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**Exhibit 1.1**

**BYLAWS ATTACHED TO THE MINUTES OF THE EXTRAORDINARY AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING HELD ON APRIL 28, 2006.**

**NET SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO S.A.Corporate Taxpayer’s ID (CNPJ) 00.108.786/0001-65Corporate Registry ID (NIRE) 35.300.177.240**

**BYLAWS******

**CHAPTER I – NAME, HEADQUARTERS, PURPOSE AND DURATION******

Art. 1. – NET SERVIÇOS DE COMUNICAÇÃO S.A. is a joint-stock company ruled by these Bylaws and applicable legislation. 

Art. 2 – The Company has its jurisdiction in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, and shall, by resolution of the Board of Directors, transfer the address of the Company’s headquarters,****open, maintain and closebranches, offices, warehouses and representation agencies in any part of the Brazilian territory or abroad. 

Art. 3 – The purpose of the Company is to hold interests in other companies that do business (a) in the local distribution of pay TV signals, as well as in the access provision to its subscribers to value-added services, (b) in the provision ofother telecommunications services, (c) in any other means of signal distribution of any kind, through its local network, (d) in the production of its own local channels. The Company also has as purpose the provision of all services, to itssubsidiaries, inserted in the corporate, administrative, financial and consulting support context. The Company shall also participate in other companies which have the same activities, as well as those accessories to these ones, such as import,export and representation. 

Art. 4 – The Company’s duration is indeterminate.

**CHAPTER II – CAPITAL STOCK AND SHARES**

Art. 5 – The Company’s Capital Stock is R$3,474,272,185.28 (three billion, four hundred, seventy-four million, two hundred, seventy-two thousand, one hundred, eighty-five reais and twenty-eight centavos), divided into 107,548,340 (onehundred, seven million, five hundred, forty-eight thousand, three hundred and forty) common shares and 156,095,904 (one hundred, fifty-six million, ninety-five thousand, nine hundred and four) preferred shares, all non-par registered book-entryshares. The Capital Stock shall be increased by up to R$5,000,000,000.00 (five billion reais), regardless of statutory amendment, as provided for by the Article 168 of the Law 6,404/76, by resolution of the Board of Directors, which shall determinethe issuance conditions, under the terms of the paragraph 1 of the Article 170 of the Law 6,404/76. 

Paragraph 1 – Preferred shares shall be entitled to vote exclusively in the following matters: (a) transformation, takeover, merger or spin-off of the Company; (b) evaluation of assets destined for the Company’s capital increasesubscription; (c) selection of a specialized company to determine the economic value of the Company’s shares, under the terms of the Article 9 (iv) of these Bylaws; and (d) amendment or revocation of provisions of these Bylaws which result inthe non-compliance, by the Company, with the requirements provided for by the Section IV, item 4.1 of the Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices Rules - Level 2 (hereinafter referred to as “Level 2 Rules”), issued by the SãoPaulo Stock Exchange (“BOVESPA”). 

Paragraph 2 – Preferred shares shall also be entitled to vote with respect to the approval of agreements between the Company and its controlling shareholder, directly or by means of third parties, as well as other companies in which thecontrolling shareholder has an interest, whenever, in future, by legal or statutory provision, the approval of such agreements is resolved at a General Meeting. 

Paragraph 3 – Preferred shares are entitled to: (i) receipt of cash dividends 10% (ten percent) higher than those paid to common shares; (ii) priority in the reimbursement in the event of the Company’s liquidation, without premium, for theshareholders’ equity; and (iii) equal treatment to that one given to shareholders who exercise the effective power to conduct the business and guide the operation of the Company’s bodies, directly or indirectly, in fact or by law(“Control Power”), in the event of disposal of this Control Power, under the terms of the Article 27, *caput*, of these Bylaws. 

Paragraph 4 – As the preferred share do not have a fixed or mandatory dividend, they shall not be acquire the voting right exercise whether the Company fails to pay dividends, and the provisions in the paragraph 1 of the Article 111 of the Law6,404/76 shall not be applicable. 

Paragraph 5 – Preferred shares shall participate in equal conditions to the common shares in the bonus distribution and shall represent up to 2/3 (two thirds) of the total shares issued by the Company. The proportion previously existing amongstcommon and preferred shares shall be changed in their issuance. 

Paragraph 6 – The issuance of shares or debentures convertible into shares or subscription bonus, placement of which is made by means of sale in stock exchange or public subscription or exchange for shares in control acquisition publicoffering, by operation of law, shall exclude the preemptive right in the subscription or reduce the minimum legal term. 

Paragraph 7 – The Company shall, by resolution of the General Meeting, grant a stock option in favor of the managers and employees or to individuals who provide services to companies under its control. 

Paragraph 8 – Shares issued by the Company shall be maintained in deposit accounts, on behalf of their holders, in institutions accredited by the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission (*Comissão de Valores Mobiliários*- CVM), as book-entry shares, without issue of certificates, and the Board of Directors shall determine the period in which shareholders present outstanding share certificates for cancellation and corresponding conversion into book-entry shares.The Company or the depositary institution shall charge shareholders for the cost of certificate issuance services or share ownership transfer, in compliance with legal and regulation limits, as provided for by the Articles 34 and 35 of the Law6,404/76 and their respective paragraphs. 

**CHAPTER III – GENERAL MEETING******

Art. 6 – The General Meeting has powers to decide about all matters relating to the Company’s purpose and take the resolutions deemed appropriate to its defense and development, which shall be summoned at least 15 (fifteen) days inadvance.

Art. 7 – The General Meeting shall be convened and chaired by the Chairman of the Board of Directors and, in his absence or impediment, by another member of the Board of Directors or, in the absence of these members, by any of theCompany’s executive officers attending the meeting. 

Sole Paragraph – The Chairman of the Meeting shall appoint one or more secretaries. 

Art. 8 – The Annual General Meeting shall be held within the first four months following the end of the fiscal year, and it shall be incumbent upon the matters of its authority, provided for by the law. 

Art. 9 – The Extraordinary General Meeting shall be held whenever the interests of the Company require a decision by the shareholders and in the cases provided for by the law and by these Bylaws, and the General Meeting shall resolve on thefollowing matters: (i) rendering of surety, aval guarantee or other guarantee in favor of third parties which do not take part in the Company’s group of controlled and associated companies (understood as associated companies only those in whichthe Company and its controlled companies participate in the capital stock with more than 10% (ten percent), excluding those taking part in the Company’s capital stock and/or in its controlled companies’ capital stock); (ii) cancellation of the Company’s registration as a publicly-held company with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission – CVM; (iii) discontinuity of Level 2 differentiated corporate governance practices (withdrawal from BOVESPA Level2); and (iv) selection of the specialized company, within those indicated by the Board of Directors, responsible for preparing a economic evaluation report of the Company’s share value, for the purposes of the public offerings dealt with in theChapter VIII and Chapter IX of these Bylaws.

Sole Paragraph – The choice of the specialized company or institution dealt with in the item (iv) of this Article 9 is a private competence of the general meeting, from the presentation, by the Board of Directors, of a three-name list, and therespective resolution, not computing the blank votes, and each share shall be incumbent, regardless of type or class, upon the right of one vote, must be taken by the majority vote of the shareholders representing the outstanding shares issued bythe Company attending this resolution, which if instated in first call must count on the attendance of shareholders who represent, at least, 20% (twenty percent) of total outstanding shares, or that if instated in second call may count on theattendance of any number of shareholders representing the outstanding shares. For the purposes of the resolution provided for in this sole paragraph, it is understood as outstanding shares those issued by the Company, except the shares held by thecontrolling shareholder, by people connected to the controlling shareholder, by the Company’s managers and those held in treasury.

**CHAPTER IV – MANAGEMENT OF THE COMPANY******

Art. 10 – The Company shall be managed by a Board of Directors and a Board of Executive Officers. 

Paragraph 1 – The managers are invested in office by means of the instruments drawn up in the Book of the Minutes of the Board of Directors or the Board of Executive Officers’ Meetings, as the case may be, with their declarations that: (i)they took cognizance of the shareholders’ agreements duly registered at the Company’s headquarters, referred to in the Article 38 of these Bylaws, and (ii) they undertake to comply with their full content. 

