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MTS a step ahead Group news summary for Q2 2012 and recent events Q2 2012 highlights ◉ 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 Thereafter ■ ■ ■ ◉ 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 4
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