TIM Participacoes S.A. announced that board meeting was held on April 18, 2013. The Board indicated and elected Mr. Franco Bertone to the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the company, with mandate until the Annual Shareholders Meeting of the company which shall be held in the year of 2015. Shall be registered that Mr. Franco Bertone will take place in the position of a Board Member and, consequently, in the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors only after he has fulfilled all the legal formalities required for a permanent visa, provided that he will reside in the country.

Therefore, during this period, Mr. Manoel Horacio Francisco da Silva will temporally hold the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors; Mr. Jaques Horn, Company's Legal Officer, to exercise the duties of the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Company, until the first Board Meeting to be held after the Annual Shareholders Meeting of the Company of the year of 2014; Manoel Horacio Francisco da Silva, Oscar Cicchetti and Patrizio Graziani to compose the Compensation Committee, being Mr. Manoel Horacio Francisco da Silva Chairman of the referred Committee. All Board Members hereby elected to compose the Compensation Committee will be in the office until the Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held in the year of 2015.