Investor Releases
Shareholders Assembly approved Crnogorski Telekom dividend
Budapest, May 25, 2010 17:30
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 its subsidiary, Crnogorski Telekom A.D. Podgorica, has held its Shareholders Assembly today and made a decision on a total dividend payment of EUR 37 million (around HUF 10.4 billion at the 25 May 2010 HUF/EUR exchange rate of 280.3) for the financial year 2009.
According to Montenegrin Accounting Standards, on a standalone basis, Crnogorski
Telekom recorded a net income of EUR 28.6 million for 2009. In line with the decision
of the Shareholders Assembly EUR 37 million will be distributed as dividends.
Magyar Telekom, which has a 76.53% stake in the company, is entitled to a
dividend payment of approximately EUR 28.3 million (HUF
7.9 billion).
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