Investor Releases
Magyar Telekom announces change in shareholder voting rights
Budapest, September 22, 2009 18:15
Magyar Telekom (Reuters: NYSE: MTA.N, BÉT: MTEL.BU and Bloomberg: NYSE: MTA US, BÉT: MTELEKOM HB), the leading Hungarian
telecommunications service provider, announces that Capital Research and
Management Company has notified the company that as a result of its share
purchase on September 18, 2009 the number of Magyar Telekom shares owned by
Capital Research and Management Company increased to 52,573,879 and thus its voting
rights in Magyar Telekom Plc. increased to 5.0492%. Capital Research and
Management Company is a U.S.-based investment adviser that manages The American
Funds family of mutual funds.
Standard Form for major
holding notification
(for Voting rights attached to shares, and for Financial instruments)
1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer
of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Magyar Telekom Plc.
2. Reason
for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):
[
X] an acquisition or disposal of voting
rights
[ ] an
acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
[ ] an event
changing the breakdown of voting rights
3. Full name of person(s)
subject to the notification obligation: Capital Research and Management Company
4. Full name of shareholder(s)
(if different from 3.):
5. Date of the transaction and
date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: 18 September 2009
6. Threshold(s) that is/are
crossed or reached: increased above 5%
7. Notified details:
_
| A) Voting rights attached to shares | ||||||||
| Class/type of shares (if possible using the ISIN CODE) | Situation previous to the Triggering transaction | Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||||
| Number of share | Number of voting rights | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights | ||||
| Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |||
| Magyar Telekom ordinary share HU0000073507 |
46,724,216 | 46,724,216 | 52,573,879 | 52,573,879 | 5.0492% | |||
| SUBTOTAL A
(based on aggregate voting rights) |
46,724,216 | 46,724,216 | 52,573,879 | 52,573,879 | 5.0492% | |||
_
| B) Financial Instruments | ||||
| Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
| Type of financial instrument |
Expiration Date | Exercise/Conversion Period/Date |
Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted |
% of voting rights |
| N/A | ||||
| SUBTOTAL B (in relation to all expiration dates) |
||||
| Total (A+B) | number of voting rights | %of voting rights |
| 52,573,879 | 52,573,879 | 5.0492% |
8. Chain of controlled
undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: -
9. In case of proxy voting: -
10. Additional information: -
As a
result of the above mentioned changes Form RS3 of the Budapest Stock Exchange
is as follows:
RS3. List and description of shareholders with more than 5%
|
Name
|
Depository | Quantity | Interest (%) | Voting right (%) |
| MagyarCom Holding GmbH | no | 617,438,581 | 59.21 | 59.30 |
|
Capital Research and
Management Company |
no | 52,573,879 | 5.04 | 5.05 |
| TOTAL | 670,012,460 | 64.25 | 64.35 |
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