Brazil. This fiber network supports high capacity DWDM systems that can
operate with up to 80 channels at 10, 100 and 200 Gbps. We have implemented an OTN/DWDM network, with 100 Gbps links that
connect 21 state capitals, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and Belo Horizonte, which spreads over approximately 48,000
km of optical cables. Our optical network is complemented by microwave links to reach smaller cities and towns.
Infrastructure
Our Brazilian access networks connect our customers to our aggregation and transportation networks. We have a large number of
network access points, including twisted copper pair wires to residences and commercial buildings, fiber optic lines to residences and
commercial buildings, wireless transmission equipment and Wi-Fi hotspots. Our fixed-line networks are fully digitalized.
Voice and data signals sent through our access network are routed through our aggregation networks to digital switches which
connect voice calls and route digital signals to their destinations. In the past, we used ATM protocol to transport digital signals through
our access network from non-residential customers that required dedicated bandwidth to our switching stations. In response to changing
customer needs, we converted elements of our network that use ATM and SDH protocols, which permit us to offer dedicated bandwidth
to our customers, to MPLS protocol, which supports IP and permits the creation of VPNs through our Metro Ethernet networks. We
now use MPLS-TP capable devices that have been designed to interface with our existing Metro Ethernet Network to increase the
bandwidth of our networks to support our 4G network data traffic and replace our legacy SDH networks. In large metropolitan areas
where the density of access point results in increased demand, we have deployed Metro Ethernet networks.
Automatic Switching Equipment
Voice and data signals that originate through fixed-line access points are routed through MSANs or DSLAMs to our aggregation
and transportation networks. The analog voice signals are split from the data signals, which are transmitted using ADSL or VDSL
technology, allowing us to offer broadband and analog voice on a single copper wire pair. As of December 31, 2019, approximately
91% of our fixed-line network supported ADSL2+ or VDSL2 and we provided ADSL2+ or VDSL2 services in approximately 4,700
municipalities.
Voice and data signals sent and received through our 2G, 3G and 4G access points are routed to our aggregation networks. Our
mobile networks have unique data core and are fully integrated with our fixed-line data networks.
As of December 31, 2019:
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our 4G mobile access networks consisted of 12,622 active radio base stations covering 1,018 municipalities, or 75% of the
urban population of Brazil;
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our 3G mobile access networks consisted of 10,350 active radio base stations covering 1,645 municipalities, or 82% of the
urban population of Brazil; and
our 2G mobile access networks consisted of 14,019 active radio base stations covering 3,497 municipalities, or 94% of the
urban population of Brazil.
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In addition to our mobile access networks, we also operate Wi-Fi hotspots in indoor public and commercial areas such as coffee
shops, airports and shopping centers. As of December 31, 2019, our Wi-Fi network consisted of more than two million hotspots, with
broadband access compatible with more than two million access points provided by Fon, which allows our customers to access Fon
lines worldwide.
Buildings
In addition to our headquarters building and our centralized national network operations center in Rio de Janeiro, we own 7,998
buildings that are used to house switching equipment or to house regional and local sales and operations centers. Of these buildings,
7,768 are “reversible assets” under our fixed-line concession agreements.
Capital Expenditures and Work in Progress
During the year ended December 31, 2019, we modernized our core network, with a focus on infrastructure improvements and
enhancing our customers’ experience, by making strategic investment decisions that allow us to do more with less and we invested in
our FTTH network. As a result, we expanded our fiber optic backbone, which enhanced our data traffic capabilities for fixed and mobile
networks, to keep up with the growing demand. In addition, our performance on ANATEL’s network quality metrics improved.
The following table sets forth our capital expenditures for the periods indicated.
Data transmission equipment
Installation services and devices
Mobile network and systems
Voice transmission
Information technology services
Telecommunication services infrastructure
Buildings, improvements and furniture
Network management system equipment
Backbone transmission
Internet services equipment
Other
Total capital expenditures
2017
2019
Year Ended December 31,
2018
(in millions of reais)
R$1,993
539
820
731
720
500
70
171
304
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229
R$6,077
R$2,947
742
905
496
684
429
88
224
630
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668
R$7,813
R$1,846
644
602
726
729
496
80
94
237
1
174
R$5,629
Our principal capital expenditures relate to a variety of projects designed to expand and upgrade our transmission networks, our
broadband access networks (fixed and mobile), our service platforms (data, video and voice), our information technology systems and
our telecommunications services infrastructure.
Data Transmission Equipment Programs
We are engaged in a long-term program to upgrade portions of our fixed-line access networks with optical fiber networks based on
GPON. The implementation of this technology permits us to provide broadband with speeds up to 200 Mbps to residential customers
and up to 1 Gbps to commercial customers.
In our access networks, we have been engaged in a program of deploying FTTH technology to support our “triple play” services,
using a GPON network engineered to support IPTV, high speed internet (currently speeds up to 200 Mbps), and VoIP services.
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We have acquired and installed data communications equipment to convert elements of our networks that used ATM and SDH
protocols to MPLS protocol over optical fiber, which supports IP and permits the creation of VPNs through our Metro Ethernet
networks. We also deployed an optical switching layer based on optical transport network technology in order to provide more efficient
use of our DWDM capacity, fast restorations, and IP routers traffic offloading.
We have been implementing a new broadband data communications network architecture, which we refer to as the Single Edge
project. This architecture enables Oi to offer access network services such as mobile, broadband, IPTV, and corporate customer links in
a single platform, which eliminates the need for individual management of each type of access network, expedites the resolution of
network problems and minimizes maintenance and operation costs.
In addition to expanding our IP backbone capacity, we are continuing to simplify our transport network architecture through the
adoption of the single-edge concept, which means using one single router to join our commercial, mobile and residential functions that
would otherwise require many specialized routers. We believe that this network simplification will reduce both capital and operational
expenditures.
Mobile Services Network Programs
4G Network
We offer 4G services using LTE network technology and have been deploying our 4G network since 2012. In compliance with our
obligations under our LTE authorizations, in 2016, we extended our LTE network to cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, adding 284
new cities to our LTE network, and in 2017, we extended our LTE network to cities with less than 100,000 inhabitants, adding 813
cities to our LTE network.
In 2018, we began deploying 4.5G services by using carrier aggregation with 1800 MHz spectrum refarming and MIMO 4x4 in 27
municipalities in the first phase of the project. It has allowed us to offer best user experience and aligning our network to main operators
in Brazil.
3G Network
We have undertaken a project to upgrade a portion of our mobile networks to enable us to increase the capacity of our mobile
network. We have deployed new radio base stations and transceivers to improve our 3G coverage and quality in areas we already serve,
reducing the level of signal congestion in these areas, and to expand our 3G service to municipalities in Brazil to which we have not
historically provided 3G service.
Voice Transmission Network Programs
We are engaged in a program of investing in new equipment for our switching stations to support next-generation networks, which
we believe will permit us to offer new value-added services to our fixed-line customers. We believe that our investment in next-
generation networks will:
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assist us in meeting the increased demand for long distance traffic, both domestic and international, through the use of
VoIP;
permit us to offer differentiated services, such as voice over broadband; and
significantly promote fixed-to-mobile convergence.
As part of this program, we have deployed an IMS core that will facilitate our convergent voice and broadband offerings. The IMS
core not only provides control for the VoIP resource but also integrated access control and authentication for all services, significantly
improving automation and speed for customer provisioning.
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We have also undertaken a program of removing and replacing smaller switching stations and integrating these operations with
other switching stations to promote efficiency in our operations.
Information Technology Services Programs
We are investing in the expansion of supply in our cloud computing services in data centers, particularly in the State of São Paulo,
in order to support the growing demand from our corporate customers. Our cloud computing services enable us to provide our
customers with integrated telecommunications and information technology solutions.
Telecommunications Services Infrastructure Programs
We are investing in several structural projects in order to improve and modernize our business support systems and operational
support systems, or OSS, and consolidate duplicative systems resulting from integrating previously acquired companies, thereby
optimizing our capital and operational expenditure investments. Based on the Telemanagement Forum frameworks and best practices,
our main projects are unified customer relationship management; network provisioning services; order management; consolidation of
network inventory; network planning, project and construction; network fault management; performance management; customer
experience management; API management and digital self-care, among others.
One of the primary projects connected to the OSS is related to assurance and quality. In January 2017, we completed the transition
from a network centric monitoring system to a customer-focused approach and thereby our network operations have migrated from
network operations centers to service operations centers which provide more efficient and customer-based support.
In December 2016, we completed a project to improve fulfillment by speeding up service creation and provisioning, reducing
costly human intervention and increasing overall customer quality of experience through automation of the fulfillment processes.
Intellectual Property
We hold several material intellectual property assets, including patents and trademarks registered with the Brazilian Patent and
Trademark Office (Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial), or BPTO. Our main trademark used in Brazil, “Oi,” is registered with
the BPTO in several classes, which allows us to use this trademark in a variety of markets in which we operate, including in connection
with our fixed-line, mobile and broadband services.
Operating Agreements
Fixed-Line and Mobile Tower Leases
We have entered into three operating lease agreements with owners of communications towers and rooftop antennae to lease space
to install equipment related to the delivery of our Personal Mobility Services on an aggregate of approximately 4,850 communications
towers and rooftop antennae. We have also entered into three operating lease agreements with owners of fixed-line communications
towers to lease space to install equipment related to the delivery of our fixed-line services on an aggregate of approximately 6,400
fixed-line communications towers.
The monthly payments under two of our operating lease agreements for space on communications towers and rooftop antennae
reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually during the first seven years of the lease by the greater of 6.5%
or the positive variation of IPCA, and adjusted annually thereafter by the positive variation of IPCA. The monthly payments, under the
remainder of the operating lease agreements, reflect a base rental amount specified in the agreement, adjusted annually by the positive
variation of IPCA.
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The operating lease agreements for space on communications towers and rooftop antennae have 15-year terms expiring between
December 2027 and June 2029 and are automatically renewable for successive one-year periods. The operating lease agreements for
space on fixed-line communications towers have 20-year terms expiring between April 2033 and July 2033 and are renewable for
additional 20-year terms.
Infrastructure Sharing Agreements
4G Network
As of the date of this annual report, we are party to two Radio Access Network, or RAN, sharing agreements with other operators.
RAN sharing enables operators to share the same physical network, thus reducing the deployment costs while maintaining all of the
characteristics of an individual network with respect to our customers. RAN sharing makes use of 3GPP standard features, permitting
full technical support. As a result, RAN sharing agreements allow us to reduce operating expenses and capital expenditures.
In November 2012, we entered into a memorandum of understanding with TIM under which we agreed to the joint use of
elements of our 4G network under a RAN sharing model pursuant to which we have invested in (and provided TIM with access to)
infrastructure in certain cities, while TIM has invested in (and provided us with access to) infrastructure in other cities. In late 2013, we
and TIM extended this memorandum of understanding to additional cities and revised certain obligations of each party under the
memorandum of understanding, which we refer to as the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement. The 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement has a term
of 15 years. Under the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement, we offer 4G technology to over 80% of urban areas in all Brazilian capital cities
and cities with over 500,000 inhabitants. In 2015, we expanded the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement with TIM to cities with over 200,000
inhabitants, 133 municipalities covered by 4G technology, and we began a RAN sharing arrangement with Telefônica Brasil. In 2016,
we expanded to cities with over 100,000 inhabitants, reaching 284 cities with 4G coverage. In 2017, we expanded to cities with less
than 100,000 inhabitants, reaching 813 cities with 4G coverage. In 2018, we and TIM amended the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement to
update the technology covered by the agreement to permit infrastructure sharing in the 1800 MHz spectrum technology.
In June 2015, we entered into a memorandum of understanding under which we agreed to the joint use of elements of the 4G
network under a RAN sharing model pursuant to which Oi, TIM, and Telefônica Brasil agreed to invest proportionally (50% Telefônica
Brasil, 25% Oi and 25% TIM) in sites in certain cities based on each operators’ respective coverage obligations, which we refer to as
the 2015 RAN Sharing Agreement. The 2015 RAN Sharing Agreement has a term of 12 years. In early 2016, ANATEL required the
inclusion of additional clauses in the agreement allowing an additional operator to be added. This agreement covered 31 cities in 2015,
171 cities in 2016 and 427 cities in 2017.
Satellite Network and Leases
Residential Services
We have deployed a range of satellite-based services to comply with our public service obligations to the rural and remote areas of
Brazil, including the Amazon rainforest region. These satellite services include internet access and access to corporate data applications.
The satellite network comprises satellite earth stations located in less-populated rural areas, as well as hub stations in the cities of
Brasília, Manaus, Belém, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Velho, Boa Vista, Macapá, Santarém, and Marabá. Our fiber optic backbone connects
all these hub stations. The integration of the land-based segment of our satellite network allows us to provide fixed-line and mobile
voice service to our subscribers in any location in our fixed-line service areas.
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As of December 31, 2019, we leased transponders from our affiliate Hispamar Satélite S.A., or Hispamar, with:
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43 MHz of capacity on the Amazonas 3 satellite in Ku band and 252 MHz of capacity on the Amazonas 2 satellite in Ku
band to provide voice and data services to approximately 3,000 localities; and
580 MHz of capacity on the Amazonas 3 satellite in C band and 378 MHz of capacity on the Amazonas 2 satellite in C
band to provide voice and data services to approximately 390 municipalities.
DTH Network
We provide our DTH services through satellite uplinks that receive, encode and transmit the television signals to satellite
transponders through our own facilities in Barra da Tijuca near Rio de Janeiro.
As of December 31, 2019, we leased transponders to provide DTH services from SES New Skies with 1.5 GHz of capacity on the
SES-6 satellite in Ku band.
Agreements for Network Equipment and Services
In 2018, we entered into agreements with strategic suppliers to acquire equipment and services to support the modernization of
network technologies for the expansion of mobile telephone service coverage and fiber optic broadband capacity. These projects are
designed to modernize and consolidate our mobile network technologies, permitting our gradual use of our 2G and 3G frequencies to
provide 4.5G services in all municipalities currently served by our mobile network and prepare our network for the implementation of
5G technology and Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Under this agreement, we expect to acquire equipment and services from Huawei
over the next five years.
Network Maintenance
Our external plant and equipment maintenance, installation and network servicing are performed by our wholly-owned subsidiary
Serede Serviços de Rede S.A., or Serede, as well as one third-party service provider, Telemont. We employ our own team of
technicians for our internal plant and equipment maintenance.
Insourced Network Maintenance
In May 2013 and June 2013, we insourced our installation, operations, and corrective and preventive maintenance services in
connection with our fixed-line telecommunications services, mobile telecommunications services, data transmission services (including
broadband access services), satellite services, buildings, access ways and towers. These services had previously been provided by Nokia
Solutions and Networks do Brasil Telecomunicações Ltda. and Alcatel-Lucent Brasil S.A.
In June 2016, we acquired 100% of the capital stock of A.R.M. Engenharia and changed its corporate name to Rede Conecta –
Serviços de Rede S.A. In November 2018, Rede Conecta merged into Serede. Through Serede we perform installation, operation and
corrective and preventive maintenance in connection with our external plant and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber
optic and data communication networks (including broadband access services).
Outsourced Network Maintenance
In October 2017, we entered into services agreements with Telemont for installation, operation, and corrective and preventive
maintenance in connection with our external plant and associated equipment, public telephones, and fiber optic and data communication
networks (including broadband access services) in the States of Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Tocantins, Acre, Rondônia and Goiás and the Federal District. The total estimated payments under this contract, which expires in
October 2022, are approximately R$4.2 billion.
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Research and Development
We conduct independent innovation, research and development in areas of telecommunications services but historically we have
not independently developed new telecommunications technologies. We depend primarily on suppliers of telecommunications
equipment for the development of new technology. Our investments in innovation, research and development totaled R$34 million
during 2019, R$17 million during 2018 and R$16 million during 2017.
Joint Venture, Associated Companies and Assets Held-For-Sale
Joint Venture
We own 19.04% of the share capital of Hispamar, a Spanish-Brazilian enterprise created in November 1999 by Hispasat (the
leading satellite telecommunications provider in the Iberian Peninsula), and our company. Hispamar operates the Amazonas 2 and
Amazonas 3 satellites. In December 2002, we entered into an agreement with Hispasat that granted and transferred to Hispamar the
rights to exploit geostationary orbital position 61 degrees west, and we acquired a minority equity stake in Hispamar.
In 2009, the Amazonas 2 satellite was launched and this satellite commenced commercial operations in early 2010. This satellite
provides both C and Ku band transponders and on-board switching, with an expected useful life of 15 years. The Amazonas 2 satellite is
owned by a subsidiary of Hispasat and Hispamar has been granted the right to operate and lease all of the transponder’s space segment
on this satellite.
In 2013, the Amazonas 3 satellite was launched and commenced commercial operations. This satellite provides both C and Ku
band transponders, with an expected useful life of 15 years. The Amazonas 3 satellite is owned by Hispamar, which operates and leases
all of the transponder’s space segment on this satellite.
Associated Company
We own 50% of Companhia AIX de Participações S.A., or AIX. AIX provides infrastructure services to our company and is
engaged in the construction of ductwork for the installation of fiber optic cables along highways in the State of São Paulo.
Assets Held-for-Sale
Our board of directors has authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in Africatel and
TPT—Telecomunicações Públicas de Timor, S.A., or TPT. As a result, we record the assets and liabilities of Africatel and TPT as
held-for sale, although we do not record Africatel or TPT as discontinued operations in our income statement due to the immateriality of
the effects of Africatel and TPT on our results of operations.
Africatel
Africatel was formed in May 2006 and indirectly holds our equity interests in CST – Companhia Santomense de
Telecomunicações, S.A.R.L., or CST, and Directel—Listas Telefónicas Internacionais, Lda., or Directel. We own 86% of the share
capital of Africatel.
CST
Africatel indirectly owns 51% of the share capital of CST, a provider of fixed and mobile services in São Tomé and Principe, that
was established in 1989 and provides fixed-line and mobile telecommunications services under the terms of a 20-year license granted in
2007.
Directel
Africatel indirectly owns 100% of the share capital of Directel, a Portuguese entity with subsidiaries in Angola, Cabo Verde,
Mozambique, and Kenya, which publish telephone directories and operate related data bases in those countries.
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TPT
We own 76.14% of the share capital of TPT, a Portuguese holding company that owns 54.01% of the share capital of Timor
Telecom, S.A., or Timor Telecom, which provides telecommunications, multimedia and IT services in Timor Leste in Asia. Our
wholly-owned subsidiary PT Participações also holds 3.05% of the share capital of Timor Telecom.
Regulation of the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry
Overview
Our business, including the nature of the services we provide and the rates we charge, is subject to comprehensive regulation
under the General Telecommunications Law, and a comprehensive regulatory framework for the provision of telecommunications
services promulgated by ANATEL. We provide fixed-line, domestic and international long-distance, mobile telecommunications, data
transmission and Pay-TV services under concessions, authorizations and licenses that were granted by ANATEL and allow us to
provide specified services in designated geographic areas, as well as set forth certain obligations with which we must comply.
ANATEL is an administratively independent and financially autonomous regulatory agency that was established in July 1997
pursuant to the General Telecommunications Law and ANATEL Regulation (Regulamento da Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações).
ANATEL oversees our activities and enforces the General Telecommunications Law and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
ANATEL is required to report on its activities to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications
(Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações), and has authority to propose and to issue regulations that are legally
binding on telecommunications service providers. ANATEL also has the authority to grant concessions and licenses for all
telecommunications services, other than broadcasting services. In addition, ANATEL is authorized to direct and control the provision of
services, the shareholding structure of service providers, to apply penalties and to declare the expiration of the concession and
authorizations and the return of assets from the concessionaire to the government authority upon termination of the concession. Any
regulation or action proposed by ANATEL is subject to a period of public comment, which may include public hearings, and
ANATEL’s decisions may be challenged administratively before the agency itself or through the Brazilian judicial system.
The current regulatory framework for the Brazilian telecommunications industry was adopted in 1998. Under the General
Telecommunications Law and ANATEL regulations, the right to provide telecommunications services is granted either through a
concession under the public regime (as discussed below) or an authorization under the private regime (as discussed below). A
concession is granted for a fixed period of time following a public auction and is generally renewable. An authorization is granted for
an indeterminate period of time and public auctions are held for some authorizations. These concessions and authorizations allow
service providers to provide specific services in designated geographic areas, set forth certain obligations with which the service
providers must comply and require equal treatment of customers by the service providers.
The three principal providers of fixed-line telecommunications services in Brazil, Telefônica Brasil, Claro and our company,
provide these services under the public regime. In addition, CTBC and Sercomtel, which are secondary local fixed-line
telecommunications service providers, operate under the public regime. All of the other providers of fixed-line telecommunications
services and all providers of personal mobile services and data transmission services in Brazil operate under the private regime.
On October 3, 2019, the President of Brazil signed Law No. 13,879, which amended the General Telecommunications Law to
allow, among other things, providers of fixed-line telecommunications services operating under a concession in the public regime to
convert their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of substantial obligations
currently imposed by the concession regime. In February 2020, ANATEL proposed regulations to implement Law No. 13,879,
including the rules that will govern the conversion of concessions into authorizations. These proposed regulations are subject to a public
consultation period that is expected to expire on April 30, 2020. We cannot predict when and to what extent these regulations will be
adopted. For more information, see “—Public Regime—Amendments to the General Telecommunications Law” and “Item 3. Key
Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry and Regulatory Environment—We cannot
assure you that we will be able to convert our concessions into authorizations or renew our concessions in a timely or cost-effective
manner.”
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Public Regime
Overview
Providers of public regime services are subject to more obligations and restrictions than providers of private regime services.
Under Brazilian law, providers of public regime services are subject to certain requirements with respect to services such as network
expansion and network modernization. Under their concession agreements, public regime service providers are required to comply with
the provisions of the PGMU, which was most recently updated in December 2018. For more information about the PGMU and our
obligations thereunder, see “—General Plan of Universal Service Goals (PGMU).”
In addition, public regime service providers, as well as private regime service providers, are required to comply with the
provisions of: (1) the RGQ, which was adopted by ANATEL in June 2013 and was partially superseded by the RQUAL in December
2019; and (2) the General Plan on Competition Targets (Plano Geral de Metas de Competição), or PGMC, which was adopted by
ANATEL in November 2012 and updated in July 2018. For more information about the RGQ, the RQUAL and the PGMC see “ —Our
Services—Fixed-Line Telephone Services—General Plan on Quality Goals (RGQ),” “ —Other Regulatory Matters—Quality of
Telecommunications Services Regulation (RQUAL)” and “ —Other Regulatory Matters—General Plan on Competition Targets
(PGMC),” respectively.
The rates that public regime service providers may charge customers are subject to ANATEL supervision. Another distinctive
feature of public concessions is the right of the concessionaire to maintain certain economic and financial standards, which are
calculated based on the rules set forth in the concession agreements and were designed based on a price cap model. For more
information, see “—Our Services—Fixed-Line Telephone Services—Rate Regulation.”
Concessions are granted for 20 years. Whereas prior to the passage of Law No. 13,897, only one 20-year renewal period was
allowed, the new law permits providers to renew their concession for indefinite additional 20-year periods, provided that at least 30
months prior to each expiration date, the providers have complied with the obligations required of them under the applicable
concession. ANATEL may terminate the concession of any public regime service provider upon the occurrence of certain events
described below under “—Termination of a Concession.” The modification right permits ANATEL to impose new terms and conditions
in response to changes in technology, competition in the marketplace and domestic and international economic conditions. ANATEL is
obligated to engage in public consultation in connection with each of these potential modifications.
General Plan of Universal Service Goals (PGMU)
The PGMU sets forth the principal network expansion and modernization obligations of the public regime providers. The PGMU
was approved by Decree No. 9,619 and became effective on December 21, 2018, the date when it was published in the Official Gazette.
Public regime providers are subject to network expansion requirements under the PGMU, which are revised by ANATEL from
time to time. No subsidies or other supplemental financings are anticipated to finance our network expansion obligations. Our failure to
meet the network expansion and modernization obligations established by the PGMU or in our concession agreements may result in
fines and penalties of up to R$50 million for each non-compliance with an obligation or rule as verified in an administrative process, as
well as potential revocation of our concessions.
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The PGMU requires the following, among other things:
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local fixed-line service providers to provide individual access to fixed-line voice services to economically disadvantaged
segments of the Brazilian population within their service areas, through programs to be established and regulated by
ANATEL;
local fixed-line service providers to install public telephones on demand in locations with more than 100 inhabitants;
local fixed-line service providers to install fixed lines in locations with more than 300 inhabitants (1) in regions where there
is no fixed line installed, within 120 days of a request and (2) in regions where fixed lines are already installed, within 7
days of a request for 90% of requests and in up to 25 days of a request for the remaining 10% of requests; and
local fixed-line service providers to gradually provide voice access in the wireless local loop technology with capacity for
4G services in 1,400 locations (of which 1,155 apply to Oi), according to the following schedule: 10% of such locations by
December 31, 2019; 25% by December 31, 2020; 45% by December 31, 2021; 70% by December 31, 2022; and 100% by
December 31, 2023.
Similarly to the 2008 amendments to the PGMU that eliminated the requirements to provide public telephone centers (postos de
serviço telefônico) in exchange for building backhaul, the 2018 PGMU eliminated the requirements to provide multifacility service
centers (postos de serviço multifacilidade), which are public centers located in rural areas that offer various telecommunications
services, including voice, access to the internet and digital transmission of text and images, and to install and maintain public telephones
within a fixed-line service concession, in exchange for other obligations to be defined.
The value of the obligations currently imposed by the PGMU and, therefore, the cost of the additional investments in exchange for
the elimination of such obligations, is subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final
valuation.
Termination of a Concession
ANATEL may terminate the concession of any public regime service provider upon the occurrence of any of the following:
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an extraordinary situation jeopardizing the public interest, in which case the Brazilian government is authorized to start
rendering the services set forth under the concession in lieu of the concessionaire, subject to congressional authorization
and payment of adequate indemnification to the owner of the terminated concession;
termination by the provider (through an agreement with ANATEL or pursuant to legal proceedings) as a consequence of an
act or omission of the Brazilian government that makes the rendering of the services excessively burdensome to the
provider;
annulment of the concession due to a contractual term, which is deemed by subsequent law to be illegal;
material failure to comply with the provider’s universalization targets;
failure to meet insurance requirements set forth in the concession agreement;
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a split-up, spin-off, amalgamation, merger, capital reduction or transfer of the provider’s control without ANATEL’s
authorization;
the transfer of the concession without ANATEL’s authorization;
the dissolution or bankruptcy of the provider; or
an extraordinary situation in which Brazilian government intervention, although legally permissible, is not undertaken, as
such intervention would prove to be inconvenient, unnecessary or would result in an unfair benefit to the provider.
In the event a concession is terminated, ANATEL is authorized to administer the provider’s properties and its employees in order
to continue rendering services.
Service Restrictions
Public regime service providers are subject to certain restrictions on alliances, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions with
other public regime providers, including:
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a prohibition on members of the same economic group holding more than two licenses for the provision of
telecommunications services in the public regime, which would include holding more than 20% of the voting shares of or
controlling (as such term is defined under ANATEL’s regulations) more than two providers of public regime
telecommunications services; and
a restriction, as set forth in the General Grant Plan (Plano General de Outorgas), or PGO, on mergers between providers of
public regime telecommunications services.
In September 2011, Law No. 12,485 became effective, which creates a new legal framework for subscription television services in
Brazil, and determines, among other provisions to:
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allow fixed-line telephone concessionaires, such as us, to enter the cable television market in Brazil;
remove existing restrictions on foreign capital investments in cable television providers;
limit the total and voting capital held by broadcast concessionaires and authorized providers, and in television programmers
and producers, with headquarters in Brazil to 30%; and
prohibit telecommunications service providers with collective interests from acquiring rights to disseminate images of
events of national interest and from hiring domestic artistic talent.
Amendments to the General Telecommunications Law
On October 3, 2019, the President of Brazil signed Law No. 13,879, which amended the General Telecommunications Law. Law
No. 13,879 will allow providers of fixed-line telecommunications services operating under a concession in the public regime to convert
their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of substantial obligations currently
imposed by the concession regime, including the inability of providers to sell certain property, plant and equipment used to provide
fixed-line telephone services. In exchange, providers may be required to assume obligations to make additional investments in their
networks, primarily related to the expansion of broadband services. The cost of the additional investments in exchange for the
elimination of such obligations, would be subject to discussion between the parties, with ANATEL having the ability to make the final
valuation. In addition, the new law permits providers to renew their concession for indefinite additional 20-year periods, whereas
previously only one 20-year renewal period was allowed, provided that at least 30 months prior to each expiration date, the providers
have complied with the obligations required of them under the applicable concession. In February 2020, ANATEL proposed regulations
to implement Law No. 13,879, including the rules that will govern the conversion of concessions into authorizations, such as the
methodology for calculating the cost of investments that providers will need to undertake as well as deadlines to complete the
conversions. A draft of the new form of authorization agreement was also provided. These proposed regulations are subject to a public
consultation period that is expected to expire on April 30, 2020. We cannot predict when and to what extent these regulations will be
adopted. See “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry and Regulatory
Environment—We cannot assure you that we will be able to convert our concessions into authorizations or renew our concessions in a
timely or cost-effective manner.”
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Private Regime
Providers of private regime services, although not generally subject to the requirements concerning continuity and universality of
service and network modernization, are subject to certain network expansion and quality of service obligations set forth in their
respective authorizations and applicable regulation.
For example, private regime service providers are required to comply with the provisions of the RGQ and the PGMC. For more
information about the RGQ and the PGMC, see “—Our Services—Fixed-Line Telephone Services—General Plan on Quality Goals
(RGQ)” and “—Other Regulatory Matters—General Plan on Competition Targets (PGMC),” respectively.
Our Services
Fixed-Line Telephone Services
Regulatory Overview
We provide the majority of our fixed-line telephone services (Serviço Telefônico Fixo Comutado—STFC) in accordance with
concession agreements under the public regime. For more information about the regulations applicable to public regime telephone
service providers, see “—Public Regime.”
Our Concessions and Authorizations
The following table sets forth certain details of our concessions and authorizations to provide local, domestic long-distance and
international long-distanced fixed-line telephone services:
Geographic Scope
Region I of the PGO – States of Rio De Janeiro, Minas Gerais,
Espírito Santo, Bahia, Sergipe, Alagoas, Pernambuco, Paraiba,
Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Piauí, Maranhão, Pará, Amapá,
Amazonas e Roraima, except Sector 3 of Region I of the PGO
(1)
Region I of the PGO – Sector 3(1)
Region II of the PGO – States of Santa Catarina, Paraná, Mato
Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás, Tocantins, Distrito
Federal, Rondônia, Acre and Rio Grande Do Sul, except for
Sectors 20, 22 and 25(3)
Region II of the PGO—Sectors 20, 22 and 25(3)
Region III of the PGO – São Paulo
National
Type of Service
Termination Date
Regime
Local / Domestic Long-Distance December 31, 2025(2) Concession
Authorization
Local / Domestic Long-Distance
Indeterminate
Local / Domestic Long-Distance December 31, 2025(2) Concession
Authorization
Local / Domestic Long-Distance
Authorization
Local / Domestic Long-Distance
Authorization
International Long Distance
Indeterminate
Indeterminate
Indeterminate
(1)
(2)
(3)
Sector 3 of Region I of the PGO corresponds to 57 municipalities in the State of Minas Gerais.
Concession agreements may be amended by the parties every five years prior to their termination date. In connection with each five-year amendment, ANATEL
has the right, following public consultations, to impose new terms and conditions in response to changes in technology, competition in the marketplace and
domestic and international economic conditions. Our concession agreements were last amended in 2011. Under their existing terms, our concession agreements
may be amended by December 2020 at the latest.
Sectors 20, 22 and 25 of Region II of the PGO correspond to the following municipalities: Londrina, Paraná; Tamarana, Paraná; (Sector 22) Paranaíba, Mato
Grosso do Sul (Sector 25); Buriti Alegre, Goiás; Cachoeira Dourada, Goiás; Inaciolândia, Goiás; Itumbiara, Goiás; Paranaiguara, Goiás; and São Simão, Goiás.
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Each of our concession agreements:
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sets forth the parameters that govern adjustments to our rates;
requires us to comply with the network expansion obligations set forth in the PGMU;
requires payment of biannual fees equal to 2.0% of our net operating revenue that is derived from the provision of our local
fixed-line and domestic long-distance services (excluding taxes and social contributions) during the immediately preceding
year;
In addition, each of our concession and authorization agreements:
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sets forth the conditions under which ANATEL may access information from us;
requires us to comply with certain quality of service obligations as well as the quality of service obligations set forth in the
RGQ;
requires us to pay fines for any non-compliance with the regulatory rules including systemic service interruptions.
In addition, the PGMU requires us to provide transmission lines connecting our fiber-optic internet backbones to municipalities in
our concession areas in which we did not provide internet service, which we refer to as backhaul. Under these concession agreements,
we are obligated to set up backhaul in 3,188 municipalities in Regions I and II. The facilities that we constructed to meet these
obligations are considered to be property that is part of our concessions and will therefore revert to the Brazilian government on
January 1, 2026. For more information about the PGMU, see “—Public Regime—General Plan of Universal Service Goals (PGMU).”
On October 3, 2019, the President of Brazil signed Law No. 13,879, which amended the General Telecommunications Law to
allow, among other things, providers of fixed-line telecommunications services operating under a concession in the public regime to
convert their concessions into authorizations to operate in the private regime and thereby eliminate a number of substantial obligations
currently imposed by the concession regime. In addition, the new law permits providers to renew their concession for indefinite
additional 20-year periods, whereas previously only one 20-year renewal period was allowed, provided that at least 30 months prior to
each expiration date, the providers have complied with the obligations required of them under the applicable concession. Prior to the
passage of Law No. 13,879, our concession agreements would have expired in 2025 without the possibility of renewal. In February
2020, ANATEL proposed regulations to implement Law No. 13,879, including the rules that will govern the conversion of concessions
into authorizations. These proposed regulations are subject to a public consultation period that is expected to expire on April 30, 2020.
We cannot predict when and to what extent these regulations will be adopted. Once these regulations are adopted, we expect that we
will be able to migrate our public regime concessions into private-regime authorizations or renew our concessions, which would
otherwise expire on December 31, 2025. However, as of the date of this annual report, we have not decided which option to pursue and
cannot predict the cost of pursuing any of these options. For more information about Law No. 13,879, see “—Public
Regime—Amendments to the General Telecommunications Law.”
In addition, in connection with the consideration of revisions to the concession agreements under the public regime, in January
2017, ANATEL proposed revisions to the terms of the PGO, in line with the provisions of PLC 79 (the bill that preceded Law No. 13,
789). However, despite the passage of Law No. 13,789, we cannot predict when and to what extent ANATEL will revise the PGO.
We cannot assure you that the implementation of Law No. 13,879 or any future amendments to our concession agreements
(including renewals) or the PGO will not impose requirements on our company that will require us to undertake significant capital
expenditures or will not modify the rate-setting procedures applicable to us in a manner that will significantly reduce the net operating
revenue that we generate from our Brazilian fixed-line businesses. If the migration of our concessions to the private regime or the
amendments to our concession agreements have these effects, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be
materially adversely affected. See “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Brazilian Telecommunications
Industry and Regulatory Environment—Our concession agreements in Brazil are subject to periodic modifications by ANATEL, and
we cannot assure you that the modifications to these concession agreements will not have adverse effects on our company” and “Item 3.
Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Brazilian Telecommunications Industry and Regulatory Environment—We
cannot assure you that we will be able to convert our concessions into authorizations or renew our concessions in a timely or cost-
effective manner.”
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Rate Regulation
Under their concession agreements, public regime service providers are required to offer basic local fixed-line plans to users.
Rates for the basic long-distance services plan originated and terminated on fixed lines vary in accordance with certain criteria. The
concession agreements establish a price-cap mechanism for annual rate adjustments for basic service plans and basic domestic long-
distance plans based on formulas set forth in each provider’s concession agreement. The formula provides for two adjustments to the
price cap based on the local rate basket, the long-distance rate basket and the use of a price index. The price cap is first revised upward
to reflect increases in inflation, as measured by an index, then ANATEL applies a productivity discount factor, or Factor X, which
reduces the impact of the rate readjustment provided by the index.
Factor X is equal to (1) 50% of the increase in the productivity rate of public regime providers, plus (2) 75% of a factor calculated
by ANATEL that is designed to reflect cost optimization targets for the telecommunications industry as a whole. If the weighted
average productivity rate is negative, ANATEL will not allow an annual adjustment in excess of the IST.
A provider may increase rates for individual services within the local rate basket or the long-distance rate basket by up to 5% more
than the IST so long as the rates for other services in that rate basket are reduced to the extent necessary to ensure that the weighted
average increase for the entire rate basket does not exceed the permitted annual rate adjustment.
A provider may also offer alternative plans in addition to the basic service plan. Alternative plans must be submitted for
ANATEL’s approval. The rates offered under the alternative plans may be adjusted annually based on the IST.
Local Rates. Our revenues from local fixed-line services consist mainly of monthly subscription charges, charges for local calls
and charges for the activation of lines for new subscribers or subscribers that have changed addresses. Monthly subscription charges are
based on the plan to which the customer subscribes and whether the customer is a residential, commercial or trunk line customer.
Under our concession agreements, we are required to offer two local fixed-line plans to users: the Basic Plan per Minute and the
Mandatory Alternative Service Plan. In addition to the Basic Plan per Minute and the Mandatory Alternative Service Plan, we are
permitted to offer non-discriminatory alternative plans to the basic service plans. The rates for applicable services under these plans
must be submitted for ANATEL approval prior to offering those plans to our customers. Historically, ANATEL has generally not raised
objections to the terms of these plans.
On an annual basis, ANATEL increases or decreases the maximum rates that we are permitted to charge for our basic service
plans. In addition, we are authorized to adjust the rates applicable to our alternative plans annually by no more than the rate of inflation,
as measured by the Telecommunications Services Index (Índice de Serviços de Telecomunicações – IST), or IST. Discounts from the
rates set in basic service plans and alternative service plans may be granted to customers without ANATEL approval.
Local Fixed Line-to-Mobile Rates (VC-1) and Mobile Long Distance Rates (VC-2 and VC-3). When one of our fixed-line
customers makes a call to a mobile subscriber of our company or another mobile services provider that terminates in the mobile
registration area in which the call was originated, we charge our fixed-line customer per-minute charges for the duration of the call
based on rates designated by ANATEL as VC-1 rates. In turn, we pay the mobile services provider a per-minute charge based on rates
designated by ANATEL as mobile termination, or MTR, rates for the use of its mobile network in completing the call. Rates for long-
distance calls that originate or terminate on mobile telephones are based on whether the call is an intrasectorial long-distance call, which
is charged at rates designated by ANATEL as VC-2 rates, or an intersectorial long-distance call, which is charged at rates designated by
ANATEL as VC-3 rates. If the caller selects one of our carrier selection codes for the call, we receive the revenues from the call and
must pay interconnection fees to the service providers that operate the networks on which the call originates and terminates. VC-1,
VC-2 and VC-3 rates, collectively, the “VC Rates” vary depending on the time of the day and day of the week, and are applied on a
per-minute basis. On an annual basis, ANATEL may increase or decrease the maximum VC Rates that we are permitted to charge.
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Fixed Line-to-Fixed-Line Long Distance Rates. If a caller selects one of our carrier selection codes for a long-distance call that
originates and terminates on fixed-line telephones, we receive the revenues from the call and must pay interconnection fees to the
service providers that operate the networks on which the call originates and terminates. Rates for these long-distance calls are based on
the physical distance separating callers (which are categorized by four distance ranges), time of the day and day of the week, and are
applied on a per-minute basis for the duration of the call. On an annual basis, ANATEL increases or decreases the maximum domestic
fixed line-to-fixed line long-distance rates that we are permitted to charge.
For more information about the rates applicable to our fixed-line services, see “—Rates, Billing and Collection—Rates.”
General Plan on Quality Goals (RGQ)
The RGQ for fixed-line voice services was approved by ANATEL in December 2012 and became effective in June 2013. Each
fixed-line service provider operating under the public regime or the private regime must comply with the provisions of the RGQ. All
costs related to compliance with the quality goals established by the RGQ must be borne exclusively by the service provider. The RGQ
establishes minimum quality standards with regard to:
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customer complaints;
responses to repair requests;
responses to change of address requests; and
quality of public telephones.
These quality standards are measured according to the definitions and quality indicators established by ANATEL. The indicators,
as well as their respective methods of collection, calculation and other quality requirements, are defined in specific regulations
published by ANATEL.
ANATEL measures the performance of fixed-line service providers in each individual state in which they operate. As a result, the
performance of fixed-line service providers in any particular state may not meet one or more quality performance targets even if such
service provider’s overall performance is satisfactory. For cases in which there are indications of performance or conduct other than
those established in the regulations, ANATEL establishes a noncompliance process called Procedure for Determination of
Non-Compliance to Obligations (Procedimento de Apuração de Descumprimento de Obrigações – PADO) in detriment to the provider.
Therefore, fixed-line service providers, including us, could be subject to fines or penalties as a result of the failure to meet the quality
performance targets in one or more particular area codes.
In November 2017, ANATEL submitted the RQUAL, a proposal to review the methods by which the quality standards for fixed-
line services, personal mobility services, multimedia communications services and subscription television services are measured, for
public consultation. In December 2019, ANATEL approved the RQUAL, which immediately superseded certain provisions of the RGQ
obligations. However, the majority of the provisions of the RQUAL are not expected to be implemented until 2021, as provided for in
the regulation. For more information, see “—Other Regulatory Matters—Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation
(RQUAL).”
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Mobile Telephone Services
Regulatory Overview
In September 2000, ANATEL adopted regulations that established operating rules for providers under the personal mobile service
(Serviço Móvel Pessoal—SMP) regime. The regulations permitted ANATEL to grant authorizations to provide mobile
telecommunications services under the personal mobile service regime. For purposes of the personal mobile service regulations, Brazil
is divided into three service regions covering the same geographic areas as the concessions for fixed-line telecommunications services.
Auction of 3G Spectrum. In preparation for auctions of spectrum in Bands F, G, I and J (2.1 GHz), the use of which allows
personal mobile services providers to offer 3G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that divide the Brazilian
territory into nine regions for purposes of operations using these frequency bands. In December 2007, ANATEL auctioned
radiofrequency licenses to operate on each of these frequency bands in each of the nine regions and the related licenses to use these
frequency bands. In this auction, we acquired the radio frequency licenses necessary to offer 3G services in eight of the nine regions
delineated by ANATEL for 3G services (corresponding to Regions I, II and III under the personal mobile services regime, other than an
area in Region III that consists of 23 municipalities in the interior of the State of São Paulo that includes the city of Franca and
surrounding areas).
Authorizations to Use 450 MHz Band and 2.5 GHz Band. In preparation for auctions of the 450MHz band and 2.5 GHz band, the
use of which allows personal mobile services providers to offer 4G services to their customers, ANATEL issued regulations that
divided the Brazilian territory into three regions for purposes of providing personal mobile services. In June 2012, ANATEL auctioned
radio frequency licenses to operate and the related licenses to use the frequency bands in the following manner: (1) four national lots for
2.5 GHz bands, each accompanied by a regional band of 450 MHz, and (2) 132 regional lots for 2.5GHz bands, including “P” band
radiofrequencies. In this auction, we acquired (1) one of the national lots for 2.5 GHz and the corresponding regional lot of 450MHz to
provide rural broadband services in the States of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District,
and (2) 11 regional lots for “P” band radiofrequencies. Since that time, we have waived our right to use and/or chosen not to renew our
“P” band authorizations.
Network Sharing. In 2013, ANATEL and Brazil’s national competition regulator (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa
Econômica), or CADE, approved the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement between TIM and Oi, which has been implemented, for the
construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services (voice and broadband) in the
2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of 4G commitments.
In 2014, TIM and Oi agreed to negotiate the joint construction, implementation and reciprocal assignment of elements of their
respective 2G and 3G network infrastructures, which was approved by ANATEL and CADE.
In 2015, ANATEL and CADE approved the 2015 RAN Sharing Agreement between Telefônica Brasil, TIM and Oi, which has
been implemented, for the construction, implementation and mutual assignment of network tools to support personal mobile services
(voice and broadband) in the 2.5 GHz band, among others, in order to ensure compliance with the scope of commitments. With respect
to the latter agreement, ANATEL rejected the proposal to conduct RAN sharing in conurbations because it detected interference in the
service. As a result, ANATEL will not allow RAN sharing in municipalities experiencing interference until a solution has been found.
In 2018, ANATEL and CADE approved an amendment to the 2013 RAN Sharing Agreement between TIM and Oi, which has
been implemented, to update the technology covered by the agreement and to permit infrastructure sharing in the 1800 MHz spectrum
technology.
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Our Authorizations
We hold radiofrequency spectrum authorizations to provide 2G, 3G and 4G services in Regions I, II and III. The majority of these
authorizations grant us permission to use the applicable radio spectrum for 15 years from the date of the authorization agreement under
which they are granted and are renewable for additional 15-year terms. Upon renewal of any of these authorizations and on every
second anniversary of such renewal, we will be required to pay an amount equal to 2.0% of our prior year’s net operating revenue from
personal mobile services. The initial terms of one of our radio frequency spectrum authorizations expired in 2016 and was extended for
an additional 15-year term. Following the passage of Law No. 13,879 in October 2019, mobile telephone service providers may renew
their radiofrequency spectrum authorizations indefinitely without undergoing new auctions. However, there is doubt as to whether this
new framework will be applicable for authorizations in effect at the time of the law was changed. As a result, we cannot be certain that
we will be able to renew our existing authorizations indefinitely without undergoing new auctions.
The following table sets forth certain information about our authorizations to provide mobile telephone services:
Geographic Scope
Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Amazonas, Roraima,
Amapá, Pará, Maranhão, Bahia, Sergipe, Piauí, Ceará, Rio Grande do
Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco and Alagoas
Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais and Pernambuco(4)
Amazonas, Alagoas, Paraíba, Piauí e Rio Grande do Norte, Pará,
Maranhão, Roraima, Espírito Santo, Bahia and Sergipe
Acre, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Rondônia, Tocantins,
Federal District, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande de Sul
Mato Grosso and Goiás(5)
Federal District Mato Grosso, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Tocantins,
Acre, Santa Catarina, Rondônia, Mato Grosso do Sul, Goiás(6)
São Paulo
Termination Date
900 MHz
1,800 MHz(1)
2,100 MHz
(3G)
2,600MHz
(4G)(2)(3)
March 2031*
April 2023 October 2027
March 2031*
March 2031*
December 2032* December 2032* April 2023
April 2023
April 2023
October 2027
December 2022
(7)
December 2022 April 2023 October 2027
The expiration dates of these licenses have already been extended and these licenses are not eligible for additional extensions.
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(1) We have secondary use of 1,800 MHz radiofrequencies under authorizations provided to TIM in Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Sergipe, Ceará, Santa Catarina e
Goiás, with the same termination dates as the underlying authorizations granted to TIM (from April 2023 through April 2028).
(2) We no longer have authorizations for the “P” Band.
(3) We have secondary use of sub-bands “X” and “VI” in the 2.5 GHz radiofrequencies under authorizations provided to Telefônica and TIM in all of Brazil, with the
same termination dates as the underlying authorizations granted to Telefônica and TIM.
Sector 1 of the State of Rio de Janeiro; sectors 2 and 3 of the State of Minas Gerais; sector 5 of the State of Bahia; sector 8 of the State of Pernambuco; and sector
11 of the State of Ceará.
“H” Band Sector 22 (Paranaíba/MS) and Sector 25 (municipalities of Buriti Alegre, Cachoeira Dourada, Inaciolândia, Itumbiara, Paranaiguara and São Simão in
the State of Goiás).
Sub-band “F.” except in the States of Paranaíba and Mato Grosso do Sul and the municipalities of Buriti Alegre, Cachoeira Dourada, Inaciolândia, Itumbiara,
Paranaiguara and São Simão in the State of Goiás.
Except AR11 and sector 33.
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
Our authorization agreements are also subject to network scope and contains service performance obligations set forth in these
authorization agreements, under which we are required to service all municipalities in Brazil with a population in excess of 100,000
habitants.
Under our 3G authorizations, as of the date of this annual report we are also required to (1) provide service to 459 municipalities
that did not have mobile services at the time these licenses were granted with either 2G or 3G mobile telecommunications services,
(2) provide 3G service to 50% of all of the municipalities with a population between 30,000 and 100,000, and (3) provide 3G service to
60% of the municipalities, including 684 specified municipalities, covered by these licenses with a population less than 30,000.
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Under our 4G authorizations, as of the date of this annual report we are also required to provide 4G service in (1) all
municipalities with a population of 30,000 or more and (2) 60% by December 31, 2018 and 100% by December 31, 2019 of the
municipalities covered by these licenses with a population less than 30,000; provided, however, that for the latter, we may comply with
this obligation by providing service with transmission rates equal to or greater than those set for the 1.9/2.1 GHz (3G) bands;
In 2012 we acquired 450 MHz license on the 4G services auction, which requires us to, in 964 municipalities in the States of
Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul and the Federal District: (1) provide voice services in the 450 MHz or
other spectrum granted to us and data services at minimum upload speeds of 256 kbps and download speeds of 1 Mbps and a minimum
monthly allowance of 500 MB in rural areas; (2) provide unlimited data services at minimum upload speeds of 256 kbps and download
speeds of 1 Mbps to rural schools in those municipalities; and (3) make our fixed-line network available to other telecommunications
service providers to allow them to comply with their obligations under the PGMU.
As of the date of this annual report, although we believe that we are in compliance with the network scope and service
performance obligations set forth in these licenses, ANATEL is debating our compliance with certain obligations to provide services
under the 450 MHz spectrums. Since we did not have all of the necessary systems in place to support the use of the 450 MHz spectrum
using land frequencies by the required deadline, we have been meeting our coverage obligations in certain areas using satellites. If
ANATEL makes a final decision that we have not been meeting our obligations, our authorizations to use 450 MHz frequencies may be
terminated. As of the date of this annual report, ANATEL’s determination regarding this matter is suspended by court order.
For most obligations, a municipality is considered “serviced” when the covered service area contains at least 80% of the urban
area in the municipality. Our failure to meet these targets may result in the imposition of penalties established in ANATEL regulations
and, in extreme circumstances, in termination of our authorizations to use those radiofrequencies by ANATEL. As of the date of this
annual report, although we believe that we are in compliance with the network scope and service performance obligations set forth in
these authorization agreements, ANATEL has not yet made its final determination with respect to our compliance with certain
obligations to provide services under the 450 MHz/900 MHz/1800 MHz/2100 and 2500 MHz spectrums. Furthermore, we have
obtained judicial protection under the RJ Proceedings to forego renewal of many of the performance guarantees we would have
otherwise been required to maintain with respect to the obligations under discussion.
Our 4G radio frequency authorizations also impose minimum investment obligations in domestic technologies. At least 65% of the
cost of all goods, services, equipment, telecommunications systems and data networks that we purchase to meet our 4G service
obligations must be developed in Brazil. As of the date of this annual report, ANATEL has recognized that our obligations to use
domestic technology have not been met in the past due to the unavailability of such products in Brazil, and has consequently not
sanctioned us. This minimum requirement will increase to 70% by December 31, 2022.
Roaming
Under the PGMC, a mobile services provider with significant market power, such as our company, must offer roaming services to
other mobile services providers without significant market power at the maximum rate that the mobile services provider with significant
market power is permitting ANATEL to offer such services to its retail customers.
In March 2017, ANATEL began a pilot program with the four principal mobile services providers, including our company, to
share infrastructure costs to expand the existing voice roaming agreements to voice and data roaming services to 35 municipalities with
fewer than 30,000 residents. As a result of this program, which is ongoing and is in the process of expansion to include additional
mobile service providers and additional municipalities with fewer than 30,000 residents, the providers began or resumed discussions
about voice and data roaming tariffs and the timeline to implement the requirements of the program. As of the date of this annual report,
certain providers, including our company, have entered into bilateral agreements regarding these matters, and new municipalities count
on roaming coverage, increasing satisfaction to our clients.
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Rate Regulation
Mobile telecommunications service in Brazil is offered on a “calling-party-pays” basis under which a mobile subscriber pays only
for calls that he or she originates (in addition to roaming charges paid on calls made or received outside the subscriber’s home
registration area). A mobile subscriber receiving a collect call is also required to pay mobile usage charges.
Our revenues from mobile services consist mainly of charges for local and long-distance calls and data packages paid by our
pre-paid and post-paid mobile subscribers and monthly subscription charges paid by our post-paid plan subscribers. Monthly
subscription charges are based on a post-paid subscriber’s service plan. If one of our mobile subscribers places or receives a call from a
location outside of his or her home registration area, we are permitted to charge that customer the applicable roaming rate. We charge
for all mobile calls made by our pre-paid customers, and for mobile calls made by our post-paid customers in excess of their allocated
monthly number of minutes, on a per-minute basis. Rates under our mobile plans may be adjusted annually by no more than the rate of
inflation, as measured by the IGP-DI.
Quality Regulation
Our personal mobile services authorizations impose obligations on us to meet quality of service standards.
To restructure the process of assessing the quality of mobile service, with the inclusion of processes and measurement of
indicators to check the quality of mobile broadband and the quality perceived by the user, ANATEL published Resolution 575/2011,
approving the Regulation for the Management of Quality of Provision of Personal Mobile Service (Regulamento de Gestão da
Qualidade da Prestação de Serviço Móvel Pessoal), or SMP-RGQ.
The SMP-RGQ provides for the assessment of the network connection and their respective data transmission rate, assessing
aspects of availability, stability and connection speed for the data network. Targets are defined as 80% of speed hired (on average per
month) by users and 40% of the instant speed, according to the definitions of Resolution 575/2011.
In January 2018, ANATEL adopted a new model for measuring the quality of mobile broadband networks through the use of
smartphones, replacing the previous model that required data from volunteers and often led to statistically insignificant results. The new
model, which we have adopted by collecting user data directly from smartphones using the Minha Oi application, allows us to better
manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more efficiently direct investments in our network.
As a result, the performance of mobile telephony service providers in any particular state may not meet one or more quality
performance targets even if such service provider’s overall performance is satisfactory. For cases in which there are indications of
performance or conduct other than those established in the regulations, ANATEL establishes a noncompliance process called Procedure
for Determination of Non-Compliance to Obligations (Procedimento de Apuração de Descumprimento de Obrigações – PADO) in
detriment to the provider. Therefore, mobile telephony service providers, including us, could be subject to fines or penalties as a result
of the failure to meet the quality performance targets in one or more particular area codes.
In November 2017, ANATEL submitted for public consultation the RQUAL, a proposal to review the methods by which the
quality standards for fixed-line services, personal mobility services, multimedia communications services and subscription television
services are measured. In December 2019, ANATEL approved the RQUAL, which immediately superseded certain provisions of the
SMP-RGQ obligations. However, the majority of the provisions of the RQUAL are not expected to be implemented until 2021, as
provided for in the regulation. For more information, see “ —Other Regulatory Matters—Quality of Telecommunications Services
Regulation (RQUAL).”
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Multimedia Communication Services
Our Authorizations
We have national Multimedia Communication Service (Serviço de Comunicação Multimídia – SCM) authorizations, which
superseded our prior Telecommunications Network Transportation Services (Serviço de Rede de Transporte de Telecomunicações)
authorizations, permitting us to provide high speed data service.
The Multimedia Communication Services authorizations became effective in May 2003 and cover the same geographical areas as
our concession and personal communication service agreements. In April 2008, in connection with the amendments to our fixed-line
services concessions, we agreed to provide internet service free of charge until December 31, 2025 to all urban schools in the areas of
our concession agreements.
Rate Regulation
A significant portion of our revenues from commercial data transmission services are generated by monthly charges for EILD and
SLD services, which are based on contractual arrangements for the use of part of our networks. Under ANATEL regulations, we are
required to make publicly available the forms of agreements that we use for EILD and SLD services, including the applicable rates, and
are only permitted to offer these services under these forms of agreements. ANATEL publishes reference rates for these services and if
one of our customers objects to the rates that we charge for these services, that customer is entitled to seek to reduce the applicable rate
through arbitration before ANATEL.
ANATEL is expected to publish new reference rates for these services in 2020 reflecting a methodology that takes into
consideration all long-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of such
service based on an efficient network considering our existing regulatory obligations.
Broadband services, IP services and frame relay services are market oriented but may still be subject to ANATEL regulation.
Quality Regulation
In June 2011, the President of Brazil issued Executive Decree No. 7,512/11, which mandated ANATEL to take the necessary
regulatory measures to establish quality standards for broadband internet services. In compliance with such decree, on October 31,
2011, ANATEL published Resolution 574/2011 approving the Multimedia Communication Service Quality Management Regulations
(Regulamentação de Gestão da Qualidade do Serviço de Comunicação Multimídia), which identify network quality indicators and
establish performance goals for multimedia communications service providers, including broadband internet service providers, with
more than 50,000 subscribers. Such providers will be required to collect representative data using dedicated equipment installed at the
site of each network connection and be subject to periodic measurements to ensure their compliance with such regulation, including:
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average upload and download speeds of at least 80% of contracted speeds for all measurements; and
individual round-trip latencies for fixed-line connections of up to 80 milliseconds per measurement for at least 95% of the
measurements.
To increase transparency, customers must be provided with specialized software at no cost to measure their own network quality,
although such customer-generated measurements will be included in official calculations.
In January 2018, ANATEL adopted new models for measuring the quality of fixed broadband networks using automated
processes that collect data from multiple data points. To measure our fixed broadband network quality, we have implemented the HDM
platform. This new method allows us to better manage the quality of our network, allowing us to identify corrective actions and more
efficiently direct investments in our network.
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Nevertheless, the performance of fixed broadband service providers in any particular state may not meet one or more quality
performance targets even if such service provider’s overall performance is satisfactory. For cases in which there are indications of
performance or conduct other than those established in the regulations, ANATEL establishes a noncompliance process called Procedure
for Determination of Non-Compliance to Obligations (Procedimento de Apuração de Descumprimento de Obrigações – PADO) in
detriment to the provider. Therefore, fixed broadband service providers, including us, could be subject to fines or penalties as a result of
the failure to meet the quality performance targets in one or more particular states.
In November 2017, ANATEL submitted for public consultation the RQUAL, a proposal to review the methods by which the
quality standards for fixed-line services, personal mobility services, multimedia communications services and subscription television
services are measured. In December 2019, ANATEL approved the RQUAL, which immediately superseded certain provisions of the
existing quality regulation applicable to multimedia communications service providers. However, the majority of the provisions of the
RQUAL are not expected to be implemented until 2021, as provided for in the regulation. For more information, see “ —Other
Regulatory Matters—Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation (RQUAL).”
Subscription Television Services
Regulatory Overview
The framework established by Law No. 12,485 of 2011 increased the availability and lowered the price of subscription television
services in Brazil, through increased competition among providers, and improved the quality, speed and availability of broadband
internet services as a result of the expected proliferation of fiber optic cables used to transmit cable television.
In March 2012, ANATEL adopted new regulations under which the authorizations to provide various existing subscription
television services have been consolidated into authorizations to provide a newly-defined service called Conditional Access Service
(Serviço de Acesso Condicionado – SeAC). Under these regulations, authorizations to provide Conditional Access Service apply to
private telecommunications services, the receipt of which are conditioned on payment by subscribers, for the distribution of audiovisual
contents in the form of packages, individual channels and channels with required programming, by means of any communications
technology, processes, electronic means or protocols. An authorization granted by ANATEL to provide Conditional Access Service will
be valid for the entire Brazilian territory; however, the provider must indicate in its application for an authorization the localities that it
will service.
Our Authorizations
In November 2008, we entered into a 15-year authorization agreement with ANATEL that governs our use of satellite technology
to provide DTH satellite television services throughout Brazil. Under this authorization, we are required to furnish equipment to certain
public institutions, to make channels available for broadcasting by specified public institutions, and to comply with quality of service
obligations set forth in applicable ANATEL regulations.
In December 2012, ANATEL granted our request to convert our DTH authorization agreement into a Conditional Access Service
authorization allowing us to provide nationwide subscription television services through any technology, including satellite, wireline,
optical fiber and coaxial cable. The Conditional Access Service authorization agreement authorized us to offer the services to be
governed by such agreement, including IP TV, and has no termination date. In accordance with Law No. 12,485/11, which approved the
Conditional Access Service regime, our Conditional Access Service authorization prohibits us from creating television content or
owning more than 30% of a company that creates content. We are also required to carry a certain percentage of Brazilian programming,
including open channels and public access channels.
Rate Regulation
The rates and prices for DTH and IP TV services are not subject to ANATEL regulation and are market-driven.
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Quality Regulation
The quality of service on Pay-TV is monitored by ANATEL. These quality standards are measured according to the definitions
and quality indicators established by Resolution 411/2005. The indicators, as well as their respective methods of collection, calculation
and other quality requirements, measures the performance of Pay-TV service providers in each individual geographic area in which they
operate. As a result, the performance of Pay-TV service providers in any particular geographic area may not meet one or more quality
performance targets even if such service provider’s overall performance is satisfactory.
For cases in which there are indications of performance or conduct other than those established in the regulations, ANATEL
establishes a noncompliance process called Procedure for Determination of Non-Compliance to Obligations (Procedimento de
Apuração de Descumprimento de Obrigações – PADO) in detriment to the provider. Therefore, Pay-TV service providers, including us,
could be subject to fines or penalties as a result of the failure to meet the quality performance targets in in each geographic area in
which they operate.
In November 2017, ANATEL submitted for public consultation the RQUAL, a proposal to review the methods by which the
quality standards for fixed-line services, personal mobility services, multimedia communications services and subscription television
services are measured. In December 2019, ANATEL approved the RQUAL, which immediately superseded certain provisions of the
existing quality regulation applicable to subscription television service providers. However, the majority of the provisions of the
RQUAL are not expected to be implemented until 2021, as provided for in the regulation. For more information, see “ —Other
Regulatory Matters—Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation (RQUAL).”
Other Regulatory Matters
Consumer Protection Regulation
In March 2014, ANATEL published a regulation approving the General Regulation on Telecommunications Customers Rights
(Regulamento Geral de Direitos do Consumidor de Serviços de Telecomunicações), a single regulation for the telecommunications
sector with general rules for customer service, billing, and service offers, which are applicable to fixed, mobile, broadband and Pay-TV
customers. This regulation establishes a period ranging from 120 days to 24 months from the date of publication for entering into
compliance with the new rules. Most of the new rules that expand the rights of those who use the telecommunications services entered
into force on July 8, 2014. Our failure to comply with this regulation may result in various fines and penalties being imposed on us by
ANATEL.
Interconnection Regulations
Under the General Telecommunications Law, all telecommunications service providers are required, if technically feasible, to
make their networks available for interconnection on a non-discriminatory basis whenever a request is made by another
telecommunications service provider. Interconnection permits a call originated on the network of a requesting fixed-line or personal
mobile services provider’s network to be terminated on the fixed-line or personal mobile services network of the other provider.
ANATEL has adopted the General Rules on Interconnection (Regulamento Geral de Interconexão) to implement these requirements.
Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Fixed-Line Service Providers
Our revenues from the use of our local fixed-line networks by other telecommunications services providers consist primarily of
payments at rates designated by ANATEL as TU-RL rates from:
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long-distance service providers to complete calls terminating on our local fixed-line networks;
long-distance service providers for the transfer to their networks of calls originating on our local fixed-line networks; and
mobile services providers to complete calls terminating on our local fixed-line networks.
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Fixed-line service providers are not permitted to charge other fixed-line service providers for local fixed-line calls originating on
their local fixed-line networks and terminating on the other provider’s local fixed-line networks.
Our revenues from the use of our long-distance networks consist primarily of payments at rates designated by ANATEL as
TU-RIU rates from other long-distance carriers that use a portion of our long-distance networks to complete calls initiated by callers
that have not selected us as the long-distance provider.
TU-RL and TU-RIU rates vary depending on the time of the day and day of the week and are subject to price caps established by
ANATEL. The price cap for interconnection rates varies from service provider to service provider based on the retail prices of each
service provider and are adjusted annually by ANATEL at the same time that rates for local and long-distance calls are adjusted. Fixed-
line service providers must offer the same TU-RL and TU-RIU rates to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis.
The maximum TU-RL and TU-RIU rates that ANATEL has permitted us to charge have declined significantly since 2016. In
December 2018, ANATEL published the maximum fixed reference rates, including TU-RL and TU-RIU, for 2020 through 2023, using
a methodology that takes into consideration all long-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service
and the unit costs of such service based on an efficient network considering our existing regulatory obligations.
Interconnection Regulations Applicable to Personal Mobile Services Providers
Our revenues from the use of our mobile networks by other telecommunications services providers consist primarily of payments
on a per-minute basis from (1) local fixed-line, long-distance and mobile services providers to complete calls terminating on our mobile
networks, and (2) long-distance service providers for the transfer to their networks of calls originating on our mobile networks.
The terms and conditions of interconnection to our mobile networks, including the rates charged to terminate calls on these mobile
networks, which are designated by ANATEL as MTR rates, the commercial conditions and technical terms and conditions, may be
freely negotiated between us and other mobile and fixed-line telecommunications service providers, subject to compliance with
regulations established by ANATEL relating to traffic capacity and interconnection infrastructure that must be made available to
requesting providers, among other things.
Personal mobile services providers must offer the same MTR rate to all requesting providers on a nondiscriminatory basis.
ANATEL must determine that the intercompany agreements meet certain formal requirements before they become effective. These
agreements may be rejected if they are contrary to the principles of free competition and the applicable regulations. If the providers
cannot agree upon the terms and conditions of the interconnection agreements, ANATEL may determine terms and conditions by
arbitration. Since no agreement with fixed-line service providers could be reached regarding MTR rates when we began offering
personal mobile services, ANATEL set the initial MTR rates.
In December 2018, ANATEL published the maximum fixed reference rates for 2020 through 2023, using a methodology that
takes into consideration all long-run incremental costs, updated to current values, of providing a particular service and the unit costs of
such service based on an efficient network considering our existing regulatory obligations.
Quality of Telecommunications Services Regulation (RQUAL)
In November 2017, ANATEL submitted for public consultation the RQUAL, a proposal to review the methods by which the
quality standards for fixed-line services, personal mobility services, multimedia communications services and subscription television
services are measured. In December 2019, ANATEL approved the RQUAL, which established a new quality management model and
immediately superseded certain provisions of the quality regulations then in existence. In addition, the RQUAL provides standardized
rules regarding communications and reimbursement to users impacted by service interruptions.
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Pursuant to the new model, telecommunications services providers will be evaluated on the basis of three indices: (1) service
quality; (2) perceived quality; and (3) user complaints. Providers will be given annual grades, ranging from “A” (best) to “E” (worst), at
the national, state and municipal levels. Customers whose providers receive “E” grades will be able to break their contracts without
paying a fine regardless of the length of the contract or remaining term. The RQUAL will also replace the existing sanctioning regime.
Providers will no longer automatically receive fines for not complying with quality targets. The RQUAL also provides for the
replacement of the automatic sanctioning rules (fines for non-compliance with targets), by the adoption of specific measures and
appropriate to the specific case, in order to guarantee the improvement of quality standards.
The RQUAL provides for the creation of a technical quality group, including representatives from ANATEL and various service
providers, and a quality assessment support entity, with the aim of creating a manual that defines the technical parameters that will
comprise the quality indicators and establishes the criteria for service interruptions and reimbursements. ANATEL’s board of directors
will then be required to approve the manual, which is expected to become effective in 2021. At that time, the prior quality regulations
applicable to telecommunications services providers, including the RGQ, among others, will be revoked and fully superseded by the
RQUAL.
General Plan on Competition Targets (PGMC)
The PGMC, which was approved by ANATEL, became effective in November 2012 and was updated in July 2018, contemplates
the creation of one entity to manage information about telecommunications networks, act as an intermediary in contracts between
telecommunications providers and supervise the offering of wholesale data traffic services. The PGMC also addresses a variety of other
matters relating to both fixed-line and mobile service providers, including criteria for the evaluation of telecommunications providers to
determine which providers have significant market power and price regulations applicable to wholesale products, including EILD
services, passive pipeline and subduct infrastructure, fixed line interconnection services, mobile interconnection services, roaming,
high-speed data, and infrastructure for data transmitted through copper wires at speeds of 12 Mbps or less. The evaluation framework
also takes into account the providers’ market position in several retail markets in which we participate. Under this framework,
municipalities are categorized according to degree of competition present: competitive, moderately competitive, potentially competitive
and not competitive. ANATEL then regulates companies based on the degree of competition present in each municipality.
The PGMC imposes stricter restrictions on providers that are deemed to have significant market power in a particular geographic
area, ranging from a neighborhood within a municipality to the entire national territory. In order to determine whether a provider has
significant market power, ANATEL established criteria that consider:
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that provider’s market share in the retail market and the wholesale markets related to the retail market;
the economies of scope and scale available to that provider;
that provider’s dominance over infrastructure that is not economically viable to duplicate; and
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that provider’s concurrent operations in the wholesale and retail markets.
As of the date of this annual report, Oi is considered to be a service provider with significant market power in most of the cities in
Brazil, except in the mobile interconnection market, where Oi has significant market power only in Region I.
Infrastructure Sharing
Prior to the adoption of the PGMC, ANATEL had established rules for partial unbundling of the local fixed-line networks of the
public regime service providers, which we refer to as “line sharing,” and which (1) limited the rates service providers can charge for
line sharing, and (2) addressed related matters such as co-location space requirements. Co-location means that a service provider
requesting unbundling may place its switching equipment in or near the local exchange of the service provider whose network the
requesting service provider wishes to use and may connect to the network at this local exchange.
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The PGMC requires public regime service providers that have significant market power, such as our company, to share their fixed-
line network infrastructure with other providers, including their local fixed-line access networks. Providers that are deemed to have
significant market power must share their fixed access network infrastructure for transmission of data through copper wires at
transmission rates of up to 12 Mbps. Providers with significant market power must also share their passive infrastructure with other
service providers at prices determined by bilateral negotiations between the providers.
In addition, infrastructure sharing is governed by the Regulation of Infrastructure Sharing (Regulamento de Compartilhamento de
Infraestrutura), which requires that all owners of infrastructure (who may or may not be telecommunications service providers) share
their excess capacity with telecommunications service providers.
Ownership and Corporate Governance Restrictions
Over the years, ANATEL has initiated several internal proceedings to monitor our financial situation and to evaluate our ability to
continue to perform our obligations under our concession agreements. In light of the approval of the RJ Plan by the creditors on
December 20, 2017, and its subsequent ratification and confirmation by the RJ Court, ANATEL began to monitor our operating and
financial positions based on the effectiveness of the RJ Plan. In addition, in connection with the RJ Proceedings, ANATEL gained
expanded powers regarding our ownership and corporate governance decisions. In March 2019, ANATEL determined it would continue
to monitor us in 2019, and imposed measures related to transparency, corporate governance, and financial performance. In February
2020, ANATEL informed us that it would suspend its monitoring activities with respect to the RJ Plan, and we are working with
ANATEL to formally end this extraordinary supervision. As it does with every telecommunications services provider whose services it
regulates, ANATEL continues to monitor us, including our ability to perform our obligations under our concession agreements, in the
ordinary course.
Regulatory Agenda 2019-2020
ANATEL’s Regulatory Agenda for 2019-2020, which was approved on March 21, 2019, includes a study on the 700MHz,
2.3GHz, 3.3GHz – 3.4GHz, 3.5GHz and 26GHz radiofrequencies in preparation for the 5G spectrum auctions ANATEL expects to hold
in 2020.
Environmental and Other Regulatory Matters
As part of our day-to-day operations, we regularly install ducts for wires and cables and erect towers for transmission antennae.
We may be subject to federal, state and/or municipal environmental licensing requirements due to the installation of cables along
highways and railroads, over bridges, rivers and marshes and through farms, conservation units and environmental preservation areas,
among other places. As of the date of this annual report, we have been required to obtain environmental licenses for the installation of
transmission towers and antennae in several municipalities with no expected impact on our operations. However, there can be no
assurances that other state and municipal environmental agencies will not require us to obtain environmental licenses for the installation
of transmission towers and antennae in the future or that such a requirement would not have a material adverse effect on the installation
costs of our network or on the speed with which we can expand and modernize our network.
We must also comply with environmental legislation regarding the management of solid waste. According to resolutions adopted
by the National Environmental Council (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente), companies responsible for the treatment and final
disposal of solid industrial waste, special waste and solid urban waste are subject to environmental licensing. Should the waste not be
disposed of in accordance with standards established by environmental legislation, the company generating such waste may be held
jointly and severally liable with the company responsible for waste treatment for any damage caused. Also, in all states where we
operate, we have implemented management procedures promoting the recycling of batteries, transformers and fluorescent lamps.
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In addition, we are subject to ANATEL regulations that impose limits on the levels and frequency of the electromagnetic fields
originating from our telecommunications transmissions stations.
We believe that we are in compliance with ANATEL standards as well as with all material environmental legislation and
regulations.
Disclosure Pursuant to Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act
Section 219 of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 added Section 13(r) to the Exchange Act.
Section 13(r) requires an issuer to disclose in its annual or quarterly reports filed with the SEC whether the issuer or any of its affiliates
has knowingly engaged in certain activities, transactions or dealings with the Government of Iran, relating to Iran or with designated
natural persons or entities involved in terrorism or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction during the period covered by the
annual or quarterly report. Disclosure is required even when the activities were conducted outside the United States by non-U.S. entities
and even when such activities were conducted in compliance with applicable law.
We have roaming agreements with MTN Irancell, Mobile Company of Iran and Rightel Communications, each of which is an
Iranian mobile phone operator. Pursuant to such roaming agreements, our customers are able to roam in these mobile phone operators’
networks (outbound roaming) and customers of MTN Irancell, Mobile Company of Iran and Rightel Communications are able to roam
in our network (inbound roaming). For outbound roaming, we pay roaming fees for use of their network by our customers, and for
inbound roaming, we receive roaming fees for use of our network. During 2019, we recorded revenues of R$5,019 and expenses of
R$2,203 in connection with these roaming agreements.
We do not maintain any bank accounts in Iran. All payments in connection with our international roaming agreements are effected
through our bank accounts in London.
The purpose of all of these agreements is to provide our customers with coverage in areas where we do not own networks. For that
purpose, we intend to continue maintaining these agreements.
We also provide telecommunications services in the ordinary course of business to the Embassy of Iran in Brasilia. In 2019, we
recorded gross revenues of approximately R$15,700 from these services. As one of the primary providers of telecommunications
services in Brasilia, we intend to continue providing such services, as we do to the embassies of many other nations.
ITEM 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
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ITEM 5.
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
The following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited
consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the three years ended December 31, 2019, which were
prepared in accordance with IFRS, and the related notes, and are included in this annual report, as well as with the information
presented under the sections entitled “Presentation of Financial and Other Information” and “Item 3. Key Information—Selected
Financial Information.”
The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ
materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth in
“Cautionary Statement with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements” and “Item 3. Key Information—Risk Factors.”
Overview
We are one of the principal integrated telecommunications service providers in Brazil with approximately 53.4 million RGUs as of
December 31, 2019. We operate throughout Brazil and offer a range of integrated telecommunications services that include Residential
Services, Personal Mobility Services and B2B Services. We are the largest fixed-line telecommunications company in Brazil in terms of
total number of lines in service as of December 31, 2019 based on our 10.3 million fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2019, with
a market share of 48.4% of the total fixed lines in service in our service areas as of that date. We own the largest fiber optic network in
Brazil, with more than 376,000 kilometers of installed fiber optic cable, distributed throughout Brazil. Our Personal Mobility Services
business offers mobile telecommunications services throughout Brazil. As of December 31, 2019, our mobile network covers areas in
which approximately 94% of the Brazilian population lives and works. Based on our 36.8 million mobile subscribers as of
December 31, 2019, we had a 16.2% market share of the Brazilian mobile telecommunications market as of that date. During the year
ended December 31, 2019, we recorded net operating revenue of R$20,136 million and a net loss of R$9,095 million.
Our results of operations and financial condition have been and will be significantly influenced in future periods by the RJ
Proceedings and our investment in Africatel. In addition, our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and
2017 and our financial condition as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 have been influenced, and our future results of operations and
financial condition will continue to be influenced, by a variety of factors, including:
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the evolution of Brazilian GDP, which grew by an estimated 1.1% during the year ended December 31, 2019 and by 1.1
and 1.0% during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which we believe affects demand for our
services and, consequently, our net operating revenue;
the number of our fixed lines in service, which declined to 10.3 million as of December 31, 2019 from 11.8 million as of
December 31, 2018 and 12.9 million as of December 31, 2017, and the percentage of our fixed-line customers that
subscribe to our alternative plans which increased to 86.7% as of December 31, 2019 from 85.8% as of December 31, 2018
and 85.4% as of December 31, 2017;
the number of our mobile customers, which declined to 36.8 million as of December 31, 2019 from 37.7 million as of
December 31, 2018 and 39.0 million as of December 31, 2017;
the number of our broadband customers, which declined to 4.7 million as of December 31, 2019 from 5.4 million as of
December 31, 2018 and 5.7 million as of December 31, 2017;
the number of our Pay-TV customers, which declined to 1.5 million as of December 31, 2019 from 1.6 million as of
December 31, 2018 and 1.5 million as of December 31, 2017;
the increased competition in the Brazilian market for telecommunications services, which affects the amount of the
discounts that we offer on our service rates and the quantity of services that we offer at promotional rates;
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our compliance with our quality of service obligations under the RGQ and our network expansion and modernization
obligations under the PGMU and our concession agreements, the amount of the fines assessed against us by ANATEL for
alleged failures to meet these obligations and our success in challenging fines that we believe are assessed in error;
inflation rates in Brazil, which were 4.3% during the year ended December 31, 2019 and were 3.7% and 2.7% during the
years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, in each case, as measured by the IST, and the resulting adjustments
to our regulated rates in Brazil, as well as the effects of inflation on our real-denominated debt that is indexed to take into
account the effects of inflation or bears interest at rates that are partially adjusted for inflation;
changes in the exchange rates of the real against the U.S. dollar, including the 4.0% depreciation of the real against the
U.S. dollar during the year ended December 31, 2019, and the 17.1% and 1.5% depreciation of the real against the U.S.
dollar during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, which affects the cost in reais of a substantial
portion of the network equipment that we purchase for our capital expenditure projects, the prices of which are
denominated in U.S. dollars or are U.S. dollar-linked, and which affects our financial expenses as a result of exchange
variations on our indebtedness denominated in U.S. dollars; and
the level of our outstanding indebtedness, fluctuations in benchmark interest rates in Brazil, principally the CDI rate and the
TJLP rate, and fluctuations of the Brazilian Consumer Price Index – CPI, which affects our interest expenses on our
floating rate debt.
We expect that our financial condition and liquidity will be influenced by a variety of factors, including:
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our capital expenditure requirements, primarily relating to a variety of projects designed to expand and upgrade our data
transmission networks, our mobile services networks, our voice transmission networks, our information technology
equipment and our telecommunications services infrastructure;
the success of our program to monetize non-core assets;
the existing terms of our outstanding indebtedness, which could limit our ability to raise additional funds or require us to
take certain actions to manage such indebtedness;
our ability to borrow funds from Brazilian and international financial institutions and to sell our debt and equity securities
in the Brazilian and international securities markets; and
prevailing Brazilian interest rates, which affect our debt service requirements.
Financial Presentation and Accounting Policies
Presentation of Financial Statements
We have prepared our audited consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB under the
assumption that we will continue as a going concern and in compliance with the legal requirements applicable to a judicial
reorganization. Our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2019 and 2018 and for the years ended December 31,
2019, 2018 and 2017 have been audited in accordance with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, or PCAOB, standards.
The RJ Proceedings are aimed at ensuring the continuation of our company as a going concern. This continuity was strengthened
with the approval of the RJ Plan and, as a result, the borrowings and financing were novated and the related balances were recalculated
under the terms and conditions of the RJ Plan. The continuity of our company as a going concern is ultimately depending on the
successful outcome of the RJ Proceedings and the realization of other forecasts of our company.
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Our company has been successfully discharging the obligations set forth in the RJ Proceedings and even though there are no
indications in this regard, we emphasize that these conditions and circumstances indicate, by their own nature, uncertainties that may
affect the success of the RJ Proceedings and possibly cast doubts as to our ability to continue as a going concern. As at December 31,
2019 and after the implementation of the RJ Plan, total shareholders’ equity was R$17,797 million, loss for the year then ended was
R$9,095 million, and working capital (consisting of current assets less current liabilities) totaled R$6,157 million. As at December 31,
2018 and after the recognition of the effects of the RJ Plan, total shareholders’ equity was R$22,896 million, profit for the year then
ended was R$24,616 million, and working capital totaled R$10,624 million.
As of the date of this annual report, we have not been able to quantify any material impacts related to COVID-19 and it is too soon
to accurately determine the extent of its medium- and long-term impacts on the global and Brazilian economic scenarios. However, as it
is not possible yet to predict the duration and effects of this crisis, there is a risk of material impacts on our operations and sales,
particularly our FTTH network expansion. For more details see “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of
Operations—Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Additionally, our debt instruments with BNDES contain financial covenants that require Oi to maintain five specified financial
ratios, measured on a quarterly basis. Under these debt instruments, BNDES has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the date the
financial covenants are tested, we are not in compliance with any two of these ratios. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance
with these financial covenants.
As a result of the depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the
public health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, and the related effects on our U.S. dollar-
denominated indebtedness and interest expenses, we believed that it was probable that as of March 31, 2020, we would not be in
compliance with more than one of these financial ratios. In anticipation of these ratio breaches, on March 30, 2020 we obtained a
waiver from BNDES.
For our fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, we included financial statements prepared under IFRS as part of our annual report
on Form 20-F, applying IFRS 1, “First-time Adoption of International Reporting Standards,” considering that our previous primary
GAAP was Brazilian GAAP and that January 1, 2009 was the date of transition to IFRS. Consequently, as we are not an IFRS first-time
adopter, we have included a reconciliation from U.S. GAAP to IFRS for the comparative balance sheet (i.e., as of December 31, 2018)
and comparative income statement periods preceding the most recent fiscal year (i.e., for the year ended December 31, 2018) in our
audited consolidated financial statements to present the changes in the basis of presentation.
Business Segments and Presentation of Segment Financial Data
We use operating segment information for decision-making. We have identified only one operating segment that corresponds to
the telecommunications business in Brazil.
The Telecommunications in Brazil segment includes our telecommunications business in Brazil. In addition to our
telecommunications business in Brazil, we conduct other businesses that individually or in aggregate do not meet any of the quantitative
indicators that would require their disclosure as reportable business segments. These businesses are conducted primarily by CST,
Directel, and Timor Telecom, which provide fixed and mobile telecommunications services and publish telephone directories in Africa
and Asia, and which have been consolidated in our financial statements since May 2014.
Within our Telecommunications in Brazil segment, our management assesses revenue generation based on customer segmentation
into the following categories:
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Residential Services, which is focused on the sale of fixed telephony services, including voice services, data
communication services (broadband), and Pay-TV;
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Personal Mobility Services, which is focused on the sale of mobile telephony services to postpaid (subscription) and
prepaid customers that include voice services and data communication services; and
B2B Services, which includes corporate solutions offered to our small, medium-sized, and large corporate customers,
including voice services and corporate data solutions and wholesale interconnection and traffic transportation services to
other telecommunications providers.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our critical accounting policies and estimates are described in note 2 to our audited consolidated financial statements. In preparing
our audited consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS, our management uses estimates and assumptions based on
historical experience and other factors, including expected future events, which we consider reasonable and relevant. Critical
accounting policies are those that are important to the portrayal of our consolidated financial position and results of operations and
require management’s subjective and complex judgments, estimates and assumptions. The application of these critical accounting
policies frequently requires judgments made by management regarding the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain with respect
to the outcomes of transactions and the carrying value of our assets and liabilities. Our actual results of operations and financial position
may differ from those set forth in our audited consolidated financial statements, if our actual experience differs from management’s
assumptions and estimates. In order to provide an understanding of our critical accounting policies, including some of the variables and
assumptions underlying the estimates, and the sensitivity of those assumptions and estimates to different parameters and conditions, we
set forth below a discussion of our critical accounting policies relating to:
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revenue recognition and trade receivables;
expected losses on trade receivables;
depreciation of property, plant and equipment;
impairment of long-lived assets;
leases;
fair value of financial liabilities;
provisions for contingencies;
fair value of held-for-sale investments;
deferred income taxes and social contribution; and
defined postretirement benefit plans.
Revenue Recognition and Trade Receivables
Our revenues correspond primarily to the amount of the payments received or receivable from sales of services in the regular
course of our activities and our subsidiaries’ activities.
Revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the
consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
Our revenue recognition considers the judgments that significantly affect the determined amount and the recognition timing of the
revenue from a contract with a customer, taking into account the five-step recognition model: (i) identify the contract; (ii) identify the
separate performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the
performance obligations; and (v) recognition of revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
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Service revenue is recognized when services are provided. Local and long-distance calls are charged based on time measurement
according to the legislation in effect. The services charged based on monthly fixed amounts are calculated and recorded on a straight-
line basis. Prepaid services are recognized as unearned revenues and recognized in revenue as these services are used by customers.
Revenue from sales of handsets and accessories is recognized when these items are delivered and accepted by the customers.
Discounts on services provided and sales of cell phones and accessories are taken into consideration in the recognition of the related
revenue. Revenues involving transactions with multiple performance obligations are identified in relation to each one of their
components, and the recognition criteria are applied on an individual basis. Variable consideration is estimated at contract inception and
constrained to revenue recognition until it is highly probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur.
Our revenue is a material component of our results of operations. Management’s determination of price, collectability and the
rights to receive certain revenues for the use of our network are based on judgments regarding the nature of the fee charged for services
rendered, the price for certain services delivered and the collectability of those revenues. Should changes in conditions cause
management to conclude that these criteria are not met for certain transactions, the amount of accounts receivable could be adversely
affected. In addition, for certain categories of revenue we rely upon revenue recognition measurement guidelines set by ANATEL.
We consider revenue recognition to be a critical accounting policy, because of the uncertainties caused by different factors such as
the complex information technology required, high volume of transactions, risk of fraud and piracy, accounting regulations,
management’s determination of collectability and uncertainties regarding our right to receive certain revenues (mainly revenues for use
of our network). Significant changes in these factors could cause us to fail to recognize revenues or to recognize revenues that we may
not be able to realize in the future, despite our internal controls and procedures. We have not identified any significant need to change
our revenue recognition policy.
Expected Losses on Trade Receivables
Our expected losses on trade receivables are established in order to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable and take into
account limitations we impose to restrict the provision of services to customers with past-due accounts and actions we take to collect
delinquent accounts. The expected losses on trade receivables estimate is recognized in an amount considered sufficient to cover
possible losses on the realization of these receivables. The expected losses on trade receivables estimate is prepared based on historical
default rates. During 2018, we reassessed the methodology used to evaluate the assumption of expected losses on trade receivables that
is set up to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable taking into account the measures implemented to restrict the provision of
services to and collect late payments from customers. For additional information regarding our expected losses on trade receivables, see
note 9 to our audited consolidated financial statements.
We have entered into agreements with certain customers to collect past-due accounts receivable, including agreements allowing
customers to settle their delinquent accounts in installments. The amounts that we actually fail to collect in respect of these accounts
may differ from the amount of the allowance established, and additional allowances may be required.
Depreciation of Property, Plant and Equipment
We depreciate property, plant and equipment using the straight-line method at rates we judge compatible with the useful lives of
the underlying assets. The average depreciation rates of each of our classes of assets are presented in note 16 to our audited consolidated
financial statements. The useful lives of assets in certain categories may vary based on whether they are used primarily to provide fixed-
line or mobile services. We review the estimated useful lives of the assets taking into consideration technical obsolescence and a
valuation by outside experts.
