9th Nov 2006 10:21
Hellenic Telecomms Organization S A09 November 2006 HELLENIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANIZATION S.A. Announcement OTE Mandates Banks for Upcoming Eurobond issue Athens, November 3, 2006 - Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (ASE:HTO, NYSE: OTE), the Greek full-service telecommunications provider, announcesthat its wholly owned subsidiary, OTE plc, yesterday launched an offering ofbonds under its Euro 5 billion Global Medium Term Note Programme, guaranteed byHellenic Telecommunications Organization SA. Subject to market conditions, thebonds are expected to be issued in mid-November, following a pan-Europeanroadshow. OTE plc plans to issue two tranches of bonds, in an aggregate amountof up to Euro 1.5 billion. Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA hasmandated Citigroup, Dresdner Kleinwort, JP Morgan and NBGI as joint bookrunnersfor this issue. The proceeds from the bond issue will refinance the Euro 1.5billion bridge facility of Cosmote SA, which was signed in August 2006 to fundthe acquisition of Germanos SA, and for general corporate purposes. About OTEOTE Group is Greece's leading telecommunications organization and one of thepre-eminent players in South-eastern 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 Romania. At present, companies in which OTE Group hasan equity interest employ over 35,000 people in seven countries, and ourportfolio of solutions ranges from fixed and mobile telephony to Internetapplications, satellite, maritime communications and consultancy services. 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 Relations Tel: +30 210 611 1574, Email: [email protected] Nektarios Papagiannakopoulos-Senior Financial Analyst, Investor Relations Tel: +30 210 611 7593, Email: [email protected] Daria Kozanoglou - Communications Officer, Investor Relations Tel: +30 210 611 1121, Email: [email protected] Marilee Diamanti - IR Coordinator Tel: +30 210 611 5070, Email: [email protected] Christina Hadjigeorgiou - Financial Analyst Tel: +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:
Ote Ads