Press Releases

Budapest, July 27, 2006 16:00

The Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority (HFSA) has fined Magyar Telekom HUF 6 million and warned the company to comply with regular reporting regulations.

As announced earlier, the Company is still inquiring into certain consultancy contracts, totalling approximately HUF 700 million, to determine whether they have been entered into in violation of company policy or applicable law and regulation. This inquiry, which is conducted by an independent law firm and supervised by the Audit Committee is still ongoing. The Company also announced that due to the delay to the respective Annual General Meetings, the Company and some of its subsidiaries have failed and will fail to meet certain deadlines prescribed by the Hungarian and other applicable laws and regulations for preparing and filing audited annual results.

The Hungarian Financial Supervisory Authority ordered Magyar Telekom to prepare its annual report and to take all possible and necessary legal measures in order to comply with the statutory obligations. The Company is currently investigating the legal solutions to hold an AGM and prepare the annual report as soon as possible.

Magyar Telekom is in contact with the relevant authorities regarding the investigation and has received certain requests for additional information. Additionally, the HFSA also informed Magyar Telekom that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has notified the HFSA that it has requested certain documents from the Company to investigate potential violations of the U.S. federal securities laws.

The Company is committed to complying fully with the requirements and requests of the above authorities.