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Given the complex nature of our property, plant and equipment, the estimates of useful lives require considerable judgment and
are inherently uncertain, due to rapidly changing technology and industry practices, which could cause early obsolescence of our
property, plant and equipment. If we materially change our assumptions of useful lives and if external market conditions require us to
determine the possible obsolescence of our property, plant and equipment, our depreciation expense, obsolescence write-off and
consequently net book value of our property, plant and equipment could be materially different.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets include assets that do not have indefinite lives, such as property, plant, and equipment, and purchased intangible
assets subject to amortization. These assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If circumstances require a long-lived asset or asset group be tested for possible
impairment, we first compare the value in use of that asset or asset group to its recoverable value. If the carrying amount of the long-
lived asset or asset group exceeds the value in use of that asset or asset group, an impairment is recognized to the extent that the
carrying amount exceeds its recoverable value. The calculation of value in use and recoverable value of assets or asset groups requires
the use of judgments and assumptions that may be influenced by different external and internal factors, such as economic trends,
industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products sold our company to
the market. The use of different assumptions may significantly change our financial statements.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, we performed an impairment test on our non-current assets under IAS 36 and
recognized an impairment provision of R$2,111 million primarily as a result of (1) the revision of our strategic plan, focused on
improving operating and financial performance, using a sustainable business model that is designed to maximize the Company’s value
in the context of our judicial reorganization; and (2) increased market competitiveness, mainly in the residential market, which
accelerated the decline in the revenues from fixed-line services and DTH services.
During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we performed impairment tests on our non-current assets under IAS 36. We
recorded an impairment provision of R$292 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 consisting of a supplementary
adjustment to the recognized allowance for impairment losses related to expected future profitability of assets with finite useful lives.
We recorded a reversal of impairment provision of R$4,747 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 consisting of the partial
reversal of impairment losses related to the expected future profitability of assets with finite useful lives due to the scenarios and
financial indicators taken into consideration in the cash flows from the RJ Plan.
Leases
We recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability on our balance sheet with respect to leased assets. The right-of-use asset is
measured at cost, which consists of the initial amount of the lease liability measurement, any initial direct costs incurred by us, an
estimate of any costs to disassemble and remove the asset at the end of the lease, and any lease payments made before the lease
commencement date (net of any incentives received), calculated at present value, discounted using the incremental lending rate.
We depreciate the right-of-use assets on a straight-line basis from the commencement of the lease to the termination of the lease.
We also assess impairment when there are indicators that an asset might be impaired.
Our assumptions regarding appropriate discount rates used in our calculation of the present value of our leases are subject to
significant fluctuations due to different external and internal factors, including economic trends and the financial performance of our
company. The use of different assumptions to measure the present value of our leases could have a material effect on the estimated
present value of the right-of-use asset and of the lease liability in our balance sheet.
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Fair Value of Financial Liabilities
Under IFRS 9, our borrowings and financing were substantially modified as of the Brazilian Confirmation Date and therefore
derecognized and the modified borrowings and financing were recorded at fair value. We estimated the fair value of each of these
financial liabilities based on an internal valuation made of these financial liabilities, which takes into consideration the cash flows under
these financial instruments provided for in the RJ Plan, and assumptions regarding appropriate discount rates and foreign exchange rates
consistent with the tenor and currency of each of these financial liabilities.
The fair value adjustment recognized on our balance sheet with respect to each financial liability as of the Brazilian Confirmation
Date is amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of that financial liability and on a monthly basis we record a financial expense in
the amount of the amortization in our statement of operations and a corresponding reduction in the fair value adjustment on our balance
sheet.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded gains on adjustments to fair value of our borrowings and financings of
R$13,928 million and gains on adjustments to present value of our trade payables (including trade payables to ANATEL-AGU) of
R$1,167 million. We do not expect to record additional significant fair value adjustments in our statements of operations.
Our assumptions regarding appropriate discount rates and foreign exchange rates used in our calculation of the fair value of our
financial liabilities are subject to significant fluctuations due to different external and internal factors, including economic trends and
the financial performance of our company. The use of different assumptions to measure the fair value of our financial liabilities could
have a material effect on the estimated fair value of these financial liabilities and the amounts recorded as borrowings and financings in
our balance sheet, as well as the amounts recognized as profit or loss in our statement of operations.
Provisions for Contingencies
Liabilities for loss contingencies arising from claims, assessment, litigation, fines and penalties are recorded when it is probable
that the liability has been incurred and the amount can be reasonably estimated, based on the opinion of management and its in-house
and outside legal counsel. The amounts are recognized based on the cost of the expected outcome of ongoing lawsuits.
We classify our risk of loss in legal proceedings as remote, possible or probable. Provisions recorded in our audited consolidated
financial statements in connection with these proceedings reflect reasonably estimated losses at the relevant date as determined by our
management after consultation with our general counsel and the outside legal counsel. Depending on the nature of the contingency, our
management uses the statistical measurement or the individual measurement methodology to calculate provisions for contingencies. In
any of these methodologies, we use a set of assumptions, information, an internal and external risk assessment, and statistical models
that management considers to be appropriate, including the successful implementation of the RJ Plan.
As discussed in note 24 to our audited consolidated financial statements, we record as a liability our estimate of the costs of
resolution of such claims, when we consider our losses probable. We continually evaluate the provisions based on changes in relevant
facts, circumstances and events, such as judicial decisions, that may impact the estimates, which could have a material impact on our
results of operations and shareholders’ equity. While management believes that the current provision is adequate, it is possible that our
assumptions used to estimate the provision and, therefore, our estimates of loss in respect of any given contingency will change in the
future based on changes in the relevant situation. This may therefore result in changes in future provisioning for legal claims. For more
information regarding material pending claims against our company, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings” and note
24 to our audited consolidated financial statements.
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Fair Value of Held-for-Sale Investments
Our held-for-sale assets represent the indirect interest held by PT Ventures in the dividends receivable and the fair value of our
financial investment in Unitel, both classified as held-for-sale. The assets from the investment held in PT Ventures are measured
substantially at the fair value of the investment for sale. We sold 100% of our interest in PT Ventures on January 24, 2020.
Deferred Income Taxes and Social Contribution
Income taxes in Brazil are calculated and paid on a legal entity basis, and there are no consolidated tax returns. Accordingly, we
only recognize deferred tax assets, related to tax loss carryforwards and temporary differences, if it is likely that they will be realized on
a legal entity basis.
We recognize and settle taxes on income based on the results of operations determined in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate
Law, taking into consideration the provisions of Brazilian tax law, which are materially different from the amounts calculated for IFRS
purposes. Under IFRS, we recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the
taxable bases of the assets and liabilities, and tax loss carryforwards are recorded in assets or liabilities, as applicable. We recognize the
effect of income tax positions only if those positions are more likely than not of being sustained. Recognized income tax positions are
measured at the largest amount that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are
reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.
We regularly test deferred tax assets for impairment and recognize a provision for impairment losses when it is probable that these
assets may not be realized, based on the history of taxable income, the projection of future taxable income, and the time estimated for
the reversal of existing temporary differences. These projections require the use of estimates and assumptions. In order to project future
taxable income, we need to estimate future taxable revenues and deductible expenses, which are subject to a variety of external and
internal factors, such as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of
services and products sold by our company. The use of different estimates and assumptions could result in the recognition of a provision
for impairment losses for the entire or a significant portion of the deferred tax assets.
Defined Postretirement Benefit Plans
We sponsor certain defined postretirement benefit plans for our employees. We record liabilities for defined postretirement
benefits plan based on actuarial valuations which are calculated based on assumptions and estimates regarding discount rates,
investment returns, inflation rates for future periods, mortality indices and projected employment levels relating to postretirement
benefit liabilities. The accuracy of these assumptions and estimates will determine whether we have created sufficient reserves for the
costs of accumulated defined postretirement benefits plans, and the amount we are required to disburse each year to fund postretirement
benefits plans. These assumptions and estimates are subject to significant fluctuations due to different external and internal factors, such
as economic trends, social indicators, our capacity to create new jobs and our ability to retain our employees. All of these assumptions
are reviewed at the end of each reporting period. If these assumptions and estimates are not accurate, we may be required to revise our
reserves for defined postretirement benefits, which could materially impact our results of operations.
Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Effects of the RJ Proceedings and Our Financial Restructuring
In June 2016, as a result of several factors affecting our liquidity, we anticipated that we would no longer be able to comply with
our payment obligations under our borrowings and financing transactions and we concluded that filing of a request for judicial
reorganization in Brazil would be the most appropriate course of action (1) to preserve the continuity of our offering of quality services
to our customers, within the rules and commitments undertaken with ANATEL, (2) to preserve the value of our company, (3) to
maintain the continuity of our operations and corporate activities in an organized manner that protects the interests of our company,
customers, shareholders and other stakeholders, and (4) to protect our cash and cash equivalents.
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Our liquidity crisis resulted principally from:
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the deterioration of the Brazilian economy, which suffered low or negative GDP growth for several years and increased
levels of unemployment, with negative effects on (1) our ability to retract and retain customers, and corresponding negative
effects on our net operating revenue, and (2) due to increases in Brazilian interest rates and the value of the real, and
corresponding negative effects on our financing expenses;
the increasingly marginal (or in some instances, negative) returns that we achieved through network expansion designed to
meet the universalization requirements imposed on our company as a fixed line concessionaire under the PGMU, which
require us to make large capital expenditures in certain areas of Brazil that are remote, have low demographic density and
have a low-income population, without the corresponding ability to recoup these capital expenditures through the rates that
we charge customers in these areas or elsewhere;
the change in consumption patterns of Brazilian consumers of telecommunication services as a result of the increasing
attractiveness of mobile telecommunications, particularly following the global introduction of the “smartphone,” which has
led to continuous sequential declines in the number of subscribers to our fixed-line services, with corresponding negative
effects on our net operating revenue;
the requirement under Brazilian law that we make judicial deposits in connection with our defense of labor, tax, and civil
lawsuits and regulatory claims brought against our company, which resulted in a significant amount of our liquid assets
being diverted into judicial deposits, with the result that these assets were not available for us to use for our capital
expenditure and debt service requirements;
the imposition of large administrative fines and penalties, including interest on unpaid charges and late fees, by ANATEL,
which resulted in a significant amount of our liquid assets being diverted to pay these charges or into judicial deposits as we
defend against these regulatory claims, with the result that these assets were not available for us to use for our capital
expenditure and debt service requirements; and
the increases in our debt service requirements as we relied on funds obtained from financing transactions in the Brazilian
and international markets to expand our data communications network and to implement projects to meet ANATEL’s
regulatory requirements market.
On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the
Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant an urgent measure approved by our board of directors. For more information
regarding the RJ Proceedings, see “Item 4. Information on the Company—Our Recent History and Development—Our Judicial
Reorganization Proceedings.”
Effects of RJ Proceedings on Our Statement of Operations
Our net operating revenue was negatively affected by the RJ Proceedings primarily as a result of the impact of these proceedings
on our ability to attract new corporate customers for our B2B business as these potential customers have been wary of entering into
long-term service contracts with us during the pendency of these proceedings. We do not believe that the RJ Proceedings had a direct
impact on our net revenue from other services.
As a result of the RJ Proceedings, we realized financial income of R$4,873 million during the year ended December 31, 2017
from the adjustment to present value of the provision for contingencies related to administrative proceedings and lawsuits involving
ANATEL as a result of the revision of the calculations of this provision, taking into account the best estimate of future cash outflows
based on the payment methods prescribed in the RJ Plan.
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Effects of Confirmation of the RJ Plan on Our Statement of Operations and Balance Sheet
On December 19 and 20, 2017, a GCM was held to consider approval of the most recently filed judicial reorganization plan. This
GCM concluded on December 20, 2017 following the approval of the RJ Plan reflecting amendments to the judicial reorganization plan
presented at this GCM as negotiated during the course of this GCM.
On January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, according to its
terms, but modifying certain provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the
State of Rio de Janeiro on February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.
The Brazilian Confirmation Order, according to its terms, is binding on all parties, although still subject to appeals with no
suspensive effect attributed to it.
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we have begun to attract new corporate customers for our B2B business as the concerns of these potential customers
regarding the long-term sustainability of our business have receded;
we recorded an adjustment to present value of R$13,290 million related to our prepetition borrowings and financing as of
the Brazilian Confirmation Date;
we recorded a gain on the restructuring of third-party borrowings of R$11,055 million as of the Brazilian Confirmation
Date as a result of the terms of the RJ Plan that provided for the reduction of the amounts owed to holders of claims under
the Defaulted Bonds; and
we recorded a reversal of debt issuance cost and accrued interest expenses on our prepetition borrowings and financing of
R$5,479 million as of the Brazilian Confirmation Date.
Effects of Investments in Africatel
At the time of our acquisition of PT Portugal, PT Portugal held indirectly 75% of the outstanding share capital of Africatel which
held 25% of the outstanding share capital of Unitel. We recognized this investment as a held-for-sale financial asset recognized at fair
value. The fair value of the investment in Unitel of R$4,089 million was determined based on a valuation report of Pharol’s operating
assets prepared by Banco Santander in connection with our acquisition of PT Portugal.
On September 16, 2014, our board of directors authorized our management to take the necessary measures to market our shares in
Africatel. As a result, as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, we have recorded the assets and liabilities of Africatel, including its
investment in Unitel and the accounts receivable relating to declared and unpaid dividends of Unitel, as held-for sale, although we do
not record Africatel as discontinued operations in our statement of operations due to the immateriality of the effects of Africatel on our
results of operations. Due to the many risks involved in the ownership of these interests, particularly our interest in Unitel, we cannot
predict when the sale of these assets may be completed.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, we recorded a loss on held-for-sale financial assets of R$238 million, primarily as a
result of R$404 million loss recorded as a result of our revision of the fair value of the cash investment and dividends receivable from
Unitel, the effects of which were primarily offset by a R$165 million exchange rate gain due to the 4.0% depreciation of the real against
the U.S. dollar during the year ended December 31, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we recorded a gain on
available-for-sale financial assets of R$293 million, primarily as a result of a R$829 million exchange rate gain due to the 17.1%
depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar during 2018 and R$142 million recorded with respect to our portion of dividends
approved by Unitel related to Unitel’s 2017 fiscal year, the effects of which were partially offset by a R$678 million loss recorded
based on our revision of the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we recorded losses
on held-for-sale financial assets of R$267 million resulting from the revision of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from
Unitel, the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange rate losses related to the depreciation of the Angolan Kwanza
against the U.S. dollar and the real.
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On January 24, 2020, Africatel sold and transferred 100% of the share capital of PT Ventures to Sonangol for an aggregate
purchase price of US$1 billion, of which US$61 million was paid to Africatel prior to the transfer of the shares, and Sonangol paid
US$699 million in cash on the closing date. The remaining US$240 million of the purchase price is to be paid to Africatel by Sonangol
by July 31, 2020, with a guaranteed minimum monthly payment of US$40 million beginning in February 2020 and we have received
the minimum monthly payments due in February and March 2020. Payment of the remaining purchase price is fully guaranteed by a
letter of credit. Pursuant to the Pharol Settlement Agreement, we deposited 34 million euros of the proceeds of this sale in an escrow
account to cover losses relating to certain tax proceedings against Pharol.
The principal assets of PT Ventures included (1) a 25% stake in Unitel, (2) a 40% stake in Multitel Serviços de Telecomunicações
Lda., (3) rights to dividends previously declared by Unitel, but not received by PT Ventures, and (4) all rights arising from a final award
in the amount of approximately US$659 million in an arbitration proceeding initiated by PT Ventures against the other Unitel
shareholders.
Rate of Growth of Brazil’s Gross Domestic Product and Demand for Telecommunications Services
As a Brazilian company with substantially all of our operations in Brazil, we are affected by economic conditions in Brazil.
Brazilian GDP grew by an estimated 1.1% during the year ended December 31, 2019, and by 1.1% during 2018 and 1.0% during 2017.
The slow economic recovery since the second quarter of 2014, together with continued elevated unemployment levels, have adversely
impacted the number of subscribers to our services and the volume of usage of our services by our subscribers. During the three-year
period ended December 31, 2019, the number of mobile subscribers in Brazil has declined at an average rate of 2.4% per year, while the
number of fixed lines in service in Brazil during the three-year period ended December 31, 2019 has declined at an average rate of 7.0%
per year.
Demand for Our Residential Services
The number of our residential fixed lines in service declined by 29.6% to 7.0 million as of December 31, 2019 from 9.9 million as
of December 31, 2016. Demand for our Residential Services was negatively affected by a decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court that
we must pay ICMS tax on customer subscriptions that do not include allowances and our subsequent inclusion of this tax in customers’
bills in the first half of 2017. We have focused on offering more and higher value-added services to new and existing customers by
combining upselling and cross-selling initiatives, thereby increasing the ARPU of our Residential Services business.
We have sought to combat the general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry of substitution of mobile services in
place of local fixed-line services by offering a variety of bundled plans that include mobile services, broadband services and Oi TV
subscriptions to our fixed-line customers. We believe that through our sales of bundles consisting of more than one service, we improve
customer profitability and enhance loyalty, while also increasing ARPU and minimizing churn rates. In addition, we have been focusing
on structural network investments, including the introduction of VDSL technology, in order to offer service plans that include higher
broadband speeds.
Demand for Our Personal Mobility Services
Our customer base for mobility services (including customers in our Personal Mobility Services and B2B Services) declined by
12.7% to 36.8 million as of December 31, 2019 from 42.2 million as of December 31, 2016. We believe that the primary reason for the
decline in our Personal Mobility Services customer base is the reduction in the total number of mobile accesses in Brazil, reflecting the
trend to consolidate mobile use into a single SIM card, following the launch of all-net plans in response to the successive reductions of
the MTR tariffs, and the structural market migration from voice to data in response to the offering of more robust data packages.
Additionally, we have implemented an intensive policy of disconnecting inactive users to reduce regulatory fees that we must make for
each active account, which has also contributed to the decline in our Personal Mobility Services customer base. Finally, we believe that
the number of our prepaid accounts has significantly declined over this period as a result of the increase in Brazil’s unemployment rate
as our net additions of prepaid subscribers are closely correlated to movements in the unemployment rate.
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The market for mobile services is extremely competitive in each of the regions that we serve. As a result, (1) we incur selling
expenses in connection with marketing and sales efforts designed to retain existing mobile customers and attract new mobile customers,
and (2) from time to time the discounts that we offer in connection with our promotional activities lead to charges against our gross
operating revenue from mobile services. Competitive pressures have required us to introduce service plans under which we offer
unlimited voice calls tied to service offerings priced in relation to the amount of data usage offered.
Demand for Our B2B Services
The number of RGUs of our B2B Services has remained stable at 6.6 million as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2016.
We believe that our B2B Services customer base has been negatively impacted by (1) the declining macroeconomic conditions in
Brazil, which has caused many of our SME customers to downsize or cease operations, and (2) contractions in the fiscal strength of
many of our governmental customers, which has caused them to reduce the scope of their telecommunications expenditures, the effects
of which have been offset by the increased use of our SIM cards, networks and solutions by payment industry terminals.
Our corporate customers, while better able to survive the current economic instability, often respond by reducing their economic
activity and their spending for telecommunications products and services. In addition, provided that our B2B Services customers also
purchase the core fixed-line and mobile services offered to our Residential and Personal Mobility Services customers, demand for our
B2B Services is subject to some of the same conditions that affect our Residential and Personal Mobility Services, including reductions
in interconnection tariffs, which have led to more robust mobile package offerings and driven the traffic migration trend of
fixed-to-mobile substitution.
Effects of Expansion of FTTH Capacity
We are engaged in a long-term capital expenditure project to upgrade portions of our fixed-line access networks with optical
FTTH networks based on GPON technology to support our FTTH triple-play services. The implementation of this technology permits
us to provide broadband with speeds up to 200 Mbps to residential customers and up to 1 Gbps to commercial customers. This project is
one of the principal elements of our strategic plan and is the element designed to turnaround our fixed line business.
Our FTTH network has grown to reach more than 4.6 million homes passed in 82 municipalities as of December 31, 2019
compared to 1.2 million homes passed in 28 municipalities as of December 31, 2018. Subscriptions to our FTTH services have grown
to approximately 675,000 homes connected as of December 31, 2019 from approximately 92,000 homes connected as of December 31,
2018. We expect to reach more than eight million homes passed and an additional one million homes connected by the end of 2020 and
our goal is to reach 16 million homes passed by the end of 2021.
We expect our FTTH services will generate long-term increases in our residential services revenue as we acquire new broadband
customers, increasing the size of our client base, and transition current customers from our copper last-mile network to our FTTH
network, allowing us to provide higher-value services, including faster data transmission speeds to our residential broadband customers,
increasing the ARPU of these subscribers. We expect that providing these higher-value services to our customers will contribute to our
efforts to reduce the pace of decline in our fixed-lines in service and reverse this trend in the long-term.
The marketing and promotion campaigns related to our expanded FTTH services contributed to an increase in our marketing and
advertising expenses during 2019 and are expected to remain at elevated levels during the roll-out of this service offering.
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The expansion of our FTTH network has been and will continue to be capital intensive. During 2019, we invested R$3.1 billion in
the network equipment and infrastructure necessary to expand our FTTH network, which has increased in our depreciation expenses.
We expect that our capital expenditures related to the expansion of our FTTH network will continue at elevated levels throughout 2020
and 2021. We financed the expansion of our FTTH network in 2019 through cash on hand, primarily with the proceeds of our January
2019 capital increase. We expect to continue to finance the expansion of our FTTH network through cash on hand, including with the
proceeds of our sale of PT Ventures and the proceeds of Oi Mobile’s debentures, proceeds of non-core asset sales and cash flows from
operations. Additionally, we expect to accelerate the potential of our FTTH expansion using two franchise models, one in which we
partner with an existing ISP with an established brand under which we provide the backbone capacity, the data connectivity, access to
our locations and co-hosting of facilities and the ISP provides the last mile connection, and the second in which our support of our
partners will be much more important and more akin to a traditional franchise, with many more components of the operations provided
by our company, including customer care and the standardization of the portfolio offerings. If we are unable to fund these capital
expenditures through our operating cash flows and proceeds of non-core asset sales, we may incur additional indebtedness or vendor
financing obligations, which would increase our outstanding indebtedness and financial expenses. If these resources are insufficient to
fund the continued expansion of our FTTH network, we may be required to scale back this project.
Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since December 2019, COVID-19 has spread throughout the world. On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization
announced that COVID-19 was a global health emergency and on March 3, 2020, the World Health Organization categorized
COVID-19 as a pandemic.. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous deaths and the imposition of local, municipal and
national governmental “shelter-in-place” and other quarantine measures, border closures and other travel restrictions, causing
unprecedented economic disruption in much of the world, including in Brazil.
The local, national and international response to the virus is quickly developing, fluid and uncertain. During March and April of
2020, state, local and municipal authorities within Brazil promoted and enforced social isolation and quarantine measures and have
enacted regulations limiting the operations of “non-essential” businesses. In mid-March 2020, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian states
declared states of emergency. In accordance with the recommendations of the authorities, we transitioned a substantial majority of our
employees to work from home.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has no effect on our historical results of operations, there are many potential effects of this
pandemic on our short- and medium- term business operations and, consequently, our results of operations. In March 2020, we
established a crisis response team to focus on ensuring the full business continuity of our operations, the health and safety of our
employees, and the establishment of a formal process to monitor, analyze and respond to the potential impacts of the pandemic. As of
the date of this annual report, we have detected few cases of COVID-19 in our employees and our human resources department
monitors suspected or confirmed cases. As one a measure designed to protect our employees, we have instituted a “work-from-home”
policy for all of our employees for whom the demands of their work permit this arrangement, constituting approximately 84% of our
work force, and have been able to do so without any interruption of their activities. For our remaining employees, for example, our field
service technicians and operators in our call centers, we have complied with all health care recommendations of the World Health
Organization and the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
The Brazilian government has determined that the telecom sector is an essential service, which allows us to continue our field
maintenance activities without violating restrictions on movement that have generally been imposed to combat the pandemic.
Although there has not been sufficient history with our operations under the pandemic and the related public health measures to
provide significant analysis of the potential financial impact of the pandemic or the governmental and popular response to the
pandemic, we note that demand for telecommunications services, including services provided by our company, during the pandemic has
grown significantly. In order to service this demand and to ensure continuity of our services, we moved quickly to activate new circuits
in our backbone infrastructure and have not experienced any significant decline in the operation and reliability of our networks.
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Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have closed our retail stores and many of our distribution channels for our mobile service
have been unable to operate, although some of our physical points-of-sale, such as grocery stores, pharmacies and convenience stores,
have continued to operate. As a result, we believe that new activations by mobile customers will be substantially reduced for the
duration of these closures. However, as these store closures affect all operators in the mobile business equally, we expect that there will
be substantially reduced levels of churn during this period. In addition, we expect that revenue for SIM card recharges will be adversely
effected for the duration of these closures as the number of points-of-sale that offer these services has been substantially reduced.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, we have curtailed significantly our door-to-door sales channel for residential services,
including broadband, but have been able to maintain our telemarketing and teleagent sales channels. We have experienced a significant
surge in demand for our broadband services, including services delivered through our expanding FTTH network, both from residential
and B2B customers as they establish remote work operations. Because our sales channels for these services depend less on physical
presence in sales locations than our mobile services, we do not expect the reduction in new activations or upgrades in services to be
affected to the same degree as in our mobile services.
We expect that the public health measures adopted in Brazil will have significant impacts on the income and purchasing power of
many of our subscribers, particularly low-income subscribers and SMEs, some of whom may cease operations, although we have not
yet been able to gather data to analyze the extent of these impacts. In addition, we have begun to experience some delays in payment for
our corporate and governmental customers. As a result, we expect an increase in late-payments, customer defaults and expected losses
on trade receivables. We have instituted some measures to assist our customers during the pandemic, for example, providing deferrals
of payment deadlines by up to 10 days upon request of our customers and entering into payment plans with some of our customers
under which we will forbear the collection of interest and late charges. These measures are likely to have an adverse effect on revenue
and operating cash flow during the period over which they are effective, although we do not have sufficient experience with the effects
of these measures to reliably estimate the quantitative effects of these measures.
We continue to monitor the effects of COVID-19 and the public health measures adopted in Brazil on our results of operations and
cash flows to assess whether any of our assets have been impaired. As of the date of this annual report, we have do not have sufficient
history with our operations under the pandemic and the related public health measures to assess whether any impairment of our assets
will be required.
We do not expect significant negative effects on our ongoing maintenance activities and FTTH expansion project as a result of the
pandemic and the public health measures introduced to combat the pandemic. We have experienced some negative effects relating to
the deployment of field teams, primarily related to the difficulty of obtaining lodging and meals and, in some instances, the difficulty in
arranging transportation between cities, due to the public health restrictions. However, as a result of the determination that the telecom
sector is an essential service, the general public health restrictions applicable to the population have not generally applied to our staff of
field technicians.
We continue to have regular communications with our equipment vendors to assess the impacts of the pandemic on their
production and inventories to ensure that deliveries of equipment will continue to be made on a timely basis. As of the date of this
annual report, we have not suffered any negative impacts in our supply chain for equipment and have not been advised that any
significant disruptions are expected.
Effects of Our Absorption of Network Maintenance Service Operations and Adoption of New Customer Care Model
We introduced programs beginning in 2015 to control costs related to network maintenance services and third-party services by
(1) absorbing operation of several network maintenance service operations and providing these services ourselves, and
(2) implementing a new customer care quality model through which we have improved our method of allocation of call center traffic to
promote a greater level of customer service and digitized some of our customer interactions with respect to processing order for new
services, troubleshooting service issues and dispatching maintenance personnel.
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Through our subsidiary Serede we absorbed operations of our network maintenance service operations of our contractor in Rio de
Janeiro in October 2015, our network maintenance service operations of our contractor in the South region of Brazil in May 2016 and
our network maintenance service operations of our contractor in the North and Northeast regions of Brazil in June 2016. As a result,
75% of the members of our technical field staff are our employees and are directly managed by our company compared to 20% prior to
the absorption of these operations. We have revised the focus of our network maintenance service operations to concentrate on
preventive network maintenance the reduce the number of repairs, in turn reducing the volume of network interventions and increasing
field force productivity, thus freeing capacity to increase our focus on preventive maintenance. This virtuous cycle improves field
operations efficiency and reduces costs in terms of both the number of technicians and the volume of materials applied.
As a result of internalizing these operations, our network maintenance services expense has declined to R$1,014 million during the
year ended December 31, 2019 from R$1,104 million during 2018 and R$1,252 million during 2017. In addition to reducing costs, we
believe that this initiative has been principally responsible for (1) a reduction of the number of repairs by 19.4% during the year ended
December 31, 2019, 17.2% during 2018 and 12.5% during 2017, and (2) an increase in productivity of our field staff (as measured by
the number of field activities carried out divided by the total number of technicians involved) by 1.2% during the year ended
December 31, 2019, 6.9% during 2018 and 16.5% during 2017. Finally, we believe that this initiative has been principally responsible
for (1) the reduction in the average time for installation of new service by 6.8% during the year ended December 31, 2019, 18.9%
during 2017 and 30.4% during 2017, (2) the reduction in the average waiting time for resolution of a customer service issue by 7.4%
during the year ended December 31, 2019, 3.2% during 2018 and 25.8% during 2017, and (3) a reduction of complaints to ANATEL by
8.6% during the year ended December 31, 2019, 19.6% during 2018 and 23.0% during 2017.
During 2016, we implemented a new customer care quality model in which we allocated call traffic among our call center service
providers based on service quality. In addition, in 2018, we began to promote electronic channels that allow self-service, increasing
digital interactions and consequently reducing calls requiring interactions with call center personnel. These initiatives have stimulated
better quality in the provision of services, resulting in a 6.5% decline in the volume of repeated calls during the year ended
December 31, 2019, and 17.3% and 22.8% declines in the volume of repeated calls during the years ended December 31, 2018 and
2017, respectively, and a 13.3% decline in call center costs during the year ended December 31, 2019, and 22.5% and 8.9% declines in
call center costs during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Effects of Adjustments to Our Interconnection Rates
Telecommunications services rates are subject to comprehensive regulation by ANATEL. In particular, interconnection rates for
fixed-line and mobile services in the Brazilian telecommunications industry have been subject to comprehensive reductions in recent
years.
In July 2014, ANATEL approved rules under which interconnection rates charged by our company for the use of our fixed-line
and mobile networks would be reduced over a period of years until they were set at rates based on a long-run incremental cost
methodology. The MTR tariffs that we charged to terminate calls on our mobile networks were reduced by 85.5% from December 31,
2016 to December 31, 2019 and were reduced by 0.4% in February 2020. In addition, the TU-RL and TU-RIU tariffs that we charged to
terminate calls on our fixed-line networks were reduced by 76.2% from December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2019 and were reduced by
an average of 9.7% in February 2020.
These rate reductions have been a primary reason for the decline in our mobile interconnection revenue to R$257 million during
the year ended December 31, 2019 from R$448 million during 2018 and from R$500 million during 2017, and the decline in our fixed-
line interconnection revenue to R$43 million during the year ended December 31, 2019 from R$53 million during 2018 and from
R$71 million during 2017. However, these rate reductions have also led to a substantial reduction of our interconnection costs, which
have declined to R$487 million during the year ended December 31, 2019 from R$658 million during 2018 and R$778 million during
2017.
As a result of the substantial reductions in our interconnection costs, and in keeping with our strategy of simplifying our portfolios
to enhance our customers’ experience, since 2015 we have been offering fixed-line and mobile plans that allow all-net calls for a flat
fee.
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Effects of Claims by ANATEL that Our Company Has Not Fully Complied with Our Quality of Service and Other Obligations
As a fixed-line service provider, we must comply with the provisions of the RGQ. As a public regime service provider, we must
comply with the network expansion and modernization obligations under the PGMU and our concession agreements. Our personal
mobile services authorizations set forth certain network expansion obligations and targets and impose obligations on us to meet quality
of service standards. In addition, we must comply with regulations of general applicability promulgated by ANATEL, which generally
relate to quality of service measures.
If we fail to meet quality goals established by ANATEL under the RGQ, fail to meet the network expansion and modernization
targets established by ANATEL under the PGMU and our concession agreements, fail to comply with our obligations under our
personal mobile services authorizations or fail to comply with our obligations under other ANATEL regulations, we may be subject to
warnings, fines, intervention by ANATEL, temporary suspensions of service or cancellation of our concessions and authorizations.
On an almost weekly basis, we receive inquiries from ANATEL requiring information from us on our compliance with the various
service obligations imposed on us by our concession agreements. If we are unable to respond satisfactorily to those inquiries or comply
with our service obligations under our concession agreements, ANATEL may commence administrative proceedings in connection with
such noncompliance. We have received numerous notices of commencement of administrative proceedings from ANATEL, mostly due
to our inability to achieve certain targets established in the RGQ and the PGMU.
At the time that ANATEL notifies us it believes that we have failed to comply with our obligations, we evaluate the claim and,
based on our assessment of the probability of loss relating to that claim, may establish a provision. We vigorously contest a substantial
number of the assessments made against us by ANATEL. As of December 31, 2019, the total estimated contingency in connection with
all pending administrative proceedings brought by ANATEL against us in which we deemed the risk of loss as probable totaled
R$570 million, including fines which we are contesting through judicial proceedings, and we had recorded an aggregate provision
related to these proceedings in the same amount.
Effect of Level of Indebtedness and Interest Rates
As of December 31, 2019, we had total outstanding borrowings and financings of R$31,642 million, excluding the fair value
adjustment to our borrowings and financings and debt issuance costs, and R$18,227 million, after giving effect to the fair value
adjustment and debt issuance costs.
Borrowing and financing costs consist of interest on borrowings payable to third parties, exchange losses on third-party
borrowings and gains and losses on derivative financial instruments as set forth in note 6 to our audited consolidated financial
statements included in this annual report.
As a result of the implementation of the RJ Plan, most of our obligations under our restructured indebtedness accrues interest at
fixed-rates in U.S. dollars. However, our obligations under our restructured debentures and our restructured Brazilian credit agreements
and Real Estate Receivables Certificates (Certificados de Recebíveis Imobiliários), or CRIs, accrue interest based on the CDI rate and
our obligations under our restructured credit agreements with BNDES accrue interest based on the TJLP rate. As a result, increases in
the CDI rate or the TJLP rate will increase our interest expenses and debt service obligations.
In addition, the RJ Plan permits us to borrow up to R$2 billion under new export credit facilities. This debt may accrue interest at
floating rates and/or be denominated in foreign currencies. Accordingly, we may incur interest expenses and foreign exchange gains and
losses in connection with this debt, if incurred.
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Effects of Fluctuations in Exchange Rates between the Real and the U.S. Dollar
Substantially all of our cost of services and operating expenses in Brazil are incurred in reais. As a result, the appreciation or
depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar does not have a material effect on our operating margins. However, the costs of a
substantial portion of the network equipment that we purchase for our capital expenditure projects are denominated in U.S. dollars or
are U.S. dollar-linked. As a result, depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar results in this network equipment being more costly in
reais and leads to increased depreciation expenses. Conversely, appreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar results in this network
equipment being less costly in reais and leads to reduced depreciation expenses.
As a result of the confirmation of the RJ Plan, our obligations under our restructured Export Credit Agreements, our PIK Toggle
Notes and our Non-Qualified Credit Agreement are denominated in U.S. dollars and will accrue interest in U.S. dollars.
As a result, when the real appreciates against the U.S. dollar:
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the interest costs on our indebtedness denominated in U.S. dollars will decline in reais, which will positively affect our
results of operations in reais;
the amount of our indebtedness denominated in U.S. dollars will decline in reais, and our total liabilities and debt service
obligations in reais will decline; and
our financial expense, net will decline as a result of foreign exchange gains that we record.
A depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar will have the converse effects.
The significant depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the public
health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, is expected to have adverse effects on the carrying
amount of our U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness and interest expenses and the real costs of our U.S. dollar-denominated capital
expenditure and operating lease costs. In the short-term, we do not believe that this depreciation will have a significant adverse effect on
our ability to obtain network equipment for our capital expenditure projects.
Effects of Inflation
Because substantially all of our cost of services and operating expenses are incurred in reais in Brazil, an increase in inflation has
the effect of increasing our operating expenses and reducing our margins. Although we have taken significant measures to control and
reduce operating expenses during the past three years, the benefits of these measures were reduced as a result of the countervailing
impact of Brazilian inflation during that time. Although our regulated rates are subject to annual adjustment based on the rate of
inflation as measured by the IST, the majority of our revenue is generated from services delivered at rates that are not regulated or that
are provided at a discount to the regulated rates as a result of competitive pressures in the Brazilian telecommunications market. As a
result, we may not be able to pass through our increased operating costs and expenses resulting from inflationary pressures to our
customers as incurred in the form of higher tariffs for our services.
As a result of the confirmation of the RJ Plan, our obligations under our debentures and restructured Brazilian credit agreements
and CRIs have accrued interest based on the CDI rate, which could be adjusted in the event of a significant increase in inflation in
Brazil, since the Brazilian Confirmation Date. As a result, inflation could potentially have an indirect impact on our interest expenses
and debt service obligations.
Seasonality
Our primary business operations do not have material seasonal operations, other than our sales of handsets and accessories in our
Personal Mobility business which tends to increase during the fourth quarter of each year as compared to the other three fiscal quarters
related to significant increases of volume during the year-end holiday shopping season.
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Recent Developments
Sale of PT Ventures
On January 24, 2020, Africatel sold and transferred 100% of the share capital of PT Ventures to Sonangol for an aggregate
purchase price of US$1 billion, of which US$61 million was paid to Africatel prior to the transfer of the shares, and Sonangol paid
US$699 million in cash on the closing date. The remaining US$240 million of the purchase price is to be paid to Africatel by Sonangol
by July 31, 2020, with a guaranteed minimum monthly payment of US$40 million beginning in February 2020 and we have received
the minimum monthly payments due in February and March 2020. Payment of the remaining purchase price is fully guaranteed by a
letter of credit. Pursuant to the Pharol Settlement Agreement, we deposited 34 million euros of the proceeds of this sale in an escrow
account to cover losses relating to certain tax proceedings against Pharol.
The principal assets of PT Ventures included (1) a 25% stake in Unitel, (2) a 40% stake in Multitel Serviços de Telecomunicações
Lda., (3) rights to dividends previously declared by Unitel, but not received by PT Ventures, and (4) all rights arising from a final award
in the amount of approximately US$659 million in an arbitration proceeding initiated by PT Ventures against the other Unitel
shareholders.
Sale of Botafogo Property
On February 21, 2020, we sold our property at Rua General Polidoro nº 99, Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, to Alianza Gestão de
Recursos Ltda. for R$120.5 million.
Issuance of Oi Mobile Debentures
In February 2020, an investor subscribed to an aggregate amount of R$2,500 million of Oi Mobile’s non-convertible secured
debentures. These debentures are guaranteed by Oi and Telemar and are secured by a pledge of cash flows from our receivables in an
amount up to R$200 million per month and a first-priority lien on our right to use mobile frequencies. These debentures mature in
January 2022 in the event that we raise more than R$5 billion from our divestments by July 31, 2020, and will amortize at a rate of
R$100 million per month beginning in August 2020 through January 2022 in the event that we do not achieve this divestment target.
These debentures bear PIK interest, capitalized monthly, through January 2021 at a rate of 12.66% per annum based on the daily U.S.
dollar equivalent principal amount determined in accordance with the daily exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the Brazilian
real, and interest at a rate of 13.61% per annum, payable in cash, thereafter.
Extension of the Judicial Reorganization Proceedings
The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law provides that the RJ Proceedings and the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors may be terminated
on the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date if the RJ Court determines that all obligations provided for in the RJ Plan
have been satisfied based on the analysis of compliance with the RJ Plan.
On December 6, 2019, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors not be
terminated on February 5, 2020, the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in order to allow us to continue to execute
the RJ Plan and remain focused on our strategic transformation. Notwithstanding the conclusion of the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s
financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in the RJ Plan, we presented to the RJ Court
circumstances related to the complexity inherent to the magnitude of the RJ Proceedings and the ongoing reforms in the legal-regulatory
environment, which we believe require additional measures yet to be implemented under the RJ Proceedings.
On February 27, 2020, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that we be permitted to submit to our creditors for their
consideration and deliberation at a new general creditors’ meeting a proposed amendment to the RJ Plan designed to achieve greater
operational and financial flexibility for our company to continue with investments and the fulfillment of our strategic plan. At the new
general creditors’ meeting, only creditors of the RJ Debtors that held credits and had voting rights at the time of the original GCM and
who continued to hold an interest in the debt obligations or equity securities of the RJ Debtors on February 27, 2020 will be entitled
to vote.
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On March 6, 2020, the RJ Court issued a decision granting our request to hold a new general creditors’ meeting to deliberate on a
proposed amendment to the RJ Plan. The RJ Court required that:
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the RJ Debtors must submit the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court on or prior to September 8, 2020; and
the new general creditors’ meeting organized by the Judicial Administrator must take place within 60 days from the date of
submission of the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court by the RJ Debtors.
We intend to seek to amend the RJ Plan in order to facilitate asset sales contemplated by our strategic plan, including the potential
sale of our mobile business and the proposed sales of other non-core assets. We continue to discuss the terms of the proposed
amendment with various constituencies of our company and can provide no assurances with respect to the specific terms of the
proposed amendment that will be presented to the RJ Court.
Results of Operations
The following discussion of our results of operations is based on our audited consolidated financial statements prepared in
accordance with IFRS. In the following discussion, references to increases or decreases in any period are made by comparison with the
corresponding prior period, except as the context otherwise indicates.
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2018
The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated income statement, as well as the percentage change from the
prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
Net operating revenue
Cost of sales and services
Gross profit
Operating income (expenses)
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net
Operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes
Financial income (expenses), net
Profit (loss) before taxes
Income tax and social contribution
Profit (loss)
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Year ended December 31,
2019
2018
%
Change
(in millions of reais, except
percentages)
R$20,136 R$22,060
(16,179)
5,881
(15,315)
4,821
(8.7)
(5.3)
(18.0)
(3,548)
(2,782)
(1,469)
(2,977)
(6,110)
(9,087)
(8)
(3,853)
(2,739)
(4,557)
(5,268)
26,609
21,341
3,275
R$(9,095) R$24,616
(7.9)
1.6
(67.8)
(43.5)
(123.0)
(142.6)
(100.2)
(136.9)
Net Operating Revenue
The following table sets forth the components of our net operating revenue, as well as the percentage change from the prior year,
for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
Year ended December 31,
%
Change
2018
2019
Telecommunications in Brazil Segment:
Residential customer services:
Residential fixed-line services
Broadband services
Pay TV services
Fixed-line interconnection
Personal mobility services
Mobile telephony services
Mobile interconnection
Sales of handsets, SIM cards and other accessories
B2B services
Other services
Other operations(1)
Net operating revenue
(in millions of reais, except
percentages)
R$3,282
2,187
1,752
43
7,264
R$4,170
2,423
1,755
53
8,402
6,602
257
158
7,017
5,528
140
19,949
187
6,608
448
195
7,250
5,981
227
21,860
200
R$20,136 R$22,060
(21.3)
(9.8)
(0.2)
(18.5)
(13.5)
(0.1)
(42.6)
(18.7)
(3.2)
(7.6)
(38.3)
(8.7)
(6.7)
(8.7)
(1)
Other operations includes the net operating revenue of Africatel.
Net operating revenue of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment declined by 8.7% during 2019, principally due to a 13.5%
decline in net operating revenue from residential services, and to a lesser extent, a 7.6% decline in net operating revenue from B2B
services, and a 3.2% decline in net operating revenue from personal mobility services.
Net Operating Revenue from Residential Customer Services
Net operating revenue from residential customer services represented 36.1% of our net operating revenue during 2019. Residential
customer services include fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services (broadband), and Pay-TV.
Net operating revenue from residential services declined by 13.5%, primarily due to (1) the 14.2% decline in the number of residential
RGUs, (2) the decline in voice traffic, and (3) the reduction in TU-RL and TU-RIU fixed line interconnection tariffs and VC
fixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2019 and February 2018.
Net Operating Revenue from Residential Fixed-Line Services
Net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services declined by 21.3% during 2019, primarily due to a 15.4% decline in the
number of residential fixed lines in service to 7.0 million as of December 31, 2019 2019 from 8.3 million as of December 31, 2018, as a
result of the general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry to substitute mobile services in place of local fixed-line services
and the corresponding reduction in voice service traffic. The effects of these factors were partially offset by the migration of our fixed-
line customer base to convergent service offerings and other plans offering unlimited minutes of usage, which generate greater revenue
per user.
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Net Operating Revenue from Broadband Services
Net operating revenue from residential broadband services, which includes broadband services delivered through both our copper
and fiber networks, declined by 9.8% during 2019, primarily as a result of (1) a 13.9% decline in the number of our residential ADSL
subscribers to 4.2 million as of December 31, 2019 from 4.9 million as of December 31, 2018, and (2) a 1.6% decline in the average net
operating revenue per subscriber from broadband services. As of December 31, 2019, our xDSL subscribers represented 60.0% of our
total residential fixed lines in service and subscribed to plans with an average speed of 33.3 Mbps as compared to 59.0% of our total
residential fixed lines in service at an average speed of 9.8 Mbps as of December 31, 2018. The substantial increase in average speed of
our residential broadband subscriptions primarily reflects the success of our program to increase subscriptions over our expanding
FTTH network.
Net Operating Revenue from Pay-TV Services
Net operating revenue from residential Pay-TV services declined by 0.2% during 2019, primarily as a result of an 8.5% decline in
the number of our residential Pay-TV subscribers to 1.45 million as of December 31, 2019 from 1.59 million as of December 31, 2018,
the effects of which were partially offset by a 0.3% increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber. As of December 31,
2019, our Pay-TV subscribers represented 20.7% of our total residential fixed lines in service as compared to 19.2% of our total
residential fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2018.
Net Operating Revenue from Personal Mobility Services
Net operating revenue from personal mobility services represented 34.8% of our net operating revenue during 2019. Personal
mobility services include sales of mobile telephony services to post-paid and pre-paid customers that include voice services and data
communication services. Net operating revenue from personal mobility services declined by 3.2%, primarily due to a 2.8% decline in
revenue from mobile telephony services.
Net Operating Revenue from Mobile Telephony Services
Net operating revenue from mobile telephony services declined by 0.1%, primarily due to a 10.3% decline in the number of
mobile customers that subscribe to our prepaid plans to 24.5 million as of December 31, 2019 from 27.3 million as of December 31,
2018, principally as a result of (1) Brazil’s continuing high unemployment rate as our sales net additions of prepaid subscribers is
closely correlated to movements in the unemployment rate, (2) the migration of prepaid customers in Brazil to the use of a single SIM
card as operators have increased the offer of “all-net” plans following the successive reductions of the MTR tariffs, and (3) our strict
disconnection policy for inactive customers, which is designed to reduce fee payments that we must make for each active account.
The effects of these declines were partially offset by a 23.1% increase in the number of mobile customers that subscribed to our
postpaid plans to 9.5 million as of December 31, 2019 from 7.7 million as of December 31, 2018. During 2019, data revenue
represented 84.1% of net operating revenue from mobile telephony services compared to 71.7% during 2018.
Net Operating Revenue from Interconnection to Our Mobile Network
Mobile interconnection revenue declined by 42.6% during 2019, primarily as a result of the reduction in MTR tariffs in February
2019 and February 2018, the effects of which were partially offset by an increase in interconnection traffic.
Net Operating Revenue from Sales of Handsets, SIM Cards and Other Accessories
Revenue from handsets, SIM cards and other accessories declined by 18.7% during 2019, primarily as a result of the reduction in
sales volume of handsets due to our policy of not subsidizing the sale of this product.
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Net Operating Revenue from B2B Services
Net operating revenue from B2B services represented 27.5% of our net operating revenue during 2019. B2B services include
corporate solutions offered to our small, medium-sized, large corporate customers, including voice services and corporate data
solutions, and wholesale customers.Net operating revenue from B2B services declined by 7.6%, primarily as a result of (1) lower voice
traffic, following the natural market trend, (2) the reduction in MTR tariffs and VC fixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2019 and
February 2018, and (3) the slow recovery of Brazilian economic activity, which has led to efforts by corporate and government
customers to reduce costs, including telecommunications services costs, and has led to the downsizing or closing of many of our SME
customers.
The total number of our B2B customers declined by 2.0% to 6.6 million as of December 31, 2019 from 6.7 million as of
December 31, 2018, as the 5.9% decline in the number of B2B fixed-line customers more than offset the 4.1% increase in the number of
B2B mobile customers.
Operating Expenses
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, we are required to segregate cost of sales and services from operating expenses in the
preparation of our statement of operations. However, in evaluating and managing our business, we prepare reports in which we review
the elements included in cost of sales and services and operating expenses classified by nature, as presented in note 5 of our audited
consolidated financial statements. We believe that this classification improves our ability to understand results and trends in our
business and that financial analysts and other investors who review our performance rely on this classification in performing their own
analysis. Therefore, we have presented the discussion below of our operating expenses based on the classification of operating expenses
presented in note 5 of our audited consolidated financial statements.
The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses, as well as the percentage change from the prior year, for
the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
Year Ended December 31,
%
Change
2018
2019
Third-party services
Depreciation and amortization
Rental and insurance
Personnel
Network maintenance services
Interconnection
Provision for contingencies
Expected losses on trade receivables
Advertising and publicity
Handsets and other costs
Impairment losses
Taxes and other expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net
Total cost of sales and services
(in millions of reais, except
percentages)
R$6,031
6,874
2,576
2,529
1,014
487
216
489
497
171
2,111
111
(7)
R$5,925
5,811
4,200
2,594
1,104
658
202
697
382
196
291
250
(5,016)
R$23,114 R$27,328
1.8
18.3
(38.7)
(2.5)
(8.1)
(25.9)
7.0
(29.8)
30.1
(13.0)
623.6
(55.7)
(99.9)
(15.4)
Operating expenses declined by 15.4% during 2019, principally due to (1) a decline in other operating expenses, net to
R$7 million during 2019 from R$5,016 million during 2018, and (2) a 38.7%, or R$1,624 million, decline in rental and insurance costs
to R$2,576 million during 2019 from R$4,200 million during 2018. The effects of these factors was partially offset by (1) an increase in
impairment losses to R$2,111 million during 2019 from R$292 million during 2018, and (2) an 18.3% increase in depreciation and
amortization expenses to R$6,874 million during 2019 from R$5,811 million during 2018.
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Third-Party Services
Third-party service costs increased by 1.8% during 2019, primarily as a result of increased selling expenses due to the
intensification of our commercial activity.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization costs increased by 18.3% during 2019, primarily as a result of our implementation of IFRS 16 on
January 1, 2019 as a result of which we recorded R$947 million of depreciation and amortization expenses with respect to right of use
of assets during 2019.
Rental and Insurance
Rental and insurance costs declined by 38.7% during 2019, primarily as a result of our implementation of IFRS 16 on January 1,
2019 as a result of which our lease expenses declined by R$1,551 million during 2019.
Personnel
Personnel expenses (including employee benefits and social charges and employee and management profit sharing) declined by
2.5% during 2019, principally due to a 3.9% decline in direct employee expenses, including wages, taxes and benefits, the effects of
which were partially offset by a 9.0% increase in profit sharing and provisions for profit sharing as a result of our achieving the
objectives of these programs.
Network Maintenance Services
Network maintenance services costs declined by 8.1% during 2019, primarily as a result of (1) lower maintenance costs related to
payphones following the approval of the PGMU, (2) the successful renegotiation of some of our maintenance contracts, and (3) a lower
number of maintenance incidents as a result of our initiatives focused on preventive actions and productivity improvements, which have
been increasing the efficiency of field operations, as well as efficiency gains arising from the digitalization of processes and customer
service.
Interconnection
Interconnection costs declined by 25.9% during 2019, primarily as a result of the declines in MTR tariffs and the TU-RL and
TU-RIU interconnection tariffs that were implemented in February 2019 and February 2018, the effects of which were partially offset
by an increase in interconnection traffic.
Provision for Contingencies
Provision for contingencies increased by 7.0% during 2019, primarily as a result of our revision of the methodology used to
calculate the provisions for losses in labor lawsuits and civil lawsuits related to the financial interest agreements described under “Item
8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings—Civil Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations—Financial Interest
Agreements (PEX and PCT)” due to the revisions to our estimate model as a result of the history of terminations of lawsuits under the
RJ Plan and our increased accumulated experience with estimating these losses.
Expected Losses on Trade Receivables
Expected losses on trade receivables declined by 29.8% during 2019, primarily as a result of a reduction in our level of customer
defaults, particularly in our B2B business. During 2019, expected losses on trade receivables represented 2.4% of our net operating
revenue compared to 3.2% during 2018.
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Advertising and Publicity
Advertising and publicity expenses increased by 30.1% during 2019, primarily as a result of an intensification of our advertising
campaigns, particularly for our FTTH services and personal mobility services.
Handsets and Other Costs
Handsets and other costs declined by 13.0% during 2019, primarily due to the reduction in sales volume of handsets due to our
policy of not subsidizing the sale of this product.
Impairment Losses
We recorded impairment losses of R$2,111 million during 2019 as a result of our testing of our non-current assets for impairment
under IAS 36 as of December 31, 2019, primarily due to (1) the revision of our strategic plan, focused on improving operating and
financial performance, using a sustainable business model that is designed to maximize the Company’s value in the context of our
judicial reorganization; and (2) increased market competitiveness, mainly in the residential market, which accelerated the decline in the
revenues from fixed-line services and DTH services. This impairment loss was fully allocated to the carrying value of our regulatory
licenses. We recorded impairment losses of R$292 million during 2018, consisting of a supplementary adjustment to the recognized
allowance for impairment losses related to expected future profitability of assets with finite useful lives.
Taxes and Other Expenses
Taxes and other expenses declined by 55.7% during 2019, primarily due to a decrease in other tax expenses, as a result of a
decline in other revenues to which other taxes are associated, and a decrease in expenses for fines.
Other Operating Income (Expenses), Net
Other operating expenses, net was R$7 million during 2019, consisting primarily of the effects the accounting recognition during
2019 of R$1,518 million of PIS and COFINS credits as the result of a final and unappealable court decision permitting us to deduct
ICMS from our tax base for the purposes of calculation PIS and COFINS and the recovery of previous overpayments of PIS and
COFINS, the effects of which were partially offset by (1) the recognition of R$1,231 million of expenses for provisions related to the
recognition of onerous contract arising from the provision of satellite capacity, and (2) the derecognition during 2019 of R$167 million
related to the reconciliation of tax credits and tax incentives from prior periods that we do not expect to be realized.
Other operating expenses, net was R$5,016 million during 2018 consisting primarily of (1) the recognition of R$4,884 million of
expenses for provisions related to the recognition of onerous contract for the supply of submarine cable capacity, and (2) the recognition
of R$109 million of revenue from the reversal of a provision for contingencies due to the reprocessing of the provision estimate model
considering the new profile for closing the lawsuits in a new context after approval and ratification of the RJ Plan.
Operating Profit before Financial Expenses, Net, and Taxes
As a result of the foregoing, our Telecommunications in Brazil segment recorded operating loss before financial expenses, net, and
taxes of R$2,864 million during 2019 compared to operating profit before financial expenses, net, and taxes of R$5,185 million during
2018. As a percentage of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications
in Brazil segment was 14.4% during 2019 and operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in
Brazil segment was 23.7% during 2018.
Operating expenses of our other operations increased by 6.1% to R$300 million during 2019 from R$283 million during 2018.
The operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our other operations increased by 36.9% to R$113 million during 2019
from R$83 million during 2018. As a percentage of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of
our other operations was 60.7% during 2019 and 41.4% during 2018.
Our consolidated operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes declined by 43.5% to R$2,977 million during 2019 from
R$5,268 million during 2018. As a percentage of net operating revenue, operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes was
14.8% during 2019 and 23.9% during 2018.
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Financial Expenses, Net
Financial Income
Financial income declined by 91.4% to R$2,662 million during 2019 from R$30,950 million during 2018, primarily due to (1) our
recognition of the fair value of third-party borrowings and financing arising from the impacts of the ratification of the RJ Plan of
R$49 million during 2019 compared to R$13,290 million during 2018, (2) our recording no gains or losses on our restructuring of our
third-party borrowings during 2019 compared to our recording a R$11,055 million gains as a result of the novation of the debt
represented by the Defaulted Bonds, calculated pursuant to the RJ Plan, during 2018, (3) our recording reversal of interest and other
income of R$170 million during 2019 compared to R$4,080 million, primarily as a result of the reversal of the interest expenses on debt
included in the RJ Plan, adjusted in the period prior to the Brazilian Confirmation Date, of R$3,013 million and adjustment of trade
payables and default payment to present value of R$877 million, during 2018, and (4) our recording inflation adjustment and foreign
exchange difference on the fair value adjustment of R$334 million during 2019 compared to R$1,399 million during 2018.
The effects of these factors was partially offset by our recording interest and inflation adjustment to other assets of
R$1,922 million during 2019, primarily consisting of R$2,100 million related to the monetary restatement on PIS and COFINS credits
resulting from the exclusion of ICMS from its calculation base and the recovery of previous overpayments of PIS and COFINS,
compared to interest and inflation adjustment to other assets of R$809 million during 2018.
Financial Expenses
Financial expenses increased by 102.0% to R$8,772 million during 2019 from R$4,342 million during 2018, primarily as a
result of:
•
•
•
•
•
our recording interest expenses on borrowings and debentures payable to third parties of R$1,618 million during 2019
compared to our recording a reversal of interest expenses on borrowings and debentures payable to third parties of
R$1,793 million, primarily as a result of the reversal of interest on debt included in the RJ Plan of R$3,115 million,
partially offset by interest expenses on borrowings and debentures payable to third parties of R$1,362 million, during 2018;
our recording reversals of inflation adjustments to provisions of R$1,620 million during 2019 compared to R$227 million
during 2018, principally as a result of (1) our revision of the methodology used to calculate the provisions for losses in
labor lawsuits and civil lawsuits during 2019 due to the revisions to our estimate model as a result of the history of
terminations of lawsuits under the RJ Plan and our increased accumulated experience with estimating these losses, and
(2) our reversal of a portion of our provision for contingencies and the related inflation adjustment during 2019 as a result
of the revisions to our estimate model to take into account the new profile and history of discontinuation of lawsuits in the
context of the approval and ratification of the RJ Plan;
our recording R$949 million in interest on leases during 2019 as a result of our implementation of IFRS 16 on January 1,
2019;
a 48.2%, or R$603 million, increase in interest on and inflation adjustment to other liabilities to R$1,854 during 2019 from
R$1,251 million during 2018, principally as a result of our recording R$742 million of exchange rate loss and amortization
of deferred gains relating to the present value adjustment of our onerous obligation recorded at the end of 2018; and
our recording a R$238 million loss on cash investments classified as held-for-sale during 2019, primarily as a result of a
R$404 million loss recorded based on our revision of the fair value of the cash investment and dividends receivable in
Unitel, the effects of which were partially offset by a R$165 million exchange rate gain due to the 4.0% depreciation of the
real against the U.S. dollar during this period, compared to a R$293 million gain during 2018, principally as a result of
(1) a R$829 million exchange rate gain due to the 17.1% depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar, during this period,
and (2) R$142 million recorded with respect to our portion of dividends approved by Unitel related to Unitel’s 2017 fiscal
year, the effects of which were partially offset by a R$678 million loss recorded based on our revision of the fair value of
the cash investment and the revision of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel;
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The effects of these factors were partially offset by a 74.3%, or R$1,854 million, decline in inflation and exchange gains on third-
party borrowings to R$640 million during 2019 from R$2,494 million during 2018, principally as a result of the positive impact on our
U.S. dollar-denominated debt of the 4.0% depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar during 2019 as compared to the 17.1%
depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar during 2018, as well as our recording capital gains associated to the novation of debts
arising on the Defaulted Bonds of R$555 million during 2019.
Income Tax and Social Contribution
The composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate was 34% during 2019 and 2018. We recorded an
income tax and social contribution expense of R$8 million during 2019 compared to an income tax and social contribution benefit of
R$3,275 million during 2018. The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (0.1)% during 2019 and the effective tax
rate applicable to our profit before taxes was (15.3)% during 2018. The table below sets forth a reconciliation of the composite
corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate to our effective tax rate for each of the periods presented.
Composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate
Equity in investees
Tax incentives
Permanent Deductions (add-backs)
Reversal of (allowance for) impairment losses on deferred tax assets
Tax effects of deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries
Effective rate
Year Ended
December 31,
2019
34.0%
0.0
0.0
(3.4)
(27.2)
(3.4)
(0.1)%
2018
34.0%
0.0
0.0
(62.3)
12.9
0.0
(15.3)%
The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (0.1)% during 2019, resulting in a tax expense despite our generating
a loss before taxes, primarily as a result of (1) the tax effects of a valuation allowance for impairment losses on deferred tax assets that
were recognized for the companies that as of December 31, 2019, do not expect to generate sufficient future taxable profits against
which these tax assets could be offset, which resulted in a decline in our tax assets by R$2,474 million and reduced the effective tax rate
applicable to our loss before taxes by 27.2%, (2) the tax effects of permanent add-backs, mostly as a result of the effects of the
recognition of the amortization of deferred gains relating to the fair value adjustment due to the restructured liabilities after
confirmation of the RJ Plan, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 3.4%, and, (3) the tax effects of
unrecognized deferred tax assets regarding foreign subsidiaries that are not eligible to recognize tax credits on tax loss carryforwards,
which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by 3.4%.
The effective tax rate applicable to our income before taxes was (15.3)% during 2018, resulting in a tax benefit despite our
generating income before taxes, primarily as a result of permanent deductions, mostly as a result of the effects of the novation of our
debt obligations due to the confirmation of the RJ Plan, which reduced our effective tax rate by 62.3%. The effects of this factor was
partially offset by the tax effects of a valuation allowance for impairment losses on deferred tax assets, which resulted in a decline in
our tax assets by R$2,757 million, that were recognized for the companies that as at December 31, 2018, do not expect to generate
sufficient future taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which increased our effective tax rate by 12.9%.
Profit (Loss)
As a result of the foregoing, we recorded consolidated loss of R$9,095 million during 2019 compared to consolidated profit of
R$24,616 million 2018. As a percentage of net operating revenue, our loss was 45.2% during 2019 compared to profit of 111.6% during
2018.
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Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2017
The following table sets forth the components of our consolidated statement of operations, as well as the percentage change from
the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Net operating revenue
Cost of sales and services
Gross profit
Operating income (expenses)
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net
Operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes
Financial income (expenses), net
Income (loss) before taxes
Income tax and social contribution
Net income (loss)
n.m. Not meaningful.
Net Operating Revenue
Year ended December 31,
2018
2017
(in millions of reais, except percentages)
R$22,060
(16,179)
5,881
R$23,790
(15,669)
8,121
(7.3)
3.3
(27.6)
% Change
(3,853)
(2,739)
(4,557)
(5,268)
26,609
21,341
3,275
R$24,616
(4,103)
(3,137)
(3,242)
(2,361)
(3,197)
(5,558)
(1,099)
R$(6,656)
(6.1)
(12.7)
40.6
123.1
n.m
n.m.
n.m.
n.m.
The following table sets forth the components of our net operating revenue, as well as the percentage change from the prior year,
for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Telecommunications in Brazil Segment:
Residential customer services:
Residential fixed-line services
Broadband services
Pay TV services
Fixed-line interconnection
Personal mobility services
Mobile telephony services
Mobile interconnection
Sales of handsets, SIM cards and other accessories
B2B services
Other services
Other operations(1)
Net operating revenue
Year ended December 31,
2017
2018
(in millions of reais, except percentages)
% Change
R$4,170
2,423
1,755
53
8,402
6,608
448
195
7,250
5,981
227
21,860
200
R$22,060
R$4,881
2,642
1,578
71
9,171
6,915
500
230
7,645
6,486
256
23,557
233
R$23,790
(14.6)
(8.3)
11.2
(24.6)
(8.4)
(4.4)
(10.4)
(15.1)
(5.2)
(7.8)
(11.2)
(7.2)
(14.0)
(7.3)
(1)
Other operations includes the net operating revenue of Africatel.
Net operating revenue of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment declined by 7.2% during 2018, principally due to an 8.4%
decline in net operating revenue from residential services, a 7.8% decline in net operating revenue from B2B services, and a 5.2%
decline in net operating revenue from personal mobility services.
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Net Operating Revenue from Residential Customer Services
Net operating revenue from residential customer services represented 38.1% of our net operating revenue during 2018. Net
operating revenue from residential services declined by 8.4%, primarily due to (1) the 7.2% decline in the number of residential RGUs,
(2) the decline in voice traffic, and (3) the reduction in TU-RL and TU-RIU fixed line interconnection tariffs and VC fixed-to-mobile
tariffs in February 2017 and February 2018. These effects were partially offset by the 0.6% increase in the average monthly net
residential revenue per user to R$80.0 during 2018 from R$79.6 during 2017, primarily due to an increase in broadband and Pay-TV
revenues.
Net Operating Revenue from Residential Fixed-Line Services
Net operating revenue from residential fixed-line services declined by 14.6%, primarily due to a 10.4% decline in the number of
residential fixed lines in service to 8.3 million as of December 31, 2018 from 9.2 million as of December 31, 2017, as a result of the
general trend in the Brazilian telecommunications industry to substitute mobile services in place of local fixed-line services and the
corresponding reduction in voice service traffic. The effects of these factors were partially offset by the migration of our fixed-line
customer base to convergent service offerings and other plans offering unlimited minutes of usage, which generate greater revenue per
user.
Net Operating Revenue from Broadband Services
Net operating revenue from residential broadband services declined by 8.3%, primarily as a result of (1) a 6.8% decline in the
number of our residential ADSL subscribers to 4.9 million as of December 31, 2018 from 5.2 million as of December 31, 2017, and
(2) a 5.4% decline in the average net operating revenue per subscriber from broadband services. As of December 31, 2018, our xDSL
subscribers represented 58.4% of our total residential fixed lines in service and subscribed to plans with an average speed of 9.8 Mbps
as compared to 55.8% of our total residential fixed lines in service at an average speed of 8.3 Mbps as of December 31, 2017.
Net Operating Revenue from Pay-TV Services
Net operating revenue from residential Pay-TV services increased by 11.2%, primarily as a result of a 6.1% increase in the number
of our residential Pay-TV subscribers to 1.59 million as of December 31, 2018 from 1.50 million as of December 31, 2017, and a 1.5%
increase in the average net operating revenue per subscriber, principally as a result of the shift in the our sales mix towards more
comprehensive packages of channels. As of December 31, 2018, our Pay-TV subscribers represented 19.2% of our total residential
fixed lines in service as compared to 16.2% of our total residential fixed lines in service as of December 31, 2017.
Net Operating Revenue from Personal Mobility Services
Net operating revenue from Personal Mobility Services represented 32.9% of our net operating revenue during 2018. Net
operating revenue from Personal Mobility Services declined by 5.2%, primarily due to a 4.4% decline in revenue from mobile
telephony services.
Net Operating Revenue from Mobile Telephony Services
Net operating revenue from mobile telephony services declined by 4.4%, primarily due to an 8.8% decline in the number of
mobile customers that subscribe to our prepaid plans to 27.3 million as of December 31, 2018 from 29.9 million as of December 31,
2017, principally as a result of (1) Brazil’s high unemployment rate as our sales net additions of prepaid subscribers is closely correlated
to movements in the unemployment rate, (2) the migration of prepaid customers in Brazil to the use of a single SIM card as operators
have increased the offer of “all-net” plans following the successive reductions of the MTR tariffs, and (3) our strict disconnection policy
for inactive customers, which is designed to reduce fee payments that we must make for each active account.
The effects of these declines were partially offset by (1) a 1.7% increase in average monthly net revenue per user, primarily as a
result of an improvement in the profile of our customer base, and (2) a 15.0% increase in the number of mobile customers that subscribe
to our postpaid plans to 7.7 million as of December 31, 2018 from 6.7 million as of December 31, 2017. During 2018, data revenue
represented 71.7% of net operating revenue from mobile telephony services compared to 53.9% during 2017.
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Net Operating Revenue from Interconnection to Our Mobile Network
Mobile interconnection revenue declined by 10.4% during 2018, primarily as a result of the reduction in MTR tariffs in February
2017 and February 2018, the effects of which were partially offset by an increase in interconnection traffic.
Net Operating Revenue from Sales of Handsets, SIM Cards and Other Accessories
Revenue from handsets, SIM cards and other accessories declined by 15.1% during 2018, primarily as a result of the reduction in
sales volume of handsets due to our policy of not subsidizing the sale of this product.
Net Operating Revenue from B2B Services
Net operating revenue from B2B services represented 27.1% of our net operating revenue during 2018. Net operating revenue
from B2B services declined by 7.8%, primarily as a result of (1) lower voice traffic, following the natural market trend, (2) the
reduction in MTR tariffs and VC fixed-to-mobile tariffs in February 2017 and February 2018, (3) the slowdown in Brazilian economic
activity, which has led to efforts by corporate and government customers to reduce costs, including telecommunications services costs,
and has led to the downsizing or closing of many of our SME customers, and (4) market perceptions of our company during our RJ
Proceedings which made it difficult for us to enter into new agreements with corporate customers.
The total number of our B2B customers increased by 3.3% to 6.7 million as of December 31, 2018 from 6.5 million as of
December 31, 2017, as the 15.3% increase in B2B mobile customers more than offset the 3.5% decline in B2B fixed-line customers.
Operating Expenses
We have presented the discussion below of our operating expenses based on the classification of operating expenses presented in
note 5 of our audited consolidated financial statements. The following table sets forth the components of our operating expenses, as well
as the percentage change from the prior year, for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Third-party services
Depreciation and amortization
Rental and insurance
Personnel
Network maintenance services
Interconnection
Provision for contingencies
Expected losses on trade receivables
Advertising and publicity
Handsets and other costs
Impairment losses
Taxes and other expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net
Total cost of sales and services
n.m. Not meaningful.
% Change
Year Ended December 31,
2017
2018
(in millions of reais, except percentages)
R$5,925
5,811
4,200
2,594
1,104
658
202
697
382
196
291
250
(5,016)
R$27,328
R$6,221
5,109
4,163
2,791
1,252
778
469
692
414
223
(4,747)
543
(8,243)
R$26,151
(4.8)
13.7
0.9
(7.1)
(11.8)
(15.4)
(56.9)
0.8
(7.6)
(12.1)
n.m.
(54.0)
(39.1)
4.5
Operating expenses increased by 4.5% during 2018, principally due to (1) impairment losses of R$292 million recorded in 2018
compared to a reversal of impairment losses of R$4,701 million in 2017, and (2) a 13.7%, or R$702 million, increase in depreciation
and amortization expense. The effects of these factors were partially offset by a 38.8%, or R$3,180 million, decline in other operating
income, net, and to a lesser degree:
•
•
•
•
•
a 4.8%, or R$297 million, decline in third-party service costs;
a 54.0%, or R$293 million, decline in taxes and other expenses;
a 7.1%, or R$197 million, decline in personnel expenses;
an 11.8%, or R$147 million, decline in network maintenance service costs; and
a 15.4%, or R $120 million, decline in interconnection costs.
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Third-Party Services
Third-party service costs declined by 4.8% during 2018, primarily as a result of lower selling expenses, information technology
expenses and call center expenses as a result of our adoption of our new customer care model and, to a lesser extent the deferral of a
portion of our selling expenses as a result of our implementation of ASC 606 for periods ending after January 1, 2018. The effects of
these factors were partially offset by higher TV content costs as a result of the growth of our Pay-TV customer base and adjustments in
contractual terms by some of our content providers, and by increased electricity costs as a result of the applicable electricity tariffs.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization costs increased by 13.7% during 2018, primarily as a result of the growth of our data and mobile
network due to our strategy of modernization of the core network focusing on transmission and transport infrastructure, which has
increased the amount of depreciable property, plant and equipment and amortizable license.
Rental and Insurance
Rental and insurance costs increased by 0.9% during 2018, primarily as a result of an increase in reais of certain rental expenses
denominated in U.S. dollars as a result of the depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar during 2018, particularly expenses relating
to our agreements with GlobeNet and our lease of capacity on the SES-6 satellite.
Personnel
Personnel expenses (including employee benefits and social charges and employee and management profit sharing) declined by
7.1% during 2018, primarily as a result of initiatives that we have implemented to promote greater efficiency and productivity as well as
stricter cost controls related in personnel expenses.
Network Maintenance Services
Network maintenance services costs declined by 11.8% during 2018, primarily as a result of a lower number of maintenance
incidents as a result of our initiatives focused on preventive actions and productivity improvements, which have been increasing the
efficiency of field operations, as well as efficiency gains arising from the digitalization of processes and customer service.
Interconnection
Interconnection costs declined by 15.4% during 2018, primarily as a result of the declines in MTR tariffs and the TU-RL and
TU-RIU interconnection tariffs that were implemented in February 2018 and February 2017, the effects of which were partially offset
by an increase in interconnection traffic.
Provision for Contingencies
Provision for contingencies declined by 56.9% during 2018, primarily as a result of our reversal of a portion of our provision for
contingencies and the related inflation adjustment due to the reprocessing of the provision estimation model taking into account the new
profile and history of discontinuation of lawsuits in the context of the approval and ratification of the RJ Plan.
Expected Losses on Trade Receivables
Expected losses on trade receivables increased by 0.8% during 2018, primarily as a result of our revision of the assumptions that
we use in determining our expected losses on trade receivables. During 2018, expected losses on trade receivables represented 3.2% of
our net operating revenue compared to 2.9% during 2017.
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Advertising and Publicity
Advertising and publicity expenses declined by 7.6% during 2018, primarily as a result of a decline in the volume of our
advertising campaigns.
Handsets and Other Costs
Handsets and other costs declined by 12.1% during 2018, primarily due to the lower volume of handset sales.
Impairment Losses
We recorded impairment losses of R$292 million during 2018 compared to a reversal of impairment losses of R$4,747 million
during 2017. Impairment losses in 2018 consisted of a supplementary adjustment to the recognized allowance for impairment losses
related to expected future profitability of assets with finite useful lives. The reversal of impairment losses in 2017 consisted of the
partial reversal of impairment losses related to the expected future profitability of assets with finite useful lives, due to the scenarios and
financial indicators taken into consideration in the cash flows from the RJ Plan.
Taxes and Other Expenses
Taxes and other expenses declined by 54.0% during 2018, primarily due to a decrease in other tax expenses, as a result of a
decline in other revenues to which other taxes are associated, and a decrease in expenses for fines.
Other Operating Expenses, Net
Other operating expenses, net declined by 38.8% during 2018, primarily as a result of the effects of non-recurring expenses, which
occurred during 2017, related to unrecoverable tax, write-off of other assets and other expenses due to reconcile accounting balances as
part of the RJ Proceedings.
Operating Income (Loss) before Financial Expenses, Net, and Taxes
As a result of the foregoing, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in Brazil
segment increased by 126.3% to R$5,185 million during 2018 from R$2,291 million during 2017. As a percentage of net operating
revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our Telecommunications in Brazil segment was 23.7% during
2018 and 9.7% during 2017.
Operating expenses of our other operations declined by 6.5% to R$283 million during 2018 from R$303 million during 2017,
principally as a result of the disposition of our interest in MTC in January 2017. The operating loss before financial expenses, net, and
taxes of our other operations increased by R$13 million to R$83 million during 2018 from R$70 million during 2017. As a percentage
of net operating revenue, the operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes of our other operations was 41.4% during 2018
compared to 30.0% during 2017.
Our consolidated operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes increased by 123.1% to R$5,268 million during 2018
from R$2,361 million during 2017. As a percentage of net operating revenue, operating loss before financial expenses, net, and taxes
was 23.9% during 2018 and 9.9% during 2017.
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Financial Expenses, Net
Financial Income
Financial income increased to R$30,950 million during 2018 from R$7,136 million during 2017, primarily due to (1) our
recording a R$11,055 million gain on our restructuring of our third-party borrowings during 2018 as a result of the novation of the debt
represented by the Defaulted Bonds, calculated pursuant to the RJ Plan, compared to no gains or losses recorded during 2017, (2) an
increase in adjustment to fair value of third-party borrowings and financing by 127.7% to R$13,290 million during 2018, principally
related to fair value adjustments of our third-party borrowings, from R$4,873 million during 2017, principally related to the revision of
the calculations of the provisions for contingencies related to administrative proceedings and lawsuits involving ANATEL, (3) an
increase in the reversal of other interest and other income to R$4,080 million during 2018, principally as a result of the reversal of the
interest expenses on debt included in the RJ Plan, adjusted in the period prior to the Brazilian Confirmation Date, of R$3,013 million
and adjustment of trade payables and default payment to present value of R$877 million, from R$500 million during 2017, and (4) our
recording a R$1,399 million inflation adjustment and foreign exchange difference on the fair value adjustment.
Financial Expenses
Financial expenses declined by 58.0% to R$4,342 million during 2018 from R$10,333 million during 2017, primarily as a
result of:
•
•
•
•
•
our recording of a reversal of interest expenses on borrowings and debentures payable to third parties of R$1,793 million,
primarily as a result of the reversal of interest on debt included in the RJ Plan of R$3,115 million, partially offset by interest
expenses on borrowings and debentures payable to third parties of R$1,362 million, during 2018 compared to our recording
interest expenses on borrowings and debentures payable to third parties of R$3,594 million during 2017;
a 49.9% decline in interest on and inflation adjustment to other liabilities to R$789 million during 2018 from
R$1,554 million during 2017, principally due to the commencement of our participation in the Tax Recovery Program
(REFIS) in May 2017;
our recording of a gain on held-for-sale financial assets of R$293 million during 2018, primarily as a result of (i) the
R$829 million exchange gain rate due to the 17.1% depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar during 2018, and
(ii) R$142 million recorded with respect to our portion of dividends approved by Unitel related to Unitel’s 2017 fiscal year,
the effects of which were partially offset by a R$678 million loss recorded based on our revision of the fair value of the
cash investment and the revision of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel, compared to a loss on
held-for-sale financial assets of R$267 million during 2017, primarily as a result of the loss recorded based on our revision
of the recoverable amount of dividends receivable from Unitel, the fair value of the cash investment in Unitel and exchange
losses rate related to the depreciation of the Angolan Kwanza against the U.S. dollar and the real during 2017;
a 66.4% decline in reversals of inflation adjustment of provisions for contingencies to R$227 million during 2018 from
R$675 million, primarily as a result of our reversal of a portion of our provision for contingencies and the related inflation
adjustment due to the reprocessing of the provision estimation model taking into account the new profile and history of
discontinuation of lawsuits in the context of the approval and ratification of the RJ Plan, during 2017; and
a 14.6% decline in inflation adjustment to and exchange losses on third-party borrowings to R$2,494 million during 2018
from R$2,920 million during 2017, principally as a result of our recording capital gains associated with the novation of
debts arising on the Defaulted Bonds of R$555 million during 2018.
The effects of these factors were partially offset by (1) our recording a R$760 million adjustment to fair value to the amortization of
deferred gains during 2018 compared to no gains or losses recorded during 2017, and (2) a 70.0%, or R$358 million, increase in tax on
financial transactions and bank fees.
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Income Tax and Social Contribution
The composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate was 34% in each of the years ended December 31, 2018
and 2017. We recorded an income tax and social contribution benefits of R$3,275 million during 2018 and an income tax and social
contribution expense of R$1,099 million during 2017. The effective tax rate applicable to our income before taxes was (15.3)% during
2018 and the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (19.8)% during 2017. The table below sets forth a reconciliation
of the composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate to our effective tax rate for each of the periods presented.
Composite corporate statutory income tax and social contribution rate
Equity in investees
Tax incentives
Permanent deductions (add-backs)
Reversal of (allowance for) impairment losses on deferred tax assets
Tax effects of deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries
Effective rate
Year Ended December 31,
2018
2017
34.0%
0.0
0.0
(62.3)
12.9
0.0
(15.3)%
34.0%
0.0
0.3
2.7
(48.9)
(7.8)
(19.8)%
The effective tax rate applicable to our income before taxes was (15.3)% during 2018, resulting in a tax benefit despite our
generating income before taxes, primarily as a result of permanent deductions, mostly as a result of the effects of the novation of our
debt obligations due to the confirmation of the RJ Plan, which reduced our effective tax rate by 62.3%. The effects of this factor was
partially offset by the tax effects of a valuation allowance for impairment losses on deferred tax assets, which resulted in a decline in
our tax assets by R$2,757 million, that were recognized for the companies that as at December 31, 2018, do not expect to generate
sufficient future taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which increased our effective tax rate by 12.9%.
The effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes was (19.8)% during 2017, resulting in a tax expense, primarily as a result
of (1) tax effects of a valuation allowance for impairment losses on deferred tax assets, which resulted in a decline in our tax assets by
R$2,718 million, that were recognized for the companies that as at December 31, 2017, do not expect to generate sufficient future
taxable profits against which these tax assets could be offset, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before taxes by
48.9% (effectively increasing our tax expense), and (2) the tax effects of unrecognized deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries that
are not eligible to recognize tax credits on tax loss carryforwards, which reduced the effective tax rate applicable to our loss before
taxes by 7.8% (effectively increasing our tax expense).
Profit (Loss)
As a result of the foregoing, we recorded profit of R$24,616 million during 2018 compared to a loss of R$6,656 million during
2017. As a percentage of net operating revenue, our profit was 111.6% during 2018 compared to a loss of 28.0% during 2017.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal cash requirements have historically consisted of the following:
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working capital requirements;
servicing of our indebtedness;
capital expenditures related to investments in operations, expansion of our networks and enhancements of the technical
capabilities and capacity of our networks; and
dividends on our shares, including in the form of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity.
Under our by-laws, unless our board of directors deems it inconsistent with our financial position, payment of dividends is
mandatory. Notwithstanding the requirements of our by-laws, under Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan, Oi and the other RJ Debtors are
prohibited from declaring or paying dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or making any other
payment or distribution on or related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) until the sixth
anniversary of the date of the Brazilian Confirmation Date. After the sixth anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, Oi and the
other RJ Debtors will be permitted to declare or pay dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or
make any other payment or distribution on or related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) if the
ratio of Oi’s consolidated net debt (defined as Financial Credits, minus Cash Balance (in each case as defined in the RJ Plan)) to
EBITDA (as defined in the RJ Plan) for the fiscal year ended immediately prior to any such declaration or payment is less than or equal
to 2 to 1. The restrictions of the payment of dividends and other distributions described in this paragraph are subject to certain
exceptions, as described under “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy.”
The restrictions of the payment of dividends and other distributions described above are subject to the following exceptions:
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dividends, return on capital or other distributions made between the RJ Debtors;
payments by Oi and the other RJ Debtors to dissenting shareholders, according to applicable law, carried out after the
Brazilian Confirmation Date; and
any payment of dividends made in accordance with the RJ Plan.
There shall not be any restriction to the distribution of dividends under the RJ Plan after the full payment of the Financial Credits.
Pursuant to Section 10.2.1 of the RJ Plan, if at any time any two of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch rate Oi as investment
grade and no default occurs, the restrictions on distributions imposed by Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan will be suspended. However, if one
of these rating agencies, or both of them, subsequently cancels or downgrades Oi’s rating, then the suspended restrictions will be
reinstated.
Our principal sources of liquidity have traditionally consisted of the following:
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cash flows from operating activities;
short-term and long-term loans; and
sales of debt securities in domestic and international capital markets.
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As a result of the commencement of our RJ Proceedings in June 2016, our access to short-term and long-term loans and our ability
to sell debt securities in domestic and international capital markets was substantially curtailed. However, in February 2020, we returned
to the domestic capital markets with the subscription of an aggregate amount of R$2,500 million of Oi Mobile’s non-convertible
debentures.
Our operations generated cash flows during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017 of R$2,312 million,
R$2,863 million and R$4,402 million, respectively. Our capital expenditures during the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and
2017 were R$7,426 million, R$5,246 million and R$4,344 million, respectively. We believe that our continued program of capital
expenditures is necessary in order for us to operate in the competitive environment for telecommunications services in Brazil. As our
cash flow generated from our operations has not been sufficient to meet the demands of our investing and financing activities, our
balances of cash and cash equivalents have declined as of December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017.
As of December 31, 2019, our consolidated cash and cash equivalents and cash investments amounted to R$2,266 million. As of
December 31, 2019, we had working capital (consisting of current assets less current liabilities, excluding assets held-for-sale and
liabilities of assets-held-for-sale) of R$2,261 million.
Subsequent to December 31, 2019, we generated cash flows from investing activities through the sale on January 24, 2020 by
Africatel of all of its shares in PT Ventures for an aggregate purchase price of US$1 billion and we generated cash flows from financing
activities through the subscription in February 2020 of an aggregate amount of R$2,500 million of Oi Mobile’s non-convertible
debentures.
We anticipate that we will be required to spend approximately R$7,358 million to meet our long-term contractual obligations and
commitments during the years ending December 31, 2020 and 2021. We expect to use proceeds from our sale of non-core assets,
including the sale of PT Ventures and the sale of our property in Botafogo, proceeds from borrowings from Brazilian and international
financial institutions under new export credit facilities, proceeds from Oi Mobile’s sale of its non-convertible debentures, together with
our operating cash flows and our cash and cash equivalents and short-term cash investments to fund our capital expenditures.
The RJ Plan permits us to seek to borrow up to R$2 billion under new export credit facilities. In the absence of funds obtained
under new credit export facilities and from additional non-core asset sales, we may have insufficient funds to implement our capital
expenditure program and modernize our infrastructure, which could result in a significant deterioration of our ability to generate cash
flows from operating activities.
We have prepared our audited consolidated financial statements under the assumption that we will continue as a going concern
and in compliance with the legal requirements applicable to a judicial reorganization. See”— Financial Presentation and Accounting
Policies— Presentation of Financial Statements.” Our company has been successfully discharging the obligations set forth in the RJ
Proceedings and even though there are no indications in this regard, we emphasize that these conditions and circumstances indicate, by
their own nature, uncertainties that may affect the success of the RJ Proceedings and possibly cast doubts as to our ability to continue as
a going concern.
As of the date of this annual report, we have not been able to quantify any material impacts related to COVID-19 and it is too soon
to accurately determine the extent of its medium- and long-term impacts on the global and Brazilian economic scenarios. However, as it
is not possible yet to predict the duration and effects of this crisis, there is a risk of material impacts on our operations and sales,
particularly our FTTH network expansion. For more details see “—Principal Factors Affecting Our Financial Condition and Results of
Operations—Potential Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
Additionally, our debt instruments with BNDES contain financial covenants that require Oi to maintain five specified financial
ratios, measured on a quarterly basis. Under these debt instruments, BNDES has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the date the
financial covenants are tested, we are not in compliance with any two of these ratios. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance
with these financial covenants.
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As a result of the depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the
public health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, and the related effects on our U.S. dollar-
denominated indebtedness and interest expenses, we believed that it was probable that as of March 31, 2020, we would not be in
compliance with more than one of these financial ratios. In anticipation of these ratio breaches, on March 30, 2020 we obtained a
waiver from BNDES.
Cash Flow
The following table sets forth certain information about our consolidated cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018
and 2017.
Net cash generated (used) in operating activities
Net cash (used) generated in investing activities
Net cash (used) generated in financing activities
Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
2019
R$ 2,312
Year ended December 31,
2018
(in millions of reais)
R$ 2,863
2017
R$ 4,402
(6,851)
2,236
—
(2,303)
4,385
R$ 2,082
(4,917)
(424)
1
(2,477)
6,863
R$ 4,385
(4,422)
(692)
11
(701)
7,563
R$ 6,863
Our primary source of operating funds has historically been cash flow generated from our operations and we have financed our
investments in property, plant and equipment through the use of bank loans, vendor financing, capital markets and other forms of
financing. Our access to new funds to finance our investments in property, plant and equipment in the form of bank loans, vendor
financing, capital markets and other forms of financing was substantially curtailed following the commencement of our RJ Proceedings
in June 2016. However, in February 2020, we returned to the domestic capital markets with the subscription of an aggregate amount of
R$2,500 million of Oi Mobile’s non-convertible debentures. As our cash flow generated from our operating activities was not sufficient
to meet the demands of our investing and financing activities during 2017 and 2018, our balances of cash and cash equivalents declined
as of December 31, 2018 and 2017. As our cash flow generated from our operating and financing activities were not sufficient to meet
the demands of our investing activities, our balances of cash and cash equivalents declined as of December 31, 2019.
Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2019
Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was R$2,312 million during the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to loss before
taxes of R$9,087 million, primarily as a result of (1) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash depreciation and amortization expenses of
R$6,874 million, (2) the effects of our incurrence of losses on non-cash charges, interest income, inflation adjustments and exchange
differences of R$3,607 million, (3) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash impairment losses of R$2,111 million, (4) the effects of our
incurrence of non-cash inflation adjustments to provisions of R$1,620 million, (5) the effects of an increase of R$1,322 million of other
taxes on our balance sheet, (6) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash onerous obligations of R$1,231 million, and (7) the effects of
our incurrence of non-cash present value adjustments to other liabilities of R$1,018 million. The effects of these factors were partially
offset by the effects of our incurrence of non-cash tax recoveries of R$3,618 million.
Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities was R$6,851 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily consisting of
investments of R$7,426 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion
of our data communications network and IT capacity to increase the quality and capacity of our network in order to promote more
efficient operational performance and improvements in service quality and customer experience, the effects of which were partially
offset by (1) our realizing net redemption of judicial deposits of R$242 million, (2) our receipt of dividends of R$227 million from
Unitel, and (3) our receipt of proceeds from the sale of investments, tangibles and intangibles of R$106 million, primarily related to a
R$67 million gain on our sale of our interest in CVTelecom in May 2019.
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Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities
Financing activities provided net cash of R$2,236 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, primarily consisting of the
R$4,000 million proceeds of our issuance and sale of 3,225,806,451 Common Shares, the effects of which were partially offset by our
incurrence of R$1,611 million of lease financing costs.
Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2018
Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was R$2,863 million during the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to profit
before taxes of R$21,341 million, primarily as a result of (1) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash adjustment to fair value of our
borrowings and financings of R$13,929 million, (2) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash gain on restructuring of third-party
borrowings of R$11,055, (3) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash gains on charges, interest income, inflation adjustments and
exchange differences of R$2,043 million, and (4) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash present value adjustments to other liabilities
of R$1,167 million.
The effects of these factors were partially offset by (1) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash depreciation and amortization
expenses of R$5,811 million, and (2) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash losses on onerous obligations of R$4,884 million.
Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities was R$4,917 million during the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily consisting of
investments of R$5,246 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion
of our data communications network and IT capacity to increase the quality and capacity of our network in order to promote more
efficient operational performance and improvements in service quality and customer experience.
Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities
Financing activities used net cash of R$424 million during the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily consisting of cash used
(1) to make installment payments under our tax refinancing plan in the aggregate amount of R$265 million, and (2) to repay principal of
R$162 million related to the mediation of payments of our borrowings and financing as a result of the RJ Proceedings.
Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2017
Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was R$4,402 million during the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to loss before
taxes of R$5,558 million, primarily as a result of (1) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash provisions for contingencies of
R$7,362 million, (2) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash losses on charges, interest income, inflation adjustments and exchange
differences of R$5,120 million, and (3) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash depreciation and amortization expenses of
R$5,109 million.
The effects of these factors were partially offset by (1) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash present value adjustments to other
liabilities of R$4,873 million, and (2) the effects of our incurrence of non-cash reversals of impairment losses of R$4,747 million.
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Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities was R$4,422 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. During 2017, investing
activities which used cash primarily consisted of investments of R$4,344 million in purchases of property, plant and equipment and
intangible assets, primarily related to the expansion of our data communications network and IT capacity to increase the quality and
capacity of our network in order to promote more efficient operational performance and improvements in service quality and customer
experience.
Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities
Financing activities used net cash of R$692 million during the year ended December 31, 2017. During 2017, we used cash
principally (1) to purchase the remaining 50% of the shares of Rio Alto that we did not own for R$300 million, (2) to make installment
payments under the tax refinancing plan in the aggregate amount of R$227 million, and (3) to make installment payments relating to our
permits and concessions in the aggregate amount of R$104 million.
Contractual Commitments
The following table summarizes our significant contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2019:
Borrowings and financings(1)
Lease liabilities
Pension plan payables(2)
Other payables(2)
Unconditional purchase obligations(3)
Concession fees(4)
Usage rights(5)
Total
Less than
One Year
R$679
1,510
—
442
1,433
—
59
R$4,123
One to
Three Years
Payments Due by Period
Three to
Five Years
(in millions of reais)
More than
Five Years
Total
R$3,312 R$11,317 R$27,113 R$42,421
15,483
1,206
13,175
1,433
893
59
R$9,019 R$14,565 R$46,963 R$74,670
7,275
603
11,711
—
261
—
4,224
201
885
—
397
—
2,474
402
137
—
235
—
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Includes estimated future payments of interest on our borrowings and financings, calculated based on interest rates and foreign exchange rates applicable at
December 31, 2019 and assuming that all amortization payments and payments at maturity on our borrowings and financings will be made on their scheduled
payment dates and that we elect to pay cash interest for all applicable periods under the PIK Toggle Notes.
Cash flow estimated in connection with the RJ Plan.
Consists of purchase obligations for network equipment pursuant to binding obligations which include all significant terms, including fixed or minimum quantities
to be purchased; fixed, minimum or variable price provisions; and the approximate timing of the transaction.
Consists of estimated bi-annual fees due to ANATEL under our concession agreements expiring in 2025. These estimated amounts are calculated based on our
results for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Consists of payments due to ANATEL for radio frequency licenses. Includes accrued and unpaid interest as of December 31, 2019.
We are also subject to contingencies with respect to tax, civil, labor and other claims and have made provisions for accrued
liability for legal proceedings related to certain tax, civil, labor and other claims of R$5,252 million as of December 31, 2019. See “Item
8. Financial Information—Legal Proceedings” and note 24 to our audited consolidated financial statements included in this annual
report.
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Indebtedness
On a consolidated basis as of December 31, 2019, our U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness was R$9,210 million, our
real-denominated indebtedness was R$8,705 million, and our Euro-denominated indebtedness was R$311 million, in each case after
giving effect to the fair value adjustment of our indebtedness. As of December 31, 2019, our U.S. dollar-denominated indebtedness bore
interest at an average rate of 5.4% per annum, our real-denominated indebtedness bore interest at an average rate of 5.2% per annum,
and our Euro-denominated indebtedness does not bear interest. As of December 31, 2019, 52.0% of our indebtedness, after giving effect
to the fair value adjustment of our indebtedness, debt bore interest at floating rates.
Short-Term Indebtedness
As of December 31, 2019, our short-term debt, consisting of the current portion of long-term borrowings and financings, was
R$326 million, after giving effect to the fair value adjustment of our indebtedness. Under our financing policy, we generally do not
incur short-term indebtedness.
Long-Term Indebtedness
Our principal long-term borrowings and financings are:
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fixed-rate notes issued in the international market;
debentures issued in the Brazilian market;
credit facilities with international export credit agencies;
credit facilities with BNDES;
unsecured lines of credit with Brazilian and international financial institutions; and
default recoveries owed to holders of some of our novated debt obligations.
Our debt instruments with BNDES require that Oi complies with financial covenants relating to the maintenance of the following
ratios on a quarterly basis:
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•
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our ratio of shareholders’ equity to total assets;
our ratio of EBITDA to interest paid on our indebtedness;
our ratio of EBITDA (less taxes) to amortization and interest expense (less short-term year-end cash);
our ratio of total debt to EBITDA; and
our ratio of short-term debt minus cash to EBITDA.
Under these debt instruments, BNDES has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the date the financial covenants are tested, we are
not in compliance with any two of these ratios. At December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with these financial covenants.
As a result of the depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the
public health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, and the related effects on our U.S. dollar-
denominated indebtedness and interest expenses, we believed that it was probable that as of March 31, 2020, we would not be in
compliance with more than one ratio. In anticipation of these ratio breaches, on March 30, 2020 we obtained a waiver from BNDES
with respect to the failure to comply with more than one of these ratios as of March 31, 2020.
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The cross-default or cross-acceleration clauses instruments governing our other indebtedness (other than Oi Mobile’s
non-convertible debentures) provide that an event of default under our debt instruments with BNDES do not trigger an event of default
under our other indebtedness or enable the creditors under other indebtedness to accelerate that indebtedness.
At December 31, 2019, all of our debt instruments with BNDES were secured by pledges of certain of our accounts receivable.
Some of our debt instruments require that Oi or Telemar comply with financial covenants on a quarterly basis. As of
December 31, 2019, we were in compliance with these financial covenants.
The table below sets forth our long-term borrowings and financings as of December 31, 2019.
PIK Toggle Notes
Oi 12th issuance of debentures
Telemar 6th issuance of debentures
Restructured Export Credit Agreements(1)
Restructured BNDES credit agreements
Restructured Brazilian credit agreements and CRIs
Non-Qualified Credit Agreement
Local currency financial institution
Default Recovery in Reais
Default Recovery in foreign currency
Total gross borrowings and financing
Incurred debt issuance costs
Fair value adjustment
Short-term portion
Long-term indebtedness
(1)
Represents four Restructured Export Credit Agreements.
Final Maturity
Outstanding
Amount
(in millions
of reais)
July 2025
R$6,981
February 2035
4,565
February 2035
2,546
February 2035
6,726
February 2033
3,947
February 2035
2,029
360
February 2030
42 November 2026
February 2042
207
4,239
February 2042
31,642
(14)
(13,401)
(326)
R$17,900
The following discussion briefly describes certain of our significant outstanding indebtedness.
PIK Toggle Notes
The PIK Toggle Notes are senior unsecured obligations of Oi denominated in U.S. dollars that mature in July 2025, with the
principal amount to be fully paid at maturity. The PIK Toggle Notes are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of Telemar, Oi
Mobile, Oi Coop and PTIF. The PIK Toggle Notes accrued and will accrue interest from February 5, 2018 until August 5, 2020 at a
fixed rate of 10.0% per annum, payable in cash. Interest on the PIK Toggle Notes will thereafter accrue as follows:
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•
from August 5, 2020 until August 5, 2021, at either (at the sole discretion of Oi): (1) a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum
payable in cash on a semi-annual basis, or (2) a fixed rate of 12.0% per annum, of which 8.0% shall be payable in cash and
4.0% shall be payable by either increasing the principal amount of the outstanding PIK Toggle Notes or by issuing
paid-in-kind notes, at the sole discretion of Oi, in each case, on a semi-annual basis; and
thereafter, at a fixed rate of 10.0% per annum payable in cash on a semi-annual basis.
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Oi 12th Issuance of Debentures
Oi has issued its 12th issuance of simple, unsecured, non-convertible debentures. These debentures are denominated in reais. The
principal amount of these debentures will be paid in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in August 2023, in the amount of 2.0% of
the outstanding principal for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the outstanding principal for the next 13 semi-annual
installments and the remainder at maturity in February 2035. The principal amount of these debentures will accrue interest at the rate of
80% of the CDI rate. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these debentures on an annual basis until
February 2023, and will be paid semi-annually in cash from August 2023 through the final maturity. Oi’s obligations under these
debentures are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of Telemar, Oi Mobile, Oi Coop and PTIF.
Telemar 6th Issuance of Debentures
Telemar has issued its 6th issuance, simple, unsecured, non-convertible debentures. These debentures are denominated in reais.
The principal amount of these debentures will be paid in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in August 2023, in the amount of 2.0%
of the outstanding principal for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the outstanding principal for the next 13 semi-annual
installments and the remainder at maturity in February 2035. The principal amount of these debentures will accrue interest at the rate of
80% of the CDI rate. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these debentures on an annual basis until
February 2023, and will be paid semi-annually in cash from August 2023 through the final maturity. Telemar’s obligations under these
debentures are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of Oi, Telemar, Oi Mobile, Oi Coop and PTIF.
Restructured Export Credit Agreements
Oi has entered into one export credit agreement and Telemar has entered into three separate export credit agreements, which we
refer to collectively as the Restructured Export Credit Agreements, documenting the recoveries due to the lenders under our novated
export credit agreements. The obligations under the Restructured Export Credit Agreements are senior unsecured obligations of Oi and
Telemar, respectively, denominated in U.S. dollars that mature in February 2035. Principal under each of the Restructured Export
Credit Agreements is payable in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in the August 2023, in the amount of 2.0% of the principal
amount for the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the principal amount for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the
remainder at maturity. Principal under each of the Restructured Export Credit Agreements accrues interest at the rate of 1.75% per
annum. Interest will be capitalized on an annual basis until February 2023, and will be paid semi-annually in cash from August 2023
through the final maturity. Oi’s obligations under its Restructured Export Credit Agreement are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by
each of Telemar and Oi Mobile, and Telemar’s obligations under its Restructured Export Credit Agreements are guaranteed, jointly and
severally, by each of Oi and Oi Mobile.
Restructured BNDES Credit Agreements
By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order, the credit agreements between BNDES and each of Oi,
Telemar and Oi Mobile were novated and BNDES is entitled to receive as recovery for its claims under these credit facilities payment
of 100% of the principal amount of the recognized claims in reais, adjusted by the interest/inflation adjustment rate. The principal
amount of these claims will be paid in 108 monthly installments beginning in March 2024, in the amount of 0.33% of the outstanding
principal for the first 60 monthly installments, 1.67% of the outstanding principal for the next 47 monthly installments and the
remainder at maturity in February 2033. The principal amount of these claims accrue interest at the TJLP rate plus 2.946372%per
annum. Interest will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under these claims on an annual basis until February 2022, and will
be paid monthly in cash thereafter through the final maturity.
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Restructured Brazilian Credit Agreements and CRIs
By operation of the RJ Plan and the Brazilian Confirmation Order, provided that Telemar’s unsecured line of credit and our
obligations under CRIs backed by receivables representing all payments under leases entered into by Oi and Telemar of real estate
owned by Copart 4 and Copart 5 were novated and the creditors under this unsecured line of credit and the holders of the CRIs are
entitled to receive as recovery for their claims under these instruments payment of 100% of the principal amount of the recognized
claims in reais, payable in 24 semi-annual installments beginning in August 2023, in the amount of 2.0% of the recognized claims for
the first 10 semi-annual installments, 5.7% of the recognized claims for the next 13 semi-annual installments and the remainder at
maturity in February 2035. The recognized amount of these claims accrue interest at the rate of 80% of the CDI rate. Interest will be
capitalized to increase the recognized amount of these claims on an annual basis until February 2023, and will be paid semi-annually in
cash from August 2023 through the final maturity.
Non-Qualified Credit Agreement
The Non-Qualified Credit Agreement is a credit agreement entered into between the RJ Debtors and an administrative agent in
accordance with the terms of Section 4.3.3.1 of the RJ Plan and Exhibit 4.3.3.1(f). The obligations of Oi under the Non-Qualified Credit
Agreement are guaranteed, jointly and severally, by each of Telemar, Oi Mobile, Oi Coop, and PTIF. Principal under the Non-Qualified
Credit Agreement will be paid in 12 semiannual installments beginning in August 2024 in the amount of 4% of the outstanding
principal for the first six semi-annual installments, 12.66% of the outstanding principal for the next five semi-annual installments and
the remainder at maturity in February 2030. The Non-Qualified Credit Agreement accrues interest at the rate of 6% per annum. Interest
will be capitalized to increase the principal balance under the Non-Qualified Credit Agreement on an annual basis until February 2023,
and will be paid together with the principal beginning in August 2024.
Default Recovery
Under the RJ Plan, certain of our creditors were entitled to elect forms of recovery other than the Default Recovery between
February 5, 2018 and February 26, 2018. Creditors entitled to make these elections that elected the Default Recovery or failed to make
the election are entitled to the Default Recovery with respect to their recognized claims. Holders of Defaulted Bonds that were not
eligible to make an election with respect to the form of recovery on their claims are entitled to the Default Recovery with respect to
their recognized claims.
Under the RJ Plan, the Default Recovery consists of an unsecured right to receive payment of 100% of the principal amount of the
recognized claims represented by:
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•
Defaulted Bonds issued by Oi or Oi Coop in five annual, equal installments, commencing on July 22, 2038;
Defaulted Bonds issued by PTIF in five annual, equal installments, commencing on June 19, 2038; and
Credits the holders of which were entitled to make recovery elections (other than the Defaulted Bonds), in five annual,
equal installments, commencing on February 5, 2038, which, in each case, we refer to as the Default Recovery Entitlement.
A holder’s Default Recovery Entitlement is denominated in the currency of the recognized claim with respect to which the Default
Recovery Entitlement relates. The Default Recovery Entitlement with respect to Defaulted Bonds denominated in U.S. dollars or euros,
as well as the Default Recovery Entitlement for other credits denominated in U.S. dollars, will not bear any interest. The Default
Recovery Entitlement with respect to Oi’s 9.75% senior notes due 2016 and other credits denominated in reais will bear interest at the
Brazilian TR rate (payable together with the last installment of principal), which will accrue as additional principal amount of the
Default Recovery Entitlement until July 22, 2038 (in the case of Oi’s 9.75% senior notes due 2016) or February 5, 2038 (with respect to
other credits denominated in reais) and thereafter be payable together with payments of principal amount of the Default Recovery
Entitlement. The principal and accrued interest with respect to the Default Recovery Entitlement may be redeemed at any time and from
time to time, in whole or in part, by the RJ Debtors at a redemption price of 15% of the aggregate principal amount of the Default
Recovery Entitlement.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of the date of this annual report, we do not have any transactions involving off-balance sheet arrangements.
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ITEM 6.
DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
Oi’s board of directors (conselho de administração) and Oi’s board of executive officers (diretoria) are responsible for operating
our business.
Board of Directors
General
Oi’s board of directors is a decision-making body responsible for, among other things, determining policies and guidelines for our
business and Oi’s wholly-owned subsidiaries and controlled companies. Oi’s board of directors also supervises Oi’s board of executive
officers and monitors its implementation of the policies and guidelines that are established from time to time by the board of directors.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’s board of directors is also responsible for hiring independent accountants.
Oi’s by-laws provide for a board of directors of up to 11 members with no alternate members. Members who are absent at
meetings will be entitled to appoint a substitute among the present members to vote in their stead. Pursuant to Oi’s by-laws, at least
20% of the members of the Oi’s board of directors must be independent as defined in the listing regulations of the Novo Mercado
segment of the B3 and must be expressly declared as independent in the shareholders’ meeting that elects them, being also considered
as independent the members elected as per article 141, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Brazilian Corporate Law. All of the members of Oi’s
board of directors are independent.
Directors are elected at general meetings of shareholders for two-year terms and are eligible for reelection. Generally, members of
Oi’s board of directors are subject to removal at any time with or without cause at a general meeting of shareholders. The RJ Plan,
however, provides certain corporate governance rules that apply to Oi’s board of directors during the effectiveness of the RJ Plan,
superseding the provisions of Oi’s by-laws. As provided in the RJ Plan, until the expiration of the term of Oi’s current board of
directors, which will occur on September 17, 2020, the members of Oi’s board of directors may not be removed from office, except due
to gross mistake, willful misconduct, gross negligence, abuse of term of office or violation of fiduciary duties in accordance with
applicable law. Following the expiration of the term of Oi’s current board of directors, the election of subsequent boards of directors
will follow the rules established by Oi’s by-laws and the Brazilian Corporate Law. Oi’s by-laws do not contain any citizenship or
residency requirements for members of Oi’s board of directors. However, a member’s tenure is conditioned on the appointment of a
representative who resides in Brazil, with powers to receive service of process in proceedings initiated against such member based on
the corporate legislation, by means of a power-of-attorney with a term of at least three years after the end of such member’s term of
office.
Oi’s board of directors is presided over by the chairman of the board of directors and, in his or her absence, on an interim basis, by
the vice-chairman of the board of directors and, in his or her absence, on an interim basis, by another member appointed by the
chairman or, if no such member has been appointed, by another member appointed by the other members in attendance. Pursuant to
Oi’s by-laws, the chairman and vice-chairman of Oi’s board of directors are elected by the members of the Oi’s board of directors
during their first meeting following their election. Oi’s by-laws provide that the positions of chairman of Oi’s board of directors and
Oi’s chief executive officer or principal executive may not be held by the same person.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the current members of Oi’s board of directors.
Name
Eleazar de Carvalho Filho
Marcos Grodetzky
Henrique José Fernandes Luz
José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha
Marcos Bastos Rocha
Maria Helena dos Santos Fernandes de Santana
Paulino do Rego Barros Jr.
Wallim Cruz de Vasconcellos Junior
Roger Solé Rafols
Claudia Quintella Woods
Armando Lins Netto(1)
Position
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Member Since
January 2018
January 2018
Age
62
63
September 2018 64
70
February 2009
55
January 2018
September 2018 60
September 2018 63
September 2018 62
December 2018 45
44
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March 2020
March 2020
(1) Mr. Netto was elected to serve on Oi’s board of directors at a meeting of the board of directors which took place on March 13, 2020. The investiture of Mr.
Armando Lins Netto is conditioned upon the prior assessment of ANATEL.
We summarize below the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of Oi’s directors.
Directors
Eleazar de Carvalho Filho. Mr. Carvalho has served as the chairman of Oi’s board of directors since September 2018 and a
member of Oi’s board of directors since January 2018. Mr. Carvalho works at Virtus BR Partners, where he is a founding partner.
Mr. Carvalho also has served as a member of the board of directors at Brookfield Partners Renewables L.P., TechnipFMC and
Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição (Grupo Pão de Açúcar / Cnova N.V.). He is also chairman of the board of trustees of the
Brazilian Symphony Orchestra Foundation. Previously, Mr. Carvalho was CEO of Unibanco Banco de Investimento, BNDES and UBS
Brasil. He was head of the corporate finance division of Banco Garantia in Rio de Janeiro, director and treasurer of Alcoa Alumínio and
director of the international area of Crefisul (Citigroup). Mr. Carvalho has extensive experience as a director of large companies listed
in Brazil and abroad. He was a member of the boards of directors of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A, Petrobras, Companhia Vale do
Rio Doce, Eletrobrás, Alpargatas, among others and also President of BHP Billiton Brasil. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics
from New York University and a Master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University.
Marcos Grodetzky. Mr. Grodetzky has served as the vice-chairman of Oi’s board of directors since September 2018 and a member
of Oi’s board of directors since January 2018. Previously, he served as an alternate member of Oi’s board of directors from September
2015 until July 2016 and as a member of Oi’s board of directors from July 2016 until September 2016. Mr. Grodetzky is an independent
member of the board of directors of Constellation Oil Services, Vicunha Aços and Elizabeth S.A. Indústria Textil and Chairman of
Burger King Brasil. He is the founding partner of Mediator Assessoria Empresarial, engaged in financial advisory and mediation. Until
October 2013, Mr. Grodetzky served as CEO of DGB S.A., a logistics holding company of Grupo Abril S.A. and parent company of the
following companies: Dinap – Dist. Nacional de Publicações, Magazine Express Comercial Imp e Exp de Revistas, Entrega Fácil
Logística Integrada, FC Comercial e Distribuidora, Treelog S.A. – Logística e Distribuição, DGB Logística e Distribuição Geográfica,
and TEX Courier (Total Express). In addition, he served as finance and investor relations vice-president of Telemar/Oi, Aracruz
Celulose/Fibria, and Cielo S.A from 2002 until 2010. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Universidade Federal do Rio de
Janeiro and attended the Senior Management Program at INSEAD/FDC.
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Henrique José Fernandes Luz. Mr. Fernandes Luz has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since September 2018. He
has been a member of the board of directors of the Maringá Group and a member of the board of directors of Burger King do Brasil.
Mr. Fernandes Luz serves as chairman of the board of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de
Governança Corporativa – IBGC). He was a partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes from 1988 to 2018, having
previously worked various positions in that firm since 1975. He holds a degree in Accounting from Universidade Candido Mendes in
Rio de Janeiro and attended various executive programs at Harvard, University of Virginia, London Business School, University of
Buenos Aires and Singularity University. He also serves as a vice chairman of the board of IBEF—Instituto Brasileiro de Executivos de
Finanças and of The Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind, and as board member of The National Children and Youth Book
Foundation and of The São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Museums of Modern Art.
José Mauro Mettrau Carneiro da Cunha. Mr. Cunha has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since February 2009,
having served as its chairman until September 2018. Since December 2019, he has been Chairman of Odebrecht S.A., having served as
a member of the board of directors since October 2019. Mr. Cunha has also served as Chairman of Braskem S.A. since December 2019.
From January 2013 until June 2013, Mr. Cunha served as Oi’s interim chief executive officer, during which time he resigned as
chairman and member of Oi’s board of directors. He resumed his position as Oi’s chairman and a member of Oi’s board of directors in
June 2013. Mr. Cunha has also served as chairman of the board of directors of Dommo Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A. from 2007
until December 2016. He previously served as chairman of the board of directors of (1) TNL from April 1999 until March 2003 and
from April 2007 until February 2012, where he also served as an alternate director in 2006; (2) Telemar from April 2007 until April
2012, where he served as a member of the board of directors from April 1999 until May 2012; (3) TNL PCS from April 2007 until
April 2012; (4) Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A. from April 2008 until February 2012; and (5) Coari Participações S.A. from May
2007 until February 2012. In addition, Mr. Cunha was a director of Telemar Participações S.A. from April 2008 until September 2015.
He has also served on the board of directors of Santo Antonio Energia S.A. since April 2008 and Pharol since May 2015. He was a
member of the board of directors of Vale S.A. from April 2010 until April 2015. Mr. Cunha was an executive officer of Lupatech S.A.
from April 2006 to April 2012, where he served as a member of the board of directors from April 2006 to April 2012. He has also held
several executive positions at the BNDES, and was a member of its board of executive officers from 1991 to 2002. He was the vice
president of strategic planning of Braskem S.A. from February 2003 to October 2005, and business consultant from November 2005 to
February 2007. Mr. Cunha was a member of the board of directors of Log-In Logistica Intermodal S.A. from April 2007 to March 2011,
Braskem S.A. from July 2007 to April 2010, Banco do Estado do Espírito Santo S.A. from April 2008 to April 2009, Light Serviços de
Eletricidade S.A. from December 1997 to July 2000, Aracruz Celulose S.A. from June 1997 to July 2002, FUNTTEL from December
2000 to January 2002, Fundação Centro de Estudos do Comércio Exterior from June 1997 to January 2002, and Politeno Indústria e
Comércio S.A. from April 2003 to April 2004. Mr. Cunha holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Universidade
Católica de Petrópolis in Rio de Janeiro and a Master’s degree in industrial and transportation projects from Instituto Alberto Luiz
Coimbra de Pós-Graduação (COPPE) at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. He attended the Executive Program in
Management at the Anderson School at the University of California in Los Angeles.
Marcos Bastos Rocha. Mr. Rocha has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since January 2018. He has also served as
chairman of the board of directors of Paranapanema S.A. since March 2020, an independent member of the board of directors of IRB
Brasil RE since March 2019, a member of the board of directors of Invepar S.A. since September 2019, a member of the board of
directors of GRU Airport since November 2019 and a member of the board of directors of Brazil Fast Food Corporation since 2009. He
has been a senior partner at DealMaker since July 2015 and served as a non-executive senior advisor at Roland Berger Strategy
Consultants from September 2015 until December 2019. He served as a member of the board of directors of BC2 Construtora from
April 2016 until May 2019 and alternate member of the board of directors of Light S.A. from September 2018 until April 2019.
Between 2010 and 2015, Mr. Rocha was the vice president of finance and administration at Invepar – Investimentos e Participações em
Infraestrutura and a member of the boards of directors of the companies in its portfolio. He was a member of the fiscal council of Abril
Educação from 2012 to 2015. Between 2008 and 2009, Mr. Rocha was the CFO, investor relations officer, CIO, shared services officer
and human resources officer at Globex Utilidades. Previously, he held the following positions: general executive officer at Banco
Investcred Unibanco S.A. – Pontocred from 2005 until 2008; CFO and investor relations officer at Sendas S.A. from 2003 until 2005;
CFO at the following companies: Horizon Telecom International from 2001 until 2002, GVT – Global Village Telecom in 2001, Global
Telecom S.A. from 2000 until 2001 and Brazil Fast Food Corp. (Bob’s) from 1996 until 1998; administrative officer at Sony Music
Entertainment from 1998 until 1999; and controller at Cyanamid Química do Brasil from 1991 until 1996. Mr. Rocha holds bachelor’s
degree in electronic engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME), a Master of Business Administration degree in
finance from PUC-RJ and an Executive MBA in management from PDG/EXEC – SDE/IBMEC.
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Maria Helena dos Santos Fernandes de Santana. Ms. Fernandes de Santana has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors
since September 2018. She has been a member of the board of directors of the BME – Bolsas y Mercados Españoles since April 2016; a
member of the audit committee of Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since June 2014 and a member of the board of directors and the
chairman of the audit committee of XP Inc. Ms. Fernandes served as a trustee of the International Financial Reporting Standards
Foundation from January 2014 until December 2019. She was a member of the board of directors of Companhia Brasileira de
Distribuição, a retail company, between February 2013 and June 2017, Totvs S.A., an information technology company, between April
2013 and March 2017 and CPFL Energia S.A., an energy company, between April 2013 and April 2015. She previously worked at the
CVM, where she served as Chairman, between July 2007 and July 2012, and Commissioner, between July 2006 and July 2007. She was
chairwoman of the executive committee of the IOSCO – International Organization of Securities Commission between 2011 and 2012.
She worked at the São Paulo Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo S.A. – BVSP), or the BOVESPA, between July 1994 and
May 2006, where she was responsible for listed company oversight, attracting new companies and implementing the Novo Mercado.
She holds a degree in Economics from the University of São Paulo.
Paulino do Rego Barros Jr. Mr. Barros has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since September 2018. He was the
Interim CEO of Equifax, INC, from September 2017 to April 2018, having previously led the company’s business in the Asia-Pacific
region from July to September 2017, the company’s U.S. Information Solutions business from October 2015 to June 2017 and its
international business unit, covering Latin America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Canada, from April 2010 to October 2015. Prior to
joining Equifax, he founded PB&C – Global Investments (LLC), an international investment and consulting firm, and has been its
President since November 2008. From January 2007 until November 2008, he was the President of AT&T Global Operations. He held
various executive positions at BellSouth Corporation from December 2000 to January 2007 before BellSouth was acquired by AT&T,
including Corporate Product Officer, President of BellSouth Latin America, Corporate Regional Vice-President of Latin America, and
Chief Planning and Operations Officer for BellSouth International. From February 1996 to December 2000, he worked for Motorola,
Inc., having served as Corporate Vice President and General Manager – Latin America Group and as Corporate Vice President and
General Manager of Market Operations – Americas, for the Cellular Business Unit. He also held various positions at The NutraSweet
Company, as well as at the U.S. and Latin American divisions of Monsanto Company. He served on the advisory board of Cingular
Wireless, Converged Services Group and on the board of Alianza – the BellSouth Corporation Latino Association. Between 2012 and
2015, Mr. Barros served on the board of NII Holdings and is a member of the recently created McKinsey & Company, Inc. – Crisis
Response Advisory Board. He holds a degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the School of Industrial Engineering and
the College of Engineering of São José dos Campos, in São Paulo, and holds a master’s degree in business administration from
Washington University in St. Louis.
Wallim Cruz de Vasconcellos Junior. Mr. Vasconcellos has served as a member of Oi’s board of directors since September 2018.
He has approximately 30 years of experience in the financial sector, specifically in mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, private
equity investments and public share issuances and has participated in various boards of directors in both Brazil and abroad. In 2004, he
founded Iposeira Capital Ltda., an independent company specializing in corporate advisory in Brazil. He was a partner at Lakeshore
Partners from March 2013 to December 2014 and a founding partner of the STK Capital from 2010 to 2013. From June 2003 to June
2008, he served as Senior Representative in Brazil of the Special Operations Area of the International Finance Corporation – IFC,
where he worked on credit recovery and equity investments in Brazil and managed a portfolio of approximately US$300 million. From
September 2002 to January 2003, he was Director of the BNDES Industry Segment, responsible for the bank’s projects with companies
in the industry, commerce and services sectors, and from October 2001 to August 2002 he served as Superintendent of the BNDES
Fixed Income Segment, where he oversaw the department’s restructuring. He served as director of BNDESPAR, a subsidiary of
BNDES, from April 1998 to September 2001, where he was responsible for the areas of investments and divestitures, including
corporate restructuring, asset portfolio management, development of structured operations in the domestic and international markets,
structuring of private equity funds and governance. Mr. Vasconcellos is an independent member of the board of directors, audit
committee, and nominating committee of Pilgrim’s Pride Corporation and has served as a member of the boards of directors of Cremer,
Sendas, Aracruz Celulose, Vale, Marlim Participações, Companhia Distribuidora de Gas do Rio de Janeiro – CEG and Santos Brasil
Participações. He also served as Vice President of Property from June 2014 until June 2015 and as Vice-President of Finance until 2019
at Clube de Regatas do Flamengo. He holds a degree in Economics and a post-graduate degree in Finance from the Pontifical Catholic
University of Rio de Janeiro. He also holds a masters in Sports Management from the Cruyff Institute.
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Roger Solé Rafols. Mr. Solé has more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications, in the areas of marketing, product
development, innovation, strategy and P&L management. He has been Vice-President of Marketing at Sprint Corporation since 2015.
Prior to that time, he held the following positions: Vice-President of Marketing from 2009 to 2015, and Manager of Consumer
Marketing from 2009 to 2011 at TIM Brasil; and Marketing Manager – Residential Segment from 2006 to 2008, and Manager of Value
Adding Products and Services from 2001 to 2006 at Vivo. He also worked at DiamondCluster, known today as Oliver Wyman, from
1996 to 2001. Mr. Solé holds a bachelor’s degree in Business and a Master’s in Business Administration from ESADE – Escuela
Superior de Administración y Dirección de Empresas, Barcelona, and a Master’s degree in Management of Audiovisual Companies
from UPF – Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Instituto Desarrollo Continuo (IDEC), Barcelona. He also completed an exchange MBA
program at UCLA – University of California, Los Angeles; an Advanced Management Program at IESE Business School, Universidad
de Navarra, São Paulo-Barcelona; and a short executive education program in Finance and Strategy for Value Creation at The Wharton
School at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Claudia Quintella Woods. Ms. Woods has more than 20 years of experience in strategic planning, marketing and sales, digital
start-ups and multinational companies. She has been the General Manager of Uber Brasil since February 2019 and has also acted as
Retail Director of Banco Original and as Executive Superintendent of Digital Channels (Corporate and Retail) of the aforementioned
bank. Prior to that, she held the positions of Chief Executive Officer of Webmotors.com, Marketing and Digital Product Director of
Walmart.com, Chief Executive Officer of Netmovies, Chief Marketing and Intelligence Officer for Latin America of Clickon, General
Manager of Predicta, Senior Product Group Manager of L’Oréal Brazil, Relationship Marketing Manager of Ibest Company and Senior
Consultant of Kaiser Associates. Ms. Woods holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bowdoin College, with double major in
Environmental Sciences and Spanish and minor in Economics. She holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the
COPPEAD Institute of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ) and a certificate of
executive education on Building Ventures in Latin America from Harvard Business School.
Armando Lins Netto. Mr. Netto has been CEO of Fleetcor in Brazil since June 2014 responsible for all businesses and companies
in the region. He was also Vice President of TIVIT, a Brazilian multinational in digital services, responsible for IT services and
businesses. Before that, he was Director of the Banking Practice at Unysis and management consultant with McKinsey & Company at
São Paulo and London offices. Mr. Netto holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Universidade Federal do Pará
(UFPA – 1990), a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP – 1993) and a
PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (UCB – 1999).
Executive Officers
The board of executive officers is Oi’s executive management body. Oi’s executive officers are Oi’s legal representatives and are
responsible for Oi’s internal organization and day-to-day operations and the implementation of the general policies and guidelines
established from time to time by Oi’s board of directors.
Oi’s by-laws require that the board of executive officers consist of between three and six members, including a chief executive
officer, a chief financial officer, investor relations officer and chief legal officer. Oi’s by-laws provide that Oi’s chief executive officer
may not serve as chairman of Oi’s board of directors. Each officer is responsible for business areas that Oi’s board of directors assigns
to them and, other than Oi’s chief executive officer and Oi’s chief financial officer, need not have formal titles (other than the title of
executive officer or “Diretor”).
Generally, the members of Oi’s board of executive officers are elected by Oi’s board of directors for two-year terms and are
eligible for reelection. Oi’s board of directors may remove any executive officer from office at any time with or without cause.
According to the Brazilian Corporate Law, executive officers must be residents of Brazil but need not be shareholders of Oi. Oi’s board
of executive officers holds meetings when called by Oi’s chief executive officer or any two other members of Oi’s board of executive
officers.
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The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the current members of Oi’s board of executive officers.
Name
Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Camille Loyo Faria
Antonio Reinaldo Rabelo Filho
José Claudio Moreira Gonçalves
Bernardo Kos Winik
Date Elected/
Appointed
Position
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and
Investor Relations Officer October 2019 46
October 2019 44
Age
January 2020 50
Chief Legal Officer
Executive Officer without
specific designation
Executive Officer without
specific designation
March 2018
53
March 2018
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Summarized below is information regarding the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of
Oi’s current executive officers.
Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu. Mr. Abreu has served as Oi’s Chief Executive Officer since February 2020, having previously served
as Chief Operational Officer since September 2019. Prior to joining Oi, he was Chief Executive Officer of Quod, a big data company
focused on credit risk analysis, beginning in June 2017. He was Managing Partner of Giau Consultoria Empresarial Ltda, a boutique
management consulting firm, from November 2016 to November 2017, and was at the same time member of the board of directors of
Vogel Soluções em Telecomunicações e Informática S.A., which operates fiber optic telecommunication services. From March 2013 to
May 2016, he was the Chief Executive Officer and Board Member of TIM Participações S.A. and Chief Executive Officer of TIM
Celular S.A. From December 2008 to March 2013, he served as President of the Brazilian operations of Cisco Systems, one of the
largest information technology companies globally. Prior to that, Mr. Abreu was also Managing Director of Cisco Systems for the North
of Latin America and the Caribbean from May 2006 to December 2008, President of Nortel Networks Brazil, a telecommunications
equipment company, from June 2004 to April 2006, and Chief Executive Officer of Promon Tecnologia Ltda., a technology services
company, from July 2000 to June 2004. Mr. Abreu holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the State University of Campinas and
an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Camille Loyo Faria. Ms. Loyo Faria has served as Oi’s chief financial officer and investor relations officer since October 2019.
Ms. Loyo Faria previously served as Director of Energy, Technology, Media, Telecom and Industries at Bank of America Merrill
Lynch. Previously, she held director positions, through which she was responsible for energy, technology, media and telecom at
Bradesco BBI and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Loyo Faria also has extensive executive experience in the telecommunications and
infrastructure sector, having held positions as Chief Executive Officer of Multiner, Chief Financial Officer of Terna Participações and
Strategy Leader at Embratel and Telecom Italia Group in Brazil and Latin America. Ms. Loyo Faria holds a degree in chemical
engineering from Pontífica Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro, an MBA degree in finance from Ibmec in Rio de Janeiro and a
master’s degree in industrial engineering from Pontífica Universidade Católica in Rio de Janeiro.
Antonio Reinaldo Rabelo Filho. Mr. Rabelo Filho has served as Oi’s chief legal officer since October 2019. Mr. Rabelo Filho
began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers Brasil, which he left for Oi in 2000, where he held financial and legal positions, most
recently in the Tax Law Directorate from 2007 to 2017. Since 2017, Mr. Rabelo Filho has been a partner at Andrade Rabelo Advogados
Associados and played an active role in Oi’s judicial reorganization process and served as the foreign representative of Oi’s Judicial
Reorganization in the courts of New York and the United Kingdom. Mr. Rabelo Filho has also held leadership positions on the board of
the main technical associations in the telecommunications sector and is a member of the National and State Commissions of Tax Law
and Judicial Recovery and Bankruptcy of the Brazilian Bar Association. Mr. Rabelo Filho holds a law degree from the Federal
University of Bahia, a graduate degree in Business Law from IBMEC/RJ and a master’s degree in Tax Law from Pontífica
Universidade Católica in São Paulo.
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José Claudio Moreira Gonçalves. Mr. Gonçalves has served as Oi’s chief operating officer since March 2018. He built his career
in the telecommunications industry and has expertise in the operation, maintenance and technological development of Oi’s networks.
Mr. Gonçalves previously served as Oi’s executive director of operations since June 2011. He joined Oi in March 2000, having served
as operations manager, director of network deployment and director of engineering. Mr. Gonçalves holds a bachelor’s degree in
mechanical production engineering from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-Rio), a master’s degree in business administration
from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-RJ), an executive MBA from Fundação Dom Cabral (FDC) and a post-executive MBA from the
Kellogg School of Management.
Bernardo Kos Winik. Mr. Winik has served as Oi’s chief commercial officer since March 2018. He previously served as Oi’s
director of retail since December 2014 and director of retail sales from September 2011 to December 2014. He has experience in the
technology, consulting and telecommunications markets, having worked in companies such as Claro, BS Consulting, NCR and EDS do
Brasil. Mr. Winik holds a bachelor’s degree in information technology form Universidade Mackenzie and a post-graduate degree in
business from Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP/FGV).
Fiscal Council
The Brazilian Corporate Law requires Oi to establish a permanent or non-permanent fiscal council (conselho fiscal). Oi’s by-laws
provide for a permanent fiscal council composed of between three and five members and their respective alternate members. The fiscal
council is a separate corporate body independent of Oi’s board of directors, Oi’s board of executive officers and Oi’s independent
accountants. The primary responsibility of the fiscal council is to review Oi’s management’s activities and Oi’s financial statements and
to report their findings to Oi’s shareholders.
The members of Oi’s fiscal council are elected by Oi’s shareholders at the annual shareholders’ meeting for one-year terms and
are eligible for reelection. The terms of the members of Oi’s fiscal council expire at the annual shareholders’ meeting in 2020. Under
the Brazilian Corporate Law, the fiscal council may not contain members who are members of Oi’s board of directors or Oi’s board of
executive officers, spouses or relatives of any member of Oi’s board of directors or Oi’s board of executive officers, or our employees.
To be eligible to serve on Oi’s fiscal council, a person must be a resident of Brazil and either be a university graduate or have been a
company officer or fiscal council member of another Brazilian company for at least three years prior to election to Oi’s fiscal council.
Holders of Preferred Shares without voting rights and non-controlling common shareholders that together hold at least 10.0% of Oi’s
voting share capital are each entitled to elect one member and his or her respective alternate to the fiscal council.
The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the current members of Oi’s fiscal council and their alternates.
Name
Pedro Wagner Pereira Coelho
Patricia Valente Stierli
Álvaro Bandeira
Wiliam da Cruz Leal
Daniela Maluf Pfeiffer
Luiz Fernando Nogueira
Raphael Manhães Martins(1)
Domenica Eisenstein Noronha(1)
(1)
Elected by Oi’s preferred shareholders.
Member
Since
Position
Chairman April 2016
Alternate April 2019
Member April 2016
Alternate April 2018
Member April 2018
Alternate April 2019
Member April 2019
Alternate April 2018
Age
71
64
69
63
49
53
37
43
We summarize below the business experience, areas of expertise and principal outside business interests of the current members of
Oi’s fiscal council and their alternates.
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Fiscal Council Members
Pedro Wagner Pereira Coelho. Mr. Coelho has served as chairman of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2017 and member since April
2016. He has also served as chairman of the fiscal council of Magnesita Refratários S.A. since April 2008, as member of the fiscal
council of Parnaiba Gas Natural S.A. since October 2015 and as member of the supervisory board of Estácio Participações S.A. since
April 2012. Mr. Coelho was also a partner of Carpe Diem – Consultoria, Planejamento e Assessoria Empresarial Ltda. from 2011 until
2016. He worked as controller at Banco de Investimentos Garantia S/A., investment bank, from May 1982 until July 1997 and as an
auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers Auditores Independentes from October 1978 to April 1981. Previously, he was chairman of the
fiscal council of Lojas Americanas S.A., Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A., Telemar Participações S.A., TAM S.A. and Empresa
Energética de Mato Grosso do Sul S.A. (Enersul). Mr. Coelho holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Sociedade
Universitária Augusto Motta – SUAM and in accounting from Sociedade Madeira de Ley – SOMLEY.
Álvaro Bandeira. Mr. Bandeira has served as a member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2017 and as an alternate member of Oi’s
fiscal council since April 2016. He has also served as chief economist of Brokerage Modalmais since 2015, the year he joined the
institution. Mr. Bandeira also served as chief economist of Orama from 2011 to 2015 and held various positions at Ágora Corretora
from April 2001 until December 2010. He was president of the Brazilian Futures Exchange, president of regional chapters of APIMEC
for five administrations, Director of BVRJ and BM&F, as well as former full member of the Supervisory Board of Souza Cruz.
Mr. Bandeira has spoken in several conferences related to the capital markets and personal finance and has developed lectures at
universities and companies on related issues. He regularly contributes to publications regarding economics, and on financial education
websites including Dinheirama and Infomoney. Mr. Bandeira holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from UFRJ and a graduate degree
in administration from Coppe –RUFRJ.
Daniela Maluf Pfeiffer. Mrs. Pfeiffer has served as a member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2018. She is a partner at DXA
Investments, an asset management firm, since January 2018. She was a partner at Canepa Asset Brasil, also funds management
company, and was responsible for investors’ relations from January 2014 to October 2017. She previously worked as a partner at Nova
Gestão de Recursos, an investment firm, from October 2011 to June 2013. Mrs. Pfeiffer is not a member of any management body of a
publicly-held company. She was previously a member of the fiscal council of Banco Sofisa S.A. from April 2014 to April 2017; a
member of the fiscal council of Viver Incorporadora e Construtora S.A. from April 2011 to April 2017; a member of the fiscal council
of Banco Panamericano S.A. from September 2010 to April 2014; a member of the fiscal council of Santos Brasil S.A. from 2003 to
2005; a member of the Board of Directors of Brasil Telecom S.A. from 2003 to 2005; a member of the Board of Directors of Telemig
Celular S.A. from 2003 to 2005; a member of the Board of Directors of Amazônia Celular S.A., or Amazônia, from 2003 to 2005; a
member of the Fiscal Council of Amazônia from 1998 to 2002 and a member of the fiscal council of Telemig Celular S.A. from 1998 to
200. She is an IBGC-certified fiscal council member. Mrs. Pfeiffer holds a degree in administration by UFRJ from 1992 and an MBA in
corporate management from FGV.
Raphael Manhães Martins. Mr. Martins has served as a member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2019. He has been a partner at
the law firm Faoro & Fucci since 2010. In 2010, he was a professor at UFRJ. From 2007 to 2009, he was a professor at Universidade do
Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Mr. Martins has served as a member of the board of directors of Eternit S.A. since 2015, Light S.A.
since 2018 and Condor S.A. – Indústria Química since 2017. He has also served as a member of the fiscal council of Vale S.A. since
2015. Previously, Mr. Martins served as a member of the fiscal council of Light S.A. from 2014 to 2018 and Embratel Participações
S.A. in 2014. Mr. Martins is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Section (OAB-RJ).
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Alternate Fiscal Council Members
Patricia Valente Stierli. Mrs. Valente has served as an alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2019. Mrs. Valente is a
member of the fiscal council of Eletrobras – Centrais Elétricas S.A., as a financial specialist (since 2017), a member of the board of
directors of PPE Fios Esmaltados S.A. (since 2018), a member of the fiscal council of Sociedade Beneficiente de Senhoras – Hospital
Sírio Libanês (tenured from 2018 to 2021) and an alternate member of the fiscal council of Centro de Integração Empresa Escola CIEE
(since 2018). Mrs. Valente previously served as a member of the fiscal council of Bardella S.A. Indústrias Mecânicas, (from 2015 to
October 2018, a member of the board of directors of Pettenati S.A. Indústria Têxtil (during 2015), an alternate member of the fiscal
council of Dohler S.A. (from 2017 to 2018) and a member of the board of directors and fiscal council of publicly-held companies, as a
minority shareholders’ representative. In addition, Mrs. Valente has experience managing third-party resources, after having been a
statutory officer at Banco Fator S.A. and Sadefem Equipamentos for six years, working in management and being in charge of
institutional and retail clients. She also worked as a financial officer at Montagens S.A., where she was in charge of accounting, fiscal,
budget, treasury and human resources. Mrs. Valente holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Fundação Getúlio
Vargas Foundation (FGV) and completed a Management for Graduates specialization course at CEAG (MBA)—EAESP / FGV and her
specialization in controllership course at GVPEC.
Wiliam da Cruz Leal. Mr. Leal has served as an alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2018. He has extensive
experience in corporate governance, corporate sustainability, enterprise risk management, internal controls, technology and information
security. Since 2011 he has been a managing partner at Cruz Leal Gestão Empresarial Ltda., a consulting firm specialized in motivation,
leadership, technology, corporate governance and sustainability. He has been certified by the Brazilian Institute of Corporate
Governance (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa – IBGC) since 2009. Previously, Mr. Leal worked at Tele Norte Leste
Participações S.A., from 2000 to 2009, having served as executive manager of corporate governance, internal controls manager, budget
and special projects manager and systems audit manager. He also worked at Banco do Brasil S.A., from 1975 to 2000, having served as
executive manager of changes and analyst information technology consultant. Mr. Leal holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from Fundação de Ensino Superior de Itaúna, Minas Gerais.
Luiz Fernando Nogueira. Mr. Nogueira has served as an alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council since April 2019. Since May
2016, Mr. Nogueira has served as chief financial officer of Neogas, having previously served as chief financial officer of Brookfield
Renewable Energy, Ferroport, Concremat, Bematech and Timnet (a TIM group company). In addition, he also served as executive
manager investor relations at Petrobras and planning and control manager for Latin America at IBM. Mr. Nogueira holds a bachelor’s
degree in economics from Pontifícia Universidade Católica, a post-graduate degree in financial management from Fundação Getúlio
Vargas and an MBA in finance from IBMEC, and he completed a training course in conflict mediation at Mediare.
Domenica Eisenstein Noronha. Ms. Noronha has served on Oi’s fiscal council since April 2018 (as a member since April 2018
and as an alternate member since April 2019). Mrs. Noronha has more than 19 years of experience in the financial industry. Since 2010,
she has been a member of Tempo Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda., an independent fund manager focused on the Brazilian equity
market. Her responsibilities include economic and financial analysis of investments, investor relations, supervision of compliance and
regulatory review. Previously, Mrs. Noronha worked for 11 years at Morgan Stanley in New York, where she was involved in M&A for
Latin American companies, and São Paulo, where she was executive director responsible for equity and debt capital markets
transactions. She served as a member of the fiscal council of the following publicly-held companies in Brazil: Fibria Celulose S.A.,
from February 2017 to April 2018; Usinas Siderúrgica de Minas Gerais S.A. – Usiminas, from April 2015 to April 2016 and from April
2017 to April 2018; and Embratel Participações S.A., from April 2012 to August 2014). Mr. Noronha holds a bachelor’s degree in
business administration from Georgetown University, majoring in finance, international business and economics.
Compensation
According to Oi’s by-laws, Oi’s shareholders are responsible for establishing the aggregate compensation we pay to the members
of Oi’s board of directors, board of executive officers and fiscal council. Oi’s shareholders determine this compensation at Oi’s annual
shareholders’ meeting. Once aggregate compensation is established, Oi’s board of directors is responsible for distributing such
aggregate compensation individually to the members of Oi’s board of directors and Oi’s board of executive officers in compliance with
Oi’s by-laws.
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The aggregate compensation paid by us to all members of Oi’s board of directors, board of executive officers and fiscal council
for services in all capacities during 2019 was R$64.5 million. This amount includes pension, retirement or similar benefits for Oi’s
officers and directors. At Oi’s 2020 annual shareholders’ meeting, Oi’s shareholders established the following compensation for the
year 2020:
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board of directors: an aggregate limit of approximately R$8.2 million;
board of executive officers: an aggregate limit of approximately R$69.6 million; and
fiscal council: the minimum amount established under Paragraph 3 of Article 162 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.
Oi compensates alternate members of its fiscal council for each meeting of the fiscal council that they attend.
Oi’s executive officers receive the same benefits generally provided to our employees, such as medical (including dental)
assistance, private pension plan and meal vouchers. Members of Oi’s board of directors and fiscal council are not entitled to these
benefits.
Members of Oi’s board of directors and fiscal council are not parties to contracts providing for benefits upon their termination.
Some of our executive officers are entitled to severance payments in certain circumstances upon termination of their contracts.
Long-Term Incentive Program
On March 13, 2015, Oi’s board of directors approved a long-term incentive plan for certain of Oi’s executives. The purpose of the
long-term incentive plan is to encourage integration, align the interests of management with that of shareholders and retain our strategic
executives in the medium- and long-term. The long-term incentive plan program ran from 2015 until 2017. Compensation under the
long-term incentive plan, calculated based on Oi’s share price, and was paid in three annual installments in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
During 2018 and 2017, we paid aggregate amounts of R$21.8 million and R$13.6 million, respectively, pursuant to the long-term
incentive plan.
On April 26, 2019, Oi’s shareholders approved two share-based long-term incentive plans for the period from 2019 to 2021: one
the members of Oi’s board of directors, and the other for certain executives. The purpose of the plan for the members of the board of
directors is to promote high engagement levels of the members of the board of directors, to keep the members committed to supporting
our meeting of our strategic goals, and to seek to align the members with our shareholders in the medium and long term. The purpose of
the plan for the executives is to promote a high level of commitment of these executives, to keep them committed in order to ensure the
achievement of our strategic goals, and to seek to align the executives with our shareholders for the medium and long term.
Under these plans, the board of directors is authorized to make annual grants of Common Shares to members of the board of
directors and to our executives. The maximum number of Common Shares permitted to be granted is limited to 1.5% of the total capital
stock of Oi as of April 26, 2019 under the plan for our executives, and 0.4% under the plan for the board of directors. Common Shares
granted under these plans vest in equal amounts over a three year period, subject to conditions of continued employment and conditions
related to the market valuation of our Common Shares.
At the time of the approval of these plans by our shareholders, our board of directors decided that we would refrain from
implementing these plans until the RJ Court rendered a judgement regarding these plans. On December 20, 2019, the RJ Court ruled
that the plan for members of our board of directors would be suspended until the conclusion of the RJ Proceedings. On December 30,
2019, we made grants of 33,704,937 Common Shares to our executives. Following the conclusion of the RJ Proceedings, the plan for
members of our board of directors will be implemented in the form approved on April 26, 2019.
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Audit, Risks and Controls Committee
The Audit, Risks and Controls Committee (Comitê de Auditoria, Riscos e Controle), or the CARC, is a statutory advisory
committee to our board of directors. According to its internal regulations, the CARC is responsible for:
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advising our board of directors in connection with business risk assessment, internal control mechanisms and supervising
internal audits;
promoting communications between the company’s administrative and supervisory bodies, independent auditors and the
internal audit bodies;
supervising the management and control of contingencies; and
analyzing the quarterly information and the financial statements prepared periodically by the company, including the
audited consolidated financial statements, as well as the management report and any analysis disclosed by management of
our company’s financial condition and operating results.
The CARC must be composed of three to five members, all of whom must be members of Oi’s board of directors and meet the
independence requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. According to article 32 of Oi’s by-laws, the members of the CARC
are appointed by Oi’s board of directors.
Members of the CARC serve for a two-year terms that coincide with the terms of the members of our board of directors. One of
the members is designated as the chairman of the CARC. The current members of the CARC are: Henrique José Fernandes Luz
(chairman), Marcos Bastos Rocha, Marcos Grodetzky, Wallim Cruz de Vasconcellos Junior, and Maria Helena dos Santos Fernandes de
Santana.
The CARC is responsible for performing the functions of an audit committee set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act,
other than the engagement and dismissal of our independent auditors. Under Brazilian law, the function of engaging independent
auditors is reserved for the board of directors. As a result, as specified in Section 3(a)(58) of the Exchange Act, our board of directors
functions as our audit committee for the purpose of approving any engagement of our independent auditors for audit and non-audit
services provided to us or our subsidiaries.
Share Ownership
As of April 24, 2020, the number of Common Shares and Preferred Shares held by the members of Oi’s board of directors and
board of executive officers, supervisory or management bodies, including outstanding stock options, do not exceed 1% of either class of
Oi’s outstanding shares.
Employees
As of December 31, 2019, we had a total of 58,089 employees. All of our employees are employed on a full-time basis, divided
into the following functions: network operations, sales and marketing, information technology, call center operations and support areas.
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The table below sets forth a breakdown of our employees by main category of activity and geographic location as of the dates
indicated:
Number of employees by category of activity:
Plant operation, maintenance, expansion and modernization
Sales and marketing
Call center operations
Support areas
Authorized agents
Total
Number of employees by geographic location:
Rio de Janeiro
Goiás
Paraná
Mato Gross do Sul
São Paulo
Minas Gerais
Rio Grande do Sul
Bahia
Federal District
Santa Catarina
Pernambuco
Ceará
Pará
Mato Grosso
Maranhão
Amazonas
Espírito Santo
Paraiba
Piauí
Rondônia
Rio Grande do Norte
Sergipe
Alagoas
Tocantins
Amapá
Acre
Roraima
Total
December 31,
2018
2019
2017
36,149
4,808
15,046
2,086
—
58,089
15,296
7,708
7,175
3,542
1,470
1,437
3,945
4,115
770
2,025
2,185
1,828
1,599
199
1,098
821
132
439
601
88
436
284
269
68
251
39
269
58,089
34,620
5,131
14,993
2,131
—
56,875
15,406
7,666
6,996
3,818
1,630
1,544
3,730
3,345
715
2,195
2,108
1,941
1,367
192
806
730
148
462
522
89
458
328
290
61
154
40
134
56,875
33,019
5,069
13,202
4,002
154
55,446
16,657
6,795
6,040
3,077
1,612
1,506
3,555
3,439
588
2,503
1,756
1,746
1,536
195
963
624
143
503
572
86
495
345
326
55
153
40
136
55,446
We negotiate separate collective bargaining agreements with three union committees each representing the local unions in several
Brazilian states. New collective bargaining agreements are negotiated every year. We maintain good relations with each of the unions
representing our employees. As of December 31, 2019, approximately 40.5%, respectively, of the employees of our company were
members of state labor unions associated either with the National Federation of Telecommunications Workers (Federação Nacional dos
Trabalhadores em Telecomunicações) or with the Interstate Federation of Telecommunications Workers (Federação Interestadual dos
Trabalhadores em Telecomunicações). We have never experienced a strike that had a material effect on our operations.
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Employee Benefits
Pension Benefit Plans
Sistel
Sistel is a not-for-profit private pension fund created by Telebrás in November 1977 to supplement the benefits provided by the
federal government to employees of the former Telebrás System. The following are pension plans managed by Sistel.
PBS-A Plan. Since the privatization of Telebrás, the Sistel Benefits Plan (Plano de Benefícios da Sistel – Assistidos), or PBS-A
plan, a defined benefit plan, has been sponsored by the fixed-line telecommunications companies that resulted from the privatization of
Telebrás, including our company and TNL. The PBS-A plan is self-funded and has been closed to new members since January 2000.
Contributions to the PBS-A plan are contingent on the determination of an accumulated deficit and we are jointly and severally liable,
along with other fixed-line telecommunications companies, for 100% of any insufficiency in payments owed to members of the PBS-A
plan. As of December 31, 2019, the PBS-A plan had a surplus of R$1,683 million. We were not required to make contributions to the
PBS-A plan in 2019.
PAMA Plan and PCE Plan. Since the privatization of Telebrás, the Medical Assistance Plan to the Retired (Plano de Assistência
Médica ao Aposentado), or PAMA, a health-care plan managed by Sistel, has been sponsored by the fixed-line telecommunications
companies that resulted from the privatization of Telebrás, including our company. The PAMA plan has been closed to new members
since February 2000, other than new beneficiaries of current members and employees that are covered by the PBS-A plan who have not
yet elected to join the PAMA plan. In December 2003, we and the other telecommunications companies that resulted from the
privatization of Telebrás began sponsoring the PCE –Special Coverage Plan, or the PCE plan, a health-care plan managed by Sistel. The
PCE plan is open to employees that are covered by the PAMA plan. From February to July 2004, December 2005 to April 2006, June to
September 2008, July 2009 to February 2010, March to November 2010, February 2011 to March 2012 and March 2012 until today, we
offered incentives to our employees to migrate from the PAMA plan to the PCE plan.
In October 2015, in compliance with a court order, Sistel transferred the R$3,042 million surplus in the PBS-A plan to the PAMA
plan to ensure the solvency of the PAMA plan. Of the total amount transferred, R$2,127 million is related to the plans sponsored by the
company, apportioned proportionally to the obligations of the defined benefit plan.
As of December 31, 2019, the PAMA plan had a surplus of R$279million. We were not required to make contributions to the
PAMA plan in the year ended December 31, 2019.
Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social
FATL is a not-for-profit, independent private pension fund that manages pension plans for the employees of its plans’ sponsors.
PBS-TNCP Plan. Since the privatization of Telebrás, our subsidiary Tele Norte Celular Participações S.A., or TNCP, has
sponsored the Sistel Benefits Plan – TNCP (Plano de Benefícios da Sistel – TNCP), or PBS-TNCP plan. The PBS-TNCP plan has been
closed to new members since April 2004. Contributions to the PBS-TNCP plan are contingent on the determination of an accumulated
deficit. As a result of the corporate reorganization and TNL’s earlier acquisition of control of TNCP, we are liable for 100% of any
insufficiency in payments owed to members of the PBS-TNCP plan. Since January 2016, the PBS-TNCP plan has been managed by
FATL.
As of December 31, 2019, the PBS-TNCP plan had a surplus of R$24 million. We were not required to make contributions to the
PBS-TNCP plan in the year ended December 31, 2019.
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CELPREV Plan. In March 2004, Amazônia, a subsidiary of TNCP, began sponsoring the CelPrev Amazônia, or CELPREV plan,
a defined contribution plan managed by Sistel. Since January 2016, the CELPREV plan has been managed by FATL. The CELPREV
plan was offered to employees of Amazônia who did not participate in the PBS-TNCP plan, as well as to its new employees.
Participants in the PBS-TNCP plan were encouraged to migrate to the CELPREV plan. Approximately 27.3% of participants in the
PBS-TNCP plan migrated to the CELPREV plan. As of December 31, 2019, the CELPREV plan had a surplus of R$4 million. We were
not required to make contributions to the CELPREV plan in the year ended December 31, 2019.
TCSPREV Plan. In December 1999, we and the other companies that participate in the plans managed by Sistel agreed to
withdraw sponsorship of these plans and each company agreed to establish its own separate new plan for these participants. In February
2000, we began sponsoring the TCSPREV plan, a private variable contribution pension plan and settled benefit plan. Approximately
80% of participants in the PBS-A plan migrated to the TCSPREV plan. In March 2005, Fundação 14 de Previdência Privada, or
Fundação 14, a private not-for-profit pension fund created by Brasil Telecom Holding in 2004 to manage the TCSPREV plan, began
managing the TCSPREV plan. In January 2010, FATL began managing the TCSPREV plan.
The TCSPREV plan offers three categories of benefits to its members: (1) risk benefits, which are funded according to the defined
benefit method; (2) programmable benefits, which are funded according to the defined contribution method; and (3) proportional paid
benefits, applicable to those employees who migrated to a defined contribution method with their rights reserved as contributors to the
defined benefit system. This plan is closed to new entrants. We are liable for any deficits incurred by the TCSPREV plan according to
the existing proportion of the contributions we make to this plan.
In November 2018, the BrTPREV benefit plan was effectively merged into the TCSPREV benefit plan, according to ordinance
No.995 of the National Superintendency of Complementary Social Security (Superintendência Nacional de Previdência
Complementar), dated October 24, 2018. With the recognition and registration of the merger, the participants and beneficiaries linked to
BrTPREV automatically became participants and beneficiaries of TCSPREV, in accordance with the categories of beneficiaries existing
on the day prior to the merger date.
The BrTPREV plan is a private defined contribution plan that we began sponsoring in October 2002. Approximately 96% of our
active employees that were participants in the Fundador/Alternativo plan (for which we assumed liability in 2000 as a result of our
acquisition of CRT—Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicações) migrated to the BrTPREV plan. The BrTPREV plan was offered
to our new employees from March 2003 to February 2005, when it was closed to new participants. In 2012, as sponsor of the BrTPREV
plan, Oi entered into a financial obligation agreement with FATL with respect to deficits under the BrTPREV plan. We remain bound to
this financial obligation contract. This obligation was classified as a Class I claim under the RJ Plan.
As a result of the RJ Proceedings, certain of our unfunded obligations under our post-retirement plans were novated. As of
December 31, 2019, we had recorded R$627 on our balance sheet as “liability for pension benefits,” net of provision for unfunded
status on our balance sheet, represented by the commitment under the terms of the RJ Plan related to the financial obligations
agreement, entered into by Oi and FATL intended for the payment of the mathematical provision without coverage by the plan’s assets.
As of December 31, 2019, the TCSPREV plan was balanced. This position is recognized by Resolution 16/2014 of the National
Council of Supplementary Pensions (CNPC). We made contributions to the incorporated BrTPREV plan of less than R$1 million in the
year ended December 31, 2019.
PBS-Telemar Plan. In September 2000, Telemar began sponsoring the PBS-Telemar plan, a private defined benefit plan offered to
Telemar’s employees. In February 2005, FATL began managing the PBS-Telemar plan. As a result of the corporate reorganization, we
have assumed Telemar’s obligations under the PBS-Telemar plan. The PBS-Telemar plan has the same characteristics as the PBS-A
plan. The PBS-Telemar plan was closed to new participants in September 2000. We are responsible for any deficits incurred by the
PBS-Telemar plan according to the existing proportion of the contributions we make to this plan and those made by participants.
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As of December 31, 2019, the PBS-Telemar plan had a surplus of R$65million. We made contributions to the PBS-Telemar plan
of less than R$1 million in the year ended December 31, 2019.
TelemarPrev Plan. In September 2000, Telemar began sponsoring the TelemarPrev plan, a private variable contribution pension
plan. Approximately 96% of participants in the PBS-Telemar plan migrated to the TelemarPrev plan. In February 2005, FATL began
managing the TelemarPrev plan. As a result of the corporate reorganization, we have assumed Telemar’s obligations under the
TelemarPrev plan.
The TelemarPrev plan offers two categories of benefits to its members: (1) risk benefits, which are funded according to the
defined benefit method; and (2) programmable benefits, which are funded according to the defined contribution method. We are liable
for any deficits incurred by the TelemarPrev plan according to the proportion of the contributions we make to this plan.
As of December 31, 2019, the TelemarPrev plan had a surplus of R$320 million. We were not required to make contributions to
the TelemarPrev plan in the year ended December 31, 2019.
Medical, Dental and Employee Assistance Benefits
We provide our employees with medical and dental assistance, pharmacy and prescription drug assistance, group life insurance
and meal, food and transportation assistance. We and our employees cover the costs of these benefits on a shared basis. In 2019, we
contributed R$304 million to the medical and dental assistance plans, R$3 million to the occupational medicine plans, R$333 million
for the Worker’s Food Program (Programa de Alimentação do Trabalhador) and R$88 million to the other benefits programs.
Profit Sharing Plans
The operational targets are part of a profit sharing plan implemented by the Company as an incentive for employees to pursue our
goals and to align employees’ interests with those of our shareholders. Profit sharing occurs if financial and operational targets defined
annually by our board of directors are achieved. As of December 31, 2019, we had provisioned R$247 million to be distributed in
variable compensation with respect to 2019.
We also have implemented a profit sharing plan as an incentive for employees to pursue our goals and to align employees’
interests with those of our shareholders. Profit sharing occurs if economic operational and financial targets defined annually by our
board of directors are achieved.
Education and Training
We contribute to the professional qualification of our employees by offering training for the development of organizational and
technical skills. In 2019, we offered approximately 4.9 million hours of training and we invested approximately R$23.5 million in the
qualification and training of our employees.
ITEM 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Major Shareholders
Oi has two outstanding classes of share capital: Common Shares and Preferred Shares with no par value. Generally, only Common
Shares have voting rights. Preferred Shares have voting rights only in exceptional circumstances. As of the date of this annual report,
Preferred Shares have full voting rights pursuant to Oi’s by-laws as a result of Oi’s failure to make mandatory dividend payments since
2014. For more information, see “Item 8. Financial Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy—Dividend Policy” and “Item 10.
Additional Information—Description of Oi’s By-laws—Voting Rights—Voting Rights of Preferred Shares.”
As of April 24, 2020, Oi had issued 5,954,205,001 total shares, consisting of 5,796,477,760 issued Common Shares and
157,727,241 issued Preferred Shares, including 30,595 Common Shares and 1,811,755 Preferred Shares held in treasury.
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As of April 24, 2020, Oi had approximately 1.4 million shareholders, including 51 U.S. resident holders of Common Shares
(including the depositary of the Common ADS program) and approximately 5 U.S. resident holders of Preferred Shares (including the
depositary of the Preferred ADS program). As of April 24, 2020, there were approximately 1.3 billion Common Shares (including
Common Shares represented by ADSs) and approximately 29 million Preferred Shares (including Preferred Shares represented by
ADSs) held by U.S. resident holders.
The following table sets forth information concerning the ownership of Common Shares and Preferred Shares as of April 24,
2020, by each person whom we know to be the owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any class of Oi’s share capital, and
by all of Oi’s directors and executive officers as a group. Except for the shareholders listed below, we are not aware of any other
shareholder holding more than 5% of any class of Oi’s share capital. Oi’s principal shareholders have the same voting rights with
respect to each class of Oi’s shares that they own as other holders of shares of that class.
We have not sought to verify any information provided to us by our principal shareholders. The principal shareholders may hold,
acquire, sell or otherwise dispose of our Common Shares or Preferred Shares at any time and may have acquired, sold or otherwise
disposed of Common Shares or Preferred Shares since the date of the information reflected herein. Other information about our
principal shareholders may also change over time.
Name
Brookfield Funds(2)
GoldenTree Funds(3)
Solus Funds(4)
Bratel S.à r.l.(5)
All directors, fiscal council members and their
alternates, and executive officers as a group
Common Shares
Preferred Shares
Total
Number of
Shares
535,308,795
317,881,347
371,261,320
312,827,844
% of Shares
Outstanding
(1)
9.24
5.48
6.40
5.40
Number of
Shares
—
—
14,133,586
1,800,000
% of Shares
Outstanding
(1)
Number of
Shares
% of Shares
Outstanding
(1)
— 535,308,795
— 317,881,347
385,394,906
314,627,844
9.06
1.15
8.99
5.34
6.47
5.29
5,910*
24*
5,934*
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
*
Based on the number of total shares outstanding (5,952,362,651 shares) as of April 24, 2020, which is the sum of the total number of Common Shares outstanding
(5,796,447,165 Common Shares) and the total number of Preferred Shares outstanding (155,915,486 Preferred Shares) as of April 24, 2020.
Collectively refers to certain funds managed by certain Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.
GoldenTree Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership, serves as the investment manager or adviser to certain funds and/or accounts, or the
GoldenTree Funds, with respect to the Common Shares held by the GoldenTree Funds. GoldenTree Asset Management LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, serves as the general partner to GoldenTree Asset Management LP, and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum, a United States citizen, serves as the managing
member to GoldenTree Asset Management LLC.
Solus Alternative Asset Management LP serves as the investment manager or investment subadvisor to certain funds and/or accounts, or the Solus Funds, with
respect to the Common Shares and the Preferred Shares held by the Solus Funds. Solus GP LLC is the general partner of Solus Alternative Asset Management LP,
and Mr. Christopher Pucillo is the managing member of Solus GP LLC. Each of Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, Solus GP LLC and Mr. Christopher
Pucillo may be deemed to have shared voting power and/or shared investment power with respect to the Common Shares and Preferred Shares held by each Solus
Fund.
Bratel S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharol. Excludes 8,538,277 Common Shares and 17,076,554
Preferred Shares which Pharol has the option to acquire from PTIF in accordance with the PT Option Agreement. See “—PT Option Agreement.”
less than 1%
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Changes in Share Ownership
Changes in GoldenTree Shareholding Interest
In August 2018, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership that serves as the investment manager or
adviser to the GoldenTree Funds with respect to the Common Shares held by the GoldenTree Funds, GoldenTree Asset Management
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company that serves as the general partner to GoldenTree Asset Management LP, and Mr. Steven A.
Tananbaum, a United States citizen, who serves as the managing member to GoldenTree Asset Management LLC, jointly filed a
Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 201,823,190 Common Shares as of July 27, 2018, which
was equivalent to 9.39% of Oi’s outstanding common stock. Of these, the GoldenTree Funds acquired 187,339,290 Common Shares
through their participation in the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase. In addition, the GoldenTree Funds received 2,645,333
ADWs in the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase, which they had the right to exercise to acquire 13,226,665 Common Shares.
In November 2018, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC, and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum
jointly filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 258,592,500 Common Shares as of
November 28, 2018, which was equivalent to 11.4% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
In January 2019, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC, and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum jointly
filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 593,920,753 Common Shares as of January 16,
2018, which was equivalent to 15.4% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
In January 2019, the GoldenTree Funds acquired Common Shares through their participation in the preemptive rights offering and
pursuant to their commitments under the Commitment Agreement.
In April 2019, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC, and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum jointly
filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 865,512,751 Common Shares as of April 9, 2019,
which was equivalent to 14.7% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
In August 2019, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum jointly
filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 850,609,751 Common Shares as of August 19,
2019, which was equivalent to 12.8% of Oi’s outstanding common stock
In September 2019, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum
jointly filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 739,956,951 Common Shares as of
September 17, 2019, which was equivalent to 12.8% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
In January 2020, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum jointly
filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 567,482,776 Common Shares as of January 24,
2020, which was equivalent to 9.79% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
In March 2020, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum jointly
filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 398,881,176 Common Shares as of March 13,
2020, which was equivalent to 6.88% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
In April 2020, GoldenTree Asset Management LP, GoldenTree Asset Management LLC and Mr. Steven A. Tananbaum jointly
filed a Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing the GoldenTree Funds’ ownership of 317,881,347 Common Shares as of April 23, 2020,
which was equivalent to 5.48% of Oi’s outstanding common stock.
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Changes in Solus Shareholding Interest
In February 2019, Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership that serves as the investment manager
to the Solus Funds with respect to the Preferred Shares held by the Solus Funds, Solus GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
that serves as the general partner to Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, and Mr. Christopher Pucillo, a United States citizen, who
serves as the managing member to Solus GP LLC, jointly filed a Schedule 13G with the SEC disclosing the Solus Funds’ ownership of
201,230,955 Common Shares, which was equivalent to 8.88% of Oi’s outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2018, and
14,145,359 Preferred Shares, which was equivalent to 9.07% of Oi’s outstanding preferred stock as of December 31, 2018.
In January 2019, the Solus Funds acquired Common Shares through their participation in the preemptive rights offering and
pursuant to their commitments under the Commitment Agreement.
In February 2020, Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, Solus GP LLC and Mr. Christopher Pucillo jointly filed a Schedule
13G with the SEC disclosing the Solus Funds’ ownership of 371,261,320 Common Shares which was equivalent to 6.40% of Oi’s
outstanding common stock as of December 31, 2019, and 14,133,586 Preferred Shares, which was equivalent to 8.96% of Oi’s
outstanding preferred stock as of December 31, 2019.
Changes in Brookfield Shareholding Interest
In September 2018, Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. and certain funds managed by it, or the Brookfield Funds, jointly filed a
Schedule 13D with the SEC disclosing the Brookfield Funds’ ownership of 123,396,285 Common Shares as of August 16, 2018, which
was equivalent to 5.74% of Oi’s outstanding common stock. Of these, certain of the Brookfield Funds acquired 106,054,035 Common
Shares through their participation in the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase and 17,342,250 Common Shares through open
market purchases. In addition, the Brookfield Funds received 1,515,232 ADWs in the Capitalization of Credits Capital Increase, which
they had the right to exercise to acquire 7,576,160 Common ADSs.
In January 2019, Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. and the Brookfield Funds jointly filed a Schedule 13D/A with the SEC
disclosing the Brookfield Funds’ ownership of 343,410,230 Common Shares as of January 11, 2019, which was equivalent to 9.0% of
Oi’s outstanding common stock, all of which were held in the form of 68,682,046 ADSs, which included Common Shares that the
Brookfield Funds had the right to acquire through their participation in the preemptive rights offering and pursuant to their
commitments under the Commitment Agreement.
In January 2019, the Brookfield Funds acquired Common Shares through their participation in the preemptive rights offering and
pursuant to their commitments under the Commitment Agreement.
Changes in Bratel Shareholding Interest
As of January 1, 2017, Bratel B.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharol, owned 183,662,204 Common Shares.
On September 15, 2017 and September 29, 2017, Oi received letters from Bratel B.V. informing it that Bratel B.V. had transferred
its shareholding interests in Oi to its wholly-owned subsidiary Bratel S.à r.l.
We believe that Bratel S.à r.l. acquired 110,597,655 Common Shares through its participation in the Capitalization of Credits
Capital Increase and through open market purchases prior to the settlement of the Pharol Settlement Agreement on April 3, 2019.
In accordance with the Pharol Settlement Agreement, which was confirmed by the RJ Court in a decision that became final on
April 3, 2019, Oi transferred to Bratel 32,000,000 Common Shares and 1,800,000 Preferred Shares held in treasury.
Based on records that we receive from the B3 related to current holdings of our share capital through the B3, we believe that
Bratel S.à r.l. has disposed of 13,432,015 Common Shares through open market purchases since the settlement of the Pharol Settlement
Agreement on April 3, 2019.
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PT Option Agreement
In May 2014, Oi completed a capital increase in which it issued, among other things 104,580,393 Common Shares and
172,025,273 of Preferred Shares to Pharol in exchange for the contribution by Pharol to Oi of all of the outstanding shares of PT
Portugal. However, prior to this capital increase, Pharol’s then wholly-owned subsidiaries PTIF and PT Portugal subscribed to an
aggregate of €897 million principal amount of commercial paper of Rio Forte that matured in July 2014. As a result of our acquisition
of PT Portugal as part of the Oi capital increase, we became the creditor under this commercial paper.
On July 15 and 17, 2014, Rio Forte defaulted on the commercial paper held by PTIF and PT Portugal. On September 8, 2014, we,
TmarPart, Pharol and our subsidiaries PT Portugal and PTIF, entered into the PT Exchange Agreement and a stock option agreement, or
the PT Option Agreement.
On March 24, 2015, PT Portugal assigned its rights and obligations under the PT Exchange Agreement and the PT Option
Agreement to PTIF. On March 27, 2015, PT Portugal assigned the Rio Forte commercial paper that it owned to PTIF. Under the PT
Exchange Agreement, on March 30, 2015, we transferred the defaulted Rio Forte commercial paper to Pharol and Pharol delivered to us
an aggregate of 47,434,872 Common Shares and 94,869,744 Preferred Shares, representing 16.9% of Oi’s outstanding share capital,
including 17.1% of Oi’s outstanding voting capital prior to giving effect to the PT Exchange. Under Brazilian law, these shares are
deemed to be held in treasury.
Under the PT Option Agreement, PTIF granted to Pharol an option, or the PT Option, to acquire 47,434,872 Common Shares and
94,869,744 Preferred Shares. Pharol is entitled to exercise the PT Option in whole or in part, at any time prior to March 31, 2021. The
number of shares subject to the PT Option is reduced on each March 31 such that:
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•
•
•
•
•
100% was available until March 31, 2016;
90% was available between March 31, 2016 and March 31, 2017;
72% was available between March 31, 2017 and March 31, 2018;
54% will be available between March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019;
36% will be available between March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020; and
18% will be available between March 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021,
in each case, less the number of shares with respect to the PT Option has been previously exercised. As of March 31, 2020, Pharol had
not exercised the PT Option with respect to any of Oi’s shares and, as a result, the option over 38,896,595 Common Shares and
77,793,190 of Preferred Shares has lapsed. The exercise prices under the PT Option are R$20.104 per Common Share and R$18.529 per
Preferred Share, in each case as adjusted by the CDI rate plus 1.5% per annum, calculated pro rata temporis, from March 31, 2015 to
the date of the effective payment of the exercise price.
Oi is not required to maintain the shares subject to the PT Option in treasury. In the event that, at the time of exercise of the PT
Option, PTIF and/or any of Oi’s other subsidiaries do not hold, in treasury, the number of shares with respect to which Pharol exercises
the PT Option, the PT Option may be financially settled through payment by PTIF of the amount corresponding to the difference
between the market price of the shares and the exercise price corresponding to these shares.
We may terminate the PT Option if (1) the by-laws of Pharol are amended to remove or amend the provision of those by-laws that
limits the voting right to 10% of all votes corresponding to the capital stock of Pharol, except if this removal or amendment is required
by law or by order of a competent governmental authority; (2) Pharol directly or indirectly engages in activities that compete with the
activities Oi or Oi’s subsidiaries in the countries in which we or they operate; or (3) Pharol violates certain obligations under the PT
Option Agreement.
Prior to the earlier of the expiration or full exercise of the PT Option, Pharol may not purchase shares of Oi, directly or indirectly,
in any manner other than by exercising the PT Option. If the PT Option is exercised, Pharol will undertake its best efforts to integrate
the shareholder bases of Pharol and Oi in the shortest time possible.
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Pharol may not directly or indirectly transfer or assign the PT Option, in whole or in part, nor grant any rights under the PT
Option, including any security interest in the PT Option or the shares underlying the PT Option, without the consent of Oi. If Pharol
issues, directly or indirectly, any derivative instrument that is backed by or references Oi’s shares, it shall immediately use all proceeds
derived directly or indirectly from such derivative instrument to acquire shares pursuant to the exercise of the PT Option.
Related Party Transactions
The following summarizes the material transactions that we have engaged in with Oi’s principal shareholders and their affiliates
since January 1, 2019.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’s directors and Oi’s executive officers cannot vote on any matter in which they have a
conflict of interest and such transactions can only be approved on reasonable and fair terms and conditions that are no more favorable
than the terms and conditions prevailing in the market or offered by third parties.
Transactions with Hispamar
We own 19% of the capital stock of Hispamar. We lease transponders on the Amazonas 3 satellite from Hispamar, which we use
to provide voice and data services. During 2019, our total consolidated expenses under the lease agreements amounted to
R$203 million. As of December 31, 2019, we had accounts payable to Hispamar of R$50 million.
Transactions with AIX
Companhia AIX de Participações S.A., in which we own 50% of the outstanding share capital, renders services to us relating to
the rental of ducts for transmission of traffic originated outside our local network in our service areas. During 2019, our total
consolidated expenses for services rendered by AIX amounted to R$21 million.
ITEM 8.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
Reference is made to Item 19 for a list of all financial statements filed as part of this annual report.
Legal Proceedings
We are a party to certain legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business, including civil, administrative, tax, social
security, labor, government and arbitration proceedings. We classify our risk of loss in legal proceedings as “remote,” “possible” or
“probable,” and we only record provisions for reasonably estimable probable losses, as determined by our management.
As of December 31, 2019, the total estimated amount in controversy for those proceedings in respect of which the risk of loss was
deemed probable or possible totaled R$36,134 million, and we had established provisions of R$5,252 million relating to these
proceedings. Our provisions for legal contingencies are subject to monthly monetary adjustments. For a detailed description of our
provisions for contingencies, see note 24 to our audited consolidated financial statements.
In certain instances, we are required to make judicial deposits or post financial guarantees with the applicable judicial bodies. As
of December 31, 2019, we had made judicial deposits in the aggregate amount of R$8,166 million, and obtained financial guarantees
from third parties in the aggregate amount of R$11,910 million. During 2019, we paid fees in the aggregate amount of R$251 million to
the financial institutions from which we had obtained these guarantees, and as of December 31, 2019, we had pledged 1,811,755
Preferred Shares, representing 1.15% of our outstanding share capital, as security for one of these financial guarantees.
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Tax Proceedings
As of December 31, 2019, the total estimated contingency in connection with tax proceedings against us in respect of which the
risk of loss was deemed probable or possible totaled R$29,467 million, and we had recorded provisions of R$1,051 million relating to
these proceedings. In accordance with Brazilian law, our tax contingencies are not subject to the RJ Plan.
The Brazilian corporate tax system is complex, and as of the date of this annual report, we are involved in tax proceedings
regarding, and have filed claims to avoid payment of, certain taxes that we believe are unconstitutional. These tax contingencies, which
relate primarily to value-added tax, service tax and taxes on revenue, are described in detail in note 24 to our audited consolidated
financial statements included in this annual report. We record provisions for probable losses in connection with these claims based on
an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. As of the date of this annual report, we
do not believe that the proceedings that we consider as probable losses, if decided against us, will have a material adverse effect on our
financial position. It is possible, however, that our future results of operations could be materially affected by changes in our
assumptions and the effectiveness of our strategies with respect to these proceedings.
Value-Added State Taxes (ICMS)
Under the regulations governing the ICMS, in effect in all Brazilian states, telecommunications companies must pay ICMS on
every transaction involving the sale of telecommunications services they provide. We may record ICMS credits for each of our
purchases of operational assets. The ICMS regulations allow us to apply the credits we have recorded for the purchase of operational
assets to reduce the ICMS amounts we must pay when we sell our services.
We have received various tax assessments challenging the amount of tax credits that we recorded to offset the ICMS amounts we
owed. Most of the tax assessments are based on two main issues: (1) whether ICMS is due on those services subject to the Local
Service Tax (Imposto Sobre Serviços de Qualquer Natureza), or ISS; and (2) whether some of the assets we have purchased are related
to the telecommunications services provided, and, therefore, eligible for an ICMS tax credit. A small part of the assessments that are
considered to have a probable risk of loss are related to: (1) whether certain revenues are subject to ICMS tax or ISS tax; (2) offset and
usage of tax credits on the purchase of goods and other materials, including those necessary to maintain the network; and
(3) assessments related to non-compliance with certain ancillary (non-monetary) obligations.
As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$13,470 million of these
assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions
in the amount of R$746 million for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.
Local Service Tax (ISS)
We have received various tax assessments claiming that we owe ISS taxes on supplementary services. We have challenged these
assessments on the basis that ISS taxes should not be applied to supplementary services (such as, among others things, equipment
leasing and technical and administrative services) provided by telecommunications service providers, because these services do not
clearly fit into the definition of “telecommunications services.”
As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$2,840 million of these
assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions
in the amount of R$69 million for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.
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FUST and FUNTTEL
The FUST is a fund that was established to promote the expansion of telecommunications services to non-commercially viable
users. The FUNTTEL was established to finance telecommunications technology research. We are required to make contributions to the
FUST and the FUNTTEL. Due to a change by ANATEL in the basis for calculation of our contributions to the FUST and the
FUNTTEL, we made provisions for additional contributions to the FUST and TNL made provisions for additional contributions to the
FUST and the FUNTTEL. With respect to the calculation of the contribution to the FUST, the Brazilian Association of Fixed-Line
Companies (Associação Brasileira das Empresas de Telefonia Fixa) of which we are members, filed a lawsuit to request a review of the
applicable legislation.
As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$5,134 million of these
assessments and had not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions
in the amount of R$5 million for those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.
Contributions to the INSS
Pursuant to Brazilian social security legislation, companies must pay contributions to the National Social Security Institute
(Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social), or INSS, based on their payroll. In the case of outsourced services, the contracting parties must,
in certain circumstances, withhold the social contribution due from the third-party service providers and pay the retained amounts to the
INSS. In other cases, the parties are jointly and severally liable for contributions to the INSS. Assessments have been filed against us
primarily relating to claims regarding joint and several liability and claims regarding the percentage to be used to calculate workers’
compensation benefits and other amounts subject to social security tax.
As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$650 million of these
assessments. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions of R$24 million for those assessments in respect of which we
deemed the risk of loss as probable.
PIS and COFINS
In 2006, the Brazilian federal tax authorities filed a claim in the amount of R$1,026 million related to the basis for the calculation
of PIS/COFINS. In 2007, TNL obtained a partially favorable decision in a lower court that reduced the amount of this claim to
R$585 million. Both TNL and the Brazilian federal tax authorities filed appeals, with respect to which decisions are pending. As of
December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$2,136 million of these assessments and had
not recorded any provisions in respect of these assessments. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions of R$23 million for
those assessments in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.
Other Tax Claims
There are various federal taxes that have been assessed against us, largely relating to (1) assessments of taxes against our company
that we do not believe are due and which we are contesting, and (2) our use of tax credits to offset certain federal taxes, which the
federal tax authorities are contesting.
As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to approximately R$4,186 million of these
assessments. As December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$184 million for those assessments in respect of
which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.
Civil Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations
As of December 31, 2019, the total estimated contingency in connection with civil claims against us in respect of which the risk of
loss was deemed probable or possible, totaled R$3,818 million, and we had recorded provisions of R$2,150 million relating to these
proceedings.
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Administrative Proceedings
On an almost weekly basis, we receive inquiries from ANATEL requiring information from us on our compliance with the various
service obligations imposed on us by our concession agreements. If we are unable to respond satisfactorily to those inquiries or comply
with our service obligations under our concession agreements, ANATEL may commence administrative proceedings in connection with
such noncompliance. We have received numerous notices of commencement of administrative proceedings from ANATEL, mostly due
to our inability to achieve certain targets established in the RGQ and the PGMU.
At the time that ANATEL notifies us it believes that we have failed to comply with our obligations, we evaluate the claim and,
based on our assessment of the probability of loss relating to that claim, may establish a provision. We vigorously contest a substantial
number of the assessments made against us.
As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$570 million with respect to these claims.
Brazilian Antitrust Proceedings
We are subject to administrative proceedings and preliminary investigations conducted by the Brazilian antitrust authorities with
respect to potential violations of the Brazilian antitrust law. Such investigations may result in penalties, including fines. During 2019,
no fines or penalties were levied against us. We deemed the risk of loss as possible that we will be fined in one or more of such
proceedings and have not recorded any provisions for those claims.
Financial Interest Agreements (PEX and PCT)
Prior to the privatization of Telebrás, users of fixed-line telephony services in Brazil were required to purchase the right to use
fixed telephone lines. These purchases could be made through two types of financial interest agreements: (1) Plan of Expansion (Plano
de Expansão), or PEX, contracts; and (2) Community Telephone Program (Planta Comunitária de Telefonia), or PCT, contracts. Under
PEX contracts, customers who purchased a telephone line acquired the right subscribe for a number of a telephone company’s shares.
Under the PCT program, users who purchased a telephone line acquired a participation in an association formed by a local community
that subcontracted the construction or expansion of necessary infrastructure, which was then sold to the telephone company, in
exchange for shares of the company. The number of shares to be issued to each user was determined based on a formula that divided the
contract value by the book value of the shares.
We are a defendant in several claims filed by users of telephone lines in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. Prior to our acquisition of
control of CRT in July 2000, CRT entered into PEX contracts with its fixed-line subscribers. Beginning in June 1997, certain of CRT’s
fixed-line subscribers began to file suits in which they claimed that the calculation used by CRT to arrive at the number of shares to be
issued pursuant to the financial interest agreements was incorrect and resulted in the claimants receiving too few shares.
In addition, as successor to various companies we acquired in the privatization of Telebrás and which were subsequently merged
into our company, we are subject to various civil claims filed by PCT participants who also disagree with the value of their shares in
those companies and who seek to recover the amounts they invested.
In 2009, two court decisions significantly changed the assumptions underlying our estimate of the potential losses relating to these
suits. In March 2009, the Brazilian Supreme Court published a decision ruling that the financial interest agreements are subject to the
twenty-year statute of limitations prescribed by the Brazilian Civil Code, as opposed to the three-year statute of limitations prescribed
by the Brazilian Corporate Law. This decision increased the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome in a greater number of these pending
cases than previously anticipated. Also in March 2009, the Superior Court of Justice ruled that the number of shares to be issued must
be calculated using the book value of the shares listed on company’s balance sheet at the end of the first month in which the shares were
issued.
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As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$398 million for those claims in respect of which we
deemed the risk of loss as probable.
Customer Service Centers
We are a defendant in 47 civil class actions filed by the Attorney General of the National Treasury jointly with certain consumer
agencies demanding the re-opening of customer service centers. The lower courts have rendered decisions in all of these proceedings,
some of which have been unfavorable to us. As of the date of this annual report, all of these proceedings are under appeal. As of
December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions in the amount of R$16.6 million for those claims in respect of which we deemed the
risk of loss as probable.
Customer Service
We are a defendant in a civil class action lawsuit filed by the Brazilian Federal Prosecutor’s Office seeking recovery for alleged
collective moral damages caused by TNL’s alleged non-compliance with the Customer Service (Serviço de Atendimento ao Consumidor
– SAC) regulations established by the Ministry of Justice (Ministério da Justiça). TNL presented its defense and asked for a change of
venue to federal court in Rio de Janeiro, where we are headquartered. Other defendants have been named and await service of process.
The amount involved in this action is R$300 million. As a result of a corporate reorganization in 2012, we have succeeded to TNL’s
position as a defendant in this action. As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as possible with respect to these lawsuits
and had not made any provisions with respect to this action since it was awaiting the court’s initial decision.
Special Civil Court Proceedings
We are party to proceedings in special civil courts relating to customer claims in connection with our basic subscription services.
The value of any individual claim does not exceed 40 minimum wages. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded provisions in the
amount of R$119 million for these claims in respect of which we deemed the risk of loss as probable.
Other Claims
We are defendants in various claims involving contract termination, indemnification of former suppliers and contractors, review of
contractual conditions due to economic stabilization plans and breach of contract. As of December 31, 2019, we had recorded
provisions in the amount of R$1,063 million in respect of these claims.
Labor Claims Relating to Oi S.A. and Our Brazilian Operations
We are a party to a large number of labor claims arising out of the ordinary course of our businesses. We do not believe any of
these claims, individually or in the aggregate would have a material effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations if
such claims are decided against us. These proceedings generally involve claims for: (1) risk premium payments sought by employees
working in dangerous conditions; (2) wage parity claims seeking equal pay among employees who do the same kind of work, within a
given period of time, and have the same productivity and technical performance; (3) indemnification payments for, among other things,
work accidents, occupational injuries, employment stability, child care allowances and achievement of productivity standards set forth
in our collective bargaining agreements; (4) overtime wages; and (5) joint liability allegations by employees of third-party service
providers.
As of December 31, 2019, the total estimated contingency in connection with labor claims against us in respect of which the risk
of loss was deemed probable or possible totaled R$2,849 million, and we had recorded provisions of R$2,051 million relating to these
proceedings.
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Legal Proceedings Relating to Our Financial Restructuring
Judicial Reorganization Proceedings
On June 20, 2016, Oi, together with the other RJ Debtors, filed a joint voluntary petition for judicial reorganization pursuant to the
Brazilian Bankruptcy Law with the RJ Court, pursuant an urgent measure approved by our board of directors.
On December 20, 2017, the RJ Plan was approved by a significant majority of creditors of each class present at a GCM. On
January 8, 2018, the RJ Court entered the Brazilian Confirmation Order, ratifying and confirming the RJ Plan, but modifying certain
provisions of the RJ Plan. The Brazilian Confirmation Order was published in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro on
February 5, 2018, the Brazilian Confirmation Date.
During 2018, the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in
the RJ Plan was concluded.
Extension of the Judicial Reorganization Proceedings
The Brazilian Bankruptcy Law provides that the RJ Proceedings and the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors may be terminated
on the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date if the RJ Court determines that all obligations provided for in the RJ Plan
have been satisfied based on the analysis of compliance with the RJ Plan.
On December 6, 2019, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that the judicial supervision of the RJ Debtors not be
terminated on February 5, 2020, the second anniversary of the Brazilian Confirmation Date, in order to allow us to continue to execute
the RJ Plan and remain focused on our strategic transformation. Notwithstanding the conclusion of the restructuring of the RJ Debtor’s
financial debt in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions set forth in the RJ Plan, we presented to the RJ Court
circumstances related to the complexity inherent to the magnitude of the RJ Proceedings and the ongoing reforms in the legal-regulatory
environment, which we believe require additional measures yet to be implemented under the RJ Proceedings.
On February 27, 2020, we filed a petition with the RJ Court requesting that we be permitted to submit to our creditors for their
consideration and deliberation at a new general creditors’ meeting a proposed amendment to the RJ Plan designed to achieve greater
operational and financial flexibility for our company to continue with investments and the fulfillment of our strategic plan. At the new
general creditors’ meeting, only creditors of the RJ Debtors that held credits and had voting rights at the time of the original GCM and
who continued to hold an interest in the debt obligations or equity securities of the RJ Debtors on February 27, 2020 will be entitled to
vote.
On March 6, 2020, the RJ Court issued a decision granting our request to hold a new general creditors’ meeting to deliberate on a
proposed amendment to the RJ Plan. The RJ Court required that:
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the RJ Debtors must submit the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court on or prior to September 8, 2020; and
the new general creditors’ meeting organized by the Judicial Administrator must take place within 60 days from the date of
submission of the proposed amendment to the RJ Plan to the RJ Court by the RJ Debtors.
We intend to seek to amend the RJ Plan in order to facilitate asset sales contemplated by our strategic plan, including the potential
sale of our mobile business and the proposed sales of other non-core assets. We continue to discuss the terms of the proposed
amendment with various constituencies of our company and can provide no assurances with respect to the specific terms of the
proposed amendment that will be presented to the RJ Court.
ANATEL Proceedings
As a result of the commencement of the RJ Proceedings on June 20, 2016, all outstanding non-tax claims of ANATEL against the
RJ Debtors as of that date became subject to compromise under our RJ Proceedings. As of December 31, 2017, the aggregate amount of
the contingencies for claims of ANATEL recognized by the RJ Court was R$9,334 million.
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Under the RJ Plan, claims of ANATEL were classified as Class III claims. Under the RJ Plan, liquidated claims of ANATEL
outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been novated and in calculating the recovery of ANATEL under these claims the amounts of all
accrued interest included in these claims was reduced by 50% and the amounts of all late charges included in these claims was reduced
by 25%. The remaining amount of these claims will be settled in 240 monthly installments, beginning on June 30, 2018, in the amount
of 0.160% of the outstanding claims for the first 60 monthly installments, 0.330% of the outstanding claims for the next 60 monthly
installments, 0.500% of the outstanding claims for the next 60 monthly installments, 0.660% of the outstanding claims for the next 59
monthly installments, and the remainder at maturity on June 30, 2038. Beginning on July 31, 2018, the amounts of each monthly
installment have been be adjusted by the SELIC variation. Payments of monthly installments will be made through the application of
judicial deposits related to these claims until the balance of these judicial deposits has been exhausted and thereafter will be payable in
cash in reais.
Under the RJ Plan, non-liquidated claims of ANATEL outstanding as of June 20, 2016 have been novated and ANATEL is
entitled to the Default Recovery with respect to these claims.
In the event that a legal rule is adopted in Brazil that regulates an alternative manner for the settlement of the claims of ANATEL
outstanding as of June 20, 2016, the RJ Debtors may adopt the new regime, observing the terms and conditions set forth in Oi’s
by-laws.
Notwithstanding the above, ANATEL has challenged the treatment of its outstanding claims for fines, interest and penalties in the
RJ Proceedings. Concurrently with our negotiations with our financial creditors as part of our RJ Proceedings, we engaged in
negotiation and litigation with ANATEL, our largest creditor, with respect to the treatment of outstanding claims for fines, interest and
penalties in the RJ Proceedings. On November 24, 2016, a hearing was held with the goal of consensually resolving ANATEL’s claims
against the RJ Debtors’ as part of a mediation procedure initiated under RJ Proceedings. However, ANATEL filed an appeal against the
decision which ordered the mediation, which is pending judgement.
The revised list of creditors submitted to the RJ Court by the Judicial Administrator, or the Second List of Creditors, recognized
claims of ANATEL in the aggregate amount of approximately R$11.1 billion. On June 9, 2017 ANATEL filed a challenge to the
Second List of Creditors, objecting the inclusion of its claim. We disagree with the amount and are challenging some of the
noncompliance events alleged by ANATEL, and are also challenging the fairness of the penalties, emphasizing the unreasonableness of
the amount of the imposed fines in light of the alleged noncompliance events.
The inclusion of the claims of ANATEL in the RJ Debtor’s judicial reorganization plan does not require the consent of ANATEL,
but instead depends on the recognition of the applicability of the RJ Proceedings to these claims.
On August 23, 2016, ANATEL filed an appeal against the decision of the RJ Court which granted the processing of the RJ
Proceedings, stating that the RJ Proceedings did not apply to ANATEL’s claims. On August 29, 2017, the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio
de Janeiro State Court of Justice granted ANATEL’s appeal to maintain the name of the RJ Debtors in the databases of the credit
protection agencies, but held that the pre-petition claims of ANATEL were not tax claims and, therefore, were subject to the RJ
Proceedings. On October 20, 2017, ANATEL filed a special and an extraordinary appeals against the decision of the 8th Civil Chamber
of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice. Judgments on these appeals by the Superior Court of Justice and the Supreme Court of
Brazil are pending.
Non-Provisioned Contingencies
We are defendants in various proceedings with no legal precedent involving network expansion plans, compensation for moral and
material damages, collections and bidding proceedings, intellectual property and supplementary pension plan, among others, for which
we deem the risk of loss as possible and have not recorded any provisions. As of December 31, 2019, we deemed the risk of loss as
possible with respect to R$30,882 million of these proceedings. This amount is based on total value of the damages being sought by the
plaintiffs; however, the value of some of these claims, cannot be estimated at this time. Typically, we believe the value of individual
claims to be beyond the merits of the case in question.
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Dividends and Dividend Policy
Dividend Policy
Oi’s dividend distribution policy has historically included the distribution of periodic dividends, based on the annual financial
statements approved by Oi’s board of directors, in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law and as set forth in Oi’s by-laws, which
provide that, in general, a minimum amount of 25% of Oi’s consolidated net income for each fiscal year, as calculated and adjusted for
amounts allocated to legal and other applicable reserves in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law, must be distributed to
shareholders. We refer to this amount as the mandatory distributable amount. Oi may pay the mandatory distributable amount as
dividends, interest attributable to shareholders’ equity (which is similar to a dividend but is deductible in calculating corporate income
tax and social contribution on net profits, subject to certain limitations imposed by law as described in “Item 10. Additional
Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Interest on Shareholders’ Equity”). Payment of intermediate or interim
dividends is also be permitted, subject to market conditions, Oi’s then-prevailing financial condition and other factors deemed relevant
by Oi’s board of directors. Oi may set off any payment of interim dividends against the amount of the mandatory distributable amount
to be paid in the year in which the interim dividends are paid.
Notwithstanding the above, under Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan, Oi and the other RJ Debtors are prohibited from declaring or
paying dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or making any other payment or distribution on or
related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) until February 5, 2024. After February 5, 2024, Oi
and the other RJ Debtors will be permitted to declare or pay dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on
capital or make any other payment or distribution on or related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or
consolidation) if the ratio of Oi’s consolidated net debt (defined as Financial Credits, minus Cash Balance (in each case as defined in
the RJ Plan)) to EBITDA (as defined in the RJ Plan) for the fiscal year ended immediately prior to any such declaration or payment is
less than or equal to 2 to 1.
The restrictions of the payment of dividends and other distributions described above are subject to the following exceptions:
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dividends, return on capital or other distributions made between the RJ Debtors;
payments by Oi and the other RJ Debtors to dissenting shareholders, according to applicable law, carried out after
February5, 2018; and
any payment of dividends made in accordance with the RJ Plan.
There shall not be any restriction to the distribution of dividends under the RJ Plan after the full payment of the Financial Credits.
Pursuant to Section 10.2.1 of the RJ Plan, if at any time any two of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch rate Oi as investment
grade and no default occurs, the restrictions on distributions imposed by Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan will be suspended. However, if one
of these rating agencies, or both of them, subsequently cancels or downgrades Oi’s rating, then the suspended restrictions will be
reinstated.
When Oi declares dividends, Oi is generally required to pay them within 60 days of declaring them, unless the shareholders’
resolution establishes another payment date. In any event, if Oi declares dividends, Oi must pay them by the end of the fiscal year for
which they are declared. Under Article 9 of Law No. 9,249/95 and Oi’s by-laws, Oi also may pay interest attributable to shareholders’
equity as an alternative form of dividends upon approval of Oi’s board of directors.
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Because Oi’s shares are issued in book-entry form, dividends with respect to any share are automatically credited to the account
holding such share. Shareholders who are not residents of Brazil must register with the Brazilian Central Bank in order for dividends,
sales proceeds or other amounts with respect to their shares to be eligible to be remitted outside of Brazil.
The Common Shares and Preferred Shares underlying our ADSs are held in Brazil by the depositary, which has registered with the
Brazilian Central Bank as the registered owner of such Common Shares and Preferred Shares. Payments of cash dividends and
distributions, if any, will be made in Brazilian currency to the depositary. The depositary will then convert such proceeds into dollars
and will cause such dollars to be distributed to holders of our ADSs. As with other types of remittances from Brazil, the Brazilian
government may impose temporary restrictions on remittances to foreign investors of the proceeds of their investments in Brazil, as it
did for approximately six months in 1989 and early 1999, and on the conversion of Brazilian currency into foreign currencies, which
could hinder or prevent the depositary from converting dividends into U.S. dollars and remitting these U.S. dollars abroad. See “Item 3.
Key Information—Risk Factors—Risks Relating to the Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs.”
Distributions of dividends, including interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, in any year are made:
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first, to the holders of Preferred Shares, up to the greater non-cumulative amount of: (1) 6.0% per year of the amount
resulting from Oi’s share capital divided by the number of Oi’s total issued shares, or (2) 3.0% per year of the book value of
Oi’s shareholders’ equity divided by the number of Oi’s total issued shares, or the Minimum Preferred Dividend;
then, to the holders of Common Shares, until the amount distributed in respect of each Common Share is equal to the
amount distributed in respect of each Preferred Share; and
thereafter, to the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares on a pro rata basis.
Under Oi’s by-laws, if the Minimum Preferred Dividend is not paid for a period of three years, holders of Preferred Shares are
entitled to full voting rights. As a result of Oi’s failure to pay the Minimum Preferred Dividend for 2014, 2015 and 2016, holders of
Oi’s Preferred Shares obtained full voting rights on April 28, 2017, the date that Oi’s annual shareholders’ meeting approved our
financial statements for fiscal year 2016.
Historical Payment of Dividends
Oi has not paid any dividends and/or interest attributable to shareholders’ equity since January 1, 2014.
Taxation of Dividends
Under the current Brazilian tax law, dividends paid to persons who are not Brazilian residents, including holders of ADSs, are not
subject to Brazilian withholding tax, except for dividends declared based on profits generated prior to December 31, 1995, which may
be subject to Brazilian withholding income tax at varying tax rates. Any payment of interest attributable to shareholders’ equity to
holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, whether or not they are Brazilian residents, is subject to Brazilian withholding
tax at the rate of 15%, except that a 25% withholding tax rate applies if the recipient is domiciled in a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction. For
information regarding Brazilian tax implications of dividends and interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, see “Item 10. Additional
Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”
Holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs may also be subject to U.S. federal income taxation on dividends and
interest attributable to shareholders’ equity. For more information on the U.S. federal income tax implications of dividends and interest
attributable to shareholders’ equity, see “Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”
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Significant Changes
Other than as disclosed in this annual report, no significant change has occurred since the date of the audited consolidated
financial statements included in this annual report.
ITEM 9.
THE OFFER AND LISTING
Markets for Oi’s Equity Securities
The principal trading market for Common Shares and Preferred Shares is the B3, where they are traded under the symbols
“OIBR3” and “OIBR4,” respectively. Oi’s Common ADSs trade on the NYSE under the symbol “OIBR.C.” The OTC Markets Group,
Inc. publishes quotations for Oi’s Preferred ADS in the “pink sheets” under the trading symbol OIBRQ.
Regulation of Brazilian Securities Markets
The Brazilian securities markets are regulated by the CVM, which has regulatory authority over the stock exchanges and the
securities markets generally, the National Monetary Council and the Brazilian Central Bank, which has, among other powers, licensing
authority over brokerage firms and which regulates foreign investment and foreign exchange transactions. The Brazilian securities
markets are governed by (1) Law No. 6,385, as amended and supplemented, which is the principal law governing the Brazilian
securities markets, (2) the Brazilian Corporate Law, and (3) the regulations issued by the CVM, the National Monetary Council and the
Brazilian Central Bank.
These laws and regulations provide for, among other things, disclosure requirements applicable to issuers of publicly traded
securities, restrictions on insider trading (including criminal sanctions under the Brazilian Penal Code) and price manipulation,
protection of minority shareholders and disclosure of transactions in a company’s securities by its insiders, including directors, officers
and major shareholders. They also provide for the licensing and oversight of brokerage firms and the governance of Brazilian stock
exchanges.
However, the Brazilian securities markets are not as highly regulated or supervised as U.S. securities markets or securities markets
in some other jurisdictions. In addition, rules and policies against self-dealing or for preserving shareholder interests may be less well-
defined and enforced in Brazil than in the United States, which may put holders of Common Shares and Common ADSs at a
disadvantage. Finally, corporate disclosures also may be less complete than for public companies in the United States and certain other
jurisdictions.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, a company is either publicly held (companhia aberta), as Oi is, or privately held (companhia
fechada). All publicly held companies are registered with the CVM and are subject to reporting and regulatory requirements. A
company registered with CVM may have its securities traded either on the B3 or in the Brazilian over-the-counter market. Shares of
companies, such as Oi, that are listed on the B3 may not simultaneously trade on the Brazilian over-the-counter market. The shares of a
publicly held company may also be traded privately, subject to certain limitations.
The Brazilian over-the-counter market consists of direct trades between individuals in which a financial institution registered with
the CVM serves as intermediary. No special application, other than registration with the CVM, is necessary for securities of a public
company to be traded in this market. The CVM requires that it be given notice of all trades carried out in the Brazilian over-the-counter
market by the respective intermediaries.
Brazilian regulations also require that any person or group of persons representing the same interest that has directly or indirectly
carried out a material transaction or set of transactions by which the equity interest held by such person or group of persons surpasses or
falls below the thresholds of 5%, or any 5% multiple thereof, of a type or class of shares of a publicly traded company must provide
such publicly traded company with information on such transaction and its purpose, and such company must transmit this information
to the CVM. If this acquisition causes a change in the control of the company or in the administrative structure of the company, or if
this acquisition triggers the obligation to make a public offering in accordance with CVM Instruction No. 361, as amended, then the
acquirer must disclose this information to the applicable stock exchanges and the same means of communication usually adopted by the
company.
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Trading on the B3
Overview of the B3
In 2000, the BOVESPA was reorganized through the execution of memoranda of understanding by the Brazilian stock exchanges.
Following this reorganization, the BOVESPA was a non-profit entity owned by its member brokerage firms and trading on the
BOVESPA was limited to these member brokerage firms and a limited number of authorized nonmembers. Under the memoranda, all
securities are now traded only on the BOVESPA, with the exception of electronically traded public debt securities and privatization
auctions, which are traded on the Rio de Janeiro Stock Exchange.
In August 2007, the BOVESPA underwent a corporate restructuring that resulted in the creation of BOVESPA Holding S.A., a
public corporation, whose wholly-owned subsidiaries were (1) the BOVESPA, which is responsible for the operations of the stock
exchange and the organized over-the-counter markets, and (2) the Brazilian Settlement and Custodial Company (Companhia Brasileira
de Liquidação e Custódia), or CBLC, which is responsible for settlement, clearing and depositary services. In the corporate
restructuring, all holders of membership certificates of the BOVESPA and of shares of CBLC became shareholders of BOVESPA
Holding S.A. As a result of the corporate restructuring, access to the trading and other services rendered by the BOVESPA is not
conditioned on stock ownership in BOVESPA Holding S.A.
In May 2008, the BOVESPA merged with the Commodities and Futures Exchange (Bolsa de Mercadorias & Futuros) to form the
BM&FBOVESPA. In November 2008, the CBLC merged with the BM&FBOVESPA. As a result, the BM&FBOVESPA now performs
its own settlement, clearing and depositary services. In March 2017, BM&FBOVESPA merged with Cetip S.A. – Mercados
Organizados, a settlement and clearing house in Brazil to form the B3 S.A. – Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão.
Trading and Settlement
Trading of equity securities on the B3 is conducted through an electronic trading system called Megabolsa every business day,
typically from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., São Paulo time. During certain months, however, to account for daylight saving time in Brazil
and more closely align with trading hours in the United States, trading hours on the B3 are extended by one hour to 6:00 p.m., São
Paulo time. When trading ends at 5:00 p.m. São Paulo time, trading of equity securities on the B3 is also conducted after market
between 5:25 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., São Paulo time, in an after-market system connected to both traditional brokerage firms and
brokerage firms operating on the internet. This after-market trading is subject to regulatory limits on price volatility of securities and on
the volume of shares traded by investors operating on the internet. When trading ends at 5:00 p.m. São Paulo time, there is no after-
market trading.
Since March 2003, market making activities have been allowed on the B3. As of the date of this annual report Credit Suisse
(Brasil) S.A. Corretora de Títulos e Valores Mobiliários acts as market maker of the Common Shares and Preferred Shares on the B3.
Trading in securities listed on the B3 may be effected off the exchange in the unorganized over-the-counter market under certain
circumstances, although such trading is very limited.
The trading of securities of a company on the B3 is automatically suspended when a Company announces a material event. It is
also recommended that the company simultaneously make a request to suspend trading in any international stock exchange in which its
securities are traded. The CVM and the B3 have discretionary authority to suspend trading in shares of a particular issuer, based on or
due to a belief that, among other reasons, a company has provided inadequate information regarding a material event or has provided
inadequate responses to inquiries by the CVM or the B3.
In order to reduce volatility, the B3 has adopted a “circuit breaker” mechanism under which trading sessions may be suspended for
a period of 30 minutes or one hour whenever the Ibovespa index falls 10% or 15%, respectively, compared to the closing of the
previous trading session. Also, if after the reopening of the market the Ibovespa falls 20% compared to the closing of the previous day,
the operations are suspended for a certain period to be defined by the B3. This mechanism is not applied in the last half hour of the
trading session.
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Settlement of transactions on the B3 is effected two business days after the trade date, without adjustment of the purchase price for
inflation. Delivery of and payment for shares is made through the facilities of the clearing and settlement chamber of the B3.
Regulation of Foreign Investments
Trading on the B3 by a holder not deemed to be domiciled in Brazil for Brazilian tax and regulatory purposes, or a Non-Brazilian
Holder, is subject to certain limitations under Brazilian foreign investment regulations. With limited exceptions, Non-Brazilian Holder
may trade on the B3 only in accordance with the requirements of Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 of the National Monetary Council.
Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 requires that securities held by Non-Brazilian Holders be registered, maintained in the custody of, or
maintained in deposit accounts with, financial institutions that are authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank and the CVM, as applicable.
Subject to limited exceptions provided in the CVM regulation or previous CVM authorization, Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373
requires Non-Brazilian Holders (1) to restrict their securities trading to transactions on the B3 or qualified over-the-counter markets;
and (2) to not transfer the ownership of investments made under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 through private transactions. See
“Item 10. Additional Information—Exchange Controls—Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373,” and “Item 10. Additional
Information—Exchange Controls—Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373 – ADSs” for further information about Resolution No. 4,373, and
“Item 10. Additional Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains” for a description of certain tax
benefits extended to Non-Brazilian Holders who qualify under Resolution No. 4,373.
B3 Corporate Governance Standards
In December 2000, the B3 introduced three special listing segments:
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Level 1 of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices;
Level 2 of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices; and
The Novo Mercado (New Market).
These special listing segments were designed for the trading of shares issued by companies that voluntarily undertake to abide by
corporate governance practices and disclosure requirements in addition to those already required by Brazilian law. The inclusion of a
company in any of the special listing segments requires adherence to a series of corporate governance rules. These rules were designed
to increase shareholders’ rights and enhance the quality of information provided to shareholders.
Oi’s shares joined Level 1 of Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices on December 14, 2012. As a Level 1 company, Oi
must, among other things:
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ensure that shares representing 25% of its total share capital are effectively available for trading;
adopt offering procedures that favor widespread ownership of shares whenever Oi makes a public offering;
comply with minimum quarterly disclosure standards, including issuing consolidated financial information, a cash flow
statement, and special audit revisions on a quarterly basis;
follow stricter disclosure policies with respect to contracts with related parties, material contracts and transactions involving
its securities made by its controlling shareholders, if any, directors or executive officers;
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make a schedule of corporate events available to its shareholders; and
hold public meetings with analysts and investors at least annually.
Pursuant to the regulations of the B3, the members of Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers are personally liable for its
compliance with the rules and regulations of the B3’s Level 1 Listing Segment.
Moreover, in September 2015, Oi amended its by-laws in order to comply with the rules of the Novo Mercado segment of the B3
even though Oi has not formally joined this special listing segment. These amendments include the requirement that at least 20% of the
members of Oi’s board of directors be independent members as defined in the listing regulations of the Novo Mercado and Article 141,
paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.
ITEM 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Description of Oi’s By-laws
The following is a summary of the material provisions of Oi’s by-laws and of the Brazilian Corporate Law. In Brazil, a company’s
by-laws (estatuto social) are the principal governing document of a corporation (sociedade anônima). This summary also includes
relevant provisions of the RJ Plan. In case of a conflict and/or discrepancy between the RJ Plan and Oi’s by-laws’ rules, the RJ Plan
shall prevail.
General
Oi’s registered name is Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, and its registered office is located in the City of Rio de Janeiro, State
of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oi’s registration number with the Board of Trade of the State of Rio de Janeiro is No. 33.3.0029520-8. Oi has
been duly registered with the CVM under No. 11312 since March 27, 1980. Oi’s headquarters are located in City of Rio de Janeiro,
State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Oi has a perpetual existence.
As of December 31, 2019 and April 24, 2020, Oi had outstanding share capital of R$32,538,937,370.00, comprised of
5,954,205,001 total shares, consisting of 5,796,477,760 issued Common Shares and 157,727,241 issued Preferred Shares, including
30,595 Common Shares and 1,811,755 Preferred Shares held in treasury. All of Oi’s outstanding share capital is fully paid. All of Oi’s
shares are without par value. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, the aggregate number of Oi’s non-voting and limited voting preferred
shares may not exceed two-thirds of Oi’s total outstanding share capital. In addition, Oi’s board of directors may increase Oi’s share
capital to a number of Common Shares equivalent to R$38,038,701,741.49, provided that no Preferred Shares are issued by Oi in public
or private subscriptions.
Corporate Purposes
Under Article 2 of Oi’s by-laws, Oi’s corporate purposes are:
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to offer telecommunications services and all activities required or useful for the operation of these services, in conformity
with its concessions, authorizations and permits;
to participate in the capital of other companies;
to organize wholly-owned subsidiaries for the performance of activities that are consistent with its corporate purposes and
recommended to be decentralized;
to import, or promote the importation of, goods and services that are necessary to the performance of activities consistent
with its corporate purposes;
to provide technical assistance services to other telecommunications companies engaged in activities of common interest;
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to perform study and research activities aimed at the development of the telecommunications sector;
to enter into contracts and agreements with other telecommunications companies or other persons or entities to assure the
operations of its services, with no loss of its attributions and responsibilities; and
to perform other activities related to the above corporate purposes.
Board of Directors
Oi’s by-laws provide for a board of directors of up to 11 members with no alternate members. Members who are absent at
meetings will be entitled to appoint a substitute among the present members to vote in their stead. Under Oi’s by-laws, any matters
subject to the approval of Oi’s board of directors can be approved only by a majority of votes of the members of Oi’s board of directors.
In the event of a tie, the chairman of the board of directors shall cast the deciding vote. Under Oi’s by-laws, Oi’s board of directors may
only deliberate if a majority of its members are present at a duly convened meeting.
Oi’s board of directors is presided over by the chairman of the board of directors and, in his or her absence, on an interim basis, by
the vice-chairman of the board of directors and, in his or her absence, on an interim basis, by another member appointed by the
chairman or, if no such member has been appointed, by another member appointed by the other members in attendance. Pursuant to
Oi’s by-laws, the chairman and vice-chairman of Oi’s board of directors are elected by the members of the Oi’s board of directors
during their first meeting following their election. Oi’s by-laws provide that the positions of chairman of Oi’s board of directors and
Oi’s chief executive officer or principal executive may not be held by the same person.
The following paragraphs describe the material provisions of Oi’s by-laws and of the Brazilian Corporate Law that apply to the
members of Oi’s board of directors.
Election of Directors
The members of Oi’s board of directors are elected at general meetings of shareholders for concurrent two-year terms and are
eligible for reelection.
Generally, members of Oi’s board of directors are subject to removal at any time with or without cause at a general meeting of
shareholders. The RJ Plan, however, provides certain corporate governance rules that apply to Oi’s board of directors during the
effectiveness of the RJ Plan, superseding the provisions of Oi’s by-laws. As provided in the RJ Plan, until the expiration of the term of
Oi’s current board of directors, which will occur on September 17, 2020, the members of Oi’s board of directors may not be removed
from office, except due to gross mistake, willful misconduct, gross negligence, abuse of term of office or violation of fiduciary duties in
accordance with applicable law. Following the expiration of the term of Oi’s current board of directors, the election of subsequent
boards of directors will follow the rules established by Oi’s by-laws and the Brazilian Corporate Law.
The tenure of the members of the board of directors and board of executive officers is conditioned on such members signing a
Term of Consent (Termo de Anuência dos Administradores) in accordance with the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of
the B3 and complying with applicable legal requirements.
Qualification of Directors
There is no minimum share ownership or citizenship or residency requirement to qualify for membership on Oi’s board of
directors. Oi’s by-laws do not require the members of its board of directors to be residents of Brazil. The Brazilian Corporate Law
requires each of Oi’s executive officers to be residents of Brazil. The tenure of the members of the board of directors will be
conditioned on the appointment of a representative who resides in Brazil, with powers to receive service of process in proceedings
initiated against such member based on the corporate legislation, by means of a power-of-attorney with a validity term of at least three
years after the end of such member’s term of office. Pursuant to Oi’s by-laws, Oi’s directors may not (1) hold positions, particularly
positions in advisory, management or audit committees, of companies that compete with Oi or its subsidiaries, and (2) may not have
conflicts of interest with Oi or its subsidiaries.
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Pursuant to Oi’s by-laws, at least 20% of the members of Oi’s board of directors must be independent as defined in the listing
regulations of the Novo Mercado segment of the B3 and must be expressly declared as independent in the shareholders’ meeting that
elects them, being also considered as independent the members elected as per article 141, paragraphs 4 and 5 of the Brazilian Corporate
Law. All of the members of Oi’s board of directors are independent.
Fiduciary Duties and Conflicts of Interest
All members of Oi’s board of directors owe fiduciary duties to Oi and all of Oi’s shareholders.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, if one of Oi’s directors or executive officers has a conflict of interest with Oi in connection
with any proposed transaction, such director or executive officer may not vote in any decision of Oi’s board of directors or of Oi’s
board of executive officers, as the case may be, regarding such transaction and must disclose the nature and extent of his or her
conflicting interest for inclusion in the minutes of the applicable meeting.
Any transaction in which one of Oi’s directors or executive officers may have an interest, including any financings, can only be
approved on reasonable and fair terms and conditions that are no more favorable than the terms and conditions prevailing in the market
or offered by third parties. If any such transaction does not meet this requirement, then the Brazilian Corporate Law provides that the
transaction may be nullified and the interested director or executive officer must return to Oi any benefits or other advantages that he or
she obtained from, or as result of, such transaction. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law and upon the request of a shareholder who owns
at least 5.0% of Oi’s total share capital, Oi’s directors and executive officers must reveal to Oi’s shareholders at an ordinary meeting of
Oi’s shareholders certain transactions and circumstances that may give rise to a conflict of interest. In addition, Oi or any shareholder
who owns 5.0% or more of Oi’s share capital may bring an action for civil liability against directors and executive officers for any
losses caused to Oi as a result of a conflict of interest.
Compensation
Under Oi’s by-laws, holders of Common Shares approve the aggregate compensation payable to Oi’s board of directors, board of
executive officers and fiscal council. Subject to this approval, Oi’s board of directors establishes the compensation of its members and
of Oi’s executive officers. See “Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees—Compensation.”
Mandatory Retirement
Neither the Brazilian Corporate Law nor Oi’s by-laws establish any mandatory retirement age for Oi’s directors or executive
officers.
Share Capital
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, the number of Oi’s issued and outstanding non-voting shares or shares with limited voting
rights, such as Preferred Shares, may not exceed two-thirds of Oi’s total outstanding share capital.
Each Common Share entitles its holder to one vote at Oi’s annual and extraordinary shareholders’ meetings. Holders of Common
Shares are not entitled to any preference in respect of dividends or other distributions or otherwise in case of Oi’s liquidation.
Preferred Shares are non-voting, except in limited circumstances, and do not have priority over Common Shares in the case of
Oi’s liquidation. See “—Voting Rights” for information regarding the voting rights of Oi’s preferred shares and “Item 8. Financial
Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy” for information regarding the distribution preferences of Preferred Shares.
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The issuance of new preferred shares by Oi is prohibited.
Shareholders’ Meetings
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’s shareholders must hold their ordinary annual meeting by April 30 of each year in
order to:
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approve or reject the financial statements approved by Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers, including any
recommendation by Oi’s board of directors for the allocation of net profit and distribution of dividends; and
elect members of Oi’s board of directors (upon expiration of their two-year terms) and members of Oi’s fiscal council.
In addition to the annual shareholders’ meetings, holders of Common Shares have the power to determine any matters related to
changes in Oi’s corporate purposes and to pass any resolutions they deem necessary to protect and enhance Oi’s development whenever
Oi’s interests so require, by means of extraordinary shareholders’ meetings.
Oi convenes shareholders’ meetings, including the annual shareholders’ meeting, by publishing a notice in the national edition of
Valor Econômico, a Brazilian newspaper, and in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law,
on the first call of any meeting, the notice must be published no fewer than three times, beginning at least 15 calendar days prior to the
scheduled meeting date, and companies that have issued ADSs must publish their notice at least 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting
date. Oi publishes notices of meetings 30 calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting date. The notice must contain the meeting’s
place, date, time, agenda and, in the case of a proposed amendment to Oi’s by-laws, a description of the subject matter of the proposed
amendment.
Oi’s board of directors may convene a shareholders’ meeting. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, shareholders’ meetings also
may be convened by Oi’s shareholders as follows:
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by any of Oi’s shareholders if, under certain circumstances set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’s directors do not
convene a shareholders’ meeting required by law within 60 days;
by shareholders holding at least 5% of Oi’s total share capital if, after a period of eight days, Oi’s directors fail to call a
shareholders’ meeting that has been requested by such shareholders; and
by shareholders holding at least 5% of either Oi’s total voting share capital or Oi’s total non-voting share capital, if after a
period of eight days, Oi’s directors fail to call a shareholders’ meeting for the purpose of appointing a fiscal council that has
been requested by such shareholders.
In addition, Oi’s fiscal council may convene a shareholders’ meeting if Oi’s board of directors does not convene an annual
shareholders’ meeting within 30 days or at any other time to consider any urgent and serious matters.
Each shareholders’ meeting shall be convened and presided over by the chairman of the board of directors or his or her valid
proxy. In the case of absence of the chairman or his or her proxy, the meeting shall be convened and presided over by the vice-chairman
of the board of directors or his or her valid proxy. In the case of absence of the vice-chairman or his or her proxy, the meeting shall be
convened and presided by any director present at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall be responsible for choosing the
secretary of the meeting.
In order for a valid action to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting, shareholders representing at least 25% of Oi’s issued and
outstanding voting share capital must be present on first call. However, shareholders representing at least two-thirds of Oi’s issued and
outstanding voting share capital must be present on first call at a shareholders’ meeting called to amend Oi’s by-laws. If a quorum is not
present, Oi’s board of directors may issue a second call by publishing a notice as described above at least eight calendar days prior to
the scheduled meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the quorum requirements do not apply to a meeting held on the second
call, and the shareholders’ meetings may be convened with the presence of shareholders representing any number of shares (subject to
the voting requirements for certain matters described below). A shareholder without a right to vote may attend a shareholders’ meeting
and take part in the discussion of matters submitted for consideration.
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Voting Rights
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws, each Common Share entitles its holder to one vote at Oi’s shareholders’
meetings. Preferred Shares generally do not confer voting rights, except in limited circumstances described below. Oi may not restrain
or deny any voting rights without the consent of the majority of the shares affected. Whenever the shares of any class of share capital
are entitled to vote, each share is entitled to one vote.
Voting Rights of Common Shares
Except as otherwise provided by law, resolutions of a shareholders’ meeting are passed by a simple majority vote of the holders of
Common Shares present or represented at the meeting, without taking abstentions into account. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, the
approval of shareholders representing at least half of Oi’s outstanding voting shares is required for the types of action described below:
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reducing the mandatory dividend set forth in Oi’s by-laws;
changing its corporate purpose;
merging Oi with another company, or consolidating Oi, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
transferring all of Oi’s shares to another company, known as an “incorporação de ações” under the Brazilian Corporate
Law;
participating in a centralized group of companies (grupo de sociedades) as defined under the Brazilian Corporate Law and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
dissolving or liquidating Oi or canceling any ongoing liquidation;
creating any founders’ shares (partes beneficiárias) entitling the holders thereof to participate in Oi’s profits; and
spinning-off of all or any part of Oi.
Decisions on the transformation of Oi into another form of company require the unanimous approval of Oi’s shareholders,
including the holders of Preferred Shares.
Oi is required to give effect to shareholders’ agreements that contain provisions regarding the purchase or sale of Oi’s shares,
preemptive rights to acquire Oi’s shares, the exercise of the right to vote Oi’s shares or the power to control Oi, if these agreements are
filed at Oi’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian Corporate Law requires the president of any meeting of shareholders or board of
directors to disregard any vote taken by any of the parties to any shareholders’ agreement that has been duly filed with Oi that violates
the provisions of any such agreement. In the event that a shareholder that is party to a shareholders’ agreement (or a director appointed
by such shareholder) is absent from any meeting of shareholders or board of directors or abstains from voting, the other party or parties
to that shareholders’ agreement have the right to vote the shares of the absent or abstaining shareholder (or on behalf of the absent
director) in compliance with that shareholders’ agreement. No shareholders’ agreement affecting Oi’s shares has been filed at Oi’s
headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
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Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, neither Oi’s by-laws nor actions taken at a shareholders’ meeting may deprive any of Oi’s
shareholders of certain specific rights, including:
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the right to participate in the distribution of Oi’s profits;
the right to participate in any remaining residual assets in the event of Oi’s liquidation;
the right to supervise the management of Oi’s corporate business as specified in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
the right to preemptive rights in the event of an issuance of Oi’s shares, debentures convertible into Oi’s shares or
subscription bonuses, other than as provided in the Brazilian Corporate Law; and
the right to withdraw from Oi under the circumstances specified in the Brazilian Corporate Law.
Voting Rights of Minority Shareholders
Shareholders holding shares representing not less than 5% of Oi’s voting shares have the right to request that Oi adopt a
cumulative voting procedure for the election of the members of Oi’s board of directors. This procedure must be requested by the
required number of shareholders at least 48 hours prior to a shareholders’ meeting.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, shareholders that are not controlling shareholders, but that together hold either:
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Preferred Shares representing at least 10% of Oi’s total share capital; or
Common Shares representing at least 15% of Oi’s voting capital,
have the right to appoint one member to Oi’s board of directors at Oi’s annual shareholders’ meeting. If no group of holders of
Common Shares or Preferred Shares meets the thresholds described above, shareholders holding Common Shares or Preferred Shares
representing at least 10% of Oi’s total share capital are entitled to combine their holdings to appoint one member to Oi’s board of
directors. In the event that minority holders of Common Shares and/or holders of non-voting Preferred Shares elect a director and the
cumulative voting procedures described above are also used, Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, always retain the right to elect at
least one member more than the number of members elected by the other shareholders, regardless of the total number of members of
Oi’s board of directors. The shareholders seeking to exercise these minority rights must prove that they have held their shares for not
less than three months preceding the shareholders’ meeting at which the director will be appointed.
Under Oi’s by-laws, holders of Preferred Shares may appoint, by separate voting, one board member.
In accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law, the holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to elect one effective member and the
respective alternate to Oi’s fiscal council in a separate election. Minority shareholders have the same right as long as they jointly
represent 10% or more of the voting shares. The other shareholders with the right to vote may elect the remaining members and
alternates of the fiscal council, who, in any event, must exceed the number of members elected in the separate election by the holders of
Preferred Shares and the minority shareholders.
Voting Rights of Preferred Shares
Holders of Preferred Shares are not entitled to vote on any matter, except:
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with respect to the election of a member of Oi’s board of directors by holders of Preferred Shares holding at least 10% of
Oi’s total share capital as described above;
with respect to the election of a member and alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council as described above;
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with respect to the approval of the contracting of foreign entities related to the controlling shareholders of Oi, if any, to
provide management services, including technical assistance. In these cases, Preferred Shares will have the right to vote
separately from the Common Shares;
with respect to the approval of the contracting of foreign entities related to the controlling shareholders of Oi, if any, to
provide management services, including technical assistance, the remuneration for which shall not exceed 0.1% of Oi’s
consolidated annual sales for fixed switched telephone service, net of taxes; and
in the limited circumstances described below.
The Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws provide that our Preferred Shares will acquire unrestricted voting rights and will be
entitled to vote together with our Common Shares on all matters put to a vote in Oi’s shareholders’ meetings if the Minimum Preferred
Dividend (as determined in accordance with Oi’s by-laws and Brazilian Corporate Law) is not paid for a period of three years. As a
result of Oi’s failure to pay the Minimum Preferred Dividend for 2014, 2015 and 2016, holders of our Preferred Shares obtained full
voting rights on April 28, 2017, the date that Oi’s annual shareholders’ meeting approved our financial statements for fiscal year 2016.
This voting right will continue until the date on which Oi pays the Minimum Preferred Dividend for the then-most recently
completed fiscal year. During the period during which holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to vote together with Common Shares,
holders of Preferred Shares will not be entitled to the separate votes described above with respect to the election of a member of Oi’s
board of directors, a member and alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council, the approval of the contracting of foreign entities, or decisions
relating to the employment of foreign entities.
Liquidation
Oi may be liquidated in accordance with the provisions of Brazilian law. In the event of Oi’s extrajudicial liquidation, a
shareholders’ meeting will determine the manner of Oi’s liquidation and appoint Oi’s liquidator and Oi’s fiscal council that will
function during the liquidation period.
Upon Oi’s liquidation, Preferred Shares do not have a liquidation preference over Common Shares in respect of the distribution of
Oi’s net assets, but shall be entitled to unrestricted voting rights. In the event of Oi’s liquidation, the assets available for distribution to
Oi’s shareholders would be distributed to Oi’s shareholders in an amount equal to their pro rata share of Oi’s legal capital. If the assets
to be so distributed are insufficient to fully compensate all of Oi’s shareholders for their legal capital, each of Oi’s shareholders would
receive a pro rata amount (based on their pro rata share of Oi’s legal capital) of any assets available for distribution.
Preemptive Rights
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, each of Oi’s shareholders has a general preemptive right to subscribe for Oi’s shares or
securities convertible into Oi’s shares in any capital increase, in proportion to the number of Oi’s shares held by such shareholder.
Under Oi’s by-laws, Oi’s board of directors or Oi’s shareholders, as the case may be, may decide not to extend preemptive rights
to Oi’s shareholders with respect to any issuance of Oi’s shares, debentures convertible into Oi’s shares or warrants made in connection
with a public exchange made to acquire control of another company or in connection with a public offering or sale through a stock
exchange. The preemptive rights are transferable and must be exercised within a period of at least 30 days following the publication of
notice of the issuance of shares or securities convertible into Oi’s shares. Holders of ADSs may not be able to exercise the preemptive
rights relating to Oi’s shares underlying their ADSs unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is effective with respect to
those rights or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. Oi is not obligated to file a registration
statement with respect to the shares relating to these preemptive rights or to take any other action to make preemptive rights available to
holders of ADSs, and Oi is not required to file any such registration statement.
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Redemption, Amortization, Tender Offers and Rights of Withdrawal
Oi’s by-laws or Oi’s shareholders at a shareholders’ meeting may authorize Oi to use its profits or reserves to redeem or amortize
Oi’s shares in accordance with conditions and procedures established for such redemption or amortization. The Brazilian Corporate
Law defines “redemption” (resgate de ações) as the payment of the value of the shares in order to permanently remove such shares
from circulation, with or without a corresponding reduction of Oi’s share capital. The Brazilian Corporate Law defines
“amortization” (amortização) as the distribution to the shareholders, without a corresponding capital reduction, of amounts that they
would otherwise receive if Oi were liquidated. If an amortization distribution has been paid prior to Oi’s liquidation, then upon Oi’s
liquidation, the shareholders who did not receive an amortization distribution will have a preference equal to the amount of the
amortization distribution in the distribution of Oi’s capital.
The Brazilian Corporate Law authorizes Oi’s shareholders to approve in a shareholders’ meeting the redemption of Oi’s shares not
held by Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, if after a tender offer effected for the purpose of delisting Oi as a publicly held company,
Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, increase their participation in Oi’s total share capital to more than 95%. The redemption price in
such case would be the same price paid for Oi’s shares in any such tender offer.
The Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws also require the acquirer of control (in case of a change of control) or the controller
(in case of delisting or a substantial reduction in liquidity of Oi’s shares) to make a tender offer for the acquisition of the shares held by
minority shareholders under certain circumstances described below under “—Mandatory Tender Offers.” The shareholder can also
withdraw its capital from Oi under certain circumstances described below under “—Rights of Withdrawal.”
Mandatory Tender Offers
The Brazilian Corporate Law requires that if the Common Shares are delisted from the B3 or there is a substantial reduction in
liquidity of the Common Shares, as defined by the CVM, in each case as a result of purchases by Oi’s controlling shareholders, Oi’s
controlling shareholders must effect a tender offer for acquisition of the remaining Common Shares at a purchase price equal to the fair
value of the Common Shares taking into account the total number of outstanding Common Shares. Oi’s by-laws require the cancellation
of Oi’s registration as a public company with the CVM or Oi’s delisting from the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the
B3 be preceded by a public tender offer for acquisition of the all of the capital stock of Oi based on a fair market valuation of Oi’s
capital stock, in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law and the regulations issued by the CVM. The requirement to conduct a
mandatory tender offer preceding Oi’s delisting from the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the B3 may be avoided if
Oi instead joins the Novo Mercado or Level 2 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the B3 or, certain conditions being met, in the
case of a voluntary withdrawal from the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the B3.
Oi’s by-laws require that any transaction or series of transactions that results in a change of control of Oi be preceded by a public
offer for the purchase of all of Oi’s capital stock by the prospective purchaser in order to ensure the equitable treatment of all of Oi’s
shareholders, in accordance with the rules of the Novo Mercado segment of the B3.
Rights of Withdrawal
The Brazilian Corporate Law provides that, in certain limited circumstances, a dissenting shareholder may withdraw its equity
interest from Oi and be reimbursed by Oi for the value of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares that it then holds.
This right of withdrawal may be exercised by the dissenting or non-voting holders (including any holder of Preferred Shares) in
the event that the holders of a majority of all outstanding Common Shares authorize:
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a reduction of the mandatory dividend set forth in Oi’s by-laws;
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to create Preferred Shares or to increase the existing classes of Preferred Shares, without maintaining the proportion with
the remaining classes of Preferred Shares, except if provided for and authorized in the by-laws, subject to the conditions set
forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
changes in the preferences, advantages and conditions of redemption or amortization of one or more classes of Preferred
Shares, or the creation of a new class with greater privileges, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate
Law;
Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies;
to merge into another company or to consolidate with another company, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian
Corporate Law;
a change in Oi’s corporate purpose;
spinning off of all or any part of Oi, if such spin-off results in (1) a change in Oi’s business purpose (except if the spun-off
assets revert to a company whose main purpose is the same as Oi’s), (2) a reduction of the mandatory dividend set forth in
Oi’s by-laws, or (3) Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies; or
in one of the following transactions in which the shares held by such holders do not meet liquidity and dispersion thresholds
under the Brazilian Corporate Law:
➣ the merger of Oi with another company, or the consolidation of Oi, in a transaction in which Oi is not the surviving
entity;
➣ the transfer of all of the outstanding shares of another company to Oi in an incorporação de ações transaction; or
➣ Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies.
Dissenting or non-voting shareholders are also entitled to withdraw in the event that the entity resulting from a merger or spin-off
does not have its shares listed in an exchange or traded in the secondary market within 120 days from the shareholders’ meeting that
approved the relevant merger or spin-off.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event that Oi is consolidated or merged with another company, becomes part of a centralized
group of companies, or acquires the control of another company for a price in excess of certain limits imposed by the Brazilian
Corporate Law, holders of any type or class of Oi’s shares or the shares of the resulting entity that have minimal market liquidity and
are dispersed among a sufficient number of shareholders will not have the right to withdraw. For this purpose, shares that are part of the
Ibovespa index are considered liquid, and sufficient dispersion will exist if the controlling shareholder, the parent company or other
companies under its control hold less than half of the total number of outstanding shares of that type or class. In case of a spin-off, the
right of withdrawal will only exist if (1) there is a change in the corporate purpose, (2) there is a reduction in the mandatory dividend, or
(3) the spin-off results in Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies.
Only shareholders who own shares on the date of publication of the first notice convening the relevant shareholders’ meeting or
the material fact notice concerning the relevant transaction is published, whichever is earlier, will be entitled to withdrawal rights.
Shareholders will only be entitled to exercise withdrawal rights with respect to the shares held by them from such date until the date
withdrawal rights are exercised.
The redemption of shares arising out of the exercise of any withdrawal rights would be made at the book value of the shares,
determined on the basis of Oi’s most recent audited balance sheet approved by Oi’s shareholders. If the shareholders’ meeting
approving the action that gave rise to withdrawal rights occurred more than 60 days after the date of the most recent approved audited
balance sheet, a shareholder may demand that its shares be valued on the basis of a balance sheet prepared specifically for this purpose.
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The right of withdrawal lapses 30 days after the date of publication of the minutes of the shareholders’ meeting that approved the
action that gave rise to withdrawal rights, except when the resolution is approved pending confirmation by the holders of Preferred
Shares (such confirmation to be given at an extraordinary meeting of such holders of Preferred Shares to be held within one year). In
this event, the 30-day period for dissenting shareholders begins at the date of publication of the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of
such holders of Preferred Shares. Oi’s shareholders may reconsider any resolution giving rise to withdrawal rights within 10 days after
the expiration of the exercise period of withdrawal rights if Oi’s management believes that the withdrawal of shares of dissenting
shareholders would jeopardize Oi’s financial stability.
Liability of Oi’s Shareholders for Further Capital Calls
Neither Brazilian law nor Oi’s by-laws require any capital calls. Oi’s shareholders’ liability for capital calls is limited to the
payment of the issue price of any shares subscribed or acquired.
Inspection of Corporate Records
Shareholders that own 5% or more of Oi’s outstanding share capital have the right to inspect Oi’s corporate records, including
shareholders’ lists, corporate minutes, financial records and other documents of Oi, if (1) Oi or any of its officers or directors have
committed any act contrary to Brazilian law or Oi’s by-laws, or (2) there are grounds to suspect that there are material irregularities in
Oi. However, in either case, the shareholder that desires to inspect Oi’s corporate records must obtain a court order authorizing the
inspection.
Disclosures of Share Ownership
Brazilian regulations require that (1) each of Oi’s direct or indirect controlling shareholders, if any, and (2) any person or group of
persons representing a person that has directly or indirectly acquired or sold an interest that would result in an increase or decrease
corresponding to 5%, or any 5% multiple thereof, of the total number of Oi’s shares of any type or class to disclose its or their share
ownership or divestment to Oi, and Oi is responsible for transmitting such information to the CVM and the market. In addition, if a
share acquisition results in, or is made with the intention of, change of control or company’s management structure, as well as
acquisitions that cause the obligation of performing a tender offer, the persons acquiring such number of shares are required to publish a
statement containing certain required information about such acquisition.
Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, members of Oi’s board of directors, board of executive officers, fiscal council and members
of other bodies created pursuant to Oi’s by-laws with technical or consulting functions must file a statement of any change in their
holdings of Oi’s shares with the CVM and the Brazilian stock exchanges on which Oi’s securities are traded. Oi also must disclose any
trading of its shares by Oi or Oi’s controlled or related companies.
Form and Transfer
Common Shares and Preferred Shares are in book-entry form, registered in the name of each shareholder or its nominee. The
transfer of Oi’s shares is governed by Article 35 of the Brazilian Corporate Law, which provides that a transfer of shares is effected by
Oi’s transfer agent, Banco do Brasil S.A., by an entry made by the transfer agent in its books, upon presentation of valid written share
transfer instructions to Oi by a transferor or its representative. When Common Shares or Preferred Shares are acquired or sold on a
Brazilian stock exchange, the transfer is effected on the records of Oi’s transfer agent by a representative of a brokerage firm or the
stock exchange’s clearing system. The transfer agent also performs all the services of safe-keeping of Oi’s shares. Provided that the
provisions of Resolution No. 4,373 are observed, transfers of Oi’s shares by a non-Brazilian investor are made in the same manner and
are executed on the investor’s behalf by the investor’s local agent. If the original investment was registered with the Brazilian Central
Bank pursuant to foreign investment regulations, the non-Brazilian investor is also required to amend, if necessary, through its local
agent, the electronic certificate of registration to reflect the new ownership.
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The B3 operates a central clearing system, the CSD. A holder of Oi’s shares may choose, at its discretion, to participate in this
system, and all shares that such shareholder elects to be put into the clearing system are deposited in custody with the CSD (through a
Brazilian institution that is duly authorized to operate by the Brazilian Central Bank and maintains a clearing account with the CSD).
Shares subject to the custody of the CSD are noted as such in Oi’s registry of shareholders. Each participating shareholder will, in turn,
be registered in the register of the CSD and will be treated in the same manner as shareholders registered in Oi’s books.
Material Contracts
We have not entered into any material contracts, other than those described in this annual report or entered into in the ordinary
course of business.
Exchange Controls
There are no restrictions on ownership or voting of Oi’s capital stock by individuals or legal entities domiciled outside Brazil.
However, the right to convert dividend payments, payments of interest on shareholders’ equity and proceeds from the sale of Oi’s share
capital into foreign currency and to remit such amounts outside Brazil is subject to exchange control restrictions under foreign
investment legislation and foreign exchange regulations, which generally require, among other things, the registration of the relevant
investment with the Brazilian Central Bank and/or the CVM, as the case may be.
Investments in Common Shares or Preferred Shares by (1) a Non-Brazilian Holder who is registered with the CVM under Annex I
of Resolution No. 4,373, or (2) the depositary, are eligible for registration with the Brazilian Central Bank. This registration (the amount
so registered is referred to as registered capital) allows the remittance outside Brazil of foreign currency, converted at the market rate,
acquired with the proceeds of distributions on, and amounts realized through, dispositions of Common Shares or Preferred Shares.
The registered capital per newly issued Common Share or Preferred Share purchased in the form of an ADS, or purchased in
Brazil under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 and deposited with the depositary in exchange for an ADS, will be equal to its purchase
price and to the market value of the corresponding shares on the date of the deposit, respectively.
The registered capital under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 per Common Share or Preferred Share withdrawn upon cancellation
of a corresponding ADS will be the U.S. dollar equivalent of the market value of the Common Share or Preferred Share, as the case
may be, on the B3 on the day of withdrawal. Such cancellation is also subject to the execution of simultaneous foreign exchange
agreements without the actual inflow and outflow of funds to and from Brazil, or the Symbolic FX Agreements. The U.S. dollar
equivalent will be determined upon the execution of the Symbolic FX Agreement.
Foreign Direct Investment and Portfolio Investment
Investors (individuals, legal entities, mutual funds and other collective investment entities) domiciled, residing or headquartered
outside Brazil may register their investments in Oi’s shares as foreign portfolio investments under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373
(described below) or as foreign direct investments under Law No. 4,131 (described below). Registration under Annex I of Resolution
No. 4,373 or Law No. 4,131 generally enables the conversion of dividends, other distributions and sales proceeds received in
connection with registered investments into foreign currency and the remittance of such amounts outside Brazil. Registration under
Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 affords favorable tax treatment to non-Brazilian portfolio investors who are not resident in a Favorable
Tax Jurisdiction, which is defined by Brazilian tax legislation as any country or location that: (1) does not tax income, or taxes income
at a rate lower than 20% (or 17% in the case of countries or regimes abiding by the international policy for tax transparency); or
(2) does not disclose or imposes restrictions on the disclosure of certain information concerning the shareholding composition of a legal
entity, its ownership or the effective beneficiary of income attributable to the foreigners. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax
Considerations.”
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Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373
All investments made by a non-Brazilian investor under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 are subject to an electronic registration
with the Brazilian Central Bank. This registration permits the conversion of dividend payments, payments of interest on shareholders’
equity and proceeds from the sale of Oi’s share capital into foreign currency and the remission of such amounts outside Brazil.
Under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, non-Brazilian investors registered with the CVM may invest in almost all financial assets
and engage in almost all transactions available to Brazilian investors in the Brazilian financial and capital markets without obtaining a
separate Brazilian Central Bank registration for each transaction, provided that certain requirements are fulfilled. Under Annex I of
Resolution No. 4,373, the definition of a non-Brazilian investor includes individuals, legal entities, mutual funds and other collective
investment entities domiciled or headquartered outside Brazil.
Pursuant to Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, non-Brazilian investors must:
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appoint at least one representative in Brazil with powers to take action relating to its investments, which must be a financial
institution duly authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank;
appoint an authorized custodian in Brazil for its investments, which must be an institution duly authorized by the CVM;
complete the appropriate foreign investor registration forms;
appoint a tax representative in Brazil;
through its representative, register as a non-Brazilian investor with the CVM;
through its representative, register its investments with the Brazilian Central Bank; and
obtain a taxpayer identification number from the Brazilian federal tax authorities.
The securities and other financial assets held by a non-Brazilian investor pursuant to Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 must be
registered or maintained in deposit accounts or under the custody of an entity duly licensed by the Brazilian Central Bank or the CVM,
as applicable, or be registered in registration, clearing and custody systems authorized by the Brazilian Central Bank or by the CVM, as
applicable. Subject to limited exceptions provided in the CVM regulation or previous CVM authorization, the trading of securities held
under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 is restricted to transactions carried out on stock exchanges or through organized
over-the-counter markets licensed by the CVM.
The offshore transfer or assignment of the securities or other financial assets held by non-Brazilian investors pursuant to Annex I
of Resolution No. 4,373 are prohibited, except for transfers (1) resulting from consolidation, spin-off, merger or merger of shares or
occurring upon the death of an investor by operation of law or will; (2) resulting from a corporate reorganization effected abroad, as
long as the final beneficiaries and the amount of the assets remain the same, or (3) authorized by the CVM.
Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373 – ADSs
Annex II of Resolution No. 4,373 of the National Monetary Council provides for the issuance of depositary receipts in foreign
markets in respect of shares of Brazilian issuers. The Common ADS program was approved by the Brazilian Central Bank and the
CVM prior to the issuance of the Common ADSs. Accordingly, as a general rule, the proceeds from the sale of Common ADSs by
non-Brazilian resident holders of Common ADSs outside Brazil are not subject to Brazilian foreign investment controls, and holders of
Common ADSs who are not domiciled in a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction are entitled to favorable tax treatment. See
“—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains.”
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Oi pays dividends and other cash distributions with respect to the Common Shares in reais. Oi has obtained electronic certificates
of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank in the name of the depositary of the Common ADS program to be
maintained by the custodian of the Common ADS program. Pursuant to this registration, the ADS Custodian is able to convert
dividends and other distributions with respect to Common Shares represented by Common ADSs into foreign currency and remit the
proceeds outside Brazil to the depositary of the Common ADS program so that the depositary of the Common ADS program may
distribute these proceeds to the holders of record of the Common ADSs.
In the event that a holder of Common ADSs exchanges those Common ADSs for the underlying Common Shares, the holder must:
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convert its investment in those shares into a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, subject to
the execution of Symbolic FX Agreements; or
convert its investment in those shares into a direct foreign investment under Law No. 4,131, subject to the execution of
Symbolic FX Agreements.
The custodian of the Common ADS program is authorized to update the electronic registration of the depositary of the Common ADS
program to reflect conversions of Common ADSs into foreign portfolio investments under Resolution No. 4,373.
If a holder of Common ADSs elects to convert its Common ADSs into a foreign portfolio investment under Annex I of Resolution
No. 4,373 or into a foreign direct investment under Law No. 4,131, the conversion will be effected before the Brazilian Central Bank by
the custodian after receipt of an electronic request from the depositary with details of the transaction. If a foreign direct investor under
Law No. 4,131 elects to deposit its Common Shares into the Common ADS program in exchange for Common ADSs, such holder will
be required to present to the ADS Custodian evidence of payment of capital gains taxes and of the execution of Symbolic FX
Agreements. See “—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Taxation of Gains” for details of the tax consequences to an investor
residing outside Brazil of investing in Common Shares or Preferred Shares in Brazil.
If a holder of Common ADSs wishes to convert its investment in Common Shares into either a foreign portfolio investment under
Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373 or a foreign direct investment under Law No. 4,131, it should begin the process of obtaining its own
foreign investor registration with the Brazilian Central Bank or with the CVM, as the case may be, in advance of exchanging the
Common ADSs for the underlying Common Shares. A Non-Brazilian Holder of Common Shares may experience delays in obtaining a
foreign investor registration, which may delay remittances outside Brazil, which may in turn adversely affect the amount, in U.S.
dollars, received by the Non-Brazilian Holder.
Unless the holder has registered its investment with the Brazilian Central Bank, the holder may not be able to convert the proceeds
from the disposition of, or distributions with respect to, such Common Shares into foreign currency or remit those proceeds outside
Brazil. In addition, if the non-Brazilian investor is domiciled in a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction or is not an investor registered under
Annex I of Resolution No. 4,373, the investor will be subject to less favorable tax treatment than a holder of Common ADSs. See
“—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations.”
Law 4,131
To obtain a certificate of foreign capital registration from the Brazilian Central Bank under Law No. 4,131, a foreign direct
investor must:
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register as a foreign direct investor with the Brazilian Central Bank;
obtain a taxpayer identification number from the Brazilian tax authorities;
appoint a tax representative in Brazil; and
appoint a representative in Brazil for service of process in respect of suits based on the Brazilian Corporate Law.
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Foreign direct investors under Law No. 4,131 may sell their shares in either private or open market transactions, but these
investors will generally be subject to less favorable tax treatment on gains with respect to Common Shares. See “—Taxation—Brazilian
Tax Considerations.”
Taxation
The following discussion contains a description of the material Brazilian and U.S. federal income tax consequences of the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs. The following discussion does not purport to be a
comprehensive description of all the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase, hold or dispose of Common
Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs. This discussion is based upon the tax laws of Brazil and the United States and regulations under
these tax laws as currently in effect, which are subject to change.
Although there is at present no income tax treaty between Brazil and the United States, the tax authorities of the two countries
have had discussions that may culminate in such a treaty. No assurance can be given, however, as to whether or when a treaty will enter
into force or how it will affect the U.S. holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
Prospective purchasers of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs should consult their own tax advisors as to the tax
consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs in their particular
circumstances.
Brazilian Tax Considerations
The following discussion contains a description of the material Brazilian tax consequences, subject to the limitations set forth
herein, of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs by a holder not deemed to be
domiciled in Brazil for Brazilian tax and regulatory purposes (a “Non-Brazilian Holder”). This discussion is based on the tax laws of
Brazil and regulations thereunder in effect on the date hereof, which are subject to change (possibly with retroactive effect). This
discussion does not specifically address all of the Brazilian tax considerations that may be applicable to any particular Non-Brazilian
Holder. Therefore, each Non-Brazilian Holder should consult its own tax advisor about the Brazilian tax consequences of an investment
in Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
Individuals domiciled in Brazil and Brazilian companies are taxed in Brazil on the basis of their worldwide income which includes
earnings of Brazilian companies’ foreign subsidiaries, branches and affiliates. The earnings of branches of foreign companies and
non-Brazilian residents, or nonresidents, in general are taxed in Brazil only on income derived from Brazilian sources.
Pursuant to Brazilian law, the non-resident holder may invest in Common Shares or Preferred Shares under Resolution 4,373, of
September 2014, of the National Monetary Council (a “4,373 Holder”).
Dividends
As of the date of this annual report, dividends paid by a Brazilian corporation, such as Oi, in cash or in kind, including stock
dividends and other dividends paid to a Non-Brazilian Holder of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs are not subject to
withholding income tax in Brazil to the extent that such amounts are related to profits generated after January 1, 1996. Dividends paid
from profits generated before January 1, 1996 may be subject to Brazilian withholding income tax at varying rates, according to the tax
legislation applicable to each corresponding year.
Law No. 11,638, dated December 28, 2007, significantly modified Brazilian Corporate Law in order to align the generally
accepted Brazilian accounting standards to the IFRS. Nonetheless, Law No. 11,941, dated May 27, 2009, introduced the Transitory Tax
Regime (regime tributário de transição – “RTT”), in order to render neutral, from a tax perspective, all changes provided by Law
No. 11,638. Under the RTT, Brazilian companies, for tax purposes, should observe the accounting rules and criteria as in force on
December 31, 2007.
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Profits determined pursuant to Law 11,638(“IFRS Profits”), may differ from the profits calculated pursuant to the accounting
methods and criteria as effective on December 31, 2007 (“2007 Profits”).
While it was general market practice to distribute exempted dividends with reference to the IFRS Profits, Normative Ruling
No. 1,397, issued by the Brazilian tax authorities on September 16, 2013, has established that legal entities should observe the
accounting methods and criteria in force on December 31, 2007, or 2007 Profits, in order to determine the amount of profits that could
be distributed as exempted income to its beneficiaries.
Any profits paid in excess of said 2007 Profits (“Excess Dividends”), should, in the tax authorities’ view, and in the specific case
of non-resident beneficiaries, be subject to the following rules of taxation: (1) 15% WHT, in case of beneficiaries domiciled abroad, but
not in a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction (as defined below), and (2) 25% WHT, in the case of beneficiaries domiciled in a Favorable Tax
Jurisdiction (as defined below).
In order to mitigate potential disputes on the subject, Law No. 12,973, dated May 13, 2014, in addition to revoking the RTT,
introduced a new set of tax rules (“the New Brazilian Tax Regime”), including new provisions with respect to Excess Dividends. Under
these new provisions: (1) Excess Dividends related to profits assessed from 2008 to 2013 are exempt; (2) potential disputes remain
concerning the Excess Dividends related to 2014 profits, unless our company had voluntarily elected to apply the New Brazilian Tax
Regime in 2014; and (3) as of 2015, as the New Brazilian Tax Regime is mandatory and has completely replaced the RTT, dividends
calculated based on IFRS standards should be considered fully exempt.
Interest on Shareholders’ Equity
Law No. 9,249, dated December 26, 1995, as amended, allows a Brazilian corporation, such as Oi, to make distributions to
shareholders of interest on shareholders’ equity on top of or as an alternative to making dividend distributions, and treat those payments
as a deductible expense for purposes of calculating Brazilian corporate income tax, and, since 1998, social contribution on net profit as
well, as long as the limits described below are observed and the payment is approved at a general meeting of shareholders. These
distributions may be paid in cash. For tax purposes, such interest are calculated by multiplying the TJLP, as determined by the Brazilian
Central Bank from time to time, by the sum of determined Brazilian company’s net equity accounts. The amount of the deduction may
not exceed the greater of:
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50% of net income (after the deduction of social contribution on net profit but before taking into account the provision for
corporate income tax and the amounts attributable to shareholders as interest on shareholders’ equity) for the period in
respect of which the payment is made; and
50% of the sum of retained profits and profits reserves as of the date of the beginning of the period in respect of which the
payment is made.
Payment of interest on shareholders’ equity to a Non-Brazilian Holder is subject to withholding income tax at the rate of 15%, or
25% if the Non-Brazilian Holder is domiciled in a country or location that is considered to be a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction.
These payments of interest on shareholders’ equity may be included, at their net value, as part of any mandatory dividend. To the
extent payment of interest on net equity is so included, Oi is required to distribute to shareholders an additional amount to ensure that
the net amount received by them, after payment of the applicable withholding income tax, plus the amount of declared dividends, is at
least equal to the mandatory dividend.
Payments of interest on shareholders’ equity are decided by Oi’s shareholders, at its annual shareholders meeting, on the basis of
recommendations of its board of directors. No assurance can be given that Oi’s board of directors will not recommend that future
distributions of profits should be made by means of interest on shareholders’ equity instead of by means of dividends.
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Discussion on Definition of Favorable Tax Jurisdiction
Under Brazilian tax law, a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction is defined as a country or location that (a) does not impose taxation on
income, or (b) imposes the income tax at a maximum rate lower than 20%, or (c) local legislation does not allow access to information
related to shareholding composition, ownership of investments, or the identity of the beneficial owners of earnings that are attributed to
non-resident. Please note that the statutory definition of a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction for the purpose of income taxation on gains should
differ depending on whether or not the holder is a 4,373 Holder. In the case of a 4,373 Holder, the definition of Favorable Tax
Jurisdiction should not comprise jurisdictions mentioned in item (c). However, the list of Favorable Tax Jurisdictions provided for in
Normative Instruction No. 1,037/10 does not seem to differ the Favorable Tax Jurisdiction definition for the purposes of 4,373 Holders.
On June 23, 2008, Law No. 11,727 introduced the concept of Privileged Tax Regimes (“PTRs”), which encompasses the countries
and jurisdictions that: (1) do not tax income or tax it at a maximum rate lower than 20% or 17% in certain cases as detailed below;
(2) grant tax advantages to a non-resident entity or individual (a) without the need to carry out a substantial economic activity in the
country or a said territory or (b) conditioned on the non-exercise of a substantial economic activity in the country or a said territory;
(3) do not tax or taxes proceeds generated abroad or taxes such proceeds at a maximum rate lower than 20% or 17% in certain cases as
detailed below; or (4) restrict the ownership disclosure of assets and ownership rights or restricts disclosure about economic transactions
carried out within its territory. Normative Ruling No. 1,037/10, as amended, also provided a list of the PTRs.
In the past, it was not clear whether the concept of PTR was also applicable to interest payments made to residents outside Brazil.
Notwithstanding, in December 2017, the Brazilian Federal Revenue Service published Ruling No. 575/2017, stating that only payments
to countries deemed as Favorable Tax Jurisdictions by Normative Ruling No. 1,037 would be subject to withholding tax at a 25% rate.
Nevertheless, we cannot assure you that subsequent legislation or interpretations by the Brazilian tax authorities regarding the definition
of a PTR provided by Law No. 9,430, of December 27, 1996, altered by Law No. 11,727, will also apply to a Non-Brazilian Holder on
payments of interest on shareholders’ equity.
Notwithstanding the above, we recommend that you consult your own tax advisors regarding the consequences of the
implementation of Law No. 11,727, Normative Ruling No. 1,037/10 and of any related Brazilian tax law or regulation concerning
Favorable Tax Jurisdictions or PTRs.
On November 28, 2014, the Ministry of Treasury issued Ordinance No. 488, which reduces the threshold income tax rate for
determining a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction and PTRs from 20% to 17%. The reduced 17% threshold applies only to countries and
regimes aligned with international standards of fiscal transparency in accordance with rules to be established by the Brazilian tax
authorities in Normative Ruling No. 1,530, dated December 19, 2014. Normative Ruling No. 1,530/14 provides that compliance with
such standards requires: (1) signature or negotiations completion for a treaty or agreement allowing the exchange of information related
to identification of income beneficiaries, shareholding structure, ownership of goods or rights, or economic transactions that are carried
out; and (2) commitment to the criteria set out in international anti-tax evasion forums of which Brazil is a member, such as the Global
Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information. Normative Ruling No. 1,037/10 is regularly updated by tax authorities.
Taxation of Gains
Under Law No. 10,833, enacted on December 29, 2003, the gain on the disposition or sale of assets located in Brazil by a
Non-Brazilian Holder, whether to another non-Brazilian resident or to a Brazilian resident, may be subject to withholding income tax on
capital gains in Brazil.
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With respect to the disposition of Common Shares or Preferred Shares, as they are assets located in Brazil, the Non-Brazilian
Holder should be subject to withholding income tax on the gains assessed, following the rules described below, regardless of whether
the transactions are conducted in Brazil or with a Brazilian resident.
With respect to Oi’s ADSs, although the matter is not entirely clear, arguably the gains realized by a Non-Brazilian Holder upon
the disposition of ADSs will not be taxed in Brazil, on the basis that ADSs are not “assets located in Brazil” for the purposes of Law
No. 10,833. We cannot assure you, however, that the Brazilian tax authorities or the Brazilian courts will agree with this interpretation,
considering the general and unclear scope of Law No. 10,833 and the absence of judicial guidance in respect thereof. As a result, gains
on a disposition of ADSs by a Non-Brazilian Holder to a Brazilian resident, or even to a non-Brazilian resident, in the event that courts
determine that ADSs would constitute assets located in Brazil, may be subject to income tax in Brazil according to the rules applicable
to Common Shares and Preferred Shares, described below.
As a general rule, gains realized as a result of a disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs are the positive
difference between the amount realized on the transaction and the acquisition cost of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
Under Brazilian law, however, income tax rules on such gains can vary depending on the domicile of the Non-Brazilian Holder,
the type of registration of the investment by the Non-Brazilian Holder with the Brazilian Central Bank and how the disposition is
carried out, as described below.
Gains realized on a disposition of shares carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange (which includes the organized over-the-counter
market) are:
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exempt from income tax when realized by a Non-Brazilian Holder that (1) is a 4,373 Holder, and (2) is not a resident in a
country or location which is defined as a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction (as described above); or
subject to income tax at a rate of up to 25% in any other case, including a case of gains assessed by a Non-Brazilian Holder
that is a 4,373 Holder resident of a country or location defined as a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction (as described above). In
these cases, a withholding income tax of 0.005% of the sale value will be applicable and can be later offset with the
eventual income tax due on the capital gain. This 0.005% withholding income tax is not levied on day trade transactions,
which are subject to a rate of 1%.
Any other gains assessed on a disposition of Common Shares or Preferred Shares that is not carried out on a Brazilian stock
exchange are subject to withholding income tax at a rate of up to 25%. In the case that these gains are related to transactions conducted
on the Brazilian non-organized over-the-counter market with intermediation, income tax withholding of 0.005% will also be applicable
and can be offset against the eventual income tax due on the capital gain. This 0.005% income tax withholding is not levied in day trade
transactions.
In the case of redemption of Common Shares or Preferred Shares or capital reduction by a Brazilian corporation, such as Oi, the
positive difference between the amount effectively received by the Non-Brazilian Holder and the proportional acquisition cost of the
redeemed assets is treated, for tax purposes, as capital gain derived from sale or exchange of shares not carried out on a Brazilian stock
exchange market, and is therefore subject to withholding income tax at rates of up to 25%, as the case may be.
The deposit of Oi’s common or preferred shares in exchange for ADSs may be subject to Brazilian income tax on capital gains at
the rate up to 25%, if the acquisition cost of the shares is lower than (1) the average price per share on a Brazilian stock exchange on
which the greatest number of such shares were sold on the day of deposit, or (2) if no shares were sold on that day, the average price on
the Brazilian stock exchange on which the greatest number of shares were sold in the 15 trading sessions immediately preceding such
deposit. In such case, the difference between the acquisition cost and the average price of the shares calculated as above will be
considered a capital gain. In some circumstances, there may be arguments to claim that this taxation is not applicable in the case of a
Non-Brazilian Holder that is a 4,373 Holder and is not a resident in a Favorable Tax Jurisdiction. The availability of these arguments to
any specific holder of Common Shares or Preferred Shares will depend on the circumstances of such holder. Prospective holders of
Common Shares or Preferred Shares should consult their own tax advisors as to the tax consequences of the deposit Common Shares or
Preferred Shares in exchange for ADSs.
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The withdrawal of ADSs in exchange for the underlying Common Shares or Preferred Shares is not subject to Brazilian income
tax, as far as the regulatory rules in respect to the registration of the investment before the Brazilian Central Bank are duly observed.
Any exercise of preemptive rights relating to Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs will not be subject to Brazilian taxation.
Any gain on the sale or disposition or assignment of preemptive rights relating to Common Shares or Preferred Shares, including the
sale or assignment carried out by the depositary, on behalf of Non-Brazilian Holders of ADSs, will be subject to Brazilian income
taxation according to the same rules applicable to the sale or disposition of Common Shares or Preferred Shares (see above). Tax
authorities may attempt to tax such gains even when sale or assignment of such rights takes place outside Brazil, based on the
provisions of Law No. 10,833/03.
There can be no assurance that the current favorable tax treatment to 4,373 Holders will continue in the future.
Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions (IOF/Exchange Tax)
Brazilian law imposes a Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions, or IOF/Exchange Tax, on the conversion of reais into foreign
currency and on the conversion of foreign currency into reais. The currently applicable rate for most types of foreign exchange
transactions is 0.38%. However, other rates apply to specific types of transactions.
Any inflow of funds related to investments carried out on the Brazilian financial and capital markets by a 4,373 Holders is
currently subject to the IOF/Exchange Tax at a rate of zero percent. Foreign exchange transactions related to outflows of funds in
connection with investments carried out on the Brazilian financial and capital markets are subject to the IOF/Exchange Tax at a rate of
zero percent.
The IOF/Exchange Tax also levies at a zero percent rate in case of dividends and interest on shareholders’ equity paid by a
Brazilian corporation to Non-Brazilian Holders.
The Brazilian government is permitted to increase the rate of the IOF/Exchange Tax at any time by up to 25% on the foreign
exchange transaction amount. However, any increase in rates will only apply to transactions carried out after such increase in rates
enters into force.
The purchase of ADSs by a Non-Brazilian Holder outside Brazil generally does not require the execution of a foreign exchange
agreement with the Brazilian Central Bank. If this is the case, the IOF/Exchange Tax is not due. The IOF/Exchange Tax is levied at a
zero percent rate in connection with foreign exchange agreements, without any actual flows of funds, which are required for a
cancellation of ADSs and exchange for shares traded on a Brazilian stock exchange.
Tax on Transactions Involving Securities (IOF/ Securities Tax)
Brazilian law imposes a Tax on Transactions Involving Bonds and Securities, or IOF/Bonds and Securities, due on transactions
involving bonds and securities, including those carried out on a Brazilian stock exchange, futures and commodities exchanges.
The rate of IOF/Bonds and Securities applicable to most transactions involving shares and ADSs is currently zero, although the
Brazilian government may increase such rate at any time up to 1.5% of the transaction amount per day, but only in respect of future
transactions.
The transfer (cessão) of shares traded on a Brazilian stock exchange for the issuance of depositary receipts to be traded outside
Brazil, such as ADSs, is currently subject to the IOF/Bonds and Securities at a zero percent rate.
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Other Brazilian Taxes
There are no Brazilian inheritance, gift or succession taxes applicable to the ownership, transfer or disposition of Common Shares,
Preferred Shares or ADSs by a Non-Brazilian Holder except for gift and inheritance taxes levied by some states in Brazil in the transfer
of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs to residents of those states. There are no Brazilian stamp, issue, registration, or similar
taxes or duties payable by Non-Brazilian Holders of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations
The following is a discussion of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences that may be relevant with respect to the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, which are evidenced by American Depositary
Receipts, or ADRs. This description addresses only the U.S. federal income tax considerations of U.S. Holders (as defined below) that
are initial purchasers of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs and that will hold such shares or ADSs as capital assets. This
description does not address tax considerations applicable to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, such as banks, financial
institutions, insurance companies, real estate investment trusts, grantor trusts, regulated investment companies, dealers or traders in
securities or currencies, tax-exempt entities, pension funds, persons that received Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs pursuant
to an exercise of employee stock options or rights or otherwise as compensation for the performance of services, persons that will hold
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs as a position in a “straddle” or as a part of a “hedging,” “conversion” or other risk reduction
transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes, persons that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar, persons that will
own Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs through partnerships or other pass through entities, holders subject to the alternative
minimum tax, certain former citizens or long-term residents of the United States or holders that own (or are deemed to own) 10% or
more (by combined voting power or combined value) of Oi’s shares.
This description does not address any state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs by U.S. Holders. Moreover, this description does not address the consequences of any U.S.
federal tax other than income tax, including but not limited to the U.S. federal estate and gift taxes. This description is based on (1) the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), existing and temporary U.S. Treasury Regulations and judicial and
administrative interpretations thereof, in each case as in effect and available on the date of this annual report, as well as proposed
Treasury Regulations available on the date of this annual report, and (2) in part, the representations of the depositary and the assumption
that each obligation in the deposit agreement and any related agreement will be performed in accordance with its terms. All of the
foregoing is subject to change, which change could apply retroactively and could affect the tax consequences described below. Holders
should consult their tax advisers to determine the particular tax consequences to such holders of the acquisition, ownership and
disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, including the applicability and effect of U.S. state, local and non-U.S. tax
laws.
As used herein, the term “U.S. Holder” means, for U.S. federal tax purposes, a beneficial owner of Common Shares, Preferred
Shares or ADSs that is:
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an individual citizen or resident of the United States;
a corporation organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;
an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
a trust if (1) a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration, and (2) one or
more United States persons have the authority to control all of the substantial decisions of such trust.
If a partnership (or any other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds Common Shares, Preferred
Shares or ADSs, the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership will generally depend on the status of the partner and the activities of
the partnership. A partnership or its partners should consult their tax advisor as to its tax consequences.
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Treatment of ADSs
In general, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a holder of an ADR evidencing an ADS will be treated as the beneficial owner of
Common Shares or Preferred Shares represented by the applicable ADS. The U.S. Treasury Department has expressed concern that
depositaries for ADSs, or other intermediaries between the holders of shares of an issuer and the issuer, may be taking actions that are
inconsistent with the claiming of U.S. foreign tax credits by U.S. Holders of such receipts or shares. Such actions include, for example,
a pre-release of an ADS by a depositary. Accordingly, the analysis regarding the availability of a U.S. foreign tax credit for Brazilian
taxes, the sourcing rules described below and the availability of the reduced tax rate for dividends received by certain non-corporate
holders, each could be affected by future actions that may be taken by the U.S. Treasury Department.
Taxation of Dividends
Subject to the discussion below under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” in general, the gross amount of a
distribution made with respect to a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi (which for this purpose shall include distributions of
interest attributable to shareholders’ equity before any reduction for any Brazilian taxes withheld therefrom) will, to the extent made
from the current or accumulated earnings and profits of Oi, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, constitute a
dividend to a U.S. Holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Non-corporate U.S. Holders may be taxed on dividends from a
qualified foreign corporation at the lower rates applicable to long-term capital gains (i.e., gains with respect to capital assets held for
more than one year). A foreign corporation is treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends received from that
corporation on shares or ADSs that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Treasury
Department guidance indicates that the ADSs of Oi (which are listed on the NYSE), but not the common or preferred shares of Oi, are
readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Thus, subject to the discussion below under “—Passive Foreign
Investment Company Rules,” as of the date of this annual report, dividends that Oi pays on the ADS, but not on the Common Shares or
Preferred Shares of Oi, meet the trading conditions discussed above required for these reduced tax rates. However, there can be no
assurance that the ADSs will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in later years. Furthermore, a U.S.
Holder’s eligibility for such preferential rate is subject to certain holding period requirements and the non-existence of certain risk
reduction transactions with respect to the ADSs and such preferential rate is not available if Oi is a PFIC for the taxable year in which
such dividend is paid or was a PFIC for the taxable year preceding the taxable year in which such dividend is paid. Such dividends will
not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. Subject to the discussion below under
“—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” if a distribution exceeds the amount of the current and accumulated earnings and
profits of Oi, it will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the common share,
preferred share or ADS of Oi on which it is paid and thereafter as capital gain. Oi does not maintain calculations of the earnings and
profits of Oi under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that distributions by Oi generally will be
treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Additionally, because Oi believes that it was a PFIC for the taxable year
ended December 31, 2018, distributions, if any, paid during the 2019 taxable year are not be eligible for the preferential tax rates
discussed above.
A dividend paid in reais will be includible in the income of a U.S. Holder at its value in U.S. dollars calculated by reference to the
prevailing spot market exchange rate in effect on the day it is received by the U.S. Holder in the case of Common Shares or Preferred
Shares or, in the case of a dividend received in respect of ADSs of Oi, on the date the dividend is received by the depositary, whether or
not the dividend is converted into U.S. dollars. Assuming the payment is not converted at that time, the U.S. Holder will have a tax
basis in reais equal to that U.S. dollar amount, which will be used to measure gain or loss from subsequent changes in exchange rates.
Any gain or loss realized by a U.S. Holder that subsequently sells or otherwise disposes of reais, which gain or loss is attributable to
currency fluctuations after the date of receipt of the dividend, will be ordinary gain or loss. The amount of any distribution of property
other than cash will be the fair market value of such property on the date of distribution.
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The gross amount of any dividend paid (which will include any amounts withheld in respect of Brazilian taxes) with respect to a
common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as foreign source dividend income, which
may be relevant in calculating a U.S. Holder’s foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to limitations under U.S. federal income tax law
concerning credits or deductions for foreign taxes and certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions, any Brazilian withholding
tax will be treated as a foreign income tax eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability (or at a U.S.