Paragraph 2 – The investiture of the managers shall be conditional upon the previous subscription of the Instrument of Agreement of the Managers mentioned in the BOVESPA Level 2 Rules. 

Paragraph 3 – The General Meeting shall determine the global amount of the managers’ compensation, which shall be distributed in compliance with the provisions in the Article 15, item V, of these Bylaws. 

Art. 11 – The Board of Directors shall be composed of, at least, 09 (nine) and, at most, 12 (twelve) sitting members and equal number of alternate members, and, at least, 20% (twenty percent) of its members must be Independent Members, asdefined in the Level 2 Rules, all shareholders, elected by the General Meeting and dismissed by it at any time, for a common term of office of 1 (one) year, reelection being permitted. 

Sole Paragraph – The members of the Board of Directors shall be invested in office upon signing of the respective instrument, drawn up in the Company’s records. 

Art. 12 – The Board of Directors shall have a Chairman, who shall be elected by the majority of votes of its members immediately after his investiture. 

Sole Paragraph – The replacement of the Chairman of the Board of Directors shall comply with the same criteria set forth for his election, under the terms of the *caput* of this Article. 

Article 13 – The Board of Directors shall meet, ordinarily, at least once in every quarter and, extraordinarily, whenever necessary, at the call of any of its members by letter, telegram, fax or in person, at least 5 (five) days in advance. 

Art. 14 – The Board of Directors shall be convened, shall function and resolve validly by the favorable vote of the majority of its elected members. 

Sole Paragraph – The decisions of the Board of Directors shall be set out in Minutes, which shall be signed by all attending members. 

Art. 15 – It is incumbent upon the Board of Directors to: 

I – determine the general guidance of the Company’s business, by approving the basic guidelines, policy and objectives for all the main operating areas of the Company and its controlled companies. 

II – approve the business plans of the Company and its controlled companies, the annual budgets, investment plans, covering all the expansion programs of the Company and its controlled companies, financial policy and plans, as well as rulesconcerning indebtedness level and other commitments related to indebtedness and the Company, including conditions for contracting new debt and the hedge policy adopted by the Company. 

III – elect and dismiss the Company’s Officers and establish their duties. 

IV – supervise the Officers’ management, examine, at any time, the Company’s books and documents, request information on existing contracts or contracts about to be executed, and on any other acts. 

V – attribute, at the global amount of the compensation established by the General Meeting, the monthly fees to each one of the members of Company’s Management. 

VI – attribute to Management’s members their profit sharing installment determined in balance sheets drawn up by the Company, including interim ones, in compliance with the limitations and statutory and legal provisions. VII – give its opinion on Management’s report and the Board of Executive Officers’ accounts and authorize the interim dividend distribution and, whether dividends are distributed based on an interim balance sheet, establish the profitsharing the managers shall be entitled to.

VIII – choose and dismiss the independent auditors. 

IX – call a General Meeting when deemed convenient or by legal or statutory requirement. 

X – set forth the vote to be cast by the Company at the General Meetings and previously approve amendments to the articles of association of the Companies in which it participates as a partner, Shareholder or Quotaholder, inclusively approvingthe choice of the managers of controlled or associated companies to be elected with the vote of the Company’s representatives, always complying with the provision in the sole paragraph of the previous Article. 

XI – submit to the General Meeting’s provision the proposal for amendments to these Bylaws. 

XII – determine the general criterion for remuneration of management and senior management employees (understood as superintendents or equivalent management positions) of company in which the Company has made an investment or the Companiesdirectly or indirectly controlled by the Company. 

XIII – set forth the compensation and benefit policy (including indirect benefits, profit and/or sales sharing) of the managers and employees in general of the Corporation in which the Company has made an investment or the Companies directly orindirectly controlled by the Company, or associated to its controlled companies, in compliance with the provisions in the existing agreements. 

XIV – make decisions relating to the investment policies of the Company and the Corporations in which the Company has made an investment or the Companies directly or indirectly controlled by the Company or associated to its controlledcompanies. 

