Investor Presentaiton
MTS
a step ahead
Group news summary for Q2 2012 and recent events
Q2 2012 highlights
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Acquired a 100% stake in Tascom CJSC, a market leader in providing telecommunication services to corporate
clients in Moscow and the Moscow region, for $38.3 mln*
Agreed to a memorandum of understanding with other telecommunications operators to jointly lay and operate
an underwater fiber-optic cable Sakhalin-Magadan-Kamchatka. Total length of the cable is approximately 2,000
km
Signed a shareholders agreement with AFK Sistema to jointly develop and manage the multimedia content portal
Stream.ru (formerly Omlet.ru), resulting in the reduction of MTS's stake in LLC Stream from 100% to 45% and
subsequent deconsolidation of the asset
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Obtained license and frequencies to provide LTE telecommunication services in Russia in the FDD (frequency
division duplexing) standard
Announced the withdrawal of operating licenses of Uzdunrobita FE LLC ("MTS-Uzbekistan"), MTS's wholly owned
subsidiary in Uzbekistan
Completed the dividend payment of RUB 14.71 per ordinary MTS for the 2011 fiscal year, amounting to a total of
RUB 30.4 bln
Received licenses and agreed upon legal and technical conditions to resume operations in Turkmenistan
Repurchased the series 05 ruble-denominated bond in the amount of approximately RUB 13.2 bln and changed
the bond's coupon rate from an annual rate of 14.25% to 8.75%
Acquired a 100% stake in Elf group of companies, a fixed broadband and pay-TV services provider in Belgorod
and the Belgorod region, for RUB 220 mln
Acquired a 100% stake in LLC "Intercom", a broadband and cable TV provider in the Mari El Republic, for RUB 90
mln
*Acquisition through MTS' subsidiary MGTS. Additional payment of $6.9 mln is deferred for 12 months and is contingent upon fulfillment of certain agreed requirements. MGTS also assumed
net debt of Tascom in the amount of $9.7 mln
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