18th Jul 2006 16:12
Hellenic Telecomms Organization S A18 July 2006 Announcement REPEATED 54TH ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SHAREHOLDERS - INVITATION FOR THE SECOND REPEATED 54TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF SHAREHOLDERS ATHENS, Greece - July 18, 2006 - Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA(ASE: HTO, NYSE: OTE), the Greek full-service telecommunications provider,announces that its Repeated 54th Annual General Assembly of Shareholders was notheld due to lack of quorum and will be held again, in accordance with theprovisions of the Greek Law, on July 31, 2006. The invitation is as follows: HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION SA (OTE SA) THE SHAREHOLDERS OF THE HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION SA (REGISTRATION NUMBER 347/06/B/86/10) ARE HEREBY INVITED TO THE SECOND REPEATED FIFTY-FOURTH (54th) ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY (FISCAL YEAR 1/1/2005 - 31/12/2005) Pursuant to the Law and the Articles of Association and following resolution no2757 of the Board of Directors, dated 13/07/2006 (agenda item 2), theShareholders of the Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA are herebyinvited to the 2nd Repeated fifty-fourth (54th) Ordinary General Assembly, onJuly 31, 2006, at 16:00 hours, at the company's headquarters (99, Kifissias Ave- Athens), in order to discuss and decide upon the following: 1. Cancellation of 432,490 own shares following the three-year period since their acquisition with subsequent reduction of share capital (article 5 of the Company's Articles of Association) by an amount equal to the one of the shares cancelled, as per Article 16, para. 12 of Codified Law 2190/1920; transfer of the purchase proceeds to extraordinary reserves, 2. Approval of Amendments to the following Articles of Association: 5 (Share Capital), 25 (Absolute Chorum and Majority) and 33 (Profits Distribution), which following the amendments and remuneration approved by the 54th Annual General Assembly of Shareholders Meeting of June 22, 2006, are numbered 5, 24 and 32, respectively. Codification of the Articles of Association. 3. Authorization of the Board of Directors to increase the company's share capital or issue new shares, bond loans for amounts equal to the said share capital, as it was on the day of the said resolution of the General Assembly, within five (5) years from a related resolution of the General Assembly, pursuant to Article 13, para. 1, intent b), in conjunction with Article 3a, para. 1, intent b) of the Codified Law 2190/1920, in conjunction with the appropriate provisions of the Articles of Association. 4. Miscellaneous announcements In order to participate, in person or by proxy, in the said Ordinary GeneralAssembly, Shareholders must have seen to the following: - If they have converted their OTE shares into book entry form, but thesaid shares are not on their Depository Account, Shareholders must obtain fromtheir Depository Participant certification evidencing ownership of shares (whichwill not be tradable until conclusion of this General Assembly) and deposit suchcertification with the OTE Share Registration Office (1st floor, 15, StadiouStreet - Athens) at least five (5) full days prior to the appointed date andtime of the General Assembly - If they have converted their OTE shares into book entry form, and thesaid shares are on their Depository Account, Shareholders must obtain from theCentral Securities Depository Office SA certification evidencing ownership ofshares (which will not be tradable until conclusion of this General Assembly)and deposit such certification as well as a duly authorized proxy form, with theOTE Share Registration Office (1st floor, 15, Stadiou Street - Athens) at leastfive (5) full days prior to the appointed date and time of the General Assembly - If they have not converted their shares into book entry form, theymust deposit their share certificates with any bank in Greece or abroad, or theConsignations and Loans Fund, or OTE's Treasury (99, Kifissias Ave. - Maroussi),or OTE Share Registration Office (1st floor, 15, Stadiou Street - Athens) atleast five (5) full days prior to the appointed date and time for the OrdinaryGeneral Assembly. By the same deadline, Shareholders must also have depositedtheir Share Depository Receipts as well as the proxy form with the OTE ShareRegistration Office, at 15, Stadiou Street - Athens. MAROUSI, 18/07/2006 P. VOURLOUMIS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD - CEO About OTE OTE Group is Greece's leading telecommunications organization and one of thepre-eminent players in Southeastern Europe, providing top-quality products andservices to its customers. Apart from serving as a full service telecommunications group in the Greektelecoms market, OTE Group has also expanded during the last decade itsgeographical footprint throughout South East Europe, acquiring stakes in theincumbent telecommunications companies of Romania, Serbia and Armenia, andestablishing mobile operations in Albania, Bulgaria, the Former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia and most recently in Romania. At present, companies inwhich OTE Group has an equity interest employ over 35,000 people in sevencountries, and our portfolio of solutions ranges from fixed and mobile telephonyto Internet applications, satellite, maritime communications and consultancyservices. Listed on the Athens Stock Exchange, the company trades under the ticker HTO aswell as on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker OTE. In the U.S., OTE'sAmerican Depository Receipts (ADR's) represents 1/2 ordinary share. Additional Information is also available on http://www.ote.gr. Contacts:OTE: Dimitris Tzelepis- Head of Investor RelationsTel: +30 210 611 1574, Email: [email protected] Nektarios Papagiannakopoulos - Senior financial analyst, Investor RelationsTel: +30 210 611 7593, Email: [email protected] Daria Kozanoglou - Communications Officer, Investor RelationsTel: +30 210 611 1121, Email: [email protected] Marilee Diamanti - IR CoordinatorTel: +30 210 611 5070, Email: [email protected] Christina Hadjigeorgiou - Financial AnalystTel: +30 210 611 1428, Email: [email protected] Forward-looking statementAny statements contained in this document that are not historical facts areforward-looking statements as defined in the U.S. Private Securities LitigationReform Act of 1995. All forward-looking statements are subject to various risksand uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially fromexpectations. The factors that could affect the Company's future financialresults are discussed more fully in the Company's filings with the U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including the Company's AnnualReport on Form 20-F for 2005 filed with the SEC on June 29, 2006. OTE assumes noobligation to update information in this release. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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