XV – decide about the capital structure of the Company and the Corporations in which the Company has made an investment or the Companies directly or indirectly controlled by the Company, or associated to it or its controlled companies. 

XVI – choose the principal executive of the Company and the Corporations in which the Company has made investments or the Companies directly or indirectly controlled by the Company, or associated to it or to its controlled companies. 

XVII – designate one of the members of the Board of Executive Officers to represent the Company in acts and transactions in Brazil or abroad, or authorize an attorney-in-fact to be constituted only for the practice of specific act, and theminutes containing the resolution of the Board shall be filed with the Trade Board, whether necessary. 

 XVIII – authorize the acquisition of shares issued by the Company itself, for purposes of cancellation or permanence in treasury and subsequent disposal, in compliance with the pertinent legal provisions. 

XIX – approve the issuance of simple debentures, not convertible into shares and with no real security. 

XX – define and present to the General Meeting the list of three firms specialized in economic valuation of companies, for the preparation of the evaluation report of the Company’s shares by the economic value referred to in the Article 33of these Bylaws. 

XXI – approve the execution of agreements amongst the Company and the controlling shareholder, directly or indirectly controlled or controlling parts of the controlling shareholders. 

XXII – approve the contracting policy involving the controlling shareholder, directly or indirectly controlled or controlling parts of the controlling shareholder. 

XXIII – approve the execution, by the Company, of content and programming agreements, as well as the maintenance and renewal of such agreements. 

Art. 16 – The Board of Executive Officers shall be composed of no fewer than 3 (three) and no more than 4 (four) Officers, shareholders or not, domiciled in Brazil, elected by the Board of Directors and dismissed by it at any time, one of whomshall be the General officer, one the Financial Officer, one Operation Officer and one Officer without an specific designation, whose title and functions shall be defined by the Board of Directors at the time of his/her election. All officers shallhave a term of office of 2 (two) years and may be reelected. 

Paragraph 1 – The attributions of the Officers shall be specified by the Board of Directors, which shall also set forth the fixed compensation of each member of the Board of Executive Officers and shall distribute, when applicable, the profitsharing determined by the General Meeting. 

Paragraph 2 – In the event of a vacancy in the position of Officer, or incapacity of the sitting member, the Board of Directors shall elect the new Officer or designate his/her alternate member, determining, in any case, his/her term of office.

Paragraph 3 – It is incumbent upon the Board of Executive Officers to exercise the attributions that the Law, the Bylaws and the Board of Directors confer upon them for the practice of the acts necessary to the Company’s regular operation.

Paragraph 4 – The terms of office shall always be signed by 2 (two) Officers and granted for specific purposes or by a defined term, not exceeding one year, except those comprising the powers of the clause *ad judicia*. 

Paragraph 5 – The Board of Executive Officers shall meet whenever necessary, but at least once every month, and the call is incumbent upon the General Officer, who shall also chair the meeting. 

Paragraph 6 – The meeting shall be convened with the attendance of Officers representing the majority of members of the Board of Directors.

Paragraph 7 – The minutes of the meetings and the resolutions of the Board of Directors shall be drawn up in the Company’s records. 

Paragraph 8 – The Board of Executive Officers shall have powers to resolve on the issuance, by the Company, of Promissory Notes (commercial papers), to be traded in Brazil or abroad. 

Art. 17 – It is specifically incumbent upon the: 

I – General Officer 

a) to submit to the approval of the Board of Directors working plans, annual budgets, investment plans and new expansion programs of the Company and its controlled companies and cause them to be carried out in the terms approved. 

b) to formulate the Company’s strategies and guidelines, as well as to set forth criteria for the execution of the resolutions of the General Meeting and the Board of Directors , with the participation of the other Officers. 

c) to supervise all the Company’s activities. 

d) to coordinate and supervise the activities of the Board of Executive Officers, calling and chairing its meetings. 

e) to exercise the other specific attributions conferred upon him/her by the Board of Directors. 

II – Operation Officer: 

a) to conduct and manage all the Company’s operating activities with the other Officers’ collaboration.

b) to formulate, jointly with the General Officer, the Company’s operating strategies and guidelines. 

c) to exercise the other specific attributions conferred upon him/her by the Board of Directors. 

d) to replace the General Officer in his/her absences or temporary impediments.

Art. 18 – It is incumbent upon the other Officers the specific attributions conferred upon them by the Board of Directors. 

Art. 19 – All acts that create responsibility for the Company, or release third parties from obligations to the Company, shall be valid only if: 

I) signed by two members of the Board of Officers. II) jointly signed by one member of the Board of Executive Officers and one attorney-in-fact of the Company.III) jointly signed by two attorneys-in-fact of the Company. 

Sole Paragraph – The Company may be separately represented by any member of the Board of Executive Officers, without the formalities provided for in this article, in the event of receipt of judicial summons or notice and in the rendering oftestimony. 

**CHAPTER V – AUDIT COMMITTEE**

Art. 20 – The Company shall have a permanent Audit Committee, elected and convened by the general meeting, which shall be comprised of at least 3 (three) and at most 5 (five) sitting members, with an equal number of alternate members, all ofwhom shall be individuals domiciled in Brazil and holders of an undergraduate degree, or who have held for at least 3 (three) years the position of business administrator or Audit Director; at least 1 (one) amongst them shall be a financialspecialist.

Paragraph 1 – The members of the Audit Committee and their alternates shall hold these positions up until the first annual general meeting held after their election. They are eligible for reelection.

Paragraph 2 – The following persons are not eligible for the Audit Committee, in addition to those persons listed in the paragraphs of the Article 147 of the Law 6,404/76: members of administrative bodies and employees of the Company, itscontrolled companies or companies from the same group, and spouses or relatives, up to the third degree, of members of the Company’s management.

Paragraph 3 – The members of the Audit Committee shall be invested in office by means of the execution of a deed of appointment drawn up in the Book of Minutes and Opinions of the Audit Committee, which deed shall include a declaration by thelatter that (i) they are aware of the shareholders’ agreements duly registered at the Company’s headquarters, mentioned in the Article 37 hereof, and (ii) they undertake to observe the full content of said agreements.

Paragraph 4 – The investiture of the members of the Audit Committee shall be subject to a prior subscription to the Deed of Consent of the Members of the Audit Committee mentioned in the BOVESPA Level 2 Rules.

Paragraph 5 – The Audit Committee shall have a Chairman elected by a majority vote of its members, immediately after they are invested in office.

Art. 21 – The remuneration of the members of the Audit Committee, as well as its annual budget, shall be approved by the general meeting that elects them.

Art. 22**–**The Audit Committee shall meet ordinarily once a month, and extraordinarily whenever corporate interests require its members to pronounce themselves and in the cases provided for by the law and by these bylaws, by means of asummons conveyed through an electronic message, 7 (seven) days ahead of time, issued by the Chairman of the Audit Committee or by any of its members, pursuant to its Bylaws.

Art. 23 - It is incumbent upon the Audit Committee to: 

I) propose to the Board of Directors the appointment of independent auditors and of the person responsible for the Company’s internal auditing, as well as to oversee their activities under the terms hereof, in conjunction with theCompany’s Management;

II) issue its opinion of the Company’s auditing policies and annual auditing plan, submitted by the party responsible for the Company’s internal auditing, as well as their execution;

III) monitor the results of the Company’s internal auditing and identify, prioritize and propose to the Board of Directors actions to be taken in connection with the Board of Executive Officers;

IV) supervise the work of the independent auditors; 

V) set forth procedures for receiving, maintaining and addressing complaints and accusations regarding accounting practices, internal accounting controls and auditing problems, including procedures that enable the submission of confidential andanonymous complaints and accusations by the Company’s employees concerning questionable accounting practices and auditing problems;

VI) select an external consultant to help to verify any fact, clarification of which is necessary in order for it to perform its functions better, defining the fees at a reasonable level that reflects what is current in the market and compatiblewith the Company’s economic dimensions, which fees shall be paid by the latter;

VII) meet, at least once a quarter, with the independent auditors, in order to obtain clarifications or information, as well as to verify specific facts;

VIII)  ensure compliance with the Audit Committee’s Bylaws;

IX) help to implement or change the Company’s accounting practices;

X) oversee, through any of its members, the actions of the company’s management and check on the fulfillment of its legal and statutory duties;

XI) issue its opinion of the annual management report, including in its opinion the complementary information it considers necessary or useful for the deliberations of the general meeting;

XII) issue its opinion regarding the proposals of the management bodies, to be submitted to the general meeting, concerning changes in the company’s capital structure, the issuance of subscription warrants or debentures, investment plans orcapital budgets, distribution of dividends, transformation, incorporation, merger or spin-off;

XIII) disclose through any of its members to the management bodies and, if the latter fail to take the necessary measures for protecting the Company’s interests, to the general meeting, the errors, fraud or crimes that it may discover andpropose that measures useful to the Company be taken;

XIV) call an annual general meeting if the management bodies delay calling this meeting by more than 1 (one) month, and call an extraordinary general meeting, whenever grave or urgent matters so require, including in the order of the day of thesemeetings those subjects that it deems necessary;

XV) analyze, at least once per quarter, the trial balance sheet and the other financial statements periodically prepared by the Company;

XVI) examine the financial statements for the fiscal year and issue an opinion of them;

XVII) exercise the duties conferred upon it, as described in this chapter, during liquidation, given the special provisions that regulate the latter;

XVIII) attend the meetings of the Board of Directors and of the Board of Executive Officers at which the following are discussed: (i) the Company’s annual management report; (ii) any changes to the company’s capital stock, the issuance ofsubscription warrants or debentures, the investment plans or capital budgets, the distribution of dividends, the transformation, incorporation, merger or spin-off of the Company; and (iii) the financial statements for the fiscal year.

**CHAPTER VI – FISCAL YEAR, BALANCE SHEET AND RESULTS**

Art. 24 – The fiscal year shall have a duration of one year and shall terminate on the last day of December in each year. 

Art. 25 – At the end of each fiscal year the financial statements provided for by the law shall be prepared on the basis of the commercial books of the Company. 

Paragraph 1 – The Board of Directors shall determine that balance sheets be drawn up on a half-yearly basis or, subject to legal principles, for lesser periods and approve the payment of dividends on the basis of profits shown on such balancesheets. 

Paragraph 2 – The Board of Directors shall also, at any time, determine that interim dividends shall be paid on account of accumulated profits or profit reserves shown on the last annual or half-yearly balance sheet. 

Art. 26 – From the results of the year there shall be deducted, before any participation in profits, any accumulated losses and provision for income tax. 

Paragraph 1 – On the remaining income determined by means of the *caput* of this Article, the bonus grant shall be calculated, up to the maximum legal limit.

Paragraph 2 – Of the net profits of the year, after the deduction referred to in the preceding paragraph, a) 5% (five percent) shall be allocated to the Legal Reserve, provided, however, that the Legal Reserve shall not exceed 20% (twentypercent) of the paid-in capital of the Company; b) 25% (twenty-five percent), after adjustment in accordance with the Article 202 of the Law 6,404/76, shall be allocated for payment of mandatory dividends to all Shareholders, subject to theprovisions in the paragraph 3 of the Article 5 of these Bylaws. 

Paragraph 3 – After allocation in the manner provided for in the preceding paragraph, the remaining balance shall, upon proposal submitted by the Board of Directors and approved by the shareholders in the General Meeting, be allocated to asupplementary reserve to support working capital and for future appropriation to the capital of the Company. The amount of such reserve shall not exceed the capital stock of the Company. 

**CHAPTER VII – DISPOSAL OF CONTROL POWER******

Art. 27 – Disposal of shares that ensure Control Power to the controlling shareholder, in a single transaction or through successive transactions, shall be made subject to a suspensive or dissolving condition that the acquiring party undertakesto carry out a public offering to acquire the shares held by all other shareholders of the Company, in compliance with the conditions and terms provided for in the current legislation and in the BOVESPA Level 2 Rules, so as to ensure them equaltreatment given to the shareholder selling the shares. 

Paragraph 1 – There is a relevant assumption of the Control Power ownership in relation to the person, or group of persons connected by a shareholders’ agreement or under common control (Group of Shareholders) who is a holder of shareswhich have ensured them the absolute majority of the votes of the shareholders attending the last three General Meetings of shareholders of the Company, even though the person, controlling shareholder or group of persons under common control doesnot hold shares ensuring him/her the absolute majority of the voting capital of the Company. 

Paragraph 2 – The trading of shares amongst the members of the Group of Shareholders that exercise Control Power, even if such trading results in consolidation of Control Power in a single shareholder, does not constitute a transfer of ControlPower and, accordingly, does not give rise to the obligations to carry out a public offering under the terms of the *caput* of this Article. 

Paragraph 3 – In the case of acquisition of shares held by one or more shareholders of the Group of Shareholders who exercise the Control Power by a third party, the public offering referred to in the *caput* of this Article shall only berequired after the acquisition of the number of shares necessary to the exercise of the Control Power. 

Paragraph 4 – In the assumption that the Company’s Control Power is exercised by more than one shareholder, the obligation provided for in the *caput* of this Article shall not be required if the acquiring party starts holding theControl Power jointly with the other shareholder(s) who have already exercised the Control Power, but does (do) not hold votes necessary to the individual exercise of the Control Power. 

Paragraph 5 – For the purposes of the provisions in the paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article, the number of shares and/or votes necessary to the exercise of the Control Power is understood the percentage equivalent to the quorum qualified forresolutions set forth in shareholders’ agreement filed with the Company’s headquarters. 

Art. 28 – The public offering for acquisition of shares referred to in the Article 27 of these Bylaws shall also be required whenever there is an remunerated assignment for share subscription rights or other rights or instruments in connectionwith securities convertible into shares that results in the disposal of shares that ensure the Company’s Control Power. 

Sole Paragraph – The determination as to whether a transfer of Control Power has occurred under the terms of this Article shall be made on the basis of the provisions in the paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Article 27. 

Art. 29 – Subject to the sole paragraph of this Article, the public offering for acquisition of shares referred to in the Article 27 shall also be required in the event of disposal of control of the Company’s controlling shareholder to athird party. In that assumption, the controlling shareholder shall be obliged to declare to BOVESPA the value attributed to the Company in connection with the disposal of its Control Power, and shall provide BOVESPA with documentation to supportthis value. 

Sole Paragraph – The determination as to whether a transfer of Control Power has occurred under the terms of this Article shall be made on the basis of the provisions in the paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Article 27. 

Art. 30 – Any shareholder that holds shares in the Company and that acquires its Control Power by means of a private agreement for purchase of shares entered into with the controlling shareholder, involving any number of shares, shall beobligated to (i) carry out a public offering under the terms of the Article 27 of these Bylaws, and (ii) reimburse shareholders from whom the he/she has purchased shares on the stock exchange in the 6 (six) months prior to the date of disposal of Company’s Control Power, to whom he/she shall pay the difference between the price paid to the controlling shareholder who held the Company’s Control Power and the amount paid on the stockexchange for shares the Company’s shares during the said period, duly adjusted. 

Sole Paragraph – The determination as to whether a transfer of Control Power has occurred under the terms of this Article shall be made on the basis of the provisions in the paragraphs 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the Article 27. 

**CHAPTER VIII – REGISTRATION CANCELLATION OF********PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY**

Art. 31 – Without prejudice to the legal and regulatory provisions, the registration cancellation of the Company as a publicly-held company with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission – CVM shall be preceded by a public offeringfor acquisition of shares at a price that is no less than the value of the Company and its shares as determined in an evaluation report prepared by a specialized firm, by means of the use of a recognized methodology or other criterion that shall bedefined by the CVM. 

Sole Paragraph – Cancellation shall be preceded by a Extraordinary General Meeting which specifically resolves on this cancellation. 

Art. 32 – When the decision to make the publicly-held company registration cancellation is informed to the market, the Offerer shall disclose the maximum amount per share or per one thousand shares by which he/she shall formulate the publicoffering. 

Paragraph 1 – The public offering shall be subject that the value determined in the evaluation report referred to in the Article 31 is not higher than the amount disclosed by the Offerer. 