Holder’s election, may be deducted in computing taxable income if the U.S. Holder has elected to deduct all foreign income taxes for
the taxable year). The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for the U.S. foreign tax credit is calculated separately with respect to specific
“baskets” of income. For this purpose, the dividends should generally constitute “passive category income,” or in the case of certain
U.S. Holders, “general category income.” The rules with respect to foreign tax credits are complex, and U.S. Holders are urged to
consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.
Treatment of Preferred Stock
Section 305 of the Code provides special rules for the tax treatment of preferred stock. According to the U.S. Treasury Regulations
under that section, the term preferred stock generally refers to stock which enjoys certain limited rights and privileges (generally
associated with specified dividend and liquidation priorities) but does not participate in corporate growth to any significant extent.
While Oi’s Preferred Shares have some preferences over its Common Shares, the Preferred Shares are not fixed as to dividend
payments or liquidation value. Consequently, although the matter is not entirely clear, because the determination is highly factual in
nature, it is more likely than not that the preferred shares of Oi will be treated as “common stock” within the meaning of section 305 of
the Code. If the preferred shares are treated as “common stock” for purposes of section 305 of the Code, distributions to U.S. Holders of
additional shares of such “common stock” or preemptive rights relating to such “common stock” with respect to their preferred shares
or ADSs that are made as part of a pro rata distribution to all shareholders in most instances will not be subject to U.S. federal income
tax. On the other hand, if the preferred shares are treated as “preferred stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code, and if a
U.S. Holder receives a distribution of additional shares or preemptive rights as described in the preceding sentence, such distributions
(including amounts withheld in respect of any Brazilian taxes), as discussed more fully below, will be treated as dividends to the same
extent and in the same manner as distributions payable in cash. In that event, the amount of such distribution (and the basis of the new
shares or preemptive rights so received) will equal the fair market value of the shares or preemptive rights on the date of distribution.
Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs of Oi
A deposit or withdrawal of common shares or preferred shares by a U.S. Holder in exchange for the ADS that represent such
shares will not result in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to the discussion below under
“—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or
other disposition of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi held by the U.S. Holder or the depositary, as the case may be, in an
amount equal to the difference between the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in its common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi
(determined in U.S. dollars) and the U.S. dollar amount realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition. If a Brazilian tax is withheld
on the sale, exchange or other disposition of a share, the amount realized by a U.S. Holder will include the gross amount of the proceeds
of that sale, exchange or other disposition before deduction of the Brazilian tax. In the case of a non-corporate U.S. Holder, the
maximum marginal U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to capital gain generally will be lower than the maximum marginal U.S.
federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income (other than, as discussed above, certain dividends) if such holder’s holding period
for such common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi exceeds one year (i.e., such gain is a long-term capital gain). Capital gain, if any,
realized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or exchange of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi generally will be treated as U.S.
source income for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Consequently, in the case of a disposition or deposit of a common share, preferred
share or ADS of Oi that is subject to Brazilian tax, the U.S. Holder may not be able to use the foreign tax credit for that Brazilian tax
unless it can apply the credit against U.S. tax payable on other income from foreign sources in the appropriate income category, or,
alternatively, it may take a deduction for the Brazilian tax if it elects to deduct all of its foreign income taxes. The deductibility of
capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.
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The initial tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will be the U.S. dollar value of the reais-
denominated purchase price determined on the date of purchase. If the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi are treated as
traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis U.S. Holder, or, if it elects, an accrual basis U.S. Holder, will determine the
dollar value of the cost of such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs by translating the amount paid at the spot rate of exchange on
the settlement date of the purchase. The conversion of U.S. dollars to reais and the immediate use of that currency to purchase common
shares, preferred shares or ADSs generally will not result in taxable gain or loss for a U.S. Holder.
With respect to the sale or exchange of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, the amount realized generally will be the U.S.
dollar value of the payment received determined on the date of disposition. If Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs are treated as
traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis taxpayer, or, if it elects, an accrual basis taxpayer, will determine the U.S.
dollar value of the amount realized by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules
A non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after
applying certain look-through rules, either (1) at least 75 percent of its gross income is “passive income,” or (2) at least 50 percent of
the average value of its gross assets is attributable to assets that produce “passive income” or is held for the production of passive
income. Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents and gains from commodities and
securities transactions. For purposes of the PFIC asset test, the aggregate fair market value of the assets of a publicly traded foreign
corporation generally is treated as being equal to the sum of the aggregate value of the outstanding stock and the total amount of the
liabilities of such corporation (the “Market Capitalization”).
Based on certain estimates of the gross income and gross assets of Oi, the nature of its business, the size of its investment in
certain subsidiaries, and its anticipated Market Capitalization, Oi believes that it was not classified as a PFIC for its taxable year ended
December 31, 2019, although Oi believes that it was a PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2018. Nevertheless, because PFIC
status is determined annually based on Oi’s income, assets and activities for the entire taxable year, it is not possible to determine
whether Oi will be characterized as a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2020, or for any subsequent year, until after the
close of the year. Furthermore, because Oi determines the value of its gross assets based on the Market Capitalization test, a decline in
the value of its Common Shares and Preferred Shares may result in Oi becoming a PFIC. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that Oi
will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. Moreover, Oi has not obtained an opinion from counsel regarding the PFIC status of
Oi for any taxable period.
If Oi is a PFIC for any taxable year during which a U.S. Holder holds Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, Oi generally
will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder for all succeeding years during which such U.S. Holder holds
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, unless Oi ceases to be a PFIC and such U.S. Holder makes a “deemed sale” election with
respect to such Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs. If such election is made, such U.S. Holder will be deemed to have sold such
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs held by such U.S. Holder at their fair market value on the last day of the last taxable year in
which Oi qualified as a PFIC, and any gain from such deemed sale would be subject to the consequences described in the following
paragraph. After the deemed sale election, such U.S. Holder’s Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs with respect to which the
deemed sale election was made will not be treated as shares in a PFIC, and such U.S. Holder would not be subject to the rules described
below with respect to any “excess distribution” such U.S. Holder receives from Oi or any gain from an actual sale or other disposition
of such Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, unless Oi subsequently becomes a PFIC. The rules dealing with deemed sale
elections are complex. U.S. Holders are encouraged to consult their tax advisor as to the possibility and consequences of making
a deemed sale election.
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For each taxable year that Oi is treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder, any excess distribution (generally a distribution in
excess of 125% of the average distribution over a three-year period or shorter holding period for Common Shares, Preferred Shares or
ADSs) and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income and will be subject to tax as if (1) the excess distribution or gain had been
realized ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period, (2) the amount deemed realized in each year had been subject to tax in each such
year at the highest marginal rate for such year (other than income allocated to the current period or any taxable period before Oi became
a PFIC, which would be subject to tax at the U.S. Holder’s regular ordinary income rate for the current year and would not be subject to
the interest charge discussed below), and (3) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the
taxes deemed to have been payable in those years. U.S. Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of
Oi being treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holders. The tax liability for amounts allocated to taxable years prior to the year of
disposition or excess distribution cannot be offset by any net operating losses for such years, and gains (but not losses) realized on the
sale or other disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs cannot be treated as capital, even if a U.S. Holder holds
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs as capital assets. In addition, a U.S. Holder’s tax basis in Common Shares, Preferred Shares
or ADSs that are acquired from a decedent would not receive a step-up to fair market value as of the date of the decedent’s death but
instead would be equal to the decedent’s basis, if lower.
If Oi is treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder for any taxable year, to the extent any of Oi’s subsidiaries are also PFICs or
Oi makes direct or indirect equity investments in other entities that are PFICs, such U.S. Holder may be deemed to own shares in such
lower-tier PFICs that are directly or indirectly owned by Oi in that proportion which the value of the common shares, preferred shares
or ADSs of Oi such U.S. Holder owns bears to the value of all of Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs, and such U.S. Holder
may be subject to the adverse tax consequences described in the preceding two paragraphs with respect to the shares of such lower-tier
PFICs that such U.S. Holder would be deemed to own. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisor regarding the application of the
PFIC rules to any of Oi’s subsidiaries.
If Oi is treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder of the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, such U.S. Holder
may be able to make certain elections that may alleviate certain of the tax consequences referred to above. Where a company that is a
PFIC meets certain reporting requirements, a U.S. Holder can avoid certain adverse PFIC consequences described above by making a
“qualified electing fund,” or QEF, election to be taxed currently on its proportionate share of the PFIC’s ordinary income and net capital
gains. However, Oi does not intend to comply with the necessary accounting and record keeping requirements that would allow a U.S.
Holder to make a QEF election with respect to Oi.
If Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs are “regularly traded” on a “qualified exchange,” a U.S. Holder may make a
mark-to-market election with respect to the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi, as the case may be. If a U.S. Holder makes
the mark-to-market election, for each year in which Oi is a PFIC, the holder will generally include as ordinary income the excess, if
any, of the fair market value of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, at the end of the taxable year over their
adjusted tax basis, and will be permitted an ordinary loss in respect of the excess, if any, of the adjusted tax basis of Common Shares,
Preferred Shares or ADSs, over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of
previously included income as a result of the mark-to-market election). If a U.S. Holder makes the election, the holder’s tax basis in
Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, as the case may be, will be adjusted to reflect the amount of any such income or loss. Any
gain recognized on the sale or other disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs will be treated as ordinary income.
Common Shares, Preferred Shares and ADSs will be considered “marketable stock” if they are traded on a qualified exchange, other
than in de minimis quantities, on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. The NYSE is a qualified exchange and the B3 may
constitute a qualified exchange for this purpose provided the B3 meets certain trading volume, listing, financial disclosure, surveillance
and other requirements set forth in applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations. However, Oi cannot be certain that its Common Shares,
Preferred Shares or ADSs will continue to trade on the B3 or the NYSE, respectively, or that its Common Shares, Preferred Shares or
ADSs will be traded on at least 15 days in each calendar quarter in other than de minimis quantities. U.S. Holders should be aware,
however, that for each taxable year that Oi is treated as a PFIC with respect to a U.S. Holder, the interest charge regime described above
could be applied to indirect distributions or gains deemed to be attributable to such U.S. Holder in respect of any of Oi’s subsidiaries
that also may be determined to be a PFIC, and the mark-to-market election generally would not be effective for such subsidiaries. Each
U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor to determine whether a mark-to-market election is available and the consequences of
making an election if Oi were characterized as a PFIC.
If a U.S. Holder owns common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi during any year in which Oi was a PFIC, such U.S. Holder
generally must file IRS Form 8621 with respect to Oi, generally with the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax return for that year.
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Taxation of Dividends
Subject to the discussion above under “—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” in general, the gross amount of a
distribution made with respect to a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi (which for this purpose shall include distributions of
interest attributable to shareholders’ equity before any reduction for any Brazilian taxes withheld therefrom) will, to the extent made
from the current or accumulated earnings and profits of Oi, as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles, constitute a
dividend to a U.S. Holder for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Non-corporate U.S. Holders may be taxed on dividends from a
qualified foreign corporation at the lower rates applicable to long-term capital gains (i.e., gains with respect to capital assets held for
more than one year). A foreign corporation is treated as a qualified foreign corporation with respect to dividends received from that
corporation on shares or ADSs that are readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. U.S. Treasury
Department guidance indicates that the ADSs of Oi (which are listed on the NYSE), but not the common or preferred shares of Oi, are
readily tradable on an established securities market in the United States. Thus, subject to the discussion above under “—Passive Foreign
Investment Company Rules,” as of the date of this annual report, dividends that Oi pays on the ADS, but not on the Common Shares or
Preferred Shares of Oi, meet the trading conditions discussed above required for these reduced tax rates. However, there can be no
assurance that the ADSs will be considered readily tradable on an established securities market in later years. Furthermore, a U.S.
Holder’s eligibility for such preferential rate is subject to certain holding period requirements and the non-existence of certain risk
reduction transactions with respect to the ADSs and such preferential rate is not available if Oi is a PFIC for the taxable year in which
such dividend is paid or was a PFIC for the taxable year preceding the taxable year in which such dividend is paid. Such dividends will
not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders. Subject to the discussion above under
“—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” if a distribution exceeds the amount of the current and accumulated earnings and
profits of Oi, it will be treated as a non-taxable return of capital to the extent of the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in the common share,
preferred share or ADS of Oi on which it is paid and thereafter as capital gain. Oi does not maintain calculations of the earnings and
profits of Oi under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, U.S. Holders should expect that distributions by Oi generally will be
treated as dividends for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
A dividend paid in reais will be includible in the income of a U.S. Holder at its value in U.S. dollars calculated by reference to the
prevailing spot market exchange rate in effect on the day it is received by the U.S. Holder in the case of Common Shares or Preferred
Shares or, in the case of a dividend received in respect of ADSs of Oi, on the date the dividend is received by the depositary, whether or
not the dividend is converted into U.S. dollars. Assuming the payment is not converted at that time, the U.S. Holder will have a tax
basis in reais equal to that U.S. dollar amount, which will be used to measure gain or loss from subsequent changes in exchange rates.
Any gain or loss realized by a U.S. Holder that subsequently sells or otherwise disposes of reais, which gain or loss is attributable to
currency fluctuations after the date of receipt of the dividend, will be ordinary gain or loss. The amount of any distribution of property
other than cash will be the fair market value of such property on the date of distribution.
The gross amount of any dividend paid (which will include any amounts withheld in respect of Brazilian taxes) with respect to a
common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as foreign source dividend income, which
may be relevant in calculating a U.S. Holder’s foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to limitations under U.S. federal income tax law
concerning credits or deductions for foreign taxes and certain exceptions for short-term and hedged positions, any Brazilian withholding
tax will be treated as a foreign income tax eligible for credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability (or at a U.S.
Holder’s election, may be deducted in computing taxable income if the U.S. Holder has elected to deduct all foreign income taxes for
the taxable year). The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for the U.S. foreign tax credit is calculated separately with respect to specific
“baskets” of income. For this purpose, the dividends should generally constitute “passive category income,” or in the case of certain
U.S. Holders, “general category income.” The rules with respect to foreign tax credits are complex, and U.S. Holders are urged to
consult their own tax advisors regarding the availability of the foreign tax credit under their particular circumstances.
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Treatment of Preferred Stock
Section 305 of the Code provides special rules for the tax treatment of preferred stock. According to the U.S. Treasury Regulations
under that section, the term preferred stock generally refers to stock which enjoys certain limited rights and privileges (generally
associated with specified dividend and liquidation priorities) but does not participate in corporate growth to any significant extent.
While Oi’s Preferred Shares have some preferences over its Common Shares, the Preferred Shares are not fixed as to dividend
payments or liquidation value. Consequently, although the matter is not entirely clear, because the determination is highly factual in
nature, it is more likely than not that the Preferred Shares of Oi will be treated as “common stock” within the meaning of section 305 of
the Code. If the Preferred Shares are treated as “common stock” for purposes of section 305 of the Code, distributions to U.S. Holders
of additional shares of such “common stock” or preemptive rights relating to such “common stock” with respect to their preferred
shares or ADSs that are made as part of a pro rata distribution to all shareholders in most instances will not be subject to U.S. federal
income tax. On the other hand, if the Preferred Shares are treated as “preferred stock” within the meaning of section 305 of the Code,
and if a U.S. Holder receives a distribution of additional shares or preemptive rights as described in the preceding sentence, such
distributions (including amounts withheld in respect of any Brazilian taxes), as discussed more fully below, will be treated as dividends
to the same extent and in the same manner as distributions payable in cash. In that event, the amount of such distribution (and the basis
of the new shares or preemptive rights so received) will equal the fair market value of the shares or preemptive rights on the date of
distribution.
Sale, Exchange or Other Disposition of the Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs of Oi
A deposit or withdrawal of common shares or preferred shares by a U.S. Holder in exchange for the ADS that represent such
shares will not result in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to the discussion above under
“—Passive Foreign Investment Company Rules,” a U.S. Holder generally will recognize capital gain or loss upon a sale, exchange or
other disposition of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi held by the U.S. Holder or the depositary, as the case may be, in an
amount equal to the difference between the U.S. Holder’s adjusted basis in its common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi
(determined in U.S. dollars) and the U.S. dollar amount realized on the sale, exchange or other disposition. If a Brazilian tax is withheld
on the sale, exchange or other disposition of a share, the amount realized by a U.S. Holder will include the gross amount of the proceeds
of that sale, exchange or other disposition before deduction of the Brazilian tax. In the case of a non-corporate U.S. Holder, the
maximum marginal U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to capital gain generally will be lower than the maximum marginal U.S.
federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income (other than, as discussed above, certain dividends) if such holder’s holding period
for such common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi exceeds one year (i.e., such gain is a long-term capital gain). Capital gain, if any,
realized by a U.S. Holder on the sale or exchange of a common share, preferred share or ADS of Oi generally will be treated as U.S.
source income for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes. Consequently, in the case of a disposition or deposit of a common share, preferred
share or ADS of Oi that is subject to Brazilian tax, the U.S. Holder may not be able to use the foreign tax credit for that Brazilian tax
unless it can apply the credit against U.S. tax payable on other income from foreign sources in the appropriate income category, or,
alternatively, it may take a deduction for the Brazilian tax if it elects to deduct all of its foreign income taxes. The deductibility of
capital losses is subject to limitations under the Code.
The initial tax basis of a U.S. Holder’s common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi will be the U.S. dollar value of the reais-
denominated purchase price determined on the date of purchase. If the common shares, preferred shares or ADSs of Oi are treated as
traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis U.S. Holder, or, if it elects, an accrual basis U.S. Holder, will determine the
dollar value of the cost of such common shares, preferred shares or ADSs by translating the amount paid at the spot rate of exchange on
the settlement date of the purchase. The conversion of U.S. dollars to reais and the immediate use of that currency to purchase common
shares, preferred shares or ADSs generally will not result in taxable gain or loss for a U.S. Holder.
With respect to the sale or exchange of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs, the amount realized generally will be the U.S.
dollar value of the payment received determined on the date of disposition. If Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs are treated as
traded on an “established securities market,” a cash basis taxpayer, or, if it elects, an accrual basis taxpayer, will determine the U.S.
dollar value of the amount realized by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.
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Other Brazilian Taxes
Any Brazilian IOF/Exchange Tax or IOF/Bonds and Securities Tax (as discussed under “—Brazilian Tax Considerations” above)
may not be treated as a creditable foreign tax for U.S. federal income tax purposes, although a U.S. Holder may be entitled to deduct
such taxes if it elects to deduct all of its foreign income taxes. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal
income tax consequences of these taxes.
3.8% Medicare Tax On “Net Investment Income”
Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals, estates or trusts may be required to pay an additional 3.8% tax on, among other things,
dividends and capital gains from the sale or other disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
Information Reporting and Backup Withholding
In general, information reporting will apply to dividends in respect of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs and the
proceeds from the sale, exchange or redemption of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs that are paid to a U.S. Holder within the
United States (and in certain cases, outside the United States) by a U.S. payor or U.S. middleman, unless such U.S. Holder is an exempt
recipient such as a corporation. A backup withholding tax may apply to such payments if a U.S. Holder fails to provide a taxpayer
identification number or certification of other exempt status or fail to report in full dividend and interest income.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S.
federal income tax liability provided the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service in a timely manner.
Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals are required to report information relating to an interest in Common Shares, Preferred
Shares or ADSs, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs held in accounts
maintained by U.S. financial institutions). U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting
obligations, if any, with respect to their acquisition, ownership and disposition of Common Shares, Preferred Shares or ADSs.
Documents on Display
Statements contained in this annual report regarding the contents of any contract or other document filed as an exhibit to this
annual report summarize their material terms, but are not necessarily complete, and each of these statements is qualified in all respects
by reference to the full text of such contract or other document.
We are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act, except that as a foreign issuer, we are not subject to the
proxy rules or the short-swing profit disclosure rules of the Exchange Act. In accordance with these statutory requirements, we file with
or furnish reports and other information to the SEC. Reports and other information filed or furnished by us to the SEC may be inspected
and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the SEC at Room 1024, 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies
of such material may also be inspected at the offices of the NYSE, 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, on which our ADRs
are listed. In addition, the SEC maintains a website that contains information which we have filed electronically with the SEC, which
can be accessed over the Internet at http://www.sec.gov.
We also file financial statements and other periodic reports with the CVM, which are available for investor inspection at the
CVM’s offices located at Rua Sete de Setembro, 111, 2nd floor, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, and Rua Cincinato Braga, 340, 2nd, 3rd and 4th
floors, São Paulo, SP. The CVM maintains an Internet website that contains reports and other information about issuers, like us, that file
electronically with the CVM. The address of that website is http://www.cvm.gov.br. We also file consolidated financial statements and
other periodic information with B3. The address of the B3 website is http://www.bmfbovespa.com.br.
Copies of Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F and documents referred to in this annual report and Oi’s by-laws are available for
inspection upon request at Oi’s headquarters at Rua do Lavradio, 71, 2 andar – Centro, CEP 20.230-070 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. Oi’s
filings are also available to the public through the internet at Oi’s website at www.oi.com.br/ir. The information included on Oi’s
website or that might be accessed through Oi’s website is not included in this annual report and is not incorporated into this annual
report by reference.
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ITEM 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risks related to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We are exposed to foreign
currency exchange rate risk mainly because (1) a significant portion of our equipment costs, such as costs relating to switching centers
and software used for upgrading network capacity, are primarily denominated in foreign currencies or linked to foreign currencies,
primarily the U.S. dollar, other than those in which we earn revenues (primarily reais), and (2) a significant portion of our borrowings
and financing are denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the U.S. dollar. We are subject to market risk deriving from changes in
interest rates because a significant portion of our indebtedness bears interest at floating rates. We have historically entered into
derivative transactions to manage certain market risks, mainly our foreign currency exchange rate risk and our interest rate risk.
However, in connection with our RJ Proceedings, we reversed our derivative financial instruments during the second and third quarters
of 2016. In 2016 prior to the commencement of the RJ Proceedings, we developed and approved with Oi’s board of directors a new
hedging policy that modified the risk management objectives from earnings to cash flow at risk. With the conclusion of our RJ
Proceedings, and, hence, the accurate measurement of our risk factors, we have recently approved the hedging strategy for 2020 in line
with our hedging policy, focused on cash flows, and liquidity, while complying with the financial covenants contained in our debt
instruments. As of December 31, 2019, we had derivative instruments designed to hedge our short term U.S. dollar-linked debt interest
payments, as well as part of our operating expenses contractually denominated in U.S. dollars.
Exchange Rate Risk
During 2019, approximately 28.8% of our capital expenditures were U.S. dollar-denominated or linked to the U.S. dollar. A
hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0% depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar as of December 31, 2019 would have resulted in an
increase of R$714 million in the cost of our capital expenditures during 2019, assuming that we would have incurred all of these capital
expenditures notwithstanding the adverse change in the exchange rates.
Our financing cost and the amount of financial liabilities that we record are also exposed to exchange rate risk. As of
December 31, 2019, R$9,521 million, or 52.2%, of our total consolidated borrowings and financings was denominated in foreign
currency, after giving effect to the fair value adjustment to our borrowings and financing and debt issuance costs. We have recorded
foreign currency and monetary restatement losses of R$640 million during 2019 with respect to our foreign currency-denominated
financial liabilities and foreign currency and monetary restatement gains of R$334 million during 2019 with respect to the fair value
adjustment related to our foreign currency denominated debt, based on exchange rates in effect at the end of 2019. The potential
additional losses on foreign currency and monetary restatement during 2019 that would result from a hypothetical, instantaneous 10.0%
depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar and the euro as of December 31, 2019 would be approximately R$914 million, assuming
that the amount and composition of our debt instruments were unchanged. The potential increase in our total consolidated debt
obligations that would result from a 10.0% depreciation of the real against the U.S. dollar and the euro as of December 31, 2019 would
be approximately R$953 million.
Interest Rate Risk
As of December 31, 2019, we had total outstanding borrowings and financings of R$31,642 million, excluding the fair value
adjustment and debt issuance costs, and R$18,227 million, after giving effect to the fair value adjustment and debt issuance costs. Of
this outstanding balance after giving effect to the fair value adjustment and debt issuance costs, R$8,641 million, or 47.8%, was
real-denominated indebtedness that bore interest at floating rates primarily based on the CDI rate or TJLP rate, R$42 million was
real-denominated indebtedness that bore interest at fixed rates and R$23 million was real-denominated indebtedness that bore interest
based at TR (currently at zero).
We invest our excess liquidity (R$2,299 million as of December 31, 2019) mainly in (1) in short-term instruments denominated in
reais that generally pay interest at overnight interest rates based on the CDI rate which partially mitigates our exposure to Brazilian
interest rate risk, (2) certificates of deposit and time deposits issued by global and domestic financial institutions with AAA and AA
ratings from international rating agencies, and (3) in investment funds created by top Brazilian asset managers exclusively for us. The
fund managers of the investment funds created for us are responsible for managing our funds, subject to the direction of our investment
policy, approved by Oi’s board of directors. As of the date of this annual report, these funds are comprised mainly of government bonds
and other low-risk financial instruments linked to the CDI and SELIC rates.
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We recorded interest on borrowings payable to third parties and debentures of R$1,618 million during 2019. The potential
additional interest on borrowings payable to third parties during 2019 that would have resulted from a hypothetical, instantaneous and
unfavorable change of 100 basis points in the interest rates on December 31, 2019 would be approximately R$131 million considering
the impact on our debt obligations. This sensitivity analysis is based on the assumption of an unfavorable 100 basis points movement of
the interest rates applicable to each homogeneous category of financial liabilities and sustained over a period of one year. A
homogeneous category is defined according to the currency in which financial assets and liabilities are denominated and assumes the
same interest rate movement within each homogeneous category (e.g., reais). As a result, our interest rate risk sensitivity model may
overstate the impact of interest rate fluctuation for such financial instruments, as consistently unfavorable movements of all interest
rates are unlikely.
Hedging Policy
We employ financial risk management strategies using non-deliverable forwards and dollar-denominated cash (natural hedge),
and, in the future we may employ, cross-currency swaps, interest rate swaps and series swaps. Our financial risk management strategy is
designed to protect us against devaluation of the real against foreign currencies, according to our foreign-currency exposure in
connection with our financings. We do not enter into derivatives transactions for speculative reasons or any other purposes.
ITEM 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
The depositary collects its fees for the delivery and surrender of ADSs directly from investors depositing shares or surrendering
ADSs or from intermediaries acting for them. The depositary also collects fees for making distributions to investors by deducting those
fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay the fees. The depositary may collect its annual
fee for depositary services by deductions from cash distributions or by directly billing investors or by charging the book-entry system
accounts of participants acting for them. The depositary may generally refuse to provide fee-attracting services until its fees for those
services are paid.
Persons depositing or withdrawing shares must pay:
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US$5.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion of 100 ADSs) for the issuance of ADSs, including issuances resulting from a
distribution of shares or rights or other property;
US$5.00 (or less) per 100 ADSs (or portion of 100 ADSs) for the cancellation of ADSs for the purpose of withdrawal,
including in the event of the termination of the applicable deposit agreement relating to our ADSs;
US$0.02 (or less) per ADS (or portion thereof) for any cash distribution;
US$0.02 (or less) per ADS (or portion thereof) per calendar year for depositary services;
in the event of distributions of securities (other than Oi’s Class A Preferred Shares), a fee equivalent to the fee for the
execution and delivery of ADRs referred to above, which would have been charged, as a result of the deposit of such
securities (treating such securities as Class A Preferred Shares for the purposes of this fee);
registration or transfer fees for the transfer and registration of shares on Oi’s share register to or from the name of
the depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw shares;
expenses of the depositary for (1) cable, telex and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the applicable the
deposit agreements relating to our ADSs), and (2) converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars;
taxes and other governmental charges the depositary or the custodian have to pay on any ADS or share underlying an ADS,
for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes, as necessary; and
any charges incurred by the depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities, as necessary.
Subject to certain terms and conditions, the depositary has agreed to reimburse Oi for certain expenses it incurs that are related to
establishment and maintenance expenses of the ADS program, including the standard out-of-pocket maintenance costs for the ADRs,
which consist of the expenses of postage and envelopes for mailing annual and interim financial reports, printing and distributing
dividend checks, electronic filing of U.S. Federal tax information, mailing required tax forms, stationery, postage, facsimile, and
telephone calls. There are limits on the amount of expenses for which the depositary will reimburse us, but the amount of
reimbursement available to Oi is not necessarily tied to the amount of fees the depositary collects from investors.
During the year ended December 31, 2019, we received US$10 million in reimbursements from the depositary of our ADSs.
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ITEM 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
Not applicable.
PART II
ITEM 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
ITEM 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our chief executive officer, or CEO, and chief financial officer, or CFO, are responsible for establishing and maintaining our
disclosure controls and procedures. These controls and procedures were designed to ensure that information that we are required to
disclose in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods
specified in the applicable rules and forms of the SEC, and that it is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our
CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
We performed an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of
December 31, 2019 under the supervision of our CEO and CFO (as defined in rules 13a-15(e) or 15(d)-15(e) under the Exchange Act).
There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of
human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective controls and procedures
can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
Based on our evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of
December 31, 2019, and that the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to provide reasonable
assurance that all material information relating to our company was reported as required.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting and Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting, as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f).
Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of consolidated financial statements for external purposes in accordance with applicable
generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our
assets, (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial
statements in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being
made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the
consolidated financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also,
projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
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Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management conducted an assessment of the
effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 based on the criteria established in “Internal
Control —Integrated Framework (2013)” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
("COSO"). Based on this assessment, our management concluded that as of December 31, 2019, our internal control over financial
reporting was effective.
Our independent registered public accounting firm, BDO RCS Auditores Independentes S.S., has issued an opinion on the effectiveness
of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 as stated in their report beginning on page F-3.
Remediation of Prior Material Weakness
During our management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, our management
identified a material weakness. The material weakness was that we did not design, establish or maintain effective controls over the
integrity and accuracy of prior years’ related party transactions, which affected the current year balance sheet, including reconciliation,
review and elimination of such transactions, in the consolidation process.
During 2019, we implemented and reinforced controls to ensure correct and timely registration of related party transactions and
adequate review of such transactions as controls to ensure the proper impact on the elimination and consolidation process.
Based upon the measures adopted, our management concluded that the actions implemented represented an improvement in the
mitigation of risks in the control environment over this process and concluded that this deficiency was remediated as of December 31,
2019.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Other than as set forth above, there have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the
year ended December 31, 2019 that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2019.
ITEM 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
As of the date of this annual report, Oi’s Audit, Risks and Controls Committee includes an “audit committee financial expert”
within the meaning of this Item 16A. Oi’s Audit, Risks and Controls Committee has determined that Henrique José Fernandes Luz is
Oi’s audit committee financial expert. Mr. Fernandes Luz’s biographical information is included in “Item 6. Directors, Senior
Management and Employees.” Mr. Fernandes Luz is independent, as that term is defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and
303A.02 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual.
ITEM 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to members of Oi’s board of directors, fiscal council and board of executive
officers, as well as to our other employees.
A copy of our code of ethics may be found on Oi’s website at http://ri.oi.com.br/conteudo_en.asp?
idioma=1&conta=44&tipo=43644. The information included on Oi’s website or that might be accessed through Oi’s website is not
included in this annual report and is not incorporated into this annual report by reference.
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ITEM 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Audit and Non-Audit Fees
The following tables set forth the fees billed to Oi by Oi’s independent registered public accounting firm, BDO RCS Auditores
Independentes S.S., during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.
Audit fees(1)
Audit-related fees(2)
Tax fees
All other fees(3)
Total fees
Year ended December 31,
2018
2019
(in millions of reais)
R$5.2
4.4
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0.4
R$10.0
R$5.0
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0.3
R$5.3
(1)
(2)
(3)
Audit fees consist of the aggregate fees billed by BDO RCS Auditores Independentes S.S. in connection with the audits of Oi’s annual financial statements.
Audit-related fees consist of the aggregate fees billed by BDO RCS Auditores Independentes S.S. for the issuance of audit and review reports in connection with
registration statements.
All other fees consist of the aggregate fees billed by BDO RCS Auditores Independentes S.S. in connection with the issuance of comfort letters.
Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures
Prior to May 26, 2019, Oi’s fiscal council served as its audit committee in reliance on the general exemption from the listing
standards relating to audit committees contained in Rule 10A-3(c)(3) under the Exchange Act. Since May 26, 2019, Oi’s Audit, Risks
and Controls Committee has served as its audit committee in reliance on the general exemption from the listing standards relating to
audit committees contained in Rule 10A-3(c)(3) under the Exchange Act:
Under Brazilian law, Oi’s board of directors is prohibited from delegating its responsibilities regarding the appointment, retention and
oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm engaged for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or
performing other audit, review or attestation services for Oi. Instead, Oi’s fiscal council or Audit, Risks and Controls Committee, as
applicable, makes recommendations to Oi’s board of directors regarding the appointment, retention and oversight of the work of any
registered public accounting firm engaged for such purposes and Oi’s board of directors is deemed to be its audit committee for such
purposes. Before the engagement of any registered public accounting firm by Oi or its subsidiaries for such purposes, the engagement is
approved by Oi’s board of directors. Before the engagement of any accountant by Oi or its subsidiaries to render non-audit services, the
engagement was approved by Oi’s fiscal council prior to May 26, 2019 or has been approved by Oi’s Audit, Risks and Controls
Committee subsequent to May 26, 2019.
ITEM 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Oi is relying on the general exemption from the listing standards relating to audit committees contained in Rule 10A-3(c)(3) under
the Exchange Act. Oi is a foreign private issuer that has an Audit, Risks and Controls Committee, which is a board of auditors (or
similar body) established and selected pursuant to and as expressly permitted under Brazilian law and otherwise meets the requirements
of Rule 10A-3(c)(3) under the Exchange Act, except that Oi’s Audit, Risks and Controls Committee, in accordance with its own charter
as approved by the full board of directors, makes recommendations to Oi’s board of directors regarding the appointment, retention and
oversight of the work of any registered public accounting firm engaged (including the intermediation of disagreements between Oi’s
management and Oi’s independent auditors regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or
performing other audit, review or attestation services for Oi as these powers are reserved to Oi’s board of directors under Brazilian law.
Oi, however, does not believe that its reliance on this general exemption will materially adversely affect the ability of its Audit,
Risks and Controls Committee to act independently and to satisfy the other requirements of the listing standards relating to audit
committees contained in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act.
ITEM 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
Not Applicable.
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ITEM 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
Not Applicable.
ITEM 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
According to the corporate governance rules of the NYSE, foreign private issuers that are listed on the NYSE, such as Oi, are
subject to a more limited set of corporate governance requirements than those imposed on U.S. domestic issuers. As a foreign private
issuer, Oi must comply with the following four requirements imposed by the NYSE:
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Oi must satisfy the audit committee requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act;
Oi’s Chief Executive Officer must promptly notify the NYSE in writing if any executive officer of Oi becomes aware of
any material non-compliance with any of the applicable NYSE corporate governance rules;
Oi must provide a brief description of any significant ways in which Oi’s corporate governance practices differ from those
required to be followed by U.S. domestic issuers under the NYSE corporate governance rules; and
Oi must submit an executed written affirmation annually to the NYSE and an interim written affirmation to the NYSE each
time a change occurs to Oi’s board of directors or any committees of Oi’s board of directors that are subject to section
303A, in each case in the form specified by the NYSE.
Significant Differences
The significant differences between Oi’s corporate governance practices and the NYSE’s corporate governance standards are
mainly due to the differences between the U.S. and Brazilian legal systems. Oi must comply with the corporate governance standards
set forth under the Brazilian Corporate Law, the rules of the CVM and the applicable rules of the B3, as well as those set forth in Oi’s
by-laws.
The significant differences between Oi’s corporate governance practices and the NYSE’s corporate governance standards are set
forth below.
Independence of Directors and Independence Tests
In general, the NYSE corporate governance standards require listed companies to have a majority of independent directors and set
forth the principals by which a listed company can determine whether a director is independent. In general, listed companies are
required to comply with the following NYSE corporate governance standards:
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have a majority of independent directors;
have a nominating/corporate governance committee composed of independent directors with a charter that complies with
the NYSE corporate governance rules; and
have a compensation committee composed of independent directors with a charter that complies with the NYSE corporate
governance rules.
Although Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws establish rules in relation to certain qualification requirements of its directors,
neither Brazilian Corporate Law nor Oi’s by-laws require that Oi have a majority of independent directors nor require Oi’s board of
directors or management to test the independence of Oi’s directors before such directors are appointed.
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Executive Sessions
The NYSE corporate governance standards require non-management directors of a listed company to meet at regularly scheduled
executive sessions without management.
According to the Brazilian Corporate Law, up to one-third of the members of Oi’s board of directors can be elected to
management positions. The remaining non-management directors are not expressly empowered to serve as a check on Oi’s
management, and there is no requirement that those directors meet regularly without management. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Oi’s
board of directors consists entirely of non-management directors; therefore Oi believes it would be in compliance with this NYSE
corporate governance standard.
Nominating/Corporate Governance and Compensation Committees
The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company have a nomination/corporate governance committee and
a compensation committee, each composed entirely of independent directors and each with a written charter that addresses certain
duties.
Although not required under Brazilian law, Oi has a People, Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee to assist its board
of directors, with the purpose of (1) supervising human resources strategies and matters related to the organizational structure and
attracting and retaining talent for Oi and its subsidiaries; (2) monitoring the succession program, the processes of selecting members of
the management bodies and internal committees and special programs for human resources, at the discretion of the chairman of the
board of directors; (3) analyzing and defining the total remuneration strategy and evaluating the performance of the members of the
administrative bodies and the internal committees and the employees of Oi and its subsidiaries; (4) making an annual evaluation of
performance, based on defined goals, of the members of the administrative bodies and internal committees of Oi; (5) monitoring the
policies for corporate governance, maintaining the level of governance adopted by Oi and its subsidiaries and ensuring the effective
adoption of best practices; (6) monitoring compliance with the directives established in the Listing Regulations of the Level 1 of the B3
and other policies adopted by Oi, as well as other applicable legislation, regulations and foreign good practices, including, among
others, conditions for maintaining Oi’s listing on the NYSE; and (7) monitoring the corporate culture based on the principles, values
and purpose defined by Oi’s board of directors, using, among other practices, internal surveys and indicators of the internal
communications and whistleblower channels established by Oi.
Oi believes that the People, Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee substantially serves the functions of the
committees required under NYSE corporate governance standards, although the terms of reference of this committee may not include
each of the duties required under the NYSE corporate governance standards. The members of the People, Nomination and Corporate
Governance Committee satisfy the independence requirements of section 303A.02 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual.
Audit Committee and Audit Committee Additional Requirements
The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a domestic listed company have an audit committee with a written charter
that addresses certain specified duties and that is composed of at least three members, all of whom satisfy the independence
requirements of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and section 303A.02 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual.
As a foreign private issuer, the members of Oi’s Audit, Risks and Controls Committee are not subject to the independence
requirements of section 303A.02 of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual, although they are subject to the independence requirements
of Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act. In addition, Oi’s Audit, Risks and Controls Committee is not required to have a written charter
that addresses the duties specified in section 303A.07(b) of the NYSE’s Listed Company Manual although Oi’s Audit, Risks and
Controls Committee does have a written charter that addresses these duties.
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Shareholder Approval of Equity Compensation Plans
The NYSE corporate governance standards require that shareholders of a listed company must be given the opportunity to vote on
all equity compensation plans and material revisions thereto, subject to certain exceptions.
Under Brazilian Corporate Law, shareholder pre-approval is required for the adoption and revision of any equity
compensation plans.
Corporate Governance Guidelines
The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company must adopt and disclose corporate governance guidelines
that address certain minimum specified standards which include: (1) director qualification standards; (2) director responsibilities;
(3) director access to management and independent advisors; (4) director compensation; (5) director orientation and continuing
education; (6) management succession; and (7) annual performance evaluation of the board of directors.
Oi must comply with certain corporate governance standards set forth under Brazilian Corporate Law, CVM rules and the
applicable rules of the B3 for Level 1 companies. See “Item 9. The Offer and Listing—Regulation of Brazilian Securities Markets” and
“Item 9. The Offer and Listing—Trading on the B3—B3 Corporate Governance Standards.” The Level 1 rules do not require Oi to
adopt and disclose corporate governance guidelines covering the matters set forth in the NYSE’s corporate governance standards.
However, certain provisions of Brazilian Corporate Law that are applicable to Oi address certain aspects of director qualifications
standards and director responsibilities.
Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
The NYSE corporate governance standards require that a listed company must adopt and disclose a code of business conduct and
ethics for directors, officers and employees and promptly disclose any waivers of the code for directors or officers. Each code of
business conduct and ethics should address the following items: conflicts of interest; corporate opportunities; confidentiality; fair
dealing; protection and proper use of company assets; compliance with laws, rules and regulations (including insider trading laws); and
encouraging the reporting of any illegal or unethical behavior.
Although the adoption of a code of ethics is not required by Brazilian law, Oi has adopted a code of ethics applicable to its
directors, officers and employees, which addresses each of the items listed above. See “Item 16B. Code of Ethics.”
ITEM 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Not Applicable.
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ITEM 17.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have responded to Item 18 in lieu of responding to this item.
PART III
ITEM 18.
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Reference is made to Item 19 for a list of all financial statements filed as part of this annual report.
ITEM 19. EXHIBITS
(a)
Financial Statements
Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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F-3
F-4
F-9
F-11
F-12
F-13
F-14
F-16
(b)
List of Exhibits
1.01
2.01
2.02
2.03
2.04
2.05
2.06
By-laws of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, as amended through April 26, 2019 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 1.01 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 29, 2019).
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement (Common Shares), among Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, The Bank of New York
Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 1 to Form F-6 of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on February 28, 2012 (accession no.
0001019155-12-000106)).
Form of American Depositary Receipt representing American Depositary Shares representing Common Shares (incorporated by reference to
Form 424(b)(3) filed on January 1, 2016).
Form of Amended and Restated Deposit Agreement (Preferred Shares), among Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, The Bank of New York
Mellon, as Depositary, and all Owners and Holders from time to time of American Depositary Shares issued thereunder (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 1 to Form F-6 of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on February 28, 2012 (accession no.
0001019155-12-000107)).
Form of American Depositary Receipt representing American Depositary Shares representing Preferred Shares (included in Exhibit 2.03).
Judicial Reorganization Plan of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Oi Móvel S.A. –
In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 4 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 5 Participações S.A. – In Judicial
Reorganization, Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization and Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In
Judicial Reorganization, dated December 20, 2017 (in Portuguese) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.03 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In
Judicial Reorganization filed on May 16, 2018).
Judicial Reorganization Plan of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Oi Móvel S.A. –
In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 4 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 5 Participações S.A. – In Judicial
Reorganization, Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization and Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In
Judicial Reorganization, dated December 20, 2017 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.04 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. –
In Judicial Reorganization filed on May 16, 2018).
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2.07
2.08
2.09*
2.10*
2.11*
4.01
4.02
4.03
4.04
4.05
4.06
4.07
4.08
4.09
4.10
4.11
4.12
4.13
4.14
Indenture, dated as of July 27, 2018, among of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, as the Company, Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In
Judicial Reorganization, Oi Móvel S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 4 Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Copart 5
Participações S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization and Oi Brasil
Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In Judicial Reorganization, as Subsidiary Guarantors, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee,
Registrar, Principal Paying Agent and Transfer Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form F-1 of Oi S.A. – In Judicial
Reorganization filed on September 4, 2018).
Form of 10.000% / 12.000% Senior PIK Toggle Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 2.07).
Description of Capital Stock.
Description of Common ADSs.
Description of Preferred ADSs.
Call Option Agreement, dated September 8, 2014, among PT International Finance B.V., PT Portugal, SGPS, S.A., Portugal Telecom,
SGPS, S.A., Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization and Telemar Participações S.A. (English translation) (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 99.18 to Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D of Telemar Participações S.A. filed on September 17, 2014).
Concession Agreement for Local, Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service between ANATEL and Brasil Telecom S.A., No. 109/2011,
dated June 30, 2011 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to Form F-4 of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on
September 1, 2011).
Schedule of Omitted Concession Agreements for Local Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
4.05 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).
Concession Agreement for Domestic Long-Distance, Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service between ANATEL and Brasil Telecom
S.A., No. 143/2011, dated June 30, 2011 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Form F-4 of Brasil Telecom
S.A. filed on September 1, 2011).
Schedule of Omitted Concession Agreement for Domestic Long-Distance, Switched, Fixed-Line Telephone Service (incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 4.07 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).
Statement of Authorization for Personal Mobile Services between ANATEL and Brasil Telecom Celular S.A., No. 026/2002, dated
December 18, 2002 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.05 to Form 20-F of Brasil Telecom S.A. filed on
July 13, 2009).
Schedule of Omitted Authorizations for Personal Mobile Services (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to Form F-1 of Oi S.A. –
In Judicial Reorganization filed on September 4, 2018).
Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 2G services between ANATEL and 14 Brasil Telecom Celular
S.A., No. 24/2004, dated May 3, 2004 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.07 to Brasil Telecom S.A.’s annual
report on Form 20-F filed on July 13, 2009).
Schedule of Omitted Instruments of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 2G services (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.11 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on April 27, 2012).
Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 3G services between ANATEL and 14 Brasil Telecom Celular
S.A., No. 24/2008, dated April 29, 2008 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.09 to Brasil Telecom S.A.’s
annual report on Form 20-F filed on July 13, 2009).
Schedule of Omitted Instruments of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 3G services (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 10.15 to Form F-1 of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on September 4, 2018).
Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 4G services between ANATEL and TNL PCS S.A.,
No. 520/2012, dated October 16, 2012 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.16 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In
Judicial Reorganization filed on May 16, 2018).
Schedule of Omitted Instruments of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for 4G services (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 4.17 to Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on May 16, 2018).
Instrument of Authorization for the Use of Radio Frequency Blocks for services under the 450 MHz spectrum, between ANATEL and
Oi S.A., No. 522/2012, dated October 16, 2012 (English translation) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to Form F-1/A of Oi
S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization filed on October 4, 2018).
8.01*
12.01*
12.02*
13.01*
101.INS
101.SCH
101.CAL
101.DEF
101.LAB
101.PRE
List of subsidiaries of the Registrant.
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization pursuant to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Certifications of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization pursuant to the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
XBRL Instance Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Extension Linkbase Document.
*
Filed herewith.
There are numerous instruments defining the rights of holders of long-term indebtedness of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
and its consolidated subsidiaries, none of which authorizes securities that exceed 10% of the total assets of Oi S.A. – In Judicial
Reorganization and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization hereby agrees to furnish a copy of any
such agreements to the SEC upon request.
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The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and
authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
SIGNATURES
Date: April 30, 2020
Date: April 30, 2020
Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
/s/ Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Name: Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Title: Chief Executive Officer
Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
/s/ Camille Loyo Faria
Name: Camille Loyo Faria
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
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Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm on Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 and 2018
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
F-2
F-3
F-4
F-9
F-11
F-12
F-13
F-14
F-16
F-1
MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROLS OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal controls over financial reporting.
Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with applicable generally accepted accounting
principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of
records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets, (2) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with applicable
generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations
of our management and directors, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Under the supervision and with the participation of our CEO and CFO, our management conducted an assessment of our internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019 based on the criteria established in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework
(2013)” issued by COSO.
As a result of management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, management has
concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2019.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has audited the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, as
stated in their report as of December 31, 2019, which is included herein.
April 30, 2020
/s/ Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Name: Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Title: Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Camille Loyo Faria
Name: Camille Loyo Faria
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
F-2
Tel.: +55 21 2210 5166
Fax: + 55 21 2224 5285
www.bdo.com.br
Rua Buenos Aires, 48
4º andar - Centro
Rio de Janeiro/RJ 20070-022
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To Stockholders and Board of Directors of Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization
Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) internal control over financial reporting
as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of
Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO criteria”). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material
respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on the COSO criteria.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)
(“PCAOB”), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of
income and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
2019, and the related notes (collectively referred to as “the financial statements”) and our report dated April 30, 2020 expressed an
unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of
the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Item 15, Management’s Report on Internal
Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting
based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the
Company in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit of internal control over financial reporting in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards
require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial
reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness
exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also
included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the
maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the
company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect
on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections
of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
April 30, 2020, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
/s/ BDO RCS Auditores Independentes SS
BDO RCS Auditores Independentes SS
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Tel.: +55 21 2210 5166
Fax: + 55 21 2224 5285
www.bdo.com.br
Rua Buenos Aires, 48
4º andar - Centro
Rio de Janeiro/RJ 20070-022
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To Stockholders and Board of Directors of Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization
Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization and its subsidiaries (the
“Company”) as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, the related consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income,
stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, and the related notes
(collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2019 and 2018, and the results of its operations and
its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019, in conformity with International Financial Reporting
Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB),
the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control-
Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”), and our
report dated April 30, 2020 expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2019.
Change in accounting principle
As discussed in Note n°2(d.1) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed the manner in which it accounts for leases
in 2019 as provided by IFRS 16, Leases. This matter is also described in the “Critical Audit Matters” section of our report.
Going Concern
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company continues to operate under Judicial Reorganization Plan
(“PRJ”) in accordance with the requirements set forth in Law No. 11.101/2005 as well as has suffered recurring losses from operations,
has a net accumulated deficit and expects to continue to incur losses for at least the next twelve months. These events and conditions
raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described
in Note 1. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
This matter is also described in the “Critical Audit Matters” section of our report.
Basis for Opinion
These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the
Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error
or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial
statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining,
on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included
evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation
of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
F-4
Critical audit matters
The critical audit matters communicated below are matters arising from the current period audit of the consolidated financial statements
that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (i) relate to accounts or disclosures that are
material to the consolidated financial statements and (ii) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The
communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken as a whole,
and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matters below, providing separate opinions on the critical audit matters or on the
accounts or disclosures to which they relate.
Going concern assessment
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern.
As discussed in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company continues to operate under the PRJ in accordance with the
requirements set forth in Law No. 11.101/2005 as well as has suffered recurring losses from operations, has a net accumulated deficit
and expects to continue to incur losses for at least the next twelve months. This matter is also described in the “Emphasis of Matter –
Going Concern” section of our report.
We identified management’s judgments and assumptions used to assess the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern as a
critical audit matter due to inherent complexities and uncertainties related to the Company’s projections of operations under the PRJ.
Auditing these judgments and assumptions involved especially challenging auditor judgment due to the nature and extent of audit
evidence and effort required to address these matters.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included the following:
◾ Assessing the reasonableness of key assumptions underlying management’s forecast operating cash flows, including
revenue growth and gross margin assumptions.
◾ Evaluating the reasonableness of management’s forecast operating cash flows by comparing the forecasts to industry and
analyst reports.
◾ Evaluating the probability that the Company will be able to reduce capital expenditures and other operating expenditures if
required.
◾ Assessing management’s plans in the context of other audit evidence obtained during the audit to determine whether it
supported or contradicted the conclusions reached by management.
Recoverability of long-term assets
As described in Notes 16 and 17 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company recorded property, plant and equipment and
intangible assets of R$ 38,910,834 thousand and R$ 3,997,865 thousand, respectively. The Company tests these assets for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts might be impaired. These calculations require the use
of judgments and assumptions that may be influenced by different external and internal factors, such as economic trends, industry
trends, interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products provided by the Company. The use
of different assumptions in the Company’s discounted cash flow analysis could have a significant impact on the recoverable amounts of
respective assets. In July 2019, the Company disclosed its new Strategic Plan, focused on improving operating and financial
performance, using a sustainable business model that aims at maximizing the Company’s value in the context of judicial reorganization.
As a result of the 2019 impairment testing of intangible assets, the Company recognized an impairment loss of R$ 2,111,022 thousand.
We identified management’s judgments and assumptions used to perform impairment testing over long-term assets including property,
plant and equipment and intangible assets as a critical audit matter. The judgments and assumptions used in the discounted cash flow
analysis include the Company’s forecasted assumptions of future revenues, gross margins, and discount rates. Auditing these judgments
and assumptions involved especially challenging auditor judgment due to the nature and extent of audit evidence and effort required to
address these matters, including the extent of specialized skills or knowledge needed.
F-5
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included the following:
◾ Testing the design and operating effectiveness of controls related to management’s forecasting process, including controls
over the data, inputs, and assumptions used in the discounted cash flow analysis including revenue growth rates, gross
margins, and discount rates.
◾ Evaluating the reasonableness of assumptions used in management’s discounted cash flow analysis by comparing the
forecasts to: (i) historical results, and (ii) Company’s internal communications to management and the Board of Directors,
including the new 2019 Strategic Plan.
◾ Utilizing personnel with specialized knowledge and skills in valuation to assist in: (i) evaluating the reasonableness of
assumptions used by comparing these assumptions to third-party industry projections and expectations, and (ii) evaluating
the reasonableness of the discount rates used in the discounted cash flow analysis.
Provision for tax and civil contingencies
As described in Note 24 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company is a party to legal and administrative proceedings at
civil, labor, and tax levels, which arise from the normal course of its business. The Company has recorded tax provisions of R$
1,050,948 thousand and has disclosed tax contingent liabilities with possible unfavorable outcomes of R$ 28,416,097 thousand as of
December 31, 2019. In addition, the Company has recorded provisions for civil matters of R$ 2,149,700 thousand and has disclosed
civil contingent liabilities with possible unfavorable outcomes of R$ 1,667,990 thousand as of December 31, 2019. The Company
recognizes provision in the consolidated financial statements for the resolution of pending litigation when the Company has a present
obligation as a result of a past event and management determines that a loss is probable, and the amount of the loss can be reasonably
estimated. No provision for tax litigation is recognized in the consolidated financial statements for unfavorable outcomes when, after
assessing the information available: (i) management concludes that it is not probable that a loss has been incurred in any of the pending
litigation or (ii) management is unable to estimate the loss of the pending matters. In the case of income tax pending litigation,
management determines whether it is probable that the respective taxation authority will accept the uncertain tax treatment.
We identified management’s judgments related to the assessment of tax and civil provisions and contingencies as a critical audit matter
due to the complex and significant auditor judgments required to assess the magnitude and probability of potential losses identified and
evaluate the progress of and changes to expected outcomes. Auditing these judgments involved especially challenging auditor judgment
due to the nature and extent of audit evidence and effort required to address these matters, including the extent of specialized skills or
knowledge needed.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
◾ With respect to the civil provisions and contingencies:
(i)
Evaluating the methodology, assumptions and criteria used by the Company in the recognition, measurement and
disclosure of civil related provisions and contingencies in the consolidated financial statements;
(ii) Reviewing external confirmation letters from the legal counselors with knowledge of civil proceedings to evaluate: (i)
the existence and current status of the proceedings, and; (ii) the respective assessment of ranges of loss involved based
on the appropriateness of legal positions asserted by the Company;
◾ With respect to the tax provisions and contingencies, utilizing personnel with specialized skills and knowledge in tax
matters to assist in:
(i)
Evaluating the methodology, assumptions and criteria used by the Company in the recognition, measurement and
disclosure of tax related provisions and contingencies in the consolidated financial statements;
(ii) Reviewing external confirmation letters from the legal counselors with knowledge of tax proceedings to evaluate: (i)
the existence and current status of the proceedings, and; (ii) the respective assessment of ranges of loss involved based
on the appropriateness of legal positions asserted by the Company;
(iii) Evaluating the reasonableness of the defense nature, grounds and/or thesis, and possible changes in the potential
outcome of loss for certain relevant tax proceedings, which involve complex judgment and subjectivity in evaluation,
as well as obtaining, with the assistance of management, legal opinions from tax experts for certain proceedings with
relevant changes in loss estimates.
F-6
Revenue recognition - unbilled
As described in Notes 4 and 9 to the consolidated financial statements, at December 31, 2019 the Company recorded R$ 842,726
thousand of gross revenues related to services rendered and not yet billed. The amount of revenue recognized for unbilled services is
dependent on the Company’s information technology infrastructure which requires the use of various applications and systems to
process, measure, and record large volumes of transactions arising from the Company’s core operations of rendering telecommunication
services.
We identified the recognition of unbilled revenue as a critical audit matter because of judgments required by management in estimating
the amount of earned but unbilled revenues. This in turn led to a high degree of auditor judgment and effort in performing audit
procedures to evaluate unbilled revenue recognition.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
◾ Testing the design and operating effectiveness of controls related to management’s process to estimate and record unbilled
revenue including controls over: (i) the IT environment, including applications and systems used in generating the
information necessary for the billing process, and (ii) the integrity of accounting entries related to the revenue cycle
including unbilled revenue.
◾ Testing the reasonableness of management’s estimation of unbilled revenue through: (i) substantively testing a sample of
revenue transactions by reviewing relevant supporting documentation, and (ii) testing a sample of billings completed
shortly after year-end against the recorded unbilled revenue amounts.
Federal tax credits originated from legal proceedings with final and unappealable decisions
As described in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements, during 2019 the Company recognized federal tax credits totaling
approximately R$ 3 billion. The Company filed legal proceedings to claim the right to deduct ICMS from the PIS and COFINS tax
bases and for the recovery of past paid amounts, within the relevant statute of limitations. In 2019, the 1st and 2nd Region Federal
Courts (Brasĺlia and Rio de Janeiro) issued final and unappealable decisions favorable to the Company on two of the three primary
lawsuits filed by the Company relating to the deduction of ICMS (State VAT) from the calculation bases of PIS and COFINS (taxes on
sales).
We identified management’s calculations related to the federal tax credits as a critical audit matter because of the complexity of
significant judgments required in the period of recognition. Auditing these judgments involved especially challenging auditor judgment
due to the nature and extent of audit evidence and effort required to address these matters, including the extent of specialized skills or
knowledge needed.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
◾ Utilizing personnel with specialized skills and knowledge in federal tax matters to assist in:
(i) Analyzing the legal documentation related to the legal proceedings with final and unappealable decisions;
(ii) Evaluating the supporting calculations of federal tax credits made by the Company including the applicable monetary
adjustments, considering the period of origin of the legal proceedings; and
(iii) Evaluating the reasonableness of projections made by management for the segregation of the federal tax credits
between short and long-term categories for the purpose of presentation in the consolidated financial statements.
Adoption of IFRS 16 Leases
As described in Note 2(d.1) to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted IFRS 16, Leases, using the modified
retrospective approach, with the cumulative effect of the early implementation recognized on the date of adoption. As at January 1,
2019, the initial adoption of the standard resulted in the recognition of right-of-use assets within the noncurrent assets and
corresponding lease liabilities totaling R$ 8,167,932 thousand.
F-7
We identified the adoption of IFRS 16 as a critical audit matter. Implementing the new accounting standard required management’s
judgment related to: (i) evaluation of the new accounting standard and establishment of new accounting policies and practices, (ii)
determining the completeness and accuracy of in scope lease contracts as of the adoption date, and (iii) evaluating inputs and
assumptions used in recording the impact of the adoption including application of available practical expedients and the determination
of the appropriate incremental borrowing rate. Auditing the Company’s adoption of IFRS 16 was especially challenging and complex
due to the audit effort required to analyze the effect of the adoption on the significant number of lease contracts and the specialized
skills and knowledge needed to assess the reasonableness of the incremental borrowing rates utilized.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
•
•
•
•
Evaluating management’s accounting policies and practices, including the reasonableness of management’s judgments and
assumptions related to: (i) evaluation of the appropriate incremental borrowing rate, and (ii) evaluation of practical
expedients elected.
Testing a sample of lease contracts by evaluating the appropriateness of relevant inputs and assumptions, including lease
term and incremental borrowing rate, utilized by management to calculate the operating lease right-of-use asset and
corresponding operating lease liability balances.
Testing the completeness and accuracy of lease contracts, included in management’s adoption procedures.
Utilizing personnel with specialized knowledge and skills in valuation to assist in assessing the reasonableness of the
incremental borrowing rates used to calculate the operating lease liability as of the adoption date.
Legal investigations in the context of “Operação Mapa da Mina”
As described in Note 32(c) to the consolidated financial statements, on December 10, 2019, the Brazilian Federal Police launched the
69th phase Operation: Lava Jato (Car Wash), named “Operation: Mapa da Mina” (Mine Plan). In response to allegations, the Company
has created a Multidisciplinary Committee consisting of members from different departments, including the legal, compliance, internal
audit and accounting department, to determine procedures to be performed, and set a schedule of relevant activities in response to the
allegations of the investigation involving the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company’s Audit Committee oversees the activities of
the Multidisciplinary Committee on a continuous basis.
We identified management’s assessment of pending legal investigation as a critical audit matter. Auditing management’s positions and
procedures performed in response to the alleged illegal acts committed by the Company, the uncertainties inherent to the investigations
still in progress by the MPF and PF involved especially challenging auditor judgment due to the nature and extent of audit evidence and
effort required to address these matters, including the extent of specialized skills or knowledge needed.
The primary procedures we performed to address this critical audit matter included:
•
Utilizing personnel with specialized skills and knowledge in forensic matters to assist in:
(i) Reviewing and observing the appropriateness and the scope of procedures performed and conclusions reached in the
Company’s internal independent investigation conducted by the independent and specialized law firm.
(ii) Evaluating the nature of the matters discussed in the reports prepared by the external legal advisors of the Company
and whether such matters may represent possible legal and regulatory impact related to various claims included in the
investigations in progress from the MPF and PF.
(iii) Evaluating the appropriateness of management’s conclusions derived from the internal independent investigation and
assessing the appropriateness of possible impact on the recognition, measurement and disclosure in the consolidated
financial statements.
(iv) Evaluating various supporting documents collected by management during the Company’s internal independent
investigation and assessing the appropriateness of conclusions reached.
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2018.
April 30, 2020, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.
/s/ BDO RCS Auditores Independentes SS
BDO RCS Auditores Independentes SS
F-8
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands of Brazilian Reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Short-term investments
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Recoverable income taxes
Other taxes
Judicial Deposits
Dividends and interest on capital
Pension plan assets
Prepaid expenses
Held-for-sale assets
Other assets
Total current assets
Non-current assets
Long-term investments
Deferred tax assets
Other taxes
Judicial Deposits
Pension plan assets
Prepaid expenses
Other assets
Investments
Property, plant and equipment, net
Intangible assets
Total non-current assets
Total assets
Current liabilities
Trade payables
Trade payables – Subject to the JRP
Payroll, related taxes and benefits
Derivative financial instruments
Borrowings and financing
Income taxes payable
Other taxes
Dividends and interest on capital
Licenses and concessions payable
Leases payable
Tax financing program
Provisions
Liabilities associated to held-for-sale assets
Other payables
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-9
Note
December 31, 2019
December 31, 2018
8
8
9
10
11
12
29
27
13
31
14
8
10
11
12
27
13
14
15
16
17
18
18
19
20
10
11
21
22
23
24
31
25
2,081,945
183,850
6,334,526
326,934
542,726
1,089,391
1,514,464
426
5,430
670,344
4,391,090
852,155
17,993,281
33,942
99,175
2,995,559
6,651,383
54,615
583,736
437,667
133,765
38,910,834
3,997,865
53,898,541
71,891,822
4,794,309
799,631
852,585
1,152
326,388
66,654
886,763
5,731
58,582
1,510,097
86,721
547,996
494,295
1,405,013
4,385,329
201,975
6,516,555
317,503
621,246
803,252
1,715,934
4,880
743,953
4,923,187
1,079,670
21,313,484
36,987
23,050
715,976
7,018,786
64,253
522,550
250,862
117,840
28,425,563
6,948,446
44,124,313
65,437,797
5,024,260
201,602
906,655
672,894
27,026
1,033,868
6,168
85,619
142,036
680,542
526,870
1,381,919
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands of Brazilian Reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Total current liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Trade payables – Subject to the JRP
Borrowings and financing
Other taxes
Leases payable
Tax financing program
Provisions
Provision for pension plans
Other payables
Total non-current liabilities
Total liabilities
Shareholders’ equity
Share capital
Share issuance costs
Capital reserves
Treasury shares
Accumulated losses
Other comprehensive loss
Shareholders’ equity attributable to the Company and subsidiaries
Non-controlling interest
Total shareholders’ equity
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-10
Note
December 31, 2019
11,835,917
December 31, 2018
10,689,459
18
20
11
22
23
24
27
25
26
3,293,427
17,900,361
1,224,038
6,639,929
330,782
4,703,684
633,012
7,534,166
42,259,399
54,095,316
32,538,937
(801,073)
3,906,771
(33,315)
(17,727,954)
(233,040)
17,650,326
146,180
17,796,506
71,891,822
3,593,008
15,777,012
628,716
411,170
4,358,178
579,122
6,505,321
31,852,527
42,541,986
32,038,471
(377,429)
11,532,995
(2,803,250)
(17,530,108)
(208,359)
22,652,320
243,491
22,895,811
65,437,797
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands of Brazilian Reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Net operating revenue
Cost of sales and services
Gross profit
Operating (expenses) income
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Other operating income
Other operating expenses
Loss before financial income (expenses) and taxes
Financial income
Financial expenses
Financial income (expenses)
Profit (loss) before taxes
Income tax expense (current and deferred)
Current
Deferred
Profit (loss) for the year
Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Company
Profit (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests
Profit (loss) allocated to common shares – basic and diluted
Profit (loss) allocated to preferred shares—basic and diluted
Weighted average number of outstanding shares (in
thousands of shares)
Common shares – basic and diluted
Preferred shares – basic and diluted
Profit (loss) per share from continuing operations:
Common shares—basic and diluted
Preferred shares—basic and diluted
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
Note
4
5
December 31, 2019
20,136,183
(15,314,814)
4,821,369
December 31, 2018
22,060,014
(16,179,100)
5,880,914
December 31, 2017
23,789,654
(15,668,653)
8,121,001
(3,547,684)
(2,782,300)
4,527,710
(5,996,465)
(7,798,739)
(2,977,370)
2,662,463
(8,772,181)
(6,109,718)
(9,087,088)
(77,060)
69,041
(9,095,107)
(9,000,434)
(94,673)
(8,764,803)
(235,631)
5,788,447
155,615
(1.51)
(1.51)
(3,853,002)
(2,738,718)
2,204,134
(6,761,586)
(11,149,172)
(5,268,258)
30,950,461
(4,341,595)
26,608,866
21,340,608
115,706
3,159,241
24,615,555
24,591,140
24,415
22,036,074
2,555,066
1,344,686
155,915
16.39
16.39
(4,102,556)
(3,136,808)
1,985,101
(5,227,766)
(10,482,029)
(2,361,028)
7,136,459
(10,332,971)
(3,196,512)
(5,557,540)
(906,080)
(192,542)
(6,656,162)
(6,365,019)
(291,143)
(4,896,241)
(1,468,778)
519,752
155,915
(9.42)
(9.42)
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F-11
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements Comprehensive Income
(In thousands of Brazilian Reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Profit (loss) for the year
Hedge accounting loss
Actuarial gains (losses)
Exchange losses on investment abroad
Pre-tax comprehensive income
Effect of taxes on other comprehensive income:
Actuarial loss
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the year
Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to owners of the Company
Comprehensive loss attributable to non-controlling interests
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
F-12
2019
2018
(9,095,107) 24,615,555
2017
(6,656,162)
(1,152)
(9,795)
(16,372)
105,515
(110,098)
(9,122,426) 24,610,972
(35,875)
(9,122,426) 24,575,097
(9,025,115) 24,625,063
(97,311)
(49,966)
30,253
163,770
(6,462,139)
(10,371)
(6,472,510)
(6,203,313)
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands of Brazilian Reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit (loss) before taxes
Non-cash items
Loss (gain) on financial instruments (Note 6)
Fair value adjustment to borrowings and financing (Note 6)
Present value adjustment to other liabilities (Note 6)
Gain on the restructuring of third-party borrowings (Note 6)
Transaction with derivative financial instruments (Note 6)
Depreciation and amortization (Note 5)
Onerous obligation (Note 5)
Expected credit losses on receivables (Note 5)
Impairment losses (reversal) (Note 5)
Provisions/(reversals) (Note 5)
Earnings of equity investees
Loss on disposal of capital assets
Concession Agreement Extension Fee – ANATEL
Employee and management profit sharing
Tax Recovery (Notes 5 and 6)
Monetary correction to provisions/(reversals) (Note 6)
Monetary correction to tax refinancing program (Note 6)
Other
Changes in assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable
Inventories
Taxes
Investment and redemption of financial assets
Trade payables
Payroll, related taxes and benefits
Licenses and concessions
Provisions
Changes in assets and liabilities held for sale
Other assets and liabilities
Financial charges paid – debt
Financial charges paid – other
Income tax and social contribution paid – Company
Income tax and social contribution paid – third parties
Net cash generated by operating activities
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
December 31,
2017
(9,087,088)
21,340,608
(5,557,540)
3,606,618
527,465
59,214
(55,025)
6,873,945
1,230,820
489,396
2,111,022
216,438
5,174
235,535
359,465
260,207
(3,617,919)
1,620,378
16,159
(538,974)
4,312,830
(306,240)
(21,113)
1,322,267
40,141
(678,046)
(313,169)
(127,313)
(462,299)
(29,829)
(252,683)
(828,284)
(926,910)
(352)
(85,680)
(159,966)
(1,172,908)
2,311,638
(2,043,357)
(13,928,659)
(1,167,043)
(11,054,800)
5,120,203
(4,873,000)
5,811,123
4,883,620
851,271
291,758
93,026
13,492
215,398
68,333
237,253
5,109,292
784,403
(4,747,141)
7,362,304
433
211,735
88,658
298,789
226,870
28,079
(637,251)
5,229,721
674,668
27,294
450,281
4,950,379
(365,771)
(48,280)
121,951
(87,744)
(860,900)
(253,902)
(434,974)
(257,643)
525,660
(1,661,603)
(19,215)
(2,884)
(495,038)
(188,445)
(705,582)
2,862,536
(253,469)
173,283
477,164
174,256
(374,003)
(42,727)
(426,649)
701,416
(467,067)
(37,796)
(1,412)
(2,515)
(314,162)
(192,736)
(510,825)
4,401,758
Continued
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures
Proceeds from the sale of investments, tangibles and intangibles
Dividends received from investments abroad (Note 33)
Judicial deposits
Redemption of judicial deposits
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of principal of borrowings, financing, and derivatives
Proceeds from derivative financial instrument transactions
Capital increase
Commitment to investors premium
Payments of obligation for licenses and concessions
Payments of obligation for tax refinancing program
Payment of dividends and interest on capital
Payment of Leases
Exercise of warrants
Share buyback
Net cash used in financing activities
Foreign exchange differences on cash equivalents
Cash flows for the year
Cash and cash equivalents
Closing balance
Opening balance
Changes in the year
Additional Disclosures Relating to the Statement Of Cash Flows
Non-cash transactions
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
December 31,
2017
(7,425,513)
106,097
226,525
(477,010)
719,223
(6,850,678)
(11,824)
72,113
4,000,000
(58,489)
(151,862)
(437)
(1,611,273)
(2,572)
2,235,656
(5,246,241)
(4,344,238)
22,276
5,016
(775,953)
1,083,043
(4,916,875)
(425,563)
343,129
(4,421,656)
(161,884)
(659)
(1,491)
(265,495)
(54)
(104,449)
(226,776)
(59,462)
4,580
(424,344)
1,328
(300,429)
(691,775)
11,105
(700,568)
(2,303,384)
(2,477,355)
2,081,945
4,385,329
(2,303,384)
4,385,329
6,862,684
(2,477,355)
6,862,684
7,563,252
(700,568)
Acquisition of Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible assets (incurring liabilities)
Offset of judicial deposits against provision for contingencies
Shares issued to backstop investors
Settlement of payables for own shares (Pharol Agreement - Notes 1 and 26 (b))
Conversion of debt into shares
December 31,
2019
490,395
395,143
337,475
46,680
December 31,
2018
1,034,475
845,088
December 31,
2017
1,451,068
382,071
11,613,980
Reconciliation of liabilities resulting from financing activities
The changes in financial charges and the settlement of the debt resulting from financing activities are presented in Note 20.
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
Oi S.A. – under Judicial Reorganization (“Company” or “Oi”), is a Switched Fixed-line Telephony Services (“STFC”) concessionaire,
operating since July 1998 in Region II of the General Concession Plan (“PGO”), which covers the Brazilian states of Acre, Rondônia,
Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, Goiás, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, and the Federal District, in the
provision of STFC as a local and intraregional long-distance carrier. Since January 2004, the Company also provides domestic and
international long-distance services in all Regions and local services outside Region II started to be provided in January 2005. These
services are provided under concessions granted by Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações—ANATEL (National Telecommunications
Agency), the regulator of the Brazilian telecommunications industry (“ANATEL” or “Agency”).
The Company is headquartered in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, at Rua do Lavradio, 71 – 2º andar.
The Company also holds: (i) through its wholly-owned subsidiary Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – in Judicial Reorganization (“Telemar”) a
concession to provide fixed telephone services in Region I and nationwide International Long-distance services; and (ii) through its
indirect subsidiary Oi Móvel S.A. – in Judicial Reorganization (“Oi Móvel”) a license to provide mobile telephony services in Region I,
II and III.
In Africa, the Company provides fixed and mobile telecommunications services through own subsidiaries and the subsidiaries of
Africatel Holdings B.V. (“Africatel”), and in Asia the Company provides fixed, mobile, and other telecommunications services
basically related through its subsidiary Timor Telecom (Note 31).
The Company is registered with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (“CVM”) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”). Its shares are traded on B3 S.A. – Brasil, Stock Exchange, OTC (“B3”) and its American Depositary Receipts
(“ADRs”) representing Oi common shares and preferred shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).
Concession agreements
The local and nationwide STFC long-distance concession agreements entered into by the Company and its subsidiary Telemar with
ANATEL are effective until December 31, 2025. These concession agreements provide for reviews on a five-year basis and in general
have a higher degree of intervention in the management of the business than the licenses to provide private services. At the end of 2018,
ANATEL published Public Hearing No. 51/2018 to address the revision of the Concession Agreements for the concession’s last five-
year period (2021-2025). The contribution period to the Public Hearing ended on March 26, 2019, and the draft in being analyzed by
ANATEL. It is worth noting that the recently enacted Law 13879/2019 creates the legal possibility to migrate from the public utility
regime to the STFC provision under private law (still subject to regulation by ANATEL), as well as the possibility of successive
renewals of the Concession over a 20-year period.
On December 21, 2018, the Government enacted Decree 9619/2018, which repeals Decree 7512/2011 and approves a New PGMU
(“PGMU IV”). The highlight of the New PGMU is the fact that the New PGMU introduces a significant reduction in the plant of
payphones (“TUP”) currently in use. As a replacement for the payphones no longer required, the concessionaires are required to
implement wireless fixed access systems supporting broadband connections in certain locations, the deadline of which is December
2023.
With the approval of the Judicial Reorganization Plan (“PRJ” or “Plan”), ANATEL initiated some procedures aiming at monitoring the
Company’s financial situation, as well as to assess its Company’s ability to discharge its obligations arising from the terms of the
concession agreements. In March 2019, ANATEL decided, among other issues, to maintain the special monitoring of the provision of
telecommunications services of the Oi Group companies in 2019 by imposing actions related to transparency, corporate governance,
and corporate control, financial and operating performance, and asset and credit management, as informed in the Notice to the Market
disclosed by the Company on May 8, 2019.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
On February 10, 2020, as reported in the Notice to the Market released by the Company, ANATEL’s Board of Directors concluded
there was no longer the need for special monitoring based on the decision issued in May 2019 as it considers that the Company’s and its
subsidiaries’ short-term liquidity risk has been extinguished and revoked the obligations previously imposed on the Oi Group
companies.
Judicial Reorganization
On June 20, 2016, the Company – under Judicial Reorganization and its direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries Oi Móvel,
Telemar, Copart 4 Participações S.A. – under Judicial Reorganization (“Copart 4), Copart 5 Participações S.A. – under Judicial
Reorganization (“Copart 5”, merged, see Nota 32), Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V.—under Judicial Reorganization, and
Oi Brasil Holdings Cooperatief U.A.—under Judicial Reorganization (“Oi Holanda”) (collectively with the Company, the “Oi
Companies”) filed a petition for judicial reorganization with the Court of the State of Rio de Janeiro (“Judicial Reorganization
Proceeding”).
On December 19, 2017, after confirming that the required quorum of classes I, II, III, and IV creditors was in attendance, the General
Creditors’ Meeting was held and the Oi Companies’ judicial reorganization plan (“Plan” or “PRJ”) was approved by a vast majority of
creditors on December 20, 2017.
On January 8, 2018, the judicial reorganization court (“Judicial Reorganization Court”) issued a decision that ratified the JRP and
granted the judicial reorganization to the Oi Companies, which was published on February 5, 2018.
On July 31, 2018, the restructuring of the Oi Companies’ financial debt was completed with the implementation of the applicable terms
and conditions provided for in the JRP, including the completion of the first capital increase provided for in the JRP, Capital Increase –
Claim Capitalization.
On January 25, 2019 the Company completed the second capital increase provided for in the JRP (“Capital Increase—New Funds”),
with the issue of 3,225,806,451 book-entry, registered common shares, without par value, including new common shares represented by
ADSs, pursuant to the JRP and the subscription and commitment agreement entered into by the Company, its subsidiaries, and the
Backstop Investors.
Capital Increase – New Funds
Exercise of Subscription Warrants and American Depositary Warrants (“ADWs”)
On October 28, 2018, Oi commenced the issuance and delivery of all warrants and ADWs exercised by their holders. The process was
completed on January 4, 2019. All warrants that were not exercised on or prior to January 2, 2019 have been cancelled.
Preferential offer and completion of the Capital Increase – New Funds, pursuant to the commitment agreement terms
As contemplated by Section 6 of the JRP, on November 13, 2018 the Company commenced a preemptive offering of common shares
that was registered with the SEC under the Securities Act under which holders of common shares and preferred shares, including the
ADS Depositary and The Bank of New York Mellon, as depositary of the Preferred ADS program, received transferable rights for each
common share or preferred share held as of November 19, 2018, which refers to as subscription rights.
The subscription rights expired on January 4, 2019. On January 16, 2019, the Company issued 1,530,457,356 common shares to holders
of subscription rights that had exercised those subscription rights with respect to the initial common shares. On January 21, 2019, the
Company issued 91,080,933 common shares to holders of subscription rights that had requested subscriptions for excess common
shares. The proceeds of these subscriptions totaled R$2,011 million.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
On January 25, 2019, the Company issued 1,604,268,162 common shares, representing the total number of common shares that were
offered in the preemptive offering less the total number of initial common shares and excess common shares, to the Backstop Investors
in a private placement under the terms of the commitment agreement for the aggregate amount of R$1,989 million (“Share Balance”).
Because of the subscription and payment of the Share Balance, the Company completed, on this date, the Capital Increase – New
Funds, through the subscription and payment of all 3,225,806,451 New Common Shares issued as part of the Capital Increase – New
Funds, representing a contribution of new funds for the Company totaling R$4.0 billion. In addition, under the terms of the commitment
agreement, on that date the Company issued, as compensation for their commitments under the commitment agreement, 272,148,705
common shares in a private placement to the Backstop Investors and paid US$13 million to the Backstop Investors. As a result of the
outcome of the subscription and payment of the Capital Increase – New Funds and the Commitment Shares, the Company’s share
capital increased to R$32,538,937,370.00, represented by 5,954,205,001 shares, divided into 5,796,477,760 registered common shares
and 157,727,241 registered preferred shares, without par value.
Litigation discontinuation settlement between the Company and Pharol
On February 8, 2019, in order to discontinue any disputes that might harm the implementation of the JRP, the Company disclosed a
Material Fact Notice informing that its Board of Directors approved, in accordance with CVM Instruction 567/2015, the acquisition of
1,800,000 preferred shares issued by the Company to ensure the compliance of the commitment assumed by the Company to transfer its
treasury shares to Bratel, wholly-owned subsidiary of Pharol SGPS, S.A., in the context of the settlement entered into, subject matter of
the Material Fact Notice of January 8, 2019 (“Settlement”), in transactions conducted in B3’s OTC to deliver the treasury shares to
Bratel, which would be made within four business days from the confirmation of the settlement by the Judicial Reorganization Court.
On February 18, 2019, the Court issued a decision suspending conflict of jurisdiction injunction No. 157.099 during the period
requested by the parties.
On April 3, 2019, the Company disclosed a notice to the market to inform on the confirmation of the settlement, referred to above,
because the fifteen-day term for the publication of the related court decision has run out. Accordingly, as determined in the Settlement,
the term for the compliance with the second part of the obligations established by both parties to the Settlement started on this same
date, including: (a) the request to discontinue all the litigation involving the parties named in the Agreement and (b) the delivery to
Bratel of 33.8 million Oi shares there were held in treasury, including 32 million common shares and 1.8 million preferred shares.
In addition, several obligations and rights of the parties described in the Material Fact Notice released by Oi and the Communication
released by Pharol, both on January 9, 2019, were fully clearly established.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Default Payment Method provided for by Clause 4.3.6 of the Plan—Bondholders
On May 20, 2019, in strict compliance with the decision issued under Chapter 15 that determined that the cancelation of the notes
regulated by New York Law should take place on June 14, 2019, the Company announced that it started the procedure so that the
holders of the notes (a) Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V.’s €500,000,000 in 4.375% notes maturing in 2017 (ISIN No.:
XS0215828913); (b) Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V.’s €750,000,000 in 5.875% notes maturing in 2018 (ISIN No.:
XS0843939918); (c) Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V.’s €750,000,000 in 5.00% notes maturing in 2019 (ISIN No.:
XS0462994343); (d) Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V.’s €1,000,000,000 in 4.625% notes maturing in 2020 (ISIN No.:
XS0927581842); (e) Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V.’s €500,000,000 in 4.5% notes maturing in 2025 (ISIN No.:
XS0221854200); (f) Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A.’s €600,000,000 in 5.625% notes maturing in 2021 (ISIN No.:
XS1245245045); (g) Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A.’s US$1,500,000,000 in 5.75% notes maturing in 2022 (ISIN No.:
US10553MAD39); (h) Oi S.A.’s €750,000,000 in 5.125% notes maturing in 2017 (ISIN No.: XS0569301327); (i) Oi S.A.’s
US$750,000,000 9.500% maturing in 2019 (ISIN No.: 87944LAD1); (j) Oi S.A.’s BRL1,100,000,000 in 9.75% maturing in 2016 (ISIN
No. US10553MAC55); and (k) Oi S.A.’s US$1,000,000,000 in 5.500% maturing in 2020 (ISIN No. 144A: US87944LAE92) (the
“Legacy Notes”) are able to support their claims to receive on a future date or on the Company’s payment dates pursuant to Clause
4.3.6 of the Plan.
The procedure detailed above is not applicable for the holders of the 6.25% Notes issued by Portugal Telecom International Finance
B.V. – in Judicial Reorganization maturing in 2016 (ISIN No.: PTPTCYOM0008). The Company will provide at the appropriate time
the information on the procedure to register the beneficiaries of the Default Payment Method provided for by Clause 4.3.6 of the Plan
with regard to such series.
Prepetition Financing – Clause 5.3 of the Plan
On December 23, 2019, the Company disclosed a Material Fact Notice informing that its subsidiary Oi Móvel entered into a 1st issue
indenture of collateralized, simple, nonconvertible debentures, with additional trust security, in a single series, for private placement, in
the total amount of up to R$2,500,000,000.00 (“Debentures” and “Issue”, respectively). The main features of the Issue and the
Debentures are as follows: (i) Term and Maturity Date: twenty-four (24) months from the issue date, except in the case of early
redemption and early maturity of the Debentures set forth in the Debenture Indenture; (ii) Payout: U.S. dollar foreign exchange
fluctuation plus interest of (i) twelve point sixty-six percent (12.66%) per year (PIK) for the first twelve months after the first repayment
is made; and (ii) thirteen point sixty-one percent (13.61%) per year thereafter; and (iii) Guarantees: the Debentures will be backed by
collaterals and trust guarantees provided by Oi Móvel, the Company and its subsidiary Telemar.
The Issue was approved based on the provisions of Clause 5.3 of the Plan and is part of the context of prepetition financing, in the
“Debtor in Possession Financing” (“DIP Financing”) modality.
Subsequently to the Material Fact Notice disclosed on December 23, 2019, the Company disclosed a Notice to the Market on
February 4, 2020 informing shareholders and the general market that the subscription and payment of the Oi Móvel Issue had been
completed, described above, for private placement in the amount of R$2,500,000,000.00.
Extension of the Judicial Reorganization
On December 6, 2019, the Company released a Material Fact Notice informing that the Oi Companies filed a petition with the Judicial
Reorganization Court requesting that the court oversight of the Oi Companies not to be terminated on February 4, 2020, the date when
the Plan’s homologation completes two years.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The non-termination of the judicial oversight does not introduce any changes to the current position of the Oi Companies and has no
impact on the compliance with the Plan in force or on current receivables, or any other new funds that might be obtained by the Oi
Companies. It is worth noting that the continuity of court oversight at the end of the two-year period is a natural measure that has been
applied in most judicial reorganization proceedings.
Notwithstanding the good progress of the Plan implementation, which has already concluded most of the steps provided for the
proceeding, which were important for the Company’s recovery, said petition presents the Judicial Reorganization Court with
circumstances related to the complexity inherent to the Judicial Reorganization Proceeding’s magnitude and to the reforms underway in
the legal and regulatory environment, and which require actions still to be implemented within the scope of the Judicial Reorganization
Proceeding.
On February 28, 2020, the Company released a Material Fact Notice informing its shareholders and the general market that on
February 28, 2020 the Oi Companies filed with the Judicial Reorganization Court a petition exposing its interest in submitting for
deliberation to a new general creditors’ meeting (“New GCM”) an amendment to the Plan aimed at achieving greater operating and
financial flexibility to continue its investment project and the compliance with its strategic transformation plan (“Strategic Plan”), both
broadly disclosed to the market.
In line with the foregoing, on March 6, 2020, the Company disclosed a Material Fact Notice informing that the Judicial Reorganization
Court awarded a decision, on the same date, granting the Company’s request for a New General Creditors’ Meeting to deliberate on an
amendment to the Plan, prescribing that:
(i)
(ii)
the Oi Companies file with the court, within 180 days from the decision’s issue date, the draft amendment to the JRP; and
the Trustee organize the New General Creditors’ Meeting, which shall be held within 60 days from the submission of the
amendment proposal to the JRP.
Accordingly, taking into consideration that the decision above was issued on March 11, 2020, the Company shall submit the
amendment to the JRP to the court by September 8, 2020, with the New GCM expected to occur on November 6, 2020.
The purpose of the amendment proposal to the JRP will be increasing the flexibility of the JRP by creating a more efficient corporate
and operating structure, aiming at maximizing the Company’s value to the benefit of all its stakeholders. This initiative is fully aligned
with the Strategic Plan, which is being transparently implemented.
Company subsidiaries
The table below shows the equity interests held in the capital of the Company’s subsidiaries:
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Companies related to the continuing operations
Core business
Home country
Direct
2019
Indirect
2019
Direct
2018
Indirect
2018
Company
Oi Holanda
Portugal Telecom Internacional
Finance B.V
CVTEL, BV
Carrigans Finance S.à.r.l.
Rio Alto Gestão de Créditos e
Participações S.A. (“Rio Alto”)
Oi Serviços Financeiros S.A. (“Oi
Serviços Financeiros”)
Bryophyta SP Participações Ltda.
Telemar
Oi Móvel
Paggo Empreendimentos S.A.
Paggo Acquirer Gestão de Meios de
Pagamentos Ltda.
Paggo Administradora Ltda. (“Paggo
Administradora”)
Serede – Serviços de Rede S.A.
(“Serede”)
Brasil Telecom Comunicação
Multimídia Ltda. (“BrT
Multimídia”)
Dommo Empreendimentos
Imobiliários Ltda.
Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A.
(“BrT Call Center”)
BrT Card Serviços Financeiros Ltda.
(“BrT Card”)
Raising funds in the international
market
Raising funds in the international
market
Investment management
Investment management
Receivables portfolio management and
interests in other entities
Financial services
Property investments
Fixed telephony – Region I
Mobile telephony – Regions I, II, and
III
Payment and credit systems
Payment and credit systems
Payment and credit systems
Network services
Data traffic
The Netherlands
100%
The Netherlands
100%
100%
100%
100%
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Purchase and sale of real estate
Brazil
Call center and telemarketing services Brazil
Financial services
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
99.87% 0.13% 99.87% 0.13%
99.80% 0.20% 99.80% 0.20%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
17.51% 82.49% 17.51% 82.49%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
40%
Brazil
Brazil
Peru
Venezuela
United States of
America
Ukraine
Management of equity investments
Portugal
100%
100%
Pointer Networks S.A. (“Pointer”) Wi-Fi internet
Wi-Fi internet
Pointer Peru S.A.C
Wi-Fi internet
VEX Venezuela C.A
Wi-Fi internet
Wi-Fi internet
VEX USA Inc.
VEX Ukraine LLC
PT Participações, SGPS, S.A. (“PT
Participações”)
Oi Investimentos Internacionais S.A.
(“Oi Investimentos”)
Africatel GmbH & Co.KG.
Africatel GmbH
Africatel Holdings, BV
TPT—Telecomunicações Publicas
de Timor, S.A. (“TPT”)
Business consulting and management
services, preparation of projects and
economic studies, and investment
management
Investment management
Investment management
Investment management
Provision of telecommunications,
multimedia and IT services, and
purchase and sale of related products
in Timor
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Portugal
Germany
Germany
The Netherlands
100%
100%
100%
86%
Portugal
76.14%
76.14%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
40%
100%
100%
100%
86%
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Companies classified as assets held for sale
Company
PT Ventures, SGPS, S.A.
Directel—Listas Telefónicas Internacionais,
Lda. (“Directel”)
Directel Cabo Verde – Serviços de
Comunicação, Lda.
Kenya Postel Directories, Ltd.
Elta—Empresa de Listas Telefónicas de
Angola, Lda.
Timor Telecom, S.A.
CST – Companhia Santomense de
Telecomunicações, S.A. R.L.
LTM—Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique,
Lda.
Core business
Management of equity interests in
the context of international
investments
Telephone directory publishing
and operation of related databases,
in international operations
Telephone directory publishing
and operation of related databases
in Cape Verde
Production, publishing and
distribution of telephone
directories and other publications
Home country
Direct
2019
Indirect
2019
Direct
2018
Indirect
2018
Portugal
Portugal
86%
86%
86%
86%
Cape Verde
51.60%
51.60%
Kenya
51.60%
51.60%
Telephone directory publishing
Angola
47.30%
47.30%
Telecommunications services
concessionaire in Timor
Operation of fixed and mobile
telecommunication public services
in São Tomé and Principe
Management, publishing,
operation and sale of
telecommunications subscriber
and classified ads directories
Timor
44%
44%
São Tomé
43.86%
43.86%
Mozambique
43%
43%
The equity interests in joint arrangements and interests in associates are measured using the equity method and are as follows:
Company
Core business
Home
country
Direct
2019
Indirect
2019
Direct
2018
Indirect
2018
Companhia AIX de Participações (“AIX”)
Paggo Soluções e Meios de Pagamento S.A.
(“Paggo Soluções”)
Gamecorp S.A. (“Gamecorp”)
Hispamar Satélites S.A. (“Hispamar”)
Data traffic
Financial company
Pay TV service, except
programmers
Satellite operation
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
50%
50%
29.90%
19.04%
50%
50%
29.90%
19.04%
Going concern
The financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019, has been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going
concern and in compliance with the legal requirements applicable to a judicial reorganization. The judicial reorganization is aimed at
ensuring the continuation of the Oi Companies as going concerns. This continuity was strengthen with the approval of the JRP and, as a
result, the borrowings and financing were novated and the related balances were recalculated under the terms and conditions of the JRP,
including the Capital Increase with Claim Capitalization and the Capital Increase with New Funds.
The continuity of the Company as a going concern is ultimately depending on the successful outcome of the judicial reorganization and
the realization of other forecasts of the Oi Companies.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company has been successfully discharging the obligations set forth in the judicial reorganization proceedings and even though
there are no indications in this regard, we emphasize that these conditions and circumstances indicate, by their own nature, uncertainties
that may affect the success of the judicial reorganization and possibly cast doubts as to the Oi Companies’ ability to continue as going
concerns. As at December 31, 2019 and after the implementation of the JRP, total shareholders’ equity was R$17,796,506, loss for the
year then ended was R$9,095,107, and working capital totaled R$6,157,364. As at December 31, 2018 and after the recognition of the
effects of the JRP, total shareholders’ equity was R$22,895,811, profit for the year then ended was R$24,615,555, and working capital
totaled R$10,624,025.
Since December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID-19”) has spread throughout the world. On January 31, 2020, the World
Health Organization announced that COVID-19 was a global health emergency and on March 3, 2020, the World Health Organization
categorized COVID-19 as a pandemic.
As of the date of this annual report, the Company has not been able to quantify any material impacts related to COVID-19 and it is too
soon to accurately determine the extent of its medium- and long-term impacts on the global and Brazilian economic scenarios.
However, as it is not possible yet to predict the duration and effects of this crisis, there is a risk of material impacts on operations and
sales, particularly for the fiber-to-the-home network expansion. For more details see note 33 (d).
Additionally the debt instruments with BNDES contain financial covenants that require to the Company to maintain five specified
financial ratios, measured on a quarterly basis. Under these debt instruments, BNDES has the right to accelerate the debt if, at the date
the financial covenants are tested, the Company is not in compliance with any two of these ratios. At December 31, 2019, the Company
was in compliance with these financial covenants.
As a result of the depreciation of the real subsequent to December 31, 2019, partially due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the public
health measures adopted to combat the pandemic in Brazil and internationally, and the related effects on our U.S. dollar-denominated
indebtedness and interest expenses, the Company believed that it was probable that as of March 31, 2020, the Company would not be in
compliance with more than one of these financial ratios. In anticipation of these ratio breaches, on March 30, 2020 the Company
obtained a waiver from BNDES. See Notes 3 and 20 for further information.
2.
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies detailed below have been consistently applied in the periods presented in these Consolidated Financial
Statements by the Company, as well as its subsidiaries.
(a) Reporting basis
The financial statements have been prepared based on the historic cost, except for certain financial instruments measured at their fair
values, as described in the accounting policies in item (b) of the accounting policies below.
The preparation of financial statements requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates and the exercise of judgment by the
Company’s management in the application of the Group’s accounting policies. Those areas that involve a higher degree of judgment or
complexity or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant are disclosed in item (c) below.
Consolidated Financial Statements
The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
(IFRS) , and the pronouncements, guidelines and interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB),
effective on December 31, 2019, which are the same followed for the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018.
The Company is presenting its financial statements under IFRS for SEC reporting purposes after several years of presenting them under
accounting policies generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The accounting differences between U.S.
GAAP and IFRS and the reconciliation of these accounting polices and practices are presented in Note 34.
Management asserts that all relevant information related to the financial statements, which corresponds to the information it uses while
managing the Company, has been disclosed in this financial information.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
b)
Significant accounting policies
Consolidation criteria of subsidiaries by the full consolidation method
Full consolidation was prepared in accordance with IFRS 10—Consolidated Financial Statements and incorporates the financial
statements of the Company’s direct and indirect subsidiaries. The main consolidation procedures are as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
the balances of assets, liabilities, income and expenses are consolidated, according to their accounting nature;
intragroup assets and liabilities and material revenue and expenses are eliminated;
investments and related interests in the equity of subsidiaries are eliminated;
non-controlling interests in equity and profit or loss for the year are separately stated; and
exclusive investment funds (Note 8) are consolidated;
The assets and liabilities related to the operations in Africa are consolidated and stated in a single line item of the balance sheet as
held-for-sale assets as a result of Management’s expectation and decision to hold these assets and liabilities for sale. In the statement of
profit or loss, however, costs/expenses and revenue/gains are stated under the full consolidation method because these operations do not
meet the criteria to be classified as ‘discontinued operation’, as provided for by IFRS 5.
Functional and presentation currency
The Company and its subsidiaries operate mainly as telecommunications industry operators in Brazil, Africa, and Asia, and engage in
activities typical of this industry. The items included in the financial statements of each group company are measured using the
currency of the main economic environment where it operates (“functional currency”). The individual and consolidated financial
statements are presented in Brazilian reais (R$), which is the Company’s functional and presentation currency.
Transactions and balances
Foreign currency-denominated transactions are translated into the functional currency using the exchange rates prevailing on the
transaction dates. Foreign exchange gains and losses arising on the settlement of the transaction and the translation at the exchange rates
prevailing at yearend, related foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities are recognized in the income statement,
except when qualified as hedge accounting and, therefore, deferred in equity as cash flow hedges.
Group companies with a different functional currency
The profit or loss and the financial position of all Group entities, none of which uses a currency from a hyperinflationary economy,
whose functional currency is different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:
•
•
•
•
assets and liabilities are translating at the rate prevailing at the end of the reporting period;
revenue and expenses disclosed in the statement of profit or loss are translated using the average exchange rate;
all the resulting foreign exchange differences are recognized as a separate component of equity in other comprehensive
income; and
goodwill and fair value adjustments, arising from the acquisition of a foreign entity are treated as assets and liabilities of the
foreign entity and translated at the closing exchange rate.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
As at December 31, 2019 and 2018, the foreign currency-denominated assets and liabilities were translated into Brazilian reais using
mainly the following foreign exchange rates:
Currency
Euro
US dollar
Cape Verdean escudo
Sao Tomean dobra
Kenyan shilling
Namibian dollar
Mozambican metical
Angolan kwanza
Segment reporting
Closing rate
Average rate
2019
4.5305
4.0307
0.0411
0.000192
0.0398
0.2878
0.0631
0.0084
2018
4.4390
3.8748
0.0403
0.000185
0.0381
0.2698
0.0627
0.0126
2019
4.4159
3.9461
0.0401
0.000188
0.0387
0.2732
0.0627
0.0111
2018
4.3094
3.6558
0.0391
0.000177
0.0361
0.2764
0.0601
0.0147
The information about operating segments is presented consistently with the internal report provided to the Company’s main decision-
making body, its Board of Directors. Management monitors and tracks performance of each of the Company’s services offerings based
on the revenues of those services and the results of operations are reviewed on a consolidated basis with regard to the resources to be
allocated to assess their performance and for strategic decision-making (Note 28).
Business combinations
The Company uses the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a
subsidiary is the fair value of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred, and the equity instruments issued. The consideration
transferred includes the fair value of assets and liabilities resulting from a contingent consideration contract, where applicable. The
identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially
measured as their fair values at the date of acquisition. The Company depreciates amounts recognized based on the appreciation of the
acquired assets, according to the useful lives of the underlying assets, and tests such assets to determine any asset impairment losses
when there is evidence of impairment; on the other hand, the Company tests for impairment amounts based on future profitability
(goodwill) on an annual basis.
Cash and cash equivalents
Comprise cash and imprest cash fund, banks, and highly liquid short-term investments (usually maturing within less than three months),
immediately convertible into a known cash amount, and subject to an immaterial risk of change in value, which are stated at fair value
at the end of the reporting period and which do not exceed their market value, and whose classification is determined as shown below
(Note 8).
Financial assets
Financial assets are classified according to their purpose into: (i) amortized cost; (ii) fair value through other comprehensive income;
and (iii) fair value through profit or loss.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company classifies its financial assets into the following measurement categories: (1) assets measured at amortized cost—i.e.,
financial assets that meet the following conditions: (i) the business model under which financial assets are held to obtain contractual
cash flows; and (ii) the contractual terms of the financial asset generate, on specified dates, cash flows that are only payments of
principal and interest on the outstanding principal (accounts receivables, loans and cash equivalents). Amortized cost is written down by
impairment losses; (2) financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income. Interest income is calculated using the
effective interest method, foreign exchange gains and losses, and impairment are recognized in profit or loss. Other net earnings (losses)
are recognized in other comprehensive income. Upon derecognition, accumulated losses in other comprehensive income are reclassified
to profit or loss; and (3) financial assets at fair value through profit or loss. Net earnings (losses), including interest, are recognized
directly in profit or loss.
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable from telecommunications services provided are stated at the tariff or service amount on the date they are provided
and do not differ from their fair values.
These receivables also include receivables from services provided and not billed by the end of the reporting period and receivables
related to handset, SIM cards, and accessories. The loss allowance for trade receivables is measured at an amount equal to the life-time
expected credit losses as allowed for by IFRS 9 (Note 9).
Non-current assets held for sale
Non-current assets are classified as assets held for sale when their carrying amount is recoverable, principally through a sale, and when
such sale is highly probable. These assets are stated at the lower of their carrying amount and their fair value less costs to sell. Any
impairment loss on a group of assets held for sale is initially allocated to goodwill and, then, to the remaining assets and liabilities on a
pro rata basis.
A discontinuing operation is a component of an entity or a business unit that can be clearly distinguished operationally from the rest of
the Company. The classification of a discontinuing operation is made when the operation is sold or meets the criteria to be classified as
held for sale (Note 31).
Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost of purchase or construction, less accumulated depreciation. Historical costs include
expenses directly attributable to the acquisition of assets. They also include certain costs on facilities, when it is probable that the future
economic benefits related to such costs will flow into the Company, and asset dismantlement, removal and restoration costs. The
borrowings and financing costs directly attributable to the purchase, construction or production of a qualifying asset are capitalized in
the initial cost of such asset. Qualifying assets are those that necessarily require a significant time to be ready for use.
Subsequent costs are added to the carrying amount as appropriate, when, and only when, these assets generate future economic benefits
and can be reliably measured. The residual balance of the replaced asset is derecognized. Maintenance and repair costs are recorded in
profit or loss for the period when they are incurred, and they are capitalized when, and only when, they clearly represent an increase in
installed capacity or the useful lives of assets.
Assets under finance leases are recorded in property, plant and equipment at the lower of fair value or the present value of the minimum
lease payments, from the initial date of the agreement.
Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis, based on the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are annually reviewed by the
Company (Note 16).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Intangible assets
Acquired intangible assets with finite useful lives are recognized at cost, less amortization and accumulated impairment losses.
Amortization is recognized on a straight-line basis over the asset’s estimated useful life. The estimated useful life and method of
amortization are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period, and the effect of any changes in estimates is accounted for on a
prospective basis. Intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses.
Software licenses purchased are capitalized based on the costs incurred to purchase the software and make it ready for use.
Software maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.
Regulatory licenses related to the merged capital gains are amortized over the STFC concession period. The other regulatory licenses
for the operation of the mobile telephony services are recognized at cost of acquisition and amortized over the effective period of the
related licenses (Note 17).
Impairment of non-financial asset
Assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts might be impaired.
Impairment losses, if any, are recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable value. In
assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects
current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. In determining fair value less costs to sell, an
appropriate valuation model is used.
For impairment test purposes, assets are grouped into the smallest identifiable group for which there is a cash-generating unit (CGU),
which is identified pursuant to the operating segment (Note 28).
For assets excluding goodwill, an assessment is made at each reporting date as to whether there is any indication that previously
recognized impairment losses may no longer exist or may have decreased. If such indication exists, the Company makes an estimate of
recoverable amount. A previously recognized impairment loss is reversed only if there has been a change in the estimates used to
determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. If that is the case, the carrying amount of the
asset is increased to its recoverable amount.
That increased amount cannot exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined, net of depreciation, had no impairment
loss been recognized for the asset in prior years. Such reversal is recognized in profit or loss. The following criteria are also applied in
assessing impairment of specific assets.
These calculations required the use of judgments and assumptions that may be influenced by different external and internal factors, such
as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products
provided by the Company to the market. The use of different assumptions can significantly change the financial information.
In July 2019, the Company disclosed its Strategic Plan, focused on improving operating and financial performance, using a sustainable
business model that aims at maximizing the Company’s value in the context of judicial reorganization.
Based on the Strategic Plan, the Company conducted an impairment test of its long-lived assets and identified an impairment loss of
R$2,111 million driven basically by the following: (i) revision of said plan; and (ii) increased market competitiveness, mainly in the
residential market, intensifying the drop in the revenues from fixed telephony and DTH services.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company used the cash flow forecasts described in the Strategic Plan. These forecasts cover a ten-year period and take into
consideration the average useful lives of the assets, the cash flow period of the judicial reorganization plan, and are consistent with
previous years. The discount rate used in the cash flows corresponds to the weighted average cost of capital of 10.94% (11.55% in
2018), which is reviewed at least annually by the Company.
Pursuant to IAS 36, an impairment loss is to be allocated to write down the carrying amount of the cash generating unit’s assets, which
is allocated to the regulatory licenses (Notes 5 and 17).
Adjustment to present value
The Company measures its financial assets and financial liabilities to identify instances of applicability of the discount to present value
which represents one of the appropriate method to calculate the fair value for some assets and liabilities transactions. For recognition
purposes, the measurement of an asset/liability to present value is calculated taking into consideration the contractual cash flows and
stated interest rates, and the interest rate of liabilities in certain cases.
Generally, when applicable, the discount rate used is the average return rate on investments for financial assets or interest charged on
Company borrowings for financial liabilities. The balancing item is the asset or liability that has originated the financial instrument,
when applicable, and the deemed borrowing costs are allocated to the Company’s profits over the transaction term.
Under the terms and conditions of the JRP, certain balances of debt, trade payables and contingencies involving ANATEL (Note 18)
were adjusted to fair value on the date of the novation of prepetition liabilities, pursuant to the requirements of IFRS 9, equivalent to the
present value at the time, calculated based on an internal valuation that took into consideration the cash flows of these liabilities and
assumptions related to the discount rates, consistent with the maturity and currency of each financial liability.
The present value of the lease agreements is measured by discounting fixed future payment flows, which do not take into account
projected inflation, using the incremental interest rate, according to market conditions, and is estimated using the Company-specific risk
spread.
Additionally, assets acquired under lease agreements, as well as unrecognized revenue generated by the assignment of communication
towers are adjusted to present value.
Impairment of financial assets
For financial assets measured at amortized cost, the Company assesses whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset or a
group of financial assets is impaired. A financial asset or group of financial assets is considered impaired when there is objective
evidence, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset, and that loss event had an impact on
the estimated future cash flows of that asset that can be estimated reliably.
In the case of equity investments classified as available for sale, a significant or prolonged decline in their fair value below cost is also
objective evidence of impairment.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Borrowings and financing
Borrowings and financing are stated at amortized cost, plus monetary correction or foreign exchange differences and interest incurred
through the end of the reporting period (Note 20).
On the restructuring/novation date of financial liabilities subject to judicial reorganization, the Company recognized loan borrowing and
financing commitments at fair value pursuant to the requirements of IFRS 9. The fair value at the restructuring date of each financial
liability was calculated based on an internal valuation that took into consideration the cash flows from these liabilities and assumptions
related to the discount rates, consistent with the maturity and the currency of each financial liability.
Transaction costs incurred are measured at amortized cost and recognized in liabilities, as a reduction to the balance of borrowings and
financing, and are expensed over the relevant agreement term.
Leases
The Company recognizes a right-to-use asset and a lease liability in its balance sheet with respect to the leased assets. The right-to-use
asset is measured at cost, which consists of the initial amount of the lease liability measurement, plus initial direct costs incurred,
estimated costs to decommission and remove the asset at the end of the lease, other payments made before the lease commencement
date, and calculated at present value, discounted by the incremental lending rate. The discount rates used by the Company were
obtained in accordance with market conditions, estimated using the Company-specific risk spread.
Financial liabilities and equity instruments
Debt or equity instruments issued the Company and its subsidiaries are classified as financial liabilities or equity instruments, according
to the contractual substance of the transaction.
Provisions
The amount recognized as provision is the best estimate of the disbursement required to settle the present obligation at the end of the
reporting period, based on the opinion of the management and its in-house and outside legal counsel, and the amounts are recognized
based on the cost of the expected outcome of ongoing lawsuits (Note 24).
For measuring the amount of the provisions to be recognized, the Company basically adopts two methodologies: (i) the statistical
measurement model and (ii) the individual measurement model. In order to choose the methodology to be used, the Company takes into
consideration, among other criteria, the number of lawsuits, the lawsuit amount, the estimated amount of a possible payment, and the
nature of the lawsuit.
The statistical measurement model is usually used in situations where there are (i) a significant volume of administrative or judicial
proceedings with similar nature; (ii) individually the proceedings have a low amounts; and (iii) it is possible to determine a statistical
model based on historic information about the rates of unfavorable sentences, the amount of the payments, and the changes in the
number of proceedings. Usually in this model the Company uses the calculation of the expected amount, as prescribed by paragraph 39
of IAS 37, and requests opinions from outside specialists to assess the likelihood of a loss. The main contingencies measured under this
model are labor and civil (PEX and small claims) lawsuits.
The individual measurement model is usually used in situations where (i) the proceeding involves a high amount; (ii) it is reasonably
possible to make an individual assessment of likelihood that a disbursement will be required; and (iii) there is no similarity in the nature
of the proceedings. In this model the Company uses opinions from outside specialists in the involved areas to assess the likelihood of a
loss. The main contingencies measured under this model are tax and strategic civil proceedings.
The increase in the obligation as a result of the passage of time is recognized as financial expenses.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Onerous obligation
The Company recognizes a present obligation when events render the contracting of services onerous.
A contract becomes onerous when: (i) the obligations under the contract exceed the economic benefits expected to be received over the
contract period; and (ii) the costs are unavoidable.
The Company measures the onerous obligation according to the lower net cost of fulfilling the contract, which is determined based on
the lower of: (i) the cost of fulfilling the contract or (ii) the cost of any compensation or penalties derived from the noncompliance of
the contract.
The base assumptions used to calculate the onerous obligation must be periodically reviewed and measured whenever there are
significant changes of these assumptions.
Employee benefits
Pension plans: private pension plans and other postretirement benefits sponsored by the Company and its subsidiaries for the benefit of
their employees are managed by two foundations. Contributions are determined based on actuarial calculations, when applicable, and
charged to profit or loss on the accrual basis (Note 27).
The Company and its subsidiaries have defined benefit and defined contribution plans.
In the defined contribution plan, the sponsor makes fixed contributions to a fund managed by a separate entity. The contributions are
recognized as employee benefit expenses as incurred. The sponsor does not have the legal or constructive obligation of making
additional contributions, in the event the fund lacks sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits related to the services provided in
the current year and prior years.
The defined benefit is annually calculated by independent actuaries, who use the projected unit credit method. The present value of the
defined benefit is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows, using the projected inflation rate plus long-term
interest. The obligation recognized in the balance sheet as regards the defined benefit pension plans presenting a deficit, corresponds to
the present value of the benefits defined at the balance sheet date, less the fair value of the plan’s assets.
The actuarial gains and losses resulting from the changes in the actuarial valuations of the pension plans, whose actuarial obligations or
actuarial assets are recorded by the Company, are fully recognized in other comprehensive income, in equity (Note 26).
The asset recognized in balance sheet corresponds to the present value of available economic benefits, consisting of refunds or
reductions in future contributions to the plan.
Employee profit sharing: the provision for the employee profit sharing plan is accounted on an accrual basis, which is paid by April of
the year following the recognition of the provision, takes into consideration a set of operating and financial goals approved with the
employees’ labor union, under a specific collective labor agreement. This cost is recognized annually in personnel expenses.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Revenue recognition
Revenues correspond basically to the amount of the payments received or receivable from sales of services in the regular course of the
Company’s and its subsidiaries’ activities.
Revenue is recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to
which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
The Company applied the judgments that significantly affect the determined amount and the recognition timing of the revenue from a
contract with a customer, taking into account the five-step recognition model: (i) identify the contract; (ii) identify the separate
performance obligations in the contract; (iii) determine the transaction price; (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance
obligations; and (v) recognition da revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.
Residential Services are composed, basically, of local and long-distance fixed-line voice services, broadband services and Pay-TV.
Local and long distance calls are charged based on time measurement according to the legislation in effect. Both of the services are
recognized as revenue when the services are provided.
Personal Mobility Services are composed of mobile telephony services, interconnection and handsets, SIM cards and other accessories.
Post-paid plan is recognized as revenue when service is provided. Prepaid service is first recognized as unearned revenues and
recognition occurs by customer’s usage. Interconnection service is provided upon request of any other telecommunication collective
service provider and are charged according to the General Rules on Interconnection (Regulamento Geral de Interconexão), established
by ANATEL, and recognized as revenue when the service is provided. Sales of handsets and accessories are recognized when these
items are delivered and accepted by the customers.
SMEs/Corporate Services are composed, basically, of fixed-line and mobile voice, data telecommunications services, broadband
services and Pay-TV services, recognized as revenue when the services are provided.
Products and services are sold separately or bundled packages. Revenues involving multiple elements are recognized when each
performance obligation is identified and the applicable criteria is applied.
Initial installation rates are not separately identifiable performance obligations and are recognized in the revenue pursuant to the period
the services are used by the customers.
Revenue arising from the receipt of trade receivables that had already been written off as losses but were subsequently recovered and
received in the collection process, are recognized in profit or loss, in line item ‘Other operating income’.
Variable consideration is estimated at contract inception and constrained to revenue recognition until it is highly probable that a
significant revenue reversal will not occur (Notes 4 and 5).
Expense recognition
Expenses are recognized on the accrual basis, considering their relation with revenue realization. Prepaid expenses attributable to future
years are deferred over the related periods. The incremental costs to obtain a contract with a customer (contract compliance costs),
consisting basically of sales commissions, are recognized in profit or loss on a systematic basis, consistent with the transfer of goods
and services to the customers (Note 13).
Financial income and expenses
Financial income is recognized on an accrual basis and comprises interest on receivables settled after the due date, gains on short-term
investments and gains on derivative instruments. Financial expenses consist primarily of interest effectively incurred, adjustments to
present value, and other charges on borrowings, financing, and financial derivative contracts. They also include banking fees and costs,
financial intermediation costs on the collection of trade receivables, and other financial transactions (Notes 5 and 6).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Current and deferred income tax and social contribution
Income tax and social contribution are recorded on an accrual basis. Taxes attributed to temporary differences and tax loss
carryforwards are recorded in assets or liabilities, as applicable, only under the assumption of future realization or payment. The
Company prepares technical studies that consider the future generation of taxable income, based on management expectations,
considering the continuity of the companies as going concerns. The Company writes down the carrying amount of deferred tax assets to
the extent it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable income will be available to allow the utilization of all or part of the deferred tax
assets.
Any write-down of deferred tax assets is reversed when it is probable that sufficient taxable income will be available. The technical
studies are updated annually, approved by the Board of Directors and reviewed by the Supervisory Board, and the tax credits are
adjusted based on the results of these reviews. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the tax rates applicable for the
period in which the liability is expected to be settled or the asset is expected to be realized, based on the tax rates set forth in the tax law
prevailing at the end of each reporting period, or when new legislation has been substantially enacted. The measurement of deferred tax
assets and liabilities reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the manner in which the Company expects, at the end of each
reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of these assets and liabilities (Note 7).
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share are calculated through profit or loss for the year attributable to the owners of the Company, divided by the
weighted average number of common and preferred shares outstanding in the year. Diluted earnings per share are calculated using said
weighted average number of outstanding shares adjusted by potentially dilutive instruments convertible into shares in the reporting
years, pursuant to IAS 33. (Note 26 (f).)
(c) Estimates and critical accounting judgments
The Company’s management uses estimates and assumptions based on historical experience and other factors, including expected
future events, which are considered reasonable and relevant, and also requires judgments related to these matters. Actual results of
operations and the financial position may differ from these estimates. The estimates that represent a significant risk of causing material
adjustments to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are as follows:
Revenue recognition and accounts receivables
The Company’s revenue recognition policy is significant as it is a material component of operating results. Determining the amount and
the timing of revenue recognition by Management, collection ability, and the rights to receive certain network usage revenue is based on
judgment related to the nature of the tariff collected for the services provided, the price of certain products, and the right to collect this
revenue. If changes in conditions cause management to conclude that such criteria are not met in certain operations, the amount of trade
receivables might be affected. In addition, the Company depends on guidelines to measure certain revenue set by ANATEL (Brazilian
telecommunications industry regulator).
Expected credit losses on trade receivables
The expected credit losses on trade receivables are determined to recognize probable losses on accounts receivable taking into account
the measures implemented to restrict the provision of services to and collect late payments from defaulting customers. The estimate of
expected credit loss on trade receivables is recognized in an amount considered sufficient to cover possible losses on the realization of
these receivables and is prepared based on historical default rates and projections of future conditions that impact collections.
There are cases of agreements with certain customers to collect past-due receivables, including agreements that allow customers to
settle their debts in installments. The actual amounts not received may be different from the allowance recognized, and additional
accruals might be required.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Depreciation and amortization of assets with finite useful lives
Property, plant and equipment items and intangible assets with finite useful lives are depreciated and amortized, respectively, on a
straight-line basis, over the useful lives of the related asset. The depreciation and amortization rates of the most significant assets are
shown in Notes 16 and 17, respectively.
The useful lives of certain assets may vary as they are used in the fixed-line or mobile telephony segments. The Company reviews the
useful lives of assets annually.
Impairment of long-lived assets
The recoverable amounts of long-lived assets are determined by comparing the calculations of their value in use and their sales prices.
These calculations required the use of judgments and assumptions that may be influenced by different external and internal factors, such
as economic trends, industry trends and interest rates, changes in business strategies, and changes in the type of services and products
sold by the Company to the market. The use of different assumptions may significantly change our financial statements.
For impairment assessment purposes of the Cash-generating Unit (CGU), the Company defined the value in use of its assets.
In measuring the value in use, the Company based its cash flow projections according to the aforementioned Strategic Plan, approved
by Management and already disclosed to the market in a material fact notice. These forecasts cover a ten-year period, taking into
account the useful lives of the assets and are consistent with prior years’ cash flows. The discount rate used on the cash flows
corresponds to a weighted average cost of capital of 10.94% (11.55% in 2018), which is reviewed by the Company at least annually.
Pursuant to IAS 36, an impairment loss is allocated to reduce the carrying amount of the assets of a cash-generating unit, firstly to
reduce the carrying amount of any goodwill based on expected future profitability and, subsequently, the other assets of the cash-
generating unit proportionately to the carrying amount of asset of the cash-generating units. The impairment loss was fully allocated to
the carrying value of regulatory licenses (Notes 5 and 17).
Leases
The assumptions related to the appropriated discount rates used in the fair value calculation of the present value of the lease payments
are subject to significant fluctuations due to different external and internal factors, including economic trends and the Company’s
financial performance. The use of different assumptions to measure the present value of our leases may have a material impact on the
estimated present value of the right-of-use asset and the lease liability in the balance sheet.
Fair value of financial liabilities
The assumptions on the discount rates used in the fair value calculation of our financial liabilities are subject to significant fluctuations
due to different external and internal factors, including economic trends and the Company’s financial performance. The use of different
assumptions to measure the fair value of the financial liabilities can have a material impact on the estimated fair value of these financial
liabilities and the amounts recognized as borrowings and financing in the balance sheet, as well as the amounts recognized in profit or
loss.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Provisions
Pursuant IAS 37, the Company recognized provisions for contingencies basically originated at the juridical and administrative levels,
with labor, tax, and civil nature, as detailed in Note 24.
Depending on the nature of the contingency, the Company’s management uses the statistical measurement or the individual
measurement methodology to calculate provisions for contingencies. In any of these methodologies, the Company uses a set of
assumptions, information, an internal and external risk assessment, and statistical models that management considers to be appropriate,
including the successful implementation of the Judicial Reorganization Plan; however, it is possible that these change in the future,
which could result in change in the future provisions for losses.
Deferred income tax and social contribution
The Company recognizes and settles taxes on income based on the results of operations determined in accordance with the Brazilian
corporate law, taking into consideration the provisions of the tax law, which are materially different from the amounts calculated for
IFRS purposes. Pursuant to IAS 12, the Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities based on the differences between the
carrying amounts and the taxable bases of the assets and liabilities.
The Company regularly tests deferred tax assets for impairment and recognizes an allowance for impairment losses when it is probable
that these assets may not be realized, based on the history of taxable income, the projection of future taxable income, and the time
estimated for the reversal of existing temporary differences. These calculations require the use of estimates and assumptions. The use of
different estimates and assumptions could result in the recognition of an allowance for impairment losses for the entire or a significant
portion of the deferred tax assets.
Employee benefits
The actuarial valuation is based on assumptions and estimates related to interest rates, return on investments, inflation rates for future
periods, mortality indices, and an employment level projection related the pension fund benefit liabilities. The accuracy of these
assumptions and estimates will determine the creation of sufficient reserves for the costs of accumulated pensions and healthcare plans,
and the amount to be disbursed annually on pension benefits.
These assumptions and estimates are subject to significant fluctuations due to different internal and external factors, such as economic
trends, social indicators, and our capacity to create new jobs and retain our employees. All assumptions are reviewed at the end of the
reporting period. If these assumptions and estimates are not accurate, there may be the need to revise the reserves for pension benefits,
which could significantly impact Company results.
(d)
New and revised standards and interpretations
(d.1) New standards adopted as at January 1, 2019
New and revised standards
Annual improvements to IFRSs
IFRS 16
IFRIC 23
Amendment to IAS 19
Amendment to IFRS 9
Amendment to IAS 28
2015-2017 Cycle
Leases
Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments
Change, reduction, or settlement of defined benefit plans
Prepayment Features with Negative Compensation
Long-term Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures
Effective beginning on or after:
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
January 1, 2019
Among the standards, changes, and interpretations referred to above, on IFRS 16 had an impact on the Company and subsidiaries’
financial position as from January 1, 2018, as detailed below.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
IFRS 16—Leases
IFRS 16—Leases establishes the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosures, and requires that lessees
account for all the leases under a single model in the balance sheet. The standard includes two recognition exemptions for lessees:
leases of low value assets (for example, personal computers) and short-term leases (i.e., with a lease tem of twelve months or less). At
the lease commencement date, the lessee recognizes a liability related to the lease payments (i.e., a lease liability) and a lease asset that
represents the right to use the underlying asset during the lease term (i.e., a right-of-use asset). The lessees are required to separately
recognize an interest expense on the lease liability and a depreciation expense on the right-of-use asset. The lessees shall also revalue
the lease liability should certain events occur (for example, any change in the lease term, a change in the future lease payments as a
result of a change in the index or rate used to determine such payments). As a rule, the lessee recognizes the revised amount of the lease
liability as an adjustment to the right-of-use asset.
Transition
The Company adopted IFRS 16 pursuant to the modified retrospective approach (i.e., beginning January 1, 2019, taking into account
the right-of-use equal to the lease liability upon the first-time adoption), without any restatement of comparative information. The
Company elected to apply the standard to agreements that were identified as leases pursuant to the previous standard. As a result, the
Company did not apply the standard to agreements that have not previously been identified as containing a lease by applying IAS 17
and IFRIC 4, and excluded lease agreements maturing in the next twelve months, without probable renewal intention, in addition to
applying a single discount rate to leases with similar characteristics and excluding to direct initial costs in the measurement of the
right-of-use.
Expedients
The Company elected to use the exemptions proposed by the standard on short-term agreements (i.e., that will be end within 12 months
from the commencement date), lease agreements for which there is an underlying low value asset.
Furthermore, as part of the initial application of the standard, the Group has chosen to apply the following expedients: (a) retain the
definition and/or assessment of whether an arrangement is a lease in accordance with current guidance with respect to agreements that
exist at the date of initial implementation; (b) apply a single discount rate to a portfolio of leases with reasonably similar characteristics;
(c) exclude initial direct costs from measurement of the right-of-use asset at the date of initial application; (d) use hindsight when
determining the lease term if the contract includes an extension or termination option; and (e) assess whether a contract is onerous in
accordance with IAS 37 immediately before the date of initial implementation instead of assessing impairment of right-of-use assets.
Impacts
The impacts refer basically to the lease agreements of towers, properties, stores, vehicles, and sites (physical spaces) and as described in
Notes 16 and 22.
Upon the initial adoption of IFRS 16, the Company recognized a right-of-use asset and a lease liability in balance sheet. The
right-of-use asset is measured at cost, which consists of the initial amount of the lease liability measurement, any initial direct costs
incurred by the Company, an estimate of any costs to disassemble and remove the asset at the end of the lease, and any lease payments
made before the lease commencement date (net of any incentives received), calculated at present value.
The Company depreciates the right-of-use assets on a straight-line basis from the commencement of the lease to the termination of the
lease.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company also assesses impairment when such indicators exist, taking into account the concept of forming asset groups for
impairment purposes.
At the commencement date, the Company measured the lease liability at the present value of the consideration paid or payable,
discounted using the Company’s incremental lending rate.
The lease payments included in the lease liability measurement consist of fixed payments and variable payments based on either an
index or a rate.
After the initial measurement, the liability will be written down by the payments made and increased by the interest incurred. If
necessary, the liability is recalculated to reflect any remeasurement or change, or if there are changes in the substance of the fixed
payments.
When there is a significant contractual change, a lease liability is remeasured and the corresponding adjustment is reflected in the
right-of-use asset, or in profit or loss, if the right-of-use asset is already written down to nil.
The Company elected to use the expedients proposed by the standard for lease agreements, for short-term and low value contracts.
Accordingly, instead of recognizing a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, these are recognized as an expense in profit or loss over the
lease period.
The Company individually measured any new agreement entered into after January 1, 2019 if such agreement contained a lease. A lease
is defined as an “a contract, or part of a contract, that conveys the right to use an asset (the underlying asset) for a period of time in
exchange for consideration.”
To apply this definition the Company assessed whether a contract meets the three key characteristics:
•
•
•
The agreement contains an identified asset, which is explicitly identified in the agreement or implicitly specified to be
identified at the time that the asset is made available to the Company;
The Company has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits from use of the asset throughout the period
of use, considering its rights within the scope set out in the agreement; and
The Company has the right to direct the use of the identified asset throughout the period of use the and right to direct “how
and for what purpose” the asset is used throughout the period of use.
The Company recognizes the impacts of temporary differences in deferred income tax and social contribution arising from the new
standard IFRS 16.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company adopted IFRS 16, taking into account the modified retrospective application permitted by the standards. Accordingly, we
present below the results for the years period ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, less the effects recognized as a result of this
application.
Net operating revenue
Cost of sales and/or services
Gross profit (loss)
Operating income (expenses)
Share of results of investees
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Other operating income
Other operating expenses
Profit (loss) before financial income (expenses) and
taxes
Financial income
Financial expenses
Financial income (expenses)
Pre-tax profit (loss)
Income tax and social contribution
Current
Deferred
Profit (loss) for the year
Balance at
December 31, 2019
(with IFRS 16)
IFRS 16
adjustments
Balance at
December 31, 2019
(w/o IFRS 16)
20,136,183
(15,314,814)
4,821,369
(589,861)
(589,861)
20,136,183
(15,904,675)
4,231,508
Balance at
December 31, 2018
22,060,014
(16,179,100)
5,880,914
(7,516)
(5,810)
(13,326)
(603,187)
948,973
948,973
345,786
(5,174)
(3,547,684)
(2,782,300)
4,527,710
(5,991,291)
(7,798,739)
(2,977,370)
2,662,463
(8,772,181)
(6,109,718)
(9,087,088)
(77,060)
69,041
(5,174)
(3,555,200)
(2,788,110)
4,527,710
(5,991,291)
(7,812,065)
(3,580,557)
2,662,463
(7,823,208)
(5,160,745)
(8,741,302)
(77,060)
69,041
(9,095,107)
345,786
(8,749,321)
(13,492)
(3,853,002)
(2,738,718)
2,204,134
(6,748,094)
(11,149,172)
(5,268,258)
30,950,461
(4,341,595)
26,608,866
21,340,608
115,706
3,159,241
24,615,555
IFRIC 23—Uncertainty over Income Tax Treatments
Applies to taxes within the scope of IAS 12, which governs situations when there is uncertainty over the tax treatment adopted by the
Company with respect to: (i) whether an entity should assess uncertain tax treatments separately; (ii) what estimates an entity should
make about the examination of tax treatments by tax authorities, (iii) how an entity determines taxable income or tax loss, tax bases,
unutilized tax loss carryforwards, and untimely tax credits; and (iv) how an entity considers changes in facts and circumstances.
The Company, together with its legal advisors, reviewed this matter and concluded that there is no significant impact to the Company’s
financial statements.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(d.2) New standards and interpretations not yet adopted
The new and revised standards and interpretations issued by the IASB that are effective in future reporting periods and that the
Company decided not to early adopt are the following, effective for periods beginning on or after January 1, 2020:
New and revised standards
IAS 1
IAS 8
IFRS 3
Presentation of Financial Statements
Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (Amendment—Definition
of material)
Business Combinations (Revised—definition of business)
Conceptual framework revised for financial reports
Effective beginning on or after:
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
January 1, 2020
The Company is assessing the impact of these changes on the accounting standards.
3.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND RISK ANALYSIS
3.1.
Fair value measurement
IFRS 13 defines fair value as the price for which an asset could be exchanged, or a liability settled, between knowledgeable, willing
parties, in an arm’s length transaction on measurement date. The standard clarifies that the fair value must be based on the assumptions
that market participants would consider in pricing an asset or a liability, and establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the information used
to build such assumptions. The fair value measurement hierarchy attaches more importance to available market inputs (i.e., observable
data) and a less weight to inputs based on data without transparency (i.e., unobservable data). Additionally, the standard requires that an
entity consider all nonperformance risk aspects, including the entity’s credit, when measuring the fair value of a liability.
IFRS 7 establishes a three-level hierarchy to measure and disclose fair value. The classification of an instrument in the fair value
measurement hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input significant for its measurement. We present below a description of the
three-level hierarchy:
Level 1—inputs consist of prices quoted (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities to which the entity has access
on measurement date;
Level 2—inputs are different from prices quoted in active markets used in Level 1 and consist of directly or indirectly observable inputs
for the asset or liability. Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical
assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; or inputs that are observable for the asset or liability or that can support the observed
market inputs by correlation or otherwise for substantially the entire asset or liability.
Level 3—inputs used to measure an asset or liability are not based on observable market variables. These inputs represent
management’s best estimates and are generally measured using pricing models, discounted cash flows, or similar methodologies that
require significant judgment or estimate.
The Company and its subsidiaries have measured their financial assets and financial liabilities at their market or actual realizable values
(fair value) using available market inputs and valuation techniques appropriate for each situation. The interpretation of market inputs for
the selection of such techniques requires considerable judgment and the preparation of estimates to obtain an amount considered
appropriate for each situation. Accordingly, the estimates presented may not necessarily be indicative of the amounts that could be
obtained in an active market. The use of different assumptions for the calculation of the fair value may have a material impact on the
amounts obtained.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
As a result of the implementation of the measures approved on the Plan ratified on January 8, 2018 and the related accounting
recognition in calendar year 2018, some financial liabilities classified at amortized cost were remeasured at their fair values as at the
date of the novation of these financial liabilities and recognized at amortized cost in the subsequent measurement, pursuant to the
accounting guidance of IFRS 9.
The carrying amounts and the estimated fair values of our main financial assets and financial liabilities as at December 31, 2019 and
2018 are summarized as follows:
Assets
Cash and banks
Cash equivalents
Cash investments
Accounts receivable (i)
Dividends and interest on capital
Financial asset at fair value
Held-for-sale assets
Held-for-sale financial asset (Note 31)
Dividends receivable (Note 31)
Liabilities
Trade payables (i)
Derivative financial instruments
Borrowings and financing (ii)
Borrowings and financing
Public debentures
Senior Notes
Dividends and interest on capital
Licenses and concessions payable (iii)
Tax refinancing program (iii)
Leases payable (iv)
2019
2018
Accounting
measurement
Carrying
amount
575,863
Fair value
1,506,082
Fair value
Fair value
217,792
Amortized cost 6,334,526
Amortized cost
426
40,689
Fair value
Fair value
575,863
1,506,082
217,792
6,334,526
426
40,689
Carrying
amount
287,491
4,097,838
238,962
6,516,555
Fair value
287,491
4,097,838
238,962
6,516,555
Fair value
1,474,699
Amortized cost 2,435,014
1,474,699
2,435,014
1,843,778
2,566,935
1,843,778
2,566,935
Amortized cost 8,887,367
1,152
Fair value
8,887,367
1,152
8,818,870
8,818,870
Amortized cost 8,354,777
Amortized cost 3,652,353
Amortized cost 6,219,619
Amortized cost
5,731
58,582
Amortized cost
Amortized cost
417,503
Amortized cost 8,150,026
8,354,777
3,652,353
6,565,782
5,731
58,582
417,503
8,150,026
7,140,960
3,103,106
6,205,840
6,168
85,619
553,206
7,140,960
3,103,106
6,937,764
6,168
85,619
553,206
For the closing of the year ended December 31, 2019:
(i)
(ii)
The balances of accounts receivables have near terms and, therefore, they are not adjusted to fair value. The balances of
trade receivables, subject to the judicial reorganization, were adjusted to their fair value, at the date of the novation of the
liabilities and are represented by the amounts that are expected that the obligations are discharged (Note 18).
The balance of the borrowings and financing with the BNDES, Local Banks, and ECAs correspond to exclusive markets,
and the fair value of these instruments is similar to their carrying amounts. The balances of borrowings and financing refers
to the bonds issued in the international market, for which is there is a secondary market, and their fair values differ from
their carrying amounts.
(iii)
The licenses and concessions payable and the tax refinancing program are stated at the amounts that these obligations are
expected to be discharged and are not adjusted to fair value.
(iv)
The leases payable are represented by the amounts that the obligations are expected to be settled, adjusted at present value.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The levels of the financial assets, cash and cash equivalents and cash investments, held-for-sale assets, and derivative financial
instruments at fair value as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
Assets
Cash and banks
Cash equivalents
Cash investments
Held-for-sale financial asset
Liabilities
Derivative financial instruments
Fair value
measurement
hierarchy
Fair value
2019
2018
Level 1
Level 1
Level 1
Level 3
Level 2
575,863
1,506,082
217,792
1,474,699
287,491
4,097,838
238,962
1,843,778
1,152
There were no transfers between levels in the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018.
The Company and its subsidiaries have measured their financial assets and financial liabilities at their market or actual realizable values
(fair value) using available market inputs and valuation techniques appropriate for each situation, as follows:
(a)
Cash, cash equivalents and cash investments
Foreign currency-denominated cash equivalents and cash investments are basically kept in checking deposits denominated in euro and
US dollars and, to a lesser extent, in euros.
The fair value of securities traded in active markets is equivalent to the amount of the last closing quotation available at the end of the
year, multiplied by the number of outstanding securities.
For the remaining contracts, the Company carries out an analysis comparing the current contractual terms and conditions with the terms
and conditions effective for the contract when they were originated.
When terms and conditions are dissimilar, fair value is calculated by discounting future cash flows at the market rates prevailing at the
end of the year, and when similar, fair value is similar to the carrying amount on the reporting date.
(b) Held-for-sale assets
Represents the indirect interest held by PT Ventures in the dividends receivable and the fair value of the financial investment in Unitel,
both classified as held for sale. The assets from the investment held in PT Ventures are measured substantially at the fair value of the
investment for sale, which occurred on January 23, 2020. See Notes 31 and 33 for further information.
(c)
Derivative financial instruments
The Company conducts derivative transactions to manage certain market risks, mainly the foreign exchange risk. At the closing date of
for the year ended December 31, 2019, these instruments include Non-deliverable Forward (NDF) contracts. The Company does not use
derivatives for any purposes other than hedging against these risks.
The method used to calculate the fair value of the derivative instruments contracted throughout the year was the future cash flows
method associated to each contracted instrument, discounted using the market rates prevailing at the reporting date.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
3.2.
Financial risk management
The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ activities expose them to several financial risks, such as: market risk (including currency
fluctuation risk, interest rate risk on fair value, interest rate risk on cash flows), credit risk, and liquidity risk. According to their nature,
financial instruments may involve known or unknown risks, and it is important to assess to the best judgment the potential of these
risks. The Company and its subsidiaries may use derivative financial instruments to mitigate certain exposures to these risks.
The Company’s risk management process is a three-step process, taking into account its consolidated structure: strategic, tactical, and
operational. At the strategic level, the Company’s executive committee agrees with the Board of Directors the risk guidelines to be
followed. A Financial Risk Management Committee is responsible for overseeing and ensuring that Oi comply with the existing
policies. At the operating level, risk management is carried out by the Company’s treasury officer, in accordance with the policies
approved by the Board of Directors.
The Financial Risk Management Committee meets on a monthly basis and currently consists of the Chief Finance Officer, the
Regulation, Wholesale and International Affairs Officer, the Legal Tax Officer, the Chief Controller, the Investor Relations Officer, and
the Treasury Officer.
The Hedging and Cash Investments Policies, approved by the Board of Directors, document the management of exposures to market
risk factors generated by the financial transactions of the Oi Group companies.
In the aftermath of the approval of the JRP, based on the measured new risk factors, the Company approved with the Board of Directors
a new strategy to the Board of Directors to mitigate the risks arising on the foreign exchange exposure of its financial liabilities, as is
ready to implement it as from this point in time. In line with the Hedging Policy pillars, the strategy is focused on the preservation of
the Company’s cash flows, maintaining its liquidity, and complying with the financial covenants.
3.2.1. Market risk
(a)
Foreign exchange risk
Financial assets
The Company is not exposed to any material foreign exchange risk involving foreign currency-denominated financial assets as at
December 31, 2019, except with regard to the assets held for sale, for which the Company does not enter into any currency hedging
transaction.
Financial liabilities
The Company and its subsidiaries have foreign currency-denominated or foreign currency-indexed borrowings and financing. The risk
associated with these liabilities is related to the possibility of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates that could increase the balance of
such liabilities. The Company’s and its subsidiaries’ borrowings and financing exposed to this risk represent approximately 52.3% of
total liabilities from borrowings and financing (2018 – 53.6%), less the contracted currency hedging transactions. To minimize this type
of risk, the Company entered into currency hedges with financial institutions for part of the foreign currency-denominated interest
payments made in 2019. The Company hedged 67% of its total dollar-denominated debt service in 2019 through hedging transactions in
the form of currency forwards and foreign currency-denominated cash investments. At the end of December 2019, approximately 32%
of the US dollar-denominated debt for 2020 was hedged by cash in US dollars (natural hedge). Additionally, the Company hedged part
of the Company’s US dollar-denominated operating expenses.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The currency hedging percentage for purposes of covenant compliance and the financial expenses of the existing borrowings and
financing, including the impacts of changes in foreign exchange rates on the fair value adjustment gain, is 50.1%.
Foreign currency-denominated financial assets and financial liabilities are presented in the balance sheet as follows:
Financial assets
Cash and banks
Cash equivalents
Held-for-sale assets
Held-for-sale financial asset
Dividends receivable
Financial liabilities
Borrowings and financing (Note 20)
Derivative financial instruments
The amounts of the derivative financial instruments are summarized as follows:
2019
2018
Carrying
amount
Fair value
Carrying
amount
Fair value
400,874
1,096
400,874
1,096
70,116
154,514
70,116
154,514
1,474,699
2,435,014
1,474,699
2,435,014
1,843,778
2,566,935
1,843,778
2,566,935
9,521,291
1,152
9,521,291
1,152
8,816,766
9,548,690
Derivatives designated for hedge accounting
USD/R$ Non-deliverable forwards (NDF)
Notional (US$)
17,000.00
Maturity (years)
< 1 year
Fair value
Amounts
(payable)/receivable
2019
(1,152)
At yearend, the main hedging transactions conducted with financial institutions with the objective minimizing the foreign exchange risk
co cambial are as follows:
Non-deliverable Forward (NDF) contracts
US$/R$: Refer to future dollar purchase transactions using NDFs to hedge against the depreciation of the Brazilian real against the US
dollar. The key strategy for these contracts is to eliminate foreign exchange differences during the contract period, mitigating
unfavorable changes in foreign exchange rates on dollar-denominated debts or operating expenses.
As at December 31, 2019, the Company recognized as result of derivative transactions the amounts shown below:
Forward currency transaction – financial results
Forward currency transaction – operating results
Total
2019
55,025
17,088
72,113
The movements in foreign exchange hedges designated for hedge accounting were recognized in other comprehensive income.
Table of movements in hedge accounting effects in other comprehensive income
Balance at 12/31/2018
Results of designated hedges
Amortization of hedges to profit or loss
Balance at 12/31/2019
11,901
(13,053)
(1,152)
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Foreign exchange risk sensitivity analysis
As at December 31, 2019, management estimated the depreciation scenarios of the Brazilian real in relation to other currencies, at the
end of the reporting period.
The rates used for the probable scenario were the rates prevailing at the end of December 2019. The probable rates were then
depreciated by 25% and 50% and used as benchmark for the possible and remote scenarios, respectively.
Description
Probable scenario
U.S. dollar
Euro
Possible scenario
U.S. dollar
Euro
Remote scenario
U.S. dollar
Euro
Rate
2019
Depreciation
4.0307
4.5305
5.0384
5.6631
6.0461
6.7958
0%
0%
25%
25%
50%
50%
The impacts of foreign exchange exposure on the foreign currency-denominated debt, considering offshore derivatives and cash, in the
sensitivity scenarios estimated by the Company, are shown in the table below:
Description
US dollar debts
US dollar cash
Euro debt
Euro cash
Fair value adjustment
Total assets/liabilities indexed to exchange fluctuation
Total (gain) loss
Individual risk
Dollar appreciation
Dollar depreciation
Euro appreciation
Euro depreciation
Dollar/euro depreciation
Probable
scenario
15,594,278
(283,409)
2,711,459
(112,796)
(8,772,305)
9,137,227
2019
Possible
scenario
19,492,848
(354,261)
3,389,323
(140,995)
(10,965,381)
11,421,534
2,284,307
Remote
scenario
23,391,418
(425,113)
4,067,188
(169,194)
(13,158,458)
13,705,841
4,568,614
(b)
Interest rate risk
Financial assets
Cash equivalents and cash investments in local currency are substantially maintained in financial investment funds exclusively managed
for the Company and its subsidiaries, and investments in private securities issued by prime financial institutions.
The interest rate risk linked to these assets arises from the possibility of decreases in these rates and consequent decrease in the return
on these assets.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Financial liabilities
The Company and its subsidiaries have borrowings and financing subject to floating interest rates, based on the Long-term Interest Rate
(TJLP), the CDI, or the Benchmark Rate in the case of real-denominated debt as at December 31, 2019. After the approval of the JRP,
the Company does not have borrowings and financing subject to foreign currency-denominated floating interest rate.
As at December 31, 2019, approximately 47.5% (46.0% at December 31, 2018) of the incurred debt was subject to floating interest
rates. The most material exposure of Company’s and its subsidiaries’ debt after is to CDI. Therefore, a continued increase in this
interest rate would have an adverse impact on future interest payments.
These assets and liabilities are presented in the balance sheet as follows:
Financial assets
Cash equivalents
Cash investments
Financial liabilities
Borrowings and financing (Note 20)
2019
2018
Carrying
amount
Market
value
Carrying
amount
Market
value
1,504,986
217,792
1,504,986
217,792
3,943,324
238,962
3,943,324
238,962
8,705,458
8,705,458
7,633,140
7,633,140
Interest rate fluctuation risk sensitivity analysis
The Company is exposed to interest rate risk on its cash and cash equivalents and its indebtedness. The interest rate risk on the
indebtedness is from the portion of the indebtedness having a variable interest rate. Changes in the interest rates could impact the
amount of interest that the Company is required to pay or receive.
Management believes that the most material risk related to interest rate fluctuations arises from its liabilities pegged to the CDI and
TJLP. This risk is associated to an increase in those rates. The TJLP rate remained stable at 7.0% p.a. from April 1, 2017 to
December 31, 2017. Beginning January 1, 2018, the TJLP was being successively reduced: 6.75% per year up to March 2018, 6.6% per
year from April to June 2018, and 6.56% from July to September 2018. In turn, from October to December 2018 this rate was increased
to 6.98% per year, it was increased to 7.03%, from January to March 2019, to 7.03%, and reduced again from April to June to 6.26%,
from July to September to 5.95%, and from October to December to 5.57%. At the end of the quarter the National Monetary Council
decided to reduce this rate again to 5.09% per year, effective for January-March 2020.
Management estimated the fluctuation scenarios of the rates CDI and TJLP as at December 31, 2019. The rates used for the probable
scenario were the rates prevailing at the end of the reporting year.
These rates have been stressed by 25% and 50%, and used as benchmark for the possible and remote scenarios.
Probable scenario
CDI
4.59%
TJLP
5.57%
2019
Interest rate scenarios
Possible scenario
CDI
5.74%
TJLP
6.96%
Remote scenario
CDI
6.89%
TJLP
8.36%
Such sensitivity analysis considers payment outflows in future dates. Thus, the aggregate of the amounts for each scenario is not
equivalent to the fair values, or even the fair values of these liabilities.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The impacts of exposure to interest rates, in the sensitivity scenarios estimated by the Company, are shown in the table below:
Description
Debt pegged to CDI
Debt pegged to TJLP
Total assets/liabilities pegged to the interest rate
Total (gain) loss
3.2.2. Credit risk
Individual risk
CDI increase
TJLP increase
Probable scenario
4,601,044
3,221,576
7,822,620
2019
Possible scenario
5,330,277
4,232,356
9,562,633
1,740,013
Remote scenario
6,583,653
4,972,246
11,555,899
3,733,279
The concentration of credit risk associated to trade receivables is immaterial due to the diversification of the portfolio. Doubtful
receivables are adequately covered by an allowance for doubtful accounts.
Transactions with financial institutions (cash investments and borrowings and financing) are made with prime entities, avoiding the
concentration risk. The credit risk of financial investments is assessed by setting caps for investment in the counterparts, taking into
consideration the ratings released by the main international risk rating agencies for each one of such counterparts. As at December 31,
2019, approximately 80.92% of the consolidated cash investments were made with counterparties with an AAA, AA, A, and sovereign
risk rating.
3.2.3. Liquidity risk
The liquidity risk also arises from the possibility of the Company being unable to discharge its liabilities on maturity dates and obtain
cash due to market liquidity restrictions. Management uses its resources mainly to fund capital expenditures incurred on the expansion
and upgrading of the network, invest in new businesses.
The Company’s management monitors the continual forecasts of the liquidity requirements to ensure that the company has sufficient
cash to meet its operating needs and fund capital expenditure to modernize and expand its network.
At the beginning of 2019, Oi completed the capital increase provided for in the JRP. With this increase, the Company received
R$4.0 billion, which were allocated to the incremental CAPEX Plan, directed to the expansion of the mobile and fixed infrastructure,
while focused primarily on the fiber optics project. In addition to the capital increase, to finance the incremental CAPEX associated to
the Strategic Plan, the Company plans to divest unessential and release cash through non-operating event such as, for example, tax
credits. Added to this debt is the issue of up to R$2.5 billion in simple, nonconvertible debentures by Oi Móvel, a prepetition financing
line, in the form of DIP Financing, in line with the provisions of Clause 5.3 of the Company’s PRJ.
Capital management
The Company seeks to manage its equity structure according to best market practices.
The objective of the Company’s capital management strategy is to ensure that liquidity levels and financial leverage allow the sustained
growth of the Group, the compliance with the strategic investment plan, and generation of returns to our shareholders.
We may change our capital structure, according to existing economic and financial conditions, to optimize our financial leverage and
debt management.
The indicators used to measure capital structure management are: gross debt to accumulated twelve-month EBITDA (earnings before
interest (financial income and expenses), taxes, depreciation, and amortization), and the interest coverage ratio, as shown below:
Goss debt-to-EBITDA
Interest coverage ratio (*)
(*) Measure the Company’s capacity to cover its future interest obligations.
between 2x and 4.0x
higher than 1.75
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
3.2.4. Risk of accelerated maturity of borrowings and financing
Any default event in some debt instruments of the Company and its subsidiaries might result in accelerated maturity of other
borrowings and financing. Currently, the Company does not anticipate any risk of default on any of its regular cash obligations.
The risk of accelerated maturity arising from noncompliance of financial covenants associated to the debt was mitigated through a
waiver that prevents acceleration due to failure to comply with certain covenants in first quarter of 2020. For further detail, see Note 20,
in the section ‘Covenants’.
4.
NET OPERATING REVENUE
Gross operating revenue
Deductions from gross revenue
Taxes
Other deductions
Net operating revenue
5.
REVENUE AND EXPENSES BY NATURE
Operating expenses by nature
Third-party services
Depreciation and amortization
Rentals and Insurance (i)
Personnel
Network maintenance service
Interconnection
Provision for contingencies
Expected credit losses
Advertising and marketing
Handset and other costs
Impairment gain (loss) (ii)
Taxes and other expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net (iii)
Total operating expenses
Operating expenses by function
Cost of sales and/or services
Selling expenses
General and administrative expenses
Other operating income
Other operating expenses
Total operating expenses by function
2019
27,218,787
(7,082,604)
(5,641,876)
(1,440,728)
20,136,183
2018
30,426,548
(8,366,534)
(6,725,356)
(1,641,178)
22,060,014
2017
36,338,432
(12,548,778)
(7,707,961)
(4,840,817)
23,789,654
December 31,
2019
December 31,
2018
December 31,
2017
(6,030,542)
(6,873,945)
(2,575,862)
(2,528,823)
(1,014,432)
(487,413)
(216,438)
(489,396)
(497,278)
(170,860)
(2,111,022)
(110,568)
(6,974)
(23,113,553)
(5,924,556)
(5,811,123)
(4,200,212)
(2,594,464)
(1,104,015)
(658,068)
(202,268)
(697,324)
(382,091)
(196,347)
(291,758)
(249,688)
(5,016,358)
(27,328,272)
(6,221,058)
(5,109,292)
(4,162,659)
(2,791,331)
(1,251,511)
(778,083)
(469,440)
(691,807)
(413,580)
(223,335)
4,747,141
(542,832)
(8,242,895)
(26,150,682)
(15,314,814)
(3,547,684)
(2,782,300)
4,527,710
(5,996,465)
(23,113,553)
(16,179,100)
(3,853,002)
(2,738,718)
2,204,134
(6,761,586)
(27,328,272)
(15,668,653)
(4,102,556)
(3,136,808)
1,985,101
(5,227,766)
(26,150,682)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
The semiannual comparison was impacted by the adoption of IFRS 16—Leases beginning January 1, 2019 (Note 2(d)).
As required by IAS 36, the Company conducts annually an impairment test of its assets with finite useful lives and recognizes an impairment loss related to the
expected future profitability of such assets. The Company took into consideration in its assumptions for the 2019 impairment test, among other aspects, the
Strategic Plan disclosed in July 2019. The plan rests on transformation actions, focused on improving operational and financial performance (see Note 17).
In 2019, refers primarily to: (a) the recognition of other income from PIS and COFINS credits arising on the deduction of ICMS from PIS and COFINS tax base,
as well as the recovery of unduly paid amounts on that tax base, as ruled in the final and unappealable court decision issued in March and September 2019,
amounting to R$1,517,919 (Note 11) and (b) the recognition of expenses on the provision related to an onerous contract for the supply of satellite capacity,
amounting to R$1,230,820 (Note 25), and (c) recognition of expenses related to the derecognition arising from the reconciliation of prior periods’ tax credits and
incentives, which are not expected to be realized, amounting to R$167,395. In 2018 refers basically to: (a) expenses on the provision related to the recognition of
the onerous contract for the provision of submarine cable capacity, amounting to R$4,883,620; and (b) recognition of income from the reversal of the provision for
the contingency, amounting to R$109,242, arising from the reprocessing of the provision estimation model taking into account the new profile and history of
discontinuation of lawsuits in the context of the approval and ratification of the JRP. In 2017, R$6,482,485 refer main to the additional provision arising from the
review of the calculations of the provision for contingencies related administrative proceedings and lawsuits involving ANATEL, talking into accounting the
publication of the decision that grants the judicial reorganization in February 5, 2018.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
6.
FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)
Financial income
Fair value adjustment (i)
Monetary correction and foreign exchange differences on the fair value adjustment
Gain on the restructuring of third-party borrowings (ii)
Interest on and monetary correction to other assets (iii)
Income from cash investments
Exchange differences on translating foreign cash investments
Reversal of interest and other income (iv)
Total
Financial expenses and other charges
a) Borrowing and financing costs
Recognition of fair value adjustment
Monetary correction to and exchange losses on third-party borrowings (v)
Interest on borrowings from third parties (vi)
Interest on debentures (vi)
Subtotal:
b) Other charges
Interest on leases
Gain (loss) on cash investments classified as held for sale
Tax on transactions and bank fees
Interest on, monetary correction to, and foreign exchange differences on other liabilities
(vii)
Monetary correction to (provisions)/reversals (viii)
Interest on taxes in installments—tax financing program
Derivative transactions
Other expenses (ix)
Subtotal:
Total
Financial income (expenses)
2019
2018
2017
48,756
334,269
1,922,176
238,828
(52,013)
170,447
2,662,463
13,290,262
1,398,594
11,054,800
808,764
316,880
1,329
4,079,832
30,950,461
4,873,000
1,049,923
702,171
11,105
500,260
7,136,459
(910,491)
(640,068)
(1,295,545)
(322,218)
(3,168,322)
(760,197)
(2,493,618)
1,299,094
493,833
(1,460,888)
(2,920,455)
(3,122,166)
(472,173)
(6,514,794)
(948,973)
(237,593)
(456,579)
292,700
(870,488)
(267,008)
(512,003)
(1,251,215)
(226,870)
(28,079)
(1,854,304)
(1,620,378)
(16,159)
55,025
(524,898)
(5,603,859)
(8,772,181)
(6,109,718) 26,608,866
(796,755)
(2,880,707)
(4,341,595)
(1,553,746)
(674,668)
(27,294)
(783,458)
(3,818,177)
(10,332,971)
(3,196,512)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
In 2018, refers to the recognition of the fair value of third-party borrowings and financing arising from the impacts of the ratification of the JRP. In 2017, refers
to the adjustment to present value arising from the revision of the calculations of the provision for contingencies related to administrative proceedings and
lawsuits involving ANATEL, taking into account the best estimate of future cash outflows based on the payment methods prescribed in the JRP.
In 2018, refers basically to the positive impact of the novation of the debt represented by the qualified Senior Notes, calculated pursuant to the JRP.
In 2019, refers to the accounting recognition amounting R$2,100 million related to the monetary correction to PIS and COFINS credits arising from the
deduction of ICMS from the tax base of PIS and COFINS, as well as the recovery of unduly paid amounts as PIS and COFINS, under a final and unappealable
court decision reached in March and September 2019, as described in Note 11.
In 2018, represented mainly by the reversal of the interest expenses on debt included in the JRP, adjusted in the period prior to the ratification of the Plan
amounting to R$3,013 million and adjustment of trade payables and default payment to fair value amounting to R$877 million.
In 2018, includes R$555 million related to the modification gain associated to the novation of debts arising on the Senior Notes.
In 2018, represented mainly by the reversal of interest on the debt included in the JRP amounting to R$3,115 million and interest expenses on novated debt and
debentures totaling R$167 million.
This line item includes interest related to the present value adjustment associated with the liabilities of onerous contracts and trade payables subject to the Judicial
Reorganization.
In 2019, includes the impact arising on the review of the provision estimate calculation methodology of the labor and civil contingencies, supported by the loss
risk assessment made by the Company’s legal advisors. The Company recognized new provision for labor and civil contingencies, during 2019, related to the
review of the provision estimate calculation methodology, and part of the amount was recognized in financial expenses due to monetary corrections in
compliance with the Law applicable for Labor and Civil proceedings.
Represented mainly by financial banking fees and commissions.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
7.
INCOME TAX AND SOCIAL CONTRIBUTION
Income taxes encompass the income tax and the social contribution. The income tax rate is 25% and the social contribution rate is 9%,
generating aggregate nominal tax rate of 34%.
The provision for income tax and social contribution is broken down as follows:
Income tax and social contribution
Current taxes
Deferred taxes (Note 10)
Total
Pre-tax profit (loss)
Income tax and social contribution
Income tax and social contribution on taxed income
Equity in investees
Tax incentives (basically, operating profit) (i)
Permanent deductions (add-backs) (ii)
Reversal of (Allowance for) impairment losses on deferred tax assets (iii)
Tax effects of deferred tax assets of foreign subsidiaries (iv)
Income tax and social contribution effect on profit or loss
2019
2018
2017
115,706
(77,060)
69,041
3,159,241
(8,019) 3,274,947
(906,080)
(192,542)
(1,098,622)
2019
2018
(9,087,088) 21,340,608
2017
(5,557,540)
3,089,610
(7,255,807)
(4,587)
3,068
(312,512) 13,285,260
(1,759)
1,263
(2,474,232)
(310,389)
(8,019)
(2,757,044)
4,057
3,274,947
1,889,564
(147)
14,008
148,424
(2,717,564)
(432,907)
(1,098,622)
(i)
(ii)
Refers basically to the exploration profit recognized in the profit or loss of subsidiary Oi Móvel pursuant to Law 11638/2007.
In 2019, the tax effects from permanent add-backs are represented mainly by the recognition of the fair value adjustment to the restructured liabilities included in
the JRP. In 2018 the main tax effects from permanent deductions arising from the recognition of the restructuring of the liabilities included in the JRP.
(iii) Refers to the reversal (recognition) of the allowance for the realizable value (impairment) of deferred tax assets (Note 10).
(iv) Refers to the effects of unrecognized deferred tax assets held by foreign subsidiaries that do not have a history of profitability and/or an expectation to generate
taxable income.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
8.
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
Cash investments made by the Company and its subsidiaries in the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 are measured at their fair
values.
(a)
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and banks
Cash equivalents
Total
Repurchase agreements(i)
Certificated of Bank Deposit (CDB)
Private securities(ii)
Time deposits
Other
Cash equivalents
(b) Short-term and long-term investments
Private securities(iii)
Government securities
Total
Current
Non-current
2019
575,863
1,506,082
2,081,945
2018
287,491
4,097,838
4,385,329
2019
1,192,708
173,854
134,818
1,096
3,606
1,506,082
2018
2,742,731
301,632
895,073
154,514
3,888
4,097,838
2019
196,203
21,589
217,792
183,850
33,942
2018
213,653
25,309
238,962
201,975
36,987
(i)
Represented mainly by exclusive investment funds composed by Government Securities with yield pegged to the SELIC rate. The portfolio is preferably allocated
to highly liquid spot market instruments for all investments.
Represented mainly by financial treasury bills from private banks with remuneration linked to CDI rate and immediate liquidity.
(ii)
(iii) Represented mainly by the investments with yield pegged to the SELIC and CDB rates.
The Company and its subsidiaries hold cash investments in Brazil and abroad for the purpose of earning interest on cash, benchmarked
to CDI in Brazil, LIBOR for the US dollar-denominated portion, and EURIBOR for the euro-denominated portion.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
9.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Billed services
Unbilled services
Handheld devices, accessories, and other assets
Subtotal
Expected losses on trade receivables
Total
The aging list of trade receivables is as follows:
Current
Past-due up to 60 days
Past-due from 61 to 90 days
Past-due from 91 to 120 days
Past-due from 121 to 150 days
Over 150 days past-due
Total
The movements in expected credit losses on trade receivables are as follows:
Balance at January 1, 2018
Expected losses on trade receivables
Trade receivables written off as uncollectible
IFRS 9 adoption (*)
Balance at December 31, 2018
Expected losses on trade receivables
Trade receivables written off as uncollectible
Balance at December 31, 2019
(*)
Impact of the first-time recognition, at January 1, 2018, of IFRS 9 as a contra entry to Accumulated losses in Shareholders’ equity.
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2019
5,910,643
842,726
354,928
7,108,297
(773,771)
6,334,526
2018
5,699,817
984,062
619,821
7,303,700
(787,145)
6,516,555
2019
5,118,874
527,459
104,694
99,299
83,083
1,174,888
7,108,297
2018
5,167,408
672,673
131,798
132,562
104,628
1,094,631
7,303,700
(547,485)
(843,681)
976,998
(372,977)
(787,145)
(488,269)
501,643
(773,771)
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
10.
RECOVERABLE INCOME TAX AND DEFERRED TAXES ASSETS
Current recoverable taxes
Recoverable income tax (IRPJ) (i)
Recoverable social contribution (CSLL) (i)
IRRF/CSLL—withholding income taxes (ii)
Total current
Deferred recoverable taxes
Income tax and social contribution on temporary differences1
Total non-current
Current taxes payable
Income tax payable
Social contribution payable
Total current
ASSETS
2019
2018
209,513
81,215
251,998
542,726
287,472
91,996
241,778
621,246
99,175
99,175
23,050
23,050
LIABILITIES
2018
2019
54,358
12,296
66,654
21,628
5,398
27,026
See movements table below
(i)
(ii)
Refer mainly to prepaid income tax and social contribution that will be offset against federal taxes payable in the future.
Refer to withholding income tax (IRRF) credits on cash investments, derivatives, intragroup loans, government entities, and other amounts that are used as
deductions from income tax payable for the years, and social contribution withheld at source on services provided to government agencies.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Movements in deferred income tax and social contribution
Deferred tax assets arising on:
Temporary differences
Provisions
Provisions for suspended taxes
Provisions for pension funds and impacts of (IAS
19 R)
Expected losses on trade receivables
Profit sharing
Foreign exchange differences
Merged goodwill (i)
Other temporary add-backs and deductions
Onerous obligation
Deferred taxes on temporary differences
CSLL tax loss carryforwards
Total deferred tax assets
Deferred tax liabilities
Temporary differences and income tax and social
contribution of goodwill (ii)
Allowance for impairment loss (iii)
Total deferred tax assets (liabilities)
Balance at
December 31, 2018
Recognized
in deferred
tax benefit/
expenses
Recognized
directly in
equity
Add-backs/
Offsets
Balance at
December 31, 2019
1,244,246
29,555
(68,999)
134,999
(14,095)
478,827
94,504
1,403,193
1,690,508
177,085
1,527,924
6,631,747
13,703,529
20,335,276
(3,341)
(46,407)
(13,185)
333,740
(278,759)
773,610
449,900
1,281,558
1,033,425
2,314,983
3,331
2,557
5,888
25,095
30,983
(2,532,682)
(17,779,544)
23,050
235,338
(2,474,234)
76,087(*)
(30,983)
1,175,247
164,554
(14,105)
432,420
81,319
1,736,933
1,411,749
953,252
1,977,824
7,919,193
14,762,087
22,681,280
(2,297,344)
(20,284,761)
99,175
38
38
38
(*)
(i)
The expenses on deferred taxes disclosed in Note 6 include R$7,046 in deferred taxes of foreign operations classified as held-for-sale assets.
Refer to: (i) deferred income tax and social contribution assets calculated as tax benefit originating from the goodwill paid on acquisition of the Company and
recognized by the merged companies in the course of 2009. The realization of the tax credit arises from the amortization of the goodwill balance based on the
STFC license and in the appreciation of property, plant and equipment, the utilization of which is estimated to occur through 2025, and (ii) deferred income tax and
social contribution assets originating from the goodwill paid on the acquisition of interests in the Company in 2008-2011, recognized by the companies merged
with and into Telemar Participações S.A. (“TmarPart”) and by TmarPart merged with and into the Company on September 1, 2015, which was based on the
Company’s expected future profitability and the amortization of which is estimated to occur through 2025.
Refers basically to the tax effects on the appreciation of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, merged from TmarPart.
(ii)
(iii) The Company, based on the schedule of expected generation of future taxable income, supported by a technical feasibility study and the comparison with the
estimate of the annual realization amount of asset and liability temporary differences, revised its deferred taxes recovery estimate and identified and recognized an
allowance at recoverable amount.
The stock of tax loss carryforwards in Brazil and foreign subsidiaries is approximately R$32,805,092 and R$14,433,424, and corresponds to R$11,153,731 and
R$3,608,356 in deferred tax assets, respectively, which can be carried forward indefinitely and offset against taxes payable in the future.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
11. OTHER TAXES
Recoverable State VAT (ICMS) (i)
PIS and COFINS (ii)
Other
Total
Current
Non-current
State VAT (ICMS)
ICMS Convention No. 69/1998
PIS and COFINS (iii)
FUST/FUNTTEL/broadcasting fees (iv)
Other (v)
Total
Current
Non-current
ASSETS
2019
1,301,684
2,736,009
47,257
4,084,950
1,089,391
2,995,559
2018
1,240,353
215,860
63,015
1,519,228
803,252
715,976
LIABILITIES
2019
526,618
220,467
574,063
669,193
120,460
2,110,801
886,763
1,224,038
2018
556,693
34,113
235,319
655,022
181,437
1,662,584
1,033,868
628,716
(i)
(ii)
Recoverable ICMS arises mostly from prepaid taxes and credits claimed on purchases of property, plant and equipment, which can be offset against ICMS payable
within 48 months, pursuant to Supplementary Law 102/2000.
The Company and its subsidiaries filed legal proceedings to claim the right to deduct ICMS from the PIS and COFINS tax bases and the recovery of past unduly
paid amounts, within the relevant statute of limitations.
In 2019, the 1st and 2nd Region Federal Courts (Brasília and Rio de Janeiro) issued final and unappealable decisions favorable to the Company on two of the three
main lawsuits of the Company relating to the discussion about the non-levy of PIS and COFINS on ICMS.
These credits were cleared for offset by the Federal Revenue Service between May and October 2019 so that the Company has been using them to pay federal
taxes due since June 2019. The total amount of the credit was approximately R$3 billion, added to the three lawsuits.
(iii) Refers basically to the Social Integration Program Tax on Revenue (PIS) and Social Security Funding Tax on Revenue (COFINS) on revenue, financial income,
and other income.
The Company and its subsidiaries Telemar and Oi Móvel filed lawsuits to discuss the correct calculation of the contribution to the FUST and in the course of the
lawsuits made escrow deposits to suspend its collection. These discussions are also being judged by higher courts and a possible transformation of the deposited
amounts into definitive payments should not occur within two (2) years.
Consisting primarily of monetary corrections to suspended taxes and withholding tax on intragroup loans and interest on capital.
(iv)
(v)
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
12.
JUDICIAL DEPOSITS
In some situations the Company makes, as ordered by courts or even at its own discretion to provide guarantees, judicial deposits to
ensure the continuity of ongoing lawsuits. These judicial deposits can be required for lawsuits with a likelihood of loss, as assessed by
the Company based on the opinion of its legal counselors, as probable, possible, or remote. The Company recognizes in current assets
the expected amount to be redeemed from judicial deposits or to offset judicial deposits against the provision for contingencies in the
next fiscal year.
As set forth by relevant legislation, judicial deposits are adjusted for monetary correction.
Civil
Tax
Labor
Subtotal:
Estimated loss (i)
Total
Current
Non-current
2019
5,027,848
2,301,986
883,125
8,212,959
(47,112)
8,165,847
1,514,464
6,651,383
2018
5,849,978
2,337,508
1,197,144
9,384,630
(649,910)
8,734,720
1,715,934
7,018,786
(i)
This amount represents the estimated loss of balances of judicial deposits, which are in the process of reconciliation with the obtained statements.
13.
PREPAID EXPENSES
Costs incurred on the performance of a contract (IFRS 15)
Advertising and publicity
Bank guarantee
Insurance
Contractual prepaid expenses
Other
Total
Current
Non-current
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2019
1,016,337
55,695
31,297
25,807
124,944
1,254,080
670,344
583,736
2018
912,538
135,049
40,690
48,865
47,771
81,590
1,266,503
743,953
522,550
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
14. OTHER ASSETS
Advances to and amounts recoverable from suppliers
Amounts receivable from the sale of property, plant and equipment items
Amounts receivable
Advances to employees
Other
Total
Current
Non-current
15.
INVESTMENTS
Joint arrangements
Investments in associates
Tax incentives, net of allowances for losses
Other investments
Total
Summary of the movements in investment balances
Balance at January 1, 2018
Share of results of investees
Share of subsidiaries’ and associates’ equity in investees
Reclassification of equity in investees to held-for-sale assets
Other
Balance at December 31, 2018
Share of results of investees
Subsidiaries’ and associates’ share of other comprehensive income
Reclassification of equity in investees to held-for-sale assets
Other
Balance at December 31, 2019
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2019
767,900
302,947
53,406
79,830
85,739
1,289,822
852,155
437,667
2018
621,376
305,155
202,834
69,635
131,532
1,330,532
1,079,670
250,862
2019
28,632
48,578
31,876
24,679
133,765
2018
31,488
44,124
31,876
10,352
117,840
136,510
(13,492)
(2,270)
5,491
(8,399)
117,840
(5,174)
2,469
3,514
15,116
133,765
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
16.
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Cost of PP&E (gross amount)
Balance at January 1, 2018
Additions
Write-offs
Transfers
Balance at December 31, 2018
Initial adoption of IFRS 16
Contractual changes
Additions
Write-offs
Transfers
Transfer to held-for-sale assets
Reclassified from held-for-sale assets
Balance at December 31, 2019
Accumulated depreciation
Balance at January 1, 2018
Depreciation expenses
Write-offs
Transfers
Balance at December 31, 2018
Depreciation expenses
Write-offs
Transfers
Transfer to held-for-sale assets
Reclassified from held-for-sale assets
Balance at December 31, 2019
PP&E, net
Balance at December 31, 2018
Balance at December 31, 2019
Annual depreciation rate (average)
Works in
progress
Automatic
switching
equipment
Transmission
and other
equipment (1)
Infrastructure
Buildings
Right of
use -
leases
3,434,113
5,117,872
(47,465)
(5,152,907)
3,351,613
20,008,955
487
68,518
20,077,960
59,082,061
383,088
(45,211)
2,672,783
62,092,721
28,341,491
388,988
(601,087)
2,214,139
30,343,531
4,471,481
10,721
(3,344)
(15,168)
4,463,690
6,870,257
(104,781)
(7,958,762)
135,576
226,022
(61,464)
5,076,356
295,795
(1,059,118)
2,463,974
(50,854)
5,054
39,025
(271,292)
8,167,932
520,809
283,494
(136,734)
2,158,327
20,213,536
67,333,635
31,993,328
4,236,477
8,835,501
(18,648,010)
(292,524)
(36)
(18,940,570)
(271,449)
85
(45,677,425)
(2,251,574)
40,387
(151)
(47,888,763)
(2,519,706)
53,452
(565)
(22,230,047)
(1,246,471)
442,589
(353)
(23,034,282)
(1,456,608)
979,614
(2,758,012)
(90,348)
215
33,570
(2,814,575)
(101,432)
(787)
16,267
776
189,198
(952,225)
22,315
Other
assets
6,217,467
39,471
(3,403)
212,635
6,466,170
96,435
(421)
243,831
781
6,806,796
(5,253,427)
(407,396)
1,921
(33,030)
(5,691,932)
(247,836)
(7,514)
491
Total
121,555,568
5,940,627
(700,510)
126,795,685
8,167,932
520,809
7,777,057
(1,362,518)
(322,146)
781
141,577,600
(94,566,921)
(4,288,313)
485,112
(98,370,122)
(5,549,256)
1,047,867
205,465
(19,211,934)
(50,355,582)
(23,495,796)
(2,726,033)
(929,910)
(720)
(5,947,511)
(720)
(102,666,766)
3,351,613
2,158,327
1,137,390
1,001,602
10%
14,203,958
16,978,053
12%
7,309,249
8,497,532
10%
1,649,115
1,510,444
9%
7,905,591
11%
774,238
859,285
15%
28,425,563
38,910,834
(1)
Transmission and other equipment include transmission and data communication equipment.
Additional disclosures
Pursuant to ANATEL’s concession agreements, the property, plant and equipment items of the Concessionaires that are indispensable
for the provision of the Switched Fixed-line Telephony Services (“STFC”) provided for in said agreements are considered returnable
assets.
As at December 31, 2019, the residual balance of the Company’s returnable assets is R$9,048,877 (R$8,218,006 in 2018) and consists
of assets and installations in progress, switching and transmission equipment, payphones, outside network equipment, power
equipment, and systems and operation support equipment.
In the year ended December 31, 2019, financial charges and transaction costs incurred on works in progress were capitalized at the
average rate of 7% per year.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Movements in the rights of use—leases
Balance January 1, 2019
Initial adoption of IFRS 16
Contractual changes
Additions
Write-offs
Balance at December 31, 2019
Accumulated depreciation
Balance at January 1, 2019
Depreciation expenses
Write-offs
Balance at December 31, 2019
Right of use, net
Balance at January 1, 2019
Balance at December 31, 2019
17.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Cost of intangible assets (gross amount)
Balance at January 1, 2018
Additions
Write-offs
Transfers
Balance at December 31, 2018
Additions
Transfers
Balance at December 31, 2019
Accumulated amortization
Balance at January 1, 2018
Amortization expenses
Impairment loss expenses (see Note 5 (iii))
Balance at December 31, 2018
Amortization expenses
Transfers
Impairment loss expenses (see Note 5 (iii))
Balance at December 31, 2019
Intangible assets, net
Balance at December 31, 2018
Balance at December 31, 2019
Annual amortization rate (average)
Towers
Physical
space
Stores
Vehicles
Real
estate
Total
7,353,507
500,690
65,559
(35,836)
7,883,920
521,523
6,614
29,008
(82,091)
475,054
117,480
6,680
13,555
(8,701)
129,014
93,615
174,455
(8,804)
259,266
81,807
6,825
917
(1,302)
88,247
8,167,932
520,809
283,494
(136,734)
8,835,501
(737,439)
13,176
(724,263)
(92,896)
3,967
(88,929)
(31,456)
1,580
(29,876)
(70,787)
3,028
(67,759)
(19,647)
564
(19,083)
(952,225)
22,315
(929,910)
7,159,657
386,125
99,138
191,507
69,164
7,905,591
Intangibles
in progress
Data
processing
systems
17,047
263,305
(14)
(253,143)
27,195
369,695
(384,526)
12,364
8,743,013
4,524
234,157
8,981,694
8,402
410,487
9,400,583
(7,673,193)
(443,268)
(8,116,461)
(381,874)
8
(8,498,327)
Regulatory
licenses
18,602,742
18,602,742
18,602,742
(11,559,717)
(900,360)
(291,758)
(12,751,835)
(772,179)
(2,111,022)
(15,635,036)
Other
Total
1,812,090
73,471
29,174,892
341,300
18,986
1,904,547
44,248
(25,961)
1,922,834
(1,591,297)
(108,139)
(1,699,436)
(107,851)
(8)
(1,807,295)
(14)
29,516,178
422,345
29,938,523
(20,824,207)
(1,451,767)
(291,758)
(22,567,732)
(1,261,904)
(2,111,022)
(25,940,658)
27,195
12,364
865,233
902,256
5,850,907
2,967,706
205,111
115,539
6,948,446
3,997,865
20%
20%
23%
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
18.
TRADE PAYABLES
ANATEL (*)
Services
Infrastructure, network and plant maintenance materials
Rental of polls and rights-of-way
Other
Adjustment to present value (**)
Total
Current
Non-current
Trade payables subject to the Judicial Reorganization
Trade payables not subject to the Judicial Reorganization
Total
2019
7,572,101
3,423,011
2,607,888
118,966
289,508
(5,124,107)
8,887,367
5,593,940
3,293,427
4,093,058
4,794,309
8,887,367
2018
7,147,137
3,397,413
2,861,712
191,723
647,856
(5,426,971)
8,818,870
5,225,862
3,593,008
3,794,610
5,024,260
8,818,870
(*)
Refers for prepetition claims of the Management Regulatory Agency of the Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) to be settle pursuant to the JRP (see Note
24).
(**) The calculation takes into consideration the contractual flows provided for in the JRP, discounted using rate from 16.4% per year to 17,2% per year, considering
the maturities of each liabilities (ANATEL and other trade payables).
19.
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Liabilities
Non-deliverable Forward (NDF) contracts
Total
Current
20.
BORROWINGS AND FINANCING
Borrowings and financing by type
Foreign currency Senior Notes
Public debentures
Financial institutions
Local currency
BNDES
Other
Foreign currency
Foreign currency multilateral financing
Default payment
Local currency
Foreign currency
Subtotal
Incurred debt issuance cost
Debt discount (*)
Total
Current
Non-current
2019
2018
1,152
1,152
1,152
2019
6,980,817
7,110,737
2018
7,068,263
6,788,519 Aug 2023 to Feb 2035
Principal
Jul 2025
Interest
Semiannual
Semiannual
Contractual maturity
3,947,137
2,071,209
6,725,591
360,161
3,616,074 Mar 2024 to Feb 2033
1,905,786
6,353,322 Aug 2023 to Feb 2035
326,376 Aug 2024 to Feb 2030
Monthly
Semiannual
Semiannual
Jan 2020 to Feb 2035 Monthly and semiannual
Feb 2038 to Feb 2042
Feb 2038 to Feb 2042
Single installment
207,035
4,239,168
31,641,855
(13,911)
(13,401,195)
18,226,749
326,388
17,900,361
207,035
4,125,317
30,390,692
(12,126)
(13,928,660)
16,449,906
672,894
15,777,012
(*)
The calculation takes into consideration the contractual flows provided for in the JRP, discounted using rates that range from 12.6% per year to 16.4% per year,
depending on the maturities and currency of each instrument.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Debt issuance costs by type
Financial institutions
Public debentures
Total
Current
Non-current
Debt breakdown by currency
Euro
US dollar
Brazilian reais
Total
Debt breakdown by index
Fixed rate
CDI
TJLP
TR
Other
Total
2019
13,306
605
13,911
1,404
12,507
2018
11,481
645
12,126
1,290
10,836
2019
311,309
9,209,982
8,705,458
18,226,749
2018
198,931
8,617,835
7,633,140
16,449,906
Index/rate
1.75% p.a. – 10.00% p.a.
