SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 6-K

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of May 2008

Commission File Number 1-14493


VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

VIVO Holding Company
(Translation of Registrant's name into English)


Av. Roque Petroni Jr., no.1464, 6th floor part, "B"building
04707-000 - o Paulo, SP
Federative Republic of Brazil
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ___X___  Form 40-F _______
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes _______  No ___X____

 
 

 
 

PRORATION FACTOR OF THE AUCTION HELD ON MAY 12, 2008 ON PUBLIC TENDER OFFER FOR ACQUISITION OF 1/3 OF THE OUTSTANDING PREFERRED SHARES

São Paulo, May 12, 2008 VIVO Participações S.A. (“Vivo Part”) announces the amount of preferred shares of Telemig Celular Participações S.A and Telemig Celular S.A. acquired in the auctions held today, as well as the proration factor applied, due to the fact that the number of shares offered by the shareholders in the auctions have exceeded the maximum amount of preferred shares that the Offeror, TCO IP S.A, undertook to acquire (the limited amount of 1/3 of outstanding preferred shares). No proportional apportionment was applicable to the shares of Telemig Celular codes TMGC6, TMGC7, TMGC11 e TMGC 12 in relation to which the number of shares offered by investors to sell was lower than the total amount of shares TCO IP S.A. has offered to purchase:
 
Negotiation  Code
Maximum amount to be acquired
amount of shares offered to sell and accepted
 
Proration factor
TMCP4L
7,257,020
7,257,020
0.3907
TMGC6L (class B)
65
47
1.000
TMGC7L (class C)
6,923
908
1.000
TMGC11L (class E)
1,276
703
1.000
TMGC12L (class F)
4,261
77
1.000
TMGC13L (class G)
87,757
87,757
0.9651

Vivo Part intends to publish a notice of material fact after the financial and operational settlement of the transaction, which shall occur on May 15, 2008 that will contain the new shareholding position of Vivo Group in Telemig Participações S.A. and in Telemig Celular S.A.
 

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 12, 2008
 
VIVO PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.
 
 
   
By:   
/S/ Ernesto Gardelliano
 
 
Ernesto Gardelliano
Investor Relations Officer
 
 


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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