Paragraph 2 – Should the value of the shares determined in the evaluation report is higher than the amount informed by the Offerer, the decision referred to in the *caput* of this article shall automatically be cancelled, unless theOfferer expressly agrees to formulate the public offering at the amount determined in the evaluation report, and the Offerer must disclose to the market the decision adopted. 

Art. 33 – The evaluation report shall be prepared by a specialized firm that has proven experience and independent with respect to the Company’s decision power, its managers and/or controlling shareholder, in addition to meeting all otherlegal requirements. The costs incurred in connection with the preparation of the report shall be borne by the Offerer, as provided for in the *caput*of Article 31.

**CHAPTER IX – EXITING LEVEL 2**

Art. 34 – Should the Company’s shareholders at an Extraordinary General Meeting approve the exit of the Company from BOVESPA Level 2, the Company’s controlling shareholder shall carry out a public offering for the acquisition ofshares for the amount determined under the terms of the Article 31 of these Bylaws (i) in the event that the Company exits Level 2 so that its shares shall be registered for trading outside Level 2 or (ii) as a result of corporate reorganizationoperation, in which the Company’s shares resulting from such reorganization are not admitted for trading on Level 2. 

Paragraph 1 – The public offering provided for by this article shall follow, to the extent applicable, the rules of public offering for registration cancellation of publicly-traded company with the CVM, under the terms of the Articles 31, 32and 33 of these Bylaws. 

Paragraph 2 – The Company’s controlling shareholder shall be dismissed from making the public offering provided for by this Article in the event that the Company’s exit from Level 2 results from the listing of its shares for tradingon the BOVESPA Novo Mercado (New Market). 

**CHAPTER X – LIQUIDATION**

Art. 35 – The Company shall enter into liquidation in the events provided for by the law or by virtue of resolution of the General Meeting, and shall be extinguished upon termination of liquidation. 

Sole Paragraph – The Board of Directors shall appoint the liquidator and the forms and guidelines to be complied with, and shall determine his/her fees. 

**CHAPTER XI – ARBITRATION COURT**

Art. 36 – The Company, its Shareholders, Managers and the members of the Audit Committee undertake to solve, by means of arbitration, all and any dispute or controversy that may arise amongst them, related or arising, in particular, fromapplication, validity, efficiency, interpretation, violation and its effects, from the provisions in the Corporate Law, in the Company’s Bylaws, in the rules issued by the National Monetary Council, by the Central Bank of Brazil and theBrazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as in the other rules applicable to the functioning of the capital markets in general, in addition to those in Level 2 Rules, in Arbitration Rules of the Market Arbitration Chamber and in theAdoption Agreement of Level 2 Differentiated Corporate Governance Practices.

**CHAPTER XII – GENERAL PROVISIONS**

Art. 37 – Dividends that have not been received or claimed within three years from the date on which they were made available to the Shareholder shall revert to the Company. 

Art. 38 – The shareholders’ agreements duly registered at the Company’s headquarters that, amongst other provisions, set forth clauses and conditions for the disposal of shares issued by the Company, control the preemptive rights orregulate the exercise of the shareholders’ voting right shall be complied with by the Company and its Management. 

Sole Paragraph – The obligations and liabilities under such agreements shall be valid and opposable against third parties from the time such agreements are duly registered in the Company’s records and in the share certificates, if issued.The Company’s managers shall endeavor to ensure compliance with such agreements and the Chairman of the General Meeting or the Board of Directors’ meetings, as the case may be, shall declare invalid any vote cast by a shareholder ordirector contrary to the terms of such agreements, or also, in the event of absence or abstention of shareholders or directors, the other injured shareholders or directors elected by the injured shareholders shall vote with the shares or votespertaining to the absent or abstaining shareholders or directors, as the case may be, under the terms of the Article 118, paragraphs 8 and 9 of the Law 6,404/76. 

Art. 39 – The Company shall comply with the procedures of internal self-regulation policy in connection with trading of securities issued by the Company. 

Art. 40 – The issuance of Founders’ Shares by the Company is expressly prohibited. 

This is a free English translation of the original instrument drawn up in the Company’s records. 

São Paulo – SP, April 28, 2006. 

**[•****]**Chairman 

**[**•**]**Secretary