80% CDI
2.95% p.a. + TJLP
0% p.a.
0% p.a.
2019
9,078,998
4,694,687
3,945,972
22,662
484,430
18,226,749
2018
8,562,117
3,949,639
3,614,820
14,430
308,900
16,449,906
Maturity schedule of the long-term debt and debt issuance costs allocation schedule
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 and thereafter
Total
Guarantees
Long-term debt
Debt discount
Debt issuance costs
3,953
970
313,181
773,745
30,222,214
31,314,063
2019
887,351
887,351
887,351
884,980
9,854,162
13,401,195
1,811
1,811
1,811
1,811
5,263
12,507
BNDES financing facilities are originally collateralized by receivables of the Company and its subsidiaries Telemar and Oi Móvel. The
Company provides guarantees to its subsidiaries Telemar and Oi Móvel for such financing facilities, totaling R$2,937 million.
Covenants
The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to some covenants existing in certain loan and financing agreements, based on financial
ratios, including the Gross debt-to-EBITDA ratio. The Company monitors on a quarterly basis these terms and conditions and for the
year ended December 31, 2019, the Company and its subsidiaries were compliant with all relevant covenants of the agreements.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Failure to comply with these financial ratios might result in the accelerated maturity of the debt balance due. As a result of the COVID-
19 pandemic and the high foreign exchange volatility, the Company initiated talks with its creditors and has successfully obtained a
waiver on March 30, 2020, eliminating, therefore, any concern of possibly triggering consequences of a failure to comply with certain
covenants in the first quarter of 2020.
Changes in borrowings and financing
Borrowings and financing
Debt discount
Incurred debt issuance cost
Total
Interest,
monetary
corrections, and
exchange
differences
2,253,793
(334,269)
Amortization
of debt
discount
910,491
2018
30,390,692
(13,928,660)
(12,126)
Principal
and
Tax and
interest
Transfers
other
payment
and other
payments
(935,243) (171,962) 104,575
2019
31,641,855
(48,757) (13,401,195)
(1,785)
(13,911)
54,033
18,226,749
16,449,906
1,919,524
910,491
(935,243)
(171,962)
The Company made the interest payments of the Qualified Bonds, which do not have a grace period for the interest, in August 2019.
21.
LICENSES AND CONCESSIONS PAYABLE
Personal Mobile Services (SMP)
STFC concessions
Total
Current
2019
58,582
58,582
58,582
2018
29,530
56,089
85,619
85,619
Correspond to the amounts payable to ANATEL for the radiofrequency concessions and the licenses to provide the SMP services,
obtained at public auctions, and STFC service concessions.
22.
LEASES PAYABLE
Towers
Physical space
Stores
Real estate
Vehicles
Total
Current
Non-current
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2019
7,373,373
403,485
103,792
72,719
196,657
8,150,026
1,510,097
6,639,929
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Movements in leases payable
Balance at January 1, 2018
Initial adoption of IFRS 16
New contracts
Cancellations
Interest
Payments
Contractual changes
Balance at December 31, 2019
Maturity of long-term lease payments
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025 to 2029
2030 and thereafter
Total
Interest
Non-current
8,167,932
237,575
(127,699)
958,573
(1,611,273)
524,918
8,150,026
1,501,799
1,414,630
1,307,923
1,253,069
4,882,027
3,613,174
13,972,622
(7,332,693)
6,639,929
The present value of leases payable was calculated, based on a projection of future fixed payments, which do not take into consideration
the projected monetary correction, discounted using discount rates that range from 10.79% to 12.75% p.a.
Contracts not recognized as leases payable
The Company elected not to recognize a leased not to recognize a lease liability for short-term leases (leases with expected period of 12
months or less) or leases of low value assets. As at December 31, 2019, the payments made under such leases were recognized in profit
or loss and amounted to R$78,134. Additionally, the Company also recognized in profit or loss the amount R$7,966, related to variable
lease payments.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
23.
TAX REFINANCING PROGRAM
The outstanding balance of the Tax Debt Refinancing Program is broken down as follows:
Law 11941/09 and Law 12865/2013 tax financing program
PRT (MP 766/2017) (i)
PERT (Law 13496/2017) (ii)
Total
Current
Non-current
2019
417,076
427
417,503
86,721
330,782
2018
496,240
54,528
2,438
553,206
142,036
411,170
The amounts of the tax refinancing program created under Law 11941/2009, Provisional Act (MP) 766/2017, and Law 13469/2017,
divided into principal, fine and interest, which include the debt declared at the time the deadline to join the program (Law 11941/2009
installment plan) was reopened as provided for by Law 12865/2013 and Law 12996/2014, are broken down as follows:
Tax on revenue (COFINS)
Income tax
Tax on revenue (PIS)
Social security (INSS – SAT)
Social contribution
Tax on banking transactions (CPMF)
PRT – Other debts—RFB
PERT – Other debts—RFB
Other
Total
The payment schedule is as follows:
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Total
2019
Principal
2,718
1,317
36,785
650
580
18,950
240
12,137
73,377
Fines
371
22
2,137
4,314
6,844
Interest
151,072
36,678
35,242
2,018
10,713
29,486
Total
153,790
37,995
72,027
3,039
11,315
50,573
187
71,886
337,282
427
88,337
417,503
2018
Total
199,595
44,967
79,885
4,774
12,503
50,132
54,528
2,438
104,384
553,206
86,718
86,292
86,292
86,292
71,909
417,503
The tax debts, as is the case of the debts included in tax refinancing programs, are not subject to the terms of the judicial reorganization
terms.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(i)
Tax Compliance Program (PRT)
The Company elected to include and settle under said tax refinancing program, created by the Federal Government, under Provisional
Act 766/2017 (PRT), the administrative proceedings with a probable likelihood of an unfavorable outcome and those where, while
attributed a possible likelihood of an unfavorable outcome, the cost effectiveness of including them provided to be highly advantageous
in light of the benefits offered by the program.
The Company elected the payment method that allows settling 76% of the consolidated debt utilizing tax credits arising on tax loss
carryforwards amounting to R$1,035 million, and paid the remaining 24% in 24 monthly installments totaling R$327 million plus
SELIC interest charged as from the adherence month. All the procedures necessary for the Company to join the PRT were completed
within the statutory deadline, while MP 766/2017 was still in effect.
Subsequently, on June 1, 2017 the effective period of said Provisional Act ended because it was not passed into law within the relevant
constitutional deadline. However, as established by the Federal Constitution, the legal relationships established and arising from actions
taken while a provisional act not passed into law was effective, as in the case of the Company’s joining the PRT, continue to be
governed by the former provisional act, except where the National Congress provides for otherwise, by means of a legislative decree.
Note that the PRT, governed by MP 766/2017, is not equivalent to the tax installment plan established by MP 783/2017 (PERT), of
May 31, 2017, because of differences in payment terms and conditions, plan scope, and access requirements.
(ii)
Special Tax Compliance Program (PERT)
The Company elected to include in and settle through PERT only tax debts that in aggregate do not exceed the fifteen million Brazilian
reais (R$15,000,000.00) ceiling set by Article 3 of Law 13496/2017.
The tax debts included in said program were those being disputed at the administrative level in proceedings classified with a low
likelihood of the Company winning and which, in the event of an unfavorable outcome, would result in a lawsuit—and entail all the
associated costs—, the reason why the cost effectiveness of joining the program was quite positive, because of the benefits offered by
PERT (especially the payment of just 5% of the debt in cash).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
24. PROVISIONS
Balance breakdown
Type
Labor
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
(xii)
(xiii)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
Overtime
Indemnities
Sundry premiums
Stability/reintegration
Additional post-retirement benefits
Salary differences and related effects
Lawyer/expert fees
Severance pay
Labor fines
Employment relationship
Severance Pay Fund (FGTS)
Joint liability
Other claims
Total
Tax
State VAT (ICMS)
Tax on services (ISS)
INSS (joint liability, fees, and severance pay)
Real Estate Tax (IPTU)
Other claims
Total
Civil
ANATEL
Corporate
Small claims courts
Other claims(1)
Total
Total provisions
Current
Non-current
2019
2018
855,722
299,096
221,743
215,449
108,827
101,573
51,193
38,261
30,399
18,758
13,306
3,100
93,605
2,051,032
746,481
69,208
23,847
150,223
61,189
1,050,948
570,283
397,946
118,910
1,062,561
2,149,700
5,251,680
547,996
4,703,684
602,673
187,499
166,963
160,442
94,691
61,674
30,898
31,521
25,921
15,952
10,804
889
67,254
1,457,181
503,332
76,389
23,100
47,262
650,083
580,182
1,124,037
191,839
1,035,398
2,931,456
5,038,720
680,542
4,358,178
(1)
In 2018, includes R$157,809 related to the agreement entered into with Pharol, as described in Note 1 – Litigation Termination Settlement between the Company
and Pharol, settled in the first quarter of 2019.
In compliance with the Law applicable for Labor, Tax and Civil proceedings, the lawsuit are adjusted for monetary correction on a
monthly basis, considering the monetary correction indexes applicable in court instances, composed mainly by IGPM, TR and SELIC
rates.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Summary of movements in provision balances
Balance at January 1, 2018
Monetary correction (i)
Additions/(reversals) (i)
Write-offs for payment/terminations (i)
Balance at December 31, 2018
Monetary correction (ii)
Additions/(reversals) (ii)
Write-offs for payment/terminations
Reclassified from held-for-sale assets
Balance at December 31, 2019
Labor
1,596,418
184,112
99,805
(423,154)
1,457,181
485,049
316,182
(207,380)
2,051,032
Tax
660,302
77,697
(49,659)
(38,257)
650,083
60,688
1,002,827
(666,563)
3,913
1,050,948
Civil
5,526,414
(34,939)
42,734
(2,602,753)
2,931,456
1,074,641
(1,102,571)
(753,826)
2,149,700
Total
7,783,134
226,870
92,880
(3,064,164)
5,038,720
1,620,378
216,438
(1,627,769)
3,913
5,251,680
(i)
(ii)
This line item basically includes the amounts related to proceedings terminated and included in the list of the Company’s judicial reorganization creditors, which
were transferred to the line item trade payables and will be paid according to the terms of the JRP.
The Company continuously monitors its proceedings and revised the calculation methodology of provision estimates, taking into consideration the new profile and
history of legal proceeding terminations, in the context of the JRP, as well as in the assessment of the risk of loss carried out by Management supported by its legal
advisors.
Summary of the main matters related to the recognized provisions and contingent liabilities
Provisions
Labor
The Company is a party to a large number of labor lawsuits and calculates the related provision based on a statistical methodology that
takes into consideration, but not limited to, the total number of existing lawsuits, the claims make in each lawsuit, the amount claimed
in each lawsuit, the history of payments made, and the technical opinion of the legal counsel.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
Overtime—refers to the claim for payment of salary and premiums by alleged overtime hours;
Indemnities—refers to amounts allegedly due for occupational accidents, leased vehicles, occupational diseases, pain and
suffering, and tenure;
Sundry premiums—refer to claims of hazardous duty premium, based on Article 193 of the Brazilian Labor Code (CLT), due to
the alleged risk from employees’ contact with the electric power grid, health hazard premium, pager pay, and transfer premium.
Stability/reintegration—claim due to alleged noncompliance with an employee’s special condition which prohibited termination
of the employment contract without cause;
Supplementary retirement benefits—differences allegedly due on the benefit salary referring to payroll amounts;
Salary differences and related effects—refer mainly to claims for salary increases due to alleged noncompliance with trade union
agreements. As for the effects, these refer to the impact of the salary increase allegedly due on the other amounts calculated
based on the employee’s salary;
(vii) Lawyers/expert fees—installments payable to the plaintiffs’ lawyers and court appointed experts, when necessary for the case
investigation, to obtain expert evidence;
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(viii) Severance pay—claims of amounts which were allegedly unpaid or underpaid upon severance;
(ix)
(x)
(xi)
Labor fines—amounts arising from delays or nonpayment of certain amounts provided for in the employment contract, within
the deadlines set out in prevailing legislation and collective bargaining agreements;
Employment relationship—lawsuits filed by outsourced companies’ former employees claiming the recognition of an
employment relationship with the Company or its subsidiaries by alleging an illegal outsourcing and/or the existence of elements
that evidence such relationship, such as direct subordination;
Supplement to FGTS fine—arising from understated inflation, refers to claims to increase the FGTS severance fine as a result of
the adjustment of accounts of this fund due to inflation effects. The Company filed a lawsuit against Caixa Econômica Federal to
assure the reimbursement of all amounts paid for this purpose;
(xii)
Joint liability—refers to the claim to assign liability to the Company, filed by outsourced personnel, due to alleged
noncompliance with the latter’s labor rights by their direct employers;
(xiii) Other claims—refer to different litigation including rehiring, profit sharing, qualification of certain allowances as compensation,
etc.
Tax
The provisions for tax lawsuits are calculated individually taking into consideration Management and the legal counsel’s risk
assessment. These contingencies are not included in the Judicial Reorganization Plan.
(i)
(ii)
ICMS—Refers to the provision considered sufficient by management to cover the various tax assessments related to: (a) levy of
ICMS and not ISS on certain revenue; (b) claim and offset of credits on the purchase of goods and other inputs, including those
necessary for network maintenance; and (c) tax assessments related to alleged noncompliance with accessory obligations.
ISS—the Company and TMAR have provisions for tax assessment notices challenged because of the levy of ISS on several
value added, technical, and administrative services, and equipment leases.
(iii)
INSS—Provision related basically to probable losses on lawsuits discussing joint liability and indemnities.
(iv)
(v)
Civil
(i)
IPTU – Provision related to entries that refer to the collection of IPTU (municipal property tax) levied by several different
municipalities where the Company owns properties.
Other claims—Refer basically to provisions to cover several tax assessments related to the collection of income tax and social
contribution collection.
ANATEL – On June 30, 2016 the Company was a party to noncompliance administrative proceedings and lawsuits filed by
ANATEL and the Federal Attorney General’s Office (AGU) totaling an estimate R$14.5 billion, which were included in the JRP
as electable for payment as provided for in this Plan. On this date, R$8.4 billion in liquid proceedings and R$6.1 billion in
illiquid proceedings.
With regard to the proceedings included in the JRP and taking into consideration the decision that granted the judicial
reorganization on February 5, 2018, the Company revised the criteria used to calculate the provision for these regulatory
contingencies to start considering the estimate of discounted future cash flows associated to each one of the payment methods
provided for in the JRP for this type of claims. As at December 31, 2019, this provision totals R$570 million.
For the contingencies not subject to the judicial reorganization, the takes into consideration the individual management of each
noncompliance event, based on opinions of outside attorneys.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company disagrees and is challenging some of the alleged noncompliance events, and is also challenging the unfairness and
unreasonableness of the amount of imposed fines in light of the pinpointed noncompliance event and has kept in balance sheet
the amount it deems a probable loss.
The JRP prescribes in a specific clause how regulatory agencies’ claims should be addressed. It is worth mentioning that part of
the amount recognized in December 2017, related to ANATEL was transferred to Trade Payables (see Note 18) as part of the
recognitions resulting from the JRP. Note also that ANATEL filed bill of review No. 001068-32.2018.8.19.0000 against the
decision that ratifies the JRP alleging that Clause 4.3.4, which prescribes the payment method of this agency’s claims, is null and
void. This bill of review was denied by the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice, which have been sent
to the 3rd Vice President of the Court to decide on whether the Special and Extraordinary Appeals filed by ANATEL against the
said decision are admissible. In addition the 7th Corporate Court of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice issued a decision
establishing that withdrawal of the judicial deposit made by Telemar to settle the first twelve (12) installments to repay
ANATEL’s claim, as provided for in the JRP and, on June 28, 2019, Oi filed a new request, under the same standards of the
precisions requests, to repay the 13th and 18th installments of the ANATEL’s claim.
(ii)
Corporate – Financial Participation Agreements: these agreements were governed by Administrative Rules 415/1972, 1181/1974,
1361/1976, 881/1990, 86/1991, and 1028/1996. When they entered into a financial participation agreement to acquire a
telephone line, subscribers became holders of a financial interest in the concessionaire after paying in a certain amount, initially
recorded as capitalizable funds and subsequently recorded in the concessionaire’s equity, after a capital increase was approved by
the shareholders’ meeting, thus generating the issuance of shares. The lawsuits filed against the former CRT—Companhia
Riograndense de Telecomunicações, a company merged by the Company, and other local carriers members of the Telebrás
system, challenge the way shares were granted to subscribers based on said financial participation agreements.
The Company used to recognize a provision for the risk of unfavorable outcome in these lawsuits based on certain legal doctrine.
In 2009 the Superior Court of Justice issued an Abstract—ruling that summarizes the majority understanding of a court on given
matter—that led the Company to revise its assessment of the amount and the level of risk attributed to the lawsuits that discuss
the matter. The Company, considering obviously the peculiarities of each decision and based on the assessment made by its legal
department and outside legal counsel, changed its estimate on the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome from possible to
probable. In 2009, the Company’s management, based on the opinions of its legal department and outside legal counsel, revised
the measurement criteria of the provision for contingencies related to the financial interest agreements. Said revision
contemplated additional considerations regarding the dates and the arguments of the final and unappealable decisions on ongoing
lawsuits, as well as the use of statistical criteria to estimate the amount of the provision for those lawsuits. Based on a
methodology prepared with the support of its in-house and outside consultants, currently the Company provides for the lawsuits
discussing this matter taking into consideration primarily, for purposes of calculating the amounts involved in the lawsuits within
or the lawsuits out of the statute of limitations period, the following variables: (i) the number of lawsuits without payment;
(ii) the average amount of historic losses; (iii) the average number of court settlements; and (iv) the effects of paying these
contingencies under the judicial reorganization ratified on January 8, 2018. Specifically for the lawsuits for which settlements
were reached in the mediation of illiquid amounts, the amount is considered settled.
At the end of 2010, the Superior Court of Justice set compensation criteria to be followed by the Company to the benefit of the
shareholders of the former CRT for those cases new shares, possibly due, could not be issued because of the sentence issued. The
criteria must be based on (i) the definition of the number of shares that each claimant would be entitled, measuring the capital
invested at the book value of the share reported in CRT’s monthly trial balance on the date it was paid-in, (ii) after said number
of shares is determined, it must be multiplied by its quotation on the stock exchange at the closing of the trading day the final and
unappealable decision is issued, when the claimant becomes entitled to sell or disposed of the shares, and (iii) the result obtain
must be adjusted for monetary correction (IPC/INPC) from the trading day of the date of the final and unappealable decision,
plus legal interest since notification. In the case of succession, the benchmark amount will be the stock market price of the
successor company.
Based on the new profile and history of the termination of the judicial processes, in the context of the JRP, and, using the loss
risk assessment, Management adjusted the estimate of the provisioning made in 2019. In addition, there may be significant
changes in the items above, mainly regarding the market price of Company shares.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(iii)
Small claims courts—claims filed by customers for whom the individual indemnification compensation amounts do not exceed
the equivalent of forty (40) minimum wages; and
The Company is a party to a large number of lawsuits filed in small claims courts and calculates the related provision based on a
statistical methodology that takes into consideration, but not limited to, the total number of existing lawsuits, the claims make in
each lawsuit, the amount claimed in each lawsuit, the history of payments made, and the technical opinion of the legal counsel
and the impacts of the Judicial Reorganization Plan ratified on January 8, 2018.
(iv) Other claims—refer to several of ongoing lawsuits discussing contract terminations, certain agencies requesting the reopening of
customer service centers, compensation claimed by former suppliers and building contractors, in lawsuits filed by equipment
vendors against Company subsidiaries, revision of contractual terms and conditions due to changes introduced by a plan to
stabilize the economy, and litigation mainly involving discussions on the breach of contracts.
The provisions for these contingencies are calculated individually taking into consideration Management and the legal counsel’s
risk assessment.
Breakdown of contingent liabilities, per nature
The breakdown of contingent liabilities with a possible unfavorable outcome and, therefore, not recognized in accounting, is as follows:
Labor
Tax
Civil
Total
Contingent liabilities
2019
797,927
28,416,097
1,667,900
30,881,924
2018
770,982
27,586,094
1,723,110
30,080,186
The Company and its subsidiaries are also parties to several lawsuits in which the likelihood of an unfavorable outcome is classified as
possible, in the opinion of their legal counsel, and for which no provision for contingent liabilities has been recognized.
The main contingencies classified with possible likelihood of an unfavorable outcome, according to the Company´s management’s
opinion, based on its legal counsel’s assessment, are summarized below:
Labor
Refer to several lawsuits claiming, but not limited to, the payment of salary differences, overtime, hazardous duty and health hazard
premium, and joint liability, which total approximately R$797,927 (R$770,982 in 2018).
Tax
The main ongoing lawsuits have the following matters:
(i)
(ii)
ICMS—it refers to discussions concerning the levy of this tax on certain activities and/or the provision of certain services, such
as, for example, the levy of ICMS on noncore activities, supplemental services, services provided to tax-exempt customers,
subscriptions minimum contract period, or even the disallowance of tax credits because some States qualify them as undue,
including, but not limited to, tax credits of capital assets, different calculation of the tax credit ratio (CIAP), totaling
approximately R$13,470,008 (R$12,523,402 in 2018);
ISS – alleged levy of this tax on subsidiary telecommunications services and discussion regarding the classification of the
services taxed by the cities listed in Supplementary Law 116/2003, amounting approximately to R$3,286,248 (R$3,505,366
in 2018);
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
INSS – tax assessments to add amounts to the contribution salary allegedly due by the Company, amounting approximately to
R$649,803 (R$695,249 in 2018); and
Federal taxes—several tax assessment notifications regarding basically the disallowances made on the calculation of taxes, errors
in the completion of tax returns, transfer of PIS and COFINS and FUST related to changes in the interpretation of these taxes tax
bases by ANATEL. These lawsuits amount approximately to R$11,010,038 (R$10,862,077 in 2018).
(iii)
(iv)
Civil
The main ongoing lawsuits do not have any court decision which has been issued, and are mainly related, but not limited to, challenging
of network expansion plans, compensation for pain and suffering and material damages, collection lawsuits, and bidding processes.
These lawsuits total approximately R$1,667,900 (R$1,723,110 in 2018).
Fenapas – Federação Nacional das Associações de Aposentados, Pensionistas e Participantes em Fundo de Pensão do Setor de
Telecomunicações - civil actions filed with the 5th Corporate Court of Rio de Janeiro, against, in addition to SISTEL, the Company and
other operators, aiming at the annulment of the spin-off of the PBS pension plan, alleging, in brief “the breakdown of the Fundação
Sistel supplementary pension fund scheme”, which resulted in several specific PBS mirror plans, and the corresponding allocations of
funds from the technical surplus and the tax contingency existing at the time of the spin-off. The amount involved cannot be estimated
and it is not possible to settle the claims because they are unenforceable since this would require handing back the spun off net assets of
SISTEL related to telecommunications operators belonging to the former Telebrás system.
Guarantees
The Company has bank guarantee letters and guarantee insurance granted by several financial institutions and insurers to guarantee
commitments arising from lawsuits, contractual obligations, and biddings with ANATEL. The adjusted amount of contracted bonds and
guarantee insurances, effective at December 31, 2019 corresponds to R$11,909,901 (R$13,750,739 in 2018). The commission charges
on these contracts are based on market rates.
25. OTHER PAYABLES
Onerous obligation (i)
Unearned revenues (ii)
Provisions for indemnities payable
Advances from customers
Consignment to third parties
Provision for asset decommissioning
Other
Total
Current
Non-current
2019
5,817,130
1,704,420
640,661
313,163
41,249
18,101
404,455
8,939,179
1,405,013
7,534,166
2018
4,493,894
1,916,570
676,984
215,228
56,302
17,395
510,867
7,887,240
1,381,919
6,505,321
(i)
The Company and its subsidiaries are parties to a telecommunications signals transmission capacity supply agreement using submarine cables that connect North
America and South America, and also hires the supply of capacity of the space segment for the provision of the DTH TV service. Since (a) the agreement
obligations exceed the economic benefits that are expected to be received throughout the agreement; and (b) the costs are unavoidable, the Company and its
subsidiaries recognized, pursuant to IAS 37, an onerous obligation measured at the lowest of net output cost of the agreement brought to present value, in 2019,
amounting to R$1.2 billion of the satellite transmission contract (DTH TV) and in 2018, amounting to R$4.5 billion of the transmission contract via submarine
cables.
(ii)
Refers to the amounts received a prepayment for the assignment of the commercial operation and the use of infrastructure assets that are recognized in revenue for
the agreements’ effective period. Include also certification/installation rates of the service that are recognized in the revenue pursuant to the period that the services
are used by the customers.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
26.
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Share capital
(a)
The Capital Increase – Claim Capitalization amounting to R$10,600,097 with the issue of 1,514,299 new book-entry, registered
common shares without par value was approved at the Company’s Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on September 17, 2018.
The fair value of the shares issued was R$11,613,980.
On October 28, 2018, the Company commenced the issuance and delivery of warrants and ADWs exercised by their holders and issued
115,914 common shares. The process was completed on January 4, 2019. The Subscription Warrants that had not been exercised by
January 2, 2019 were cancelled.
On January 25, 2019, the Company completed the capital increase provided for by the JRP (Capital Increase—New Funds), with the
issue of 3,225,806,451 new common shares, and the issue of 272,148,705 new common shares for private placement aimed at the
Backstop Investors, and the issue of 275,985 new common shares related to the Subscription Warrants, all registered, book-entry, and
without par value. The capital increase attributed to the capital and the capital reserves was R$500,466 and R$3,837,009, respectively
(Note 1).
Subscribed and paid-in capital is R$32,538,937 (R$32,038,471 in 2018), represented by the following shares, without par value:
Total capital in shares
Common shares
Preferred shares
Total
Treasury shares
Common shares
Preferred shares
Total
Outstanding shares
Common shares
Preferred shares
Total outstanding shares
Number of shares (in thousands)
2019
2018
5,796,478
157,727
5,954,205
2,298,247
157,727
2,455,974
30
1,812
1,842
32,030
1,812
33,842
5,796,448
155,915
5,952,363
2,266,217
155,915
2,422,132
As at December 31, 2019, the Company reported a loss for the year amounting to R$9,000,434. Pursuant to the Company’s
management proposal, subject to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting’s approval, loss for the year was fully absorbed by capital reserves.
The Company is authorized to increase capital, through a Board of Directors’ decision, either in common or preferred shares, until its
share capital totals R$38,038,701,741.49, within the 2/3 legal cap of nonvoting shares in the case of issue of new nonvoting preferred
shares.
By decision of the Shareholders’ Meeting or the Board of Directors, the Company’s share capital can be increased by capitalizing either
retained earnings or prior reserves, allocated to this purpose by the Shareholders’ Meeting. Under these terms, a capitalization can be
made without changing the number of shares.
Issued capital is represented by common and preferred shares, without par value, and in case of capital increases there is not constraint
to keep the current ratio between these two types of shares.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
By decision of the Shareholders’ Meeting or the Board of Directors, preemptive rights over the issue of shares, subscription warrants, or
convertible debentures can be suspended in the cases provided for by Article 172 of the Brazilian Corporate Law.
At the Company’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 26, 2019, it was approved the allocation of the profit for the year 2018,
amounting to R$24,591,140 to offset prior years’ accumulated losses.
(b)
Treasury shares
On July 27, 2018, the Company delivered 116,251,405 common shares, previously held by PTIF, to the Qualified Bondholders, as part
of the restructuring of the qualified bonds. The fair value related to the conversion of the Senior Notes settled with the delivery of
treasury shares of R$773,072. The treasury shares delivered were written off as a contra entry to capital reserves, amounting to
R$2,727,842.
In February 2019, the Company bought back 1,800,000 preferred shares, in trades in the stock market, at a total cost of R$2,572 to
ensure the compliance of the obligation assumed by the Company to transfer own shares held in treasury to shareholder Bratel, wholly-
owned subsidiary da Pharol, in the context of the settlement entered into by both companies (Note 1).
In April 2019, due to confirmation of the settlement entered into by Oi and Pharol, 32,000,000 common shares and 1,800,000 preferred
shares were delivered to Bratel, totaling 33,800,000 shares as provided for by the settlement entered into by the parties (Note 1).
(c)
Capital reserves
The capital reserves consist mainly of the reserves described below and according to the following practices:
Special merger goodwill reserve: represents the net amount of the balancing item to goodwill recorded in assets, as provided for by
regulatory instruction.
Special merger reserve—net assets: represented by: (i) the net assets merged by the Company under the Corporate Reorganization
approved on February 27, 2012; and (ii) the net assets merged with and into the Company upon the merger of TmarPart approved on
September 1, 2015, pursuant to the provisions of regulatory instruction.
Other capital reserves: represented mainly by: (i) R$1,933,200 arising from the capitalization of the earnings reserves in February 2015;
(ii) R$3,837,009 related to the capital increase with new funds, as mentioned in this Note, item (a); and (iii) R$2,462,799 related to the
absorption of capital reserves, due to the delivery of treasury shares to Bratel, pursuant to the agreement entered into, as mentioned in
this Note, item (b).
(d)
Share issuance costs
As mentioned in item (a) of this Note, under the commitment agreement entered into with the backstoppers, the Company issued
272,148,705 new common shares, as compensation for the commitments assumed in said agreement, at a cost of R$337,464, recognized
in share issuance cost as a contra entry to the capital increase, plus R$86,180 related to expenses incurred in the issue process.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(e)
Basic and diluted earnings per share
On January 16, 2019, the Company issued 1,530,457,356 common shares to the holders of subscription warrants. On January 21, 2019,
the Company issued 91,080,933 common shares to the holders of subscription rights that requested subscriptions of the excess common
shares. On January 25, 2019, 1,604,268,162 New Common Shares were subscribed and paid in. The end of the capital increase process,
through the subscription and payment of all 3,225,806,451 New Common Shares issued as part of the Capital Increase—New Funds,
represented a contribution of new funds to the Company totaling R$4,000,000,000.00. This transaction had an impact on earnings per
share, since the shareholders were diluted.
The common and preferred shareholders have different rights in terms of dividends, voting rights, and liquidation, as prescribed by the
Company’s bylaws. Accordingly, basic and diluted earnings (losses) per share were calculated based on profit (loss) for the year
available to the common and preferred shareholders.
Basic
Basic earnings (loss) per share are calculated by dividing the profit attributable to the owners of the Company, available to common and
preferred shareholders, by the weighted average number of common and preferred shares outstanding during the year.
Diluted
Diluted earnings (loss) per share are calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of outstanding common and preferred shares,
to estimate the dilutive effect of all convertible securities. Currently the Company does not have any potentially dilutive shares.
The table below shows the calculations of basic and diluted earnings per share:
Profit (loss) attributable to owners of the Company
Profit (loss) allocated to common shares - basic and diluted
Profit (loss) allocated to preferred shares – basic and diluted
Weighted average number of outstanding shares (in thousands of shares)
Common shares - basic and diluted
Preferred shares - basic and diluted
Profit (loss) per share (in reais):
Common shares - basic and diluted
Preferred shares - basic and diluted
2018
2019
(9,000,434)
24,591,140
(8,764,803) 22,036,074
2,555,066
(235,631)
2017
(6,365,019)
(4,896,241)
(1,468,778)
5,788,447
155,615
1,344,686
155,915
519,752
155,915
(1.51)
(1.51)
16.39
16.39
(9.42)
(9.42)
Preferred shares will become voting shares if the Company does not pay minimum dividends to which preferred shares are entitled
under the Company’s Bylaws during three consecutive years.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
27.
(a)
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS
Pension plans
The Company and its subsidiaries sponsor retirement benefit plans (“Pension Funds”) for their employees, provided that they elect to be
part of such plan, and current beneficiaries. The table below shows the benefit plans existing at December 31, 2019.
Benefit plans
TCSPREV
TelemarPrev
PAMEC
PBS-A
PBS-Telemar
PBS-TNC
CELPREV
PAMA
SISTEL – Fundação Sistel de Seguridade Social
FATL – Fundação Atlântico de Seguridade Social
Sponsors
Oi, Oi Móvel and BrT Multimídia
Oi, Telemar and Oi Móvel
Oi
Telemar e Oi
Telemar
Oi Móvel
Oi Móvel
Oi and Telemar
Manager
FATL
FATL
Oi
SISTEL
FATL
FATL
FATL
SISTEL
Whenever mentioned in this Note, for purposes of the pension plans, the Company may also be referred to as the “Sponsor”.
The sponsored plans are valued by independent actuaries at the end of the annual reporting period. For the year ended December 31,
2019, the actuarial valuations were performed by PREVUE Consultoria. The Bylaws provide for the approval of the supplementary
pension plan policy, and the joint liability attributed to the defined benefit plans is ruled by the agreements entered into with the pension
fund entities, with the agreement of the National Pension Plan Authority (PREVIC), as regards the specific plans. PREVIC is the
official agency that approves and oversees said plans.
The sponsored defined benefit plans are closed to new entrants because they are close-end pension funds. Participants’ and the
sponsors’ contributions are defined in the funding plan.
Actuarial liabilities are recognized for the sponsored defined benefit plans that report an actuarial deficit. For the plans that report an
actuarial surplus, assets are recorded when there is an express authorization for offsetting them against future employer contributions.
Provisions for pension plans
Refer to the recognition of the actuarial deficit of the defined benefit plans, as shown below:
Actuarial liabilities
Financial obligations—BrTPREV plan (i)
PAMEC Plan
Total
Non-current
2019
2018
626,748
6,264
633,012
633,012
574,725
4,397
579,122
579,122
(i)
The Company had a financial obligations agreement entered into with Fundação Atlântico intended for the payment of the mathematical provision without
coverage by the plan’s assets. With the approval and ratification of the JRP, the related claim of Fundação Atlântico against Oi is subject to the new terms and
conditions of the JRP.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Assets recognized to be offset against future employer contributions
The Company recognized TCSPREV Plan assets related to: (i) sponsor contributions which participants that left the Plan are not
entitled to redeem; and (ii) part of the Plan’s surplus attributed to the sponsor.
The assets recognized are used to offset future employer contributions. These assets are broken down as follows:
Actuarial assets
TCSPREV Plan
CELPREV Plan
PBS-TNC Plan
Total
Current
Non-current
2019
2018
56,559
222
3,264
60,045
5,430
54,615
68,934
199
69,133
4,880
64,253
Characteristics of the sponsored pension plans
1)
FATL
FATL, close-end, multiple sponsor, multiple plan pension fund, is a nonprofit, private pension-related entity, with financial and
administrative independence, headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, engaged in the management and administration
of pension benefit plans for the employees of its sponsors.
Plans
(i)
PBS-Telemar
Defined contribution pension Benefit Plan, closed to new entrants, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2000.0015-56.
The contributions from Active Participants of the PBS-Telemar Benefit Plan correspond to the sum of: (i) 0.5% to 1.5% of the
Contribution Salary (according to the participant’s age on enrollment date); (ii) 1% of Contribution Salary that exceeds half of one
Standard Unit; and (iii) 11% of the Contribution Salary that exceeds one Standard Unit. The Sponsors’ contributions are equivalent to
8% of the payroll of active participants of the plan. The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.
(ii)
TelemarPrev
Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2000.0065-74.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
A participant’s regular contribution is comprised of two portions: (i) basic—equivalent to 2% of the contribution salary; and
(ii) standard—equivalent to 3% of the positive difference between the total contribution salary and the social security contribution. The
additional extraordinary contributions from participants are optional and can be made in multiples of 0.5% of the Contribution Salary,
for a period of not less than six (6) months. Nonrecurring extraordinary contributions from a participant are also optional and cannot be
lower than 5% of the Contribution Salary ceiling.
The Plan’s Charter requires the parity between participants’ and sponsors’ contributions, up to the limit of 8% of the Contribution
Salary, even though a sponsor is not required to match Extraordinary Contributions made by participants. The plan is funded under the
capital formation approach.
(iii) TCSPREV
Variable contribution pension Benefit Plan, closed to new entrants, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2000.0028-38.
On November 30, 2018, date of the actual merger, TCSPREV Benefits Plan merged the BrTPREV Benefits Plan (CNPB
No. 2002.0017-74) to become the full successor of this Plan’s rights and obligations, assuming all its assets and liabilities. This merger
was approved by PREVIC Administrative Rule 995, of October 24, 2018, published on Federal Official Gazette No. 208 of October 29,
2018.
With the recognition and registration of the merger, the Participants and Beneficiaries linked to BrTPREV automatically became
Participants and Beneficiaries TCSPREV, in accordance with the categories of Beneficiaries existing on the day prior to the merger
date.
The monthly, mandatory Basic Contribution of the Active Participants of the TCSPREV and BrTPREV corresponds to the outcome
obtained by applying a percentage that may range from 3% to 8% on the Contribution Salary, pursuant to the age and option of each
Participant. The Plan’s Charter provides for contribution parity by the Participants and the Sponsors.
The monthly Contribution of the Fundador/Alternativo Plan Participants, previously merged with and into BrTPREV, corresponds to
the sum of: (i) 3% charged on the Contribution Salary; (ii) 2% charged on the Contribution Salary that exceeds half of the highest
Official Pension Scheme Contribution Salary, and (iii) 6.3% charged on the Contribution Salary that that exceeds the highest Official
Pension Scheme Contribution Salary. The Plan’s Charter provides for contribution parity by the Participants and the Sponsors.
In accordance with regulatory criteria, the Sponsors’ contributions, related to TCSPREV and BrTPREV Participants are automatically
cancelled on the month subsequent to the month when the same Participant reaches the age of 60 years old, 10 years of Credited
Services, and 10 years of Plan membership.
For participants who migrated from the PBS-TCS Plan to the TCSPREV Plan, the Sponsors’ contributions are cancelled on the month
subsequent to the month when a Participant reaches the age of 57 years old, 10 years of uninterrupted membership of PBS-TCS and the
TCSPREV Plan, 10 years of Credited Services at the Sponsor, and 35 years of registration with the official Social Security scheme.
The TCSPREV and BrTPREV Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to the product obtained, in whole numbers, by
applying a percentage of up 22%, elected by the Participant, to the Participation Salary.
The Sporadic Contribution is optional and both its amount and frequency are freely chosen by the Participant, as defined by the
TCSPREV or BrTPREV Plan, provided it is not lower than one (1) UPTCS (TCSPREV Pension Unit) or one (1) UPBrT (BrT’s
Pension Unit), respectively. The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to the Participant’s Voluntary or Sporadic
contribution.
The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.
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(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(iv)
PBS-TNC
Defined contribution pension Benefit Plan, closed to new entrants, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2000.0013-19.
The contributions from Active Participants of the PBS-TNC Benefit Plan correspond to the sum of: (i) 0.28% to 0.85% of the
Contribution Salary (according to the participant’s age on enrollment date); (ii) 0.57% of Contribution Salary that exceeds half of one
Standard Unit; and (iii) 6.25% of the Contribution Salary that exceeds one Standard Unit. The Sponsors’ contributions are equivalent to
a percentage of the payroll of the employees who are Active Plan Participants, as set on an annual basis in the Costing Plan.
The contribution of the Current Beneficiaries (only those who receive a retirement allowance) is equivalent to a percentage to be set on
an annual basis in the Costing Plan, applied on the overall benefit, limited to the amount of the allowance.
The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.
(v)
CELPREV
Defined Contribution Pension Benefit Plan, enrolled with the CNPB under No. 2004.0009-29.
On January 12, 2018, pursuant to Administrative Rule 22, published on the Federal Official Gazette of January 16, 2018, PREVIC
approved the new text of the Plan’s Charter, which closes the number of CELPREV participants and prevents new entrants.
The Participant’s Basic Regular Contribution corresponds to the product obtained by applying a percentage, 0%, 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% or
2%, depending on each participant’s option, to his or her Contribution Salary (SP). The Sponsors contribute with an amount equivalent
to such contribution, less the monthly, mandatory contribution of each Sponsor required to fund risk costs (Sick Pay Benefit).
The Additional Regular Contribution corresponds The Participant’s Basic Regular Contribution corresponds to the product obtained by
applying a percentage ranging from 0% to 6%, in multiples of 0.5%, as elected by each participant, on the Contribution Salary
exceeding 10 Plan Benchmark Units (URPs). The Sponsors contribute with an equivalent amount.
The Participant’s Voluntary Contribution corresponds to a whole number percentage, freely elected by each participant, applied on the
Contribution Salary. The Sponsor does not make any counterpart contribution to this contribution.
The Sponsor’s Nonrecurring Contribution is voluntarily and corresponds to applying a percentage ranging from 50% to 150% of the
aggregate Basic Regular and Additional Regular Contributions of the Sponsor, pursuant to consistent, non-discriminatory criteria, made
with the frequency set by the Sponsor.
The Sponsor’s Special Contribution is specific for new Plan members who have joined the plan within 90 days starting March 18, 2004.
The Sponsor’s monthly, mandatory Risk Contribution, required to fund the Sick Pay Benefit, corresponds to percentage of
Non-migrating Participants’ Contribution Salary payroll.
The plan is funded under the capital formation approach.
2)
SISTEL
SISTEL is a nonprofit, private welfare and pension entity, established in November 1977, which is engaged in creating and operating
private plans to grant benefits in the form of lump sums or annuities, supplementary or similar to the government retirement pensions,
to the employees and their families who are linked to SISTEL’s sponsors.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Plans
(i)
PBS-A
Defined benefit plan jointly sponsored with other sponsors associated to the provision of telecommunications services and offered to
participants who held the status of beneficiaries on January 1, 2000.
Contributions to the PBS-A are contingent on the determination of an accumulated deficit. As at December 31, 2019, date of the last
actuarial valuation, the plan presented a surplus.
In December 2019, the National Pension Plan Authority (PREVIC) approved the allocation of a special reserve of the PBS-A Benefit
Plan, with the reversal of amounts to sponsors and improvement of benefits, in the form of temporary income, to the beneficiaries. The
total amount of the Company’s share of the PBS-A’s surplus corresponds to R$669,054 (R$140,274 in the Company), to be received in
36 monthly installments, adjusted by the Plan’s profitability, the accounting recognition of which as the installments are received, with
an impact on other comprehensive income, as required by IAS 19.
(ii)
PAMA
PAMA is a healthcare plan for retired employees aimed at providing medical care coverage to beneficiaries, with copayments by and
contributions from the latter, provided that linked to the Defined Benefit pension plans managed by SISTEL.
Up to 2014, the Company did not consider the assets and liabilities of the PAMA plan because it is multi-sponsored and similar to
defined contribution plans (benefits paid are limited to the amount of the contributions received by the plan), and there are no other
obligations in addition to the existing balances.
However, as from the issue of National Supplementary Healthcare Agency’s position that SISTEL is a sponsor of the healthcare plan as
defined by Law 9656/1998 and as a result does not qualify as a Healthcare plan operator, SISTEL is liable for some plan obligations,
even though it is not make entitled to revenue from the corresponding contributions. Thus, it is no longer possible to qualify this plan as
a defined contribution plan.
In October 2015, in compliance with a court order, SISTEL transferred the surpluses of the PBS-A benefits plan, amounting to
R$3,042 million, to ensure the solvency of the plan PAMA. Of the total amount transferred, R$2,127 million is related to the plans
sponsored by the Company, prorated to the portions of the defined benefit obligations. The amount was established based on actuarial
studies prepared by an outside consulting firm using assumptions consistent with the population of PAMA users and the projection of
medical expenses increase inherent to this population. Beginning on the issue of said court order, the Company started to calculate and
disclose information on the PAMA actuarial obligations, pursuant to IAS 19 criteria.
3)
PAMEC-BrT—Assistance plan managed by the Company
Healthcare plan intended to provide medical care to the retirees and survivor pensioners linked to the TCSPREV Benefit Plan. Benefit
Plan managed by FATL.
The contributions for PAMEC-BrT were fully paid in July 1998, through a single appropriation. However, as this plan is now
administrated by the Company, after the transfer of management by Fundação 14 in November 2007, there are no assets recognized to
cover current expenses, and the actuarial obligation is fully recognized in the Company’s liabilities.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Statuses of the sponsored plans, revalued at the end of the reporting period
Changes in the actuarial obligations, fair value of assets and amounts recognized in the balance sheet
2019
PENSION PLANS
MEDICAL CARE
PLANS
TCSPREV
PBS-Telemar TelemarPrev
PBS-A
PBS-TNC CELPREV PAMEC
PAMA
3,256,516
283,542
250
328,130
28,419
34
4,165,284
367,633
1,613
4,811,332
415,476
35,043
3,066
82
26
2
2
4,397
414
3,422,402
308,512
322
15
28
(262,369)
(23,683)
(285,160)
(429,813)
(2,460)
(484)
(229,329)
500,731
32,358
729,147
660,695
4,984
1
1,937
641,713
183,195
3,778,685
365,286
4,978,517
5,640,885
40,715
31
6,264
4,143,620
3,621,068
313,409
379,000
33,149
4,508,570
394,800
7,316,395
649,891
60,062
5,255
3,340
293
3,443,944
312,145
13
15
65
28
(262,369)
(23,683)
(285,160)
(429,813)
(2,460)
(484)
(229,329)
345,124
42,087
680,478
730,389
1,980
558
895,983
484
Present value of actuarial
obligation at beginning of year
Interest on actuarial liabilities
Current service cost
Participant contributions made in
the year
Benefits paid, net
Increase/(decrease) of assets due to
changes in the Plan
Benefit obligation result allocated
to other comprehensive income
Asset increase/(decrease) as a result
of the Plan’s merger
Present value of actuarial
obligation at the end of the
year
Fair value of assets at the
beginning of the year
Return on plan assets
Amortizing contributions received
from sponsor
Sponsor
Participants
Benefits payment
Benefit obligation result allocated
to other comprehensive income
Asset increase/(decrease) as a result
of the Plan’s merger
Fair value of plan assets at the
end of the year
4,017,260
430,646
5,298,688
8,266,862
64,837
4,191
4,422,743
(=) Net actuarial liability/(asset)
amount
(238,575)
(65,360)
(320,171) (2,625,977)
(24,122)
(4,160)
6,264
(279,123)
Effect of the asset/onerous liability
recognition ceiling
(=) Recognized net actuarial
liability/(asset)
182,016
65,360
320,171
2,625,977
20,858
3,938
279,123
(56,559)
(3,264)
(222)
6,264
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
2018
PENSION PLANS
MEDICAL CARE
PLANS
BrTPREV
(*)
TCSPREV
PBS-
Telemar
TelemarPrev
PBS-A
PBS-
TNC
CELPREV PAMEC
PAMA
2,524,728
625,266
307,658
3,825,053
4,675,447
31,938
41
3,300
3,113,772
218,105
74
78,223
196
29,113
41
362,886
1,870
439,285
12
2
34
(177,215)
(61,605)
(23,441)
(272,271)
(422,312)
3,027
55
1
2,527
4
3
317
299,881
273
(688)
(237,744)
60,942
(12,212)
14,725
247,746
118,912
(2,505)
(22)
1,468
246,220
(2,626,646) 2,626,646
3,256,516
328,130
4,165,284
4,811,332
35,043
26
4,397
3,422,402
1,895,608
161,415
1,953,967
200,469
360,700
34,332
4,142,553
394,097
7,462,931
713,294
59,723
5,759
3,030
298
3,243,093
312,593
11
12
12
4
2
2
100
66
34
1
688
3
2
1
(177,215)
(61,605)
(23,441)
(272,271)
(422,312)
(2,505)
(688)
(237,744)
36,579
(388,177)
7,309
244,191
(437,518)
(2,918)
11
126,002
(1,916,410) 1,916,410
3,621,068
379,000
4,508,570
7,316,395
60,062
3,340
3,443,944
(364,552)
(50,870)
(343,286)
(2,505,063)
(25,019)
(3,314)
4,397
(21,542)
295,618
50,870
343,286
2,505,063
25,019
3,115
21,542
(68,934)
(199)
4,397
Present value of
actuarial obligation
at beginning of year
Interest on actuarial
liabilities
Current service cost
Participant contributions
made in the year
Benefits paid, net
Benefit obligation result
allocated to other
comprehensive income
Asset increase/(decrease)
as a result of the Plan’s
merger
Present value of
actuarial obligation
at the end of the year
Fair value of assets at
the beginning of the
year
Return on plan assets
Amortizing contributions
received from sponsor
Regular contributions
received by plan
Sponsor
Participants
Benefits payment
Benefit obligation result
allocated to other
comprehensive income
Asset increase/(decrease)
as a result of the Plan’s
merger
Fair value of plan assets
at the end of the year
(=) Net actuarial
liability/(asset)
amount
Effect of the
asset/onerous liability
recognition ceiling
(=) Recognized net
actuarial liability/
(asset)
(*)
Plan merged with into TCSPREV on November 30, 2018.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company determines the amount available to deduct from future contributions according to the applicable legal provisions and the
benefit plan charter. The amount of the asset linked to the TCSPREV, PBS-TNC and CELPREV Plans recognized in the Company’s
financial statements does not exceed the present value of future contributions.
Expenses (revenue) components of the benefits
2019
PENSION PLANS
TCSPREV
250
283,541
(313,409)
24,000
PBS-
Telemar
34
28,419
(33,149)
4,725
TelemarPrev
1,613
367,633
(394,800)
27,167
PBS-A
415,476
(649,891)
234,415
PBS-
TNC
82
3,066
(5,255)
2,065
CELPREV
2
2
(293)
273
MEDICAL CARE
PLANS
PAMEC
PAMA
414
322
308,512
(312,146)
3,634
Current service cost
Interest on actuarial liabilities
Return on plan assets
Interest on onerous liability
Effect of the unrecognized net
actuarial asset
Expenses (income) recognized in
statement of profit or loss
Expenses (income) recognized in
other comprehensive income
Total expense (income) recognized
(5,618)
18,005
12,387
29
36
65
1,613
(1,613)
(42)
(16)
414
322
(2,382)
(2,424)
(7)
(23)
1,937
2,351
(322)
2018
PENSION PLANS
BrTPREV TCSPREV
196
74
78,222
218,103
(161,415) (200,469) (34,332)
112,564
5,214
PBS-
Telemar
41
29,114
PBS-
TNC
PBS-A
TelemarPrev
1,870
439,285
362,887
(394,097) (713,295) (5,759)
274,010
55
3,027
31,210
2,731
MEDICAL CARE
PLANS
CELPREV PAMEC
3
4
(298)
294
317
PAMA
274
299,881
(312,593)
12,712
(274)
Current service cost
Interest on actuarial liabilities
Return on plan assets
Interest on onerous liability
Effect of the unrecognized net
actuarial asset
Expenses (income) recognized
in statement of profit or loss
Expenses (income) recognized in
other comprehensive income
Total expense (income)
recognized
81,126
32,746
56,762
(9,487)
24,364
42,233
1,870
(1,870)
37
30
67
F-80
54
3
317
(891)
(201)
1,469
(837)
(198)
1,786
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
2017
PENSION PLANS
PBS-
Current service cost
Interest on actuarial liabilities
Return on plan assets
Interest on onerous liability
Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset
Expenses (income) recognized in statement of
profit or loss
Expenses (income) recognized in other
comprehensive income
Effect of the unrecognized net actuarial asset
Total expense (income) recognized
BrTPREV TCSPREV
457
64,927
(215,509)
136,800
102
260,649
(210,579)
50,172
(13,325)
78,147
28,149
128,319
14,824
Main actuarial assumptions adopted on December 31, 2019
Telemar TelemarPrev
1,545
397,842
(440,696)
42,854
(1,545)
33
32,488
(35,817)
3,317
(21)
PBS-A
499,261
(781,757)
282,496
MEDICAL
CARE PLANS
PAMA
170,184
286,035
(331,699)
45,664
(170,184)
PBS-
TNC CELPREV PAMEC
48
3,328
(6,343)
3,014
(47)
7
15
(301)
286
(7)
378
378
(232)
146
TCSPREV
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PBS-A
PBS-TNC
CELPREV
PENSION PLANS
Nominal discount rate of actuarial
liability
Estimated inflation rate
Estimated nominal salary increase
index
Estimated nominal benefit growth
rate
Total expected rate of return on plan
assets
7.43%
3.80%
4.00%
3.80%
7.43%
7.43%
3.80%
4.00%
3.80%
7.43%
General mortality biometric table
Biometric disability table
Biometric disabled mortality table
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 15%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 20%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
Turnover rate
4.80%
Nil
Starting age of the benefits
Nominal medical costs growth rate
57 years old
N.A.
57 years old
N.A.
N.A. = Not applicable.
7.43%
3.80%
Per sponsor
3.80%
7.43%
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 20%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
Per sponsor,
null starting at
50 years old
and null for
Settled Benefit
55 years old
N.A.
7.43%
3.80%
N.A.
3.80%
7.43%
7.43%
3.80%
8.82%
3.80%
7.43%
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 15%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 15%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
7.43%
3.80%
7.53%
3.80%
7.43%
N.A.
N.A.
N.A.
MEDICAL CARE PLANS
PAMEC
PAMA
7.64%
3.80%
N.A.
N.A.
7.64%
7.64%
3.80%
N.A.
N.A.
7.64%
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 15%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
AT-
2000 Basic
eased by 15%,
segregated by
gender
Álvaro Vindas,
increased
by100%
AT-49,
segregated by
gender
Nil
N.A.
N.A.
Nil
2%
Nil
Nil
57 years old
N.A.
55 years old
N.A.
N.A.
6.91%
N.A.
6.91%
ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES—2019
(a) Plans’ assets and liabilities correspond to the amounts as at December 31, 2019.
(b) Master file data used for the plans managed by FATL and for the PAMEC plan are as at July 31, 2019, and for SISTEL are as at
June 30, 2019, both projected for December 31, 2019.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Investment policy of the plans
The investment strategy of the Benefits Plans is described in their investment policy, which is annually approved by the governing
board of the sponsored funds. This policy establishes that investment decision-making must take into consideration: (i) the preservation
of capital; (ii) the diversification of investments; (iii) the risk appetite according to conservative assumptions; (iv) the expected return
rate based on actuarial requirements; (v) the compatibility of investment liquidity with the plans’ cash flows, and (vi) reasonable
management costs. The policy also defines the volume interval for different types of investment allowed for the pension funds, as
follows: fixed income, variable income, structured investments, investments abroad, loans to participants, and real estate investments.
The average ceilings set for the different types of investment permitted for pension funds, as at December 31, 2019 and 2018, are as
follows:
ASSET SEGMENT
Fixed income
Variable income
Structured investments
Investments abroad
Real estate
Loans to participants
PBS-A
PBS-TNC CELPREV
PAMA
TCSPREV PBS-Telemar TelemarPrev
100.00%
70.00%
20.00%
10.00%
20.00%
15.00%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
70.00% 70.00% 70.00% 70.00%
20.00% 20.00% 20.00% 20.00%
0.00% 10.00% 10.00%
10.00%
20.00% 20.00% 20.00% 20.00%
3.00% 15.00% 15.00%
15.00%
70.00%
20.00%
10.00%
20.00%
15.00%
The allocation of plan assets as at December 31, 2019 is as follows:
ASSET SEGMENT
Fixed income
Variable income
Structured investments
Investments abroad
Real estate
Loans to participants
Total
PBS-TNC CELPREV
PAMA
TCSPREV PBS-Telemar TelemarPrev
92.46%
90.57%
0.96%
0.34%
5.04%
7.84%
0.11%
0.00%
0.76%
0.90%
0.67%
0.35%
88.20% 100.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
PBS-A
95.10%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
4.10%
0.80%
86.06%
1.63%
10.85%
0.21%
0.83%
0.42%
85.61%
0.48%
13.71%
0.00%
0.00%
0.20%
3.17%
7.25%
0.50%
0.00%
0.88%
The allocation of plan assets as at December 31, 2018 is as follows:
ASSET SEGMENT
TCSPREV PBS-Telemar TelemarPrev
PBS-A
PBS-TNC CELPREV
PAMA
Fixed income
Variable income
Structured investments
Investments abroad
Real estate
Loans to participants
Total
(b)
Employee profit sharing
86.17%
2.90%
9.23%
0.85%
0.43%
0.42%
90.49%
1.30%
6.65%
0.92%
0.38%
0.26%
92.51%
1.61%
4.21%
0.79%
0.67%
0.21%
93.70%
0.77%
0.03%
83.87%
2.51%
12.84%
4.67%
0.83%
0.27%
0.51%
88.80% 100.00%
4.00%
5.68%
1.15%
0.37%
100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00% 100.00%
In the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company and its subsidiaries recognized provisions for employee profit sharing based on
individual and corporate goal attainment estimates totaling R$247,178 (R$265,753 in 2018).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(c)
Share-based compensation
A long-term incentives plan based on shares granted the Executives and the Board of Directors (Executive Committee’s Stock Option
Plan and the Board of Directors’ Stock Option Plan) was submitted to and approved at the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on
April 26, 2019.
However, in light of the opinion issued by the Federal Public Prosecution Office and the decision issued by the Judicial Reorganization
Court on April 24, 2019 on the new long-term incentives plans, the Oi’s Board of Directors decided and communicated to the
Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting that such plans would only be implemented after a new decision of said Court, authorizing its
implementation, is issued.
Beginning December 17, 2019, with the Ruling awarded by the 8th Civil Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court on Bill of Review
No. 0035453-90.2019.8.19.0000, filed by the Public Prosecution Office, the decision that the Stock Option Plan for the members of the
Board of Directors should not be implemented until the end of the judicial reorganization was maintained and the implementation of
Stock Action Plan for said Company Executives was authorized.
In compliance with the decision referred to above, in December 2019 the Company implemented the New Stock Option Plan for the
Executive Committee, according to all the rules and conditions approved at the Extraordinary Shareholders’ Meeting held on April 26,
2019.
Executives’ Stock Action Plan
The purpose of this plan is to allow granting shares to Company Executives, aiming at promoting their high engagement and
commitment to ensure the achievement of the strategic goals consistently with the Company’s and its shareholders’ medium- and long-
term interests.
The plan provides for granting annual shares over a three-year period that shall not exceed 1.5% of the Company’s share capital.
The number of shares per grant is calculated individually for the purpose of maintaining the competitiveness of the executives with
regard to the performance of their duties and shall be delivered to them provided that the plan’s performance condition is met.
The information used in the executives’ stock option plan’s assessment is as follows:
Grant date
12/30/2019
Stock
dilution
percentage
Number of
shares
granted
0.57%
33,704,937
Vesting
portions
1/3
1/3
1/3
Vesting dates
12/30/2020
12/30/2021
12/30/2022
Average
share value at
the grant date
Estimated fair
value at the
vesting date
0.95
34,406
The fair value of the granted stock options will be determined based on the vesting period and recognized as the services are provided.
The estimated fair value at the acquisition date was measured taking into account the price of the shares granted on December 30, 2019,
adjusted by the weighted average cost of capital of 10.98%, estimated for the three-year period of the program, brought to present value
at the period’s opportunity cost of 14.67%, which corresponds to the fair value of the share.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
28.
SEGMENT REPORTING
The Company’s Board of Directors uses operating segment information for decision-making. The Company identified only one
operating segment that corresponds to the telecommunications business in Brazil.
In addition to the telecommunications business in Brazil, the Company conducts other businesses that individually or in aggregate do
not meet any of the quantitative indicators that would require their disclosure as reportable business segments. These businesses refer
basically to the following companies: Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações, Listas Telefónicas de Moçambique, ELTA –
Empresa de Listas Telefónicas de Angola, and Timor Telecom, which provide fixed and mobile telecommunications services and
publish telephone directories, and which have been consolidated since May 2014.
The revenue generation is assessed by the Board of Directors based on a view segmented by customer, into the following categories:
•
•
•
Residential Services, focused on the sale of fixed telephony services, including voice services, data communication services
(broadband), and pay TV;
Personal Mobility, focused on the sale of mobile telephony services to subscription and prepaid customers, and mobile
broadband customers; and
SMEs/Corporate, which includes corporate solutions offered to our small, medium-sized, and large corporate customers.
Telecommunications in Brazil
In preparing the financial information for this reportable segment, the transactions between the companies included in the segment have
been eliminated. The financial information of this reportable segment for the periods ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:
Residential services
Residential Fixed-Line
Broadband
Pay-TV
Interconnection
Personal mobility services
Mobile Telephony
Interconnection
Handsets, sim cards and other accessories
SMEs/Corporate (B2B) services
Other services and businesses
Total net operating revenue
Operating expenses
Depreciation and amortization
Interconnection
Personnel
Third-party services
Grid maintenance services
Handset and other costs
Advertising and publicity
Rentals and insurance
Provisions/reversals
Expected losses on trade receivables
Impairment losses
Taxes and other expenses
Other operating income (expenses), net
OPERATING INCOME BEFORE FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES) AND TAXES
FINANCIAL INCOME (EXPENSES)
Financial income
Financial expenses
PRE-TAX PROFIT (LOSS)
Income tax and social contribution
PROFIT (LOSS) FOR THE YEAR
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2019
7,264,262
3,281,905
2,187,015
1,752,053
43,289
7,017,311
6,601,729
257,099
158,483
5,527,817
140,004
19,949,394
2018
8,401,599
4,170,105
2,423,291
1,755,061
53,142
7,250,462
6,607,613
447,980
194,869
5,980,807
226,985
21,859,853
2017
9,170,835
4,880,738
2,641,836
1,577,745
70,516
7,644,515
6,914,862
500,106
229,547
6,485,899
255,691
23,556,940
(6,804,870)
(484,061)
(2,487,632)
(5,957,763)
(1,012,857)
(159,442)
(494,348)
(2,571,245)
(216,438)
(488,269)
(2,111,022)
(18,396)
(6,974)
(2,863,923)
(5,740,079)
(653,867)
(2,554,375)
(5,833,570)
(1,102,809)
(185,436)
(379,676)
(4,194,135)
(202,122)
(689,735)
(291,758)
(201,296)
(5,016,358)
(5,185,363)
(5,031,477)
(771,212)
(2,749,038)
(6,149,189)
(1,235,760)
(214,102)
(410,495)
(4,152,521)
(469,440)
(740,576)
4,747,141
(475,018)
(8,196,415)
(2,291,162)
2,659,074
(8,452,638)
(8,657,487)
57,174
(8,600,313)
30,850,746
(4,339,053)
21,326,330
3,270,890
24,597,220
6,917,975
(9,246,160)
(4,619,347)
(1,137,715)
(5,757,062)
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Reconciliation of revenue and profit (loss) for the quarter and information per geographic market
In the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the reconciliation of the revenue from the segment telecommunications in Brazil
and total consolidated revenue is as follows:
Net operating revenue
Revenue related to the reportable segment
Revenue related to other businesses
Net operating revenue (Note 5)
2019
2018
2017
19,949,394
186,789
20,136,183
21,859,853
200,161
22,060,014
23,556,940
232,714
23,789,654
In the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the reconciliation between the profit or loss before financial income (expenses)
and taxes of the segment Telecommunications in Brazil and the consolidated profit (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes
is as follows:
Profit (loss) before financial income (expenses) and taxes
Telecommunications in Brazil
Other businesses
Income before financial income (expenses) and taxes (Note 5)
2019
2018
2017
(2,863,923)
(113,447)
(2,977,370)
(5,185,363)
(82,895)
(5,268,258)
(2,291,162)
(69,866)
(2,361,028)
Total assets, liabilities and tangible and intangible assets per geographic market as at December 31, 2019 are as follows:
Brazil
Other, primarily Africa
Brazil
Other, primarily Africa
2019
Total assets
67,294,245
4,597,577
Total
liabilities
53,525,978
569,338
Tangible
assets
38,910,834
84,122
Intangible
assets
3,997,865
21,327
2018
Total assets
60,514,610
4,923,187
Total
liabilities
42,015,116
526,870
Tangible
assets
28,425,563
108,768
Intangible
assets
6,948,446
47,601
Investment in
tangible and
intangible assets
7,396,983
28,530
Investment in
tangible and
intangible assets
5,211,774
34,467
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
29.
RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Transactions with jointly controlled entities, associates, and unconsolidated entities
Accounts receivable and other assets
Hispamar
Other entities
Accounts payable and other liabilities
Hispamar
Other entities
Revenue
Revenue from services rendered
Other entities
Other income
Hispamar
Financial income
Other entities
Costs/expenses
Operating costs and expenses
Hispamar
Other entities
Financial expenses
Hispamar
Other entities
2019
7,216
426
6,790
2019
74,254
71,841
2,413
2018
6,359
6,359
2018
74,210
66,704
7,506
2019
2018
380
380
502
502
430
430
347
347
430
430
2019
2018
(226,031)
(203,426)
(22,605)
(257)
(245)
(12)
(236,087)
(207,271)
(28,816)
(167)
(158)
(9)
Compensation of key management personnel
As at December 31, 2019, the compensation of the officers responsible for the planning, management and control of the Company’s
activities, including the compensation of the directors and executive officers, totaled R$63,405 (R$81,244 in 2018).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
30.
INSURANCE
During the concession period, the concessionary has the obligation of maintaining the following insurance coverage, over the prescribed
terms: “all risks” policy that covers property damages for all insurable assets belonging to the concession, insurance and against
economic losses to insure the continuity of services. All material and/or high-risk assets and liabilities in are insured. The Company and
its subsidiaries maintain insurance coverage against property damages, loss of revenue arising from such damages, etc. Management
understands that the amount insured is sufficient to assure the integrity of assets and the continuity of operations, and the compliance
with the rules set out in the Concession Agreements.
The insurance policies provide the following coverage, per risk and type of asset:
Insurance line
Operational risks and loss of profits
Civil liability—third parties (*)
Fire—inventories
Theft—inventories
Civil liability—general
Civil liability—vehicles
(*)
Based on the foreign exchange rate prevailing at December 31, 2019 (ptax): R$4.0301 = US$1.00
31. HELD-FOR-SALE ASSETS
Assets
Operations in Africa (a)
Nonstrategic assets (b)
Total
Liabilities
Operations in Africa (a)
Nonstrategic liabilities (b)
Total
2019
2018
800,000
322,408
170,000
20,000
30,000
2,000
700,000
309,984
150,000
20,000
20,000
2,000
2019
2018
4,271,348
119,742
4,391,090
4,923,187
4,923,187
2019
2018
491,225
3,070
494,295
526,870
526,870
(a)
Operations in Africa—Approval of preparatory actions for the sale of Africatel
At the Board of Directors’ meeting held on September 16, 2014, Oi’s management was authorized to take all the necessary actions to
divest Oi’s stake in Africatel, representing at the time 75% of Africatel’s share capital, and/or dispose of its assets.
With regard specifically to the indirect interest held by Africatel in Company, on February 27, 2019 the Company was notified of the
final decision issued by the Arbitration Court under the arbitration proceeding filed by PT Ventures, an Africatel subsidiary, against the
other Unitel’s shareholders. The Arbitration Court judged that the other Unitel shareholders had violated several provisions of Unitel’s
Shareholders’ Agreement, which resulted in a significant decrease of PT Ventures’ stake in Unitel. The Court also judged that the other
Unitel shareholders failed to ensure, after November 2012, that PT Ventures received the same amount of foreign currency-
denominated dividends as the other foreign Unitel shareholder.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
As a result, the Court ordered the other shareholders to pay PT Ventures, jointly and severally, (i) US$339.4 million plus interest
(accrued as from February 20, 2019, using the 12-month US dollar LIBOR plus two percentage points, with annual compounding),
corresponding to the loss of value of PT Ventures’ stake, in addition to (ii) US$307 million plus interest (simple interest of 7% accrued
as from different dates when the dividends not received should have been paid to PT Ventures), in damages resulting from the fact that
the other Unitel shareholders failed to ensure, after November 2012, that PT Ventures received the same amount of dividends, in
foreign currency, as the other foreign Unitel shareholder, plus (iii) the reimbursement of a significant portions of the fees, court costs,
and administrative and arbiters fees and expenses, incurred by PT Ventures on the arbitral proceeding, in a net amount in excess of
US$13 million. The Court dismissed all the retrial petitions filed by the other Unitel shareholders (“2019 Arbitration Award”).
The Arbitration Award results in a reaffirmation of PT Ventures’ rights as shareholder of 25% Unitel’s capital, as prescribed by the
Shareholders’ Agreement. PT Ventures retains all its rights provided for in the Shareholders’ Agreement, including the right to appoint
the majority of Unitel’s Board of Directors’ members and the right to receive Unitel’s past and future dividends.
Subsequently, at the General Shareholders’ Meeting of Unitel held on March 19, 2019 a new Board of Directors was elected consisting
of five members, including two appointed by PT Ventures, one of whom will hold the position of Unitel’s General Director.
On August 12, 2019, PT Ventures was notified on the arbitration petition filed with the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”) by
Vidatel Ltd. (“Vidatel”), on of Unitel’s shareholders against PT Ventures. In its petition, Vidatel seeks to challenge the 2019 Arbitration
Award by submitting arguments relating to the recognition, effectiveness, and feasibility of said award and arguing that the Arbitration
Award would have the effect of leading to the unjust enrichment of PT Ventures.
The Company believes that the arbitration proceeding initiated by Vidatel has a delaying tactic with the single goal of disrupting the
enforcement of the 2019 Arbitration Award by reopening the discussion of matters that have already been discussed in the arbitration
proceeding filed by PT Ventures against the other Unitel shareholders and terminated in February 2019.
Additionally, the Company believes that the ICC is not the appropriate forum to file an arbitration proceeding and analyze the problems
alleged by Vidatel, not only because national courts have exclusive jurisdiction on these matters and also because these matters are not
within the scope of the arbitration clause greed by Unitel’s shareholders, which prescribes that arbitration shall be used to settle disputes
relating only to Unitel’s shareholders’ agreement and violations of Unitel’s shareholders’ agreement.
PT Ventures filed its response to the arbitration petition on September 11, 2019.
As disclosed to the market in a Material Fact Notice on January 24, 2020, on that date Africatel sold and transferred all PT Ventures
shares to the Angolan company Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola, Empresa Pública—Sonangol E.P. (Note 33). As a
result of this operation, the Company is no longer bound by the ongoing litigation involving PT Ventures, Unitel, and Unitel’s other
shareholders.
With regard to the indirect stake held by Africatel in Cabo Verde Telecom, S.A. (“CVT”), on May 21, 2019, PT Ventures sold, after the
compliance with the conditions precedent, and transferred all the shares it held in CVT, representing 40% of CVT’s share capital, to the
National Social Security Institute and state-owned company ASA – Empresa Nacional de Aeroportos e Segurança Aérea, S.A., both in
Cabo Verde, for the total amount of US$26.3 million, as provided for in Clauses 3.1.3 and 5.1 of the JRP. This sale generated a net gain
of R$67 million, recognized in profit or loss.
As a result of said share sale, PT Ventures entered into with the State of Cabo Verde, on the same date, an agreement for the definite
termination of the arbitration proceedings filed by PT Ventures against the latter in March 2015, with the International Centre fore for
Settlement of Investment Disputes (“ICSID”) and the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”).
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The group of assets and liabilities of the African operations are stated at the lower of their carrying amounts and their fair values less
costs to sell, and are consolidated in the Company’s statement of profit or loss since May 5, 2014.
The main components of the assets held sale and liabilities associated to assets held for sale of the African operations are as follows:
Held-for-sale assets
Cash, cash equivalents and cash investments
Accounts receivable
Dividends receivable (i)
Held-for-sale asset (i)
Other assets
Investments
Property, plant and equipment
Intangible assets
Liabilities directly associated to assets held for sale
Borrowings and financing
Trade payables
Other liabilities
Non-controlling interests (ii)
Total held-for-sale assets, net of the corresponding liabilities
Operations in Africa
2019(1)
2018
4,923,187
4,271,348
82,639
63,993
108,343
113,699
2,566,935
2,435,014
1,843,778
1,474,699
145,709
74,300
19,414
4,916
108,768
83,400
47,601
21,327
526,870
491,225
11,589
188
52,064
37,119
474,618
442,517
243,491
146,180
4,152,826
3,633,943
(1)
(i)
(ii)
The non-operating companies started to consolidated in the balance sheet beginning December 31, 2019, whose assets and liabilities total R$326,229 and
R$78,113, respectively (see Note 1 – Company subsidiaries).
Represents the indirect interest held by PT Ventures in the dividends receivable and the fair value of the financial investment in Unitel, both classified as held for
sale. The assets from the investment held in PT Ventures are measure substantially at the fair value of the investment for sale, which occurred on January 23, 2020,
as referred to above, in Note 33;
Represented mainly by the Samba Luxco’s 14% stake in Africatel and, consequently, in its net assets.
(b)
Nonstrategic assets
The Company disclosed to the general market, through a material fact notice, its Strategic Plan, approved by the Board of Directors,
focusing on the improvement of the operating and financial performance, using a sustainable business model, for the purpose of
maximizing the Company’s value, in the context of the judicial reorganization proceeding. The plan prescribes that part of the financing
of the investment strategy will be ensured by selling of the Company’s nonstrategic assets. These assets consist basically of:
(i) Investment in Unitel, (ii) Towers; (iii) Datacenter; (iv) Properties; and (v) other nonstrategic assets. The Company is engaged in and
focused on promoting the sale of said assets and will take all the necessary actions to implement said Plan in the coming periods.
In December 2019, the assets and liabilities associated with Real Estate and mobile Towers were stated in held-for-sale assets, in line
with the Company’s strategic plan and intention. Management assessed and determined that the other nonstrategic assets do not
substantially meet the presentation and measurement requirements set forth by IFRS 5, Held-for-Sale Noncurrent Assets and
Discontinued Operations, and therefore continue to be stated in the group ‘Property, Plant and Equipment’ (Note 16).
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(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
32. OTHER INFORMATION
(a)
Agreements entered into by the Company, TmarPart, and Pharol related to the cash investments made in Rio Forte
commercial papers
On June 30, 2014, the Company was informed, through a market notice disclosed by Pharol, of the investment made by PTIF and PT
Portugal (both, collectively, “Oi Subsidiaries”), companies contributed by Pharol to Oi in the Company’s capital increase in May 2014,
in a commercial paper of Rio Forte Investments S.A. (“Securities” and “Rio Forte”, respectively), a company part of the Portuguese
group Espírito Santo (“GES”), when both PTIF and PT Portugal were Pharol subsidiaries.
In light of the default of the Securities by Rio Forte, on September 8, 2014, after obtaining the proper corporate approvals, the
Company, the Oi Subsidiaries, TmarPart, and Pharol entered into definitive agreements related to the investments made in the
Securities. The agreements provided for (i) an exchange (the “Exchange”) through which Oi Subsidiaries would transfer the Securities
to Pharol in exchange for preferred and common shares of the Company held by Pharol, as well as (ii) the assignment by Oi
Subsidiaries of a call option on the Company shares to the benefit of PT (“Call Option”).
On March 31, 2015, the Company published a Material Fact Notice on the completion of the Exchange.
The Option became vested with the completion of the Exchange, beginning March 31, 2015, exercisable at any time, over a six-year
period, and the number of shares covered by the Option will be decreased at each March 31st.
Up to March 31, 2020, Pharol had not exercised the Option, in whole or in part, on the Shares Subject to the Option. Accordingly, the
following are no longer subject to the Option: (i) beginning March 31, 2016, 4,743,487 common shares and 9,486,974 preferred shares
issued by the Company, equivalent to 10% of the Shares Subject to the Option; (ii) beginning March 31, 2017, another 8,538,277
common shares and 17,076,554, equivalent to 18% of the Shares Subject to the Option; (iii) beginning March 31, 2018, another
8,538,277 common shares and 17,076,554 preferred shares equivalent to 18% of the Shares Subject to the Option; (iv) beginning
March 31, 2019, another 8,538,277 common shares and 17,076,554 preferred shares, equivalent to 18% of the Shares Subject to the
Option; and (v) beginning March 31, 2020, another 8,538,277 common shares and 17,076,554 preferred shares, equivalent to 18% of
the Shares Subject to the Option. There are also 8,538,277 common shares and 17,076,554 preferred shares subject to the Option and
Pharol will no longer be entitled to exercise the Option on them on March 31, 2021.
As at December 31, 2019, the fair value of the Call Option is estimated at R$117 million calculated by the Company using the
Black-Scholes model and theoretical share volatility assumptions, using the Revenue Approach valuation technique laid down by
paragraphs B10 and B11 of IFRS 13—Fair Value Measurement.
(b)
Punitive Administrative Proceedings at the CVM
In December 2018, we became aware that the CVM, in the exercise of its duties, initiated two punitive administrative proceedings for
acts conducted in connection with the corporate restructuring announced in October 2013 involving Oi and Pharol (former Portugal
Telecom), and the capital increase through the public offer of Oi shares concluded in May 2014, for an alleged breach of the Corporate
Law, to hold liable certain executives, officers and controlling shareholders at the time of the events.
The Company is not a party to these proceedings. With regard to the indicted executives, if they are held liable in these Punitive
Administrative Proceedings, they will be subject to a penalty, which may range from a warning to a temporary disqualification, during
up to 20 years, to hold a management or member of the supervisory board position of a publicly-held company, entity of the securities
distribution system, or other entities that depend of CVM authorization or registration.
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(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(c)
Operation: Mapa da Mina
On December 10, 2019, the Brazilian Federal Police launched the 69th phase Operation: Lava Jato (Car Wash), named “Operation:
Mapa da Mina” (Mine Plan) (Criminal Search and Seizure Order No. 5024872-64,2018.4.04.7000/PR—13th Federal Criminal Court of
Curitiba), one of the main targets of which was Fábio da Silva, son of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The investigation,
which has neither the Company nor any of its current officers as defendants, is based on a suspected transfer of several companies to
Gamecorp and Grupo Gol, in exchange for alleged benefits from the Federal Government. As a result of such investigation, Company
buildings in the States of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and in Brasília were searched and documented were seized. Since then, the
Company has cooperated with the investigations by making all the clarifications and delivering all the documents requested. On
March 12, 2020, the 4th Region Federal Court granted an habeas corpus (Habeas Corpus No. 5052647-8.2019.4.04.000/PR) was
granted, requiring that the records of said Operation be sent to the São Paulo Judiciary Section, after concluding that there was no
connection between the facts reported in the investigation and those verified in Operation: “Lava Jato”. Internally, the Company
informs that since 2015 it has retained the law firm Tozzini Freire Advogados as external independent auditor to conduct a forensic
investigation addressing all the allegations in the case file, which has updated these analyses due in light to the new facts pointed out in
Operation: “Mapa da Mina”. Such investigations were completed without evidence of illegal actions committed by Company
representatives.
Among the initiatives undertaken, the Company has created a Multidisciplinary Committee consisting of members from different
departments, such as the legal, compliance, internal audit and accounting department, to determine the main procedures to be
performed, and set a schedule of relevant activities in response to the allegations of said investigation involving the Company and its
subsidiaries. In this regard, the Multidisciplinary Committee determined the following procedures: (i) retain a renowned, specialized
law firm, independent from the Company and its subsidiaries, to conduct an internal investigation on the allegations made in the Federal
Public Prosecution Office (MPF) and the Brazilian Federal Police (PF) investigations; (ii) request an assessment by the outside legal
counsel of the results of said internal investigation to be conducted by the specialized law firm, if applicable; (iii) request an assessment
by the outside legal counsel of possible legal and regulatory impacts in Brazil and in the United States, regarding all allegations made in
the investigation, considering the applicable anticorruption legislation and/or illegal activities; (iv) request an assessment by the
compliance department to determine whether any material weaknesses in the internal control environment existing at the time covered
by the investigations still persist in the current Company governance and internal control scenario; (v) conduct periodic meetings to
follow up on the status of the assessments to be carried out; and (vi) submit of the results of all assessments to be carried out to the
members of the Audit, Risk and Controls Committee (“CARC”), which reports to the Company’s Board of Directors. In this context,
the specialized law firm concluded its internal independent investigation in February 2020. Based on interviews, information and
documentation submitted by the Company’s management, and due to the constraints imposed by the time period covered by said
investigation (2003-2019), no indications of illegalities committed by the Company were identified linked to the allegations made by
the MPF and the PF in Operation: “Mapa da Mina” investigation. This internal use report was extensively discussed and presented to
the members of the Multidisciplinary Committee, as well as to the members of the CARC.
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(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
33.
(a)
EVENTS AFTER THE REPORTING PERIOD
Sale of investment in PT Ventures
After obtaining the proper approvals by the Company’s Board of Directors, the competent corporate bodies of Africatel and the Judicial
Reorganization Court, on January 24, 2020, Africatel sold and transferred all shares issued by PT Ventures to the Angolan company
Sociedade Nacional de Combustíveis de Angola, Empresa Pública—Sonangol E.P., as provided for in the Company’s Judicial
Reorganization Plan and Strategic Plan (Note 31 (b)).
On the transaction date, PT Ventures held stakes in the Angolan companies Unitel (25%) and Multitel—Serviços de Telecomunicações
Lda. (40%), as well as credit rights of dividends declared by Unitel and already past due and a set of rights resulting from the final
decision rendered by the Arbitration Court installed under the Arbitration Rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (“ICC”),
within the scope of the arbitration initiated by PT Ventures at the ICC against the other Unitel shareholders, as disclosed by the
Company in a Material Fact Notice on February 28, 2019.
The total amount of the transaction was US$1 billion, of which (i) US$699.1 million was paid to Africatel by Sonangol on January 24,
2020; (ii) Africatel was paid US$60.9 million prior to the transfer of PT Ventures’ shares; and (iii) US$240 million, fully guaranteed by
a guarantee letter issued by a prime bank, will be paid unconditionally by Sonangol to Africatel until July 31, 2020, with a minimum
monthly flow of US$40 million assured to Africatel as from February 2020. The Company reiterates that the contractually assured flow
was duly met in February and March 2020 by Sonangol.
As at December 31, 2019, the assets from the investment held in PT Ventures are measured substantially at the fair value of the
investment for sale.
(b)
Commitment to sell a property
As disclosed to the market on January 30, 2020 and February 26, 2020, the Company sold a property it owned, located at Rua General
Polidoro nº 99, Botafogo, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, to Alianza Gestão de Recursos Ltda., for the amount of R$120.5 million, on
February 21, 2020, as part of its project to sell noncore assets, as set forth by the Company’s Judicial Reorganization Plan and Strategic
Plan (Note 31 (b)).
The operation was authorized by the Judicial Reorganization Court, after obtaining the favorable opinion of the Rio de Janeiro State
Public Prosecution Office and the Judicial Administrator. Likewise, ANATEL confirmed the removal of the Property from the
Company’s List of Reversible Assets.
(c)
Third-party expressions of interest on the Company’s Mobile business
On March 10, 2020, the Company disclosed to the general market in a material fact notice, that its financial advisor, Bank of America
Merrill Lynch (“BofA”) received statements from third parties expressions of interest in the Company’s mobile business. To date,
however, there is no commitment from the Company or any of these third parties to proceed with such sale and no binding instrument
has been entered into to this respect. Even though there may be future developments in the analysis for a potential formal negotiation
process, the Company continues to analyze all the existing alternatives that may bring more efficiency to the implementation of its
Strategic Plan.
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(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
(d)
Potential Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic
Since December 2019, a COVID-19 has spread throughout the world. On January 31, 2020, the World Health Organization announced
that COVID-19 was a global health emergency and on March 3, 2020, the World Health Organization categorized COVID-19 as a
pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in numerous deaths and the imposition of local, municipal and national governmental
“shelter-in-place” and other quarantine measures, border closures and other travel restrictions, causing unprecedented economic
disruption in much of the world, including in Brazil.
The local, national and international response to the virus is quickly developing, fluid and uncertain. During March and April of 2020,
state, local and municipal authorities within Brazil promoted and enforced social isolation and quarantine measures and have enacted
regulations limiting the operations of “non-essential” businesses. In mid-March 2020, Rio de Janeiro and other Brazilian states declared
states of emergency. In accordance with the recommendations of the authorities, the Company transitioned a substantial majority of its
employees to work from home.
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has no effect on the Company historical results of operations, there are many potential effects of this
pandemic on its short- and medium- term business operations and, consequently, its results of operations. In March 2020, the Company
established a crisis response team to focus on ensuring the full business continuity of its operations, the health and safety of its
employees, and the establishment of a formal process to monitor, analyze and respond to the potential impacts of the pandemic.
As of the date of this annual report, the Company has detected few cases of COVID-19 in its employees and the human resources
department monitors suspected or confirmed cases. As one a measure designed to protect its employees, the Company has instituted a
“work-from-home” policy for all of its employees for whom the demands of their work permit this arrangement, constituting
approximately 84% of its work force, and have been able to do so without any interruption of their activities. For its remaining
employees, for example, the Company field service technicians and operators in its call centers, the Company has complied with all
health care recommendations of the World Health Organization and the Brazilian Ministry of Health.
The Brazilian government has determined that the telecom sector is an essential service, which allows the Company to continue its field
maintenance activities without violating restrictions on movement that have generally been imposed to combat the pandemic.
Although there has not been sufficient history with the Company operations under the pandemic and the related public health measures
to provide significant analysis of the potential financial impact of the pandemic or the governmental and popular response to the
pandemic, the Company belives that demand for telecommunications services, including services provided by the Company during the
pandemic has grown significantly. In order to service this demand and to ensure continuity of its services, the Company moved quickly
to activate new circuits in its backbone infrastructure and has not experienced any significant decline in the operation and reliability of
its networks.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Company has closed its retail stores and many of its distribution channels for the Company’s
mobile service have been unable to operate, although some of its physical points-of-sale, such as grocery stores, pharmacies and
convenience stores, have continued to operate. As a result, the Company believes that new activations by mobile customers will be
substantially reduced for the quarantine period. However, as these store closures affect all operators in the mobile business equally, the
Company expects that there will be substantially reduced levels of churn during this period. In addition, the Company expects that
revenue for SIM card recharges will be adversely affected for the quarantine period as the number of points-of-sale that offer these
services has been substantially reduced.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, the Company has curtailed significantly its door-to-door sales channel for residential services,
including broadband, but has been able to maintain its telemarketing and teleagent sales channels. The Company has experienced a
significant surge in demand for its broadband services, including services delivered through its expanding FTTH network, both from
residential and B2B customers as they establish remote work operations. Because its sales channels for these services depend less on
physical presence in sales locations than its mobile services, the Company does not expect the reduction in new activations or upgrades
in services to be affected to the same degree as in its mobile services.
The Company expects that the public health measures adopted in Brazil will have significant impacts on the income and purchasing
power of many of its subscribers, particularly low-income subscribers and SMEs, some of whom may cease operations, although the
Company has not yet been able to gather data to analyze the extent of these impacts. In addition, the Company has begun to experience
some delays in payment for its corporate and governmental customers. As a result, the Company expects an increase in late-payments,
customer defaults and expected losses on trade receivables. The Company has instituted some measures to assist its customers during
the pandemic, for example, providing deferrals of payment deadlines by up to 10 days upon request of its customers and entering into
payment plans with some of its customers under which it will forbear the collection of interest and late charges. These measures are
likely to have an adverse effect on revenue and operating cash flow during the period over which they are effective, although the
Company does not have sufficient experience with the effects of these measures to reliably estimate the quantitative effects of these
measures.
The Company continues to monitor the effects of COVID-19 and the public health measures adopted in Brazil on its results of
operations and cash flows to assess whether any of its assets have been impaired. As of the date of this annual report, the Company does
not have sufficient history with its operations under the pandemic and the related public health measures to assess whether any
impairment of its assets will be required.
The Company does not expect significant negative effects on its ongoing maintenance activities and FTTH expansion project as a result
of the pandemic and the public health measures introduced to combat the pandemic. The Company has experienced some negative
effects relating to the deployment of field teams, primarily related to the difficulty of obtaining lodging and meals and, in some
instances, the difficulty in arranging transportation between cities, due to the public health restrictions. However, as a result of the
determination that the telecom sector is an essential service, the general public health restrictions applicable to the population have not
generally applied to the Company staff of field technicians.
The Company continues to have regular communications with its equipment vendors to assess the impacts of the pandemic on their
production and inventories to ensure that deliveries of equipment will continue to be made on a timely basis. As of the date of this
annual report, the Company has not suffered any negative impacts in its supply chain for equipment and has not been advised that any
significant disruptions are expected.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
34.
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN U.S. GAAP AND IFRS
The Company prepares its local financial statements in accordance with IFRS, and the pronouncements, guidelines and interpretations
issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
As the company is presenting its financial statements under IFRS for SEC reporting purposes after several years of presenting them
under US GAAP, it is providing a reconciliation of its 2018 and 2017 US GAAP financial statements to IFRS.
ACCOUNTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN U.S. GAAP AND IFRS
The financial statements of the Company were prepared in accordance with accounting policies generally accepted in the United States
of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Differences between these accounting policies and practices adopted in International Financial Reporting
Standard—IFRS, where applicable to Oi, are summarized below:
(a)
Impairment of long-lived assets
In accordance with FASB ASC 360, long-lived assets, such as property, plant, and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to
amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset
may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to
estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated
future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value
of the asset.
In accordance with IAS 36 Impairment of assets, such as property, plant, and equipment, and purchased intangibles subject to
amortization, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or
group of assets may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying
amount of an asset or group of assets to the fair value of the asset or group of assets.
Therefore, regarding impairment of long-lived assets there is an accounting difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS namely the
recognition of impairment under IFRS.
On December 31, 2018, under U.S. GAAP, no impairment losses were recognized and under IFRS an accumulated provision for
impairment losses, amounting to R$1,226,125, were recorded in the balance sheet as a result of the difference on the impairment
methodology between the two standards.
The net effect on net income, as of December 31, 2018, was R$141,418, which includes the accounting differences related to the
provision for impairment recorded under IFRS in amounting to R$291,807 compared no impairment losses recorded under USGAAP,
and the effects of depreciation and amortization related to the acumulated effects of no recorded impairment losses under USGAAP, in
amounting to R$150,389.
(b)
Business combinations prior to January 1, 2009
Under U.S. GAAP, for the acquisitions of interests in Pegasus, Way-TV, Paggo and TNCP (Amazônia) that occurred prior to January 1,
2009, the Company adopted the procedures determined by FASB ASC 805 Business Combinations, resulting in a difference as
compared to the Company’s accounting policy in force prior to that date. The accounting method used under U.S. GAAP in business
combination transactions is the “purchase method”, which requires that acquirers reasonably determine the fair-value of the identifiable
assets and liabilities of acquired companies, individually, to determine goodwill paid.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
Since IFRS 3 Business Combinations was effective to business combinations for which the acquisition date was on or after January 1,
2009, under IFRS for all business combinations prior that, the Company typically recognized the difference between the purchase price
and the historical book value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as goodwill, which was amortized over the estimated period
over which the Company expected to benefit from the goodwill. This period was determined based on the reasons attributed by
management for the payment of goodwill. A test for impairment is made at least annually or if there is an indication that the unit in
which the goodwill was allocated may be impaired.
Therefore, regarding the business combinations prior to January 1, 2009 there is an accounting difference between U.S. GAAP and
IFRS namely the computation of goodwill, recognition of intangible assets and amortization of goodwill.
(c)
Pension plans and other post-retirement benefits
The Company applies FASB ASC 715—Retirement Benefits, which requires an employer to recognize the overfunded status or funded
status of a defined benefit postretirement plan as an asset or liability in its balance sheet and to recognize changes in that funded status
in the year in which the changes occur through other comprehensive income.
The overfunded status of the pension plans is presented as a prepaid asset. Unrecognized net gain or losses are recognized following the
“10% corridor approach”. Deferred actuarial gains and losses outside the 10% corridor are amortized over the average remaining
service period of active employees or, when all or almost all participants are inactive, over the average remaining life expectancy of
those participants.
Under IFRS, if a plan has an overfunded status, which is not expected to generate future benefits, the company does not recognize the
funded status, unless in case of express authorization for offsetting with future employer contribution. Remeasurement of gains and
losses, including actuarial gains and losses, must be recognized immediately in OCI and are not subsequently recognized (or recycled)
into net income.
Therefore, regarding pension plans and other post-retirement benefits there is an accounting difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS
namely: (i) the recognized overfunded status under U.S. GAAP, and (ii) the result from the use of the “10% corridor approach” which is
not applicable under IFRS.
(d)
Capitalization of interest, net of amortization
Under U.S. GAAP, capitalized interest is added to the individual assets and is amortized over their estimated useful lives. The Company
capitalizes only interest expenses to the extent that borrowings do not exceed the balances of construction in-progress, as generally
foreign exchange differences are not eligible for being recorded as part of the cost of the asset.
Under IFRS, financial charges on obligations financing assets and construction works in progress are capitalized, including interest
expenses and certain foreign exchange differences.
Therefore, regarding capitalization of interest, net of amortization, there is an accounting difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS
namely the impact of capitalization of foreign exchange under IFRS.
(e)
Provision for onerous contracts
Under U.S. GAAP, future losses on firmly committed executory contracts (onerous contracts) typically are not recognized. Losses are
recognized only when incurred.
Under IFRSs, an entity is required to recognize and measure the present obligation under an onerous contract as a provision. An
onerous contract is one “in which the unavoidable costs of meeting the obligations under the contract exceed the economic benefits
expected to be received under it”.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The Company is party to a telecommunications signals transmission capacity supply agreement using submarine cables that connect
North America and South America. Since the agreement’s obligations exceed the economic benefits that are expected to be received
throughout the agreement and the costs are unavoidable, the Company recognized in 2018, pursuant to IAS 37, an onerous obligation
measured at the lowest of net output cost of the agreement brought to present value, in the amount of R$ 4,493,894.
Therefore, regarding provision for onerous contracts there is an accounting difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS namely the
recognition of a provision that does not exist under U.S. GAAP.
(f)
Settlement of Judicial Reorganization
U.S. GAAP
Under U.S. GAAP, the company has applied the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 852 Reorganizations in preparing
its consolidated financial statements. Under ASC 852, the company adopted the following accounting procedures:
•
•
•
Prepetition obligations impacted by the judicial reorganization proceedings had been classified on the balance sheet as
liabilities subject to compromise in 2017. These liabilities were reported as the amounts expected to be allowed by the
Judicial Reorganization Court, even if they were settled for lesser amounts;
Interest accruing on unsecured debt subsequent to the date of petition is not an allowed claim and therefore has not been
accrued;
Foreign currency denominated liabilities in Reais using the applicable foreign currency translation rate as of the petition
date. As a result there is no foreign currency translation adjustments recorded after the petition date related to prepetition
liabilities under U.S. GAAP; and
Liabilities subject to compromise and other impacts from ASC 852 reorganizations
As a result of the filing of the Bankruptcy Petitions, the company has applied the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”)
852 Reorganizations in preparing U.S. GAAP consolidated financial statements. ASC 852 requires that financial statements distinguish
transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Accordingly,
certain expenses, realized gains and losses and provisions for losses that are realized or incurred in the judicial reorganization
proceedings have been recorded in a reorganization line item in the consolidated statements of operations. In addition, the prepetition
obligations that could be impacted by the judicial reorganization proceedings were classified on the balance sheet as liabilities subject to
compromise. These liabilities were reported as the amounts expected allowed by the Judicial Reorganization Court, even if they could
be settled for lesser amounts.
The amounts initially recorded as liabilities subject to compromise were subsequently adjusted and reclassified to reflect the new legal
terms and conditions established by the JRP Court and as of December 31, 2018 there are no outstanding liabilities subject to
compromise.
On December 31, 2018, the Company did not emerge from bankruptcy, due to certain material unsatisfied conditions, which relates to
additional capital increase that occurred on January 25, 2019.
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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
As a result of the judicial reorganization proceedings in Brazil and other international jurisdictions (which are considered to be similar
in all substantive respects to Chapter 11) prepetition liabilities, as shown below were classified as subject to compromise based on the
assessment of these obligations following the guidance of ASC 852 Reorganizations. Prepetition liabilities subject to compromise were
required to be reported at the amount expected to be allowed as a claim by the Judicial Reorganization Court, regardless of whether they
could be settled for lesser amounts and remain subject to future adjustments based on negotiated settlements with claimants, actions of
the Judicial Reorganization Court, rejection of executory contracts, proofs of claims or other events. The following table reflects
prepetition liabilities subject to compromise recorded under U.S. GAAP purpose as at December 31, 2018 and 2017:
Borrowings and financing
Derivative financial instrument
Trade payables
Provision for civil contingencies—Anatel
Provision for pension plan
Other
Provision for labor contingencies
Provision for civil—other claims
Liabilities subject to compromise (*)
Reorganization items, net
December 31, 2018
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
December 31, 2017
49,129,547
104,694
2,139,312
9,333,795
560,046
43,333
899,226
2,929,275
65,139,228
Transactions and events directly associated with the reorganization were required, under the guidance of ASC 852 Reorganizations, to
separate disclosed and distinguished from those of the ongoing operations of the business. Under U.S. GAAP purposes the Company
used the classification “Reorganization items, net” on the consolidated statements of operations to reflect expenses, gains and losses that
were the direct result of the reorganization of its business.
Gain on restructuring of Qualified Bonds
Adjustment to fair value—Borrowings and financing
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Anatel provision for contingencies
Other provision for contingencies (a)
Income from short-term investments
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Total reorganization items, net
December 31, 2018
12,881,478
13,928,661
5,577,234
(347,437)
174,281
(633,676)
31,580,541
December 31, 2017
(1,568,798)
(1,146,458)
713,276
(369,938)
(2,371,918)
Recognition of the effects of the ratification of the Judicial Reorganization Plan under U.S. GAAP
Under U.S. GAAP, as a result of the approval of JRP at the GCM meeting held on December 19 and 20, 2017 and its subsequent
ratification by the Judicial Reorganization Court on January 8, 2018, and published on the Official Gazette on February 5, 2018, the
Company’s management, based on the terms and conditions of the JRP, recorded the effects caused by the restructuring/novation of the
prepetition liabilities subject to the Judicial Reorganization in the consolidated financial statements for year ended December 31, 2018.
F-97
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
The movements in the restructured prepetition liabilities and the accounting adjustments made for initial recognition of the terms and
conditions set forth by the approved and ratified JRP, including the effects on the fair value of these liabilities pursuant to the criteria of
ASC 820, and applicable GAAP, are as follow:
Liabilities subject to
compromise
Bondholders
BNDES
Other Borrowings and financing
Derivative financial instrument
Trade payables
Provision for civil
contingencies—Anatel
Provision for pension plan
Other
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Total—Liabilities subject to
compromise
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BNDES – Borrowings and
financing
Other Borrowings and financing
Anatel (AGU) and other trade
payables
Provision for labor, civil and
Anatel contingencies
Provision for pension plan
Total—Liabilities not subject
to compromise
December 31,
2017
U.S. GAAP Reclassifications
Mediations
and other
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(i)
Equity
(ii)
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December 31,
2018
U.S. GAAP
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3,326,952
13,487,957
104,694
2,139,312
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(104,694)
(2,139,312)
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560,046
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(12,881,478) (11,613,980) (19,505,895) 4,252,967
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Represent gains on restructuring of borrowings and financings, trade payables owing to ANATEL-AGU and other trade payables, as a result of the JR Proceedings.
Represent the fair value of shares issued in partial settlement of the Senior Notes.
(i)
(ii)
(iii) The financial liabilities have been adjusted to fair value according to the criteria of ASC 852 as of the time at which it has reclassified each of the financial
liabilities that were legally affected by the JRP from liabilities subject to compromise to borrowings and financings or trade payables. It was calculated taking into
consideration the contractual flows provided for in the JRP, discounted using rates that range from 12.6% per year to 16.4% per year, depending on the maturities
and currency of each instrument.
(iv) Represent the contractual interest and foreign currency fluctuation calculated after completed the financial debt restructuring and other claims restructuring in the
terms and conditions provided in the JRP.
F-98
Oi S.A. – Under Judicial Reorganization – Debtor-in-Possession and Subsidiaries
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(In thousands of Brazilian reais – R$, unless otherwise stated)
IFRS
Under IFRS, there is no specific guidance for accounting Bankruptcy Petitions as there is under U.S. GAAP. Financial liabilities were
recorded as before the Bankruptcy Petition, including the accrual of interest based on the contracts, the recognition of foreign currency
translation and the recognition of provisions based on expected payment cash outflow (IAS 37 for liability provisions). Liabilities
subject to compromise were classified on the balance sheet as Current Liabilities. Any differences between the settlement of the liability
and its carrying amount were reorganized upon settlement of the JRP and recorded in the Consolidated Income Statement at such time.
Because all liabilities subject to compromise were settled in 2018 under the conditions of the JRP, no GAAP differences compared to
IFRS exist for the balances of liabilities after the settlement date.
Therefore, regarding settlement of judicial reorganization the only accounting difference between U.S. GAAP and IFRS are namely:
(i) the impacts of settlement and fair value of liabilities for adopting ASC 852 under U.S. GAAP that needs to be excluded under IFRS;
and (ii) the gain recognition on reversal of interest and foreign currency on loans and financings under IFRS.
The following is a summary of the Judicial Reorganization adjustments to net income for the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017:
Judicial reorganization
Settlement for lesser amounts of prepetition obligations and fair value recognition under U.S. GAAP
Gain on reversal of interest and foreign currency on loans and financings under IFRS
December 31,
2018
(6,527,238)
5,196,222
(1,331,016)
December 31,
2017
73,135
6,429,611
(6,502,746)
(g)
Deferred income tax
This relates to the impact of recalculation of the deferred tax assets and liabilities considering the adjusted balances of accounts and
related impacts on net income and the revised valuation allowance based on the reassessed schedule of expected generation of future
taxable income under IFRS.
SUMARY OF ACCOUNTING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN U.S. GAAP AND IFRS
The reconciliations below quantify the effect of the U.S. GAAP to IFRS on the indicated dates:
Equity
Net income
Reconciliation
Under U.S.GAAP
Impairment of long-lived assets
Business combinations prior to January 1, 2009
Pension plans and other post-retirement benefits
Capitalization of interest, net of amortization
Provision for onerous contracts
Settlement of judicial reorganization
Deferred income tax
Under IFRS
December 31,
2018
29,199,496
(1,226,125)
44,981
(689,574)
60,928
(4,493,895)
22,895,811
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F-99
December 31,
2017
December 31,
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(9,684,061) 27,393,837
(1,084,707)
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(141,418)
4,122
(115,080)
(1,780)
(4,493,895)
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1,331,016
(2,579,548)
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December 31,
2017
(4,027,661)
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(6,502,746)
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Exhibit 2.09
DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Description of Capital Stock
The following description of the capital stock of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (“Oi” or the “Company”) is a summary and
does not purport to be complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company’s By-laws, an English
translation of which is incorporated by reference as an exhibit to Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31,
2019, as well as on the legislation and regulations applicable to companies and the Brazilian capital market currently in effect. Oi
encourages you to read the By-laws for additional information. Capitalized terms used and not defined hereinafter shall have the
meanings ascribed to them throughout Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Share Capital
Each Common Share entitles its holder to one vote at Oi’s annual and extraordinary shareholders’ meetings. Holders of Common
Shares are not entitled to any preference in respect of dividends or other distributions or otherwise in case of Oi’s liquidation.
Preferred Shares are non-voting, except in limited circumstances, and do not have priority over Common Shares in the case of
Oi’s liquidation. See “—Voting Rights” for information regarding the voting rights of Oi’s preferred shares and “Item 8. Financial
Information—Dividends and Dividend Policy” and “—Dividend Preference of Preferred Shares” in Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F
for the year ended December 31, 2019 for information regarding the distribution preferences of Preferred Shares.
The issuance of new preferred shares by Oi is prohibited.
Dividends
Oi’s dividend distribution policy has historically included the distribution of periodic dividends, based on the annual financial
statements approved by Oi’s board of directors, in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law and as set forth in Oi’s by-laws, which
provide that, in general, a minimum amount of 25% of Oi’s consolidated net income for each fiscal year, as calculated and adjusted for
amounts allocated to legal and other applicable reserves in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law, must be distributed to
shareholders. We refer to this amount as the mandatory distributable amount. Oi may pay the mandatory distributable amount as
dividends, interest attributable to shareholders’ equity (which is similar to a dividend but is deductible in calculating corporate income
tax and social contribution on net profits, subject to certain limitations imposed by law as described in “Item 10. Additional
Information—Taxation—Brazilian Tax Considerations—Interest on Shareholders’ Equity”) of Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the
year ended December 31, 2019. Payment of intermediate or interim dividends is also be permitted, subject to market conditions, Oi’s
then-prevailing financial condition and other factors deemed relevant by Oi’s board of directors. Oi may set off any payment of interim
dividends against the amount of the mandatory distributable amount to be paid in the year in which the interim dividends are paid.
Notwithstanding the above, under Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan, Oi and the other RJ Debtors are prohibited from declaring or
paying dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on capital or making any other payment or distribution on or
related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or consolidation) until February 5, 2024. After February 5, 2024, Oi
and the other RJ Debtors will be permitted to declare or pay dividends, interest on shareholders’ equity or other forms of return on
capital or make any other payment or distribution on or related to their shares (including any payment related to a merger or
consolidation) if the ratio of Oi’s consolidated net debt (defined as Financial Credits, minus Cash Balance (in each case as defined in
the RJ Plan)) to EBITDA (as defined in the RJ Plan) for the fiscal year ended immediately prior to any such declaration or payment is
less than or equal to 2 to 1.
The restrictions of the payment of dividends and other distributions described above are subject to the following exceptions:
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dividends, return on capital or other distributions made between the RJ Debtors;
payments by Oi and the other RJ Debtors to dissenting shareholders, according to applicable law, carried out after
February 5, 2018; and
any payment of dividends made in accordance with the RJ Plan.
There shall not be any restriction to the distribution of dividends under the RJ Plan after the full payment of the Financial Credits.
Pursuant to Section 10.2.1 of the RJ Plan, if at any time any two of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and Fitch rate Oi as investment
grade and no default occurs, the restrictions on distributions imposed by Section 10.1 of the RJ Plan will be suspended. However, if one
of these rating agencies, or both of them, subsequently cancels or downgrades Oi’s rating, then the suspended restrictions will be
reinstated.
When Oi declares dividends, Oi is generally required to pay them within 60 days of declaring them, unless the shareholders’
resolution establishes another payment date. In any event, if Oi declares dividends, Oi must pay them by the end of the fiscal year for
which they are declared. Under Article 9 of Law No. 9,249/95 and Oi’s by-laws, Oi also may pay interest attributable to shareholders’
equity as an alternative form of dividends upon approval of Oi’s board of directors.
Because Oi’s shares are issued in book-entry form, dividends with respect to any share are automatically credited to the account
holding such share. Shareholders who are not residents of Brazil must register with the Brazilian Central Bank in order for dividends,
sales proceeds or other amounts with respect to their shares to be eligible to be remitted outside of Brazil.
Distributions of dividends, including interest attributable to shareholders’ equity, in any year are made:
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first, to the holders of Preferred Shares, up to the greater non-cumulative amount of: (1) 6.0% per year of the amount
resulting from Oi’s share capital divided by the number of Oi’s total issued shares, or (2) 3.0% per year of the book value of
Oi’s shareholders’ equity divided by the number of Oi’s total issued shares, or the Minimum Preferred Dividend;
then, to the holders of Common Shares, until the amount distributed in respect of each Common Share is equal to the
amount distributed in respect of each Preferred Share; and
thereafter, to the holders of Common Shares and Preferred Shares on a pro rata basis.
Under Oi’s by-laws, if the Minimum Preferred Dividend is not paid for a period of three years, holders of Preferred Shares are
entitled to full voting rights. As a result of Oi’s failure to pay the Minimum Preferred Dividend for 2014, 2015 and 2016, holders of
Oi’s Preferred Shares obtained full voting rights on April 28, 2017, the date that Oi’s annual shareholders’ meeting approved our
financial statements for fiscal year 2016.
Shareholders’ Meetings
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’s shareholders must hold their ordinary annual meeting by April 30 of each year in order
to:
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approve or reject the financial statements approved by Oi’s board of directors and board of executive officers, including any
recommendation by Oi’s board of directors for the allocation of net profit and distribution of dividends; and
elect members of Oi’s board of directors (upon expiration of their two-year terms) and members of Oi’s fiscal council.
In addition to the annual shareholders’ meetings, holders of Common Shares have the power to determine any matters related to
changes in Oi’s corporate purposes and to pass any resolutions they deem necessary to protect and enhance Oi’s development whenever
Oi’s interests so require, by means of extraordinary shareholders’ meetings.
Oi convenes shareholders’ meetings, including the annual shareholders’ meeting, by publishing a notice in the national edition of
Valor Econômico, a Brazilian newspaper, and in the Official Gazette of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law,
on the first call of any meeting, the notice must be published no fewer than three times, beginning at least 15 calendar days prior to the
scheduled meeting date, and companies that have issued ADSs must publish their notice at least 30 days prior to the scheduled meeting
date. Oi publishes notices of meetings 30 calendar days prior to the scheduled meeting date. The notice must contain the meeting’s
place, date, time, agenda and, in the case of a proposed amendment to Oi’s by-laws, a description of the subject matter of the proposed
amendment.
Oi’s board of directors may convene a shareholders’ meeting. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, shareholders’ meetings also
may be convened by Oi’s shareholders as follows:
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by any of Oi’s shareholders if, under certain circumstances set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law, Oi’s directors do not
convene a shareholders’ meeting required by law within 60 days;
by shareholders holding at least 5% of Oi’s total share capital if, after a period of eight days, Oi’s directors fail to call a
shareholders’ meeting that has been requested by such shareholders; and
by shareholders holding at least 5% of either Oi’s total voting share capital or Oi’s total non-voting share capital, if after a
period of eight days, Oi’s directors fail to call a shareholders’ meeting for the purpose of appointing a fiscal council that has
been requested by such shareholders.
In addition, Oi’s fiscal council may convene a shareholders’ meeting if Oi’s board of directors does not convene an annual
shareholders’ meeting within 30 days or at any other time to consider any urgent and serious matters.
Each shareholders’ meeting shall be convened and presided over by the chairman of the board of directors or his or her valid
proxy. In the case of absence of the chairman or his or her proxy, the meeting shall be convened and presided over by the vice-chairman
of the board of directors or his or her valid proxy. In the case of absence of the vice-chairman or his or her proxy, the meeting shall be
convened and presided by any director present at the meeting. The chairman of the meeting shall be responsible for choosing the
secretary of the meeting.
In order for a valid action to be taken at a shareholders’ meeting, shareholders representing at least 25% of Oi’s issued and
outstanding voting share capital must be present on first call. However, shareholders representing at least two-thirds of Oi’s issued and
outstanding voting share capital must be present on first call at a shareholders’ meeting called to amend Oi’s by-laws. If a quorum is not
present, Oi’s board of directors may issue a second call by publishing a notice as described above at least eight calendar days prior to
the scheduled meeting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the quorum requirements do not apply to a meeting held on the second
call, and the shareholders’ meetings may be convened with the presence of shareholders representing any number of shares (subject to
the voting requirements for certain matters described below). A shareholder without a right to vote may attend a shareholders’ meeting
and take part in the discussion of matters submitted for consideration.
Voting Rights
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws, each Common Share entitles its holder to one vote at Oi’s shareholders’
meetings. Preferred Shares generally do not confer voting rights, except in limited circumstances described below. Oi may not restrain
or deny any voting rights without the consent of the majority of the shares affected. Whenever the shares of any class of share capital
are entitled to vote, each share is entitled to one vote.
Voting Rights of Common Shares
Except as otherwise provided by law, resolutions of a shareholders’ meeting are passed by a simple majority vote of the holders of
Common Shares present or represented at the meeting, without taking abstentions into account. Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, the
approval of shareholders representing at least half of Oi’s outstanding voting shares is required for the types of action described below:
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reducing the mandatory dividend set forth in Oi’s by-laws;
changing its corporate purpose;
merging Oi with another company, or consolidating Oi, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
transferring all of Oi’s shares to another company, known as an “incorporação de ações” under the Brazilian Corporate
Law;
participating in a centralized group of companies (grupo de sociedades) as defined under the Brazilian Corporate Law and
subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
dissolving or liquidating Oi or canceling any ongoing liquidation;
creating any founders’ shares (partes beneficiárias) entitling the holders thereof to participate in Oi’s profits; and
spinning-off of all or any part of Oi.
Decisions on the transformation of Oi into another form of company require the unanimous approval of Oi’s shareholders,
including the holders of Preferred Shares.
Oi is required to give effect to shareholders’ agreements that contain provisions regarding the purchase or sale of Oi’s shares,
preemptive rights to acquire Oi’s shares, the exercise of the right to vote Oi’s shares or the power to control Oi, if these agreements are
filed at Oi’s headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian Corporate Law requires the president of any meeting of shareholders or board of
directors to disregard any vote taken by any of the parties to any shareholders’ agreement that has been duly filed with Oi that violates
the provisions of any such agreement. In the event that a shareholder that is party to a shareholders’ agreement (or a director appointed
by such shareholder) is absent from any meeting of shareholders or board of directors or abstains from voting, the other party or parties
to that shareholders’ agreement have the right to vote the shares of the absent or abstaining shareholder (or on behalf of the absent
director) in compliance with that shareholders’ agreement. No shareholders’ agreement affecting Oi’s shares has been filed at Oi’s
headquarters in Rio de Janeiro.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, neither Oi’s by-laws nor actions taken at a shareholders’ meeting may deprive any of Oi’s
shareholders of certain specific rights, including:
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the right to participate in the distribution of Oi’s profits;
the right to participate in any remaining residual assets in the event of Oi’s liquidation;
the right to supervise the management of Oi’s corporate business as specified in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
the right to preemptive rights in the event of an issuance of Oi’s shares, debentures convertible into Oi’s shares or
subscription bonuses, other than as provided in the Brazilian Corporate Law; and
the right to withdraw from Oi under the circumstances specified in the Brazilian Corporate Law.
Voting Rights of Minority Shareholders
Shareholders holding shares representing not less than 5% of Oi’s voting shares have the right to request that Oi adopt a
cumulative voting procedure for the election of the members of Oi’s board of directors. This procedure must be requested by the
required number of shareholders at least 48 hours prior to a shareholders’ meeting.
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, shareholders that are not controlling shareholders, but that together hold either:
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Preferred Shares representing at least 10% of Oi’s total share capital; or
Common Shares representing at least 15% of Oi’s voting capital,
have the right to appoint one member to Oi’s board of directors at Oi’s annual shareholders’ meeting. If no group of holders of
Common Shares or Preferred Shares meets the thresholds described above, shareholders holding Common Shares or Preferred Shares
representing at least 10% of Oi’s total share capital are entitled to combine their holdings to appoint one member to Oi’s board of
directors. In the event that minority holders of Common Shares and/or holders of non-voting Preferred Shares elect a director and the
cumulative voting procedures described above are also used, Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, always retain the right to elect at
least one member more than the number of members elected by the other shareholders, regardless of the total number of members of
Oi’s board of directors. The shareholders seeking to exercise these minority rights must prove that they have held their shares for not
less than three months preceding the shareholders’ meeting at which the director will be appointed.
Under Oi’s by-laws, holders of Preferred Shares may appoint, by separate voting, one board member.
In accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law, the holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to elect one effective member and the
respective alternate to Oi’s fiscal council in a separate election. Minority shareholders have the same right as long as they jointly
represent 10% or more of the voting shares. The other shareholders with the right to vote may elect the remaining members and
alternates of the fiscal council, who, in any event, must exceed the number of members elected in the separate election by the holders of
Preferred Shares and the minority shareholders.
Voting Rights of Preferred Shares
Holders of Preferred Shares are not entitled to vote on any matter, except:
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with respect to the election of a member of Oi’s board of directors by holders of Preferred Shares holding at least 10% of
Oi’s total share capital as described above;
with respect to the election of a member and alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council as described above;
with respect to the approval of the contracting of foreign entities related to the controlling shareholders of Oi, if any, to
provide management services, including technical assistance. In these cases, Preferred Shares will have the right to vote
separately from the Common Shares;
with respect to the approval of the contracting of foreign entities related to the controlling shareholders of Oi, if any, to
provide management services, including technical assistance, the remuneration for which shall not exceed 0.1% of Oi’s
consolidated annual sales for fixed switched telephone service, net of taxes; and
in the limited circumstances described below.
The Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws provide that our Preferred Shares will acquire unrestricted voting rights and will be
entitled to vote together with our Common Shares on all matters put to a vote in Oi’s shareholders’ meetings if the Minimum Preferred
Dividend (as determined in accordance with Oi’s by-laws and Brazilian Corporate Law) is not paid for a period of three years. As a
result of Oi’s failure to pay the Minimum Preferred Dividend for 2014, 2015 and 2016, holders of our Preferred Shares obtained full
voting rights on April 28, 2017, the date that Oi’s annual shareholders’ meeting approved our financial statements for fiscal year 2016.
This voting right will continue until the date on which Oi pays the Minimum Preferred Dividend for the then-most recently
completed fiscal year. During the period during which holders of Preferred Shares are entitled to vote together with Common Shares,
holders of Preferred Shares will not be entitled to the separate votes described above with respect to the election of a member of Oi’s
board of directors, a member and alternate member of Oi’s fiscal council, the approval of the contracting of foreign entities, or decisions
relating to the employment of foreign entities.
Restrictions on Non-Brazilian Holders
There are no restrictions on ownership or voting of Oi’s capital stock by individuals or legal entities domiciled outside Brazil.
However, the right to convert dividend payments, payments of interest on shareholders’ equity and proceeds from the sale of Oi’s share
capital into foreign currency and to remit such amounts outside Brazil is subject to exchange control restrictions under foreign
investment legislation and foreign exchange regulations, which generally require, among other things, the registration of the relevant
investment with the Brazilian Central Bank and/or the CVM, as the case may be.
Liquidation
Oi may be liquidated in accordance with the provisions of Brazilian law. In the event of Oi’s extrajudicial liquidation, a
shareholders’ meeting will determine the manner of Oi’s liquidation and appoint Oi’s liquidator and Oi’s fiscal council that will
function during the liquidation period.
Upon Oi’s liquidation, Preferred Shares do not have a liquidation preference over Common Shares in respect of the distribution of
Oi’s net assets, but shall be entitled to unrestricted voting rights. In the event of Oi’s liquidation, the assets available for distribution to
Oi’s shareholders would be distributed to Oi’s shareholders in an amount equal to their pro rata share of Oi’s legal capital. If the assets
to be so distributed are insufficient to fully compensate all of Oi’s shareholders for their legal capital, each of Oi’s shareholders would
receive a pro rata amount (based on their pro rata share of Oi’s legal capital) of any assets available for distribution.
Preemptive Rights
Under the Brazilian Corporate Law, each of Oi’s shareholders has a general preemptive right to subscribe for Oi’s shares or
securities convertible into Oi’s shares in any capital increase, in proportion to the number of Oi’s shares held by such shareholder.
Under Oi’s by-laws, Oi’s board of directors or Oi’s shareholders, as the case may be, may decide not to extend preemptive rights
to Oi’s shareholders with respect to any issuance of Oi’s shares, debentures convertible into Oi’s shares or warrants made in connection
with a public exchange made to acquire control of another company or in connection with a public offering or sale through a stock
exchange. The preemptive rights are transferable and must be exercised within a period of at least 30 days following the publication of
notice of the issuance of shares or securities convertible into Oi’s shares. Holders of ADSs may not be able to exercise the preemptive
rights relating to Oi’s shares underlying their ADSs unless a registration statement under the Securities Act is effective with respect to
those rights or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. Oi is not obligated to file a registration
statement with respect to the shares relating to these preemptive rights or to take any other action to make preemptive rights available to
holders of ADSs, and Oi is not required to file any such registration statement.
Redemption, Amortization, Tender Offers and Rights of Withdrawal
Oi’s by-laws or Oi’s shareholders at a shareholders’ meeting may authorize Oi to use its profits or reserves to redeem or amortize
Oi’s shares in accordance with conditions and procedures established for such redemption or amortization. The Brazilian Corporate
Law defines “redemption” (resgate de ações) as the payment of the value of the shares in order to permanently remove such shares
from circulation, with or without a corresponding reduction of Oi’s share capital. The Brazilian Corporate Law defines
“amortization” (amortização) as the distribution to the shareholders, without a corresponding capital reduction, of amounts that they
would otherwise receive if Oi were liquidated. If an amortization distribution has been paid prior to Oi’s liquidation, then upon Oi’s
liquidation, the shareholders who did not receive an amortization distribution will have a preference equal to the amount of the
amortization distribution in the distribution of Oi’s capital.
The Brazilian Corporate Law authorizes Oi’s shareholders to approve in a shareholders’ meeting the redemption of Oi’s shares not
held by Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, if after a tender offer effected for the purpose of delisting Oi as a publicly held company,
Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, increase their participation in Oi’s total share capital to more than 95%. The redemption price in
such case would be the same price paid for Oi’s shares in any such tender offer.
The Brazilian Corporate Law and Oi’s by-laws also require the acquirer of control (in case of a change of control) or the controller
(in case of delisting or a substantial reduction in liquidity of Oi’s shares) to make a tender offer for the acquisition of the shares held by
minority shareholders under certain circumstances described below under “—Mandatory Tender Offers.” The shareholder can also
withdraw its capital from Oi under certain circumstances described below under “—Rights of Withdrawal.”
Mandatory Tender Offers
The Brazilian Corporate Law requires that if the Common Shares are delisted from the B3 or there is a substantial reduction in
liquidity of the Common Shares, as defined by the CVM, in each case as a result of purchases by Oi’s controlling shareholders, Oi’s
controlling shareholders must effect a tender offer for acquisition of the remaining Common Shares at a purchase price equal to the fair
value of the Common Shares taking into account the total number of outstanding Common Shares. Oi’s by-laws require the cancellation
of Oi’s registration as a public company with the CVM or Oi’s delisting from the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the
B3 be preceded by a public tender offer for acquisition of the all of the capital stock of Oi based on a fair market valuation of Oi’s
capital stock, in accordance with the Brazilian Corporate Law and the regulations issued by the CVM. The requirement to conduct a
mandatory tender offer preceding Oi’s delisting from the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the B3 may be avoided if
Oi instead joins the Novo Mercado or Level 2 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the B3 or, certain conditions being met, in the
case of a voluntary withdrawal from the Level 1 Corporate Governance Listing Segment of the B3.
Oi’s by-laws require that any transaction or series of transactions that results in a change of control of Oi be preceded by a public
offer for the purchase of all of Oi’s capital stock by the prospective purchaser in order to ensure the equitable treatment of all of Oi’s
shareholders, in accordance with the rules of the Novo Mercado segment of the B3.
Rights of Withdrawal
The Brazilian Corporate Law provides that, in certain limited circumstances, a dissenting shareholder may withdraw its equity
interest from Oi and be reimbursed by Oi for the value of the Common Shares or Preferred Shares that it then holds.
This right of withdrawal may be exercised by the dissenting or non-voting holders (including any holder of Preferred Shares) in
the event that the holders of a majority of all outstanding Common Shares authorize:
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a reduction of the mandatory dividend set forth in Oi’s by-laws;
to create Preferred Shares or to increase the existing classes of Preferred Shares, without maintaining the proportion with
the remaining classes of Preferred Shares, except if provided for and authorized in the by-laws, subject to the conditions set
forth in the Brazilian Corporate Law;
changes in the preferences, advantages and conditions of redemption or amortization of one or more classes of Preferred
Shares, or the creation of a new class with greater privileges, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian Corporate
Law;
Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies;
to merge into another company or to consolidate with another company, subject to the conditions set forth in the Brazilian
Corporate Law;
a change in Oi’s corporate purpose;
spinning off of all or any part of Oi, if such spin-off results in (1) a change in Oi’s business purpose (except if the spun-off
assets revert to a company whose main purpose is the same as Oi’s), (2) a reduction of the mandatory dividend set forth in
Oi’s by-laws, or (3) Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies; or
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in one of the following transactions in which the shares held by such holders do not meet liquidity and dispersion thresholds
under the Brazilian Corporate Law:
➣ the merger of Oi with another company, or the consolidation of Oi, in a transaction in which Oi is not the surviving
entity;
➣ the transfer of all of the outstanding shares of another company to Oi in an incorporação de ações transaction; or
➣ Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies.
Dissenting or non-voting shareholders are also entitled to withdraw in the event that the entity resulting from a merger or spin-off
does not have its shares listed in an exchange or traded in the secondary market within 120 days from the shareholders’ meeting that
approved the relevant merger or spin-off.
Notwithstanding the above, in the event that Oi is consolidated or merged with another company, becomes part of a centralized
group of companies, or acquires the control of another company for a price in excess of certain limits imposed by the Brazilian
Corporate Law, holders of any type or class of Oi’s shares or the shares of the resulting entity that have minimal market liquidity and
are dispersed among a sufficient number of shareholders will not have the right to withdraw. For this purpose, shares that are part of the
Ibovespa index are considered liquid, and sufficient dispersion will exist if the controlling shareholder, the parent company or other
companies under its control hold less than half of the total number of outstanding shares of that type or class. In case of a spin-off, the
right of withdrawal will only exist if (1) there is a change in the corporate purpose, (2) there is a reduction in the mandatory dividend, or
(3) the spin-off results in Oi’s participation in a centralized group of companies.
Only shareholders who own shares on the date of publication of the first notice convening the relevant shareholders’ meeting or
the material fact notice concerning the relevant transaction is published, whichever is earlier, will be entitled to withdrawal rights.
Shareholders will only be entitled to exercise withdrawal rights with respect to the shares held by them from such date until the date
withdrawal rights are exercised.
The redemption of shares arising out of the exercise of any withdrawal rights would be made at the book value of the shares,
determined on the basis of Oi’s most recent audited balance sheet approved by Oi’s shareholders. If the shareholders’ meeting
approving the action that gave rise to withdrawal rights occurred more than 60 days after the date of the most recent approved audited
balance sheet, a shareholder may demand that its shares be valued on the basis of a balance sheet prepared specifically for this purpose.
The right of withdrawal lapses 30 days after the date of publication of the minutes of the shareholders’ meeting that approved the
action that gave rise to withdrawal rights, except when the resolution is approved pending confirmation by the holders of Preferred
Shares (such confirmation to be given at an extraordinary meeting of such holders of Preferred Shares to be held within one year). In
this event, the 30-day period for dissenting shareholders begins at the date of publication of the minutes of the extraordinary meeting of
such holders of Preferred Shares. Oi’s shareholders may reconsider any resolution giving rise to withdrawal rights within 10 days after
the expiration of the exercise period of withdrawal rights if Oi’s management believes that the withdrawal of shares of dissenting
shareholders would jeopardize Oi’s financial stability.
Liability of Oi’s Shareholders for Further Capital Calls
Neither Brazilian law nor Oi’s by-laws require any capital calls. Oi’s shareholders’ liability for capital calls is limited to the
payment of the issue price of any shares subscribed or acquired.
Inspection of Corporate Records
Shareholders that own 5% or more of Oi’s outstanding share capital have the right to inspect Oi’s corporate records, including
shareholders’ lists, corporate minutes, financial records and other documents of Oi, if (1) Oi or any of its officers or directors have
committed any act contrary to Brazilian law or Oi’s by-laws, or (2) there are grounds to suspect that there are material irregularities in
Oi. However, in either case, the shareholder that desires to inspect Oi’s corporate records must obtain a court order authorizing the
inspection.
Disclosures of Share Ownership
Brazilian regulations require that (1) each of Oi’s direct or indirect controlling shareholders, if any, and (2) any person or group of
persons representing a person that has directly or indirectly acquired or sold an interest that would result in an increase or decrease
corresponding to 5%, or any 5% multiple thereof, of the total number of Oi’s shares of any type or class to disclose its or their share
ownership or divestment to Oi, and Oi is responsible for transmitting such information to the CVM and the market. In addition, if a
share acquisition results in, or is made with the intention of, change of control or company’s management structure, as well as
acquisitions that cause the obligation of performing a tender offer, the persons acquiring such number of shares are required to publish a
statement containing certain required information about such acquisition.
Oi’s controlling shareholders, if any, members of Oi’s board of directors, board of executive officers, fiscal council and members
of other bodies created pursuant to Oi’s by-laws with technical or consulting functions must file a statement of any change in their
holdings of Oi’s shares with the CVM and the Brazilian stock exchanges on which Oi’s securities are traded. Oi also must disclose any
trading of its shares by Oi or Oi’s controlled or related companies.
Form and Transfer
Common Shares and Preferred Shares are in book-entry form, registered in the name of each shareholder or its nominee. The
transfer of Oi’s shares is governed by Article 35 of the Brazilian Corporate Law, which provides that a transfer of shares is effected by
Oi’s transfer agent, Banco do Brasil S.A., by an entry made by the transfer agent in its books, upon presentation of valid written share
transfer instructions to Oi by a transferor or its representative. When Common Shares or Preferred Shares are acquired or sold on a
Brazilian stock exchange, the transfer is effected on the records of Oi’s transfer agent by a representative of a brokerage firm or the
stock exchange’s clearing system. The transfer agent also performs all the services of safe-keeping of Oi’s shares. Provided that the
provisions of Resolution No. 4,373 are observed, transfers of Oi’s shares by a non-Brazilian investor are made in the same manner and
are executed on the investor’s behalf by the investor’s local agent. If the original investment was registered with the Brazilian Central
Bank pursuant to foreign investment regulations, the non-Brazilian investor is also required to amend, if necessary, through its local
agent, the electronic certificate of registration to reflect the new ownership.
The B3 operates a central clearing system, the CSD. A holder of Oi’s shares may choose, at its discretion, to participate in this
system, and all shares that such shareholder elects to be put into the clearing system are deposited in custody with the CSD (through a
Brazilian institution that is duly authorized to operate by the Brazilian Central Bank and maintains a clearing account with the CSD).
Shares subject to the custody of the CSD are noted as such in Oi’s registry of shareholders. Each participating shareholder will, in turn,
be registered in the register of the CSD and will be treated in the same manner as shareholders registered in Oi’s books.
Exhibit 2.10
DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
The following description of the American depositary shares (the “Common ADSs”) representing common shares without par
value (“Common Shares”) of Oi S.A.—In Judicial Reorganization (“Oi” or the “Company”)is a summary and does not purport to be
complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the amended and restated deposit agreement (the “Common Deposit
Agreement”) dated February 27, 2012 among Oi S.A., The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Depositary”), as depositary, and the owners
and holders from time to time of American depositary shares (“Common ADSs”) pursuant to which the Common ADSs were issued,
including the form of American depositary receipts (“ADR”). For more complete information, you should read the entire Common
Deposit Agreement and the form of ADR. The form of Common Deposit Agreement (including the form of ADR) is incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019. Capitalized terms shall have the
meaning stated herein or the meaning stated in the Common Deposit Agreement.
General
The Bank of New York Mellon, currently located at 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286, as Depositary, registers and
delivers Common ADSs. Each Common ADS represents five Common Shares (or a right to receive five Common Shares) deposited
with the principal São Paulo office of Itaú Unibanco S.A., as custodian for the Depositary. Each Common ADS also represents any
other securities, cash or other property which may be held by the Depositary under the Common Deposit Agreement.
You may hold Common ADSs either (A) directly (i) by having an ADR, which is a certificate evidencing a specific number of
Common ADSs, registered in your name, or (ii) by having Common ADSs registered in your name in the Direct Registration System,
or DRS, or (B) indirectly by holding a security entitlement in Common ADSs through your broker or other financial institution. If you
hold Common ADSs directly, you are a registered Common ADS holder, also referred to as an Common ADS holder. This description
assumes you are a Common ADS holder. If you hold Common ADSs indirectly, you must rely on the procedures of your broker or
other financial institution to assert the rights of Common ADS holders described in this section. You should consult with your broker or
financial institution to find out what those procedures are.
DRS is a system administered by The Depository Trust Company, also referred to as DTC, pursuant to which the Depositary may
register the ownership of uncertificated Common ADSs, which ownership shall be confirmed by periodic statements sent by the
Depositary to the registered holders of uncertificated Common ADSs.
As a Common ADS holder, Oi will not treat you as one of its shareholders, and you will therefore not have shareholder rights
established by Brazilian law and by Oi’s bylaws. Since the Depositary is the registered holder of all Common Shares underlying the
Common ADSs, the Depositary will be treated as Oi’s shareholder. The Common Deposit Agreement among Oi, the Depositary and all
holders of Oi’s Common ADSs, sets forth the rights of all Common ADS holders, as well as the rights and obligations of the
Depositary. New York law governs the Common Deposit Agreement and the Common ADSs. The following is a summary of the
material provisions of the Common Deposit Agreement. For more complete information, you should read the entire Common Deposit
Agreement and the form of ADR relating to the Common ADSs.
Fees and Expenses
Persons depositing or withdrawing Common Shares must pay:
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US$5.00 (or less) per 100 Common ADSs (or portion of 100 Common ADSs) for the issuance of Common ADSs,
including issuances resulting from a distribution of Common Shares or rights or other property;
US$5.00 (or less) per 100 Common ADSs (or portion of 100 Common ADSs) for the cancellation of Common ADSs for
the purpose of withdrawal, including in the event of the termination of the Common Deposit Agreement;
US$0.02 (or less) per Common ADS (or portion thereof) for any cash distribution;
US$0.02 (or less) per Common ADS (or portion thereof) per calendar year for depositary services;
in the event of distributions of securities (other than Common Shares), a fee equivalent to the fee for the issuance of
Common ADSs referred to above, which would have been charged, as a result of the deposit of such securities (treating
such securities as Common Shares);
registration or transfer fees for the transfer and registration of Common Shares on Oi’s share register to or from the name of
the Depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw Common Shares;
charges of the Depositary for (1) cable, telex and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the Common Deposit
Agreement), and (2) expenses of converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars;
taxes and other governmental charges the Depositary or the custodian have to pay on any Common ADS or Common Share
underlying a Common ADS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes, as necessary; and
any charges incurred by the Depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities, as necessary.
The Depositary collects its fees for the delivery and surrender of Common ADSs directly from investors depositing Common
Shares or surrendering Common ADSs or from intermediaries acting for them. The Depositary also collects fees for making
distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay
the fees. The Depositary may collect its annual fee for depositary services by deductions from cash distributions or by directly billing
investors or by charging the book-entry system accounts of participants acting for them. The Depositary may collect any of its fees by
deduction from any cash distribution payable to Common ADS holders that are obligated to pay those fees. The Depositary may
generally refuse to provide fee-attracting services until its fees for those services are paid.
From time to time, the Depositary may make payments to Oi to reimburse and / or share revenue from the fees collected from
Common ADS holders, or waive fees and expenses for services provided, generally relating to costs and expenses arising out of the
establishment and maintenance of the Common ADS program. In performing its duties under the Common Deposit Agreement, the
Depositary may use brokers, dealers or other service providers that are affiliates of the Depositary and that may earn or share fees or
commissions.
The Depositary may convert currency itself or through any of its affiliates and, in those cases, acts as principal for its own account
and not as agent, advisor, broker or fiduciary on behalf of any other person and earns revenue, including, without limitation, transaction
spreads, that it will retain for its own account. The revenue is based on, among other things, the difference between the exchange rate
assigned to the currency conversion made under the Common Deposit Agreement and the rate that the Depositary or its affiliate
receives when buying or selling foreign currency for its own account. The Depositary makes no representation that the exchange rate
used or obtained in any currency conversion under the Common Deposit Agreement will be the most favorable rate that could be
obtained at the time or that the method by which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to Common ADS holders,
subject to the Depositary’s obligations under the Common Deposit Agreement. The methodology used to determine exchange rates used
in currency conversions is available upon request.
Dividends and Other Distributions
How will Common ADS Holders receive dividends and other distributions on the Common Shares?
The Depositary has agreed to pay to Common ADS holders the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on
Common Shares or other deposited securities, after deducting its fees and expenses. You will receive these distributions in proportion to
the number of Common Shares your Common ADSs represent.
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Cash. The Depositary will convert any cash dividend or other cash distribution Oi pays on the Common Shares into U.S.
dollars, if it can do so on a reasonable basis and can transfer the U.S. dollars to the United States. If that is not possible or if
any government approval is needed and cannot be obtained, the Common Deposit Agreement allows the Depositary to
distribute the foreign currency only to those Common ADS holders to whom it is possible to do so. It will hold the foreign
currency it cannot convert for the account of the Common ADS holders who have not been paid. It will not invest the
foreign currency and it will not be liable for any interest.
Before making a distribution, any withholding taxes or other governmental charges that must be paid will be deducted. The
Depositary will distribute only whole U.S. dollars and cents and will round fractional cents to the nearest whole cent. If the
real-to-dollar exchange rate fluctuates during a time when the Depositary cannot convert the foreign currency, you may lose some
or all of the value of the distribution.
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Shares. The Depositary may distribute additional Common ADSs representing any Common Shares Oi distributes as a
dividend or free distribution. The Depositary will only distribute whole Common ADSs. It will sell Common Shares which
would require it to deliver a fractional Common ADS and distribute the net proceeds in the same manner and subject to the
same conditions as if such amount were a cash dividend or other cash distribution. If the Depositary does not distribute
additional Common ADSs, the outstanding Common ADSs will also represent the new Common Shares. The Depositary
may sell a portion of the distributed Common Shares sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in connection with that
distribution.
Rights to Purchase Additional Shares. If Oi offers holders of its securities any rights to subscribe for additional Common
Shares or any other rights, the Depositary may make these rights available to Common ADS holders. If the Depositary
decides it is not legal and practical to make the rights available but that it is practical to sell the rights, the Depositary will
use reasonable efforts to sell the rights and distribute the proceeds in the same way as it does with cash. The Depositary will
allow rights that are not distributed or sold to lapse. In that case, you will receive no value for them.
If the Depositary makes rights available to Common ADS holders, it will exercise the rights and purchase the Common Shares on
your behalf. The Depositary will then deposit the Common Shares and deliver Common ADSs to the persons entitled to them. It
will only exercise rights if you pay it the exercise price and any other charges the rights require you to pay.
U.S. securities laws may restrict transfers and cancellation of the Common ADSs represented by Common Shares purchased upon
exercise of rights. For example, you may not be able to trade these Common ADSs freely in the United States. In this case, the
Depositary may deliver restricted depositary shares that have the same terms as the Common ADSs described in this section
except for changes needed to put the necessary restrictions in place.
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Other Distributions. The Depositary will send to Common ADS holders anything else Oi distributes on deposited securities
in any manner it may reasonably deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of
the Depositary such a distribution is deemed not to be feasible, the Depositary may either sell the property Oi distributed
and distribute the net proceeds in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as if such amount were a cash
dividend or other cash distribution or it may hold the distributed property, in which case Common ADSs will also represent
the newly distributed property. However, the Depositary is not required to distribute any securities (other than Common
ADSs) to Common ADS holders unless it receives satisfactory evidence from Oi that it is legal to make that distribution.
The Depositary may sell a portion of the distributed securities or property sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in
connection with that distribution.
The Depositary is not responsible if it decides that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to any Common
ADS holders. Oi has no obligation to register Common ADSs, Common Shares, rights or other securities under the Securities Act. Oi
also has no obligation to take any other action to permit the distribution of Common ADSs, Common Shares, rights or anything else to
Common ADS holders. This means that you may not receive the distributions Oi makes on Common Shares or any value for them if it
is illegal or impractical for Oi to make them available to you.
Deposit, Withdrawal and Cancellation
How are Common ADSs issued?
The Depositary will deliver Common ADSs if you or your broker deposits Common Shares or evidence of rights to receive
Common Shares with the custodian. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock
transfer taxes or fees, the Depositary will register the appropriate number of Common ADSs in the names you request and will deliver
the Common ADSs to or upon the order of the person or persons that made the deposit.
How can Common ADS holders withdraw the deposited securities?
You may surrender your Common ADSs at the Depositary’s corporate trust office. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of
any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock transfer taxes or fees, the Depositary will deliver the Common Shares and any other
deposited securities underlying the Common ADSs to the Common ADS holder or a person the Common ADS holder designates at the
office of the custodian. Or, at your request, risk and expense, the Depositary will deliver the deposited securities at its corporate trust
office, if feasible.
Common ADS holders have the right to cancel their Common ADSs and withdraw the underlying Common Shares at any time
except:
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when temporary delays arise because: (1) the Depositary has closed its transfer books or Oi has closed its transfer books,
(2) the transfer of Common Shares is blocked to permit voting at a shareholders’ meeting, or (3) Oi is paying a dividend on
its Common Shares;
when you owe money to pay fees, taxes and similar charges; and
when it is necessary to prohibit withdrawals in order to comply with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations
that apply to Common ADSs or to the withdrawal of Common Shares or other deposited securities.
This right of withdrawal may not be limited by any other provision of the Common Deposit Agreement.
How do Common ADS holders interchange between certificated Common ADSs and uncertificated Common ADSs?
You may surrender your ADR to the Depositary for the purpose of exchanging your ADR for uncertificated Common ADSs. The
Depositary will cancel that ADR and will send to the Common ADS holder a statement confirming that the Common ADS holder is the
registered holder of uncertificated Common ADSs.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a proper instruction from a registered holder of uncertificated Common ADSs requesting the
exchange of uncertificated Common ADSs for certificated Common ADSs, the Depositary will execute and deliver to the Common
ADS holder an ADR evidencing those Common ADSs.
Voting Rights
How do you vote?
The Common Shares entitle their holders to vote on all matters presented to a vote of shareholders of Oi as set forth under
“Description of Share Capital—Voting Rights” In Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Common ADS holders do not have voting rights but may instruct the Depositary to vote the number of deposited Common Shares
their Common ADSs represent. The Depositary will notify Common ADS holders of shareholders’ meetings and arrange to deliver Oi’s
voting materials to them if Oi asks it to. Those materials will describe the matters to be voted on and explain how Common ADS
holders may instruct the Depositary how to vote. For instructions to be valid, they must reach the Depositary by a date set by the
Depositary.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to exercise your right to vote unless you withdraw the Common Shares. However, you may not
know about the meeting enough in advance to withdraw the Common Shares.
The Depositary will try, as far as practical, subject to the laws of Brazil and of Oi’s by-laws, to vote or to have its agents vote the
Common Shares or other deposited securities as instructed by Common ADS holders. The Depositary will only vote or attempt to vote
as instructed or as provided in the following sentence. If Oi requested the Depositary to solicit your voting instructions at least 30 days
before the meeting date but the Depositary does not receive your instructions by the date it set, the Depositary will consider you to have
given instructions to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated Oi by with respect to the number of Common Shares your
Common ADSs represent and the Depositary will give that discretionary proxy, except that the Depositary will not give a discretionary
proxy if Oi informs the Depositary that (i) Oi does not wish to receive it, (ii) substantial opposition to the question to be voted exists, or
(iii) that matter would materially and adversely affects the rights of holders of Common Shares.
Oi cannot assure you that you will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the Depositary to vote the
Common Shares represented by your Common ADSs. In addition, the Depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry
out voting instructions or for the manner of carrying out voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exercise your right
to vote the Common Shares represented by your Common ADSs and there may be nothing you can do if the Common Shares
represented by your Common ADSs are not voted as you requested.
In order to give you a reasonable opportunity to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to deposited
securities, if Oi requests the Depositary to act, Oi agrees to give the Depositary notice of any such meeting and details concerning the
matters to be voted upon at least 30 days in advance of the meeting date.
Payment of Taxes
You will be responsible for any taxes or other governmental charges payable on your Common ADSs or on the deposited
securities represented by any of your Common ADSs. The Depositary may refuse to register any transfer of your Common ADSs or
allow you to withdraw the deposited securities represented by your Common ADSs until such taxes or other charges are paid. The
Depositary may apply payments owed to you or sell deposited securities represented by your Common ADSs to pay any taxes owed and
you will remain liable for any deficiency. If the Depositary sells deposited securities represented by your Common ADSs, it will, if
appropriate, reduce the number of Common ADSs held by you to reflect the sale and pay to you any proceeds, or send to you any
property, remaining after it has paid the taxes.
Reclassifications, Recapitalizations and Mergers
If Oi:
• Changes the nominal or par value of the Common Shares
• Reclassifies, splits up or consolidates any of the deposited
securities
• Distributes securities on the Common Shares that are not
distributed to you
• Recapitalizes, reorganizes, merges, liquidates, sells all or
substantially all of its assets, or takes any similar action
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The cash, Common Shares or other securities received by the
Depositary will become deposited securities. Each Common
ADS will automatically represent its equal share of the new
deposited securities.
The Depositary may, and will if Oi asks it to, distribute some or
all of the cash, Common Shares or other securities it received. It
may also deliver new ADRs or ask you to surrender your
outstanding ADRs in exchange for new ADRs identifying the
new deposited securities.
Amendment and Termination
How may the Common Deposit Agreement be amended?
Oi may agree with the Depositary to amend the Common Deposit Agreement and the ADRs without your consent for any reason.
If an amendment adds or increases fees or charges, except for taxes and other governmental charges or expenses of the Depositary for
registration fees, facsimile costs, delivery charges or similar items, or prejudices a substantial right of Common ADS holders, it will not
become effective for outstanding Common ADSs until 30 days after the Depositary notifies Common ADS holders of the amendment.
At the time an amendment becomes effective, you are considered, by continuing to hold your Common ADSs, to agree to the
amendment and to be bound by the ADRs and the Common Deposit Agreement as amended.
How may the Common Deposit Agreement be terminated?
The Depositary will terminate the Common Deposit Agreement at Oi’s direction by mailing notice of termination to the applicable
Common ADS holders then outstanding at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination. The Depositary may
also terminate the Common Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of termination to Oi and the applicable Common ADS holders if 60
days have passed since the Depositary told Oi it wants to resign but a successor depositary has not been appointed and accepted its
appointment.
The Depositary may terminate the Common Deposit Agreement on as little as 15 days’ notice if it believes it may be subject to
legal liability because Oi failed to provide information required by Brazilian government regulators.
After termination, the Depositary and its agents will do the following under the Common Deposit Agreement but nothing else:
collect distributions on the deposited securities, sell rights and other property, and deliver Common Shares and other deposited
securities upon cancellation of Common ADSs. Four months after termination, the Depositary may sell any remaining deposited
securities by public or private sale. After that, the Depositary will hold the money it received on the sale, as well as any other cash it is
holding under the Common Deposit Agreement for the pro rata benefit of the Common ADS holders that have not surrendered their
Common ADSs. It will not invest the money and has no liability for interest. The Depositary’s only obligations will be to account for
the money and other cash. After termination, Oi’s only obligations will be to indemnify the Depositary and to pay fees and expenses of
the Depositary that Oi agreed to pay.
Limitations on Obligations and Liability
Limits on Oi’s Obligations and the Obligations of the Depositary; Limits on Liability to Common ADS Holders
The Common Deposit Agreement expressly limits Oi’s obligations and the obligations of the Depositary. It also limits Oi’s
liability and the liability of the Depositary. Oi and the Depositary:
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are only obligated to take the actions specifically set forth in the Common Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad
faith;
are not liable if Oi is or the Depositary is prevented or delayed by law or circumstances beyond our control from
performing Oi’s or the Depositary’s obligations under the Common Deposit Agreement;
are not liable if Oi or the Depositary exercises discretion permitted under the Common Deposit Agreement;
are not liable for the inability of any Common ADS holder to benefit from any distribution on deposited securities that is
not made available to Common ADS holders under the terms of the Common Deposit Agreement, or for any special,
consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Common Deposit Agreement;
have no obligation to become involved in a lawsuit or other proceeding related to the Common ADSs or the Common
Deposit Agreement on your behalf or on behalf of any other person;
are not liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depositary, clearing agency or settlement system; and
may rely upon any documents Oi believes or the Depositary believes in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person.
In the Common Deposit Agreement, Oi and the Depositary agree to indemnify each other under certain circumstances.
Requirements for Depositary Actions
Before the Depositary will deliver or register a transfer of a Common ADS, make a distribution on a Common ADS, or permit
withdrawal of Common Shares, the Depositary may require:
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payment of stock transfer or other taxes or other governmental charges and transfer or registration fees charged by third
parties for the transfer of any Common Shares or other deposited securities;
satisfactory proof of the identity and genuineness of any signature or other information it deems necessary; and
compliance with regulations it may establish, from time to time, consistent with the Common Deposit Agreement, including
presentation of transfer documents.
The Depositary may refuse to deliver Common ADSs or register transfers of Common ADSs generally when the transfer books of
the Depositary or Oi’s transfer books are closed or at any time if the Depositary or Oi thinks it advisable to do so.
Direct Registration System
In the Common Deposit Agreement, all parties to the Common Deposit Agreement acknowledge that the DRS and Profile
Modification System, or Profile, will apply to uncertificated Common ADSs upon acceptance thereof to DRS by DTC. DRS is the
system administered by DTC pursuant to which the Depositary may register the ownership of uncertificated Common ADSs, which
ownership shall be evidenced by periodic statements sent by the Depositary to the registered holders of uncertificated Common ADSs.
Profile is a required feature of DRS which allows a DTC participant, claiming to act on behalf of a registered Common ADS holder, to
direct the Depositary to register a transfer of those Common ADSs to DTC or its nominee and to deliver those Common ADSs to the
DTC account of that DTC participant without receipt by the Depositary of prior authorization from the Common ADS holder to register
that transfer.
In connection with and in accordance with the arrangements and procedures relating to DRS/Profile, the parties to the Common
Deposit Agreement understand that the Depositary will not verify, determine or otherwise ascertain that the DTC participant which is
claiming to be acting on behalf of a Common ADS holder in requesting registration of transfer and delivery described in the paragraph
above has the actual authority to act on behalf of the Common ADS holder (notwithstanding any requirements under the Uniform
Commercial Code). In the Common Deposit Agreement, the parties agree that the Depositary’s reliance on and compliance with
instructions received by the Depositary through the DRS/Profile System and in accordance with the Common Deposit Agreement, shall
not constitute negligence or bad faith on the part of the Depositary.
Shareholder Communications; Inspection of Register of Holders of Common ADSs
The Depositary will make available for your inspection at its office all communications that it receives from Oi as a holder of
deposited securities that Oi makes generally available to holders of deposited securities. The Depositary will send you copies of those
communications if Oi asks it to. You have a right to inspect the register of Common ADS holders, but not for the purpose of contacting
those holders about a matter unrelated to Oi’s business or the Common ADSs.
Jury Trial Waiver
The Common Deposit Agreement provides that, to the extent permitted by law, Common ADS holders waive the right to a jury
trial of any claim they may have against Oi or the Depositary arising out of or relating to Common Shares, the Common ADSs or the
Common Deposit Agreement, including any claim under the U.S. federal securities laws. If Oi or the Depositary opposed a jury trial
demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable in the facts and circumstances of that case
in accordance with applicable case law.
Exhibit 2.11
DESCRIPTION OF AMERICAN DEPOSITARY SHARES
The following description of the American depositary shares (the “Preferred ADSs”) representing preferred shares without par
value (“Preferred Shares”) of Oi S.A.—In Judicial Reorganization (“Oi” or the “Company”) is a summary and does not purport to be
complete. It is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the amended and restated deposit agreement (the “Preferred Deposit
Agreement”) dated February 27, 2012 among Oi S.A., The Bank of New York Mellon (the “Depositary”), as depositary, and the owners
and holders from time to time of American depositary shares (“Preferred ADSs”) pursuant to which the Preferred ADSs were issued,
including the form of American depositary receipts (“ADR”). For more complete information, you should read the entire Preferred
Deposit Agreement and the form of ADR. The form of Preferred Deposit Agreement (including the form of ADR) is incorporated by
reference as an exhibit to Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019. Capitalized terms shall have the
meaning stated herein or the meaning stated in the Preferred Deposit Agreement.
General
The Bank of New York Mellon, currently located at 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286, as Depositary, registers and
delivers Preferred ADSs. Each Preferred ADS represents one Preferred Share (or a right to receive one Preferred Share) deposited with
the principal São Paulo office of Itaú Unibanco S.A., as custodian for the Depositary. Each Preferred ADS also represents any other
securities, cash or other property which may be held by the Depositary under the Preferred Deposit Agreement.
You may hold Preferred ADSs either (A) directly (i) by having an ADR, which is a certificate evidencing a specific number of
Preferred ADSs, registered in your name, or (ii) by having Preferred ADSs registered in your name in the Direct Registration System, or
DRS, or (B) indirectly by holding a security entitlement in Preferred ADSs through your broker or other financial institution. If you
hold Preferred ADSs directly, you are a registered Preferred ADS holder, also referred to as a Preferred ADS holder. This description
assumes you are a Preferred ADS holder. If you hold Preferred ADSs indirectly, you must rely on the procedures of your broker or
other financial institution to assert the rights of Preferred ADS holders described in this section. You should consult with your broker or
financial institution to find out what those procedures are.
DRS is a system administered by The Depository Trust Company, also referred to as DTC, pursuant to which the Depositary may
register the ownership of uncertificated Preferred ADSs, which ownership shall be confirmed by periodic statements sent by the
Depositary to the registered holders of uncertificated Preferred ADSs.
As a Preferred ADS holder, Oi will not treat you as one of its shareholders, and you will therefore not have shareholder rights
established by Brazilian law and by Oi’s bylaws. Since the Depositary is the registered holder of all Preferred Shares underlying the
Preferred ADSs, the Depositary will be treated as Oi’s shareholder. The Preferred Deposit Agreement among Oi, the Depositary and all
holders of Oi’s Preferred ADSs, sets forth the rights of all Preferred ADS holders, as well as the rights and obligations of the
Depositary. New York law governs the Preferred Deposit Agreement and the Preferred ADSs. The following is a summary of the
material provisions of the Preferred Deposit Agreement. For more complete information, you should read the entire Preferred Deposit
Agreement and the form of ADR relating to the Preferred ADSs.
Fees and Expenses
Persons depositing or withdrawing Preferred Shares must pay:
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US$5.00 (or less) per 100 Preferred ADSs (or portion of 100 Preferred ADSs) for the issuance of Preferred ADSs,
including issuances resulting from a distribution of Preferred Shares or rights or other property;
US$5.00 (or less) per 100 Preferred ADSs (or portion of 100 Preferred ADSs) for the cancellation of Preferred ADSs for
the purpose of withdrawal, including in the event of the termination of the Preferred Deposit Agreement;
US$0.02 (or less) per Preferred ADS (or portion thereof) for any cash distribution;
US$0.02 (or less) per Preferred ADS (or portion thereof) per calendar year for depositary services;
in the event of distributions of securities (other than Preferred Shares), a fee equivalent to the fee for the issuance of
Preferred ADSs referred to above, which would have been charged, as a result of the deposit of such securities (treating
such securities as Preferred Shares);
registration or transfer fees for the transfer and registration of Preferred Shares on Oi’s share register to or from the name of
the Depositary or its agent when you deposit or withdraw Preferred Shares;
charges of the Depositary for (1) cable, telex and facsimile transmissions (when expressly provided in the Preferred Deposit
Agreement), and (2) expenses of converting foreign currency to U.S. dollars;
taxes and other governmental charges the Depositary or the custodian have to pay on any Preferred ADS or Preferred Share
underlying a Preferred ADS, for example, stock transfer taxes, stamp duty or withholding taxes, as necessary; and
any charges incurred by the Depositary or its agents for servicing the deposited securities, as necessary.
The Depositary collects its fees for the delivery and surrender of Preferred ADSs directly from investors depositing Preferred
Shares or surrendering Preferred ADSs or from intermediaries acting for them. The Depositary also collects fees for making
distributions to investors by deducting those fees from the amounts distributed or by selling a portion of distributable property to pay
the fees. The Depositary may collect its annual fee for depositary services by deductions from cash distributions or by directly billing
investors or by charging the book-entry system accounts of participants acting for them. The Depositary may collect any of its fees by
deduction from any cash distribution payable to Preferred ADS holders that are obligated to pay those fees. The Depositary may
generally refuse to provide fee-attracting services until its fees for those services are paid.
From time to time, the Depositary may make payments to Oi to reimburse and / or share revenue from the fees collected from
Preferred ADS holders, or waive fees and expenses for services provided, generally relating to costs and expenses arising out of the
establishment and maintenance of the Preferred ADS program. In performing its duties under the Preferred Deposit Agreement, the
Depositary may use brokers, dealers or other service providers that are affiliates of the Depositary and that may earn or share fees or
commissions.
The Depositary may convert currency itself or through any of its affiliates and, in those cases, acts as principal for its own account
and not as agent, advisor, broker or fiduciary on behalf of any other person and earns revenue, including, without limitation, transaction
spreads, that it will retain for its own account. The revenue is based on, among other things, the difference between the exchange rate
assigned to the currency conversion made under the Preferred Deposit Agreement and the rate that the Depositary or its affiliate
receives when buying or selling foreign currency for its own account. The Depositary makes no representation that the exchange rate
used or obtained in any currency conversion under the Preferred Deposit Agreement will be the most favorable rate that could be
obtained at the time or that the method by which that rate will be determined will be the most favorable to Preferred ADS holders,
subject to the Depositary’s obligations under the Preferred Deposit Agreement. The methodology used to determine exchange rates used
in currency conversions is available upon request.
Dividends and Other Distributions
How will Preferred ADS Holders receive dividends and other distributions on the Preferred Shares?
The Depositary has agreed to pay to Preferred ADS holders the cash dividends or other distributions it or the custodian receives on
Preferred Shares or other deposited securities, after deducting its fees and expenses. You will receive these distributions in proportion to
the number of Preferred Shares your Preferred ADSs represent.
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Cash. The Depositary will convert any cash dividend or other cash distribution Oi pays on the Preferred Shares into U.S.
dollars, if it can do so on a reasonable basis and can transfer the U.S. dollars to the United States. If that is not possible or if
any government approval is needed and cannot be obtained, the Preferred Deposit Agreement allows the Depositary to
distribute the foreign currency only to those Preferred ADS holders to whom it is possible to do so. It will hold the foreign
currency it cannot convert for the account of the Preferred ADS holders who have not been paid. It will not invest the
foreign currency and it will not be liable for any interest.
Before making a distribution, any withholding taxes or other governmental charges that must be paid will be deducted. The
Depositary will distribute only whole U.S. dollars and cents and will round fractional cents to the nearest whole cent. If the
real-to-dollar exchange rate fluctuates during a time when the Depositary cannot convert the foreign currency, you may lose some
or all of the value of the distribution.
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Shares. The Depositary may distribute additional Preferred ADSs representing any Preferred Shares Oi distributes as a
dividend or free distribution. The Depositary will only distribute whole Preferred ADSs. It will sell Preferred Shares which
would require it to deliver a fractional Preferred ADS and distribute the net proceeds in the same manner and subject to the
same conditions as if such amount were a cash dividend or other cash distribution. If the Depositary does not distribute
additional Preferred ADSs, the outstanding Preferred ADSs will also represent the new Preferred Shares. The Depositary
may sell a portion of the distributed Preferred Shares sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in connection with that
distribution.
Rights to Purchase Additional Shares. If Oi offers holders of its securities any rights to subscribe for additional Preferred
Shares or any other rights, the Depositary may make these rights available to Preferred ADS holders. If the Depositary
decides it is not legal and practical to make the rights available but that it is practical to sell the rights, the Depositary will
use reasonable efforts to sell the rights and distribute the proceeds in the same way as it does with cash. The Depositary will
allow rights that are not distributed or sold to lapse. In that case, you will receive no value for them.
If the Depositary makes rights available to Preferred ADS holders, it will exercise the rights and purchase the Preferred Shares on
your behalf. The Depositary will then deposit the Preferred Shares and deliver Preferred ADSs to the persons entitled to them. It
will only exercise rights if you pay it the exercise price and any other charges the rights require you to pay.
U.S. securities laws may restrict transfers and cancellation of the Preferred ADSs represented by Preferred Shares purchased upon
exercise of rights. For example, you may not be able to trade these Preferred ADSs freely in the United States. In this case, the
Depositary may deliver restricted depositary shares that have the same terms as the Preferred ADSs described in this section
except for changes needed to put the necessary restrictions in place.
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Other Distributions. The Depositary will send to Preferred ADS holders anything else Oi distributes on deposited securities
in any manner it may reasonably deem equitable and practicable for accomplishing such distribution. If in the opinion of
the Depositary such a distribution is deemed not to be feasible, the Depositary may either sell the property Oi distributed
and distribute the net proceeds in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as if such amount were a cash
dividend or other cash distribution or it may hold the distributed property, in which case Preferred ADSs will also represent
the newly distributed property. However, the Depositary is not required to distribute any securities (other than Preferred
ADSs) to Preferred ADS holders unless it receives satisfactory evidence from Oi that it is legal to make that distribution.
The Depositary may sell a portion of the distributed securities or property sufficient to pay its fees and expenses in
connection with that distribution.
The Depositary is not responsible if it decides that it is unlawful or impractical to make a distribution available to any Preferred
ADS holders. Oi has no obligation to register Preferred ADSs, Preferred Shares, rights or other securities under the Securities Act. Oi
also has no obligation to take any other action to permit the distribution of Preferred ADSs, Preferred Shares, rights or anything else to
Preferred ADS holders. This means that you may not receive the distributions Oi makes on Preferred Shares or any value for them if it
is illegal or impractical for Oi to make them available to you.
Deposit, Withdrawal and Cancellation
How are Preferred ADSs issued?
The Depositary will deliver Preferred ADSs if you or your broker deposits Preferred Shares or evidence of rights to receive
Preferred Shares with the custodian. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock
transfer taxes or fees, the Depositary will register the appropriate number of Preferred ADSs in the names you request and will deliver
the Preferred ADSs to or upon the order of the person or persons that made the deposit.
How can Preferred ADS holders withdraw the deposited securities?
You may surrender your Preferred ADSs at the Depositary’s corporate trust office. Upon payment of its fees and expenses and of
any taxes or charges, such as stamp taxes or stock transfer taxes or fees, the Depositary will deliver the Preferred Shares and any other
deposited securities underlying the Preferred ADSs to the Preferred ADS holder or a person the Preferred ADS holder designates at the
office of the custodian. Or, at your request, risk and expense, the Depositary will deliver the deposited securities at its corporate trust
office, if feasible.
Preferred ADS holders have the right to cancel their Preferred ADSs and withdraw the underlying Preferred Shares at any time
except:
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when temporary delays arise because: (1) the Depositary has closed its transfer books or Oi has closed its transfer books,
(2) the transfer of Preferred Shares is blocked to permit voting at a shareholders’ meeting, or (3) Oi is paying a dividend on
its Preferred Shares;
when you owe money to pay fees, taxes and similar charges; and
when it is necessary to prohibit withdrawals in order to comply with any U.S. or foreign laws or governmental regulations
that apply to Preferred ADSs or to the withdrawal of Preferred Shares or other deposited securities.
This right of withdrawal may not be limited by any other provision of the Preferred Deposit Agreement.
How do Preferred ADS holders interchange between certificated Preferred ADSs and uncertificated Preferred ADSs?
You may surrender your ADR to the Depositary for the purpose of exchanging your ADR for uncertificated Preferred ADSs. The
Depositary will cancel that ADR and will send to the Preferred ADS holder a statement confirming that the Preferred ADS holder is the
registered holder of uncertificated Preferred ADSs.
Upon receipt by the Depositary of a proper instruction from a registered holder of uncertificated Preferred ADSs requesting the
exchange of uncertificated Preferred ADSs for certificated Preferred ADSs, the Depositary will execute and deliver to the Preferred
ADS holder an ADR evidencing those Preferred ADSs.
Voting Rights
How do you vote?
The Preferred Shares do not entitle their holders to vote on any matter presented to a vote of shareholders of Oi except as set forth
under “Description of Share Capital—Description of Our Company’s By-laws—Voting Rights—Voting Rights of Preferred Shares”
Oi’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Preferred ADS holders do not have voting rights but may instruct the Depositary to vote the number of deposited Preferred Shares
their Preferred ADSs represent. The Depositary will notify Preferred ADS holders of shareholders’ meetings and arrange to deliver Oi’s
voting materials to them if Oi asks it to. Those materials will describe the matters to be voted on and explain how Preferred ADS
holders may instruct the Depositary how to vote. For instructions to be valid, they must reach the Depositary by a date set by the
Depositary.
Otherwise, you won’t be able to exercise your right to vote unless you withdraw the Preferred Shares. However, you may not
know about the meeting enough in advance to withdraw the Preferred Shares.
The Depositary will try, as far as practical, subject to the laws of Brazil and of Oi’s by-laws, to vote or to have its agents vote the
Preferred Shares or other deposited securities as instructed by Preferred ADS holders. The Depositary will only vote or attempt to vote
as instructed or as provided in the following sentence. If Oi requested the Depositary to solicit your voting instructions at least 30 days
before the meeting date but the Depositary does not receive your instructions by the date it set, the Depositary will consider you to have
given instructions to give a discretionary proxy to a person designated Oi by with respect to the number of Preferred Shares your
Preferred ADSs represent and the Depositary will give that discretionary proxy, except that the Depositary will not give a discretionary
proxy if Oi informs the Depositary that (i) Oi does not wish to receive it, (ii) substantial opposition to the question to be voted exists, or
(iii) that matter would materially and adversely affects the rights of holders of Preferred Shares.
Oi cannot assure you that you will receive the voting materials in time to ensure that you can instruct the Depositary to vote the
Preferred Shares represented by your Preferred ADSs . In addition, the Depositary and its agents are not responsible for failing to carry
out voting instructions or for the manner of carrying out voting instructions. This means that you may not be able to exercise your right
to vote the Preferred Shares represented by your Preferred ADSs and there may be nothing you can do if the Preferred Shares
represented by your Preferred ADSs are not voted as you requested.
In order to give you a reasonable opportunity to instruct the Depositary as to the exercise of voting rights relating to deposited
securities, if Oi requests the Depositary to act, Oi agrees to give the Depositary notice of any such meeting and details concerning the
matters to be voted upon at least 30 days in advance of the meeting date.
Payment of Taxes
You will be responsible for any taxes or other governmental charges payable on your Preferred ADSs or on the deposited
securities represented by any of your Preferred ADSs. The Depositary may refuse to register any transfer of your Preferred ADSs or
allow you to withdraw the deposited securities represented by your Preferred ADSs until such taxes or other charges are paid. The
Depositary may apply payments owed to you or sell deposited securities represented by your Preferred ADSs to pay any taxes owed and
you will remain liable for any deficiency. If the Depositary sells deposited securities represented by your Preferred ADSs, it will, if
appropriate, reduce the number of Preferred ADSs held by you to reflect the sale and pay to you any proceeds, or send to you any
property, remaining after it has paid the taxes.
Reclassifications, Recapitalizations and Mergers
If Oi:
• Change the nominal or par value of the Preferred Shares
• Reclassify, split up or consolidate any of the deposited securities
• Distribute securities on the Preferred Shares that are not
distributed to you
• Recapitalizes, reorganizes, merges, liquidates, sells all or
substantially all of its assets, or takes any similar action
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The cash, Preferred Shares or other securities received by the
Depositary will become deposited securities. Each Preferred
ADS will automatically represent its equal share of the new
deposited securities.
The Depositary may, and will if Oi asks it to, distribute some or
all of the cash, Preferred Shares or other securities it received. It
may also deliver new ADRs or ask you to surrender your
outstanding ADRs in exchange for new ADRs identifying the
new deposited securities.
Amendment and Termination
How may the Preferred Deposit Agreement be amended?
Oi may agree with the Depositary to amend the Preferred Deposit Agreement and the ADRs without your consent for any reason.
If an amendment adds or increases fees or charges, except for taxes and other governmental charges or expenses of the Depositary for
registration fees, facsimile costs, delivery charges or similar items, or prejudices a substantial right of Preferred ADS holders, it will not
become effective for outstanding Preferred ADSs until 30 days after the Depositary notifies Preferred ADS holders of the amendment.
At the time an amendment becomes effective, you are considered, by continuing to hold your Preferred ADSs, to agree to the
amendment and to be bound by the ADRs and the Preferred Deposit Agreement as amended.
How may the Preferred Deposit Agreement be terminated?
The Depositary will terminate the Preferred Deposit Agreement at Oi’s direction by mailing notice of termination to the applicable
Preferred ADS holders then outstanding at least 30 days prior to the date fixed in such notice for such termination. The Depositary may
also terminate the Preferred Deposit Agreement by mailing notice of termination to Oi and the applicable Preferred ADS holders if 60
days have passed since the Depositary told Oi it wants to resign but a successor depositary has not been appointed and accepted its
appointment.
The Depositary may terminate the Preferred Deposit Agreement on as little as 15 days’ notice if it believes it may be subject to
legal liability because Oi failed to provide information required by Brazilian government regulators.
After termination, the Depositary and its agents will do the following under the Preferred Deposit Agreement but nothing else:
collect distributions on the deposited securities, sell rights and other property, and deliver Preferred Shares and other deposited
securities upon cancellation of Preferred ADSs. Four months after termination, the Depositary may sell any remaining deposited
securities by public or private sale. After that, the Depositary will hold the money it received on the sale, as well as any other cash it is
holding under the Preferred Deposit Agreement for the pro rata benefit of the Preferred ADS holders that have not surrendered their
Preferred ADSs. It will not invest the money and has no liability for interest. The Depositary’s only obligations will be to account for
the money and other cash. After termination, Oi’s only obligations will be to indemnify the Depositary and to pay fees and expenses of
the Depositary that Oi agreed to pay.
Limitations on Obligations and Liability
Limits on Oi’s Obligations and the Obligations of the Depositary; Limits on Liability to Preferred ADS Holders
The Preferred Deposit Agreement expressly limits Oi’s obligations and the obligations of the Depositary. It also limits Oi’s
liability and the liability of the Depositary. Oi and the Depositary:
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are only obligated to take the actions specifically set forth in the Preferred Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad
faith;
are not liable if Oi is or the Depositary is prevented or delayed by law or circumstances beyond our control from
performing Oi’s or the Depositary’s obligations under the Preferred Deposit Agreement;
are not liable if Oi or the Depositary exercises discretion permitted under the Preferred Deposit Agreement;
are not liable for the inability of any Preferred ADS holder to benefit from any distribution on deposited securities that is
not made available to Preferred ADS holders under the terms of the Preferred Deposit Agreement, or for any special,
consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Preferred Deposit Agreement;
have no obligation to become involved in a lawsuit or other proceeding related to the Preferred ADSs or the Preferred
Deposit Agreement on your behalf or on behalf of any other person;
are not liable for the acts or omissions of any securities depositary, clearing agency or settlement system; and
may rely upon any documents Oi believes or the Depositary believes in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person.
In the Preferred Deposit Agreement, Oi and the Depositary agree to indemnify each other under certain circumstances.
Requirements for Depositary Actions
Before the Depositary will deliver or register a transfer of a Preferred ADS, make a distribution on a Preferred ADS, or permit
withdrawal of Preferred Shares, the Depositary may require:
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payment of stock transfer or other taxes or other governmental charges and transfer or registration fees charged by third
parties for the transfer of any Preferred Shares or other deposited securities;
satisfactory proof of the identity and genuineness of any signature or other information it deems necessary; and
compliance with regulations it may establish, from time to time, consistent with the Preferred Deposit Agreement, including
presentation of transfer documents.
The Depositary may refuse to deliver Preferred ADSs or register transfers of Preferred ADSs generally when the transfer books of
the Depositary or Oi’s transfer books are closed or at any time if the Depositary or Oi thinks it advisable to do so.
Direct Registration System
In the Preferred Deposit Agreement, all parties to the Preferred Deposit Agreement acknowledge that the DRS and Profile
Modification System, or Profile, will apply to uncertificated Preferred ADSs upon acceptance thereof to DRS by DTC. DRS is the
system administered by DTC pursuant to which the Depositary may register the ownership of uncertificated Preferred ADSs, which
ownership shall be evidenced by periodic statements sent by the Depositary to the registered holders of uncertificated Preferred ADSs.
Profile is a required feature of DRS which allows a DTC participant, claiming to act on behalf of a registered Preferred ADS holder, to
direct the Depositary to register a transfer of those Preferred ADSs to DTC or its nominee and to deliver those Preferred ADSs to the
DTC account of that DTC participant without receipt by the Depositary of prior authorization from the Preferred ADS holder to register
that transfer.
In connection with and in accordance with the arrangements and procedures relating to DRS/Profile, the parties to the Preferred
Deposit Agreement understand that the Depositary will not verify, determine or otherwise ascertain that the DTC participant which is
claiming to be acting on behalf of a Preferred ADS holder in requesting registration of transfer and delivery described in the paragraph
above has the actual authority to act on behalf of the Preferred ADS holder (notwithstanding any requirements under the Uniform
Commercial Code). In the Preferred Deposit Agreement, the parties agree that the Depositary’s reliance on and compliance with
instructions received by the Depositary through the DRS/Profile System and in accordance with the Preferred Deposit Agreement, shall
not constitute negligence or bad faith on the part of the Depositary.
Shareholder Communications; Inspection of Register of Holders of Preferred ADSs
The Depositary will make available for your inspection at its office all communications that it receives from Oi as a holder of
deposited securities that Oi makes generally available to holders of deposited securities. The Depositary will send you copies of those
communications if Oi asks it to. You have a right to inspect the register of Preferred ADS holders, but not for the purpose of contacting
those holders about a matter unrelated to Oi’s business or the Preferred ADSs.
Jury Trial Waiver
The Preferred Deposit Agreement provides that, to the extent permitted by law, Preferred ADS holders waive the right to a jury
trial of any claim they may have against Oi or the Depositary arising out of or relating to Preferred Shares, the Preferred ADSs or the
Preferred Deposit Agreement, including any claim under the U.S. federal securities laws. If Oi or the Depositary opposed a jury trial
demand based on the waiver, the court would determine whether the waiver was enforceable in the facts and circumstances of that case
in accordance with applicable case law.
Subsidiaries of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
Name of Subsidiary
Telemar Norte Leste S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
Portugal Telecom International Finance B.V. – In Judicial Reorganization
Oi Brasil Holdings Coöperatief U.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
Rio Alto Gestão de Créditos e Participações S.A.
CVTEL B.V.
Carrigans Finance S.à R.L.
PT Participações SGPS, S.A.
Oi Móvel S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization
Bryophyta SP Participações Ltda.
Oi Serviços Financeiros S.A.
SEREDE – Serviços de Rede S.A.
Brasil Telecom Comunicação Multimídia Ltda.
Dommo Empreendimentos Imobiliários Ltda.
Brasil Telecom Call Center S.A.
BrT Card Serviços Financeiros Ltda.
Paggo Empreendimentos S.A.
Paggo Administradora Ltda.
Paggo Acquirer Gestão de Meios de Pagamentos Ltda.
Cozani RJ Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A
Caliteia RJ Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A.
Drammem RJ Empreendimentos Imobiliários S.A.
Pointer Networks S.A.
Vex WiFi Canadá Ltd.
Pointer Peru S.A.C.
Vex USA, Inc.
Vex Venezuela, C.A.
Oi Investimentos Internacionais, S.A.
Telecomunicações Públicas de Timor, S.A.
Timor Telecom, S.A.
Africatel GmbH & Co. KG
Africatel Management GmbH
Africatel Holdings BV
Directel – Listas Telefónicas Internacionais, Lda.
Companhia Santomense de Telecomunicações SARL
STP Cabo SARL
Kenya Postel Directories Limited
ELTA – Empresa de Listas Telefónicas de Angola, Lda.
Lista Telefónicas de Moçambique, Limitada
Directel Cabo Verde, Lda.
Companhia ACT de Participações
Companhia AIX de Participações
Paggo Soluções e Meios de Pagamentos S.A.
Exhibit 8.01
Jurisdiction of Incorporation
Brazil
The Netherlands
The Netherlands
Brazil
The Netherlands
Luxembourg
Portugal
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
Canada
Peru
United States
Venezuela
Portugal
Portugal
Timor
Germany
Germany
The Netherlands
Portugal
São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe
Kenya
Angola
Mozambique
Cape Verde
Brazil
Brazil
Brazil
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 12.01
I, Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu, certify that:
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I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (the “Report”);
Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this Report;
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented
in this Report;
The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
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(b)
(c)
(d)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
Report based on such evaluation; and
Disclosed in this Report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s
internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
(a)
(b)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 30, 2020
/s/ Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Chief Executive Officer
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 12.02
I Camille Loyo Faria, certify that:
1.
2.
3.
4.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (the “Report”);
Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with
respect to the period covered by this Report;
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented
in this Report;
The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures
(as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange
Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under
our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made
known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be
designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our
conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this
Report based on such evaluation; and
Disclosed in this Report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s
internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial
reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):
(a)
(b)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting
which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the
company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Date: April 30, 2020
/s/ Camille Loyo Faria
Camille Loyo Faria
Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
Exhibit 13.01
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of Title 18, United
States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Oi S.A. – In Judicial Reorganization (the “Company”), do hereby certify, to such
officer’s knowledge, that:
The annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 of the Company (the “Report”) fully complies with
the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Report fairly
presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: April 30, 2020
/s/ Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Name: Rodrigo Modesto de Abreu
Title: Chief Executive Officer
/s/ Camille Loyo Faria
Name: Camille Loyo Faria
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer