UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D/A
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 4)*
Compañía Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV)
(Name of Issuer)
National Telephone Company of Venezuela (CANTV)
(English Translation of Issuer Name)
Class D Common Shares,
Nominal Value Bs. 36.90182224915 Per Share (Class D Shares)
American Depositary Shares Each Representing
Seven (7) Class D Shares (ADSs)
(Title of Class of Securities)
P3055Q103 (Class D Shares)
204421101 (ADSs)
(CUSIP Number)
Valarie A. Hing Esq.
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP
101 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10178
(212) 696-6000
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
April 4, 2008
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition
that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),
Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. o
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any
subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior
cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed
for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other
provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D
This is the fourth amendment (Amendment No. 4) to the Statement on Schedule 13D
originally filed by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (the Republic) on February 12, 2007 and
amended on May 8, 2007, May 15, 2007, and April 1, 2008 relating to the Class D Common Shares,
nominal value Bs. 36.90182224915 per share (the Class D Shares), and American Depositary
Shares, each representing seven Class D Shares (the ADSs) of Compañía Anónima Nacional
Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV) (the Issuer).
The Schedule 13D is hereby amended as follows. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined
have the meanings ascribed to them in the initial Statement on Schedule 13D, as amended through the
date hereof (the Schedule 13D).
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
The information in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended by adding the following at the
end thereof:
On April 4, 2008, the Republic consummated the Transaction, as contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement dated March 31, 2008 between the Republic and Renaissance, by purchasing 3,613,996 ADSs
(representing 25,297,972 Class D Shares) from Renaissance.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
The information in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
(a) As of the date hereof, and as a result of the closing of the Transaction, the Republic
beneficially owns 652,050,928 Class D Shares representing 94.38% of the Issuers issued and
outstanding Class D Shares, based on 690,906,299 Class D Shares reported as issued and outstanding
as of December 31, 2007 in the Issuers Form 6-K filed on March 27, 2008.
(b) The Republic has the sole power to vote or to direct the vote of, and dispose or direct
the disposition of 652,050,928 Class D Shares.
(c) Other than the purchase of 3,613,996 ADSs representing 25,297,972 Class D Shares,
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement reported on this Amendment No. 4, and the subsequent surrender
of the ADSs and withdrawal of the underlying Class D Shares, there were no transactions in Class D
Shares or ADSs effected by the Republic in the sixty (60) days prior to this filing.
(d) - (e) Not applicable.
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