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                                                                    SCHEDULE 1.2

                            CONTAX PARTICIPACOES S.A.
                          CNPJ/MF n 04.032.433/0001-80
                               NIRE 33.30027541-0
                             A Publicly-held Company

               MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
                             HELD ON AUGUST 17, 2005

1)   DATE, PLACE AND TIME: held at 5 pm on August 17, 2005 in the Contax
     Participacoes S.A. Headquarters ("Company") located at Praia de Botafogo,
     300, 11 andar, sala 1101 (part of), Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

2)   AGENDA: (a) To approve a split of the shares issued by the Company and (b)
     to approve an increase in the maximum number of members of the Company's
     Board of Directors.

3)   ATTENDANCE: Call notice not required, given the presence of the
     shareholders representing the totality of the shares issued by the Company,
     including the preferred shares with no voting rights, as shown by the
     signatures present in the Company's Shareholders' Attendance Book.

4)   DESK: Chairman: Michel Neves Sarkis; Secretary: Rodrigo Panico

5)   DECISIONS: By a unanimous decision of the shareholders present,
     representing the totality of the shares issued by the Company, and with no
     reservations by any of the shareholders, the following decisions were
     taken:

     i)   Approval of the recording of these minutes in summary format, as
          provided for by article 130, Section 1, of Law no. 6,404/76.

     ii)  To approve a split of the shares issued by the Company, regardless of
          kind, resulting in the issuing of 2,318,240 new shares, of which
          772,758 are common shares and 1,545,482 are preferred shares, which
          shares are hereby attributed in full to the Company's controlling
          shareholder Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. ("TNL"). The remaining
          shareholders of the Company, Telemar Participacoes S.A. and the
          members of the Board of Directors, have waived their right to the
          shares to which they would be entitled by reason of the share split
          approved at this meeting. The share split is required in function of
          the decision to implement a reduction in TNL's capital, approved at an
          Extraordinary General Meeting of TNL's shareholders on December 29,
          2004, by means of delivery of shares in the Company to shareholders in
          TNL at a rate of 1:1 (one share in the Company for each share in TNL,
          of the same kind held by the TNL shareholders). Accordingly, the
          corporate capital of the Company shall hereafter be represented by
          382,121,717 nominative book shares without par value, of which
          127,373,917 are common shares and 254,747,800 are preferred shares,
          all book-entry, registered shares with no par value. The shares
          originating from this share split will enjoy under equal conditions
          all of the benefits, including dividends and any remuneration of
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          capital that comes to be approved by the company, with the preferred
          shares originating from this split enjoying the right to the dividend
          approved at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on April
          29, 2005.

     iii) By virtue of the resolution set out in item (i) above, the
          introductory paragraph of article 5 of the Company's Bylaws shall
          hereafter read as follows:

     "ARTICLE 5 - The capital of the Company is R$ 223,873,116.10 (two hundred
     and twenty-three million, eight hundred and seventy-three thousand, one
     hundred and sixteen reais and ten centavos), divided into 382,121,717
     (three hundred and eighty-two million, one hundred and twenty-one thousand,
     seven hundred and seventeen) nominative book shares without par value, of
     which 127,373,917

     (one hundred and twenty-seven million, three hundred and seventy-three
     thousand, nine hundred and seventeen) are common shares and 254,747,800
     (two hundred and fifty-four million, seven hundred and forty-seven thousand
     and eight hundred) are preferred shares, all book-entry, registered shares
     with no par value."

     iv)  To authorize the Company's management to take such action as may be
          required to cause the financial institution with which the Company's
          shares are deposited to implement the resolution approved in item (ii)
          above.

     v)   To approve an increase in the maximum number of members of the
          Company's Board of Directors, which may hereafter be composed of up to
          11 (eleven) members.

     vi)  By virtue of the resolution set out in item (v) above, the
          introductory paragraph of article 13 of the Company's Bylaws shall
          hereafter read as follows:

     "ARTICLE 13 - The Board of Directors shall be composed of up to 11 (eleven)
     members and an equal number of alternates, all of whom shall be
     shareholders and shall have the title of Director. The Directors shall be
     elected by the shareholders in general meeting for a term of three (3)
     years, re-election being permitted. The shareholders in general meeting may
     remove any Director at any time."

6)   CLOSURE: With no further items on the agenda, clarification was made that
     the Company's management will at the opportune time communicate the date on
     which the shares in the Company will be delivered to the shareholders of
     TNL, and subsequently the drawing up of these present Minutes in summary
     format was authorized, which, after being read and found in compliance,
     were signed by the attending shareholders, who authorized their publication
     without the respective signatures, pursuant to Article 130, paragraph 2, of
     Law 6,404/76.

    This is a free translation of the minutes filed in the Company's records.

                        Rio de Janeiro, August 17, 2005.

                                 Rodrigo Panico
                                    Secretary


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