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Ekaterinburg – March 30, 2007 – Uralsvyazinform (RTS and MICEX: URSI/URSIP) – reports BoD’s decision to sell the whole 33.43%-stake in mobile operator Tatinkom-T.
On March 30th, 2007 USI’s Board of Directors made a decision to sell the whole 34.43% ordinary shares stake in mobile operator OAO Tatinkom-T. At the same time, Volgatelecom – the major Tatinkom-T shareholder and a regional operator inside Svyazinvest group – decided to increase its shareholding in Tatinkom-T to 100% through purchase of the whole stake from Uralsvyazinform.
Anatoly Ufimkin, CEO noted that the sale of the stake in Tatinkom-T is in line with USI’s asset restructuring plan to optimize non-core businesses and minority stakes. The minority shareholding did not allow USI to consolidate Tatinkom-T revenues in USI’s budget.
Volgatelecom and Uralsvyazinform are supposed to sign a share purchase agreement shortly provided that Federal Antimonopoly Service affirms the transaction.
OAO Tatinkom-T is the leading provider of mobile services in DAMPS and GSM standards operating in Tatarstan Republic, Russia. The company was established in 1994. As of the beginning of 2007 it had 430 thousand subscribers, 85% of which in GSM. As of October 2003 Volgatelecom purchased a 50% plus one share stake in Tatinkom-T from OAO Tatneft, while Uralsvyazinform purchased 33.43%. The rest of the shares is held by Kazan city administration and OAO Tatarstan International Limited.
