15th Apr 2008 15:54
Telecom Egypt S.A.E15 April 2008 Telecom Egypt (TE) Announces its Dividends Distributions Dates Cairo, April 15th 2008: Telecom Egypt (TE) (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN), announcesthe dates for dividends payments to shareholders as shown in the followingtable: Shares Purchase Date 21/4/2008Dividends Payment Date 24/4/2008Coupon Number (3)Coupon Amount/Share EGP 1.00 For further information: Investor Relations Contacts Ahmed Fathallah Alia A. AlloubaDirector of Investments, Investor Relations ManagerFinancial Planning & Investor Relations Tel: +202 31316699 Tel: +202 31315217Fax: +202 31316115 Fax: +202 31316116 E-mail: [email protected] Notes to Editors: Within this statement, we may make forward-looking statements regarding futureevents or the future performance of the Company. By their very nature,forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties, bothgeneral and specific, and risks exist that the predictions, forecasts,projections and other forward-looking statements will not be achieved. Youshould be aware that a number of important factors could cause actual results todiffer materially from the plans, objectives, expectations, estimates andintentions expressed in such forward-looking statements. When relying onforward-looking statements, you should carefully consider the political,economic, social and legal environment in which Telecom Egypt operates. Suchforward-looking statements speak only as of the time of this release today.Accordingly, Telecom Egypt does not undertake any obligation to update or reviseany of them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwiseother than as required by applicable laws, the Listing Rules or Prospectus Rulesof the United Kingdom Listing Authority, the Egyptian Capital Markets Authorityor the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange. The documents filed from time totime with these authorities may identify important factors that could causeactual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-lookingstatements. About Telecom Egypt Telecom Egypt (TE), Egypt's incumbent telecommunications operator, started itsoperations in 1854 with the first telegraph line in Egypt. Then it wascorporatized in 1998 to replace the former Arab Republic of Egypt NationalTelecommunication Organization (ARENTO). The Company is the largest provider offixed-line services in the Middle East and Africa with 11.23 million subscribersas at the end of December 2007. TE provides retail telecommunication services including access, local, longdistance and international voice, Internet and data, and other services. Thecompany also provides wholesale services including bandwidth capacity leasing toISPs, and national and international interconnection services. Telecom Egypt'sservices also include the provision of narrowband and broadband internet accessthrough its subsidiary TE Data. TE Data has active operations in Egypt andJordan. TE currently participates in the mobile segment in Egypt by providing mobileinterconnectivity through its current, increased 44.79% holding in VodafoneEgypt, one of the three existing Egyptian mobile operators. TE's shares and GDRs (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN) are traded on the Cairo andAlexandria Stock Exchanges and the London Stock Exchange. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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