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Magyar Telekom held its Annual General Meeting
Budapest, April 12, 2011 14:30
Magyar Telekom held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 12, 2011. The AGM approved the audited annual financial statements of Magyar Telekom Plc. and the Magyar Telekom Group as well as the Board of Directors' corporate governance report for 2010. In addition, it decided to pay a dividend of HUF 50 per ordinary share from the 2010 profit. The shareholders approved amendments to the Company's Articles of Association and the Rules of Procedures of the Supervisory Board, elected a new Supervisory Board member and re-elected its Auditor.
The report of the Board of Directors on the management of the Company, on the
2010 business operation, on the business policy and on the financial situation
of the Company and the Magyar Telekom Group was presented to the shareholders.
Reports of the Supervisory Board, the Audit Committee and the Auditor were also
presented.
The AGM approved the 2010 consolidated financial statements
of Magyar Telekom Group prepared in accordance with the European Union approved
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) with a balance sheet total of
HUF 1,109,006 million and profit after tax of HUF 77,371 million. The
shareholders also approved the Company's 2010 stand-alone annual financial
statements prepared in accordance with the Hungarian Accounting Rules (HAR) with
a balance sheet total of HUF 921,747million and profit after tax of HUF 64,929
million.
Furthermore, the AGM determined the utilization of the 2010
profit after tax. The Company will pay
HUF 50 dividend per ordinary share
from the 2010 profit. The Company will pay the dividend of HUF 52,117,584,050
from the net profit according to HAR and place the remaining HUF 12,811,562,463
in the profit reserve. The first day of the dividend payment is May 12, 2011.
Shareholders who hold Magyar Telekom shares in their securities accounts on May
5, 2011 will receive a dividend. Magyar Telekom will publish a detailed
announcement about the order of dividend payment on its corporate website and
that of the Budapest Stock Exchange on April 22, 2011.
The AGM
authorized the Board of Directors to purchase a maximum of 104,274,254 of
ordinary shares of Magyar Telekom, in accordance with the conditions described
in the proposal by the Board of Directors.
The AGM reviewed and approved
the Company's 2010 corporate governance report, and, having evaluated the work
performed by members of the Board of Directors in the course of the preceding
business year, resolved to grant the relief from liability to the Board members
regarding 2010 business year.
The shareholders adopted a decision
regarding the amendment to Magyar Telekom Plc's Articles of Association and
approved the modifications in the Rules of Procedures of the Supervisory Board.
The AGM amended the remuneration of the members of the Board of Directors.
The AGM elected Dr. Konrad Wetzker as member of the Supervisory Board.
His mandate is valid until May 31, 2013 or until the date of the AGM closing the
2012 business year. Dr. Konrad Wetzker does not hold any Magyar Telekom shares.
The shareholders elected PricewaterhouseCoopers Kft., the Company's
Auditor, to perform the auditing tasks concerning 2011, i.e. for the period
ending on May 31, 2012 or the day of the AGM closing the 2011 business year and
approved the contents of the material elements of the contract to be concluded
with the Auditor.