Filing Details

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1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Solus Alternative Asset Management LP
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
	(a)☐
	(b)☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER
			N/A
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
			15,109,224
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			N/A
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			15,109,224
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	15,109,224
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
	☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
	9.69%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
	IA

 

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Solus GP LLC
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
	(a)☐
	(b)☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	Delaware
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER
			N/A
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
			15,109,224
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			N/A
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			15,109,224
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	15,109,224
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
	☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
	9.69%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
	OO

 

1	NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
	Christopher Pucillo
2	CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
	(a)☐
	(b)☒
3	SEC USE ONLY
4	CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
	United States of America
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH		5	SOLE VOTING POWER
			N/A
		6	SHARED VOTING POWER
			15,109,224
		7	SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
			N/A
		8	SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
			15,109,224
9	AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
	15,109,224
10	CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
	☐
11	PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)
	9.69%
12	TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
	IN

 

Item 1(a).

Name of Issuer: Oi S.A. (the “Issuer”)

Item 1(b).

Address of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:

Rua General Polidoro, No. 99, 5th floor/part – Botafogo, 22280-001 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Federative Republic of Brazil

Item 2(a).

Name of Person Filing:

This statement is filed by:

(i)      Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, a Delaware limited partnership registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which serves as the investment manager (the “Investment Manager”) to certain investment funds and/or accounts (the “Funds”), with respect to the Preferred Shares (as defined in Item 2(d) below) held by the Funds;

(ii)     Solus GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “GP”), which serves as the general partner to the Investment Manager, with respect to the Preferred Shares held by the Funds; and

(iii)    Mr. Christopher Pucillo (“Mr. Pucillo”), a United States citizen, who serves as the managing member to the GP with respect to the Preferred Shares held by the Funds.

The foregoing persons are hereinafter sometimes collectively referred to as the “Reporting Persons.”  Any disclosures herein with respect to persons other than the Reporting Persons are made on information and belief after making inquiry to the appropriate party.

Item 2(b).

Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

410 Park Avenue, 11^th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Item 2(c).

Citizenship:

(i)

Investment Manager: Delaware;

(ii)

GP: Delaware; and

(iii)

Mr. Pucillo: United States of America.

Item 2(d).

Title of Class of Securities: preferred shares, without par value (the “Preferred Shares”).

Item2(e).

CUSIP Number: The Preferred Shares have no CUSIP Number. The ISIN Number is BR0IBRACNPR8.

 

Item 3.

If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b) or 13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

(a)   ☐

Broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act,

(b)   ☐

Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the Act,

(c)   ☐

Insurance Company as defined in Section 3(a)(19) of the Act,

(d)   ☐

Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940,

(e)   ☒

Investment Adviser in accordance with Rule 13d-1 (b)(1)(ii)(E),

(f)    ☐

Employee Benefit Plan or Endowment Fund in accordance with 13d-1 (b)(1)(ii)(F),

(g)   ☒

Parent Holding Company or control person in accordance with Rule 13d-1 (b)(1)(ii)(G),

(h)   ☐

Savings Association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act,

(i)    ☐

Church Plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under Section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940,

(j)    ☐

Non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d- 1(b)(1)(ii)(J);

(k)   ☐

Group, in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J).

If filing as a non-U.S. institution in accordance with Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution: ____________________

Item 4.

Ownership.

The percentages used herein and in the rest of this Schedule 13G are calculated based upon the 155,915,486 Preferred Shares reported to be outstanding by the Issuer as of December 31, 2015 in its Annual Report of Foreign Private Issuers on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the SEC on May 20, 2016.

 

Each Reporting Person hereby expressly disclaims beneficial ownership in the securities reported in this Schedule 13G and membership in a “group” as that term is described in Rule 13d-5(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Item 5.

Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

N/A

Item 6.

Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.

As of December 31, 2017, the Funds managed on a discretionary basis by the Reporting Persons had the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends or the proceeds from the sale of the Preferred Shares.  One such account, SOLA LTD, had the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends or the proceeds from the sale of more than 5% of the Preferred Shares.

Item 7.

Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company.

N/A

Item 8.

Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

N/A

Item 9.

Notice of Dissolution of Group.

N/A

Item 10.

Certification.

The Reporting Persons hereby make the following certification:

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

 

SIGNATURES

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

EXHIBIT 1

JOINT ACQUISITION STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(k)

The undersigned acknowledge and agree that the foregoing statement on Schedule 13G is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned and that all subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf of each of the undersigned without the necessity of filing additional joint acquisition statements.  The undersigned acknowledge that each shall be responsible for the timely filing of such amendments, and for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning him or it contained therein, but shall not be responsible for the completeness and accuracy of the information concerning the others, except to the extent that he or it knows or has reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.