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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

 
FORM 6-K
 
REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the month of May, 2008
 

 
TELEMIG CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
 
TELEMIG CELLULAR HOLDING COMPANY
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)
 


Rua Levindo Lopes, 258 - Funcionários
Cep: 30.140-170 - Belo Horizonte (MG) - Brazil

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FINAL RESULTS OF THE AUCTION HELD ON MAY 12, 2008 OF THE PUBLIC TENDER OFFER FOR ACQUISITION OF 1/3 OF THE OUTSTANDING PREFERRED SHARES OF TELEMIG CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A. AND OF TELEMIG CELULAR S.A. (“VTOs”) São Paulo, May 15, 2008 VIVO Participações S.A. (“Vivo Part”) announces the results of the auction held on May 12, 2008 (“Auction”) held in connection with the offer to purchase up to 1/3 of the outstanding preferred shares of Telemig Celular Participações S.A. (“Telemig Part”) and Telemig Celular S.A. (“Telemig Celular”), that was made in accordance with the corresponding Voluntary Tender Offer Notice published on April 8, 2008 by TCO IP S.A. as the Offeror (“Offer Notice”). Because the amount of shares offered by shareholders in the Auction exceeded the maximum number of shares TCO IP had undertaken to acquire per the Offer Notice, a proportional allocation was applied. The proration factors are stated below:

 
    MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF    AMOUNT OF SHARES     
NEGOTIATION CODE    SHARES OF THE VTOS    EFFECTIVELY ACQUIRED    PRORATION FACTOR 
    (1/3)        
       
TMCP4L    7,257,020    7,257,020    0.3907 
       
TMGC6L (class B)   65    47    n/a 
       
TMGC7L (class C)   6,923    908    n/a 
       
TMGC11L (class E)   1,276    703    n/a 
       
TMGC12L (class F)   4,261    77    n/a 
       
TMGC13L (class G)   87,757    87,757    0.9651 
       

Vivo Part announces that, after the settlement of the Auction on May 15, 2008, TCO IP will hold 31.912% of the preferred shares of Telemig Part, representing 20.043% of Telemig Part’s total capital stock, and 6.043% of the preferred shares of Telemig Celular, representing 3.773% of Telemig Celular’s total capital stock.

For further details, please see the Notice of Material Fact available at http://www.vivo.com.br/ri.

VIVO Investor Relations
Ernesto Gardelliano
Carlos Raimar Schoeninger
Janaina São Felicio


Av. Chucri Zaidan, 860 – Morumbi – SP – 04583-110
Telephone: +55 11 7420-1172
e-mail: ri@vivo.com.br


Information disclosure on website: http://www.vivo.com.br/ri

This press release contains forecasts of future events. Such statements are not statements of historical fact, and merely reflect the expectations of the company's management. The terms "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "projects", "aims" and similar terms are intended to identify these statements, which obviously involve risks or uncertainties which may or may not be foreseen by the company. Accordingly, the future results of operations of the Company may differ from its current expectations, and the reader should not rely exclusively on the positions taken herein. These forecasts speak only of the date they are made, and the company does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information or future developments


 
SIGNATURE
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: May 15, 2008

 
  TELEMIG CELULAR PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
       
       
    By: /s/       Roberto de Oliveira Lima
       
    Name: Roberto de Oliveira Lima
    Title: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer
 

 

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