- Report of Foreign Issuer (6-K)

UNITED STATES

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 August 2011

Commission File Number: 001-14487

TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

(Exact Name as Specified in its Charter)

Tele Norte Leste Holding Company

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

Rua Humberto de Campos, 425 – 8 ^° andar

22430-190 Rio de Janeiro, RJ

Federative Republic of Brazil

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.)

Form 20-F: x Form 40-F: ¨

(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)):

Yes: ¨ No: x

(Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)):

Yes: ¨ No: x

(Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the Registrant 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

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):

EXHIBITS


Exhibit Number		Description of Document
1		Material Fact ( Fato Relevante ) dated August 26, 2011 filed by Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A., Telemar Norte Leste S.A., Coari Participações S.A. and Brasil Telecom S.A. with the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission ( Comissão de Valores Mobiliários ) (English translation).
2		Minutes of the 397 ^th Meeting of the Board of Directors of Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. held on August 26, 2011 (English translation).
3		Protocol of Merger and Instrument of Justification ( Protocolo e Justificação de Incorporação ), dated August 26, 2011, between Brasil Telecom S.A. and Tele Norte Leste Participações S.A. (English translation).

SIGNATURES

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: August 26, 2011


TELE NORTE LESTE PARTICIPAÇÕES S.A.

By:		/s/ Alex Waldemar Zornig
		Name: Alex Waldemar Zornig
		Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer