Report of Foreign Private Issuer

 

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

 

Report on Form 6-K dated August 17, 2005

 

MAGYAR TELEKOM TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

Budapest, 1013, Krisztina krt. 55, Hungary

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F ý  Form 40-F o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes o   No ý

 

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82- ________

 

 

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Magyar Telekom
Investor Release

 

 

 

Contacts
Gyula Fazekas		Magyar Telekom IR		+36 1 457 6186
Krisztina Förhécz		Magyar Telekom IR		+36 1 457 6029
investor.relations@telekom.hu

Magyar Telekom announces Chairman-CEO share transactions

Budapest — August 17, 2005 — Magyar Telekom (Reuters: NYSE: MTA.N, BÉT: MTEL.BU and Bloomberg: NYSE: MTA US, BÉT: MTELEKOM HB), the leading Hungarian telecommunications service provider, today announced that Elek Straub, the company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, exercised his option to buy 899,964 Magyar Telekom shares on August 11, 2005. As a result, the number of treasury shares held by Magyar Telekom declined from 4,347,169 to 3,447,205.

 

Elek Straub subsequently sold Magyar Telekom shares on the Budapest Stock Exchange through Concorde Értékpapír Rt. as follows:

 

date			amount sold		average price
12 August 2005			244,522		HUF 931
15 August 2005			167,978		HUF 933
16 August 2005			487,464		HUF 947

 

 

 

 

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

	MAGYAR TELEKOM
	TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. LTD.
	(Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Szabolcs Czenthe
		Szabolcs Czenthe
		Director, Investor Relations

 

Date: August 17, 2005